The gauze lamp in the private room flickered in the breeze, and Tang He mysteriously lowered his voice under the lamp: "I thought about the idea, but I don't listen to you." As soon as the second master heard that there was a door, the sullenness in his heart dissipated a lot, and he said with a smile: "You say." ”

Tang He removed the teabowl and teapot on the table, picked up a teabowl and put it in the middle: "The position of the three orphans has become a false title in the previous dynasty, but the eldest brother is not, he receives the title of young master with the position of a scholar and a scholar, does the second master know why?" "This was ten years ago, and Second Master Chu was in his twenties at the time. He failed in his studies, relying on his eldest brother's name to mix in officialdom, and privately claimed that he was still good in officialdom. ”

Another tea bowl was placed on the table, Tang He was not preaching, but continued unceremoniously: "Ten years ago, when Empress Zhang was newly crowned queen, the emperor specially ordered to add Zhang Guozhang as prime minister, and the eldest brother as young master, can the second master figure out the relationship here?" "Second Master Chu thought to himself, what does it matter, my brother has never worked hard, and he is okay when he doesn't add a young master, and he can stay in the capital. After adding the young master, he didn't go for two years, but often went out of Beijing.

Tang He saw the second master's disapproving appearance, and he despised it in his heart, as long as he had the silver in front of him, he could take this straw bag. Tang He then said: "The prime minister is the commander of the hundred officials, and the eldest brother is the secretary of the ministry, and he is in charge of the promotion of officials. After a pause here, the second master listened a little interestingly: "You say." ”

"It is true that Prime Minister Zhang Cheng is in charge of hundreds of officials, and it is also true that the eldest brother is in charge of officials who are only promoted. But the prime minister is a relative, and the emperor gave the eldest brother the title of a young master, which is a compliment and also for one more person who is side by side with the prime minister. When Tang He said this, Second Master Chu felt that he understood eight points, and he was modest: "Of course, the prime minister still has a lot of hard work." ”

The two tea bowls on the table were pushed together by the soup and said: "Prime Minister Zhang is only in Beijing, so that the eldest brother has been away for a long time." One is a management official in Beijing, and the other is evaluating actual performance outside Beijing, if these two can join forces...... "Second Master Chu is also frightened no matter how straw he babes." Tang He smiled at him in surprise, and then separated the two tea bowls, one in the south and one in the north: "The second master thinks too much, I mean, on the bright side, of course, these two can't be good, you have to avoid suspicion." However, the two senior officials, as if they were properly ventilated in governing officials, were beneficial to both of them. ”

The second master of Chu, who was frightened, made up his mind and snorted: "Yes, but in order to avoid suspicion, this is the only way." Tang He smiled slyly: "So the eldest prince Huaixian's family affairs are important." "Speaking of which, the main topic that the second master wants to listen to comes out.

Such a topic led to Chu Huaixian's family affairs, and the second master of Chu naturally thought that the person Tang He wanted to talk about must be a shrewd and capable person who could manage the family well. When such a nephew and daughter-in-law comes to the door, is there still a place for the second master to stand? Second Master Chu sank his face and said to Tang He, "Sir, please speak." ”

Tang He knew what he meant in his heart, and felt that he didn't have to be angry if he dragged it any longer, so he hurriedly said: "Supervise Lord Yu Shi Du, and communicate with your family." Second Master Chu immediately understood, frowned, and said, "Miss Du is virtuous and virtuous, but Du Yushi's grade is average. Tang He said with a smile: "A daughter-in-law of high rank, can your second master be comfortable?" The second old man blushed: "What does this mean?" ”

"Second master, don't worry, listen to me, although Du Yushi's official rank is not big, he and Prime Minister Zhang are distant relatives, do you know?" After finishing the important words, the soup and the tea set were rearranged and the family affairs were seriously discussed. Second Master Chu had vaguely heard of it, and now Tang He said it, of course, it was true. He frowned: "My eldest brother may not say yes?" Tang He smiled: "The old lady in the house said yes, and Young Master Chu said yes." ”

In the mouth of the second master of the Chu family, he had already been thoroughly pondered by the soup. The second master was still worried: "Huaixian is difficult to speak?" Tang He patted the second master on the shoulder: "This will require you to use some effort." The Du family is satisfied with this family business, and his family's Yingzhu girl and son-in-law have known each other since childhood, and they are childhood sweethearts. You blow the wind in front of the old lady first, and Miss Du will also move around often, so you and I don't have to worry about the rest of the matter. ”

When he returned home, the second master told the second lady about this matter: "Du Yingzhu is not a bitter person, she is close to us and is polite to you." She and Xiangzhi are best friends, and Xiangzhi will not treat her badly if she gets married. The most important thing is that the Du family official is not high, and he can be suppressed. It's a good family business. ”

The second lady also nodded: "Then in the future, let's talk more in front of the old lady, Huaixian's main room, don't say that you want to be with us, at least you don't have a part." ”

The husband and wife made up their minds, and the next day the second lady came to see Mrs. Chu, and she made up a few words on the way to say. When I entered the courtyard, I found that it was late, and the people with the third lady were here. The second lady was startled, knowing that it was another supper. Hurriedly entered the room, saw the old lady Chu smiling, and listened to the third lady talking: "The girl is my relative, and everyone praises her character, bring her to the old lady another day to say goodbye, the old lady must also like her." ”

When I turned around and saw the second lady, the third lady smiled: "The second sister-in-law is here, my mother and I are talking about the son's family affairs, and the second sister-in-law is also here to get an idea." The second lady stared at her with a smile: "Third brother and sister, you are thoughtful, I don't know what kind of family background that girl is?" ”…….

