"Commander Li doesn't seem to be in Luoyang recently," Yan asked with a smile holding a teacup.

"Recently, I have been on some official business, and I have been on a trip to other places, and I happen to be free today, so I accompanied my brother to visit my aunt and uncle. ”

"Hehe, Commander Li is too polite, I heard that Commander Li's eldest sister bought a manor in Lingzhou, is it true?"

At this time, Ah Ling's father next to him finally couldn't help coughing lightly, interrupting his wife's inquiry, he smiled and said to Jiu Zhi: "Listen to Ah Ling, you sold the house in Luoshui North District?"

Knowing his wife Mo Ruofu, Ah Ling's father turned the topic to the house, which immediately aroused Yan's strong interest, she temporarily put Li Zhen aside, and looked at Jiuzhi sharply with eyes like crabs, as if she had removed Jiuzhi even with the belt bones, she couldn't stand even her son Jiang Lin with this kind of vision, and turned her head to deliberately talk to Yao Xi

Jiu Zhi's face was flushed, panicked and confused, as if he had done a big mistake, under the gaze of Yan's knife, he couldn't keep any secrets in his heart, and honestly confessed everything, "I." I bought that house, bought it for 300 yuan, sold it for 350 yuan, and I had a total of 2,100 yuan in my hand, and I planned to buy another house near Nanshi. ”

When Yan heard that Jiu Zhi had two thousand one hundred yuan in his hand, his eyes softened slightly, and he nodded and said: "Although the house in Beishi is cheap, it is relatively cold, if Xiaopang wants to buy a house near Nanshi, I can introduce one, I have a cousin-"

Ah Ling couldn't help but interrupt his wife's words again, and whispered: "Cousin's house can't be bought"

"Why can't you buy it?"

Yan glared at her husband fiercely, "He borrowed so much money from us, do you want to pay it back?"

At this time, Li Zhen suddenly felt that it was better to lead the topic to himself, and he smiled: "Xiao Ye performed very well in this polo competition, and General Wu also admired him, and he talked about Xiao Ye with me yesterday." ”

Although Li Zhen and the Yan family have been together for a short time, he has already touched a little bit of Yan's pulse, to put it bluntly, she just cares about her own interests, she tried desperately to please herself before, because her son's future is related to herself, and she cares about Jiuzhi's house because it concerns her daughter's interests, so Li Zhen turned the topic back to her son's interests, and there was an immediate effect.

Yan immediately forgot about Jiuzhi's house and eagerly asked Li Zhen, "What did General Wu say?"

Everyone else in the lobby breathed a sigh of relief, and Li Zhen smiled: "I think Xiao Ye is smart and clever, and I want to transfer him to the internal guard, but General Wu refuses to say that I am robbing him of his talents." ”

"And then?"

Li Zhen smiled and continued: "Then I said to General Wu, let Xiao Ye decide for himself, if he is willing to stay in Qianniuwei, I will not force him." ”

Of course, the Yan family hopes that his son can enter the internal guard, the internal guard is well paid, the status is relatively high, and the reputation is better than that of Qianniuwei, and more importantly, Li Zhen may take more care of his son because of Jiuzhi.

Yan Shi began to be excited, she is actually a daughter to marry Jiu Zhi is not bad, at least her son will be beneficial, of course, if Li Zhen is willing to marry his daughter, it would be best, but this is obviously unrealistic.

At this time, the housekeeper said in the hall: "Madam, dinner is ready"

Yan Shi hurriedly smiled and said, "Dinner is ready, let's take a seat."

Everyone got up one after another and followed the master to the dining hall, Jiu Zhi looked at the emptiness and asked Yao Xi in a low voice: "Xiaoxi, do you say there is any hope today?"

Xiao Shen pointed at Li Zhen and laughed quietly: "Since Brother Zhen is here, I don't think it's a big problem." ”

Tonight, the Jiang family's wine banquet was extraordinarily rich, with delicious food and wine, a table was full, everyone was humble for a moment, and each took their seats, this time there was no need for Li Zhen to guide the topic again, Yan took the initiative to turn the topic to the marriage of Jiuzhi and A Ling.

She picked up her wine glass and smiled at Li Zhen and Jiuzhi: "Actually, I don't object to the matter of Xiaopang and Ah Ling, but my Ah Ling grew up in a honey pot since she was a child, and we are afraid that she will suffer if she marries a bad person, but we have observed Xiaopang's situation for a long time, and we are basically quite satisfied, I can agree to this marriage." ”

At this time, Yan suddenly thought of giving her husband a little face and asking him to say a few words, so she smiled at her husband and said, "You should also make a statement."

Ah Ling's father said after a while: "Marriage is a major event in life, I hope to meet the parents of the wine boy again, and if everyone is satisfied, this marriage will be decided." ”

Jiu Zhi's heart was about to explode with joy, Ah Ling's mother was the biggest obstacle to their marriage, as long as she agreed, everything would be logical.

As for his parents, it will not be any obstacles, Jiuzhi hurriedly said: "I will go back and write a letter today, and invite my father to Luoyang as soon as possible to meet my uncle and aunt." ”

Yan Shi smiled again and said: "There is also the matter of buying a house, let us help you find it, we will definitely find a good and cheap house for you." ”

Jiuzhi hesitated, he heard Ah Ling say that her mother prefers to be greedy and cheap, and the house is not as cheap as other things, and it will be over if she buys a murderous house cheaply

So he still wants to be in charge of such a big thing as buying a house, so he said cautiously: "Thank you aunt for your kindness, I have more friends in Qianniuwei, they have a wide range, and many friends have recommended several houses to me, I want to take a look at it in the next few days." ”

Yan Shi heard that Jiu Zhi had rejected her kindness, she was a little unhappy in her heart, and her face sank, Li Zhen could see it clearly, so she added with a smile: "Jiu Zhi means that he is looking for a few houses, but it is best to hope that you can get an idea for him." ”

"That's right," Li Zhen kicked Jiu Zhi again.

