When he returned home, Xu Chang took the bone-setting medicine out, moved a chair for Xu Qian to rub the bruises on his forearm, and this fatherly affection suddenly overflowed out of control, and he was very relieved: "Son, when you blocked the tea cup for me, I felt that you were my son for the first time, if you were usually like today, my father would be content." As he spoke, he rubbed his calloused hands on the bruises on Xu Qian's forearm.

Xu Qian gritted his teeth in pain, and found that the old man's words were not quite right, and said, "Dad, why do I think you are scolding me?" Don't I usually look like a son? ”

Xu Chang's old face stiffened, and he didn't say anything, so he continued to rub it harder.

"Enough, enough, it's just living blood, and it's not that I owe you money, please spare me."

Xu Chang glared at him: "Don't work hard, how to live blood, if the blood and qi are condensed, you will suffer in the future." Then he remembered something and said, "What did the prince tell you, why did you stay in it for so long?" ”

Xu Qian said: "Sue sù for a good news or a bad news, which one do you want to hear first?" ”

Xu Chang said: "Listen first." ”

Xu Qian smiled and said: "Then I will congratulate you first, from now on, you will never be able to do errand service again, because it will not be long before the yamen will remove your old man." As for you, you can lie at home and live for the rest of your life. ”

"What does this mean? The yamen is going to fire me? Xu Chang was furious, as soon as this person was excited, the strength of his hand became even more ruthless, Xu Qian felt that his affected area was brushed back and forth with an iron brush, and hurriedly said: "Dad, you can't kill your son if you don't have an errand, and the murder of your son by a father will also be struck by lightning!" ”

Xu Chang came back to his senses at this time, let go of Xu Qian's hand, and the whole person fell into confusion, he was the successor of the errand when he was not an errand officer, and after taking over, this errand had been done for most of his life, and now he suddenly heard that he was going to get rid of himself, and at this time he was a little messy.

Xu Qian hurriedly comforted: "It's good news for me, it's actually nothing, it's just an errand, with my father's ability, even if I don't do an errand service, I still thrive." ”

Xu Chang glared at him: "Nonsense, Lao Tzu can feed you, give you food, and let you read Na Lao Shizi's book, relying on that skin." ”

Xu Qian said again: "There is also bad news, don't be angry when your father hears it." ”

Xu Chang sighed and said, "You just say it, all the errands are lost, what could be worse than this." Xu Qian said: "The prince said that he would find a way to change our nationality and let me study well." Xu Chang was stunned.

Xu Qian looked at Xu Chang fearfully, shook his hand in front of Xu Chang's eyes, and said, "Dad, are you okay?" Xu Chang still sat still.

Xu Qian was speechless, the old man's three-day and two-headed senile idiot is not a thing, and he hurriedly said: "Dad, you won't be stupid." ”

Xu Chang came back to his senses, looked at Xu Qian with a very solemn expression, and said, "Fang Cai's words, you say it again, how did the prince change his nationality and let you study?" ”

Xu Qian didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly repeated the original words of the prince.

Xu Chang took a deep breath at this time, squinting his eyes and his lips trembled slightly, in fact, not only his lips, but even his hands were constantly trembling.

Then, in his own way, he pulled out the iron ruler on his waist and was about to smash it on Xu Qian.

Xu Qian hurriedly hugged his head and shouted: "If you don't change it, you won't change it, what are you doing beating people?" It's a big deal, I'll go back and talk to the princess. ”

The iron ruler had just been raised, but it had not fallen.

Xu Chang sighed, glared at him and said, "Who said not to change?" I'm going to beat you, thinking you're just using rhetoric to deceive me again, and looking at you like this, it doesn't seem to be a flamboyant, it must be true. He immediately became excited, his old face was flushed, he stood up and rubbed his old hands, and said: "How do I say it, how do I say it, our Xu family will soar sooner or later, and our Xu family can also produce a master, and it is time to be a slave for generations to be an errand boy, and it is time to raise your eyebrows, and people still say that it is only three generations, good son, good son, this is your luck." ”

After that, Pu Fan's big hand slapped Xu Qian's pink and tender shoulder, and said: "I saw you like a master's life that day, so if you want to study, I strongly agree, look, you see, how is it now?" This is the discernment and distance, the virtue of a good life in God, the blessing of the ancestors, and the operation of my Xu Changshi. ”

