On the first day of June, Shen Jian got married.
The wedding of the second son of the Zhenbei Hou Mansion was not eye-catching, the Marquis did not come back, the woman's dowry was unassuming, and although the man's guards were brave, they were small in number and did not cause much commotion.
Shen Jian rode a tall horse to the Yan family's mansion in the capital to marry the Yan family. After a series of tests, he finally waited for the bride to be helped out of the courtyard, and then carried into a sedan chair by Mr. Yan. Not without disappointment, Shen Jian did not find the figure of the "uncle" who had made a match for him. He thought that this matchmaker probably hadn't come to the capital at all, and the chess game they had agreed upon would be impossible to play.
After worshiping the heaven and earth high hall, and the husband and wife worshiping each other, the newlyweds were finally sent to the bridal chamber.
Although ordinary people, regardless of gender, old or young, can enter the bridal chamber to tease the bride and say some colorful words, the Zhenbei Hou Mansion has a lot of rules. When Shen Yi got married, Shen Wen was less than ten years old, and Yang didn't let her go to Shen Yi's bridal chamber. Now Shen Wen is about to be eleven years old, so he can come to the bridal chamber to have a look.
Shen Wen squeezed excitedly in the crowd, waiting for Shen Jian to choose a hijab for Yan Shi. The people around said witty words, Shen Jian blushed, took the scale, and carefully raised the hijab for the bride. Everyone else stared at the bride with wide eyes, but Shen Wen stared hard at Shen Jian. When Shen Jian saw the bride's heavily made-up face, he showed a confused expression. Yan raised her eyes to look at Shen Jian, pursed her lips and smiled.
Shen Jian was still in a daze, the crowd shouted for a cup of wine, Shen Jian picked up the cup, and when Yan Shi was handing over the cup to him, she smiled and whispered in his ear: "Idiot!"
The redness on Shen Jian's face spread to the back of his neck, his eyes widened, and he said, "You...you..."
Yan said in a low voice: "'You' what? Drink it soon!"
Shen Jian hastily put the glass to his lips, met Yan's eyes, and drank the wine together. The crowd cheered loudly. Shen Jian turned around and found Shen Wen, seeing her covering her mouth and laughing, she could only grit her teeth secretly.
Shen Jian suddenly became a little shy, sitting beside Yan Shi, he didn't dare to lift his eyes, his face was so red that he was about to bleed. Shen Wen thought that he probably remembered how Yan Shi was a matchmaker for herself.
Everyone saw that Shen Jian seemed to be shyer than the bride, and even made a fuss. They asked a lot of questions such as "whether to have children", and Yan answered clearly and generously. Shen Jian just looked sideways at Yan frequently. The lips are closed, but the curve is smiling.
In the middle of the night, everyone dispersed. The newlyweds wash up separately, Yan washes off the lead, and sits on the bed with plain faces. Shen Jian entered the room after taking a shower, only wearing a white singlet.
When Yan Shi saw him, his eyes lit up, and after letting the others retreat, he stood up with a smile and took Shen Jian's hand and said, "I miss you, do you miss me?"
Shen Jian blushed again, and whispered: "I was still looking for you, I thought you didn't come."
Yan Shi shook Shen Jian's hand and said, "Do you like me?"
Shen Jian looked at Yan Shi, with normal facial features, and he could deceive people by pretending to be a boy, but his eyes were shining brightly, full of admiration for himself, his heart was suddenly touched, he nodded and said softly: "You are my wife." , I naturally like it..."
Yan Shi bit her lips and smiled, reached out and hugged Shen Jian's waist tightly, put her face on Shen Jian's chest and said: "I really like you, I fell in love with you as soon as I saw you, I thought at that time, I must Marry you, or I will live this life in vain... "
Shen Jian hugged Yan Shi clumsily, and said in a low voice: "Then let's... live a good life..."
Yan raised her head and said: "Of course! We are happy, have a lot of children, and live a good life!"
