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268. The third trip to the imperial capital

The He family settled down in the imperial capital in a lively manner, moved the yard to clean up the house, and arranged various arrangements to insert them. It was very busy. The He family was busy, and several families in an alley sent their servants to speak. Is distant relatives better than close neighbors? They were neighbors, and they saw that the He family was newly moved here, so they didn't have to say hello. However, it was obvious that they had also conducted an investigation in advance and knew it was Shen's in-laws. The servants were very polite when they came over. They always called the master, the old lady, the old lady, the old lady, and the old lady, and said directly, "This imperial capital is polite, and they are very polite."

He Zijin made fun of him, "That's not the case. In our hometown, we always say that Zijin's grandmother, Zijin's mother, Zijin's father, that's the name."

Because he had just received a large mansion from the Shen family, Mrs. He couldn't help but smile, "Aren't these all fellow villagers? They are not outsiders, so they naturally call it intimacy."

Shen got up and picked up the tea brought by Madam Yu, and gave her a cup to her mother-in-law. She smiled and said, "We have almost settled our house. We should have two seats. Please come and have fun."

When moving to a new house, I need to set up a house to warm up the house. Mrs. He agreed and said, "Buy two good wines, and my family treats us like our flesh and blood." Such a good house, I gave it to you as soon as I said, "Your uncle has a conscience. We have already obtained this house. You are not allowed to mention anything else, especially those in other schools. You can't ask for it. Do you know? Ah Xuan and his brothers are four, and they are at the back when they make money."

"It seems that I love money so much." A gentleman loves money and takes it well. He Zijinyuan is not a greedy person, and said, "Yuan didn't plan to ask for it. It's just this house. I will go to the Imperial Capital Mansion tomorrow and change it to my name."

Mrs. He muttered, "Switch it." Thinking that if I had known that my uncle was so kind, she should have collected some money from me. Alas, it was really hard to buy a fortune! Mrs. He said again, "You are lucky."

He Zijin smiled and said, "You're welcome."

My mother He couldn't help but curl her lips when she was successful in her own girl films. He Zijin smiled and said, "Looking at my grandmother like this, I'm just kidding, what's yours, mine, mys, yours, yours, aren't yours, and whoever of us is with each other! Our women have one, how many private fields are in your hands, and my mother also has several private sauce shops. What's my house? If I don't have one, I'll be obviously incompetent, not like your granddaughter. Now this is the beginning. When my father passes the Jinshi, my great fortune is behind me. What's a house?"

When Mrs. He thought, when her son became an official in the Jinshi, he might get an imperial decree like his in-laws. In the eyes of Mrs. He, this imperial decree is more precious than ten houses. When she thought about it, she said, "What an inexplicable girl. Your father and A Nian are the masters of Jinshi, so you are not allowed to say such unsavvy words."

He Zijin widened his eyes and pretended, "I found out that when I entered the Imperial Capital, why are you different, grandmother?"

"Where is different?" asked Mrs. He.

He Zijin put on a sincere face and said, "Suddenly I became unique inexperienced, and even my words were different from when I was in my hometown."

Mrs. He was immediately proud, put down the teacup, copied it with his hand, and said with a smug look, "That's right, this is the imperial capital, what do you think it is? What does it mean to follow the local customs? Since we have arrived at the place where the emperor lives, we must show the temperament of the imperial capital! Do you know!"

"I didn't know before, but now I know."

Mrs. He gave He Zijin a wrong topic and forgot about renaming the land deed in the house. She just taught her own girl, "It's not too late to know now, you're not stupid."

He Zijin:...

Shen and Madam Yu laughed secretly and arranged for lunch. The men at home were studying, even A Nian and Jun Ge'er were studying. A Nian was preparing to be a transfer student. Jun Ge'er was at the age of enlightenment, so he simply followed Mr. Shen to learn to recognize words with Mr. Dan.

After lunch, Mrs. Shen took her daughter to make needles and threads, and while talking about the warm-house wine, Mrs. He said, "You have to prepare a meal and treat her in-laws." What a good in-laws, this big house, I gave her as soon as I said it. When I thought of this, Mrs. He felt that her son was a blessing and had a good vision, and that she had such a good family.

Shen smiled, "I thought, when we moved, the neighbors and neighbors sent people to talk. It would be better to have two more seats than to warm up the table and drink, and even neighbors and neighbors invited them together."

