It is difficult for the farmer's sister

Chapter 483 Officials of the State City

Ye Xiu is not being polite, nor is she joking, she really thinks it is quite a lot, she has one or two taels of silver a month, while her husband Ren Yanping is now one and a half taels of silver a month, plus the girl can use three taels of silver a month , They ate and drank at Su's house every day, and only went home when Yan Jun was taking a bath, and every time they went home, Miss Su would give them food and drink.

So they never spent their monthly money, and saved it all. In just two years, they have saved more than 70 taels, not including the rewards given during festivals.

Plus more than 100 taels of silver rewards!
After reading the rest of the clothes, Su Rui found that most of them were made for Meng Mingzhou. He is about to take office in November. Su Rui thought about making more coats for him to wear when he was not on duty. Only two pieces were for him. For Su Chenrui and Meng Mingxu, each shirt is different, the only thing they have in common is that the embroidery is exquisite and the stitches are delicate.

The more Su Rui looked at it, the more she was satisfied. She thought that it was not right to bring the Ren family back. Let's not talk about the changes of the younger sisters after learning from Ren Yanping in the past two years. Let's talk about the craftsmanship of Ye Xiu and Ren Wanying. Great value.

"Not much, not much, she deserves it for her craftsmanship."

"Then thank you Miss Su."

Ye Xiu knew that Su Rui's words were not false. Since she decided to raise Wanying's monthly money, it was a matter of certainty. Thinking of her husband saying that Wanying's monthly money would be saved for her as a dowry in the future, she didn't refuse. .

Ren Wanying followed embarrassingly, "Thank you Miss Su."

Su Rui waved her hand to signal her not to be polite, and then said, "By the way, I asked Uncle De to buy some leathers today, and when I buy them back, I will send them to the embroidery room. Then you will watch and make winter clothes for us, um, let's go first." Make it for Cousin Mingzhou, he needs to make two more bodies."

Ye Xiu wrote them down one by one, nodded and said, "I remember."

At Su Chendong's house next door, Mrs. Wang looked at Mrs. Li in surprise, "Auntie, have you gotten angry with Miss Lu's mother so quickly?"

"Yeah, I've invited a matchmaker to come to my door, and we've agreed on a date for engagement and marriage."

Mrs. Li was smiling. She met and chatted with the girl from the Lu family a few times in the past few days, and she was very satisfied. She took the initiative to find her mother to express her intentions, and stated that she would enter her house, and the new daughter-in-law would be the head of the house. She didn't care about the matter, and the daughter-in-law of the Lu family agreed without thinking for two days.

Xiao Wang praised, "Well, that girl is very nice, I think she matches Chen Ming very well."

"Yeah yeah."

Mrs. Li was very happy. She didn't expect that she and Chen Ming mentioned that girl, her son who didn't want to get married, but she didn't object, and finally found out that her son knew the girl from the Lu family, but asked him how he met, he But if he didn't talk about life and death, his ears would turn red when he asked again.

Mrs. Wang was also very happy for Mrs. Li, "Ms. Chen Ming, congratulations."

"Happy together, rejoice together."

After thinking about it, Mrs. Li sincerely thanked her, "I would also like to thank Chen Dong's wife, if she hadn't said that the girl from the Lu family is good, my family Chen Ming would have missed it."

Mrs. Wang laughed, "They are all relatives, so they should help. Chen Ming was engaged and married that day? Let's join in the fun."

Mrs. Li, "We will get married in five days, and we will get married next spring."

Mrs. Wang thought for a while and asked hesitantly, "Chen Ming is engaged and married, are you going to tell the old house?"

The joy on Mrs. Li's face disappeared, and she said lightly, "Don't tell me, anyway, you already knew about it when you got engaged. If they want to participate in the wedding ceremony, they will take the initiative to ask. If they don't want to participate, it's useless to tell them."

When Wang heard the words, she opened her mouth and said nothing. She was also abandoned by the old house, so what qualifications does she have to persuade Li?What's more, Li Shi hates the old house and Su Fu even more than she does! ! !
Meng Mingzhou took Su Cheng and Su Chenliang with him. When Su Chenwei arrived at Zhoucheng, it was already dark and the gate of Zhoucheng was closed. Fortunately, Meng Mingzhou had military orders with him.

