Do you know: I’m Xu Jiazi

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Shengjia

Jin'anzhai

Fluttershy collected the drying children's clothes from beside the smoker.

A female servant who is younger than Xiaodie is holding a kindling and lighting the candles in the room.

Xiaodie glanced around the room:

"Xiao Xiu, I'm still embroidering something, please hold it closer."

The female envoy responded and placed the candle in front of Wei Shuyi.

Wei Shuyi smiled at Cuixiu, the female envoy from Shou'an Hall.

"Miss, the young master has enough bellybands, why are you still embroidering them?"

Listening to Xiaodie's words, Wei Shuyi looked at the work in front of the candlelight and nodded. He cut the thread with small scissors and said:

"This is embroidered for the one in Sister Zhuer's belly."

At this time, the little envoy at the door shouted:

"Mama Liu is here."

Cuixiu, who was in the room, hurried to the door and opened the cotton curtain. Mother Liu, who was smiling and holding a handkerchief, walked in under the curtain.

Seeing Wei Shu's intention, Liu's mother bowed slightly and said:

"Mistress! The eldest lady heard that you want to pay money from the father-in-law to buy materials to make things that the eldest sister will need in the future, so she specially sent a slave to deliver things to you."

As she said this, Mother Liu turned around and took a piece of silk from the hand of Jiu'er, the maid who followed, and handed it over.

When Wei Shuyi saw Cuixiu putting the embroidery pier in place, she made a gesture of invitation, and Mother Liu sat down.

Touching the material, Wei Shuyi sighed from the bottom of his heart: "This material is really soft."

"To tell you the truth, little lady, these are the few pieces at the bottom of my mistress's trousseau!"

"The eldest lady said that this thing would be a waste in the hands of others. Only your craftsmanship is worthy of it."

"The eldest lady is so complimentary!"

After speaking, Wei Shu glanced at Jiu'er behind Mother Liu and said:

"Mother Liu, I have nothing to do in the courtyard these days. I made some cotton jackets for the maid in the courtyard."

He smiled slightly and continued:

"I don't want to, the envoys have a caring and loving lady, so what I did was unnecessary!"

"I think this Jiuer girl's figure might suit her! If you don't mind it."

Mother Liu smiled and said: "What are you talking about, little lady! Jiu'er, why don't you come over and thank me!"

Jiuer came over and bowed his head in blessing. There was no overly grateful expression in his lowered eyes.

Wei Shu waved his hand, and Xiaodie hurriedly opened the closet.

Wei Shuyi continued:

"I have to go out to buy silk threads in the past few days, and I have to take care of Brother Mang. I am a little short of manpower in this courtyard, and I would like to borrow one or two female envoys! I wonder if I can ask Mother Liu and the eldest lady to say a few words."

Mother Liu looked at the materials around Wei Shuyi, then looked into Wei Shuyi's eyes, and said with a smile:

"My dear, why don't you leave Jiu'er here tomorrow? I'll go back and talk to my mistress."

Jiu'er was about to raise her head to speak when she saw the embroidered jacket that Xiaodie unfolded in her hand.

Looking at her daughter who couldn't move her eyes away, Liu's mother continued with a smile:

"Jiu'er is here with my mother, please give me some time to teach her a thing or two."

"Whatever Mother Liu has to say, as long as Miss Jiuer wants to learn it, I will naturally tell you everything."

"Jiu'er, you haven't thanked me yet!"

Said a few more words,

Mother Liu walked out of Jin'anzhai, and Jiu'er who followed her was stroking her cotton-padded jacket.

Returned to Wei Ruixuan,

"Did you give her something?"

"Go back to Madam, give it."

As Liu's mother spoke, she came to Wang Ruofu's side, and Caihuan beside her quickly gave up her seat at the dinner table.

Waited on Wang Ruofu for dinner,

When helping Wang Ruofu remove the hairpin ring, Liu's mother told Wei Shuyi's request,

After listening, Wang Ruofu opened his eyes wide, frowned slightly and said:

"How many days can I borrow Jiu'er?"

After speaking, he shook his head.

Mother Liu didn't say much and continued to serve Wang Ruofu and put on her pajamas.

When Wang Ruofu got on the bed and Liu's mother made the quilt for her, Wang Ruofu suddenly said:

"Hiss, this Wei Shu wants Jiu'er, isn't it because he wants Jiu'er to see the piece of material I gave him?"

Mother Liu nodded and said, "That's what it means. Wei Xiaoniang only spoke this way after the slave said that this material is precious."

"Huh! He's quite a sensible person."

"Let Jiu'er go!"

Mother Liu next to the bed should have walked out later.

Soon the room fell into darkness,

An overjoyed voice came from the bed:

"Fifteen hundred strings! Tsk, tsk, tsk!"

The second day

In the early morning sky, the moon is bright and the stars are sparse,

In the biting north wind,

Sheng Hong walked out of Linqi Pavilion,

After leaving the Sheng family,

After eating rice porridge and meat buns that were quite hot in the car,

When I got off the car outside the palace gate and waited outside the palace,

Sheng Hong felt the warmth in his belly and let out a breath of comfort.

