Everyone in the Wang family chatted until it was dark, and they were still reluctant to leave. This article was written by...... Some of the starters didn't have a chance to interject at all, but they would rather sit with them than leave, and when others laughed, they laughed along, in fact, they didn't hear what they were saying at all. Xiaolong and Grandpa Tai began to eat, and they went home and filled a big bowl with rice, brought it over and sat together.

It is impossible for Erya to make too many meals and dishes to entertain so many people at once, but it is okay to occasionally eat a few dishes. So Erya beckoned these brothers, brothers, and nephews to serve food on the table from time to time. The big guys all know that Er Ya can't prepare many dishes for a while, and after they all clip a chopstick head, they don't want it anymore.

Ah Jing was waiting for Xiaolong to go back to sleep after eating, she really didn't know how they could talk like this, and they could talk about gossip until midnight and didn't go home to sleep. I couldn't wait any longer, so I had to wash up Wenjin and put it on the bed with the help of my sister-in-law. Wen Zhong didn't need help, as long as he washed his back, he would wash the rest himself. The two children were washed and slept in bed for a while, both snoring, and the little dragon had not yet returned. Ah Jing waited for a long time, and she didn't know when she fell asleep, and she felt that it was about to dawn, before she heard the sound of her husband washing up in the bathroom.

Before Xiaolong could get into bed, she closed her eyes again and fainted. After dawn, the two children were clamoring to get up, but Ah Jing couldn't open her eyes. She stretched out her hand to push the little dragon, but the little dragon didn't react at all. I had no choice but to get up by myself, get Wen Jin dressed, wash my face, and help Wen Zhong get dressed, get them done, and send them downstairs. Let my sister-in-law take it, and go upstairs to sleep again.

Here, Xiaohu just fell asleep not long ago, and he was still sleeping, Wen Fan was also sleeping, and everyone else had already gotten up. Xiang Kun and Zhenzhen had already finished their morning exercises with Brother Wen Yue, and when they saw Wen Zhong and Wen Jin, they ran over with the child's unique enthusiasm. One pulled Wen Zhong. "Brother, brother" shouted, and one hugged Wen Jin, "Brother, the same brother as Wen Fan!" ”

Actually, it takes a serious count. It should be that Xiang Kun is older than Wen Zhong, but although they have met and eaten at the same table last night, the adults are too busy to arrange the size for them. Wen Zhong didn't know that Xiang Kun was the child of his cousin's family. So he had no choice but to ask, "Which uncle's brother are you?" What is your name? ”

Xiang Kun was a little stupid, he didn't know which uncle's younger brother he was. However, he knew his name, and hurriedly replied: "My name is Yao Xiangkun, I don't know which uncle's family I have!" ”

Wen Yue rubbed Wen Zhong's head and helped Xiang Kun answer: "He is not a child of his uncle's family. is the grandson of Grandma Ding, and Zhenzhen, who holds Wenjin, is the granddaughter of Grandma Ding. ”

Little Master Wen Zhong seemed to nod, and looked around but didn't see Brother Wen Fan. asked, "What about Brother Wen Fan?" You played with us yesterday. ”

"He's a little lazy man, he hasn't gotten up yet!"

Wen Fan is a freak among children. Every morning I don't sleep until the sun basks my buttocks, no matter how I call him, I want to wake him up, and if it's a rainy day, I won't wake up until the end of the hour. Erya thought that he was still young and that sleeping more would be good for the child, so he didn't think about telling him to wake up early, and he could wake up whenever he wanted.

Wen Jin was uncomfortable being strangled by Zhenzhen, twisted his body to get off the ground, and when he couldn't twist it down, he shouted at Wen Zhong: "Brother, brother, I want to come down, don't hug me." ”

Wen Yue had to take care of a few children, and when he heard Wen Jin shouting, he asked Zhenzhen to put him down, and the second girl inside was also asking the children to come into the house for breakfast. After breakfast, Wen Yue took Xiang Kun and Zhenzhen to the town to study. Ah Jing had already gotten up, but Xiaolong and Xiaohu hadn't gotten up yet, and someone had already started to visit the house.

The first to come to the door turned out to be Wu Zhicheng, who Er Ya would never have thought of, "Oops! How did you know the little dragon was back so quickly? ”

Wu Zhicheng met Erya and Ah Jing before answering Erya's question: "When I came from home, I didn't know that Hengtai was returning to my hometown to visit relatives, and I made a special trip to visit you and Brother Xiaohu this time." On the way here, I heard about Hengtai's return to his hometown. ”

Ah Jing went upstairs to wake up Xiaolong, Xiaohu was also busy washing, and Erya had to continue to accompany Wu Zhicheng to speak: "I heard that you are an official in the south, when did you come back?" ”

"Back to sister-in-law! I did do work as a county magistrate in the south for six years before, and then I returned to Beijing to report on my work, and before I could wait for the new post, I learned that my grandfather had died, so I had to come back to mourn first, and I also kept my filial piety for a year. Because the filial piety period has not yet expired, it is not good to come and visit you. I came here today because the filial piety period has expired, and the new position has come down, and I want to come and see you before leaving. I didn't expect to meet Hengtai returning to his hometown, what a coincidence. ”

Xiaohu just came out in a hurry, listened to Wu Zhicheng's words, and asked casually, "Where is the arrangement now?" What position? ”

Wu Zhicheng hurriedly stood up and saluted Xiaohu, and only after sitting down did he reply: "Arrange to take over the position of Tongzhi in Lanzhou Mansion." ”

Erya and Xiaohu exclaimed at the same time: "Oops! Xiaolong was originally in Lanzhou Mansion! ”

Wu Zhicheng nodded with a smile, and then said mysteriously: "I also know that Hengtai was the prefect of Lanzhou before, and he did a very good job, it is said that the emperor praised the court several times. I was able to go to Lanzhou this time to be a fellow intellectual, and I guess Hengtai must have helped a lot in it. ”

Xiaohu and Erya shook their heads at the same time, this is a major event in the imperial court, and they really don't know anything about it. It just so happened that Xiaolong also got up in a hurry to wash up, and came down from upstairs, and the two classmates hugged as soon as they met. This makes Erya very curious, doesn't it mean that people who read are very reserved?

