There is Room For the Poor Daughter - Chapter 1157

[Chapter 1156, Redemption 7]

went to the provincial capital to pay homage to Yan Wenjie’s birthday. The Zhang family attached great importance to it. Mr. Zhang knew that he was not welcomed by the Yan family, so he didn’t intend to show up, but he was worried that the three children would go on the road alone. , or decided to send the three of them to the provincial capital in person.

“After arriving in the provincial capital, I will not go to the city for my father. I will find an inn outside the city to stay. After you all finish your birthday worship, you will go home together.”

On the way, Master Zhang carefully instructed his eldest son.

Uncle Zhang was hesitant to speak. They and the Yan family were in-laws, but his father didn’t even dare to enter the door of the Yan family, which made him very uncomfortable.

Grandpa Zhang was silent for a while and then said: “When you arrive at Yan’s house, ask your fifth younger sister for her opinion. After all, she is from the Zhang family.

” There is still the Zhang family, brothers and sisters should get along and support each other, and if you are well, it will also help her.” The

uncle of the Zhang family nodded: “Father, don’t worry, my son will discuss it with the fifth sister in case of trouble.”

Afterwards, Master Zhang didn’t say anything, and soon, the group arrived at the pier. . .

Huai’an has a well-developed water system, and there are many boats going to the provincial capital. Usually, even if you go to the provincial capital temporarily, you can get a boat, but this time, Mr. Zhang clearly chartered a passenger boat in advance. Others are gone.

Uncle Zhang was very angry, and went directly to the boat owner to argue, while Uncle Zhang went back to the carriage and looked at the two younger sisters.

“Big sister, fifth sister, we may have to wait a while before boarding the ship.”

Miss Zhang lifted a corner of the curtain and asked, “Brother, what happened?”

Uncle Zhang was a little depressed: “The boat we booked After being intercepted, my father went to negotiate with the ship owner.”

Miss Zhang frowned immediately: “What’s the matter with the ship owner, does he do business like this?”

Zhang Huahan also frowned slightly, but she didn’t say anything, just sat in the carriage and waited quietly.

This waited for half an hour.

Seeing that it was almost noon, and Mr. Zhang hadn’t come back yet, Mr. Zhang’s family glanced at the tea shop by the pier and said, “Elder sister, fifth sister, there’s a tea shop in front of you, why don’t you get off the bus and sit in it?” Have something to eat by the way?”

Miss Zhang wanted to get out of the car for a long time, but she didn’t make a sound, but looked at Zhang Huahan.

After sitting in the carriage for a long time, Zhang Huahan naturally wanted to get out of the carriage to take a breath of fresh air, especially since this was her first time traveling far.

Hearing all the hustle and bustle on the pier, Zhang Huahan also wanted to see and see, so he nodded, and said to An Ran who was waiting outside the car: “Aunt An Ran, my eldest sister and I want to go to a tea shop.”

An Ran listened After looking at the tea shop, I replied: “The girl wait a moment, wait for the servants to lead someone to decorate the tea shop, and then the girl will get out of the car.”

Then, he took a few women to go first After entering the tea shop, I talked to the boss, chose a corner, and hung bamboo curtains around it. Soon, a small private room was set up.

This movement immediately attracted the attention of the people around.

“I don’t know which family member of a rich family is going out?”

“The people of a rich family are very particular.”

Even the Zhang family’s uncle looked sideways. His father took him and his eldest sister out for fun before, and the eldest sister would at most wear a veiled hat. , where will pay attention to these.

After arranging everything, An Ran returned to the carriage: “Girl, the servants in the carriage have prepared a veil, and you can get out of the carriage after putting on the veil.”

Zhang Huahan put on the veil and got out of the carriage with the help of the maid , walked quickly into the small private room surrounded by bamboo curtains.

“This bamboo curtain is so special!”

Uncle Zhang and Miss Zhang were amazed, they couldn’t see anything from the outside of the bamboo curtain, but they could clearly see what happened outside when they looked inside.

The things in the mother’s hands are really extraordinary.

Just when the Uncle Zhang was about to order the waiters to order food, he was surprised to find that An Ran was orderly ordering the maids to remove the tea stove, food boxes, tea sets and plates from the carriage.

Even Zhang Huahan was a little surprised.

