At this time, Han hurriedly came over and said, "Mrs. Zhang proposed to go and see the new house, do you want to go together?" ”

Han Chonggong is also a person who likes to join in the fun, so he nodded, "I heard that the garden house is where the Tang magnates live, so I have long wanted to take a look." ”

Zhang Lei was worried about how to chat with Xue Xun, and the solution came, and he said repeatedly: "Go!" Go! It just so happens that the carriage is very wide and can sit down completely, so Uncle Xue Shi will also go with us to have a look! ”

Xue Xun hesitated for a moment, then nodded and agreed, "Then let's go and have a look!" ”

The people gathered up a little and got into the carriage, which was indeed very wide and luxurious, with a blanket in it, and three rows in front and back, three men sitting in the front, two women and children in the middle, and the row in the back was empty.

This wide carriage made Han Chonggong a little red-eyed, and he couldn't help but ask sourly: "If Dong Zhang takes the carriage, will the imperial court find trouble?" ”

The status of merchants in the Tang Dynasty was still relatively low, as can be seen from Bai Juyi's "Pipa Xing", although merchants have been approved to ride horses, they are still not allowed to ride in horse-drawn carriages, and can only take ox carts and donkey carts.

Han Chonggong's worries are also reasonable, but when he brings it up at this time, he is a little disrespectful to the master.

Xue Xun was afraid that Zhang Lei would be angry, so he hurriedly explained: "My father-in-law is so nosy, he was like this when he was young. ”

Zhang Lei smiled, "The old man is kind, how could I not hear it, but I am specially approved, the last time the Hui soldiers made trouble in the West Market, it hurt the Meishou Wine Shop a lot, and the court later gave compensation, named me a Xiao cavalry captain, and approved me to use two carriages, I did not violate the rules." ”

"That's good!"

The carriage picked up speed and headed for Qujiangchi, southeast of the city.

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At this time, Guo Song and Xue Tao are in the garden house on the south bank of Qujiang Pond, the repair of the details of the garden house has been completed, the decoration has been completed, the furniture has come in, and all kinds of items have also come in, like bedding curtains and the like, the next room has it, and the master room has not yet, mainly because the quality requirements of the master room are relatively high, and Chang'an is out of stock here, and it needs to be transferred from Luoyang.

More than 20 people came in the house, the housekeeper's surname was Wang, in his early fifties, he was originally the housekeeper of a large family, the master's family was a loser, the property was squandered, the house was sold, the slave was sold, and the subordinates were also disbanded, the Wang housekeeper was unemployed, he was a faithful believer in the Qingxu Palace, and Li Ganfeng introduced him to his junior brother as a housekeeper.

Steward Wang was very honest, Guo Song was very satisfied with him, so he asked him to buy back some good maids and servants from the former mansion, and Steward Wang bought seventeen or eighteen maids before and after, plus him and his wife, a total of nearly twenty people.

In addition, Steward Wang also rented five subordinates to come over, a groom, a coachman, a flower carpenter, and two miscellaneous people.

Steward Wang followed behind the master and the future hostess, he knew that the two had set a marriage date, and the man's financial gifts were also given, in this case, according to the rules, the man and woman should not meet again, but it is not absolute, generally the wealthy family will be stricter, and the flat-headed small family does not matter, this mainly depends on whether the parents of both parties are enlightened.

Guo Song also won the trust of Xue Tao's parents because of his outstanding performance in escorting Xue Tao back to Beijing for more than a month, and they would allow their daughter to follow Guo Song out to play.

"Childe, the pavilion on this hill will take several months to be built, and it can only be started after the beginning of spring, and Craftsman Luo said that he has prepared all kinds of materials now, and it will be built in half a month at most."

Guo Song said apologetically to Xue Tao: "I have wronged the lady!" ”

Guo Song called the lady at this time is actually a little early, but it is not outrageous, generally after the man gives the financial gift, that is, after the levy, he is about to marry the last step, at this time the names of both parties have basically been decided, the widow in the marriage is at this time, the man died in an accident, the woman has to watch the widow, even if she wants to remarry, she must get the consent of the man's family, and the gift must be returned to the man.

Xue Tao grabbed his lover's hand and said with a smile: "Anyway, Guo Lang will go to Ganzhou soon, and it won't take a few days to repair the building, so it doesn't matter." ”

Guo Song nodded, it is true, after repairing the pavilion, they will not need a few days.

Guo Song smiled again: "Then let's go to the inner house again and see if there are any details that need to be improved." ”

Xue Tao smiled obediently and followed his lover to the inner house.