The lieutenant general who defended the city was on duty at night. Seeing the military order displayed by Meng Mingzhou, he hurriedly opened the city gate to welcome Meng Mingzhou and his party in.

"General Meng, my subordinate is the deputy general who guards the city. My surname is Peng and my name is Meng."

"Ah."

Meng Mingzhou nodded. He knew that the former general who defended the city had gone to the northwest, and now the deputy general Peng Meng was in charge. The reason why he didn't see him last time when he passed by was because Peng Meng's mother was sick and asked for leave.

"General Meng, this is your mansion, and the inside has been tidied up."

Peng Meng took Meng Mingzhou and his party to the mansion of the city guard general, and took a tour of the front and back yards by the way.

Meng Mingzhou took a rough look at the mansion, and the mansion looked okay. The location is good. It is in the west of the city where the official families gather, and it is a big courtyard with three entrances, which is bigger than the Su family. It's just that it doesn't belong to him completely, it only lives in it. There is no right to buy and sell, and when it is transferred away, it will be returned to the court.

"Okay, it's getting late, aren't you on duty today? Go back and guard the city gate."

"I'm just here for something this time, and I'll leave after two days."

Peng Meng was stunned for a moment, "The general is not taking office now?"

Meng Mingzhou shook his head, "No, my appointment is only in November."

"Yes, the next official knows, and the next official will leave."

Peng Meng opened his mouth, wanting to say that he doesn't have to stick to the date to take office again, but seeing Meng Mingzhou's unquestionable expression, he closed his mouth and told himself silently, don't think that General Meng in front of him is old. I have seen him clearly since I was a child, and his heroic deeds on the northwest border have been spread throughout the military camps across the country.

Su Chenwei looked at the mansion in front of him. Although it was dark and there were only a few lanterns for lighting, he could still see the decoration of the mansion, and clicked his tongue twice.

"This house looks really nice."

Su Chenliang followed, "Isn't it good? It is said that you can't buy a house in the west of the city even if you have money..."

Su Chenwei looked at Su Chenliang in surprise, "How do you know? Aren't we together all the way?"

Su Chenliang was speechless, "Won't I inquire about it in advance? When I was at home, I asked the county yamen's servant about it."

Su Chenwei thought that the relationship between the county government officials and the patriarch's family has always been good, so he thought for a while and asked, "What do you mean that you can't buy a house in the west of the city if you have money?"

Su Chenliang saw Meng Mingzhou walking towards the front yard, hurriedly followed, and said as he walked, "I heard that among the east, west, north, and south cities of the state city, the west of the city is the richest. The rich are those with many aristocratic families. Wealthy. Noble because all the people living in the west of the city are officials of the sixth grade or above."

"Well, of course, Zhizhou's biggest officials are fifth-rank Zhizhou and Tongzhi. They are of the same rank as the Mingzhou brothers, except that two of them are from literature and one is from martial arts."

Meng Mingzhou was walking in front, and smiled when he heard this, "You've inquired clearly enough."

Su Chenliang was proud, "That's inevitable, I also know who the officials in the prefectural government office are."

Su Chenwei hurriedly asked, "What is it, what is it?"

Su Chenliang coughed twice and continued, "Well, the biggest officials in the magistrate's office are the fifth-rank magistrate, the fifth-rank co-prefect, and the sixth-rank general judge..."

"Although Tongzhi and Zhizhou are both fifth grade, but Zhizhou manages more than Tongzhi, so in fact Zhizhou is higher than Tongzhi..."

"Although Tong San has a low official position, in addition to being in charge of the entire state's grain transportation, farmland, water conservancy and litigation, his position also has to supervise the officers and soldiers in the state city, so it is said in the market that Tong San can also be called Same sentence."

Su Chenwei opened his mouth wide, "Wow... so complicated!"

Seeing that Su Chenliang was still twitching, Meng Mingzhou interrupted, "Okay, you two stop chatting, it's getting late, you two will sleep in these two rooms."

After finishing speaking, he went back to his room and lay on the bed. Although the quilt on his body was covered with a new soft cotton quilt, and the mattress underneath was also thick, Meng Mingzhou felt uncomfortable. He felt that the mahogany bed on which his body was lying , not as comfortable as Su's kang, tossing and turning, falling asleep in the middle of the night.

(End of this chapter)