Seeing An Ran, An Ran explained: “Most of the things outside are not very clean, especially this pier, where fish and dragons are mixed. When you go out, you’d better be careful about what you eat, and you’d better not eat it if you can.”

Uncle Zhang Smiling with Ms. Zhang, they didn’t say anything more about ordering food.

After An Ran arranged the refreshments, Zhang Huahan couldn’t eat alone, so he invited the two of them to eat together.

At this moment, a group of servants came from the opposite position, the movement was even bigger than what An Ran and the others had made before, and they directly separated the surroundings with a screen.

The bamboo curtain only needs to be hung high, it doesn’t take up much space, and An Ran only surrounds a table, so it doesn’t disturb other people.

But the screen occupies a large area, and it is also a precious item. When people around see it, they can’t help avoiding it, for fear of bumping into it, and if they sell it, they will not be able to pay for it.

For a while, there was the sound of pulling stools in the tea shop, and after a while, a vacuum was vacated by the three tables next door.

Immediately afterwards, several brocade-clothed women with curtains walked into the tea shop.

When Miss Zhang saw her, she murmured in a low voice: “What a big show! When they come, most of the teahouses can’t be seated.”

An Ran glanced lightly: “It should be the female family members of the official family.” Saying that, Looking at Zhang Huahan, “It is the most taboo to be public when doing things outside. There is a saying that there are heavens and people outside the sky, and there are people outside the sky. If one fails, it may bring trouble to the family. Girl, don’t follow this example.”

Zhang Huahan nodded. Uncle Zhang and Uncle Zhang The girl also took it seriously in her heart.

After the three brothers and sisters finished drinking a cup of tea, Grandpa Zhang came to the teahouse with an ugly expression on his face.

Uncle Zhang hurriedly opened the bamboo curtain, stood up to greet him: “Father, but the boat has not been negotiated?”

Mr. Zhang said coldly: “Boss Lu directly moved the boat chartered for my father to Dong Zhizhou’s family from Xuzhou next door.”

Uncle Zhang frowned, fell silent for a moment, and said again: “The boat in Mr. Lu’s hand Quite a few, the ship we ordered was diverted, so we should arrange a new one for us, isn’t there no ship left?”

Just as Mr. Zhang was about to say something, he saw several people walking outside the teahouse. people.

Among them was Boss Lu.

Boss Lu, who was smiling apologetically at the leading middle-aged man, noticed that someone was looking at him, looked up, and found that it was Zhang’s father and son, with a slightly embarrassed look on his face.

The Zhang family also has a store in the provincial capital, and they visit the provincial capital a lot every year, so they have to rent Boss Lu’s boat, and there are quite a lot of opportunities to make friends with each other.

This time, he embezzled the Zhang family’s boat. Boss Lu knew that what he did was not authentic, and when the middle-aged man entered the tea shop, he hurried to the Zhang family’s side.

As soon as you come, you will directly apologize.

“Brother Zhang, it’s my younger brother this time. I’ll make amends for you, but please understand me. If Lord Zhizhou wants a boat, I don’t dare not give it.” He

said, and glanced at the screen next door.

In an instant, Elder Zhang understood that the people who occupied more than half of the inn were Xuzhou Dong Zhizhou’s family.

Grandpa Zhang took a deep breath and suppressed the anger in his heart. When a businessman meets an official, he is naturally inferior. At this time, he can only admit that he is unlucky.

After being silent for a while, Grandpa Zhang said: “Brother Lu, I am really in a hurry to go to the provincial capital. Please help me find a way and get me a boat. I will remember your kindness in my heart.

” Said, Boss Lu looked embarrassed, sighed, and said in a low voice: “Brother Zhang, for our relationship, let me tell you some gossip.”

“In two days it will be the birthday of the new chief envoy, Huaian The prefects and prefects of all prefectures and prefectures will go to his birthday banquet, and our pier happens to be the only pier to go to the provincial capital, so the boats are very tight these days.”

“It’s not that I’m not busy with you, it’s that I can’t do anything, brother. All the boats under my hand have been rented out.” The

three of them stood outside the bamboo curtain, so Zhang Huahan and others sitting inside heard it too. their conversation.

Zhang Huahan frowned. They came to the provincial capital this time to grasp the time. If they couldn’t rent a boat, they might miss the time to pay respects to their uncle’s birthday.

