Chen Jiru wanted to speak, but Dong Qichang next to him shook his head and motioned him not to speak, but he couldn't help but muttered in a low voice, "What the hell is going on." However, he and Dong Qichang are fellow villagers, and they are younger than Dong Qichang, so they can usually listen to what Dong Qichang said, stomped his feet, and took the snacks on the stone table to work hard, stuffed several pieces into his mouth, and chewed there angrily.

The three of them are all smart people, and they tacitly agreed not to mention this topic, still reading, painting, and talking about the people's livelihood and farming, and the good officials still continued to write the book that had not even been titled, and Dong Qichang and Chen Jiru almost coincidentally began to copy his manuscript.

Even if the engraved books have been spread all over the world, a book of one or two two taels of silver, for the people with a little money, are quite affordable, but there are still a large number of readers like to copy books, copying books have the wonder of calligraphy, and copy once, almost can firmly remember the content to the mind, if elegant, although the engraved book has a clip, there are embroidered images, there are celebrities and celebrities to comment, but in the hearts of the literati there is always a distance from the book copied by their own hands.

Before the Water Margin and the Three Kingdoms were not engraved and sold in the world, they had been circulated in the hands of countless literati, relying on the manuscript, and even the engraving coaxed the world, and the manuscript was also wanted, if there were hand-copied by celebrities, one chapter, two chapters, three or four chapters, short and fragmentary, it didn't matter, there were still people who asked for a high price, even in later generations, in an era that had not yet opened, there were countless people who knew that there was a manuscript called "The Heart of XX", and countless people had been circulated.

This is actually another interpretation of [wife is not as good as a concubine, concubine is not as good as stealing, stealing is better than stealing] another interpretation, there are a lot of [***] in history of the great influence, are countless engraved the world's best-selling books can not be compared, for example, when it comes to the Ming Dynasty in later generations, it is inevitable to say that the golden bottle plum, how can not be bypassed, but the Ming Dynasty is the best-selling type of book, Shiwen, whether you are the Jinshi's Shiwen or the champion's Shiwen, who knows? Who loves to know?

Therefore, the obedient official wrote this book, and he was not afraid that no one would have no influence at all, first of all, he still had a little confidence in the master of the Zhongzheng Hall, Xiong Damu, after all, he was a figure who left a name in history, maybe people would be bold, and others would not dare to engrave it, I will come. Even if no one dares to print it, he is not afraid, and sometimes selling it publicly is not necessarily more influential than quietly circulating it in secret, and when the manuscript is passed out, the literati talk about it: Oh, there is a strange book, full of paper, and it tells the ...... Those who haven't read it must be itching, and they have to pester those who have books to borrow and copy them, and the influence of those who come and go is not necessarily smaller than that of two or three thousand copies engraved in one edition.

Therefore, he wrote silently every day, Dong Qichang and Chen Jiru desperately copied, during this period, the three Wu scholars began to coax the book of the obedient official, and then, those who visited the Taohuawu were found, and found that the famous scholars Dong Qichang and Chen Jiru were living in the Zheng family.

It stands to reason that if you are so busy, you can ask the master to add monthly silver, most of the servants in the Ming Dynasty are similar to the little nannies in later generations, I do so many things every day, I am tired and tired, and it is normal to ask for a salary increase! Some people's servants may have a harder family foundation than the master's family, just like the confinement sister-in-law of later generations, some wear gold and silver, have cars in and out, and are richer than the master's family.

However, at this time, Da Ming still pays attention to the status of a master and servant, although there are things that justifiably ask for a salary increase, but there are not many, and Zheng Guofan is now seeing the style of a generation of famous people, and his face is also bright when he says it.

Even among the Confucian scholars at this time, there were many people who thought that [the way of the sage is useful to the people], that is to say, the habits of the small citizens, there is also the way of the sage, and there is nothing to despise.

Therefore, the Zheng family just bought two girls, four big-footed women, four male servants, plus two sprinkler mothers-in-law hired by nearby farmers, twelve together, and they tacitly mentioned this matter, but did not mention it more carefully, especially the tea and rice woman who made a good banquet in one hand, and her feet did not touch the ground when she was busy, but she also followed everyone and did not mention the matter of adding silver to the month.

