Chapter 471 Ever since He and his party returned to the imperial capital, the house has been lively, and every day has been like a festival.
However, festivals come quickly.
As soon as August comes, there is a big festival for the families of officials.
Speaking of which, the beginning of August is not a festival at first.
Just because the Empress Dowager was born on the first day of August, this day became the Empress Dowager's Qianqiu Festival.
Since the late emperor passed away this year, the empress dowager did not need to observe filial piety as the late emperor's legitimate mother.
However, the empress dowager and the late emperor had a very good relationship, so they did not live for a long time.
The Empress Dowager even canceled her orders for that day and went to the palace to pay her respects.
As a result, I saved a fortune for the Qianqiu Festival.
The imperial ministers were naturally careful about their budgets, but Master Chaoyun was anything but.
Master Chaoyun picked out a few treasures and sent them to the Empress Dowager.
The Empress Dowager took Uncle Fang into the palace the next day to talk.
Ah Xi told her mother about this.
She originally made an appointment with Chaoyun's grandfather to go to Xishan to fetch a live spring to make tea.
Because the Empress Dowager sent someone to pick up Chaoyun's grandfather, she had to postpone the appointment to the next day. .
Axi went home to see her mother.
It was very close anyway, and you didn't even need to take a car to walk a few steps.
You could just walk there.
Axi murmured this matter to her mother, but she didn't understand.
She asked her mother, "Mom, you said that my grandfather is not an official, and he doesn't know how to do a dojo.
What does the Empress Dowager want to do with her grandfather?"
Axi also said I don’t know about Chaoyun’s grandfather giving a birthday gift to the Queen Mother.
He Zijin didn't want to talk about Master Chaoyun's personal affairs, but it was not a secret.
Besides, with the empress dowager's current status, Master Chaoyun's identity could not be mentioned.
He Zijin briefly discussed it with his daughter.
Although Axi was young, she actually had some feelings.
After all, Chaoyun's grandfather's food and clothing expenses were very comparable to others.
Axi just didn't expect that Chaoyun's grandfather was the Empress Dowager's uncle.
Axi also said, "Mom, if you can be Mr.
Wu for the eldest princess and the princess, does the Empress Dowager do it for the sake of Chaoyun's grandfather?"
Take care of our family."
He Zijin smiled and said, "There must be reasons for this, but your mother has also been a mountain leader for more than ten years, okay?
If I don't teach you well, no one's face will matter."
"That's true."
Axi nodded.
The Queen Mother gave him a chance, but it was her mother's own ability to secure Mr.
Wu's seat.
Axi stopped talking about Chaoyun's grandfather's prominent life experience.
After all, this is a matter for the elders, and it is taboo for the venerable, so it should not always be mentioned in the conversation.
Axi knows the reason why it is forbidden to talk about it.
He Zijin talked about the Mid-Autumn Festival with his daughter and said, "You have to come back on August 15th."
"I know, I made an agreement with my grandfather."
A Xi said, "I will spend August 15th at home, and I will go to accompany my grandfather on the 16th.
\ot Axi said again, "Mom, are my grandmother and uncle really going to move away after the Mid-Autumn Festival?"
"Yes, your uncle has bought a house a long time ago."
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Seeing his daughter's reluctance to part with it, He Zijin comforted her and said, "Actually, it's not that far away."
Ah Xi said, "It's a pity that no one in our alley manages the house.
Otherwise, it would be better to be a front-to-back neighbor like my uncle and grandpa's family."
He Zijin smiled, "Why not."
Not long after Axi returned home, Xiao Lang and A Feng came to play with Axi's aunt and sister.
Axi always liked children, and listening to their serious talk made her feel very interesting.
In the afternoon, we will make snacks for the two of us.
In fact, both Xiao Lang's mother, Gong Yuan, and A Feng's mother, Du Shi, although they don't cook often, they will make some tea when the mood comes.
However, these two little things have never been so supportive.
Gong Yuan asked Xiao Lang, "Is Aunt Axi's cooking particularly delicious?"
Xiao Lang nodded, "The snacks are delicious, and Aunt Axi is also good-looking."
A Feng echoed.
Children are honest and say whatever they want, making adults laugh.
