Chapter 839: Husband and wife are one body, why give way?

For the people in the capital, the name Zhang Yue can be said to be very popular over the years - in terms of talent, although he was born as a Jinshi, his ranking is not conspicuous, but in terms of things, everything he does is outstanding.

It was enough to cause heated discussions. So, some people said that he was just taking advantage of being born in a wealthy family, some said that he was fierce and ruthless, some said that he knew astronomy and geography, and he was the reincarnation of a certain star.

He was scolded as a murderer who never blinks an eye. So, at noon on the winter solstice, Zhang Yue sent people to return all the gifts sent to his father-in-law's house, which immediately caused an uproar.

Everyone in the capital knows about Du Zhen's cold face, and even the old Yuntou car that Du Zhen rode in when he went to court or as a director is recognized by everyone. Therefore, Du Zhen settled in Wugong.

Less than two years after the Hutong was established, Du Xueshi Hutong was already famous because no gifts could be sent through the gate every New Year - in fact, few people dared to give gifts. But this time, Du Zhen followed the emperor on his northern tour, and unexpectedly

It is really strange that such a fuss has occurred.

"No matter how powerful Mr. Xiao Zhang is, he can't overstep his authority and throw back the things given to his father-in-law!"

"It's not that simple. I've heard people say that the people who give gifts are all officials of the sixth or seventh grade. They even have no experience in the Governor's Palace. They are all people who can't compete with Academician Du."

"But after all, I can't reach out to hit the smiling person..."

"Don't you know that? The family members sent by Master Xiao Zhang to send the gifts back said something, saying that the Du family has had a rule not to accept gifts for many years. If they don't take them back, then don't blame them.

He's reaching out to hit the smiling man!"

The Du family has a strict family style. Although the servants were very surprised by what the gift-givers said before, Zhang Yue only warned a few words, and none of these gossips spread. Therefore, when there were rumors in the community the next day, there was no trace of them.

This incident was not involved. However, Zhang Yue wrote an inscription overnight and sent it to the palace. The next day, Cao Jixiang went to the Zhang Mansion to send a message, saying that the Queen Mother knew about this matter and would not believe the rumors. But Zhang Yue was heartbroken.

There was a problem, and he knew that Jinyi Weidong Factory couldn't take care of it, so he ordered his own people to investigate thoroughly.

Just after the ten-day holiday, there was already an abbreviation on his desk. It not only included the social status of the five or six families who left gifts in the past few days, but also detailed the places where the family servants had been.

Everyone I have seen is clear one by one, but at first glance it seems to be very trivial. It is naturally made of Zhang cloth. Moreover, it is abbreviated, but there are more than a dozen thick pieces of paper. Looking through these, Zhang Yue raised his head.

I first looked at Zhang Bu and saw that his face was full of anxiety.

"Sir, this matter... I am not very familiar with it. If you feel bad..."

"You have done a great job. I think all the people below must have focused on this matter for this reason. Since the net cast is wide and there are many things caught, the abbreviation can be written clearly, which is enough to explain these

You have grown a lot in recent years, but it is beyond your ability to clearly prioritize things."

Zhang Bu felt more at ease. When he left the study, Zhang Yue looked at this series of trivial news and thought that Yuan Fang was old after all and should enjoy a few years of happiness. However, this elder handed over power like this.

It would be a headache for him to choose the candidate to take over the business. His father is also quite old and has to take care of the property, so he can't bother him with this.

Hu Qi was originally quite suitable, but he had passed the Ming Road and got an official position. There was absolutely no reason for the two lines to be in the hands of one person. Zhang Bu could only summarize but not analyze. Although the servants like Liansheng and Lianhu were loyal

, but he had never been involved in court affairs, so he could not distinguish the priorities clearly. So, holding this thick pile of things, he thought carefully for a long time, and finally made up his mind, so he folded them all and put them in a big

He put the envelope in his sleeve and walked out.

All the way to his yard, he heard a burst of laughter and laughter coming from inside. He could also vaguely hear the voices of Sansan reciting poems, but it was a poem by Bai Juyi called The Charcoal Seller. Bai Juyi's poems are as good as the Song of Everlasting Sorrow.

There are erotic poems that are both beautiful and sad, and there are also sad poems like Pipa Xing that use others to describe oneself, but only the song "The Charcoal Seller" has deeply resonated with Zhang Yue - after all, the hardships he suffered as a child in his previous life still resonate with him to this day.

