Daming Yinghua

Chapter 31 Master and Servant Reunited

At night, Qingshui Lane, Songjiang Fucheng, Hanfu.

The Zhumen rang softly, and Zheng Haizhu returned to Han Ximeng's yard calmly.

Han Ximeng, who was arranging the embroidery thread in the living room, immediately asked his mother-in-law to bring Zheng Haizhu a bowl of mung bean and lotus seed soup, and asked with concern, "Second uncle and second aunt, did you punish you?"

Zheng Haizhu sat down on the wooden stool that belonged to her at the bottom of the round table, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, it's okay. The second grandma spoke first and scolded me. Then the second master said that at night he and the Dong family When Second Master, Mr. Huang, and Young Master Gu accompanied General Ma to the banquet at Wenzhe Academy, General Ma and Mr. Huang kept praising us for not being weak girls. General Ma also said that I saved his life with porcelain thunder... ..."

When Han Ximeng heard this, he interrupted Zheng Haizhu with a smile: "Let me guess, second uncle's last sentence, is it that Azhu is also counting as a big face for our Han family, and a big contribution can be worth a small mistake?"

Zheng Haizhu nodded: "That's exactly what the second master said, and then the second grandma quickly followed up and said that the national law reward is the national law reward, and the family rules can't be treated as a trifling matter. Let Lao Peng inform the accountant and deduct my salary for three months." wages."

Han Ximeng pouted, dissatisfied: "That's still a punishment."

Zheng Haizhu hurriedly explained to her: "Miss, the second grandma is in charge of the back house, so of course it should be dealt with like this. After all, I and Shou Kuan secretly accompany you out, if this is the case, what will the other servants in the house think?"

Han Ximeng said "Oh", pushed the soft cake and mung bean soup brought by the mother-in-law to Zheng Haizhu, and muttered: "That's true, the second aunt is the head of the house, and she has always treated me like her own daughter. This time, if you don’t act like a punishment and punish you, Third Aunt and Aunt Lu will both murmur. Alas, mothers-in-law and mothers will be in trouble if they are too busy.”

Zheng Haizhu thought, isn't this the common situation of deep houses and large courtyards before the small family became the mainstream in civil society?

When she went north to find the Han Mansion, she had already prepared herself mentally, and she might have to face her most annoying plot of house fighting.

However, it is fair to say that the Han family, which is one of the elite circles in Songjiang Prefecture, has a much simpler internal relationship than other big families.

This Han family is three brothers in Han Ximeng's father's generation.

Dafang and his wife died of illness early, leaving only one daughter, Han Ximeng.

Erfang Han Zhongwen passed the Juren examination when he was very young, but he didn't expect to fail the Jinshi twice later.

As the trend of literati doing business in the south of the Yangtze River was flourishing, Han Zhongwen had no intention of career. Instead, he married the daughter of the Qian family in Jiading County. Using the assets and contacts accumulated by the Han family ancestors, combined with the Qian family's cotton planting and textile skills, he started a career as an official. The cotton cloth business.Qian's natal family was considered a well-known landlord, but unfortunately she did not have children after she married, so Han Zhongwen took the daughter of a scholar in the city, Lu's, as a concubine, and gave birth to a son, Han Xisheng, who is 12 years old this year.

The third room, Han Zhongyu, married his wife, Yang Shi, and gave birth to a daughter, Han Xiying, who just reached the age of Ji this year.The third eldest, Han Zhongyu, also passed the Juren examination. The second elder brother Han Zhongwen wanted to run his own business and accumulate family wealth, so that his younger brother could continue to take the road of becoming an official through the imperial examination.Unexpectedly, a few years ago, Han Zhongyu made friends with a foreign missionary who came to Songjiang, and insisted on following that person to preach in Yingtianfu.Han Zhongwen's persuasion was fruitless, and he had to face his crying sister-in-law Yang, who was so angry that he couldn't eat for a few days. After all, there was nothing he could do. Generally, when you go out to travel, you can't see it.

