Between the words, two cuiyi maids came with trays in their hands, and added a few plates of dim sum to the square table next to the master and guests, one of which was the osmanthus sugar steamed new chestnut flour cake that Duanmu Fei had said before.

The freshly baked osmanthus sugar steamed new chestnut flour cake is still hot, and the unique fragrance of sugar osmanthus and chestnuts fills the air with the heat, which is appetizing.

Zhang Lan couldn't help but pick up a piece of pastry and put it in her mouth, smiling with satisfaction, her apricot eyes were shining.

Looking at Zhang Lan's lovely cheeks, Duanmu Fei was stunned for a moment, almost thinking that he was back in the Chu family again, and his eyes were a little trance-like.

On the side, after Zhang Wenche greeted Duanmu Xian for two more words, he changed his words and said with a smile: "Lord Duanmu, I heard that Ling Sun just won the first case in this autumn's college examination, and he is really a young talent. ”

Speaking of Duanmu Heng, the smile on Duanmu Xian's face became even stronger, and he said modestly: "It's over." He just had one foot over the threshold. ”

Zhang Wenche said again: "Lord Duanmu, although Ling Sun is now in the Guozijian class, I wonder if the adult has ever considered inviting another gentleman?" ”

Duanmu Xian raised his eyebrows, the Zhang family naturally wouldn't mention this for no reason, could it be ......

Zhang Wenche didn't sell Guan Zi either, and said directly: "It is reported that Mr. Liu Huawen will come to Beijing to live in Beijing for a long time after the New Year, and I can recommend one or two for adults." ”

Liu Huawen's name, even Duanmu Xian is like thunder, the other party is a famous Confucian in Shilin, in his hands, he has taught two champions, three lists, five tanhua, and countless jinshi and juzi.

Duanmu Xian was overjoyed at first, but when he thought about it, he hesitated again.

There is a way to be diligent in nothing, and it is either a traitor or a thief.

This Zhangjia suddenly came to the door inexplicably, and did not hesitate to let Liu Huawen come to the capital from Huaibei, what is the picture?

Could it be that the Zhang family has committed something and wants to let himself, the first assistant, dredge one or two?

But I have heard that Liu Hua is a good teacher, and teaches him according to his aptitude, if he can really invite this Mr. Liu, not only can he teach Duanmu Heng, but also the first few small ones can also be taught together, but this Mr. Liu can't be invited by himself.

In other words, if it weren't for the Zhang family, I'm afraid there wouldn't be many people who could invite him to travel thousands of miles from Jiangnan to the capital.

Duanmuxian really couldn't say anything to refuse, so he hesitated.

Zhang Wenche has been observing the change in Duanmu Xian's expression, and he can naturally see the other party's hesitation.

He immediately stood up decisively, and solemnly said to Duanmu Xianzuo: "Don't hide it from Lord Duanmu, my visit today is actually for the sake of my brother's sins. When my brother was in Ningjiang Palace, he accidentally 'pushed' his granddaughter, and in the past few months, my brother has been sick on the bed, but he is also uneasy, just hoping to make up for it. ”

As soon as they heard Zhang Wenxuan pushing Duanmufei, Duanmuxian and Duanmujun both subconsciously looked at Duanmufei, and Duanmufei, who was concentrating on eating snacks, blinked slowly, and was a little inexplicable.

Why did you get involved with her?!

Duanmu Xian still didn't understand too much, but at least he was sure that the four girls were not good, so he immediately made a decision in his heart, and arched his hand with a smile and said, "Then I might as well be respectful." ”

Zhang Wenche finally breathed a sigh of relief, and his heart was relieved: no matter what, the Duanmu family just accepted their "kindness".

The day before yesterday, after he got the instructions of his father, Mrs. Zhang, he also specially ordered someone to inquire about the fourth girl of Duanmu in Beijing, and learned that she was very talented and learned, and she was also good friends with the eldest princess and the fourth princess......

Before he came, he was afraid that the Duanmu family or the fourth Duanmu girl would rely on Cen Yin to be arrogant and domineering, and he was bullying, but he didn't expect Duanmu Shoufu to be very kind, and the fourth Duanmu girl also seemed to have a good personality, and he also saw that she had been laughing at her daughter, very enthusiastic, not at all like her brother's mouth.

Speaking of this, Zhang Wenche and Duanmuxian are even more harmonious, and they both feel that the other party is quite good.

