Back to the end of Ming Dynasty to be a warlord

Chapter 53 Dragon Boat Festival

After Yang Chao returned home, he continued to read the book of war with peace of mind, pondering every word over and over again, and used some copper coins and other small items from time to time to set up the formations described in the book. Human reads clearly.

Yang Chao seemed to have forgotten about the barracks, he neither punished those useless soldiers nor recruited them.

Just concentrate on reading.

Yang Chao doesn't expect to learn how to fight after reading a few military books. If he wants to learn how to fight, he can only learn while fighting.

War is the best and only university for "war studies".

Yang Chao read at ease, which made his parents very happy. Of course, they didn't know that Yang Chao was just reading military books.

Father still hoped that Yang Chao could get a good name in the exam. Even if Yang Chao became an official, his thinking still remained the same, as if it had become a habit.

Father still went to work in the supervisory bureau day after day, and brought some ready-made knives from time to time, which was his private work.

Using tools and even materials from official workshops to do their own work is exactly the same as raising pigs and growing vegetables in the barracks, and it is also borrowing chickens to lay eggs.

But it is not compared to the comfort of owning a blacksmith shop at home, and the income is completely incomparable. A penny a month is not bad.

In fact, the Yang family is not short of money now, and Yang Chao is still an official. The reason why his father still works in the supervision bureau is because he doesn't want to have nothing to do.

Especially if he doesn't work, he will pay a penny a month, which makes him very distressed.

After Yang Chao persuaded him twice, he stopped, as long as his father was happy.

My mother stopped doing needlework for others, but she was still busy. She made three new clothes for Yang Chao from inside to outside, a skirt for her younger sister, one for herself, and one for her father. Twice.

The younger sister is now asked to learn from her mother to learn from female celebrities, saying that she is about to get married, and her husband's family will be dissatisfied if the female celebrities are not good enough.Yang Chao wanted his younger sister to learn to read, so he happened to have time, so he taught her a few words every day, and most of them forgot them the next day.

After nearly a month, there was a carriage parked in front of Yang's house, which was newly made by Yang Chao.

With the experience of making a carriage last time, this carriage was made very quickly. Although it is not as gorgeous as the previous carriage, the carriage is just a carriage without carvings and is very practical, but a lot of improvements have been made. Wrought iron is installed on the suspension system. The board, the shock absorption effect and safety are more guaranteed, and it is more comfortable to do.

I hired a coachman, an old man in the nearby street, who gave me one tael of silver a month.

The carriage has been ready for a few days, except for the first day when Yang Chao sat out and went for a walk, he didn't use it much after that.My father refused to go to work because he was afraid that people would gossip.

Mother and sister basically do not go out.

Today my sister got up in the morning and put on her new clothes, and walked around in front of Yang Chao several times on purpose, but Yang Chao didn't seem to see it, which made her very disappointed.

"Son, try on this dress!"

Mother started busy early this morning.

He took out all the clothes he had made for Yang Chao, compared them with his sister one by one, and discussed which one looked better.

"Don't try it, I'm fine."

Yang Chao is still wearing his old Confucian clothes, which are comfortable to wear.

But the mother refused to let go, put her hands on her hips and frowned, "How can I wear this clothes outside?"

Yang Chao couldn't help but looked down at the clothes on his body. Although it was an old dress, it was in good condition without even a single patch.

In the past, this was the best and most decent piece of clothing in the Yang family, and it belonged exclusively to Yang Chao, who is a scholar.

Why can't I wear it today.

Mother snorted, "I'm going to uncle's house today, have you forgotten?"

Yang Chao suddenly realized that yesterday, his mother said that today is the Dragon Boat Festival, and it is customary to go to grandpa and uncle's house.

Grandpa and grandmother passed away when Yang Chao was less than ten years old, but every Dragon Boat Festival, the Yang family would still go to their mother's natal home, that is, to their uncle's.

Knowing that he had to go to his uncle's house to change into new clothes, Yang Chao couldn't help laughing secretly, his mother was going to show off, no wonder she made new clothes for everyone recently, even the younger sister had a new skirt, Dress like a lady from a rich family.

Yang Chao understood his mother's thoughts. After marrying the Yang family, he was scolded every time he went back to his mother's house, saying that he married the wrong person. This time he can finally look good.

So this time I was very active. I started preparing many days ago. I bought a lot of gifts, new clothes for each person, and Yang Chao even agreed to build a new carriage and spend more than a dozen taels of money to buy a horse. It seems that these It has become the capital for the mother to put on a show in front of her natal family.

Yang Chao honestly changed into new clothes, while his mother looked at him with a satisfied smile, saying that her son was a good-looking man, and that he would marry a lady from a rich family in the future.

After finishing Yang Chao's side, he ran to his father's side again. During the Dragon Boat Festival, the military battles were closed, officials were not on duty, and craftsmen were also off for a day, so my father didn't have to go to work today.

In the past, my father was determined not to go to his uncle's house, and it was my mother who took Yang Chao and Yang Yue back. This year, for the first time, my father also went, probably because Yang Chao became an official, and felt that he had a good face, so it was time to put on a show.

But the coachman couldn't wait for a long time, and my mother quickly started scolding.

In addition to the coachman Lao Zhang, the object of scolding is also his younger sister Yang Yue.

"You damn girl, you put on new clothes early, you haven't worn new clothes, have you? How can you call Lao Zhang. Lao Zhang is trying to die. He doesn't know Xiaoling if he doesn't come so late. Wei Yuan, do you let the old lady go back to her mother's house until it is dark, what a crime, don't be laughed at to death."

Hearing his mother's scolding, Yang Chao couldn't help but look at the sky. The sun just came out. According to later generations' time, at most eight o'clock, it would take less than an hour to take a carriage to Xiaolingwei at most.

Yang Chao shook his head helplessly.

I saw an old man wearing old clothes, but very clean, and wearing a hat, who seemed neither fish nor fowl, walked in.

The younger sister shouted with relief: "Mother, Lao Zhang is here!"

The sound of mother's footsteps soon came to the yard: "You still dare to come, you didn't look, the moon is almost at the top of your head."

Lao Zhang hurriedly bowed and bowed: "Old lady, calm down, calm down. The little old man dried his clothes for a long time last night, and went to bed late."

The mother said again: "How dare you talk about clothes, let you wear better, what do you look like in this way?"

Lao Zhang said apologetically, "Don't be angry, old lady, this is the best dress for my little old man."

The mother refused to let go: "You are like this, my family's dignity has not been lost by you."

"Okay, okay, hurry up and go to the car."

At this time, my father's voice sounded.

Lao Zhang agreed as if he had received an amnesty, and hurried to the backyard to lead the horse.

In fact, my father was also in a hurry. He fed the horse early in the morning, then pulled the carriage to the door, and scrubbed it inside and out.

Soon Lao Zhang hitched up the carriage, the family got into the carriage, and the carriage staggered towards the south gate.

(End of this chapter)