Zhu Men Ji Shi

Chapter 142 Capital City (1)

Brother Ming rolled his eyes, wondering if he still remembered this incident, he just replied softly: "I'm afraid the birds in the nest will freeze to death, so I want to build a new nest for them."

Hearing this, the old lady couldn't help feeling warm in her heart, she only felt that the childish child was innocent and the cutest.

The old lady picked up Brother Ming's small face, kissed it again and again, and praised: "Our brother Ming is sensible, he is really a good boy."

The old man patted brother Ming's head with a satisfied face.

Brother Ming was a little embarrassed by the old couple's praise, so he turned his body and closed his eyes to pretend to be sleepy.

Seeing that he was sleepy, the old lady carefully put him on the bed, gently covered him with a thin quilt, and then said calmly after a while, as if feeling emotional: "Master, watching the children wave and wave When Bodi grows up, we really want to be dissatisfied with the old."

Hearing this, Mr. Zhu lay down next to Brother Ming, clutching his little hand with wrinkled palms, and sighed a little: "Let's grow old, as long as the children are healthy and healthy, I will be satisfied. "

Think about it, when Brother Ming was born, the doctors said it was difficult to support him, but now he is growing well.

Brother Ming felt warm in his heart after hearing what they said, and fell asleep after a while.

Looking at his sleeping face, the old lady suddenly remembered something, and said: "Calculate carefully, that child Yuechen has been in the mansion for half a year, why hasn't his stomach moved?"

The old man glanced at her, and said with a slightly reproachful tone: "You are too impatient, it is less than a year. The children are still young, and there will be opportunities in the future, sooner or later."

Before, it took Qin Shi three years to conceive a child. Sometimes, everything depends on God's will.

Thinking of this, the old man said again: "Looking at how well she takes care of Brother Ming now, it would be a good thing to give birth two years later. Once she has her own child, even if she wants to continue to take care of Brother Ming, she may not be able to take care of Brother Ming like she is now." Careful."

People are selfish, no matter how good a person is, they will inevitably have selfishness.

The old lady sighed softly: "Master is right. Fortunately, she is safe and not as competitive as Qin."

The old man said: "The grace of nurturing is greater than the grace of procreation. As long as she can take good care of Brother Ming, there is no rush for other things."

Time flies by like a white horse.In a blink of an eye, the spring is warm and the flowers are blooming, and it is late spring.

A few days ago, Shen Yuechen received a letter from her natal family, saying that her father, Shen Zhiyun, was promoted and recommended by Chen Da, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, and was appointed as the doctor of the Ministry of Industry, Du Shuiqing, and he will go to the capital to take up the post soon.Shen Zhiyun used to be the magistrate of Laizhou, and he was an official of the fifth rank. Now, he is an official of the Qing Dynasty, and he is an official of the fifth rank. He can definitely be regarded as a high promotion.

Although it has been less than a year since Li Zheng ascended the throne, he has already begun to reshuffle the cards inside and outside the court.

In the past six months, many officials in the DPRK and China have been dismissed and ransacked their homes, or have been reduced to prisoners.Once the emperor and the courtiers, the situation in the officialdom changes suddenly. If some people leave, others will naturally come.

Although Shen Zhiyun is a local official, he has always been well-connected in the capital. Many classmates and subjects he made friends with when they were young heard that he had become the new in-law of the Zhu family in Dezhou. relationship.

Chen Da, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, was one of them.Chen Da Nai is an out-and-out princeling. He has been loyal since Li Zheng was still a prince. Now that Li Zheng has become the emperor, he naturally trusts him more as a confidant.

The reason why Chen Da asked Shen Zhiyun to come to Beijing to serve as an official was because Shen Zhiyun was very good at handling things, had a good attitude and was willing to spend money, and secondly, it was also because of his in-law relationship with the Zhu family, and the Zhu family and the Ruan family were closely related. Therefore.

At this time, no one in the capital knew about it, and no one knew about it.The most beloved concubine of the Holy Majesty today is Concubine Jing Ruan Linluo. It is said that as long as she can give birth to a prince, she is very likely to become the future empress.

The Ruan family was originally a family of meritorious deeds, and Ruan Xiping put down the remnants of the Northwest Clan a while ago, made great military exploits, and won the king's heart.The Ruan family was in a great situation, and Chen Da's promotion of Shen Zhiyun was just a waste of money. Hearing his father's promotion, Shen Yuechen felt no joy in his heart, instead, he was a little worried.The higher you stand, the more painful you will fall. Although it seems that you have gained power, no one can say for sure about the future.She would rather that Shen Zhiyun would be less ambitious and content to be a small local official and live in peace.

Nothing else is important, the most important thing is that the family is safe and sound, and lives steadily.

However, although Shen Yuechen thought so, her thoughts were not important at all. After all, between Shen Zhiyun and her, there was no sincere affection between father and daughter.She couldn't persuade him, so she had no reason to waste her tongue and be annoying.

The Zhu family was very happy about Shen Zhiyun's promotion to an official position. As the so-called "scholars, farmers, businessmen", once they enter the official career, they naturally hope to be able to rise all the way and become high-ranking officials.

Mr. Zhu personally sent a message to ask the family to prepare a generous gift for the Shen family. Although the two families didn't have much contact, they should get closer little by little in the future.

