Although it is tiring to go to Zoumagang, it is very lively.

Qin'er returned to her new home in the city from the horse, and suddenly she was a little unaccustomed to it, such a big house was inhabited by her mother and son, her sister-in-law and Aunt Wang's sister-in-law Hongying and Hongying's baby. Although Fei Erye also lives here, his old man either goes to the nearby academy to find friends to eat and drink, or goes to the county school or even the government school to chant poems against the professors and teachers, and he goes out early and returns late every day. The neighbors around didn't recognize any of them, and they didn't even have a homely affair, let alone visit the door as before.

The food bought at noon has not been eaten yet, and Hongying does not have to go to the street again. After lunch, the three of them sat around the attic again, guarding the two babies who had just fallen asleep, chatting and doing needlework.

"Sister-in-law, your cotton clothes are made according to the size and waist of the pillar, my brother is already taller than the pillar, and besides, he must be fatter than before when he is such a big official, even if he can be entrusted with my brother's hands, he may not wear it properly." The younger sister looked at the cotton clothes that Qin'er was sewing and reminded.

Qin'er looked up and smiled: "I still need you to remind me, I thought of it when I cut it, your brother will only wear big and not small." ”

"Cut to Dali?"

"Hmm." Qin'er smiled, turned back and said, "Hongying, you have to hurry up with these things." The second master is also a master no matter what he says, and now it is the west seat of our family, and he can't afford to have a few decent clothes. ”

"Yes, it's going to be right away." Hongying raised the needle and stroked it in her hair, thinking about it, she couldn't help but mutter: "Madam, the young master is so young, he didn't speak neatly, and he couldn't stand steadily, so he was in a hurry to ask him for Mr., isn't it a little early, is it a little early, has he spent a hundred or ten taels of silver this year?" ”

Qin'er realized that she must have blushed when she saw that Second Master Fei didn't have to do anything and had so much money to take it, and hurriedly said: "Second Master is not only my baby's husband, but also a friend of his father, and a benefactor of our Han family!" His old man promised to be my baby's husband, which is my baby's blessing. ”

"But ......"

"Don't do it, don't say what you said just now, don't say it anymore, don't say that Second Master Fei is unhappy, even I am not happy."

Hongying realized that she had said the wrong thing, and hurriedly said with a bitter face: "Madam, I'm ...... I don't mean anything else, I won't say it, and I won't say anything about killing me. ”

My sister couldn't help but laugh and said: "Hongying, you usually look very shrewd, why are you confused when you think of money." Think about it, your baby is going to be a scholar for my dog when she grows up, the second master is not only my dog's husband, but also your baby's husband, you don't want your baby to read and write with the dog? ”

"Yes."

"That's it, you have to be polite when you see the second master in the future, you can't say strange things anymore, and you can't make him angry."

"You know, I'm confused, I'm ...... I'm going to make some tea. Hongying didn't know how to justify, so she put down her needle and thread as if she was running away, and prepared to go downstairs.

At this time, Duan Jiqing's voice came from outside.

"Qin'er, sister, are you at home?"

"Yes, Dad, I'll go down and open the door for you."

"Hurry up, there's something, there's a big event!"

"What's the happy thing?"

As soon as Qin'er's words fell, Duan Xu's voice came from outside: "Qin'er, I know that you are a blessed person, there is really a great joy, you can be regarded as having a good time!" ”

"What's going on?"

Qin'er didn't know why, so she ran downstairs with her sister and opened the door, and found that not only her father and mother were here, but Fei Erye was back, Guan Bantou, Zhuzi, and Yu Youfu came together, and even Zhang Shiheng, who went back to Chengdu with Wu Daotai a few days ago, came. All the things in their hands are full of joy.

"Shi Heng meets his aunt." Zhang Shiheng was the youngest, and as soon as he saw her, he handed the gift to the pillar and bowed respectfully.

"Shiheng, why are you back?"

"His father asked him to come," Duan Jiqing crossed the threshold and said excitedly as he walked towards the main hall, "Qin'er, Zhixing not only thinks of you day and night, but also helps you ask for grace. Hurry up and change your clothes, the county master will be there soon. ”

"What grace?"

"Commandment!" Duan Xu took her arm and said enviously, "Qin'er, you will soon be Mrs. Fate!" ”

"It's not Mrs. Decree, it's Lady Decree, but as long as it's Lady in our place, it's all Lady." Second Master Fei arched his hand, then turned around and said, "Duan Jingcheng, hurry up and put the incense case." ”

"Oh, that's it."

Duan Jiqing was very busy, and hurriedly put the melons and fruits and other offerings that everyone was carrying on the incense table. Qin'er burst into tears of excitement, feeling like she was in a dream, and she couldn't believe that all this was true. Duan Xu and his sister were both excited and envious, and pulled her to the room to change the new clothes she wore during the New Year.

The dog who had just fallen asleep was also brought out, and Zhengxiang, who had been sleeping, was suddenly woken up, dancing and kicking and crying, Hongying hurriedly ran over to help coax.

When Qin'er changed into clothes and went downstairs to the hall, the incense case had been placed, and Fei Erye held the teacup and said with a smile: "Qin'er, when the county master finishes announcing the decree, you have to hurry up and buy an official uniform." ”

Qin'er asked embarrassedly: "Second master, don't make fun of me, can I still wear an official uniform?" ”

Without waiting for Second Master Fei to speak, Duan Jiqing said happily: "With the edict, it is the official body, so naturally you can wear the official uniform, or the official uniform from the fifth grade!" This is the wife is expensive by the husband, and when the dog egg is born in the future, I will help you ask for grace, that is, the mother is expensive by the son. So you have a good life and are blessed! ”

"Dad, how can you say that about your own daughter."

