"Forty taels, is there more, whether you want it or not, it's all about Mama Hua's face. "Since Mama Hua is dead to this cheap nephew, Zhang Erzhen has no need to spend it with him. Zhang Erzhen didn't want to say more, pulled Zhang Heling out of the yard, turned around and motioned to the nurse to follow Mama Hua with her, Uncle Zhang stopped Da Zhuang, a few small guys stood forward, Uncle Zhang took out his purse and put forty taels of silver into the hand of Da Zhuang who shouted loudly, and whispered in his ear: "If you still don't want to, I don't know if you can come out after you enter the Yamen prison......" Da Zhuang's body trembled for no reason and said: "Can you still take my life?"

"People who are good gamblers always have some foreign debts. Forty taels is enough for you to repay the money! If you don't hurry up and pay back the money, who cares if you live or die. After Zhang Bo finished speaking, he said goodbye to the village chief and the villagers with a smile, and the group walked back.

Li Zheng shouted a few men to stop the screaming Da Zhuang, and said sharply: "The people don't fight with the officials, if you go to prison, no one can save you!"

"They're just a bunch of kids, what do you mean by that!"

Li Zheng dismissed the onlookers and dragged Da Zhuang into the house to persuade: "Hua's is an old lady from Beijing, you haven't thought that you are ruthless, if she really wants to deal with you, those officials can pinch you to death with any finger, and let you not know the so-called nonsense? That is because she is reluctant to think of you, and now that she is willing to follow others, who can take her idea? Don't you even know how to die in the end! When the little guy came to look for me, he said that this group of them was from the big officials in Beijing, and that the auspicious cloud dragon jade pendant that was inadvertently exposed at the corner of the little girl's skirt was something I couldn't afford to provoke. Da Zhuang, you are a villager of our Zhuye Village, so do what you can, don't harm the villagers. Take these forty taels and forget it, no matter how big you can endure, no matter how desperate you are, you have to think about us!"

Da Zhuang broke out in a cold sweat when he heard this, and stammered: "Lizheng, you mean they are...... Where is that?" Da Zhuang pointed to the north, his lips trembled a little, and Li Zheng sighed, said "ask for more blessings" and went back.

Zhang Erzhen does have a jade pendant around her waist, but it is not an auspicious cloud pattern dragon jade pendant in her mouth, it is Zhang Erzhen's own tricks that she used to carve before, and it really looks like a dragon from a distance.

Mama Hua was only wearing a coarse gray cotton skirt, looking like a simple rural old lady, which was completely different from the majestic and stern old lady in Shao Mansion at that time. Hua Mama was originally uneasy, and listened to the nurse say that the eldest girl and the eldest son had to live in Licheng County for a few years before she eased her nervous looks, she polished in the palace for a long time, heard the sound and knew the elegance, guessed that the Zhang family was in trouble, and no longer shirked, and followed the nurse into the carriage. The nurse finally had a chance, and wondered: "Mama, didn't you say that you lived in Yangzhen, why did you come here?"

Mama Hua sighed: "It turned out that it was a house that my nephew tricked me into living in and rented, and when I handed over the belongings to him, he took me to Zhuye Village." I only have one relative, so it doesn't matter, where I live or not, but he ...... Don't say it, don't say it. ”

In the blue cloth oil tincture carriage, Zhang Heling snuggled closely beside Zhang Erzhen and asked, "Sister, Dad said that you can't be nosy anymore, why did you go and take that grandma, are we very familiar with her, will it cause trouble?"

Zhang Erzhen leaned against the soft car wall, put a hand on the back of his head casually and said, "I just did a very simple little thing." Crane age, there is still a difference between a gesture and a nosy. You should understand the truth of being a teacher for one day and a father for life, Mama Hua is my teacher, even to support her. Zhang Heling said crisply and loudly, "Got it", Zhang Erzhen looked at his younger brother with satisfaction, Zhang Heling came with him, and learning to be a man is the first priority.

Licheng County belongs to Jinan, Shandong, and Zhang Erzhen and others arrived at the end of the old mansion. Uncle Zhang arranged for a few small servants to come over and clean it in advance, and the bone-colored door was already open waiting for the eldest girl and the son to come over. The mansion of Zhangfu was originally not prosperous, and the Zhang family fleet only had three or four vehicles, so not many people knew about it. Zhang Heling is the first time to see the old house, big eyes flickering and full of curiosity, with Zhang Erzhen from the gate in, through a heavy hanging flower gate to the main courtyard, it was originally the courtyard of Zhang Luan and his wife, now it belongs to Zhang Erzhen, Zhang Heling lives in the small courtyard next to the main courtyard, Zhang Erzhen used to stay. Zhang Erzhen vaguely remembers that the leaves were all over the ground when she left, and when she returned, the garden was full of spring greenery. The little guys cleaned very cleanly, the wisteria roses and azaleas were blooming, the mossy stone corridor drooped green creepers, with the cool autumn breeze in the afternoon blowing everyone's cheeks, everyone was relieved, and it was safe to walk for a few days. Uncle Zhang felt even more relaxed, his biggest precaution along the way was that he was worried that Wanjia would send someone to follow, and he was caught off guard, but now he is safe and just right.