Xiao Lang also whispered to his mother, "If my sister can be like Aunt Axi, mother, please give me a sister."
Gong Yuan teased her son, "It's too late.
You were always talking about having a little brother.
It's too late to change your mind now."
When Xiao Lang heard this, he couldn't help but became very anxious, and asked his mother how he could change his mind.
Gong Yuan smiled and said, "I don't know that either.
You can ask your father when he comes back."
Xiao Lang responded nervously.
After his father came back, he asked his father and he didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
Children always have their own joys and worries, and adults, well, adults, there is something about He Lao Niang who is not happy to live separately from her girl.
However, she had been bored for a few days and was thinking about it.
She couldn't bring her whole family to live in her granddaughter's house.
Being able to think about things so quickly must be attributed to He Lao Niang's traditional thinking.
In Mrs.
He's mind, of course, one must live with her children and grandchildren.
Moreover, I came to the imperial capital first because the children were young.
Furthermore, at that time, I was focused on letting He Gong A Nian, the father-in-law and his son-in-law, live together in the same place.
Now she even has a great-grandson, not to mention that the two families lived separately in Beichang Mansion.
Thinking about it this way, Mrs.
He is no longer depressed.
The only thing that Mrs.
He couldn't bear to part with was her own girl's family.
Hey, it's not good to give birth to a girl.
No matter how rare it is, she still has to marry out and live a happy life.
How wonderful it would be if we could be together for a long time Even though Mrs.
He thought so, she just thought about it.
Now that four generations of her family are living under the same roof, and her descendants are also in harmony, it is a blessing.
Although she would like her grandchildren to be together, after all, there are many adults in the family, so it is not a disadvantage to separate them.
What's more, there was the bad example of the Mei family earlier.
No matter how reluctant I was to leave, I never said I wouldn't leave.
I was not happy to see my grandma, but luckily I had a solution.
After inviting my grandma and mother-in-law to visit the new house, Mrs.
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He's original little reluctance turned into great joy.
Speaking of which, no matter how nice He Zijin's house is, after living in it for all these years, it is still not as luxurious as the new house.
Especially because I am lucky to have the taste of this generation of officials, that is, I have a son now, and I am lucky to live a frugal life.
That's it, Not counting the money spent on buying the house, just buying the house and then spending money to repair and tidy up the house alone cost thousands of taels of money.
Mrs.
He took a look at her house and was willing to move when she got home.
However, Mrs.
He still confessed to Mrs.
Shen in private, "Ah Xing must have used the couple's money to buy this house.
How much salary Ah Xing can have is not Ah Xing's dowry.
Our family cannot use it."
It’s a joke that the grandson’s daughter-in-law used her money to buy a house.
“It won’t be easy for her to run the family in the future.
How come Mrs.
Shen didn't understand this and lived in her daughter-in-law's house.
Although her mother-in-law and daughter-in-law had a harmonious relationship, they didn't do things like this.
Mrs.
Shen said with a smile, "What mother said is that one code equals one code.
I have already said that I would give her money, but Ah Xing still refused to take it.
I explained this truth to her in detail, and she listened to everything she said.
"That's right, I'll just talk to Ah Lie again."
In fact, Mrs.
Shen is not short of money.
In recent years, she has mostly been doing small businesses like pickles.
However, such a small business requires little capital and is profitable.
But not necessarily less.
Furthermore, Shen also sold the secret recipe of kimchi to a big merchant in Beiliang.
After making a fortune, Shen invested in the land industry.
The financial management that Shen is good at is not business.
Shen is the more traditional type, which is buying land.
The land in Beichang Prefecture is so fertile.
Isn't it just right to catch up with Jiang Renhuwen's military grain business?
Mr.
Shen is also very good at calculating money.
He Gong's annual salary plus various festival expenses from the Yamen are enough for the family's expenses.
Except for the remaining harvest in the fields, Shen set aside what was needed for his sons to marry and spend the rest, and bought additional fields in Beichang Mansion, thinking that they would be a legacy for their children and grandchildren in the future.
When Shen said this, Mrs.
He felt relieved.
Madam He also whispered to Mrs.
Shen, "Axing, this kid is becoming more and more sensible."
