Haizhu only knew that Han Ji had come back last night when she was having dinner in the morning, and when she was sitting and talking with Mrs. Hou, she heard the sound of deliberately heavy footsteps, and her heart tightened, she looked up and called out to the second brother lightly, "You also arrived last night?" ”

"Hmm." Han Ji couldn't help laughing, he glanced at his mother, and said, "Dongzhu is here too?" It's rare to come here once, stay with your sister for a few more days, just treat it as your own home, don't be restrained. ”

Mrs. Hou glanced at Haizhu with her spare eyes, and saw that her expression did not change, as if she did not realize Han Ji's unfinished meaning. She had the heart to watch the excitement, but she had something important to say, not to give Han Ji a chance to play a sharp game, and took everyone to the study after dinner, saying: "Xiwang came back just right, and what I want to say has something to do with you." ”

She briefly mentioned what she had heard the night before yesterday and said: "I think so, the pedantic and stinky rules of the capital cannot be brought to Quang Nam, the people of Quang Nam live by the sea, men are born to go to the sea to fish, women live by the sea to support a family, they all advocate strength and self-improvement, and the set of rules pursued in the capital does not apply to the people who grow up in this land. If you copy the methods and rules of the capital, I am afraid that it will be difficult to govern this place, and the official school may not be able to accept students at that time, and a good thing will end. ”

Haizhu understood what she meant, and looked at the smiling woman with her eyes shining, she couldn't imagine that this noble lady would have such an idea. She was born in a powerful family, but she did not despise rural women, and even advocated not to use rules to restrain women who worked by their hands and feet.

"It's true, our seaside girls have been fluttering in the water since they were children, learning to swim in the river when they were children, fishing in the river when they grew up, catching the sea in the shallows, rolling up their trouser legs and rolling up their sleeves is the norm. If we are asked to put on skirts and cover our shoes, and wear hats to cover our faces when we go out, and if we don't go out of the gate or step out of the second door, then half of the restaurants on the street will be closed, and when the tide goes out, there will be no people on the beach, and even there will be no rice for cooking, no firewood, and men will have to buy back for food and drink. Haizhu said with a smile: "Then I am afraid that only one woman and two husbands can maintain a family, a man goes to sea to fish to support the family, and a man stays at home to chop firewood, carry water, buy vegetables and rice." ”

Admiral Han frowned, and he subconsciously retorted: "How can anyone restrain a woman from going out to catch the sea? ”

Mrs. Hou glanced at Haizhu, this girl dared to say more than her.

Han Ji had already understood the meaning, and he said: "When I am patrolling the sea, I will go to the official school to listen to lectures, and it is strictly forbidden for the master to teach inappropriate thoughts. ”

Mrs. Hou shook her head, and she said, "You only play the role of overseeing this matter, and leave the rest to me and Haizhu and Dongzhu." What do you think? No problem, right? ”

Han Ji glanced at Haizhu and said, "No problem." ”

As for Admiral Han, he was frightened by the sentence "one woman and two husbands", and said directly: "It's up to you, I don't care about this." ”

The father and son of the Han family were kicked out of the study, and Mrs. Hou grabbed Haizhu and asked her what she thought.

"The master will train before sending out, what should be said and what should not be said, everything is clearly written, and if it is found that Yin Feng Yang is violated, he will be driven out of Guangnan." Haizhu pondered and said, "The hired master must also be selected, the old and old-fashioned ones should not be selected, and the books that children read must also be selected." ”

Mrs. Hou nodded, she sharpened her notes and motioned for Haizhu to continue.

"Master also has to have an assessment every year, you can accept some literate girls to keep by your side, Admiral Han has strategists around you, you should also have them, you have ideas to pass on, they will do the questions, and you will review them last." Haizhu said.

