After the award was over, my father walked towards Zhang Chao and the others, and his face was filled with unconcealed joy.

"Congratulations, brother, I will be the deputy of our former left team in the future."

There are five groups in a team. Although my father was only promoted to the deputy team, he was also the second-in-command in this fifty-man mansion. The gang leaders of each group came to pay their respects to the new boss.

Ke Wu also followed several gang leaders. He turned out to be a sergeant in his father's gang. His father turned out to be a gang of ten people, and five people were divided into two gangs. His father was the gang leader and the left gang leader, while Ke Wu was the right gang leader. Now his father was promoted to the team's deputy, and Ke Wu took over the position of the gang leader and the left gang leader, and the right gang leader was taken over by Ke Shan, a yellow-faced knife player in the same village.

"Just one team deputy." The father laughed, but he could tell that he was still very happy.

"The team deputy is promoted and awarded a merit today. This is a joy to be happy. Brothers, I want to eat your tail-cooked banquet at noon."

"How about having a drink in Madam Ke Qi's shop at the door?" The leader of the team was Cui Hao, standing next to his father. The leader of the team was the old team of Dad and the others, but he was not old, and he was only in his early thirties. He was from Bailu Township.

The tail-burning banquet was originally a banquet where officials were promoted and officials were invited to thank the emperor for their kindness. Somehow, it quickly became popular among the people. Now, not only are ministers promoted to the tail-burning banquet, but ordinary officials also have to hold banquets, which are also called the tail-burning banquet.

There are different folk legends about the meaning of burning tails.

One says that the status of a person suddenly changes, just like a tiger turning into a human, with a large tail, so it needs to be burned. Another says that a new sheep will be in peace because of the first attack of the sheep. Only when the tail of the new sheep is burned will it settle down. From the civilians to the bureaucratic class, just like a new sheep entering and leaving the sheep, it will be difficult to adapt to the new environment for a while, so it needs to burn its tail.

Another saying is that carp leaps over the dragon gate, and the tail must be poured off by the sky to turn into a dragon.

No matter what the saying is, Shaowei has the meaning of promotion and renewal, so this banquet is named Shaowei Banquet.

Those court officials were promoted to the emperor to attend a banquet to thank the emperor for their gratitude. The dishes were extremely rich, even more abundant than the Manchu and Han banquets in later generations. However, ordinary officials were promoted and the banquet was just an opportunity to take the opportunity to liven up and communicate the relationship between new colleagues.

My father was promoted to the deputy team, and his actual position was from the ninth rank, which was also considered a civilian to become a military officer. This actual position is no more than a decent official or a decent official. This is a real official.

My father didn't want to ruin everyone's fun on such a lively day, so he agreed immediately.

"I'll inform Qi Niangzi to prepare the wine and food, and I must have a few drinks at noon today." Ke Wu smiled and walked out of the camp.

The school ground was full of liveliness, and the soldiers who went to the battle received more or less rewards, and they all smiled happily. The soldiers on duty were also watching the excitement. They congratulated the neighbors who had received the rewards and asked them to treat them to drink. No one was stingy at this time, and they nodded with a smile.

So everyone who knew each other made an appointment to go and have a drink.

"It's so lively in the village today." Ke Shan, who was newly promoted to sergeant, smiled, and his yellow face turned red. He also received a lot of money and grain today, including hundreds of kilograms of corn and money and silk rewards. Now he has been promoted to sergeant, so of course he is happy.

My father gave a lot of rewards, and there were dozens of kilograms of silver and copper alone, not to mention more than a thousand kilograms of corn and some cloth.

"Borrow a car and take the things to Ke Qi's wife's shop first." Ke Shan said with a smile, while his father said nothing.

There was a big cart in the military camp and a mule was put on. Keshan greeted the companions from the same village and helped the father transport the rewards of money, silk, and corn.

"Who is this Madam Ke Qi?"

Zhang Chao has heard everyone talk about Mrs. Ke Qi several times, and seeing them pulling their father's money and food to her shop, the relationship looks very close.

Ke Shan turned his head and looked at his father who was talking to Liu Captain Liu, and then he leaned into Zhang Chao's ear and smiled, "My Lady Ke Qi is also a woman from our Zhangjiagou, but she married to Zhaozhuang next door in her early years. Her man used to be a soldier. When she went to Hedong to fight Liu Wuzhou the next year, she died when she went to Hedong to fight Liu Wuzhou the next year, Qi Niang became a widow and brought two girls with her. Brother Tie Gun saw that their mother was pitiful, so he often helped her. Brother Tie Gun was kind-hearted. Mr. Qi opened a small restaurant outside our military camp, and the capital was also paid by Brother Tie Gun."

Zhang Chao immediately understood the meaning in Ke Shan's tone when he saw the words.