He Zijin said, "It's better to inquire with my grandmother first to see what kind of neighbors are and how many people each family has. It's not too late to post."

Shen was very satisfied with his daughter's thoughts, "It's very good. Let's go to your grandmother's place to ask."

Mrs. He said, "Well, you go, Ayu and I will watch dinner." Since we have our own big house, Mrs. He hasn't liked visiting the doors of the in-laws.

Shen took his daughter there. The house that Shen Su bought was not considered a prime location in the emperor, but at least it was considered a silver location, and the surrounding area was full of low-quality officials. It was not that houses in prime locations could not be afforded, but generally houses in that location were priceless.

Mrs. Shen asked about the neighbor's situation with her mother. Mrs. Shen said, "There are six families in our alley. In addition to our two families, one is Chen's family, the head of the Ministry of Revenue, the other is the Mansion of Song, the Hanlin Scholar, the other is the Mansion of Deputy General Qi of the Imperial Guard, and the other is the Mei family. It is not difficult to get along with. The Qi family is a military general, and Mrs. Qi is straightforward. The ancestors of the Mei family are officials, and they are a little noble. The mansion of Chen's mansion is rich, and the Song family pays the most attention to etiquette. You have to post a post to place a warm house wine, a female mat is four tables, and a male mat is three tables, which is enough."

Mrs. Shen was a little confused and said, "Mom, isn't there too many tables for the female mat? "In fact, Mrs. Shen calculated that only her parents' home and neighbors had a few families. And her family had just moved in and the neighbors came to have a drink, but there were only four families, including eight people.

Jiang took the words of his mother-in-law and said with a smile, "Sister doesn't know, there is a reason here. Each of these families can have two or three people. Only the Mei family has the largest population, and his family has not yet separated. From his old lady and old master, the master and the wife have six families. The six-bedroom master and grandma, and then to the fourth-generation master, the little girl has more than twenty people. In our entire alley, his family has the most happy events, so I have accepted five posts this month. Whenever each family has happy events, his family has the most people. Whenever there are happy events, his family will have the most people. Whenever there are happy events, his family will have more than ten or twenty people. It's really scary, but they are all neighbors, so there is no way to do it."

Shen and He Zijin opened their eyes. He Zijin asked, "Auntie, is his house enough to live in?"

"Nothing is enough. In addition to the old lady, the old lady lives a little wider. There are also two young granddaughters living with each other. The remaining three generations are just squeezed into a yard." Jiang said, "In fact, there are quite a lot of emperors like this."

Old Mrs. Shen said, "If you want me to say that the Mei family is not open, why bother so many descendants to squeeze in together. There are many people and many things. Also, a family is eating the officials, and the descendants are not motivated when they see food and drink. It is better to separate the family and live a peaceful life when they are young and live a small life. They also know that finding a living to support themselves is better than this family to be crowded together."

He Zijin agreed and said, "What grandmother said is."

Jiang Shi laughed, "I say the same thing. By then, A Xuan and the others will grow up and each will be married. They will be separated immediately to avoid noise."

Old Mrs. Shen hurriedly said, "A Xuan is the eldest son, so he can't be separated."

Shen smiled, "It's still early. How old is Adan? It's always time to talk about the separation of the family."

Everyone was far away as soon as they talked, but Shen's mother and daughter knew the warm food and drink. Jiang also instructed Shen to change some silver croquettes and pull some rulers. When a child comes, it can be used as a meeting gift. He also said that when the He family is preparing warm food and drinks, she brought the chef and maids and boys to help, otherwise the He family would be too busy.

Although the He family was small, fortunately, the Jiang family reminded him in advance and he knew what he wanted to buy a table and a couple. The three of Shen's He Zijin arranged the menu and bought it in advance. They borrowed pots, bowls, basins and plates from the Jiang family, as well as six maids and six servants. The others were dispatched by He Zijin. Although there were many people coming that day, they were not confused at all.

Yuan Shen thought that his family had just arrived, but he didn't expect that the wives and grandmothers from several families would have a familiar face when they saw He Zijin. No one else knew, "This is the niece of Lord Shen who is very good at planting green chrysanthemums. Oh, it's so beautiful."

