Yu Yuanshan hurriedly kowtowed and answered a sentence before standing up and returning to his seat, Li Xiaoqi picked up the cup and let him drink tea, and said with a smile: "Huainan Road is not enough for five years, it takes two terms to lay a solid foundation, you are only afraid that you will have to delay for a few more years in this prosperous place of smoke and willows, by the way, have you become a family?" ”

"Back to the fifth master, the little one has long since given up the idea of starting a family for the sake of this life's ambition." Yu Yuanshan leaned over slightly and replied, Li Xiaoqi almost choked, hurriedly put down the cup and said with a smile: "You want to be a capable official, why is this plan to go down the road of a clean official and a cool official?" How can this not be a family? First, you are not filial, secondly, your psychological •••••• I mean you don't have a wife and children, when you are old, this temper must be weird, you are still young, hurry up and pick a good girl to marry back, hurry up and have a few children, forget about concubines, that's a scourge, well, what kind of do you want to marry? ”

"The fifth master •••••• lesson is," Yu Yuanshan didn't understand why he had a strange temper if he didn't have a family, but the fifth master said yes, then it must be, Yu Yuanshan stayed for a moment, arched his hand, hung his head, and said resolutely with a hint: "Which girl do you want to marry, but it is up to the fifth master to decide." ”

Li Xiaoqi looked at him with some surprise and smiled: "I can't be the master, I hate to marry for the sake of the future family or something, besides, now you don't need to do this, if you want to marry, just choose the one you really like to marry, and then treat others well in this life." Li Xiaoqi said with a smile, Yu Yuanshan looked at Li Xiaoyi, only to feel that a hot breath rushed from the bottom of his heart to the eyes were sore, and his throat choked for a long time before he spoke: "Fifth master, the young parents died early, the family was poor, and he grew up eating a hundred family meals, when he was twelve years old, a fortune teller came to the village, and I learned a few words when he signed it, and the fortune teller said that I was smart and natural, and I was a great fortune and a noble face, and I had to send it to study, and the •••••• in the clan was poor, and the patriarch went door to door to scrape together half a penny, sent me to Mr. Yaojiaji's house dozens of miles away to study, and later the clan sent more than 30 big money, and there was no money to send it anymore. Yu Yuanshan hung his head and paused for a while, before he continued: "Mr. loves and pities me, so he keeps me at home and treats me like his own children. ”

Yu Yuanshan's words were messy, Li Xiaoqi listened quietly, and did not interrupt him, Yu Yuanshan took a deep breath, pressed down the soreness that kept coming up, and then said: "I was in the middle of the year, Mo Yan got married, but within a few months of marriage, her husband died, her husband's family said that she was a Kefu funeral star, and she was going to sink her into the pond, Mr. and Humble Yan took a few of their own families to snatch her back, Mr. was not in good health, running back and forth, plus shock, he fell ill when he came back, and he returned to the west within a few months, and the next year, the Yao family collected the epidemic, The clumsy Yan couple didn't hide, leaving their two sons behind, leaving the family's wife, Mo Yan and two children. ”

Li Xiaoqi tilted his head slightly, sighed softly, looked at Yu Yuanshan, and waited for him to continue, Yu Yuanshan looked at Li Xiaoqi and said frankly: "I want to marry Mo Yan." Li Xiaoqi looked at Yu Yuanshan silently, and asked in a low voice after a while: "Is it to repay the favor?" ”

"Not all," Yu Yuanshan took a deep breath and said with a wry smile: "When Mo Yan got married, I was seriously ill, and then I was awarded a jinshi, and I was awarded an official, and I just saved some money and wanted to go back to ask for marriage, but there are a few children in the clan who have reached the age of studying, and they are all very smart, so I asked someone to give the money to the patriarch, and then the war started•••••• until last year, I let people go back to inquire, fortunately, her family of four is safe, I have been displaced all these years, and I have never wanted to start a family••••••"

"You didn't see her again?" Li Xiaoqi stared at Yu Yuanshan and asked, Yu Yuanshan nodded, Li Xiaoqi sighed softly and persuaded: "She has such a difficult life, the pink beauty in the past, I am afraid that she is already ugly and ugly, you have to repay the teacher's kindness, there are many ways, it is very good to fund the silver two and bring those two children, they are better than this." ”

"Don't hide it from the fifth master, I gave up the idea of starting a family, mostly for her, the fifth master's words are for my good, me!" Yu Yuanshan was stuck with the word 'I', I don't know what to say below, Li Xiaoqi exhaled, looked at Yu Yuanshan and said with a smile: "I also said a few more words, you have always been cautious and careful, and you are not the kind of brainless person who does things, this matter, you have made up your mind, just do it, you will have to be five years in office, you are at this age, it is better to be fast than slow, just take over the appointment and get married, this time and again, it will be next spring, it just so happens that I will be on Huainan Road next spring, I will come to congratulate you, well, looking for a decent matchmaker, Find someone carefully to make things clear, don't scare people, good things will be done badly. At the end, Li Xiaoqi said that he brought out a little joke in his smile, Yu Yuanshan's face turned red, and he hurriedly left his seat and bowed down to agree.

