Do you know: I’m Xu Jiazi

In Bianjing City,

Very few people know about the promotion delays of Huainan East Road officials.

After going to court on the second day,

Li Guang, who was the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, let Mr. Li follow the emperor into the back hall.

'His Majesty! It can’t be like this’

‘Did you hear that clearly? Then tell me, how can you explain this? ’

‘The incompetent person will have to move’

‘His outstanding political achievements chilled his heart! ’

Wow!

It seemed like something had been thrown to the ground.

‘See for yourself’

The great internal official who was arranged to wait at the door,

Listening to the voices of the monarchs and ministers arguing inside the door, I wanted to cover my ears.

Another half-quarter of an hour passed,

It became quiet inside the door,

"Do you see it clearly? It's my will."

"My lord, I obey the order!"

The door was opened, and when Li Shangshu came out, his face was very ugly.

An official's official career is promoted slowly, step by step.

If you press others' step-by-step promotion plan, you will offend others!

But thinking about what His Majesty said to him in the palace study, Mr. Li's eyes became firm and fierce.

Entering the courtyard of the official office,

Sheng Hong and other subordinate officials all had inquiring looks on their faces.

"Officials with experience in Huainan East Road should put it aside and focus on other things first."

Hearing this, Sheng Hong's eyes were a little disappointed, but they quickly disappeared, and he followed his colleagues and bowed in response.

Which official in the Ministry of Personnel is not of the same year, classmates, and many relatives?

Li Shangshu didn't say anything about keeping it secret when he spoke, so basically everyone related to it received the news in the afternoon.

Of course, some people are worried while others are happy. After all, the officials on Huainan East Road cannot be promoted one step up, so the vacant seats can only be used to benefit other officials.

As a result, the officials became even more busy.

Mr. Yu went down to court,

It was close to noon before I returned to Yu's house.

Of course the boss knew about the Sheng family’s post last night.

He stopped Old Mrs. Yu who wanted to go to Sheng's house in the morning.

Let her wait for her return.

Mr. Yu used his identity to move around in various yamen.

After talking to a few adults for a while, it lasted until noon.

In the room, Mrs. Yu looked at her husband angrily:

"I said, this old sister of mine, it was hard for me to post my next post, but you have delayed me until now!"

"Yanran, hurry up, get your things and get dressed!"

Listening to Mrs. Yu's chatter, the old man sat on the embroidered pier beside the table and drank tea by himself:

"Your old sister, when did you ever post something for no reason? You have something to ask!"

"you!!!"

Although Mrs. Yu is old, she still has the temper of a girl.

When she heard her officials talking sarcastically about her sisters, she tilted her head angrily.

It’s not that Mrs. Yu is pretending to be young.

In fact, Mr. Yu comes from a poor family.

His mentor taught him a lot of knowledge, led him into an official career, and even married his daughter to him.

Although Mrs. Yu has no scheming and is weak, she can't help but have a good husband;

Mr. Yu not only had a smooth official career, but also never took concubines in his life. He was also the master of the Yu family's internal and external affairs!

Yes, Mr. Yu is in charge of the affairs of the inner house such as the Yu family’s mother-in-law, children, and envoys!

Therefore, Mrs. Yu was protected very well, so even though she was old, Mrs. Yu was still simple-minded and did whatever she wanted.

Mr. Yu waved his hand and said:

"Yanran, come to grandpa. Grandpa will talk to you about the affairs of the DPRK."

When Yu Yanran heard this, she put down the embroidery she was about to put into her small satchel in a daze, and walked to Mr. Yu.

Mr. Yu was talking,

Mrs. Yu, on the other hand, held her handkerchief and slowly moved her body on the embroidery pier, until she finally faced Mr. Yu again.

afternoon,

When Zhuang Xuexue continued to teach,

Because Mrs. Yu arrived,

In order to have people of her own age to accompany Yu Yanran, Fang’s mother came to the school to take a leave of absence from Sanlan.

Shouantang,

Mrs. Yu and Mrs. Yu were talking, and Wang Ruofu was accompanying her.

What are you listening to?

‘Collusion between government and business’

'Taxes remain the same as last year'

‘taking bribes’

Wang Ruofu was stunned for a moment after hearing his words.

In the outer room separated by a screen,

Ru Lan did not read Xianshu, and Mo Lan did not write or write. Instead, like Ming Lan, he sat next to Yu Yanran.

Seeing Yanran take out several ear protection patterns of different styles from her small bag,

Yanran's patterns are no longer limited to raccoon slaves, but also extend to rabbits, dogs and other animals.

"I like this"

"Yanran, can you give this to me?"

After listening to Ru Lan and Mo Lan's words, Yan Ran's eyes were a little flustered and she said:

"Just take it!"

"Okay, I'll give it to sister Mo Lan."

Then Ru Lan got up and went to find Wang Ruofu. Mo Lan got up and followed him, and said sweetly:

"Minglan, which one do you want?"

