The Han family in Tongzhou is a big family in their hometown, and there are many distant relatives in the family, so naturally they can't all invite Jingshi to come, as long as a few families have just posted, Han Shifeng invited a brother in this room, and only a few brothers were busy, so they pushed the boss Han Shitong over.

Han Shitong brought his wife Jiang and a pair of children, Han Shifeng is eight years older than Han Shifeng, although he is in the prime of life, but because of too much work, his temples are already white, and the corners of his eyes are wrinkled, looking like Han Shifeng's uncle.

Han Shifeng can have today's heart is most grateful to the eldest brother Han Shitong, only since he left his hometown in Tongzhou, except for the New Year's relatives, he only communicates with letters on weekdays, and he heard that this time it was Han Shitong who brought his family into Beijing in person, Han Shifeng couldn't help but be overjoyed, but he discussed with the Wang family,

"Even if the eldest brother and sister-in-law come over, they naturally want to be entertained, so let's see how the family moves?"

When Wang heard this, he secretly complained bitterly,

Han Shifeng has great respect for Han Shitong's brother, and naturally it is because Han Shitong supported this brother to study for the imperial examination that Han Shifeng has a day when he is out of the ground!

Their brotherly relationship is really good, but it's just ...... Han Shitong was born in the countryside of Tongzhou, but Han Shifeng married the lady of the official eunuch family is quite complaining, first, the Wang family only gave birth to a son, the knees are really thin, and the second is that the Wang family is pampered and raised in the family, although the temperament is gentle, but it is inevitable to bring the squeamishness of the official lady, the husband and wife get along, Han Shifeng loves his wife, and he is also accommodating to her, in the eyes of Han Shitong, the wife is strong and the husband is weak, and it is inevitable that some husbands are weak to be brothers, such a woman is not like the women in the Tongzhou countryside to listen to and obey, It is inevitable to be angry with your brother on weekdays!

In Han Shitong's heart, his brother is the reincarnation of the heavenly Wenqu Xing, even if he marries a daughter-in-law, he should be honored at home, and he can be taken care of by a woman!

There are also seven brothers in the Han family, although there is good land in the family, and because of Han Shifeng's official status, the annual tax payment is very small, but because of the large number of children, the copper plate for raising children and daughters is also dug out of the ground bitterly.

Han Shifeng consciously came out to be an official again, and always had to return to his family, so there were weddings and funerals at home, repairing houses and breaking ground, etc., Han Shifeng always made a big head, and whenever he wrote a letter on weekdays, he also had to ask someone to bring some silver back, and the Wang family also calculated it in private, so seven to eight, Han Shifeng's annual income was at least forty percent sent back to his hometown.

If it is said that there is no pimple in Wang's heart, it is a lie, but Han Shitong is very arrogant in front of Wang, and he looks proud of his brother, and he feels that his brother married a woman from a general's family, and he lost the nobility of the literati!

At that time, the atmosphere of emphasizing literature and suppressing martial arts was very prevalent, although Han Shitong was in the countryside of Tongzhou, but he also had some knowledge, and often heard people say that the martial arts were vulgar and not valued by the imperial court, but the literati were in charge of the government and were most valued by the emperor, so they felt that Wang's daughter who commanded Tongzhi was really not worthy of her own brothers, and she had to pretend to be coquettish, so she had some noses that were not noses and eyes that were not eyes.

The Wang family has been pampered at home since childhood, married Han Shifeng, and because of her husband's gentle temperament and not greedy for women, she has rarely experienced such idleness, so she secretly dislikes this eldest brother, but he is virtuous, and his face is enough, and he easily does not show flaws in front of others.

Only she respects her brother, but Han Shitong feels more powerful, and she is very good in front of this brother and daughter-in-law, so when the Wang family heard that it was Han Shitong who led his family to Beijing, he naturally got bored in his heart, and only thought about what in his heart, but he didn't dare to say it explicitly in front of Han Shifeng, he just thought about it and asked,

"I wonder who the uncle brought with him?"

Han Shifeng said with a smile,

"There is a sister-in-law walking with the sixth brother and the seventh sister!"

The sixth brother is Han Shitong's youngest son Han Gui, and the seventh sister is Han Vanilla, both of whom are the most favored in the family, Wang couldn't help frowning, and thought about it,

"The house of the fourth child in front of him is empty, and it is possible to live in it if the girls are squeezed again, but now the fourth child's house is full of embroidery's dowry, that is, they have a lot of it in their own house, the family is only so big, I am afraid that it is not easy to move, it is better to rent a room in the inn outside, and the uncle's family is also more comfortable!"

It's really unbearable to see it at home every day, so it's better to go outside and spend money to buy a quiet!

