After solving the housing problem, Zhong Nan can go to work with official business with peace of mind, and before leaving, he also left a few personal soldiers to help clean up the house.

In the backyard, Jiang Mo has already chosen her own room, which is still the one she has lived in since she was a child. After cleaning up a little, Qiu Xiang and Jiang Mo were talking in this room. The friendship between women was very strange, and after a while, the two became acquainted. However, Jiang Mo definitely didn't know Qiu Xiang's true plan - it turned out that she wanted to take a concubine for her father-in-law.

In fact, I decided to buy this house at the beginning, just because it was cheap, and I might change my mind, after all, I had to set aside a room for a stranger to live in. After seeing Jiang Mo, Qiu Xiang immediately determined, in addition to the factors that have a good impression of Jiang Mo, more importantly, Qiu Xiang felt that Jiang Mo was the kind of woman who was "good at giving birth and raising".

Because she can't have children, Qiu Xiang has always blamed herself, outsiders don't know that the little sweet potato is Qiu Xiang's adopted daughter, and they think it is the biological daughter of the two. It's just that every time she sees Zhong Nan's happy appearance holding a small sweet potato, Qiu Xiang feels extremely guilty, and gradually has the idea of giving Zhong Nan a concubine.

Now Zhong Nan has become the right attendant of the military department, a member of the court of Zheng Sanpin, and has a bright future, whether it is out of the need to inherit the Zhong family, or to follow the habit of polygamy of the big officials, Qiu Xiang feels that it is necessary for him to put the matter of concubine on the agenda. happened to meet Jiang Mo at first sight at this time, Qiu Xiang thought about it, thinking that "the building near the water will get the moon first", so she had to help her father-in-law take her down, and then add a few fat children to the Zhong family and Brother Zhong.

Qiu Xiang felt that she couldn't talk to Zhong Nan about these thoughts for the time being; Of course, you can't tell Jiang Mo. She is very sure that one is a cute big beauty, and the other is a big man with a strong temperament, as long as the two get along under the same roof for a long time, they will definitely fall in love for a long time, and even if they know her purpose at this time, it will not be a big deal.

Jiang Mo didn't know Qiu Xiang's secret thoughts. She was originally a lady of everyone, but due to an accident many years ago, her parents died and her family fell into the middle of the road, and then those relatives and friends who were close to her on weekdays were also estranged one by one, allowing her to see the warmth and coldness of people. After that, Jiang Mo closed his heart and no longer trusted any stranger easily.

Three years ago, Jiang Mo traveled around after disguising herself as a man, and she saw a lot of the world. After spending all the silver taels left by her parents, she realized that she had no skills, and if she sat on the mountain, she would not be able to live on the streets.

Most of the ancient folk women were attached to their husbands' families, and Jiang Mo had always been single, so she couldn't borrow from her husband's family. It's just that before Zhong Nan, every buyer with a slight intention immediately retreated when he heard the request to leave a room for the owner.

Now that the house has finally been sold, and the new landlord has agreed to keep a room for himself, Jiang Mo's heart can naturally be put down.

Because this house has been abandoned for several years, some places need to be renovated, and it is not inhabitable for the time being, so Zhong Nan and his wife have to stay at the inn for a few days. As for Jiang Mo, she can only live in the inn, but fortunately, with the money to sell the house, she doesn't have to worry about living expenses in a short time.

Half a month later, Lord Squire's new mansion was finally completed, and it was waiting for them to move in.

In ancient times, people would choose dates for all kinds of happy events, and housewarming was no exception, and the purpose of choosing an auspicious day on the zodiac was nothing more than to please a good omen.

A few days ago, Qiu Xiang handed over the matter of choosing an auspicious day to Zhong Nan, who knew that the day after Lord Shilang determined the day, Emperor Wanli sent various rewards, the most important of which was the plaque of "Zhong Fu". The words on the plaque were written by the emperor himself, and the production was also done by the craftsmen in the palace.

The emperor has made it clear, and of course all the ministers can't do it blatantly. So, after Zhong Nan sent out an invitation to the housewarming banquet, except for a few self-proclaimed high-ranking officials, everyone gladly accepted it.

April 22, cloudy day, it is advisable to "enter the house".

Early in the morning, the "Zhong Mansion" was busy, and the people from all walks of life preparing the dinner crowded the back kitchen. The chef was invited from the most famous "Worry-free Restaurant" in Beijing, and the corresponding cooks, dunzi, handymen, etc. were also sent by the "Worry-free Restaurant". It is said that "Worry-free Restaurant" is the industry of Zhang Whale and Zhang's father-in-law, and the chef's skills in it are comparable to those of the imperial chef.

All kinds of ingredients were delivered to the back kitchen the night before, and the handymen were busy selecting vegetables and cleaning them; The piers took kitchen knives and cut them "dangdang"; The cooks are busy with side dishes, while also making some simple semi-finished products; As for the chefs, they checked the progress and discussed the problems at the same time, which was a hot scene.