I guess my dad is not just kind-hearted, but may have some other meanings.

"Uncle Shan, are Dad and Seventh Lady interesting?"

"Hey, you kid is an elf. Like the arithmetic just now, some places don't look like someone who has been in the mountains for a long time. I'll tell you, don't tell your father. In fact, everyone can see that his father is interested in Mr. Ke Qi. Mrs. Ke Qi also understands the feelings of Mr. Iron Gun. I guess the two of them must have passed the other privately."

As he said that, he gave Zhang Chao a look that even a man understood.

Zhang Chao nodded repeatedly.

The man has feelings, and the concubine has intentions. One is a young widow and the other is a half-old widower. It is normal for the fire between the two to encounter a fire between them.

During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, society was heavily influenced by the Hu Feng and the atmosphere was relatively open. It was normal for widows to remarry. In order to encourage post-war resumption of production and increase population, the court also publicly encouraged widows to remarry, and even encouraged young people to get married early.

However, it is not so easy for two people to get along and live together. After all, they also have to consider children, husband's family, etc.

He pulled a cart full of corn out of the camp gate and walked more than ten steps to his right, and there was a store.

"Sister Qi, this is the food of Brother Tie Gun. Let it be put here for you first." Ke Shan shouted loudly.

"Okay, let it go and cut it." A neat woman responded, and a woman in her thirties appeared.

A woman wears a ru skirt, which is a tight and narrow style. The upper and lower skirts are a ru skirt, which is a narrow and short jacket. The jacket is longer than the ru skirt and shorter than the robe.

The robe is very short, while the skirt is very long.

The woman's skirt is tied very high, tied directly to her armpits, but it is actually on her chest.

With a high waist, a tight breast, a buttocks, a wide and straight slanted, an ordinary skirt was worn on her body, but it fully revealed her symmetrical and slim curves and a bit of chic and graceful demeanor.

The woman has a beautiful face and a geeky face. Just looking at her face, Zhang Chao felt that this woman was very kind.

"Sister Qi, come quickly, let me introduce you to me. This is the newly acquired son of Brother Tiegu, named Zhang Chao."

The woman was shocked when she heard that the tall, white and handsome young man with short hair in front of her was Zhang Tieqian's newly recruited son.

"Hello Aunt Qi, my name is Zhang Chao. I used to be a monk, but now I'm going down the mountain and I'm going to live in secular life. My father likes to accept me as my son."

Ke Qiniang was obviously caught off guard. She stood there for a while before she came to her senses, "Oh, that's it, hurry up and go into the house, it's cold outside."

It is said that it is a treat to a meal, but in fact there is no decent hotel on the streets of this countryside.

This restaurant by Ke Qi Niangzi is actually a small noodle restaurant that specializes in noodles and makes whatever customers eat. It mainly uses soup cakes and can also steam some steamed cakes. If necessary, you can also fry some pancakes for sale.

However, the store is really simple. It is about 30 to 40 square meters. There are about ten tables in one room, all of which are very ordinary wooden tables and benches. It is very simple. There is only seven ladies inside and outside the store, and there is no helper.

After a while, my father came with Team Liu.

"Today, the brothers in our team came to take care of their fill, and they would eat whatever they want, and they would be kept in my account." My father was very generous.

A team of fifty people, the team leader, several gang leaders and soldiers from the same village were sitting at a table, and the rest were casual. Fortunately, everyone was very happy to eat for free and was not picky.

"Just eat soup cakes, it's simple and convenient."

Mrs. Ke Qi would help her father save money and chose the simplest, convenient and affordable soup cake, that is, noodles. The men in the team didn’t choose, and they were very satisfied with eating soup cakes.

Ke Wu and Ke Shan, one went to the only deli restaurant on the street to buy cooked meat, and the other went to make wine.

The store became busy, and many other soldiers came to have dinner. This one called for a bowl of soup cakes, and the other was calling for a few cooking cakes, which was very lively.

"Xiao Lian, come and help." Ke Qiniang was in a hurry and couldn't do it.

"Come."

A tall girl who was about 11 or 2 years old came out from behind with an eight or nine-year-old girl. The girl was holding her sleeves and still had water on her hands. It seemed that she was washing dishes from behind just now.

Zhang Chao estimated that these two girls were Ke Qiniang's daughters, and they looked very similar to Ke Qiniang. The little girl was not afraid of being angry, and she was very used to the noisy scenes in the shop.

The older girl helped roll the noodles, while the younger girl helped burn the fire, and she cooperated very well.

Ladies from a wealthy family will not show up easily, but for ordinary people, these are not so particular.

"Sanlang, help greet the villagers." Seeing that the business was so good, my father simply rolled up his sleeves and came to help knead the dough. Several fellow villagers in Zhangjiagou also helped greet the guests and serve noodles.
Chapter completed!