The carriage arrived at the street of antiques, calligraphy and painting, but the carriage could not enter. Chang Zhong got off the carriage and helped his fiancée down, and said to his fiancée: "Let's go to Jingyi Pavilion first. I heard Mr. Wu said that a batch of antiques have arrived."
Wei Xinyi asked, "Isn't it an antique handled by the Ministry of Household Affairs?"
Chang Zhong laughed, "It's really an antique handled by the Ministry of Revenue. Why should I ask Mr. Wu?"
Wei Xinyi also smiled, "Then let's go and take a look."
There were not many guests in Jingyi Pavilion. When the shopkeeper saw Chang Zhong, his face was full of smiles, "Master Zhou, you are here. A new batch of antiques have recently arrived. What do you want to see?"
Chang Zhong said: "Take me to see the ornaments."
Wei Xinyi looked at the fan, "You go look at the ornaments, and I'll look at the fan."
Chang Zhong said: "That's fine."
The two carefully selected the gifts and paid the bill. They left the antique street and wanted to drink tea. Chang Zhong heard a noise while passing by the pawn shop. He opened the curtain of the carriage and saw a young man pushing to the ground holding a jade pendant.
The coachman hurriedly stopped the carriage. Because it was the Marquis's carriage, the men did not dare to move. They looked at each other and quickly returned to the pawn shop.
The young man had already stood up and looked a little embarrassed, "Thank you."
Chang Zhong opened the car window, "I didn't do anything to help you."
"I still have to thank you, otherwise I will definitely get beaten."
Chang Zhong raised his eyebrows, "I don't think you understand. Why did you make the pawnshop man anxious?"
Yang Xiu frowned, "I want to be a jade pendant, but they insulted me and I couldn't help it."
Chang Zhong took a look at the jade pendant. How should I put it? Normally, a jade pendant can be worth dozens of taels. Of course, the pawn price is very low. In addition, the household department handles a large number of antique jewelry, so the pawn price is even lower. It really can't be said of a pawn shop. Deliberately lower the price.
Chang Zhong said: "I see that you are also a scholar, but your accent is not from Beijing. What difficulties have you encountered?"
Yang Xiu lowered his head, "I am a student who went to Beijing to take the exam. I have paid compensation for all my money. Now I only have this jade pendant given by my master to relieve my worries."
Chang Zhong was shocked, "You didn't go to Beijing with your companions?"
Yang Xiu pursed his lips and tightened his chin, looking very aloof. Chang Zhong asked how old he was, and then he understood. He didn’t want to bully or talk to this talented young man. When he finally heard that it was Chuanzhou Jieyuan, Chang Zhong blinked. Eyes, "In this case, you can pledge the jade pendant to me until you have money to redeem it."
In the evening, Chang Zhong told his fourth brother, Chang Zhi asked, "Did he be escorted to you?"
Chang Zhong nodded, "It's not about saving face. Although he is still young and has a flexible mind, he wants to continue to refer to it. Having suffered a loss can improve his memory."
Yang Xiu said that the compensation amount was obviously designed by others. Don't think that all candidates are high-minded and upright. Many of them are narrow-minded and vicious.
Changzhi passed Yang Xiu's exam and he was a talented person. He went back to the yard and asked a boy to take care of him. In the end, he lamented that he was young and had little experience.
In a blink of an eye, it was time to go to the He family to propose marriage. The He family was very satisfied with Mingjia. The marriage proposal and the horoscopes went smoothly. Mingjia was like Changzhi, and Su Xuan personally taught people sophistication. Mingjia was more diplomatic than Changzhi, and he was very popular with the elders of the He family. favorite.
Now that Mingjia was settled, Zhulan called Minghui, "I'll give Shao Ting a face. Jiang Ling understands what I mean. What do you think?"
Minghui had a plan in mind, "My grandson wants to wait until the spring period is over."
Zhulan got the accurate information and ignored it, "You make an agreement with your mother."
"My grandson understands."
The next day, Zhulan hadn't seen Mrs. Tao for a long time, "I see you have lost weight again?"
