"Eh, isn't this the son of the Xu family, why did he faint on the street like this?"

There was an elderly man in a patched robe in the crowd, pointing to the man on the ground.

"Which Xu family?" asked an old man hunched over.

"It's the son of the famous medicinal herb family Xu Heliang here!"

"I heard that Xu Heliang's family has a big business and has an only son, but he doesn't want to inherit his father's business, and he is bent on taking the test for fame. Inheriting his father's business is not much more real than gaining fame, besides, is the officialdom so easy to treat, it is really a toss... But that's him!," cried a woman disdainfully.

"Ahh

In the lively crowd, a figure came out, it was a young boy of twelve or thirteen years old, named Zhaocai.

Zhaocai is a subordinate of the Xu family, but after being favored by the son of the Xu family, he was accepted as a personal attendant and was responsible for all the life of the son.

"Quick, whoever is willing to send my son-in-law to the house, my lord will definitely reward him. ”

At the age of twelve or thirteen, Zhao Cai can't move an adult man. As soon as he had an idea, he came up with such a method.

As soon as he shouted at the crowd, several strong men volunteered and almost fought in the street for the "heavy reward" in the mouth of recruiting talents.

Since the founding of the Sui Dynasty, the emperor has granted amnesty to the world, and the people have lived and worked in peace and contentment. Despite this, there are rich and poor areas everywhere, and the poor are still poor, and those who do not bend their waists for five buckets of rice are probably only literati with a belly full of articles.

After carrying the son of the Xu family all the way to the Xu family, Master Xu really rewarded the strong man with two sets of silver, and the strong man left happily.

"Yixi, Yixi, you talk about you, as long as you don't mix with those sour readers, I don't have anything to rely on! It's good today, but I'm also a figure with a head and a face, you sneak out and don't say anything, and you faint on the street. ”

As soon as Xu Yixi woke up, he was reprimanded by his father Xu Heliang.

Covering his dizzy head, Xu Yixi leaned on the edge of the bed and looked at Xu Heliang expressionlessly, but there was a faint loss in his heart.

He is the only son in the family, and his mother, Liu Xiuzhi, died of illness when he was eight years old, but Xu Heliang's little wife could not give birth to a boy and a girl, which led to Xu Heliang always wanting him to inherit the family's huge industry. If this is placed in someone else's house, which son will be unhappy? However, Xu Yixi only wants to study and gain fame and fame, and he is not interested in the family's medicinal herb business at all.

Xu Heliang didn't study much, but he was literate and calculated. Since his grandfather's generation, he started a medicinal herb business from scratch, and then passed down from generation to generation, and he is already the third generation here.

Xu Heliang's idea is very simple, he just hopes that this signboard created by his ancestors will be passed down from generation to generation and carried forward more and more. In his opinion, the ink full of crepe is not as real as doing business.

"Master, I'll just say it, your son is spoiled by you, last time you weren't at home, he still contradicted me. ”

A young woman of remarkable grace walked in from outside the room with her waist twisted, and she looked to be no more than thirty years old. As soon as she stepped forward, she grabbed Xu Heliang's arm coquettishly, completely ignoring the strange eyes cast by Xu Yixi on the bed, and the attendants on the side recruited talents.

This is Xu Heliang's second wife, named Xu Yindi. Since Liu Xiuzhi died of illness, Xu Heliang has straightened her, and there is one more person in charge at home.

"What are you doing here as a woman, pay attention to your words and deeds, otherwise what will you look like. ”

Xu Heliang couldn't help but shake her hand away, and said a few words to her in a pretended gesture, after all, the child and the subordinates were present. As the head of the family, although he likes this Xu Yindi very much, he still can't break the rules in front of outsiders.

However, Xu Yindi quit, relying on the master's favor over the years, but she couldn't stand any tautology.

"Master, what's wrong with women, women can't move around? Besides, I also grew up watching this child, and I even know that there is a mole on ......the fart-thigh."

"Shut up!"

Seeing that Xu Yindi's bald mouth was becoming more and more unruly, Xu Heliang hurriedly stopped it. raised his hand, pointed directly at Xu Yixi's door, and yelled at her to get out.

pursed his mouth, and shook the fragrant handkerchief in his hand unconvinced. As soon as she turned around, Xu Yindi paused and went out angrily.

The trick on the side couldn't help but feel funny, and he lowered his head and covered his mouth, but he still accidentally laughed. This scene happened to be seen by Xu Heliang.

"Ahem!"

Because he is Xu Yixi's attendant, and he is a member of the Xu family, Xu Heliang can be said to be waiting for half of his son. Therefore, Fang deliberately coughed a few times as a warning and did not scold him.

"The doctor said, you are fainting due to the scorching heat, so you should be raised at home, and you are not allowed to go anywhere for this month. After speaking, Xu Heliang flicked his sleeves and left.

Hearing the sound of the door closing, Zhaocai became lively, hurriedly snapped his fingers, and happily told Xu Yixi that Master Xu Yixi had left.

"But I'll just take a nap, why did you run out into the street, Childe? Don't you like to spend most time with those literati and scholars?

Facing Xu Yixi, who was in a trance on the bed, Zhao Cai couldn't stop asking a lot of questions, and his mind was full of doubts.

Originally, the two of them sneaked out with the master behind their backs, mainly to a literati gathering place - Fulai Teahouse.

Seeing that Gongzi and those literati from all over the world were talking and laughing about articles and poems, Zhaocai was not very interested, and fell asleep by the pillar next to him. When he woke up, those literati were still there, but they didn't see their son, so they asked about the general whereabouts of their son-in-law and looked around. In the end, he found the fainting son in the bustling crowd.

Regarding the series of questions about recruiting talents, Xu Yixi did not answer them one by one. looked straight ahead fixedly, with an indescribable feeling in his eyes, as if he was lost, as if he was angry, but he seemed to be disdainful, which was simply incomprehensible.

Gently lifting the futon, Xu Yixi wanted to get out of bed. Seeing this, Zhaocai hurriedly came over to help.

"Childe, let's lie on the bed, you fainted, don't mention how worried you are, I'm also worried, but don't have another accident." ”

Zhaocai has been playing with Xu Yixi since he was a child, but he is only five years younger than his son-in-law, but the two have a brotherly relationship, and he naturally doesn't want anything to happen to Xu Yixi.

"Is there water in the pool at the rockery?"

Xu Yixi did not listen to Zhaocai's heartfelt admonition, but walked towards the house by himself. The words that suddenly came out of his mouth didn't make Zhao Cai react much.