"Duan Jingcheng is right, Qin'er, you are originally a blessed one." Guan Bantou laughed.

Qin'er was happy, but she was a little embarrassed, and hurriedly changed the topic: "Shiheng, didn't you go back to Chengdu with your father, how did you know?" ”

"I still knew about the provincial capital where you came first," Zhang Shiheng smiled, and then said: "Actually, I came to Ba County to see off my father, my father is going to Wuchang, and he is going to serve at the Governor of Huguang, Wu Wenrong, so I just caught up." ”

"Where's your dad?"

"Let's go, I walked from Chaotianmen Pier in the morning."

"Why doesn't he come for a meal?"

"My dad was with the salt ship, so I didn't have time to come to the door."

Duan Jiqing said with a smile: "Qin'er, Mr. Zhang has urgent official business, and he really can't get away. Besides, he passed through Ba County and someone informed me about it, and I went to the dock with your Uncle Guan to see him off. ”

As he was talking, there was the sound of gongs and drums from the county magistrate outside.

Second Master Fei hurriedly put down the teacup and led everyone out to greet him.

The sedan chair drivers got off the sedan chair, the county lord got out of the sedan chair, arched his hand with Fei Erye, and then took the five-color brocade made of the edict from the long hand that looked similar to the holy decree in the play, and walked into the house while greeting everyone.

Seeing that the incense case was ready, the county magistrate nodded with satisfaction, offered the edict to the incense case, dusted off the horse's hooves and sleeves and bowed, and after worshipping, he picked up the edict again, facing the people who were still kneeling in front of the hall, opened the scroll, and read in a fluent official dialect in a subdued voice: "Feng, the heavens carry it, the emperor system said: good ministers are in the outside, and the hard-working and virtuous women are in the middle." Han Duan, the wife of Han Xiufeng, the deputy envoy of the two Huai Salt Transportation Divisions, is finally warm and favorable, both quiet and dedicated, Qi Min obeys the husband, Kezan Susi Festival, Ping Su feeds the main feed, and the Hui of the flow of Tongguan. I hereby take Qin En: Fenger is pleasant. Yu play! Jing'er has an official, solemn and beautiful, thinking about it, Di Huang reluctantly ...... with one heart"

As for the others, Qin'er didn't understand a word, only knew that "Han Duan's family" was mentioned. Thinking that it would be Mrs. Decree in the future, and all of this was brought by Wa Ta's father, who was an official in Jiangsu, he was so excited that he burst into tears, if it wasn't for the reminder of Second Master Fei and Duan Jiqing, I wouldn't know about thanks.

"Mrs. Duan, congratulations." The county magistrate handed over the edict to her, and said: "Mrs. Duan, you are now not only an official but also an official, and when the end of the year comes, the lower official will send someone to help you send the rice." ”

"Master Xie." The first time Qin'er talked to the county master, her heart was pounding nervously, and she hurriedly said a blessing.

The county magistrate was taken aback, men and women could not be kissed, and it was not easy to help, so he hurriedly bowed down and said: "Mrs. Duan, this is unacceptable, you are a five-grade pleasant person who has been enshrined by the saint, and the lower official is only a seven-grade county, how dare the lower official accept this great gift." ”

"Sir, I'm ......"

"Mrs. Duan, you are of the highest grade here, if you don't believe it, you can ask Fei Juren, the official is on official business, and he will retire first." The man was not at home, and there was really nothing to say to a woman, so the county master simply said goodbye, walked out of the main hall and stopped thinking about it, and turned around and reminded: "Mrs. Duan, the edict must be put away, and it can't be mothed and lost." ”

Qin'er clenched the order and hurriedly said, "Oh, I'll take it away." ”

Grade is just a symbol of status, and the county master has to bow down on the scene, but in fact, the county master is the biggest official in Ba County, Duan Jiqing didn't dare to slack off, and went out with Fei Erye to send him off. The county master did not treat him differently because he was the father of the five products and the pleasant life, and he was not even too lazy to be perfunctory, but was polite to Fei Erye, and invited Fei Erye to sit in the county government when he got on the sedan chair.

"See, officialdom is like this," when he returned home, Duan Jiqing took the edict and sighed: "An official is an official, an official is an official, and the people are the people." The second master was born as a person, and the county master naturally had to treat him with courtesy. You are now a pleasant person, and the county lord must not only treat each other with courtesy, but also respectfully. Isn't it just a matter of what people want to live their lives? ”

Qin'er was stunned, and hurriedly wiped away her tears and comforted: "Dad, it's not easy to be decent, Daddy can help me ask for grace, and he can also help you ask." Write him a letter and ask him to ask for a favor for you. ”

"What are you kidding, Zhixing can help you beg, and he can also help his father and his mother beg in the future, but it's not good to help me beg. You must know that there is only a wife in the world who is expensive to her husband, a father to her son, and a mother to her son, and there is no saying that a father-in-law is expensive to a son-in-law. ”

"It's not completely nothing," Second Master Fei couldn't help but say: "If you can be the lord of the country, you can enjoy the same glory and wealth." ”

"Second master, you really know how to laugh." Duan Ji Qingle was happy, stroked the edict and stared at his daughter and sighed: "Qin'er, with this edict, your identity is noble, at least in our Ba County, no one dares to bully you, even the county master has to give you some face." It's really the green smoke from the ancestral tomb, I didn't expect my Duan Jiqing's daughter to also be a pleasant person! ”