"Tanlang."

"Huh?"

"You...... Is there anything you want to say? ”

"Is it so obvious?"

"What do you say?"

Zhen put down the bowl and looked at Ouyang Rong across the table with a smile, and he took one of the chopsticks upside down.

Speaking of which, in the past two days, she found that Tan Lang was a little depressed, as if he had come back the night before.

In the past two days, he has only stared at the nearest dish in front of him. At first, Ban Xi ran over to Zhen to report the good news, saying that Lang Jun liked to eat the Silla special meat loaf she made, but Zhen changed the plate of clear water tofu and put it in front of Tan Lang the next day, and he "didn't like" to eat it, and he didn't touch the Silla special style with chopsticks...... directly put the Silla maid in order, and the little face was depressed for a long time.

Not only eating, but Tan Lang also looked absent-minded when he walked in Merlot Garden, and Zhen sometimes called him three times to respond, and his first answer must be "Ahhh......h Good".

Zhen is the kind of traditional beautiful woman, who is a husband and a child who does not go out of the door, and only concentrates on family affairs, and now she is the same in Merlot Garden, she is responsible for Ouyang Rong's three meals a day, washing and sleeping every day, and there is no girlfriend socializing and spring shopping in her free time, and she never shows her head.

It's okay to bask in the sun in the yard and eat melon seeds, occasionally train the maids, and sometimes recall the life of dancing knives and guns in the girlhood, but she is already the mother of the family, and it is impossible to do such an unseemly thing in front of the maids.

As for the embroidery girl, housework or something, she doesn't need to come now, a little more interesting thing is to go to Tan Lang's private study to clean up in person, the study is not handed over to the maid, she comes, by the way, curiously touch, look at his paper, ink, pen, inkstone, calligraphy and painting anthology or something, although in addition to her and Tan Lang's name Zhen does not know a few words, I can't understand these, but it does not hinder the woman's little interest.

In addition, Zhen's daily mood is the best and most anticipated time, probably when he has dinner with Tan Lang, during which he can listen to him talk about some new things outside.

It's just that, except for the marriage event, she doesn't ask about any official affairs and personal relations of Ouyang Rong, she just sits upright and listens quietly, and when she bows her head to eat, the pair of clever Danfeng eyes look up carefully at the subtle expression on Tan Lang's face.

It's one of the few daily pleasures.

Therefore, Zhen is very good at observing words and feelings, and he pays the most attention to this beloved nephew, and his slightest abnormality cannot escape these pair of Danfeng eyes. So now that the two of them were eating dinner around the table, seeing Ouyang Rong's appearance of wanting to speak and stopping, she immediately asked.

"Tan Lang has something to say, it's not like he wants to kick his aunt out, right?"

Zhen snorted and reached out to correct the chopsticks he was holding in his hand.

Ouyang Rong was a little embarrassed and said, "I want to borrow some money from my aunt......"

"Borrow?"

"Yes, the nephew must be returned, waiting for the hair."

Zhen seemed to smile: "Isn't all the money here in the slave family yours, just take it, what to borrow, your monthly income is also sent by the yamen, and I will help you take care of the income of Lu rice and vocational fields, Tan Lang forgot?" ”

Ouyang Rong was stunned for a moment, and immediately nodded, "That's good, nephew...... Take some, and the rest of the aunt will continue to hold it for me and keep the family. ”

"How much does it cost, but you can't take it all, I am also going to go to Xishikou Maxing in a few days to pick a beautiful maid for you, it is estimated that it will cost a lot." Now the Western Regions Ji, Bodhisattva Man, and Silla Maiden are all very expensive, and those brainless rich merchants are driving up the price."

"What kind of maid to buy? Nephews don't need it, aunts, don't waste money and follow the trend to accumulate slaves, those slaves are also poor people. ”

Zhen nodded: "It's a poor person, then I have to buy a few more back, let Tan Lang love them, and give them a warm bed." ”

"......" makes sense to be good at stepping on a horse, but it is a bit of a waste of kidneys.

