553 The child gave him face
My uncle’s hometown, Dingzhou, is not far from the capital. They set out early in the morning and arrived in Guangde County in the afternoon. They will stay in the county for one night and go to the ancestral tomb in Sunjia Village to pay homage the next morning.
The tombs of my uncle's parents and grandparents are not on the main mountain because they are a branch of the Sun family, but they are next to the main mountain. Calculating the date, it is time for the winter solstice.
Ping'an finally stuffed a hundred taels of silver into his uncle's pocket money, saying it was pocket money for him. He didn't care whether he gave it to the clan or not. It was okay if he didn't give it, after all, when Chunshang and his father came here, they gave the family's homestead and several acres of land to the clan.
Sun Hongyu accepted the "pocket money" under Changsheng's persuasion, but he did not intend to give it this time. People's appetite cannot be fed all at once. The result of feeding it is that they will have to give it every year, and the amount will increase year by year.
Just like Sicheng's family, it can be said that the Sicheng family's wealth has nothing to do with a single tael of silver from the clan. Now all the expenses of the clan, big or small, are basically paid by his family, and many people in the clan take it for granted. Fortunately, a few years ago, Sicheng got angry and even threatened to cut off the supply, so they became afraid and quieted down.
Now everyone in the clan is very well behaved, but people are nervous and need to be calmed down by a powerful person, otherwise they will become greedy.
When they arrived at the county town, he bought some fine cotton cloth, weighed some snacks, and the patriarch and several family elders left. Ten taels of silver were enough.
"It's safe. Guangde County is only three hours away from Dingzhou government office. If you have time, you can go and see Lord Chang. He has been in office for two months, and you have never been there once."
"Uncle, you can go. You can stay one night and then go back. The master only gave me ten days of leave. Yesterday and today are two days."
"Ping An, how about I, Ping Xuan, and Uncle Grandpa stay in the county town and wait for you? Of course, we can also go around the county town. Ping Xuan is still young, and it will be tiring for him to run too much."
Wan Changsheng still doesn't want to have too much contact with Chang Chunfeng. The current relationship is just right.
Besides, if he sees Pingxuan, he will be reminded of Mei Niang, so why should he feel uncomfortable?
When Pingxuan heard that he could travel around the county, he clapped his hands and said, "Okay, I like playing in the county. Big brother, you go and do your own thing. I will play with dad and uncle."
Ping An knew what his father was thinking: "Okay, I'll leave four people behind, and it's enough to take four people away."
Wan Changsheng then stopped talking.
This is possible.
A few years ago, his son suggested that he give a few people to follow him and his uncle, but he refused. Manager Liu and others were at home, and Erqiang and the others were usually at home. Why was it necessary to make such a clear distinction?
Wouldn't it be possible for the son to use his property when he has problems? Why should he register it under his own name?
It’s just that my son said that next year he would buy four children of similar age for each of his two children to train on the farm. He agreed with this. When the children grow up, they need to be accompanied by people with some abilities.
At 5 p.m., they arrived at the county town and found a nice inn to stay in.
"Uncle, if you need to buy something, just ask Erqiang to go. He is the most skilled at this. Let's just rest in the inn."
Wan Changsheng shared a room with his uncle and Pingxuan, and the eight people he brought with him and Ping'an also shared a room with three people. There was no need to waste money. A better inn in the county town would cost three hundred coins a night, with hot water and heated beds.
Four rooms cost one tael per night, and with the cost of food and drink, it would be several taels.
Wan Changsheng got a headache just thinking about Ping An’s annual expenses.
The last time he went home to worship his ancestors, the pocket money he gave to him and Lord Chang alone was five hundred taels, and the purchase of clan land by both parties cost another six hundred taels. In addition, there were also red envelopes for several couples in Fang Wu’s weddings. All in all, it was at least two thousand five hundred taels of silver. With such expenses, no matter how much money he made, it would never be enough to spend.
"That's fine. Just buy some cloth and snacks, and some meat tomorrow morning. I'm just an ordinary doctor, and I'm old. There's no need to pretend to be rich."
"Okay, I'll ask Erqiang to come over. Pingxuan, don't look at Dad like that. It's getting late today. I have things to do tomorrow. Your eldest brother has something to do the day after tomorrow. Let's go shopping and have a meal, okay?"
Pingxuan grinned and said, "Great, why not go out to eat?"
Wan Changsheng went out with a smile. The family was well off now, but he and his wife never spent money extravagantly on Pingxuan, so even if they just went to a small restaurant, the child would be very satisfied.
I was much more relaxed with Xier, and I still tried to raise the girl in as much wealth as possible, but Xier was also very sensible and never asked for anything she shouldn't have.
His own annual income was not much, his monthly salary plus red envelopes were no more than two hundred taels, and all the family expenses were paid by Ping An. How could they use their eldest son's money to raise a useless younger son?
Of course not.
Soon, Erqiang took Fang Wu out.
After Ping'an washed up, he got down to work. The master was going to build a hospital in the spring. As the first hospital in the capital, he had to draw the hospital's plan.
They also have to be marked clearly one by one so that the master can implement them according to the drawings.
He closed his eyes, and the entire hospital plan was in his mind. Once the hospital was well established, it would most likely become his lifelong career like Baicaotang.
A few years ago, he occasionally worried about what he would do in the future. He had no interest in being an official, and opening a clinic would mean competing with his master's Baicaotang for business, which he could not do.
But he was unwilling to work as a doctor in his master's clinic all his life. What man doesn't have his own ideals? He also wanted to do something with his own hands and pass it on to his descendants in the future.
The next morning, Fang Wu and Xu Song went to the Dingzhou government office to inform their father first, otherwise when he arrived, it might be a wasted trip.
After breakfast, Sun Hongyu took Changsheng, Ping'an, Pingxuan and six guards to Sunjia Village.
For so many years in the North, he would worship his relatives alone in a corner every year. Chunshang Changsheng accompanied him back once. Changsheng worshipped completely as a junior. He was very excited. The master and disciple were indeed like father and son, not to mention that their relationship had long surpassed that of master and disciple.
Changsheng even wanted to adopt Pingxuan to him.
Why is it necessary? Adopted or not, the children are all his juniors and will burn paper money for him. Others cannot do that, but Changsheng, Ping'an and Pingxuan can. As the master of heaven, earth, emperor, parents and teacher, Changsheng truly worships him as his teacher.
In Dingzhou in early November, the rising sun did not bring any warmth, and the air exhaled from our mouths felt like winter.
To go to the ancestral grave mountain, you have to pass the right side of the village.
"Ping An, Er Qiang has been here. Let him go into the village first, and go to the home of the clan leader and a few elders. Then, when we come down the mountain, we will go directly back to the county town."
He originally asked Erqiang to buy a piece of cloth, a pound of snacks or a pound of meat for his family. But Ping'an insisted that Erqiang buy him a lot of snacks and candies, and even bought a whole pig, saying that he would give a little to every family in the village.
The child was bought to save face for myself. I did gain face, but it cost me at least more than twenty taels.
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