Mr. Bai came home with a full belly of wine. While listening to his wife's complacency, he closed his eyes and washed his face. When he was about to lie down on the bed, he heard her say, "If we serve wine in our house, my aunt won't do it. She will
Don’t you think too much about it? After all, Erlang is so promising now, he is even better than Shanbao..."
Mr. Bai started coughing and choked on his own saliva. He opened his eyes and looked at his wife, "What did you say? What did you say happened to your son?"
Mrs. Bai was stunned, "I didn't say anything?"
"The last word."
"I wonder if Auntie will think too much about it?"
"There's still more to come."
Mrs. Bai hesitated a little, "Our Erlang is so promising now, he is even better than Shanbao..."
"How do you see that Erlang is better than the Supreme Being?"
"Our Erlang is the consort..."
Mr. Bai: "The Prince Consort is only in the fifth rank, and he relies on the princess..."
He said angrily: "He has not been doing his job these years. Apart from doing some odd jobs in the Hanlin Academy, he is writing storybooks in private. His reputation is getting bigger and bigger, but he is not very serious. How can he compare with the Supreme Good?"
"If you ask around, who among the scholars knows the best? In the officialdom, he is a well-known figure with a bright future. What does your son have?"
Mrs. Bai said angrily: "Why is there no more? He is the consort!"
"Yes, he was just lucky enough to be chosen as the consort by His Majesty and the Princess. Otherwise, I think he would have had no choice but to go home and inherit my family property and watch the tenant farmers live their lives in the fields." Mr. Bai has also been doing this in recent years.
Bai Erlang lost his temper due to Bai Erlang's lack of ambition. Anyway, he still has a son, so he hopes to find a place, so it won't be so uncomfortable. "Your son is living a comfortable life now. Apart from having no future, everything else is wrong."
Got it."
"As for Zhishan, he has a bright future and may become a prince or prime minister in the future. Isn't it embarrassing if you compare Erlang with him and compare yourself to him?" Mr. Bai said, "Fortunately you are in front of me.
If I said it outside, I would be too embarrassed to go out."
This was different from Mrs. Bai's understanding. She couldn't help but get close to her, "Is Erlang really that bad?"
Mr. Bai paused and said awkwardly: "Actually, it's not that bad. He has been promoted to the fifth rank in the Imperial Academy, which is actually quite good. How many Jinshi can't even reach this official rank in a short period of time."
"But it still can't be compared with Zhishan. Do you know how much contribution he made before he was transferred back to the capital?" Mr. Bai sighed: "Dalang's letter said it all, if he hadn't wanted to stay in the capital to fulfill his filial piety and take care of his aunt and
Brothers and sisters, he can now be the governor of a place, and if he goes one step further, he will be a frontier official like Jiedushi."
In the Jin Dynasty, being a Jiedushi envoy was almost the same as being a local emperor.
Madam Bai was stunned, "Shan Bao isn't that big, is it?"
"What do you think?" Your son is less than one year old, how can you still know Bai Shan's age?
Mr. Bai lay back on the bed, closed his eyes again and said: "Don't say this kind of thing even at home. The magistrate of Luojiang County will come to your door tomorrow, and the magistrate's wife will definitely come with him. You are ready, Erlang wants to learn from
The Zhou family set up a running-water banquet, and I thought, since it’s going to happen, I might as well make it more lively, so that the Zhou family can eat for one day, and our family can eat for two or three days.”
"Aren't you worried that our family will not look good if we don't host it at aunt's house? Tomorrow I will go see aunt and we might as well organize it together. Then we will spread out the banquet so that anyone can come and eat. After three days of fun,
It’s all over.”
The more Mr. Bai talked about it, the more he thought this was a good idea, and said: "Invite all the relatives near Mianzhou. Erlang and Zhishan failed to invite relatives here before they got married. It is rare for them to come back. They will come back next time."
I don’t know what year or month it will be.”
When Master Bai asked Mrs. Liu, Mrs. Liu immediately agreed and said with a smile: "It's time to be lively and lively. Thanks to the care of the village these years, we have given little back. Let's take this opportunity to have fun with everyone."
"Since it is a flowing water mat, there must be people coming from the nearby villages. There are a lot of things needed. We need a few days to prepare."
"I just want to invite your in-laws and relatives over there in Yizhou," Mrs. Liu said with a slight curl of her lips: "Not returning to your hometown in rich clothes is like walking at night in rich clothes. This is probably the only time in your life that you will waste your money."
The two of them looked at each other and smiled slightly, recalling the injustice they suffered when they fled to Mianzhou.
Zhou Man and the others knew nothing about this. They had been fed several bowls of wine by the villagers last night, so they all got up late.
If they hadn't planned to meet the magistrate of Luojiang County today, they might have been able to continue sleeping.
Yin You didn't drink, but he also slept in. Yesterday, he went up to the mountain to pick fruits, and he listened to the villagers talk about Bai Shan and the others' childhood. It was very physically and mentally draining, so he fell into a deep sleep.
By the time they were woken up, it was already three o'clock in the morning, but Qili Village was a certain distance from the county seat, so no one had arrived yet.
Bai Shan called Yin up and they had breakfast slowly together, then walked around the intersection, the magistrate of Luojiang County said.
The magistrate of Luojiang County also came here with his wife and children, thinking it would be good for his wife and children to pay homage to the princess and Zhou Man.
Seeing the entrance of the village, the county magistrate whispered to his wife: "Remember, you must talk to Mr. Zhou more often."
"Where's the princess?"
"Of course I have to respect you, but Lord Zhou is more important than the princess," he sighed: "After all, Lord Zhou is from Luojiang County and has more affection. Moreover, she is in the middle of the court, so she is much more useful than the princess who does nothing.
"
"Whatever happens in Luojiang County in the future, her words will be more useful than the princess's." And it is easier to get Zhou Man's words, after all, Luojiang County is her hometown.
Madam agrees.
"We call her Lord Zhou, but in the backyard, to show respect, you should call her Princess Princess. It sounds better." The county magistrate explained everything clearly in detail.
Madam: "Sir, you are making me nervous."
The county magistrate sighed, "You can't be nervous. Look at how many years I have been in office. Alas, if I had listened to Zhou Lizhong and promoted the rice seeds in his hands, I would have left with a share of the credit."
"But I think Luojiang County is pretty good. If I keep being a county magistrate, I might as well be in Luojiang County."
"Can't you hope for my promotion?"
"But my father said that you are only a county magistrate, and you can barely manage a county. If you go up further, you may get into trouble."
When the county magistrate heard this, he was depressed and turned away from his wife.
The lady hurriedly caressed his chest and said: "Master, don't be angry. I think what my father said is very reasonable. The most important thing for a person is to be self-aware..."
"Okay, stop talking, and wait until you see the princess and Mr. Zhou later to say, no," the county magistrate said with some regret, "otherwise you'd better talk less."
He probably shouldn't have brought his wife.
? ? ?Good night, go to bed early tonight, and try to update early tomorrow. There are still two chapters to be updated separately the day after tomorrow.