Duanmu Xian stroked his beard, and said to Duanmu Fei with a smile: "Four girls, it's rare for Miss Zhang to come to the house, you take her around to have fun, don't accompany us here." ”

Zhang Lan was a little distracted, in a strange place, she would rather stay in the house.

She was about to be confused, so she heard Duanmu say with a smile: "Miss Zhang, there are a few rare fire carp in my pond, which are from Dongying, and they are as red as fire. ”

Fire carp! Zhang Lan's originally demure eyes lit up immediately, and she stood up reservedly.

"Miss Zhang, please."

Duanmu smiled and took Zhang Lan out of the Zhaohui Hall and went all the way in the direction of the garden.

In the golden autumn of October, the garden is filled with a rich cinnamon fragrance, fragrant and rich, and the fragrance of flowers goes away with the wind, wafting almost to every corner of the house.

The refreshing fragrance of the flowers attracts not only the people who appreciate the flowers, but also the birds that enjoy the flowers.

"Quack!"

The little starling flapped his wings and wandered over the garden, excitedly throwing flowers and grass around with his beak and sprinkling petals on the ground.

The little starling flew high and had a good field of vision, almost as soon as Duanmu Fei entered the garden, it saw her and flew over to greet her with great interest.

"Hachi!" Duanmu Fei pointed to his shoulder, and the little starling immediately understood, swooped down happily, and landed firmly on Duanmu Fei's right shoulder, with a skillful and neat posture.

Duanmu Fei touched Xiao Che and asked his daughter casually.

"Father, as the old saying goes, people cannot be acquainted without habits, and they cannot be acquainted with without affection; A person who is without blemish cannot be associated with him, and he has no true anger. Zhang Lan said seriously, her eyes were shining, "The four girls of Duanmu are innocent, well-spoken, well-read, and can be acquainted." ”

Chu on the side looked at his daughter's upright appearance, and sighed secretly in his heart: his daughter was accidentally raised to look "dignified...... Still, it's cute.

Thinking of the picture of her daughter standing with the four Duanmu girls like glutinous rice dumplings, Chu Shi felt very interesting, and she couldn't help but think of her love to tease her daughter when she quit her sister......

Thinking of Sister Ci, Chu pursed his lips, a touch of sadness flashed in his eyes, and said to Zhang Lan gently: "Sister Lan, in a few days, my mother will take you back to the Guogong Mansion to meet your grandfather and grandmother, and also give your cousin a pillar of incense ......."

"Yes, Mother." Zhang Lan replied solemnly.

She also remembered the cousin of the Chu family, who was so gentle and intelligent, but it was a pity......

Speaking of Chu Qingci, the air in the carriage was stained with a faint sadness.

After a few breaths, Zhang Lan changed her words and asked, "Mother, will the fourth girl of Duanmu go to the women's school?" ”

Seeing that her daughter seemed to like Duanmufei's appearance very much, Chu said with a smile: "Won't you know next time I ask your aunt?" ”

Chu didn't care whether his daughter liked it or not, he raised his hand to rub the top of her soft hair, Zhang Lan could only stiffen his body and stand by Chu, and silently recited helplessly: Filial piety comes first.

Chu Shi looked at his daughter's tense little face, the smile on his face became stronger, and he thought: When the sister-in-law moved last time, Duanmufei also came to the house on purpose, presumably she has a good relationship with her sister-in-law, so it shouldn't be difficult for Duanmufei to go to school.

Chu couldn't help but sigh and said with a sigh: "I just knew that my sister-in-law has had such a hard time all these years. ”

Her uncle is really not a thing, because his selfish thoughts almost ruined a woman's life.

"Sister-in-law, it's better to be righteous as soon as possible!" Chu Shi said again.

Zhang Lan only knew that the eldest aunt was going to break off with the eldest uncle, but she didn't know the inside story, so she couldn't help blinking curiously.

Zhang Wenche hurriedly coughed twice and glared at Chu, but didn't say anything.

Chu Shi didn't care, took his daughter's hand, gossiped with her daughter casually, and the carriage sped away all the way.

By the time Qi and Zhang Wenxuan officially renounced righteousness, it was already ten days later, and the letter of righteousness was prepared by the Yamen of Jingzhao Mansion, which represented the severance of husband and wife from now on.

Except for the people who drove to the palace this summer, they more or less watched the excitement of the Zhang family and knew some "truths" that seemed to be true and false, but most of them did not know.