Shen Jian suddenly remembered what Shen Wen said, when the Zhenbeihou Mansion was destroyed, all the Liu family and the Yan family died in death. He was not married at that time, he didn't know what the Yan family was like, and he didn't feel any pain. But at this moment, this woman in his arms gave Shen Wen's dream a real connotation. Shen Jian thought that if one day, such a happy and lively Yan family would hang himself, he suddenly felt a needle in his heart. Same pain. He hugged Yan Shi tightly and said, "I will protect you well and not let you... get hurt."
Yan smiled and said to Shen Jian: "Husband is so kind! I knew you were the best!"
Shen Jian forced a smile, blew out the candle, and the two hugged each other in the darkness...then slowly walked to the bedside...
The next day, the newlyweds saw the old lady and Mrs. Yang, just like in the previous life, Mrs. Yan behaved well and did not reveal her true colors at all, but when she saw Shen Wen and gave her the purse, she winked at her. Shen Wen saluted with a smile, and rolled his eyes at Shen Jian.
Three days back to her natal family, Yan took Shen Jian to the Yan family's house in the capital, after dinner, Yan Erguan and Yan Er's wife bid farewell to Yan, and they were going back to their hometown. Yan Shi really cried a lot, but it was the second wife of Yan who comforted Yan Shi not to be sad, to be filial to the old man in her husband's house, and to love Shen Jian. Young Master Yan assured the two parents that if he was in the capital, he would help his sister at any time.
Leaving Yan's house, Yan cried for a long time, which was rare. Shen Jian usually saw Shen Wen crying a lot, so he naturally knew how to coax him, but he was familiar with the way. let go.
From then on, apart from coming out to pay respects, the Yan family hid in her own yard, stuck together with Shen Jian, played chess and studied, and lived a nourishing life for the two of them. As a result, the Hou Mansion only knew that Shen Jian and his wife got along very well, but no one knew about Yan's extraordinary personality.
This summer passed peacefully, Shen Xiang was thirteen years old, and Shen Wen was eleven years old.
In the far north, the prince's messenger finally found Tugu Khan, handed him the prince's secret letter, and assured them: if they come to make friends, the imperial court will form an alliance with them and will not invade each other.
Tugu Khan was gathering troops to fight to the death with his elder brother Khan Qiufa, his half brother and several relatives who supported him, knowing that the Southern Dynasty would not attack him, he was naturally very happy. He asked someone to write for him, and wrote back to the crown prince, saying that his second son, Huo Luo, would go to the Southern Court as soon as possible to negotiate a covenant on his behalf.
In autumn, the grain is ripe, and the price of grain and rice is cheap. There are grain merchants who buy grain and rice everywhere. In the capital, under Shen Jian's insistence, the Zhenbeihou Mansion used all their savings to purchase grain and seeds. The Liu family and the Yan family also secretly sent letters to their natal families, asking them to buy food. Pingyuanhou's Mansion, Ye Zhongshu's Mansion, Concubine Jiang Shu's natal family and some people who were acquainted with them also quietly bought a large amount of rice.
At the border, Zhenbei Hou also agreed to use his savings to buy grain at Shen Yi's insistence. Shen Jian asked people to take the bank note to the border and handed it to Shen Yi. Shen Yi did not give it to Zhenbei Hou, but quietly bought a lot of grain by himself. and other supplies.
Shen Wen even asked Su Wanniang to tell Shi Helin and Duan Zeng through Su Chuanya to store as much food as possible.
After Duan Zeng heard about it, he came to see Shen Wen when he sent Su Chuanya to his house. Shen Wen is already eleven years old, and he will set up a screen when he sees his nephew. Duan Zeng is also fifteen or sixteen, so he is considered a teenager.
When Su Chuanya heard that she wanted to see Shen Wen, she had to follow. Su Wanniang took them to the living room between the outer courtyard and the inner courtyard of the Hou Mansion. The four of them stood on both sides of the screen. Duan Zeng sighed, "I haven't seen you for a few days. You're just being so fussy."