Steward Wang stopped knowingly, without the permission of the master, the general housekeeper could not easily enter the inner house, so many large families still have housekeepers.

As soon as Steward Wang returned to the front yard, a servant ran over and said, "Proprietor Zhang is here, and he has brought a lot of people." ”

Zhang Lei often comes here, everyone knows him, and of course Steward Wang also knows, so he hurriedly greeted him.

I saw Mr. and Mrs. Zhang walking into the door with their children and three others, and Steward Wang stepped forward and saluted, "See Mr. Zhang!" ”

"These two are your master's future father-in-law and mother-in-law, and the one is the hostess's maternal grandfather, let's visit the mansion, there should be no problem!"

"Of course there's no problem, it's just that my son-in-law and Miss Xue are here!"

Everyone looked at each other, it turned out that their little couple came here, but it's normal to think about it, after all, it's their future new house, which woman wouldn't want to come and see?

Zhang Lei smiled: "Then you hurry up and report!" ”

Steward Wang hurriedly ran to the back house, "Childe! He ran to the door of the back house and shouted.

The lingering couple heard the shout, and Guo Song hurriedly walked out, "What's the matter?" ”

"Zhang Dongzhu is here with Miss Xue's parents and maternal grandfather."

Xue Tao was also startled, and hurriedly said, "Guo Lang, let's go out quickly." ”

The two walked quickly outside, and when they walked to the atrium, they happened to meet a group of people who walked in, Zhang Lei smiled and said: "Without the permission of the master, we broke in without permission, and the junior brother won't blame us!" ”

"Hey! What are you talking about? ”

Guo Song shook his head, and said to everyone: "It hasn't been cleaned up yet, the mansion is very messy, everyone is casual, it's like going back to their own home." ”

Xue Xun smiled and said: "Virtuous nephew, this house is really good, as well as the east courtyard and the west courtyard, how big is the area?" ”

"A total of forty acres!"

Everyone exclaimed, Xue Xun even smacked his tongue secretly, looking at the front yard and atrium, that is, the scale of ten acres of mansion, it actually covers an area of forty courtyards, so how big should the back house be?

Xue Tao ran up and grabbed his mother's hand, and said coquettishly: "Mother, what are you doing?" ”

"Dead girl, aren't you allowed to come? Can't I come and see? ”

The Han family is now extremely satisfied with this son-in-law, and there is actually a garden house covering an area of forty acres, which is the treatment of the emperor's relatives! Although those Guan Long's children have a prominent family background, their houses are all family's, and they may not have their own garden houses, this son-in-law is amazing!

Guo Song pointed to the hill to the east and smiled: "That hill occupies a large area, I'll take you to see it." ”

The people followed Guo Song into the back house, through a long corridor, into a round gate, a small hill covered with snow appeared in front of them, the big trees on the hill stood tall, forming a small forest, and on the tallest of which was a large pine tree, there seemed to be a wooden house.

Han Chonggong looked at it curiously for a long time, and asked with a smile: "Xiao Guo, why is there a wooden house on the top of the tree?" ”

"Back to my grandfather, I had an eagle, and the cabin was actually an eagle's nest."

As soon as they finished speaking, they saw a huge black eagle fly out of the wooden house, hovering above their heads, and making a sharp chirp.

Guo Song waved his hand and shouted: "This is my territory, not yours, don't make a mistake!" ”

The eagle immediately lost the momentum just now, and returned to the wooden house in a gray manner, and after a while, he stretched out his head and let out a long cry of dissatisfaction, "Chirp-"

Everyone couldn't help but laugh, this flat-haired beast was really interesting.

There is a stone road up the mountain, the snow on the stone slab has been swept away, everyone walked along the stone slab to the mountain, Li Wenyun just finished the confinement, and she couldn't blow the wind, so she waited at the foot of the mountain.

Everyone walked up to the top of the mountain and couldn't help but exclaim.

I saw that in front of them was a huge crystal jade surface, Qujiang Pond had frozen, and the sun shone on the ice, flashing a magnificent light, as if it was a huge gem.

"That's Hibiscus Garden over there!" Guo Song pointed to a garden road on the side.

Standing on the hill, he could clearly see the pavilions and majestic halls of the Furong Garden, Han Chonggong couldn't help but sigh softly, "What a place!" ”

Han also thought about it, when the son-in-law and daughter went to Ganzhou, they could also come and live for a year and a half to help look at the house.

At this time, Guo Song smiled and said: "The wind is very strong on the top of the mountain, let's go down!" ”

The wind on the top of the mountain was indeed very strong, and everyone walked down the hill and followed Guo Song to the inner house.