Talking friends? Zheng Zhi was thoughtful, and after asking the person who was watching in the Xuan Mansion after dawn, he came back to find Gu Yao. Passing by the front yard, I heard the Jiang family being noisy, so I asked Wang's mother, "Why is it so noisy?" ”

Mother Wang hurriedly said: "It's a few new families in the fort, the old lady is not easy to pity them, and she asked the slaves and maids to send some food and charcoal to everyone, and they are here to thank them today." ”

If you don't come early, you don't come late, and you can thank yourself when you're there, right? Zheng Zhi said, "You don't have to let my mother know that I'm back." ”

After speaking, Zheng Zhi went directly into the backyard. Gu Yao watched Xiao Si playing on the kang, talking to Brother Xiao in his mouth, and Qiqi and Brother Yu were writing on the ground. Seeing Zheng Zhi coming back, the five of them showed the same smile, and Zheng Zhi's mood couldn't help but be happy.

Calling the next person, Zheng Zhi and Gu Yao said: "Mother is around, there is really no one to speak. ”

Although this is a clueless statement, it is nonsense only in the literal sense. But if there is such a person, how can the Jiang family be like this?

Gu Yao didn't speak, the meaning was very clear, Zheng Zhi saw it clearly, and explained: "What I mean, there is no one to talk to around my mother." She read a few books and recognized a few words, and she 'did not want to' be with a woman like her mother-in-law who had never read. However, at my mother's age, she said that ordinary people are nobles, and there are few who study. ”

Yes.

Especially in the north, there are people who don't read. Jiang was born in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and it is a family of generations of cultivation and study, so he has more opportunities than others. She has read books and read Qinggao, and because of her own experience, she is much more sensitive than others. Now because of her husband's prestige, or the praise of Xu's mother, I feel that I am amazing, and it is really difficult to deal with.

There were a few people in Gu Yao's mind who could talk to the Jiang family, but the problem was that those people had no obligation or responsibility to accompany the Jiang family. Therefore, when Zheng Zhi asked her if she had a suitable candidate, she replied without hesitation: "No!" ”

Zheng Zhi said: "So simply, that's it?" Tell me who they are, so that I may know what to give her. ”

"You asked yourself."

After speaking, Gu Yao reported the person in his heart.

The first person, the old lady of the Meng family, Meng Xuan's mother. The two of them at least used to be of the same status, Mrs. Meng was born in the Langya Wang family, although she was a concubine, she also received an excellent education; The second, Gu Yao's third aunt Xie Shi. The two families are in-laws, and the Xie family will come again, so they are an excellent candidate. However, Xie was very busy and was not in Jingshi. The third is Lu Qu's wife, the mother of Lu Youshi.

Zheng Zhi had heard of these three and had seen them several times, so he analyzed them one by one: "Old Madam Meng is far away in Yunnan in the southwest corner, and we are in the northeast corner, in the Ming Dynasty, is there anything farther than this?" Aunt Santang is a good candidate, but we can't open this mouth, it's useless to open it, and no one is there. As for Mrs. Lu, if I remember correctly, the father and son of the Lu family are very accustomed to her. It's almost the same when her mother coaxes her, she coaxes her mother, that's impossible! ”

Gu Yao said: "My third uncle has returned to Beijing, don't you really know?" ”

A letter from Shuntianfu, not long ago, the holy pro-Ren Lu was indeed the new Dali Temple. Less than fifty, it was ranked in the ninth qing, although it was the last seat, but it was already very prominent. As for the Shuntian Mansion Yin vacated by Lu Qu, His Majesty summoned Gu Liqing, the third uncle of Hui Yao, and he took over.

Zheng Zhi said: "You don't know, right? Your third uncle is upright, and within two months of taking office, he asked the officials in the capital to invite him out of the Shuntian Mansion and reappointed as the Guizhou Supervision Envoy. ”

Although the location is a bit off, this is a big deal! Mainly, her third uncle is younger than Lu Qu! Tsk, this pair of in-laws is really no one worse than anyone, it's so tight. In contrast, it should be his third uncle who is more powerful. The third uncle of his own family is not only young, but he also has to rely on his ability to take the position. Lu is sure, there is a plug-in in hand.

