Chapter 140

Seeing that Shanniang's eyes widened and she didn't know that the flower hoe in her hand had fallen off, the fifth master couldn't help but laugh proudly, pointed at Shanniang and said to the fifth wife: "Look, I guessed right, I was really stunned!" ”

The fifth lady pursed her lips and smiled at Shanniang: "The master said that he wanted to surprise you." ”

But it turned out that when they were still in Meishan Town, the fifth master and Yuan Changqing were already quietly planning this matter.

Shanniang came back to her senses, and hurriedly greeted her, while asking, "When will you arrive", and blamed the fifth master for not saying in advance, "It's okay to pick you up at the dock", and then turned around and told Li's mother to prepare the guest room, and she was so happy that she was confused for a while.

Yuan Changqing, who was forced by the fifth master to walk behind, took Hou Rui, Hou Jue and the three brothers into the courtyard gate.

As soon as the whole brother saw Shanniang, he shouted "sister" in a straight voice, and wanted to jump to the ground from the nurse's arms. Yuan Changqing saw that the nurse almost didn't have the strength to eat, so he hurriedly stretched out his hand to pick up the whole brother, turned around and saw Shanniang coming over, and handed the whole brother to Shanniang.

The whole brother remembered Shanniang, but he didn't remember Yuan Changqing very much, so he quieted down, stared at Yuan Changqing with dark eyes in Shanniang's arms, and looked at Yuan Changqing vigorously.

The fifth master said to Shanniang with a smile: "There is no need to prepare the guest room, now we have to live in the capital permanently." ”

Shanniang, who had just held the whole brother in her hand, was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly looked back at the fifth master.

The fifth lady explained with a smile: "Actually, we arrived the day before yesterday, and we had a day off yesterday, and we only came to see you today." And he said, "Our house is not far from you, cross the bridge and go east, and then two blocks away." ”

Only then did Shanniang know that the letter that the fifth master called Yuan Changqing to bring to Uncle Gui was not about buying Zhuangzi, but asking Uncle Gui to buy a house in the capital. Later, Yuan Changqing often ran out with Uncle Gui, not to see Zhuangzi in the countryside, but to help pick a house for the fifth master. When Yuan Changqing came back in the middle of the middle that day, he didn't come back from the countryside, but suddenly figured out Shanniang's weirdness in the fifth master's new house, so he hurried back. As for Uncle Gui not seeing anyone for a few days, he was busy tidying up and arranging the new house, and he could move in as soon as the old lady entered Beijing.

Shanniang didn't blame the fifth master for being naughty, so she took Yuan Changqing and stabbed Yuan Changqing there. Yuan Changqing only smiled innocently, which made the fifth wife soften for a while, and helped him speak.

When a few people were talking here, the fifth master took a hand behind his back, looked inside and out of their courtyard, and then entered the room, shook his head dissatisfied, and said, "Your courtyard is also small, and it is not as bright as our house." ”

Although every inch of land in Beijing is expensive, the fifth master did not worry about money, so he bought a five-entry mansion about the same size as his family in Ruyi Fang, which is only two blocks away from Fushoufang.

Hou Rui believed that he had come to the capital when he sent his sister to marry before, so he pretended to be an old acquaintance in the capital, and said to the fifth master: "This is Fushoufang, the closest boundary to the imperial city. The mansion here is not something that can be bought with money. ”

The fifth master immediately glared at him, "As long as you can bear it, you know everything!" ”

Hou Rui was tired of being taught a lesson by the fifth master, and only grinned at Shanniang indifferently.

Shanniang asked the fifth master, "Brother and brother, what should they do when they go to school?" ”

The fifth old man has always raised children in the style of herding sheep and grazing, so he smiled and said: "If they have the ability, they will take the test for the Xinglin Academy, and if they don't have the ability, it will be the same if they ask a gentleman to teach at home." He looked at Hou Rui and Hou Jue critically, "Anyway, I don't think the two of them are reading materials." ”

Speaking of this, the old man remembered one more thing, turned his head and asked Yuan Changqing, "Have you been to see your wife?" ”

"What?" Shanniang, who was teasing her brother, hurriedly looked up at the fifth master.

Only then did the fifth master remember that in order to surprise Shanniang, they even hid the news of the Lin family from her, so he smiled and said: "Your son-in-law said in the letter that his teacher is going back to Xinglin Academy to be the head of the academy again, and asked me to bring his wife and Ah Ru to the capital along the way." ”

Shanniang was pleasantly surprised, "Aru also entered Beijing?" And he said, "Then I'll have to hand over a post to say hello......"

Yuan Changqing smiled and said, "Actually, yesterday I handed over the post to my wife in the name of the two of us, and I have already made an appointment for Ming'er to visit them." ”

When Shanniang heard this, she squinted at him reproachfully.

