Speaking of the Sheng family, when Sheng Hong was released from the office that day, he wanted to go directly to Linqige. However, as soon as he entered the door, he was stopped by Mrs. Wang's people. He said that he had something to discuss, so he turned around and went to Wei Ruixuan.
When he arrived at Wei Ruixuan, he saw Mrs. Wang sitting in the yard waiting for him. Then he asked, "What's the matter? You sent someone to stop me and let me come over."
Mrs. Wang was unhappy after hearing this and retorted: "Why, do you have to have something to do if I want my husband to come? Where does this make sense?"
Sheng Hong also knew that he had said something wrong, so he smiled and said, "Why are you so anxious? Didn't you send someone to tell me that something happened? What is it?"
After hearing this, Mrs. Wang said: "Ms. Wei came today and said that her family would come to visit tomorrow. This is not because their son has passed the Xie Yuan exam and went to Beijing to take the exam. He just arrived in Bianjing two days ago and said he would come to visit. one time."
Sheng Hong heard the words and said: "Yes, yes, I heard Minglan say that when the child of the Wei family was just fourteen, he won the title of "Xie Yuan" and even wrote the word "Shui Diao Ge Tou". He is a gifted person. They will tomorrow Whenever you come, I want to meet you then.”
Mrs. Wang said: "The appointment is to come over tomorrow afternoon, so I told you to leave some time to receive you together."
After hearing this, Sheng Hong said: "We are relatives, and we should meet them. After class tomorrow, let Changbai, Changfeng, Minglanye, Rulan, and Molan all come out to meet me."
After talking about the matter, Mrs. Wang wanted to keep Sheng Hong to eat at Wei Ruixuan, but Sheng Hong went to Linqige anyway, which made Mrs. Wang very angry.
When Sheng Hong arrived at Lin Qige, he mentioned this matter incidentally, which made Lin Xiaoniang uneasy for a long time. After all, she had a guilty conscience.
When Li Hao and the others arrived at the main entrance of Sheng Mansion the next day and asked people to go in and report, Mrs. Wang personally came out to welcome everyone in, and said, "You are here as you are, why are you bringing these gifts?"
Mrs. Wei said: "Today is after all the first official visit, so etiquette must be followed."
After hearing this, Mrs. Wang quickly said you're welcome, then asked people to carry the gift away, and praised Li Hao along the way.
When they sat down in the main hall, Sheng Hong also came in a hurry, and everyone sat down one by one. Everyone greeted each other, and Li Hao saluted Sheng Hong and said, "Well done, Shanda."
After seeing this, Sheng Hong said, "What are you talking about, nephew? You are Minglan's cousin. You should call me uncle."
After hearing this, Li Hao saluted again and said, "Uncle Sheng is well."
After hearing this, Sheng Hong said, "That's right. Sit down and talk."
Sheng Hong asked the Li family, "You have just entered Bianjing. Where will you be placed now? Is it convenient?"
After hearing this, Li Hao replied: "My teacher used to have a house in Bianjing. When I came here, he gave the house to my family. The house is on Zaoyuan Street. My senior brother helped take care of it before, and now Already settled in."
After hearing this, Sheng Hong thought for a moment and said, "The house on Zaoyuan Street is in a good location." Then he asked, "Now that you have come to Bianjing, have you considered your studies? There is a scholar in my family who is very knowledgeable. , now the young father-in-law of Qi Guogong and the legitimate son of Ningyuan Houfu are also studying at my house. If you have time, my nephew may wish to come and listen together during the period before the examination. "
After hearing this, Li Hao replied: "Thank you Uncle Sheng, but no need. The teacher made arrangements when he asked me to come to Beijing. My teacher, Mr. Yu Yongshu, is a good friend and asked me to go to Mr. Yongshu these days to listen to some teachings. . I have already gone to see Mr. Yongshu this morning, and Mr. Yongshu agreed to the matter, so there is no need to trouble Uncle Sheng."
Sheng Hong was originally unhappy after hearing the first half of the sentence, but after hearing the second half he laughed and said, "But Mr. Ouyang, the Hanlin scholar."
Li Hao replied: "It's Mr. Ouyang."
After Sheng Hong confirmed it, he was quite shocked and said: "My nephew has the opportunity to study under Bachelor Ouyang. He should accept the teachings with an open mind and achieve success in his studies."