Mrs.
Shen also smiled happily, "That's right."
In the past, when the eldest daughter-in-law first came in, the whole family had a lot of quarrels.
Looking back now, Yu Xing was still young at that time, and she was a new daughter-in-law, so she was a little uncomfortable.
As for Mrs.
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Shen, she is a mother-in-law for the first time.
Now after all these years, the family is in harmony, and Mrs.
Shen is also happy.
Mrs.
Shen was thinking that when her third son Xing Geer married a daughter-in-law, she would let her eldest daughter-in-law learn to be the manager of the family, so that she could have a break as a mother-in-law.
As for Brother Jin, he is still young anyway.
Moreover, Mrs.
Shen is also reasonable.
Brother Jin is an old man, so she will love him.
But when Brother Jin gets married and has children, she and her husband will both be in their seventies.
As a person, you still have to rely on the eldest son and eldest daughter-in-law, so why bother to hold on to the power of being the head of the family.
Even in the past few days since I came back, I heard from my daughter that my eldest daughter-in-law has made great progress.
For such a big family, the aunts, sisters-in-law, and Chongyang Erlang are all relatives, and they can still live in such harmony.
On the one hand, the children are sensible, and on the other hand, it also shows that the eldest daughter-in-law is a good director.
There is another reason here.
In the past, when He Zijin and A Nian's family did not return to the imperial capital, A'lie Yuxing was the eldest brother and sister-in-law.
At that time, before the Du family came in, Yuxing took care of most of the family affairs.
Speaking of which, even when the Du family entered the house, most of the elders would be the Shen Sujiang family who would come forward, and I was lucky enough to be the eldest sister-in-law, who would also help with everything inside and outside.
When Du entered the family, although Du was not as lucky as Yu to be born into a family of officials, her father was the minister of Dali Temple and he was a famous figure even to the emperor.
Fortunately, Yu was already quite good at being a good person at this time, and discussed all family matters with Du.
Du is the second daughter-in-law, and she is six or seven years younger than Yu Xing.
Furthermore, although Du is very powerful with her fists and kicks, she is not a strong-willed woman like others.
The two sisters-in-law have always gotten along well.
When the eldest aunt and her family came to the imperial capital, Yu Xing originally wanted her to be the head of the family.
He Zijin said, "The rules in the family were the same as they were before, and they are still the same now.
Don't change them.
If anything happens, we will discuss it."
Most of the family members The servants who were doing the work were all servants and maids who were lucky enough to be married or bought later.
If He Zijin suddenly came and took their jobs away, wouldn't it be resentful?
Therefore, there was no major movement of personnel, and the family affairs were handled through consultation with the sisters-in-law.
Yu Xing and A Lie had actually considered this holiday a long time ago, so they bought a house early.
Now, Yu Xing and the group of people in his hands knew that they would go to the new house with their master sooner or later, so they were gone here.
Greedy heart.
The people trained by He Zijin also know that after the eldest uncle moves out, the masters will still use themselves.
Now they are just waiting for a while.
Therefore, the servants on both sides will not be involved in any division of interests.
Fortunately, the stewards here know more because they have stayed in the imperial capital for a long time.
Even if they want to have a good relationship, they will remind He Zijin's stewards more on weekdays.
After all, in the future, one side will be a servant of the girl’s mother’s family, and the other side will be a servant of the girl’s family, so there will be a lot of dealings to do.
Therefore, the family is really harmonious.
Even Shen Su's wife, Mrs.
Jiang, said to her husband in private, "The children are all sensible.
With such harmony, there is no need to worry about the family not being prosperous."
Shen Su smiled and said, "That's the truth.
How about everything goes well with the family."
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Her mother-in-law insisted on giving her money, so naturally Yu Xing couldn't make the decision on her own.
After dinner, when the couple went back to the house, she talked to her husband about family matters.
She didn't mention the money first.
What happened when the great-grandmother came to the new house?
, Yu Xing smiled and said, "I think my grandmother and mother are very satisfied.
Originally, you told your father, mother and grandmother about the move, but I think the old people were a little unhappy.
Now that I have seen the house, the smile on my grandmother's face, Never stopped for a day.”
