Zhang replied easily, this Li Zhang looked at him twice, but smiled, sighed: "That's what I said, but in the future, I have to think more about it—this is most likely your business in the future, and you should pay attention to it." Zhang Hui nodded in response, and poured tea with Zhang Wang.

Zhang Wang took the cup, moistened his throat, and then said with a smile: "I told you to pay attention, but some things are not in the warehouse, and they have already arrived everywhere in the house." A gift list object, always ask the old lady and the old lady to look at it first, pick some beloved ones to stay, and some to keep for other places to celebrate. Second, this time is different from the past, the things of each family and the government are much better than in previous years, and there are many rare and rare things, and it is necessary to be filial piety first. So I picked up a few pieces, and some of them were put on display at the time, and you will know when you go around the house. ”

Zhang Hui listened to his detailed explanation, and couldn't help but be slightly surprised. But then as soon as he thought about it, his eyes suddenly widened, and he opened his mouth and asked: "Listen to this, isn't there a father's beloved, and he was robbed by the old lady, the master, and the wife?"

As soon as the words came out, Zhang Hui knew that it was not good, and subconsciously hid to the side, but he had already been knocked on the shoulder by Zhang Wang with the long handle of the flower scissors. However, although Zhang Wang beat him, he couldn't help laughing out loud, and said: "You real boy, you are good at looking for fights! ”

Zhang Hui clapped his hands and said, "It turned out to be it." It is indeed an excellent treasure, and it is one of the best in the loyal Bofu, which is the favorite of the king boss. It's just that this time, the old man said, I heard that my uncle and I have praised this interstitial, and I know that my father loves the natural texture of this jade, and I think that it is the most difficult thing in the world to know the sound of the same thing, especially when he was forty-five years old, the elders gave it, so he asked the congratulatory gift to be added to the gift, and it was given to his father, which is a heavenly note. ”

Zhang Wang was stunned for a long time when he heard this, and sighed: "In this way, it is really rare for the old man to give him a thought. It's rare that your uncle has always been thinking about it-if you are very in your heart, how can you have such a cause!" He glanced up at Zhang Hui and said, "It's just you, you can always take advantage of Qiao Zong'er." ”

Zhang Hui said with a smile: "It's all thanks to the father's blessing, and the son's luck is good." It's just that my grandfather wasn't kind and didn't ask, so he took it back to his own house to enjoy it. ”

Zhang Wang glared and scolded: "The kid is rude!" Zhang Hui ignored it, only turned to the vine table by the flower stand, and took the plain cloth burden that he had brought all the way before. Untied the cloth knot in his hand, and said to himself all the way: "I just met Mr. Zhai in the study, and I heard that my grandfather was about to lose a good inkstone, and I must be heartbroken." The son had good luck, he only got one last month, and he wanted to have a birthday with his father, but now he took it, and how about replacing it with his grandfather?"

Zhang Wang hurriedly stretched out his hand to take it, took it in his hand and looked at it carefully, buckled it with his fingers, and then shone a few rays of sunlight through the glass window next to him, his face couldn't hide his joy, and he scolded with a smile: "I just said how did you send all the birthday gifts of each family home, and you only hid your own share, and you didn't move at all when you got home for most of the day--it turned out to be a battle for this! It can be seen that you have learned badly outside, and even your own Lao Tzu dares to play together!" I'm afraid this won't come easily, right? Don't get it from the side door, I will never accept it. ”

Zhang Hui said repeatedly: "How dare my son! Mr. Mileage, the academy, they also know that they can only be called if they are fated. My father didn't believe it, so he wrote to ask. ”

Zhang Wang nodded: "It seems that there is a story, but I am impatient to listen to it today, and I will talk about it later when I have time." While holding the inkstone and not letting go, he looked at the other box in his baggage and asked, "What else do you have in your bag?

Zhang Hui couldn't help but smile, and sure enough, he opened it as he said. When Zhang Wang saw it, his eyes immediately widened, and his face was even more surprised than Fang Cai.

I saw that the box was made of ebony, one foot two inches long, about nine inches wide, and more than seven inches deep; the bottom of the box was covered with lambskin, and the four corners and gaps were all filled with light and soft silk, but it was filled with a complete set of insect tools -- there was a Tianyuan-type breeding tank, a begonia-type carrying tank, a Ruyi plate long-knotted bucket jar, an oval-shaped shallow water, and a fan-shaped food board, all of which were blue and white of one color, and painted with fine orchids and grass insects; a barrel carved by red sandalwood and a cage, and only a turn of orchid grass leaves were carved on it; a pair of Hunan bamboo fishing, A pair of dung shovels, the pattern engraved on the head is flowing water and white sand; a brass scale, as plain as possible, with no ornamentation; and finally a pair of four eight-treasure floating cloud knots carved and painted with water and stone patterns of the ivory carved door core gourd -- all of them are really ready, the color and color are exquisite, and they are all neatly arranged in the box.

