A quiet bluestone alley; old stone slabs and moss marks, new red lanterns; a courtyard door gently opened; a pretty girl's face suddenly showed a surprise expression.
It seems that this scene has been experienced somewhere, but Zhang Ning knows that this is a deception of memory, but it just seems familiar.
Meeting at the gate of the courtyard, before I could say a few words, the little sister's smart eyes seemed to have thousands of words, but soon more people needed to socialize and couldn't say anything. Even the neighbors around me came over to watch after hearing that Zhang Ning, who was an official, had returned.
Some people even couldn't help asking why there were no escorts from officials who beat drums and drums, and why there were no red-flowered sedan chairs, as if Zhang Ning had won the top scorer and returned home in glory. Perhaps it was impossible to be a Shangguan in Beijing in the eyes of his fellow villagers.
Zhang Jiujin and his son were still doing business during the peak New Year season, but soon they closed the shop and came home.
Like stars holding the moon, neighbors who don’t usually come and go around Zhang Ning, their respectful and envious words were beyond words.
Zhang Jiujin was also full of redness, and he was very helpful as a compliment to his neighbors by his elders.
When people were happy, they could not help but lead the whole afternoon to set up a few tables in the yard.
Social engagements, flattery, politeness, and wine, the Zhang family courtyard is prosperous, like spring comes early, and prosperity is a symbol of auspiciousness and what people like.
Zhang Ning has always had a smile on his face. People during the Chinese New Year are so proud that they can’t even put their face down even if they are frozen.
From time to time, Zhang Ning couldn't help but look around and search for the little sister's figure. There was nothing wrong, but he just subconsciously wanted to see what she was doing; but he could meet the same gaze of the little sister every time.
Zhang Jiujin, who was sitting above, had successfully changed his role, as if he suddenly changed from a businessman to a respected gentry. He also talked about the words to the officialdom, and he was suspected of deliberately showing off: When the Shangyuan County Yamen sent someone to deliver official documents, I didn't recognize who it was at first, but Dalang recognized it. Dalang made some friends with the county officials and met Master Zhao. When he said that, he realized that it was Master Zhao who was around the county magistrate. He personally sent the official documents from the Ministry of Personnel. I invited me to the tea hall to talk...
Mr. Zhao, who is in charge of grain and horses, according to the words of the county clerk, the county magistrate made many decisions by Mr. Zhao.
The eldest brother Zhang Shicai and his father were in harmony. The county magistrate was not convenient for him to come here, so he sent Mr. Zhao, which was considered very important. He usually just sent an official to submit official documents.
Zhang Ning was not willing to save his uncle's face, so he said: I was only sent to the judge of Yangzhou Prefecture at the end of the year. Not long ago, I was still a Beijing official of the Ministry of Rites, so it was inconvenient to walk with my parents in my hometown.
The same deskmate said seriously: Although he had never walked around, everyone was an official in the same court, and his words were easy to say.In the future, if the villagers in the village have something to do with the government, we are not so afraid of the officials!
The gate of the courtyard was not closed, and a wealthy man came again. He followed the two servants carrying a bundle of silk and bowed to Zhang Jiujin as if they were not intimate.
After a long time of false confusion, Zhang Ning realized that this person was not someone else, but his former father-in-law Wang Yuanwai.
The engagement has been withdrawn, and he can still come and go around in a big way, and give such a big gift for no reason, which makes people feel that it is a good business accident.
……
The bustle and bustle continued until the lights on Liren Street were turned on before they dispersed one after another.
A few tables of muddy cups and garbage all over the ground were left behind. The women of the Zhang family were busy, while the men were full of food, drinking, vanity and enjoying enough to squat at the door of the main hall to continue chatting. None of the two generations of men did the housework.
Zhang Shicai, who was pretending to be a gentleman at the dinner table just now, was picking his teeth in a big way with a toothpick.
The Wang family wants to repair the relationship between the two families.Zhang Jiujin sighed.
