[Qing Chuan + Red Mansion] Midas touch

The houses and vacant land around Changchun Garden were either given away by the present, or bought by the powerful and powerful who followed suit.Zuo Xi was only now thinking of sending someone to buy a house, how could he possibly be able to buy it.

It's too late, okay?

If they don't buy a house, for the sake of Eleven's health, they have to spend the night in the garden of Master Wu or Master Jiu near Changchun Garden.

In his later years, Lao Kangtou spent more time in the Changchun Garden than in the palace. Naturally, this year's Mid-Autumn Festival will not be the only one.Thinking of festivals and festivals throughout the year, Zuo Xi didn't really want to spend the night there.And buying a house is really difficult, Zuo Xi doesn't want to get favors for this matter, thinking about it for several days really made her think of another way.

Zuo Xi was also very clever, and if she couldn't buy a house, she asked someone to go to Tongzhou to buy a [-]% new official boat.

The three-storey ship is magnificent and luxurious, and the most important thing is that it can be big enough, and it also has the advantage that the nearby houses can't compare.

Sea caravan, strong mobility~

Changchun Garden is located in the western suburbs. The water system of Wanquan River was refurbished at the beginning, and the river water was introduced into the garden.In order to prevent flooding, a west embankment was built on the west side of the garden. It can be said that Changchun Garden is a Jiangnan landscape building imitated by using water veins and rocks.

The garden is filled with flowing water imported from outside the garden, and the flowing water extends in all directions, so Zuo Xi is right to buy a building boat.

After mooring the building boat in the waterway some distance away from Changchun Garden, Zuo Xi sent many people to clean up and arrange the building boat that had not been negotiated and asked people to take over the boatmen that came with it.

On a three-story ship, there are fewer and fewer cabins that can accommodate people as you go up. There are twenty or thirty cabins, large and small, on the first floor, and there are more than ten cabins on the second floor.Up to the third floor, there are only two flower halls, one big and one small.However, each level has a deck, but again, the deck gets smaller as you go up.

There are two floors at the bottom, one for the boatmen and servants, and one for the warehouse and kitchen.The accompanying guards and stewards lived on the first floor, Zuo Xishi and the people who waited on them lived on the second floor, and only two people were arranged to watch the cabins in the flower hall on the third floor.

Eating utensils and soft bedding must be delivered in advance, not to mention, even some people must be arranged first.

Changchun Garden is in the western suburbs of the capital, Xiaotangshan Courtyard is in the northwest of the capital, and Tongzhou is in the southeast of the capital.The building boat stops at the east waterway of Changchun Garden. If you want to go to Xiaotangshan, you have to go through the entire Changchun Garden.In addition, there is no waterway in the northwest of Changchun Garden that can be used by building boats, so even if Zuo Xi bought a comfortable building boat, they would eventually have to take a carriage back to Xiaotangshan.

But at least they don't have to get up early to attend the palace banquet from home like other families without a house, or rush back to the capital and Xiaotangshan overnight, don't they?

Another most important point is that their country bumpkin Eleven has never been on such a big boat.

They spent a lot of money to buy such a building boat. Not only was it convenient for them to go to Changchun Garden for the festival, but it was also convenient for Aunt Xue to go back to Jinling to attend Xue Biao and Baoqin's wedding.

On days that are not New Year's Eve, the building boats are also kept dry.Aunt Xue and others used this boat when they returned to the south. First, most people would not stop such an official ship, and second, it saved the Xue family from spending money on renting a boat.

When it is here, if there is a chance in the future, and Shi Shi's body can hold it, Zuo Xi still wants to take Shi Yi back to Jiangnan.

Zuo Xi has already decided that if Shi Yi has always been kind to her, if something unexpected happens after leaving the capital, she will put Shi Yi in the small apartment when she needs to hurry.

As for whether to put people in consciously or unconsciously, it depends on the situation at the time.

After Zuo Xi packed up all the buildings and boats, he returned from the grassland with a large army.After returning to Beijing today, he went back to the palace first, and then took people to Changchun Garden.

When returning to the capital today, the elder brother who stays in the capital has to pay respects to the present according to the rules.Seeing that the Mid-Autumn Festival will be celebrated in Changchun Garden this year, Zuo Xi asked people to pack up and salute, and went to the waterway to the east of Changchun Garden in a carriage on Eleventh.

First follow the rules to say hello, then stay on the boat for two days, and return to Xiaotangshan after the Mid-Autumn Festival.In this way, there is no need to toss back and forth over and over again.

The distance from Xiaotangshan to Changchun Garden is about ninety miles. In ancient times, even the official road was a dirt road that was not too wide.They set off late, and the carriage was moving slowly, stopping and going along the way, and when they arrived at Changchun Garden, it was almost time for dinner.

Abandoning the car and boarding the boat, Eleven's eyes were filled with excitement and curiosity, first he took Zuo Xi's hand and walked around the boat, and then went to the flower hall on the third floor with Tian Guo's support.

Seeing that Eleven was happy, Zuo Xi asked someone to put the dinner here.Then he took Shi Yi to the dressing room separated from the flower hall to change into homely clothes, and then came out for dinner.

