Pei Xuan was taken aback and hurriedly said, "How do you know?" Who does he do business with? ”

Pei Yan spread his hands and said, "The big shopkeeper of the Tao family's capital store told me." It is said that it is a few shabby households from the south, and the money is not much, but there are also a few capable people. It's just that everyone else knows that he's your nephew, so they came to tell me about it. ”

can "deliberately" talk about Pei Yan's face, eight or nine times out of ten, Pei Fei borrowed Pei Xuan's name to do business with others outside.

Pei Xuan had a headache and said, "This thing is really difficult to do!" ”

He couldn't go around telling people that this nephew had already split up with him.

"He's not going to be short of silver, is he?" If this is the case, it will be even more difficult to do, Pei Xuan said, "It's only been a few years, is it that the silver we gave him is gone?" ”

"It's not impossible." Pei Yan said coldly, "Don't forget what kind of character our sister-in-law is. ”

Pei Xuan didn't speak for a long time, and went back to see the second wife in the evening, and couldn't help but talk to the second wife about it: "I know that Yaoguang means 'this is the trouble I caused, and I have to solve it myself', but this child is too disappointing." I don't study well, but I use my identity to compete with those businessmen, what is the difference between this and asking people to bribe? ”

Wouldn't his caution in the past few years become a joke!

The second wife didn't expect it, so she gave her husband an idea: "Since the third uncle said so, he must know who is doing business with him." Or do you euphemistically say to your colleagues that these relationships have nothing to do with you? ”

"It's up to you to say that." Pei Xuan sighed and said, "You also talk to the people around you." ”

The second lady nodded.

Pei Xuan said again: "Doesn't Ah Tong's daughter-in-law come over often? You might as well tell her about it. ”

The second wife thought for a while and said, "Then do you want to subsidize a little silver over there?" ”

Pei Xuan shook his head and said, "Since it's broken, it's best to break it clean." You can't just come to the door as soon as there's something going on. So what kind of sect is it? Ah Tong is a scholar, doesn't he know what it means to divide the sect? ”

The second wife replied "yes" abruptly, worried about her son, and said, "How is Ah Hong?" Did the shopkeeper Tong Er say anything? ”

Speaking of this son with a somewhat lazy personality, Pei Xuan showed a smile on his face: "Yaoguang is not a person who is easy to talk to. If he doesn't do well, Yaoguang will definitely not turn a blind eye. You can rest assured. ”

After Pei Hong followed Tong Er's shopkeeper back from Baoding, he was thrown by Pei Yan to Pei's capital store to help with the year-end inventory, and he went out early and returned late every day, but he was excited as if he had eaten five stones, and his face was full of red light, which was not the same as the sad face when he was forced to study by Pei Xuan in the past.

Pei Xuan was skeptical: "Could it be that Ah Hong is really a piece of business material." ”

The second wife pursed her lips and smiled, thinking to herself, Pei Hong may be happy because she doesn't have to look at Pei Xuan's worried face at him every day!

But when her son came back, she still took advantage of serving her son supper and asked Pei Hong: "It's so interesting to do business!" There are a lot of things at home, and I don't know how to help my mother. ”

In two days, the house will be dusted.

At this time in previous years, Pei Hong would be forced by Pei Xuan to practice writing Spring Festival couplets, and after a small year, he would pick a few pieces from the Spring Festival couplets he wrote and stick them at home.

Pei Hong hurriedly swallowed the butterfly cake in her mouth and said, "Mom, it's not that I don't help you, I have something to do now." If you lack Spring Festival couplets, let Brother Jiang help you. Anyway, he is young, and as long as he writes well, he will be praised. Don't embarrass me. ”

Pei Xuan is a famous calligrapher in the dynasty, Pei Hong is not useless, but compared to his father, he has less aura, and his schoolwork is rare in other people's homes, but compared with the cousins in the clan, it seems very ordinary, which is one of the reasons why Pei Xuan is anxious when he looks at him.

But going to the shop is different.

This dynasty is still inferior in everything, only reading is high. There are very few people who have read books in Shangjia, not to mention that he was personally instructed by Pei Xuan since he was a child and put outside, and he is also a Junjie, who is respected and praised by others. And most of this respect and praise is still from the heart, and some people even feel that if it weren't for Pei Tong's branch and their family, and the Pei family talked about the rules, he would not have been forced to follow Pei Yan to take care of the general affairs, and he would definitely be like Pei You or Pei Yan, with a golden list title and a great career.

This couldn't help but make him feel happy in his heart.

So much so that he was reluctant to tell his parents that he made a small mistake when he went to Baoding and almost made a wrong decision...... But his third uncle also said that when he was young, he didn't make mistakes when he was inexperienced, so did he still make mistakes when he was old and experienced a lot of things?

So it's not terrible to make mistakes, but I'm afraid to keep making mistakes and never make progress.

He has been working hard these days, learning to read the accounts with Tong Er's shopkeeper, and today he saw a little problem.

Although it was just that the accounts were recorded in the wrong place, Tong Er's shopkeeper said that with such a big family business, if the accounts can be recorded casually, there will be a big mess in the family.

