Farmhouse Golden Phoenix

Chapter 109

Sure enough, this expert's actions are different. Originally, the Su family bought a servant, but in terms of behavior, they don't know what happened, and they always have a feeling of living together instead of a clear sense of class.

Now that Grandma Liu and Steward Cao are in charge of the inside and outside, by the end of December, the appearance of the Su family has changed a lot.At least, now that Mrs. Su Zhang has ordered one thing, the servant is not procrastinating in asking questions.

It was the end of the year in a blink of an eye, and the Su family began to discuss going home for the New Year.At this moment, it is important to return home with a fine clothes, the Su family has been to the capital and met the emperor after all, how can they not go home to show off?It's just that they want to keep a low profile, and there are relatives, friends, clans, villages, towns and counties, so they have to go back and deal with it.

So as soon as December entered, their family began to prepare.Because of this status, the things to bring home have to be carefully selected.It doesn’t matter if the grade is too low, or if the grade is too high.

In the end, it was the idea given by Grandma Liu. The fabrics from the embroidery workshop were of different grades, and each selected a dozen or so pieces. In addition, silk flowers, silver hairpins, and silver bracelets were also prepared. Prepare to go back and send people off.

There are also New Year gifts specially bought for Grandpa Su and Grandma Su, but now I bought cloth, vegetables, meat, rice, etc., and I can buy them later in the town, so as to save the trouble of pulling them back.

On the fifth day of the twelfth lunar month, they began to go home.

As soon as he arrived at the gate of the county seat, before he entered, he saw the youngest Su Jinglin and his two nephews - Su Zhishan and Su Zhiyan were waiting there. Fortunately, Su Zhiping and Su Zhian were riding outside because they were too tired to ride a carriage, otherwise, Can really miss it.

The servants that the Su family bought just now don't know Su Jinglin, the third master of the Su family.

"Third brother, why are you waiting here?" Su Jingsen hurried out of the carriage, Su Jinglin patted Su Jingsen's shoulder with a smile: "Fourth brother, it's amazing, I heard before that you met the emperor? The emperor even sealed you What kind of official did you do?"

"Third brother, you misunderstood. What kind of official is it? It's just a Yuanwai, similar to Huang Yuanwai in our town, except that his was bought with money, and mine was sealed by the emperor himself. By the way, you guys When did you come here to wait?" Su Jingsen didn't know whether to laugh or cry, explained a bit, then looked at Su Zhishan and Su Zhiyan: "But Zhishan and Zhiyan are so frozen that their faces are blue."

"I waited early in the morning. My father accepted your letter and let me come here early in the morning." Su Jinglin said with a smile, and glanced back: "Where is my niece? I also heard that What kind of county magistrate did the emperor appoint his niece to, is it true? Can a woman be an official?"

"Where did you hear it? It's nothing like that. Let's go back first. I'm afraid my parents are waiting too. If you have anything to say, let's go back and talk together." Su Jingsen said with a smile, pointing to the carriage behind "Third brother, let's sit in the back? The front one is full of people, your siblings, nieces, Qinglan, a few maids and so on. We can't sit down. Let's sit in the back. Zhishan and Zhiyan are too." Come up."

Su Jinglin was a little hesitant: "We still have an ox cart here, we all sit on it, what about the ox cart?"

"Let someone drive it." Su Jingsen greeted the back: "Qiao An, Zhao Ping, are you wearing thick clothes? Come and drive the ox cart."

There was a reply from the back, and two middle-aged men came out. They were the men from the two families bought by the Su family before. One was simple and honest, the other was smart. Get into the ox cart and follow behind the carriage.

As soon as they entered Liu Village, Su Zhiping and Su Zhian discovered that the battle was even bigger, almost the entire village was guarding the entrance of the village, and even a lot of people from other villages came.Su Zhiping and Su Zhian hurriedly got off their horses, and together with Su Jingsen who got off the carriage kowtowed to Grandpa Su and Grandma Su: "The unfilial son (grandson) kowtowed to his parents (grandparents)."

Grandpa Su helped Su Jingsen up, and Grandma Su grabbed Su Zhiping with one hand and Su Zhian with the other. The two old men pulled them up with excited faces: "Okay, okay, I'm back, I'm back, are you hungry? Are you thirsty?" Thirsty? Hurry up, go home, there is hot rice and hot soup at home, and the stove in your house is still cold, and we are having dinner in the old house today, just as your brothers are gathering together, by the way, where are your wife and Xiao He? Lan, are you here too? Don’t get out of the car, it’s cold outside.”

How dare Su Zhangshi and Su Qinghe and Su Qinglan not get out of the car? The men in front kowtowed. If they didn't get out of the car, it would be unreasonable. A few people hurried over and kowtowed. Grandma Su and Grandpa Su accepted the ceremony and dragged them up too. .

Over there, Su Jingsen had already exchanged pleasantries with Li Zheng, while Su Zhiping and Su Zhian answered questions from the villagers with a smile, and returned to the old house in a bustling way, Li Zheng clapped his hands and said, "Okay, I know everyone is looking forward For the family of Brother Jingsen, but they have just come back, and they haven’t had a bite of the hot rice and hot soup yet, so let’s stop crowding here and let the old Su family talk for themselves.”

Su Jingsen hurriedly said: "Everyone came to pick us up on purpose, and I will treat everyone to dinner later."

The crowd made noise for a while, and under Li Zheng's persuasion, they all left one by one.Li Zheng patted Su Jingsen's shoulder with a smile: "I said a long time ago that my brother is a blessed man. Take a look, did you agree with my words?"

"Haha, if it wasn't for nephew Haoming, we wouldn't be so lucky. Brother Li Zheng, please come in. Come back this time, I brought something good for Brother Li Zheng. Isn't Brother Li Zheng his favorite drink? Champion red!"