"We'll talk about that later." Ouyang Rong was speechless, waved his hand perfunctorily, and said seriously: "How about my aunt give me ten yuan of money." ”

Zhen just hesitated, then immediately nodded, "Okay, I'll get it for you after eating." ”

At this time, there was still very little silver in circulation, and most of the money on the market was traded with copper coins and silk, and the money was equivalent to 1,000 Wen, and the purchasing power was already very strong.

A middle-aged slave in Kouma is about six or seven times, of course, the value of the local disaster year must have depreciated now, and ten times can buy nearly two hundred stones of rice before the flood, and the rather elegant Merlot Garden where Ouyang Rong and the Zhen family live now is only forty or fifty yuan.

However, there is no concept of speculation at the moment, and buying a house also depends on household registration and identity, not all money can buy it.

As for Ouyang Rong's Yulu, because Longcheng County has a population of more than 6,000 households, it is a Shang County, and he is the county commander of Zhengqipin, and his monthly salary is more than two times.

However, the official's salary is not only silver, but also includes rice and allocated fields, and there are some similar year-end bonuses, which are converted into about four per month on average.

On the whole, the officials of the Great Zhou Dynasty are okay, but if they live in Luoyang and Chang'an, it is not enough.

Ouyang Rong dipped his fingers in water and wrote and drew on the table, bowed his head and calculated.

Zhen thought about it, but still asked, "Why does Tan Lang want so much money?" ”

I saw that the young county commander didn't raise his head and said, "Go to Yuanming Tower." ”

Zhen was stunned for a moment, and the half-thin waiter next to him also had strange eyes, they had lived in Longcheng County for a while, and they knew that Yuanminglou was not only the largest restaurant in the local area, but also a place for girls who were not clothed in clothes but were both virtuous and artistic.

Well, in fact, it is the Qinglou, but in the current Great Zhou Dynasty, the Qinglou is still a relatively formal place, there are a lot of people who sell their art and do not sell their bodies, and the search for flowers and willows does not occupy the main business, mainly the elegant place for literati and ink writers, gentry and wealthy businessmen to socialize, and it is very popular among the literati.

But...... The upright gentleman's Tan Lang is going to the Qinglou?

Zhen and Ban Xi remembered the strange hobby that day that Tan Lang accidentally "exposed".

The beautiful woman said solemnly: "Tanlang, don't go there, my aunt will give you more money, and I will go to the West Market tomorrow to buy a docile and beautiful maid, you can choose whatever you want, the more expensive will be more expensive, there are some things...... Auntie understands, she can't suffocate it. ”

“？？？” Ouyang Rong.

……

The morning of the second day.

Longcheng County Ya.

A young county magistrate with a bulging waist bag straightened his waist, walked into the county hall in Xitang with his back hand, and knocked on the table to Diao Xiancheng, who was dozing off at work early in the morning.

"Ah...... Why did Mingtang come, sinful and guilty, and a little sleepy when he was old. Diao Xiancheng hurriedly got up to greet him.

"It's okay, just a little thing, and I'll leave when I'm done." After a pause, Ouyang Rong nodded again: "But Master Diao is really old and strong, come early in the morning to catch up on sleep." ”

"......" Diao Xiancheng said helplessly: "Mingtang, don't take down the official and joke, the next official is a bad wife, and there are only five sets of regular clothes for the four seasons...... By the way, what Mingtang wants to explain, please speak. ”

Ouyang Rong said calmly: "The day after tomorrow, Yuanminglou, Lord Diao will call all the squires and wealthy businessmen you know in this county for me, as well as the famous scholars, it is best not to miss any of them." ”

Diao Xiancheng was only stunned for a moment, and then said happily: "Okay, good, the lower officials will arrange it, let them hurry up and set the wine, and make up a feast for Mingtang, haha Mingtang, they have admired you for a long time, and they have long wanted to meet their parents, and they have also entrusted the lower officials for a long time, and I have pushed a lot of ...... when I saw that Mingtang was inconvenient."

Ouyang Rong, who turned around and was about to go out, suddenly interrupted:

"You're mistaken, it's not that they invited me, it's the official who invited them with wine, go, all of them are called over, they are all people of the county, the official can't favor one over the other, you have to take care of... Caring and caring. ”

Diao County, who often wears no more than five sets in four seasons, paused.

……