Zhou Liulang and Man Bao responded, one invited old man Qiu in, and the other invited Qiu Pei in.
Entering the courtyard, Zhou Zhoulang also generously introduced Old Man Qiu.
Old man Qiu let go of his heart completely, smiled and bowed to others, and then followed Liu Liulang to the side courtyard.
Saturday Lang explained: "I just came out of the kitchen, so I have to change my clothes first."
The old man Qiu asked: "Does your family need you to cook for the banquet?"
"I cooked two dishes, and the rest were made by Aunt Rong and other cooks." Liu Liulang said with a smile: "Mrs. Liu also invited a chef from an outside tavern to cook the dishes. You can taste the dishes later. How about it."
The old man Qiu looked around and sighed, "Your family is now living in Chongyuanfang, are you still a cook?"
Liu Liulang looked confused, "I don't know anything else if I don't cook, can I not be a cook if I live in Chongyuanfang?"
When old man Qiu heard this, his heart felt more at ease, he nodded with a smile and said, "I can do it, I can do it, it's because I was thinking about it, hahaha..."
Although the old Zhou's restaurant was open these days, it seemed to be very busy. He obviously heard that Zhou Zhoulang had already arrived in the capital, but he still didn't come to propose marriage.
In the first month, after Zhou Lang went to Beijing, he told their family that the old Zhou family had agreed to their conditions, but he was a little young, and he had to wait for Zhou Zhou to arrive before he could propose marriage.
However, although it has not been officially decided, the marriage of the two families is recognized by both parties, and the merchants on half the street know that the two of them are going to get married.
But Zhou Zhoulang has been in Beijing for two days, not only did he not show up, Friday Lang also disappeared, and Saturday Lang stayed in the restaurant next door every day and did not go out.
Until Saturday Lang sent invitations to them, they took the invitations all the way into the inner city, and then went to Chongyuanfang, among other things, their hearts became more and more disturbed as they walked, and they couldn't help but feel cool. I thought the marriage that was so easy to agree on was gone again.
Saturday Lang took him to the side courtyard, where Lu was playing with his three children, "Sister-in-law Wu, this is Uncle Qiu, please say hello first, I'll go change my clothes."
Mrs. Lu agreed, and hurriedly asked old man Qiu to sit down, and then poured tea.
Old man Qiu was afraid that the old Zhou's family would go back on their word. The old Zhou's family actually wanted to make an appointment earlier, and he was also afraid that Liu Liulang's marriage would be blown away.
After all, he is not young, and his marriage in the past two years has almost become the heart disease of the old Zhou family.
Originally, Zhou Zhoulang thought about waiting for his wife to recover from her illness before coming to propose marriage, but since old man Qiu came today, he would take the opportunity to mention it, and then formally come to propose marriage after Fang's illness recovered.
The housewarming banquet of the Zhou family really included all walks of life, including old man Qiu, shopkeeper Zheng Da and others, Mr. Zhuang's friend Mr. Jiang and others, Zhou Lixue and others' classmates, as well as those from the Imperial Academy. classmate, son of aristocratic family, young master of Xungui family.
The back house is fine, but the front yard is extensive. Fortunately, the place is big enough, and Mrs. Liu has already arranged the seats. Old man Qiu sat with shopkeeper Zheng Da and others, and they became warm after a while. The atmosphere is not cold.
The Sun, Zhang and Du families, who were not very familiar with them, sat with Master Tang and the others, not to mention being left out in the cold. After all, they were also neighbors, and they often met at various official banquets on weekdays.
Bai Dalang also invited his classmates to come, but they are not familiar with them, and they have heard some names in school on weekdays.
For example, Bai Shan, now he is well-known in the Imperial College, and there is no student in the entire Imperial College who does not know him;
For example, Yin He, he is also very famous, after all, as soon as he entered school, he was listed as a helper who must never approach or make friends;
Another example is Ji Hao, as the grandson of the former left prime minister, he is also very famous when he enrolls in the middle of school.
By the way, Ji Xiangzhi became an official, and he submitted the papers twice, the first time the emperor wanted to keep him, and the second time he agreed.
He is still the prime minister now, but he has basically handed over the work in hand to others, and he doesn't even go to the morning court. It is said that he wants to go back to his hometown after explaining the things in hand.
This pair of monarchs and ministers broke up peacefully. Before the dragon raised his head, the emperor still thanked Ji Hao for his achievements in the early years.
But I heard that Ji Hao's father, Ji Xiang, has been released, so I don't know if there is any chance to return to the capital.
When Bai Shan mentioned this matter, he even told Man Bao, "The emperor's mouth is a deceitful ghost, so when you go in and out of the court, don't believe any golden words, the emperor is used to deceiving people."
Thank you so much to Ji Xiang, it would be great to mention his son in the Six Departments, but it was released. Obviously, His Majesty still cares about what the Ji family did in Yizhou City earlier.
Bai Shan didn't think that the emperor did something wrong, and Ji Xiang couldn't restrain his family, so he deserved to be punished, but he felt that it was... hypocritical for the emperor to punish people while expressing the deep love between the emperor and his ministers.
However, Bai Shan feels that there is always more hypocrisy than truth in the world of adults, and he is used to it.
Bai Shan can figure out this kind of thing, but a stupid person like Ji Hao doesn't even see it on the surface, he hasn't realized the crisis yet.
So I'm not nervous at all, I should have fun every day, I should be happy, except my mouth is not so cheap, and my life in Yizhou is not much different.
Well, still so blunt.
So after sitting down, he looked left and right, frowned and asked Bai Erlang, "Have you two borrowed money from Zhou Man's house?"
Feng Zongping on the side almost choked on the meatball he just put into his mouth, Yi Ziyang was glad he didn't eat, he put down the bowl and chopsticks and looked at Ji Hao and Bai Erlang.
Bai Erlang failed to comprehend his latent meaning, nodded and said: "Yes, after a while, do you want to go and see the courtyard where we live? Sigh, when choosing a room, brothers and friends should respect each other, so let my eldest brother I first chose the main room in the house, but my room is quite big, so I asked someone to install a big wooden couch by the window, and I can read a book while lying down and eat snacks... "
Ji Hao frowned and said, "Excuse me, isn't it bad?"
Everyone: ...
Bai Shan didn't even raise his eyebrows, but Bai Erlang asked curiously: "Why not? Don't we all live together?"
Ji Hao couldn't help asking, "Don't you often live in each other's house when you are at home?"
"That's not true," Bai Erlang said, "Zhou Man's family is too much, and my mother takes care of them too much. In Qili Village, if we borrowed a room, we would probably live in Bai Shan's house. His family is comfortable. We You can also read ghost novels at night, Zhou Man has a few ghost stories that are very well written, especially suitable for reading at night."
Everyone: ...
Ji Hao paused for a long time before saying: "It doesn't matter when you were young, but now you grow up and live together, isn't it?"
Bai Erlang finally understood what he meant, rolled his eyes bluntly and said: "What's wrong? The adults are all here, and our husband is here too. We want to study with him. Whose family Don't you want to borrow a few relatives and friends?"
Bai Erlang asked him, "Do you have any relatives who live in your family?"
Also... really.
This is the capital city. Who doesn't have a few relatives and friends to stay at home when it comes to the big exam? Especially this year when Enke is still open, more relatives and friends will come to live at home.