Chapter 283: The Ancestor's Courtship

Although he came back all the way, Zhang Yue still went straight to the main room of the North Courtyard to see Gu. At this time, someone had already informed him of the news of his return, and he passed through the three halls in front of the north courtyard, and before he stepped into the courtyard, a little girl opened the curtain and preached loudly into the main room: "The third young master is back!" ”

He hurriedly took two steps into the house, and saw Gu and Qiu sitting on the big kang in the middle, so he hurriedly stepped forward and fell to the ground. On weekdays, when he was often in front of him, the family ceremony was just a bow, but now that he was parting for a month, he had to bow four times. Before he got up, he heard Gu Shi say, "It just happened that your master and wife came, and I saw and saluted together." ”

Qiu Shi saw that Zhang Yue turned to him and bowed again, but he had to bow and help him up. I saw Zhang Yue wearing a black gauze head, wearing a blue silk small miscellaneous flower plate collar right robe, a black horn belt around his waist, and green socks and soap boots, but he was darker and thinner than when he was separated that day. Thinking that Zhang Yue had experienced such a big deal at a young age, she only felt emotion in her heart, and it took a long time to hold back a sentence: "Yuanjie, just come back." ”

A simple single sentence was heard in Gu's ears, but it had another meaning. After looking Zhang Yue up and down, she spoke: "Now that construction is going on everywhere in Beijing, and the weather is hot, look at the dirt and sweat on your body." You will be given half an hour to go back to the room to freshen up and change your clothes, and have lunch in the back garden. ”

Seeing that Zhang Yue smiled and agreed, he walked out, the curtain had just fallen, Gu suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly instructed Bai Fang: "Go and pack a box of snacks for Brother Yue to take back, he is running back and forth this morning, but I am afraid that the breakfast will not be used for a long time." Then I went to see what new snacks the kitchen made, sent a few to the main room, and let me and Mrs. Du prepare our hunger first. The others were sent to the eldest wife and the second wife, and then see where the girl took the super brother and daughter-in-law and the girl Yi, and also sent some to them, don't let people laugh at the Zhang family for starving the guests! ”

The girls in the room suddenly all laughed, and even Qiu Shi said with a smile: "The old lady does things without leakage, and she thinks carefully about everything, no wonder this family is solemn." ”

"I can't say it, after the people came back, they mentioned the scene of Du Mansion to me, so that the family has a way to be solemn." Gu Shi turned his head to look at Qiu, smiled and sighed, "Our family has a large population, and the master has a large group of people, so it is inevitable that there will be places that are not comprehensive." It sounds good to the face, but there are also those who say that my wife is biased. ”

Zhang Yue returned to the West Courtyard with his front foot, and he didn't even have time to say a few words to Amber Qiuji who came up, and Bai Fang chased after him on his back foot. Seeing her hand over a six-petal lotus carved lacquer box, he was slightly stunned and understood his grandmother's thoughtfulness, and then his stomach screamed even more uncompetitively. He didn't bother to pay attention to the snickering Qiu Scar next to him, so he immediately lifted the lid and took out two melon kernel cakes to fill his stomach, and then put the box on the kang table, and told Amber and Qiu Scar to take it themselves. Knowing that Lingxi had prepared hot water for bathing in the east ear room, he hurriedly opened the curtain and went out to the east ear room.

Since getting the news of Zhang Yue's return, Lingxi has already ordered people to prepare hot water, and at this time poured the hot water of the last whole copper kettle into the wooden barrel, and reached out to test the temperature, spilled a bag of pandan into it, and turned his head to see Zhang Yue enter the door before he got up, and said with a smile: "At the moment, the water temperature is just right, and the slave maid goes to prepare clothes." ”

Zhang Yue nodded, and when Lingxi lifted the curtain and went out, he untied his clothes three times and divided five by two and took them into the bathtub. Although he also took a hot bath after arriving at Xuanwuyi, where can he stand running around today, kneeling and waiting for the face saint before the cool hall, and being sent by the emperor to send a cabinet to send documents, and having to face countless kind or malicious eyes, this stinky sweat is not mentioned. After washing and drying his body, he changed into a whole set of clean clothes from Amber Autumn Scar, and he finally felt refreshed. Seeing that the hour was not early, he hurriedly went out with three big girls.

Zhang's mansion was the former residence of Jing'an Marquis Wang Zhong, Wang Zhong Yongle followed the Qi State Gongqiu Fubei to fight for seven years, because he had no children, and was the general of the defeated army, although Zhu Di did not take the title of Wang Zhong, but also did not allow the side children to enter the heir to the lord, so the marquis' mansion in Nanjing City was given to others, but this house was bought by Zhang Fu at a low price. This house was overhauled after Wang Zhong sealed Jing'anhou, and after the Zhang family moved in, it was a big construction, and now it is naturally a courtyard that deeply shows the mansion atmosphere.

After all, Beijing is not as good as Nanjing in the south of the Yangtze River water town, although there are also Shichahai pools, but most places are only shallow water depressions, and the families of the powerful can only dig their own lotus ponds, or take great pains to attract water. The Tongbi Pond in Zhangjiahou Garden was designed by skilled craftsmen in the past, and it can flow in all seasons, so although it is only stagnant water, it is just in line with the four words that flowing water does not rot. Today's banquet is set up in a pavilion adjacent to Tongbi Pond, all of which are carved lacquered mahogany chairs, and the wine and food have been served.