Zhang Erzhen took Jin Qiu Yinqiu around the inner courtyard of Zhang's mansion, and Mingyue Ruyue followed the nurse to bring a few boxes of clothes, and some items would take a few days to arrive. Passing through the stone corridor is the small garden of Zhangfu, which is full of strange and fragrant smells, and bees and butterflies are busy in the middle of it. On the east side of the small garden is the courtyard where Aunt Tang lived, and Zhang Erzhen said with emotion that no matter where the Zhang family is, the lot is not very big, and it will be done in a while. Uncle Zhang was busy placing the cage of the next person, and sent a little girl to spread the word that the third master of the Zhang family was here. Zhang Luan has no brothers, the third master of the Zhang family is a brother in the side branch, Zhang Luan wrote a letter to ask for care, and his son got married in May, when Zhang Heling went to eat wine.

The third old man Zhang Qisheng has a big waist and a round waist, a dark face, and a body of Zong-colored silk wrapped around his body, looking rich and friendly. Zhang Erzhen brought Zhang Heling in, and then saluted, Zhang Qi's eyes were already red and his lips trembled, and he moved: "Your sister and brother have finally arrived, since I received your father's letter, I can't sleep at night, and I finally see you." In a blink of an eye, you have grown so big, blessed by the ancestors of the Zhang family. You sisters and brothers just rest assured here, everything is taken care of by the third uncle, Er Zhen only needs to embroider and drink tea, Heling only works hard to study, come, give the third uncle a closer look......" Zhang Qi couldn't stop looking at his cousin's children, nodding secretly, the eldest girl is beautiful and dignified, the son is handsome and elegant, the two children are generous, and the children born of the official are really unusual, and their own little family can't compare with others. Zhang Qi happily put two heavy gold collars on the necks of the sisters and brothers, and took two bulging velvet satin embroidered white evergreen purses and sent them, Zhang Erzhen smiled and thanked him: "Uncle Xie, Erzhen is here with his younger brother, and he will have to trouble his uncle to take care of it in the future." ”

Zhang Qi was like a Maitreya Buddha, and said: "Your grandfather and my father are brothers, we are a family, so we don't need those false courtesies." I heard from your father that he had invited the Confucian family to learn from him, and the Confucian family was not far from here, so I took Heling to visit the Confucian family after packing up another day. And if there is anything in the house, just tell me, although we haven't seen each other for many years, we are indeed relatives, if you are polite to me, the third uncle should be sad. Zhang Qi's chubby face drooped down, Zhang Erzhen thought it was very interesting, Zhang Heling had already laughed out loud, and took Zhang Qi's hand intimately and said: "I thought that only my sister would accompany me here, and now there is a third uncle, I feel very happy, the third uncle will come often in the future, I like you very much." ”

Zhang Qi rubbed Zhang Heling's delicate face with a pair of big hands and sighed: "The third uncle will come often, if you want, you can also go to your uncle's house to play." ”

Zhang Erzhen should be well-behaved, Zhang Qi said a few words briefly, and then went down to talk to Uncle Zhang. Zhang Qi's family lives not close to here, and the whip is out of reach, and many things still need to be decided by Steward Zhang. Zhang Erzhen sat on the carved chair on the side of the main hall, opened the bulging purse, and saw that the golden light was shining, dozens of small golden pigs and gold leaves. Although Zhang Qi has not made any progress in his career, he is a good hand in business, and he is so generous, Zhang Erzhen suddenly understood why Zhang Luan rarely contacted this cousin, afraid that this cousin was too enthusiastic and gave too much money. Zhang Heling held his purse and handed it to Zhang Erzhen and said, "The gentleman will not accept it, my sister will keep it for me." ”

Zhang Erzhen refused: "The two of us are the masters of the house, if I am not there, you must also be a façade, just manage the money, go back and tell Ah Chu Ah Shan to collect it, there is always a useful place." Heling, don't think that businessmen are inferior, and that loving money is not a gentleman's doing, think about it, what we eat, what you use to write and read, which of your pen, ink, poetry, and books can be separated from silver? Is it true that if a gentleman wants to eat, he must first go to the field to plant seedlings?"

Zhang Heling gritted his teeth and smiled and accepted the purse and said: "Originally, my mother didn't allow me to touch these, but I thought that silver was a good thing, and I could buy things for my sister, or send someone back to my father, and Yan'er, I don't know if Yan'er missed me when we came to such a far place." ”

Zhang Erzhen gently scraped his delicate little nose and said, "You always bullied him when you were at home, now you know your brother's feelings?"

Zhang Heling was dissatisfied: "I didn't bully him, I haven't bullied Yan'er since my sister educated me, last time my sister sent a box of things, I asked Yan'er to pick it first." ”

"That's right, Yan'er only asked for five or six pieces, didn't you take the rest?"

Zhang Heling's face turned red, and she said embarrassedly: "How does my sister know, I also divided a few things for Er Shu, and the rest ...... I've put the rest away, hehe......"