Then the hall was their stage, and Erya Jing took a few children out for a walk.

Xiaohu knew from the conversation between the two of them that Wu Zhicheng's ability to go to Lanzhou to be a fellow acquaintance was really the credit of his younger brother.

The original He Tongzhi has been successfully recommended by Xiaolong as the prefect, and there are many ministers in the court who are staring at the vacant position of Tongzhi, and they all want to arrange their relatives or students into it. After eight years of transformation by Xiaolong, and the border city of the mutual market, which is a gold-making rake, Lanzhou has now become a treasure land for the official family. But the emperor also has the gambling psychology of ordinary people, when he wanted to arrange for people to go over in the past, he promised to be good in the front, and then he found a relationship to accommodate and push down the appointment. Some people can't find a good relationship, and they go reluctantly, either fooling around for four years with a blind eye or colluding with the scourge for four years. Now it's finally a good place over there, and they're all scrambling to go. What are you going to do? I really thought I was going to the rich side! It's not like there's a place to make money!

Therefore, it is useless for anyone to quarrel, and after the emperor agreed to Xiaolong's recommendation of He Tongzhi to be promoted to the prefect, there was no other movement. Many people are still looking for relationships behind their backs, thinking that there is no way to do the position of prefect, and it should be easy for a fellow acquaintance. Unexpectedly, the emperor didn't plan to choose from the list recommended by these people in the court. Instead, he asked Xiaolong, who had returned to the capital, once again, if there was a suitable person to recommend.

Xiaolong went through all the people he knew, from his brothers and brothers who came out of his own school, to his former college classmates, to some of the same years he met when he went to Beijing to take the exam. Only Wu Zhicheng, who is at home and waiting for his return to office, is the most suitable.

Originally, Wu Zhicheng returned to his hometown to mourn, registered in the Ministry of Officials, and then kept filial piety for a year, saying that he was keeping filial piety, but in fact, he was waiting for the arrangement of the Ministry of Officials. Like Wu Zhicheng, who has no backstage and no strong economic force to support him, it is entirely possible that he will be forgotten by the officials. Unless he can stay in the ministry and spend every day, but he doesn't have a place to live in the capital, and the savings of the past few years have been spent in the period of time he has returned, and the little food and money given by the court are not enough to live in the capital. Therefore, he could only wait secretly anxiously at home, and when he heard that Xiaolong was finally going to be transferred back to the capital after his term of office expired, he was very happy, thinking that he finally had a place to go with Xiaolong in the capital. He packed up his things and prepared to take his family to the capital, and he had to visit Brother Xiaolong's house before going to the capital. What surprised him even more was that before his things were packed up, he received an appointment document from the ministry, and he knew that Xiaolong was helping him as soon as he saw the place he was going.

After taking up the post, he understood that this was the relationship between Xiaolong, and he had to come to see Xiaolong's brother. He never imagined that he would meet Xiaolong returning to his hometown to visit relatives.

"Hengtai! I'm leaving when you've just come back, or we'll be able to go to the academy together to see a few gentlemen and deans. There is a very old gentleman in our college, do you remember, it is the old gentleman who loves to hold you and nag, it seems that he died with my grandfather a few days ago. When I came back, I went to his house to hang my filial piety, so you can go over and see it when you have time! The old gentleman likes you the most. ”

Wu Zhicheng said that this old gentleman doesn't teach Xiaolong them, but he is very good to Xiaolong. Every time I see Xiaolong, I will take out the pastry from my sleeve pocket and tease Xiaolong. Xiaolong was too naughty when he was studying in his own school, and he learned so fast that his husband couldn't teach him and couldn't control him. Erya had no choice, and when he was a little older, he was sent to the school in the county seat with Anzi to study. At that time, Xiaolong was a little bit when he arrived at the academy, smart and playful, but he knew how to make the gentlemen happy. Not to mention the gentlemen who taught him, even those gentlemen who didn't teach him liked him. At that time, the deceased old gentleman simply treated Xiaolong as his own grandson, so he liked to buy some delicious pastries and bring them with him, and when he saw Xiaolong, he took them out and coaxed Xiaolong to call him grandpa. Of course, Xiaolong had an impression of this old gentleman, he had only heard from him for so many years, but it was the first time he heard such sad news.

"I'm going to have to check it out! No one told me before, otherwise I would have asked my brother to send a condolence gift to express my condolences. ”

"Hey! We're too far away for their family to tell us! ”

Xiaohu saw that the two of them were a little sad when they were talking, so he changed the topic and asked them to say something else.

"When will Zhicheng leave, we will send you off!"

"My brother is right, when you leave, I must go over to see you off!"

"That's good! I'm going to leave the next day after I get back from your house! ”