The identity of the direct son - Xu I's prosperous world

It didn't take a few days for the family to settle down completely. Xu Qilang didn't live in the same room with Brother Heng anymore, but lived in a side room next to Brother Heng's house. Xu Qilang had two maids and two little girls by his side. The servants also settled down to take care of him.

Although he felt that Ji's mansion in Beijing was very small and cramped, he was also very measured, so he complained once in front of Brother Heng, so he didn't say anything more, and he didn't show it at all in front of Mrs. Xu and Master Ji. , I just said that I am used to living here, and I especially love the food here.

Soon it was nearly September, and the weather was gradually getting colder. Due to the dry weather, Brother Heng had a nosebleed. Xu was very worried, so he invited a famous doctor in the capital to check Brother Heng's pulse, and prescribed a prescription for him. eat.

And all kinds of face fat and hand fat are prepared with good recipes from the palace. I told the maid who took care of Brother Heng to use it for him every day, lest he dry out his skin and crack, and Brother Heng has some , Xu Qilang is naturally indispensable.

The two were regarded as brothers and were taken care of by Mrs. Xu.

Master Ji also invited a good teacher to teach the two of them. According to Master Ji's regulations, Brother Heng and Xu Qilang took one day off in ten days, just like the holidays in the imperial court.

Mr. Ji often called Brother Heng and Xu Qilang to test their homework, but Brother Heng never let him down. Although Xu Qilang's foundation is not solid enough, he is not lacking in quick wit, and Mr. Ji is quite satisfied with him.

Master Ji still cared a little about Brother Heng's body at first, but later, he saw that Brother Heng was very calm and calm at such a young age, without any attitude of a daughter. In getting along with him, he almost completely forgot about Brother Heng's body Because of the problems in life, he is regarded as the most healthy boy.

Because of this, Mr. Ji never had any other thoughts about Brother Heng, he was the eldest son and he wanted to train him well.

The end of the year is coming soon.

There have been several snowfalls in the capital. During Laba, Mrs. Xu took his aunts to cook Laba porridge in person. First, they offered sacrifices to the ancestors. Saying that there is Chengsi's eldest son in the family, it is a clear recognition of Brother Heng's identity.

Although Mr. Ji does not form a party with others in the officialdom, he still has several good friends. The Xu family also has good friends, and there are also members of the Ji family who are also officials in Beijing. To send Laba porridge to each other, and then to reward the servants, and boil a few big pots and send them to the poor in the alley, and then the family will eat.

Except for ancestor worship and eating eight-treasure porridge, Brother Heng participated, and other things were done by the family members.

Lord Ji didn't like staying with the female relatives in the inner courtyard very much. After worshiping the ancestors, he went back to the study, and brought Brother Heng and Xu Qilang with him.

Brother Heng was wearing a white fox cloak, his face was red from the cold, but his eyes were as bright as stars, Xu Qilang was also wearing a fox fur cloak, and he was very protective of Brother Heng and walked in front of him to block him. Master Ji looked back at the two of them and said, "Ji Heng, are you so cold?"

Before Brother Heng could speak, Xu Qilang said, "Uncle, Brother Heng is not in good health. He is very afraid of the cold. If he is blown hard by the wind, he will get sick."

Brother Heng looked at Master Ji indifferently, and Master Ji said humanely, "Then pay more attention, and ask your mother to prepare hand stoves for both of you."

Brother Heng responded, and Xu Qilang smiled at Brother Heng.

The wives of the two have already taken their annual leave, and they will not come to teach the two until the end of the new year, so the two of them are considered to be on winter vacation from Laba.

Sitting down in the study, Mr. Ji began to ask questions of the two of them, comparing their homework.

After a while, someone came to see Mr. Ji, Mr. Ji did not let Brother Heng and Xu Qilang avoid him, and met each other in the study.

The person who came was a fair and tall young man, about seventeen or eighteen years old, who came into the room, saluted Mr. Ji politely, and said his greetings.

Master Ji then said to Brother Heng and Xu Qilang, "This is the second elder brother of Mr. Zhang's family, Zhang Xu, Zhang Zichan." Then he introduced Brother Heng and Xu Qilang.

Mr. Zhang is the most valued cleanser by Mr. Ji, named Zhang Heting, styled Ziqian, Mr. Ji has always valued and respected Mr. Zhang, and when Brother Heng and Xu Qilang saw Mr. Zhang, they were also very respectful.

