Need for money

The old man at the gate of Zhang Jia's mansion was always called old man, old man, old guy. The last time Lin Jingzhi came to visit, it was the first time he was called old man by a rich man. Naturally, he still had a fresh memory of Lin Jingzhi. The voice was also clearly remembered, seeing him coming to the mansion again as a guest at this time, naturally he would not be negligent, so he hurriedly walked a few steps, stepped forward and opened the door.

"So it's Mr. Lin, my master is at home, please come in, please come in." said the old servant, while bowing and dodging aside, to get out of the way.

Lin Jingzhi heard that Zhang Jia didn't go out, walked into the compound with a smile, and said, "Since Mr. Zhang is at home, I would like to ask the old man to come into the hall and pass the message on his behalf."

"No need, Mr. Lin, please come in!" At this moment, the door of the main hall of the Zhang family was suddenly pushed open. It turned out that Zhang Jia came out voluntarily when he heard someone talking outside.

Seeing that it was Lin Jingzhi who came, Zhang Jia was a little surprised, and thought to himself, this gifted man came to the door this time, it could not be that he really approved the official documents for opening up wasteland and digging canals.

"I've met Mr. Zhang." Seeing Zhang Jia leaving the house, Lin Jingzhi hurriedly cupped his hands and gave a distant salute.

Today Zhang Jia wore a blue robe, his waist was as straight as last time, but looking at his complexion, he was not very good, waved his hand, Zhang Jia smiled wryly: "Mr. Lin, you don't have to be so polite, please come in. , and, don’t call me Master Zhang anymore, the current Zhang has been dismissed from his official position and is a civilian.”

Hearing these words, Lin Jingzhi already understood why Zhang Jia's complexion was so bad. No matter who he was, it would not be easy for him to be demoted from a court official to a commoner. He didn't answer, and followed Zhang Jia into the hall Inside.

When he came to the house, Lin Jingzhi went straight to the old table, put the food box in his hand on it, opened it, and brought out the food and wine inside. He didn't identify with Zhang Jia, just like chatting with an old friend General, said: "Come, this is the wine and food I bought from Qian Lixiang, let's have a drink together."

"Okay." Since losing his official position, Zhang Jia hadn't drank a few times because of his lack of money, so he answered, picked up the jug, and poured a glass for himself and Lin Jingyi.

After Aunt Yu entered the hall, she was not polite and sat directly next to Lin Jingzhi, but she was a woman, so naturally she couldn't sit at the same table with Zhang Jia to drink.

Lin Jingzhi picked up the wine glass, touched Zhang Jia, then raised his neck, drank it up, and said with a smile, "Good wine, this Qianlixiang's 'Osmanthus wine' is really mellow and has a long aftertaste."

"That's right, if the owner of Qianlixiang Restaurant hadn't bought the recipe for making sweet-scented osmanthus wine from other places at a high price decades ago, Qianlixiang Restaurant wouldn't have achieved such success today." Zhang Jia smacked his lips with a look on his face. endless aftertaste.

The sweet-scented osmanthus wine from Qianlixiang Restaurant is light yellow in color and warm in the mouth. After eating, a warm wave of heat will slowly rise in the lower abdomen, which is extremely comfortable. Moreover, the sweet-scented osmanthus wine is full of fragrance, and often just after drinking Pour it out of the pot, and you will smell the tangy fragrance.

But until now, no one has been able to find out where the owner of Qianlixiang Restaurant bought the wine.

"Well, since Mr. Zhang likes it, let's have another drink." Zhang Jia is no longer an official of the imperial court. Lin Jingzhi thought about it and decided to change his name to Mr., otherwise it will be easy to say. If someone who cares about him hears it in the future, he may be afraid. It brought Zhang Jia a lot of trouble.

The term "adult" can only be used on officials of the imperial court, and civilians should not use it indiscriminately, otherwise, if they are sued to the Yamen, they will have to be locked up for at least a few days.

Hearing Lin Jingzhi respectfully addressing himself as Mr. Zhang Jia smiled slightly, and his affection for the young man in front of him rose again. Lin Jingzhi came from a wealthy family and was full of talent. With his status, it is indeed quite rare for him to be so polite to a down-and-out official. up.

"Come on, cheers!" Zhang Jia agreed, raised his glass, and cleaned up again.

After waking up in the morning, Aunt Yu practiced martial arts first, and then ran with Lin Jingzhi. After going to the basement for a while, she didn't eat anything. I threw it aside and ignored it, feeling annoyed in my heart.

This is Lin Jingzhi's carelessness, because in the 21st century, it is too common for a woman to share a meal with a man.

Just when Aunt Yu was feeling dissatisfied, she saw the door curtain on the opposite side move slightly, and then saw a small hand lift up a corner of the door curtain, looking secretly into the hall, the man and Aunt Yu's eyes happened to meet in mid-air As soon as he let go of his frightened hand, he hurried back.

Aunt Yu could see clearly that the person who lifted the curtain to peek just now was a little girl about six or seven years old, with big eyes, watery, and a hasty glance, very cute.

Zheng worried that the two men in front of her were about to put down her chopsticks, and she couldn't eat anything. Aunt Yu rolled her eyes and suddenly had an idea. She had a lot of exercise in the morning, and she couldn't do without something.

"Mr. Zhang, is there someone in this side hall?"

