Chapter 49: Neighbors
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While Cheng Zhicai and Mrs. Cheng were talking, his three younger brothers, Zhiyuan, Zhixiang, and Zhiyi, also got off the boat...... It was the three people who rode horses on the street in Meishan that day, and it was the three of them who shouted.
When the three of them saw the eldest brother talking to the elders, they simply didn't come forward and chattered around the Su family's sisters and brothers.
"Cousin, why didn't you know about the sound earlier? Otherwise, if you go with us, you won't save money on the boat. Cheng Zhiyuan also held a folding fan in his hand, and learned from his eldest brother to shake it gently: "And our Cheng family's big ship is not comparable to this kind of broken ship that pulls coal." β
"Thank you cousin for your kindness," Su Banniang smiled softly: "Sister will know next time." β
"Hezhong, what new work have you come out?" Cheng Zhixiang patted Su Shi's shoulder affectionately and said: "Last time, your song 'The sun and the moon are promoted, and the earthly world is bound', was praised by my friends." β
"Recently, there have been," Su Shi smiled defenselessly, "On the way here, I made two articles." β
"Hurry up and listen."
"One song is called "Watching the Mountains on the River"." Su Shi coughed lightly, recited in a frustrated tone, and Cheng Zhixiang immediately asked the servant to take out a pen and paper and lie on the ground to record.
And Cheng Zhiyi, the youngest, came to Su Xiaomei's side with this booklet, and said with a shy face: "Cousin, this is my latest composition, please correct it." β
Su Xiaomei couldn't shirk it, so she had to take it and endure the discomfort to read it.
"How?" Cheng Zhiyi was full of anticipation and said: "This is what I wrote very carefully, cousin, you can judge it." β
"Bring a pen." Su Xiaomei suddenly smiled like a flower road.
"Quick, get the pen!" Each of the Cheng brothers has a scholar, and when they heard the call, Cheng Zhiyi's scholar hurriedly presented pen and ink.
Su Xiaomei dipped the pen in ink, and after Cheng Zhiyi's writing, she wrote two lines of beautiful calligraphy.
"Two yellow orioles singing green willows, a line of egrets in the blue sky......" she wrote, Cheng Zhiyi read at the same time, and after reading, she was confused and said: "Isn't this Lao Du's poem, what does it mean?" β
"This means that your article is beautiful and ambitious." Su Xiaomei handed the pen back to the servant, and said solemnly with her little face written on her face.
"It's the first time I've received such a high rating from you!" Cheng Zhiyi was overjoyed and said: "It seems that I am finally going to catch up with your brother in a day." β
"How can my brother compare to you." Su Xiaomei's eyes narrowed into two curves, and the corners of her mouth also curled into curves: "They can't write articles like yours in their lifetime." β
"Overrated, overrated......" Cheng Zhiyi scratched his head and laughed, but he didn't see Su Zhe's face full of strange expressions.
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Cheng Zhicai warmly invited the Su family to live with them, but Su Xun categorically refused: "We have already found a good house, and we have even paid the house money." "As long as there is a way, who wants to send someone under the fence.
"That's the case......" Although Cheng Zhicai regretted that he couldn't get close to his cousin in advance, he didn't want to live under his aunt's eyelids, so he said with a pity on his face: "I can only get together more on weekdays." β
"That's very good." Su Xun said with a straight face: "It's not early, let's go on our own roads." β
"It's fine." Cheng Zhicai couldn't wait to stay away from this strange-tempered future father-in-law, and he hugged his fist at Banniang and said, "Cousin, you have to go to play with your cousin often." β
"......" Su Banniang blushed and bowed her head, but Fu Yifu didn't speak.
Seeing her delicate appearance, Cheng Zhicai's heart fluttered, and he laughed loudly: "Let's go, let's go!" There will be a period later! Then he beckoned his brothers to get on their horses and leave...... The Cheng family specially sent a boat to send four sons, and the maid and mother got off the boat, the servant family Ding 20 or 30, and four tall horses.
This group of people who were crowded in front of and behind and had a huge momentum naturally attracted the attention of the people of Qingshen, and they asked where this was a big man. The Cheng brothers were accustomed to this, so they swaggered away under the attention of everyone.
"Alas......" Su Xun looked at his wife, sighed, and stopped talking.
"Who doesn't have a young Meng Lang," how many years of husband and wife, Mrs. Cheng naturally knows his thoughts, and always has to say something for her nephew: "When you experience some things, you can naturally calm down." β
"I hope so." Su Xun took a deep breath and said, "Let's go too." β
The group followed the three carts and left the East Gate Wharf.
Walking on the lively street, Su Zhe, who had been very quiet, finally couldn't hold back and asked Su Xiaomei: "Little sister, what does your comment mean?" β
"Guess what?" The little sister smiled curiously at the shop on the side of the road.
"The two yellow orioles are singing green willows, is it 'I don't know what to do', and 'a line of egrets on the blue sky' is not 'getting farther and farther'!"
"You guessed it." Su Xiaomei chuckled, her voice like a silver bell.
"Oh, you." Hearing the conversation between her children, Mrs. Cheng turned around, half disgusted, half spoiled: "How can you say that about your fourth cousin?" β
"Mother, why don't you talk about them," Su Xiaomei pursed her lips and said, "Don't show off your power all day long and be embarrassed everywhere." β
"Your mother, the aunt who got married, how can you talk about them?" Mrs. Cheng shook her head and said.
Su Xun originally wanted to find an inn first, so that his wife and children could rest and sharpen, but the Cheng brothers were disturbed and forgot to explain to the car boss, and as a result, he was pulled to the front of the Chen Mansion on Wenxing Street.
