The blessing of the splendid farm family is married to the world

Chapter 130 Rich and Poor
"This is still only enough to make cashmere material." Zong Che touched his nose and said.

An Xu gave him a murderous look, and leaned over to re-twist the disconnected section.

"Stop messing with me, have you eaten yet?"

Go and eat.

Zong Che said, "I'll bring it here to eat."

"How do you eat here? I'm spinning, and the cashmere is floating around." An Xu was talking, when footsteps came from outside.

The swallow and the parrot came together.

"What's the matter?" Zong Che asked without answering.

The parrot said: "Young master, Mr. Ji next door and several masters are here, waiting at the door, saying that they want to invite you to drink next door."

The next door is indeed very lively. In the yard here, you can hear the faint laughter of women and the sound of silk and bamboo.

An Xu felt that the neighbor next door didn't seem to be accepting a second bedroom, but more like recruiting a group of prostitutes to the house.

During dinner, Magpie went to inquire about it, and said that it was Mrs. Ji's sister from the second room who came to marry her today.

An Xu thought to himself, I am afraid that those people are not only giving off marriages, but also want to find a safe place for themselves.

She is not a seductive woman, nor has she ever interacted with people in brothels. She has no liking for these women who live by parasitic men and whose main purpose is to settle in a wealthy and stable family.

Some people may say that they did not voluntarily fall into prostitution, and they experienced a lot of suffering, but An Xu wanted to say that no matter how much suffering they experienced, it was not caused by any woman.

The dangers of brothel women can be compared with gambling and drugs.

Therefore, An Xu was very disgusted when he heard what the parrot said.

Zong Che said: "Go and reply, I still have something to do, so I won't go there."

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"Why doesn't he come?" The men outside heard the little maid's reply, and shouted at the top of their voices because they drank some wine.

Ji Chengyu pointed at the parrot and said, "If you report again, just say that he won't come. I have to apologize to Mr. Zong for what happened two days ago. Besides, my sister, Mei Xian, has always admired Mr. Zong. Today is an opportunity for me to introduce them to each other."

Seeing that these people had drunk a lot, the parrot was a little scared, turned around and ran home.

The men laughed again: "Lord Zong's family is looking for servants."

In the room, Zong Che had already brought the food, and he was eating at the table not far from An Xu. The parrot ran back, still a little scared, and his voice trembled when he spoke.

It was an eye-opener for An Xu to hear this. She had dealt with officials of the Ming Dynasty before, but this was the first time she had seen such a promiscuous behavior.

Sure enough, without the constraints of beliefs and laws, no matter how many sage books a person has read, after standing on a high place, his ugly appearance is no different from that of a street bastard who indulges when he has money.

Zong Che waved his hand and told the parrot to go down.

"Aren't you going to see it?" An Xu asked.

Zong Che said: "What's there to see? If you want to wait outside, let them wait."

An Xu shrugged, but did not persuade him.

The kind of person next door, it's better to make it clear early that you don't want to talk to him. If you don't plan to associate with such a person, you will offend him sooner or later, so it doesn't matter if you offend early or late.

Zong Che took a careful look at An Xu's expression, trying to see if she didn't want to go out by herself.

Outside, the gatekeeper of the Zong family didn't care about Ji Chengyu and his gang, and just slept in his hut. He only got up and looked around when he heard the silence outside.

Ji Chengyu lost face and returned to Ji's mansion cursing.

Despite the excitement, the banquet for concubines in the Ji Mansion did not end there, and it continued to be lively until midnight.

Before dawn, a man in a half-worn cotton coat came to the gate of Zhuangyuan Mansion.

Hearing the knock on the door, the janitor who had already woken up came out with his clothes on. Seeing the people outside, he wondered, "Who are you looking for?"

The visitor said: "My surname is An, and I am the cousin of the girl who came to the Zhuangyuan Mansion before."

"Oh, so it's Miss's cousin." The gatekeeper immediately opened the door wider and invited him in. "The city gate hasn't opened at this time, how did you come in?"

An Xiang smiled and said, "I closed the city gate last night and moved forward. It was late at that time, so it's not good to disturb me."

"Come in, please."

Here, An Xiang followed into the Zhuangyuan Mansion, looking at him with emotion.

Someone had already rushed to the backyard to notify them.

Hearing the third cousin coming, An Xu suddenly woke up, got up, quickly put on his clothes and went out, and walked face to face with the third cousin on the path outside the courtyard.

"Third brother, why did you come here in person? Is there something wrong at home?"

While speaking, he invited the third cousin into the small courtyard, led him to sit down in the living room, and hurriedly ordered the magpie to go to the kitchen to serve hot tea.

An Xiang smiled and said: "Everything is fine at home. We have already found a good store for the candy store we are going to open in Guining Mansion. This time I went out with my elder brother. I walked the Jiyun Grand Canal. I was led by elder brother in Guining Mansion. After the guys went down, I turned around the Huijing Canal and came here. The white apricots and yellow apricots in the greenhouse at home have ripened a lot, and the peaches and cherries are all edible. I picked a few The baskets have all been brought."

While talking, Magpie came in with tea, which was barley tea, "Thinking that the third young master hasn't eaten yet, I made this for you."