The relationship between Han Ximeng and his younger siblings seems to be quite harmonious, and his younger sister, Han Xiying, especially likes to study embroidery with her older sister.

However, although the two adult female relatives in the family are not likely to cause trouble, they are not always quiet.

The second room aunt, Lu Shi, was gentle and docile when she first entered the door. After giving birth to her son, she positioned herself as a great hero for the Han family, and gradually liked to put on airs as a half-hostess in the mansion.

The Yang family of Sanfang was originally the daughter of Huizhou merchants. Her uncle met Han Zhongwen because of business, so he married her to Han Zhongyu.When the couple got married, they bumped into each other and had frequent quarrels.Han Zhongyu became a "foreign monk" in the mouth of the neighbors. After leaving home to preach, Yang became more inclined to complain about women, and talked to his sister-in-law Qian with a stick.If it wasn't for her daughter Han Xiying, who is well-behaved and coaxing at a young age, and good at reconciling the conflict between her second aunt and mother, Qian's scalp would tingle when she saw this sister-in-law.

After Zheng Haizhu was left in the Han Mansion by Han Ximeng because of her knowledge of dyeing and velvet techniques, she soon realized that the second house, Grandma Qian, was not so easy to be in this family.

At this moment, Han Ximeng looked at Zheng Haizhu's face buried in eating snacks, and said sincerely: "Azhu, what I like the most about you is that you don't like to stir up trouble, and you don't just follow my words blindly, but often lead me to look deeper Going up to the next level, that’s what’s really good for me.”

Zheng Haizhu swallowed a sip of lotus seed soup, and said with a smile: "If I treat you well, how dare I compare with Mr. Gu's family. Today, after that villain surnamed Weng uttered nonsense, Mr. Gu's insisted on personally driving you and me back to the Han Mansion. Dao still insists on stopping, and accompany you to buy clothes, hats and makeup shops in the top, wishing that the whole city, old and young, can see him doting on you, that's the way to really protect you wholeheartedly."

Han Ximeng showed sweetness in an instant, and grabbed a piece of snow-white soft cake, and said while eating: "Well, we just got married, and we are not couples who have already paid homage. It is too unusual to be so ostentatious today. I understand, he is It was made for the common people in the city. I secretly liked him when I was a child, and today I feel relieved that he will not abandon me just because I was kidnapped by bandits."

"Oh, how could Mr. Gu not want you? You didn't see the look in his eyes when he helped you out of the car. I was thinking, I shouldn't be in the car at that time, I should be at the bottom of the car."

"Azhu!" Han Ximeng yelled at her, and saw that the mother-in-law and maid had left the hall to light incense and make the bed in the room, so he said to Zheng Haizhu in a mocking tone, "I'm just riding with Mr. Gu, you But you are on the same horse as that Lord Jin Yiwei. Ah Zhu, I don't think the way you look at you, General Ma, is quite right."

This time, Zheng Haizhu didn't say anything immediately.

Her soul is older than the body she lives in in this world, so how could she not feel that Ma Xianglin treats herself a bit more than a prominent military general treats an ordinary girl.He looked at himself several times today, his eyes were more caring than reassurance, more praise than kindness.

But maybe, this Qin Liangyu's son is just kind-hearted and upright, so he is obsessed with protecting the safety of his savior, who was accidentally bumped into him. .

If I remember correctly, Ma Xianglin in history, the famous general known as "Zhao Zilong of the Sichuan Army", married the daughter of a high-ranking civil servant, and had a very close relationship with that Mrs. Ma. Invasion of the Golden Army.

Since Ma Xianglin already had a very good life script, his current main plan is how to start a business in Jiangnan in the Ming Dynasty, so why bother to go crazy about Zhao Zilong in the Ming Dynasty with a sudden change in painting style?

(End of this chapter)