Chapter 145: Grandmother's Gift

"It's almost finished over there, and there are a few fewer trees in this garden, and a few big guys in the house don't matter for the time being, so the eldest daughter-in-law and the second daughter-in-law will move out with people first, and take a good look at the house you have chosen, and make up for what is lacking. Your sister-in-law in the lobby is happy now, and my wife has to take care of one or two for her, and it is enough to leave the third daughter-in-law. Brother Chao'er's marriage, you should be conscientious, after all, it is Bofu, don't make people laugh. ”

Although the British Mansion is good, staying in someone else's house is a guest after all, so the Feng Dongfang clan has no objection to moving out as soon as possible, and only showed surprise when the Gu family left the Sun family. One of the two is from a family of eunuchs, and the other is wealthy, and they always look down on the Sun family who came out of a small family. Now seeing that this originally inconspicuous concubine suddenly has a face in front of the old lady, although it is not enough to overpower them, it is enough to make them unhappy.

The Gu family saw that the Feng family's Dongfang clan was smiling, and the Sun family showed a slight smile, where did they not know what they were thinking in their hearts. It's just a little intrigue between their concubines, she doesn't want to care and is impatient to take care of it, so when they got up to leave, she just bowed her head slightly, and didn't leave any of them. Thinking that her own eldest son was in Jiaozhi, where the rebellion was continuous, and the people were dissatisfied, and it was difficult to bring back a few letters throughout the year, she couldn't help but sigh deeply.

After a trip to Nanjing, Zhang Zhen now looks like a little adult, but he is certainly a prodigy who has been praised since he was a child, but he is far less fortunate than Zhang Yue in the imperial examination. Although Zhang Zhen still didn't see any signs of discouragement, she couldn't help but worry, and thought that if her eldest son was still in the court, if Zhang Zhen could directly make up for the official, she wouldn't have to worry so much.

"Old lady. Just now, a little girl came to report, saying that Zhao Wangfu and Anyang Wangfu sent two mothers to visit the British duchess, and the third young master also went there to say goodbye, and the two sides collided, and it is said that they talked for a while, and the two mothers were extremely polite to the third young master, and the third young master dealt with it decently. After that, the British duchess kept the young master and talked for a while, and now people should be coming this way. ”

Gu nodded slightly. took the tea from Lingxi, took a sip before smiling: "Where does his little man have any face, but everyone looks at the British public." Fortunately, he knows what happened, and the British Duke did not misread him, and I did not misunderstand him. This arrogant man has never ended well, and if he wants to stand firm in this court in the future, he must follow the example of the British prince, and no one can find the slightest mistake. That's right. Yesterday the British Duchess asked someone to send a box of fans, and you should go and get them. Also, take this key and open my carved lacquer box and bring the bag from it. ”

Lingxi didn't expect that Gu was talking about business at this end, and suddenly thought of a fan at that end. Fortunately, she collected Gu's things well. It's not hard to find it in a moment. After rummaging through a few small drawers in the back room, she found the fan in a short time. And the carved lacquer box is that she didn't know what was inside, so she opened it with the key and saw the half-time new bag inside. She was a little puzzled when she held it in her hand, but she didn't dare to open it to look at it after all.

When she opened the curtain and arrived in the main room, she found that Zhang Yue had already come, and the other little girls had been sent out, and there was only a little girl who had not left her head by Gu's side to beat her legs.

"In ten days, it will be the palace test, although they are all jinshi, but the first, second, and third are different. This armor is really too conspicuous, and if you are young enough to pull out the first armor, others will not be convinced. But it's not interesting to fall into the top three. You should work hard and come back with a second class! ”

Who can say for sure about this exam? Zhang Yue smiled bitterly in his heart, but his grandmother had told him so, so he had no choice but to respond. Next, he listened to his grandmother talk about the selection of officials after the palace examination, and he remembered the words of the British Gong Zhang Fu and Yang Shiqi's advice, and after a moment of silence, he picked out those places that could be said and said them to the Gu family one by one.

Gu nodded frequently. But I really sighed in my heart. Who would have thought that the sick little man at the beginning. It's only been a few years since you grew like this?

"There are teachers to worry about you, and elders to give you guidance. Your blessing is not shallow. Since Master Dayang also said so, and you are in charge of the capital, it is good to hone and hone outside. I am a woman's family, this major event in the court is not very serious, and I can't help you with your future, let alone teach, and I can only help you. ”

Speaking of this, Gu Shi took the bag from Lingxi, gently pulled the rope, took out a bill from it, handed it to Zhang Yue casually, but said in his mouth: "Your uncle should have mentioned to you that most of our Zhang family's properties are actually purchased in Beijing, and all of them are collected by me." Your eldest brother is going to get married, and it will not be enough to rely on his money and monthly money in the future, so I have prepared a large grange for him. ”

Zhang Yue lowered his head and took a closer look and found that this was a land deed. It's just that compared to the 200 acres of small grange that Zhang Fu gave him before, the number above is a lot, and it is 50 hectares of fertile land near Tongzhou. At the beginning, the price of land in Beijing was three taels of silver per mu, and when it was sold cheaply, even one or two taels were sold by some people, but now it is twelve taels, but the price is still rising, and the value of these 5,000 mu of land alone is a rather terrifying number.