When Zhang Yue arrived, he saw that everyone else had already entered the table, so he hurriedly confessed before sitting down. At a glance, he saw that the Gu family and the Qiu family were sitting on the top two chairs, the Feng family and the Dongfang family were sitting on the east side, Du Juan was the first to sit on the west side, and the bottom was an empty seat about for himself, followed by Zhang Zhen and Zhang Yi. As the eldest daughter-in-law, Li Yun is standing next to her with a few big girls at this time, and from time to time she prepares vegetables for the Gu family and the Qiu family.

Although they pay attention to the habit of eating and sleeping silently on weekdays, but today since the banquet is placed in the garden, everyone will naturally not be bored like a gourd, and they will have to flatter and laugh on the side. Because Qiu's vividly mentioned the scenery and customs of the water towns in the south of the Yangtze River, everyone listened attentively, and when it was Dongfang's turn, she intended to please, so she smiled and said: "I have been in Kaifeng and Beijing in my life, and I have never seen any scenery outside, so let's tell a joke about a rich man's wealth." ”

"It is said that there is a merchant and a landlord, the businessman's family wealth is ten thousand days into the gold, the landlord has ten thousand acres of fertile land and countless slaves, no one is convinced by anyone on weekdays, this day to meet the rich, invite a poor show to liquidate their property and real estate one by one, in the end it is comparable, then agreed to write down today's number, wait a year later to see who has more wealth. When we met again at this time of the second year, the businessman first cried and lost his face, saying that he was unlucky in business this year and lost money again and again, and the wealth of the family was lost by seventy or eighty percent; The landlord was also depressed and unmotivated, saying that the Yellow River flood had flooded all the fields this year, and now there is no harvest. The two of them were waiting there for the Xiucai who was a witness, who knew that they would not see anyone when they waited and waited, and when they finally went to look for someone, they saw that Xiucai's dilapidated house had become a three-entry mansion. ”

Seeing that everyone around her couldn't help laughing, she smiled and said: "When the merchant and the landlord saw this situation, they were all stunned, and it happened that the poor Xiucai in the past lifted the old man to go out today, and when he saw the depressed appearance of the two, he said, 'There is a golden house in the book, there is a thousand Zhongsu in the book, and there is Yan Ruyu in the book'." Whether it is a family wealth or a thousand acres of fertile land, none of them can compare to a book. ”

The Gu family was also born in a scholarly family in the past, and when he heard Dongfang's jokes about the benefits of a scholar, he couldn't help but smile slightly. Glancing at Zhang Yue, seeing that he seemed to be a little disapproving, she couldn't help but look sideways at Qiu, and sure enough, she found that the other party frowned slightly. Knowing that Dongfang hadn't read many books, I was afraid that she remembered the three sentences of the golden house in the book, she couldn't help but sigh in her heart, and immediately responded to Dongfang's two sentences without being salty.

After the meal, the Gu family immediately sent away the two daughters-in-law of the Feng family and the Dongfang family, and even sent away their granddaughter Zhang Yi, only to call Zhang Yue and Zhang Zhen to come forward to help each other, and invited Qiu and Du Juan to visit the garden. Although it was not early, the owner of the family opened his mouth, and Qiu Shi was not easy to refuse, so he agreed with a smile.

When passing through an osmanthus forest, Gu suddenly turned his head to look at Qiu and said, "Mrs. Du, Brother Yue is fortunate to have met a famous teacher like Lord Du to teach, so that he can have today's achievements." Now that he is not young, his two brothers and sister have already set up marriages, and it is time for him to start a family. I see that the girl has a good temperament and looks like a good match, so I want to be cheeky to tell you about this family business, I don't know what you think? ”

Whether it was the Meng family or the Du family, the talk about marriage that day was just for people to come to the door to test the tone, and they didn't really say it thoroughly, but they just tacitly understood each other. Now that Gu Shi suddenly pierced the thin layer of window paper, not only Qiu Shi was stunned, but even Zhang Yue was stunned. Zhang Zhen, who was holding his grandmother's left hand, glanced curiously at Du Juan on the side, and saw that her face was covered with red glow, and he couldn't help but look at it twice.

Is this the future third sister-in-law?

Qiu Shi knew that Du Zhen had accepted a student, so he asked Ming Di and Mo Yu about Zhang Yue's conduct, and after meeting a few times, she immediately moved the idea of marriage, and now that Gu Shi mentioned this, she only felt that a big stone in her heart fell to the ground. After pondering for a moment, she said bluntly: "What the old lady mentioned is exactly what I want to mention, but now that the old lady is in prison, if I make a marriage at this time, I am only afraid that the future of the Yuan Festival will be delayed." ”

"That's not it." Gu Shi glanced at Zhang Yue sideways, and saw that his face was changing, as if he was not just happy, and he couldn't help but sigh a little in his heart. Stopping and facing Qiu's family, she said seriously, "The Du family is a scholarly family, and Master Du is highly educated and knowledgeable. Now I only ask Mrs. Du if you have any intentions, if there is, we will first unite and join the Geng post, and let Brother Yue try to ask the emperor for another day. He is a student of Lord Du, if he can really impress the emperor to release Lord Du because of this incident, wouldn't it be double happiness? ”

Qiu didn't expect the old lady of the Zhang family to say such a thing, and he was stunned. After being stunned for a long time, she nodded and said, "If you say so, then follow the old lady's wishes." ”

Hearing Gu's Qiu's words, all this was decided, and Du Juan couldn't help but look at Zhang Yue. Just when he looked at him resolutely, between the four eyes, she suddenly felt confused.