368 Early Departure
The news that Sun Sicheng's daughter was engaged to his apprentice spread that day.
Ping'an felt that there was nothing wrong with this. On the contrary, he would no longer have the trouble of people wanting to act as matchmakers for him or Awu.
Taking advantage of the holiday in the first month of the year, he invited the Hao brothers, Huang Fei and Huang Zhan, the eldest son of the Huang family, to go to Deyue Tower together.
He gave each of his brothers six jars of Bei Feng Lie, each jar holding ten kilograms.
This wine was still very popular because Sun Sicheng and Sun Wen did not plan to brew much. In Ping An's words, it was a hunger sales campaign and often a batch of wine was sold out as soon as it came out.
The wine that Ping An sent was very much to the brothers' liking.
Huang Fei asked, "Ping An, why did you think of inviting brothers to drink today?"
Ping An smiled and said, "Isn't it right to treat my brothers to a drink? I will be leaving the capital in a few days, and I won't say goodbye to my brothers then."
As soon as he finished speaking, Hao Ting asked, "Why are you leaving Beijing now?"
After Ping An explained the situation, no one spoke.
The old abbot's illness must be cured, and he must also return safely for the college entrance examination. There is nothing more to say.
Hao Lei said, "My mother wrote to me, saying that she had received the New Year gifts you sent me, and asked me to thank you very much, and also told me to tell you that my grandparents are in good health, so you don't have to worry, and they will definitely come to the capital when you get married."
He handed Ping An a letter: "This is a letter from my mother to you. She brought something here and will take it back later. I just received it yesterday."
Ping An grinned and said, "Thank you, godmother, and thank you, brother."
On the tenth day, Ping'an was discussing this year's spring plowing and planting with Master Qin and others at the farm. He directly took out one thousand taels and gave them to Master Qin.
"Master Qin, I will leave the capital in five days. I don't know when I will return. The money will be put into the public account. You can make the necessary expenditures. This is the plan I wrote for Zhuangzi. It may not be suitable, but the purpose is for the good of Zhuangzi."
Master Qin took the paper and said, "Master, go to take the exam peacefully. Zhuangzi has us here, so you can rest assured."
"I plan to take Erqiang, Xiaowu, Fangwu, Huzi, Tonglin, Qingshi, Wujun, and Xiaoming can come along if he wants. Yuanqing will also come along. He has to go back to his hometown to take the exam, and Wangquan will accompany him. We will go back to Yongan after the results come out. All expenses will be paid by me.
Leng Shui, come with us. My mother is about to give birth, so she will stay in the village for a few months. The rest of you can stay. Xiao Chen and Wen Zhu should try to help in the medical clinic, and so should Leng Yue and the others.
Da Wu will stay and pick out the talented ones in the village to teach them martial arts. If they are not that talented, they can go to the martial arts shop to pick some. It takes a long time to train someone, and I can't always ask the master to teach me.
Xiaoshan can also pick some people to learn medicine, but we don’t need too many of them, but we need to select the best ones.”
Da Wu and Xiao Shan nodded repeatedly. The master is still young now, but that doesn't mean he will always be young. In the future, there will be many available people around him, just like the eldest master.
"Young Master, the eldest master sent Brother Jixiang to call you." Xiao Ming came to report.
"Let him in."
Jixiang came in quickly and said, "Master Ping'an, the eldest master received a letter from Manager Wu, saying that the old abbot is not feeling well and needs treatment soon. The eldest master asked you to get ready today and leave early tomorrow morning. Our carriage will be waiting for you at the gate of your courtyard."
"Okay, I understand."
As soon as Jixiang left, Ping'an hurriedly arranged the rest of the matters, and the eleven people who were preparing to leave also hurried to pack up. In fact, there was not much to take, so they packed up quickly and left the farm after lunch.
As soon as he returned to the city, he immediately sent someone to find Fu An.
In less than half an hour, Fu An arrived.
"Ping'an, what's the matter?" He was in a good mood during this period. Bai Jiaming had already gone to Jiao County. His mother said that she would make him suffer for no more than half a year, but for the sake of the old Hanlin, she would not take his life.