It was unforgettable. So he couldn't help but stand at the door.

"Poor, he is wearing only a single coat, and he is worried about the charcoal and wishes it would be cold... half a piece of red gauze and one foot of silk, tied to the ox's head to fill it with charcoal."

"Since you can memorize this poem, do you know what it means?"

After San San shook his head, Du Wan inside turned to Jing Guan and asked, "Jing Guan, you and Mr. Liang have been studying for several months. Do you know what this means?"

"Mom, this poem is about the eunuchs of the Tang Dynasty who presided over palace purchases, set up permanent palace markets, and forced people to buy things at low prices."

"Yes, then let me ask you again, that charcoal seller is obviously naked, so why does he wish for the cold weather?"

"It's so that the charcoal can be sold at a good price."

"Then do you know how much a cart of charcoal can sell for?" After a brief silence, Du Wan said again, "It's not just charcoal, but do you know how much a stone of rice is, how much a bag of noodles is, and how much a cart of vegetables is.

Money, how much does a good piece of cocoon silk cost? Mom said this not to ask you to go to the well all day long to inquire, but to let you know what kind of life the people live, and to want you to pay more attention to everything.

A wealthy family knows the world's suffering, and this is not something you can just wear two old clothes and cut down on food and drink. This cannot be understood by blindly studying rote books."

"Yes, my child understands."

Zhang Yue, who was listening outside the door, didn't know whether Jing Guan really understood Du Wan's thoughts, but he agreed with his wife's education method. He coughed lightly and opened the door curtain and went in. As soon as he entered,

Du Wan hurriedly stood up, while Jingguan, who just now looked like he was being taught, pulled Sansanyi and ran up quickly, and called daddy with a smile.

It has always been difficult for Zhang Yue to keep a straight face in front of his children. After taking off his outer coat, he rubbed San San's head with a smile and said to Jing Guan: "Don't turn a deaf ear to what your mother said. This

In a few days, in addition to the window lessons assigned to you by Mr. Liang, plus this question from your mother just now - a cart of charcoal, a stone of rice, a bag of noodles, a cart of vegetables, a piece of cocoon silk... don't

Just ask anyone casually and fool them. Now that the Chinese New Year is around the corner, these things are priced one day at a time. You should find out the daily prices clearly before talking!"

Jingguan was not a bookworm. When he heard this, he suddenly realized that this was just an excuse to go out and play. He immediately nodded his head like a chicken pecking at rice. Seeing Zhang Yue wave his hand, he knew that his parents must still be there.

When he wanted to say something, he rolled his eyes and raised his face and asked: "Then shall Uncle Zhong and I answer this question together?"

"Don't forget to take your loyal uncle with you!" Zhang Yue glared at the little guy angrily, then nodded after thinking for a moment, "That's alright, you just go to the British government and take him with you, you might as well

I’ll call you Uncle Six and Cousin Ang again. But since there are more people, the question just now is too simple. In this way, when the winter solstice holiday is over, you can hand me a detailed price list of the capital. As for what is included

The things... are the ones my family bought for the New Year. You can go to the executive’s house to get the detailed list.”

I originally thought I was just strolling around the street and completing this very simple assignment, but I didn't expect that my father would make this assignment extremely complicated in the blink of an eye. Jingguan could even use his toes to think of the items he wanted to buy for the New Year.

It was so complicated, so after looking at his father for a long time, he found that he had no intention of changing his words, so he had no choice but to agree with a sad face, and then took Sansan, who was confused and didn't know what was going on, out the door.

Du Wan stood by with a smile all the time. Seeing that Zhang Yue managed the little guy to be docile with just a few words, he couldn't help but smile and said: "When I taught him a lesson before, he was expecting you to come. Now that you come here all of a sudden, he will

I feel frightened when I see you. I'm just afraid that my child will live in wealth and not know the hardships of people's livelihood, so it's better to remind him that your method is better."

"If I hadn't heard you tell my son outside the door, I wouldn't have said this. However, when the academy is opened in a few days, and Jingguan and the others go to have classes, they will know what the suffering of the people is. It's better to just listen.

Look, it’s better to experience than to see, don’t you think?”

"Yes, if my mother and I hadn't experienced the ups and downs of the world and the ups and downs of human relationships in Zhangyan, I wouldn't have thought these things were so important. Not only Jingguan, but also Sansan, Duanwu and Xiaosi will continue to study and write in the future.

In addition to learning the rules, you also need to know these things. Knowing the rise and fall of the world through the warmth of the people, this is the child of our family."

