Chapter Thirty-Eight: The Little Handmaid Yang Ai
The Zhang family stayed at the Huanglongshan base for two days and one night, and then quietly left during the night.
Everyone knows that because of the difference in identity, the two sides cannot publicly recognize each other for the time being. But the connection between family and blood is not so easy to sever.
If he could, Zhang Hongbin could take his parents to come and live, in fact, he also believed that his parents and even his eldest brother would not mind coming to live. The reason why they didn't come to live was because they had to secretly buy the materials they needed for themselves in the name of the Ming gentry, and at the same time help sell the thieves secretly.
This is the support of the family for themselves, selflessness and even fearlessness.
If Zhang Hongbin said that he was not moved, it would be false, and at the same time, at this stage, he really needs such a business route to facilitate his own sales of the materials in the supermarket.
Consumption is the basis of upgrading, and upgrading is the guarantee of your own growing power. Therefore, I must continue to consume in the supermarket, but the things I buy naturally cannot be thrown away casually, and a hidden and stable Daming business road is what I urgently need.
On the first day of the Lunar New Year, it's a pity that my family can't spend it with me. According to the custom, at this time, all departments of the imperial court will be sealed, and they will not be opened until after the dispersal of the year. Zhang Hongbin's side is the same, until the fifteenth day of the first month, except for the soldiers who need to take turns on duty, the rest of the people will be on vacation one after another.
It's rare to have half a day of leisure, but looking at the empty home, Zhang Hongbin still feels a sense of loneliness.
"Young master, why don't you buy a few more servants and maidservants? The family is so big, there is always a need for someone to do some chores or something, and now my Aunt Liu is waiting, and she is always overwhelmed. "If you want to say that you know Zhang Hongbin best, there is no one more than the personal maid Chunxiang.
"Don't worry about me, I'm not that fragile yet. Besides, now that Yiqiē is still in the initial stage, this house is not particularly big, you and Liu's mother are enough, there is no need to spend more manpower. By the way, you also have to be mentally prepared, after two years, you should also be promoted. Zhang Hongbin smiled, gently stroked Chunxiang, who is only sixteen years old this year, and said.
"Young master......" Haruka was immediately overjoyed when she heard this, but her expression was shy.
It is common for personal maids to be promoted to concubines, Chunxiang has been with Zhang Hongbin for ten years, and she is essentially a child daughter-in-law. After ten years of growing together, the tacit understanding between the two is incomparable to others. Often Zhang Hongbin needs something, even a subtle movement or look, Chunxiang can bring it for him willingly.
Chunxiang is not beautiful, her posture is medium and upper, and from the perspective of the future, it is also a small jasper. If you don't consider the factors of the eighteen changes of the female college, it is still a good choice as a concubine. Of course, as a wife, he is not very qualified, his identity does not help Zhang Hongbin in any way, the popular saying is that the door is not the right household, even if he wants to marry the courtiers below, even his parents will come forward to oppose it.
Properly integrate into the rules of this society, so as not to be excluded by the world.
Zhang Hongbin is not yet a rule-maker, so he must also abide by the rules of this world.
Of course, if you want to, it's not a big deal to take a house now, and it's not uncommon for a man to marry a wife and have children at the age of fourteen. There is no shortage of seventeen-year-old sons who can already make soy sauce, and such people are concentrated in the princes of the royal family.
It's just that Zhang Hongbin is not Lolitacon, or he prefers young women in the age group between girls and young women. The women of that period, immature but with more mature taste, are rare that the body has matured, and the full breasts and buttocks are more tactile than the jerky Lori.
With the company of Chunxiang, this year is so lonely. During the period, Liu's mother, who was in charge of cooking, would also bring food on time, and this forty-year-old woman was not Zhang Hongbin's subordinate, but could only be regarded as a hired long-term worker. In addition to cooking and tidying up the room, she went home for the night, and her home was not far from Zhang's house.
In the blink of an eye, it has reached the tenth day of the first lunar month, and there are still five days to go before the end of the year, and at least five days later, on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, all administrative departments will resume normal operation.
After more than ten days at home, people have become much lazy. However, the winter of this year is very cold, and people are very lazy to go down the kang when they stay on the kang. It's a mess, a day has passed, and sometimes I wonder why this time passed so quickly.
This day should have been spent lazily, but there was a commotion outside, which caused Zhang Hongbin to go out and have a look.
When I went out, I found that a caravan had stopped at the gate. There were no signs on this caravan, and ordinary people had no idea where they came from or which one they belonged to. But the caravan that can appear in Huanglong Mountain is only the Zhangjia Chamber of Commerce so far, and many people know this, but they just don't say it.
"Caravan steward Zhang Liu, please say hello to the young master!" The director of the caravan saw Zhang Hongbin and immediately greeted him with a smile.
