363 hit it off
Ping An's eyes were sparkling.
"Yes, I really want to go to the seaside. After the college entrance examination, there will be the provincial examination three years later. I must go there. If I can do some small business, that would be even better. I like the feeling of making money."
Fu An laughed, "Ping An, you are really my confidant. I will go with you after the college entrance examination. My mother said that as long as I pass the examination, she will allow me to go to Minzhou. In fact, my uncle also has a good academy and great scholars. It is not necessary to study in the capital."
"Okay, then it's settled. The round trip to Minzhou will only take more than two months, and we can live there for three months. If the academy is good enough and the teacher is good enough, it is not impossible to study there for a year or two." Ping An really wanted to go to the beach.
If you have the chance, it is not impossible to go abroad and take a look.
Life is short, why do we have to stay in one place?
He will strive for the third place, even if it means fulfilling the gentleman's dream and making him happy.
There is no need to get the top three honors, as he does not have that kind of talent. It would be good enough if he could pass the imperial examination or become a Jinshi.
The two of them hit it off immediately.
I returned home safely, still excited, but I saw Huo Zhi leaning on his recliner with a tired look on his face, while Wang Qing was drinking tea with him.
"Brother Huo, are you done?"
Huo Zhi sighed deeply, "Ping An, managing a family business is not easy. I'm so busy, but finally everything is arranged. I just talked to Brother Wang about him going to the village with you to celebrate the New Year, right?"
Ping An took a sip of tea and said, "Yes and no, we are indeed going to the village to celebrate the New Year. It would be best if we go tomorrow. There will be two pigs to be slaughtered tomorrow. How about drinking the slaughtered pig soup?"
After lunch, I will go to my father's house for the New Year's Eve dinner and stay overnight. Do you want to celebrate the New Year with us?"
Huo Zhi said, "Need I say that? I will definitely go to the farm with you guys, leaving tomorrow. Brother Wang, we will stay at the farm on the night of the 30th and return to the city on the first day of the new year. It will definitely be the first time in my life to spend the new year at the farm."
Wang Qing smiled and said, "I can do whatever I want. You are all I have in the capital. This is the first time I've spent the New Year away from my parents. I really hope that next year will be a quick one."
Ping An lowered his eyes. He knew very well in his heart that even if the man surnamed Mu was now living a life worse than death, Wang Qing would feel sick whenever he thought about being remembered by such a person.
But there are too many evil people in the world. If they do one, another will pop up. Only by becoming strong can you avoid being bullied and protect the people you want to protect.
So over the years, he hardly had a single day of good rest. He was either studying, learning medicine, practicing martial arts, practicing medicine, or running around.
Huo Zhi smiled: "I have spent the past two years away from home. I don't know if I will be able to go home next year, but I am very satisfied to have the New Year dinner with you this year. I look forward to going to the farm tomorrow. Living in the farm has its own unique flavor."
Yongan Village.
Mei Niang lay on the kang, stroking her not-so-big belly.
"Husband, I wonder if Ping An is used to spending the New Year in the capital? He never left me when I was a child, but now that I've grown up, he hasn't spent the past three years with me."
Wan Changsheng tucked in the quilt for Xier who was lying on the inside. The little girl, who was only five or six years old, actually wanted to sleep alone. She could sleep alone, but she had to wait until the next spring when it was not so cold.
"My wife, don't you know that our family is safe? He can take care of himself wherever he goes, and his master and his husband are by his side. It will be soon. We will be able to see our son in another month.
My dear, we will take the test in early August. I heard the results will be out by the end of the month. The weather will be neither too hot nor too cold by then, and it will be almost three months since you gave birth. We will take Ping An home to worship our ancestors and visit your parents and brothers and sisters-in-law. You have been away for so many years, it is time for you to go back and visit them. "
Mei Niang's eyes became red without her realizing it. It had been six or seven years since she left home, and she had never returned once.
"I would like to go back if possible, but Ping An may also have to go see his grandparents."
Wan Changsheng said, "That's as it should be. Ping An is their blood. Since we have to go back, we must go. It just so happens that we can bring San Qiang back at that time. The child is also good at studying. I hope he can pass the imperial examination and become a scholar."
Speaking of the top three, he thought of Wanxiang again. This second nephew is two years older than Ping'an and is ten years old this year.
It's not easy for him to talk to Ping An.
Among the three nephews, Wan Qing is diligent and has a promising future. I heard that he is good at medicine now. Wan Xiang is smart and agile, and he is the one who takes his younger brother to the mountains to collect herbs. Wan Xi is only twelve or thirteen years old, and is more diligent, honest and hardworking than his elder brother. It would be best for him to stay at home and serve his elder brother in the future.
In short, all three children are good, and none of them takes after their biological mother.
His once good sister-in-law is now living a mess. She can't live a good life, but her husband doesn't care about her. Now her retribution has come.
At this time, Chang Chunfeng was also thinking about letting his son go back to worship his ancestors next year.
Zhang Jinyu looked at him for a long time without saying anything: "What are you thinking about?"
The son and daughter were both asleep, but the couple became less affectionate, and she was a little unsure of her husband's feelings.
"I'm thinking, after the Heian Academy exam at the end of August next year, I'll have him go back to his hometown to burn incense for his grandparents, and then register Yan'er. Yan'er will be two years old at the beginning of the year."
Zhang Jinyu sat up straight. That was true. A two-year-old child could indeed be included in the family tree.
"It's a pity you don't have time, otherwise you could take us back to have a look."
Chang Chunfeng said, "Let's wait a few years, until Yan'er and Jin'er are older. It will be a month on the way, and it will be very hard. Let's wait until after the Ping'an County Examination, which will only take three years."
"How do you know that I will definitely pass the imperial examination after three years of peace?" Zhang Jinyu regretted his words immediately. "What I mean is that there are very few people who pass the imperial examination at the age of 18. My eldest brother passed the imperial examination at the age of 20."
Chang Chunfeng glanced at her and said, "Ping An is smarter than anyone else. What can't he do? Besides, even if he fails once, what does it matter? He has already been granted an official position by the emperor and has been personally received by the emperor. How many young people can do that?"
"Husband, I didn't say Ping An is not good. I hope he gets better and better. The younger brother takes after the older brother. Our Yan'er will be as smart as his brother in the future. In the end, he inherits the intelligence of husband."
Chang Chunfeng sighed: "Since you know Ping An's goodness, you should pay more attention to him. A stepmother is also a mother. Don't separate the two sons too clearly."
Zhang Jinyu was a little dissatisfied: "Husband, you are wronging me. I am sincere to Ping An. I have thought about making him a set of clothes every New Year in recent years. When my eldest brother went to the border town, I also made food to bring with him. It was just that the weather was a little hot at that time, so it was not convenient to bring too much. Didn't we also take more than 300 taels as the engagement gift this time?"
Chang Chunfeng suddenly felt indescribably irritated.
"I know all that you did. As parents, we should give the engagement gift. Didn't Ping'an pay for everything else? Besides, the gift Ping'an gave you and me, as well as the gifts for the two children, should be two hundred taels, right?"
In the past few years, the clothes I bought for Ping An only cost ten taels each set, but the gifts my children asked others to bring me are much more than that?
It's not okay if it's not a personal relationship. My wife is a lady from a wealthy family, well-educated and sensible, but behind closed doors, she still cares too much about some things.
Every time her son came, his wife would smile at him, but it was the same as how she treated a guest, not like a mother treating her son.
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