"Have you changed your taste lately, do you have any dishes you would like to eat?"

"Most of the guest officers who come regularly have not changed, but there is one person, every time he comes, the food he orders is different, and I asked him curiously, why is this so?"

"What did he say?"

"I didn't say anything, I just said I wanted to try it all and see which one was delicious."

"No, everyone has their own tastes, just by looking at the menu, you can filter out some dishes, how can you order them one by one?"

"I don't know, do you want me to ask next time?"

"No, it's more important for you to take care of your third sister-in-law. I'm going to talk to my second brother and sister-in-law, and let them keep an eye on it."

"It's fine."

"Chastity, chastity, come out! Let's see who's coming?"

Hearing A-Niang's shout, she went out.

"It's ......"

"How did you forget? This is Uncle Chen, who hugged you when I was a child!"

Aunt Chen? Zhang Zezhen retrieved the memory of the original host, and thought about it carefully, but he really didn't have much impression, it seemed to be a relative of his father's side, who didn't move around once in eight hundred years.

"Uncle Chen!"

"Zhenzhen has grown so big, and she is really getting better and better."

"Where's my uncle?"

"Talk to everyone over there."

"By the way, what about your father and Xu Gongzi?"

"They've gone to the study to talk about something, and they'll be here in a moment!"

"Huh? Those two are they, right?"

Zhang Zezhen turned his head and saw that the two were walking this way.

"Brother and sister, thank you for coming all the way to visit us." Zhang Shanren said politely.

"It's all supposed to be done, brother, some time ago, my family officials were talking about you, saying that you have a good daughter, and you can be regarded as relying on it in your old age."

"Where, where? Thanks to my daughter, I heard that your son has won the Jinshi this year, congratulations!"

"Hahaha, rejoicing together."

"Let's go! We're ready to start the meal!"

Because there were so many people coming, the Zhang family borrowed tables and stools from the neighborhood and placed them outside, so that they could sit openly.

"Chen Ce, come on, I've seen your Uncle Zhang and Aunt Zhang, as well as your sister and brother-in-law."

Zhang Zezhen carefully looked at the boy in front of him who was about the same age as herself, although she was full of reading, but her eyes showed a slight look of arrogance, and she looked down on people, which was really unpleasant.

"Everyone, Chen Ce is polite." Chen Ce bowed deeply.

"Oh, this kid is really a talent, and now he is a high school scholar, what a pillar of talent!"

Chen Ce felt very proud when he heard Zhang Shanren's praise, but he still showed a humble appearance and said, "Uncle has won the award, just a jinshi, not to mention."

"Look at how educated this child is, let them learn from others and ask for advice."

While a few people were talking, a middle-aged man walked over, and this person was Chen Ce's father, Chen Zhong.

"Brother, I haven't seen you for a long time, and you still look so tough and young."

"Chen Zhong! Oh, is it really you?"

"Of course it's me!"

"I haven't seen you for many years, how did you become so chic, your face is full of spring, it seems that there are many happy events at home." new

"Where? Isn't this a few days ago, when the child passed the Jinshi exam, for fear of embarrassing the child, Mrs. asked me to clean it up quickly, and as a result, it became like this, hahaha, don't laugh at me, brother."

"How dare you?"

Zhang Zezhen and Xu Yue stood aside, and quietly watched the two of them blowing against each other, obviously it was their own big day, and they seemed to be congratulating Chen Ce on his high school jinshi, isn't this a bit noisy?

Everyone took their seats, Zhang Shanren raised his glass, stood up and said a toast: "Today, thank you relatives, friends, and neighbors for coming to my daughter and son-in-law's big day.

Give birth to a noble son early!"

Under Zhang Shanren's congratulations, everyone stood up and toasted together.

"Okay, everyone, please take a seat, today everyone eats openly, let go of drinking, and is enough!"

"Thank you for your hospitality!" Everyone said in unison.

"Brother-in-law, I heard that you are also preparing to take the Jinshi exam, how are you studying?" Chen Ce asked arrogantly.

"I'm just starting out, and it's not good or bad."

"Then it's time to hurry, Xiao Ce also reviewed for 2 years before he was admitted to a jinshi." Chen Ce added.

"Thank you uncle for your concern, I will definitely follow the teachings."

"If there is anything you don't understand, you can ask Chen Ce directly, he can help more or less."

"Brother-in-law, if you have any questions, you have to ask quickly, I will enter Beijing in a few days to take office, but I don't have a chance."

"Okay, thank you."

"It's okay, besides, you're not too young, you have to hurry up when you study, after all, we can't let women feed us, can we?"

Originally, Zhang Zezhen thought that it was very troublesome for these people to ask the east and west, but he didn't think that this Chen Ce would humiliate others after asking, how could he bear it.

"By the way, Xu Yue, I heard that after the high school entrance examination, what official position can I hold, does it depend on the situation of my family?"

Xu Yue instantly understood Zhenzhen's intentions, so he responded and said, "Yes, ordinary people can only go to the county seat in a remote area to be a county official, and no matter how bad it is, they can only be a teacher."

"Oh, huh? If you become a teacher, then why are you still admitted to the Jinshi? Isn't that a wasted effort?"

After Zhang Zezhen and Xu Yue finished speaking, they turned their heads and said to Chen Zhong again, "You said it right, right? Uncle!"

"Yes, yes!" Chen Zhong smiled awkwardly.

"I heard that your family is also a scholarly family, and your family also has several acres of land, how is it now? How many vegetables have been grown at home, do you want to open a restaurant in the town like me? It's making money!"

