365 Huo Zhi's Urgent Return
Before the New Year's Eve dinner, Chang Chunfeng brought Ping An and Chang Yan to worship their ancestors.
There were three meat dishes and three vegetable dishes, as well as wine, rice, snacks and fruits on the sacrificial table.
Chang Chunfeng bowed his head with tears streaming down his face. Ping'an felt mixed emotions. This family looked very glamorous, but he felt like an outsider, just an extra person.
The child's unintentional words left him with a knot in his heart. He told himself that he didn't need to care about what a child said, but he still felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, and he thought even more about his biological mother, stepfather, sister, and uncle who were far away.
He was burning paper money for his ancestors, while his father was muttering to himself, talking to his grandparents in the underworld. After so many years, the two old people should have been reincarnated long ago, right?
Ping'an obediently followed his father in kowtowing, and learned to call his grandparents to collect money from their children and grandchildren.
Life is really not easy.
It wasn't easy for his father either. It was a pity that such an excellent man had so many setbacks in the first half of his life. I hope everything goes well for him in the second half of his life.
The New Year's Eve dinner was peaceful and harmonious, but Chang Chunfeng knew that his son was sad. He must feel that this family did not welcome him so much.
After the New Year, he will teach his two children well and cannot rely entirely on their mother.
On the morning of the second day, Ping An started greeting New Year's greetings.
First, my biological father and then my stepmother.
I went to my master's house and then to my husband's house and received a bunch of gifts.
Naturally, we had lunch at my husband's house.
The master's wife asked him to come to her house for dinner these days, saying that the New Year is happy when the whole family is together and lively. She really likes this disciple of her husband.
"Ping An, bring your parents to the capital after you return from the college entrance examination. Your mother and I get along very well. Our houses are not far from each other, and the farm is also close."
Ping An smiled and said, "Before I came to Beijing, my parents said that they would wait until after I took the provincial examination before coming to Beijing, otherwise there would be no one at home when I went back to Yong'an to take the examination."
"That's nothing. You can just bring a few people back for the provincial examination. It's a pity that your husband can't accompany you to take the exam now." Xu sighed.
This position of husband was very rare and it would be a pity to give it up. It was also something that the eldest son had fought for with great difficulty. But when husband left for work and the children went to the academy, she was the only one left in the whole house, and it was cold and lonely.
Of course Sun Yat-sen knew what his wife was thinking. Now that he was an official, he considered it as a way to fulfill his own and his parents' dream. Also, for the sake of his family and his son's marriage, he worked until he was fifty and then came back to be with his wife. It would only be a dozen years in total.
"Ping An, Zhi Yuan, Zhi Chen, let's go to the study and sit down. Madam, let Ping An have dinner here tonight."
Ping An thought of Wang Qing: "Master's Wife, I'd better go back for dinner. Wang Qing is alone at my house. Huo Zhi's boss is visiting to pay New Year's greetings today."
Sun Wen didn't stop: "Okay, actually you can bring him along. My family doesn't have that kind of rules."
"Yes, sir."
The second day of the Chinese New Year is the day to go back to my mother's home. Zhang Jinyu did not mention going to call Ping An, and Chang Chunfeng did not mention it either. Since her son likes freedom, she let him do it.
When they arrived at Zhang's house, the old man saw that there were only two children, and asked if his daughter was safe. Seeing his daughter's unnatural expression, and thinking of what his son had told him, he tried to suppress his anger.
He is in his early thirties, but he is still so willful in doing things. Is it so difficult for him to be so sincere to such a well-behaved child?
I want to teach my daughter, but not on the second day of the Lunar New Year.
On the third day of the New Year, the Sun family sent someone to invite Wang Qing and Huo Zhi to have dinner at the Sun family, and Ping An of course accompanied them.
On the fourth day, the teacher's family sent someone to invite the three of them to visit, and it was another happy day.
Not long after the three of them returned home that afternoon, Huo Zhi's housekeeper came running over.
"Sir, there's a letter from home."
Huo Zhi took it and looked at it. On the small piece of paper, there were only a few large words: "The old man is ill, come back soon."
It was obviously a carrier pigeon.
Ping An saw Huo Zhi's face darken and asked, "Brother Huo, what's wrong?"
"Ping An, I have to go back to Jiangnan tomorrow and can't go with you. I received a letter from my hometown saying that my grandfather is sick and needs to return home soon. I don't know how serious my grandfather's illness is. He has always been in good health. I have only been out for half a year, how come..."
"Brother Huo, it's normal for an old man to be sick. He may just miss you a lot. It's Chinese New Year, so he may not be seriously ill. Go back and pack up, and leave as soon as possible tomorrow morning. You can write a leave application and ask Brother Wang to help you apply for it when school starts."
Huo Zhi smiled bitterly, "Brother Wang, I'm safe. I'm not asking for leave, I'm dropping out of school. I won't be back for a while. The family's sovereignty is in my grandfather's hands. My father doesn't care about these things. He is just like the second master of the Sun family. He just likes medicine. No matter what my grandfather's condition is, I have to take over the family business when I go back this time.
Be safe. When you have time, come visit me in Jiangnan. Brother Wang, Huo Zhi wishes you success in the high school next spring. I hope you will have a chance to be an official in Jiangnan in the future. Jiangnan is better than anywhere else."
Wang Qing nodded: "Brother Huo, have a safe journey."
Huo Zhi looked at Ping An again and said, "Ping An, you don't have to go to Yingtian. You can go to Jiangnan Academy. Jiangnan Academy is no worse than Jinghua Academy and is also very famous."
He was reluctant to leave Ping An. When he was twenty-one years old, Ping An was the only friend he could confide in.
Ping An smiled: "Brother, I want to go everywhere. I want to go to Yingtian and Jiangnan. Fu An also wants me to go to Minzhou with him. The seaside scenery must be beautiful."
Huo Zhi rushed over and hugged Ping An's shoulders: "You must want to go to Minzhou. No, if you have time, you must go to Jiangnan first, just think of it as a trip."
"I know, I know." Ping An begged with a smile.
The next morning, early in the morning, Ping An and Wang Qing sent Huo Zhi to the city gate.
"Brother Huo, take care on your journey."
Huo Zhi waved his hand and smiled brightly: "Brother Wang, stay safe, there is a long way to go."
Looking at the caravan going away, Ping An felt a little sad: "Brother Wang, in ten days, I will also leave the capital like this. You don't have to see me off then. I don't like the feeling of parting. It's very hard to bear.
I tell you, Master and sir don’t know yet, but I really might go to Minzhou with Fu An after the college entrance examination. I want to travel everywhere while I am free and relaxed.
So, I may not be able to return to the capital so soon after this trip, and I won’t be able to send my brother to the exam venue then.”
Wang Qing suddenly felt uncomfortable. "Ping An, do what you want to do. I don't need you to accompany me to the exam room. I will do well in the exam. But there is one thing: you must pay attention to safety. Nothing is more important than being alive."
Ping An looked at him and smiled: "I see, brother, let's go home."
It has always been his dream to visit Minzhou. Fortunately, Fu An is with him, so it doesn't matter if he can't go. He can take Erqiang and the others with him. He has money and friends, so there is nothing to be afraid of.
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