The fifth master looked at the eyebrows of the two with a smile, and then turned back to Yuan Changqing and asked, "When will your teacher and them arrive in the capital?" ”

Yuan Changqing said: "I've rushed back, and I should be able to arrive in early March." ”

Like a butterfly flapping its wings in the Amazon, no one knows what kind of impact a small change here will have on what things in a certain place. In the previous life, Mr. Lin Er's book would not be able to complete the initial survey work until next year, but now because Yuan Changqing was afraid of long nights and dreams, he wanted to marry Shanniang as much as possible, and gave the prince an idea. So His Royal Highness the Crown Prince called on the students of the world's academies to come out of the classroom and teach and learn from each other. This not only won the praise of the prince from all over the world, but also saved Mr. Lin Er a lot of time. Now that the survey work has been completed ahead of schedule, all that remains is the compilation of some cases. So Mr. Lin Er also took the Lin family's nephews back to the capital.

"Are the children of the Lin family also going to participate in this year's imperial examination?" The fifth master asked again.

Yuan Changqing said: "That's what it means. He added, "In the past few years, the situation was not good, and it was rare to get a fair good result even if it ended up." This year's chief examiner, Lord Hong, is a veteran of the two dynasties, and has always been known for his uprightness, so the teacher's intention is to tell us all to give it a try. ”

He explained a few more words here, then asked the fifth wife to look at him a few times, turned back to Shan Niang and whispered: "In the past, Changsheng didn't like to speak in front of people, but now it seems to be much more cheerful than before." ”

Shan Niang also looked at Yuan Changqing along the eyes of the fifth wife, and pouted: "He is just pretending to be cold in front of people, and the mouth behind people may have said it." ”

The fifth wife knew that the two of them got along well. She pursed her lips and looked at Shanniang and laughed, laughing so much that Shanniang blushed, and turned her head to tease her brother.

The fifth master talked to Yuan Changqing about Lin Zhonghai for a while, and when he turned around, he suddenly saw that the snow scene picture he drew was hanging on the middle hall, so he stood up and looked closer for a while, shook his head critically, and said to Yuan Changqing: "It looked okay at first, but now I feel that it is not good enough." Hurry up Ming'er to draw a good picture for you. ”

While they were talking about calligraphy and painting, the fifth lady was asking Shanniang, "Why did the family allow you to move out?" ”

The fifth master just arrived in the capital the day before yesterday, so he hasn't heard anyone talk about the "Yuan Da Move" that is now circulating in the capital, but Yuan Changqing and they moved out in a peaceful way.

Shanniang turned her head to look at Yuan Changqing. She was originally a lively and playful temperament, and when she saw that the five masters and five wives still didn't know what was going on, she deliberately made a bitter face, learned the techniques of the eldest princess, and told the fifth lady what happened that day.

As soon as Shanniang's words fell, the fifth master was already furious, grabbed Yuan Changqing's collar with his backhand, and shouted, "How did you promise me in the first place?!" But now you haven't been able to protect Shan'er......"

Shanniang couldn't have imagined that her joke would make the fifth master explode. She hurriedly rushed over and pulled the fifth master away, and protected Yuan Changqing behind her. She watched the fifth master open his mouth, and was just about to explain, when suddenly she heard a loud sound of a chair falling to the ground next to her. turned his head to look, but it turned out that Hou Rui was slow and jumped up, and kicked the chair over angrily, while shouting, "Dare to bully my sister and brother-in-law, I'll beat them to death!" "I was about to go out with my sleeves rolled up.

"Stop!" Shanniang hurriedly drank it, and then told the family about the calculations of the little couple, and said ashamedly: "I was playing with you." As he spoke, he looked back at Yuan Changqing apologetically.

Yuan Changqing smiled at her comfortingly, put a hand on her shoulder, raised his head and said to the fifth master: "Even if Shan'er doesn't say it, I will also tell my father-in-law and mother-in-law, and when you hear it from others, you really think that we have suffered a loss." ”

"Humph!" The fifth master slapped the table angrily, "Listen to your tone, why do you still think you are taking advantage?!" You are the eldest grandson of the Yuan family, and it is the old house of your Yuan family, it should be the things of the long house, and they should move it if you want to move! Now the two of you have been squeezed into this small mansion where you can't turn around, and they have taken up the big mansion, and you two have asked for a big bargain?! ”

Shanniang couldn't help but raise her head and make eye contact with Yuan Changqing. The mansion over there is the old mansion of the Yuan family, and it is not bad that Yuan Changqing is the eldest grandson of the long house, but now it is the fourth master of Yuan who has attacked the lord, and the mansion should belong to Yuan Changqing or to the fourth master of Yuan, this is a matter of two things......

But, who called the unreasonable five old men to protect their short-term nature......