"I think you're a perfect fit, what do you think?" Mrs. Hou smiled and asked, "It would be good if you were from my family, we can get along, talk together, I have ideas for you to act, and the most important thing is that Han Ji also listens to you, I don't worry about someone getting in the way." ”

"This is a long-term matter, and someone needs to be in charge of supervising it for a long time...... Haizhu was full of thoughts, and she said to the horse: "As for the selection of the master, I think we can start from the subordinates, who know best the words and deeds of everyone in the master's courtyard." ”

Mrs. Hou nodded with a smile, "Well, good way, I think you are the most suitable person more and more." ”

"I also have my own business...... Haizhu couldn't go on, she glanced at Dongzhu, held her cheeks and confessed a little embarrassed: "Your son is pursuing me, if I and him become successful in the future, this matter will be covered by me." ”

Chapter 149: You have to be like your mother and think more about yourself

Dongzhu sat on the side dumbfounded, she subconsciously frowned, her face full of unhappiness and unhappiness.

Mrs. Hou laughed loudly, Haizhu's temperament really had an appetite for her, She walked to the door and asked the maid to call Han Ji and his father to come over, turned around and sat opposite Haizhu, and said, "What do you think of my son?" ”

Haejoo nodded, but didn't speak.

"Our family knows his thoughts about you except for his long life, and he told me his thoughts on the way south from Beijing, He wants to marry you and enter the door, I have no problem with his father."

Dongzhu raised her head and rolled her eyes.

"Let's talk about the assessment of the master." Haizhu wanted to change the subject.

"There's no urgency in this matter, I'll arrange for the old housekeeper to privately gather the people from the Master's Courtyard and ask them in detail, and you can brush up the seven, seven, eight, eight." Mrs. Hou said with a smile.

Footsteps sounded outside the door, Han Ji and his father walked in one after another, and Admiral Han wondered, "Didn't you say that I don't care about this?" Why did you call me over again? ”

"I called you here for your son's marriage." Mrs. Hou glanced at Haizhu, and when she saw her raise her eyes and look at Han Ji, she was very happy in her heart, this girl had her son in her heart.

Han Ji and Haizhu met their eyes, his nervous palms were sweaty, and he was confused, he didn't know what the situation was, and sat down apprehensively.

Admiral Han glanced at Haizhu and said, "Xiwang is the boss is not small, and he can start a family." ”

"Xiwang, you like Haizhu, right?" Mrs. Hou deliberately asked, "I asked Haizhu, and she said she didn't know what you wanted. ”

"Yes, I adore her." Han Ji replied quickly.

Haizhu smiled unconsciously when she heard this, she guessed Mrs. Hou's intentions, and she wondered how to make a decision in her heart.

The first time Dong Zhu heard these two words outside the book, she was ashamed and angry, her little face was thin red, and she glanced at him hatefully.

Han Ji didn't notice it, his attention was on Haizhu.

"Haizhu, what do you think? Our family agrees with this marriage, and if you are interested, your uncle and I will bring a matchmaker to the door another day. Mrs. Hou asked again.

Haizhu didn't give an answer immediately, she didn't have the idea of not marrying, and she knew in her heart that no one was more suitable for her than Han Ji, she could pretend to be stupid and stunned when he explicitly hinted before, but now it is the elders who come forward to ask for advice, and she can't be vague anymore.

"Actually, I'm not in a hurry about this...... Han Ji opened his mouth to relieve her, "I still have a lot of things to do, and the marriage can be put on hold again." ”

"Stupid thing." Mrs. Hou picked up the teacup and threw it at him, "Why did I give birth to such a stupid thing as you?" Get out if you can't speak. ”

The whole family is trying to give him, he is a fool and doesn't help, he doesn't say, and he follows the hindrance.

Haizhu smiled and fanned the flames: "He's not in a hurry, then let it go first." ”

Han Ji heard the meaning, he didn't care about the tea leaves on the clothes, and hurriedly said, "I'm in a hurry, I'm in a hurry." ”

Dongzhu couldn't help but snort coldly.

The others looked at her, her face was hot, and she sat honestly with her mouth pursed.

"I'm still young, and the marriage can be set first, but the wedding date can't be rushed, and I don't plan to get married in the past two years." Haizhu smiled and said solemnly: "I can make my own decisions about my marriage, uncle, if you agree with my idea, you will send a matchmaker to propose marriage." If you are in a hurry to let Han Ji marry a wife and start a family, you can consider changing people. ”

"I'm not in a hurry." Han Ji immediately expressed his attitude.

