At the gate of Zhangjia in the city, a group of people suddenly gathered in the afternoon, but they were not looking for Zhang Ye, the current owner of Zhangjia. They all said they were looking for Zhang Zhou.
The arrival was so powerful that the concierge couldn’t handle it. Then they got terrible news, so they could only hurry inside and look for Zhang Ye. They didn’t see Zhang Ye, but they saw Zhang Ye’s. His wife, Mrs. Zhang Xu, looked lazy and came out with an abacus.
Mr. Zhang Xu is in her thirties. She is not ugly at all, but her face is a little rough. Her figure is not graceful, but she has a strong back and a strong waist. You can't tell that she is a woman from behind. .
"What are you doing?" When Zhang Xu saw the concierge, her tone was very rude and her voice was loud.
The concierge also knows very well that the Zhang family is now in a state of yin and yang decline. The Zhang Xu family is the eldest son, and Zhang Ye and Zhang Ping, father and son, have to step aside.
"Grandma, some scholars came to the door. Some said they were classmates of the second master in the Nanjing Guozi School, and some said they knew the second master in the city."
"Now there are only Master and Young Master, why are you coming? Master, I think you are getting older and you don’t even understand the rules."
"Yes, but the scholar at the door said that the master's younger brother has become a master."
Ms. Zhang Xu frowned when he heard this.
The concierge added, "Jie Yuan is the first place in the provincial examination."
"Humph." Zhang Xu sneered disdainfully, "It's a shame for them to get the first place in the provincial examination." Dare to open your mouth and tell them that I congratulate that unscrupulous son in high school. The Zhang family’s ancestral graves are smoking, and I can finally make a hole for him."
"Grandma"
Seeing that Zhang Xu was going to the inner courtyard, the concierge quickly wanted to go up and ask how he was going to deal with the group of scholars at the door.
But at this moment, Zhang Ye was coming out of the inner courtyard. He saw Mrs. Zhang Xu going into the yard with an abacus. After the couple looked at each other, Zhang Ye was like a hen caught by an old hen out for food. Chicken, turn around and walk inside.
"Stop" Zhang Xu shouted.
"Madam, where have you been?" Zhang Ye smiled bitterly.
When the concierge saw this, he hurried up and said, "Sir, someone outside said that your brother has won the Jieyuan."
"Stand aside and make trouble. Why is the Jieyuan correct?" Madam, my husband is about to go out for a look, and I bump into you by chance." Zhang Ye's head was spinning rapidly, and the concierge was simply giving him a good excuse to go out.
"Go back to my aunt. Believe it or not, I will slap you with my big mouth."
"Madam, there are servants here, please save some face for me. I will go in right now, Old Liu, Go out and tell them, don’t think I don’t know this is a trick played by the second brother, I won’t let him take advantage of it if he wants to defraud money.”
Outside the Jiang Family Winery.
Jiang Dezhong was still meeting a special guest, a young woman. The two were discussing the business of making wine. Here, his son Jiang Shanquan hurried over and spoke in his ear.
Jiang Dezhong was shocked and said, "Seriously"
"Yes."
Jiang Shanquan's face was still a little sad.
Even when Jiang Dezhong was about to leave his guests and go out, the woman asked, "Mr. Jiang, what happened?"
"Ms. Chen, I'm sorry, we can talk about the business tomorrow. Okay, something happened at home today." Something happened, but I said that my son-in-law, Jie Yuan, who passed the Jiangnan Provincial Examination, is going to congratulate me."
When Jiang Dezhong said this, his tone seemed to be tough.
When a son-in-law is born in the family, his social status will rise twice as much. How can merchants have no status in the Ming Dynasty?
The Chen daughter said, "That is indeed gratifying. Hey, that little girl will come back tomorrow."
"Okay, okay"
Jiang Dezhong quickly ordered the waiters around him, "Go and prepare, pay for whatever cash is on the counter. "
The shopkeeper said, "Master, there are seventy or eighty guan in the cabinet. I've paid it all."
"Seventy or eighty guan is a lot? Find someone to carry it to Mr. Chen." , please do it."
