The big head couldn't help but ask: "Fourth brother, what else did Master Duan say in the letter?" ”

He said that on the day of the full moon of the dog, not only did Master Gu and Fei Erye, Liu Juren, and Bao Juren go, but several people from Ba County, Jiangbei Hall, Bishan and Jiangjin who were going to come to Beijing to take the exam, and they all prepared congratulatory gifts, and they received eight of them from the longevity lock alone. Changsheng, your father also went, and your father also sent a longevity lock. ”

Han Xiufeng paused, and then said: "There are a total of sixteen tables for the full moon wine, my yard is small, there are four tables, and my father-in-law's house has twelve tables. The elders of the county government, the government office and the provincial department, the family members sitting in the main hall of the county hall in the 14 prefectures, the relatives and neighbors on my father-in-law's side, all the invitations should be invited, and the gift money alone received more than 300 taels, but there are human contacts, there are contacts and contacts, and we have to go if people have something. ”

Pan Er couldn't help but laugh and said, "My father told me when he wrote last time, saying that he would definitely go." ”

Han Xiufeng said with a smile: "My father-in-law asked your father to sit at a table with Second Master Fei." ”

"Yes, my father must have a lot of face, and he can show off to his neighbors for a month, hahaha!"

Fourth brother, did our Sichuan Gang go to anyone? Big Head asked eagerly.

"I really don't know this, my father-in-law didn't say it in the letter."

"It's impossible, even if the eighth master doesn't go, the sixth brother has to go."

Han Xiufeng knew that he was homesick these days, and then thought that he was illiterate anyway, so he simply took out the letter and pretended to look at it a few times, then raised his head and said: "Big head, although my father-in-law didn't mention whether anyone in the Sichuan Gang went to eat full moon wine, he mentioned the eighth master." It is said that the more the eighth master lives, the more energetic he becomes, and he can eat three bowls of rice a day. ”

"People begging for a living on the dock eat a lot, and I used to be able to eat half a pot at a meal!"

Finally waited for the news of the eighth master, Datoule's heart was full of joy, and he actually threw everyone down and ran to the backyard, and in a blink of an eye, he rushed back again, and put the salary of most of the year and the reward given by others during this period in front of Han Xiufeng: "Fourth brother, Young Master Hu just said that he would go back in a few days, you have to ask Young Master Hu to send a letter to the family anyway, help me talk to Young Master Hu, and let him help me give the money to the eighth master." ”

This is his filial piety, besides, money is of little use to him, Han Xiufeng was about to agree, Yu Youfu also smiled: "Four babies, I also have a dozen taels here, you can also help me talk to Young Master Hu, please Young Master Hu help me bring the money to my family." ”

"Okay, but you can take the silver and the money first, and Young Master Hu will leave in a few days."

The big head was ecstatic, and as soon as he put away the money, Xiao Wuzi, "Rishengchang", walked into the courtyard around the wall, and said from afar: "Master Han, the new hall is really magnificent, if it weren't for the plaque of the Chongqing Hall hanging on the gatehouse, I really thought I went to the wrong place." ”

Han Xiufeng hurriedly got up to greet him: "Generally, it can't be compared with those halls in Jiangsu and Zhejiang." ”

"People are more popular than people, and the same is true for guilds, so you don't need to compare everything with others." Xiao Wuzi saw that Pan Er was going to make tea, so he hurriedly grabbed it, and immediately took out a letter from his sleeve: "Master Han, you have nothing to do but go to the Three Treasures Palace, the small one is to send you a letter, this is a letter sent to you by the Hanzhong Mansion in Shaanxi." I'm busy on the counter today, and I'll hand over the letter to you, and I won't drink the small tea. As soon as he heard the place name of "Shaanxi Hanzhong Mansion", Han Xiufeng knew that the letter was sent by Duan Dazhang, the prefect of Hanzhong in Shaanxi Province, who had the highest ranking and the largest official performance in Ba County since the Shunzhi Dynasty.

