335 The second strongest has something in mind
The teacher has become an official, so it goes without saying that we will have very few opportunities to meet in the future. Although Ping An is reluctant to leave, he still has to live his life. He goes to the academy in the morning and practices medicine with his master in the afternoon.
In the blink of an eye, another half month passed.
Zhou Siye's grandson recovered well after the operation, but it would take another three or four months for him to be completely well. Now they don't have to go to Zhou's house. The young lady of the Zhou family can just bring the child over for a medical consultation every few days.
As soon as he arrived at the clinic, the master handed him two large packages: "Your mother brought them."
Ping'an grinned. His letter might not have reached them yet, but his parents were already impatient to send him the letter.
He took the package and opened it on the spot. There was a letter inside.
As he watched, he began to laugh, "Master, I'm going to be a brother again. My mother is pregnant again. I hope they can give birth to a son this time."
Sun Sicheng smiled and said, "I hope your wish comes true and you are safe. It is not easy for your parents to have another child. I thought they would never have another child."
There were two packages, one of which was needless to say for Erqiang, who had been so busy practicing martial arts and hunting on the farm that he had lost himself in pleasure.
He rummaged through the bag and found that what he had been given was a cotton robe, a thin jacket, two pairs of shoes, and two jars of dried meat.
He took a jar and handed it to the chef: "My mother made it, but it's a pity that the journey is too far, otherwise she would have made more.
The second strongest ones should also be these.
Sun Sicheng opened the jar lid, took one and put it in his mouth: "Mm, delicious, it still tastes the same, Ping An, the first time you ate food made by your mother, you were only seven and a half years old, seven years have passed in a flash."
Ping An laughed, "At that time, I was only as tall as the master's waist, but now I am as tall as the master."
Sun Sicheng looked at Ping An and said, "Ping An, I told you last time that I want to arrange your marriage with A Wu. Next year, you will be fifteen and A Wu will be thirteen. The unmarried women of the imperial families who are fourteen or above will be selected for the imperial selection. Both the master and your master's grandfather are officials, so A Wu should be included in the selection.
I don't want Awu to marry into a wealthy family. What if she is favored by some prince? Given our family background, which is not considered wealthy, Awu will probably just be a concubine, or to put it bluntly, a concubine.
You have been with Master for less than two years, and Master has already thought about giving Ah Wu to you. If you didn't have this thought, Master wouldn't force you."
Ping'an blushed a little. A fourteen-year-old was still a child. Awu was only twelve, even more of a child.
"Master, I will listen to you, but I need the consent of Master's Wife and the others."
Sun Sicheng smiled and said, "Of course, don't worry, we are just getting engaged. We will get married when you are twenty. By then, Awu will be eighteen years old, which is just the right age.
Ping An, there is one more thing now. You have parents on both sides of the family. What should you do about the engagement?"
Ping An thought for a moment and said, "Master, my mother is pregnant now, so she can't come. Let my father arrange the engagement. It's still early for the wedding, and my mother should be in the capital by then. I must be with her when I get married."
"Okay, I'll ask your uncle Zhang to discuss this with your father. I'll write a letter to your parents to let them know. If you need to write a letter or bring something with you, get ready. It's November now. I'll wait for you for three days."
"Okay, I'll ask Lin Feng to give the things to Er Qiang and see if he has anything to take home."
I heard that Erqiang has been trying to get close to Lengyue recently. It seems that there is some attraction between the two of them. If it really works out, he would be willing to help them.
But even so, Leng Yue could not be released. His master had mentioned this to him. It took too much effort to train them. If he let them go easily, what would happen if others followed suit?
No, this matter needs to be made clear to Erqiang. In fact, he has already asked the master to help Erqiang look for one.
After thinking about it, he decided to tell his master about it.
"Ping'an, you are confused. Lengshui and Lengyue did sign the contract. I did not go through the government to get their contracts signed. In other words, they are private contracts. If she really likes Erqiang, it will not affect their children's imperial examinations in the future."
But then again, we put a lot of effort into training Erqiang and Lengyue, so we can't let them go early. Erqiang, you've been contracted for twenty years, but Lengyue has signed a lifetime contract with me.
That’s why I don’t like you having relatives around you. It’s annoying.”
Ping An was a little dumbfounded.
In his opinion, if his people really want to go home, he will let them go and find them again.
"Master, I will talk to Erqiang. I'd better go find him now. Master, I'm leaving. Erqiang is still at the village."
"Ping An, I heard that you have been very busy at the farm recently. Do you have enough money? Your husband is not here, and I don't know how to deal with the accounts in the second half of the year. It gives me a headache just thinking about it."
Ping An smiled and said, "This person is right in front of you. Why are you worried? I am a great accountant. The master praises me."
Sun Sicheng was happy: "If I put all these things on you, maybe your husband will really resign and go home and scold me. Let's put it this way, you still have to find a big accountant, but I will take you to check all these accounts at the end of the year."
*
Ping An arrived at the village. It was already dusk. He handed the things to Er Qiang and said, "My mother brought them today. The master said someone was going to Yong'an and asked if we had any letters or things to bring. We can only wait for three days at most."
Er Qiang nodded vigorously: "Yes, yes, in three days, I will go to the city to buy some gifts for the New Year. I have saved some money in the past six months, so I should take it back."
Ping'an looked at Erqiang. This boy was a good one. He basically brought home all the money he earned over the years and never spent a penny carelessly.
"Brother Erqiang, I heard that you and Lengyue have some..."
Er Qiang's face flushed immediately, and he said shyly, "How did you hear that?"
Ping An said sternly, "Brother Erqiang, between you and me, I will be frank. Leng Yue has signed a contract with the master. Although the contract is now given to me, the master said that he has spent a lot of effort to train these people and will basically not let them go. If you want to take her home after getting married, I advise you to find another one. To be honest, I have asked someone to help you find a suitable girl."
Er Qiang breathed a sigh of relief: "Ping An, since I followed you out, I have no plans to go home. I have my elder brother at home. I earn some money for my family and go back to see them every two years. I have been away for so many years, what can I do when I go home? I don't have to worry about anything here with you.
Leng Yue does have feelings for me, but she has always been worried about this. I told her that I will follow you for the rest of my life, and when we have children in the future, we can let them go to school. Is this feasible?"
Ping An nodded, "It's good to open up now, Brother Erqiang, Master's idea is not wrong. It's not easy to train a person from childhood. If I let them go casually, and they come back to beg me one by one, what should I do? What should Master do? That would be a mess."
Er Qiang grinned and said, "Ping An, I will follow you for the rest of my life. Now we have more than 20 people, and our annual income is no less than 40 or 50 taels. We don't have to worry about food and clothing. Isn't it better than working outside?
By the way, if I marry Leng Yue, you will give us 120 taels of silver, right?"
Ping An rolled his eyes at him and said, "You should remember this clearly. When you get married in the future, you should keep some money for yourself. Otherwise, why would the girl be with you?"
"I know this. At least keep half of it."
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