Chapter 39 Father and Son Know Each Other
The room, which had been laughing and laughing just now, suddenly fell silent. Feng Shi couldn't hide the shock on his face, and the hand that was originally stretching out the chopsticks and cloth vegetables froze in mid-air; Dongfang was stunned for a moment, and then immediately showed a thoughtful expression; The juniors on the table are even more surprised and confused; Feng Lan was even more surprised, and it took a long time for her to cough dryly to relieve her embarrassment, and then she laughed.
The old lady was laughing at this. The British public in the capital will not mention it for the time being, the Xiangfu Zhang family, who doesn't say that it is a famous family among the famous families? Miss Qing is married to a dignified little marquis, and if you want me to say, these four brothers want to get married, but they also have to be the daughters of the princess and uncle's family, my two girls...... Hehe, if I agree, others are afraid that they will laugh at me. ”
Gu Shi just said it casually through drunkenness, and he regretted it a little before he said it. First, such a marriage should not be mentioned on a casual occasion such as a banquet, but must be carefully considered. Second, the Jin family is a shallow family, and now although there is a fourth-grade official, after all, it cannot be compared with the Zhang family of the century-old eunuch. So, she smiled and diverted the subject, as if she had never mentioned such a thing at all.
Zhang Yue saw Zhang Chao and the two brothers peeking at the pair of twin sisters in a daze, and he didn't feel funny in his heart. Zhang Chao is now about to turn seventeen years old, and the Dongfang clan is almost anxious, but it is difficult to find the right family, and it is no wonder that the Gu family will suddenly propose marriage at this time. As for Zhang Qi, who is already fifteen years old, it is almost time to marry a daughter-in-law.
Don't say it's them, even these days when he talks to his father and mother, he often nagged about this, and his ears were calloused.
After eating a meal, Feng Lan took Jin Yu and Jin Shu to say goodbye and leave, and promised to let the two daughters stay in Zhang's house for a while when they left. Dongfang personally took a few housekeepers and daughters-in-law to send them to Yimen, took Feng Lan's hand and said for a long time, and then ordered someone to send the group away in a small sedan chair, which was actually more enthusiastic than Feng's sister.
In the west courtyard, Sun pondered Feng Lan's daughters on the one hand, and looked at his son with a smile, his eyes were full of love and praise: "Yue'er, your father only passed the examination before, and is waiting for the officials to note the official. But you're much better than your father! ”
"I said Yingru, you didn't arrange me in front of your son again!"
With this voice, Zhang Zhuo entered the door with a smile. In recent years, his status in the family has changed greatly, although he can not be compared with Zhang Xin and Zhang You's two brothers, but the people in the family no longer dare to despise him. He also came forward to make trouble and seize tenants in the two granges of the Zhang family, and he handled it beautifully, which won the joy of his mother-in-law Gu.
"My son entered school at the age of thirteen, maybe he can take the exam at the age of fifteen, but isn't it better than the master?" Sun glanced at Zhang Zhuo, then gently rubbed his bulging lower abdomen, showing infinite satisfaction on his face, "I don't ask you to be a big official, I just hope that our family is safe and sound." Sir, I wish this baby could be a daughter! ”
"Okay, if you want a daughter, that's a daughter!"
Zhang Zhuo smiled dumbly, and when he saw his son standing aside and watching him and his wife arguing with interest, the smile suddenly froze on his face. Although he wanted to take out his father's money and reprimand a few words, he couldn't find anything to teach after thinking about it, so he had to dispel this idea with a long sigh, and he was a little depressed in his heart.
The son is too sensible and capable to find mistakes, and this father is really aggrieved.
Because his wife was pregnant and needed to recuperate, after a few words, Zhang Zuo instructed the girl to help Sun to rest in the back room, and he sat down in the middle seat. He originally wanted to praise his son's excellent results in the annual examination, but he thought that this kind of praise from Gu's side had already been said countless before, so he took back the words that came to his mouth.
"I heard that Mr. Du is going to the capital?"
Speaking of this, Zhang Yue was full of complaints. He studied with Du Zhen for four years, but he not only learned how to write beautiful eight-strand essays, but also learned more things. Although Du Zhen has a strange temper and a cold attitude, he is taught him everything, and such a gentleman can't be found even with a lantern. However, a sudden letter a few days ago disrupted his calculations, because the letter from a certain Xiao Shen actually said that the emperor wanted to summon Du Zhen to serve in the court.
"Bachelor Xiao Shen said that someone will come to pick up Mr. Du in the near future, and revealed that it is about the position of Qing Yao, and he is in harmony with Mr. Du."
"Mr. Du and you have a master-apprentice difference, he has made a comeback, you should be happy as a student, what does your sad face look like?" Seeing Zhang Yue's bitter face, Zhang Zhuo found an opportunity easily, and had to knock two sentences, "Although the British Duke has brilliant military achievements, after all, he doesn't care about political affairs, you are taking the path of a civil official, and Mr. Du can still take care of you in the future, what is a parting for a while?" ”
"Daddy's lesson is that I wrote it down."
Saying this, Zhang Yue thought in his heart - the emperors of the Ming Dynasty are all moody lords, especially the reigning Yongle Emperor now, this companion is like a tiger is not just talking about it - he is really worried that Du Zhen will have a lonely attack in the capital, will there be any unpredictable crisis. At this moment, he completely forgot that he didn't know how many times he had learned Du Zhen's insight in the past few years, and even forgot that someone had been a scholar of the Hanlin Academy before, and even had been able to retire in the Jianwen period.
"You don't have to worry about Mr. Du's affairs, you have time to spend more time on schoolwork, don't ......be like me," Zhang Zhuo's words stopped abruptly after half of his words, and he took himself out as an analogy in his heart, coughed lightly before continuing to admonish, "All in all, the young man must not be arrogant." If you want to say that you are talented, Brother Zhen is better than you, but he is not as rigorous as you. At the end of the day, it's because you have a good gentleman. ”
Zhang Yue nodded, and then smiled: "Daddy, if you get carried away with this little thing, then wouldn't I be too shallow?" ”
Zhang Zuo looked at his son's calm smiling face, and an indescribable sense of complacency suddenly welled up in his heart. His life is already at the end, and he has no other hope. But if he can cultivate an outstanding son, then he is worthy of himself and his wife, as well as his biological mother who died a long time ago. Compared with talent and learning, what he is most satisfied with is his son's character.
"By the way, Daddy, what's going on with what you're missing?"
In other people's homes, the father cares about his son's future, but when he arrives at his own home, it is reversed. So, even if Zhang Zhuo knew that this was his son's sincerity, he couldn't help but show an angry and funny expression at this time.
"I've only waited for two years, and people have been waiting for ten or eight years, how can it be so fast?"
"Dad, it's okay if you don't be an official, it's convenient to have a reputation for raising people, it's far better than being a nine-grade sesame official, seeing that everyone is a Shangguan, you have to bow down all day long!"
When Zhang Zhuo heard this, he immediately reprimanded him with a straight face, and a girl came in with a curtain, saying that the second wife had something to say to the third master, so he left his son and went straight away.
In the evening, Zhang Yue finally understood what the second aunt of the Dongfang clan asked for - his second aunt, who was shrewd and capable and had too many calculations, actually intended to marry the Jin family of the Kaifeng prefect, and went around and asked Zhang Zhuo to inquire about the Jin family.
PS: I see that someone has already started talking about twins...... At present, after all, the protagonist is only fourteen, so the two of them are just passers-by who have entanglements with the Zhang family for a period of time, but the two sisters are important characters in the future (how important it is, please imagine for yourself), well, spoilers are here, by the way, I want two recommendations