At this time, they have not yet entered the palace, so the admonishers at the Yushitai will not interfere too much with the actions of the officials.

Thinking about the banquet in the evening, Sheng Hong still yearned for it!

At this time, someone next to Sheng Hong came over and whispered:

"Brother Sheng, I can't go to Fanlou today. My uncle from the Huangfu family has returned to Beijing and is hosting a banquet at Panlou."

Sheng Hong was stunned: "Huh? Brother Liu, you are like this."

It's a banquet for relatives. It's hard for others to avoid it, and it's hard for Sheng Hong to join in the fun.

"Brother Sheng, please forgive me. I will treat you tomorrow."

"Tsk! Okay!"

"Forgive me, forgive me!"

Speaking of Sheng Hong's classmate Liu who worked at Dali Temple in the same year, he left the place after pleading guilty.

Came to a middle-aged official,

The middle-aged official looked at Li Guangren and Li Shangshu who were talking to Sheng Hong.

He asked Master Liu in a low voice:

"Which family are you from?"

"Uncle, I originally had an appointment with Brother Sheng tonight. Brother Sheng is from the Youyang Sheng family. My aunt is the only daughter of the former Marquis Yongyi. The eldest daughter married back to the Xu family."

The middle-aged official suddenly realized it, turned his eyes and said:

"Invite us tonight, too. I heard from my father that the grandson of the Lu family and the youngest of the Xu family are sworn brothers."

Master Liu nodded, walked back and said a few words:

"Brother Sheng, my uncle is also a lover of swords. Let's feast our eyes on it tonight!"

"Hey, Brother Liu, do you think it's better than your silver-patterned sword?"

Mr. Liu nodded. At this moment, the palace door opened wide and an official shouted,

The officials began to enter the palace.

Shengjia Lecture Hall,

When Xuexue Zhuang came in, he looked at the vacant seat in the corner in surprise.

Just when he was about to ask a question, Zai Zhang stood up and said:

"Study, Zai Jing has something to do this morning, he should be here soon."

"Okay, I haven't been to class for a while, why don't you tell me what you have been doing these days."

Huyan family,

When Xu Zaijing walked into Hu Yanjiong's courtyard, he didn't let Fu Ding pass the news.

Instead, he went directly into Hu Yanjiong's house.

In a fairly warm room,

But no one greeted Xu Zaijing.

It turned out that Hu Yanjiong was burying his head in a deep basin full of water.

Xu Zaijing did not disturb him, but looked at the incense sticks with green smoke floating in the room.

After a quarter of an hour, when the incense stick was about to burn out,

"Pfft! Hoo ho ho!"

Hu Yanjiong raised his head suddenly, wiped his face and began to breathe heavily.

Then he was startled by Xu Zaijing sitting in front of him:

"Brother Jing? Why are you here?"

Xu Zaijing gave Hu Yanjiong a thumbs up and said:

"sharp!"

After finishing speaking, Xu Zaijing pointed to the long sword beside him and said:

"I came to give you this!"

Hu Yanjiong took the towel handed over by Fu Ding and walked over while wiping the water on his face.

Putting the towel on the chair aside, he took the large high-speed iron sword and looked at the scabbard carefully without pulling it out:

"Hey! Qinglongmu!"

After finishing speaking, he pulled it out:

"Hi! What a sword! Where did Brother Jing get such a good big sword?"

"Your Majesty rewarded it."

"It's so valuable, how can you give it away!"

Hu Yanjiong shook his head and said, "I can't."

Xu Zaijing: "Your Majesty rewarded dozens of them!"

"Ahem! I can't let it go!"

With that said, Hu Yanjiong put the long sword aside,

He walked to the next room and took out another long sword:

"I bought this from a merchant from Beiliao in Dengzhou before. It cost me two hundred taels of gold."

Handed the long sword to Xu Zaijing,

Xu Zaijing pulled it out, looked at it and said, "It's a good sword."

Holding the long sword given by Xu Zaijing and looking at the patterns on the sword, Hu Yanjiong sighed:

"Compared with it, alas!"

Xu Zaijing put down his sword and walked to the basin where Hu Yanjiong was standing just now.

After looking at Hu Yanjiong, Xu Zaijing took a deep breath and dipped his face into the basin.

Fuding on the side had cleverly lit another incense stick.

Hu Yanjiong didn't feel anything at first.

But when the incense stick was about to burn out, looking at Xu Zaijing who was still lying in the basin,

Hu Yanjiong's master and servant looked at each other in horror.

After a while, Xu Zaijing's face was dripping with water, and he was breathing heavily like Hu Yanjiong just now. He had never practiced like this before.

"Brother Jiong, how's it going? How long have I been holding it in?"

"Just a stick of incense"

After wiping their faces, Xu Zaijing and Hu Yanjiong talked for a while.

Dry water in winter is also beneficial;

It can allow the old friends and stewards of the Huyan family who often take inland rivers to see clearly the situation of going to the river in the north.

When the weather warms up, we can carry out targeted dredging.

The two talked for a few more words, and then Xu Zaijing realized that when he went to Yangzhou before,

The two children of the Huyan family who had crossed paths with him have now been transferred to the Cao Canal Road to the north.

