When Zhang Shou left the kitchen, Little Peanut was no longer there. According to what Ah Liu said, this boy would leave a little bit of each dish, and then he would put it all on the plate and send it to Xian Yunhe. He thought of the other side of the stove in the kitchen.
When the porridge he was cooking was served, he couldn't help but yawned and said: "There is also preserved egg and lean meat porridge on the stove. You can serve it yourself while I take a break!"
Zhu Ying was satisfied with her meal and was rubbing her belly wondering why her appetite was not big enough. When she heard Zhang Shou said he was tired, she immediately stood up and went to meet him. She knew how tired Zhang Shou was from traveling all the way from the capital, and he was also
Unlike me, who has been working hard since childhood and dealing with various things non-stop when I arrive, I should have been able to rest today, but I have been busy cooking for so long.
Therefore, she naturally supported Zhang Shou's arm and whispered: "How about you find a place to sleep in this palace?"
Zhang Shou immediately said in amusement: "This is the palace, we are borrowing the kitchen here, Du Heng can turn a blind eye, but if I sleep here, it would be strange if he doesn't take the opportunity to make trouble... I will just look for him
Sit on a chair for a while and wait for Little Peanut to come back. Go and serve the porridge yourself and don't worry about me."
Seeing Zhang Shou smile at Zhu Ying, he then moved a chair to the side of a tree and curled up there to take a nap. Old Xianyu's eyes flashed, but he dragged Zhu Er over and exclaimed: "
Your future brother-in-law is really approachable."
"Yes, who can tell that he actually came from a small village on the outskirts of Beijing?" Zhu Er deliberately revealed something. Seeing the old salted fish, he was immediately stunned, and he gave the person a sideways glance, smiling but not smiling.
Said, "Why, you are very curious about my brother-in-law? Hehe, he is considered a legend in the capital. It's a pity that none of you in Cangzhou have heard of him."
Although Old Xianyu thought Zhu Er was a bit stupid at first, but later when he saw someone eloquent in persuading the eldest prince, he realized that even though these playboys had such shortcomings, they were by no means easy to get along with.
Therefore, hearing Zhu Er's obvious play-for-get tone, he chuckled and said: "I am an old man. I don't know the world's heroes. It is normal for me to be ignorant. But..." He glanced at and took the cloak to Zhang.
Zhu Ying, who was covered with longevity, said meaningfully, "But this eldest lady in your family is very affectionate!"
"Hmph!" Zhu Er suddenly felt a dull pain in his buttocks. After snorting, he pretended to be impatient and said, "Nonsense, although my father had already decided on the marriage, it was Yingying who fell in love with her at first sight when she went to see her!
Even the emperor thinks this is good... An imperial master like Taishi Ge personally accepts people as closed disciples, and a bunch of dandies who are more arrogant than me are just called teachers!"
Old Xianyu's eyes flickered, and when he saw Zhu Er staring at Zhang Shou, who was resting with his eyes closed over there, he felt that another piece of the puzzle had finally been put together in his heart - a young man who grew up in the countryside, but was about to marry the daughter of Duke Zhao, and who was famous in the capital.
Infinite, this is something that ordinary people can't do no matter what, right? When he first met Zhang Shou yesterday, he only thought he was handsome, but he doesn't think so now.
There are many beautiful men in the world! The Qi family and the Huang family in Cangzhou... which family does not have a few handsome sons and daughters, and they have spent countless resources to provide Jinshi, but I have never heard of how prosperous they are in the court, let alone
I have never heard of anyone who can make a marriage that can be talked about by countless people in Cangzhou. From this point of view, Zhang Shou's origins and experience are very doubtful.
What's more, Zhang Shou told him that he always felt a little uneasy after hearing about things like sweet potatoes...
Zhu Ying tiptoed and covered Zhang Shou with the cloak she had taken off because she was too hot. Looking back, she saw Zhu Er and Lao Xianyu talking, so she chased them to the kitchen. Not long after, she saw Lao Xianyu sneaking out.
, still holding a bowl of porridge in her hand, she smiled at her and ran away. The lover went to Xian Yunhe, and she nuzzled at Zhu Er who followed behind.
When Zhu Er understood and followed her, she was lost in thought when she heard Ah Liu ask: "Is it too hard for the second young master to deal with that old man?"
"Are you worried about my second brother?"
Zhu Ying turned her head and glanced at Ah Liu, who appeared behind her quietly like a cat, and she smiled slyly: "Second brother, sometimes he is stupid, sometimes he is very smart, especially
When he thinks someone else is very powerful, he will definitely be more alert. For example, in our Zhu family..."