He Zijin didn't dress up in a particularly luxurious dress, just wore a cherry-red long fur skirt. Because she was tall, she began to develop. She was really delicate and handsome. Even though she only had a red gold peony on her head, she was indescribable and generous. She also had a quick and timid expression. She had no timidity in the answers, and she was very able to take it out. Even the eldest grandmother of the Song Xueshi family who came to drink said, "I am really worthy of being Lord Shen's niece. This child is so good." He asked He Zijin that he had studied.

He Zijin smiled and said, "I have been studying with the female husband for a few years since I was a child, but I haven't studied it deeply and I can barely recognize a few words."

Mrs. He said, "Yes, I only barely read a series of books."

When Mrs. Shen heard her mother-in-law speak like this, she felt a little hot on her face. Sure enough, the wives of the Mei family were already showing disdain. However, Grandma Song's expression remained unchanged, and she still praised her, "Learn more and learn to be reasonable." She also said to Mrs. He, "I wonder if your girl is so kind and has a poetic and literary spirit. It's true."

He Zijin smiled and said, "You really have a reward. I am a farmer and I am not afraid of you laughing at you, but I am still farming ahead. In the past, I have been used to the life of a rural family in the countryside. When I first came to the imperial capital, there are many things I can't do. Is there any more for you, so I can give me some advice."

Mrs. He thought, how could this girl be stupid? Why did she reveal her true feelings? She said that she should underestimate our family? Look, the ladies and grandmothers of the Mei family were even taller. Alas, she was still young and very honest. Grandma Song smiled and said, "What's wrong with Gengdu? I'm counting three generations to the family is also Gengdudu."

Deputy General Qi's wife also said, "That's right, let's talk to each other to see the character. When I heard your girl speak, I felt like a temper." The words later were said to Shen. Shen smiled, "This girl has always been a straight-hearted person."

"This is better. Studying is to make sense. Girls should be more dignified and respectful at home. Don't learn sour writing and jealousy. If you don't have any, you will be laughed at." Mrs. Qi said, and Shen was a little confused.

The second wife of the Mei family smiled slightly and said, "Yes, no matter men and women, reading is for the sake of rituals. It is just a word of rituals. It looks easy, but it is not easy to actually read it in your heart."

Mrs. Qi's face was wiped off.

Mrs. Mei Er turned to her head and said to Mrs. He, "I heard that your two juren who came to the imperial capital to take the exam. My incompetent son barely passed the exam last year. He planned to give it a try next spring. But he could not compare with your family's Xie Yuangong. When Xie Yuangong has time, you might as well go to my house for more, so that they can also discuss articles with each other."

When Mrs. He heard this sleek passage from Mrs. Mei Er, she couldn't understand it all, but she also heard some meaning. It was just to ask A Nian to guide the boy from the Mei family to study. Mrs. He didn't hear that Mrs. Mei Er was polite. She had always been a self-confident person. He said directly, "This is fine. Why not ask your young master to write an article and ask A Nian to help him take a look. Since we are neighbors, we should have helped more. Not only is A Nian's article good, but my uncle's school runs well. Although it is a bit expensive, it is a good teaching. I plan to let A Nian and his father-in-law go to read it. Should your young master go or not?

Mrs. Mei Er's face suddenly became a little stiff. He Zijin glanced at Mrs. Mei Er's half-old chestnut sweater robe without a trace. She was really convinced by Mrs. He's speaking skills. She was so good at speaking. Didn't you see that the Mei family was modest?

Mrs. Qi suddenly became interested and asked about the rankings of two juren in the family. Mrs. He has always been proud of this, and the rankings of A Nian and He Gong are really good. Mrs. Qi praised, "A good ranking will be the last ten next year."

Old Madam He was very happy to hear this and smiled, "I say that too, I hope they can be ranked higher, just like my uncle at the beginning."

Mrs. Mei Er has never seen a guy like Mrs. He who is so obedient and can't look at people's faces and is confident and arrogant. She smiled and said, "I envy your old man's confidence. I am always worried that my boy has thousands of candidates and only 300 Jinshi."

My mother He disagreed and waved her hand and said, "What are thousands of people afraid of? As the saying goes, real gold is not afraid of fire. As long as the article is good, even tens of thousands of people can win!" She also said to Mrs. Mei Er, "If your family is not very sure, why not wait. I heard from my uncle that the tribute court is very hard, and I will go there for nine days and be locked up in it to write articles. If the fire has not arrived, it is better to study for a few more years, so as not to suffer the consequences." The boy from the Mei family did not go, and the children of his own children were not! My mother He was secretly proud and persuaded Mrs. Mei Er to say something, which made Mrs. Mei Er almost turn against her. Her mother He shut up.