Lin Xiaochu went out again, walked to the courtyard gate, Qiubai said behind her: "See Tian'er go out, she is not a girl, how good it would be to move out earlier." Xia Lu listened to Dong Ran's words and persuaded her: "The son doesn't speak, why should you be angry." Qiubai stopped talking. Xiao Chu went out and called the car, and came to the outside of the Gong family's shop to see, several guys were listless, even the seedlings inside were wilted. Is this a famous gardener's house?

When he got out of the car and walked in, the guy saw that she was a girl, so he couldn't cheer up: "The girl is looking for someone?" We are a nursery here, and we don't sell head ropes. Xiao Chu stretched out his hand to wipe it on the counter, and showed the ash on his finger to the guy: "I heard that this place is famous, is it gray and famous?" The man simply did not speak, looked at her weakly, and continued to sit listlessly.

Xiao Chu knocked on the counter: "I'm looking for the shopkeeper, and the business has come to the door." As she expected, the guy only raised his eyes to look at her: "If you have something to say, I'll pass on to you." There was a woman's scream from behind, as well as a scolding voice: "Let you let me go, let you hide my money!"

The screams were terrible as if they could overturn the roof, and none of the guys moved, Xiao Chu found the back door and rushed over in one step. Sun Erhai, who was sitting in the carriage, reluctantly followed. He doesn't care where Xiao Chu goes, but he is nosy, Sun Erhai has a headache. When he came to the backyard, Sun Erhai's head hurt even more. Under the trees in the yard, Lin Xiaochu was guarding a girl behind him, scolding a man in front of him.

The man's eyes were red from drinking, and he was stunned by Xiao Chu who rushed out, staring at her with red eyes and scolding her drunkenly: "You, what's the matter, don't worry about our family's business." This smell of alcohol made Xiao Chu cover his nose and lose his temper: "Can you beat someone if you drink too much wine?" With a flick of the drunkard's hand, Lin Xiaochu was pushed two steps away, staggered and almost fell in front of Sun Erhai. Sun Erhai dragged Xiao Chu's sleeve and pulled her outside. Behind him, the girl's cry came: "I can't give you this money, and I will throw it all into the wine." ”

Xiao Chu couldn't help but say: "A yard of dead trees, what are you talking about seedlings Gong family." After saying this, a violent shout came from behind him: "Nonsense! This sound was like thunder in mid-air, which frightened Xiao Chu and Sun Erhai! In the faint smell of alcohol, Xiao Chu ruthlessly broke away from Sun Erhai and turned around angrily: "This is the drunkard Gong family, where did the good seedlings come from!" ”

The drunkard had red eyes and strode towards Xiao Chu, Sun Erhai was startled and pushed Xiao Chu behind him. Xiao Chu said "ouch", stood firm to look at the drunkard, only rushed to the front and stopped, and said angrily: "What you say, our family has it!" Xiao Chu was frightened by him twice, and grimaced at him in anger, and said disdainfully: "What else do you have in your house now, do you dare to take it out and take a look?" ”

"You wait!" The drunkard turned and strode towards the houses. "Young Master," the woman who was beaten hugged him tightly, and then turned back to Xiao Chu and begged: "You go, there is nothing left at home!" The drunkard threw the woman out of the way with a hard flick. The woman who fell so hard tried twice that she couldn't get up, but begged bitterly: "I can't take it, I can't show it to others anymore!" ”

The two doors were kicked open by the drunkard, and when he came out of the house again, Xiao Chu's eyes lit up. A pot of red leaves was held in his hand, the red leaves were only more than a foot high, and the branches and leaves were coiled to form a "longevity" character. The drunkard still had red eyes and a lot of alcohol on his body, but he was solemn, and said proudly to Xiao Chu who was surprised: "Have you seen it?" Have you ever seen a seedling like this? Dumbfounded! The woman in the courtyard was still crying mournfully: "Young Master, show it to you again, your life will be gone......"

Although Xiao Chu was shocked by the flowers, he still said sarcastically: "You better call a doctor for her first, maybe somewhere you fall." The drunkard showed off the flower pot again: "Have you ever seen a real purple sand flower pot?" Zisha is used as a teapot at home, are you willing to use it as a flower pot? That's good. ”

"We have a bunch of purple sand flower pots, and besides, did you plant them?" Xiao Chu didn't like him, and just wanted to prick his sharpness. The drunkard carefully put down the flower pot and jumped more than eight high: "I don't know Taishan with eyes!" Think about it back then, who doesn't know Gong Miao'er, the eldest young master of my Gong family, take a closer look and see who I am! ”

Jumping feet and putting down the flower pot, Xiao Chu looked at his cloudy and blood-red eyes, and there was a clear cold light inside. Xiao Chu pursed his lips and snorted coldly: "Since you are sober, why are you pretending to be drunk?" If you claim to be able to plant, why do you have a yard of dead trees? ”