She twirled her fingers and said with a smile: "Of course the most powerful one is my grandmother, followed by me, then my parents, then my eldest brother, and he can only come last. So he will be cautious most of the time in front of us.
Even if he has a little temper, he must be in a measured manner. The time when he acted randomly does not count. That time, he thought that something happened to his father and eldest brother, so he acted randomly."
"So, once he knows that Lao Xianyu is very powerful, he will definitely rack his brains to deal with people and use all possible methods to deceive."
Ah Liu tilted his head and thought for a moment, then nodded slightly and said, "As long as the eldest lady says it's okay."
"It's okay if I say it's okay, you just believe me so much!" Zhu Ying smiled immediately, stared at Ah Liu for a while, then blinked and said, "Ah Liu, Ah Shou also told me that you have thick eyebrows and big eyebrows.
He is steady and reliable, and dares to fight, but he turns into a traitor as soon as he sees me... Do you trust me that much? Aren't you afraid that I have deceived your young master? "
"No." Ah Liu said two words firmly, and then said in a more serious tone, "Master believes in you."
"It's Ah Shou who believes in me, not you?" Zhu Ying thought it was fun to tease Ah Liu like this, but when the person looked at her seriously, she couldn't help but feel that she was going a little too far, but next time
The moment she heard Ah Liu's words, she was amused unconsciously.
"You and the young master are a perfect match, right from the beginning." Ah Liu seemed to be thinking about what words to use to describe it best, and in the end he said distressedly, "A match made in heaven? A match made in heaven? A design made in heaven? A good match is destined to be a match?"
"Cough...cough cough cough..."
Even if Zhang Shou had made up his mind to pretend to be asleep, when he heard the increasingly ridiculous and awkward conversation between Ah Liu and Zhu Ying, he really couldn't hold it anymore. He opened his eyes and glared at Ah Liu
At first glance, he saw that the young man had no consciousness of saying something wrong, but instead looked innocent. He laughed and cursed: "If you don't speak, no one will treat you as a mute! You can find so many four-letter words!"
"I learned a lot of idioms."
Zhang Shou really didn't want to continue this joke-like conversation, so he stretched out one foot to kick, but when he saw Ah Liu running away, he saw Zhu Ying standing over there, with a delicate red color clearly showing on her face, so he
He coughed twice again and said, "Although what that boy said doesn't sound good, one thing is true... I think he thought you were very good when you first arrived at Rongshui Village."
"Humph, don't say it's him. At that time, Aunt Wu thought I was very nice. You were the only one who was aloof and stayed away from me!" Zhu Ying said with a coquettish expression, but Zhang Shou still gave Zhang Shou a look that meant you were wise, "Okay.
You were quite discerning later on."
"Yes, yes, I used to be blind to Mount Tai." Zhang Shou laughed dumbly. Then he looked at the big tree with shade like a canopy above his head, breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I don't have any big ambitions.
I didn't expect that the general would become a prime minister and his name would go down in history, so I just wanted to do something within my power. This time the situation in Cangzhou... It can be said that I had expected it, but I didn't expect it to be so serious."
"It's all the fault of the eldest prince, it's none of your business!" Zhu Ying raised her eyebrows, and then simply reached out from behind to hold Zhang Shou's shoulders, "Besides, isn't Zhang Chen already here? You asked him to take the Jiang family with him
Wouldn't it be better for the kid to visit each house and wait until work resumes? Just like what you said to Xian Yunhe, you can't let everything stagnate just because you are worried that something will happen!"
"Having said that, in the eyes of those who only hope that men farm and women weave, that they are honest and honest, that all scholars, farmers, industry and merchants are willing to take their positions, that no one is allowed to take a step beyond the bounds, and that it is best for the world to remain the same for a hundred and a thousand years.
Come on, I will naturally become the culprit." Zhang Shou chuckled and then said nonchalantly, "After all, I released a terrible monster."
And this monster was supposed to destroy China's small-scale peasant system after hundreds of years... But the powerful inertia of the small-scale peasant system, even after a change of circumstances, still lingered on for many years, and even once it was because of another change.
A change that is more spontaneous and appears to be very vital...
Zhu Ying didn't quite understand what Zhang Shou said, but she said without hesitation: "What do you care about those chirping idiots? Those old men who have never tolerated new people, new ideas, and new things should have quit long ago!"
Although he already knew what kind of temper Zhu Ying was, Zhang Shou couldn't help but smile when he heard these domineering words. He nodded lightly, and then said calmly: "If we can clean up the situation in Cangzhou this time, we will wait until we get back."
After Beijing, I plan to do something more. Although I have no ambitions, I can’t just see some things being wasted like this!”