Mr. Zhang also knew that time was running out, so he immediately said: “It’s okay to be on the same boat with other people. Brother Lu, I really have something important to do for my brother. Please ask Xuan for a while, and I will thank you very much afterwards.”

Boss Lu saw Mr. Zhang The master is like this, and he can see that he is really in a hurry, hesitated for a while, and looked at the person behind the screen next door: “Then I will try, Dong Zhizhou is quite easy to talk to, I will ask to see if they are willing to take it with me. You?”

Elder Zhang hurriedly clasped his fists in thanks.

Boss Lu went to the side of the screen, and after a while, a slightly arrogant male voice came from there.

“Boss Lu, you really dare to open your mouth. Anyone dares to take it from us. My uncle is a state magistrate. You actually let a businessman sit on the same boat with him. Are you looking down on my uncle?”

After that, Boss Lu constant apology.

The Zhang family behind the bamboo curtain couldn’t help showing anger when they heard this.

Miss Zhang snorted, “They stole our boat and insulted us, what are they doing   ?

”

relieved.

Zhang Huahan on the side looked at the forbearance on Elder Zhang’s face, his eyes flickered, and he had a deep understanding of the reason why the Zhang family desperately wanted to cling to the Yan family.

Zhang Huahan was silent for a moment, then looked at Elder Zhang: “Father, if you can’t get a boat, why not go by land, let’s hurry up, we should make it in time.”

Grandpa Zhang frowned: “It takes one day to get to the provincial capital by boat, but it takes three days to travel by land. The journey is too fast, and your sisters’ bodies can’t bear it. You go to see your uncle and aunt with a haggard face. Doesn’t that make them worry? ”

Let Weifu think of a way again, I don’t believe it, such a big pier, even a boat can’t be found.” Before the words

finished, I heard a sound from the next door.

The Zhang family looked over and saw Dong Zhizhou eagerly trotting out of the tea shop, and saluted the middle-aged man in blue robe passing by outside the tea shop with an apologetic smile on his face.

Standing behind Zhang Huahan, An Ran saw that person, her eyes flickered, and she quickly looked at Elder Zhang: “Master, do you know that person?”

Elder Zhang nodded: “He is the magistrate of our Pingyun Mansion, What’s the matter?”

An Ran didn’t answer and asked, “But the surname is Su?”

Elder Zhang didn’t care about An Ran’s attitude, and nodded again: “Master Zhifu’s surname is indeed Su, and he comes from Su’s family in Zhongzhou. The second-floor passenger ship docked at the pier is Master Su. Family.”

An Ran smiled and blessed Fushen: “The servant has found a way to find the boat, wait a moment, the servant will return as soon as he goes.” Saying that, he walked out of the tea shop.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone in the Zhang family and those around him, An Ran came to the middle-aged man in the blue robe, “My maidservant greets Master Su, and Master Su is well.”

Prefect Su looked at An Ran in surprise, before he had time to say anything, Dong Zhizhou on the side spoke up first.

“Go, go, which family’s servant are you? How dare you stop Su Zhifu? Do you want to die?”

An Ran ignored him, and blessed Su Zhifu again: “The master of this servant is the fourth girl of the Yan family, the fourth daughter of the Yan family The madam is the fourth sister-in-law of the servant and master, when the fourth madam married into the Yan family, the slave and maid met Mr. Su in the Su family’s sending off.”

Hearing this, Zhifu Su’s expression froze, and he looked at An Ran.

The fourth girl of the Yan family. Could it be the one who married into the merchant’s family after reconciliation?

He is not a direct descendant of the Su family. As for the Yan family where Shiyu’s cousin married, he only knows the situation of the first and third families of the Yan family, but not so clearly about the second wife of the Yan family.

Su Zhifu glanced at the bamboo curtain in the tea shop, and recognized it as a tribute at a glance, and understood that the person in front of him should not have lied to him, so he smiled and said: “Is there something wrong with you?”

An Ran smiled and replied: “My family The girl was about to go to the provincial capital to celebrate her uncle’s birthday, but unfortunately, the boat booked by the Zhang family was cut off, and in a hurry, when she learned that Mr. Su was going to the provincial capital, the maidservant had the cheek to ask for help.”