After listening to Mr. Ji's introduction, Brother Heng knew that the second elder brother of Mr. Zhang's family would be his eldest brother-in-law in the future. He stepped forward and greeted Zhang Xu, "Second Brother Zhang."

Zhang Xu returned the salute, smiled and nodded to Brother Heng. Brother Heng looked up at him, with beautiful eyebrows and bright eyes, snow-skinned lips, and his appearance was immature because of his young age, but this beautiful appearance really made him Unable to turn his eyes away, he was obviously taken aback when he saw Brother Heng's face clearly, and then quickly returned the salute.

Xu Qilang has always been a spirit, so he didn't know that Zhang Xu was stunned by Brother Heng's appearance, so he also went forward to meet Zhang Xu.

Master Ji asked Zhang Xu something, and then asked Brother Heng to take Zhang Xu to see Mrs. Xu, and said, "Our two families are good friends. You just came back from the academy. Your aunt hasn't seen you yet. You should go see her."

Zhang Xu quickly complied, Brother Heng and Xu Qilang took orders, and took Zhang Xu out.

After leaving the study room, the few people became more casual.

Zhang Xu seemed to know a lot about the Ji family, so he asked Brother Heng, "Did you come to the capital in August? The capital is much colder than Yangzhou, are you used to it?"

Brother Heng looked at him, smiled and nodded, "Yes. I'm used to it, nothing to worry about." In his previous life, he had stayed in a place that was colder than Yongjing City.

Mrs. Ji asked Zhang Xu to see Mrs. Xu, and she also wanted Mrs. Xu to see her eldest sister's husband-in-law.

Mrs. Xu was still arranging things in the main room, and several aunts were also there. Zhang Xu went over and called on them one by one.

Seeing that Zhang Xu was a man of talent, neither humble nor overbearing, well behaved, calm and polite, Mrs. Xu admired Zhang Xu very much, and asked him to stay for lunch. Wait for him to go back.

Mrs. Xu couldn't keep him, so he was sent to the outer court to talk to Mr. Ji before he left.

In the main room, Mrs. Xu smiled and said to the third aunt, "Erlang of this family is pretty good, and the eldest sister is also suitable for him."

San Yiniang was also very satisfied with Zhang Erlang, so she smiled and said, "I can't go wrong with the person my master likes."

Mrs. Xu saw that Brother Heng's cheeks were flushed from blowing outside, so she pulled him by his side to say something warm, and told him not to go out to blow the air again.

Brother Heng and Xu Qilang went back to their study, where a stove was burning, and the servant girl brought hand warmers to Brother Heng and Xu Qilang. Xu Qilang didn't want the hand warmer, but gave both to Brother Heng, and then said, " Brother Zhang will be your brother-in-law next year. He is a nice person."

Brother Heng sat behind the desk, held the two hand warmers in his hand and looked at them, and said lightly, "I just don't know if he has met my eldest sister, and whether the two of them are willing to have this marriage."

Xu Qilang stared at him and smiled, "Marriage is originally the order of the parents and the words of the matchmaker."

Seeing Brother Heng looking up at him with clear eyes, he sat down on the chair next to Brother Heng's desk, and said, "Of course, if you don't like your first wife, you can have a few more beautiful concubines."

Brother Heng snorted softly, "I don't know how to take concubines."

Although his voice was soft and his tone was very light, it made people know that what he said was true and unquestionable.

Xu Qilang was stunned for a moment, "How old are you, how early to say this now."

Brother Heng looked at Xu Qilang, "I don't know what I want. But you, you don't want to be like Uncle. There are so many aunts in the family. Look at how hard your mother is."

Xu Qilang looked at Brother Heng, was silent for a while, then smiled, lay on Brother Heng's desk, stared at Brother Heng, and said, "If you are a girl, I can let parents and your family Be engaged, and don't take concubines when the time comes."

Brother Heng's expression did not change, the main reason was that Xu Qilang said this kind of thing too many times, Brother Heng didn't care at all, and replied to him lightly, "You are so boring. However, my fourth sister is about the same age as you, She's also very pretty, Fifth Sister is a few years younger than you, but that's something to consider."

But Xu Qilang said, "No, my mother wouldn't let me marry a concubine as a regular wife." He had Brother Heng Zhuyu in front of him, and he no longer liked Brother Heng's beautiful sisters and sisters.