"Why, everyone comes to do business during the Chinese New Year?" Zhang Hongbin saw that it was his own family, and immediately joked.
"Actually, it's not true, it's also rare to come to Huanglong Mountain, considering that everyone also needs to point needles and threads or something, so I brought some over to sell along the way. In fact, this time, the main reason is that the caravan from Suzhou has returned, bringing back a lot of local specialties from Suzhou, and according to the master's instructions, I will send you a copy. Zhang Liu didn't say that he was too strict, in fact, he knew that this third young master didn't like to be too strict with his subordinates, and it was too boring to say that it was like this.
"Oh, I don't know what specialties I brought to Suzhou this time? I seem to have heard that Yangzhou is so skinny! Zhang Hongbin smiled evilly.
"The young master is an unpredictable prophet, and among the gifts sent this time, there is really a Yangzhou thin horse. Of course, it doesn't count, it can only be said that it was originally adjusted according to that rule. Teach, but within a few years, he was taken by the steward of the caravan below, saying that a girl with such qualifications and appearance could fall into the hands of others? Therefore, he spent a lot of money to redeem her and send her back to Zhang's mansion.
Speaking of which, the steward originally planned to please the eldest young master or master, but he was scolded by the old man before he was sent back. In the end, it was not appropriate for anyone to keep it in their hands, so they simply sent it to you. This chick is also a talented double xin, in just over two years in Guiyun Academy, she learned piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and chanted poetry, if she was in the Song Dynasty, she may not be a talented woman at the level of Li Qingzhao, but unfortunately she was born in the wrong place and was born late.
The old lady also heard that the young master often has to deal with government affairs, and there is no scholar around her, so she simply transferred it to you, so she can serve you when you are idle, and you can be called as a scholar when you are busy, which is also convenient. Zhang Liu gushed about the experience of this thin horse in Yangzhou.
"Come on, what about saying so much and not having it? Why don't you bring it to the young master? At that moment, Zhang Hongbin seemed to have changed back to the original Lang prodigal.
Zhang Liu felt that such a young master was the third young master of the Zhang Mansion, and the third young master had changed too quickly during this time, so that he couldn't believe that this was the original third young master. Now it seems that the young master is still a young master, but the young master has grown up.
The girl was brought up, and the standard beauty embryo, even if she is only thirteen years old this year, has already faintly produced the charm of a hidden fairy. Maybe the world has given her too much suffering, or maybe she has become disgusted with the world, so she is learning to close herself off and try to escape from the world.
The appearance of Zhang Hongbin is difficult to describe, in fact, he has no concept of what goose egg face, willow eyebrows or anything, but purely from the perspective of appearance, between Liu Yifei and Lin Xinru, but his appearance has not yet fully grown, so under the law of 'Eighteen Changes of the Female University', maybe it will be better?
With such an appearance and her temperament, as a thin horse in Yangzhou, I am afraid that I can't think of being famous. It all shows that there was Qin Huai Bayan at the end of the dynasty, is she one of them?
"What's her name?" Zhang Hongbin subconsciously asked.
"This woman's surname is Yang, and her name is love. When he was young, his parents died early, and he was sold by relatives to Shengze Guiyun Courtyard as a thin horse in Yangzhou. As for the later experience, the little one has also said it before. Zhang Liu immediately reported the woman's situation.
"Oh, that's right...... Okay, let her stay in the house and be a servant! "I heard that it is not one of the Qin Huai Bayans in my memory, and Zhang Hongbin is rarely a little lost. But for such a little beauty, he naturally will not refuse.
"Okay, let's arrange it now. There are also some other specialties in Suzhou, the detailed gift list is here, do you want to see it? Zhang Liu took out the gift list and handed it to Zhang Hongbin.
"There's no need, just give it to Chunxiang to check and check. By the way, it's rare to come once, how about coming over for a meal and then leaving? Zhang Hongbin said casually.
"The young master commanded, how dare the villain refuse!" Zhang Liu hit the snake with the stick, but he responded.
Zhang Liu is a caravan steward, and he is also well-versed in literature and ink, so he naturally knows that there is no future for being a caravan steward. Now that the third young master is rebellious, what he lacks most around him is his own people, especially the trustworthy Wenchen. If you fight for breath, you may be able to win a great fortune.
Zhang Hongbin also seems to realize that Zhang Liu has special intentions, but since he is the son of the Zhang family, and the three generations of loyal servants can be trusted, he also plans to hear what this guy thinks.
Zhang Hongbin's attention focused on Zhang Liu's body in a blink of an eye, but Yang Ai was ignored.
The little woman saw that this scarred boy actually ignored herself, and she, who had always been in the spotlight, had some complaints.
This complaint is a little less secluded, but it is a little more cute, but it's a pity that Zhang Hongbin can't see it.