"Uncle, you are too polite to eat so much!" Xu He looked at the pile of small bowls and the smiling face, feeling really uneasy.
"Why are you so polite? When you come to my house, don't you just feel like you're at your own home?" Fengfang's face turned into a chrysanthemum with a smile.
Fengfang continued to pick up food for Shen Lang, while sighing: "When I was in Hailing County, I knew that a good nephew is definitely not a thing in the pond."
"I'll take a good rest these two days and try to come back with the top prize in the Imperial Examination!"
Speaking of this, Fengfang suddenly said: "Speaking of the fact that you won the title of Huiyuan, it was your sister who told me about it!"
Xu He heard this and smiled and said: "Uncle, speaking of this, my nephew just has something to report!"
After saying that, he waved, and two newly bought maids came in from the door.
Each of them was carrying a baggage. Xu He said with a smile: "Uncle, I know that you are an official in Beijing and do not keep any personal wealth, but after all, my uncle is a court official, and he still needs to talk about the dignity that an official should have!"
"No, it happened that the yard I just bought needed manpower. When I was hiring people, I met two poor women, so my nephew privately thought that it would be better to let them serve my sister. First, my sister has a companion by her side, but After all, there is someone to clean up the house, so that my uncle will not have to worry about family affairs besides working for the country!"
When Fengfang heard this, his eyes became wet.
What does it mean not to save private wealth? He wanted to save it, but someone would have to test him.
For a while now, good guy, although Feng Xiaozhu has a daughter to help him, Feng Xiaozhu is a daughter's family after all, and he needs to be involved in many publicity matters.
He was originally a literary person, and he was most annoyed by these messy trivial matters. Things at home had made him extremely annoyed recently.
now……
No, with my little salary, I want to support two servants...
"Oh, by the way, uncle, when I bought them, I signed a five-year contract with them and agreed to let them go back and get married after five years!"
"So my nephew simply gave them five years' wages!"
"This, this, this!" Fengfang was even happier in his heart, but he still had to pretend, "Look, my nephew, are you afraid that your uncle won't be able to pay the salary?"
Xu He smiled and said: "How can I do that? I just paid it with a small amount of money! I didn't think about it so much. Please don't blame me, uncle!"
No blame, no blame, how can such a considerate nephew be so blaming others?
Fengfang was about to speak, but Xu He said again: "There is one more thing I want to tell my uncle. Please don't blame my nephew for being rude!"
"No wonder, no wonder, hahaha! Dear nephew, please tell me!" Fengfang twirled his beard, his eyes narrowed with smiles.
"My mother heard that I was well taken care of by my uncle in Beijing. No, she heard from my eldest aunt that my uncle had a daughter, so my mother bought some rouge, gouache and clothes from her daughter's family, and asked someone to send them to the capital as a gift. My sister!"
When Fengfang heard this, he sighed repeatedly: "I didn't expect that my nephew's mother..., alas, she has a heart, she has a heart!"
…
Half an hour later, Xu He just left.
Fengfang couldn't wait to lead the two maids to the backyard.
He casually placed two maids first, and then called his daughter into the main room.
Feng Xiaozhu looked outside the courtyard and whispered: "Father, where is Mr. Xu?"
"Let's go!" Fengfang said with a smile on his face: "This Xu He is really good, really good, a man who knows how to repay kindness!"
Hearing this, Feng Xiaozhu frowned and said, "What does father mean by this?"
"Hey, back then I gave him a copy of "Mao's Poems", and this guy actually gave me two maids, saying they would take care of you and me!"
Speaking of this, he pointed to the baggage on the table and said: "Well, Xu He's mother heard from Mrs. Xu Song that her father had a daughter. No, she sent clothes and rouge to your daughter's family all the way. Come on, gouache! This family is all real people!"
When Feng Xiaozhu heard this, he suddenly understood.
The fact that Xu He's mother brought it to someone else was probably Xu He's excuse.
It was probably the last time they met. Xu He saw that she was still wearing the same goose-yellow skirt as before and saw the situation at home, so he made an excuse and said that it was his mother who bought it.
The old lady of the Xu family slept in the same bed with her for more than a month.
How could he go to Xu Song's wife to find out about him?
Only a nerd like my father would believe it!
Thinking of this, Feng Xiaozhu felt moved, shy and sad at the same time.
What was touching was that Xu He was so caring about him.
What was embarrassing was that Xu He was a man, how could he give his daughter’s things to her? This, this is something that only a husband can do.
As for the sadness, it was because when we first met, he was still a small county clerk, but now, he has become a famous Huiyuan all over the world.
In the near future, he may still be...
As for myself, in the past two years, my family has been in decline, and my father is not a reliable person. Although I am clearly unmarried, my reputation in the capital has become very bad.
The fact that the Feng family used their daughter to curry favor with Qin Que had already caused a stir in the official circles.
A dignified Taipusi Shaoqing actually wants to marry his daughter off as a concubine. The most important thing is that Qin Que, who is said to be almost fifty years old, even disdains to accept her.
Now she has long been the laughing stock of the capital...
How could she not be sad about this gap in status?
After returning to the room with the baggage, Feng Xiaozhu opened the baggage.
Sure enough, there were more than a dozen blouses, jackets, blouses, jackets, bijias and skirts made of fine fabrics...
Some materials, without touching them, Feng Xiaozhu knows are valuable.
Seeing this, she felt warm in her heart.
She picked them up one by one and looked at them again and again. Suddenly, she saw a brocade bag among the clothes.
When he opened it, there were three silver notes worth one hundred taels inside.
There is a piece of paper underneath the banknote.
"Miss Feng, my uncle is not good at business and spends a lot of money outside. I will leave this money to you for safekeeping. If there is any shortage at home, just ask the new maid to come and tell me!"
"It's a small gift, don't refuse it, the student still needs to thank you for saving your life!"
…
Feng Xiaozhu held the piece of paper and looked at it for a whole stick of incense.
It turns out that he really just wanted to repay the favor...
…
When Xu He returned home, he found a carriage parked in the yard.
Ouyang Jun was shouting as people carried his gifts and specialties purchased in Beijing to the car.
Xu He said: "Brother Ouyang, don't you want to stay for a few more days? Are you going back in such a hurry?"
Ouyang Junqiang smiled and said: "No, I have to send a message to you and Brother Defu's family. There is no time to delay."
In the joint examination, Xu Hehuiyuan and Xie Liangcai came in the 68th place. The three of them came to Beijing together, but only Ouyang Jun lost his name.
How is it possible to say that people are not disappointed?
Xu He didn't try to persuade him to stay, but said to Ouyang Jun: "There's no need to move these exam preparation things back, right?"
"Um?"
"Brother Ouyang, in three years' time, you will go to Beijing to take the exam. If you don't live with me, will you have to live in a restaurant or club?"
Three years later, three years later, you, Xu He, have already left the Hanlin Academy.
Man, alas... on the road of imperial examination, the gap will appear as you go.
Ouyang Jun held Xu He's hand and choked up: "Liangsheng, thank you for remembering me as your friend!"
Xu He patted his shoulder and said: "Take care along the way, I'll wait for Brother Ouyang in Beijing!"
Ouyang Jun nodded heavily!