Ever since Aunt Yu entered the hall, Zhang Jia didn't dare to look at her because she wanted to avoid the suspicion of men and women. Later, she saw her sitting next to Lin Jingzhi, and Zhang Jia knew that her status was definitely not low. Then, Zhang Jia first lowered his head and looked at the ground, then turned around and said: "Yes, Zhang's wife and daughter are in the side hall."

Aunt Yu frowned when she heard the words, she was a little bit dissatisfied with this man, how can she have the reason to leave his wife and daughter aside in the lobby when she eats hot and spicy food? By the way, she secretly glared at Lin Jingzhi's back Looking back, this guy is also heartless.

Fortunately, I promised to teach him martial arts, but this man can't even think of himself when he eats.

"Since Mrs. Zhang and Ling'ai are also at the house, why don't you call them out to meet me?" Aunt Yu suggested softly.

Zhang Jialue hesitated, then nodded and said: "Of course, you two wait a moment, Zhang will go and call out the cheapie, and meet with the two of you."

After finishing speaking, Zhang Jia got up and walked towards the side hall.

Lin Jingzhi originally wanted to eat and chat with Zhang Jia, and after getting acquainted with each other, he decided to arrange a time to visit the wasteland, but he was not interested in meeting Mrs. Zhang and her daughter. As soon as she turned around, Aunt Yu turned her head to one side without even looking at him.

Where did I offend her?

Lin Jingyi was startled, and touched his nose, feeling a little puzzled. At this moment, the door curtain of the side hall was raised again, and Zhang Jia led his wife and daughter out together.

Mrs. Zhang stood behind Zhang Jia, wearing a dark green dress and a white skirt, she had a pretty face, her face was slightly red, her eyes were fixed on the ground, and she didn't dare to raise her head. Knowing that he is a thin-skinned, shy person who doesn't like to talk.

Zhang Jia's daughter is about six or seven years old, and she is not afraid of being born. The clothes on her body are emerald green, which are much brand new than her parents. At this moment, she is holding her mother's hand, with big black eyes open, looking at her. Lin Jingzhi and Aunt Yu glanced over, full of curiosity, maybe Aunt Yu had just discovered that she lifted the curtain to peek, and when she met Aunt Yu's gaze, she would look away and hide aside.

"I'm going to Lin Jingzhi, I've met Mrs. Zhang." Seeing Zhang Jia coming out again, Lin Jingzhi quickly stood up, took a few steps forward, and cupped his hands at Mrs. Zhang.

In this era, married women cannot be casually looked at, so Lin Jingzhi bowed his head very politely.

"Lin... Mr. Lin, you don't have to be so polite, please hurry up." Mrs. Zhang's eyes were flustered, and she quickly reached out her hand to help.

"My concubine is Yu'er, and I have met Madam Zhang." Aunt Yu waited for Lin Jingzhi to stand up, and stepped forward to greet him politely.

Hearing Aunt Yu's introduction, Zhang Jia knew that this veiled woman was not Lin Jingzhi's wife. Madam Zhang was obviously more generous when facing a woman. She took two quick steps and helped Aunt Yu up. Lian said that there is no need to be so polite, and then pulled her daughter over, and said:

"Ting'er, hurry up and greet the guests."

Zhang Ting blinked her lovely big eyes, and said in a crisp voice, "Ting'er has seen Brother Lin and Sister Yu."

"Nonsense, Ting'er, didn't I tell you just now that I want to call you uncle and aunt?" Mrs. Zhang was shocked when she heard her daughter's words, and quickly reprimanded her daughter loudly. Unusual, she then pulled her daughter and hid her daughter behind her like a hen protecting her cubs, apologetically saying: "It's all because my concubine is negligent in discipline, which made Ting'er say something wrong." If that's the case, please forgive me a lot and don't blame me."

Zhang Jia glared at his wife, and reprimanded softly, "Whenever she made a mistake, you didn't say to discipline her well, you only knew to protect her blindly."

"You don't have to be like this. Ting'er is not a few years younger than us, and it's normal to call me brother and sister-in-law." Lin Jingzhi was afraid that the couple would have conflicts over such a trivial matter, so he hurried forward and smiled to make a solution. Seeing Zhang Tingsheng's cuteness , then reached into his bosom, took out a gleaming silver ingot, and handed it over, "Ting'er, come and continue, this is a meeting gift from brother and sister-in-law."

Zhang Jia was taken aback when he saw this, the silver ingot might be more than two ounces in weight, so he quickly declined, "Mr. Lin, put it away, this gift is too heavy, Ting'er can't accept it."

"That's right, Ting'er is still young, how can she accept such a heavy gift." Mrs. Zhang also tried to dissuade her.

To the Zhang family, this gift was indeed not light, but to Lin Jingzhi, it was really nothing. One must know that the last time he visited Zheng's mansion, he immediately gave out a gift worth nearly ten thousand taels.

But now Zhang Jia is of great use to him, as long as the relationship between the two can be brought closer and I can use it, it is worth giving Zhang Ting a small silver ingot.

Just as he was about to say that it was nothing, and persuaded the little girl in front of him to accept it, he saw Zhang Ting suddenly pushed her mother, broke free from the restraints, then stepped forward and grabbed the silver ingot in her hand, and shouted: "I'm so happy!" Yes, Bao Tinger wants this silver dollar."