Like his third uncle, he doesn't read the accounts at all, but why can he know whether the accounts are roughly correct when he listens to those shopkeepers talking about business, because he is very familiar with what should be recorded in which account, how much cost, how much profit, and what kind of year this year is. If you pick up the important accounts and take a look, you can make those shopkeepers honestly dare not move.

Like his father, too.

The household department is such a big mess, as long as it passes through his father's hands, there is no mistake.

It is a famous counting.

Although the emperor felt that the Pei family was too rich, he was still willing to use his father.

Thinking about these things, Pei Hong felt that his waist was a little straighter.

He diligently sandwiched a piece of pea yellow to the second wife, and said with a smile: "The family has been busy in December, I have followed the third uncle and Tong Er's shopkeeper to learn skills, just like a primary school apprentice, I have to get up earlier than a chicken, sleep later than a pig, listen to the master's words, serve the master's tea, it is harder than when I was studying, it is impossible to rest before the new year, don't wait for me at night, so many maids and women around me, if you can't take care of my food, clothing, housing and transportation, then what do you want them to do?" You might as well go to bed early and get up early, you have a good complexion, and people are looking at your spirits. When I went out with us for the New Year, others saw you and thought it was my sister! ”

The second wife listened to his hippie smile, angry and funny, scolded him a few words, and when he finished eating supper and put away the dishes, he went back to the inner room, learned Pei Hong's words to Pei Xuan, and said: "How do I feel that he is going out, how does he speak in a tone and act in a way that is more and more like his third uncle?" He will be like his third uncle, his mouth is as sharp as a knife, and he can make others angry to death when he feels uncomfortable, right? ”

Pei Xuan didn't like to hear it, and said, "Has Yaoguang ever been disrespectful to you?" ”

The second wife's face was red, and she hurriedly said: "The third uncle has always respected me, don't I see that the third uncle never shows mercy when he talks to others?" ”

"Repay grievances with straightforwardness, and repay virtue with virtue." Pei preached, "You can clearly distinguish between yourself and others, and you can truly understand people like that." ”

The second wife promised, and it was no longer easy to evaluate her son's right or wrong.

It's Yu Tang who has been asking someone to inquire about Shen Fang's sister's situation.

It's just that Hangzhou and the capital are far apart, and the news is not so convenient for a while, so I can only wait.

Shen Fang probably also knew that Yu Tang would not find a family affair for Wei Xiaochuan at will, so he didn't mention it again, and put all his mind on reading, even during the Chinese New Year, he only went to his house on the first day of the Lunar New Year, said hello to an uncle who lived in his house, gave a New Year's greeting to the Pei brothers, and locked himself in the room to study the rest of the time.

Wei Xiaochuan, Zhang Hui and others did not go anywhere except to pay New Year's greetings to the Pei brothers.

However, Yu Tang and Mrs. Pei and other female relatives were very busy, going to others to pay New Year's greetings, picking up spring guests, going to the in-laws to be guests at home, and they were busy until the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first month was not idle, but Miss Zhang sent a message to Yu Tang again, saying that there was a monk in Hongluo Temple who was on the side of the order, and it was very effective to ask for a son. Pei Yan was dotting up and down and got the list of examiners early.

The chief examiner is Fei Zhiwen, and the deputy examiner is Wang Chunhe, a scholar of Hanlin Academy.

Pei Xuan breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this.

This time, let Pei Yan open a small stove for Pei Tong and Wei Xiaochuan: "Yaoguang and Lord Fei's personal relationship is better than mine, especially since they have often exchanged letters and poems in recent years, but Lord Fei is the chief examiner and will not read the papers in person, but you must not violate his taboos." As for Lord Wang, needless to say, when Yaoguang was a Shujishi, he had several disputes with him over the study of articles. I'm afraid he knows more about Wang's preferences than his friends. ”

The crowd burst into laughter.

There were no outsiders this time, only a few people from Lin'an who came to take the exam and Pei Tong.

When leaving, Pei Xuan also specially told Pei Tong: "Don't say anything about this." Including Gu Chaoyang. There is no trivial matter in the examination, and people's hearts are separated from their stomachs. ”

Pei Tong nodded solemnly and left.

It's the third time he's gone, he's under a lot of pressure, and he didn't move around during the Chinese New Year, even if Gu Chang returned to Beijing, he just went to see him, knowing that Gu Chang might stay in Beijing as an official after this debriefing, he didn't ask which yamen he would go to at that time, and Gu Chang wouldn't tell him.

Gu Xi was very anxious, asked her if Pei Xuan wanted him to speak, and instigated Gu Chang to point out Pei Tong's homework.

Fei Qianwen was the chief examiner of this year, but Gu Chang couldn't go to his house to move around, so that all the previous plans had to be rearranged, seeing Gu Xi so impatient, he felt a little uncomfortable and criticized her: "What's wrong with you?" I haven't been away from Beijing for long, how did you become so impetuous? You'd better stay away from your mother-in-law! lest you become more and more like your mother-in-law. ”

Gu Xi was angry.

Yin had no choice but to come forward to appease both sides: "Sister-in-law is also concerned about chaos." Don't be angry with my sister-in-law. Everyone is just for the good of my uncle. Then he personally poured tea and beckoned the brothers and sisters to sit down: "Take a sip of tea, moisten your throat, and say anything you want." ”