An Xiang nodded, took it and took two sips.

"I thought about the cherries at home yesterday, but I didn't expect to eat them today." An Xu laughed.

"Chong'er said a few days ago to find someone to give it to you, and the eldest brother happened to be going out, so I said I'll come, and also see the scenery of the capital."

"The capital city is indeed very prosperous. Third brother, take a good rest and go to see it in the afternoon." An Xu said: "My fried chicken shop has also opened, and the business is pretty good."

An Xiang said that he met Zheng Changsheng on the road, and heard him say a few words, "Is it in the outer city, Donghuaihua Lane?"

An Xu nodded.

"No one is looking for trouble, right?" An Xiang asked again.

An Xu smiled and said: "We are also people with backgrounds, no one dares to make trouble. I'll see if breakfast is ready, and the third brother has something to eat before going to bed."

"I've had enough sleep." An Xiang also stood up and said, "The city gate will open in a while, and we have to go outside the city to unload the things on the boat."

"The third brother is here."

Zong Che walked in from the outside while talking.

Seeing that Zong Che had changed so much, he was no different from the senior officials sitting in the government office. An Xiang, who was relatively comfortable at first, felt a little embarrassed, and quickly waved his hands: "Don't dare to be, don't be."

If we were still villagers, you would call Sange respectful, but now one is a Beijing official and the other is ordinary Bai Xing.

Zong Che asked An Xu, "Is our breakfast too simple? I'll send someone to a restaurant outside to order some dishes."

What's going on here?

An Xiang looked at Zongche, and then at his cousin.

Why are the two of them very intimate in their voices?

It seems that they are the family, and they are visiting relatives.

An Xu said: "Breakfast at home is fine, don't you need to punch today?"

It's fine for her to entertain here.

Zong Che smiled and said, "Your third brother is here, I should entertain you."

An Xu glared at him, Zong Che smiled, and said obediently, "Okay then, I'll go punch."

As soon as Zong Che left, An Xiang immediately asked An Xu: "What's the matter? The Zong family is small, oh no, what about this Master Zong?"

He looks like he listens to his cousin.

An Xu felt that the emperor in the palace would not be able to kick his legs for a while, which meant that he was likely to marry Zong Che, so there was nothing to hide from his family.

I said it now.

I don't want An Xiang to react for a long time before he said happily: "Our family has still received the emperor's imperial decree, Xu'er, you and Zong Che have a good time."

Now even Mr. Zong stopped calling.

Cousin, this is finally the cloud opening to see the moonlight!

An Xiang said again: "Then I have to go back quickly and ask the family to prepare a dowry for you. Since there is a marriage gift, it saves the step of proposing a marriage, but the settled matters have to be arranged."

An Xu said, "No need."

"You don't know, we have to be proactive about this matter and let the emperor know about it. We are very happy about this marriage." An Xiang walked out directly, "You don't need to worry about it, I'd better discuss it with Zong Che."

An Xu: Weren't you still busy unloading the goods just now?
When the sun came out, there was only a sleepy person with a hangover, wine and meat smell coming out from Ji Mansion next door.

There was a row of sedan chairs parked outside Ji's mansion, and the servants of An's family, who were transporting all kinds of fruits and vegetables from the boat, saw the grandeur in front of the door next door, and sighed in their hearts that it was indeed the capital.

The sedan chairs and carriages are dazzling.

"What's that?" one asked, rubbing his eyes.

The baskets covered with vines as grids contained fresh and beautiful fruits.

But how can there be peaches and apricots in this season?And the big, round, rosy ones, are they cherries?
The cherries should be ripe, but how could they be so big?

These people looked and looked, but didn't dare to go forward to ask. When they got on the sedan chair and left, they still wanted to go home and ask the servants to go shopping in various cities in the capital.

If there are such fresh peaches and apricots, buy some at home.

After breakfast, Zong Che went to the cabinet. An Xiang, who had talked with him all morning and made a decision, looked around, and then took out a stack of thick bank notes from his boot and handed them to An Xu.

"It contains the ones given by Young Master Fang when he went to the village, and the first March bonus of our sugar factory. Chong'er said that the family doesn't need it, so I asked me to bring it when I came here this time."

An Xu took it without counting, and handed it to the magpie beside him.

An Xiang said: "I will stay in the capital for a few days to see if there are any suitable houses, and I will buy two. Before I came, my father told me to buy one if I could buy a house in the capital. Now you and Zong Since Che is married, it is better to move outside as soon as possible."

Anyway, the family is rich, so there is no need to search and search for a house.

An Xu also has this plan, and if his younger brother has passed the provincial examination and wants to come to the capital, even if he and Zong Che are not married, they can't live in Zong Che's house all the time.

"I've seen a few places," she said, "They're all pretty good. Let's go and have a look later."

Houses in the inner city were not easy to buy, and all she looked at were in the outer city.However, even in the outer city, a good two-entry courtyard would start at 10 taels.

Before you came to the capital, you would think that a few liang of silver is a big fortune, but you will find that a few liang of silver is not enough for a meal when you arrive in the capital.

The gap between rich and poor is that big.

(End of this chapter)