"Xiaoxue is easy to do." Zhao Ruxi had already thought about it for her, "You are still doing the business of Beining, and when the time comes, you will send cold salad to the county every day, and this mule cart has been hired." Xiaoxue can come with me to school in the morning, and when school is in the evening, I don't necessarily come back at that time, you can let the mule cart pick her up. You see I come and go every day, and it doesn't take much effort. Light snow is also possible. What's more, you can also let her live in the academy. ”

"Of course, this is just my advice to you. What to do, you should discuss it with your uncle. If you want Brother Chongwen to run, it doesn't matter if you don't rent a house, just tell me when the time comes. I'll do it for you, don't be embarrassed. ”

Xu Xue couldn't help muttering: "The whole family, only my mother disagrees." ”

Xie glared at his daughter and did not speak.

While speaking, the carriage had already entered the city gate, and after walking in for a while, Zhao Ruxi pointed to the front and said, "It's almost there." ”

Since it was a good thing for the family, and the Xu family was treated as serious relatives, Zhao Yuanxun and the Zhu family came to the gate to greet them in person.

Zhao Yuanxun welcomed Xu Yongyi into the main hall to entertain him, and Zhu and Zhao Ruxi accompanied the remaining three members of the Xu family to Rongxi Hall to greet the old lady.

"Ouch, these two kids are doing well."

The old lady looked at Xu Chongwen first, and then at Xu Xue, and saw that both of them had clear eyebrows and clear eyes, and they immediately liked it.

She pulled Xu Xue to sit beside her, and said to Xie, "Mrs. Xu is really blessed, such a neat pair of children." You, the blessings of a lifetime are yet to come. ”

Seeing that Zhu's attitude was kind and generous, and the old lady was kind and kind, the nervousness when he first entered the mansion was also a lot more relaxed, and he quickly responded to the old lady with a few words.

The old lady asked the maids to give Xu Chongwen and Xu Xue a meeting gift.

Xu Chongwen is naturally the four treasures of the study, and Xu Xue's is a gold-inlaid jade hairpin and a pair of jade bracelets.

The old lady is actually a bit patriarchal, and she values her grandson more than her granddaughter.

But Zhao Ruxi is so capable, he only came back for a while, and he got acquainted with many contacts, and also brought Zhao Jingtai a visible bright road. The old lady was very grateful to the Xu family and his wife.

She wanted to show her gratitude by sending something nice to her two children. Helplessly, Bofu is now an empty shelf, and she has some good things in her hands, which she has to leave to her grandson and granddaughter, so the gift she gives can only express one heart.

But this gift was a bit shabby in the eyes of the old lady, but in the eyes of the Zhu family, it was a very valuable gift, and she tried her best to refuse.

"Take it. You are good to Sister Xi'er, we can't thank you enough. It's just a little bit of heart, not as much as your kindness to Sister Xi. Zhu said.

Zhao Ruxi also persuaded Xie to accept it.

Xie reluctantly agreed.

Zhu also gave the two a meeting gift. According to the ceremony, the value of the gifts she gives cannot exceed that of her mother-in-law.

What she gave Xu Chongwen was a box of test papers, which contained the test papers of the children's test, the county test, and the Dajin Township test and the meeting test in Beining County in the previous ten years.

Three of these test papers were written out by Zhao Ruxi after she finished brushing the questions in the girls' academy and prepared to leave them for Xu Chongwen; Most of them were specially returned to the Zhu family by the Zhu family and asked for it from her brother.

What Zhu gave Xu Xue was a guzheng.

Xu Chongwen and Xu Xue were very surprised when they saw their gifts, and they turned their heads to look at Xie Shi.

Xie scolded with a smile: "What are you looking at me for? Thank you Aunt Zhao yet. After saying that, her eyes turned red.

Zhu's gift doesn't seem to be as precious as the old lady, but it is full of willingness, and it really sent it to their hearts.

Let's not talk about the test papers, with the Xu family's family situation, if you want to find so many test papers, it is really no different from ascending to the sky. With these test papers, no matter how hard you study, Xu Chongwen doesn't say anything else, and it's absolutely no problem to have just one show.

This is the power of the scholarly family, which is better than others in all aspects.

As for the guzheng, Xie knows that in his daughter's academy, the classmates choose either the guzheng, the guqin or the gonghou in the music class. She always wanted to buy a guzheng for her daughter, but when she asked the price, she was shocked, and the cheap ones cost dozens of taels of silver.

Even if the Xu family makes some money now, it is far from the point of spending dozens of taels of silver to buy such things that are not suitable for food and clothing, and the Xie family can only give up.

But every time he saw his daughter practicing the flute at home, Xie felt uncomfortable. Now that she has received this gift, she can't say anything to make her daughter refuse.

Zhu patted Xie's hand and said with a smile: "Sister Xi, Chongwen and Xiaoxue are really like brothers and sisters. Later we will grow old and they will grow up. When they grow up, they can watch and help each other. Chongwen and Xiaoxue have a chance, and we can also be more assured. So you don't have to take these things to heart. ”

Xie nodded.

Zhao Ruxi also persuaded her to say something similar.

They also prepared a gift for the Suiping Bofu. But Zhao Ruxi was afraid that they would be embarrassed, so he specially asked Xu Xue to bring them a message, saying that it was good to express his heart, and there was no need to be too expensive, let alone exceed his financial affordability. In the future, the gifts of the two governments will be exchanged, regardless of the value, just express their hearts.

When he heard these words, Xie's heart warmed.

After chatting for a while, we moved to the dining room.

After eating, Zhao Ruxi asked his subordinates to take their family to a guest house, saying that they were allowed to rest for two quarters of an hour, but in fact, they were asked to discuss the affairs of the house.

Two quarters of an hour later, Zhao Yuanxun, Zhu and Zhao Ruxi accompanied the Xu family to the place where the Zhao family lived.

"I'm going to visit Mr. Zuxue with Brother Xu and Chongwen, and you go to see the house." Zhao Yuanxun said.

"Okay." Zhu responded.

So the two people separated, and the Zhu family led a few people to a house.

She pointed to the house and said, "The head mother of this house, you can call her the fourth old lady." His family was originally a big house, and after the separation, he got these two yards, because the family was small, only she and her son's family of four lived, and they couldn't live so big, so the old lady separated a yard and rented it, and also had some silver taels to live.

When Xie Shi heard this, his heart was more stable. She enjoys working with people in similar circumstances.

Mama Zhou went up and knocked on the door, and Mrs. Zhao Shi, the daughter-in-law of the fourth wife, came out to greet them in person and let them into the hall.

Zhao Ruxi looked at the house where they lived.

This is also a two-hall courtyard, the house is neither new nor old, and it is clean and tidy. There were also slaves and maidservants in their house, but there were not many. Zhao Ruxi saw the manservant chopping firewood in the backyard and the woman and maid who came in with tea, and it seemed that they were a family.