After sending someone to send Liu Xin to the guest house to rest, Gao Shishi had just gone down the wall of the stairs when a family member came up, bowed respectfully to him and said, "Master, the old lady is invited." ”

Gao pragmatic said "um", didn't say much, and went directly to the Xiyuan where his mother was.

Although Longwen Yayuan is known as a courtyard, the overall area is actually larger than the Forbidden City, but the construction area of the Forbidden City is much smaller, perhaps only one-fifth of the Forbidden City, and the main residence of Gao Shishi's family is only about the size of the East Sixth Palace.

Most of the remaining places are granges and houses, and of course the granges are his fields, and of course the houses are inhabited by either families or tenants. The reason why it can still be called a separate courtyard is because this area, which is close to the size of the Summer Palace, was enclosed by the courtyard wall built by his mother Zhang.

In Zhang's words, in case the out-of-town homeless people plunder, there is a place to hide. But in fact, Gao Pragmatic knew that that was only one of the reasons, and what Zhang really wanted to express was "our family has arrived". Wealth does not return to the hometown, such as brocade clothes at night, probably this mentality.

In history, the house that Zhang Juzheng was building in his hometown was more magnificent than the palace, and now the house in Gao Shizheng's hometown can probably be called. The only difference is that Gao Pragmatic spends his own money, and he is strict in the form of architecture, and he is never allowed to transgress the system.

However, it is actually a bit wrong to say that this place is a separate courtyard now, because the six-room Gao family has completely moved out of the ancestral house of Gao Laozhuang, and in fact, this is already the main house of the six-room.

Of course, it is also a highly pragmatic "champion".

Gao Shishi walked through many porches and courtyards, and finally arrived at his mother's residence, where he met his mother again in the main hall.

Zhang asked, "The accounts of several industries in Henan will be prepared when my mother learns that you are out of Beijing, do you want to see them?"

Gao pragmatic waved his hand: "Nothing to look at." ”

There is really nothing to see, the industry here in Henan is exceptionally stable, except for the last time the cement plant was pitted by Gao Pragmatic, the owner of the "arrears for the port", basically it is a steady development. There will be no explosion, but it can also grow slightly every year, and Gao Pragmatic feels that this situation is in line with the performance of the general environment, so it doesn't matter if you look at it or not.

Zhang's didn't really want to talk about it, but just led to a conversation, and then said, "You married Gao Ming and Gao Xiaozhuang respectively to admire the moon and listen to the qin, and now there are no useful maids around you, do you want to pick two more for your mother?"

"Don't bother, my son is running around in Daming now, and I don't know how long I can stay in one place, and it's not convenient to take a maid."

Zhang's said, "Don't you want a girl in the room?"

Gao pragmatic was stunned, "Well, no." ”

Zhang frowned and said, "Last time, you said that you would wait until you won the Jinshi to consider getting married, now you can think about it."

"If you don't wait to come back from Guangxi, let's talk about it," Gao pragmatically said, "It's only a year." ”

Zhang's face suddenly straightened, "Will you push it for another year after a year?"

"Mother, I'm only eighteen years old." Gao Shishi smiled bitterly, "As for being in such a hurry?"

Zhang snorted, "Even if you are not in a hurry, you can look for me first, and ask you, among the adults above the Jingshi Shilang, which family has a suitable girl?"

Gao pragmatic deflated, "I don't know." ”

"Why are you so not in a hurry, taking advantage of the prestige of your third uncle, Guo Ge Lao is your teacher again, plus your uncle's face, hurry up and look for it at this time, and wait until they are all in order to find it?"

Gao pragmatic shook his head and said, "Mother, you don't understand the current situation in Jingshi, anyway, let's put it this way, if you only consider it in terms of family background, future and even wealth, your son and daughter are worthy of it." ”

"Yo, you're not blushing." Zhang snorted.

Gao pragmatic ignored it, and said calmly, "But this matter is not so simple, my Gao family is in the same vein of practical learning, and it is not mixed with the current group of disciples who talk and do not do things, so this removes a large part of the objects that can be selected, and then, some officials who are more neutral or do not hold a position"

"Okay, okay, you can only choose it in your third uncle's friend or protégé's house, but that's a lot, so I can't find out about it now."

Gao pragmatically searched his stomach for a long time to find a reason, and suddenly came up with a sentence: "This generation is not easy to match." ”

"Nonsense," Zhang said angrily, "Several of your third uncle's disciples have been lecturers and have taught you, this generation will be chaotic a long time ago, and this stubble is still missing."

Gao Pragmatic didn't expect the old lady to react so quickly, and she was speechless for a while, and she didn't know how to answer.

When Zhang saw it, he slowed down his tone a little, and said, "Although you have been wronged recently, no matter what, you are already a provincial patrol, and there is such a big difference, there is no one around you to take care of your daily life, and you don't have to force you to do anything, but you must always have this heart, don't let your mother worry." ”

At this time, Gao Pragmatic could only bow his head and admit his mistake according to the tradition of the times, "The son is not filial, which worries the mother." ”

Zhang sighed and asked again, "What kind of person is that Liu Xian?"

Gao pragmatic said, "In the past 20 years in the Ming Dynasty, there have been four famous generals, the so-called Yu Long, Qi Hu, North Man, South Liu, this Liu, refers to him." ”

Zhang nodded slightly: "It sounds like a person with some skills." ”

Gao pragmatic rolled his eyes in his heart, and secretly thought that in the eyes of my old lady, only he was capable, one of the four famous generals, and he only had "some ability"

Who knew that Zhang hadn't finished speaking, so he paused and continued, "But even if he can fight some battles, after all, he has already made a decision."

Gao pragmatic shook his head and said, "He has a son named Liu Ling, and from the perspective of his son, he will definitely be one of the four famous generals of the new generation in the next 20 years, even 30 or 40 years." ”

"Is it?" Zhang paid a little attention to it now, and asked, "Is it her father or brother's idea that Miss Liu is walking with you?"

When Gao Pragmatic and Liu Xin came in before, Gao Pragmatic had explained the reason why Liu Xin was walking with him, but now when he saw his mother and asked again, he had to explain again.

Unexpectedly, Zhang shook his head and said, "Son, although you are capable, this guess is that other people's minds as parents are still very tender." ”

Gao was stunned for a moment, and hesitated, "You shouldn't say that Liu Gong is doing this to marry his daughter to me?"

"Even if it's not nine out of ten, I'm afraid it's not far from ten." Zhang said: "Let your daughter go thousands of miles with a young man, you think this is a reassuring thing to be a father, even if Liu Xian has not made up his mind to marry his daughter to you, but he must also hope that the two of you will secretly have feelings for each other along the way." ”

Gao pragmatic said that it was over, Liu Xian was obviously fooled by Liu Xin this wave, she was probably just annoyed by her father's thoughts, looking for an opportunity to travel at public expense, she is a girl with modern thoughts, how can she consider getting married at the age of fifteen Isn't this just the age when she is about to graduate from junior high school But,, I was also used