Unlike other neighborhoods in Huizhou, Doosan Street doesn't have many pedestrians at noon. On both sides of the street here are deep mansion compounds, the horse-head walls rub shoulders with each other, the black and white are extraordinarily elegant, all of them are the mansions built by the Hui merchants who have achieved business abroad, and the courtyard is deep. The largest mansion often has to sit on a sliding pole from the outermost gate to the innermost courtyard. The so-called unwritten rule that businessmen cannot participate in the imperial examination after that has long been a thing of the past in these years, and many people are using business to raise literature, to enter the office, to expand business, and the so-called first Jia and then Confucianism, which is the case.

The Xu family's mansion is in the depths of Doosan Street, and several generations of salt merchants have accumulated a very rich family business, and in the past twenty or thirty years, there have been two lifters, five or six talents, and they have gradually evolved from the family of merchants to the village eunuchs. Due to the large number of people, the originally spacious compound has long been unable to live. Doosan Street has a limited area, and if the side branch is developed, they will often buy houses in other parts of the city, and most of the people of the side branch who continue to live here are from an ordinary background, and they often go to their own house to maintain their blood relationship.

Wang Yuanguan was originally just one of these daughters of the Xu family. The father-in-law is a layman, the husband has been taking the exam for many years and is still a child, although the younger brother is young and talented, but he suffered such a storm, she followed her mother-in-law to the house to meet those elders and peers, I don't know how much cynicism she has suffered. But at this moment, those glances at her were still contemptuous and disdainful, but there were also many curious eyes.

"Sister-in-law Zhen, did your mother's brother really take that eight-year-old nephew as his son? When I talked to Sister Mingyue that day, she also specially asked about it. ”

The one who asked this was Miss Xu Wei, who was the same age as Wang Yuanguan, who was a little coquettish and loved by her grandmother Fang. When she started this, the others also asked gossipingly, Wang Yuanguan didn't know how much idleness he had suffered in those days before, and even his mother-in-law had beaten two sentences lightly, but now she was finally able to turn the tables, but she forcibly suppressed the idea of ridiculing some people, and quietly told everyone the scene of Minglun Hall that she had heard at the beginning.

As soon as Wang Yuanguan finished speaking, some people couldn't get used to her pride, and interjected coldly: "Fourteen-year-old father, eight-year-old son, if any lady marries him in the future, he will have a cheap son as soon as he passes the door, and it will be lively at that time!" ”

"I told my brother that, too." Wang Yuanguan said lightly, "Although he is young, he is very open-minded, saying that there are always girls in the world who have good enough vision." ”

Seeing that many people around her disagreed, she smiled and said, "Besides, it's an adopted son, not an heir." Jinbao has been with my brother for less than two months, but he can read all the books he reads, and his handwriting has gone from the initial dog crawling to quite decent, and even the Grand Master greatly appreciates his qualifications. My brother also joked that he was waiting for Jinbao to succeed in the field so that he could provide for his old age. ”

Thinking that Wang Fulin was only fourteen years old and said such old-fashioned words, the old and young in the room were suddenly happy. Even the old lady Fang on the throne, who had always been severe, laughed so hard that she almost flipped the teacup in her hand for a while. In this way, the fastidious atmosphere just now is gone.

Fang Shi smiled again: "There is a way to be the old and the old, the young and the young, it may be easier to do the former, but there is no one in a hundred who can do the latter, it is rare that he is young but meticulous, so that the evil nephew in the clan can not succeed, and he shelters the good talent and beauty, no wonder even the great grandmaster praises it." In the future, if you have a chance, you will bring him to the house to sit down. ”

Now that the Xu family has the highest seniority, the Fang family, who was born in the Fang family in Yanzhen, has opened their mouths, and others naturally have nothing to say. Wang Yuanguan's mother-in-law Ke Shi only felt extremely happy in her heart, for the first time, she felt that the eldest daughter-in-law's family was not very rich in addition to the thin number of people, and the dowry was not too rich, and other shortcomings were really not to be talked about, after all, how many new daughters-in-law in this family could take care of the housework in an orderly manner as soon as they entered the door, respect their in-laws, and treat their uncles and sisters-in-law well? After thinking about it for a while, when she was about to take Wang Yuanguan to say goodbye, she saw the door curtain move, but she was poking her head out with one of her old women. Knowing that this behavior was very unruly, she suddenly felt a little shameless.

"What the hell are you doing, come in and talk!"

"It's a little recklessness." The old lady entered the house with a hard head, and after Wanfu saluted, she smiled with a smile on her face, "It's from the eldest grandmother's mother's house, and the little one will come to see if he has time." ”

Wang Yuanguan only thought it was Wang Fulin, and was overjoyed: "Is the little brother here?" ”

Someone in the room quipped: "Say Cao Cao, Cao Cao will arrive." ”

But when the old lady heard this, she quickly shook her head: "It's not Wang Xiaoguan, it's the younger brother of Mr. Nanming of Songming Mountain, the second uncle of the eldest grandmother's family." ”

To say that Huizhou Mansion can produce several Jinshi every three years, but now the court is sinister, and there is no one in the ten who can really do high-ranking officials, and even if Mr. Nanming of Songming Mountain is idle now, he has already been the governor before he was dismissed. As a result, the eyes of the people in the room who looked at Wang Yuanguan all changed. Even those who were a little disappreciative just now showed a bit of surprise and envy at this moment.

