After being praised by his sister as the best brother, the best brother Zhu Tingfang came to the Zhang family gate early the next morning with several guards. When Wu sent Zhang Shou, who was leading the horse, out, she was shocked to see the big scene in front of the door. When she asked the reason, she couldn't help but feel touched and terrified.
Zhang Shou didn't want to drag it out any longer - after all, he had already determined last night that Brother Zhu couldn't be persuaded to come back. Therefore, he could only persuade Wu to go back with a few words, and then he rode forward to meet up with others.
Having learned from Zhu Tingfang's reticence, he felt that talking to Brother Zhu was a bit tiring, so he was too lazy to initiate a conversation on the rest of the way. But unexpectedly, when they were getting closer to the Imperial College, Zhu Tingfang actually took the initiative to say, "The day after tomorrow is an auspicious day, suitable for moving to a new house."
If the lady said this with a smile, Zhang Shou would not be surprised at all. But at this moment, Zhu Tingfang said this expressionlessly, and he felt it was incredible to the extreme. He could not help but look at her face several times, and then he coughed and said, "I have classes in the Imperial College the day after tomorrow, and I probably won't be able to make time."
"Yingying will go to your house to help." Zhu Tingfang said this in a completely declarative tone, and then added, "And grandma has already instructed to pick 20 to 30 people to help. Your family doesn't have much luggage and belongings. I heard that Zhang Yuan has been tidying up and cleaning, but they just moved in, so I'm afraid they won't have enough manpower. Although Ah Liu found a lot of people from somewhere, it's still not enough."
Zhang Shou had to admit that Zhu Tingfang was right. Many people dream of having a house like a park, but many people have not considered one thing, that is... a good environment needs to be taken care of by people, especially when the whole garden belongs to your home! Sure enough, Zhu Tingfang gave him a series of numbers.
"At that time, there were a total of 105 male and female servants registered in Luwang's villa. Twelve cleaners, eight gardeners, eight in the big kitchen, four in the small kitchen, eight grooms, eight laundrymen, and four servants serving in the untitled hall..."
"Stop!" Before Zhu Tingfang could report those frightening numbers, Zhang Shou reached out to stop him, and then rubbed his brows with a headache, "It seems that I was right before. Even if a poor official in Beijing takes over such a house, he definitely can't afford it."
"That's right." Zhu Tingfang smiled faintly. "So, what you said before about postponing the wedding date and telling Yingying that poverty brings sorrow to a poor couple is the key to moving Dad. When Emperor Ruizong was still a vassal king, although the Queen Mother was a princess and my grandfather was a commander, the family was actually in decline. My grandmother and Dad both knew how hard life was."
"So, before you have enough wealth, I hope you won't reject my family's kindness."
Zhang Shou smiled bitterly. "I guess the emperor gave me this Luwang Villa because he thought the money invested in it every year was too much. If someone lives in a house, the money invested every year may be limited, but if no one lives in it, it will decay very quickly, which is probably hard for ordinary people to imagine. The money spent on repairs and maintenance every year alone is a huge number."