Zhang Shicai smiled and looked at Zhang Ning: Our Erlang is talented and their family is wealthy. If there is no such twists and turns in the middle, it will be considered a match.The Wang family in Jiangning County has a wealthy family and lacks nothing, just a literary fortune; and Miss Wang is good-looking.
Weng Wang did make a special mention twice, and today he came to the door in person.Uncle Zhang Jiujin said seriously, Erlang and his younger sister are not young anymore and are not married yet. What do we think of our Zhang family?
Zhang Shicai said again: Don’t say, the matchmaker who has been here to propose marriage in the past few months has quickly smoothed the threshold of our family. Now we are a family of officials and have many of them who like me.
Even my brother hasn’t gotten married, so how can I make a younger sister get married first!Zhang Xiaomei, who was working, kept listening with her ears, and couldn't help but interrupt.
Zhang Shicai smiled and said: If the eldest lady of the eunuch's family doesn't leave the door, she is called a status. Don't run around in front of others in the future.
If you do it, you will not get it.Brother, come and sweep the yard. How can a dignified lady do such a job?
Zhang Xiaomei's crisp voice interprets Nanjing Mandarin to the extreme of her voice, which is more gentle than Wu's voice.
The matter between Wang Weng depends on Erlang's idea.Zhang Jiujin kept serious regardless of his brother and sister's jokes.He finally said the truth, his uncle is not his parents after all.
Zhang Ning then said: The gifts sent by the Wang family today can only be refunded.
Jiujin and his son fell silent immediately.
Zhang Ning explained calmly: The teacher of the prince of the dynasty, Mr. Yang Shiqi, his daughter had made an engagement with me. When the relationship was officially held at the beginning of the year, the Yang family should have compiled a book to the uncle.So the matter of the Wang family can only be forgotten.
The prince’s teacher!
Zhang Shicai had an imaginative expression, as if imagining those big names whom he had never known before. He then laughed and said, "It's still Erlang who has a future!"Since that's the case, why didn't you say it earlier? You mentioned that the Wang family is doing what they did. Tomorrow, we will return all the things we gave away. We don't care about this.
Zhang Jiujin didn't say anything, he was usually much more steady than his son.
He then suddenly said: By the way, there is another very important thing.There is a husband named Ma Wenchang in Jiangning County. He said he was a scholar from the tribute court with Erlang. His parents came to visit the begging people in person, but they almost made him kneel down... Erlang knew people in the government, could he help him?
It depends on what's going on.Zhang Ning said curiously.
Dalang, you can make it clear.Zhang Jiujin looked at his son.
Zhang Shicai looked gloating: This is a sin that can be done by heaven, but he can only live without death!Last time, Erlang was wrongly accused of cheating in the imperial examination and was put into prison. It turned out that someone was harming you behind the scenes!This person is either someone else, or his classmate Ma Wenchang.
Who investigated this?Zhang Ning had a little anger in his heart, but he could still keep calm.
Thinking of the time when he met Ma Wenchang outside the Fule House, the guy looked polite and smiling on the surface and didn't want to stab him in his back was either this one. He also deliberately mentioned something about Yang Sihai's conflict with him and wanted to frame Yang Sihai.
How could I offend him? Why did he harm me?
What a bad classmate, Ma Wenchang is better than a prostitute who has only met once.
Zhang Shicai said: According to Master Zhao, Ma Wenchang went to report to a censor named Zhou, a southern Zhili, and then Erlang was wronged.Unexpectedly, the censor named Zhou was implicated in the imperial case in Beijing and was taken to the Jinyiwei.I don’t know who interrogated him for falsely accusing the Minister of Rites Lu Zhen, so he brought out the informant Ma Wenchang. He was said to be a fellow party member of Zhou, but it seemed that he was not a big role. He didn’t come to the Jinyiwei, and the constable of Shangyuansi came to arrest him and was imprisoned... You see, this harmed others and eventually harmed himself!
But his parents were unbearable, and I heard that they were the only ones.
The uncle frowned and said, "Besides, if we repay our grudges with kindness, our Zhang family has a good reputation among the neighbors, otherwise the neighbors would not know what to say about us."