Su Chuanya poked her neck to look behind the screen, but was grabbed by Duan Zeng.
Shen Wen pressed against the screen and said in a low voice: "I asked you to buy food, did you do it? If there is no money, I can ask my second brother to give it to you."
Duan Zeng said with some disdain: "You don't need your money anymore, the master is very rich now and has become a profiteer."
Shen Wen was surprised: "Why?"
Su Chuanya also smiled: "Really, we just bought the courtyard next to it. The master said that we want to open a pharmacy. In the future, Master Qin will spend all the money he has cheated, so he can go to the pharmacy. The master said He is a good person, selling medicine should be no problem."
Shen Wen asked in puzzlement: "How did your master earn so much money?"
Duan Zeng said, "It's not the benzoin cake!"
Su Chuanya rushed to say: "Since the imperial palace wanted that fragrant cake, it has spread in the capital. The master asked Master Qin to make it and sell it in our store. The more it sells, the more popular it is. Now we have twelve kinds of fragrant cakes." Models! The expensive ones only cost a tael of silver!"
Duan Zeng said angrily: "He is almost like a robber!"
Su Chuanya said to Duan Zeng: "But the master said it was a daughter-in-law book for you. You don't understand him at all. You are a little white-eyed wolf."
Duan Zeng snorted and said, "I'm not going to get married. How can I travel around the world with my family? If not, I will become like a master. I can only guard one place."
Shen Wen hurriedly said: "Don't worry about getting married or not, let your master use the money to buy rice and seeds. I figured out that there will be four years of severe drought in the future, so we need to save some food."
Duan Zeng whispered, "Don't forget..."
Shen Wen knew that he was referring to the matter of going to the border together, and hurriedly said: "I haven't forgotten, that's another matter."
Duan Zeng breathed a sigh of relief: "I just came to ask you, I thought you told us to buy a lot of grain, and you didn't go anywhere."
Shen Wen said: "How come, that is a big event."
Su Chuanya asked curiously, "What's the matter?"
Duan Zeng said in an adult tone: "Don't ask children about adult matters."
Su Chuanya said firmly: "You better not do anything behind my back, otherwise..."
Duan Zeng smiled sinisterly: "How about otherwise? Put some croton juice in the water? Sprinkle some tickling powder on the pillow?" He is a doctor, who dares to trip him
Su Chuanya cried into the screen, "Sister, miss, he bullied me!"
Seeing that it was almost time, Su Wanniang came over to pull Su Chuanya: "Okay, you should go back too."
Su Chuanya turned her face to the screen and said, "Miss, you must tell me anything! I'm with you!"
Duan Zeng took Su Chuanya's other arm, and together with Su Wanniang pulled him out, saying, "No one wants to be with you, do seven- and eight-year-old dogs think they know?"
Su Chuanya hopped her feet: "I'm already nine years old! Nine years old! Dogs don't hate me anymore..."
After seeing them off, Su Wanniang came back with a smile, and walked into the yard with Shen Wen. When passing the moon gate leading to the garden, Shen Wen had a keen sense. As he walked, he saw a figure flashing into the rocks in the distance from the corner of the eye. On the back, I pulled Su Wanniang, changed direction halfway, walked towards the moon gate, and said in my mouth: "Oh, sister Wanniang, I remembered, that day..."
After passing the Moon Gate, a stone path with rockery on one side and lawn on the other, after walking a few steps, I saw Xia Zi standing by the roadside with a smile on her face, and saluted them: "Miss, sister Xia Wan, I'm I'm going to pick some flowers for the young lady in the garden."
Shen Wen smiled and said, "Thank you, blind sister." He had already heard the slight breathing sound behind the rock, and hurriedly pointed at Xia Zi's back in another direction and said, "What is that?" As soon as Xia Zi turned around, Shen Wen Push Su Wanniang behind the rock.
Following Shen Wen's strength, Su Wanniang took two steps forward and shouted: "There is someone behind this stone!"