Before he could speak, the car boss first pulled his throat and said, "Chen Daguan, your family has relatives!" Su Xun and his wife couldn't help but be embarrassed, so they had to change their original intentions.
After a while, the door opened, and Chen Xi, who was dressed in a short dress and sweating profusely, came out, and when he saw Su Xun's family, he was surprised and happy: "Didn't you say that it will only arrive tomorrow!" β
"I'm afraid of your trouble, so I arrived a day early." Su Xun clenched his fists and smiled.
"I've seen my uncle." Cheng took his children to salute Chen Xiliang.
"Sister-in-law, don't be polite." Chen Xiliang returned the salute with a fist to Cheng, and said to a few coachmen: "Bother a few people to push the car to the north gate." β
So he closed the door and led the Su family around to the north of the house. There is also a street in the north, and although the faΓ§ade is not as grand as the main entrance, it is also much more magnificent than ordinary people.
"Brother and sister-in-law, don't laugh at me for pretending to be a public servant." Chen Xiliang took out the key to open the door, and said with a smile: "I was confused for a while, and I bought such a big residence, but the back house has been idle. This time, Brother Lao Quan asked me to help me find a house, so I thought about it. Fertilizer and water don't flow into outsiders' fields, it's still cheaper. β
As he spoke, he opened the courtyard door, removed the threshold, and asked the drivers to push the cart in.
The back house is said to be the living area of the owner's family, not only there are five large north houses, two east and west wings, but also a hand-copying verandah, which connects the main house and the wing room. There are begonias, vines, fish ponds, and rockeries in the courtyard. In order to ensure privacy, there is also a shadow wall behind the Moon Gate, which divides the front and back courtyards into two worlds.
Because I didn't expect them to come a day earlier, there were still workers in the yard, carrying buckets to wash the ground.
"Leave the yard alone, help carry the luggage into the house!" Chen Xiliang instructed a few workers to pay the car owner on the other hand, only to know that Su Xun had already paid.
After a few coachmen left, Chen Xiliang led Su Xun and his wife into the house, sat down on the official hat chair and said: "After the renovation of the back house, there has been no one living in it, and the users in it are all new, may it be in the eyes of my brother and sister-in-law?" β
Su Xun and his wife, when they looked at the yard, they already liked it very much, and when they saw this house, the bricks were polished and the joints were polished, the windows were bright and clean, and the furniture was very elegant, but they hesitated. The two glanced at each other, and Mrs. Cheng said: "This house is excellent, but if it is divided into two halves, won't it delay the uncle's family." β
"This backyard was locked all along." Chen Xiliang waved his hand and said with a smile: "There are five of us, and it is more than enough to live in the front." β
"But Uncle still has to continue the strings, right?" Mrs. Cheng said with a smile: "Your second husband will have to find a daughter-in-law in a blink of an eye, and when the time comes, you will know that the backyard is indispensable." β
"Don't hide it from my sister-in-law, my little brother has no plans to remarry." Chen Xiliang shook his head and sighed: "The relationship between the children and the stepmother is not good, and when the time comes, there will be a division between the father and son." β
"Then wait until the child is older." Mrs. Cheng smiled and said, "What about Erlang? β
"Erlang has sworn that he will not marry a wife if he does not become a jinshi." Chen Xiliang said: "I, as a father, although I am looking forward to the import of Ding Ding in the family, he is so motivated, I still have to support him." β
"So ......" Su Xun understood that this house had to be rented today, so he interrupted his wife and said, "What you said in the letter, the rent of 500 wen per month, how can it be?" β
"Brother Lao Quan doesn't know, my family is not short of that money. The main reason is that I don't want the house to be idle," Chen Xiliang said with a smile towards Mrs. Cheng and said, "There is another selfish intention. β
"What?"
"It's another year of Dabi, if nothing else, Brother Lao Quan and I have to go to Beijing again, and go back and forth for at least a year." Chen Xiliang sighed and said, "Don't hide it from my sister-in-law, I really can't rest assured of those boys." After a pause, he said: "Erlang is better, if the other three are not restrained, they will definitely get rid of the wild horses, not to mention the abandonment of their studies, and they will still have a bad problem!" As he spoke, he got up and hugged his fists and said, "Mrs. Sister-in-law teaches her son well, and she is already known in the township." Please help with this! β
"Uncle is serious, and the concubine treats them as if they were her own." Mrs. Cheng got up and returned the salute and took over the task.
"I'm tired of my sister-in-law......"
"The children are taught by their husbands, and the concubines are just supervising their homework." Mrs. Cheng covered her mouth and smiled: "Uncle, this deal is not cost-effective. β
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While he was talking, it was already noon, and Gorou led three lucky men in green clothes and small hats to come in from outside...... Chen Xiliang had already asked his Lang to come to Fuzhihui, saying that there was a guest at home today.
In the blink of an eye, all kinds of delicate fruits, hot and cold dishes, the whole table is filled.
Mrs. Cheng came from a big family, and Su Xun was also used to seeing the world, and neither of them knew the main dishes on the table. Not to mention the four brothers and sisters of Banniang and Su Shi.
Fortunately, the guys in Laifu are warm and thoughtful, and each dish is named after the dish, what 'lion's head', 'snow clam steamed fish lips', 'vegetable fried screw meat', 'osmanthus baked eel paste', 'braised herring fish row'...... I've never heard of it.
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No wonder I felt uncomfortable yesterday, it turned out to be a heat cold, I lay down for a day, and I got better at night, so I hurriedly sent a chapter......
Keep writing, and try to send another chapter......