"No, no, Chen Ce will go to the capital in a few days, and our old couple won't spend much, and we can support ourselves by farming."

"Uncle, you can't say that. I heard my family Xu Yue say that the travel expenses and various expenses to the capital are very large, and the county officials generally don't have much money, how can you bear to endure hardships with a small strategy?"

Chen Ce felt that his face was gloomy, and he immediately grabbed the words and said, "Don't bother my sister, I copied books before and saved some silver taels, which is enough to support myself."

"Really? That's good, I also said, Xu Yue is my husband after all, anyway, Jinyulou and other businesses are okay, it is definitely enough for the daily life of the two of us, if you don't dislike it, I will prepare a generous gift for you to bring on the road."

"Since you've said so! Then I won't be nosy, what do you say, Xu Yue?"

"Madame is right, Brother Chen Ce has great ambitions, and he will definitely be a pillar of talent in the future, a rich and noble person, I will be different, I can only rely on you to feed!"

"Look at what you said, we are husband and wife, besides, when Jinyulou was killed, you also helped a lot, so naturally you have a share."

After Chen Ce heard that his generous gift had been lost, he regretted it and immediately repented and said, "My sister and brother-in-law are right, you really need to be entangled on the road to the capital, you see......

"In this case, mother, the remaining fruits and cakes today will be brought to Chen Ce, and if you are hungry along the way, you will save them."

"Don't worry, Chen Ce, what do you want to eat, tell your aunt, I'll let them make it for you and take it to the road to eat."

When Chen Ce heard this, his face immediately turned gloomy, and he looked at his father and mother, hoping that they could say something for him.

Of course, Chen Zhong understood his son's intentions, but he didn't have any skills, so he really didn't know what to say, so he could only eat with his head bored.

When Chen Ce's mother heard that her son was counted, she was naturally unwilling and reluctant.

"Zhenzhen, my uncle heard that Jinyulou's business has been good recently, and he has made a lot of money, right?"

"Uncle, don't you know, this is just the surface, the real situation is that Jinyulou earns a lot and spends a lot."

"There's always a lot of surplus!"

"You see, the monthly surplus, we have to pay everyone a monthly money, we also have to buy all kinds of ingredients and spices, and at the same time, we have to take care of all kinds of relationships, and the silver taels that fall into our hands are just enough for our lives, but we are just richer than others."

"Really? You see that Chen Ce is your younger brother, and he is a high school jinshi, so you should also say something?"

"Yes, you can take away the leftovers later, of course, there is also good wine, you can also take it away, my father won't let him drink it, my brothers are usually busy in the store, and they don't have time to drink."

Mother Chen saw that Zhang Zezhen didn't pay attention to her meaning at all, so she simply picked it out and said, "Zhenzhen, doesn't this mean a little uninteresting? Why don't you need some financial support?"

"Oh?" Zhang Zezhen did not answer her question immediately, but asked Zhang Yangshi: "Mother, how much gift money did my uncle and aunt bring when they came over today?"

"I really don't know about this, wait for me to have someone take a look."

"We've got five pennies with us." Chen's mother thought that the gift money she brought was already very heavy.

As everyone knows, Xu Yue almost laughed out of his mouth after hearing this, and Zhang Zezhen's face was so embarrassed that it was deformed.

Zhang Shanren and Zhang Yangshi also looked at each other and said, "Well, that should be the least."

"How is this possible? 5 hanging money! This is our family's harvest for a few months!"

Zhang Zezhen still didn't believe it, she stared at Chen Ce directly, but he just lowered his head silently.

She thought incredulously, could this be the legendary "poor happiness" and "sitting in the well and watching the sky"?

"Uncle, I didn't say it, 5 hangs is indeed a lot, this is two months' monthly money for our restaurant."

"What?" The three members of the Chen family looked at Zhang Zezhen with big eyes, and Chen Zhong's high head also bowed silently.

"Dad, mother, otherwise, let's load 5 taels of money for my uncle and aunt later, and then bring them some food, how about it?"

"Very good, very good!" Both the Zhang couple nodded in agreement.

The three members of the Chen family didn't dare to say anything more, although the status of merchants in ancient times was very low, but they did live a very wealthy life, which was incomparable to ordinary people, and even many official families.

"Shanren, don't come unharmed!"

"Mr. Lu, why are you here? Sit down, sit down!" Zhang Shanren hurriedly brought a stool for this person and invited him to sit beside him.

"Dad, who is this?" Zhang Zezhen looked at him suspiciously, only to see that this was an old man, with white hair and white beard, he looked very self-contained, a bit like a person from the official family.

"This is Daddy's great nobleman, the road is high! This is a five-grade official of the imperial court, he doesn't know how many golden champions he has cultivated, and now they are all the pillars of the country!"

After hearing this, everyone cast admiring glances.

"Our family is not an official family, how do you know Mr. Lu?"

"That's a long story! I think when I went to Beijing to take the exam, after I was lifted, there was no way to ask for help, and it happened that Mr. Lu took me in and asked me to be a recorder by his side, so that I could regain hope."

Zhang Zezhen: ......

"Don't be stupid, hurry up and meet Mr. Lu."

"Mr. Lu, chastity is polite."

"Mr. Lu, my son-in-law is polite."

"Teacher Lu, this is my daughter Zhang Zezhen, and this is my son-in-law Xu Yue."

"Oh, it's really a match for a woman, a match made in heaven!"

"Mr. Lu laughed, my appearance has nothing to do with my appearance, right?"