After the trip to Jinling, Xu He returned to Yangzhou accompanied by Xu Peng, Ding Ze and Xiaoer.
This time, Chu Yuan was on the same boat with him.
However, after staying in Yangzhou for one night, everyone rushed back to Hailing early the next morning.
When Xu He came to Tokachi Street, he noticed that the eyes of his neighbors had changed before he even reached his home.
Before setting off, he was walking in the alley without any problems. Because of Zhang Sanrang's family relationship, the neighbors would greet him warmly when they saw him.
But when he came back this time, he found that everyone had smiles on their faces, but since he passed by, no matter men, women, old or young, they all gave in slightly and let him go first.
Xu He was still a little confused at first, but when he thought of his current identity, he roughly guessed it.
Although students are nothing among scholars, in the eyes of ordinary people, they are already called "masters" when they meet.
That's right, sir, although Xu He hasn't even held the crowning ceremony yet.
At this moment, suddenly from the depths of the alley, a short-legged man came towards me with a step that he didn't recognize. He was holding a candied haws in his hand and licking it carefully as he walked.
Xu He took a closer look, wasn't this guy his real [book boy] Zhang Sanrang?
This kid didn't even see Xu He when he walked up to him. His eyes were full of candied haws and nothing else.
When Xu He saw this, he picked him up in a dumbfounded way, deliberately pretending to be fierce and asked, "Why didn't you go to Master Xie's place today?"
The little guy was suddenly picked up and frightened, and then struggled wildly on Xu He's body.
Xu He's robe was covered with saliva and syrup.
However, when he saw that the person holding him was Xu He, the little guy suddenly stopped struggling and looked at Xu He blankly and said: "Xu Daguo, are you back?"
Xu He put him down and said with a smile: "I'm back, no, you answer my question first, why don't you go to social studies?"
Zhang Sanrang said excitedly: "Master was invited away today and let us study at home!"
Xu He looked at the candied haws in his hand. Does this have anything to do with books?
At this time, Zhang Sanrang suddenly said: "Xu Daguo, I heard from my mother that you are a master now. When I see you in the future, I can't let you lift me up like before, right?"
As soon as these words came out, the surrounding eyes immediately looked over with concern.
When Xu He heard this, he cast a subtle glance around, then he hugged Zhang Sanrang and lifted him up in a loving manner, which frightened the kid so much that he screamed again and again.
But when he returned to Xu He's arms, this playful and fun-loving guy chuckled and said, "I still want to play, I still want to play!"
Xu He threw the little guy around a few more times, and the whole Tokachi Street alley was filled with this guy's exaggerated laughter.
The child's laughter seemed to be contagious, and the people watching on the side also put down their worries and smiled as they watched the boy playing with the child.
The soup vendor on the street said to his wife: "Look at Xu Xiucai and Xiao Sanyuan, they are still so affectionate to our neighbors. Look at Wang Xiucai next door to your mother's house. Ever since he hit the scholar, his eyes have been covered with ghosts." Got it!"
The woman took it seriously and said, "That's right, it's not the first day we all know Mr. Xu. If he hadn't spoken uprightly about the Zhang family incident, how could the Zhang family's mother and son have such an easy life? Mr. Xu is not the kind of person who doesn't recognize him after he has made a difference. People from the neighborhood!”
While the couple was talking, a neighbor who was carrying peaches for sale bravely said to Xu He: "Mr. Xu, congratulations on your being a scholar, take some peaches back to eat!"
Xu He laughed, carried the little guy to the man's side, smiled and said to the man: "Brother Qian, are your peaches sweet?"
The vendor surnamed Qian was not only not angry when he heard this, but happily picked up a peach and stuffed it into Xu He's arms. As he stuffed it, he said anxiously: "Try it, try it!"
Xu He laughed loudly and asked Ding Ze to take a basket.
When Ding Ze took out the money, the vendor smiled honestly: "They are all our own peaches. If the scholar wants to eat them, how can I ask for money?"
After saying that, he desperately pushed the money out.
Xu He smiled and said: "Brother Qian, I remember that your family lives in Chenjiaqiao on the streets of Shisheng, Ding Ze!"
Hearing this, Ding Ze stepped forward and said, "Young Master!"
Xu He pointed to the peaches on the load and said, "Let's buy both of Brother Qian's two baskets of peaches, and then give a share to the neighbors!"
Now the money vendor was confused, and so were the neighbors.
After a while, when Ding Ze finished giving the money and started to distribute peaches to everyone, Xu He had already carried Zhang Sanrang and walked home.
After he left, a group of neighbors who had divided the peaches pulled Ding Ze and praised him: "Brother Ding, you are following a good man. Mr. Xu didn't expect that he would be so kind after being awarded the title of Scholar!"
When they arrived at home, Xu He left Xu Peng and the waiter behind, and asked the waiter to call his sister on the boat to have a meal together.
When Mrs. Xie saw her son coming back, she thought about her son's success. Now, like her husband, she had been selected for the birth exam. She couldn't help but burst into tears. She pulled Xu He to look around, with joy in her eyes!
Just as he sat down, there was suddenly a noise at the door.
It turned out that the neighbors came to the door to congratulate him.
A few chickens from the Wang family and a basket of vegetables from the Li family. Although the things were not that valuable, they kept praising Mrs. Xie for her good fortune. She gave birth to a son who was up to his standards. He also had a good temper and was polite to everyone he met.
Ms. Xie didn't care about these gifts, but the neighbors' praise of Xu He was her favorite gift. She couldn't help but smile when she heard this.
Xu He saw that she was happy, so he was also in a good mood and said: "Fellows, don't leave at noon. Ding Ze, go and tell the boss Qian of Huibin House that I want to hold a banquet at home and ask him to let the masters Bring the meal with you when you come to the door. By the way, bring the money with you. If the boss refuses to accept the money, just say you won’t ask them to do this favor if you don’t accept the money!”
Although he is now doing business in partnership with the Qian family, the accounts must be clearly separated. Otherwise, why would many friends and even relatives do business in partnership, but in the end neither friends nor relatives can do it? The problem lies here, and Xu He understands this clearly.
Just as the Xu family was laughing and laughing, Xu Yong walked in from outside the courtyard.
When he met Xu He, he lost the indifference he had when they first met. A trip to make tea made the old man very convinced of Xu He.
I saw him smiling and saying to Xu He: "Congratulations, Mr. He. I invite you to come over and say that we have something important to discuss."
Xu He nodded and said, "I was about to go to the house to visit my uncle. How is my uncle's health lately?"
Xu Yong said: "It's not bad. I had a bad cough in the past two days. Doctor Hou came and prescribed some medicine. Soon someone came to the door to announce the good news. I heard that the young master won the Dao Examination and became the leader of our Southern Zhili Kingdom. The first little Sanyuan, I happily drank an extra bowl of porridge that night!"
The person who announces the good news of the hospital examination will visit almost all the relatives of the new student, and even all social relations such as teachers, classmates, neighbors, etc., and the relatives and friends of the host family will also give them some money as rewards.
Xu He turned to Mrs. Xie and said, "Mom, I'm going to see my uncle!"
