In the blink of an eye, spring passes and autumn comes, year after year.
Time came to 77 years, the earth thundered, and everything revived.
In the summer, Deng Gong began to take charge of the work and carried out anti-corruption activities in various places.
Su Mingzhe took the opportunity to find some connections and asked the street office to return the Su family's ancestral home that the soldiers had robbed to him.
After getting the house deed, Su Mingzhe made some repairs to the old house, then spent 80,000 yuan of his savings to buy antiques, calligraphy and paintings, and old furniture from the Ming and Qing Dynasties to decorate the old house.
Eighty thousand yuan sounds like a lot, but in fact it doesn’t buy much.
The old furniture, toys, calligraphy and paintings I bought barely filled up a few rooms in the backyard, and the middle courtyard could only be filled with new furniture and modern masterpieces.
"Chunming, be careful, that's blue and white porcelain!"
Han Chunyan, who had been married to Su Mingzhe for almost two years, was nurtured by the man day and night, and had a little knowledge of calligraphy and painting. She was shocked when she saw her brother casually placing a blue and white porcelain made during the Qianlong period on the high table. .
If it falls from above, dozens of dollars will be lost.
"Don't worry, second sister, my hand is steady!"
Han Chunming looked at the antique calligraphy and paintings that Su Mingzhe spent a huge sum of money to buy, and he felt envious.
Unfortunately, he has no money, so he can only make small fuss.
So far, he has collected more than a hundred gadgets, which is incomparable to Su Mingzhe's generosity.
Han Chunming put the blue and white porcelain away casually, then stretched out his hand to hang a pair of Qi Lao's "Pictures of the Shrimp Opera" in the main hall.
When Han Chunyan saw it, she hugged her son nervously and stamped her feet back and forth.
This painting of "The Shrimp Opera" was more valuable than the blue and white porcelain. When I went to negotiate the price with the man, the other man offered me three hundred yuan.
I talked it over with the man and finally lowered the price to one hundred and eighty yuan.
In another room, Su Mingzhe collected and put away some good things that were inconvenient to show to others, and then returned to the main hall.
Seeing the cautious look of the two siblings, Su Mingzhe suddenly felt funny:
"Just leave it as you like, just hang it up for a few days, and then pick it up after tomorrow's housewarming ceremony is over!"
All the good things were collected by Su Mingzhe and placed in the backyard, while all the things in the middle courtyard were of average value.
The most valuable ones are the "Shrimp Opera Picture" and two imperial blue and white porcelains made during the Qianlong period.
Most of the other gadgets are furniture that is not easy to break, as well as some imitation antiques from the Republic of China period.
With Su Mingzhe's command, Han Chunming's movements sped up a lot.
When the three of them were busy working, a dog barking suddenly came from the front yard.
"Maybe he's from Zhengyang Restaurant!"
Su Mingzhe glanced over with his consciousness and found seven people at the door. He thought they were people from the restaurant bringing things over.
In order to celebrate his new move, Su Mingzhe specially sent invitations to his relatives and friends. Firstly, he congratulated himself on his happy move, and secondly, he also held a 100-day banquet for his son.
The guests Su Mingzhe invited included Su Meng's family of four, more than a dozen members of the Han family, old and young, colleagues from the dumpling house, leaders from the neighborhood office, some leaders from magazines and publishing houses, and a machine processing factory. The leaders include some neighbors from the factory’s family compound, friends from the educated youth in those days, and connections with the older generation of the Su family.
Su Mingzhe sent out more than eighty invitations alone, and prepared sixteen banquet tables.
The restaurant that hosts the banquet is Zhengyang Restaurant.
Han Chunyan and Han Chunming arranged their clothes and followed Su Mingzhe to the front door.
There were seven people standing at the door, an old man, and three pairs of middle-aged people.
When the white-haired old man saw Su Mingzhe going out, he knelt down with joy and said:
"It's the young master. The little man Fakui wants to say hello to the young master!"
Seeing this, Su Mingzhe quickly took two steps and stopped the old man:
"Grandpa Kui, this is a new society, we can't do this anymore!"
This old man Wei Fakui is from the Su Mansion
He is the son of Su Mingzhe's original grandfather's schoolboy and the housekeeper of the Su family for the past thirty years.
The three middle-aged men standing next to Wei Fakui are the eldest, Wei Xingyuan, Wei Xingshan, and Wei Xinghe.
