If Xie Yingrong hadn't done so much and calmly asked Xie Mulin to go to Bian's house as a guest, meet the old man, and inquire about the news, Xie Mulin might have agreed.

She really didn't want to refuse, because she knew that Xie Yingrong couldn't do anything.

But seeing Xie Yingrong's distorted and unconscious expression change, and listening to her untruthful explanations, Xie Mulin felt that there was no need to be so good to her. The inconvenience of Miss Bian's time is just an excuse for prevarication. When Miss Bian really squeezed out the time to give Xie Yingrong a post, Xie Mulin could also tell the porter to refuse politely. Anyway, the Xie family only stayed in the capital for a few days in total, and it passed quickly. When they are gone, can Xie Yingrong still forcibly run to Bian's house to drink tea with others?

It's just that Xie Yingrong doesn't think so. She felt that she had behaved very well, and the reasons she gave were very sufficient, and the most important thing was that she was so low-voiced, and the second sister Xie Yingzhen still refused to let go, it was clearly deliberately making things difficult!

Xie Yingrong's face turned black with anger, and he had no choice but to take Xie Mulin. Now that her parents are not at home, Mrs. Xie doesn't take care of things much, and almost all the affairs of the family are decided by Xie Mulin, whether it is the brothers, or the eldest lady Xie Yinghui, she never thought of fighting with her! As long as she has made up her mind, others will rarely question it. If she refuses to let someone go out, that person will definitely not be able to pass the gatekeeper level!

Xie Yingrong was anxious to ask the Bian family to understand clearly, whether Miss Bian's fiancé was the noble concubine surnamed Wan in his previous life, but he couldn't even get out of the door, what did Miss Bian say was to try to meet her, and she didn't even have a quasi-letter, what should she do? !

Now in this Xie family mansion, apart from Xie Mulin, who else can let her out?!

Just when Xie Yingrong was in distress, Xie Mulin had already finished his meal and dealt with a few things he planned to do in the capital. In the afternoon, she said to Xie Jin again, took a carriage out of the city to meet the Song family, and reported the follow-up of the brocade cloth bag to the latter.

They also met Xie Jinkun and his wife at Song's place.

Ji didn't come over with the child today, but he was smiling and in a good mood. When she accompanied Xie Mulin to prepare tea, she told Xie Mulin: "We have discussed with the second uncle and grandmother about asking Mr. to enlighten my brother, and we plan to invite the old man in the eighth room over." ”

Xie Mulin thought about it before he remembered who the uncle of the eighth room was.

This is also a scholar of the Xie family, and he has studied in Zhushan Academy for a few years, but he is a little older, and he is still Xie Pu's cousin, and it is estimated that his talent is relatively limited. His parents were sick, his wife was sick from overwork, his children were left untended and cared for, and when he was hit by a flood that year, even his fields were flooded and he was almost destitute. The fourth and fifth rooms of the clan persuaded him not to try again, it was better to take advantage of his youth, first find a livelihood to revive the family business, and then slowly cultivate his children and grandchildren, so that they can inherit his long-cherished wish.

In desperation, he had to temporarily give up the imperial examination and become a teacher instead, and has been sitting in Huzhou, rarely returning to the clan, and only coming back during the New Year to worship his ancestors. Later, I heard that he narrowly climbed to the bottom of the list and passed the last township exam! No matter how bad the ranking is, he is still a lifter, and his identity has been greatly improved, and he suddenly feels angry.

But he is now nearly fifty years old, and his health is not very good, and he wants to take the exam again, and his hope is very slim, so he did not go to Beijing three years ago and continued to sit in Huzhou, but slowly, he also began to move his family's business back to Huyin County, and it seems that he is seeking a teaching position in Zhushan Academy, which shows that he intends to live a quiet life for a few years and take good care of his body.

Xie Mulin recently received news that there are no teaching vacancies at Zhushan Academy for the time being. This old man's teaching method is biased towards traditional dogmatism, and he likes to make students memorize all book knowledge, but he is not good at explaining. He understands in his heart, but he can't say it clearly, most of the time he is teaching from the book, teaching ordinary primary school students to lay a foundation, teaching children above the child and Xiucai, may not be able to cope with it, so the academy tends not to invite him to the hospital, and the Song family also feels that it is more suitable for him to teach in the clan school.

But this old man in the eighth room is also a lifter, and he feels that it is too embarrassing to enter the clan to learn and teach Mengtong. Moreover, another old man of the Xie family, who is now presiding over the clan study, still has some old grievances with him, although it is only a quarrel, but he is not willing to succumb to this person, so he just sent his children to Zhushan Academy and clan studies respectively, and he continued to stay in Huzhou to sit in the museum.

Ji told Xie Mulin: "Uncle originally taught a few primary school students in Huzhou, and over the years, he has successively taken a few talents and children's examinations. The remaining children have a stubborn temperament, which annoys the uncle. The old uncle was so angry that he wanted to drive people out of the school, but he was pointed at his nose and ridiculed by the child's family, saying that he was an old scholar with no future, and he was just lucky to pass the exam, and he had no chance in his life, and he was not qualified to teach their little master. The uncle was angry, and he planned to try the field again, and tried his best to come back in one go. ”

The uncle of the eighth room returned to Xie Jiajiao, that is, two or three months later, Xie Mulin didn't have time to get acquainted with him, so he didn't know these inside information, and only vaguely heard some rumors. But now that she heard Ji's words, she was not very optimistic about this old uncle: "Can he really do it?" It's been three years since he gave up the expedition, right? Now back to the book ......"

Ji smiled: "The second uncle and grandmother brought a letter from the old man in the family to our husband and wife, saying that in a few days, the old uncle will take his two sons to Beijing to prepare for the exam." On the Pearl Bridge, most of them are not happy to live, so they just stay in our house. Our house is close to the Tribute Academy, and there are many scholars in the shop on weekdays, and they are well-informed, so I think my uncle will like it. The old man told us not to charge the rent of the eight rooms, just ask the uncle and father and son to give my brother a mask and teach him to endorse it. If the uncle is not available, his two sons have also studied since childhood, and the eldest son has passed the government examination this year, and he also participated in the college examination with your eldest brother, but it is a pity that he failed the list. Such a child has no problem teaching our brother to memorize three hundred thousand. If the uncle is willing to personally guide the brother, it will be great. ”

Although the uncle of the eighth room is not good at teaching children, he has indeed taught children for more than ten years, and has also taught a lot of talents and children. As for accommodation, the disciples of the clan had the obligation to assist the scholars in the clan to prepare for the exam in Beijing. As early as when Mrs. Xie coldly refused to allow the Xie family to enter the house, Xie Jinkun had already shouldered this responsibility, so this could not be regarded as a reward.

Xie Jinkun and Ji were very happy, and they were even more grateful to Song for making the suggestion.

Xie Mulin smiled and accompanied her to send the tea and snacks into the flower hall, and heard that the Song family and Xie Meijun, Yang Chun, Yang Yuan and Xie Jinzhi were talking and laughing, and hurriedly beckoned everyone to come over and enjoy this Beijing-style afternoon tea.

Before the afternoon tea was over, a child of a Zhuang family came to the front door to report: "An official came over, saying that his surname was Jiao, and he came to meet the second old lady!" ”