Chapter 6 The Second Son
After receiving the news of his son's injury, He Jingting drove to the capital day and night!
Taishi Qiu and his daughter greeted him in person, and arranged for He Jingting to live with his son He Zhuowen in the Taishifu Annex.
The extraordinary courtesy of Master Qiu and Miss Qiu made Old Man He very flattered, but he was faintly uneasy.
With the dignity of Qiu Rang's status and status, but he respects himself very much, Miss Qiu does not say anything respectful to herself, but takes care of her son very thoughtfully, and never leaves all day long, and the two of them feel delicate between their eyebrows.
Sure enough, when He Jingting saw that his son's injury was no longer in trouble, he resigned to Taishi Qiu, Taishi Qiu finally expressed his intention to recruit Zhuowen as his son-in-law.
According to common sense, being able to marry the prince of the current dynasty, even if it is a wealthy one, is a great joy worth rejoicing!
But He Jingting's difficulty is that Zhuo Wen has a marriage contract for a long time!
When He Zhuowen was six years old, Zhao Mingcheng, a family friend of the He family and a wealthy businessman in Longyou County, gave birth to a daughter in the concubine room of Master Zhao.
When He Jingting took his son to Daohe, Master Zhao, who was already very fond of He Zhuowen, proposed on the spot to marry the two children, and He Jingting readily agreed!
This incident is a household name in Longyou, and it is also rumored to be a good story.
Now that Master Qiu wants to recruit Zhuo Wen as his son-in-law, how to teach Master He not to be embarrassed?
But what made him even more unexpected was that Taishi Qiu actually told the marriage contract first!
Master Qiu said that Zhuo Wen had already made it clear to him about the marriage contract, but it was rare for the two children to be happy, so the only way to do this was to dissolve the marriage contract.
Master Qiu also said that if there is difficulty in dissolving the marriage contract, he can come forward if necessary.
He Jingting was still hesitating, but he heard that his son also meant the same thing, so he had to agree.
But before leaving, He Jingting still went to confirm with his son.
Zhuo Wen said earnestly, saying that his relationship with Miss Qiu was put aside first, that is, without Miss Qiu, he had intended to dissolve the marriage contract.
Since he was a child, he got along with Zhao Duxue, the young lady of the Zhao family, and there was brother and sister love, but there was no love between men and women, but Twilight Xue was closer to Zhuo Wu, who was closer to the age, so it was good for both parties to dissolve the marriage contract.
Since his son said so, He Jingting didn't think about him, and as soon as Longyou returned, he went to the Zhao family with a shy old face to discuss the dissolution of the marriage contract.
Master Zhao, who was originally full of joy and thought that he had won a champion son-in-law, heard that the He family was going to dissolve the marriage contract, and he was angry at He Jingting!
But as soon as I heard that it was related to the Taishi Mansion, the anger was instantly extinguished, and there was only smoke left!
Coupled with his daughter's comfort on the side, it was good to explain it, Zhao Mingcheng had to reluctantly agree, could it be that he really wanted the master to come to the door in person?
He Jingting felt extremely guilty in his heart, but fortunately, the matter was finally resolved!
But just as he was about to leave, Zhao Mingcheng suddenly slapped his thigh again, and said, Don't you He Jingting still have a son? Let him come up!
He Jingting hurriedly said: "This ...... Again, again. After saying that, he quickly slipped away.
He thought to himself, isn't the lesson of the boss profound enough? Let the second child take the top again, if there is another accident in the future, I won't have to lose people again?
Now it has been ten years since He Zhuowen was the champion of high school and entered the Taishi Mansion.
Four years ago, Shan Chun, the secretary of the ministry, returned to his hometown, but Shen Maozhi, the servant of the ministry, was not promoted, but went to the Ministry of Rites to sit in Hu Qiliang's seat, and Hu Qiliang was promoted to the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, but He Zhuowen sat in the position of Shen Maozhi's servant and became the youngest three-grade member since the beginning of the dynasty!
And from the perspective of others, the position of the official secretary who has been waiting for the vacant position is none other than him!
He Zhuowen is on the rise in officialdom, and he and Qiu Junqian also have a pair of children, which can be described as happy!
And He Shilang's younger brother, the second son of the He family has also grown into a tall and handsome, Yushu windy boy, just taught the abbot of Wanmu Temple Zhixin a lesson, at this time is riding a horse down the mountain back to the city.
Inside the west gate of Longyou County, a vendor selling baked cakes is driving a family of three!
"Go, go, I make a living from this small base, how can I give you credit?"
The family of three had yellow faces and thin muscles, coarse cloth clothes full of wind and dust, sluggish eyes, dry white lips, and trembling when they stood there, thinking that they hadn't eaten rice for a few days.
I only heard the husband say: "Little brother, our family traveled far away to join relatives, passing through here, the entanglement is exhausted, the child has not eaten for two days, you are good, give us two pieces of bread on credit, and when we vote for relatives, we will pay you back!"
"I've said it all......"
"Tuk!"
Before the peddler had finished speaking, a piece of silver suddenly fell from the sky and landed in the cake box.
Then there was a slow sound of horses' hooves, and the man immediately said, "I have invited the baked cakes, and I will make more dishes for them." ”
The peddler looked at the knight's back, instantly smiled all over his face, and shouted: "Oh, second son, you are really a good man!"
turned around, looked at the piece of broken silver in the cake frame, and said to the family of three with jealousy: "You have really accumulated great virtue, I can't earn so much in a month!"
