Chapter 568: The predecessors planted trees and the later generations enjoyed the shade

"Leaving the grass on the plain, one year old and one withered. Wildfires burn inexhaustibly, and spring breezes blow and regenerate. ”

The immature children's voice outside came in clearly through the thin curtain, and Gu Shi leaned on the back of the kang chair and listened carefully, always with a faint smile on his face. After a long time, she looked at the Lingxi on the opposite side, and saw that he was still meticulously lying on the kang table and writing, so she said: "You are a bride to be married, you should have been prepared at home, but I pulled you here." Fortunately, today is the last day, and you won't have to be tired in the future. ”

Lingxi couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, his hand trembled, and he almost dropped a drop of thick ink on the paper. She hurriedly put down her pen, raised her head and said with a smile: "Didn't the old lady tell the British duchess first, and she would often ask the slave maid to come over to help in the future, why do you still say that you are not affected at this time?" The things you gave me are piled up in half a room, this is the house, who doesn't say that you are partial? Besides, my two cousins from marriage have come to help, and there is no shortage of me anyway. ”

"A little thing is nothing, I really like your generous and capable heart, but it's a pity that you are more stubborn than a man in your bones, and you can't pull back eight cows, if I don't know that the people who stay with you can't keep your heart, where will I let you go!" Gu Shi shook his head slightly, and then sat up straight, "How is it, you have been busy for so many days, how much is left now?" ”

"The slave has done the math, it should have been written." Lingxi hurriedly blew the piece of paper that had not dried the ink, and put it together with the stack on the kang table, and then presented it with both hands, and said, "In addition to the old lady who originally kept it for the princess, you have a total of five hundred and forty hectares of land in the north and south of Zhili and Henan, and the gold, silver, ornaments, jewelry, and various gadgets are equivalent to about sixty thousand taels of silver, and as for the real estate, there are seven in total, ranging from small courtyards to large mansions in four, and there are twelve and forty shops in one piece, four of which are rented to others. Eight of them are run by their own stewards. Thanks to the help of sorting it out before, this time the slave maid followed the executive's house to run errands, and the general number came out quickly. It's just, do you really want to be that divided? ”

"There are indeed a lot of bodies that have been hidden for decades."

Gu Shi didn't answer Lingxi's words, and sighed softly, remembering the flowing dowry when he married into the Zhang family. At that time, the mother's family was still a big family and had a thick family background, so the marriage was extremely rich, and she did not treat herself badly at all, but now a few grandwives enter the door, and only the future fourth granddaughter-in-law can be comparable to her. It's just that at that time, when the dynasty was first established, because of the fear that the tree would attract the wind, many things were carried in boxes tightly, and others knew how much they carried, but they didn't know what was in them. After all, these dowries have been accumulated for more than fifty years, and the gold and silver jewelry and the like are still stored in the chests, and the fields and shops and the like, she can't remember how many times the value has increased.

She quickly put aside those memories and thoughts, and bowed slightly to Lingxi, "Just as I told you before." The real estate is all reserved for the long house, and the gold, silver, ornaments, and various gadgets are divided into four quarters according to the long room, three points each for the second and third rooms, and three points for each room, and the field shops are divided into equal parts, one for each room. ”

Knowing that Gu's mind had been decided, Lingxi didn't say much, so he quickly sorted out the corresponding things, and then wrote the paper. After writing it for Gu's review, she couldn't help but rub her sore wrists, and admired the old lady's decision extremely in her heart. According to the rules, the dowry of this mother's family can naturally be left to the long house, with these properties, even if Zhang Xin and Zhang Zhen's father and son have a bumpy career, they can be a rich man for a lifetime. Sometimes, however, suffering is not necessarily a blessing.

Money may not be able to buy affection, but it may be able to maintain it.

"Grandmother, grandmother!"

Just when the master and servant who had been together for eighteen years were all in deep thought, a crisp voice interrupted their thoughts. Gu Shi, who was in a trance, saw two villains running into the house, Zhang Jing in front of her shouted and laughed, and then climbed onto the kang all of a sudden, she couldn't help but be stunned, and saw that the little girl was holding a large pile of peanuts in her hand, and she was even more dumbfounded.

People are getting old, and their hearts have changed, in other words, when they saw this unruly scene ten years ago, they were afraid that she would immediately reprimand them.

"Grandmother, the fifth brother gave me all his peanuts, I saw that you have been drinking porridge and side dishes for dinner these days, and you must be hungry, so these are left to you, which is a piece of filial piety for both of us!"