Just as Xia Zi turned her head to cover herself, Wang Zhi was already blushing and came out from behind the rockery in embarrassment.
It stands to reason that it is not a big deal for the servant girl and the servant to meet and say a few words, but why did Wang Zhi hide? As soon as Shen Wen lowered his eyes, he immediately understood. Even though she has thousands of years of experience, she still couldn't help but turn around slightly and stop looking at Wang Zhi.
Su Wanniang didn't notice anything unusual, and asked loudly, "Why are you sneaking around and hiding?"
In fact, at this time, he found some excuse that he didn't want to "confront Miss", so he just got away with it, but Wang Zhi got on his mind, and suddenly knelt down to Shen Wen, and said, "Please help Miss..."
Su Wanniang stood in front of Shen Wen and said sharply: "Are you crazy?! Tell Miss this kind of thing?" Shen Wen is only an eleven-year-old girl, how can she intervene in these adult marriages. Although Su Wanniang knew that Shen Wen had a thick skin, she must maintain Shen Wen's innocent image in front of outsiders.
Xia Zi also knelt down immediately, and said in tears: "Please forgive me, my servant will serve you wholeheartedly for the rest of my life, please let this little brother go..." She said this, as if Shen Wen wanted to punish them, and she was willing to sacrifice her life Come to save each other.
Shen Wen secretly sneered, in the previous life, you begged Shen Xiang not to marry Wang Zhi, I wonder if you used such rhetoric behind your back to provoke him to attack my second brother, and you ended up becoming a concubine under the Eastern Palace , is really good calculation. Now, I naturally want to fulfill both of you.
Thinking of this, Shen Wen took out a handkerchief and rubbed his eyes, crying and said: "You have served me for a while, how can I treat you badly? Come, let's go to see mother together and let her decide for you and arrange the marriage!"
Xia Zi lost her voice: "No—"
Wang Zhi expressed his thanks in surprise, "Thank you, Miss!"
Xia Zi stepped forward in panic, trying to hug Shen Wen's leg, but Shen Wen had already turned around and said to Su Wanniang, "Let's go to mother's place."
Su Wanniang glanced at Xia Zi contemptuously, helped the "delicate" Shen Wen, and walked to Yang's meeting hall.
Xia Zi had no choice but to stand up, crying and said: "Miss, miss, this servant wants to serve you well..." Chasing after Shen Wen.
Wang Zhi was finally able to stand up, and followed at the end, sometimes pulling Xia Zi's sleeve, Xia Zi shook off his pull impatiently.
A few people went outside Yang's hall, and someone sent a report to go in, and Yang asked them to go in immediately.
As soon as she entered the door, Xia Zi immediately knelt on the ground, and just about to speak, Su Wanniang reprimanded: "Let the lady speak first! There are no rules at all."
Yang looked at Shen Wen, Shen Wen wiped away tears, and said to Yang: "Mother, sister Wanniang and I were walking in the yard and passed a moon gate. I remembered that I saw a bird on a tree in the garden the day before yesterday. To build a nest, I want to take Wanniang sister to see... "
Yang frowned, looked at Su Wanniang, Su Wanniang hurriedly bowed, and said neatly: "Xia Zi is standing by the side of the road, and this young man is hidden in the rocks behind him. He came out and said to make Miss complete." Four sentences, put Explained everything before and after.
Yang was furious, this kind of meddlesome thing happened to her daughter! It is common for servants and maids to get married, and the master can make the decision. If the relationship with the master is good, the parents of both parties may come to mention it. It's fine if they just flirt with each other, but they can't flirt with each other in broad daylight. If the atmosphere of the whole family is corrupted, their children will also suffer.
Just as Mrs. Yang was about to ask someone to sell the two of them, Shen Wen cried and pulled Mrs. Yang's sleeves and said, "Mother, they are all poor people saved by my father. Let's let them be fulfilled by our government!" He accepted Wang Zhi's request.