Admiral Han glanced at him with disgust, turned his head and said, "You can discuss this matter by yourself, and it is better to settle it as soon as possible, so as not to cause right and wrong in the marriage of Xiwang." ”

"What do you mean by that? The emperor has the idea of getting married? Han Ji sensed the meaning.

"A few days ago, your third cousin came with a letter asking about your marriage, so that we can have a suitable candidate for you first." Mrs. Hou spoke, she smiled at Haizhu and said, "It's rare that the two of you are interested in each other, if you can make a decision as soon as possible, you can also reduce the turmoil." ”

"Then settle it." Haizhu held her cheeks, and after choosing a master, she was not worried that she would be constrained in her words and deeds and teach the rules when she married in the future.

"Only the marriage, not the marriage date?" Dongzhu asked uneasily.

"Yes, don't worry, your sister still lives with you." Han Ji promised, "Your sister is married to me, you are still her sister, and you can still live with her." ”

Dongzhu didn't want to pay attention to him, and after a glance, he withdrew his gaze, and a black face smiled like a pattern on the turtle's back, ugly.

"Okay, you go down, Haizhu, I'll leave the matter of choosing a master to you, and I'll look west for you to give Haizhu a hand." Mrs. Hou leaned back in her chair and ordered in a bright mood: "Go out and call the old butler." ”

The three of them walked out of the study, Han Ji fell behind with interest, he raised his eyes to look at the sky, there was a sense of unreality of dreaming, he was still thinking about how to please people last night, and the kung fu marriage was decided in the blink of an eye?

"Sister, when are we going back?" Dongzhu asked, "I want to go back." ”

"I'll be back in two or three days, and I'll take you to the streets later." Haizhu glanced back and said, "Just the two of us going shopping, no one will bring it." ”

Han Ji was surprised, and he said, "There is something in the barracks, I will go out later and come back in the evening." ”

When he arrived at the front yard, a middle-aged man who looked like a housekeeper came to greet him, he took out two pieces of paper from his sleeve and handed them to Haizhu, saying, "Girl, this is the little one that Madame asked you to hand over." ”

Haizhu unfolded it and glanced at it, and at the top was written the three words of Master's Courtyard, and she roughly scanned it on the paper, which wrote who was available and who was not. She had only proposed a way to find out through her subordinates a moment ago, and the ink on the paper had already dried, and it was obvious that Mrs. Hou had already thought of this idea.

Haizhu folded the paper and handed it to the steward, her face was a little embarrassed, and she was ashamed of playing a big knife in front of Guan Gong.

"Send it away if it doesn't meet the requirements, but you don't have to explain the reason, let the next person continue to pay attention." She said.

"Yes." The steward stepped aside.

Haizhu glanced at Han Ji and said, "Uncle Niang is very powerful, no wonder she can raise a son like you." ”

Han Ji: ......

He probably guessed the ins and outs of the matter, although it was out of place, but he agreed with her words, "My father has been fighting abroad all the year round, and the affairs inside and outside the Houfu rely on my mother, you don't look at her kind eyebrows and eyes, you think she is just a pampered lady, she is very capable, thoughtful and transparent, she may have experienced a lot of things, she is more open-minded than I imagined." ”

"Very open-minded and very far-sighted." Haizhu pulled Dongzhu out, and when she went out, she saw the slave stepping on the ladder to clean the gray sand on the stone lion's body, she turned to look inside, and a shadow wall blocked her vision.

She has no worries about the days after marrying into this family, but is full of expectations.

"We're out playing." She spoke to Han Ji calmly, and didn't think that the marriage was any different from the past, "You should also go and get busy, by the way, is the clam on the house or on the island?" ”

"On the island, do you want to come with me?" The words were said to Dongzhu.

Dongzhu shook her head.

"Then you go to play, bring a grandma, and if you don't want to come back for dinner at noon, send someone back to say something." Han Ji walked down the stone steps quickly, grabbed the reins and turned over on the horse, he said that it was not a lie that he had something to do with the barracks.

The two black horses rushed away, Haizhu led Dongzhu down the stone steps and walked in the direction of the market, and the steward led a grandmother out to let her take it, Haizhu waved and refused.

