Be a small county magistrate in ancient times

Chapter 721 Luo Yun's Wedding Banquet

Worrying about the future is something for later; right now, good things are happening one after another.

Since the autumn harvest is nearing its end, there have been weddings every day in Beishan County. At its peak, five families held weddings on Xinjie Street alone.

Meng Changqing was busy harvesting grain and also busy attending the wedding banquet.

That day, Meng Changqing went to Luo Yun's place to check the marriage registration information. In the last two months alone, more than a hundred couples had gotten married.

The more people get married, the more offspring they will naturally have.

That's why Magistrate Wei came up with all those measures: regardless of gender, anyone who was too old to marry would be taxed; widows had to remarry; and widowers had to remarry.

Fortunately, these measures were not ultimately implemented as government policies; otherwise, the lives of ordinary people would have been even more difficult.

It is said that only by having offspring can the future be continued.

But when people are struggling to make ends meet, who has the time or energy to think about the next generation?

Meng Changqing often loitered on the street. Whenever someone was celebrating a wedding, they would greet him warmly and invite him in for a wedding feast. They would even make the newlyweds kowtow to him.

Meng Changqing never arrived empty-handed. Even if he didn't have anything suitable to give to the host, he would go out and buy a few things, such as half a sheep, a few bolts of cloth, or pots and pans—anything that the family could use and that wasn't too expensive.

If she had to attend other people's wedding banquets, she would definitely go to Luo Yun's wedding, and she would go very early in the morning.

The day was September 28th. Meng Changqing got up early and practiced his boxing and sword as usual. Then he went to the front office, quickly finished his official business, and went to the warehouse to check the tax grain collected yesterday.

After completing these tasks at lightning speed, he took the two gifts and headed to Luo Family Village.

The reason there were two gifts was that Meng Changqing gave one himself, and Wen gave another, since they were from the county government and were closer than outsiders.

As soon as Meng Changqing arrived at the village entrance, he was greeted by waiting people, namely the yamen runners beside Qi Renli, Luo Dayou and Luo Si.

"My lord." Two men stepped forward, one leading the horse and the other leading the way.

"Are you two taking a break today?" Meng Changqing asked casually.

"This isn't a big celebration for Third Brother's family; we switched shifts with the other brothers," Luo Si explained, looking up.

"Just the two of you taking turns? I remember there are two other people in your village who also work for Lord Qi." "And there's Xiao Hu and Brother Sha. They didn't take turns. It wouldn't be right to delay the yamen's work for the sake of the village's happy occasion." Luo Dayou said with a smile, "With our help and the villagers lending a hand, what happy occasion can't we handle?"

As they spoke, they saw a large crowd blocking the road ahead. Sitting on his horse, Meng Changqing had a high vantage point and saw that the front was heading towards a small courtyard. He asked, "Is that Luo Sanmu's house or his new house?"

"That's the new house. Third Brother's house is further in," Luo Si said, then shouted loudly towards the front, "Make way, make way!"

Those in front naturally turned around when they heard the commotion. Most of the people in Luo Family Village knew Meng Changqing, and when they saw that the person coming was the county magistrate, they immediately made way for him.

Worried that those inside wouldn't be able to see what was happening behind them, someone shouted, "The county magistrate is here! Make way and let him in!"

The crowd quickly parted to make way for them.

Meng Changqing dismounted, took the reins, and bowed to the crowd, saying, "You've all arrived."

I vaguely heard someone on the outside of the crowd say, "Third Uncle's family is really influential; even the county magistrate came to offer his congratulations."

Someone else laughed and replied, "When you get married, maybe the county magistrate will come to congratulate you."

Luo Si led Meng Changqing's horse to a neighbor's house to settle it in, while Luo Dayou carried a package in each hand and followed behind Meng Changqing.

Walking through the crowd into the courtyard, you can see that several tables have already been set up, and chairs are being arranged in the meantime.

As soon as Meng Changqing entered the courtyard, Luo Dayou called out into the house, "New bride, come out quickly! Lord Meng is here!"

Soon, Xiao Wuzi was surrounded by a group of men as he walked out.

When Meng Changqing looked at the people surrounding Xiao Wuzi, he saw that in addition to the villagers of Luojia Village, there were also Zuo Datou and Zeng Dashu, the village chief of Andong Village.

"Sir," Zuo Datou pushed Xiao Wuzi forward, "Look at this kid, he doesn't look bad in his new clothes!"

Compared to the enthusiasm of the others, Xiao Wuzi, the person in question, seemed very reserved. "Sir, please come inside and have a seat."

"it is good."

Wherever Meng Changqing went, crowds gathered around him. The room was so crowded that many people stood outside and refused to move.

In the courtyard, an aunt who was close to Jiang Chan said worriedly, "Look at you all, you haven't even finished your business, and you're just here watching the show? You cooks, don't wait until the wedding banquet starts before the food is ready. Go get to work!"