The Beautiful Land

Xi Fuwei smiled upon hearing the words and said, "Sister Fu, do you think I am going to stop Young Master Zou in order to pick him up? Do you think I look like such an unwise person?"

"You don't need to explain to me." Fu Chuoxian retracted his hand holding the door and took a step back, as if he didn't intend to say more. "You only need to explain to the old lady and them tomorrow."

"What's not easy to explain?" Xi Fuwei said disapprovingly, "Zou's son is a male heir. Even if the head of the family and his wife are strict with the son, but if you compare your heart to heart, there is no parent who wants his child to be notorious. Yes? However, Young Master Zou is young and ignorant. Last night we had tolerated him once, but he was still obsessed with it, and he was going to come again tonight! In this situation, we did nothing. Wouldn’t it be more conniving for him? Go down? If you go out, even if Zou's son is still young, the only male heir of the Zou family's generation so far bears a bad name. What good will it do to the Zou Mansion?"

"So I beat him in private to let him retreat. This not only stopped the matter, but didn't cause trouble... Old ladies, do you still blame me?"

Fu Chuoxian said with a mocking tone: "So the old lady still praises you? But you don't want to make the old lady too simple. Who doesn't know if you think so much? Just come here. Marriage matters, you must pay attention to the right person. No matter how good you are, who told your parents to go early, and now you have a clan brother who has no support?"

Xi Fuwei stepped a step further, held on to the door frame, turned her head slightly to watch her face, smiled low, and said: "Sister Fu, you have spared no effort to hit me, are you really afraid that I won't be able to handle it tomorrow? , Jealous?"

"What kind of crazy words are you talking about?" Fu Chuoxian's long eyelashes trembled slightly, and the corners of his mouth twitched, and his face was expressionless, "I'm just afraid that you will be mistaken by your cleverness, and you will end up embarrassingly by then. We, Fenzhi, up and down, are all regarded as unsuspecting people!"

"The master in this mansion is not an unreasonable person, how can he not understand what is good or bad?" Xi Fuwei smiled, "Sister really thinks too much."

Fu Chuoxian was carrying the light behind her back, and she couldn't see her expression clearly. In the dimness she saw her eyes twinkling brightly. After a while, she said lightly, "That's good."

Step back and shut the door.

After closing the door, she quietly listened to Xi Fuwei's movement.

This person seemed to stay at the door for a while, chuckled lightly, and went back to the room without rush.

Fu Chuoxian held his breath, and listened to her lock the door, kicked and stepped into the inner room, then he was inexplicably relieved, recalling what happened tonight, frowning, and subconsciously raising his hand and holding it down. , Sighed silently, but didn't know, why sighed?

...Nothing else this night.

The next morning, Xi Fuwei finished class with Zou Qiongruo, packed up his things and went back to rest in the back hall, and saw that there was already a 30-year-old housekeeper waiting here.

Seeing her, he came up to salute, very politely: "Mr. Shen has worked hard! Madam is free today. I remember that Mr. Shen has been in the mansion for a few days. I would like to invite Mr. Shen over to have tea and have a few words. . I wonder if Mr. is willing to move?"

Xi Fuwei smiled and agreed, put down some things in her hand, and followed her to Mrs. Shang's yard.

Mrs. Shang was obviously prepared long ago, and she was waiting in and out of her heart. She was very kind and pleased Xi Fuwei to sit down and serve tea, after a lot of greetings, she asked Zou Qiongruo seriously. The situation, I gradually turned the topic to the fright of Fenzhilou these two nights: "Qingruo are always well-behaved and sensible. To be honest, I am not very worried! The most terrible thing is Yiang. This kid has always been a bit naughty! These years My father and I did not give him less rules. However, he was beaten and scolded and scolded. It is always hard to change my habits. It really makes me sad and worried!"

Xi Fuwei said politely: "Madam is serious, Zou Zou is still young after all, and he hasn't got his hair tied yet! When he grows up in the future, he will definitely be sensible! To be honest, Madam, I and Zou Zou At this age, my parents often have headaches!"

This is a lie. Her mother went early and helped Xi Zongwang take care of the family business at a very young age. She understood her early and she had never been stubborn.

But Mrs. Shang was willing to believe it, and sighed: "It would be good if I take it seriously! Otherwise, looking at him like this, I am really afraid that if this continues, the girls in the family need the support of their parents, if I and his father are not there. Now, what are the girls going to do?"

So Mrs. Shang counted her dissatisfaction with Zou Yiang, Xi Fuwei persuaded her from the side. After a while, Mrs. Shang finally asked: "It is said that Yi Ang went to Fenzhilou to mess around in the past two days?"

"A little bit of mischief is over." Xi Fuwei smiled dignifiedly, "Thinking of my lady's troubles, I didn't dare to bother specifically. I planned to come over and tell my lady about her schoolwork in two days. Having said that, I don't want to make my wife bother."

Mrs. Shang said neither softly nor hardly: "Yi Ang is my child. It is my duty to worry about him. How can I be bothered and bothered?"

Xi Fuwei's expression remained unchanged, and she nodded: "Madam thinks this is what you should do, and we also think this is something we should be sympathetic to."

After a pause, he said, "Fenzhi thinks so up and down the building."

"..." Mrs. Shang squinted her eyes, looked at her for a moment, and said, "You are all considerate, but there is no need to be too outspoken. We don't make fun of those polite courtesies in our house. Just talk about anything. to make."