Yang recalled that these two people were indeed brought back by Lord Hou. If they were sold, Master Hou would know, no matter what the reason was, wouldn't they be unhappy? He frowned and hesitated.
Xia Zi cried and said: "I am willing to serve the lady for the rest of my life to repay the kindness of Lord Hou! I beg my wife to let this little brother go, his parents are both dead, and he really has nowhere to go." It sounded like Yang had made a decision , she begged for love.
Shen Wen shook Yang's sleeve and said: "Mother, listen, she thinks so much about that person, it must be because the two of them have a good friendship, don't break them up, just let them be together..."
Yang was angry, and said sharply to Shen Wen: "You are a girl, what are you talking about?! Why don't you hurry down!"
Shen Wen covered his face with a handkerchief, weeping and was helped out by Su Wanniang. As soon as he went out, he caught up with Shen Jian who hurried over after hearing that Shen Wen was crying all the way to find Mrs. Yang. Shen Jian leaned over in front of Shen Wen, and asked like a good brother: "Little sister, don't cry, tell Second Brother if you have anything to say."
Shen Wen was choked with sobs, but there were no tears in her eyes raised from the handkerchief. She hurriedly whispered: "Let the two of them get married!" Then she burst into tears: "Second brother, my mother scolded me! Woo... "He put his handkerchief over his face and left crying.
Shen Jian entered the hall door and saw Xia Zi and Wang Zhi kneeling in front of Yang Shi. His heart was cold, but he still smiled and said to Yang Shi: "Mother, what's the big deal? You made my little sister cry?"
Wang Zhi kowtowed to Shen Jian and said, "I am sincere to Miss Xia Zi! Please, Second Young Master, please help me!"
Xia Zi cried and said: "I wish to serve the young lady all my life, please forgive me..."
Yang's fingers trembled with anger: "The two of them are actually in the yard... and the second lady saw them."
Shen Jian comforted Yang Shi with a smile: "Mother, they were brought back together by father. In our house, they probably share the same destiny. The male college should be married and the female college should be married. Just take care of things for them. Why be angry?" ? It broke your body with anger."
Ever since Shen Jian used a borrowed knife to kill someone last time, Yang's mood has eased somewhat, and he dare not underestimate this son who is smiling every day. Hearing what Shen Jian said, Yang's idea of selling him was finally shaken.
Xia Zi wept bitterly and kowtowed: "Ma'am, this servant is willing to serve the young lady for a lifetime of redemption, please forgive me!"
Shen Jian said with a smile: "You can still serve my sister even if you are married. Besides, my mother hasn't said what she wants to do, why is she talking about letting you go? Could it be that if you get married, you won't let you go? Wang Zhi, you Tell me, does that make sense?"
Xia Zi was at a loss for words, and Wang Zhi kowtowed immediately: "Thank you, Second Young Master, for your success! Wang Zhi will definitely serve Second Young Master well!"
Shen Jian still smiled: "Your life was saved by Lord Hou, just serve the Hou family well in the future."
Yang Shi looked at Shen Jian with some doubts, and Shen Jian said softly to Yang Shi: "Mother, let them get married. In this way, it will be a good answer for father to ask about it in the future. Father rescued Wang Zhi from the dead. Let him follow me, I have to give him a good way out, right?"
There was a hint of sarcasm in these words, Yang looked carefully at Shen Jian, but could not see anything from those smiling eyes.
Xia Zi looked at Yang in panic: "Madam, Madam..."
Yang finally sighed: "Okay, let them handle it, but, Jian'er, do you still want this person? I can let them go to Zhuangzi." Xia Zi cried loudly.
Shen Jian nodded with a smile and said: "Let him come back to me, it's not wrong to like a maid, let alone married, it's not a matter of life."
Yang Shi was still a little depressed, looked at Xia Zi out of the corner of her eye, Shen Jian smiled and said: "I just came in, my sister was crying so hard, my sister misses the old days, mother doesn't have to punish this maid, let her return to my sister's side, Don't break my sister's heart."