The fifth master and Hou Rui, the father and son, scolded the old lady of the Yuan family and Yuan Li angrily one by one, as if it was really Yuan Changqing who suffered a lot and couldn't make up for it. At this time, no matter how Hou Rui shouted and shouted to kill, the fifth master didn't stop him, and even instigated him, "Yes, you should protect your sister like this!" ”

Shanniang: "......"

She had to go over and drag Hou Rui, who was encouraged by the fifth master and really wanted to go to Yuan's house to break the door, and turned around and shouted to the fifth master: "Master! He added, "Changsheng is going to end the imperial examination in April, if it weren't for this, we wouldn't have thought of a way to move out." Isn't it difficult for you to make such a fuss at this time? ”

The fifth master was just excited for a while, so he forgot about this stubble, so he had to endure it at this time, and snorted coldly in the end: "When I came to the capital, I received an invitation from an old friend in the capital, saying that Yuan Li wanted to ask for a calligraphy and painting from me. I thought that I would give it for the sake of my relatives, but now, hum, fart! ”

A gleam flashed in Yuan Changqing's eyes. He smiled at the fifth master and said, "I've heard about this too." My fourth uncle is now seeking a position in the Ministry of War, and the newly appointed official is said to love your calligraphy and paintings, and your calligraphy and paintings are very rare on the market. ”

When the fifth master heard this, he suddenly narrowed his slender willow eyes, pinched his chin and said, "Oh? Is it to please your boss? ”

Shanniang's heart moved, and she looked up at Yuan Changqing.

I saw Yuan Changqing as if he was casually asking, and asked the fifth master: "Does the master want to ......?"

The fifth master squinted and thought for a while, then raised his head and smiled: "Everyone else is only good at painting, but in fact, I am better at making fake paintings." I thought, if I give him a fake painting, then someone will find someone to expose him as a fake painting to his boss...... What do you think? He looked up and asked Yuan Changqing.

Yuan Changqing thought for a while and said, "Even if it is pierced, it is just that his eyesight is not good." ”

The fifth master thought about it again, but he didn't think of a way to relieve his anger, so he became irritable, slapped the table again, and yelled at Yuan Changqing: "Haven't you always had a lot of ghost ideas?" Can't you think of a way to relieve my anger?! ”

Shanniang was suddenly stunned. She looked up at Yuan Changqing. I saw Yuan Changqing's slender eyelashes flashing suddenly, quickly hiding the smile in his eyes, pretending to hold Shan Niang's shoulders and drooping his eyes for a while, and said to the fifth master: "I think of an idea, it's a little ......."

"What? Say it! The fifth master hurriedly urged.

"But, this method ......" Yuan Changqing deliberately shirked, causing the fifth master to slap the table again, and then he said: "There are several new paintings in the old man's dowry to Shan'er, and no one has ever seen them." Why don't we take one of them, and I'll find someone to sell the painting to the fourth uncle, and then think of someone to question the authenticity of the painting. Now that the master is in Beijing, if you want to distinguish the authenticity of Mr. Shuyi's paintings, who else is more convincing than Mr. Shuyi himself? At that time, the master only needs to ask the fourth uncle, how can the dowry you give Shan'er get into his hands, and he won't be able to carry this black cauldron......

"Good!" Before Yuan Changqing's words were finished, the fifth master slapped the table and shouted.

Yuan Changqing said with an embarrassed face: "It's just that this idea is a bit insufficient...... Downfall. ”

Suddenly, Shanniang looked up at him again.

The fifth master waved his hand and said, "What's this, are they only allowed to calculate people?!" Then he urged Shanniang, "Hurry up, go and get a painting I gave you." After a pause, he waved his hand again, pointed to the middle hall and said, "Don't take it, that's it." Anyway, the drawing is not very good, so if you don't want it in the future, you won't want it. ”

After sending off the fifth master, Shanniang turned around, smiled at Yuan Changqing, and beckoned: "I have something to ask you." ”

Yuan Changqing knew that Shanniang was going to settle accounts with him, so he touched his nose and sent everyone down, and he followed Shanniang into the house alone.

As soon as she entered the house, Shanniang turned around, twisted his ears on tiptoe, and scolded with a smile: "Okay, you Yuan Da, it's all calculated on my father's head!" ”

Yuan Changqing obediently bent down, leaned his ear over and let Shanniang twist it, and smiled at her while flattering: "Your father is angry in his heart, don't let him spill it, and in the end it was me who was unlucky." Then he grabbed her hand that was twisted on his ear, put it on her palm, and said, "You also know that I am such a person who will repay you." You're fine. As long as I think of the old lady's dirty ideas, I hate it so much. ”

Shanniang threw him a pair of eyes, "But you don't need to be so calculating in secret!" Tell him clearly, will he still help you? ”

Yuan Changqing smiled and said: "It's good that you are the only one who knows my badness, and there is no need for others to know." ”