Jiang Dezhong and his son left the wine shop.
Jiang Shanquan said, "Dad, she is the only daughter of the Chen family who was a member of the Huai Salt Transport Co., Ltd. for the past two years. Her family has a big business. She came to discuss business with you. She didn't finish the conversation first before leaving to congratulate her. It's okay." Don't be in a hurry."
Jiang Dezhong rolled his eyes and said, "You are ignorant. What happened to Yanyun Tongzhi? Don't say that her father has passed away. Even if he is still alive, he is worse than my virtuous son-in-law. Isn't it big enough that I can't even tell the priorities? No wonder I'm not as good as Bingkuan."
"I"
Jiang Shanquan felt useless.
Why am I not as good as that prodigal son?
In your eyes now, your son-in-law is a perfect good person, right? Forget about who wanted to be picky about him in the past. You are the one who remarried my sister to him and Li, right?
"Daughter of the Chen family, we haven't found a son-in-law yet, and a daughter-in-law comes out every day to show her face. Just watch, in two years, Jianghuai No one on either side of the Taiwan Strait will remember that there is a Chen family who has no son, who is to blame?"
When the Jiang family and his son arrived outside the small courtyard where Zhang Zhou's family lived, there was a huge crowd of people and they could not squeeze in.
"Get out of the way, let the person who gave me the reward come and borrow it."
With such slogans to open the way, the group finally arrived in front of the Zhang family. At this time, Shangyuan County Mi Jing'an, the county magistrate, came. Mi Jing'an and Zhang Zhou each sat in a chair in the yard. The chairs were borrowed from neighbors. The two seemed to be talking about important family and national affairs.
When the Jiang family and his son arrived at the door, Zhang Zhou quickly stood up to greet him and introduced him, "Mizhi County, this is my father-in-law."
As a scholar, Jiang Dezhong met There was no need for the county magistrate to kneel down. He cupped his hands and said, "Student Jiang Dezhong, courtesy name Jiming, has met Mi Zhixian."
Mi Jing'an and Jiang Dezhong are similar in age, but after all, Mi Jing'an also came from a juren background, and Jiang Dezhong is still the same. To show my humility, I also claimed to be a student and told Mi Jing'an that I also had the title of student member.
“Oh, they all come from scholarly families, so they are well matched.. "
Mi Jing'an complimented casually.
Jiang Dezhong smiled and asked Zhang Zhoudao, "Bingkuan, have all the guests who came to congratulate you received any wedding money?"
Zhang Zhou said, "I gave it. ”
It was indeed given, two cents per person, and people from three streets away were restricted from coming. Even so, there were still a lot of people coming to fish in troubled waters. Zhang Zhou was sending out a message for himself. I feel sorry for having more than two silver coins. I have to go to the shop where I can exchange copper coins twice.
“It’s not enough, please give me some more. How can you live here without a running mat at the door? There are many neighbors guarding you. Help, you should know how to repay kindness. "
As Jiang Dezhong spoke, he asked his son and the servants he brought to make arrangements.
When the people at the door heard that there was a running water mat, they cheered.
Jiang Dezhong said to Mi Jing'an again, "The magistrate Mi is here. On behalf of Bingkuan, the students should be kind to the guests. Why don't we set up a few tables at a nearby restaurant and invite more officials and village elders from the Yamen to celebrate the occasion." "
"No need. "Mi Jing'an said hurriedly, "I still have official business to attend to. I'm just here today to congratulate you. In the future, your virtuous son-in-law's achievements will definitely not be as good as mine. Please don't look at me, brother Bingkuan. I'll take my leave now. ”
Unconsciously, we have already established a relationship.
Who said that the gold content of Yingtianfu Township Examination Jieyuan is enough? Even Mi Jing’an has to come to flatter him first. If in the future If Zhang Zhou really has a chance to become a Jinshi and become a local official, he may also promote Mi Jing'an.
"Congratulations to Mi Jing'an. ”
Zhang Zhou also suddenly discovered that with Jiang Dezhong, a “rich man”, he could deal with everything much more easily. Please remember to bookmark the latest and fastest website for free reading without anti-theft