Xu Yuanzuo rushed to the main gate and saw his mother and sister. Sure enough, as Luo Zhenquan said, the two of them had sweat on their foreheads, muddy water marks on their clothes, their hair was scattered, and they had no baggage to carry with them.

"Mother, sister, what's wrong with you!" Xu Yuanzuo hurriedly greeted him, and after not seeing him for many days, he felt even closer.

"Not your short-lived damn bastard daddy!" When Mother Xu saw her eldest son, she couldn't help but shed tears in her eyes. She held her son's arms: "You are considered to be productive now, but you must save your sister, you are also a mother, you can't see death without saving ......"

Xu Yuanzuo had never seen his mother so out of shape, and he was even a little incoherent. He looked at his sister, only to see that his sister was hiding behind his mother, looking at the spacious garden gate and still a little cramped.

"What did Daddy do again?" Xu Yuanzuo helped his mother to walk inside, and asked, "He won't lose his sister's bet, right?" ”

Mother Xu wiped her tears with her sleeve and said, "I heard that the imperial court is going to draft a girl to enter the palace, and your father is going to send your sister to find a way!" ”

Xu Yuanzuo glanced at his sister and couldn't help but say, "Sister, I haven't seen you for a few days, and you are even darker." ”

Sister Xu heard her brother suddenly say this, and that was really her face as black as ink.

Mother Xu slapped her son on the arm and said, "What time is it!" And teasing your sister. ”

Xu Yuanzuo said in his heart: My sister's figure and appearance follow her mother, and her skin is darker and rougher than her mother. With such a talent selection girl, it is estimated that she will not be able to pass the audition, let alone enter the palace. No wonder my father is looking for a way!

"Mother, don't worry." Xu Yuanzuo said: "Let's go to my room to talk about it first." The son also has money on him now, and it is just a gesture to settle his sister, and he will not let his sister enter the palace no matter what. ”

Sister Xu glanced at Xu Yuanzuo with gratitude: "I finally didn't hurt you in vain." ”

"Don't think I've forgotten that you handed me a stick when my mother beat me...... Oops! Xu Yuanzuo was halfway through his words, and was twisted by his mother on the arm. However, in this way, the love between my mother and sister can be regarded as stable, and I still have leisure to look at the garden landscape along the way.

When she arrived at Xu Yuanzuo's dormitory in the back wing, her mother had completely regained her former ability and composure, looked at her son's room, and said with satisfaction: "You have cleaned up yourself." Tsk, Xu Xianggong's mansion is rich, and even you can use fine wood furniture in your house! ”

Xu Yuanzuo's house only has wooden beds, tables and chairs, and a chest of drawers for clothes. He went to move two rattan chairs in, invited his mother and sister to sit down, and said to Luo Zhenquan, who was attached to the back, "Help make two cups of flower tea." ”

Luo Zhenquan had already taken Xu Yuanzuo's salary and had to go.

"You've got a call for people!" Sister Xu was surprised.

Xu Yuanzuo said with a smile: "I am now the big man of the Xu family, and everyone who eats in this garden has to listen to my orders." His calm and calm relieves his mother and sister, and they can finally tell what happened at home.

"Your father has been angry for a few days since he came back from you." Mother Xu said: "Later, I didn't know who I heard that the emperor was going to draft a girl, so I rushed to Suzhou to find a way. I didn't believe it at first, but a few days later, the news came that it was really true. Not to mention Jiangnan, even Huguang has been affected. ”

"Who's in charge of this?" Xu Yuanzuo asked.

"It's Zhang Jinchao, the eunuch of the Southern Bureau, and now everyone who has a daughter in the family can't wait to eat his meat!" Mother Xu said hatefully.

Xu Yuanzuo thought for a while, and then said, "Mother, why did my father send my sister to the palace?" And go to the door...... Is it good to enter the palace? ”

"Phew! What bullshit! Mother Xu was angry and scolded: "He is the desire for profit!" I want to earn money! ”

"The emperor's family gives a lot of settling-in expenses?" Xu Yuanzuo really didn't know about this matter, because this kind of thing would not have been written about in the history books, and no literati would study the chain of interests in it.

Mother Xu explained: "Once the show girl is selected, she will be sent to the palace, and the lucky twenty-five or six will be released, and the unlucky one will stay in the palace for the rest of her life." Waiting for people who can get by, who wants their daughter to suffer this sin? Xu Yuanzuo nodded again and again. Mother Xu said again: "So the big family paid for a stand-in, coped with the errand, and saved the daughter." Your father is looking for this kind of way, and he lost his conscience! ”

Xu Yuanzuo understood, it turned out that his father didn't think that his daughter might soar when she entered the palace, but he rushed to sell his daughter from the beginning!