"How could you..." Just as he was about to say that Shen Jian treated people too loosely, he suddenly remembered the more than a hundred people who had died, and was startled for a moment. He looked at Shen Jian, who was gently saying to the two people kneeling on the ground: "Quick Get up and thank Madam well. Wang Zhi, I'll have someone seal the silver for you, and the second lady will definitely have a happy silver for you, congratulations."
Wang Zhi looked happy, and saluted Yang again: "Thank you Madam!" Then to Shen Jian: "Thank you, Second Young Master!"
Yang turned her face away depressed, Shen Jian signaled him to get up, Wang Zhi got up, wanted to pull Xia Zi who was still crying, Xia Zi swung her arm to prevent him from touching it.
Seeing this, Mrs. Yang said: "I walk the road by myself. Now that I have reached this point, let's do it like this." She turned her head and called Madam Qian: "They don't have parents, so keep an eye on them. Find a matchmaker as soon as possible. Get things done, don't procrastinate, don't make things bad, and nothing shameful will happen again."
Madam Qian quickly responded, and La Xiazi said, "Don't thank Madam? It's time to step down."
Xia Zi bowed to Mrs. Yang reluctantly, cried and followed Madam Qian out of the room, and Wang Zhi followed them in embarrassment.
Yang frowned: "I don't understand. Listening to what she said, she kept asking for Wang Zhi's favor, but let her marry him. Why does she seem unwilling?"
Shen Jian smiled: "Girls are all shy, it's fine when they get married."
Yang sighed deeply: "I have to let your sister-in-law take care of more things, this mansion is getting more and more chaotic."
Shen Jian hurriedly comforted him: "What's the mess? It's just that the servant girl met her eyes, which mansion didn't? Mother don't worry, let them get married, isn't this helping them? Mother has done a good deed."
Yang shook her head and stopped thinking about it.
Madam Qian brought the weeping Xia Zi back to Shen Wen's yard. Shen Wen and Su Wanniang had already returned, and everyone knew what was going on. Now that Madam Qian is here, the maids are all standing by the door or by the roadside, obviously waiting to hear the result.
Madam Qian saw Shen Wen and said with a smile: "Madam said to arrange the marriage for them."
Shen Wen laughed: "Mother is so kind! Let me just say, they are affectionate and righteous, and they should be fulfilled!"
Madam Qian said to Xia Zi: "Thank you, miss, for pleading."
Xia Zi cried and saluted, Shen Wen hurriedly waved his hands and said, "You don't need to thank me, as long as you are happy!"
Xia Zi glanced at Shen Wen while crying, Shen Wen smiled and looked at her with swollen eyes. Xia Zi didn't see anything strange on Shen Wen's face, but Shen Wen saw a clear hatred in Xia Zi's eyes.
Shen Wen asked Su Wanniang to give Xia Zi twenty taels of silver, and Xia Zi accepted it. Although she thanked her, she didn't show much gratitude. She exited Shen Wen's room, and the surrounding maids came to congratulate her, many of them were gloating: Xia Zi is young and good-looking, she is the second largest maid around Shen Wen anyway, she can definitely find a better girl OK It doesn't matter if you have a family and a business, or you are young and in charge. After two years, the young lady will be older and open her mouth to her wife. Who can't? But now, he was sneaking around and found a servant. He didn't have anything to ask for. After getting married, he didn't even have a place to live, so he had to rely on the Hou's mansion to give him a single room. The other party doesn't have a maid himself, so marrying a wife now is like having a maid. The clothes are washed and taken care of by others, but Xia Zi is miserable. For no reason, there is another master who serves here. Miss, I have to serve another man when I get home...
This is the reason why many maidservants would rather be concubines than a maid of honor for a servant: at least if they become concubines, they don't have to wash their own and other people's clothes in the cold weather! There is no need to light a fire in front of the stove to cook, and you will feel dizzy and dizzy from the smoke. No need to buy rotten vegetable leaves to save a few coppers, no need to wear patched clothes...
