Mrs. Shen was listening to the great manager Chen Lin's return: "......... The second wife prepared New Year gifts for the British Duke Chen Lao, including marten velvet cloak, marten python robe, marten bonnet and a set of marten hats and boots; two bunches of lions and marten laces and a bunch of jade belts; ten pieces of Shu brocade, ten pieces of gold brocade, ten pieces of makeup brocade, ten pieces of Tianhua brocade; one golden arhat, one white jade Guanyin; ten pieces of gold inlaid jade chopsticks, ten pieces of gold inlaid ivory chopsticks, eight pieces of white jade tea bowls, and eight pieces of jade ice plates, and one plate of gem beads red, yellow, blue, green and white. "He paused: "Can you give it a little more expensive?"

Mrs. Shen touched the agarwood skeleton in her hand: "They sent a generous gift in the past year, but the third wife returned a little more. I gave me more supplements this year, which is just for the exchange of gifts."

Chen Lin continued to report: "The New Year gifts given to Lord Zhang, the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Justice, include five pieces of Han brocade, ten pieces of single gauze coats with cotton clips, and five pieces of mixed leather coats; one square inkstone, one square inkstone, five square inkstone, fifty thousand papers; one hundred new calendars, two fresh pigs, five jars of Jinhua wine, and fifty boxes of each flavor of Ruyi New Year cake, and return to the Ministry of Rites Li Shangshu's New Year gift... "

Mrs. Shen heard that Fengjian was still suitable, so she told him not to read it anymore. This would work. She asked again: "The more than a hundred farmers in Laozhuangzi forgot about them last year. Can you have some treatment this year?"

Chen Lin flipped through the book and said a little while: "Yes! Each farmer has half a pig, two pickled green fish, one braised chicken and duck, two boxes of New Year cakes, a bag of rice, a jar of wine and door gods, kitchen gods, spring tattoos and peach talismans, all of them are ready."

Mrs. Shen smiled and said, "What farmers lack most in poverty is silver. If you remove the pickled green fish and braised chickens and ducks, each household will add one tael of silver."

He seemed to remember something and asked, "Why haven't I heard of the New Year gift that the fifth house is going to give?"

Chen Lin whispered: "Ask the fifth master how many times he has asked for New Year's money, he always pushes the blame. The second master said that he can't give New Year's money. He will buy the New Year's gifts by himself."

"I don't know who this old fifth person is stingy and stingy. Mrs. Shen shook her head: "He thought it would be easy to buy New Year's Etiquette. Let him go, and he hit the south wall before he turned around."

After hearing that she was a little tired after half a day, her life was retreating, but when she saw him hesitating and wanting to speak, she frowned and asked, "What do you have to report to?"

Chen Lin hurriedly said: "This time, the second wife also prepared a new year gift for the fourth master..."

When Si'er suddenly entered the monk, she was angry and angry and gave him a family order, and ignored him, and violated him with heavy punishment.

Time is like the flowing light wandering in front of the window, which casts shadows that are light and dark on her increasingly old face, and then slowly blurs her expression. The tone becomes plain but safe: "Go with the second wife."

Chen Lin bowed and said yes, and the maid sent him out. He walked on the corridor and met Cui. He hurriedly bowed and asked him how good he was.

Cui wiped his handkerchief and covered his lips, coughed and sighed: "The disease comes like a mountain falling, and the disease goes like a thread to pull out. Doctor Jiang just asks to rest and not worry about it." His eyes had already glanced at the book he held on his arm, and asked with his mouth: "Did the old lady say something is wrong?"

Chen Lin laughed and said with caution: "The third lady understands, the old lady is much more tolerant than in previous years." He said again: "The old lady heard that she had been young for half a day and seemed to be exhausted. The third lady went to ask her later. "Soon she pointed out that she still had something to be busy and left in a hurry.

Cui spitted at the back, his tone of annoyance: "I can't ask a word! They are all monkey spirits, and they are changing their minds when they see the wind! Look at the bullying of the weak and afraid of the strong, the second wife will be obedient and behave like a grandson after a few words, and forget all the benefits I gave in previous years."

Mei Yun comforted, "Grandma isn't this sick? When you take care of your health, they will naturally have to come back. Why bother to have this rootless aura?"

As he spoke, he had already reached the inner door. The maid Xia Chan was sprinkling the cake crumbs from the plate on the platform to feed the birds. When they saw them coming, he waved his hand and pointed at the window. Cui looked at it, the green window was closed tightly and the felt curtain was hanging down. He knew that the old lady was sleepy, so he did not dare to disturb each other and returned again on the same path.

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Chen Zetang stood in front of the window with his back, looking at the frozen pool water Chen Ning. Chen Sanye lifted the curtain and smiled with his cold fingers: "The winter in Shu is much warmer than in the capital. I feel a little uncomfortable when I come back this time, and I even have frostbite... "

His voice suddenly faded away, and he could see the expression of his second brother. Although he was not as happy or angry as he could see some clues about his brother born to his mother.

"Does the second brother look for me if you have something to do?" he simply asked.

Chen Zetang walked back to the table and sat, pulled open the trunk, took out a bunch of new fallen flowers and flowing water, sprinkled it on the table, and threw a memorial on it.

Mr. Chen's expression changed slightly. This fan, along with a Shu brocade, a Shu embroidered painting screen and two jars of spring wine, was secretly given to Wu Peng, the doctor of the Ministry of Personnel's Examination Department. It is a three-year plan, and he dare not be careless.

What is the major plan? The main focus is on assessing the merits of foreign officials. In the years of Yin, Si, Shen, and Hai, the county, prefecture, road, vassal, and niche are inspected at all levels, and then the officials are submitted to the Ministry of Personnel for review.

For those who are talented and upright, they are called "excellent". The Ministry of Personnel will review and submit the cabinet ticket to the emperor. After the emperor's approval, they can be added to the first level of return to office and wait for promotion.

This time he finally made it "excellent". He just waited for the approval of the Ministry of Personnel to report it. He was unwilling to sit and wait for death, so he prepared generous gifts to clear the joints and help him.

Master Chen San picked up the memorial in confusion and looked at it carefully. His face gradually turned from bright to dark, and his back was wet and sticky to his clothes, which made him feel very uncomfortable.

"How long have you been greedy for ink?" Chen Zetang's voice was cold and his eyes were as sharp as a knife. He rarely got so angry.

Mr. Chen was silent and pulled the corners of his mouth for a while: "My second brother must have heard of the proverb of Shu Road as hard as climbing to the blue sky! People who have never been there only feel that they are magnificent and beautiful, and if they stay for a year or two... Do you know what it feels like? Life is worse than death! The weather is wet and hot, the mountains are high and dense, snakes and insects are crawling, the children are fierce in their customs, and they are fighting with weapons, and they don't take the government seriously. If they are dissatisfied..."

He paused: "My second brother must have never seen the wonder of the opening of the door in the morning and the yard was thrown by poisonous snakes. I live in the yamen. Although there are soldiers and officials on duty on shifts, I have never slept peacefully. Moreover, every summer, the epidemic is a disaster, and Huimin Pharmaceutical Bureau is helpless. How do I feel when Mian'er's mother dies... That's true, I'm afraid of causing trouble for my second brother, so I stayed there for six years. You live in the troubled place in the capital, guarding your own person, with a high position and a powerful position, and finding a beautiful lady. Have you ever thought about transferring me to Beijing once?"
Chapter completed!