"These are all real estate, but they are just for you to collect some rent, and it will be easy to spend when you are an official in the future, and the rest of the land money will be taken out by the public school after you are promoted to the rank of sergeant." Gu put away his smile as he spoke, and his tone became a little stern, "My Da Ming has always been very strict with corruption and perversion of the law, and your eldest uncle was deceived by his subordinates at that time, so he suffered a big loss. It's one thing for you to keep yourself clean, but you have to remember to restrain the people around you in the future. All in all, our family is not to the point where we need to reach out for money to make ends meet, remember! ”

With the title deed in his hand, Zhang Yue stood up and solemnly agreed. Other grandmothers are all spoiling grandchildren, but the Gu family is a little favored at most on weekdays, and there has never been a word for drowning, so he naturally listened to these words. After sitting and talking with him for a while, seeing that Gu's face was tired, he hurriedly hid the title deed close to him, and when he was about to say goodbye, he thought of another thing in his heart.

I wonder if the eldest uncle and the second uncle also got such property when they embarked on their official careers?

Gu Shi suddenly caught a glimpse of the fan box in Lingxi's hand, and couldn't help but think of this other matter, so he smiled and said, "By the way, this is the fan that your eldest aunt sent me from ago." Your eldest sister has it, I sent someone to give it to your second sister, your third sister is still young and doesn't need it, I keep the rest of these useless, your eldest aunt, second aunt and your mother can't use this, you can keep it and give it away. ”

This was said strangely, and Zhang Yue couldn't help but be stunned when he took the fan box handed over by Lingxi. It's just that it's not easy to open it at this time, so he thanked him and got up to say goodbye. Out of Gu's yard, he weighed the fan box in his hand, and his heart became more and more strange - keep it for someone to give away...... Who can he give it to? At that moment, Meng Min's smile suddenly appeared in front of him, and his feet suddenly froze.

Back in his family's yard, he saw Amber Autumn Mark return. At this moment, at the door of the east wing, Amber was holding a ladder, and Autumn Mark was standing on it, tying a few strings of red tassels to the beam at the door. He saw the autumn marks swaying from a distance, and couldn't help but hurry forward. Sure enough, Autumn Scar was easily hung up, but when there were still a few ladders left at the end, he stepped into the air and fell firmly into his arms. Seeing her red-faced and excited appearance, he was really angry and funny.

"What are you doing in such a hurry?"

Qiu Zhen hurriedly dodged two steps, and his face was a little sneering: "Isn't it because Sister Xiyu next to the British Duchess said that if she hangs this red tassel, she will definitely be able to take the lead in the palace test?" Fortunately, young master, you are back, otherwise you would have fallen hard just now. Hey, what did you bring back, young master? ”

Amber saw Autumn Scar fall into Zhang Yue's arms, and couldn't help but sigh, and at this time she also saw the fan box. She took it from Zhang Yue's hand, opened the lid and said with a smile: "This folding fan with gold and small sandalwood and fine bones is expensive, plus this fan seems to be painted by a famous artist, so it may cost more than ten or twenty taels of silver." This is the favorite of those ladies and girls, and the young master actually bought such a box and came back, which is really a big deal. ”

"How can I have this spare money, this is given to my grandmother by my aunt, and my grandmother gave it to me, so I can keep it and give it away."

"Such a box is really only available to the British government."

Qiu Zhen smacked his tongue beside him, and then remembered that the eldest young master was going to get married now, followed by the second young master and his own young master, this thing may be given to the future young grandmother, and his face was a little stiff. Glancing at Amber and seeing that her face was still calm, she couldn't help but be a little embarrassed.

Zhang Yue already had an idea at this time, and he didn't pay attention to Qiu Zhen's bad face at the moment, so he ordered: "Find a safe housekeeper's daughter-in-law tomorrow and take a few fans to give to the fourth sister of the Meng family, and then pick a few to give to Miss Du." The rest is also collected, you can pick and play with it, and don't let people see it. ”

Hearing that she was going to give it to Meng Min and Du Xuan, Amber nodded hurriedly, but when she heard that she and Qiu Zhen also picked two, she was stunned. She was stunned for a moment, but Qiu Zhen was desperate, grabbed the fan box and said with a smile: "This is what you said, young master, the slave maid wrote it down." You can rest assured, Amber and I will never show off in front of outsiders. Amber, what are you doing here, hurry inside to find the box containing the gifts, the gifts for Miss Meng and Miss Du can't just be so bare. ”