Xie Liangcai was completely dependent on Xu He.
Throughout the day, Xu He went to the social school to study, and he followed him to the social school to review the classics.
After class, the two of them would either have a meal at Xie Fuzi's place, or go back to Xu He's house to have something to eat.
Mrs. Xie was naturally happy when she saw her son studying scriptures and meanings with a student all day long.
Especially these days, Lao Jia and his son went to Yangzhou Mansion and sold the sugar in their hands. The Xu family's life seemed to be getting better.
Mrs. Xie was afraid that Xie Liangcai, a scholar, would be wronged at home, so she took care of all three meals a day.
Xie Liangcai was not a person without sense of propriety. He knew that the Xu family's family background was average, so he went back and asked a craftsman to pack a lot of daily necessities and furniture and deliver them to the Xie family.
Although these furniture are not made of expensive materials, they are strong and durable.
Xu He finally got rid of the dilemma of sleeping on a wooden bed.
Seeing this, Mrs. Xie was so moved that she wiped her tears and treated Xie Liangcai even better. She gave Xie Liangcai eggs from the hens at home to eat every day, which made Xie Liangcai's hiccups smell like chicken feces.
Xie Liangcai's mother died young and his father has been working as an official outside. He has lacked maternal love since he was a child.
He saw Xie's care these days and remembered it in his heart. Since both of them were named Xie, Xie Liangcai simply kowtowed to Xie, recognized Xie as his aunt, and wrote a letter to describe what he had done these days. In order to write a letter, I sent a new article to my father in Jingzhong.
In the past two days, Xie Daozhi replied to the letter, praising his son's hard work in studying and his great progress in writing. He also told Xie Liangcai in the letter that if Xu He had any new ideas about Zhiyi, he must write to him and he would reply after reading it. Tell them what you think.
And at the end, he sent a few pieces of fine Songjiang cotton with the letter, saying that they were given to Ms. Xie to thank her for taking care of her son.
Xie Liangcai pointed at the letter and said: "Xiaohe, look, my father calls your mother Xianmei! And he also said that when he returns to his hometown next time, he will discuss with the elders of the clan whether Yiling Xie and Rugao Xie can join the clan. It is said that it will be a long time ago. The first two clans were originally one clan, but later because our clan moved to Yiling, they were separated into clans!"
Well, now, they were originally school brothers, but now they have become cousins, and in the future, these cousins may even become a legally recognized relationship!
This is magic.
Xu He thought of Master Xie... next time he answered a question in class, would he say: "Brother! Let me try to memorize the next paragraph..."
hehe!
Among them, what Xu He never expected was that Xie Daozhi, a well-established boss, was quite amiable.
He is also very concerned about his son's education. Even though he is old, he has not renewed his relationship. He is a good man.
In the days that followed, Xu He either discussed articles with Xie Liangcai or went to Xie Kun's place to chat. Occasionally, County Magistrate Li was free and summoned him to check his homework. In addition to handing in the articles he wrote during this period, Xu He also One poem is required, with no limit on subject matter; two case verdicts are required.
At first, County Magistrate Li was worried that his friend Xie Kun would teach Xu He the wrong way, but after reading Xu He's article, he felt relieved and let him go back to study on his own after a few words of encouragement.
Soon, the registration day for the government examination was coming. In the past few days, Xie Kun asked Xu He to write two articles for him to read every day. The daily teaching time also changed from astronomy and geography, military strategy, to classics and meanings.
On this day, when Xu He was practicing his essay at home, Qian Yu, a fat man who hadn't seen him for a long time, suddenly broke in hurriedly.
It just so happened that Xie Liangcai went back to Yiling today to deal with matters at home. Xu He was the only one in the room. When the little fat man saw Xu He, he looked anxious and said: "Brother He, help me!"
Xu He was confused: "What's the matter?"
Qian Yu said: "It's not what I told you last time!"
Last time Qian Yu discussed with Xu He that he didn't want to go to social school to study, but wanted to go out to do business.
Later, Qian Yu really didn't go to social studies anymore. Xu He thought that Qian Yu was really going to take action, but for such a long time, there was no movement from the Qian family. Xu He thought that the little fat guy had regretted it!
"Don't mention it, how could I regret it? These days, my father hired an old shopkeeper to teach me some business rules. He is afraid that I will show my timidity as soon as I go out and let others know that I am a stick!"
Xu He nodded, but he didn't expect that Qian Jizu had already started preparing for his son's business without saying a word.
And during this period, he didn't say anything to Xu He about this matter. It was obvious that he was very reliable and a cautious person.
"Then why did you come to see me today? Is your father regretting it?" Xu He asked.
Qian Yu sighed: "Don't mention it, today is for another thing!"
It turns out that the Guochao Station is allocated money every year to cover various expenses of the station.
One of them is the food and beverage money responsible for entertaining passing officials.
Some of this money is kept by the inn, and some is used to buy seats.
In fact, it means working meals and signing orders at restaurants.
The money for the banquet is usually earned by Qian's Huibin Restaurant, the most famous restaurant in Hailing.
But this year, someone stepped in and wanted to take the Qian family and replace it.
"There are restaurants in Hailing that can compete with yours?" Xu He didn't believe it!
Qian Yu said angrily: "That's right. In Hailing, our Huibin Building is said to be second, but no one dares to claim first!"
When he said this, his face fell: "But the restaurant we came to this time was Xiaohuchun in Yangzhou Prefecture!"
"Xiao Huchun?"
"Well, it's a very famous restaurant in Yangzhou. This restaurant is built by Bao'an Lake. Many officials and literati like to eat there!"
"Guarantee Lake?" Xu He thought for a while and then remembered that this Baoan Lake was actually the Slender West Lake that was known to the world in later generations.
Slender West Lake has been famous in Yangzhou Mingjing since the Sui, Tang and Five Dynasties.
Because it was connected with the city moat to form a belt, it was named Slender West Lake in later generations.
After understanding the basic situation of the matter, Xu He asked curiously: "What do you want me to help you with?"
Qian Yu said with some embarrassment: "My father said that Mr. Li is your teacher and wants you to come forward and help me talk about things!"
Xu He groaned after hearing this.
Indeed, Li Zhijie was very kind to him, but he also emphasized more than once that he should study with peace of mind and not hang out in the market.
If I use this kind of thing to ask him, it is conceivable that my impression in County Magistrate Li's mind will become that of a person who is obsessed with businessmen's trivial matters and does not understand the importance of business. Will my impression keep falling?
Besides... he, Xu He, has a good relationship with Qian Yu, but they haven't reached the point where they are so close that they have to stand up for his family in everything, right?
He had done everything he could to deal with Hu Baihu last time, but today's matter... he really didn't want to take care of it.
"Qian Yu, as you know, the government examination is about to start. During this period of time, I..."
"My dad said that if you can help with this matter, you will have one level of the inn's profits every year!"
"It's not about money or not..."
"My dad said that every year the station makes a profit of 800 taels for every input!"
When Hailing went to the countryside, he could only get 40 taels per acre of good paddy fields. This... this... he could earn two acres of paddy fields a year.
Xu He frowned and sighed: "Hey! It's not about money. Uncle Qian is all about it!"
"Go and discuss?"
"Well, let's discuss it!"