In the eyes of many servant girls, Xia Zi has ruined herself!
Xia Zi also thought so, amidst the congratulations, she couldn't stop crying.
In the room, Shen Wen whispered to Su Wanniang: "Wang Zhi is grateful to my second brother, Xia Zi hates me, you said the two of them are together, will they do good or bad things to the Hou Mansion in the end?"
Su Wanniang said without hesitation: "Bad thing, that Wang Zhi is ungrateful, his life was saved by Lord Hou, but he didn't make him grateful, so it doesn't matter how nice he is! Xia Zi is on the side of the pillow Just blow the wind, he can do anything."
Shen Wen smiled: "Then we have matched a good marriage."
A few days later, a matchmaker proposed marriage to Madam Qian as if going through the motions, and Madam Qian decided to set the date. Surrounded by several servants and maids, Wang Zhi and Xia Zi worshiped the tablets of Tian Di and their parents, and were sent to a single room given by the Hou Mansion.
Three days after the wedding, the two split up and went to work. Wang Zhi still followed Shen Jian every day, and Xia Zi returned to Shen Wen's courtyard. Both Xia Qing and Xia Lan became Shen Wen's personal maids.
Before marrying Wang Zhi, Xia Zi wanted to escape several times, but her real master refused to let her, and insisted that she stay in the Hou's mansion. So, even though she had a father and a mother, she just got married in such a vague way, and even worshiped the tablets of her living parents!
Wang Zhi is a child from a northern village, and he doesn't even know a few words, and his usual customs are quite different from Xia Zi's. Xia Zi lied about going out to visit relatives and so on. In fact, she grew up in the capital. Although she is a commoner family, she feels superior to others. When you seduce Wang Zhi, you can show tenderness, but once you get married, no matter how you look at Wang Zhi, it's hard to see Wang Zhi, and it's rare to give him a good face. He stays in Shen Wen's courtyard every day until night before returning home, wishing not to see his husband .
Wang Zhi was in high spirits, no matter how indifferent Xia Zi was, wouldn't he have to come back to sleep at night? When he was young, he had no other place to use his brain, so he became an animal that used his lower body to think. Every night, regardless of Xia Zi's mood, she tossed hard, making Xia Zi extremely annoying and hated to the bone.
These helpless and unfilial things, Xia Zi recorded in Shen Wen's account.
Zhang Yunming took Zhang Yunzheng all the way to the south, going through hardships. It's not that it's not good to eat and live badly, not to mention the tens of thousands of silver taels they brought, and there are various businesses of the Li family along the way, so naturally they are well taken care of everywhere, but I am tired!
In the beginning, Zhang Yunzheng stopped everywhere, whenever he came across something new, he had to go and look at it for a long time. Passers-by quarrel, hawkers yell, chickens fly and dogs jump, yamen settle cases... he all wants to join in the fun. Often when Zhang Yunming turned his head while walking, he couldn't see Zhang Yunzheng's shadow. Whether riding a horse or walking, Zhang Yunzheng can disappear inexplicably. Although there are many times, Zhang Yunming can't get used to it. Every time he will be scared and sweat, and then lead people to find it along the way. Sometimes it is not far from the roadside, but sometimes it is far away from the road they walked. They found Zhang Yunzheng who was watching the fun with relish.
Zhang Yunming became angry: "You can't be so irresponsible, okay?!"
Zhang Yunzheng was a little puzzled: "What did I do?"
Zhang Yunming said: "You can't go alone! You have to follow me, you can't just disappear without saying hello! I have to find you!"
Zhang Yunzheng rolled his eyes: "Who told you to find me? I will find it myself."
Zhang Yunming waved his fan: "How did you find it?! We went south without stopping! What if you got lost?!"
Zhang Yunzheng didn't take it seriously: "How could it be?! This group of people attracts so much attention, and they only go to the south. If you inquire about it, you will definitely be able to catch up."
Although he knew that what Zhang Yunzheng said was reasonable, Zhang Yunming just couldn't rest assured: "No! Father and mother handed you over to me, so you have to listen to me! Let's go together!"
