On July 17, Zhao Xiu was at the gate of the city, and at the same time delivered a letter to Fang Renzhu and Jiang Wen, two close friends.

There are not many auspicious countries suitable for travel in July this year, the Jiang family left in a hurry, and the Fang family was in a hurry to go south, and both families happened to choose this day, which saved Zhao Xiu a lot of trouble. She said goodbye to the two of them once, and introduced two friends to each other by the way, which can be regarded as making up for the regret that the second daughter missed at the small banquet in Jiannanhou's Mansion.

Fang Renzhu and Jiang Wen also hit it off at first sight. The two have similar family backgrounds and similar upbringing, one is gentle, the other is lively, they are both kind and decent girls, and they have a good relationship with Zhao Xiu. Under her introduction as an intermediary, they quickly became good friends. This time, the two families went south and chose the waterway, and before arriving in Tianjin, they could get along for a while, which just alleviated the boredom of the journey. Not only Fang Renzhu and Jiang Wen were in a happy mood, but even Mrs. Fang and Mrs. Jiang Si were also very happy to have like-minded chat partners, and they quickly started talking.

Zhao Xiu gave the finished letter box and the attached key to the two friends respectively, and winked at them: "I specially asked someone to make the strongest small lock, you lock the letter inside, except for me, no one will see it, if there is anything bad to tell people, just write it in the letter." ”

Fang Renzhu's face immediately turned red, and she remembered the reason why Zhao Xiu had mentioned this idea......

Jiang Wen was very happy, took Zhao Xiu's hand and said, "Great, I'm worried, I can't write to you when I go to Tianjin, so what can I do?" Now you don't have to worry. ”

Zhao Xiu also prepared some gadgets for them to relieve boredom on the road, such as checkers, nine consecutive rings, Huarong Dao, backgammon board and so on. There are also a few dim sum made by their own chefs, all of which are the flavors that Jiang Wen and Fang Renzhu like. The three girls held hands and chatted eagerly, reluctant to do so. It's been grinding for nearly half an hour, and there is no sign of finishing.

However, the rest of the Jiang Fang family had no intention of complaining. Both families have relatives to see them off, the Fang family is a closer family member, and the Jiang family is the second master and the second wife of Jiang - among the Jiang family's several rooms, the second room and the fourth room have a better relationship. They were just sending people out of the city as representatives of relatives and friends, but now they have met another family. They are all famous eunuchs, and they don't mind making friends. On the Fang family's side, Fang Sanye was supposed to greet the Jiang family in the same face. But he still had the name of a rebel on his head, and he was embarrassed to see the queen mother's family, so he hid behind the convoy and did not show up, and handed over all the social affairs to his eldest nephew Fang Jinqi. Fang Jinqi is the heir of the Fang family. Today, I had a good brush. shows the graceful demeanor of the children of the family.

When the people were sent away and the people who saw them off turned around and went home, Second Mrs. Jiang also said to Second Master Jiang in private: "The eldest son of the Fang family is good, handsome, knowledgeable, and polite, and he is also a gentle person. What do you think he's worthy of our six girls? ”

Second Master Jiang was very surprised: "You have taken a fancy to the eldest son of the Fang family as a son-in-law?" But you didn't say ......"

Second Mrs. Jiang snorted: "If the Queen Mother doesn't agree, what can we do?" Besides, we six girls are young and pampered since childhood. I'm afraid that I may not be able to live in the palace. That being the case, it is better to choose a good son-in-law for her. In the future, we will marry in the capital, and it will be convenient for us to take care of it. ”

Second Master Jiang pondered for a moment: "It's okay, Fang Jinqi is indeed a good child, but it's hard to say whether he has a fate with our six girls." His father is currently in a foreign office, but he is only a four-grade prefect, if he is expected to return to the capital after the expiration of his three-year term, and go up again, Fang Jinqi also knows that he is motivated, and it is a good marriage. If his father had been out of town, he would have chosen another one. ”

Zhao Xiu didn't know what kind of variables today's send-off would bring to the relationship between Jiang Fang's two families, she only knew that after Jiang Wen and Fang Renzhu left, she didn't have many good friends in the capital. Although there is still a Cao Luo, it can only be regarded as a very easy temperament to get along with, and her temper is more likable, but when it comes to like-mindedness, it is still not as good as Fang Renzhu. Cao Luo is not as cool as Jiang Wen, Zhao Xiu gets along with her, and she has to think carefully before she can speak, and she has to beware of saying something that is not in order, which will make Cao Luo inadvertently leak it to Mrs. Cao, and then it will be transmitted back to Zhang's ears by Mrs. Cao's mouth. Sometimes when she corresponds with Cao Luo, she will only talk about pen and ink, or gossip about admiring flowers and willows. Originally, Zhao Xiu still thought that he had nothing to do, so he invited Cao Luo to play at home. But Cao Luo is still guarding her uncle's filial piety, and it is inconvenient to go out to have fun, so Zhao Xiu has no choice but to do it.