"He ......" Xu Yuanzuo only felt like a fish in his throat, not vomiting or unhappy, but his identity restricted him from criticizing his father, so he had to change his mouth and say: "He is busy for nothing." My sister is here with me, and I'll see who can take her away. If he has the ability, he came to Xu Mansion to make trouble! ”

Mother Xu scolded her husband a few more words, and said, "Now that you can shelter your family, you can rest assured as a mother." I thought that if you couldn't rely on it here, you would have to go to your uncle's house. Speaking of relatives, Mother Xu's tears flowed down again: "Even if your father is wrong, I have endured it." But he even wants to sell his own daughter! Is this still a home? ”

Xu Yuanzuo patted his mother's arm: "Mother, my father is unreliable, I'm still here." I can support this family, you can rest assured. As he spoke, Xu Yuanzuo got up and took out a cloth bag from the chest of drawers, which was the silver he had planned to bring back in a few days.

"Here are five taels of silver." Xu Yuanzuo handed the cloth bag to his mother and said, "Mother will take it first." ”

"Where did you get so much silver!" Mother Xu was taken aback: "I know you're in charge, but don't dare to mess with the public money!" ”

"It's mine." Xu Yuanzuo said: "Reward money and bonuses." ”

After the park management bank received three thousand taels of silver, Xu Cheng took the initiative and gave Xu Yuanzuo a reward of five taels of silver, which can be regarded as a generous amount. Of course, this money went from the bank's account, and he was also generous, and he didn't really need to pay out of pocket. Xu Yuanzuo felt that he deserved it, so he did not shirk.

What's more, the family still needs money for his younger brother to study!

has no fame in Daming, and he really can't raise his head.

"What did you do? That's what I earned in a few days! Mother Xu was still full of worries.

Xu Yuanzuo had no choice but to talk about the garden management and said, "The owner awarded five taels of silver for this, does the mother think that her son is not worthy of it?" ”

Mother Xu was a little relieved at this time, and squinted at her son: "You said that you wanted to engage in business that day, I only think it is better." ”

"Oh? What is it liked? Xu Yuanzuo asked curiously.

"Straw paper for clothes—not even a look." Mother Xu commented on her son, but she showed no mercy. She paused and said, "But seeing your current appearance, it was for my mother to look away that day." ”

"Who hasn't had a time to wander? What's more, his son was buried a little deep in Neixiu at the beginning. Xu Yuanzuo said with a smile.

Sister Xu was no longer threatened to be sold, and she was in a good mood, so she laughed and said, "Your little show that day is like the Yan family's meat steamed buns." The first bite of the filling is not enough, and the second bite of the filling has already passed, so even if you taste it carefully, you may not be able to eat it. ”

Xu Yuanzuo was helpless, diverted the topic, and said, "How is Ah Niu doing?" ”

Mother Xu was relieved: "After you left, he studied a lot harder, and he also knew that he didn't mess around with time." Once when I met Master Lu on the street, he also said that if Ah Niu worked so hard, he would be able to start writing in two years. Her face suddenly darkened: "But as usual, if you ask Mr. to open a pen, you also need silver." ”

The Ming Imperial Examination has the heaviest eight shares, and the writing of the eight shares is very particular. The so-called opening of the pen is that the teacher teaches the writing know-how, and the parents must seal a generous gift in the past, otherwise the teacher hides his secrets, and the students can only stumble in the field.

Xu Yuanzuo patted his head lightly, got up and took out more than one or two pieces of silver, and said, "When my mother goes back, I will give this silver to Master Lu, which can be regarded as a thank you to him for helping me get this errand." "The salary agreed between Xu Yuanzuo and Xu Cheng is three dollars and five cents a month, and this silver is almost his salary for three months, and it is about the same as the headhunting commission in later generations.

Of course, there is the reason why Xu Liangzuo is still being taught under him.

"You ...... yourself" Xu's mother's palms and backs of her hands are full of meat, and her eldest son has dropped out of school to work, which has already made him feel distressed, and it is really unbearable to help the family like this.

"I'm all spending money here, so I don't have any expenses, so I can rest assured." Xu Yuanzuo pushed over.

Mother Xu wanted to shirk again, but she saw Luo Zhenquan coming in, so she had to put it away.

Luo Zhenquan served flower tea to Mother Xu and Sister Xu, and the room was filled with the fragrance of jasmine. He said to Xu Yuanzuo again: "Uncle told you to be busy." ”

Before Xu Yuanzuo could speak, Xu's mother had already said urgently: "Business matters!" We're waiting for you right here! ”

Of course, Xu Yuanzuo is also a business-first character, so he just fits his mind and goes to Xu Fan's side.

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