As she spoke, Yanran placed several other embroidery samples in front of Minglan.

Minglan shook her head,

Yanran couldn't tell whether she was happy or disappointed and took the things back.

Then he took out a ball of silk thread from his small satchel.

Get ready to sort it out.

At this time, Minglan casually handed over her hand and said:

"Sister Yanran, let me deal with it with you!"

Seeing Yanran's hesitant expression, Minglan said:

"I often trim silk threads with A Xiaoniang."

Looking at Minglan's gesture, it seemed that she knew how to do it, so Yanran gave the thread to Minglan,

"Hey, it looks like the silk thread from Li's shop!"

Yanran nodded shyly and said:

"Next month is my brother's birthday. I'm going to embroider a forehead for him."

Minglan held her fingers and continued to help Yanran sort out the threads.

Then he looked back and saw that no one was around, and then whispered:

"Sister Yanran, I looked at these patterns of yours, and they are somewhat similar to those that the stewardess sent to the shop a few days ago. Yes."

Hearing Minglan's words, Yanran's eyes were panicked and she hurriedly tried to cover Minglan's mouth.

He also said:

"Shhh!!! Be quieter!"

As she said this, she looked at Xiao Tao next to Ming Lan. Xiao Tao quickly covered her mouth with her hands, indicating that she would keep it a secret.

Minglan looked at Yanran in surprise and said, "Is it really my sister who drew it?"

Yanran nodded sheepishly,

It is indeed inappropriate for a boudoir to sell her paintings in a maiden’s house, in the eyes of some people.

Yanran looked at Minglan and said awkwardly:

"One piece of silver is worth two taels, so I..."

Upon hearing this, Minglan's eyes widened:

'Two taels of silver.'

Then, sitting on the embroidered pier, she moved the embroidered pier towards Yanran.

Yanran ducked back out of habit, but Minglan came closer and said:

"Sister, take me!"

Looking at Ming Lan's dark eyes that didn't look like she was teasing, Yan Ran nodded hesitantly.

Minglan's eyes instantly became happy,

Infected by Minglan's smile, Yanran also laughed.

Because the two people had a little secret, their relationship suddenly became a little different.

"Actually, the most expensive painting is the one painted by Wulang of the Yongyi Hou Mansion. I heard it costs ninety taels per piece."

Minglan looked shocked: "How much?!!"

For some reason, the image of Xu Zaijing, her cousin, holding smoked fish bones in his mouth appeared in Minglan's mind.

Then Minglan unconsciously looked at Fang's mother who was standing next to the old lady.

Known: The smoked fish cooked by Fang’s mother is delicious, my cousin loves to eat it, and my cousin’s paintings are valuable.

Therefore, a 'trade' was formed in Minglan's little head.

Moreover, it seems that I should have a better attitude towards my cousin in the future.

You can't lose face even if you say you're a chubby girl!

After finishing arranging the threads, Ru Lan and Mo Lan didn't come back.

Yanran and Minglan embroidered things together, exchanging some stitching techniques from time to time.

Yanran: "Minglan, you are younger than me, how come you know such powerful acupuncture techniques?"

"These little ladies have taught me all this! Is it difficult?"

in the lecture hall,

Xuexue Zhuang sat behind the table, raised his head from the book and took a sip of warm tea.

Looking at the students whispering in the hall

"cough!"

The hall was quiet.

"I know you are thinking about tomorrow's Winter Solstice."

Below, Changbai Xu Zaijing and others lowered their heads.

"Let's break up! Let's figure out how to play!"

"Have a rest tomorrow!"

After hearing what Zhuang Xuexue said,

The six men present stood up quickly and shouted two or three times louder than usual:

"Thank you for your teachings!"

Xuexue Zhuang stood up, took his ear protection, put it on and walked out leisurely.

"Speak at this volume from now on!"

"Yes, pedant!"

Subsequently,

The boys are busy clearing the desks,

Chang Feng from behind said:

"Brothers, why don't we go out and play together tomorrow!"

“It’s lively when there are many people!”

As he spoke, he looked at Gu Tingye who nodded.

Zai Zhang turned around and looked at Chang Feng and said, "I want to stay with your sister Hualan tomorrow, so I won't go."

Chang Bai, who was sitting at the front, raised his eyebrows happily when he heard this.

Xu Zaijing said: "I have no problem, it's better to go together!"

Qi Heng said: "Let's go together, let's go together!"

As they spoke, everyone put on their cloaks or cloaks and walked outside.

As I walked, I happily talked about my plans for tomorrow.

When walking towards the carriage yard,

I happened to see Mrs. Yu walking out with Yanran, accompanied by all the female relatives of the Sheng family.

Now that I have seen it,

The boys and men hurriedly stepped forward and bowed their hands in greeting.

The old lady looked at them, stood next to Mrs. Yu and said:

"You recognize my family, Zhang Bai, and the others!"

"This is Marquis Ningyuan, Duke of Qi."