Seeing that Xi Fuwei responded very docilely, she did not say anything else. She politely issued an order to evict the guests, and when she left, she ordered the maid to pack two boxes of snacks, so that the people in Fenzhilou could share one point.

After watching this "Mr. Shen" leave, Mrs. Shang squeezed her eyebrows and sat motionless on the chair, but slowly walked out a person in the back hall, with a soap towel wrapped her head, an indigo robe, and a national coat. Chao is the simple restraint of merchants, but on his thumb he wears a jade-colored jade inlaid gold finger, demonstrating his wealth.

"Just forget about it?" Zou Zhihan asked a little displeasedly before sitting down opposite Madam Shang.

Mrs. Shang didn’t care about her husband’s attitude, took a plate of torreya from the fruit plate at hand and slowly peeled it, and said calmly, “Otherwise? She sternly questioned whether she was wrong with Yiang, and then drove the person out. ?"

He raised his eyes to look at her husband, and the corners of his mouth were slightly tilted, with a smile, "Don’t you know the origin of this'Mr. Shen'? It’s the one that was specially stuffed in over there. The fault is that we decided to choose one. Otherwise, do you think it is a good strategy to drive people out for such a small matter?"

Zou Zhihan frowned: "But Yiang..."

"She can't really take it up!" Madam Shang interrupted her husband and said lightly, "If she was a purely female husband, such as Fu Chuoxian, I would still have this kind of defense! Since she is here by order, don't have any plans, how can she hook up with our family? If we really do this, let's not do it, the people behind her will first show her color!"

"Yi Ang is the only male heir in our family." Zou Zhihan was still worried, frowning, and said, "During this period of time, there have been a lot of greetings to our family over and under the covers for the dredging of the canal. Will you start from Yiang?"

I couldn’t help but complain, “Why is this kid so ignorant? I just beat him up just to frighten him and let him stay in the school and follow Mr. Ouyang to school, and don’t run around. , So as not to cause trouble to the upper body...Why doesn't he listen?! I am his father, so I can harm him?!"

Mrs. Shang said coldly and warmly: "Just because you know that you are his father, you can't kill him, so I'm not afraid of you being scared!"

"This kid..." Zou Zhihan sighed helplessly, and said startledly, "You have to think of a way to make him behave! Otherwise, whoever takes advantage of this eye joint now!"

"Actually, I don't know why you hesitate about this matter?" Madam Shang put the peeled torreya on the table and motioned to her husband to take it. She wiped her fingers with a kerchief, seeming to ask carelessly, "This time this person Although it has not been ten years since your majesty became the throne, he is already known to be ambitious! It is not the kind of weak king who will be suppressed by courtiers! So, he is determined to move the capital and dredge the canal... Why do we fight against him? "

"After all, although we are somewhat decent in Yanzhou, it is not worth mentioning in the court, let alone displeasing your majesty. Just to say that the matter itself is not bad for us?"

When Zou Zhihan heard this, his face was a bit ugly. After being silent for a while, he said: "The Zou family is no more than a mere merchant. Where does the courage come from to work against His Majesty? The question now is not whether we support the relocation of the capital or the reopening of the canal. It is, in the supporting boat, which one shall we get on?"

Knowing that Mrs. Shang is the mistress of the house, but since the two generations of the Zou Mansion did not have any officials, she is not very clear about the temple affairs, so she explained in detail, "Shuntian Mansion is the land of your Majesty’s Longxing, not to mention today The north is not peaceful, and your Majesty himself is still on the north side! So the direct line who has followed your Majesty for many years is the class of Conglong heroes who will support him!"

After all, their hometowns are almost all in the north. After the capital is moved to Shuntian Mansion, the center of gravity of the whole country will move north, which is a good thing for them.

"In addition to these courtiers, the Jinyiwei who was ordered to recover after your majesty assumed the throne, and the waiters of the inner court...These people all agree with your majesty, but that does not mean that they can cooperate closely!"

"You must know that the reason why your Majesty wants to reopen the canal is to prepare for water transportation! Madam, you should also know the profit of water transportation!"

"What's more, the location of Jining can be regarded as a big port in the entire canal. As a prominent family in Jining, the future of our family is hard to imagine!

"With such benefits, why is Wang Sun Guizhou not tempted?!"

"Who doesn't want to be ready before construction is started so that we can share the pie in the future?!"

Zou Zhihan sighed and squinted, "So at this moment, our family has made a mistake, and if we can't say we'll be crushed... Do you think I can make a decision easily?"

"According to me, the ministers of the previous dynasty are more reliable." Mrs. Shang thought for a while, and said, "These people are either from officials and officials, and they are appointed as officials; or they are named on the gold list and stepped into the eunuch. Therefore. I love the feathers a little bit, so I'm more trustworthy! But Jin Yiwei and the inner court... These two do mostly private matters. It is common to cross the river and break the bridge and turn your face and not recognize people. Our Zou Mansion has been based in Jining for many years, and our family is innocent. There is no need to get involved with such uncleanness!"

Zou Zhihan said helplessly: "I think! But just because Jin Yiwei has done too much private affairs with the inner court, can we offend it by unscrupulous means?"

"You didn't send a letter back before, saying that you received news. Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry is now making a private visit along the old canal site?" Mrs. Shang raised her eyebrows, "Why don't you have a relationship with this one? After all, this one was appointed by your majesty. If the lord responsible for reopening the canal, if he is interested in our Zou family, even if Jin Yiwei and the inner court are not angry, it is not easy to fight with him, right?"

When Mrs. Shang thought of Song Li, Song Li was also thinking about Zou Mansion.