Master Bai returned home after being drunk, listening to his wife's smugness, closing his eyes and washing his face, and was about to lie down on the bed when he heard her say, "If our house serves wine, auntie won't do it, she Do you think too much, after all, Erlang is so promising now, he is better than Shanbao..."
Master Bai coughed and choked on his own saliva. He opened his eyes to look at his wife, "What did you say? What's wrong with your son?"
Madam Bai was stunned, "I didn't say anything?"
"The last sentence."
"I don't know if my aunt will think too much?"
"It's going to be later."
Mrs. Bai was a little hesitant, "Our Erlang is so promising now, he is better than Shanbao..."
"How can you tell that Erlang is better than Zhishan?"
"Our Erlang is the son-in-law..."
Master Bai: "The captain's son-in-law is only a fifth rank, and it depends on the princess."
He said angrily: "He has not been doing a proper job these years. Apart from doing some odd jobs in the Imperial Academy, he is writing scripts in private. His reputation is getting bigger and bigger, but he is not very serious. How can he compare with Zhishan?"
"You go out and ask around. Among the scholars, who doesn't know the best? In the officialdom, he is even more famous. He has a bright future. What does your son have?"
Mrs. Bai said angrily, "Why not? He's a son-in-law!"
"That's right, I was lucky back then and was chosen by His Majesty and the princess to be the son-in-law. Otherwise, I think he really can only go home and inherit my family property, and watch the long-term tenants farm the land to live." Bai Erlang's lack of ambition has made him lose his temper. Anyway, he still has a son, and he hopes to find a place to live, so it's not so uncomfortable. "Your son is living a comfortable life now. Except for no future, everything else is fine." There is."
"As for Zhishan, he has a bright future, and he may become a marquis in the future. If you compare Erlang with him, you can compare him with him. Are you ashamed?" Master Bai said, "Fortunately, you are in front of me." I said it, if I said it outside, I would be ashamed to go out."
This is different from Mrs. Bai's cognition, she couldn't help leaning forward, "Is Erlang really that bad?"
Master Bai paused, and said awkwardly: "Actually, it's not that bad. He has been promoted to the fifth rank in the Imperial Academy, which is actually pretty good. Many Jinshi can't reach this official rank for a while."
"But it's still incomparable to Zhishan. Do you know how much credit he made before he was transferred back to the capital?" Master Bai sighed and said, "Dalang's letters have said it all. If he didn't want to stay in the capital to fulfill his filial piety and take care of his aunt and family." Brothers and sisters, he can be the governor of a region now, and if he goes one step further, he will be a big official like Jiedushi."
In the Jin Dynasty, being a Jiedu envoy was almost the same as being a local emperor, and it was the same with being a prince and a minister.
Mrs. Bai was speechless, "Shanbao is not very old, is he?"
"What do you think?" You are less than one year older than your son, how can you not know Bai Shan's age
Master Bai lay back on the bed, closed his eyes again and said, "Don't say such things at home. The county magistrate of Luojiang County will come to your door tomorrow, and the county magistrate's wife will definitely come with you. You are ready to prepare, Erlang wants to learn." Zhou's family set up a water table, I thought, since we want to do it, we should make it more lively, Zhou's family eats for one day, our family eats for two or three days."
"Aren't you worried that our family will not look good if our aunt's does not? I will go to my aunt tomorrow, and the two families will do it together. When the time comes, spread the noodles and anyone who comes can eat them. It's over."
The more Mr. Bai talked, the more he felt that this was a good idea, and said: "Invite all the relatives near Mianzhou. Erlang and Zhishan failed to invite relatives here when they got married. It's rare for them to come back. Next time I still don't know what year and month it will be."
When Master Bai talked to Mrs. Liu, Mrs. Liu immediately agreed and said with a smile: "It should be lively and lively. Thanks to the care of the village these years, we have given little back. Let's take this opportunity to have fun with everyone."
"Since it is a running water mat, there must be people from the nearby villages. There are a lot of things that are needed. We need a few days to prepare."
"I just want to invite your Yue's family, as well as the relatives in Yizhou," Mrs. Liu said with a slight upturn of her mouth, "If you don't return home with brocade clothes, it's like traveling in brocade clothes at night. I think it will be a waste of time in this lifetime."
The two looked at each other, and both smiled slightly, remembering the grievances they suffered when they fled to Mianzhou.
Zhou Man and the others didn't know anything about it. They were also given several bowls of wine by the villagers last night, so they all got up late.
If it weren't for today's plan to meet the magistrate of Luojiang County, they would probably still be able to sleep.
Yin might not have been drinking, but he also slept in. Yesterday he went up to the mountain to pick fruits, and he heard the villagers talk about Bai Shan and the others when they were young, which exhausted him physically and mentally, so he fell into a deep sleep.
When they were woken up, it was already high in the sun, but there was a certain distance between Qili Village and the county seat, so no one had arrived yet.
Bai Shan asked Shang Yin or to eat breakfast slowly, and wandered around the intersection, the magistrate of Luojiang County said.
The magistrate of Luojiang County also came here with his wife and children, thinking that it would be good for his wife and children to pay a visit to the princess and Zhou Man.
Seeing the entrance of the village, the county magistrate whispered to his wife, "Remember, you must talk to Mr. Zhou more often."
"Where is the princess?"
"Of course we have to respect, but Master Zhou is more important than the princess," he sighed, "Master Zhou is from Luojiang County after all, so he has more feelings, and she is in the court, so she is much more useful than a princess who doesn't care. "
"Whatever happens in Luojiang County in the future, her words will be more useful than the princess's words." And it will be easier to get Zhou Man's words, after all, Luojiang County is her hometown.
Madam should go down.
"We call her Master Zhou, but in the backyard, to show respect, you should call her Princess Princess, it sounds better." The county magistrate explained everything clearly.
Madam: "Sir, I also get nervous when you do this."
The county magistrate sighed, "Don't be nervous. Look at how many years I have been in office. Alas, if I had listened to Zhou Lizhong and promoted the rice seeds in his hands, I would have left with credit."
"But I think Luojiang County is not bad. If you want to be the county magistrate all the time, it's better to be in Luojiang County."
"Can't you expect me to be promoted?"
"But my father said that you are only a county magistrate, and it is barely enough to govern a county. If you go higher, you may cause trouble."
When the county magistrate heard this, he was depressed and refused to talk to him, so he turned his head and stopped talking to his wife.
Madam caressed his chest and said: "Master, don't be angry, I think what my father said is very reasonable, the most important thing for a person is to have self-knowledge..."
"Okay, stop talking, save a while and say, no," the county magistrate felt a little regretful, "otherwise you should talk less."
He probably shouldn't have brought his wife.