406 Going Home
Early the next morning, Ping An set off with his family.
After these days, Xier's initial sense of novelty has worn off and she keeps saying she misses home.
They have never lived in the house in the city for a single day; the yard in the village is their real home.
Even Sun Hongyu couldn't wait.
It is true that a nest of gold or silver is not as good as one's own poor nest.
Wanxiang was very tactful and did not get close to his second uncle. He worked with Ping'an and he belonged to Ping'an. Master Xiaowu said that he would sign a 20-year contract with him when he went to Yong'an, but he would not be a slave.
Erqiang told him that he would follow Ping'an for the rest of his life. If Erqiang was willing, he would naturally agree too.
He will try his best to do well and will never let Ping An regret accepting him.
At this time, he sat next to Erqiang and learned how to drive a horse-drawn carriage.
"Er Xiangzi, you can drive a donkey at home, but a donkey is completely different from a horse. I won't let you do it in a short time. Watch carefully from the side. When we get back to the open space in the farm, I will teach you how to drive it and even ride a horse."
"Thank you, Brother Erqiang." Wan Xiang became excited. Riding a horse was something he had never dared to think about before.
Erqiang nodded and whipped the horse whip. Today he was teaching Erxiangzi how to drive a horse-drawn carriage, so naturally he was driving a luggage carriage. After all, this man was his fellow villager and was quite smart.
Of course you can’t compare yourself to others.
Even Ping An said that Er Qiang was handsome and strong, and his kung fu was excellent. Apart from these, he was also the first person to follow Ping An. Although he is exactly thirty years old now, even if Ping An has a hundred subordinates in the future, he will be the first one to follow.
He glanced at the boy next to him. This guy was smart and knew to follow Ping An. In the past few years, Er Qiang had traveled all over the country with Ping An. How could he compare to guarding a small village?
This is the life a man should have.
"Er Xiangzi, you and I are from the same hometown. I am Ping An's cousin, and you are also his cousin now. Relatives are relatives, so we are relatives too.
In the future, watch and learn more, and be more tactful. Don't call Ping'an by his name when there are outsiders around, you have to call him Young Master. You can call him Ping'an in front of your own people.
In addition, I have to tell you that you should not be curious about things you should not know, and you should not tell others about things you should not tell anyone, even to your father, brother, or even your future wife. Otherwise, it would be considered betrayal. In short, be careful with what you say and do."
Erqiang curled his lips. Ping'an forced him to study for several years, and now he can be considered a scholar. The phrase "be cautious in words and deeds" is not something most people would think of.
"Thank you, Brother Erqiang. I will listen to you. To be honest, I also plan to be with Ping An for the rest of my life."
Er Qiang thought of Leng Yue and smiled sweetly, "Er Xiangzi, there is no better master in the world than Ping An, and of course the eldest son is a good person too.
Do you know that loyal subordinates do not count as farmers? I mean people like us, the close servants. As long as we are around 20 years old, we can find someone we like to marry among the female doctors or other farmers in Ping'an.
I have found a fiancée I really like. Her name is Leng Yue. Unfortunately, I didn’t bring her back this time. She is good at medicine and martial arts. She is pretty and one year younger than me. She is good in every way.
Ping An promised to arrange a wedding for Tong Lin and me in the second half of this year. Guess what?"
Wan Xiang asked, "What's going on?"
Er Qiang grinned and said, "Ping An will give a couple of us subordinates a small courtyard to live in. All the money for the wedding banquet will go to Ping An. In addition, each of us will be given 60 taels of silver ingots, which is 120 taels for two people. This money is considered a subsidy for us.
My grandfather said that this money does not need to be handed over to the family. Once I get married, I only need to hand over half of my other income."
Er Xiangzi opened his mouth and asked, "Is there such a good thing?"
In the future he will definitely find a wife among Ping An's men. Wouldn't that be a waste of an extra 120 taels?
My God, one hundred and twenty taels was given to me without me having to earn it. Isn’t that too much?
Not to mention the village, even in the town and the county, there are very few families who have saved 120 taels of silver.
Before his father left, he also told him that the family had saved money over the years, and he only needed to hand over half of what he earned.
