Chapter 180 Who is giving face to whom?
The twenty days just passed, Duan Jiqing was so busy that he was dizzy.
The official duties of the government office cannot be delayed. Which sages are invited to the hometown sage temple of the Chongqing Guild Hall in the capital? Although he is not a little bit unreasonable, he must also participate in the whole process. Otherwise, who would have known that the retired officials and juren in the scattered halls of the fourteen prefectures and counties who are presiding over the renovation of the guild hall is Duan Jiqing's son-in-law.
But no matter how busy you are, you have to hug your grandson when you go to the government office every morning. Every day, you have to hug your grandson no matter how late you are, and then go home to rest.
Seeing that his little grandson was about to be full of the moon, he was really unable to do anything and was worried about the little coroner. He simply asked someone to send a message to his eldest son-in-law and his eldest daughter, asking his eldest son-in-law to come and help organize the full moon banquet, and asked his eldest daughter to come and take care of his young daughter for a few days, and by the way, he invited his in-laws to have a full moon banquet in a few days.
Both the Yang family and the Liu Juren lived in the city of Jiangbei. Old Master Liu was sick. Yang Qianzhu often visited him to curry favor with the Liu family. More than once, he heard Liu Juren mention Han Si’s affairs in the capital. Liu Juren began to say that he was a polite word with Han Si, but he thought it was a polite word. It was not until he found out that Liu Juren always sent someone to give gifts to Han Si’s family that Yang Qianzhu realized that Han Si was really developed.
As soon as he received the message from Duan Jiqing to send, he immediately prepared a generous gift and came with his son and daughter-in-law.
Duan Jiqing didn't expect that he would come early and hurriedly asked his wife to go home to clean up the guest room. He asked Aunt Guan, who had been helping her daughter's house these days, and Aunt Wang, next door, to go out to buy some wine and food, and then asked her youngest sister to carry her grandson out for her in-laws and eldest son-in-law to take a look. Then she asked her in-laws and eldest son-in-law to sit down and have tea.
"I was really scared when my baby was born. Qin'er didn't have enough milk and she couldn't eat enough. She was so big that she still had a mouthful of rice soup. She finally took a sip and vomited it out."
"What happened later?"
"Everyone says that distance is not as good as neighbors. This time, thanks to Aunt Wang next door, her sister-in-law also gave birth to a baby. The baby with lots of milk cannot be eaten. Seeing that my baby was not full and cried all day long, even Qin'er cried anxiously, so she helped her sister-in-law from the countryside to the city and lived in her house. Sometimes she came to help feed her, and sometimes my wife and youngest sister carried the baby over to feed her." Duan Jiqing took a sip of tea and smiled: "We can't let people help in this for nothing. We can give them two taels of silver a month. Pig trotter soup, belly lung soup, crucian carp soup, and old hen soup either don't stew it. They have to stew it all two portions. Qin'er needs to nourish it, and they also need to nourish it. If they don't nourish it, how can they get milk."
Qianzhu Yang nodded: "It should be, after all, you eat other people's milk."
Yang Xingming felt sour, thinking that his father-in-law was much better to his younger daughter than to his eldest daughter, and Han Si's children were much better to his two children.
Duan Jiqing was so smart, how could he not tell that his eldest son-in-law was not in high spirits. He held the tea bowl and said quietly: "In-law, Xingming, Zhixing is far away in the capital. His father is old and has difficulty in legs and feet. A few days ago, he asked someone to send a message to him that he could not come. His eldest brother would come, but he didn't even dare to say anything when he came, so he couldn't help. If we don't help with such a big deal, who would help him? Do you think?"
The rich man Yang also saw that his son seemed not very concerned, so he hurriedly raised his legs and kicked his son under the table, and then smiled and said, "Yes, yes, yes, the in-laws are right. We have to help Zhixing support this face no matter what!"
"In-law, this is wrong," Duan Jiqing put down the tea bowl and knocked on the table: "Zhixing is not only an official, but also the first thing in our Chongqing Prefecture guild in the capital. Every day, they deal with dignitaries! Master Ji, editor of Hanlin Academy, Master Shuji Shi Ao, official of the Ministry of Justice, and other officials in Beijing don't know how much he valued him. One of the juren who went to Beijing to take the exam has received all his favors, and I don't know how grateful he is. So now it's not us who support Zhixing, but Zhixing is helping us support us!"