Zhang Ning couldn't help but glared and said: How can you repay kindness with kindness?
Zhang Jiujin immediately frowned and looked at him. He soon felt that he seemed too angry to speak to his elders in this tone. So he held back his emotions and said patiently: Uncle, please forgive me, I really can't do anything like this.It is clear that Ma Wenchang was a member of Zhou Nezhi who was taken to prison without any questions. It is clearly an indiscriminate revenge from the Eastern Palace faction. I went to plead for him, so who am I on?To put it bluntly, so many things started with the suspected cheating of the examiner, Lord Lu, and he was involved in the power competition. Ma Wenchang and I were both chess pieces that were involved without knowing the truth. We should find a way to stay away, but Ma Wenchang came to him. His own mind... can he blame someone else?
Erlang is right!
Zhang Shicai stood firmly on Zhang Ning's side, as if Ma Wenchang did this detrimental thing because of Miss Wang's.For this matter, I am slandering us. What kind of favors can I tell you now?We cannot let Erlang's future be affected just because of him.
OK.Zhang Jiujin said, if you can’t help, it’s okay, our Zhang family is kind to others, and the neighbors are all aware of it over time.
My uncle is old and does look a little bit unmatched and he is too afraid of things.
However, Zhang Ning breathed a sigh of relief when he heard him speak.
When I was resting, I subconsciously looked around and didn't see Zhang Xiaomei. When I looked up, I saw a red color on the window on the gray and white walls. It was the little girl wearing a little red coat, looking at Zhang Ning with a smile.
A pure smile makes people think of it with all kinds of beautiful things in the world. Just that gentle look can make people obsessed with it and see that everything around them has no color and brilliance. Other things are extremely boring.
After cleaning up, my brother can have a good sleep at night.Zhang Xiaomei shouted softly in front of the window.
In the same Nanjing Mandarin, why can’t women such as aunt and sister-in-law speak so well?The staggered high and low tunes are smoothly connected like streamlines, which is more beautiful than the lyrics sung by Yue Opera.
It seems that this scene has been experienced somewhere, but Zhang Ning knows that this is a deception of memory, but it just seems familiar.
Meeting at the gate of the courtyard, before I could say a few words, the little sister's smart eyes seemed to have thousands of words, but soon more people needed to socialize and couldn't say anything. Even the neighbors around me came over to watch after hearing that Zhang Ning, who was an official, had returned.
Some people even couldn't help asking why there were no escorts from officials who beat drums and drums, and why there were no red-flowered sedan chairs, as if Zhang Ning had won the top scorer and returned home in glory. Perhaps it was impossible to be a Shangguan in Beijing in the eyes of his fellow villagers.
Zhang Jiujin and his son were still doing business during the peak New Year season, but soon they closed the shop and came home.
Like stars holding the moon, neighbors who don’t usually come and go around Zhang Ning, their respectful and envious words were beyond words.
Zhang Jiujin was also full of redness, and he was very helpful as a compliment to his neighbors by his elders.
When people were happy, they could not help but lead the whole afternoon to set up a few tables in the yard.
Social engagements, flattery, politeness, and wine, the Zhang family courtyard is prosperous, like spring comes early, and prosperity is a symbol of auspiciousness and what people like.
Zhang Ning has always had a smile on his face. People during the Chinese New Year are so proud that they can’t even put their face down even if they are frozen.
From time to time, Zhang Ning couldn't help but look around and search for the little sister's figure. There was nothing wrong, but he just subconsciously wanted to see what she was doing; but he could meet the same gaze of the little sister every time.
Zhang Jiujin, who was sitting above, had successfully changed his role, as if he suddenly changed from a businessman to a respected gentry. He also talked about the words to the officialdom, and he was suspected of deliberately showing off: When the Shangyuan County Yamen sent someone to deliver official documents, I didn't recognize who it was at first, but Dalang recognized it. Dalang made some friends with the county officials and met Master Zhao. When he said that, he realized that it was Master Zhao who was around the county magistrate. He personally sent the official documents from the Ministry of Personnel. I invited me to the tea hall to talk...
