Chapter Sixty-Nine: Rise to the Top
Pan Er and Datou led Han Da to see Han Si's new home early in the morning, and the pillar also came together, but obviously they didn't lead the way for Han Da, but came to see their sister.
When the real eldest brother arrived, Qin'er hurriedly saluted, and then was busy making tea and getting peanuts and red dates.
Han Da is honest, he has been farming in his hometown, and before that, he had been to Zoumagang in the farthest place, and he couldn't even say anything when he entered the city, how could he dare to accept this big gift, and Han Xiufeng looked distressed when he looked at it. Fortunately, today is the day to return to the door, and Duan Jing's trustee came to ask him and Qin'er when they would pass.
Han Xiufeng simply asked Pan Er and Zhuzi to take the eldest brother and his younger sister to the city, they could help buy whatever they wanted, and by the way, buy some rare things that were not available in the countryside, and let the eldest brother bring a few babies from the eldest brother and the second brother's family when he went back, and send them away to go to his father-in-law's house with Qin'er.
Thinking about the words of Zhu Er, the head of the tea gang, he didn't know whether it was reliable or not, so he let the big head follow him, so that even if Zhu Er couldn't control the Wu family brothers, the Wu family brothers might not dare to kill people in front of him, the "court official", let alone kill people in the government office.
As a result, when I came to my father-in-law's house, I realized that my father-in-law's other in-laws, that is, Qin'er's sister's father-in-law, had drunk high the day before yesterday and didn't leave, and was sitting in the hall drinking tea and talking to Duan Jingcheng.
After Qin'er finished saluting the two elders, she turned around and asked, "Brother-in-law, where is my sister?" ”
"It's busy lunch."
"Fourth brother, I'll take a look, you talk to your father."
"Okay, go ahead."
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The little couple respected each other like guests, Duan Jingcheng was very pleased, and said with a smile while greeting his new son-in-law to tea: "Zhixing, your Uncle Yang was actually not drunk the day before yesterday, even if he was drunk with this wine, he would not wake up until today." I forced me to stay, just wait for you to come back to the door, and the family will sit together for a reunion dinner. ”
"Thank you, father-in-law, thank you Uncle Yang, for keeping Uncle Yang waiting." It is not strange that many people have ceremonial, Han Xiufeng got up again and gave a salute to the two elders.
Duan Jingcheng is particular about marrying a woman, and it can be summed up in four words: either rich or expensive!
Don't look at the Uncle Yang in front of him, his appearance is not good, his clothes are even a little shabby, and few people recognize him in the city, but he is famous in Jiangbei, not only has hundreds of acres of land in the countryside, but also has a house and several storefronts in Jiangbei Hall, and is a rich man who is like a fake.
The eldest daughter of the Duan family married so well, and the second daughter of the Duan family naturally couldn't marry too badly.
If Han Xiufeng hadn't donated his background and officials, and planned to go to the capital to fill the vacancy, Duan Jingcheng would never have given his second daughter to Han Xiufeng.
And seeing the rich man Yang, Han Xiufeng couldn't help but think of his father, who didn't dare to come. Seeing his brother-in-law Yang Xingming, he couldn't help but think of the eldest brother who was so restrained that he couldn't even speak. Although I know that I don't think the ugly dog is not a poor family, my heart is still sour, and it's not a taste.
Just thinking about it, Rich Yang took out a silver ticket from his sleeve and said with a smile: "Zhixing, as the saying goes, you can't leave salt when you eat, and you can't leave money when you go out." You will go to the capital in a few days to fill the vacancy, you have to go so far away, you can't bring more money on you, this is a little bit of my heart and Xingming, take it, don't be embarrassed. ”
"Uncle, what's going on, how can I ask for your silver!"
"Why can't we, now we are a family, and the family doesn't say a word." Rich Lord Yang smiled and said: "When you fill the gap and become an official, your father-in-law will have a light on his face, and I will have the same face, so I may have to touch you in the future." ”
"Yes, Zhixing, your own family doesn't need to be polite." Duan Jingcheng stuffed the silver ticket to Han Xiufeng, but in his heart he was scolding the rich man Yang for being too stingy, knowing that Han Si would spend silver to go to the capital to fill the vacancy, he was so rich that he only gave one hundred taels, and secretly wanted to go back and talk to his eldest daughter.
Han Xiufeng is not only not too little, but also very embarrassed, after all, it is useless, and he receives a hundred taels, and he doesn't know how to thank him, when there is a knock on the door outside.
Duan San was stunned when he read the book, and he was stupid with a tea bowl.
