Prime Minister

Chapter 162 New Year's Eve
Lunar New Year's eve.

Zhang Yueshen spent his first New Year in Bianjing.

The students in Taixue went home to celebrate the New Year, and only those who had nowhere to go stayed in Taixue for the New Year.

But Ouyang Xiu and Chen Xiang both invited Zhang Yue to their home for the festival.

Zhang Yue was both happy and troubled after hearing this.

This is a happy trouble, Ouyang Xiu, Chen Xiang's sincere invitation obviously treats him as his own nephew, but whose house will he go to for the holiday?

Zhang Yue thought about it better to go to Ouyang Xiu for lunch in the morning, find a reason to leave before dinner, and then have a New Year's Eve dinner at Chen Xiang's house.

On New Year's Eve, Zhang Yue said goodbye to Liu Zuo, Xiang Qi, and Huang Haoyi.

Huang Haoyi's elder brother, Huang Haoqian, celebrated the New Year at home, and Liu Zuozi also returned home. As for Xiang Qiben, who thought he was accompanied by Zhang Yue, he stayed alone in the house.

Zhang Yue brought gifts to Ouyang Xiu's residence.

Ouyang Fa saw that Zhang Yue was carrying a bunch of things in his bags and bags, and he pretended to blame: "Sanlang, I said earlier that I would take this place as my home, so why buy these things, don't do that next time."

Zhang Yue made an 'excuse me' smile.

Sometimes you don't have to say too much, a 'sorry' expression is worth a thousand words.

Ouyang Fa immediately took Zhang Yue to meet Ouyang Xiu and his family members.

That is to say, if you are invited to the house for the New Year, it is good for the whole family, so that you can visit the female relatives.

Zhang Yue went to the hall to meet Ouyang Xiu and his wife Xue.Xue is the fourth daughter of Xue Kui.

Xue Kui is also a man of knowledge. Fan Zhen, Pang Ji, and Fan Zhongyan have all been recommended by him.

At the beginning Xue Kui appreciated Ouyang Xiu's talent very early and wanted to marry his daughter to him.But after Ouyang Xiu became a Jinshi, another minister Xu Yan took the lead in marrying his daughter, which made Xue Kui very annoyed.

But Ouyang Xiu's original partner Xu died of illness. This time Xue Kui did not miss Ouyang Xiu and married his fourth daughter to Ouyang Xiu.

As for Xue Kui's other son-in-law, it was Wang Gongchen who robbed Ouyang Xiu of the champion.

Ouyang Xiu had excellent literary talent back then, and was recognized as the number one scholar, so he made a red robe for the number one scholar to wear.At that time, Wang Gongchen and Ouyang Xiu were studying in the Guangwen Library, and seeing Ouyang Xiu's robe was very good, so he borrowed it to wear it and said to others: "I have won the first prize!"

Later, Ouyang Xiu's ranking in the palace examination plummeted, but Wang Gongchen became the champion.

Wang Gongchen married Xue Kui's third daughter, but soon died of illness, so Xue Kui hurriedly married his fifth daughter to Wang Gongchen.

So Ouyang Xiu took the opportunity to write a poem to tease Wang Gongchen, "The old son-in-law is the new son-in-law, and the older uncle is the younger uncle."

Zhang Yue went to the hall to pay respects to Mrs. Xue and performed the gift of his nephew. Mrs. Xue looked at Zhang Yue's appearance carefully, and couldn't help praising him: "It really is a dragon and a phoenix, no wonder the master wants to marry you."

Hearing this, Ouyang Xiu gave Zhang Yue a meaningful look, but said nothing on his face.

Ouyang Fa said: "Mother, it's only natural. Zeng Zigu also praised Sanlang when he saw Sanlang. I remember that Zigu still has three younger sisters waiting in his boudoir."

Xue Shi smiled, glanced at Ouyang Xiu but did not express his opinion.

Ouyang Fa was very enthusiastic and said to Zhang Yue: "The Zeng family is a scholarly family, and it is also a poor family. A woman of such a background must be able to manage the family without bullying others. As the saying goes, marrying a wife and a virtuous person, a woman from the Zeng family is a Good match. Daddy, Zigu is your most proud student..."

