Although the Song Dynasty did not have weekends, but the statutory holidays are not less than the later generations, in addition to following the Tang system to have three days off every month, there are many colorful festivals, such as the Yuan Day, the cold food, the winter solstice three major festivals each have to have seven days off, other such as the Tianqing Festival, the Tiansheng Festival, the summer solstice, the Shangyuan Festival, the Zhongyuan Festival, the Xia Yuan Festival, the Wax Day and so on each three days off.

Then such as the beginning of spring, people's day, Zhonghe Festival, spring equinox, Sheday, Qingming, Shangsi and other festivals, each has one day off, and the total is about 113 statutory holidays per year.

However, although there are many festivals, the officials of the court may not be able to enjoy them, otherwise there will be problems with the operation of the Great Song Dynasty.

After Li Yanqing worked for ten consecutive days, he finally ushered in the first statutory rest day, the ten-month break, the ten-month rest is a rest day that the officials cannot shake, unless there are special circumstances such as war, no one will work extra overtime.

Today Li Yanqing originally planned to have a good rest at home for a day, and he could clean up the newly moved mansion, but unfortunately the plan was not as good as the change, and the rest day that he was looking forward to was interrupted by human relations again, today is the Gao family's treat, the reason is to get some contacts for his son-in-law, and this son-in-law is Li Yanqing's friend Zhou Chun, who is about to become the magistrate of Tangyin County, and as the parent official of his hometown, he has to give this face in public and private.

Moreover, Li Yanqing is still shouldering the heavy responsibility given to him by his father, and he must invite Zhou Chun to participate in the banquet held for him by the Tangyin Association in the capital.

The time on the invitation is set at noon, but this is only the start time, it is the host implicitly told the guests, please go to Gaofu after this point in time, come early and will not be accepted, everyone also understands that there is no meal at noon, only tea, in fact, it is to leave enough time for some guests who like to socialize, and the real banquet will not start until the afternoon.

Although the invitation card of Gaofu is written as a family banquet, it is still necessary to invite some relatives and friends, but it is not as loud as the last time Caofu invited guests, and there is no clear blind date purpose like last time, but there are at least dozens of guests.

Although the Gao Mansion does not have a huge mansion like the Cao family, it also covers an area of hundreds of acres, and their old mansion in Zhending Mansion, Hebei Province, their ancestral land, covers an area of hundreds of acres and is located in a huge manor.

Two days ago, the Gao family began to get busy, cleaning the mansion, putting up lights, preparing all kinds of utensils and ingredients, and the children who were far away also rushed back.

Li Yanqing came to Gaofu at about three o'clock in the afternoon, which was about the same time as the last time he went to Caofu.

The ox cart stopped in front of the Gaofu Gate, it was okay today, there was no traffic blocking the streets, and there were not many guests at the door, only a dozen people gathered together to chat, Gao Shen personally took his two sons and son-in-law to greet the guests at the door.

As soon as Li Yanqing came out of the ox cart, Zhou Chun saw him and hurriedly greeted him with a smile, "Brother Xian, I haven't seen you for a long time!" ”

After the two of them finished saluting, Li Yanqing laughed in a low voice: "I'm right!" went to Tangyin County to be an official and was promoted quickly. ”

"That's up to my father-in-law! With my own ability, I will have to stay up for at least six years before I have a chance. ”

Zhou Chun was very emotional, in just two years, he was promoted from the lieutenant of Jiupin County to the county of Bapin, and other fellow scholars except Li Yanqing really have no one else who can surpass him, this is the opportunity brought by marriage.

"But the speed of the virtuous brother's promotion is amazing, and the foolish brother is ashamed of himself!"

Li Yanqing lightly punched him in the shoulder, "My official position is to kill people from the battlefield with a head, why don't you try it?" ”

Zhou Chun hurriedly apologized, "I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I said the wrong thing. ”

"Just kidding, I'm looking for you!"

Li Yanqing pulled Zhou Chun aside and said in a low voice: "The Tangyin County Fellow Villagers Association in the capital will invite you to have a light meal tomorrow night, there are about a dozen more important representatives, including my father, how about it?" Give my little brother a face! ”

Although Zhou Chun was very cautious and generally did not participate in this kind of gentry's banquet to prevent others from gossiping, he couldn't help but give Li Yanqing's face, he thought about it and nodded and agreed, "Okay!" For your sake, I'll go. ”

Li Yanqing was overjoyed, and hurriedly said: "Tomorrow evening, in the Dongmei Hall of Changqing Building, my father will be waiting at the door, you just go." ”

"Aren't you going?"