If there is a fight next year,

Maybe there is a chance to make a contribution.

After bidding farewell to Mrs. Pan,

When Xu Zaijing brought Yun Xiang to the Shengjia Lecture Hall,

I was hearing Chang Feng talking about how he distributed charcoal fires nearby for free.

noon,

Lunch was delivered from the Shengjia Kitchen.

Everyone in the lecture hall was eating without speaking, so it was very quiet.

Suddenly, through the closed windows in the lecture hall in winter,

There were footsteps and voices outside the courtyard.

Changbai's young boy was sweating. Looking at Changbai's slightly frowning brow, he quickly got up and came outside the courtyard.

Soon the sound disappeared and the sweating cow returned to the yard.

The scholar who was eating dried bamboo shoots asked, "What's going on outside?"

Khan Niu bowed and said:

"Returning to Xuetuo, he is the steward of the old lady's village seven or eight times outside the city. He came here specifically to kowtow to the old lady."

Seeing Qi Heng frowning and stopping his chopsticks, looking confused,

Mo Lan turned around with a smile and said:

"Brother Qi Heng, my grandmother gave a lot of cotton from Zhuangzi to make winter clothes!"

Ru Lan, who was behind Mo Lan, said unwillingly:

"Brother Qi Heng, the day before yesterday my grandmother sent someone to visit Zhuangzi and exempted two farmers whose houses had collapsed from rent!"

Qi Heng nodded and said: "The old lady is kind-hearted."

After finishing speaking, Qi Heng turned around and looked at Minglan at the back.

Minglan was chewing slowly with her eyes closed.

The fat face is full of enjoyment,

At this time, Yun Xiang walked to Minglan's desk with some embarrassment.

"Sixth girl."

Minglan opened her eyes: "Huh?"

Yun Xiang pursed his lips and said:

"My young master, please ask me if you still want to eat the smoked fish on the table!"

"If you don't eat, he will."

After hearing what Yun Xiang said,

Minglan quickly poured the smoked fish into her bowl and chewed it faster.

He also glanced sideways at Xu Zaijing,

She happened to see Xu Zaijing staring at her with a fish bone in his mouth.

Minglan waved her hand,

Xiao Xiaotao stood beside her girl's table, successfully blocking Xu Zaijing's sight.

At the second gate,

The old lady wore a thick dark cloak,

With the support of Fang’s mother,

Looking at the bankers who were kneeling, he stood and waved his hands and said:

"Get up, all of you! You really have to thank me. You can just work hard to farm in the spring!"

No one stood up,

The kneeling bankers said:

"Old madam, let me kowtow to you first!"

"Don't worry, old lady!"

"I will try my best!"

The old lady looked at the village head, Old Cui, and said, "You take care of it!"

Cui Zhuangtou hurriedly shouted:

"Yes! Get up quickly, or we will kick you out next year!"

These words were very effective, and all the kneeling dealers stood up.

"I have received your thoughts. Old Cui, take them to the concierge to drink some hot water. When the place is ready, go back with them!"

Cui Zhuangtou pushed people away.

But he stayed at the end and bowed deeply to Mrs. Sheng.

Thanks to the old lady's blessing, his prestige in Zhuangzi is very high now!

After all, in other villages around Xiaoyu Village, many people froze to death or were crushed to death by collapsed houses.

Some cabbage, pork and mung bean vermicelli were put into the Sheng family's warehouse.

A cart was loaded for the villagers of Xiaoyu Village to take back, as a return gift from the old lady, she treated the villagers of Xiaoyu Village to a meal.

It gets dark early in winter,

Sheng Hong went home to the Yamen and dressed up before arriving at Panlou.

Because there are still three days until the winter solstice,

So today the Emperor of the Zhou Dynasty stayed in Daqing Hall,

Daqing Hall is in a straight line with Xuande Gate and Daqing Gate.

In the open space outside Xuande Gate,

A shed was built and set up as a 'police station'.

There are hundreds of elite Forbidden Army soldiers in the police station acting as Sergeants Wu Yan, and Sergeants Wu Yan wears drums around their waists.

Next to Xuande Gate, there are also imperial guards holding trumpets on the palace wall downstairs.

Therefore, when Sheng Hong went up to the third floor of Pan Building,

Then I heard the vast sound of horns coming from the wall of Xuandemen Palace.

After the horn sound ended, there was another burst of high and low drum sounds. Hundreds of people beat the drums together, which could be heard clearly in Panlou.

Different from young people like Xu Zaijing and Gu Tingye,

Knowing the identities of these officials attending the banquet, the Bianjing government office directly sent officials here.

Li Mubai appeared in Pan Lou again,

He looked at the precious long sword that passed in front of him, either hung on his waist or held by a servant, and then looked at the saber on his waist, and smiled helplessly.

There was no one around. Li Mubai's master gave him a look and then said:

"Laughing? Do you know who passed by just now?"

"Master, who is it?"

"A great person from the official department!!"

Quyuan Street,

In Shu Bo's stall, a haggard-looking Zhaomeifeng looked at Xu Zaijing, who was riding a horse, and waved.