Su Zhifu laughed She smiled: “So that’s how it is. My family’s boat is big, go and ask your girl to move, we just happen to be leaving.”

An Ran once again blessed her body: “Thank you, Mr. Su, for helping me, and this servant is helping my family. Thank you sir first.” Magistrate

Su nodded, and after An Ran turned back to the tea shop, he looked at the servant behind him: “Go and tell Madam, let her tidy up a good guest room and come out.

” Su Gongzi next to him was a little puzzled: “Father, is this necessary?”

Su Zhifu smiled and said: “Of course it is necessary. That niece who is the direct relative of envoy Yan Buzheng, after boarding the boat, you go and talk to you.” Let the two younger sisters tell them to get along well with the girls of the Zhang family.” In the

tea house, the Zhang family received the news that the Su family agreed to take them on a boat, and they were overjoyed on the surface, but at the same time they were shocked by the power of the Yan family.

An Ran is just the maidservant next to Yan Yile, and Yan Yile can be said to be the worst offspring of the Yan family, just like this, the maidservant beside her can talk to a magistrate and get help from him.

At this moment, the three brothers and sisters of the Zhang family clearly realized how big the gap between the Zhang family and the Yan family was.

An Ran told the maid to pack her things, while talking to Zhang Huahan about the Su family.

“The fourth wife of the Yan family comes from the direct line of the Su family. Su Zhifu is a collateral line of the Su family. When the fourth wife married into the Yan family, he also came to see her off. Later, he studied in the capital for a period of time. He often went in and out of the Yan family. I just remembered him.”

Zhang Huahan listened carefully, looking a little nervous.

Growing up so big, the biggest official she has ever met is the county magistrate, and now she is going to see the magistrate, so she is inevitably a little nervous.

An Ran saw Zhang Huahan’s nervousness, and said with a smile: “Girl, don’t be nervous. The Su family has a good family background, but compared with the Yan family, it is still far behind.”

“Girl just remember, you Standing behind you is pushing the emperor’s relatives and relatives, even if you go to the chief minister’s mansion and meet other girls, your status is definitely second to none, so you don’t need to look down on anyone.”

It is such a reason, but I have never experienced it before. These, especially Zhang’s family is still a family of merchants, Zhang Huahan’s mood is still not calm.

But after all, thanks to the training some time ago, Zhang Huahan is now able to keep his face calm no matter how nervous he is.

When An Ran said these things, she did not avoid the three of them, Elder Zhang, of course it was inevitable.

Zhang Huahan was confident in borrowing from the Yan family, but they couldn’t. Except for Mr. Zhang, who was often out and about, who was a little better, both Mr. Zhang and Ms. Zhang looked a little uneasy.

After the maid finished packing up, under An Ran’s guidance, the members of the Zhang family went to see the prefect of Su. After getting to know each other, the group boarded the Su family’s passenger ship together.

Outside the tea shop, Dong Zhizhou and Boss Lu couldn’t help swallowing as they watched Zhang’s family leave with Su Zhifu. There was still cold sweat on Dong Zhizhou’s forehead.

“You hurt me!”

Dong Zhizhou looked at Boss Lu angrily.

Boss Lu’s expression changed greatly in fright: “Master Zhizhou, where did you start with this?”

Dong Zhizhou shouted angrily, “Why didn’t you tell Ben Zhizhou that the Zhang family and the Yan family are related?” If he knew this, how could he go Steal Zhang’s boat?

Boss Lu’s face was full of bitterness: “I don’t even know about this.”

No, I can’t say that I don’t know. The Zhang family and the Xungui in the capital are related by marriage. He has heard of this rumor, but he didn’t take it to heart at all. .

The Zhang family has some money, but he would never believe that the Zhang family could gain the attention of the nobles in the capital like this.

In addition, the Zhang family has never responded directly to this, and every time it is mentioned, it is vague. No one who saw it would have thought that this would be true.

If he knew that the girl from the Zhang family was the niece of the chief envoy’s direct relative, even if he tried to offend Zhizhou, he wouldn’t have embezzled the Zhang family’s boat.

That Mr. Zhang is not a thing, there is such a strong relationship, you say it, you don’t say it, Dong Zhizhou is here, he must be tight to Dong Zhizhou first, you can’t blame him for that.

(end of this chapter)