Ah Lie smiled, "That's good."
He added, "Our house is well kept."
Yu Xing said, "There's something I haven't told you yet.
Since we've decided to transfer my father back to the imperial capital, we've been talking about selling our garden in Beichang Mansion.
Today, my mother is going to sell our garden."
You gave me the silver, guess how much you sold it for."
Ah Lie said, "It cost a lot to build that house at that time.
It cost six to seven thousand.
If it can be sold back to the cost price, it will be worth it.
After all, we have lived here for many years."
Yu Xing smiled, "I was thinking the same thing as you at the beginning.
After all, although this house was carefully renovated, it can be bought for several thousand taels in Beichang Mansion, and few can sell it at the cost price, so I am satisfied.
I really didn’t expect that I actually sold it for 8,000 taels.”
Not only did I not lose any money, I also made some profit.
Ah Lie was also startled and asked, "Really?"
"This is still false.
Mother said that as soon as our house was released, people came to buy it.
They said that our house has good feng shui, prosperous children and grandchildren, and prosperous family business."
Yu Xing said with a very honored look.
Ah Lie nodded, "That's true.
Anyone who wants to buy a house must ask about a few things, such as who lived in the house before, whether the house is good, and whether it is prosperous or not."
Yu Xing smiled, "Isn't that the case?
I heard from my eldest sister earlier that the house my eldest sister's family bought in Beichang Prefecture was sold very quickly when my brother-in-law just got the transfer order to be promoted to Beijingguan. ” Although her house was not as prosperous as that of her eldest aunt's house, her husband lived in the garden and was a successful candidate in the Imperial Academy.
Later, when the couple came to the imperial capital, the garden was used by the parents-in-law and uncles.
Anyway, my father-in-law’s official career is going smoothly, and my two brothers-in-law have also won the Jinshi.
Needless to say, it is obvious that Feng Shui is very good.
Talking about the garden, Yu Xing mentioned that her mother-in-law had to calculate the money for the new house to them.
Yu Xing said, "I thought, anyway, our whole family lives in the house, and we are not short of money." .
Besides, Brother Xing will get married next year, and his parents will have to spend a lot of money.
I persuaded my mother for a long time, but she just refused.
You are the eldest son, so you should tell your mother.
Listen."
Ah Lie, despite being honest, inherited his father's honest and clear temperament.
Ah Lie thought for a while and said, "Tomorrow I will go and persuade our mother, but she may not listen to my advice.
Even though we have good intentions, But elders have the persistence of elders.”
Yu Xing is not ignorant of the world now, and has long figured out what her mother-in-law is thinking.
In fact, speaking from the bottom of her heart, she will make the same choice as her mother-in-law even if she and her mother-in-law are in different places.
However, as a daughter-in-law, she should politely refuse.
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As Ah Lie said, it was useless for him to take action personally.
On the second day, Ah Lie took the banknote back and gave it to his wife to keep.
Yu Xing said to him, "Let's keep this money for the time being until Brother Xing gets married.
As the eldest brother and sister-in-law, we have to show our respect.
There is also Brother Jin, he is the youngest, and he is the son of his father and mother. , not to mention father and mother, even we should love him more. " Ah Lie said, "Let's talk about Brother Jin later.
Children should not be pampered the most.
Look at which of us grew up being pampered.
We have this intention and would rather spend our money on his education than on giving him When it comes to property purchase, if a man is capable, he should not be pampered if he is afraid of not having the property to treat him like A-chan and A-hyuan.”
Yu Xing was amused, "What's wrong with you?
You suddenly have such a big idea."
"How do you know?"
Ah Lie said, "There is something new in the imperial capital.
It is said that Mr.
Xue Xiaohou groomed a prostitute in a brothel.
Guess how much money it cost?"
"Xue Xiaohou, the grandson of Princess Shouyi," Yu Xing asked.
"Who else but him?"
Ah Lie said in a rather disdainful tone.
Yu Xing said, "This young marquis has a reputation in the imperial capital, and he is also a rich man.
I think he will be worth thousands of silver."
"A full ten thousand taels of silver."
"How is this possible?"
Yu Xing couldn't believe it, and said, "You can't even spend ten thousand taels of silver to buy a silver man, right?