Zhang Jing said, while holding her head high and acting like a little adult, she didn't pay attention to Zhang Zhen who was standing on the ground under her head and her face turned white with fright. Since she was left by her parents in the Yangwu Mansion of Jingshi, she quickly became acquainted with each other, and although the Gu family was sometimes strict with her, she was mostly loving, so she didn't feel that her grandmother was terrible at all. Seeing that Gu's eyebrows were full of smiles, she stepped forward again and said, "Grandmother, the sixth brother of Ming'er and Jingguan have grown up, and I will let them respect you too!" ”

"Good boy!" Gu Shi rubbed the little girl's head, and couldn't help but gently pinch the pink cheeks again, "In this family, you will hurt in your mouth, your mother is such an honest person, and she actually raised you with such a beautiful heart." ”

The Zhang family has always had more men and fewer girls, not to mention Zhang Xin, Zhang You, and Zhang Zhuo, although the great-grandchildren already have two girls, after all, they have not yet raised Zhang Yue and their brothers' generation, and Zhang Qing did not grow up under Gu's knees, Zhang Yi's personality is shy and cowardly, and she is a concubine, so Gu's view of Zhang Jing, who is lively and smart, is different. After holding her and stroking her for a while, she nodded and motioned for Zhang Qian to come over, asked a few words of homework, and listened to his good answer, and couldn't help but smile and pat his head.

"A good student studies and fights for popularity, this is a good son of our Zhang family!"

Zhang Yun is not ordinary in front of his father, and his grandmother is usually faint, and when he heard such an encouragement, he couldn't help but be extremely happy, and quickly nodded again and again. At this time, Zhang Jing, who was tired of being by Gu's side, remembered the news she had just heard, so she leaned in and said, "Grandmother, the third brother is having a barbecue there in the afternoon, why don't we go and have a good time!" I heard that the third brother is going to roast his sister-in-law, it must be very fun. Aren't you bored staying in the house every day, taking advantage of the good weather, just go out for a walk! ”

Hearing Zhang Jing pinch like this, Lingxi couldn't help but be startled, and when he was about to stop it, Gu Shi rushed ahead and asked carefully. She next to her understood what was going on, and immediately secretly complained that Zhang Yue was messing around. Seeing that the old lady was just thoughtful when she heard this, and didn't show much annoyance, she hurriedly got off the kang and pulled Zhang Jing aside.

"Hurry back and tell the third young master and the third young grandmother that there is a chance to eat barbecue, the young grandmother is pregnant, and it is not fun to have a headache and a hot brain and an uncomfortable stomach!" Seeing Zhang Jing's eyes widen, she had no choice but to coax and deceive, and finally easily supported Zhang Jing to take people out, so she walked to Gu's side and whispered, "Old lady, it's rare to relax over there......"

"He's eating outside at the table, big and small, don't I know yet?" Gu Shi interrupted Lingxi's words angrily, but he couldn't imagine the noisy appearance of the courtyard over there. As soon as her heart moved, she opened her mouth and smiled, "Just like the third girl said, take advantage of the good weather to go out for a walk." You let those mothers-in-law prepare the sliding rod, don't alarm the other side, let's go over quietly and see what kind of lively scene it is! ”

Before Zhang Jing and Zhang Yu arrived at Zhang Yue's courtyard, they smelled the aroma of barbecue. After all, both of them are children, even Zhang Qian, who is cautious by nature because of his background, can't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva at this time, not to mention Zhang Jing, who likes to move and not like to be quiet. She twitched her nose twice, and then ran forward with Zhang Yun's cigarette. The young daughter-in-law who was watching the wind at the gate of the courtyard saw that it was her and Zhang Zhen, and no one followed, so she let people in.

Seeing that there was an iron stove in the middle of the courtyard, and Zhang Yue at the back was concentrating on turning the iron skewers, Zhang Jing's eyes lit up: "Third brother, you are so bad, you don't call me if you have something good to eat!" ”

The gentleman is far away from cooking, Zhang Yue has been used to following the rules in his life, so this time it is not so much that Du Juan is rare to have a temperament, but that he himself is a little itchy. Therefore, seeing Zhang Jing rushing in three steps and two steps, he didn't care about the iron skewer for a while, and asked dumbfounded, "Why are you here?" ”

"The third brother thought that people didn't know, Cui's mother went to her grandmother to complain, but fortunately I was able to stop me!" Triumphantly, she stared at the few pieces of barbecue meat, and then dragged Zhang Yue's arm and said, "Third brother, hurry up and bake two pieces for me and the fifth brother, and we will be responsible for helping you hide it." Sister Lingxi can say, let you stop messing around, it's not fun to eat a bad stomach when the time comes! ”

"Stop it, don't grandmothers know about your shouting?"

Zhang Yue glared at the little girl angrily, after all, he was still reluctant to put down the few pieces of fresh barbecue, thinking that these two little ones ran fast, as long as he hurried, he could always concoct a few pieces before the others came, and that would be enough. Thinking that the yard next door might be even more lively, he couldn't help but smile slightly, and hurriedly stepped up the baking brush seasoning. The autumn mark next to him was in charge of handing the sauce one by one, and his face was red from the charcoal fire.

