Xie Xiuwen received two letters from home, one written by Liu Ruolan and the other by Xie Ronghui.
Xie Xiuwen first read his wife's letter, and was naturally shocked into a cold sweat when he learned the details of the good boy being almost abducted. Among them, Xie Laosan and other tribesmen helped search for him for several hours.
After that, I opened Xie Ronghui's letter. Although it didn't state that everything had anything to do with the eldest son, it mentioned that Xie Rongrong had looked on coldly when the baby was abducted, and even deliberately pointed the wrong way later.
Just because of this, Xie Xiuwen wanted to go back and wipe Xie Rongrong's neck.
Wang Hanlin only learned about some of the internal affairs of the Xie family after arriving in court. He was an outsider and could not say much, so when he mentioned the abduction of Guobao to Xie Xiuwen, he focused on the Song family and Cheng Jingzhou.
This time Xie Xiuwen read the letter and realized how dangerous it was. He also saw through the coldness of people's hearts.
In addition to clarifying a few facts in Xie Ronghui's letter, he also wrote an apology.
Xie Xiuwen's feelings about this eldest nephew are somewhat complicated. After all, this is his own nephew, and among the younger generation, he has the highest reading talent.
Xie Ronghui only learned about this incident after the fact. He was not to blame either emotionally or rationally.
Douzi came in softly: "Master, the person who came to deliver the letter is Erlang of the Liu family. I just arranged for him to have a full meal, but do you want to see him now?"
Xie Xiuwen thought it was just an ordinary messenger, but he didn't expect it to be his nephew.
"Invite him in quickly."
Liu Erlang was now full and energetic.
"Erlang, sit down quickly."
Liu Erlang saluted and then sat down.
"Erlang, please tell me what happened to the kidnapped baby."
Liu Erlang didn't hide anything, and told everything exactly what happened.
"The master of the Cheng family also contributed to this matter, and Mr. Liu also made a special trip to Xiejiazhuang. Uncle, in the final analysis, our dear baby was also plotted against by others. Previously, my aunt was also because of our dear baby. I got sick for a while, but now I'm fine."
Xie Xiuwen nodded. He also had correspondence with Cheng Jingzhou, so he naturally knew the details of the follow-up matters.
Cheng Jingzhou was even more disgusted with Xie Rongrong's actions at that time, as he wrote in the letter.
"Then Xie Rongrong has been punished. I think she won't dare to bully my good baby easily in the future. Erlang has worked hard this time. When he goes back, he will have to trouble your father and uncles to take care of them."
"My uncle's words are foreign. We will do our best."
"Well, just wait a moment and you can send back two letters home for me."
"good."
At night, Xie Xiuwen noticed that there seemed to be too much charcoal in the house.
Usually Douzi would not add so much charcoal to him.
"What happened today?"
Douzi said happily: "Young master, you don't know that Liu Erlang came here and brought us two bags of charcoal this time. They are all of high quality. They won't sting your nose and will help you sleep well at night."
Xie Xiuwen also reads at night and sometimes practices calligraphy. If it is too cold in this room, his hands will inevitably freeze.
Xie Xiuwen glanced at the charcoal basin and thought that his wife's letter stated that the second room received a lot of charcoal this year. She must have sorted some of it for Erlang to send.
When the weather gets cold, charcoal is expensive, but firewood is cheap. Douzi sometimes goes up the mountain to fetch some firewood, so that in addition to making fire for cooking, he can also keep himself warm.
Since the weather got cold, Douzi moved to the kitchen to sleep.
They cook two meals a day and boil hot water at night, so it's not too cold in the house.
"You go back and have a rest. Pour a few ladles of water into the pot and burn two stoves of firewood. This will keep you warm."
"I understand, sir."
At first Douzi always called him Master, but one day Wang Jin said he was not afraid of calling people old, so Douzi changed his name to Young Master.
Not to mention, Douzi himself felt that the young master was more noble with such a title.
In addition to charcoal, Liu Ruolan also asked Erlang to bring two winter coats and two pairs of cotton-filled boots.
Xie Xiuwen thought that his family had some income now, but he didn't know how much money he would be able to earn by the end of the year, and whether it would be able to support his study tour after next spring.
Xie Xiuwen was thinking of going north.
Kyoto is in the north, and he also wants to know some of the concepts and habits of northern students.
Xie Xiuwen had already thought about it. He could go to Yanzhou Mansion, which is in the north, but not particularly north. At least there is not a foot of snow in winter.
You can take a boat directly from Fucheng to Yanzhou. It can take up to ten days to enter Yanzhou. At that time, you can transfer to a horse-drawn carriage to travel. You can not only see the scenery along the way, but also better understand the hardships of the people's livelihood.
The results in the book are ultimately shallow.
Xie Xiuwen thought that his teacher had mentioned more than once that he hoped they could walk more and see more. Xie Xiuwen wanted to go to Yanzhou because of the geographical differences and wanted to know what kind of farming could grow on the land there.
By the beginning of the twelfth lunar month, people at Mingshan Academy had already begun to prepare for the holidays.
Some students' hometowns are more than ten days' walk away, so they never go back during the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Now that the Chinese New Year is here, it’s natural to go back for a family reunion.
After discussing with several officials and gentlemen, Chief Xu Shan decided that the holiday would start on the 10th day of the twelfth lunar month. After the 15th day of the twelfth lunar month, no more students would be allowed to stay here.
On the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, Xie Xiuwen learned that Wang Jin would go to Yanzhou with them next year.
Both of Xu Shanchang's students are officials in Yanzhou, and they will be given a letter of recommendation. When they arrive in Yanzhou, they can also get in touch with more things in the officialdom.
Xie Xiuwen was naturally very happy that Wang Jin could accompany him. After all, except for Wang Jin, he was not very familiar with the other classmates.
Moreover, Xie Xiuwen noticed that several of the classmates mentioned earlier were all excellent achievers and were very likely to win the exam in the coming year.
Wang Jin's name was added recently. In other words, the academy intends to vigorously train Wang Jin?
Xie Xiuwen did not judge this speculation, it was always in his favor.
Moreover, he thought he still had a good eye for seeing people. Wang Jin had solid knowledge, but only average talent and lack of diligence, so he never showed up.
However, this person has good character. If he becomes an official in the future, he will definitely be able to relieve the court's worries and benefit the people.
Xie Xiuwen's eyes flashed slightly as he raised the land.
Perhaps, this study tour was intended to test their character and some ways of doing things.
With this doubt, Xie Xiuwen finally returned home with Douzi.
Xie Xiuwen only left the academy on the fifteenth day. He had no choice but to keep him here. He gave him private lessons for a few days and gave him several homework assignments. He didn't want to live in peace during this annual vacation.
What Xie Xiuwen didn't know was that he was happily thinking about being reunited with his wife and daughter, but his beloved wife at home was being ridiculed and threatened by the old lady.
(End of chapter)