Mr. Zhao, who is in charge of grain and horses, according to the words of the county clerk, the county magistrate made many decisions by Mr. Zhao.
The eldest brother Zhang Shicai and his father were in harmony. The county magistrate was not convenient for him to come here, so he sent Mr. Zhao, which was considered very important. He usually just sent an official to submit official documents.
Zhang Ning was not willing to save his uncle's face, so he said: I was only sent to the judge of Yangzhou Prefecture at the end of the year. Not long ago, I was still a Beijing official of the Ministry of Rites, so it was inconvenient to walk with my parents in my hometown.
The same deskmate said seriously: Although he had never walked around, everyone was an official in the same court, and his words were easy to say.In the future, if the villagers in the village have something to do with the government, we are not so afraid of the officials!
The gate of the courtyard was not closed, and a wealthy man came again. He followed the two servants carrying a bundle of silk and bowed to Zhang Jiujin as if they were not intimate.
After a long time of false confusion, Zhang Ning realized that this person was not someone else, but his former father-in-law Wang Yuanwai.
The engagement has been withdrawn, and he can still come and go around in a big way, and give such a big gift for no reason, which makes people feel that it is a good business accident.
……
The bustle and bustle continued until the lights on Liren Street were turned on before they dispersed one after another.
A few tables of muddy cups and garbage all over the ground were left behind. The women of the Zhang family were busy, while the men were full of food, drinking, vanity and enjoying enough to squat at the door of the main hall to continue chatting. None of the two generations of men did the housework.
Zhang Shicai, who was pretending to be a gentleman at the dinner table just now, was picking his teeth in a big way with a toothpick.
The Wang family wants to repair the relationship between the two families.Zhang Jiujin sighed.
Zhang Shicai smiled and looked at Zhang Ning: Our Erlang is talented and their family is wealthy. If there is no such twists and turns in the middle, it will be considered a match.The Wang family in Jiangning County has a wealthy family and lacks nothing, just a literary fortune; and Miss Wang is good-looking.
Weng Wang did make a special mention twice, and today he came to the door in person.Uncle Zhang Jiujin said seriously, Erlang and his younger sister are not young anymore and are not married yet. What do we think of our Zhang family?
Zhang Shicai said again: Don’t say, the matchmaker who has been here to propose marriage in the past few months has quickly smoothed the threshold of our family. Now we are a family of officials and have many of them who like me.
Even my brother hasn’t gotten married, so how can I make a younger sister get married first!Zhang Xiaomei, who was working, kept listening with her ears, and couldn't help but interrupt.
Zhang Shicai smiled and said: If the eldest lady of the eunuch's family doesn't leave the door, she is called a status. Don't run around in front of others in the future.
If you do it, you will not get it.Brother, come and sweep the yard. How can a dignified lady do such a job?
Zhang Xiaomei's crisp voice interprets Nanjing Mandarin to the extreme of her voice, which is more gentle than Wu's voice.
The matter between Wang Weng depends on Erlang's idea.Zhang Jiujin kept serious regardless of his brother and sister's jokes.He finally said the truth, his uncle is not his parents after all.
Zhang Ning then said: The gifts sent by the Wang family today can only be refunded.
Jiujin and his son fell silent immediately.
Zhang Ning explained calmly: The teacher of the prince of the dynasty, Mr. Yang Shiqi, his daughter had made an engagement with me. When the relationship was officially held at the beginning of the year, the Yang family should have compiled a book to the uncle.So the matter of the Wang family can only be forgotten.
The prince’s teacher!
Zhang Shicai had an imaginative expression, as if imagining those big names whom he had never known before. He then laughed and said, "It's still Erlang who has a future!"Since that's the case, why didn't you say it earlier? You mentioned that the Wang family is doing what they did. Tomorrow, we will return all the things we gave away. We don't care about this.
Zhang Jiujin didn't say anything, he was usually much more steady than his son.
