Chapter 260: Fang Yingwu enters the mansion
The next day, the servants of the guild hall waited outside Fang Yingwu's room early, waiting for Fang Yingwu to speak and then led the way to Xicheng. The cart rented by the clan is also ready, so you don't have to worry about everything.
Seeing this, I couldn't help but sigh with emotion, so many people in weishenme want to be a master? It is not necessarily the desire for glory and wealth, but the sense of superiority that comes with this vanity and convenience is irresistible.
The residence of the Hanlin Academy is in Xicheng, not far from the imperial city, and this area is also a residential area densely populated with officials.
Someone led the way, Fang Yingwu was very relaxed, and watched the Jingshi style on the street at will. Along the Dongjiang Rice Lane all the way to the west, the southern city between Zhengyangmen and Daming Gate is also a prosperous place for business, and it is also one of the commercial districts in the city.
Unconsciously, the streets gradually became cleaner and tidier, the shops on both sides gradually became scarce, and there were more mansions with blue bricks and green tiles, and from time to time you could overlook the wealthy families with three and five bays.
"Young Master Fang, Ling Zun's residence is almost here." The guild hall servant who was sitting at the front of the car and pointing the way turned to Fang Yingwu in the car.
After another while, the cart came to a steady stop, and Fang Yingwu jumped off on his own before he had fallen to the point where he was about to be helped out of the car.
When he raised his eyes, he saw a simple faΓ§ade in front of him, and from the scale of the courtyard wall, he deduced that the mansion would not be very large.
Of course, in this core area, even small mansions are not cheap, and may even be priceless. Fortunately, in recent years, there have often been upright ministers who have angered the Son of Heaven because of their advice, and have been degraded and sent out or sent home, and the supply of vacant houses in the western area of the imperial city is not bad
But with the father's financial resources and communication skills, if it were not for the grace of the Son of Heaven. It is still very difficult to buy a house here, so I want to come here in Fang Yingwu, and this residence is eighty percent of the dowry of the Wang family.
In fact, Fang Yingwu guessed well. Wang Shu and the old man Wang also worked as a Beijing official for a few years. Later, because I wanted to do practical things and accumulate experience, I took the initiative to go to the place. The residence in the capital has not been disposed of, and the Wang family is not short of these money. I'll stay when I come back.
Unexpectedly, Huang He will never return, until now the old man Wang has become famous all over the world, ranked in the Nanjing Ministry and the feudal official, but there is still no hope of returning to Beijing, because the Son of Heaven annoys him.
The old man Wang of "Jane in the Emperor's Heart" wanted to return to Beijing, so he could only pray against the grain and heinous that he had died today, so Wang Shu's old residence was cheaper than his son-in-law.
However, even if Old Man Wang returns to Beijing now, it will at least be at the level of Shangshu, and this residence is obviously not suitable.
But he said that when Menzi saw Fang Yingwu, he neither saluted nor spoke, but kept looking curiously. This is called Fang Yingwu very disliked. The guild hall should have reported it earlier, and this side should also know that the eldest young master of the Fang family is going to "return home" today, can this sect not know who he is?
didn't want to worry about such a little person, Fang Yingwu said to Menzi lightly: "I am Fang Yingwu." β
"Oh! Please wait a minute, and let the little one know. Menzi agreed, turned around and quickly went into the house to report.
This made Fang Yingwu, who was standing outside the door, a little annoyed, this is his father's residence, so it is equivalent to his "home", who needs to report it before he can enter the door when he goes home? He is a small host and not a guest!
But it's a street. Fang Yingwu didn't want to make any unpleasantness in front of the public, so he asked others to see their Fang family's jokes, so he endured it without having a seizure.
It didn't take long for Menzi to return to the gate. "The master is already waiting, please come in, please come in!"
Fang Yingwu snorted lightly and entered the gate first. Then we passed through the hall and came to the antechamber. Father is already waiting here. He took Wang Lan and Wang Yu's two concubines and went in to see his father together.
The family sat in the hall and talked. It's nothing more than Fang Yingwu who has talked about what he has done for more than a year, and has been talking about his own promotion. And Master Fang Qingzhi followed his father's template, and gave a few words of encouragement and admonition.
After that, the atmosphere became a little dull. Fang Qingzhi is not good at small talk, and Fang Yingwu can't be as open in front of his father as he is with others.
After all, the father is a different species from other people, and in the era when the father is the son, it is better to be cautious
Fang Yingwu suddenly discovered that among the people he had met since he crossed over, his father might be the one he felt the most rusty. Although he and his father are closest in blood, they are actually not much stronger than strangers.
Before the crossing, his father was determined to study and was away from home all the year round, and there were not many memories left of Fang Yingwu; After the crossing, I only saw two sides, one was when my father was out of prison the year before last, and the other was when my father went to Mandu Lubu last year, each time it was very hurried and the time was very short.
Compared carefully, the relationship between him and his father is not as familiar as others, thinking of this, Fang Yingwu couldn't help but raise his eyes and look at his father.
This "old man" is in the heyday of a man's thirty-one flowers, not a few years older than himself in his previous life, and his psychological age is only afraid that he is not as mature as himself. Several times, Fang Yingwu almost patted his father on the shoulder and said, "I said you dude."
If you live together for a long time in the future, will you still have to settle down in the morning and dusk, and be filial to your father and son?