In fact, the silver that was handed over would be divided among the three brothers when they get married in the future. Dad said that the family would be divided but not the households. All the savings would be divided into four parts. Dad would take the part with San Xizi, and he and his eldest brother would only need to pay some filial piety silver.
But he didn't plan to tell these words to Brother Erqiang for the time being.
Erqiang glanced at Erxiangzi, who still had his mouth open. Are you dumbfounded? Do you know the benefits of going out with Ping'an?
It wasn't in vain that I said so much to him even though my mouth was dry and my tongue was choked with thirst.
Capital city.
Chang Chunfeng was thinking about his son who was far away.
It has been ten days since the results of the college entrance examination came out. He doesn't know what his son's ranking is. He hopes that his son can get the top three places, but he has also come this far through the imperial examinations step by step, and he knows how difficult it is to get the top place in the college entrance examination.
But he also had a sense of luck in his heart. His son had such a great talent for studying, and he had received careful instruction from the old imperial tutor and the former president of the Hanlin Academy. Mr. Sun also helped him lay a solid foundation, so it was not impossible.
This child suffered a lot when he was a child, but fortunately, after following the eldest son, everything went smoothly. In addition to the fact that the eldest son and his friends were good to him, Ping An's own intelligence and well-behavedness were also closely related.
Who wouldn’t like such a good kid?
He sighed deeply.
On the day of the college entrance examination, his father-in-law and elder brother-in-law specially invited him to their home for a drink, for fear that he would worry too much.
It can be said that both Zhang's father and son are smart people. They are very good to him and Ping'an. His father-in-law even apologized to him for some inappropriate things his wife did.
But some discomfort has already been planted, and it is not so easy to eliminate it.
He didn't understand that Ping'an was such a good child. He was generous to his stepmother and younger brothers and sisters, and performed many etiquette better than adults.
It can be said that whenever Zhang spent ten taels of silver on Ping An, Ping An would return more than twenty taels, not to mention giving her such a nice mansion.
Every time he got angry, she would apologize and explain, but would do the same thing again the next time.
She was obviously not like this before, so why did she become so unreasonable after giving birth to two children?
Ping'an was her eldest son, but he insisted on paying 380 taels as an engagement gift. She felt distressed for a long time and complained about it several times afterwards.
In fact, no matter how she calculated, Ping'an brought gifts for their family of four, and the total amount was more than one hundred and fifty taels.
What's more, Ping'an is his eldest biological son, and it is his responsibility to pay the engagement gift.
That day, under the influence of alcohol, he told all these things to his father-in-law and brother-in-law for the first time. His eyes were filled with tears. His father-in-law was so angry that he slammed the table and scolded his daughter, and his brother-in-law was also heartbroken.
Two days later, my eldest brother-in-law took the mother and her two children back home. They stayed with me for a day and were then sent back by my eldest brother-in-law.
She apologized, made amends, and she admitted that she was a little cold, but after being married for so many years, he could tell how helpless and insincere these apologies were.
It was all forced by my father and brother.
From what she said, she never thought that she was really wrong. She even thought that as a stepmother, she had never bullied her stepson, so it was not a big mistake. After all, they were separated by a huge gap, so how could the relationship between them be the same as that between a biological mother and son?
After that incident, he didn't say much, but he no longer expected his wife to be nice to his son.
Once, when the New Year was approaching, he would remind her when he saw her excitedly making clothes for the family of four and not thinking about Ping An at all.
But not anymore.
He can prepare it for his son himself, and when his son comes back from outside, he will be extra nice to his son and make up for all the debts he has owed him in the past.
He is not stupid, on the contrary he is very smart. In the future he will let his trusted subordinates help run some businesses. If his son asks him to grow medicinal herbs, he will do so.
His scripts are getting better and better, and his income is considerable, but it takes up part of his rest time. Being young, these don't matter to him, and he won't be able to sleep if he goes to bed early.
He will still give household expenses in the future, but it will not be handed over unconditionally like before.
Some things, once started, are difficult to go back to the way they were.
Chang Chunfeng looked at the dark night sky outside the window. His son should be at home worshipping his ancestors at this time, right? After all, his son had told him on New Year's Eve that he would go to worship his grandparents if he passed the college entrance examination.
How could someone so smart not win?
The parents in heaven would probably be happy to receive paper money and incense from their eldest grandson, right?
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