He then suddenly said: By the way, there is another very important thing.There is a husband named Ma Wenchang in Jiangning County. He said he was a scholar from the tribute court with Erlang. His parents came to visit the begging people in person, but they almost made him kneel down... Erlang knew people in the government, could he help him?
It depends on what's going on.Zhang Ning said curiously.
Dalang, you can make it clear.Zhang Jiujin looked at his son.
Zhang Shicai looked gloating: This is a sin that can be done by heaven, but he can only live without death!Last time, Erlang was wrongly accused of cheating in the imperial examination and was put into prison. It turned out that someone was harming you behind the scenes!This person is either someone else, or his classmate Ma Wenchang.
Who investigated this?Zhang Ning had a little anger in his heart, but he could still keep calm.
Thinking of the time when he met Ma Wenchang outside the Fule House, the guy looked polite and smiling on the surface and didn't want to stab him in his back was either this one. He also deliberately mentioned something about Yang Sihai's conflict with him and wanted to frame Yang Sihai.
How could I offend him? Why did he harm me?
What a bad classmate, Ma Wenchang is better than a prostitute who has only met once.
Zhang Shicai said: According to Master Zhao, Ma Wenchang went to report to a censor named Zhou, a southern Zhili, and then Erlang was wronged.Unexpectedly, the censor named Zhou was implicated in the imperial case in Beijing and was taken to the Jinyiwei.I don’t know who interrogated him for falsely accusing the Minister of Rites Lu Zhen, so he brought out the informant Ma Wenchang. He was said to be a fellow party member of Zhou, but it seemed that he was not a big role. He didn’t come to the Jinyiwei, and the constable of Shangyuansi came to arrest him and was imprisoned... You see, this harmed others and eventually harmed himself!
But his parents were unbearable, and I heard that they were the only ones.
The uncle frowned and said, "Besides, if we repay our grudges with kindness, our Zhang family has a good reputation among the neighbors, otherwise the neighbors would not know what to say about us."
Zhang Ning couldn't help but glared and said: How can you repay kindness with kindness?
Zhang Jiujin immediately frowned and looked at him. He soon felt that he seemed too angry to speak to his elders in this tone. So he held back his emotions and said patiently: Uncle, please forgive me, I really can't do anything like this.It is clear that Ma Wenchang was a member of Zhou Nezhi who was taken to prison without any questions. It is clearly an indiscriminate revenge from the Eastern Palace faction. I went to plead for him, so who am I on?To put it bluntly, so many things started with the suspected cheating of the examiner, Lord Lu, and he was involved in the power competition. Ma Wenchang and I were both chess pieces that were involved without knowing the truth. We should find a way to stay away, but Ma Wenchang came to him. His own mind... can he blame someone else?
Erlang is right!
Zhang Shicai stood firmly on Zhang Ning's side, as if Ma Wenchang did this detrimental thing because of Miss Wang's.For this matter, I am slandering us. What kind of favors can I tell you now?We cannot let Erlang's future be affected just because of him.
OK.Zhang Jiujin said, if you can’t help, it’s okay, our Zhang family is kind to others, and the neighbors are all aware of it over time.
My uncle is old and does look a little bit unmatched and he is too afraid of things.
However, Zhang Ning breathed a sigh of relief when he heard him speak.
When I was resting, I subconsciously looked around and didn't see Zhang Xiaomei. When I looked up, I saw a red color on the window on the gray and white walls. It was the little girl wearing a little red coat, looking at Zhang Ning with a smile.
A pure smile makes people think of it with all kinds of beautiful things in the world. Just that gentle look can make people obsessed with it and see that everything around them has no color and brilliance. Other things are extremely boring.
After cleaning up, my brother can have a good sleep at night.Zhang Xiaomei shouted softly in front of the window.
In the same Nanjing Mandarin, why can’t women such as aunt and sister-in-law speak so well?The staggered high and low tunes are smoothly connected like streamlines, which is more beautiful than the lyrics sung by Yue Opera.
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