Li Xiaoqi motioned for him to sit down, thought about it, and said with a smile: "I will let people prepare this Mo Yan girl's dowry, and also, when you are in office, you must be honest, but you don't need to be clear to the point of not being close to people, the water is clear, there is no fish, people are clear, you are not human, the middle of the proportion, you can grasp it, remember, what you want to do is to be a capable official, a 'can' word is the most important, well, also, I will subsidize you with 20,000 silver every year, even if it is used for you to maintain your culture." Yu Yuanshan was stunned when he heard this, and it took a long time before he came to his senses.

Early the next morning, Zhang Zhongyi personally sent 20,000 taels of silver tickets over, Zhang Zhongyi knew Yu Yuanshan even earlier than Li Xiaoqi for a while, Yu Yuanshan did not treat him as an outsider, and pulled him to ask him to find a few safe stewards, Zhang Zhongyi spread his hands and said: "Don't look for me about this, to put it bluntly, there is really a proper person, and I am reluctant to give it to you!" My fifth brother and I are so anxious that we want to stand on the street and bite a bunch of people back, and the business that the fifth master confesses is so much that no one can use it at all! Come on, I think you're still looking for money, that old fox has a lot of people in his hands. ”

"You also know that he is an old fox, how dare I look for him?! Forget it, I'll find it myself slowly, and I won't have to work hard! Yu Yuanshan smiled and waved his hand, Zhang Zhongyi looked at him and said, "You are such a big adult, shouldn't you be so hard?" By the way, the fifth master said that you are ready to marry a daughter-in-law? Is the date set? This has to be very lively, our second master got married in the autumn, the fifth master didn't let me and the fifth brother go back, saying that there are many things here that are inseparable from people, and you miss a lively in vain, you have to be lively and lively, and then I and the fifth brother will definitely send a generous gift! Zhang Zhongyi stood up and arched his hand while laughing: "Come on, you can't talk more, you're busy, I'm busy, when you're free, I'm also free, let's drink and talk again." ”

Yu Yuanshan stood up, patted him on the shoulder with a smile, said and sent him out of the main hall with a smile, and went down the steps, Zhang Zhongyi turned around and stopped him with a smile: "You have a different identity now, send me out like this, it is easy to cause gossip, the fifth master said, in this Huainan Road, the word arrogant is the most important, besides, the friendship of our brothers is not on this." Yu Yuanshan laughed and patted Zhang Zhongyi's shoulder and said, "I didn't expect your realm to advance by leaps and bounds compared to the past!" ”

"Don't mention this," Zhang Zhongyi heard this, and immediately had a bitter look on his face as if he could wring out Coptis juice: "The fifth master originally asked people to send articles in five days, let me and the fifth brother memorize, memorize and be silent, and write what to write after reading, if you don't write well, you have to rewrite, it's really more bitter than Coptis chinensis, last month I was careless, and I ran a little faster on the street on a horse, but it was a coincidence, but it was unfortunate that the green orange girl next to the fifth master saw it, and she knelt all night without saying it, and one article in five days was changed to one article in three days, and the fifth brother complained about me every day these days, you don't know." , this is called a bitterness! You go back quickly, you send it out, I have to change it a day when I go back, the fifth brother has to eat me, and he doesn't even vomit the bones! ”

Yu Yuanshan couldn't help laughing, patted Zhang Zhongyi's shoulder with a smile, and only said after a while: "The fifth master is smart!" This is to let you and the fifth brother study, there are only benefits, you will be able to realize it in the future, the fifth master is really clever, and this punishment is also exquisite! Zhang Zhongyi sighed and said goodbye, and went back to get busy.

Li Xiaoqi handed over the operation of the Double Ninth Festival to Yu Yuanshan and Shi Yu, Shi Yu is very clear, everything is only Yu Yuanshan's horse is the first to look forward, Yu Yuanshan was originally famous for his modesty and courtesy, and led this Huainan Road, that modest and courteous is full of confidence, it is like a spring breeze, although Shi Yu explained that he obeyed the official etiquette on the face, and slightly betrayed people, he called Mr. but not his name, and often asked Shi Yu humbly to ask for some knowledge, within a few days, Shi Yu had a good impression of this extremely young and studious new transfer, Later, I vaguely heard that this Lord Yu was taught by the fifth master, and that good impression was a little heavier.

Just entered September, Yu Yuanshan was a little more familiar, and Shi Yu discussed, picked a day, opened the first literary meeting after Yangzhou Mansion was returned to Beiping, although many celebrities and scholars respected their identities, guarded a festival word, and refused to come easily, but the young talents were almost not falling, and it was also unbearable, Shi Yu led the topic all the way to this year's Enke in Beiping, and led to the excerpt of Yu Yuanshan and others.

After the meeting, two days later, Yu Yuanshan chartered the largest Huiluo building in Yangzhou Mansion to feast on the rich businessmen of Yangzhou Mansion, this banquet is very different from the Wenhui, the rich businessmen in Yangzhou City are asking people to go everywhere, sharpening their heads to get a post, getting the post, that excitement and glory, as if the big red clay gold post can bring a cornucopia and glorify the ancestors! Needless to say, the liveliness of this banquet went without saying, Yu Yuanshan toasted everyone a few rounds of wine with a flying spirit, as if he was half-drunk, talking about the court's expectations for Huainan Road and the future of Huainan Road.

This banquet was all happy, and the rich businessmen were all excited, chewing and understanding the bits and pieces that leaked out of Lord Yu's words little by little, not to mention the side, just the Lu family's sea ship was enough to make people's hearts unbearable.