Mrs. Chen, the head of the Ministry of Revenue, was amused and said, "Oh, it's a good time to eat wine, and I talk about learning again. My family is not like you two, there is such a young juren. You two still say this directly. Isn't it jealous?" He turned around and asked He Zijin if she still planted flowers. He heard that she wouldn't plant that green chrysanthemum anymore. Mrs. Chen was very regretful.

Today's warm house wine is quite lively, except for the smell of gunpowder from Mrs. Qi and Mrs. Mei Er. Because these two people seemed to be out of temper, Mrs. Shen deliberately separated them. Later, I realized that Mrs. Mei Er and Mrs. Qi really had a grudge. This is a later story. I won't mention it for now. When the guests were sent away, Mrs. Jiang praised He Zijin and said, "Zi Jin is really capable. Although this banquet is not a big banquet, she can arrange it in an orderly manner as a daughter. I don't think that my sister doesn't have to worry about it at all."

The daughter was capable, and Shen was also proud of her heart, but she said, "She is just a random arrangement. She has been in charge since she was a child. When she was at home, she always likes to interfere. I always ask her to do it. Today, thanks to the people in her brother and sister's house, she is busy but not messy."

Mrs. Shen loves her the most, just like He Zijin, and she also said to her daughter, "It's great for Zijin to do this. Girls' family is a little bit of a primary school student. Otherwise, when things are at the end of the day, they will be laughed at if they can't hold on." She felt that her granddaughter was stronger than Jiang's. When Jiang arrived in the imperial capital, she was in her twenties at that time, and she was not so negligent. Now she has only been trained in recent years. When she thought of such a capable granddaughter who could not be worthy of her grandson, Mrs. Shen felt regretful.

Old Madam He obviously agreed with Mrs. Shen's words and said, "Yes, before coming to the imperial capital, I was worried that this girl would feel timid when she first arrived in the imperial capital. Now that we see the daughters of other officials and families, our girls are not as good as others." In addition to the gifts she received today, this is what made Old Madam He the most happy, and she felt that her girl was very fond of her face.

Jiang quickly said, "If there is an old lady in the family, we Zijin will be outstanding no matter where we are." However, Jiang also admitted that He Zijin is open-minded in speaking and acting, and it is rare for girls to develop such a demeanor.

Mrs. He nodded unfairly, "This is different from the local girls in our countryside. My in-laws still remember that this girl was holding a full moon banquet when she was full moon. Many people said when they saw her, "Oh, I have never seen such a handsome child like a pink ball." As soon as I hugged her out, many families were waiting to hug her. Some children were beautiful when they were young, but they became ordinary when they were old. Our girls are outstanding since childhood."

Jiang refused to laugh and agreed with Mrs. He, thinking that fortunately Zijin was outstanding, otherwise Mrs. He would be really funny.

Shen asked Jiang, "Does these neighbors know about Zijin planting green chrysanthemums?"

Jiang said, "It was still a few years ago that the prince of Shu brought back a green chrysanthemum with someone. Oh, I had never seen green chrysanthemums before, and it caused a great sensation. Later I found out that it was planted by our Zijin, and my husband didn't tell anyone about it. Some people heard that it was planted by our Shu, so someone asked with my husband, and it was hard to hide it. As a result, I knew it with a big mouth, but everyone knew it."

Old Mrs. Shen smiled, "Xiao Tang is an enthusiastic person, so she has a big mouth."

Jiang smiled, "Mr. Xiao Tang's mouth is really not strict."

He Zijin was confused when he heard this. He didn't know who this little Tang was. After asking carefully, Shen said, "This little Tang is the young master of the Minister of Revenue. He is a good friend of your uncle and is very lively. He wants to know that you are here and he must come to see you."

Old Madam He was very impressed and said, "Our uncle also knows the young master of Shangshu family, he is really capable!"

Jiang was proud, but said, "When my husband met Lord Tang, Lord Tang was not the Minister of Shang."

Mrs. He still felt that Chen Su was very capable, and thought that this trip to the imperial capital was the right place. Jie Shi asked his uncle to help his son introduce the nobles of the imperial capital. Even if it was useless, it would be enough to go back to his hometown to brag in the future.

