129 Arrival in Beijing
Chen Sheng finally returned to the Chen family. This time, the Chen family did not make things difficult for Qi Wei. The two old people even hugged their grandson and cried.
The ten-year-old grandson is well-mannered, calm and dignified, just like his father, and is totally incomparable to a bastard's son.
None of the two sons of the eldest son were ambitious enough. In the past two years, he had finally worked his way up from county magistrate to county magistrate. Although he was a minor official of the seventh rank, he was still from an official family and would need the support of the next generation in the future.
How could he be adopted by the Qi family? That was really wishful thinking.
Fortunately, Sheng'er is on the side of his family, after all, he is still a member of the Chen family.
Qi Shanxing sent his daughter to Qiaomu Town early in the morning. There was a county in between and the location was remote. It was the Qi family's earliest small farm, and there were old servants from the previous family in the farm, so he felt at ease leaving his daughter there.
What he didn't tell his daughter was that he would not take her back in the short term, and he had arranged for someone to guard her, and he would not let her have much silver on him.
There is no other way. I can't ignore the Qi family and my son and grandson just because of a daughter.
Looking back over the years, he was wrong after all. He should have remarried, so that he would not have only one son and two grandsons.
The only daughter she has is a waste. How can a person be so stupid and always so self-righteous?
You saved the person and let him go home openly. Now you use the physical contact when saving the person as an excuse that you had to remarry. Are you still afraid that the person will not give you the status of a co-wife?
With the status of a co-wife, and by using money to support her husband's studies and imperial examinations, and by covering the household expenses, are you still afraid that you won't be able to become the mistress of the family?
This is how he advised his daughter at the beginning, but unfortunately she didn't listen.
Everything is determined by fate and has no control over us.
In Baicao Valley.
Xiaohu was also punished by Fang Xiao to kneel, which was considered a light punishment.
Erqiang has been "forgiven once" by Master Ping'an. If he hits Xiaohu, will Erqiang hit him or not?
But Erqiang did behave himself from then on. He was afraid that Ping'an would call him "He Erqiang" again, so he sent him back to Hejia Village.
He still wants to be a master, go to the capital, and buy a farm for his grandfather. He has many dreams. If he goes back now, apart from farming, he can only wait a few years to grow up and get married.
This was something he didn't want to do no matter what.
Then you can only be honest.
Two days later, Master Qin took Fang Xiao to find Ping An.
"Master Ping An, I want to ask for something."
"Master Qin said frankly, I can consider what I can do."
Fang Xiao curled his lips. This Master Ping An was really very careful with his words. He thought that Master Ping An would say "Anything I can do is fine."
Are teenagers nowadays so powerful?
Master Qin's "request" can only be exchanged for a "consideration".
"To be honest, Master Ping An, I have taken a fancy to Zhang Xiaoshan and would like to take him as my apprentice. I hope you will agree to my request."
Even the word "you" appears, it seems that he really likes it.
“Master Qin, I have no objection to you taking Xiaoshan as your apprentice, but when Master taught me these people, he said that they would follow me for the rest of their lives, so you can take him as your apprentice, but I can’t let him go.
But if nothing unexpected happens, I should stay here until May next year, except for half a month during the Chinese New Year. If you feel that the teaching time is not enough, I can let Xiaoshan study with you for three years, but after three years, he must go out and follow me. "
Master Qin breathed a sigh of relief. Three years was almost enough.
Xiaoshan will have Master Ping'an as his master in the future, which means he has a backer, which is better than being alone.
"Okay, Master Fang, Master Ping'an, I will simply ask Xiaoshan to serve a cup of tea, and it would be great if you can be there at the time."
Ping An smiled and said, "Uncle Fang, could you please help set up a few tables and invite the masters from the pharmacy to have a meal together? I'll pay for it."
Fang Xiao quickly agreed. He had to give this favor. There were many things on the mountain, so he didn't need to buy much and it wouldn't cost much money.
Besides, the eldest son's disciple now has some wealth. Even if others don't know, he knows it.
Not to mention what the eldest son bought and the shares in the pharmacy, there are already 16 braised food shops opened by Sun Yat-sen, and I heard that at least four more will be opened in the capital.
Adding up, it’s a lot of income per year.
Ping'an paid for the six gifts of apprenticeship to Zhang Xiaoshan, and set up four tables for the banquet with wine and meat. There was no room for the remaining people, but everyone was given a few candies. It might not seem like much, but there were many people in the valley, and Madam Fang saved money for Ping'an, so she still spent more than ten taels.
Zhang Xiaoshan was so moved that he burst into tears and vowed to follow the young master all his life.
Even Master Qin was smiling from ear to ear, and kept sighing that the eldest master had good taste.
When Fang Xiao returned home at night, he kept asking his wife why she was much more sensible than Awu, even though they were the same age.
He really couldn't understand it.
Madam Fang smiled. What was there to not understand? If he was not good enough, would the eldest master accept him as his apprentice? Would he love him like his own son?
Even though he spent more than ten taels this time, he will still be his when he learns skills in the future, and he will have the people's support. He is indeed much better than his own son.
We entered the valley on the third day of November, and on the twentieth, it finally snowed. Although the snow was not heavy, it made the entire valley covered with snow.
Everyone in the valley began to hibernate.
The women began to make clothes and shoes for the New Year, while the men had some free time. Practicing martial arts in the early morning was a must, and they would occasionally go to the deep ditch to see if there were any wild animals that had fallen into the ditch, and then re-insert the sharp bamboo in the ditch.
Safety always comes first.
This is what the eldest son values most.
Zhou Heng has already started teaching Ping An the Five Books.
Such a learning speed has already left him dumbfounded.
Although the poem is simple, simplicity has its own charm. The poem written by an eight-year-old child is surprisingly catchy. It is okay to read it once, good to read it twice, and even better to read it three times.
"I've been here for more than half a month. I wonder if the eldest master and his family have arrived yet? The journey to the capital is long. I hope I can go there to take the entrance exam in the future."
"Mr. Zhou, you can definitely do it." Ping An gave him a "come on" gesture.
Zhou Heng smiled. This child is so cute. Why does he make that gesture with his hands? Does it mean that he can do it?
"Thank you, Ping An. You make medicine in the afternoon, and we will do some writing in the evening. I will also give you some questions. Although it is too early to learn to write policy papers now, it is still possible to practice. There are still ten-year-old students."
Ping An had been preparing to take the examination for a Tongsheng at the age of ten. His ranking might not be very high, but he would definitely pass the county and prefectural examinations.
In the previous life, a top student couldn’t even pass the exam for a student. It would be better for him to hit him with a piece of tofu.
Although he told himself that he didn't have to rank first, from that day on, he started to work harder and used more candles at night.
Just as Ping'an was studying hard day after day and Erqiang and others were suffering, Sun Sicheng's carriage finally arrived at the gate of the capital.
Sun Siyuan almost cried. He had been on the road for 21 whole days and the breath he exhaled turned into fog. It was such a torture.
Wu Min was also thinking about what the eldest master said. It was not easy to come to the capital, and she had not yet thought about the past. Should she really take part in the spring exam on February 20th?
No matter whether it succeeds or not, at least I have tried it and I won’t regret it anymore. What’s more, the eldest master promised to arrange food and accommodation, so I don’t have to worry about it.
This promise moved him so much.
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