"Then I'll go into the ear room and wait!" After Yao Mengxian finished speaking, she led Lian Xin to prepare to enter the ear room.
The girl breathed a sigh of relief. Her cousin was the old lady's favorite, and she didn't dare to offend her cousin.
Gu Chengyu teased his wife a few words, and then the eldest girl Zhenzhu came in, saluted Gu Chengyu, walked up to the old lady and said something in her ear. The old lady nodded but did not reply. Zhenzhu straightened up and said nothing.
words, and then left the house.
Gu Chengyu thought something might be wrong, so he stood up to say goodbye.
"But you have something to do? If you don't have anything else, just eat at the house."
Mrs. Ning likes Gu Chengyu very much, not only because she is smart, studious and good-looking, but also has great respect for her elders. In the past, when her granddaughter was not here, she would often come to the house to relieve her boredom.
"Today I have to pay a visit to the magistrate's house. There will be a banquet held in five days. On that day, my wife will come with the teacher to sit at the banquet!"
Gu Chengyu had already told the teacher just now, and the teacher said he would go to the banquet that day, so Gu Chengyu invited his wife by the way.
It's just that women's families may not necessarily go out. It's inconvenient for women to go out. After all, it's still a long way away.
"Then I won't keep you. How can my old bones withstand the bumps? I'm afraid I won't be able to go. I'll ask your teacher to drink a few more cups for me."
Gu Chengyu bowed and left.
Yao Mengxian came out of the ear room and glanced at the cyan figure going away. That was Gu Chengyu. They were familiar with each other, so she could easily recognize him.
Gu Chengyu left Liang Mansion and went to Jiang Mansion.
"Here?" Jiang Mingyuan quickly rolled up the paintings on the table and placed them in a secret compartment on the bookshelf.
Gu Chengyu came to the Jiang Mansion and was taken directly to the outer study without being blocked.
"Students have met Mr. Jiang!"
When Gu Chengyu came in, he only saw what seemed to be a woman in the painting. He scrolled it too fast and he didn't see it clearly.
"There is no need to be polite between you and me. Congratulations on your passing the exam." Magistrate Jiang looked at Gu Chengyu with a smile. He knew that this kid would definitely pass the exam.
However, it is not easy to be admitted to Jieyuan.
"It's just a fluke." Gu Chengyu quickly said modestly.
Jiang Mingyuan nodded. He was neither arrogant nor impetuous, and had a calm temperament. He was not dazzled by Jieyuan's title.
"I can't go to your banquet. After the end of the year, I will return to Beijing to report on my work. We should be able to meet in Beijing next year."
Jiang Mingyuan's official transfer next year was revealed to Gu Chengyu in advance.
"Then your Excellency will be promoted next year? You should stay in Beijing to serve, right? The students would like to congratulate you first."
Gu Chengyu had known for a long time that Jiang Mingyuan would be promoted, but if he could stay in the capital, he must have done a lot of activities.
Otherwise, it would be difficult to fill positions in Beijing, and there are many officials who want to stay in Beijing. How could it be so easy to stay in Beijing without relying on connections?
Although the experimental field was successful and more grain taxes were levied on the court, compensation was already made by being promoted to two levels.
"This matter should not be spread outside, it has not been finalized yet."
Jiang Mingyuan acted cautiously and generally would not speak out about matters that were not confirmed. In this way, he did not regard Gu Chengyu as an outsider and was happy about it.
"Then you should be close to each other. Before you get promoted, students should keep it secret."
What Gu Chengyu was thinking about was that Jiang Mingyuan did not know what path he took before he was promoted. It seemed that there were people in the court who were easy to do and had not moved in the past few years. This time, he should have changed his master, or maybe he had no master before.
"I have been taking care of you before, but the student has never thanked you!" After Gu Chengyu finished speaking, he stood up and bowed to the end.
When Magistrate Jiang saw this, he hurriedly stepped forward to help me, "What are you doing? You are very talented, and I didn't teach you anything in reading. I only taught you a few words about human relations. But you spared no effort to help me in the experimental field.