It turned out that Zhang Hui knew that his father, this Zhang Wang's lifelong interest, unlike his grandfather Zhang Pei and other uncles, in addition to gold and stone antiques, flowers and plants, calligraphy and paintings, the first love is crickets and other songs, so he specially found these exquisite insect tools to offer. Zhang Wang was overjoyed when he saw it, and immediately put down the inkstone, took the box, and took out all kinds of insect jars and utensils to look at. Look at one, like one, like one, look at another. After reading one by one, the color became more and more happy, and the insect jar and insect tools were taken back to the box as they were, and he held them in his arms with both hands, and Ling Zhang put out the charcoal stove, took the inkstone, and went back to the main house of the east courtyard where he lived, and said in his mouth: "Such a rare object must be a dense collection and play with it at any time." ”

Zhang Hui gave this gift, but he didn't expect Zhang Wang to be so happy. But his father was satisfied, and he was very happy, so he put out the fire, closed the doors and windows of the flower room, and followed him back to the room with a smile.

After a short time, the father and son had already arrived in the upper room. Zhang Wang personally collected the insect box, and then went to the room to sit down with Zhang Hui. At this time, Yin Chun came over to ask for instructions on setting the meal, and it turned out that it was lunch time. Zhang Wang asked the rest of the family to act. Yin Chun reported that the old lady and other female dependents had lunch at the vegetarian hall under the jurisdiction of the Tianning Monastery and returned after the meal; Zhang Pei and other county school poetry clubs had always returned in the evening; while Zhang Kui, who was in charge of presiding over the birthday ceremony in the house, had eaten first, and then went out of the house to buy all kinds of utensils. When Zhang Wang heard this, he knew that there was no other master in the house at the moment, so he ordered lunch to be placed in the room. The father and son changed their clothes and sent everyone out of the room, leaving only Yin Chun to sit with him. The three of them were also formal, and they had a meal while laughing.

After the meal, Zhang Hui took the gift list he had prepared earlier according to what the father and son had said before, discussed with Yin Chun, and redrafted a thank you gift list for Nanjing. After it was prepared, he read it with Zhang Wang, and added or deleted three or four more items, so he copied two copies, one of which asked Zhang Wang to personally sign the letter and seal the letter; and handed it to Yin Chun, and went to the warehouse to check the items according to the list, and packed the package. After disposing of them one by one, Zhang Wang was also tired, so he went to rest on the warm couch in his study next to him.

Here Zhang Hui called Yin Chun and went to his own room in the east wing of the courtyard to sit. The two sat down in the house, and the boy who was waiting served tea and ate some refreshments at will. Yin Chun was also dedicated, knowing that Zhang Hui had not been home for three years, so he was busy combing through the weddings, funerals, and relatives in the house in the past three years, and told him one by one about the arrangements for the courtyard and residence in the house at the moment, and the functions of the servants and women everywhere, and finally asked Zhang Hui to go together to check the courtyard house arranged for the old lady of the Li family.

Zhang Hui compared what Yin Chun said with what he remembered, and the changes were not too much, so he kept it in his heart. also responded to Yin Chunzhi's invitation, and naturally had to say: "Uncle Chun's arrangement, there can't be anything inconsiderate." At his feet, he led him all the way to the courtyard over there, and at the same time talked about the temperament and preferences of the old lady of the Li family, and the details that needed to be arranged.

It turns out that this old lady of the Li family is Zhang Hui's grandmother Li's father and Zhang Wang's maternal grandfather. He is extremely upright and steady, and he doesn't want to grow old, but he has become like a child, blindly willful, whimsical, and refuses to listen to people's advice in everything. This time Zhang Wang's birthday, he didn't care that he was nearly ninety years old, and insisted on coming to "congratulate his birthday", and the Li and Zhang families had no choice but to wait for the battle and try their best to arrange and serve thoughtfully. And Li Jing has many children under his knees, and there are many grandchildren, and his favorite is Zhang Wang's grandson, who is very pleasing to him even with Zhang Hui, although he can't get along for a long time, his temperament and preferences are known. Therefore, Yin Chun Yin Chun only asked Zhang Hui about this matter and listened to his instructions.

After the inspection was arranged, Zhang Hui breathed a sigh of relief, and the two turned back to Zhang Hui's house. On the way, Zhang Hui couldn't help asking: "Big brother is going to pick up my uncle, when will he come home?"

Yin Chun said with a smile: "Seventh Young Master, don't worry, I'll send the little guy to ask again." While saying, he really asked someone to go to the Li Mansion to greet him again. Yin Chun said to Zhang Hui again: "Before the eldest young master went out, let me find out the enshrinement books of the ancestral hall, clan studies and the outside school in the past few years, and say that the seventh young master's family will be sent to you when he comes, please look through it when the young master is free." ”

When Zhang Hui heard this, he hurriedly said: "This was originally given to the eldest brother by my father, what is it to do with me?"

Yin Chun said: "The eldest young master always has a good intention, and he asked him to give it to you, so we will prepare it to see when it will be sent to the house for you." After a pause, he smiled again: "Even if you don't look at anything else, those few schools are all silver horns and copper tans that grandma Wang personally helped." The eldest brother can take care of the side, and it's always hard to interfere with this. In the past, you were not at home, and there was no one else, so you had to share your worries for the eldest grandmother, and now that you are at home, you should worry about these things. ”

Zhang Hui listened to it, and smiled helplessly: "I know, you can ask someone to send it over when you turn around." ”

While talking, the two of them had already arrived at the gate of the upper courtyard. As soon as I was about to go in, I heard a commotion in front of me, and the little ones ran one after another - but it was the ancestor of the Zhang family, the old lady Wu and the female dependents returned home.

If you want to know what kind of character this old lady Wu is, Zhang Hui visited his great-grandmother, and see the next decomposition.