The sun had just climbed up the branches when Zhou quickly returned from the vegetable market.
Look, she is not only holding a big chicken and a big fish in her hands, but also a cleaned pig head just waiting to be put into the pot.
Um?
I actually bought so many vegetables!
Seeing that her mother-in-law was having a hard time carrying it, Liu Quan hurriedly ran over to take over, complaining and saying, "If I had known you were going to buy so many things, I would have gone out with you. You said you, it would be too much to carry it alone."
Shen!"
Mrs. Zhou, however, didn't care. She said with a smile: "You don't know that Chun Sheng is coming to our house today. How can I, as an aunt, not cook him something delicious?"
Liu Quan felt a little dumbfounded when he heard this, and said with a smile: "Chunsheng has grown up and is no longer a child, so he still misses the one who stutters?"
But Mrs. Zhou shook her head and said: "Even if he has grown up, he is still a child in front of me and still needs the care of adults." After a pause, she sighed: "He is the only one in our Zhou family.
Such a piece of incense, if I don’t love him, who else can he love?”
"Okay, okay, please stop nagging. Everything you say is right!" Liu Quan had long been accustomed to her mother-in-law's temper and laughed it off.
"..."
At present, Zhou Chunsheng has arrived in the capital and has been arranged to become an official by the Ministry of Personnel.
Now, he works in the Imperial College and holds the position of 'Xue Zheng', with an official rank of 9th grade. Thanks to the relationship between Luo Lao offering wine, he was also given a free apartment, and now he has a worry-free life.
Xue Zheng is the official in charge of discipline and does not participate in teaching lessons. The nature of the teaching is somewhat similar to that of the previous Fu Xue. As for the intensity of work, it is roughly the same as that of Xingtaipu Temple of Qi Reputation, so it is not considered busy.
Even though he is just a small official, he still has a rank and is an unbeatable iron rice bowl within the organization.
Zhou Chunsheng was very satisfied with this.
Is it possible to be dissatisfied?
You must know that even if you are promoted to the official list, you may not necessarily be able to wait for a high-ranking official, not to mention that this is a Beijing official.
After Zhou learned about it, she burned incense all day long.
Qi Yu was not as excited as his mother. He asked for this, so he felt at ease.
Therefore, he was very relaxed and did not get up until three o'clock in the morning.
It's a holiday, how can you not take a long nap?
After lazily getting up, he washed up, ate some breakfast, and then started wandering around.
When I walked to the front yard, I saw Tong Yanhuo teaching martial arts to his daughter, and Xiaotong was also practicing in a methodical manner. The most ridiculous thing was the little follower, who even started playing with a wooden sword, as if he was immersed in it.
In my dream of traveling to the end of the world with my sword.
When I got to the backyard, I saw my mother busy on the stove. Chicken was boiling in the big pot, fish was stewing in the small pot, and her specialty dish of "roasted pig head meat with one firewood" was stewed in the earthen pot.
Liu Quan was adding firewood to the fire and started.
Qi Yu just wanted to reach out to help, but was stopped by his wife. He only heard her say: "Don't occupy your hands. It's better to go to the living room and wait for your cousin. It's already at this point, I guess he will come soon."
Already."
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhou Chunsheng's voice suddenly came from the front yard: "Aunt, cousin, cousin, I'm here!"
Oh, it’s finally here!
Mrs. Zhou was suddenly overjoyed and quickly put down the fence in her hand, even forgetting to pull off the coarse cloth apron around her waist, and walked out in a hurry.
Qi Yu and his wife followed closely behind.
Zhou Chunsheng still looks honest and shy. He has not changed much. His appearance is the same as before, and his body is stronger than before.
"Oh, Chunsheng, my aunt has been looking forward to seeing you." As soon as they met, Ms. Zhou became excited. She rubbed her red eyes, her face showing her true feelings.
"Auntie!"