Tao feels that she has aged a lot, "Our whole family has lost a lot of weight."
Zhulan saw that Tao's face was still a little sad, "Are you worried?"
Mrs. Tao felt panic-stricken in her heart. She was indeed a good woman as the wife of the Wang family, but she also had some unsatisfactory things. "It's not because of my unsatisfactory mother's family."
Zhulan, "Something happened?"
"Well, it's not easy to succeed, but it turns out that my father doesn't care about my stepmother and tortures me. If I hadn't sent someone back in advance to deliver the New Year's gift, the good child would have been lost."
Zhulan can't stand the abuse of children no matter in modern or ancient times, "How are the children now?"
Mrs. Tao was very upset, "I took you back to Beijing, and now you are raising her in my dowry village, eh."
Zhulan comforted, "The child is good, and the Tao family will have hope in the future."
"Oh, even if you have good hopes, they will torture you and make you resentful."
Zhulan, "Do you want to keep it?"
Mr. Tao nodded, "Yes, I told the master and he agreed."
The younger generations of the Tao family also wanted to give her girls, but she didn't want any of them. It was better to rely on women to raise men. Sons were the foundation of a family. The thought of her parents giving girls to their grandson as concubines made her angry and disgusted. .
Zhulan asked, "Since you know what's going on, don't be upset."
Tao sighed, "I can just talk to you."
After a pause, Mr. Tao asked, "I heard some news without going out. Are you really sure about Gu Sheng?"
"Do you all know what was said?"
"You're not hiding it, and we're not blind."
Zhulan smiled and said, "It's decided, we just wait to choose a good day to propose marriage."
If it weren't for the Southern Family's constant visits, Changzhi wouldn't be so high-profile. The Zhou family didn't want to be associated with the Southern Family.
As the news spread, Gu Sheng received more attention. Some people wanted to cause harm, but Gu Sheng had two points and one line. He was protected by Zhou Changzhi in the Hanlin Academy, so he had no chance to cause harm.
Gu Sheng was also afraid of accidents, so he rejected all the posts he could.
There are dangers but also advantages. He is more open-minded in the Hanlin Academy and everyone will be polite to him. The only worry is that Ji Deming relies on him like a dog-skin plaster. Every time he doesn't accept the gift, Gide will block him tomorrow.
Time flies by so fast. I haven’t felt much about this year’s winter yet. More than half of it has already passed. In a blink of an eye, we are entering the twelfth lunar month and approaching the end of the year.
The time is getting closer and closer to spring, and Chang Zhong no longer goes out. He has not forgotten to come back with a top score.
Ming Teng and his wife also returned to Rong'an Hou's Mansion, where they would stay through the first month of the year.
Ming Teng and his wife came back that day. Zhu Lan looked at their clothes and asked, "Where are you coming back from?"
Ming Teng replied, "We just came back from Ran Mansion."
Zhulan noticed that her grandson's tone was wrong, "What's going on?"
Seeing that her husband didn't want to talk, Liu Jia could only speak herself, "Ran Xun's eldest son is gone."
Zhulan had never heard the news, and when she thought about it, she understood that it would not be easy for this child to die. This was considered a family scandal. How could the Qi family tell anyone about it? She could only cover her death in the back house.
Zhulan lamented that it was not easy for the child to grow up so big, "Why not?"
Liu Jia glanced at her husband and said, "The charcoal fire is not good. The child caught a cold again. We don't know the details. We only know that the child was dead in the morning."
Zhulan's heart was heavy. She had seen this child before and had given him a red envelope. The little person was very quiet.
Ming Teng sneered, "Grandma, how do you think people can change so much?"
Zhulan knew she was talking about Ran Xun, but she thought the gap between friends was too big, leaving only a sense of distance, "You?"
Ming Teng knew in his heart that he and Ran Xun could not go back. He wanted to comfort Ran Xun, but Ran Xun said that he didn't understand anything. His heart was burning like fire, so he took his wife and left directly. You shouldn't go there.