Outside the back door, Fu Bo, the new housekeeper of the "Zhong Mansion", was inspecting the various items transported into the mansion with the assistance of a personal soldier. Fu Bo was found by Qiu Xiang in the intermediary, and she is a fellow villager, if you really want to talk about it, she also has a distant relationship with Qiu Xiang's uncle's family, and the intermediary is also highly recommended, so she was bought back.

Fu Bo is more than 40 years old, originally lived an ordinary life in his hometown in Henan, last year the whole territory of Henan suffered a major natural disaster, Fu Bo's family had no harvest, and in desperation after the Spring Festival, he came to Beijing to seek refuge with relatives. Unlucky, the relative didn't know where to move, and the Fu Bo family, who couldn't find refuge, temporarily rented a house and relied on Fu Bo to do some odd jobs to survive.

When Fauber was a child, he read books for a few years, and he could write well with a brush, and he could earn a few cents by helping people write letters, couplets, etc. Because he still has a wife and daughter to support, and he earns money by writing and is unstable, Fubo's family is gradually unable to make ends meet. In order to support his family, Fauber went to the intermediary, thinking that he could write and calculate, and it should not be difficult to find a job such as a housekeeper, but he waited for several days but did not succeed.

Seeing that the rice jar at home has bottomed out, and there is no stable income, if you don't do well, you have to beg on the street to survive. At this time, the savior appeared, Qiu Xiang came to the intermediary to hire a housekeeper, Fu Bo didn't do anything, he simply signed a deed of sale and became a subordinate of "Zhong Mansion".

Since the work was not easy to come by, Fauber did not dare to slack off, carefully checked each item purchased, and compared it with the list. As a result, the efficiency was greatly reduced, and there was a long queue of carriages waiting for acceptance, which caused people to complain.

The personal soldier who assisted Fu Bo was called Qu Jing, and at the age of eighteen or nineteen, everyone liked to call him by his nickname "Cricket".

Qu Jing saw that the length of the queue outside the door was shortening very slowly, so he proposed to Fu Bo to speed up the progress. Fauber saw that according to his own acceptance speed, he would definitely not be able to finish before noon, so he could only change the full inspection to random inspection, pick some important items to check one or two, and some ordinary objects at a glance. In this way, the speed is greatly accelerated.

In the delivery team, there is a car of potted flowers and plants, which is specially designed by Qiu Xiang*. The reason is that Zhong Nan said: More flowers and plants in the backyard can make people's mood more pleasant.

It was four strong young men who sent the flowers and plants to the pots, and Fauber gave them a casual glance and let them go. As soon as the four of them walked a few steps with the cart, Fubo's voice came, "Can you move the flowers and plants yourself?" ”

The four of them were originally nervous, but they relaxed after listening to the content of the question, and the thick eyebrows in the lead swallowed his saliva and replied loudly: "No problem, there are four of us!" ”

Fauber ignored it, pointed in the direction of the backyard, and then went to the acceptance. These things must be done before the luncheon, otherwise when the guests come, Fauber will be out of skill.

The four of them pushed the cart into the backyard and placed the potted plants under the guidance of a maid. Afterwards, Brother Thick Eyebrows asked Ma Mian in the accomplice to pick up some water and water the flowers and plants, while he himself slipped quietly to the back kitchen under the cover of the other two and took advantage of the maids' lack of attention.

When he arrived in the back kitchen, Brother Thick Mei slowed down, put his hands behind his back, and looked left and right in a steward's style. The person in charge of "Worry-free Restaurant" thought that the owner had sent someone to check the progress, and after a brief introduction to him, he also went to work on his own business.

After a while, Brother Thick Mei moved to the water tank, and while people were not paying attention to him, he quickly sprinkled some white powder into the water tank, and then turned around with his hands behind his back, before leaving quietly like a person who had nothing to do.

Back in the backyard, Brother Thick Eyebrows and Ma Face nodded their heads. The four of them moved the position of the potted plant a little more casually for a moment or two before greeting the maid and signaling that the work was done. Then, the four of them walked out of the backyard without a hurry and left safely through the back door.

No one paid attention to the abnormal behavior of the four thick eyebrows, and everyone was busy with their own work. Today is the opening day of the "Zhong Mansion" of the new right attendant of the Ministry of War, whether it is the small servants, maids in the house, or the people of the "Worry-free Restaurant" who were invited to help, or even Zhong Nan's personal soldiers, everyone is full of energy and wants to show a thing or two in front of Zhong Nan. More or less, they have all heard about some glorious deeds of Lord Shilang, so they all want to leave a good impression on Zhong Nan, maybe they will come in handy one day.

Zhong Nan didn't know what those people in the house thought, and at four o'clock in the afternoon, he walked outside the gate and carefully observed the imperial plaque. Zhu Yijun's handwriting is good, there is a majestic atmosphere in it, Zhong Nan has some little experience in calligraphy, so he can't see it. However, in Zhong Nan's view, whether the words are good or not is not the most important thing, the key depends on who wrote the words.

Just after five o'clock, guests came one after another. At this time, most of the people who arrived were subordinate colleagues of the Ministry of War, as well as some other officials with relatively low official ranks. It is estimated that he was afraid that the big shots would come later, and Lord Squire would not have time to receive them, so he came early to show his face, and the gangsters were familiar.