Their family officially separated from my uncle the day before yesterday. Naturally, my grandmother lived with her biological son, and her family moved to the big house on South Street, which had been bought by my mother a long time ago.
"I just received a notice from my master that I will leave the capital tomorrow morning. Fu An, the college entrance examination will be held in early August, and the results will be out at the end of the month. If you really want to go to Minzhou with me, I will wait for you in Yong'an until mid-September, no later than the 20th. If you don't come, I will assume that you don't want to go."
Fu An hurriedly said, "Ping An, I will go of course. I will do well in the college entrance examination this time. The provincial examination will be held in three years, so there is still time. It will take more than 20 days from the capital to Yong'an.
Okay, I'll go to Yong'an Baicaotang to find you before September 20th. Is your master willing to let you go?"
"That's my business, mind your own business."
Fu An smiled: "Don't worry, as long as I have passed the test, my father will naturally not care about me. My father is easy to talk to. Ping An, you leave tomorrow. My mother originally planned to leave the day after tomorrow. Can my mother and her motorcade follow you?"
Ping An nodded: "As long as your mother can keep up, it will be fine. We are in a hurry to get to Yangzhou, and they may not be able to endure the hardship."
Fu An shook his head: "Forget it, anyway, my mother has hired a bodyguard, and I have plenty of guards, so I don't have to suffer with you guys."
Ping An stood up and said, "Okay, I have to go to my father's house. He doesn't know I'm leaving tomorrow yet."
Fu An stood up and said, "I won't see you off tomorrow. Have a safe journey. We will set off together on our journey in mid-September."
He leaned closer to Ping An and said, "Then I'll take you to do some business with my uncle. This is how he does business."
Fu An raised his thumb and shook it. His uncle was really good at business and had been overseas several times. He really wanted to go. He heard that people over there had blond hair and blue eyes. Are they still human?
Ping An took Lin Feng out the door.
When they arrived at Chang's house, his stepmother had gone to her parents' home with her two children, leaving his father alone in the study.
"Ping An, why are you here now? Why don't you stay at home tonight? Your stepmother has taken the children back to her parents' home. How about we drink some rice wine tonight?"
Ping An smiled and said, "I brought you a few jars of Bei Feng Lie. This wine is strong, you only need to drink a little at a meal."
He is a smart man, and of course he can see that there are some problems between his biological father and stepmother, but he doesn't know whether it is because of him.
If it was because of him, then it would be really unnecessary. He doesn't need to be kept at home all the time, and he won't come empty-handed if he comes occasionally.
"Dad, I will leave with my master early tomorrow morning. We left a few days in advance. The old abbot of Tianguang Temple is not feeling well. I just found out about it not long ago."
Chang Chunfeng sighed, "You should have come early if you have something to do. Stay safe and take good care of yourself. Nothing is more important than life. There is no need to do some things even if you know they are dangerous. You are still a child and you won't be fifteen until August."
Ping An took out a small stack of banknotes from his pocket and said, "Dad, this thousand taels is a gift from your son. You can keep it for yourself. Sometimes colleagues need to exchange favors with each other."
Chang Chunfeng felt sad and pushed it over: "Dad has money, why does he need a child like you to give it to him? Take it back quickly."
Ping An refused to take it, so Chang Chunfeng stuffed it into his arms and said, "Keep it for yourself. Dad is planning to buy a farm these days. It's only a hundred miles away from the capital. It's not too big, about a hundred acres, and there's also a shop. The two things together are about four thousand taels, which is just enough to buy all the money in the family.
If you keep the money at home and don't have children, it will be spent quickly. If you don't get married in the next few years, your father will have some money saved when you get married."
"Dad, why don't you plant some herbs on your farm? I'll have someone help you. When the herbs grow, Baicaotang will collect them. The income is higher than growing other things."
"Isn't this a bad idea? Will it cause you trouble?"
"What's the trouble? Let Xiao Sanzi contact Da Wu directly later. But you have to get the farm quickly. Do you have any farmers? If not, you have to buy some quickly. You have to start planting in a month at the latest."
"Okay, I can go and transfer the ownership tomorrow. It's not easy to live in the capital. I don't know how to do it, it's really tight."
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