Zhang's house, in the east room, Yang sat on the edge of the bed, holding the soles of his shoes in his hands, while "snorting" pulling the thread shuttle, while looking at He lying on the bed tightly wrapped in a quilt, wearing a thick cotton hat on his head, and his face was a little yellow.

She said reproachfully: "Yang Zi is studying in the capital, this is something that many people dare not dream of, and it is not a coolie, even if you think about him in your heart, you shouldn't toss yourself like this." If people hear that you are like this, they may scold you for being hypocritical and show off your son studying under the emperor's nose! ”

He Shi had a smile on his face, and said with some embarrassment: "Yang Zi hasn't left me for so long since he was a child, and when he was studying in Huzhou Mansion, I thought about it in a panic, and this will be even farther." ”

Yang Shi took the soles of his shoes and said, "I think it's for sure, but I can't think about it." He's very productive now, isn't it uncomfortable for you to think about something that you don't have? ”

Chrysanthemum came in with two bowls on a bamboo tray, both steaming, and the room immediately filled the room with the smell of Chinese medicine, and the grapes followed behind, carrying a basin of hot water.

She got on the pedal, put the tray on the small low table at the head of the bed, helped Ho up, and put two pillows behind her; Grape put the wooden basin on the pedal, wrung a hot hand towel, handed it to Chrysanthemum, and helped He wipe his face.

Yang saw that there was a bowl of white porridge in the tray, and asked with a smile, "Just give this to your mother-in-law?" Wouldn't it be too tasteless? ”

Chrysanthemum pursed her lips and smiled, and said apologetically to He's: "Eat porridge for a day first, clear your stomach, and I'll cook some good ones for my mother to eat tomorrow." ”

He said a little weakly: "I can't eat anything either, it's just good." ”

So he drank medicine, rinsed his mouth, and ate porridge. After eating, the grapes packed up and went out, Chrysanthemum and Yang found some words to comfort He, it was nothing more than Zhang Yang wanted to make a big difference, gossip for a while, and waited for her to sleep, and the mother and daughter came out.

It's time for lunch. Zhang Daxuan asked Chrysanthemum: "Is your mother better?" ”

Chrysanthemum arranged for shallots and chestnuts to eat, and said, "It's better." Sweating, I just went to see, I slept very deeply. Don't worry, Dad. ”

Zhang Dazhuan nodded. He gently tapped the bowl with chopsticks and said to Huaizi: "Have you written that the trustee brought it to Yang Zi?" ”

Zhang Huai stopped his chopsticks and said, "I wrote it, I wrote one at the end of November, and I also wrote one yesterday." It's all the cargo ships of the Tofang family. ”

As he was talking, someone came to the door, and Heipi asked a few questions. Hurriedly rushed into the main room, and said to them happily: "Master, young master, Master Zhou is here." It is said that the second young master sent a letter from the capital.

Zhang Dazhuan was overjoyed, raised his voice and asked, "Invite him in." Fast! ”

Huaizi also looked at Chrysanthemum and smiled, and at the same time breathed a sigh of relief. Chrysanthemum saw that the house was a little messy, and hurriedly called Grape and Aunt Liu to clean up the food and clean it up again. I took the two babies back to the room and fed them personally, so as not to make a mess.

The person who came was a descendant of the Zhou family in the capital. It was brought over by Master Zhou from the school. Chrysanthemum asked the grapes to bring tea and some dried fruits and other things to entertain, and she heard the laughter and noise outside, and talked for an hour before leaving.

Chrysanthemum took out the carved wooden block, spread a large soft cotton cushion on the pedal in front of the bed, let the chestnut and shallots sit on it and play, and the grapes followed and listened to Chrysanthemum teach them to read, which was very interesting.

When the people left, Chrysanthemum motioned to the grapes to take care of the two small ones and went out to ask what was going on.

She had just left the room. I saw the door of the opposite room, He was holding on to the door frame, and asked Huaizi in a trembling voice: "Huaizi, but your brother has a letter?" Did he get in? ”

Chrysanthemum saw that He only put on a jacket and came out in his underwear, so she hurriedly stepped forward to support her. Said reproachfully: "Mother, this hot body is soaked in cold, and the medicine just now was drunk in vain." Mother went to bed first and lay down-" Turning to Huaizi and said-"Brother Huaizi, come to the room and tell your mother, what Yang Zidu said in the letter." ”

Zhang Dazhuan hurriedly strode over, grabbed one of He's arms, smiled from ear to ear and said, "Damn, Yang Zi has been lifted!" Our son is a man. Quick, go back to bed and lie down, I'll tell you in detail. Huaizi, or you, I don't understand a lot of words. ”

He Shi suddenly felt that the 100,000 pores of his body were ironed together, his body was refreshed, there was no longer a feeling of stagnation of blood and qi, his limbs were no longer sore, soft and sleepy, and his illness was half healed immediately.

She let Chrysanthemum and Zhang Dazhuan help herself onto the bed, covered herself with a quilt, leaned on the pillow, and looked at her eldest son with a smile, waiting for him to explain the details.

Seeing her heart-open, Chrysanthemum smiled slightly, knowing that her body was fine.

Huaizi brought a stool, sat down in front of the bed, and told them about Yang Zi one by one.

It turned out that Yang Zi participated in the township examination with the children of Beijing officials in Gyeonggi Prefecture, and he and Liu Sishun were both selected. Because of the long distance and they didn't want to show off, his teacher helped him ask an old Beijing official whose ancestral home was Linhu Prefecture to bring a letter back. Unexpectedly, this person fell ill halfway and was stranded outside, so he had to send another subordinate of the Zhou family to send a letter back, and by the way, he also sent a letter to Master Zhou, who was teaching in Qingnan Village.