Zhang Yue thought, I'm also climbing the wall there, waiting eagerly, as for Brother Fa, you mean to let me take the initiative?
Ouyang Xiu smiled slightly: "I heard that Zeng's Qiniang will be nineteen after the new year, she is much older than Sanlang."

"It doesn't matter if you are old, but it's good fortune and longevity, it's..."

Ouyang Fa was about to continue talking, but someone kicked his leg.Ouyang Fa knew that his wife Wu Shi kicked him, so he immediately stopped talking and said, "That's right, Sanlang or wait a little longer."

Mrs. Xue said with a smile: "Sanlang is so talented and good-looking, why worry that he can't match a good woman, and I don't know which girl in Bianjing City has such a blessing."

Zhang Yue was busy and said sincerely and fearfully: "The old lady is absurd."

Xue said with a smile: "The old man never praises others easily, and every word is a truth."

Wu said with a smile: "Daughter-in-law can testify that among the youngsters who come to our family, mother has never praised others like this."

Zhang Yue was very happy in his heart, and hurriedly said: "I am terrified, but I am clumsy and don't know what to say, so I have to thank the old lady."

Xue smiled kindly: "If you are clumsy in your mouth, your heart will be clear. It's very good."

Soon after Zhang Yue retreated first, Xue smiled at Ouyang Xiu and said, "There are so many young students under your family, I think Zeng Zigu and this Zhang Sanlang are both eye-catching."

Ouyang Xiu smiled and said: "Xiu already understands, if Xiu has a daughter, she must marry Saburo early."

The crowd burst into laughter.

Although Ouyang Xiu said it was a joke, but Wu Shi laughed, but there was some calculation in his heart.

Nowadays, Wencai is a good-looking and good-looking young man, but it is hard to find anywhere.

With such a family background, the Wu family doesn't like to wait for the young man to be a Jinshi before coming to ask for a marriage. Like those merchants who are under the list to catch their sons-in-law, they lose their status.

Speaking of which, she married Ouyang Fa, but found that Ouyang Fa was talented, but he didn't focus on his career. He only knew about studying gold and stone and playing with ancient utensils, so that he failed the imperial examinations again and again.

As for Shiqiu... Among the sisters, Shiwuniang and Shiqiniang are the most energetic.

It's just that the fifteenth mother is open, and the seventeenth is dark.After Shiwu Nianggao married Wen Yanbo's son, everything was harmonious, which relieved her tense heart.

Now she is thinking about Shi Qi's marriage.Later, when she knew that her father might have fallen in love with Zhang Yue, although Wu felt that the young man was good-looking, but after all, he came from a poor family, and felt that he was much worse than the husbands of the other women in the Wu family. The more you come to this chapter, the more you should not be underestimated.

She and Shi Qi Niang grew up together. Although they love each other as sisters, no matter how good they are, there is a sense of superiority and inferiority between sisters.If Zhang Yue won the Jinshi in the future, Ouyang Fa would still not be ranked, so... he would be at the bottom.

Mrs. Wu took a look at Zhang Yue, maybe the seventeenth day will be the best marriage among the sisters?
After lunch, Zhang Yue found an excuse to leave. After all, Ouyang Xiu's family still had female relatives, so it was inconvenient to stay overnight.

Zhang Yue immediately went to Chen Xiang's home.

Zhang Yue also prepared a copy of Chen Xiang's gift and put it in the dormitory, and now he went to the Taixue to pick it up and then went to the other party's home.

But seeing a mule cart parked in front of the alley, Zhang Yue wondered who would meet Chen Xiang at this time, but it must be someone very close to him.

The old servant opened the door for Zhang Yue. After Zhang Yue entered, he saw Chen Xiang sitting and chatting with a man in the hall.

Seeing Zhang Yue, he was about to move away, but at this moment, Chen Xiang stopped Zhang Yue and said, "Sanlang..."

Zhang Yue couldn't walk away, so he had to go to the hall to salute Chen Xiang: "Sanlang has seen Mr."

Zhang Yue faced Chen Xiang but left the man aside.

That's right, this man is Zhang Dun.

Unexpectedly, he also came to see Chen Xiang today.

Ps: I'm stuck in thinking today, and I will update [-] words tomorrow, and I will pay off the debt in one go.

(End of this chapter)