The husband was too excited to talk properly!
"Dare, dare to ask this, who is this son, who is who?"
The peddler glanced at him disdainfully, and raised the thumb of his right hand upward!
"This is our famous Longyou He Zhuo Wu He Second Son!"
He Mansion is located in the southwest of Longyou County, but He Zhuowu was not in a hurry to go home after entering the city, but rode along the street all the way to the east, until he stopped in front of a restaurant.
The restaurant plaque has three big characters "Tianweixuan".
The guys in the restaurant saw He Zhuowu arrive and greeted him early!
"Yo, the second son is here?!"
He Zhuowu didn't get off the horse either, and asked, "Have you prepared the fish head I ordered?"
"Yo, isn't it early for you to come today, the fish head is still steaming in the cage, and it's still a little hot, but you can take it away and eat it in a hurry, but the taste will be worse! Do you think you should take it now, or wait a little longer?"
He Zhuowu pouted, raised his head and was thinking, and suddenly smelled a rich sweet fragrance, which was wrapped in heat, which made He Zhuowu almost salivate, and hurriedly asked: "Where does the taste come from, so sweet?"
The guy stretched out his neck, fanned his nose a few times and said, "Oh, you don't know yet, right? A new pastry shop has opened on East Street, called 'Jincui Zhai', and the dim sum made is called delicious, especially the pineapple crisp, which is a must!"
"Oh?!" He Zhuowu remembered that the Zhao family's sister liked desserts the most on weekdays, so he had an idea, and said to the guy: "The fish head is still steaming, I'll go to the shop first." ”
"Come on, second son, please!"
He Zhuowu followed the fragrance all the way to the east, and sure enough, he soon saw the signboard of "Jincuizhai".
What's even more coincidental is that there is a familiar figure standing in front of the shop at this moment, it is a noble lady of about forty with a graceful demeanor.
The lady said to the guy who was packing in the shop, "Why don't you spare a few more pineapple cakes when you buy so many pastries?"
The guy hesitated a little, then wrapped a few more pieces of pineapple cake, and the lady smiled!
"That's right, come on, come on, how much does it cost?"
The man counted the points and said, "Madam, it's a penny and two cents in total." ”
"Oh, that's good, I'll come back often in the future!"
When the lady had finished speaking, she threw down a penny, took the pastry, and left.
The guy hurriedly held down the pastry and shouted, "Madam, this is unacceptable, our shop is newly opened, and the sale is not profitable, I can't explain to the shopkeeper like this!"
"Tut-tut, look at you, you're in a hurry, you can do business, you pay attention to doing business, you can't call your shopkeeper, I'll teach him!"
"No, it's not possible!" the guy just shook his head.
"Haha, Erniang, have you cut the price again?" He Zhuowu smiled at the noble lady.
This noble lady is Lan Hui, the current wife of He Jingting and the stepmother of the He brothers.
This Lan Hui was originally the maid of He Jingting's original wife Liu, capable and well-behaved, and won the trust of He Jingting and his wife.
It is said that the Liu family bled more than when he gave birth to Zhuowu, and forced He Jingting to marry Lan Hui before he died!
He Jingting had a deep affection for Liu, and was reluctant to marry Lan Hui, but later he often felt that Liu could see people.
It turns out that since Lan Hui married He Jingting, she can be said to be a good hand inside and out!
She not only took care of He Jingting and the two children comfortably, but also was very good at business, helping He Jingting make the He family's business prosperous!
So much so that in recent years, most of the He family's business has been managed by her, and He Jingting is happy to be a shopkeeper.
As soon as Lan Hui turned her head and saw that it was Zhuo Wu, her face was immediately full of loving smiles!
"Wu'er, why are you here too?"
He Zhuowu got off the horse, walked to Lan Hui, and responded: "I heard that there is a shop here, and the pineapple cake is delicious, thinking that Sister Duxue loves desserts the most, so I thought about buying some and sending them." ”
Lan Hui clapped her hands and said, "You want it!"
And he took a penny of silver for the man who was jumping to his feet in a hurry.
"Okay, okay, one penny and two cents will be one penny and two cents, and the rest will be on the pineapple crisp buns that our second young master has picked out!"
The fellow suddenly turned from sorrow to joy!
"Xie, Mrs. Xie! I'll pick it up for my son!"
Lan Hui said again: "Don't shorten the weight!"
The guy couldn't speak: "It must be, oh no, no, how dare you?"
"Wu'er, then you wait here, Erniang will go back first!"
After Lan Hui finished speaking, she walked towards the sedan chair parked on the side, and just about to get on the sedan chair, she seemed to remember something again, and turned around and said, "Wu'er, go home early today, your father has something to do with you!"
"Oh, do you know what is going on?"
Lan Hui pretended to smile mysteriously!
"Good thing! You'll find out when you get back. ”
He Zhuowu pouted, frowned, and said, "But I'll have to go to the Forgotten Hometown Building later!"
"What? are you going to see Sisi's little girl again?"
"Hmm. ”
"How many times has Erniang told you? That Nizi is not simple, let you have less contact with her, why don't you listen?"
"......" He Zhuowu was silent.
"Okay, okay, you're such a big person, Erniang doesn't say anything, you can do it yourself. However, don't mention this stubble when you go home, your father doesn't like it. ”
"Got it, Erniang!"