When the Xie family's fleet docked at the dock outside Zhenjiang City, Xie Mulin received a letter from Xiao Rui again.

The letter was brought back by Xie Huizhi from outside. Xiao Rui did not have an industry in Zhenjiang, so he was a specially sent messenger, who first contacted Xie Huizhi, and then asked Xie Huizhi to hand it over.

Xie Huizhi, the child, remembered whether he ate or not, and when he put the letter in his arms, he felt that he had another chance to make fun of the second sister, so with a malicious smile, he ran to the boat where the sisters were sitting to find Xie Mulin.

However, Xie Mulin was not on her own boat at this time, she went to the boat where the second room was sitting. The sisters are all there, talking to the Song family.

Song is in a good mood today, she didn't meet any deceased fathers or husbands in Zhenjiang, but she met her best friend when she was young. This best friend was also a talented girl from a scholarly family in the past, and she was very indifferent, but after she got married, she left the capital with her husband, and only heard that her husband later became an official to the fourth grade, but died in office due to illness. When Song arrived in Zhenjiang today, he just wanted to wander around the street near the dock to see if there were any good things in the bookstore or the study, but he didn't expect to meet this best friend.

The other party's son is an official here, although he is only a small seven-rank official, but judging from his age, the future will be bright. At present, he has married a wife and has no children, but the husband and wife are affectionate, and his wife is also very filial to her mother-in-law. Song was very happy to see her former girlfriend enjoying her old age here, and seeing that she was old and interested in buying new books and writing new lyrics, she felt that she had found a confidant to talk about again.

Even if the Song family returns to Huyin from Beiping in the future, Huyin and Zhenjiang are only three hundred miles away, and it is still very convenient to exchange letters, and she can also invite old friends to live and recall the lost youth.

The best friend invited Song to sit at her house for a while, because the time was too rushed, Song did not prepare a proper meeting gift, so she made an appointment with the other party to officially come to the door tomorrow. After returning to the ship, Song began to work on tomorrow's gifts. Xie Meijun actively provided advice for her mother for reference, and Yang Yuan also called several sisters of the Xie family to help come up with ideas, and the room was full of chatter, so it was not lively. Mrs. Xie on the boat next door had already looked at it several times, and her face was unhappy, but she didn't dare to come to the door to smash the field.

Xie Mulin had just sent someone out to inquire about the reputation of the son of the old friend of the Song family, and what his daughter-in-law's preferences and taboos were, and he was very satisfied to hear about the other party's honest reputation, and also heard that the wife of the other party had recently asked for a high-grade fine cotton cloth from Songjiang that she wanted to buy but did not get. It just so happened that the Xie family had brought Beiping in their luggage, so Xie Mulin hurriedly asked people to take two horses out, and then prepared a few more muslin cloths from his home, enough for six horses, and added some dried fruits, pastries, and paper and ink prepared by Xie Meijun, which was a very decent gift.

Xie Mulin also told the Song family: "This magistrate happened to be going to take the high school entrance examination three years ago, when a judge of his department sued Wang Angui, and Wang Angui dragged my father into the water. I guess the whole family's attention is on this river construction case, and you may not have noticed that your old friend's son is also one of the high school jinshi. I heard that it was a second-list jinshi, ranked within 100, and was soon awarded an official, at first in a small poor county in Fujian, but he did a good job, and at the end of his three-year term, he was rated as the top one, and he was just transferred to Zhenjiang to be a pusher. Although it is still seven grades, the environment and conditions have been greatly improved. ”

Song nodded slightly: "His lord went early, and I heard that his husband's family is not prominent, so it is estimated that he can't find any help in the officialdom, so his career is not very smooth." When I go to see their mother and son tomorrow, just ask more. If I could, I would write to my old friends. My close friend, her late father was also my father's close friend! I haven't been in touch all these years, and I don't know what her situation is now. I knew she was coming to Zhenjiang, and I should have sent someone here a long time ago. ”

Xie Mulin smiled and didn't comment on Song's sentence "The career is not very smooth", anyway, judging from the speed of his father's promotion, the young official is indeed not developing smoothly. She just smiled and asked Song, "Ming'er wants my brothers to accompany you as a guest?" Will my sisters and I go with us too? ”

Song smiled and said, "Just let your eldest brother and second brother take Brother Chun with me, and for the rest, your Aunt Meijun is here." I won't bring Sister Yuan, you sisters can play on the boat. If you want to go into the city, remember to bring a few more people, don't go too long, and don't go to a remote and less crowded place. Some of the people in the family have come to Zhenjiang before, let them show you the way. ”

Xie Mulin should go.

Xie Huizhi desperately squeezed his eyebrows outside the cabin door, and gestured at Xie Mulin. Xie Mulin didn't see it, but the Song family found out, and smiled and motioned to his granddaughter to look out: "Huizhi doesn't know what is in a hurry to find you, you can talk." Thank you for helping me inquire about this and preparing a gift for me tomorrow. ”

Xie Mulin glared at Xie Hui with disgust, before he turned around and got up and saluted to the Song family: "Grandmother is serious, this is what a granddaughter should do." He confessed to Xie Meijun's mother and daughter and Xie Yinghui before exiting the cabin.

Xie Huizhi grabbed the corner of the second sister's sleeve and was about to go out. Xie Mulin wondered, "What are you doing?" What's the urgency?! ”

Xie Huizhi didn't speak, only put his hand into his arms and pressed the letter, so that Xie Mulin could see the obvious rectangular marks under his clothes, and then grimaced at her.

Xie Mulin understood, hurriedly looked left and right, and said angrily: "You come with me!" He took his third brother ashore, got on the boat he was on, and entered his cabin, and when he saw that the girls were not there, he stretched out his hand: "Why don't you take it out quickly?!" ”

Xie Huizhi smiled and asked, "Second sister, I have made so many messengers for you, don't you want to reward me with something?" ”

Xie Mulin glared at him: "If you want to reward you, what is the sale at this time?" Could it be that your skin is itchy again?! ”

Xie Huizhi didn't care, he still took out the letter with a smile and stuffed it into her hand: "If Second Brother Xiao says something in the letter that makes Second Sister and you happy, Second Sister must remember her brother's merits, and reward me with a few more first-class seals when I go back." My brother has just bought two batches of high-quality goods, and he is short of money......"

Xie Mulin didn't wait to "turn back", he directly took out a silver ticket from the dresser next to the bed, and stuffed it to him: "Na, hard-earned money, errand fees, hush money...... Whatever you say it is, don't spend it casually, and don't tell people to go casually! ”

Xie Hui saw that the silver ticket was a denomination of fifty taels, and he was immediately overjoyed: "Thank you second sister, second sister can just tell me if there is something in the future, and my younger brother will definitely do his best to saddle the horse!" After filming the sycophants, he simply walked away. In the morning, because he didn't have enough money, he couldn't buy a few of his favorite goods, and he was choking, and now he finally has the money to make up for this regret!

Xie Mulin naturally knew what this younger brother would do when he had money, and watched him leave amusefully, then looked at the envelope in his hand.

What will Xiao Rui write in his reply after receiving her letter?