Of course, some people see these things in their eyes, the aunt of the obedient official, Ai Meiniang, has been the housewife of the official eunuch family for more than ten years, and has also learned the ability to manage the family first-hand, in ancient times, if you want to be the eldest lady, you can do it before the age of ten, but after the age of ten, there are some things that must be learned, and the eldest lady who does not ask about family affairs has no way out, and the female red does not talk about these things, only marries into someone else's family, the interpersonal relationship between the upper and lower levels, the book expenses of the family, the monthly cases of the servants under the hand, and the harvest of various granges, On the three festivals of the year, I have to visit relatives who are moving around, and the accounts of various red and white ceremonies...... You don't understand these big ladies who don't touch the spring water with ten fingers, and you don't like to take care of them, is it possible? You must know that in ancient times, a lady in the main house, is equivalent to the general manager of a company in later generations, you don't do well, the chairman of the board of directors has to ask, not to mention the chairman of the board of directors, mother-in-law, do not do well, just attack you, divorce your mother's family has nothing to say, raise a daughter will not be housekeeper, and finally was driven back, how embarrassed to speak, but lost the adult.

This is still an ordinary eunuch family, if the family is a little bigger, it needs a special person to manage it, so the so-called competition for favor is not common, the women of the Ming Dynasty are not stupid, some seats, for you to sit, you can't do it.

Therefore, most of the time, the so-called competition for favor is in a controllable circle, for example, the second aunt and the third aunt are competing for the head, you have three golden hairpins, I have to have four. But it is completely unrealistic to say that these aunts and wives think about replacing the head lady all day long. Pick you up, are you the head lady? How can your mother's family help? How much money do you have in your private house? My son has suffered a loss, have there been ten or eight uncles with big shoulders and round waists in your mother's family who have come forward? If you are involved in a lawsuit, will your mother's family have an official figure come out to cover it up for you?

If none of these are available, then do you have a sister who is in your lids who is married to a certain official, a wealthy businessman, and a certain talent? Do you have intimate contacts with whose wife, whose home is pleasant, whose family is safe? Will you make a plan to make the first few hundred acres of land at home harvest one or two percent? Is it possible that behind the control of shares to do business and open a shop?

What the? You don't have any of that? Then what do you want to be a lady, honestly go and pat the ass of the lady to be your concubine! Those who can be honest ladies have some bearing after all, and they will not be able to tolerate you, a concubine.

Unless you're too pampered and arrogant, think about it, whose general manager of a big company would allow the employees below to climb on his head? At that time, it was no wonder that someone else was thrown into a well.

Ai Mei Niang was just born in an ordinary and honest family, just because she was handsome, she married into the Wang family, although she was only the head of the Bapin Xiaojing official family, she was also a good lady, and her heart was broken up and down over the years, and sometimes she also thought that when her sister married her brother-in-law, although she was just an ordinary family, she must not have so many troubles.

However, these days, it is thanks to this Mrs. Ai's presence, otherwise, Zheng Liancheng is a person who doesn't care about anything, Shan Chixia is a thorough ability, but this Chixia master himself is not very good at dealing with people, as I said before, he has always thought that [dead people are the best people], you can imagine what level he has to communicate with people, people like him should be the commander of the Jinyi Guard or the commander of a town This powerful person, killing and deciding is his ability, and it must be the kind of person who has a tough background, Otherwise, with his temper, even if he is in power, I am afraid that the end will not be much better, and it is estimated that he will end up with the Tiger Ben division commander who ran out of ammunition and food in the bloody battle in the future.

His vision and his swordsmanship are all the world's watchmen, but he is too reasonable, you must know that even his top boss Qi Shaobao has to write a letter of worship [Top Grace Pavilion Elder] to pat Zhang Juzheng's sycophants, and he is such a righteous man, he had to leave the Qi family army gloomily, and his colleagues may admire him, but because of his righteousness and persistence, many people have left him far away.

For example, you have to make one good friend and choose two.

One is Lord Wei Xiaobao, be friends with Lord Wei, you are likely to be promoted to become rich and leave a legacy to future generations.