The rich man Yang sighed sincerely: "I heard from Juren Liu that I knew that Zhixing was a promising person, but I never expected that he would be so promising. As soon as he arrived in the capital, he would become the chief event of the guild."
"In-law, you don't know much about it. I want to talk about the important things today, and I will tell you in detail if I have time tomorrow."
"Yes, yes, let's talk about the important things first."
Duan Jiqing glanced at his eldest son-in-law and said slowly: "I planned to do a simple full moon wine for my child. I planned to invite these relatives and elders in the county, government office and road office to set up three or four tables. As a result, when Mr. Gu heard that the Han family had a child, Zhixing would come to have a full moon wine after he had a chance."
Qianzhu Yang asked in surprise: "Mr. Gu from Chaijiaxiang?"
"That's right." Duan Jiqing nodded proudly and then said, "June Bao from Rongchang County, Liu Juren from your Jiangbei Hall, and Zhixing Naiba were friends. Not only did they send their family members to send a gift, but they also asked their family to send me a message saying that they would definitely arrive on the day the day Zhixing's baby was full of moon."
"Mr. Gu is Hanlin Master. He suddenly came with a Hanlin Master and two juren. This is really a big deal. Zhixing's kid is really a wealthy person!"
"Two juren, in-laws, what are you kidding?"
"more than?"
Duan Jiqing looked at the father and son with a smile, and thought with his fingers: "The Ao family in Rongchang sent someone to send a portrait of the ancestors of the Ao family to the capital half a month ago. When they passed by Ba County, they sent a gift of 100 taels of silver. They originally planned to leave the gift and left, but found that Qin'er was born and Zhixing had a backer, so they quickly asked someone to send a message to their family. The day before yesterday, the elder of the Ao family sent a special letter to send someone, saying that Mr. Ao Cexian would come to the door to congratulate him in person, and then go to Chengdu after he had a full moon wine."
"Rongchang Ao family, Aoban County?"
"It's the Rongchang Ao family with two Jinshis." Duan Jiqing smiled and continued: "Didn't Zhixing renovate the guild in the capital? In fact, it's not just renovating and expanding the guild, but also building the Wenchang Pavilion and the Township Fairy Temple. I don't know if you have ever heard of the long-lived General Zhenwei Mansion. General Zhenwei Mansion also sent someone to come and sent gifts. On the day the baby was full of moonlight, someone would come to have a drink."
"I have never heard of General Zhenwei's Mansion."
"In-laws, why haven't you even heard of General Hu Chao and General Hu? Speaking of which, although Lord Hu was not an imperial examination, he was also a legend in our Chongqing Prefecture. Unfortunately, his parents died in his childhood, his family was poor, and he became a beggar, and was forced to join the Green Camp. He was extremely powerful and good at using a big knife weighing 80 pounds. He accumulated merits during the White Lotus Rebellion and then promoted all the way.
He has served as the garrison of Youyang Camp, Wushan Camp, Chongqing Youying Metropolitan Command, and Shaanxi Jingzhou Camp, and Shaanxi Jingzhou Camp. He has been fighting against the thieves and bandits of the Tianli Cult in Shaanxi Henan and other places. He has experienced many battles and has made many military achievements. He has moved to the guerrillas of Qinzhou Camp in Shaanxi, Lanzhou City Camp, and the deputy general of Gansu Yongchang Association. He went around for a long time and came back to become the general of Chongqing Town."
Yang Caizhu usually only cares about the harvest in the land and whether the rent can be collected. How could he know these? He subconsciously asked: "What happened later?"
Duan Jiqing, as a military soldier in the government office, handled all military affairs every day. I wonder if these things were not done. Moreover, he had just taken over the benefits of the descendants of the Hu family not long ago. He said with a sarcastic look: "Later, General Hu went to Xinjiang to conquer Zhang Geer alive, gave him a banquet for his merits, painted like Ziguang Pavilion, named General Zhenwei, and gave him a python robe. Later, he served as the admiral of Gansu, but unfortunately, he was dismissed from his post because of the rebellion of Xining Fan, and was not easy for the veteran general to be in a lifetime. He simply reported his illness and returned to the field. He was a fairy from Daoguang in the 29th year. What about those who came from the army? As long as they can make achievements, they can still enter the temple of the local sages!"
Chapter completed!