When the Shen family left, Mrs. He took He Zijin to count the Anzhai gifts he received. Mrs. He also said, "The people of the imperial capital are enthusiastic and come here to drink and even deliver things." Moreover, the things they gave were much more decent than those from the villagers in the old hometown. Even the materials were made of clothes. He also felt that they were not bad after looking at them. However, the Mei family hated the most. They came to have a fifteen or sixteen people to have a drink. Anzhai gift only gave two rulers and two baskets of fruits, so that Mrs. He muttered, "This family must have been relatives with the third wife eight hundred years ago." Not only did they give away fewer things, but the family also habitually looked at people with their chins. They spoke with their chins, and they didn't say anything long, but they still couldn't understand them. Mrs. He decided to avoid contact with this family in the future.

He Zijin also received a gift from several wives and grandmothers. He asked her to take it out and take a closer look. Seeing that it was all gold and jade rings and other things, he said to He Zijin, "Keep it and bring it with you." After glanced at the silver rings given by the Mei family, He was not very happy and said, "I am losing money with the Mei family today." Her family gave not many gifts, they were all silver croakers, and there were several dollars. However, the Mei family had many children, with seven or eight children of the same generation, and two small silver croakers each. Compared with He Zijin's two silver rings, He missed that sparks could appear in his eyes.

He Zijin smiled, "Grandma doesn't have to be angry. Look at who is good to his family? His family is like this, and other families are not fools."

Old Madam He sighed, "There are people like the third lady who are disgusting everywhere."

He Zijin smiled.

The meeting gifts He Zijin received are ordinary, but A Nian got a few good meeting gifts. A Nian said that he had the identity of Jie Yuan, and several neighbors were not good at treating him as his junior. However, with He Gong, his father-in-law, A Nian was a perfect junior. He was young and had a good reputation. Everyone was quite generous in giving things. In addition to jade pendants and jade pendants, A Nian also got a jade ring. The things were not big, but they were all excellent jade materials. A Nian gave them to Sister Zijin to collect. A Nian was still thinking about the important matter and said, "Let's ask us the letters that Master Yun asked us to send to you in the past. Let's ask our adoptive father to send them as soon as possible."

Even if A Nian didn't say it, He Zijin forgot about this. He Zijin was a person who couldn't sit still, and her family was separated from her uncle's house by a wall, so he went to ask her uncle. Chen Su was eating sober soup. He had never had a bad alcohol tolerance. He had practiced it in the imperial capital over the years. This sober soup was just a cup. After hearing his niece say it, Chen Su thought for a while, "The surname is Xie. The wealthy family with the surname Xie in the imperial capital has a family of the old Shangshu Mansion. However, I didn't hear that his children had the word Mo. Xie, Xie Shigong, Xie and Xiao Xie, all have single characters, which is the fourth generation Xiaoxiao Xie, which is also the name of single characters."

He Zijin asked, "Will it be the word Mo in the character?" At that time, people's names were complicated. When a man was born, he would give the word "big name" and "teacher" when he was born. Therefore, the two characters, name and character, represent different meanings. Some literati like to give themselves a number after the name and character, but the three characters Xie Moru are obviously a name, not a name.

Chen Su has been in the imperial capital for some time, but for a moment he really couldn't think of any person named Xie Moru, who said, "I don't have much contact with the Xie family, so I'll ask you a little. But are you sure you are from the Xie Shangshu's Mansion?"

He Zijin said, "Master Chaoyun said that this person is very famous, just by inquiring, you will know."

Chen Su said, "I don't know." He also said, "I don't want to tell you the address. The imperial capital has too many surnames Xie, so how can I send this letter?"

"Master Chaoyun probably doesn't know the address, so why would you tell me earlier."

Chen Su said, "Don't worry, I'll ask you all the best. There is nothing he doesn't know about the matter in the imperial capital."

"Who?" He Zijin asked in a gossip.

Chen Su smiled, "I am a friend, the surname is Tang."

He Zijin immediately said, "Is it that Lord Tang?"

"Oh, do you know him too?"

"I know, why don't I know. My aunt said that it was a big mouth."

Chen Su smiled, "Xiao Tang is just a little lively. A Xuan likes him very much. When you see him, he will definitely like him too."
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