However, Brother Heng couldn't understand his thoughts. He thought that Xu Qilang had a very strong concept of being a concubine. Xu Qilang was influenced by his mother since he was a child. The concept of aspect is indeed not light.

Hearing what he said, Brother Heng didn't want to talk anymore. In many concepts, he and Xu Qilang are still very different.

Xu Qilang didn't know why he provoked Brother Heng again, and he teased Brother Heng again, but Brother Heng was not moved at all, and took out another book to read, Xu Qilang felt very wronged and said, "Hey, I know you want me to be closer to you, but even if I don't marry your older sister, it's fine, we can marry sisters from the same family in the future and become brother-in-law."

Brother Heng didn't know why Xu Qilang would think of this matter, so he glanced at Xu Qilang speechlessly, and Xu Qilang continued, "Do you think there are any sisters who are twins and look exactly the same? If I marry my sister, you Marry my sister."

Brother Heng was even more speechless, and said directly, "You want to marry a wife, it will be a long time. Go read a book."

Dayong has established the country for more than a hundred years, the country is peaceful and the people are peaceful, the population has recovered long ago, and the economy is developed. The country did not encourage early marriage and childbirth in order to resume production as it did when the country was first established. At this time, most men married at the age of seventeen or eighteen, and many of them would get married after they were crowned. However, women don't marry until they are fifteen years old.

According to Xu Qilang's age, it will indeed take a few years before he can marry a wife.

Xu Qilang was a little embarrassed by Brother Heng's words, and said in a muffled voice, "Who said I want to marry a wife. After marrying a wife, it is very inconvenient to be controlled by his wife."

Brother Heng warmed his cheeks with a hand warmer, and said, "Then why are you talking about this in front of me?"

Xu Qilang said, "Do you understand what I mean? I mean we are going to be brother-in-law. Who said I mean we want to get married?"

Brother Heng put away the book, "Let's play Go and stop reading."

Xu Qilang went to the multi-treasure rack and took the go jar and put it on the kang. There was already a chess scale on the small table on the kang. He sat down on the kang, "You want me to have six pieces."

Brother Heng sat down opposite him, "Eight children are fine."

Xu Qilang, "..."

Xu Qilang didn't know what he was thinking, and then ran to Mrs. Xu and said that he wanted to be brother-in-law with Brother Heng. After hearing this, Mrs. Xu laughed so hard that he pulled Xu Qilang and said, "You have a good idea."

Xu Qilang raised his eyebrows at Brother Heng who was sitting calmly drinking tea, and Brother Heng lowered his head even more speechlessly.

When Xu wrote a letter to Yangzhou later, he also wrote this into the letter, half as a joke, and half to show his natal family that Xu Qilang is indeed on good terms with Brother Heng.

Master Ji arrived on the 22nd of the twelfth lunar month, and the day before the first year of the lunar new year was sealed off for a holiday, so he no longer had to go to the court and go to the yamen to work.

However, that doesn't mean he's idle.

He was still outside most of the time, visiting friends and entertaining friends, and sometimes he would bring Brother Heng and Xu Qilang with him.

Many people were surprised by the sudden appearance of the eldest son of the Ji family, but for Brother Heng, everyone was impeccable, and they all praised him for being handsome, calm and sensible, and having a bright future in the future. Naturally, Xu Qilang He was also praised.

Going out with Mr. Ji, not only met many elders, but also met many peers.

Mr. Ji attaches great importance to the official voice, and the friends who walk around are all with good official voices, not necessarily all high-ranking officials.

Following Mr. Ji, sometimes I heard them talk about a lot of affairs in the court, and Brother Heng also got a better understanding of the affairs in the court.

For example, the emperor turned 11 years old, but he did not have a serious emperor to teach him. A while ago, he was sitting on the dragon chair in the main hall, obviously suffering from cold and coughing, but he still had to go to the morning court because the queen mother did not let him rest. , Mr. Shoufu also pretended not to see this matter.

Mr. Ji said this, and Brother Heng has already seen it. Mr. Ji said that he does not form a party or stand in a team. In fact, he belongs to the emperor's faction. He should still be the most supportive of orthodoxy, and he feels sorry for the little emperor on the throne.

Brother Heng also felt that the little emperor sitting on the throne had no father and no mother, and the officials in the court formed cliques and fought for personal gain, and there were not many who felt sorry for him, it was indeed pitiful.