Arriving at the residence in Dongcheng, Sun Jing stood at the door, looked at the yard, and asked, "Zhao Fuxiang, how much did you spend to buy this yard?"

Zhao Fuxiang has also forgotten the exact amount of money. He is now a successful businessman. How can he remember those small amounts of money?

"I forgot how much it cost, but it's quite cheap anyway!"

After Zhao Fuxiang finished speaking, he helped Ma Guilan and walked into the door. Ma Guilan looked at the grand door and the house with blue bricks and white walls and said with a smile: "This place is good. According to the housing prices of later generations, the price here is not cheap!"

Zhao Fuxiang smiled and said: "Mom, your son is also a successful businessman now. A small yard is nothing. In the future, my son will give his mother a big yard with ten yards in front and back!"

While the Zhao family was commenting on the house, the concierge Lao Yu got the news and ran out and knelt on the ground to welcome him.

"Lao Yu, the concierge, pays homage to the old lady, madam, and young master!"

Zhao Heng is not used to this kind of salute in the Ming Dynasty. An old man in his fifties or sixties kneels on the ground and kowtows to you. Zhao Heng quickly stepped forward to help him up and said: "Get up! You are all kowtowing because of your own people!"

At this time, Kong Shouzhen in the courtyard also got the news and came out to meet several owners. Since Kong Shouzhen was a staff member hired by Zhao Fuxiang, he naturally did not need to kowtow and only bowed in salute.

Everyone has seen Kong Shouzhen. Ma Guilan knew that this was the staff hired by her son, so she said politely: "Mr. Kong is here too!"

Kong Shouzhen was flattered by Mr. Yu's words. He secretly sighed that the old lady was well-educated and reasonable, and she was far better than his foul-mouthed rogue boss.

Unlike the well-educated old lady, Sun Jing was honest and polite and called him by his first name: "Kong Shouzhen, are you the only ones in the yard?"

Kong Shouzhen sighed and replied: "To tell you my wife, in addition to Lao Yu and I, there are also Lao Yu's wife Li Shi and my concubine Lin Shi in the courtyard!"

Hearing that there were other women, Sun Jing immediately said: "Let everyone come out, I want to take a look!"

What the lady said was an order. Kong Shouzhen and Lao Yu had no choice but to take their wives out.

Lao Yu's wife was also fifty years old. She was tall and thick and she was a cook. Sun Jing was relieved after seeing it. But when she saw Kong Shouzhen's young and beautiful concubine, she was still a little uneasy. Sun Jing knew that Kong Shouzhen was originally a refugee, and the whole family

They were all dead, so how could Zhao Fuxiang have the money to marry a concubine just after he returned home?

Sun Jing looked at Zhao Fuxiang and asked, "Zhao Fuxiang, did you buy Kong Shouzhen's concubine?"

Zhao Fuxiang quickly replied: "Yes, Brother Kong is alone and has no one to accompany him, so I asked Zheng Song to choose a woman of the right age to serve Brother Kong in his daily life!"

Sun Jing also wanted to ask, the old lady Ma Guilan couldn't stand it anymore. Isn't it normal for a man to have three wives and four concubines? After all, Kong Shouzhen is also a husband hired by our family. Do you have any manners in asking this question?

Ma Guilan interrupted Sun Jing and said, "Okay, we'll talk about these things later. I'm a little tired and need to rest!"

With the old lady's words, Zhao Fuxiang finally escaped and hurriedly helped Ma Guilan to the inner house. Although Sun Jing was still a little suspicious, it was not easy to pursue further questions, so she had to follow Zhao Fuxiang to the inner house.

After the old lady was settled and Sun Jing and his family returned to their house, Sun Jing asked: "Zhao Fuxiang, do you think that concubine Lin is your sweetheart?"

Zhao Fuxiang quickly cried out: "My wife, I have no conscience, no matter how inhuman I am, I can't commit the scandal of taking away my subordinate's wife!"