What's the market for buying people now?
The best maids only have twenty taels, and they're just flower-headed and pink-headed ones.
It’s just three to five hundred taels.
No matter how good it is, it can’t be more than a thousand taels.”
Ah Lie sipped her tea and said, "Otherwise this is something new.
If your children were brought up like this, if they were ours, I would have pulled out a stick and knocked them all to death."
It was obvious that they were being taken advantage of by a fool.
The couple discussed the education of their children while gossiping about the imperial capital.
He Zijin also told A-Nian here that her parents' family planned to move away after the Mid-Autumn Festival.
The couple had known about this for a long time.
A-Nian didn't say anything else.
He just told A-Nian, "Sister, look at grandma."
If your father-in-law and mother-in-law need something extra, just give it to the elders.”
"I know."
So, the move was decided.
The children, on the other hand, were very reluctant to part with sister and aunt Axi.
A Xi couldn't bear to leave them either.
She even talked about it when she and Chao Yun's grandfather went on a trip to Xishan.
A Xi said, "It would be better if we never separate for the rest of our lives."
Grandfather Chao Yun smiled, "Even if there is separation, the friendship remains the same."
A Xi nodded and was about to say something when the carriage suddenly stopped.
Axi was still surprised and asked Grandpa Chaoyun, "Grandpa, didn't you say we'd be there in an hour by car?
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We just left the city and we've arrived."
She opened the curtain and looked out, only to realize that she wasn't at Xishan Spring, but there was one behind.
A majestic motorcade.
The road out of the city to the west mountain is not very wide, but it is not narrow either.
Rich people like to make their carriages more spacious and comfortable to sit on.
The one coming in front looked like it was not an ordinary motorcade.
The other party wants to return to the city, and they want to go up the mountain.
This creates a problem.
Both families are spacious carriages, and the road is not very wide, so one family needs to stop briefly and give way.
This is a small matter, but in officialdom, there are rules.
Generally speaking, the person with the lower rank gives way to the person with the higher rank, and the person with the lower rank gives way to the person with the higher rank.
Ah Xi didn't mind giving way to others.
Her family had always been a home for middle- and low-level officials, so she couldn't help but give way to others when she went out.
Besides, the family has always kept a low profile, and Axi is not a quarrelsome person.
However, Grandpa Chaoyun didn't have such a temper.
Obviously, the other party doesn't have such a temper either.
Fortunately, what they met was not a reckless person who didn't understand the rules.
The manager came over to talk and introduced himself as the Cao family.
Even Ah Xi, who had just come to the Imperial Palace, knew that this must be a trip for Empress Dowager Cao's family.
Axi looked at Grandfather Chaoyun.
Grandfather Chaoyun didn't even move his eyelids, still looking like a god.
Ah Xi heard Uncle Dao say something outside, "Fang family."
However, it was obvious that the people on the opposite side didn’t know which family named Fang in the imperial capital city had such a huge reputation, because the manager of the Cao family asked, "I wonder which Mr.
Fang it is?"
Wen Dao Shu sneered, "If you don't know, it means you don't deserve to know."
Ah Xi was stunned, thinking that Uncle Wen Dao was so arrogant.
He really deserved to be the great butler of her uncle Chaoyun and her grandfather, the Queen Mother.
However, the manager of the Cao family didn't know which family the Fang family belonged to.
Obviously, his master knew.
Because, soon, there was a voice from Qinglang outside, "Junior Cao Bin has met the elder."
Axi calculated that although the Cao family was Empress Dowager Cao's natal family, even Empress Dowager Cao and her biological father were still a generation behind Chaoyun's grandfather.
This Cao family member calls himself a junior, but it's not too much.
However, Grandpa Chaoyun didn't even move an eyebrow.
He just tapped the wall of the carriage twice with his fingers and made two "dong-dong" sounds, and the carriage continued to move forward.
As for the Cao family member outside the car, Chaoyun's grandfather never paid attention to him.
In A Xi's memory, Grandpa Chaoyun has always been a gentle and loving person, and occasionally a lazy and narrow-minded elder.
This is the first time A Xi has seen such a cold, distant, noble and scornful look.
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