Pan Er also guessed it, and asked curiously: "Fourth brother, is it Master Duan's letter?" ”

"Well," Han Xiufeng returned to the main hall, put down the letter and said with a smile: "Master Duan has been in the prefect for three years, and he will return to Beijing to meet him as a rule." He didn't know if the hall had been built, but he said in the letter that if it was built, he would stay in the hall after arriving in Beijing, and if it wasn't built, he would live in the provincial hall, and asked me to help him talk to Director Zhang in advance, so that he could leave a few rooms. ”

The prefect is a real official, Pan Er said excitedly: "Master Duan is a fellow villager of Ba County, and there is no way to build the guild hall, but now that it has been built, and it is built in such a grand style, he will definitely let his old man live here with us!" ”

Han Xiufeng was also very excited, and couldn't help laughing: "This is natural. ”

Yu Youfu thought to himself what kind of face it would be to be able to go to the mansion, and asked eagerly: "Fourth baby, did Master Duan say in the letter when he would leave, and when would he be able to arrive?" ”

"Anyway, the letter was written by Master Duan on the twenty-sixth of last month, and he planned to leave on the ninth day of the first month of last month, and estimated that he would arrive in a month, that is, these days."

"So the letter goes slowly."

"Well, this letter is a little slow, but it was finally delivered before Master Duan arrived in Beijing." Han Xiufeng pondered for a moment and explained: "Changsheng, don't go to Master Ji and them later, don't be in a hurry to invite the ancestors to the ancestral hall, Master Duan will be here in the next few days, and I will talk about it when Master Duan arrives." ”

"Yes, yes, yes, of course, for such a big event as inviting the townsmen to the ancestral hall, we have to wait for Master Duan."

"It is impossible for Master Duan to enter Beijing alone, not to mention that there are seven or eight entourages, hurry up and clean the champion room inside, and then go buy a few beds to cover them, in case Master Duan and they don't bring them."

"Not only do you have to buy a few more beds, but you also have to buy two better ones."

"Well, you look at the purchase, don't be reluctant to spend money." Han Xiufeng thought for a while, and then said, "Uncle Yu, I bother you to go to the shopkeeper and ask them if they can send one or two people out of their family to help." Master Duan finally returned to Beijing once, and he would definitely invite the adults of the Six Divisions to the same year as his classmates in Beijing, and we alone would definitely not be busy. ”

"Okay, I'll go."

"Wait."

"What else?" Yu Youfu turned around and asked.

Han Xiufeng said in a deep voice: "Master Duan's return to Beijing to see me has reminded me, I am not only the head of the guild hall but also the alternate inspection, this lack may be filled one day, and as soon as it is filled, I will have to take office." What should we do if we say we will go? Tell the shopkeeper Wen that no matter who they ask to help, don't leave after they come, stay here and be familiar with the big and small things of the guild hall, but before we leave, the guild hall only has food and lodging and no salary. ”

"They are in a hurry to take over the first thing for you, how can they care about that little salary, they must be willing."

"Whether they want it or not, we have to make it clear to them first, after all, the guild can't support so many people."

"Got it, I'll go."

Han Xiufeng sent Yu Youfu out of the main hall, thought about it and said: "Changsheng, after you buy the shop cover, you can go and talk to Master Ji, Master Zhong, and Master Ao, and tell them that Master Duan is going back to Beijing to see them." ”

"You know, I'll go buy a cover first."

"Little Shandong!

"Here," Xiao Shandong ran in from the backyard, leaned on a chair and asked, "Master Han, what's the matter?" ”

"You and Datou take care of the door, clean the yard by the way, and I'll go to Chongwenmen."

"What are you doing in Chongwenmen?"

"Something."

Han Xiufeng thought to himself that you are not a big person, and you have a lot of things to do, so he glanced at him with a smile, and walked out of the main hall without looking back.