"Okay! Ah Shou, just go ahead and do it. Whatever you want me to do, just say it!"
Hearing this matter-of-fact tone and smiling at the energetic face in front of him, Zhang Shou suddenly stood up and directly pulled Zhu Ying into his arms. When he let go of his arms, he looked at her happy but flushed face.
, he couldn't help but touched her smooth forehead with his forehead, and then took a step back.
"It is said that after ten years of cultivation, one can cross the same boat, and one hundred years of cultivation, one can sleep together on the same bed... I really don't know where I got my luck to be engaged to you in such a huge world."
"You only know now!" Zhu Ying's eyebrows were beaming, she smoothed a strand of hair beside her ears and said with a smile, "But I think I have better luck! According to the orders of parents and the words of matchmakers, most people are at best matched.
, we will treat each other as guests in the future, so I never thought that the fiancé my father would choose for me would be different! Ah Shou, you must not become an old man who becomes vulgar as he gets older!"
"Yes, I will definitely push myself hard with Teacher Ge as my goal in the future, are you satisfied?" Zhang Shou naturally knew that Ge Yong, who is still handsome and humorous despite his age, has always been highly praised by Zhu Ying, so
He simply used Teacher Ge as an example. Sure enough, he saw Zhu Ying nodding her head immediately, and he had to make fun of her a few times.
"Don't just ask me, you yourself are the same. Have you heard of a saying... When I grow up, I will become you..." Seeing Zhu Ying's puzzled face, Zhang Shou said with a half-smile,
"When the innocent little girl was young, she felt disdainful when she saw that her aunt was smart and worldly, good at dancing, talking to people and telling ghosts. But when she got married, she suddenly realized that all the calculations and thoughts were just...
In order to survive well, she became the person she once hated the most."
Zhu Ying was stunned for a moment, then laughed: "I don't know if I will become a shrewd and stable old prince like my grandmother, but I know that even if I become such an old prince, I may not be able to treat others openly.
I will be more polite, but when facing my own people, I will still laugh and curse, just because of my temper. I don’t believe it, you will let me go, but my children and grandchildren won’t let me!”
"..." Zhang Shou was speechless. Zhu Ying's reason was so good and powerful that he couldn't find anything to refute! Moreover, children and grandchildren were mentioned so easily... They were not married yet.
This is indeed a big lady!
When Zhu Er came back with Old Xianyu and Xiao Peanut, Zhang Shou and Zhu Ying had already finished talking. Old Xianyu sent Xiao Peanut to talk to Zhang Shou and Zhu Ying, while he went straight into the kitchen and carefully
He collected all the remaining ingredients and seasonings, and even searched the garbage to see if there were any obvious residues, and then came out of the kitchen with the basket in hand.
Zhu Er, who was sneaking around the door and peeping at the door, saw this scene and couldn't help but feel that the old man was more and more suspicious. If he didn't have any other intentions, why did he look like he didn't want to leave any traces?
Little Peanut was tripped up by Zhu Ying's words and didn't even notice Zhu Er peeking at the kitchen door.
After Zhang Shou saw Zhu Er's very unprofessional surveillance behavior, he couldn't help but glance at Ah Liu in a funny way, wanting the young man to turn around so he could train his students, but he only saw Ah Liu standing there.
He was wiping the dagger given by Chu Kuan with an extremely serious expression. After wiping the sword, he was taking care of the dagger again.
In order to avoid dazzling the eyes when he came out, Zhang Shou took a carriage. Now when he went back, he took an old salted fish with him. The carriage seemed a bit crowded. Fortunately, the old salted fish squeezed together with the little peanut Zhu Er was honest and looked at him from beginning to end.
He only paid attention to his big basket containing the ingredients. When the group returned to Xian Yaqian Street, it was already afternoon time.
When turning into this street, Zhang Shou gradually heard the noise outside. Zhu Ying was impatient and had already raised the curtains curiously to look outside. She saw many people gathered in front of the county government office, and many people were shouting loudly.
Various sounds came and went, making it so noisy that it was difficult to distinguish the words. Finally, as we got closer, the words finally became clearer.
"Thanks to General Mingwei's wisdom, otherwise we Cangzhou people have suffered for many years without having anything to say!"
"Those wealthy and ruthless wealthy businessmen have exploited us for so many years, and now they have caused trouble again. The imperial court must make the decision for us!"
"They have done so many heinous things, so they should confiscate our homes! How much they have exploited from us, we should let them spit it out!"
Hearing the shouting, which was almost in the same tune, and the many echoes, Zhang Shou felt that he smelled an extremely dangerous sign. At this moment, the car curtain was suddenly lifted by someone, and a person scurried out quickly.