When Shen Yuechen looked at the gift list, she suddenly felt terrified, and felt that it was a bit too much.Unexpectedly, Mr. Zhu waved his hand and said: "Son, you also declined. Now your father is a fifth-rank Beijing official, very respectable. Although we are in-laws, we still can't save face."

The Zhu family has their own circle of contacts that they are used to and trust. They have their own limits on who they can befriend and who they can trust.It is a good thing and an opportunity for the Zhu family that the Shen family is promoted step by step.

A few days later, Shen Yuechen received another handwritten letter from Mrs. Shen. From the few words in the letter, it can be seen that the old lady is very happy at this moment.

The old lady was overjoyed, so she wrote a letter and asked Shen Yuechen to bring Zhu Jintang to the capital on another day and stay in Shen Zhiyun's new residence for a few days.

Shen Yuechen read the letter, smiled slightly, carefully put the letter into the envelope, and then took a sip of tea.

Recently, Zhu Jintang has been very busy raising food.

Seeing that the deadline for paying food was coming soon, Zhu Jintang was barely able to make up enough money to hand over to Yin Fu Yin in person.The imperial court's raising of food is not like an ordinary transaction, it is profitable and profitable.The price of each grain collection is half of the price of par rice on the market, and sometimes it is even lower, not even a third of the price.Rather than selling it, it's more like taking it for nothing, and it's simply grabbing.

The northwestern border had just recovered, and the Mongolian area was restless again. There were frequent disturbances, either looting villages or intercepting caravans.The imperial court attached great importance to this matter, and immediately allocated troops and horses to increase the garrison.

This year, the Zhu family lost a lot of money. First, the granary caught fire, and then the court raised grain. Although they barely made it through, the shops in Dezhou City had no grain to sell, and there was no grain to collect outside the city. up.

Today, half of the food on the market in Dezhou is black market rice, and the price fluctuates. Storytellers in the city ridicule that the price of rice is comparable to gold and jade, and call broken rice broken gold.

As a big family in the city, the Zhu family is powerless.In the past, they would never have allowed such a thing to happen. Nearly [-]% of the food on the market in Dezhou was owned by the Zhu family, but now, they couldn't make up for [-]%.

Zhu Jintang wanted to stabilize food prices, but at this juncture, a plague broke out in the Dengzhou area, and all trade in and out of the city was interrupted. No matter whether it was people or things, only people and goods were allowed to enter but not to leave.

Today, the price of grain on the black market has risen to [-] yuan per shimi, and it is still the lowest grade of broken rice.

Just after noon, Zhu Jintang returned home from outside, still with a sullen and unhappy expression.

Knowing that he was in a bad mood, Shen Yuechen hurriedly asked Mama Wu to take Brother Ming and Yaya to play outside, while she personally helped Zhu Jintang change his clothes and wipe his face.

Zhu Jintang ran all morning, but couldn't find a way to get rice. Seeing that the price of grain was getting higher and higher, he couldn't help feeling a little anxious.

Shen Yuechen served him some tea to moisten his throat, saw that he bowed his head and remained silent, and did not disturb him, but continued to play with the crabapple flowers in the vase, and took small scissors to cut off unnecessary branches and leaves.

Seeing that the flowers were blooming just in time, Zhu Jintang couldn't help feeling relieved, and said lightly: "This flower attendant did a good job."

Shen Yuechen saw that he took the initiative to talk to herself, and immediately replied with a smile: "This is a flower in the garden. I saw that the flowers bloomed well, so I ordered someone to break a few branches back. Do you still like it?"

Zhu Jintang nodded.

Shen Yuechen smiled and said: "It's just that the uncle likes it, and let the maids fold some every day from now on."

Putting some flowers and plants in the house can not only make you feel happy, but also make the air fragrant.

While talking, Cui Xin brought up the food with two little maids, which were Zhu Jintang's usual favorites.

Zhu Jintang didn't feel hungry, he just took two casual bites and put down his chopsticks.

Shen Yuechen raised her eyebrows slightly, looked at him and said, "Master eats too little."

Zhu Jintang replied: "I'm not hungry at all." If it wasn't for her meticulousness, he would not have wanted to take a bite.

After being married to him for nearly a year, Shen Yuechen thought she knew everything about his temper. She put down the scissors, picked up a hot towel and wiped her hands, and then picked up the chopsticks to serve him with vegetables.

"These are carefully prepared by my concubine, can I not finish them?"

Seeing this, Zhu Jintang said again: "Don't be too busy, I..." Before he finished speaking, Shen Yuechen took a step ahead, picked up a piece of ham and put it in his mouth.

Zhu Jintang was startled, looked at Shen Yuechen's smiling face, and didn't say anything to her, just ate the bite of ham.

Shen Yuechen said softly: "People are like iron and rice is like steel. My uncle has been busy with work recently, leaving early and returning late every day. I have never stopped you. I just ask you to eat well and gather enough energy. Don't let me worry."

Hearing this, Zhu Jintang raised the corners of his mouth slightly, pretended to sigh helplessly, took the chopsticks in her hand, and said, "Okay, I'll eat by myself."

Shen Yuechen pursed her lips and smiled, and sat down next to him, eating with him while talking about the letter from her grandmother.

Zhu Jintang heard the words, after thinking for a while, he said: "The matter of raising food has finally come to an end. If you want to go, we can go and talk to the elders later. Your father was promoted to the Secretary of the Qing Dynasty, so it should be Just go over and say hello."

Shen Yuechen was overjoyed: "I'm busy, so it really doesn't matter?"

(End of this chapter)