Zhou Chunsheng also had a look of surprise on his face. He hurriedly put down the large and small bags in his hands and walked up to get close to his aunt.
As the saying goes, meeting an old friend in a foreign country is the great joy of life, let alone meeting relatives in a foreign country?
For Zhou Chunsheng, being able to gather with relatives from his hometown in such a strange city is a rare happiness and extremely precious.
This special emotion can only be truly experienced by those who have been away from home all year round.
Mrs. Zhou looked at it for a while, then looked down at the gift he brought, and said in a feint of anger: "What do you mean, what do you do with these things when you come to my aunt's house? You just came to the capital to perform manual labor.
Everything about your feet costs money, so why don’t you save money? Don’t do this next time..."
Zhou Chunsheng smiled shyly and said, "Then just listen to my aunt."
"Um……"
Afterwards, the family came to the living room to watch tea.
Qi Yu also called Xiaotong and Qi Xiao over and asked them to pay tribute to their cousin. Unexpectedly, these two children were obsessed with martial arts and ran out immediately after making a show of cupping their hands.
Children are naturally playful, so Zhou Chunsheng would not be surprised.
Next, Qi Yu started to ask about things in his hometown.
Zhou Chunsheng talked while drinking tea.
According to him, the people in his hometown are generally very nice.
Let’s talk about Uncle Zhou first. The business of his restaurant is pretty good. It is said that most of the official banquets in the county government are catered by him alone.
Has his face become bigger?
Not really!
Master Yu, the prefect of Yongchuan, had already said hello, so the magistrate of Lanshan County would naturally show his understanding and pretend to be confused.
The two aunts are still strong and have no illness or disaster. The only thing they often lament is that the Zhou family is so small that it seems unlikely that they will have children and grandchildren around them.
Before coming to the capital, Zhou Chunsheng made a special trip to Liu Shouye's house, and then to Sun Dacai's house.
According to his report, both his father-in-law and father-in-law were as healthy as ever and lived a happy and worry-free life. Only his brother-in-law, Liu Jincheng, was doing nothing every day and was getting more and more tired of homework and study. In Zhou Chunsheng's opinion, he had become a little unthinking.
Progressive.
What Qi Yu didn't expect was that his brother-in-law Sun Dacai actually made a small fortune relying on his past connections.
What's going on?
It is said that at the beginning of last year, my brother-in-law, who had suffered a setback in his business, took the trouble to come to Yongchuan, found Yu Hai through a relationship in the past, and made it clear that he wanted to seek some special care.
Because of his face, Mr. Yu had no choice but to reward him with the purchase of new year's goods in the government office, and he also took the opportunity to kill a handful of people and make a small profit from it.
Alas, I owe Master Yu another favor, but it doesn't matter, I will make up for it later.
Finally, Zhou Chunsheng started to talk about himself.
According to his words, he cherishes this opportunity to become an official and is very satisfied with the official position he currently holds.
The first thing he did after taking office was to write a long letter to his mother, Cao, informing her of the specific situation and making her happy for him.
Then, he thanked the emperor for his great kindness, and also thanked his cousin for his support.
Qi Yu said, take your time, the good times have just begun, we still need to continue to work hard.
…
While sitting at lunch, an idea suddenly came to Zhou's mind. The general idea was that she wanted Qi Yu to help her cousin find a good wife.
Matchmaking?
We have no experience!
Ms. Zhou thought it was quite simple: "We are all from farmers, so we don't have high requirements, as long as the person is good. Of course, it would be even better if we meet someone powerful."
"Okay, then I'll keep an eye on it."
Ms. Zhou felt that if she were in her hometown, Chun Sheng's marriage could be decided by his mother or uncle; but now in the capital, she, as an aunt, should worry about it.
Zhou Chunsheng blushed in embarrassment when he heard this and couldn't help but look at his cousin.
Qi Yu said with a self-deprecating smile: "It seems that as a cousin, I not only have to worry about your career, but also your marriage!"