While they were chatting, they heard a voice coming from the back hall. It turned out that the school was over, and Chang Feng, Chang Bai, Ming Lan, Ru Lan, Mo Lan and Qi Heng all came over.
At this point, Li Hao has basically met all the important people in Zhifu except Gu Tingye. However, if you look closely, there is not much difference between the older generation and those on TV, but the younger generation is more different than what you see on TV. Much younger, after all, the real world is not static.
At this time, Sheng Hong first introduced Qi Heng to Li Hao, then introduced his children one by one, and finally introduced Li Hao to everyone. Everyone was greeted one by one, and the others didn't react yet, but Li Hao felt that there was something wrong with Qi Heng's expression when he found out that he was Minglan's cousin.
When everyone was seated, Sheng Hong said to everyone: "Brother Hao is young, but now he is Jieyuan. This time he came to Bianjing to participate in the examination. He is in the same class as Changbai and you."
After hearing this, Chang Bai and Ru Lan looked at Li Hao with some curiosity. Chang Feng and Mo Lan had no interest in Li Hao. Qi Heng felt some scrutiny. As for Ming Lan, she looked at the man whom her aunt had been praising. My cousin was quite interested.
At this time, Chang Bai said: "Brother Hao, I wonder if you will have any place to study after coming to Beijing this time. If not, you can come and stay with me."
After hearing this, Li Hao said: "My uncle also asked about it just now. The main reason is that the teacher has made arrangements before coming to Bianjing, so there will be no trouble. Thank you Brother Changbai for your kindness."
After everyone chatted for a while, they heard Fang's mother calling, saying that the old lady asked Li Hao to meet her, and asked Minglan to follow her to ask questions. Sheng Hong naturally agreed and asked Fang's mother and Minglan to lead Li Hao to Shou'an Hall.
On the way, Minglan said to Li Hao: "My cousin is really amazing. He can win the Jieyuan exam at such a young age, but he won the exam earlier than my second brother."
Li Hao said with a smile: "My cousin is so ridiculous. Maybe I'm just smarter, so I can't mention it more than once." After saying this, Minglan and Fang's mother were made to laugh.
After a while, I arrived at Shou'an Hall and saw Mrs. Sheng. Li Hao saluted and said, "The old lady is well."
Minglan ran to sit next to Mrs. Sheng.
Old Mrs. Sheng first asked Li Hao to sit down, and then said: "A few days ago, I heard that your family was coming to Bianjing. Minglan was very happy. She also said that during this period of time, we could study together in the family school. But then I heard that you were studying at Bachelor Ouyang’s place, so that would naturally be better.”
After hearing this, Minglan said coquettishly to the old lady, "Grandma."
Old Mrs. Sheng looked at it and said with a smile: "Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. I called you here today just to see your child. Then you have a conversation with Minglan, and then let Minglan take you back to the main hall. I will also If you’re tired, go down and rest first.”
After hearing this, Li Hao and Minglan stood up and sent the old lady away. Then they sat down again. You looked at me, and I looked at you and didn't know what to say.
But yes, although Li Hao knew the plot, he also thought about helping Minglan, but when the two of them were alone, how could he, who had been single for many years, know how to chat with a girl, even though this girl was a cousin he had never met before. Minglan, on the other hand, was not familiar with Li Hao and didn't know what to talk about.
After being silent for a while, Li Hao had no choice but to start talking about interesting things in Yangzhou city. Seeing that Minglan was willing to listen, he slowly told about the interesting things he had encountered in the academy and the polo field. After they became familiar with each other and chatted for a while, Minglan got up and escorted Li Hao to the main hall.
When Li Hao arrived, Mrs. Wang and Chang Bai were the only ones left in the main hall, and they turned out to be chatting with Wei and Li Jian about Yangzhou. When Li Hao came in, Li Jian and Mrs. Wei also stood up to leave. Mrs. Wang and Chang Bai sent the three of them out of the house before returning.
Then Li Hao and the other two went straight back to the house, unaware that there was still a lot of excitement in the Sheng Mansion behind them.
In Lin Qi Pavilion, Lin Xiaoniang listened to what Mo Lan and Chang Feng said when they came back. Knowing that the Wei family was now prosperous, and Sheng Hong's attitude, she became even more panicked. If what he did back then was known, there would be no good outcome, so he asked Mo Lan and Chang Feng to go back, discussed countermeasures with his personal envoy Lady Zhou, and decided to send someone back to Yangzhou to handle the matter.