Aunt-in-law Yang Xingming was very shrewd, got up and said, "Father-in-law, sit down for a while, I'll go see who it is." ”
"Go ahead." Duan Jingcheng was not very satisfied with his in-laws, but he was still quite satisfied with his eldest son-in-law, and said with a smile: "In-laws, you sent one hundred taels to Zhixing today, and I dare to guarantee that this one hundred taels will not be given away in vain." Although Xingming doesn't read much, he is also a posterior who can do things. When Zhixing made up for the lack of Shangguan, he let Xingming go to Zhixing. If you have the ambition to support you, what business can't Xingming do, why can't you make money? When the time comes, don't say a hundred taels, you can earn back a thousand taels! ”
Yang Caizhu thought to himself that Han Si was just a nine-grade candidate for inspection, and he was not an alternate prefect, let alone an alternate prefect, even if he could make up for the vacancy, it would not be a problem, but he said with a smile: "What the in-laws said is that the tiger is not separated from the brothers." Zhixing, aren't you and my family Xingming similar to brothers, don't you say? ”
"Yes."
"Zhixing, since you also said yes, then when you make up for the lack of being an official, let my family Xingming go to make a long-term follower for you and help you run errands and do chores."
Rich Yang just said it casually, but Han Xiufeng believed it and secretly complained.
After so many years of leisure in the Yamen Gang, how could he not know the truth that "officials must do their own thing, don't use the third master".
The so-called third master, one is the young master, that is, the son; the second is the uncle, that is, the son-in-law; The third is the uncle, referring to the wife, brother and other relatives. Once you use this "three masters", there is a way to hide the wisdom inside, and there is a concern about throwing a mouse taboo outside, and you will definitely be abolished and die. However, with the softness of others, Han Xiufeng could only say perfunctorily: "Yes, yes, what my uncle said is very true." ”
As he was talking, Yang Xingming, the eldest son-in-law of the Duan family, walked into the living room with a person.
Han Xiufeng looked a little familiar, but for a while, he couldn't remember where he had seen it.
Duan Jingcheng not only recognized it, but also hated the uninvited guests who had just come in, put down the tea bowl and asked with a gloomy face: "Ren Er, what are you doing!" ”
Others were afraid of Duan Jingcheng, but they were not afraid of resentment, so they arched their hands and said: "Duan Jingcheng, I'm not here to find you, I'm here to find Master Han." ”
"What are you doing with my family?"
"Send something to Master Han," Ren Yan took out the silver ticket that Han Xiufeng sent back yesterday from his sleeve, and brought his eldest brother Ren He's words without humility or arrogance, and then put down the silver ticket and walked out of the Duan family without looking back.
Duan Jingcheng reacted and asked puzzledly: "Zhixing, the turtle son surnamed Ren humiliated you in public, and this silver ticket was not what he wanted to pay, but Ambassador Liu and Wang Zhu Bo forced him to pay it out of anger for you, why did you ask someone to send his turtle son back?" ”
"Father-in-law, although I haven't read many sage books, I still know the truth that the incorruptible are not subject to souring food. Whether he was willing to pay for this silver ticket, or Ambassador Liu and Wang Zhubo forced him to pay for it, it was a food for me. So you can't take it, and you can't lose it. ”
Duan Jingcheng thought about it, and couldn't help but pat the table and smile: "Yes, yes, yes, you still think about it." Suffering is not a melon, and people are not stupid. Give the silver ticket to his turtle son and send it back, whoever has a big belly and who has a small belly will see it immediately! What can he do if his turtle son is lifted, at least in our Ba County, no one will look down on his turtle son, but will only laugh at his turtle son's chicken belly! ”
Rich Yang knew what happened at the Han family's wedding banquet the day before yesterday, and felt that Han Si had done this beautifully, so he couldn't help but ask: "Zhixing, now his turtle son asked his second child to send the silver ticket again." Put it down and leave, you can't stop shouting, do you have to ask someone to send his turtle son back? ”
Han Xiufeng put away the silver ticket and said lightly: "I won't send it this time, and if I send it again, it will seem that I Han Si is stingy." Besides, as my father-in-law said, he humiliated me in front of so many people on my great day, and he should have made amends to me, and I deserved these twenty taels of silver tickets. ”
"In-laws, have you heard it, have you seen it, you will do more things!"
The more Duan Jingcheng thought about it, the more reasonable it became, and the more he looked at his new son-in-law, the more satisfied he became, and he laughed and said: "Tell me, this silver ticket has been made a round trip, and now it is also accepted, but it is completely different!" Although the turtle son surnamed Ren has studied for a few more years, his life is not worse than my family's ambitions. Don't say that his turtle son may not be able to enter Shila Hanlin, even if he can be promoted to Shila Hanlin, even if he can be an official in the future, his turtle son's official will not be stable and long! ”