Prime Minister

Chapter 705 Sisters
Bianjing at the end of the year is the time for officials and officials to send New Year's goods to each other.

In front of the gate of the Zhang family, which is located next to the Imperial College, there is now a lot of traffic.

As long as an ordinary family produces two Jinshi, it is a big deal, but Zhang's family has produced a number one scholar and a provincial scholar.

In the past, this house was lively, but now even though Zhang Yue has gone to Xizhou, it is even more lively than before.

A carriage was parked far away on the side of the road, and a man who looked like a general manager glanced at the bustling scene in front of the gate of Zhang Mansion and couldn't help saying: "Why are there more people today than yesterday?"

Sitting in the carriage was a beautiful woman, Wu Shiwuniang, the sister of Shiqiniang.

Fifteen Niang said: "You don't have to wait anymore, you just have to go in once. Instead of pretending to have met by chance, it's better to go in directly to show our sincerity."

After speaking, the fifteenth mother got out of the carriage.

The female relatives of officials and eunuchs would not go through the main entrance to bump into the visiting guests, but through the side door.

Zhangfu's place is narrow and the side door does not allow carriages and horses, so the Xiangfu's carriage can only be parked on the side of the road, and Shiwuniang has to show her face in public.

In the Qu Lane next to the Zhang Mansion, two strong women got out of the carriage with the help of the fifteenth lady who was wearing a veil, and walked for a while before reaching the side door.

The people on the side said: "I don't know why Zhang Sheren still lives here, and I feel wronged that my lady has traveled so far."

Regardless of the words and conversations, it is still the style of a housekeeper in the Xiangfu.

The woman on the side smiled and said: "I heard that Zhang Sheren came from a poor family. It is not easy for the whole family to confess one or two scholars. After all, the family background is a little weaker. How can it compare with our Xiangfu."

The woman on the other side said with a smile: "Yes, it takes ten years of hard work to get married, and when the hard work is over, you will become a yellow-faced woman."

The two women talked one after another, which made Shiwuniang feel better, but she spat on her face: "My Wu family was also a farming and studying heirloom back then, so it was so hard. Besides, when my sister married In the past tense, it was also ten miles of red makeup."

Among the five sisters, Shi Qi Niang had the most dowry, and Shi Shi Niang also had a comparison in her heart. Although she knew that Zhang's family was in such a state, so her mother's family had more subsidies, she still felt unhappy in her heart.

The two healthy women hurriedly said: "My lady is right."

After knocking on the door to inform, Shi Qiniang looked at her in surprise.Fifteen Niang knew why my sister was surprised, she smiled and said: "Sister, this is my first time here, luckily I didn't go through the wrong door."

Seventeen Niang welcomed Fifteen Niang into the door with a smile, "I can't compare myself to my sister in this back alley."

Fifteen Niang carefully looked at Seventeen Niang, but saw that she didn't wear makeup, but simply wore a ponytail, but her plain face was still rosy and rounder than when she was a daughter.

Those who look at her look know that her sister has really lived a good life in Zhang's family these few years.

She knew this younger sister back then, she was quieter than her sisters on weekdays, but she just liked reading more.It's all just studying in her own library all day long. Some people laughed at her daughter's family who didn't take the imperial examination, so why bother to study.

On the contrary, his father, Wu Chong, said that his daughter's family is good at studying, but he can't use it himself, but he will always need it to raise his children and grandchildren in the future.

Sure enough, his son Zhang Gen knows everything he has heard, and he is the seed of reading.During the Chinese New Year, Wu Chengchu asked a few questions to teach the next generation of the Wu family, but none of them could answer them.

Later, Shi Qi Niang brought Zhang Gen to see Wu Chong, Wu Chong asked the same questions, and the other party answered them fluently.

Shiwuniang was very happy to hear that Wu Chong heard, and gave Zhang Gen the inkstone brush she had kept for many years.This set of inkstone brushes was the first time Wu Chong went to Beijing, and he asked Ouyang Xiu for advice as a later learner.

Ouyang Xiu rewarded Wu Chong very much and gave it to Wu Chong.

Wu Chong has always cherished it very much, and it is useless for himself, and he did not leave it to the descendants of the Wu family, but gave it to Zhang Gen.

It can be seen how much Wu Chong loves this grandson.

But I heard that Wu Chong also felt a little bit emotional, it's just that none of his children can compare with Zhang Yue, but the same is true among his grandchildren.

Shiwu Niang looked at the house and said: "With my brother-in-law's current official position, it's not that I can't afford a good house. I have seen several good houses in the inner city, and I will go and have a look with my sister when the time comes."

Seventeen Niang smiled and said, "Thank you, sister, but now I just gave birth and I don't bother to move around."

Fifteen Niang sighed softly after hearing the words: "Little sister is so lucky. She gave birth to two boys and passed on incense to Zhang's family. It seems that I only have one girl, but the concubine gave birth to several."

Seventeen Niang said: "Then sister will choose an obedient one from the concubine, and educate her well, so that she will not be like her own in the future."

The fifteenth mother pressed the button and the seventeenth mother sighed: "We didn't think about these things when we were in our boudoir, but now we marry a chicken and follow the chicken, everything has to be planned for the husband and the family. body place."

Speaking of this, Shiwu Niang paused and said, "Today I brought some dim sum from Ruyifang, and my sister and nephew should try more."

The two entered the house, and the two sat down and talked for a while.

Fifteen Niang held Shi Qi Niang's hand and said: "In such a big Xiangfu, I only heard a few words of self-confidence when I came to my sister... Now the eldest sister has gone to Yingzhou, and the second and third sisters are in Xijing. Only you and my sister can talk."

"To be honest, I'm here to entrust my brother-in-law this time because of my family's officials."

Although Shi Qi Niang knew it in her heart, she was still surprised when she heard Shi Shi Niang say this.

My elder sister has always been proud and arrogant, and the two were of similar ages when they were in the boudoir, so they often compare each other, but today...

Shi Qi Niang was a little dazed, she suddenly remembered that when she was her daughter's house, she and Shi Shi Niang were together one day with the old nun who came from the palace.She and Shiwu Niang didn't like these things. That day, Seventeen Niang Niang knew that the old mama was good at wine, so she took a few bottles of old wine from home and tricked the old mama to taste it.

The old mama was drunk, and the two quietly went to play in the pavilion in the middle of the lake at home. When they talked about the old mama's drunkenness, the two laughed so hard.

In the afternoon of that day, the sun was so bright, and Shiwu Niang's laughter was so light, the two of them put down their grievances rarely, and talked and laughed together, their moods were also lifted.

Seventeen Niang looked at Fifteen Niang, the girl back then is now wearing her soft hair in a bun.

Seventeen Niang said to Fifteen Niang: "Sister, we are the youngest among the sisters, and we grew up together. Although we were noisy back then, we have the heart to go up and down..."

Speaking of this, Seventeen Niang and Fifteen Niang couldn't help but smile when they mentioned this.

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The newly established Transshipment Department and the Economic and Strategic Appeasement Department have been discussed in the court, and it has been decided.

Transshipment Division Lu is in charge of civil affairs, and Economic Strategy Division Lu is in charge of military affairs.

Afterwards, the two governments turned to each other, and the officials asked each other with great interest today: "Wang Shao, Gao Zunyu and Gao Zunyu discussed the rewards, did I read it? What do you think?"

After a pause, the official said: "Gao Zunyu is not the chief planner, and he retreats and avoids things. He shouldn't be the first! I know that you list him first because of the Empress Dowager. But let him In order to appease the emissary slightly, I think it is too much."

(End of this chapter)