Han Shifeng thought for a while and said,

"How can you live well in the inn, in my opinion, it is better to rent a yard, let people go out tomorrow to inquire, big brother, they may have arrived in the near future, and prepare early!"

Wang's brows tightened again,

"There are still ten days before Hui Niang gets married, how can these two days be coming!"

Wouldn't it be ten days and a half months?

Han Shifeng didn't notice his wife's dislike for half a minute, but smiled,

"As soon as Mingde's post arrived, my eldest brother wrote a letter to him, saying that he wanted to come earlier, our brothers have seen less over the years, so we just took advantage of this time to get together more!"

Wang sighed secretly when she heard this, and now in this situation, it was useless for her to say anything, so she had to laugh and say,

"That's the case, tomorrow the concubine will send someone out to inquire!"

On the second day, the Wang family really sent people out to inquire, this Beijing is the capital of a country, the people who come and go from the south to the north do not know how many, the market for housing sales and leasing is also very mature, the people sent by the Wang family to find an official tooth to do this, but there was a reply in half a day, saying that there are two courtyards, one is closer, one is farther, and one is in the wicker alley.

Originally, the old servant of the family was sent to do this, but Han Jun heard about it, but he asked the Wang family to go out and take a look in person.

"Mother, the eldest uncle is always a picky child, if this matter is not done well, if his old man rehearses a few words in front of his father, and his mother is complained by his father, it is better to go out in person!"

Wang listened, and poked her forehead with his fingers,

"Don't make excuses there, you've only been at home for a few days, and you want to go out and go crazy again!"

Han Jun just laughed, pulled her sleeve and shook it,

"It's still the mother who knows her daughter'......"

Although the Wang family often scolded her, they also felt sorry for this daughter, and thought that the second child was right, and it was better to handle this matter by herself, so as not to have a complaint that was not good for Han Shifeng, so she brought Han Jun over to see it immediately.

Hanfu is not far from the mouth of Wicker Alley, but this courtyard is in the innermost, Wang's mother and daughter went over, and the tooth woman who was guarding the door saw the carriage coming, and hurriedly greeted her and smiled,

"Greetings to Madame and Miss!"

This was a blessing, Han Jun looked at the toothy woman, and he couldn't help but laugh out loud, Wang turned his head and glared at her, Han Jun hurriedly pouted his face and bit his lip and looked to the side.

This tooth woman's surname is Jiang, she has a round face and a round body, she is wearing a lake-green gown on the inside, and a parrot green armor is covered on the outside, it is also appropriate to wear it in such a late autumn season, but the Jiang woman is too fat, and her clothes are too small, and she wraps her fat body like a green meat worm, and the sections are very conspicuous, and Han Jun couldn't help laughing.

The Wang family was naturally very displeased to see her daughter being so rude, but Mrs. Jiang didn't care at all, and said to Han Jun with a smile,

"It's called the young lady to laugh, the mother-in-law doesn't know how to control her mouth and stomach for a while, and she has gained a lot of weight......"

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and pulled the clothes off his body,

"This garment was made before, but now it does not fit, and now it is waiting for the lady's reward to make a new garment!"

Wang laughed when he heard it,

"You woman can climb down the pole!"

Mrs. Jiang smiled and stretched out her hand to hit her mouth,

"Look at the mother-in-law's face is usually thick-skinned, and she dares to come to Mrs. to beg for tricks!"

This slap was slapped on the face, but the fat on the face shook non-stop, which made Wang and Han Jun laugh again, and Mrs. Jiang took advantage of the situation to invite the two of them inside.

"Madame, Mademoiselle, let's go in first and see if it's agreeable!"

Invited the two to the courtyard, Wang and Han Jun looked at the courtyard left and right, this small courtyard only has one courtyard and one room, there is a main hall, two partial rooms on the left and right, and there is an ear room next to the side room, cleaned up, everything in it is complete, you only need to carry the burden to move in, it is specially rented to the foreigners who come and go to Beijing to live temporarily.

Wang Shi was satisfied with it, so he asked,

"How much silver is this yard a day?"

Mrs. Jiang stretched out her short fat fingers and smiled,

"One hundred and fifty copper plates a day!"

"So expensive!"

Han Jun was shocked when he heard this,

"Dozens of copper plates, one night's inns are all over Beijing!"

That Mrs. Jiang just laughed when she heard it,

"Miss, how does the inn compare with our small courtyard, there are three religions and nine streams in the inn, our small courtyard is quiet and comfortable, and your relatives are more comfortable to live in the capital, if you are entertained, isn't it also the face of the lady......"

After a pause, he said,

“…… And it took one hundred and five copper plates, there is a special person to clean up, and you don't need to do it yourself, if you reward the upper and lower people with a few copper plates, you can also help clean the clothes! ”

Rao is a little expensive, then Han Shi and his family are afraid that they will have to live for more than ten days, which is one or two dollars of silver!