The Qi family is famous, and the Zhang family is one of the four major families, the news of the righteousness of the Qi family and Zhang Wenxuan spread in the capital, and it attracted a burst of private discussions, and some people inevitably speculated that what the Zhang family did caused the Qi family to hesitate to die.

There were all kinds of rumors outside, but Qi was not affected, and all her mental energy was devoted to women's school.

On October 20, the first admission of students to the girls' school was finally set, on the first day of November.

Although there are occasionally some pedantic people who oppose it, it means that women's lack of talent is virtue, and women's learning will only lead to corruption and women are uneasy in the room, but many nobles and girls from official eunuchs in Beijing are eager to do so.

In addition to adding a few exams as admission criteria, for some talented girls, the three girls will also take the initiative to send out invitations to Yongsuti, and for a while, the nobles in Beijing are proud to receive Yongsuti.

Yong, wadd, post.

Duanmu looked at the three gold lacquer characters on the big red sprinkled gold post in a daze, stayed for a while, and decided to pretend that he hadn't received anything.

She doesn't want to smell the chickens and dance every day, just to go to school!

Now that grandmother He is "sick", she doesn't need to save morning and dusk, she can sleep whenever she wants every day, comfortable, how good.

My grandfather got up early to go to court, and my eldest brother was for the imperial examination...... Why should she have nothing to do with self-abuse? Duanmu Fei said to himself in his heart, while casually taking a volume of "The Book of Materia Medica" and sandwiching the post into it.

The little fox sleeping at the desk opened her blue fox eyes and glanced at her, undisguised the contempt in her eyes.

What right do you, a guy who knows how to eat, sleep, and eat every day, despise me! Duanmu Fei and the little fox looked at each other, but they didn't blink.

"Vera!"

Duanmu Jun came in with a curtain, and just saw his sister and Tuanzi staring at each other with wide eyes, looking back and forth strangely, and just happened to see a red post exposed outside the "Materia Medica".

Duanmu Jun immediately thought of something, and the corners of his mouth curled slightly, dyed with a smile.

Of course, she is happy that her sister received the Yongsu post, which is a kind of recognition, as for whether to go or not, Duanmu Jun has always followed Duanmu Fei.

"Sister." Duanmu Fei smiled at Duanmu Jun obediently, secretly relieved in his heart, carefully hid the post, and said in his heart: Fortunately, the person who came is a sister, not a big brother.

"Zhenzhen, someone wants to sell a hot spring village, let's go and have a look." Duanmu Jun said with a smile.

Hot Spring Zhuangzi?! Duanmu was stunned, remembering that her sister had said that she wanted to buy a hot spring Zhuangzi, but then her sister seemed to vaguely say that she would not buy it near the capital...... Hmm, why does my sister have an idea every day.

Duanmujun was very anxious, afraid that this hard-won hot spring Zhuangzi would fall into his house, so he carefully put a cloak on Duanmufei, and took her out in a hurry.

A seemingly simple blue canopy carriage was waiting outside the mansion, and after Duanmu Fei got into the carriage, he found that when he saw that the person in the carriage was Cen Yin, his head almost hit the roof of the carriage.

Although she was confused, she still obediently smiled at Cen Yin and sat down opposite him, "Master Cen ”

Duanmujun followed closely behind Duanmufei and also got into the carriage.

The carriage moved smoothly forward to the shouts of the coachman, and the speed became faster and faster.

"Duanmu eldest girl, Duanmu fourth girl," Cen Yin smiled at the two sisters, his voice was as unhurried as usual, "The Zhang family is going to sell a hot spring village on the outskirts of Beijing, and I happened to learn about it, so I wanted to take you to take a look." ”

"I'm bothered by the Overseer." Duanmu Jun smiled happily, with a bright smile, "I also sent someone to Jizhou to look for it before, but there has been no suitable ......"

"Maybe the 'fate' hasn't arrived before." Cen Yin's thin red lips curled higher, and her charming eyes shone with a treacherous light.

"That's right." Duanmu Jun nodded with concern, only to feel that luck could not be stopped, such as the previous Qixia Racecourse.

"......" Duanmufei found that he had no room to interject at all, and he accidentally flew out of the world, and said in his heart: Okay, my sister can buy whatever she wants, and my sister is happy. She has always been a good sister who listens to her sister.

The carriage shuttled quickly through the streets of the capital until it left the north gate, and suddenly stopped.

Not far away, Zhang Wenche, who was riding a brown horse, had been waiting at the city gate for nearly a stick of incense, and he was finally relieved when he saw a blue canopy carriage driving towards him.

