Lucky husband

Li Mingjin, who had already walked out of the alley, didn't know that there were guests outside his courtyard at this time, and he felt guilty when he thought that only Madam Qiu stayed at home.

If he hadn't asked Nanny Qiu to accompany him back then, Nanny Qiu would not have left Yuanhan Province. At this time, she was still celebrating the New Year with her nephew. It was lively and lively, unlike when she arrived in the capital, she wanted to spend the New Year alone.

Bai Zhiwen put his arm around Li Mingjin's shoulder, and patted him on the shoulder with a look of self-blame on his face: "Ajin, this year's incident was beyond our expectations, next year and beyond, no matter where we go to celebrate the New Year, we will not take Qiu Mammy is left behind, will you?"

Li Mingjin didn't reply, he just nodded dully, expressing his approval.

Because he can only think in this way, who can say for sure what will happen in the future, they are thinking very well now, if there are other things after they really arrive, they can't help themselves.

Bai Zhiwen mentioned something, held Li Mingjin's hand and didn't continue. He knew that when he arrived at the teacher's house, Brother Jin knew he couldn't be sad, and he would suppress his emotions.

Li Mingde and Bai Ting, who were sitting on the other side of the carriage, didn't insist on saying anything when Li Mingjin was unhappy. Their thinking was similar to that of Bai Zhiwen. Now that brother Jin is unhappy, let him vent his emotions. He can grasp the propriety of Zhangfu.

Li Mingjin did not disappoint everyone's trust in him. When the outside of the carriage gradually quieted down, indicating that they had entered the east side where there are few people, he began to adjust his emotions, suppressing all self-blame, guilt, etc. in his heart, and smiled Come.

Seeing that the expression on Li Mingjin's face was not forced, and asking Bai Zhiwen and the others to talk about the layout of Zhangfu, they felt more at ease.

After walking for a while to the outside of Zhangfu, the servants of Zhangfu had already seen them coming.

When Bai Zhiwen and the others arrived in the capital, it happened that Master Zhang, Zhang Xiuyuan, had already received His Majesty's secret order and had already gone out to work. His wife accompanied him and set off in a hurry. The madam barely manages the housework, and the affairs in the back house make her a little flustered, who is not very familiar with it.

There is no hostess in Zhang's mansion, which is inconvenient to receive guests. Only Bai Zhiwen and Li Mingde come to Zhang's mansion every day to receive Mr. Zhang's advice, and Li Mingjin and Bai Ting have never been invited to the mansion.

The absence of an invitation was not because they didn't pay attention to them, but because they were important, they couldn't invite people over in a hurry. Finally, when Mr. Zhang and Mrs. Zhang came back before the Chinese New Year, Mr. Zhang invited them over to watch the new year together.

From the moment he got off the carriage, Li Mingjin began to always remember the rules that Nanny Qiu had taught him, and so did Bai Ting beside him. Both of them paid attention to not making their walking movements look vulgar.

The young man who came to pick him up was chosen by Mrs. Zhang. He was not the kind of person who would step on the high and praise the low, and he was instructed by Mrs. Zhang. He had a three-point smile on his face without saying a word, which made people feel good. , making Li Mingjin and the others feel very comfortable.

The boy asked the concierge to pull the carriage they were riding in to the back door and take it into the yard, and he led Bai and Li into the front door.

Before that, Bai Zhiwen and Li Mingde came to the Zhangfu almost every day, and they were very familiar with the Zhangfu. After they went back, they also explained the layout and layout of the Zhangfu in detail with Li Mingjin and Bai Ting, so after entering the door, Li Ming Jin and Bai Ting followed the young man to the main hall without looking sideways.

Today, not only Mr. Zhang is here, Zhang Xiuyuan, Mrs. Zhang, Zhang Honglin and Mrs. Zhang Shao, and the two young masters of the Zhang family, Zhang Hongyan and Zhang Honglei, who are not yet married and are currently studying in an academy outside the capital, are already waiting to receive them in the main hall up.

Mr. Zhang only had one son and one daughter, and his daughter was already married. His son only married his wife and no concubine, but Mrs. Zhang was very powerful. The popularity of the house gradually increased, and there were more people talking on the night of the New Year's Eve.

But a few years ago, an official of the third rank or above in the court, like Master Zhang Xiuyuanzhang, would take his wife to the palace on the afternoon of the New Year's Eve, and be with the emperor and the concubines in the harem. The children in the family watch the age together.

But just a few years ago, the emperor suddenly ordered before the New Year's Eve that officials and their families were not allowed to enter the palace on the night of New Year's Eve.

After this order was issued, some people were happy and some were worried. Some people felt happy to finally be able to watch the new year with their family members. Some people regarded it as an honor to go to the palace to watch the new year with the emperor. Without this honor, which can be done once a year, they felt as if they were scratched by a cat. uncomfortable.

Different people have different ideas, but no matter how dissuaded those unhappy people are, the emperor is determined not to let officials enter the palace to watch the year.