Fang Yingwu, who is accustomed to being independent and the boss of the family, feels very awkward, and he is still a "father" who is only thirty-three years old and is still young and handsome in his previous life. What's more, Fang Yingwu was an orphan in his previous life, and he really lacked the experience of dealing with his parents and loved ones.
What Fang Yingwu didn't know at this time was that in fact, his father Fang Qingzhi's heart was also very weird, and this weirdness was no less than Fang Yingwu's.
Fang Yingwu is the fruit of Fang Qingzhi's absurdity and impulsiveness in his youth, and the consequence of his impulsiveness is not only to have another son, but also to kill his lover in the past. Every time he faced Fang Yingwu, Fang Qingzhi remembered the green years that made him ashamed and ashamed to face
Therefore, Fang Qingzhi has been studying outside for many years, as if he was escaping, what he escaped was his unbearable past, and at the same time he left Fang Yingwu to be taken care of by his relatives.
In Fang Qingzhi's mind, after his situation stabilized, he would take Fang Yingwu to his side. Give him a future where he can make a mess. It's not that Fang Qingzhi looks down on his son, it's that he knows that it's not easy to study in a mountain village. Fang Qingzhi didn't expect his son to have the ability to get ahead by studying.
But Fang Qingzhi never expected that his son was simply a wonderful. The ability to toss is far beyond the limits of his imagination.
From Chun'an to Suzhou, to Jingshi, to Yulin, and then to Hangzhou, from time to time sensational glorious deeds of Fang Yingwu reached his ears.
His son's deeds have even affected his own future, for example, after returning from the Mandu Lu envoy, he directly changed from a Shuji scholar who watched and studied in the Hanlin Academy to a full-fledged editor of the Hanlin Academy, saving at least two years of time.
Of course, there is no promotion in the officialdom that fell for no reason, and Fang Qingzhi didn't understand it very much. Weishenme's Wenyuange University Scholar Liu Xiangguo, who is in the center, actively elected himself?
Now this son is eighteen-year-old and has entered Beijing to take the exam, although the ranking of the other country is not as good as his own Xie Yuan, but just because he is better than himself at this age, he can be included in the anecdotes of the Ming Imperial Examination.
Thinking of this, Fang Qingzhi was a little stunned and lost, as if Fang Yingwu didn't have to rely on him as a father at all, and he could break out of the sky alone
In the end, Fang Yingwu, who was better at small talk, broke the dull atmosphere and asked with concern, "Why don't you see your mother appear?" β
Fang Qingzhi's face was happy, "She is already pregnant with Liujia." The doctor said that he couldn't move the fetus, so he lay quietly in bed and couldn't move. β
Fang Yingwu hurriedly congratulated: "Congratulations to my father!" β
Fang Qingzhi's face became very strange, "What kind of joy do you say?" Our family has increased its population. Isn't it also a happy event for you? β
Fang Yingwu was embarrassed a few times, this is really how he can say good to himself - a son said to his father, "Congratulations to my father for having a child", how to listen to how happy.
Fang Qingzhi waved his hand. commanded: "The coming day is long, you and my father and son don't need to be in a hurry to speak." You settle down first. β
So there was a king's steward who led Fang Yingwu to his dwelling, but he did not go to the inner court. Instead, I went to the front side yard. According to common sense, the inner courtyard is the residence of the master of the house, and the outer courtyard is either a guest room or a servant's residence
Fang Yingwu was not a cowardly person who didn't dare to speak, and immediately frowned and said, "This housekeeper, why is this here?" Is there no room in the inner court? β
The steward replied politely: "There is a lot of inconvenience on the master's side, there are just two vacant rooms here, and the son will settle down first." β
The meaning of the king's stewardship, Fang Yingwu understood a little. It's nothing more than that: you and the main mother are of the same age, and they are not biological mothers and children, and living together in the inner courtyard is indeed too unsuspecting, not to mention that the main mother is pregnant and needs to recuperate.
Although Steward Wang didn't say it explicitly, Fang Yingwu knew that if he didn't care about the big noise, then Steward Wang would inevitably come up with the above excuses, and in turn accuse him of being young and ignorant and inconsiderate.
Fang Yingwu asked coldly, "Is this what my father meant, or what you meant?" β
"The lord is a nobleman, and he usually doesn't ask about some mundane things at home." The king steward said.
Two or three rooms, accommodating Fang Yingwu and his party, are quite crowded. After entering the house, Fang Yingwu felt that it was not as comfortable as living in the Zhejiang Guild Hall.
Wang Yu's little lady is straightforward, she never hides her joys, sorrows and sorrows in front of Fang Yingwu, and says bluntly: "The concubine always felt just now, husband, you seem to be a superfluous person."
Fang Yingwu thought about it, and had to admit that what Sister Yu said made sense-
The husband is a young handsome man with a successful career, and the wife is a beautiful lady from a famous family, and both of them are talented and good-looking, and they are a perfect match. Now the next generation of their children is about to be born, and this is simply a perfect and happy family.
And what kind of character is it that the son of his late ex-wife suddenly broke in?
Immediately, Fang Yingwu thought that his father was a poor scholar, and he had nothing but his appearance and reading talent, and he was not looking for opportunities to make money like himself.
Therefore, the servants in this house are basically married from their stepmother's house, so it is no wonder that they have a very cold and strange attitude towards themselves. (To be continued......)
PS: It's difficult to write when it comes to a large section of psychological description, and it's only now that I can see it a little bit, which is a supplement