Chrysanthemum asked in surprise, "Xiaoshi didn't get in?" ”

Zhang Dazhuan was so happy that he almost forgot about it, listened to Chrysanthemum ask, and looked at Huaizi together and listened to what he said.

Huaizi couldn't help but smile: "The master didn't let Shi participate in the township examination, saying that he was so old, not to mention whether he could be admitted, even if he was admitted, he had no personnel experience at all, and he was just Zhao Kuo on paper." He is touted by people, does not know the economic world, does not know how to govern the people's livelihood, and then ruins his reputation. Even Yang Zi and Sishun have to study hard for a few more years, and they will not participate in next year's Spring Festival. ”

Chrysanthemum snorted and laughed.

This Zhou Master is really impressive, completely different from those sour Confucians who sell their reputations, and is a real Confucian. She couldn't help but sigh with emotion, saying that people's fate depends on nine points of hard work and one point of chance, and Zhang Yang gave full play to this point of opportunity.

After laughing for a while, Huaizi said: "I thought about not being too public, so I didn't invite guests to the banquet." Yang Zi said in the letter that the master was making a big move in the court, and they were very careful and did not want to cause trouble to the master. I sent Sishun's letter to the Liu family, and I also passed on this word. ”

Zhang Dazhuan said with a smile: "You go, you go." Damn, are you relieved now? Lie down and get some rest. I went next door to talk to Changhe, and he was also happy. ”

The father and son both went out, but where could He still lie down, his heart was like a cat scratching, smiling alone, talking to himself from time to time, and after a while, he would say a few words about Yang Zi to Chrysanthemum.

Chrysanthemum can't, seeing that the mother-in-law can't sleep for a while, and is trying to let chestnuts and shallots come to amuse her, who expected that Yang and Wang came over with Qingshan, they listened to Zhang Dazhuan's words, and specially came to congratulate He.

Chrysanthemum breathed a sigh of relief, took her little brother Qingshan, hugged her to her room, asked Aunt Liu to bring some tea and food to accompany them, and called Grandma Liu to join in the fun, and then the house continued to laugh.

Zhang Huai didn't want to show off his younger brother's promotion, but after the news spread, even if the Zhang family had already stated that they would not celebrate in a big way, the people who came to give gifts and congratulations were endless, and they couldn't push it off.

Seeing that it would be impossible not to set up a banquet, he asked Aoki to help arrange the banquet, and he collected the silver of the Zhang family and the Zheng family, and first asked Li Gengtian to measure the wasteland, and bought the 400 acres of land.

One is afraid of long nights and dreams, and the other is to buy it quickly and wait for the year to pass.

This piece of land is recorded in the name of Chrysanthemum, including the mountain behind, which is in the planning of Chrysanthemum. Because the idea of selling chili peppers was originally Chrysanthemum came up with it, and furthermore, the Zheng family lent money to Chrysanthemum, and Aoki saw that the Zhang family was about to develop, and he was worried about his sister and wanted to help her save a family fortune, so that she had enough confidence in her mother-in-law's family.

The Zheng family should not buy land at present, after all, the tax is too heavy, and he and Chrysanthemum do not want the Zheng family to hang the land in the name of the Zhang family and become the tenant of the Zhang family, so they feel that it is better to maintain the identity of homesteaders.

There are pros and cons to everything, and being an official is not all smooth sailing, if there is a case, wouldn't the two families be wiped out?

When Zhang Huai went to the Qinghui County Ya to apply for the land deed, thanks to Shi Bantou's help - his brother-in-law is the chief secretary of the Yamen - he came back to Xiatangji, and set up a table of banquets in Qinghui Restaurant at noon, and invited Xi to accompany him and thank Shi Bantou.

The two went to the restaurant first, and after sitting down in the private room, Xiao Er stepped back after serving tea, and Laixi talked to Huaizi about the chili pepper, saying that it was the New Year, and many people had to pay a lot of money to buy the chili.

Huaizi frowned and said to Laixi: "Originally, I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to sell at a high price, so we thought of such and such an idea." Now it's not decent, so let's sell it at about the same price. It's just chili peppers, which are too expensive to sell, and it is easy to bring disaster to us, and some people dare to do anything for money. ”

Thinking of the big family at home, he was a little worried.

Lai Xi nodded and said, "I have already released the news today, saying that there are not many chili peppers left, and it will be easy to sell in a few days." Huaizi, next year to hide more, and then sell the price lower, but also save people's eyes. ”

Huaizi leaned on the back of the chair, pinched the teacup lid in his hand, gently scraped the tea foam, and sighed in his heart, how could it not make people blush? This chili pepper can be hidden for a few months to get such a huge profit, and I don't know how many people are worried about it.

Chrysanthemum also said that the Zhang family is now like a flower child, picking up a large piece of gold, and there is no place to hide it. Tossed people on their backs, but in fact, they earned less than 1,000 taels of silver, which attracted the attention of businessmen.

In the final analysis, the Zhang family is still a small business, and the strength is thin, if the Fang family comes to do this business, I am afraid that this season of chili peppers will not make tens of thousands of silver.

The two discussed it and felt that it was about to come to the end of the year, and the remaining 5,000 catties of chili peppers were left for emergencies, and 3,000 catties were sold to those merchants as appropriate. It's better to make less than to raise the price more.