Fortunately, this is smokeless silver bone charcoal, so it feels good to sit next to the iron stove. After baking the handful in his hand, Zhang Yue Shao couldn't help but taste it, and felt that it tasted good. Just as he was about to stand up, he saw Zhang Jing smiling and stretching out his hand, so he had to hand a few iron sticks to Qiu Zhen, and repeatedly told him not to let the two little ones prick their hands. Seeing that the two little ones were making trouble around the autumn marks, he took the remaining five or six sticks on a plate, opened the curtain and entered the main house, and then turned to the east room.

In addition to Du Juan and Amber in the house, there was also a quiet official walking all over the ground, and Zhang Yue almost collided with such a small son when he entered the door. Fortunately, the little guy hugged Zhang Yue's feet with his heart, which can be regarded as avoiding a heavy fall. Amber, who was following behind, was startled and hurriedly rushed forward to pick up the child.

"Hasn't Xiao Jingguan always been lazy before, why is he so active now? Also, what about his nurse? ”

"Young master, Mother Liu is a little in poor health today, so I have to take turns watching the child with the slave maid and Qiu Zhen."

Zhang Yue looked at the little guy with blinking eyes angrily, put the white porcelain plate on the small table next to Du Juan, picked up the small silver knife that had been prepared long ago and cut a few pieces the size of a fingernail in the small celadon saucer with a diameter of about two inches, and then handed the dish to his wife with a smile, "This thing is oily, and it's not good to eat too much, you can taste it!" If you really want to eat, I'll give you enough to eat next day! ”

Du Juan really wanted to eat such a fishy thing, just playing with Zhang Yue, but looking at his head was full of sweat, and at this time she was nervously holding the small plate and looking at herself, smelling the fragrant fragrance, she couldn't help but feel ironed in her heart. Picking up the chopsticks and grabbing a piece, she chewed carefully for a while, but felt that it was extremely fragrant, and then glanced at Zhang Yue with a smile.

"It is said that the gentleman is far away from cooking, and your skills are good. You man, you can always force out the secret! ”

Unexpectedly, Du Xuan's last sentence turned out to be like this, Zhang Yue couldn't help but smile. Fortunately, she didn't say anything more, just chewed and ate the pieces slowly, and didn't say anything about not eating enough. He looked at the skewers of roast pheasant meat and duck tenderloin that were still dripping with oil beads, for fear of the two small commotions outside, so he simply cut off the meat from the iron stick, left a small plate for Amber, and told him not to give Du Juan more to eat, and then hurried out of the house with the big porcelain plate. Just as he was about to greet Zhang Jing and Zhang Qian, he saw a few people enter the door, and he was stunned for a moment.

"Grandmother?" How is this, where is the daughter-in-law of Wangfeng?

"Lingxi, what you said to the four girls was in vain. I knew that with her temperament, I was afraid that she would be pulled together with Brother Gan'er. Gu Shi glanced at Zhang Jing, who was busy hiding behind Zhang Chen, and when she saw Zhang Yue walking forward and saluting, she smiled and said, "I won't spoil your pleasure, old woman, go to your room and sit down, whatever you want." Sister-in-law Li should be cooking dinner now, so I'll eat dinner here with you today. ”

If it was in the past, Zhang Yue would have said yes, but today, he always felt a little unusual, and he was stunned for a while before he hesitated, and then glanced at the autumn marks. Seeing her running out of the courtyard gate, he thought that she was going to call those little girls, so he and Lingxi helped Gu into the house left and right. When he entered the house, the careful Gu saw Amber helping Du Juan to stand up, his eyes couldn't help but sweep the corners of the two people's mouths, and when he saw the oil that had not had time to erase it, he couldn't help but smile at the corners of his mouth.

If you want to say that they are all adults, they are actually just half-grown children in their twenties.

Pulling Du Juan to sit on the couch, she glanced at the meat pieces that still had half a plate left on the high table, and then said with a smile: "It's really good to be young, look at you guys making a lot of fun!" Amber, give me a taste of the pheasant! ”

She didn't look at the embarrassed Lingxi, and when she saw Amber coming up with a plate with an embarrassed face, she picked up a piece of chopsticks and chewed it carefully, and then spit the residue into the pelvis on the side. Although the taste was very different from the one she had tasted when she was younger, she still remembered the past.

I wanted to go to Beiping to take refuge with Zhang Yu when the world was in turmoil, and in order to escape from the southern army, I had to barbecue horse meat for food when the food ran out, and the days of fear and fear finally passed. It is said that the predecessors planted trees and the descendants enjoyed the shade, and the glory and wealth that the predecessors exchanged for their lives must be kept, definitely!