These three brothers also grew up in Su Mansion since childhood and worked in Su Mansion with Wei Fakui.
The woman next to these three brothers is their daughter-in-law, who was originally a maid of the Su family.
After Su Mingzhe's parents passed away, the Wei family still lived in the Su Mansion.
But twelve years ago, after the Su Mansion was robbed by soldiers, the Wei family returned to their hometown in the countryside.
A few days ago, when Su Mingzhe sent invitations, he also sent an invitation to the Wei family.
His original intention was just to invite Wei Fakui over, but who would have expected that Wei Fakui would come one day in advance with his whole family.
After Su Mingzhe helped everyone in the Wei family, he introduced their identities to each other and Han Chunyan's sister and brother.
Wei Fakui knew that Su Mingzhe would continue to stop him when he knelt down, so he asked his sons and daughters-in-law to kneel down and say hello to Han Chunyan.
These three couples all grew up in the old society and have served the Su family in Su Mansion for decades. Therefore, it is very natural to kneel down and pay respects to Han Chunyan, the mistress of Su Mansion.
But Han Chunyan was shocked by the Wei family's actions and quickly stepped forward to help.
Han Chunming stood aside and watched coldly, rolling his eyes constantly:
"What a lingering feudal poison!"
It's over with everyone's greetings.
Su Mingzhe invited the Wei family to take a seat in the middle courtyard.
Wei Fakui shook his head repeatedly and was unwilling to enter. He just stood at the door and said with a sincere expression:
"Young Master, what is the status of this villain's family? How can he sit at the Su Mansion's banquet?"
"I came here this time because I know that the young master has taken back the ancestral home again, so I want to ask the young master to take our family in and let us continue to work in Su Mansion."
"Young Master, I don't ask you for a salary, as long as you have someone who stutters."
The Wei family who returned to the countryside had a really hard time.
The clothes he wore were in tatters, and the food he ate was clear soup with little water.
From the beginning of the year to the end of the year, the whole family cannot afford a few full meals.
All the poultry raised on a daily basis are used to lay eggs and sold to make money for a dozen children to go to school.
It can be said that during the twelve years in the countryside, more than a dozen members of the Wei family looked forward to one day returning to work in the Su Mansion.
A few days ago, Su Mingzhe sent someone to send an invitation to the Wei family. After Wei Fakui learned about it, he immediately began to prepare for today.
At this moment, as Wei Fakui finished speaking, his three sons and daughter-in-law swung and knelt down again.
Su Mingzhe glanced at the seven people of the Wei family and found that they were indeed sincere, so he nodded and smiled:
"Grandpa Kui, I'm naturally happy if you are willing to come back to live. However, in this era, you should also know that the previous titles are no longer popular. If you stay, when people outside ask, you can only say , we are relatives and we are staying here, understand?"
"I understand, I understand!"
When Wei Fakui's family saw that Su Mingzhe was willing to take him in, they were overjoyed. They quickly asked their son and daughter-in-law to kowtow and thank their master for taking him in.
This time, Su Mingzhe did not refuse their salute, but asked them to change their titles, calling him "Mr." and Han Chunyan "Mrs."
After everyone's master-servant relationship was re-established, Su Mingzhe took the seven members of the Wei family to the east wing of the front yard and sat down:
"Grandpa Kui, we are still the same as we were twelve years ago. Your family lives in the front yard. You are one month older and your salary is sixty yuan. Uncle Yuan, Uncle Shan, and Uncle He earn fifty yuan a month. Three aunts, each Thirty yuan a month."
"Everything depends on sir."
Wei Fakui was naturally extremely satisfied with Su Mingzhe's treatment and expressed his gratitude repeatedly.
The three brothers of the Wei family and their wives came forward to kowtow in thanks.
After Su Mingzhe set the salary, he explained the rules again.
Naturally, all seven members of the Wei family agreed.
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When Su Mingzhe saw that everything was settled, he took out a thousand yuan from his pocket, as well as a bunch of food stamps, oil stamps, cloth stamps, sugar stamps, wine stamps, etc., and handed them to Wei Fakui:
"Grandpa Kui, you are the old housekeeper of the Su Mansion. Take these first and take your uncle and aunt to make two sets of decent clothes, and then buy some rice, flour, grain and oil... I will leave it to you for the housewarming banquet tomorrow..."