Han Da didn't let him send it, but Han Xiufeng still went to deliver it early the next morning, and sent him to Baishiyi all the time.

After sending off the eldest brother, it was already afternoon when I returned home, and I began to prepare for the self-sufficiency.

Pan Er turned into a bookkeeper again, and after a few sips of tea, he calculated again: "Fourth brother, you originally had one hundred and eighty taels, and it cost fifty taels to buy official uniforms, and they helped you make up three hundred and sixty-eight taels for Guan Zhutou, and a few days ago they divided one hundred and forty taels with the second master, and the big one's Pantangchuan Gang gave fifty taels, and the Tea Gang gave you a total of twenty taels to make amends and the big one's plate to wrap up, plus three hundred taels from the Yang family and your father-in-law, and forty-seven taels from me, a total of one thousand and fifty-five taels." We save some money on the road, one hundred and fifty taels should be enough, and when we get to the capital, there are nine hundred and five taels, it should be enough to fill the gap, right? ”

Han Xiufeng muttered: "This deficiency can't be filled as soon as you go, even if everything goes well, it's not so fast, you have to count the expenses of waiting in the capital, and you have to leave two hundred taels to make up for the vacancy and then go to work." ”

"Where will the officials put you to be an official?"

"You ask me, I don't know." Han Xiufeng thought for a while, pointed to the account book in front of him and said, "We can only spend one hundred and fifty taels on the way, and we can only spend four hundred taels at most to fill the gap in the capital." By the way, there is still an expense before leaving, and I have to take fifty taels to Chaijia Lane and ask Master Gu to write a letter of recommendation. ”

"Okay, I'll listen to you."

"And!" Han Xiufeng looked at Qin'er who was sitting in the corner doing needlework, and pretended to be relaxed and said: "I have to keep fifty taels at home, I don't know when I can come back, I don't know when I can come back, I don't have anything to eat and drink at home, I have to keep some family." ”

"Fourth brother, don't stay." Qin'er raised her head and said eagerly: "You don't know, I have been going to the embroidery village with my mother to get things home all these years, although I can't earn a few taels of silver, but I can also support my mouth." Besides, isn't there my father, who is not far away, and he can watch me not even eat? ”

"Qin'er, you can go back to your parents' house, but you can't go back with your sister."

"It's okay, I told my mother, and my mother also felt pitiful for my sister, and said that I would come to teach my sister to be a female celebrity in two days."

As he spoke, the pillar just entered the hall.

He didn't want the fourth brother and sister-in-law to think that his sister was a burden, so he hurriedly said: "Fourth brother, isn't this me, don't you worry about the family!" Besides, the eldest brother said before leaving, and in a few days, he called the second brother and the third brother to come together. He said they didn't have much money, and they still had a few stones (dan) of rice. In the future, they will send it here, and my sister-in-law and my sister don't have to spend money on the street to buy rice."

"How tiring it is to pick it up from my hometown!"

"Fourth brother, this is their heart, if they don't let them choose, they will be unhappy."

Qin'er didn't want Han Xiufeng to be hungry outside, so she looked at him and said, "Fourth brother, since the eldest brother, second brother and third brother have this heart, we don't need to be polite to them, and you don't need to keep so much money." Besides, my sister and I can eat a few catties of rice a day, and we can't spend a few dollars all year round. ”

How could Han Xiufeng let his aggrieved wife suffer at home, and said conclusively: "Living in the city costs money everywhere, just rice is not enough, and I am not sure if I don't leave fifty taels of writers, so it's decided." ”

"Fourth brother, didn't you say it just now, there is still me at home!" The pillar said eagerly.

"Your family is not rich, keep the money to marry your sister in the future." Han Xiufeng saw that it was still early, got up and said, "Zhuzi, you and Brother Pan should go back early, you can't delay your livelihood because your sister is here." Datou and I went to Chaijia Lane and went to Master Gu to ask for a letter. ”

"Okay, let's go first."

……

After sending away Pan Er and Zhuzi, Han Xiufeng took the silver ticket and went straight to Chaijia Lane with the big head.

Gu's house is very easy to find, you can see the archway of the Gu family from a distance, behind the archway is the house of the Gu family, there is a plaque on the door, and the plaque is "Jinshidi" three big characters.

The door was painted black, and the brass ring on the door was polished.

After a few taps on the door knocker, the old servant who had been to the Han family with Master Gu a few days ago opened the door, Han Xiufeng hurriedly greeted and handed over twenty copper plates.

At a glance, he knew that the old servant was used to receiving the door bag, and took it and looked at it, it seemed that it was too little, but he still let the big head wait at the door, took Han Xiufeng around the screen door, passed through the lobby, and led Han Xiufeng into a flower hall.

Han Xiufeng noticed that on the two walls of the hall just now, there were neatly leaning on titles such as "Bingzi Imperial Examination People", "Gengchen Kejinshi", "Cijinshi Origin", "Hand-picked Governor" and "Jiangxi Provincial Supervision Imperial History", etc., and he was envious in his heart, secretly thinking that even if he could successfully fill the gap in Beijing this time, it would be a different path after all, and only the imperial examination was the right way and would be respected.

Just thinking about it, Master Gu came in with a banana fan, and as soon as he walked into the flower hall, he smiled and said, "Virtuous nephew, why are you here today?" ”

"Zhixing has seen Master Gu." Han Xiufeng relieved himself and hurriedly stepped forward to salute.

Master Gu waited for him to finish his salute before he made a false gesture, "Virtuous nephew doesn't need to be polite, sit, sit down and talk." ”

"Thank you Master Gu for giving me a seat, and being able to get Master Gu's support is really a blessing from Zhixing's eight lifetimes of cultivation. A little heart, not respect. Han Xiufeng took out the silver ticket from his sleeve, respectfully handed it to the coffee table, and then sat down.

Master Gu looked at the silver ticket, thinking that although it was a little less, he was not empty-handed after all, and he could be regarded as a sensible person. Looking up at the old servant, he motioned to the old servant to accept the silver ticket, shook the fan and said with a smile: "Zhixing, why do you bother, at the wedding banquet that day, the old man made it clear that it is the duty of the old man to carry the latter." ”

"Master Gu carries Zhixing, and Zhixing can't help but know how to lift."

"Okay, okay, let's talk about that." Master Gu laughed, and then got down to business: "Virtuous nephew, do you know why I went to eat your wedding wine, and why I want to bring you a Jiupin candidate from a donation background?" ”

Han Xiufeng didn't expect him to ask so suddenly, so he hurriedly got up and said, "Zhixing is stupid, I really don't know." ”

"Sit, sit down and talk." Master Gu beckoned him to sit and sighed: "Not for anything else, just because you value your hometown!" The eight provincial banks have a few taels of silver, and they do whatever they want in our Ba County, and in the long run, they will definitely take over the guests. The tea gang relied on the support of the eight provincial halls, bullied the market, robbed the county's porter of his livelihood, and forced the county's porter to have no way to live. I think there are a lot of gentry in Ba County, and there are more officials and servants who are on errands in several yamen, but how many of the villagers can run for it like you when they encounter problems? ”

"Zhixing is just doing things according to conscience."

"Stick to your heart, good, good." Master Gu nodded with satisfaction, put down the fan and said, "In short, if it weren't for the Sichuan Gang, the old man would never have eaten your favorite wine, let alone called you over." Let's get back to the point, we go to the capital for thousands of miles, others only know the prestige of being an official, but they don't know how difficult it is to be an official, and the pain of running back and forth is not something ordinary people can bear. ”