78. Socializing

In the first month, it's just to go to relatives and friends, eat wine at your house today, and go to his house to drink tea tomorrow, I can't tell whose house I will go to listen to the play the day after tomorrow. Ah Hao also took Geng Qiu and Ah Niu Aning to some officials' homes as guests and do some communication appropriately, Geng Qiu simply complained that he was not falling, he was used to being at ease in Beixian, he didn't have to say anything when he saw someone like in Beijing, and no one cared about his identity, but now his identity is really embarrassing. Many people are not easy to grasp the proportions, he is just a commoner, and he is even attached to Ah Hao, but he is a big man, and he can't be locked up in the inner house. In fact, even the housewives of the inner house have to go out to socialize.

Besides, he doesn't understand officialdom, and even a lot of etiquette doesn't understand, he is not good at other people's poetry and papers, and he doesn't understand when others drink tea and talk about Taoism, and even many people talk about several turns, he can't hear clearly, so he has to hum En'en a few times, others already know his identity, and he is from the countryside, seeing that he can't write or write, he can't show some skills, he won't say anything in front of Ah Hao's face, but he has a lot of sneering and sneering behind people, and he is also very embarrassed after a few entertainments.

But this kind of entertainment also has to be carried out, and Ah Hao means that he must be allowed to go out of the door and deal with people. In the future, he will need to come forward for a lot of entertainment. There are some things, Ah Hao himself is not easy to come forward. What's more, the internal affairs of the General's Mansion must be taken care of by Geng Qiu, and he must also attend some banquets. So Geng Qiu had no choice but to bite the bullet.

A Ning and A Niu followed them all over the capital, your family came, his family ran for several days, A Ning was also reluctant, he is now very popular with female dependents, many people look at him with the eyes of their future son-in-law, and there are even people related to his father's line who turn around and pull around, and then there are some young men who are not good at reading to squeeze out, and even say sour words, many things are simply not enough.

Ah Niu is not much better than him, don't look at him is not even ten years old, but his father is a famous civil and military general, who can be good at civil and martial arts, no matter where he goes, today there are people who compare with him, and tomorrow there are people who will compare with him. They are all children of about the same age, and even if it is a little ugly, the adults just laugh and play a round and pass it, regardless of whether some people are looking for trouble or not.

Fortunately, after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Ah Niu and A Ning are going to start classes, and they are now going to school in Beijing and will no longer go back to Beixian. When Ah Wan went back, he was still crying and shouting to take Ah Niu away. Yu Mingyi taught him a hard lesson, Ah Wan was a little squeamish, and he was about to cry at every turn, Yu Mingyi was much stricter with him now, I was afraid that he would follow in the footsteps of Young Master Zhou. In fact, Yu Mingyi also understands that he won't stay long in Beixian. Lord Zhou is an official in Beijing, and the prince tries his best to show that he values him, how can he let him stay in Beixian forever. It's just that I'm just waiting for an opportunity.

Anyway, the emperor has opened Enke now, and the exam will start in March, and the lifters from all over the country are rushing to the capital one after another, and Liu Zhihua and the four of them have already set off together, and they will arrive in the capital soon. There are Lord Zhou, the Baron's Mansion, and the Wenwu General's Mansion in the capital, and after they come, they can get the greatest help. Now they don't just represent themselves, many people are waiting to see their results.

However, at the moment, the Wenwu General's Mansion has a major matter to do. Because the prince knew that the grave of Ah Hao's father and the three was in Tong County, there were two pieces of fertile land nearby, a total of 150 acres, and there were two small hills next to his house, so he simply gave them all to his family, and regarded them as his family's sacrificial fields. Even if the sacrificial field is copied, it can't be copied, so some powerful families are trying their best to make the sacrificial field bigger. This 150 acres of land, plus two small hills, adds up to a lot of sacrificial fields.

With the sacrificial field, he was low-key at the beginning, but now that Ah Hao is developed, the general's wrongs have also been cleared, no matter what, he has to do a good job, Ah Hao actually doesn't understand this, Geng Qiu is even more busy with foaming mouths, and found the famous Dajue Temple in the suburbs of Beijing, and invited the monks to come over, and do a great deal.

Method, Geng Qiu in his lifetime, he has never even seen it, a banquet held a year ago has been with the help of many people, only barely fooled past, this law is not comparable to the banquet, there are many names, the etiquette is very heavy, Dajue Temple also attaches great importance to it, and has made a lot of preparations in advance, so that the host must prepare all kinds of supplies first. Just getting these things back, Geng Qiu almost broke his leg, and on the day of the main day, the great monk in the Dajue Temple who specializes in doing things came over with a large group of monks early.

During the three-day rituals, not only did they have to arrange for everyone to eat, drink and rest, but they also had to kowtow and chant sutras with the masters. In the end, I went to the Dajue Temple to light the lantern and so on, there were so many things that I almost made the general's mansion turn over on my back, and it was over.