Jiu Zhi suddenly came to his senses, and hurriedly nodded: "That's the case, I'm inexperienced, and I still hope that my aunt will take a lot of trouble and help me get ideas." ”

Yan's face softened slightly, although she was not looking for the house, but in the end she was the one who made the decision, and she still gave her enough face.

Yan's mood improved again, and he chuckled: "I, as a mother, of course I will think about my daughter, don't worry, my vision of the house will not be wrong, and I will definitely satisfy you." ”

Jiuzhi secretly thought in her heart, she may not be satisfied if she is satisfied, no matter what, in order to marry Ah Ling, she should regard it as a filial piety to her mother-in-law

Li Zhen whispered quietly on the side: "Pick a house that you are satisfied with and give her a choice." ”

Jiuzhi suddenly woke up, there was no problem with him doing a good job of the first level, and his mood suddenly improved, he picked up the wine glass and bowed down and smiled: "I will first honor my aunt and uncle with this glass of wine."

Coming out of Ah Ling's house, it was already dark, Yao Xi hurried back to the palace, Li Zhen and Jiu Zhi rode slowly to the official office of Quanshan Fang, at this time, the joy of the successful marriage had passed, Jiu Zhi's mood became a little low again, thinking that Ah Ling's mother was so strong and snobbish, he was troubled for a while, Jiu Zhi suddenly shouted in a low voice, "I don't like this mother-in-law"

Li Zhen understood Jiuzhi's mood very well, no one would be happy to see such a mother-in-law, he patted Jiuzhi on the shoulder, smiled and comforted him: "You are going to marry Ah Ling, what does it matter what her mother looks like? Anyway, you don't live together, as long as the new house you buy is far away from her house, don't worry about these little things." ”

Jiu Zhi thought of the gentle and beautiful Ah Ling, and felt a lot more comfortable, yes, there is no perfect thing, there is such a mother-in-law, even if it is the price paid for marrying A Ling, he sighed lowly, "I now understand why Xiao Ye wants to move out and live." ”

When it came to Xiao Ye, Li Zhen remembered something, and couldn't help but smile slightly: "Haven't you shown up?" Since I said that Xiao Ye may enter the internal guard, Ah Ling's mother's attitude has changed, I think the key to the success of your marriage is Xiao Ye, for the success of your marriage, I decided to ask Wu Youxu to ask the important person, and arrange Xiao Ye to come to the internal guard, and arrange it under you. ”

Jiuzhi was grateful, and he said in a low voice: "I'm afraid that there are too many relatives and friends in Neiwei, which will affect your reputation." ”

Li Zhen laughed, "You have to worry too much, you see that I also pulled Li Pan into the internal guard, how did his father treat me at the beginning? Because I have figured it out now, if you want to really control the internal guard, you have to bring in your relatives and friends, and you still rely on father and son soldiers to go into battle, isn't it?"

"That's the truth, more friends are easier to do, Lao Li, don't tell you, my brothers heard that I was going to buy a house, and they were all enthusiastic to introduce me to the house, I have at least seven houses to choose from, and the price is not expensive, so I refused to let Ah Ling's mother help me find a house, and actually wanted me to buy her cousin's house, and I didn't want to kill me."

"What's going on with that house?" asked Li Zhen with a smile.

"It's a murderous house"

Jiu Zhixiang looked left and right, and said in a low voice: "That house died in thirty years two owners, both died of illness in the prime of life, although it is located in Zeshanfang, the place is good, but no one dares to buy it, Ah Ling's cousin only spent eighty yuan to buy the house, but within a few years his wife died of illness, I heard A Ling say, her cousin owes their family two hundred yuan, unable to repay, it is estimated that my future mother-in-law just wants me to pay two hundred yuan to buy the house, she thinks very beautifully, both have a house, and pay off the debt, but I am not there"

"Your mother-in-law is very fine, be careful in the future"

"Yes, this time I came to the door, and she hinted to me that she lacked a pair of gold bracelets, didn't she just let me buy them?"

Li Zhen couldn't help laughing, and Jiuzhi sighed again: "Thinking about it, I still think that buying a house can maintain its value, my father may feel ashamed of me, and he also wants to buy another house for me, where do you think it's better to buy a house?"

Li Zhen thought for a while and said with a smile: "I won't tell you, I also plan to buy a house in Chang'an, after the death of the female emperor, sooner or later the Li family will ascend the throne, I estimate that they will still move the capital back to Chang'an, so take advantage of the low housing prices in Chang'an now, hurry up and buy a house in Chang'an first, it is estimated that in more than ten years, the housing prices in Chang'an will increase several times." ”

Jiu Zhi had a feeling of waking up like a dream, and he also said excitedly: "You are right, you should also buy a house in Chang'an." ”

The two of them talked and walked, and soon came to the Internal and Foreign Affairs Department, at this time, the chief bookkeeper Yang Xin came out and whispered a few words to Li Zhen, Li Zhen understood, nodded and smiled: "I'll go see her"