Zuo Xi replaced the windows of the flower hall with glass windows. Although expensive and extravagant, the light is excellent.A charcoal stove is set up in the living room to burn tea. After the windows are closed, it will not feel too cool, and you can cook tea and enjoy the moonlight.

Except for the dining table, Zuo Xi replaced all the furniture in the flower hall with a comfortable Arhat couch, a chaise longue and an L-shaped sofa from Jiu Ye's shop.

There are desks and four treasures of the study in the corner, as well as leisure books that the two of them love to read, but they boarded the boat today, and no one can calm down and read books.

Zhang Qin was placed opposite the desk, and a chess table was set up under one of the windows.

There are two flower halls, one big and one small. The big one is for the two of them to use for themselves, and the small one is used as a tea and snack room and for the personal attendants to rest.

Before boarding the boat, Zuo Xi was still worried that he would get seasick on the eleventh day. Fortunately, he never got seasick on the eleventh day, so the preparations Zuo Xi had made in advance were useless.

It was night, Eleven and Zuo Xi rested in the cabin.After breakfast the next day, Eleven and Zuo Xi changed their clothes and went to Changchun Garden to pay their respects.

When getting off the boat, Eleven also talked to Zuo Xi about the Jiangnan water town and the ten thousand mu grassland in a small complaining tone.Zuo Xi gave him a bad look, rolled his eyes, and with a smile ordered people to get a tent and pickle a lamb.After a while the tent was set up on the shore, and the lamb was roasting in front of the tent.

Hearing this, Eleven hurriedly added: "I want a beggar chicken."

"That's right."

Take the same carriage and get off outside Changchun Garden.The two separated after entering the Changchun Garden. On Eleventh, they went to pay their respects to the present, while Zuo Xi followed the eunuch who led the way to Ruijingxuan where the sisters Yifei lived.

Lao Kangtou is so inhuman, and he's so blatantly scumbag.Every time he came to Changchun Garden, he would pick out the newly favored young concubines, and keep the elderly high-ranking concubines in the palace.But because someone needs to arrange some trivial matters, and I have to bring a high-ranking concubine with me, so among all the high-ranking concubines, sisters Yifei are always brought here because of their temperament and well-maintained appearance. Stay in Spring Garden.

Every time Lao Kangtou was going to spend a festival in Changchun Garden, he would send someone back to the palace a day or two in advance to bring all the high-ranking concubines to Changchun Garden, and send them all back to the palace after the festival.

Apart from scoring hard against the concubines and concubines in the harem, Lao Kangtou was pretty good against the queen mother and prince.The empress dowager lives in Ningchun Hall, the prince lives in Douyuan Bookstore, and the harem women all live in the court area headed by Yunya Pavilion and Ruijingxuan.Yunya Pavilion is the first, followed by Ruijingxuan.On weekdays, the Yunya Hall is always empty, and occasionally Concubine Tong will live there when she is taken over, while Concubine Yi and sisters are used to living in Ruijingxuan, and the other concubines live further back.

Changchun Garden is not small, so it is naturally not easy to drive around in sedan chairs.Eleven does have that privilege, but Zuo Xi does not.

Eleven felt sorry for Zuo Xi, so he didn't enter Changchun Garden from the Dagong Gate which was the closest to Lou Chuan, but took the carriage to the garden which was entered by the Dadong Gate which was the closest to Ruijingxuan.

Going to visit my mother-in-law, it's not easy to go empty-handed.Fortunately, before Zuo Xi thought that the Mid-Autumn Palace banquet was approaching, and concubines with sons would also compare with each other, so he asked someone to prepare two ladies' watches and two small pocket watches with tassels that could be used as lapels.

Concubine Yi and Guo Guiren are sisters, Zuo Xi can't treat one more favorably than another, but their positions are at stake, and there are some things that need to be considered.The advantage of sending a watch is that if Concubine Yi wears a watch, Mrs. Guo can wear a pocket watch, and vice versa.

Because Zuo Xi is not the only prince Fujin in Yikun Palace, and she also has the heart not to compete with the two sister-in-laws who passed the door first, so when she was preparing to pay her respects, she even asked the two of them once.

Jiufujin is the wealthiest of all the prince Fujins, and the things he gets are naturally the best and the most expensive.After all, with Brother Jiu's financial resources, if she gave it cheaper, it would be even more talkative.Compared with Jiufujin, Wufujin is a bit worse.Of course, this difference is compared with Jiufujin and Zuo Xi, and compared with others, it is the normal economic level.

Jiu Fujin gave some western decorations, Wu Fujin gave hair and clothes, and Zuo Xi gave each of them two delicate and unique watches.

Because the fifth master was brought up by the queen mother, and the holidays should have given filial piety to the present and the queen mother, so the three princes' residences of Yikun Palace, the gift to the present day is compared with the rituals of the prince's residences here.For the ones sent off to the Empress Dowager, the Fifth Lord's Mansion is on the same level as the Crown Prince's, while the Ninth Lord's Mansion and Eleven's are lower than the Crown Prince's, but slightly higher than the other princes.

