397 Both Sides Must Pay Homage to Their Ancestors

A banquet is a feast for both the host and the guests.

Sun Sicheng has a high alcohol tolerance, and even though he drank a lot, he still felt fine. Wan Changsheng and Sun Hongyu could not drink much more, and after the guests were sent away, they could no longer stand and were sent back home by Erqiang and the others.

Ping'an stayed in his master's house that night.

He flipped through the account book and looked at the gifts piled up on the side: "Master, this is too much, isn't it? How can I repay so many favors in the future?"

Sun Sicheng smiled and said, "You don't need to worry about these. Master doesn't need to repay many favors. If you meet someone, you will repay them. If you don't meet someone, it doesn't matter. This is not in the capital. There are more people in the capital. There is not enough time. Even your uncle doesn't know. If you post the invitation ten days earlier, there will be two or three times more people. Master still has some face."

"Master, I received more than 4,000 taels of silver, as well as a lot of other things. Occasionally, some gifts were too expensive, but Mr. Zhou refused them all.

Master, I want these things and I'll give you the silver. It cost a lot to set up the banquet."

These jade pendants, small ornaments and the like are not very good and the master doesn't like them.

"Ping An, are you trying to slap Master in the face? How much money does it cost to set up a banquet? Master has properties all over the Great Zhou, how could he be short of these few silver coins?"

Sun Sicheng glared and almost took action.

Ping An grinned: "I was wrong, I was wrong, Master, I will keep it to myself. This time when I go to Minzhou, maybe I can do some business and make more money."

Sun Sicheng rolled his eyes at him and said, "Don't think about it. Just do it when you encounter it. It's not worth spending extra time on it. You won't be short of money in the future. Ping An, have you ever thought about it? If the old man and Mr. Wang ask you to stay in Yingtian after returning from Minzhou until the provincial examination in three years, what will you do?"

Ping An was stunned. This was really possible.

"Master, under normal circumstances, we can return next spring at the latest. The provincial examination will be three years later. I am already eighteen years old. I will miss you if I cannot follow you for three years."

This is a bit of trying to please the master, but it is also the truth.

His parents had originally planned to go to Beijing with him after the provincial examination, so that he wouldn't have to be without family members during the examination.

The master is the person closest to him in this world. Over the past seven years, he has spent most of his time with his master.

Sun Sicheng raised his lips and said, "You still have some conscience. If Mr. Wang insists, you can stay. Otherwise, you will go to the Imperial College when you return to the capital. Isn't Mr. Wang better than those gentlemen?

If you really stay, the master will definitely focus on Yingtian. Your master is in the capital, so I am not too worried. You can travel around the nearby provinces.

I'll take you around occasionally. Studying is important, and so is studying medicine. If you walk around more, your brain won't become stupid."

He added, "When you looked at the account book and the silver just now, you laughed foolishly."

Ping An laughed out loud. He had no choice but to laugh. He really liked these shiny things.

The same amount of silver notes does not give people the same excitement.

Ping An asked Xiao Wu and Lin Feng to exchange all the congratulatory silver into small-denomination silver notes for easy carrying. He changed the small amount into five taels, two taels, and one tael. He didn't care about the rest of the silver and gave it all to Xiao Wu for daily rewards.

Among the numerous gifts, he picked out some good ones and put them in a wooden box, perhaps to use as a gift in the future. As for the more ordinary ones, he put them in another wooden box and gave it to Xiao Wu. He would use it occasionally when he was away from home, such as this time when he returned home. He would not use the too good ones.

It's not that he is snobbish. In the countryside, a gift of one or two hundred coins is considered a lot. It would be most appropriate for Xiao Wu to bring some small change.

The next morning, Ping An set off with three carriages.

He rode in a car with his father, mother, younger brother and sister. The drivers were Xiaowu and Lin Feng. Erqiang was driving a car with his uncle, Sanqiang and Xiao Ming. Tong Lin was driving another car, which was full of luggage.

I originally planned to bring some cold water so that I could help my mother take care of the child, but she said no, as there were plenty of people to take care of the child when I got home.

Erqiang sighed and said he was thinking wrongly. If he had brought Lengyue with him, they could have gotten married at home by now.

What he didn't know was that Ping'an had already thought of all this. If he really lived in Yingtian for three years, he would write a letter to Xiao Wu asking him to go back and pick up Leng Yue and the others.

Tong Miao and Qian Xingzi were both born in August and September, which means that Xiao Wu and Xiao Shan should have become fathers by then, and these children are very likely to be his children's right-hand men.

Ping An's car was covered with thick cushions. The two children were carried into the car while they were sleeping. The car was more or less shaking, but they were snoring while sleeping.

Ping'an then told his parents about his trip to Minzhou.

"Mom and Dad, please try to come back as soon as possible this time. Today is the 25th, so try to get back to the city around September 10th. My master and I plan to leave for Minzhou in mid-September. We have some things to deal with there, and I also want to go to the beach."

"Are you leaving again?" Mei Niang was reluctant to let him go.

Wan Changsheng smiled and said, "Let the child go. If he doesn't go to Minzhou, he will return to the capital. You don't plan to follow the child this time."

Mei Niang laughed and said, "Aren't you and uncle reluctant to leave the medical clinic here? We have been here for seven or eight years. Even I can't bear to leave."

She couldn't bear to leave the life on the farm. It was spacious and convenient. The gate was closed, so she didn't have to worry about the children going out to play. They could just run around in the farm, and she could just pick vegetables from the fields.

"Be safe. With your master accompanying you, your father and I won't worry. But don't put down your books. Just walk around and take a look. Just remember the priorities."

Ping An's biological father once said, reading a thousand books is not as good as traveling ten thousand miles.

If my son wants to walk more, I won't stop him. The eldest son is a good teacher and has taught my son well. There is nothing to worry about.

"Ping An, it will take at least a few months for you to go to Minzhou, and Er Qiang's wedding will be delayed for a while.

Ping'an didn't plan to tell his parents about what might happen in Yingtian in the third year. There was no need to talk about things that didn't happen now, as it would only add to their troubles.

"Mom, the master has a rule that the people he brings up must be twenty years old before they can get married. Erqiang is only nineteen now, why are you in such a hurry? Even for me, the master said that I can only get married when I am twenty, especially for girls. Marrying too early will easily cause problems during childbirth."

My husband is a doctor, so of course Mei Niang knows something about these things.

"I'm just asking. It's OK to get married next year or the year after. The couple has already found the right people, so your aunt and her family won't be in a hurry."

Wan Changsheng said: "It takes ten days to go back and forth. Both Chang and Wan need to worship their ancestors, so you need to go on two days. You need to visit both villages and the clan leader as well. Just bring some ordinary gifts, and don't tell others what you said.

The top three candidates can pass the imperial examination at the age of fifteen, so your grandfather's family must hold a banquet. I also want to hold a few tables for you in Wanjia Village to make it lively. In this way, four days will have passed, and you can go back and rest for a day at your grandfather's house."

"Dad, Mom, I have a lot of people. In addition to Erqiang, I brought back four more. We will go back to the county town sooner or later. It's also okay to live in the town. It's not convenient for so many people to go to grandpa's house. Erqiang and Sanqiang are back."

Mei Niang wanted to say that the child just needed to squeeze in, but after thinking about it, she held back. It was not that there was no room, but the child wanted to be free.

"It's up to you. If you stay in town, it will take an hour to go back and forth."