Li Yanqing smiled, "I'm Yushi, do you think I'll appear?" ”

Zhou Chun nodded silently, his identity is there, Li Yanqing is really not easy to come forward, but fortunately, Li Yanqing's father is here, and he should be measured.

At this time, Gao Shen walked over, and Li Yanqing hurriedly saluted, "See uncle!" ”

Gao Shen smiled and said: "Yanqing has to be careful of the Pan family today, it's best to get drunk early, otherwise their enthusiasm will make you overwhelmed!" ”

Li Yanqing suddenly remembered yesterday's incident, scratched his head and smiled: "It's just a gesture, is it so serious?" ”

Gao Shen smiled: "Do you know that Pan Yue is actually Pan Xu's youngest son, because his brother has no heirs, he was passed on to him, he has been imprisoned in the heavenly prison for a year, his body has collapsed, seeing that his life is difficult to protect, the Pan family is going crazy, so he sent to ask the Son of Heaven for mercy, but you changed to a new cell with a word, and saw the light of day again, the Pan family can also send people to serve and take care of you, how can they not be grateful to you." ”

Zhou Chun next to him was a little puzzled, "Since Yanqing can do it with one sentence, why can't the Pan family do it in a year?" ”

"Yanqing said that the effort of raising his hand was just a kind word, he signed that word on behalf of the Yushitai, but it was not his words that could be done, Lao Pan went to ask Wang Huang to no avail, Yanqing signed that word, but offended Wang Huang, we understand it in our hearts!"

Li Yanqing suddenly felt a little big, he didn't want to see Pan Xu, he hesitated and asked, "Is the head of the Pan family here?" ”

"I've been here for a long time, I'm waiting for you, please come in!"

"I know, let's breathe outside first, I'll go in immediately, and my uncle will go and get busy first!"

At this time, a few more important guests came, Gao Shen hurriedly said sorry, and pulled Zhou Chun to greet the important guests.

At this moment, Li Yanqing wanted to go home, he signed yesterday not for the favor of the Pan family, he was just testing Wang Huang to see if he had relaxed on this case, and it turned out that Wang Hao still attached great importance to this case.

Yesterday afternoon, I met Liang Shicheng, only to know that the situation in the court will change dramatically, he has reached a consensus with Liang Shicheng, he will put this case on hold for at least a month or two, he is afraid that the Pan family will gain an inch, and asked him to close the case immediately, of course he can't agree, so I'm afraid that he will offend the Pan family, so if he can hide, he will hide, and it is of course best if he doesn't meet.

Just when Li Yanqing didn't want to enter the Gao Mansion for a long time, someone suddenly called him from behind, "Yanqing!" ”

Li Yanqing turned around, but saw a person walking out of the house, it was his newly met friend Cao Xing, followed by a young lady about six or seven years old.

"It turned out to be Brother Cao."

Li Yanqing greeted him and said with a smile: "When did Brother Cao come?" ”

"I just arrived, hey! I was caught by my little sister today, miserable! ”

"The third brother promised it himself!"

Later, the little lady glared at Cao Xuan angrily and said, "Every day under the pretext of something, you don't want to take me there at all." ”

"I really have something to do today, can I take you there another day?"

"No! Or let me go by myself, and don't stop me. ”

"You can't go by yourself, if something happens to you, how can I explain it to my grandfather?"

Li Yanqing saw that they were interesting, so he asked, "Where is the little sister going?" ”

"She asked me to take her to buy cat food, I already bought it for her once a few days ago, but ....."

"You didn't buy what I wanted at all, my little flower cat didn't eat it, and it was all fed to the fish."

Li Yanqing's heart moved, and he smiled: "I'm just fine, or I'll take her there!" ”

"What's so embarrassing?"

Li Yanqing stepped forward and whispered to Cao Xing: "I'm afraid to see the old man of the Pan family now, so I just took her out for a walk." ”

At this time, Cao Xing suddenly slapped his head, why is he so stupid! Wouldn't it be right to let Li Yanqing take Jiaojiao out for a walk?

He hurriedly smiled at Jiaojiao and said, "This Brother Li is my good friend, the imperial examination Tanhua, let him take you to buy cat food, okay?" ”

Cao Jiaojiao looked at Li Yanqing very seriously and asked, "Do you have a cat?" ”

Li Yanqing laughed, "I had a dog when I was a child, a big black dog, and he was with me when he slept. ”

Although the dog and cat are enemies, they are almost the same in the eyes of children, so Cao Jiaojiao nodded, "Okay! Let's go together. ”

Cao Xing was overjoyed, and hurriedly summoned his Cao family's ox cart, Li Yanqing took Cao Jiaojiao into the carriage, and Cao Jiaojiao instructed the coachman: "Uncle, go to Sangjia Wazi!" ”