"These two grandnephews from my natal family, the eldest is named Zai Zhang!"

"I've met the old lady, sister Yanran."

Mrs. Yu smiled and said, "The one who married Hua Lan!"

“The younger one’s name is Zai Jing.”

Xu Zaijing: "I've met the old lady, sister Yanran."

Wang Ruofu on the side looked at Zai Zhang with a smile from ear to ear and asked:

"Brother Zhang, I saw you were so happy just now. What happened?"

As soon as these words came out, all the female relatives also looked over curiously.

"Oh! Back to my mother-in-law, my brothers are planning to go play together tomorrow!"

Mrs. Yu looked at Mrs. Sheng and said:

"Yes! Guan Pu will be released tomorrow, and the children can go and play."

"I still remember that we went out to play during the winter solstice once, and you got a lot of good things!"

Mrs. Sheng smiled and pointed at Mrs. Yu, shook her head and said:

"You, you! It's been so many years, and you still remember!"

Mrs. Yu said:

"Guan Pu has won so many times in a row, how could I forget it!"

Then Mrs. Yu waved her hand and said:

"It's cold outside, everyone go back!"

Watching Mrs. Yu and Yanran get on the carriage,

Gu Tingye and Qi Heng also handed over and left.

When Zai Zhang and Xu Zai Jing were also leaving,

Mrs. Sheng said: "By the way, Brother Zhang and Brother Jing, come and get some red date cakes from our courtyard to take back!"

The two brothers hurriedly came to the old lady's side to help her.

Everyone walked towards Shouan Hall again.

At this time, Xu Zaijing suddenly felt someone looking at him,

When I turned around to look, I realized it was Minglan’s chubby little girl.

Looking at Minglan’s flattering smile,

Xu Zaijing said to Mrs. Sheng, "Auntie, look at Minglan, what's wrong with you?"

After hearing Xu Zaijing's words, Minglan suddenly stopped smiling.

The old lady patted Xu Zaijing and said: "You are not allowed to say that to my good girl!"

Accompanying the old lady back to Shou'an Hall,

After sitting for a while, the hot red date cake was put into the food box and taken away by the two brothers.

Say goodbye to the Sheng family,

On the way back to Quyuan Street,

Xu Zaijing opened the food box, took out a piece of fragrant red date cake and put it in the hands of Yun Xiang who was following him.

He opened the car curtain slightly and looked outside.

I saw various shops and stalls on the roadside.

Someone is putting up a show;

There were also many people carrying disc-shaped objects with pictures painted on them;

Someone is selling five-color bird feathers;

There were people gathered around and carefully looking at the black and red letters posted on some shops and stalls;

From time to time there were shouts and exclamations.

Passersby wearing new clothes breathed out white steam, and the pots and stoves in stalls and shops also gushed out white hot steam.

A lively and busy scene.

Quyuan Street,

At the stall of Shu Bo and others,

They also specially set aside a table in preparation for the government to release the switch tomorrow.

Back to Xu’s house,

After massaging the horses for a while from the racecourse,

Xu Zaijing went back to his courtyard and changed his clothes.

When he came to the hall in his mother's yard, he saw Zai Zhang being ordered by Hua Lan to try on new clothes.

Xu Zaijing himself could not run away. He took off his robe and said:

"Mom, I already have so many clothes, why do I need to make new ones?"

Mrs. Sun looked at Xu Zaijing who was changing into a new robe and nodded.

Stepping forward, Mrs. Sun helped Xu Zaijing adjust his cuffs and said:

"Ordinary people are buying new clothes today, let alone a noble family like ours!"

"Turn around and let me see!"

Xu Zaijing curled his lips and turned,

Sun nodded with satisfaction,

Looking at her youngest son, who was already taller than her, she sighed with emotion.

An Mei sat aside and was holding her little nephew Xu Xingdai who was wearing a tiger head hat.

She looked at Xu Zaijing and her mother and saw that no one was paying attention to her.

She put her face against her nephew's and whispered:

"Hmm! So slippery!"

When she was about to look up, she found that her little nephew was holding her hair tightly:

"Good nephew! Let go!"

After I finished speaking, I felt a heat on my cheeks.

Xu Xingdai had already kissed him.

Fortunately, Xie rushed to the rescue at this time, tore her son off Anmei's body and took her away.

During the meal, Hua Lan and An Mei rounded up the red date cake brought by the Sheng family.

winter solstice

Mao hour (five o'clock in the morning)

In fact, Xu Zaijing had woken up out of habit half an hour ago.

After realizing that I had a rest today, I continued to sleep.

But I didn’t sleep deeply,

You can vaguely hear the voices of three little maids talking outside, as well as the sound of things being thrown.

"Uncle Yin is so awesome. I just threw it away yesterday morning and found six characters!"

Listening to Yun Xiang's voice, Xu Zaijing covered his face with the quilt

'commit a sin! Even on holiday, I was so noisy by my female servant that I couldn’t sleep! ’