Wang's brows furrowed, and asked Mrs. Jiang,

"Maybe cheaper?"

Mrs. Jiang hesitated a little, thought about it and said,

"If you can live for ten days, you will lose fifty copper plates!"

"This ......"

Wang's is still too expensive, this Jiang Pozi is a perennial figure who walks around outside, and has the most dealings with such a lady in the back house, seeing Wang's complexion, he guessed the reason, and thought about it,

"Why don't you go and see another courtyard, and we'll take care of it?"

Wang nodded,

"Good!"

The three of them went out and got into the car again, the other yard was two streets away, but it was in Hulu Lane, it was also a courtyard and a room, and it was cleaned up, and Mrs. Jiang pointed to a well in the courtyard,

"It's more convenient to have a well in this yard, but there is no well in the courtyard in front of it, so you need to get water from outside!"

"What's the price here?"

Mrs. Jiang replied,

"A hundred copper plates a day!"

Hearing this, Han Jun hurriedly pulled Wang to the side and whispered,

"Mother, I think this place is good, firstly, the price is cheaper, and secondly, it is farther away from the wicker alley......"

Wang and Han Shitong secretly have some gaps, the daughters are naturally partial to their mothers, and they don't like the relatives in Tongzhou's hometown, Han Jun's words are unfinished Wang naturally understands, Wang listened to a little thought and turned his head to ask the Jiang mother-in-law,

"Can this place be cheaper?"

Mrs. Jiang smiled,

"It's the same as before, you can live for ten days and you can get fifty copper plates cheaper!"

Han Jun pointed to the inside of the room and said,

"Your yard is not as good as the front yard, the location is more remote, the alley is narrow and not conducive to the entry and exit of cars and horses, if it is cheaper than fifty copper plates, we will rent it for ten days first!"

Mrs. Jiang smiled when she heard this,

"Miss, this price is set by the owner, and I can't be the owner's ......."

Han Jun saw that her expression was hesitant and clearly moved, and immediately turned to Wang's words,

"Mother, even if the price is very small, let's go find the tooth man next to us, there is still time left and right, and we can always find a favorite ......"

Saying that she was about to leave, Mrs. Jiang hurriedly stopped,

"Slow down! Slow down ......"

After thinking about it, he gritted his teeth and said,

"The mother-in-law has been doing this business for a long time...... That's it! Left and right, for the sake of a long stream, I gave up my mother-in-law's idea commission and reduced it by fifty copper plates! ”

In this way, the Wang family rented the yard, and sent the old servant to the yamen to sign a short contract for renting the house, and when he got the yard in his hand, he called two mothers-in-law to clean it, and then moved the bedding and other things to the past, and prepared some firewood in the stove for the guests to use.

Everything was ready, and the next day, Han Shitong took his wife and children into Beijing in a carriage, and when he arrived at the Han Mansion in Wicker Alley, naturally there was a disciple to report to the Wang family, and the Wang family sent someone to call Han Shifeng in the yamen, and led the Miao family, Han Jun, and Han Man to the gate to greet him.

Han Shitong got out of the car first, followed by his wife Jiang, Wang stepped forward and saluted respectfully, saying,

"Big brother, sister-in-law is fine lately!"

Han Shitong got out of the car and raised his hand to Wang's void,

"All well!"

He wore a half-new and old plate collar and a square scarf on his head, his appearance was five or six points similar to Han Shifeng, his body was thinner, his face was darker and older, although he had just passed the age of knowing the destiny of heaven, his temples were already a little pale.

Han Shitong's wife Jiang Shi is an ordinary appearance, but also dark complexion, wrinkled at the corners of his eyes, a pair of hands with rough fingers, at first glance is a peasant woman who has been working for a long time and taking care of housework, seeing that Wang is smiling very kindly, she came up to help Wang Dao,

"It's always rare, but the four brothers and sisters are in good health?"

Wang said with a smile,

"Everything is fine, Sister-in-law Lao is worried!"

Han Jun in the back led Han Man up to salute,

"Uncle and Aunt Wan'an!"

The two of them let the two of them be exempted from the ceremony, and the Jiang family then beckoned a pair of children to come up to greet the Wang family, Han Gui and Han Vanilla came up and said that the fourth aunt came up to say goodbye, and met Han Jun again.

After that, Miao came up to salute, Han Shitong just nodded, but did not speak, Miao retreated to the side after the salute and did not say much.

Only then did the Wang family let everyone into the mansion, and the Jiang family took her hand and asked with a smile,

"Why don't you see the other two sisters?"

Wang smiled,

"Those two are still in the academy, and they won't be able to return home until later!"