As Du Wan was talking, she felt a hand on her waist. She was stunned for a moment. When she turned around, she found that Zhang Yue was already beside her. Even though they were an old couple, but in broad daylight

They were not intimate, so she was about to stare back when she saw Zhang Yue put his index finger on his lips. When she looked again, she found that Feng's mother and the two girls who were in the room just now were gone.

He has already escaped from the house.

"Talk in the room."

"It's broad daylight!"

"It's all about talking, I don't intend to do anything else."

Seeing the innocent look on Zhang Yue's face, Du Wan couldn't help but feel angry, so she could only let him carry her into the back room. When she sat down on the heated kang, she found that Zhang Yue had left the empty seat on the east side and sat right next to her.

, she couldn't help but glance at him suspiciously. It wasn't until he took out a large envelope from his sleeve and placed it on the kang table, and then pulled out a stack of paper from it, that she finally calmed down.

"What's this?"

"Open it and take a look."

Her husband started to show off, so Du Wan could only give him a sideways look, took the things and started looking through them one by one. After a while, she stopped and looked at Zhang Yue in surprise. Things about the Du family and Zhang Yue's day

He told her when he came back, and she was also confused. But now, a few days later, Zhang Yue sent this, and she naturally understood the meaning. She was happy that he was protecting her natal family, but she was also worried that he would offend him by doing this.

Suspicious, she couldn't help but gently hold his hand.

"I know you are worried about dad, but if you ask Jin Yiwei and Dongchang to help you like this, if something happens, your reputation will be completely ruined. Don't continue to investigate, even dad won't care about this kind of thing."

"This is not the inside information of Jinyiwei and Dongchang, it is my own channel."

Zhang Yue saw Du Wan froze for a moment, so he leaned into her ear and told her about the past events. Since this was the most important secret, he held Du Wan tightly in his arms.

Inside, his mouth was murmuring in her ear. From the outside, it was just the warmth of the couple. He only felt that the person in his arms was gradually softening from stiffness, and finally he saw that person through the long eyelashes.

The eyes that were closed tightly at first gradually opened.

"I'm very happy that you can tell me this." Du Wan gently placed his hands on Zhang Yue's hands around his waist, and whispered, "It's a pity that I can't visit your elder with you.

…You showed me these things, surely it’s not because of the years of secrecy, but because you want me to help you with something?”

"He is old, and these things have to be left to me. Although I have people in my hands, I can only sort out these trivial things. If there are any omissions at the critical moment, it will be troublesome. Husband and wife are enemies and they are one body. You are smart.

You have a good understanding of the overall situation and have always been my good wife. When I was busy with foreign affairs, you helped me deal with the correspondence, so naturally I can only trouble you with this matter."

Du Wan's calligraphy was practiced with Shen Can, and Zhang Yue copied Shen Du's calligraphy, so it didn't take much effort for Du Wan to imitate Zhang Yue's handwriting. When he was the chief envoy of Guangdong, he traveled to and from the capital.

He almost always dictates the gist of the letters at night, and she drafts them during the day. Even now that she is back in the capital, most of the letters written to other places are written by her. But when writing letters, things now have a completely different meaning. Savoring them

He said that husband and wife are enemies but also one body, and she couldn't help but smile.

"good!"

Although it was just a word, Zhang Yue heard the decisive and unhesitating meaning in it, and still felt hot in his heart. He couldn't help but tighten her grip even more. Although the couple couldn't really be in ecstasy in this broad daylight, but in this

In the warm spring-like room, even though they were so close together through their thin clothes, they still felt a fiery feeling.

Finally they were separated from each other. How could Du Wan dare to sit next to Zhang Yue again? She stood up and sat across from him, and then she and him carefully looked at the dozen pieces of paper across a kang table. A quarter of an hour later.

, she raised her head and said: "The British Lord resigned as the Governor of the Chinese Army Governor's Mansion, and you were able to join the Ministry of War without any doubt. This time, Zhang Benshangshu will also be in trouble after he comes back. Is anyone worried about you?

Just sit on the position of minister? If you and dad are in the ministry and the cabinet, the power of the horns is unbreakable. If someone creates that momentum, is it possible that they want dad to make way for you? "

Give Way!

Hearing these two words again, Zhang Yue's face suddenly darkened, and it took him a long time to say word by word: "The lobby uncle and my father have both made way for me, but after all, they wanted to give up, but my father-in-law is different. He
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