One is Guo Jing and Guo Daxia, be friends with Guo Daxia, your fate may be to defend Xiangyang and die without a corpse, and it will also affect your family.

Most people understand this kind of thing, and they don't hesitate to talk about it without endangering themselves, but how many people will stick to a belief for a lifetime without wavering! You must know that in this era, even the Confucian masters also talked about [the way of the sage, which is used in the common people], believing that people do not destroy the heavens and the earth for themselves, a loyal and righteous man, undoubtedly the white crane in the chicken flock, the swan in the duck flock, how to hide it, the tall and straight body, melancholy but firm eyes, the beard under the chin, this kind of person, should live in the "Tang Legend" book rather than a small citizen class flourishing era.

Therefore, Master Chixia knew that Mrs. Ai was also the idea of beating his own young master, but firstly, she was the sister-in-law of the master's sister-in-law and aunt of the young master, and secondly, seeing that she was indeed a good housekeeper, and managed the family in the name of the old aunt, these days the family is so busy that she can't even stretch her feet, but the servants have no complaints, this Mrs. Ai has a lot of credit in it, so she has a lot of respect for her.

The weather is getting cold day by day, after the small spring in October, the peach blossoms in the peach forest have finally failed, the green and yellow fallen leaves have fallen all over the ground, the wind comes, rolls up countless times, and there is a sense of autumn wind and gloom.

Seeing that it is the end of the year, Dong Qichang and Chen Jiru have lived in the Zheng family for two months, during which even the cotton robe has been made twice, the Zheng family including the subordinates, and they have not treated them as outsiders, if the servants bump into Dong Qichang, they will be called Young Master Dong, and if they meet Chen Jiru, they will be called Young Master Chen, Zheng Liancheng is very angry, and he wishes that his son would have more contacts with the three Wu celebrities, and now there are two more famous people living at home, and they suddenly have a big face, Dong Chen and the two have lived in the Zheng family for only two days, and Zheng's father has ordered to make a change of clothes for the two of them, not half a month, The weather was a little cold, and he hurriedly asked the next person to make padded jackets for the two young masters of Dong Chen, after a month, the wind gradually increased, and ordered to make a brocade cloak, the first two days of a little snowflake, Zheng Dad instructed, to make a snow-proof cloak for the two young masters of Dong Chen, remember to sew it up with fox skin, that thing is warm and the wind is also snowproof, it is really a good posture of the family, in fact, Dong Chen and the two lived in the Zheng family for half a month before changing their words to call Zheng's father Zheng's uncle.

Sometimes Zheng Guofan also feels that his father has a big head, a big score, and a big hand, which is easy to make people feel good, and he is a first-class scene. Put it on the rivers and lakes, that first class is a little whirlwind Chai Jin, if you are born in a big family, you will definitely have a nickname like [Jade Face Xiao Meng Taste], the problem is, Dad! Your son's silver is not blown by the wind, I make money very hard, and your ability to spend money is much better than your son's ability to make money.

Fortunately, my aunt has a good way of running the house, and in the past two months, I have really lost my aunt, to be honest, looking at my aunt's posture, it seems that she has lost weight.

During the period, the uncle Wang Jue of the obedient official came twice, but in the end he ran away in a huff, and his wife and daughter were resident in someone else's house, what is this called, although this other person is a brother-in-law, a relative of the head of the family, but this is not good! You know, there is a saying, how to say, the sister-in-law is the brother-in-law's half-pulled ass, the words are a little rough, but the truth is indeed that truth, who dares to guarantee that there is nothing and nothing.

Back then, Wang Jue looked at Zheng Liancheng unpleasantly, lying on the mud horse, you are a boy, and you are not an official eunuch, relying on a little white face, you actually dominate my beautiful sister-in-law. Now more than ten years have passed, this guy actually gave birth to a son and became a famous man, and he also got started, and bought such a big house outside Ningbo, I am afraid that it will take three or four thousand taels of silver to buy it.

If you want to say, your son and my aunt and nephew have made a marriage with my daughter, and it is nothing to live in your house for a long time, but now you don't mention my daughter and your son's affairs, and let my wife take care of your family.