After the legal affairs were completed, the four masters of the General Wenwu Mansion all slept hard for a whole day, and only then did they recover a little vitality, which really made the four of them miserable, their knees were all bruised, and their legs were almost straight. Among them, the most tragic is Ah Hao, thinking of the relatives who died tragically, he is the person who feels the most deeply and is the most hurt, and those distant memories and pains come one after another, so that he has not recovered for several days.

They have newly established ancestral graves in Tong County, and the previous ancestral graves in the distance still have to be taken care of. In fact, there are only three generations there, but there are only six people, and there are many people who take care of them, but when something happens, it will be chaotic.

Originally, there were a lot of industries and sacrificial fields near his family's ancestral tomb, more than 300 acres of fertile land, which supported a lot of people, and some relatives lived on his family's fields and properties, but as soon as something happened to the general's mansion, some people divided his family's property.

Especially later, his whereabouts were unknown, and the world said that the general's mansion had no descendants, and those people were even more bold, and even the sacrificial fields were divided. When he found it back, there was only one room left that still remembered the six graves, and went to the graves to burn some incense, candles, money and paper during the New Year's holidays. Fields and industries, lost the tenth of the **. There is only a thin field of no more than ten acres left, and a few rows of dilapidated small houses, and this family lives on these.

If it weren't for the fear of disturbing the spirits of the ancestors, Ah Hao would have been eager to move the graves of his ancestors to Tongxian. Those fields and industries that have changed hands a few times, the first people to occupy them at the beginning, have long not known where to go, the current owners, the vast majority of people bought them with money, and Ah Hao is too lazy to ask for it back, besides, there are only six graves, and it doesn't take much space. It was just to draw the scope of the cemetery, take back the nearest few acres of land, and give it to the people in that house, so that they could continue to live here.

After finishing the housework, Liu Zhihua and the four of them drove lightly, and entered the capital in a very low-key manner, and directly found the Wenwu General's Mansion, they were good friends with Ah Hao, and they were also very familiar with Geng Qiu, and the Wenwu General's Mansion was a place where ordinary people dare not disturb.

"See General." Liu Zhihua took the lead in saluting.

"That's a little polite." Ah Hao hurriedly stopped them and didn't let them salute.

A few years have passed, everyone is not the original young man, not to mention that Ah Hao is now a majestic general, even Liu Zhihua and others have become much more mature, among which Liu Ming and Zhang Wu have become married and have children. Only Liu Zhihua is still alone, and although Yu Wei is younger, he is also an engaged person.

"You can stay in peace, if there is anything I can help with, you must sue me. Brother Qiu is also very familiar with you, don't be polite, just treat it as if you are still in your hometown. Ah Hao said.

"That's it, Zhihua, don't be polite to me, Ah Hao is very busy on weekdays, it's rare to be free at home today, tonight, I'll cook a few side dishes, let's drink two cups together, it's a breeze for you." Geng Qiu said with a smile. It was not easy to see a friend coming, and Geng Qiu was in a very good mood.

"Thank you, thank you." The four thanked each other in unison. Except for Yu Wei, who was a little restrained in front of Ah Hao, the others were very familiar with him, so they didn't say much.

So Geng Qiu and they lived in a quiet courtyard in the house, and sent someone to take care of them, so that they could prepare for the exam with peace of mind, and Lord Zhou also gave them some guidance in private, and the examiner this time had a good relationship with Lord Zhou. It is also important to know what the examiner likes.

Geng Qiu couldn't help with the scientific examination, and the General's Mansion had someone to take care of the lives of the four candidates, so Geng Qiu put all his energy on Tong County, where there were one hundred and fifty acres, waiting for him to manage it. The harvest of the sacrificial field is very important, and because the ancestral tomb is set here, there must be no shortage of sacrificial items needed for the festival, even the next generation. As a last resort, he got a few families from Beixian County to come over and arrange here. I stayed here and stared at it for half a month, and only returned to the general's mansion when the crops that should have been planted were planted.

At the end of March, the results of the examination came out, and Liu Zhihua and the four of them really lived up to expectations, and the results were very good. All four of them were admitted to the Jinshi, and during the palace examination, Liu Zhihua was also named Tanhualang and entered the Hanlin Academy, except for Liu Ming, Zhang Wu, and Yu Xin, all of whom had good results, and were soon sent to the local government to become county officials.

Liu Zhihua and the four of them, who are both masters and students in Beixian, have all been taught by Yu Mingyi, and they are all in the same subject, which makes the prince very happy. Therefore, the four of them took office very quickly, and they didn't have to go out to find a relationship on their own.

Yu Mingyi's reputation resounded throughout the Daqing Dynasty, and soon a number of ministers wrote to Yu Mingyi from Beixian to the capital, such a small place in Beixian County, Yu Mingyi was too wronged. He should be allowed to play a greater role.