It's good that people are here.

For the sake of Cao Yun, the Zhang family was very uneasy, and after the old lady Zhang tossed and turned all night, he decided to give Cen Yin three points of profit, firstly for the apology of this incident, and secondly, to befriend Cen Yin.

The three-point interest is nearly one million taels of silver every year.

Zhang Wenche personally went to Cen Mansion, and Cen Yin accepted it lightly, and asked as if unintentionally if the Zhang family's hot spring village in Beijing would be sold.

Cen Yin asked, even if the Zhang family didn't plan to sell it, it must be sold.

What's more, how much is the hot spring village worth, let alone selling, and giving it away.

Zhang Wenche was about to say that he would send it at that time, but Cen Yin first made an appointment with him to see Zhuangzi.

After Zhang Wenche returned home, he told Mrs. Zhang about it, and specially ordered someone to inquire, only to know that the Duanmu family was preparing a dowry for the four girls, and I heard that he was inquiring everywhere about the plan to buy a hot spring Zhuangzi, and then he realized that Cen Yin was for his sister-in-law.

Zhang Wenche also asked Mrs. Zhang if they took the initiative to send the deed paper to Duanmu's house, but Mrs. Zhang said that since Cen Yin said that he wanted to "buy", then they should not have much trouble.

So, Zhang Wenche came at the appointed time, and sure enough, he saw that the two girls from the Duanmu family also came together, that is to say, he and his father did not guess wrong.

Zhang Wenche quietly rode forward and saluted Cen Yin, Duanmujun and Duanmufei, and then, he rode his horse in front to lead the way for them, galloping all the way to the north, the horse's hooves flying, and the dust was rolling.

After about a stick of incense, the group arrived at their destination.

The hot spring Zhuangzi is in the suburbs of Beijing, about five miles away from the North City Gate, surrounded by mountains and rivers, with beautiful scenery, if it were not for the purpose of currying favor with Cen Yin, the Zhang family would never have "sold" Zhuangzi.

At Zhuangzikou, there was already a middle-aged steward waiting there with seven or eight subordinates.

Seeing Zhang Wenche coming, the steward hurriedly greeted him with a smile on his face, but he was shocked in his heart.

The steward had already been advised in advance, knowing that the main family was going to sell this Zhuangzi, and that the new master family had an extraordinary background, but that was all.

Compared with the mansion in the capital, the Zhuangzi in the suburbs of Beijing is a little more quiet and simple in terms of environment and layout, but it is better than the beautiful scenery, you can see the rolling mountains in front and behind the Zhuangzi at a glance, lush, such as a fairyland, which makes people feel relaxed and happy just by looking at it like this.

Cen ...... Childe, two Duanmu girls, please. ”

Zhang Wenche thoughtfully took Cen Yin and his party to visit this Zhuangzi, the main hall, the four courtyards, the stable in the front yard, the small garden at the back, and the wing room where the subordinates lived...... And the most important hot springs.

There are two springs in this Zhuangzi, which are bubbling non-stop throughout the year, and two courtyards in the Zhuangzi are built around these two hot springs, and a bath is built next to the spring to bring warm hot spring water to the bath.

I saw wisps of white gas rising from the milky white hot spring surface, like clouds and mist, making the air foggy and unclear.

"Master Cen, Duanmu Girl, Duanmu Fourth Girl," Zhang Wenche introduced with a smile, "This hot spring is a good thing, it can strengthen the body, moisturize and nourish the skin, calm the nerves, relax the muscles and activate the ......."

"It's based on the "Water Scripture Note" that there are clouds: the queen's soup can cure all diseases."

Duanmu Jun said with a smile, tentatively put his hand into the hot spring to test the water temperature, and smiled with satisfaction. The reason why she wants to buy a hot spring Zhuangzi for her sister as a dowry is also because this hot spring has many benefits.

Duanmu Fei also put his hand into the milky white hot spring pool with great interest, and teased it with a "bang", making a splash playfully.

She thought it was very interesting, and a crisp smile came out of her mouth, and she said in her heart: Well, hot springs are good things, not only can you soak in them, but you can also make hot spring eggs.

Thinking of the tender, smooth and fragrant hot spring eggs, Duanmu Fei couldn't help but swallow his saliva, and his mind drifted away.

As soon as Zhang Wenche saw the innocent and innocent appearance of the little girl's family and ignoring mundane things, he knew that the sister who took the idea among the two sisters of the Duanmu family must be the elder sister.