The First Gongsheng of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 24
In the afternoon, Zhang Zhou went back home first, and mysteriously brought the family out. He drove the car himself, and parked the car in front of a large house in Jian'anfang.

"Husband, where is this?"

After Jiang Pingyu got off the carriage, she looked around, the road was much wider than the narrow alley, and it was not far from the place where she lived before.

Zhang Zhou said with a smile: "I just found Yazi and signed the lease. We should all live here in the next few months."

"what?"

Only then did Jiang Pingyu know that her husband wanted to improve the family's life.

A family of five happily entered the yard.

This is a house with three courtyards, and its specifications are not as good as those of a wealthy family, but it suddenly feels like returning to the life of a rich and young man in the past. Even Zhang Jun couldn't help asking: "Father, we are rich again, right?"

Zhang Zhoudao: "It's not important to be rich, what's important is to have power, live here for a few months, and go to the capital to take the exam before the end of the year, maybe next year I will be a Jinshi and become an official!"

Both Jiang Pingyu and Han Qing were smiling.

My husband has lost his way. He just wanted to be a Jinshi when he just passed the Juren examination.

Is it that easy?

"Father, it doesn't matter whether you become an official or not. Hurry up and invite me, sir, to enlighten me." Zhang Jun has an inexplicable desire for reading.

Zhang Zhou flicked the boy's head: "If I find a husband for you, you can study hard. If you dare to be lazy, watch how I do it!"

Zhang Jun resentfully ran to the backyard.

Probably Zhang Jun has also begun to find the rhythm of being a rich young master.

"Husband, the business has not been completed yet, why change this house? Such a big place is too expensive. How much is the monthly rent?" Jiang Pingyu began to feel sorry for the money.

It is said that it is difficult to go from extravagance to frugality, but looking at Jiang Pingyu's appearance, it seems that she has gotten used to the life of a peasant woman and learned to plan carefully.

It may be that she inherited the fine tradition of her father, old man Jiang, and is also good at settling accounts.

In this way, Zhang Zhou can rest assured to leave the backyard to her.

"Not much, eight dollars a month, which is already considered cheap, and I even asked Xiao Guizi to buy some tables, chairs, benches and so on, and I think they will be delivered in a while!" Zhang Zhou took Jiang Pingyu over and said with a smile, "In the past, you were the daughter of a wealthy family, and lived a hard life with me. Now, no matter what, I want you to improve your life first. Years ago, our family went to the capital to see and see, how about it?"

Jiang Pingyu said: "My husband is going to take the Beijing exam, do you want me to let my concubine go?"

"Go! The family needs to be neat and tidy, but in the past few months, the business in Nanjing can't stop. The previous rice grain business may earn two or three hundred taels of silver, which is not enough. Even if you pass the Jinshi exam, you have to pass the exam. In life, do you live on the little salary given by the court? Or do you want me to be a corrupt official? You have to earn money by yourself, if you can’t come forward by yourself, you have to find someone else to come forward..."

Zhang Zhou looked forward to the future there.

And Jiang Pingyu looked at it with puzzled eyes.

Some people want to get rich, and some want to be an official, but I have never seen my husband like this, who wants to be an official through the imperial examination, and at the same time wants to do business to make a fortune.

Isn't it contradictory?

……

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Moving into a new house, the family is busy cleaning up.

This place is not far from the small courtyard where they lived before, and Jiang Pingyu took Han Qing back to tidy up, bringing all the belongings he could bring with him.

Zhang Zhou went out to buy some pens, inks, papers and inkstones in the afternoon and came back. He inquired about the printing shops around him. When he came back, he found that Han Qing was fetching water in the courtyard. The little girl in the new clothes has also begun to learn to enjoy life.

"Don't work too hard, just wait until I come back to do it, and then hire a maid to come back later." Zhang Zhou walked up and took the bucket from Han Qing's hand.

Han Qing said with a happy face: "It's really nice here. There is a well in the yard. Finally, I don't have to go out to fetch water. I can use water whenever I want."

Zhang Zhouxin said, Mrs. Ru is really easy to be satisfied. There is a well in the yard, so she is so happy.

Zhang Zhou looked at the well and thought about it. The well in the yard is still a bit dangerous. It seems that you can consider building a simple water press, so that you can get water in the yard at any time in the future, and it is not too expensive. strength.

"Husband, come here."

At the gate of the inner courtyard, Jiang Pingyu greeted Zhang Zhou with a smile.

Zhang Zhou went to the inner courtyard, while Han Qing was in charge of washing clothes, probably because it was inconvenient to do laundry before, but this time he finally moved to a new house, so he had to come here to wash and brush first.

"Ma'am, what's the matter?"

"The room has just been prepared for the husband, the husband has a look..."

Jiang Pingyu took Zhang Zhou into the largest room of the house, which became Zhang Zhou's bedroom. There was a desk outside, but the bedding looked a bit old, but because it was Jiang Pingyu's dowry, the material was very good.

"My husband will sleep here from now on." Jiang Pingyu said, "My sister and I will each have a room."

Although the three-entry courtyard is not the pattern of a courtyard in the north, the courtyard is still a bit crowded, but there are four bedrooms in the family, as well as the woodshed and kitchen. If you clean it up, you can prepare a room for the hired servants.

That's pretty good.

Zhang Zhou walked over to have a look, shook his head and said, "It's just that the bed is a little smaller."

"Really? It's not small."

Jiang Pingyu checked carefully, and when she understood Zhang Zhou's meaning, her cheeks were flushed with red clouds, showing a shy and beautiful appearance. This made a "gentleman" like Zhang Zhou feel distracted, and wished he could come right away. An in situ rectification.

Jiang Pingyu said: "Tonight, my concubine asked my sister to come over."

Zhang Zhou said with a smile: "Don't, you are also together."

"Husband, don't mess around." Jiang Pingyu was even more shy now.

Zhang Zhoudao: "I didn't mess around. Let the two young ones sleep by themselves, they are already big children..."

After thinking about it carefully, Zhang Jun does seem like a little adult, but Suisui seems to be a little younger, and the youngest daughter in the family is more favored, so Zhang Zhou added, "You can ask Qinger to put Suisui first." Put to sleep."

Zhang Zhou originally thought that Jiang Pingyu would refuse such a rude request.

But Jiang Pingyu just thought about it for a while, and said "um", and agreed directly.

"Prepare the meals and dishes, and celebrate the housewarming." Zhang Zhou suddenly felt that he had found the mentality of settling down, and he was ready to be a native of Ming Dynasty with peace of mind in the future.

Even if you let him go, he won't go.

Jiang Pingyu said: "My husband has just passed the exam, so we have to save everything. After all, we don't have any more income. My husband will take the Beijing exam next year, so I'm afraid we need to save more."

Zhang Zhoudao: "You don't know that, do you? I won Juren, and many people will come to contribute their land. Besides, I will find a way to do business."

"There are profits and losses in business." Jiang Pingyu is still a little apprehensive about Zhang Zhou's business.

Just because you made a profit in a business, you can't think that you can have everything in the future. There are too many examples of losing your fortune in the business field.

Zhang Zhou said with a smile: "I am a Juren, what are you afraid of? Now there is a way out. The so-called spring breeze is proud of horseshoe disease. No, it is autumn now, so the autumn wind sweeps the fallen leaves. I want to make a lot of money from it."

(End of this chapter)