And Wang Yuanguan himself almost thought that he had heard something. The reason why her father has not returned from many years of business, she, the eldest daughter of the family, is vaguely aware of the star, except for the big day of the Chinese New Year's Eve ancestor worship, her family and the most prominent relatives in the clan have almost broken off contact. Even when she got married, she only ordered someone to give a gift, and did not come over to eat and drink. I didn't expect that after so many years, that patriarch would come to see her junior!

"Go, don't keep your uncle waiting!"

This time, even Fang's family urged repeatedly, and when Wang Yuanguan hurriedly confessed and left in a hurry with his mother-in-law Ke, there was a burst of exclamation in the room. I don't know who muttered in a low voice: "It was originally a lawsuit that almost wanted to change one's reputation, but I didn't expect a bad thing to turn into a good thing, and I trembled all of a sudden!" ”

Fang didn't speak, but showed fatigue, Xu Wei was the most observant, and hurriedly brought tea and water to ask her grandmother if she was tired, and others quickly retired when they saw this. When the idle people were gone, Fang Shi made a look, Xu Wei's mother, her eldest daughter-in-law Cheng Shi immediately got up and went outside the house, and ordered someone to go to Wang Yuanguan's house to investigate.

After about half an hour, there was news.

"Old lady. It was indeed the second master of the Wang family who came, and he met the fourth wife and the eldest grandmother together, and gave a four-color gift, but he only stayed for a quarter of an hour, but there was a lot of laughter in the room. It is said that the younger brother of Grandma Zhen made a joke when he went to see off the great grandmaster. ”

Fang Shi was shocked at the moment: "I just made the Great Grandmaster full of praise a few days ago, why did I make a joke today, and Zhen's daughter-in-law, who is the eldest sister, can still laugh?" ”

"It's a joke, but it's also a good story. I heard that it was Wang Xiaoxianggong and others who went to see off the great grandmaster today, and the impatient students surrounded the great grandmaster with a poem on the left and a poem on the right, so they took the opportunity to urinate and escape! Who knew that at this time, the great master summoned him, he was not there, and a scholar beside him naturally had to go up to pray, at this time, a Wuyuan student squeezed two sentences, and the scholar was not angry, so he chanted a poem by his master. This is good, the great grandmaster was full of praise, laughed three times and set off immediately, when Wang Xiaoxianggong came back, the great grandmaster was gone! ”

The second sister-in-law Zhang, who was talking back and forth, spoke vividly and recited the poem again, although several female relatives in the room were not present, they all felt lifelike when they heard it, and for a while Xu Wei actually laughed, and then blinked her eyes and thought about it. And Fang couldn't help but smile and said: "There are talented people in the country, and they have led the way for hundreds of years...... Sure enough, the younger brother of Zhen's daughter-in-law is really unusual! Well, go down and claim your reward! ”

Zhang's second sister-in-law was overjoyed, and was about to retreat after thanking her, but a voice came from outside: "Old lady, that Wang Xiaoxianggong came to see Grandma Zhen with Jinbao, and the person has already entered the house, and he just missed the second master of the Wang family!" ”

If it was just a fourteen-year-old talent, the Fang clan would just ask at most. However, a fourteen-year-old Xiao Xiucai turned over a lawsuit that was extremely unfavorable to herself, and she made such a "joke" when she saw her off today, and she was really interested. Although she is two generations older than the other party, and she can be the grandmother of the other party in terms of age, she still said with great interest at this moment: "This way, prepare to slide the rod, I will go over to have a good time, and also meet this Wang Xiaoxianggong!" ”

Everyone didn't expect Fang Clan to be so interested, and they persuaded her to invite someone to come over to talk, but Fang Clan only shook his head and said, "Zhen's daughter-in-law has been here today, and we invite her to come again for our curiosity, this is not to be a relative, but a person of the moment." As soon as I was old, I told people the truth that I was curious, and I thought that her brother loved the young, and he should always have a little respect for the elderly, and he would not see the outside. ”

The old lady in the family said this, and the others hurriedly ran forward and went to Zhang Luo, while Xu Wei helped change the clothes of her grandmother, who was originally dressed in a homely dress, and said curiously while doing it: "Grandmother, didn't this Wang Fulin say that he was a nerd before?" Why is it so powerful all of a sudden? ”

"At the age of fourteen, I adopted an eight-year-old adopted son; Seeing off the great grandmaster, but impatiently slipped away to Gong Gong, isn't this stupid? Fang Shi even smiled when he said this, but said thoughtfully, "It's really temperamental." ”

If you know that behind this fame turmoil, it is related to the summer tax turmoil, how will Wang Fulin, who has a true temperament, react?

However, it was easy to clean up outside, and the slide rod had already been carried to the door of the hall, followed by another message. At this moment, everyone who had just finished their work was stunned.

"Shexian Ye County sent someone to find us here and invited Wang Xiaoxianggong to the county office!"

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