This old saying
Twenty-three, sticky melons, twenty-four, sweep the house.
As the New Year is approaching, the days seem to go by extremely fast. After seeing off Xie Tianqi, Xie Yushu and Qu Xiaodie and the others tidied up their respective houses, washed them inside and out, and then began to clean the house. Another person There are mirrors in the house.
Others were not idle either, and the workers continued to work making glass and various glass products.
Wang Wu led people to clean the villa from the inside out, and replaced the windows of all the rooms in the villa with glass. Of course, in order not to exceed the regulations, they were all installed with ordinary glass at the moment.
That makes people very beautiful. The room is made of bright glass, and you can bask in the sun while lying on the bed. Especially the girls, dressing up in the mirror, applying rouge and powder, chattering in the sun, they are so beautiful!
Lanting's training is over, in his words
"The Xiangjun has chosen all good talents. I have nothing to teach them anymore. The rest is up to them to practice hard on their own!"
This means that she now has ten top secret guards!
Before leaving, Xie Yushu gave Lan Ting a big red envelope of one hundred taels of silver. Within two months, they had trained a top secret guard, which was a huge advantage for her!
It happened that another batch of glass had been made in the past two days, and Xie Yushu directly asked Xie Zhong to bring a few ordinary guards to accompany Lanting to deliver the glass, tea sets, and mirrors to Han Zhongyu.
When it came to using people, Xie Yushu discovered that her chief of guard seemed to have a name conflict with Han Zhongyu's chief of guard. One was Han Zhong and the other was Xie Zhong. As expected, everyone wanted their subordinates to be loyal, and even she was not immune!
Xie Yushu thought about changing one, but she felt that after being called for so long, people were used to their own names, so she shouldn't change them. Anyway, there are so many people with the same name in the world, so it's not like they are different!
The glass given to Han Zhongyu is thickened and only a little smaller than the one sent to the palace. The tea sets are four sets of plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum, two pairs each of light luxury style and swan style art cups.
The frame is a small-leaf red sandalwood mirror specially made by Xie Yushu and carved with auspicious cloud patterns. The frame is as tall as a person and the mirror is half as tall as a person. It is very suitable for tying up hair or arranging clothes!
Xie Zhong and the others didn't waste much time here. They left Han Zhongyu's things and went back. Of course, before leaving, the Han government officials also gave Han Zhongyu a bunch of copper coins as a reward.
Han Zhongyu stood in front of the new mirror, smelling the unique and elegant fragrance of small-leaf red sandalwood, touching his hair, tugging at the hem of his clothes, and looking at his face, thinking with some unconfidence.
"Well, he is quite a gentleman and a young talent. He is worthy of someone as smart as her!"
After looking in the mirror and listening to Lan Ting's report, I was in a good mood and gave Lan Ting a three-day holiday!
The housekeeper arranged for all the windows in the house to be replaced with glass.
The same scene also played out in the capital.
When Li Guang and the others arrived in the capital, they were divided into two waves. One wave went to Han Mansion to deliver New Year gifts and family letters, and the other wave went to the palace to deliver tributes.
According to the distance, of course the group of people going to the Han Mansion arrived first. When the gatekeeper saw it, it was the people from the Second Young Master who came back. One person opened the door to help drive the car in, and the other person ran inside to report. !
It was noon at this time, and it was the end of the year holiday, so the whole family was having lunch in the restaurant.
Speaking of which, we have to introduce Han Zhongyu’s family. First of all, Han Zhongyu comes from a family of censors. The person with the highest say in the Han family is Han Zhongyu’s grandfather Han Wuyong, who is now the censor doctor and supervises all officials.
When Han Zhongyu's father was born, his great-great-grandfather remonstrated, which angered the late emperor and caused him to be fired. So at that time, the family hoped that their descendants would be safe, so they named Han Zhongyu's father Han Nian'an, hoping that he would be peaceful. Just be safe.
Now Han Nian'an is also the only one in the Han family who has not been an official in the court. Instead, he has become a teacher in the Imperial College and married a Shangguan family.
Then there is Han Zhongyu's eldest brother Han Boyu. Now he is serving as the censor Zhongcheng in the Yushitai. He is married to the Zhao family and has a son and a daughter. The daughter is three years old and the son is only eight months old.
Hearing the cheerful footsteps of people outside, Han Zhongyu’s wife, Mrs. Han, raised her head and asked
"Listen to these footsteps, is there something happy? Just let someone come in and tell you!"
Han Zhongyu’s mother, Mrs. Han, also said
"Could it be a letter from my second brother? Thinking about it, the letter from home will only arrive in the next couple of days."
When Mrs. Han said this, the whole family paused and nodded to express their agreement.
Han Boyu's little daughter was only three years old. She heard her grandma talking about "second child" and said in a milky voice.
"Second uncle is back!"
Upon hearing this, Mrs. Han pinched her little face
"Niuniu misses your second uncle? Let's see what good things your second uncle brings to our Niuniu later!"
Just as he was talking, the returning guards also came in. Just as he was about to salute, Mrs. Han couldn't help but said:
"Get up quickly. Is there a letter from your young master? Take it out!"
The guard heard this and handed over a thick letter home, because it was his first time seeing glass. Although he was already excited, he still couldn't help but report it.
"Back to the old lady, ladies and gentlemen, the thing that the Second Young Master brought back this time is a rare thing. It's called glass. It's used to replace window paper. It's more translucent than the glass. It was newly developed by Jingde Township Lord!
This was the first batch. Even the Second Young Master was reluctant to use it. He sent a portion to the palace and sent the rest back home!
There are also cups for the little lady and the young master, they are so beautiful!
Second Young Master, everything is fine over there. Let your subordinates take care of you, Masters! "
Han Wuyong was curious after hearing this. The second grandson was always upright and boring. Even the people around him knew about virtue. It was rare to see something that could make them get carried away like this!
It happened that he was almost finished eating, so he put down his chopsticks.
"Is it researched by Mr. Jingdexiang?
The second brother mentioned this country gentleman a lot in his first letter. I would like to see what this glass looks like. Is it worthy of your diligent dedication? "
Han Boyu was also curious and asked
"If you dare to be the first to deliver it to the palace, you must not be an ordinary person. I will also go and have a look and lead the way!"
Seeing that her great-grandfather and father had left, Niu Niu struggled to go.
"Look at the gift, look at the gift!"
Seeing Niuniu like this and everyone else at the table looking curious, Mrs. Han simply said, since it is a new thing, let's all go and take a look!
After hearing the old lady's words, Mrs. Han supported the old lady, Mrs. Wang held her youngest son, and Han Nian'an led her little granddaughter to the front yard.
By the time a group of them arrived in the front yard, Han Wuyong and Han Boyu, who had gone first, had already taken the cups and admired them!
When a group of women and children from the back arrived, they saw a carriage with brilliant lights, so dazzling that they dared not look directly at it!
When I got closer, I realized that the dazzling light just now was refracted by the transparent glass in the sun. I couldn't believe that there were such crystal clear objects in the world!