These gift givers said that the nuns taught them.After Zuo Xi prepared the list of gifts, he asked five or nine Fujins respectively, and when the prepared gifts were sent out, he never asked anyone to say why they were not here.

In addition to these sent to the upper class, there are also sent to peers, relatives, and natal family.

Zuo Xi was much more casual about sending Daiyu and Xue's family gifts.No matter what she gave, no one would find fault with her.

To send gifts to those brothers and relatives of the clan on Eleventh, Zuo Xi tried to save trouble, and simply and rudely divided people into four classes.

The first class is the five and nine eleven elder brothers, and the second class is the fourth master and the thirteenth, as well as Feng Ziying.The third class is the other princes headed by the prince; the fourth class is the relatives of the clan who can reciprocate.

For others who only think about receiving gifts and are not going to return gifts, Zuo Xi will treat them as if they don't have that relative, and don't think they are being taken advantage of.

As Eleven's elder brother, it doesn't matter how much Zuo Xi prepares for the Five or Nine families.But if Fourth Master and Thirteen are higher than everyone else, they will be noticed by those who are interested, so Zuo Xi directly found another way to find what he likes.

A pair of Teddy puppies were sent to Si Ye's Mansion, and four black lop-eared rabbits and breeding manuals were sent to Shisan Mansion, and they were all given to Sifujin and Thirteen Fujin by name.

The sisters-in-law get along well, and the gift is not very expensive. Now I hear it and don't take it to heart, and others can only watch.

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When they arrived at Ruijingxuan, they saluted and greeted them.Concubine Yi and sister Guo Guiren couldn't wait to ask about Eleven's body and why the two of them came to pay their respects so early.

"...My daughter-in-law was still a little hesitant when buying a boat. She always felt that no matter how convenient a building boat was, it was not as comfortable as living in a decent house. It was our father who said that he had never lived in a big boat when he was so old, so my daughter-in-law made up her mind to buy it. Girls I don’t know, once my father said that, my daughter-in-law feels sorry for our father. The dignified prince’s elder brother said that the price of the building is a bit expensive, but the daughter-in-law thinks that as long as our father is happy, the money will be worth it.” 24 Xiao good wife, that's it.

When Concubine Yi and Guo Guiren heard that Zuo Xi wanted to buy a house and found that the ones near Changchun Garden could not be bought with money, and the ones they bought were some distance away from Changchun Garden, they bought a building boat, they were a little stunned.After listening to Zuo Xi's words, the two couldn't help feeling that the youngest daughter-in-law in front of them was quite virtuous~

They rarely treat her old lump well.

After a while, the Yifei sisters stopped worrying about buying a boat, but worried about whether living on the boat would affect their health: "The water is shady and humid, so what should I do if I get cold again."

"My daughter-in-law thinks so too." Zuo Xi continued with a smile: "It's just that the father is so happy, and my daughter-in-law can't bear to disappoint him. I have asked people to lay thick wool felt and carpets, and set up a charcoal basin. It's getting steamy. After we get excited, we'll go live in Brother Wu's garden."

Fifth Lord's garden was bestowed by today, and it is very close to Changchun Garden.Jiuye's was bought by himself, which is far less convenient than Fifth Master's.

"That's all."

Concubine Yi listened and nodded, and after saying this, she talked about the Tang Monk Meat incident that was all the rage a few days ago.Both of them felt that they had been fooled, and spending money was second, and they were so angry that they and Shibai had been looking forward to it.

Zuo Xi also sat there fighting against the enemy for a while.Breaking fingers and counting with Yifei the money cheated by Longkodo.At this time, some palace people came back and said that Wu Fujin and Jiu Fujin had come to pay their respects.

Please come in for a while, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law will meet, and the sister-in-law will meet again, and the five mother-in-law and daughter-in-law will sit in the main hall and talk.The five and nine Fujins wanted to ask Zuo Xi where he came from and why he came so early.

After Zuo Xi told the two sister-in-laws about buying the boat, he smiled and said something to Wu Fujin about going back to their house for a short stay.

Although Zuo Xi and Shi Shi would definitely not go to spend the night, it did not prevent Zuo Xi from using this matter to express their closeness at this moment.

After four or five months of marriage, Zuo Xi got along well with his two sister-in-laws.There are quite a lot of weddings and funerals in the clan, some Zuo Xi will go, some Zuo Xi will not, and some Zuo Xi will send someone to ask the two sisters-in-law once when preparing for the ceremony.Once you come and go, as long as you don't have the idea of ​​taking advantage of others, the relationship will be closer and closer.

At this moment, seeing Zuo Xi getting along well with Wu Jiu and Fu Jin, Yi Fei and Guo Gui were very happy, they looked at each other, and then watched the three daughters-in-law chatting and laughing in satisfaction, they were very pleased.

Although the youngest daughter-in-law is sometimes aggressive, she is still a well-behaved and sensible person.

But this idea was overthrown by the two sisters after half an hour~

Bah, what a well-behaved and sensible person, this is clearly a stingy hedgehog!

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