Sun Jing secretly scolded you, Zhao Fuxiang, for the many unethical things he had done in the past. But now that his son is around, he must save some face for his husband, so Sun Jing stopped mentioning it.

After a night's rest, the Zhao family got up very early the next day. After breakfast, Zhao Fuxiang asked Fan Jian to hire two small sedans outside. He and his son Zhao Heng took a carriage and the family left the city.

Gaopo Village outside Nancheng.

Gaopo Village was located in Longhua District, Haikou City in later generations. In the Ming Dynasty, it was just an ordinary small village, about six miles away from Qiongzhou City. The Zhang family was to the south of the village. Fan Jian once came to give gifts, so he knew where the Zhang family was.

When they arrived at the door, Zhao Fuxiang and Zhao Heng got off the carriage and asked Fan Jian to knock on the door. After a while, the Zhang family's servants came out to open the door. When they learned that it was the master's adopted brother and his family who were visiting, they immediately went in and reported to Zhang Wenming.

Even though Zhang Wenming looked down on Zhao Fuxiang, when he learned that Zhao Fuxiang's mother was here, he quickly brought his wife Feng and his youngest son Zhang Hongsi out to greet him.

When Zhang Wenming saw a gray-haired old lady getting off the sedan, he quickly knelt on the ground and said, "My nephew, Zhang Wenming, pay homage to my aunt!"

Although Zhang Wenming drank too much and made a sworn vows to Zhao Fuxiang at the time, and later regretted it when he sobered up, since he had made a sworn vows, he had to follow the rules. Regardless of Zhao Fuxiang's identity, he must treat Zhao Fuxiang's mother as his own mother.

Ma Guilan was a senior teacher and a person who had seen the world. When he saw a middle-aged man who was similar to his son kneeling in front of him, he quickly stepped forward to help him up and said with a smile: "This is Fu Xiang's eldest brother Zhang Xian's nephew? My family is Fu Xiang's nephew."

Xiang is extremely stubborn and has never read any books. If there is anything excessive, please forgive me, my dear nephew!"

Zhang Wenming was very fond of Ma Guilan's elegance as a high-level intellectual. He quickly smiled and said, "My aunt was joking. My nephew and my third brother hit it off right away. My nephew's understanding of the situation greatly impressed my nephew!"

At this time, Zhao Fuxiang's wife Sun Jing also got off the sedan. Sun Jing's appearance shocked everyone in the place. A middle-aged woman wearing a red uniform appeared in front of them, which made the surrounding villagers who were watching the excitement think that

What happy event has happened to the Zhang family?

Zhao Fuxiang didn't feel anything was wrong. Instead, he took Sun Jing's hand and said, "Brother, this is the bitch Sun Jing!"

Sun Jing bowed to Zhang Wenming, imitating the ancient way of greeting on TV, and then said: "Sun Jing has met eldest brother!"

Zhang Wenming couldn't laugh or cry when he saw this gesture. In ancient times, women's names were taboo. Only her husband and parents knew about it. There was no reason to tell her her name whenever they met.

Zhang Wenming had no choice but to bow and say, "Brother and sister, this is the Feng family!"

Zhang Wenming's wife Feng was also a lady, and her father had also been a magistrate, so Feng had a good tutor. When she saw Sun Jing's nondescript appearance, she didn't say anything, but smiled and saluted and said, "I've seen you before."

younger sister!"

Sun Jing is from the Northeast and belongs to Zilaishu. She liked seeing Mrs. Feng so gentle and virtuous. She stepped forward and took Ms. Feng's hand and said with a smile: "Sister, I came to see my new daughter-in-law today, but seeing that my sister is so virtuous

, this wife must be right!"

Only then did Zhao Fuxiang remember that Miss Zhang was a concubine, that is, she was not the biological child of the Feng family in front of her. Now Sun Jing really couldn't speak. In order to relieve the embarrassment, Zhao Fuxiang was angry and said quickly: "Brother, let's go into the room and talk!"