Later, news came out that the emperor knew that the Ministry of Internal Affairs would spend a lot of gold and silver every year to prepare officials to enter the palace on the eve of the New Year's Eve, so he made up his mind to abolish this rule and let the officials go back to their homes.

The concubines in the palace hurriedly put away the gorgeous clothes and jewelry that they planned to wear on the night of the New Year's Eve, and replaced them with more elegant clothes and jewelry.

It is because of this rule of the emperor that Zhang Xiuyuan has been able to stay at home and spend time with his family in the past few years.

This is the first time Zhang Xiuyuan saw Bai Zhiwen and Li Mingde. When they approached, he saw their clear eyes, tall and straight posture, neither humble nor overbearing, and nodded with satisfaction. They are two good things. The kind that keeps one's heart and runs errands well.

Behind Zhang Xiuyuan is Zhang Honglin. Although he went to the military camp after he became an adult and did not continue to study and take the imperial examination, he was also taught by Mr. Zhang since he was a child. He practiced martial arts while studying, and he had a Confucian style. , he saw that although Bai Zhiwen and Li Mingde were full of scholarly temperament, they were not thin, and he had a good impression of them.

Mr. Zhang called Bai Zhiwen and the others over to watch the year just to let them get to know each other. Seeing that he didn't need to say more, Zhang Honglin took the initiative to chat with Bai Zhiwen and the others without intervening.

Mrs. Zhang and Mrs. Zhang Shao looked at Li Mingjin and Bai Ting in surprise. They originally thought that both of them were born in the countryside, and they might be rustic and didn't know the rules. They have to find a way to answer what they say, and they can't neglect the guests.

Unexpectedly, the clothes Li Mingjin and Bai Ting wore were not rustic. Although the two sets of clothes were not refined enough in their eyes, they were more novel and suitable for young people like them. Mrs. Zhang Shao With bright eyes, it was obvious that she liked it too.

Moreover, Li Mingjin and Bai Ting's words and deeds are very decent. If it is not known that both of them were born in a small village in Changping County in the former Han Province, no one would doubt that they are family members of some local officials. .

After Mrs. Zhang came forward to greet Li Mingjin and the others, she had to leave for a while, and Mrs. Zhang Shao came forward to receive Li Mingjin and the others.

As the matriarch of the family, Mrs. Zhang can't relax even more during this busy time. She has to control the big and small things at home, and she has to take care of the New Year's Eve dinner that will start in a while.

Moreover, Mrs. Zhang noticed that the clothes of Li Mingjin and Bai Ting were a little thin, so she turned around and ordered the nurse next to her to have the earth dragon in the main hall heated up a bit, and the earth dragon in the side hall that was about to move to eat in a while would also be burned. be warmer.

Mrs. Zhang Shao has been very curious about Li Mingjin's clothes since she saw their clothes just now. After Mrs. Zhang left, she took the initiative to ask Li Mingjin and the others how they made their clothes.

The clothes are ordinary clothes, the only difference is that there are many ornaments made of broken gems on the clothes.

Li Mingjin and Bai Ting didn't hide it and didn't want to say it, and they didn't think about shame or not. They started from the fact that they didn't prepare suitable clothes. They said that in order to make the clothes look better, they gave this kind of accessories to sewn on the clothes.

Broken gem ornaments only appeared from the former Han province two years ago, and have not yet become popular in the capital, so people in the capital do not know that there are such things.

Seeing Mrs. Zhang Shao's curiosity, Li Mingjin gave her a purse he was carrying, which was dotted with broken gemstones, which matched his clothes today.

Before this, we were all strangers. We had a chat about the topic of clothes, and we got a little familiar with it. When Mrs. Zhang arranged the kitchen work and came back, Li Mingjin and the other three young people had already said It was fine.

After talking for a while in the main hall, we can almost move to the side hall where the meals are set. The New Year’s Eve dinner is eaten earlier than the usual dinner. It starts in the middle of the afternoon and lasts until it is completely dark at night. The longer the better.

The side hall of the Zhang family is no smaller than the main hall, but it is called a side hall because it is on the side. The layout is the same as the main hall, with a bit of elegance and neatness.

A small screen is placed in the middle of the side hall, which divides the side hall into two parts, with men sitting on one side and women and brothers sitting on the other side, so that everyone doesn’t have to worry about being impolite when eating, and they can relax more and continue. Talk about topics of interest to them.

When Li Mingjin and Bai Ting were in Changping County, their family’s New Year’s Eve dinner was always big bowls of meat and vegetables. The bigger the bowl, the more meat the better. keep eating.

But Zhang's family is different. Zhang's family's New Year's Eve dinner is very rich. Their richness lies in quantity and quality. The portion of each dish is not much, and they are all served on small plates.

All the dishes were put together to fill up the whole table, whether cold or hot, every dish on the plate looked so delicate that Li Mingjin couldn't bear to chopsticks.

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