Leng Zixing said: "Brother, Zhuangzi's errand this year has already passed, so I must have a good year." ”

"But it's not easy." Lin Kailu replied: "Next year's seedlings and wheat seedlings should be prepared as early as possible, and every part of the land should be loosened and fertilized. The servants below are all hoping that I can make some mistakes so that I can take the position of the head of the village, and the masters above are not easy to worry. ”

This thing is strange, Leng Zixing just heard a shadow in his father-in-law's house, and he didn't know it very clearly, seeing that Lin Kailu had the intention of speaking at this time, he hurriedly asked as if he was inadvertent: "But which person in the house wants to toss?" ”

"Yes." Lin Kailu had no intention of hiding it, but when he saw Leng Zixing asking, he replied directly: "It was the second master of Fuzhong Lian who ordered me to come forward to contact a steward and go to Lai's housekeeper to congratulate him on the day of frostfall, and it was said that it would be three days later." ”

"Why do you say congratulations? It is Lai Shangrong, the son of Nalai Da, who will be appointed as a county official in a few days, and has since squeezed into the house of the eunuch. ”

"Oh..."Leng Zixing is a well-informed person, he knew about Lai Shangrong's official plot a few days ago, and said with a smile: "Then Lai Shangrong is lucky, he went to Jiangnan, who knew that he was born as a slave." ”

Leng Zixing's words went to Lin Kailu's heart, Lin Kailu frowned slightly, sighed lightly for a long time, and then chuckled: "He is also a slave of the Jia family, I can't envy his kind of creation, and it will be just the icing on the cake after three days, but it will cost some money to give gifts." ”

Leng Zixing comforted: "Brother, don't be too reluctant..."

He has always only watched Jia's family affairs and is unwilling to enter the game.

The two chatted a few more times, and because they were worried that the gate of the dark city would be closed, Leng Zixing and Lin Kailu got up separately to settle the wine bill.

Leng Zixing didn't mention it when he went south from the city, Lin Kailu turned back to Zhou Rui's house, and said that he would go to everyone to congratulate everyone on the frost day, Zhou Rui had nothing to do, and he responded immediately.

The Lai family has been in Rongguo Mansion for many years, and Zhou Rui's family is a companion slave who came from the Jinling Wang's house with Mrs. Erfang Wang. So, Zhou Rui also got up and ran with his son-in-law, wanting to invite people to Lai's house to congratulate him on the frost day and talk about his friendship.

In this way, the momentum has become much louder, and it has also spread out, and everyone in Ning Rong's two mansions knows that the Lai family is about to have a county master.

When the news reached the ears of Lai Da, the chief steward of Rongguo Mansion, he was naturally full of joy, knowing that the stewards were going to come to the door together and arrange a banquet in private, but he didn't know about it.

Lin Kailu saw Leng Zixing on the afternoon of the third day. Lai Da heard the rumors in the mansion that his son Lai Shangrong was an official, so he hurriedly entered the Rongguo Mansion to thank him.

Along the way, Lai Da had a smile on his face, and when he met someone, he was a little maid in the house, and Lai Da could also give a good face.

It was not necessarily a thing, but Lai Da recently believed the rumors in the house and felt that it was nine out of ten.

"But it's a coincidence, this news comes out, and tomorrow will be the day of frost." Lai Da said secretly, the banquet at home has been prepared, not to mention the housekeepers who are entertaining those who come to the door together, he also raised the face of his mother Lai Mama, and is ready to invite Mrs. Jia to come over tomorrow.

It is said that it is a great honor for a slave to invite his master to his own feast. It is rare in ancient times to be a slave to the extent of relying on the great.

In the Rongguo Mansion, only the second lord Jia Zheng was an official in the court, and Jia Zheng had already dispersed at this time, and he was gathering with a group of Qing guests in the study, and Lai Da was also called by him.

Lai Da entered from the west corner gate of Ningrong Street, and there was no need for anyone to announce it, so he was familiar with the way and asked for peace outside Jia Zhengwai's study.

The second old man Jia Zheng was ready to rely on the imperial examination in his early years, and he read a lot of books, although in the end, the old Guogong directly asked for the official position of the Ministry of Industry for him, and he no longer needed to take the imperial examination, but over the years, Jia Zheng still boasted that he was a son of Confucius, and raised a lot of poor scholars. Among them are Zhan Guang, Shan Pingren and so on.

"Lai Da, come in and talk." Jia Zheng voices in the study.

Places like the study usually don't like to be entered by vulgar servants like Lai Da, but today he doesn't know why.

Lai Da entered the door in a daze, and because he heard the anger in Jia Zheng's voice, his mind couldn't help but be a little colder.

In the study, Jia Zheng sat behind a table, and sat with a cadre on both sides, all of which Lai Da recognized, only a young scholar was born, sitting first on Jia Zheng's left hand, and was looking at it with a smile.

This smile made Lai Da shudder, didn't go to see the scholar, only knelt on the ground, and then said goodbye to Jia Zheng.

Lai Da said secretly, the second master Jia Zheng has no fame in the end, where will the old men of Jinshi be Jia Zheng's guests, and the Qingke in the house is either a talent or a child. Recently, there was a person in the house, called Wu Yong, who was very valued by the second master, presumably this person, and he smiled a little bit.

Jia Zheng saw that Lai Da was quite obedient, and his anger had decreased a little, so he said first: "Lai Da, the county seat that your family asked for a few days ago has already been asked to go to the imperial court, I don't want to make a noise, your son's official position will be talked about later." ”

Lai Da nodded abruptly and said, "If it doesn't work this year, it won't get in the way, in the end, my family is bothering the second master, but the old lady is there..."

"Mother, I'll tell myself."

Jia Zheng waved his hand, revealed the matter, and said: "I called you here today, and I also testify with you, Zhan Guang left the house last night, and was beaten by your family when he passed by your house, and he was not allowed to get up after being carried back to see a doctor, do you know about this?" ”

Jia Zheng's anger towards Lai Da today came from this, and he even suppressed the guilt of not getting an official for the Lai family. The Lai family actually beat his own protégé and stained his face, if it weren't for Lai Da is Jia Mu's person, Jia Zheng would have attacked him a long time ago.

Lai Da was shocked when he heard this, lowered his head a little more, and hurriedly replied: "I really don't know how small this matter is!" The night is dark and windy, so how did Mr. Zhan Guang come to my house? ”

"Humph! You saw-mouthed old scoop is really so shirky! Jia Zhengfang's anger that had just calmed down was again, and as Wu Yong said, Lai Da, the minion, just pushed things out first.

Seeing that Jia Zheng was angry, Wu Yong hurriedly stopped him and said: "Don't be angry, it's better to ask carefully, Lai's housekeeper has nearly 100 people, and he is in the adult's mansion all day long, but it is also possible that he is unfamiliar with the family." ”

"Yes, yes." Lai Da pleaded, looking at Wu Yong's eyes full of gratitude for a while.

Jia Zheng breathed a sigh of relief, and turned his head to ask another person in the study to speak.

"Hiren, you walked with Zhan Guang last night, you came to talk to the master of this Lai Mansion."

"The students got it." Shan Pingren answered, stood up angrily, his face was dark, his right eye socket was high and swollen, and he didn't know who he was beaten with last night.

Shan Pingren suffered for no reason last night, and now he is taking advantage of Jia Zheng's momentum to cure this Lai Da.

Lai Nature denied it in every possible way, because he really didn't know about it, his good mood in the morning had already been thrown into Java, and he hated it in his heart, and he didn't know who gave him eye medicine in front of the second master.