Arriving in front of the dripping eaves outside the main hall, the servants of the family were already standing outside the eaves waiting.
Wei Chen looked around and found that these servants were all familiar faces. It seemed that he had been away from home for more than two years, and Zhuang Jun had not hired any servants at home alone.
When Zhuang Jun lived in the small lakeside courtyard in Jiangning, he only had Uncle Fu by his side. After moving to Bianjing to live with Wei Chen, there were more servants in the family than before. However, compared with other official families in the city, there were only a few servants.
It is still extremely simple.
After all, the master and the apprentice both have indifferent temperaments and have never cared about luxury. Wei Chen came from a poor background in his past and present lives. Although he has made a lot of money from the wine shop business in this life, he has not developed the habit of eating, dressing, or even going to the toilet.
The habit of serving others.
However, in the past, there were only two bachelors in the family, Wei Chen and Zhuang Jun. Of course, the master and apprentice could do whatever they wanted. But when Ru Lan and Ming Lan officially entered the family in the future, they couldn't be so casual.
Not to mention anything else, there are probably at least dozens of servant girls who Erlan came to marry from the Sheng family. Maybe Zhao Zhen will also give some servants, and the total number may be
Hundreds of people.
In any case, the small courtyard where Wei Chen lives now cannot accommodate such a large number of people.
Even if they could really pretend, Sheng Hong and Wang Ruofu would not agree to Wei Chen using this small courtyard as a wedding residence to send away their precious daughter.
Marriage in your daughter's family is only a once-in-a-lifetime event, so how can you be careless about the marriage?
It is better to buy another spacious house.
Wei Chen had already been thinking about this matter when he was still in Yuzhou. Last year, he wrote a letter to someone of the same year who was working in the Kaifeng government office, asking him to help him pay attention to it.
In the officialdom, it is very common for Jinshi who are from the same year, from the same hometown, from the same sect, and from the same subject to stay together in a Chinese-style group.
A total of 300 Jinshi were awarded in Tianyou's six years. Whether it was his original imperial examination results or his current promotion speed, Wei Chen was recognized as the number one person, and naturally became the core and leader of these 300 people.
Helping to keep an eye on suitable houses in Bianjing City, this kind of trivial matter is nothing more than a simple task for officials working in the Kaifeng government office, and it can also make Wei Chen owe him a small favor, so why not do it
What?
Therefore, after Wei Chen's letter to the same year was sent to Bianjing, within two months, his wedding house was found. The same year even thoughtfully provided Wei Chen with several alternative houses.<
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Wei Ruyi arrived in Bianjing with her family in advance. The first thing she did was to invite Wang Ruofu to see the house together as Wei Chen's elder. Then she consulted Zhuang Jun for his opinion, and finally finalized the wedding house last month.
Come down.
As soon as Wei Ruyi walked in, she happily introduced to Wei Chen the wedding house she had chosen for Wei Chen.
"That was the house passed down by Yongping Hou, the third son of King Qin Kanghui of the Taizu lineage. Later, the owner's family committed a crime, so the Kaifeng Mansion found an excuse to take the house back, and it has been idle ever since.
That house is quite big, with seven or eight acres of back garden alone, totaling sixteen acres! There are eleven couplets in front and back, one hundred and six rooms, fourteen and a half rooms, twenty-one rooms, and seventeen buildings.
There were one hundred and twenty-nine people passing by, four in their coats, and twenty-two in their arms..."
Among the government properties under the name of Kaifeng Mansion, there are only thirty-nine houses of this size, and only two are for sale. It would be great if it were in Jiangning, we can afford a house twice as big." Wei Ruyi shook her head as she spoke, somewhat regretting that she didn't buy a bigger house.
Wei Chen could only smile bitterly as he listened.
According to Wei Ruyi, the wedding house she bought for Wei Chen has seven or eight acres of back garden alone, and the total area is more than ten acres. This is already an exaggeration.
Of course there are bigger houses than this in Bianjing City, but they are all royal property!
That kind of house was reserved by the emperor to reward senior officials and ministers, and it was impossible to sell it to the outside world.
Besides, even if he really bought it, with Wei Chen's current level, he wouldn't dare to live there!
Wei Chen smiled hurriedly and waved his hand: "Aunt, this house is already big enough. If it is bigger, it will lose its popularity. If you live here for a long time, you will easily get sick."
Wei Ruyi thought about it carefully and felt that what Wei Chen said made sense, so she stopped talking and started talking to Wei Chen about the renovation of the wedding house.
The house is big and big, but it has been idle for many years in the hands of the Kaifeng government office, so there will naturally be many messy problems.
According to the government's practice, as long as the house does not collapse, even if all the rafters are rotten, no one will care.
Wei Ruyi had purchased many properties in Jiangning, and was mentally prepared for this. After buying the house, he personally took people to look at the house inside and out.
The main building of the house is made of precious wood, which is relatively well-preserved. There is no rot. At most, there is a little accumulation of dust and cobwebs, which is not a big problem.
However, the materials used in small corner rooms such as Baoxia are not so exquisite. In many places, even the dust on the ceiling has been soaked by the rain. A strong gust of wind can blow the house away.
Pour.
There is also the back garden, which has been in a state of decay because it has not been taken care of for a long time. It is overgrown with weeds and miscellaneous trees, and there may be venomous snakes and insects in it.
All in all, it is not difficult to clear out an area for getting married first, but if you want to live there for a long time in the future, you will definitely need to overhaul the entire house.
Wei Ruyi clasped her fingers and talked to Wei Chen about where the house needed to be repaired, where it needed to be demolished and rebuilt, where trenches needed to be dug, and where flowers and trees needed to be transplanted...
All in all, it’s very complicated.
Wei Chen's head was as big as a bucket after hearing this.
Moving is so troublesome!
Fortunately, the assistants Wei Shuping and Fang Yuan were very helpful. One took out a book and recorded the place Wei Ruyi mentioned, while the other immediately calculated the cost of renovating the house.
Therefore, Wei Chen felt at ease and acted as a hands-off shopkeeper. Seeing Wei Ruyi cast a dissatisfied look at him, he could only laugh twice. Just as he was about to speak, he suddenly heard the sound of footsteps.
Wei Chen looked up and saw an old man in the back hall, slowly walking to the front of the hall with the support of an old servant.
When Wei Chen saw the other party, he immediately looked solemn and almost couldn't help but shed tears.
When he left, the teacher was still healthy, with a rosy complexion and walking freely, but now he is showing signs of age visibly to the naked eye. Not only is his body stooped, but his movements are no longer as flexible as before.
Wei Chen immediately strode forward, knelt down in front of Zhuang Jun, and said with red eyes: "The disciple is unfilial and has made the teacher suffer!"
"It's good to be back, get up quickly!"
Zhuang Jun leaned over and helped Wei Chen up. Looking at the most proud disciple in his life, his face was filled with relief.
"What you did in Yuzhou has been told by Zicheng and others as a teacher. As an official, you have benefited the whole country. You have done a good job and lived up to the expectations of a teacher!"
After many years of separation, Wei Chen looked at Zhuang Jun, who was smiling with tears in his eyes. He had mixed feelings in his heart. In addition to joy, he felt more sentimental. He felt that there were thousands of words stuck in his chest, but he didn't know where to start. p>
Although the teacher has practiced Daoyin for many years and is in better health than his peers, he is still old after all. If he goes out to serve as an official in the future, the teacher will not be able to travel back and forth with him.
Now that I have finally returned to Bianjing, I must take this opportunity to fulfill my filial piety by the teacher's side.