Gu Yao smiled for a moment, and suddenly asked nervously, "Then has my father changed?" ”

Emperor Yongle had just arrived in Beijing, and the first thing he did was to make personnel changes in Shuntianfu.

Gu Yao's father, Gu Zhonghe, is good at farming, so it is obviously more suitable to go out. However, the old man Gu is old and the old lady's body is not as good as before, and Gu's father refuses to leave Beijing. If you don't leave Beijing, it is more appropriate to go to the household department. There is a shortage of the household servant, but it is an official of the fourth grade, and Gu's father is just a lifter, so it is too laborious to lift it. In order to accompany his parents, Gu's father chose to be transferred to the household department and served as Langzhong of the first division.

The problem is that because of the handover issue, when Gu Liqing took over the Shuntian Mansion, Gu's father assisted him in the middle of the administration in order to assist him. Now that Gu Liqing is gone, can Father Gu leave smoothly?

Zheng Zhi glanced at her, and said, "What are you worried about?" Your uncle is a scholar! The new Shuntianfu Yin, can you not cooperate? ”

The Gu family's in-laws are really not covered, and the third aunt and grandmother are determined to marry into the Yang family as a daughter-in-law, which raises the reputation of the Gu family very high. Everyone only said that it was a pity that the Gu family had no daughter to marry.

Zheng Zhi asked Gu Yao: "We are talking about my mother, how can I think your heart is not here?" ”

Gu Yao didn't hide it, because he said, "I think you're in the wrong direction." Not to mention the elder mother, it is Qiqi, we find a playmate for her, either to buy a girl of the same age, or to teach her how to get along with others, it is impossible to buy someone with her status to accompany her. And Tieling, you don't have to buy it, there are some people like this. The wives of those criminal ministers, like the grandmother of the Meng family who was in distress, are all suitable candidates. ”

After listening to Zheng Zhi's words last night, Gu Yao knew that her mother-in-law was reluctant to leave here, not because she was okay with her, but because her mother-in-law lived happily here.

Zheng Zhi was speechless when he heard this, so he said, "It seems that she can only be forcibly sent to Beijing."

Gu Yao didn't think that he was going to send his mother-in-law away, so he asked for himself, "Why do you have to send your mother back?"

Zheng Zhi pursed his lips and said, "A mother like her, I am fortunate to meet you, what about the fourth brother?" Or do you expect your sister-in-law to bother? Or are you going to find it for him? ”

Only then did Gu Yao think of Zheng Cong, who had reached the age of discussing relatives. After thinking about it, Gu Yao asked, "Have you asked your mother what she thinks?"

Zheng Zhi said as a matter of course: "This is her own matter as a mother, why do you ask?" ”

This is true, the premise is that Jiang has the consciousness of being a mother. Zheng Zhi has followed Zheng Shizi since he was a child, and Zheng Cong also entered the Mengxue Hall at the age of six or seven. Now that I think about it, that kid has to go to the Mengxue Hall because there is a companion there, right?

Gu Yao asked Yu Niang: "Has the old lady dispersed there?" ”

In fact, it must not have dispersed, if it did, the Jiang clan would definitely ask someone to call Gu Yao over. No, as soon as Gu Yao's words fell, he heard Yu Niang and the new maid Chaoyun talking: "Miss Chaoyun, what's the matter?" ”

Chaoyun said: "Hello Mother Yu, the front yard is going to be a loose guest, and the old lady asked the third lady to take the girls and young masters to see off the guests." ”

Zheng Zhi came out of it and asked, "What kind of distinguished guest, call so many people to send it?" Say it, and I'll send it too. ”

Chaoyun looked at Zheng Zhi, who was obviously displeased, and wanted to cry without tears. She's just a messenger, isn't Mother Wang guarding the door, why didn't she say that the third master was back!

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