Su Jingsen winked and said, Lizheng feigned anger: "Why, you still call me Brother Lizheng?"

"Brother Song! I called you wrong. I'll punish myself with three cups later! Come on, let's go in and have a drink." Su Jingsen dragged Lizheng in as he spoke, and Lizheng hurriedly waved his hands: "That's not necessary. , I will not delay your family reunion. I just came back and there are many things. I will find you for a drink when you are settled down. Don’t worry, don’t worry, you can go in quickly. Uncle Su and Aunt Su are waiting for you early in the morning , it's cold today, don't let the old man suffer from the cold."

As he said that, he broke away from Su Jingsen with all his strength, and hurried back.Su Jingsen chased for two steps but failed to catch up, so he had to turn around and go home.

The old house is not too big, so it can't accommodate too many people.Su Zhiping first ordered Steward Cao to lead the big and small maids to his yard, leaving only the servants bought for Grandpa Su and Grandma Su.Only the one with the annual gift was left in the carriage, and the rest were rushed to Su's house.

"Son, eat quickly." Grandma Su went to the kitchen and brought out the hot soup: "I boiled this last night, and it's just right now, hurry up, eat more. Zhiping, Zhian, hurry up Eat, Xiao He also eats more, seeing how thin her little face is."

Grandpa Su sat at the top, watching them with a smile as they drank half a bowl of chicken soup first, and then asked: "Fourth brother, you wrote a letter before saying that you would go to Beijing to have a face. What's the matter? Besides you, a benevolent member, what is this for?"

Their family was originally from ordinary people, and they didn't pay much attention to the rules of not talking when eating or sleeping, so Su Jingsen explained the matter while drinking chicken soup: "This member is not doing anything, just a famous person. It’s the same as other members, no matter what. It’s Xiao He, I’ve inquired about it, the princess is the princess, and the princess is the county princess, this is very honorable.”

"Really?" Grandma Su was overjoyed: "I know this princess is the emperor's daughter, what do the princess and county master do?"

"The county owner is the daughter of the prince, and the county owner is the daughter of the county king. Grandma, this is equivalent to conferring a first-rank lady when singing a big drama, and the county owner is still above the first-rank lady." Su Qinghe explained nonsense. Grandma Su said, no matter whether she understood or not, she just followed along happily: "Then our family has a nobleman? This is great, my granddaughter is capable."

Then he looked at Su Zhang: "It's you who taught the children well. Back then, I said you were a good person. After all these years, thanks to you, you are the great benefactor of our old Su family. Thank you so much You, if it weren't for you, how could the old Su family stand up."

"Mother, I can't thank you. I should do these things." Mrs. Su Zhang hurriedly waved her hands and smiled. Grandma Su said yes again and again, then turned her head and said to Su Jingsen: "I will treat your daughter-in-law better in the future." , you can't learn from those bad guys, as soon as you have money, you will quickly find a concubine or something. I will leave my words here today. Our old Su family has no such rules. No matter how big an official is in the future, we can't accept concubine!"

Su Jingsen was a little startled, and immediately patted her chest to assure her: "Mom, am I that kind of person? Don't worry, I promise that I will only have the child's mother as a daughter-in-law in the future. How old am I, where do I do that?"

"It's not that Mr. Huang has money in his family, and there are seven or eight concubines alone!" Grandma Su said disdainfully: "When there are too many women, it is easy to cause trouble. You don't know. Some time ago you Didn't come back, Huang Yuanwai's eldest wife kicked out another concubine. Poor girl, she was wearing single clothes and almost died of freezing. Bah, bah, it's a good day, let's not talk about this bad thing. The day after tomorrow But it’s Laba, so everyone should eat here.”

"Mother, I listen to you." The aunt Su Li said with a smile on the side: "It's just that I see that the fourth sibling has a lot of family members, should we prepare more?"

"No need for this. We don't need outsiders to eat as a family. Just let them eat at my house. By the way, mother, we bought a few servants for you. From now on, you and my father will only enjoy themselves. What's the matter?" , Just give an order, you don’t have to do it yourself, you and dad are not young, so you have to pay attention to your body.”

Mrs. Su Zhang said quickly, and called someone over again: "This is Zhao Laosan and his wife. This is Qi Goudan's family. They are all very capable. Zhao Laosan's family can cook, and Qi Goudan's family can wash clothes. What's the matter, the work in the field can also be two-handed, they sell themselves to me, so don't worry about disobedience, you and dad can do whatever you want."

Originally, Mrs. Su Zhang planned to buy a few maids, but Grandma Liu said that the maids might not stay in the village safely, so Mrs. Su changed her mind. Use it elsewhere.

This made Grandpa Su and Grandma Su very rare, and kept praising Su Zhang's filial piety.He also said that it was getting late, and they must be tired after rushing all the way back, so let them go back to rest first.

At this moment, Butler Cao also rushed over, and Su Jingsen first ordered him to bring gifts from each family: "I bought some things for each family, and I will send them home later, don't be disgusted with them."

Su Jinglin poked Su Jingsen: "Fourth brother, who is this?"

"This is from our housekeeper, His Royal Highness the fourth prince." Su Jingsen said the last sentence deliberately, because she was afraid that someone in her family would look down on Steward Cao's status and make things difficult for Steward Cao.Sure enough, upon hearing Su Jingsen's words, the second aunt, Su Song, who was about to speak, shut her mouth.

"It's alright, alright, Jing Sen will come over to talk again tomorrow, and that's it for today. The fourth family just came back, so go back and rest first." Grandpa Su greeted from the side, and everyone stopped asking other questions. They all got up and sent Su Jingsen's family to the door, and then turned back.

(End of this chapter)