Leaving the street where the General's Mansion was located, the quiet environment receded like a tide, and the cries of selling and fireworks poured in together. There was a clanging sound, and a vendor approached with a grass target filled with rattles of various shapes and colors.

"Miss, buy a rattle and take it back for the children to play with?"

Haizhu paid for it and let Dongzhu choose it.

"I have it at home." Dongzhu said.

"Then choose a different pattern and play with it." Haizhu asked for a few pennies, gave the copper plate, took a rattle with a cat painted on the top, and handed it to Dongzhu.

The jingling sound was far away, Dongzhu shook the rattle in her hand, and she whispered: "Sister, you don't have to worry about me, I'll be fine in a few days." ”

Haizhu understands this feeling, she was not happy when her sister got married in her previous life, her brother-in-law is a good person, but she just can't get used to him, and thinks that he destroyed their home.

"I thought you were going to oppose it on the spot, but I didn't expect you to say anything more than snorting coldly." She put her arm around her sister's shoulders and said, "You've grown up too." ”

"I'm not stupid, you're obviously willing, what am I against? It's not that you can't tell the difference, and I want you to be happy. Dongzhu slapped her, hugged her waist instead, and continued to mumble in a low voice: "I don't interfere with your affairs with Fengping, and it is not our turn to oppose what you want to do, you have to be like a mother, think more about yourself." ”

"What's the crap? You are willing to leave me, and I am reluctant to leave you. Haizhu stretched out her hand to wipe away her tears, "I got married very early, we still live together, and we will marry in the future, you will also come with me, and we will be neighbors." ”

Dongzhu didn't want to cry, but she couldn't control her tears, she wiped away her tears with her sleeve, and after a while, she said with a crying voice: "That's okay." ”

"Why do you cry more when you get older? Let's go, I'll take you to the bookstore. ”

The sisters hung out in the bookstore for half an hour, and then went to the teahouse to eat refreshments and listen to the commentary. When she heard that there was a academy in Fucheng, Haizhu asked her to drive her to the academy in the afternoon, only to find that the academy was empty, not only did there be no students, but even the master was not there.

"Classes started during the sea ban period, and at other times everyone was busy with their own things, and the students couldn't get together, so they simply stopped classes." The old man with open teeth who took care of the flowers and plants in the academy told Haizhu that he stared at her with cloudy old eyes and asked, "But you want to send your brother to study?" If the sea ban period comes again, what should I do at this time? Don't spend time listening to books in the school. I forgot to learn, I forgot to learn, and I stumbled and memorized those books every year. ”

Haizhu returned disappointed, and the next day she asked the people in the house to look for a woman who could write and read, and two days later, twelve literate people came to the house, seven unmarried girls, and five married women. She asked these people if they would like to leave the city to teach at the official school, only two girls were willing to give it a try, and the remaining ten people Haizhu did not let them go, but gave them a new position, and they formed a team of ten people in twos and twos, and every month they arranged shifts and boats to go to the official schools on various docks to inspect.

After doing these things, Haizhu took Dongzhu and Han Ji to the island to see the clams. The clams peeled off the outer shell, the wavy lines are still there, the inside is polished smooth, as warm as the glaze of porcelain, and as dazzling as a pearl, the whole body is milky white, with a Buddha's hand, it does give people a sense of holiness.

"Do you like it?" Han Ji asked, he walked around the clams, and said, "I intend to ask the craftsman to change the appearance of the Buddha's hand, what do you like?" Carving a turtle? When the time comes, move into the general's mansion and put water on it to raise turtles. ”

"Turtle farming?" Dongzhu came back to his senses, "There is no shortage of ponds in your house, you use this to raise turtles?" It's not like wiping your ass with gold paper. ”

Haizhu sneered.

"I'm just making an analogy." Han Ji was amused and continued: "Such a big thing, it's in the way anywhere, when the time comes, you can put a futon on it for you to sleep on, do you want it?" ”

Dongzhu's heart was moved, she gestured and said, "Two halves of shells, my sister and I are one and a half." ”

"Okay, when you get married, you will be carried over as a dowry." Han Ji nodded, and he said to the craftsman: "Find the housekeeper to ask for some good wood to make a suitable bed support and make two beds." ”