I would rather thank you."
Jiang Mingyuan knew in his heart that he took such good care of Gu Chengyu because he helped him a lot and because he was that man's son.
"The student just did his duty. My lord, my mother also came to Fucheng today to buy some household items for my second sister to get married. The student was afraid that my mother had already finished the shopping and was waiting impatiently, so I left first."
Apart from official business, Gu Chengyu and Magistrate Chiang did not want to talk about private matters. It probably took more than two hours to get here from the Liang Mansion. It was already close to the quarter hour, so his mother must have been waiting anxiously.
When Magistrate Jiang heard Gu Chengyu mention his mother, he swallowed the words he was about to blurt out and pondered for a long time, "Then you should go back quickly! Don't keep your mother waiting. I won't keep you here until next time you come.
Fucheng, let’s talk about it hand in hand.”
Gu Chengyu stood up from the outer study to say goodbye, and followed the outer steward out of the courtyard. When he reached the corner gate, he met Cui Ming who was about to enter the mansion.
"I've met Master Gu!" Cuiming saw it was Gu Chengyu and hurriedly saluted.
"Aunt Cui, you don't have to be polite!" Gu Chengyu looked her over. The basket was covered with cloth, and he didn't know what he bought.
"This old slave cannot be called a young master like that." Cuiming glanced at the steward, then stepped aside and moved out of the way.
Gu Chengyu didn't reply, just smiled and followed the outside manager out.
Cuiming watched Gu Chengyu walk out of the corner door and get into the carriage waiting outside. She didn't return to the house until she was far away.
After all, Hibiscus was very lucky. She was originally attracted by the master, and although she did not become his aunt, she married a country widower. After what happened, the sisters who were waiting in the main house also felt sorry for her.
She had no choice but to plot against Hibiscus. There was a sister with whom she had a good relationship who was taken to the city, and she would always take care of them in the future. How could she plot against her for no reason? She was not jealous, and the master would not be interested in her anyway.
But now, Hibiscus has unexpectedly become the mother-in-law of Juren. No matter if she is a peasant woman, she is still free and the head wife who is the master of the house is better than people like them whose lives are in the hands of the master.
?
Unexpectedly, Hibiscus's good fortune is yet to come! If her son becomes an official in the future, he might even be able to earn a job for her. These little sisters in the past were all married to the stewards of the government and were rarely released.
Of the government.
She also thought about the mistress who was neither human nor ghost in the house. This was a bad fate. When she was a girl, she was rich and noble and enjoyed endless glory and wealth. Who wants to be married for many years but have no children. Now, unexpectedly,
He was also crazy, with a face like that, covered in scars, it was scary for her to look at it.
Gu Chengyu asked Mingmo to go to the teahouse first to see if his mother was waiting there.
"Xiaobao!"
Gu Chengyu arrived at the bottom of the teahouse. As soon as he got off the carriage, he saw Gu Chengli waving in the private room upstairs.
"Brother! Where are my mother and sister-in-law?" Gu Chengyu entered the private room, only to find that only Gu Chengli was in the room, and no one else was there.
"We've almost finished shopping. Mom thought about adding some jewelry, so she asked your sister-in-law to accompany her. Ming Yan left the things in the teahouse and drove a carriage to see them off."
Those things must have been used by women. It was really inconvenient for Gu Chengli to follow him. Gu Chengyu took a look at the things in the room and found that they were all cloth, small ornaments, some rouge and gouache, washing and toiletry utensils, and so on.
There was a big pile.
Gu Chengyu held up his forehead. There was so much, how could he get it back?
Gu Chengli seemed to be surprised by the woman's purchasing power, and there were some big items. The shopkeeper said that he would ask the waiter to deliver the goods to his door, and just pay some money for the car.
Okay! This is not all, and his mother is still buying. I don’t know if two carriages are enough. If not, I have to rent a carriage to go back.
His mother insists that the things in Fucheng are better and should be more fashionable than those in the county town, so she always goes to Fucheng to buy them. He said that apart from the better-looking styles, the materials should be similar to those in the county town.