Fang Yishan's family was expelled from the clan, referring to his husband and wife, a son and two daughters, excluding his parents and ancestors, and naturally Mrs. Cao's Cao Fang family was not counted in it. But it was difficult for Cao Fang's to accept this result, even if Fang Yishan and her had always had a mediocre relationship, they were always her own brother. Fang Yishan is dead, and her nephew Fang Jinju is here. They were expelled from the clan, and there was no one in their house, who would offer the incense of her parents and grandparents? Fang Huizhu cut off their incense, and this hatred is great. Cao Fang's family hated her to the core, but he didn't have much hatred for the others in the Yan Branch. Mrs. Fang and Third Master Fang ran for Fang Yishan's wife and children, fished people out of prison, and sent their henchmen back to their hometown to settle down, and also bought them houses and real estate, so that they could have no worries about food and clothing today. Coupled with the matter of leaving the clan, Mrs. Fang and Third Master Fang were originally opposed. Cao Fang's family recorded this friendship, and became closer to the clan, but they turned a deaf ear to the clan's decision, and she and her children, who should be the filial piety of Fang Yishan, still guarded it, and they didn't have a good face for the clansmen.

The Cao Fang clan now hates these clansmen who were instigated for a few words, so they worked together to disobey the wishes of the descendants and forcibly drove Fang Yishan out of the clan. Now there is a clan elder mentioning yì, after Fang Yishan left the clan, he has no one to inherit the incense in this house, and he can pass the heirs from the clan. There are a lot of family properties in this house, even if the house is raided, the hometown still retains the output of a family field, and there are hundreds of taels a year. Although the Fang family is a big family, not every house and every household is well-off, and those families who have many heirs but do not have rich property have red eyes when they stared at the income of a few hundred taels a year. And Cao Fang, the wife of General Zhuguo, is the only most decent married daughter left in this house, and the child has passed away, and she is also called the eldest sister, and her will is naturally the most important. Many clansmen have found a way to care about Cao Ran's homework, Cao Luo's marriage, and Cao Fang's body...... With excuses like these, she came to Cao Fang's family to pull a relationship, hoping that she could pick her own child, but Cao Fang's family was unmoved, and even more despised what the clansmen did, but they still needed to hold a noble lady from a scholarly family, and they were angry in their hearts, and they couldn't scold and drive people out of the door.

However, Mrs. Cao came forward to pretend to be white and sent away some people who didn't know what to do. She has a high status and is an old man, who in the Fang family can compare with her? Cao Fang's family finally got a good time, and he was really grateful to this mother-in-law who had always looked down on her. The relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law is more harmonious than before.

Seeing this, Zhang also sighed to Zhao Xiu in private: "Sister Luo's mother is much more sensible now. ”

Zhao Xiu was just watching the excitement. In fact, she has always felt that Cao Fang's shelf is very unnecessary, and now it is a good thing to be able to get along with Mrs. Cao. However, for the sake of that piece of clan property, the people of the Fang clan can actually put down their bodies like this, it can be seen that the big families in this world are almost the same, some people can be heavy on the wind and bones and light on wealth, and some people are far from being vulgar and cannot be generalized. In contrast, the Zhao family, which everyone thinks is a grassroots family, is not worse than the Fang family's scholarly eunuchs, but it is just a few fewer scholars, a few fewer officials, and a few generations of accumulation.

It has been a few days since the opening of the Mingzhi Bookstore in Jiannanhou Mansion, and in a short period of time, it has accumulated a good reputation inside and outside the capital, and it is becoming more and more famous. The library has been in preparation for several months, and there are already many readers looking forward to its opening. On the day of the opening of the museum, although the Zhao family was low-key, the news still spread early. At first, there were many poor students who didn't have many books at home, but when there were more people who knew about the books in the library, people of all classes came to see them. When the news spread that there was a fragment of the "Yongle Canon" in the museum, even a few scholars in Beijing couldn't hold it back, and ran over to open their eyes.

As the autumn came, the various classics and historical classics in the library were the most popular among students, and the exam-taking articles of many Jinshi in the previous and current dynasties also attracted many people to read them. Many people say that it would have been nice if this library had opened a year earlier, and that if they had a year's work, they would have enough time to look through the books in the library. Now that there is only one month before the autumn season, what is enough? If you don't get in this course, you have to study hard in the library for a year, and then try again next year.

The rules of the library are that the library should be closed before dark. However, every night, many students cried and shouted that they refused to go out, begging the library staff to allow them to read at night, and saying that they did not need to pay for lamp oil from the library. Zhao Xiu set this rule for the library, just to avoid candles and water at night, causing fires and burning the books, how could the library staff agree to those students' requests? To put it mildly, I almost had to carry someone out of the door. In the end, it was the old Hanlin who lived in the east neighbor who came to the town and got everyone away.

Knowing that the library quickly earned a great reputation in the capital. Every day, local students and candidates from other places come here. The library occupies a small area, and it is a little overwhelmed. When the news was reported to the Hou Mansion of Jiannan, Zhao Xiu hurriedly ordered to divert the flow of people, so as not to cause any trouble. She also knew in her heart that it was autumn now, and by the end of spring next year, it would be normal for students in the capital to gather and the library would be crowded. Besides, the library is now newly opened, and everyone is still greedy for freshness, so it would be good to wait for the freshness to pass. However, she is very happy that her own library can have such results.

Time passed day by day, and in the blink of an eye, it was August. Zhao Wei is about to leave the stage to participate in the Autumn Festival. Zhao Xiu helped his grandmother Zhang prepare for the Mid-Autumn Festival, and at the same time prepared the exam basket for Zhao Wei. Even the drinking water he brought into the examination room, she had to carefully check it again and again to be in case.

On the eighth day of the eighth month of August, the Enke Autumn Festival of the Year of Yihai finally kicked off. (To be continued......)

PS: I seem to have broken the can......