Chapter Ninety-Three: Entering Taizhou
After leaving from A'a, the convoy never encountered any accidents along the way, and arrived in Taizhou smoothly according to the scheduled time.
Taizhou belonged to Baiyue in ancient times, and the terrain was high in the west and low in the east. There are thousands of jungles in the northwest and plains and tidal flats in the southeast. Because it is located near the sea, the water network here is dense, the rivers are vertical and horizontal, and it also has the charm of a water town in the south of the Yangtze River.
After entering the Taizhou Governor's capital, Wei Zan did not rush to find the fourth lady's sister, but went to the large courtyard that had been rented in advance at the east gate.
Taizhou also has Wei clan members serving here, and the governor of the state capital is Wei Zhan's uncle. However, that one is from a branch, and his branch has a good relationship with the main family.
Not long after they moved in, Wei Tongju got the news, and he didn't even return home after going to the palace, and went directly to the East Gate Compound to visit everyone.
On the way here, Wei Zan had already told the sisters in detail about the distribution of the Wei clan, especially the governor of the general judgment, don't look at his official position is not high, but his life and knowledge are also highly praised in the main family.
"He's good at everything, but he's not very lucky." After talking about the excellence of this clan uncle, Wei Zan still couldn't help but add, "When he participated in the examination, the examiner he met was the feud of the Wei family, and he recognized his style at a glance, and he could have won the top spot, but he fell to the bottom fifth." ”
Regardless of whether the ranking is good or not, in short, it is still over, so I won't say it, but during the palace test, this person had diarrhea, in order not to lose his honor in front of the palace, he almost suffocated himself to death, and lay down when he went home, and he didn't even participate in the Luming Banquet.
This made His Majesty not have a good impression of him, and then he was directly released to serve in the Lingnan area, and it took ten years to barely be promoted to the sixth grade, which was the result of the main family's efforts to dredge him.
"Uncle Clan is talented, but unfortunately there is no luck. After his eldest son drowned a few years ago, he basically lost his energy, and in the past few years, except for educating a few children at home, he didn't care about anything outside. It was only after the husband of the fourth lady and sister was transferred here that he was more tolerant of him, so that he could work peacefully until Zhishi. ”
In Wei Zhan's description, Wei Jin has always felt that the clan uncle is a clear and thin middle-aged scribe, and perhaps there is a melancholy between his eyebrows.
But!
The reality is that this clan uncle is just a big fat smash! It's like Maitreya Buddha's big fat smash!
The aunt is also a slightly chubby beautiful woman, and when the two of them stand together, they can directly block the door.
"I don't know what the girls like now, this bracelet was found for me by my sister-in-law, the water head is not bad, and it just matches the age of your two little girls."
As soon as the clan aunt opened her mouth, she honked her horn, and there was no room for others to speak.
"The two boys in my family also wanted to come over to meet their sisters, but their husband didn't give them leave, saying that they were about to take the township exam, and whether they passed the exam or not, they had to try. I can only wait for the next chance to see you again. ”
Although the aunt spoke like a cannon, she was from Jiangnan, and Wu Nong's soft voice carried a hint of sweetness in the water town, which made people feel completely disgusted with her.
Knowing that they had come from afar and needed to rest, they sent some necessary things over, and after saying a few words, the two of them left without even leaving dinner.
"This clan uncle is too different from what I imagined." Wei Jin glared at Wei Zan resentfully, at this time, if she didn't know that Wei Zan did it on purpose, she would be really stupid, "But the open-mindedness of the clan aunt is really beyond the reach of ordinary people." ”
From a few sentences of dialogue, she can analyze that the clan aunt is really not complaining or blaming, in her heart, whether the clan uncle is a high-ranking official or a farmer, it is her husband, and she is the person who walks hand in hand for a lifetime.
"Yes, I heard my mother say that the clan uncle fell in love with the clan aunt at a glance. At that time, the clan aunt was not much thinner than now, and she was a daughter who was not favored at home, and even said that she was casually arranged because she had to get married. Originally, he told the aunt that he was married to another family, but the man disliked the aunt for being too fat, and said wildly that he would rather never marry a wife for the rest of his life than marry a pig. ”
Hearing this, the two Wei Jin sisters instantly became angry.
"Which family is that Lang Jun, whose tone is so rampant?"
"Jianping Wang's family. But don't be angry, that guy has already been repaired by the clan uncle so much that he walked around the wall when he saw the clan aunt. ”
Wei Jin snorted noncommittally, and wrote the four big words "Jianping Wang's Family" on the small book in his heart.
Bold and black, the background color is blood red!
Taizhou has many local aquatic products, inland freshwater fish, marine fish near the sea, all kinds of crab and shrimp shells, can be eaten for ten days without repeating.
If she hadn't had to rush to Zhangzhou to deal with things, she would have wanted to take Sihua'er to live here for a month or two, and go back after eating enough of the food around, otherwise she would be sorry for her hard work and running so far.
"We'll go to the fourth lady and sister later, can you pack it up?"
The fourth lady's sister married into the He family in Dongyue. The He family is a local wealthy family, and in its heyday, the local people did not know the Son of Heaven only knew the He family.
Although the current He family is not so arrogant, but the dead camel is bigger than the horse, in the coastal area, the power of the He family should not be underestimated, that is, the imperial court, the wealthy family headed by the He family also adopted the means of wooing.
The last housewife of the He family was the eldest sister of the first emperor, the eldest princess of Chengyang.
The eldest princess of Chengyang married to the He family at the age of sixteen, died of illness at the age of sixty-nine, and was in charge of the He family for more than 40 years.
In the past, the people of the He family still disagreed with her, thinking that she was the emperor, and she was in charge of the He family, that is, the wealth of the He family was moved to the inner treasury of the palace.
But after she took charge of the family, she did not empty the He family as those people thought, but through her own status, she became the link between the imperial court and the various ethnic groups in Dongyue, and in the turbulent years of the imperial throne, it was also the eldest princess of Chengyang who took the He family to withstand the pressure and keep the foundation of the He family for hundreds of years.
"If it weren't for the exhaustive efforts and transition in those years, the eldest princess would not have left at seventy."
Although seventy years are rare, but the eldest princess of Chengyang is in good health and good at maintenance, the He family originally planned to give her a seventieth birthday, but unfortunately she couldn't survive the three months by all means.
"In the early years, when I was young, I followed A-Niang to visit the eldest princess." Wei Zan is arrogant, but he also has a lot of respect for the people he admires, looking at his expression, this eldest princess is one of them, "I also made wild remarks at that time, saying that I wanted to marry a wife and be like the eldest princess, but my mother laughed badly." ”
Over the years, he has never met someone he really likes, in fact, he is more or less affected by this.
As he spoke, the carriage had already arrived outside the gate of He's house. Shu Wen went to knock on the door, and after the porter made an announcement, he opened the side door and motioned for them to enter in the carriage.