Entering Zhang's house, Zhao Wenming took brothers Zhao Fuxiang and Zhao Heng to the study for talks, while Feng took the old lady Ma Guilan and Sun Jing to the back house. After entering the house, Feng asked the old lady Ma Guilan to sit upright, and she sat down

Sun Jing sat next to Ma Guilan.

Sun Jing saw that in addition to the three women in the room, there was also a middle-aged woman in her thirties standing next to Feng. This woman was plainly dressed and did not look like a maid or a relative of Feng.

Jing's character is to ask questions when she doesn't understand, so she asked: "Sister, who is this sister behind you?"

Feng Shi smiled and said, "This is Qiuniang's biological mother Qin Shi!"

After Mrs. Feng finished speaking, she saw Sun Jing's confused face. She knew that Mrs. Sun had no education, and she didn't know what she was talking about. She had no choice but to explain: "Ms. Qin is my master's concubine, and she is also my good sister!"

After Mrs. Feng finished speaking, she turned back to Mrs. Qin and said, "Mrs. Qin, salute the two ladies!"

Mrs. Qin stood up and saluted Ma Guilan and Sun Jing. Mrs. Qin's accent sounded like she was not a local, but rather had an accent from the land of Wuyue.

Sun Jing hated this kind of mistress the most, so she just nodded without saying hello. Instead, Ma Guilan smiled and said a few words to Qin.

Sun Jing was anxious to see her daughter-in-law. Before Qin could return to her original position, she asked, "Sister, where is your daughter? Let her come out quickly and let us take a look!"

Mrs. Feng sighed in her heart, and had no choice but to ask Ms. Qin to go out and summon her daughter, and then said: "Old madam, madam! I have only one daughter in the Zhang family. Although she is not my biological child, she has always treated her as her own. Qiuniang is young and petty.

You are so naughty, please forgive me, ladies!"

At this time, Mrs. Qin walked into the house with a young woman. The woman was of medium build, wearing a lake green armor, and had a double-snail bun style of a girl who had not left the palace. Her appearance and figure were very similar to Ms. Qin, and she was about ten years old.

Around six or seven.

The woman walked into the house, bowed softly, and then said: "Niece Qiuniang pays homage to the old lady, madam!"

Ma Guilan liked the quiet Zhang Qiuniang very much, beckoned and said: "Children, come here!"

After Zhang Qiuniang came closer, Ma Guilan took Zhang Qiuniang's hand and looked at it carefully. The more she looked at it, the more she liked it, and asked: "My child, how old are you? Is your name Qiuniang?"

Age is a woman's secret. Zhang Qiuniang glanced at her aunt and then whispered: "Old madam, the Nu family's real name is Side. Because she was born during the autumnal equinox, her nickname was Qiuniang! The Nu family is seventeen years old this year.

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"Seventeen years old, just right! My grandson Zhao Heng is three years older than you, just right!"

Ma Guilan didn't know that the Ming Dynasty had a custom of counting two years old. In fact, Zhang Side was only fifteen this year, and her precious grandson Zhao Heng was already twenty-two according to the rules of the Ming Dynasty and was completely an adult.

Unlike Ma Guilan, who fell in love with Zhang Side at first sight, Sun Jing was not very satisfied with this new wife because Zhang Side was too young.

The average height of women in the Ming Dynasty was only about 1.5 meters. Zhang Side was 1.55 meters tall, which was not short by the standards of the Ming Dynasty. But Sun Jing was 1.7 meters tall, Zhao Fuxiang was 1.81 meters tall, and Zhao Heng was 1.85 meters tall.

Compared with Zhang Side, he is a bit shorter.

Although Sun Jing was not satisfied in his heart, the old lady Ma Guilan was right in his eyes. Sun Jing could not say anything. However, seeing that Zhang Side was so gentle, he probably would treat his son well after marriage, so Sun Jing could only express his appreciation for this.
Chapter completed!