Anyway, Wang Jue is so angry, but he can't stand his wife and daughter and refuses to go back! The seven fairies agreed that, firstly, it was delicious and delicious, secondly, my aunt and father had a good temper and often smiled at us from afar, thirdly, the house was big, and each person lived alone, if it wasn't for the fact that Xiaoqi was too young to live with his mother at the age of five, maybe there would be a house, and fourth, the eldest cousin was handsome and had a good temper, and he was willing to play with us, and sometimes he lost his handkerchief with us! Although every time I have a bitter face.

And what if you go back! One person and one house This treatment is never enjoyed, and you have to listen to your father's nagging every day, how to get the dowry when you grow up, the three aunts are okay and follow your father's help, and the eldest cousin Wang Ruoyu is even more afraid, you must know that she is twelve years old, and countless people are engaged at this age in Jiangnan, she is the eldest sister of the Seven Fairies, and the pressure is the greatest, I am afraid that she will have to marry next year, and in the Zheng family, you don't have to worry about this, your aunt has a good temper, she has never been as nagging as her father, and I used to hear my father say that my aunt and father are Li Shu, It's not easy to compare with him for being famous, but now no matter how you look at it, I feel that my aunt and father are at least like a lifter, and my father's talent is really incomparable.

This Wang Jue went back twice in a row, it doesn't mean that the obedient official doesn't want to see him, every time his uncle comes to the door, he is also well-behaved and polite, and his uncle is always giving some gifts when he leaves.

Every time, the good official does not intervene, after all, the aunt and uncle are all elders, and there is a little bit of a small problem between the father and the uncle, and he is also clear, and it is even more difficult to speak, and he is suspected of being biased.

But this time, the good official is not good not to speak, you know, at this time it is already the month of La, and the ancient books say: La, the one-year-old sacrifice.

That is to say, at the end of the year, it is necessary to sacrifice to the heavens and the earth to sacrifice the gods and ancestors, and it is really difficult to do without a housewife, and it is indeed appropriate for the uncle to ask the aunt to go back, and even Father Zheng doesn't know what excuse to use to keep his wife and sister, do you want to tell the brother-in-law that the sister-in-law has half of the brother-in-law?

Even, Dong Qichang and Chen Jiru are also planning to go back to Huating, you know, although it is a good family, they all have families and parents, if they don't go back, what will they say?

Therefore, the two discussed privately that they were going to spend the New Year with the Zheng family on the twenty-third day of the lunar month, and then take the sea boat back to Huating, anyway, Huating is not far from Ningbo, and it is not too late to come after the Lantern Festival next year.

The two of them get along with Zheng Guofan at night in the Zheng family, and they both feel that they have a lot of benefits, except for Feng Zhang, who is a little young, sometimes a little inexplicable, he can really be called a good teacher and friend, and the Zheng family treats the two of them like their own family, to be honest, the two really don't want to leave.

And the day Wang Jue came to the door was the twenty-third day of the lunar month.

On the twenty-third day of the lunar month, the year of the year, the gods go to heaven, and there are no taboos.

The Zheng family was lively and lively, sacrificed to the grandfather of the stove and the grandmother of the stove king, sent the gods, swept the dust, and began to eat from noon, the masters of the Zheng family ate in it, and the servants ate under the stove, even eating and drinking, more than an hour passed, and it was already dusk.

In this era, there is not much entertainment, eating is a kind of entertainment, and it is not uncommon to eat from noon to night, so Wang Jue came to the door, and the Zheng family was there.

It's like seven fairies, the youngest is only five years old, but seeing that Daddy came alone, the melon candy in his hand doesn't seem to be fragrant, and he vaguely feels that he eats delicious food here, but Daddy doesn't have to eat it, it doesn't seem right.

The house was burned with a dragon on the ground, when the Yan family built this fine house, everything had been taken into account, Wang Jue Wang Ziyu, who was cool outside, broke into the warm room, and the servant at the door was a little embarrassed, and whispered: "Master Wang just entered the door, and the little ones didn't have time to inform the old master and the young master and aunt." ”

Wang Jue is so angry! His face turned pale, Master Wang? Am I an outsider? Old man, young master, aunt and grandmother, this is like a family.

(To be continued)