Zhang Yunzheng called: "Why? What do you mean by 'handing over' to you? You are only two years older than me! I asked you to come out with me! Leave me alone!"
Zhang Yunming said: "Of course I have to take care of it! I'm your brother! You are so playful and we walk so slowly, when will we get to Jiangnan? How will we do things? No wonder that Second Miss Shen said you are a jerk!"
Zhang Yunzheng was furious, and punched him...the two started fighting.
The two of them had seen each other a lot, and they just stood aside, yawning boredly, chatting in low voices. When they were sweating profusely after their punches and kicks, the butler of the Li family said with a smile: "How about this, every time we go, we will set aside time for this Second Young Master Zhang to play. Now that the season is here, Mr. Young Master, you can follow me to buy food. If we go all the way and buy all the way, we shouldn't delay things."
After the fight, Zhang Yunzheng also knew that he was in the wrong, so his face was dark and he didn't speak, so the matter was settled like this. In the days that followed, when Zhang Yunming arrived at a place, he went to the countryside with the housekeeper to buy grain, and immediately arranged for carriage and horses to be transported to Li's station at the border. At first Zhang Yunzheng wandered around vigorously by himself, but later he followed Zhang Yunming and the housekeeper to buy food without emotion.
Because it is a good year, grain prices are extremely cheap. Zhang Yunming didn't try to lower the price, he spent a lot of money when he saw it was suitable, he was extravagant, and when they arrived at Li's house, the richest man in the south of the Yangtze River, most of the 400,000 silver tickets they brought had already been spent.
The Li family, the richest man in the south of the Yangtze River, got the news that his grandson and the eldest son of Marquis Ping Yuan would come to meet his grandparents in person, so they had already made preparations. Although he is a junior, Li's father, Mr. Li, an official, requires the highest level of hospitality: the courtyard with the most beautiful scenery, the house repainted, the new window frames carved from nanmu... The furniture is the latest style, and the bedding, etc. are even better. Not to mention, silk and satin are resplendent and resplendent.
Estimating that the time was almost up, the Li family sent people ten miles out of the city to meet them. After waiting for fourteen or five days in a row, they finally arrived at the convoy with the Pingyuanhou logo.
Looking at the dozens of people running over with a grin, Zhang Yunzheng frowned and asked Zhang Yunming: "What are they doing?"
Zhang Yunming said very gracefully: "Of course they are here to welcome us."
Zhang Yunzheng was puzzled, "Why are there so many people?"
Zhang Yunming glanced at Zhang Yunzheng and said: "You really don't know much, there are so many people, do you understand? This is how we appear to be powerful!"
Zhang Yunzheng still asked: "Why is there a faction?"
Zhang Yunming said meaningfully: "In this way, the whole city will know that we are here."
Before Zhang Yunzheng knew it, he was forced to dismount and greet the visitor. Then, those people started beating gongs and drums, Zhang Yunming and Zhang Yunzheng got on their horses again and entered the city surrounded by people.
From the outside of the city to the Li family, the Li family members and spectators warmly welcomed them all the way. Because of their arrival, the business in the Li family's city will be temporarily discounted! Zhang Yunzheng had never seen such a scene before, amidst the din of people, he felt irritated and frowned all the way.
As Zhang Yunming said, when they arrived at the Li family's mansion, everyone in the city knew that the grandson of the Li family, the eldest son of Marquis Pingyuan, had come all the way from the capital to visit his grandfather. Along with him was the child of a powerful relative of Marquis Pingyuan. Everyone can see that the two young people are really dragons and phoenixes among men, one is especially handsome, with an arrogant expression that is really worthy of the title of first-class noble and young man from the capital.
Overnight, the rich and powerful families all over the city were jealous and envious of the Li family, and privately felt that the old official Li's marriage was too good. Many families began to think that their daughters should also marry a dignitary in the capital, especially the one who was in front of the house, so they couldn't let it go.