After leaving Zhenjiang, the Xie family's fleet did not delay the trip on the road and sailed to the capital in one go.

Since they had a lot of boats, if they docked at the wharf outside the Sanshan Gate, the cost would be a little too high, and it was a little unnecessary, so they made a detour to the small Zhuangzi on the outskirts of the city, and docked at the wharf near the Zhuangzi.

This small Zhuangzi is also a temporary foothold for the guys of the Xie family firm when they pass through the capital on the way to transport goods from north to south, so the nearby wharf is also the site rented by the Xie family's business, leaving enough docks for all the boats of the Xie family and his party to dock in, and there are also extra berths for the daily operation of the Xie family cargo ships.

When Xie Mulin disembarked the boat with his elders and brothers and sisters, Xie Jinkun of the sect had already taken his wife and children, along with Shopkeeper Mao, Liu Guys and others on the dock.

When everyone saw each other, it was a cold and noisy ceremony. Song hugged Xie Jinkun's white fat son, who was less than three years old, and he couldn't say how much he loved it, and praised him: "He speaks clearly and methodically, what a smart child." Xie Jinkun and Ji were very happy when they heard Song praise their son.

Ji also said: "A letter has already come from my family, urging me to send my brother back to school, and I have been reluctant to do so. But if you think about it, you should tell him to go back to enlightenment as soon as possible. There are gentlemen in the family science who teach, and the uncles and elders in the family are full of wealth, and the children learn more things, and they can also have a future life. Otherwise, we have been following our husband and wife, we are busy with business and human relations in the store, where can we take care of teaching him? So far, he has only taught him to memorize half of the "Three Character Classic", and he has not delayed the child. If you invite a gentleman from outside, or send it to the school, outsiders can't compare to your own family's intentions! ”

Song nodded: "What you said is very true." But my brother is still young, and he can't leave his parents at this age. If you are reluctant to hand over the shop to others to take care of, and take the child back to your hometown, you can also consider inviting an elder from the clan to live in Beijing and enlighten the child by the way. You can ask your family what it means first. In the spring of next year, there will be people in the clan who will go to Beijing to take the exam. This move to prepare for the exam may not be able to take care of distractions to teach others, but among the people who accompany him, there may not be no one who has never read, and what is the difficulty of teaching a child 300,000? ”

Xie Jinkun and Ji Shi glanced at each other, and both showed expressions of surprise. They had never considered this matter, but now that they were reminded by the Song family, it seemed quite feasible? Next year will be the year of spring, and now the three-room Xie Pu family will not live in Beijing for a long time, even if the clansmen who go to Beijing to take the exam can live in the Pearl Bridge mansion, there may not be anyone who wants to live in the area of Gongyuan West Street. They can bring people to their homes and ask each other's children and nephews to help teach them. It's all the Xie family, Xie Jinkun is still a brother of the sect, as long as you are respectful, speak well, and then negotiate the remuneration, the other party has no reason to refuse!

Besides, the couple didn't really leave the child behind. When the shop is closed and not doing business, Xie Jinkun can continue to take his son to study!

Ji Shi hurriedly pulled Xie Jinkun, and the husband and wife both thanked Song Shi. Song waved his hand and handed the child back to Ji: "Don't stand and talk on the dock, it's not early, let's rest in the Zhuangzi first, have a light meal, and then enter the city after breathing." The crew of the ship was temporarily placed in the village near the wharf, and they were sure to be entertained. The luggage on the ship, large and bulky items are left alone, and the light or valuable ones are packed first, and everyone can carry them with them. ”

She turned her head to look at Xie Xianzhi and Xie Jinzhi: "I, your aunt, and your cousins and cousins have settled in Zhuangzi. Your brothers and sisters went back to their house with your grandmother on their own. When the time comes, you can do whatever you have to do, and you don't have to come over every day to say hello. I also have old friends who I want to visit, and I may not have time to wait for you to come. ”

The brothers Xie Xianzhi and Xie Jinzhi were taken aback. The latter hurriedly asked, "Won't grandmother go into the city with us?" Didn't you say it a long time ago?! ”

Xie Mulin was originally directing his subordinates to carry Mrs. Xie off the boat in a soft sedan chair, but he was also surprised to hear the movement, and hurriedly turned around and walked over: "Grandmother, what are your concerns?" She glanced in the direction of Old Lady Xie, and saw that the latter had also heard Song's words, and was showing a triumphant expression.

Song shook his head and said, "What can I worry about?" and your fathers shall call me mother. Your mother is in charge of the house in the mansion of Pearl Bridge, and I live in it, what taboo can I have? It's just that my father had a lot of protégés before his death, and if you heard that I had returned to the capital, you would have to come to the door, so you didn't have to disturb your peace. It's good in this Zhuangzi. I didn't intend to publicize this trip, I wanted to see whom, I handed over the post, and I just met someone, and I didn't have to work hard to mobilize the public. If you are in the city, who can you hide from this whereabouts? ”

She beckoned Xie Jinzhi and Xie Mulin to come over, and lowered her voice and said: "I still care a little about the old things today, if he knows that his father's old friend still remembers the old love and takes good care of his father's descendants, I don't know what thoughts he will have." It's better to have more than one thing, and I don't want to burden others......"

Xie Mulin immediately thought of Master Jiao Wenying of the General Administration Department. With the identity and status of Lord Jiao, the care for Xie Xianzhi, the eldest son of the Xie family, is already very conspicuous. The entire Xie family was extremely grateful. When Xie Xianzhi goes to visit the meeting tomorrow, he will have to trouble others to intervene in the case of Zhenjiang, and he really shouldn't cause trouble to Lord Jiao anymore. Jiao Wenying was originally valued by the emperor as a lonely minister, and it was really not good for the emperor to know that he had close friends. The identity of the Song family is different from Xie Xianyi, a poor young man who was persecuted by his close relatives......

The protégés and old friends of the Song Festival Wine back then should have a lot in the court now, right? Although she heard three years ago that most of them were in foreign positions, she had studied with the Song family in the past two years, and had seen them several times, and the letters sent by those old friends were sent from the capital, presumably some of them had been transferred back to the capital?

Not...... To a certain extent, this is already a disguised form of partying, and it is indeed necessary to avoid it. Today's emperor is not a generous and generous character.

Xie Jinzhi probably thought of it, and the brother and sister glanced at each other, and then no longer raised objections. With their persuasion, although Xie Xianzhi felt a little uneasy, he also kept his mouth shut. As for how many sisters Xie Yinghui has? I've never talked too much about this kind of thing.

Xie Yingrong's eyes were already looking in the direction of the capital, and there was an extremely yearning expression on his face.

The subordinates carried their luggage in an orderly manner, and Liu brought people to greet the captain of the fleet and the sailors to enjoy the wine and food. Song took a group of juniors into the village to rest. Old Mrs. Xie couldn't wait to shout to go home in the city.

It's just that no one is willing to obey her. Even Wanqin, who had been stammering her, was trying to persuade her to have lunch in the Zhuangzi first. Everyone was tired and tired, and they really needed to rest.

Mrs. Xie shouted for a while, and saw that everyone else had gone far, only the two aunts stayed to accompany her, and the second granddaughter Xie Mulin stood at the intersection impatiently staring at her. She suddenly felt bored, and pouted: "Come on, just rest." My old woman is so tired! ”