He was talking nonsense like a demonic disorder, and Xu Qian couldn't help but expose him and said: "Dad, when did you want me to study, it was clear that I wanted to study, but you chased after me with an iron ruler and said that I don't do my job." ”

Xu Chang laughed and said, "Silly boy, this is your father's provocation of you, there are talents under the stick, this is supervision." Besides, what was the use of reading books when we were like that at that time? After reading the book, won't you still be just a messenger in the future? So what's the use of reading? But now it's different, you usually work so hard, you finally have a chance, but if you have the opportunity to be a master, who wants to give people a lifetime of legs? ”

He sat down again, looked at Xu Qian with a very solemn face, and then said, "Let me ask you, do you want to be a handyman?" ”

Xu Qian shook his head.

Xu Chang said: "Why is this? ”

Xu Qian said: "I did a miscellaneous job, no matter how well I mixed it, I reached the top of my father's job, my father was so cold, if I wanted to do it, it would be crazy." ”

Xu Chang rolled his eyes, looking a little hurt, but he still said approvingly: "Good answer, if you don't study, you have no fame, and you will be as disgraced as your father for the rest of your life." ”

Xu Chang was also very kind, and directly used himself as a negative teaching material, and then said: "If you don't do miscellaneous labor, what can you do?" Selling prescriptions can't sell the future, and there is no surplus wealth at home, not enough for you to squander, so at the moment you only have one way, that is, to work hard, the prince is a good person, gave you such a God-given opportunity, you should work harder, I don't expect anything else to be a father, I just want you to take the test, you can get a show, this is enough to shine on the lintel, with the identity of this show, it is enough for you to eat and drink for a lifetime, son, isn't it often said in the old way? There is a golden house in the book, and there is Yan Ruyu in the book, and there is no end to learning from the sea, and people are not in vain......"

Xu Chang is a big old man, learning from the literati to talk nonsense, the words do not reach the meaning, as a result, even he feels ashamed, and finally decided to use his own style to teach, his face immediately turned cold, and he took out the iron ruler from his waist again, and said viciously: "All in all, from now on, you start to study, you must work hard and work hard, if you dare to be lazy and mess around, I will lose your son, I have to kill you." ”

Xu Qian has been used to being threatened since he was a child, so he only nods.

After preaching a lot, Xu Qian summed up the basic point of view of the old man, which is nothing more than that everything is inferior, only reading is high, as long as you are willing to study hard and pass the exam, you will be the master from now on, there will be sisters, there is silver, you are glamorous and decent wherever you go, the neighbors can only drool when they see it, and the county has to be kind and pleasant when you see it.

Xu Chang was excited for a long time, and he was still immersed in fantasy, but Xu Qian couldn't help but pour a basin of cold water on him, and said: "But once you go to the lowly family, how can the clan explain it?" Dad is going to get rid of his errand now, what are we going to do in the future? ”

Although the future is very full, the reality is very skinny.

Not everyone can read, Xu Qian is indeed knowledgeable and skilled, but what about most of the clansmen? There are more than 70 people in the Xu family clan, say not much, say a lot less, most of them are generations of miscellaneous servants, although the miscellaneous servants are the ninth class, but this is the ancestral iron rice bowl, now Xu Qian goes to study alone, and the whole clan has to follow the change of nationality, which means that many people have to lose their jobs, do they also go to study? At that time, there will definitely be a disturbance in the clan, and those who have errands at home will also make trouble.

There is also the problem of the Xu family itself, the old man has nothing to do, and after all, reading is to be expensed, pen, ink, paper, inkstone, book money, and some personal contacts, the expenses are definitely not small, while cutting off the family's income, while the expenses have increased greatly, although the Xu family has saved some silver, but it may not be able to afford it.

Xu Chang frowned, but gritted his teeth and said: "Naturally, you don't have to take care of this kind of thing, Dad will naturally find a way, just read your book for a good life." ”

Having said that, Xu Qian obviously felt that Xu Chang did not have much confidence when he spoke.

However, Xu Chang's eagerness was greatly beyond Xu Qian's expectations, he originally thought that Xu Chang would be more willing to eat steadily with the errand meal, and the old man had a dark heart, he used to always like to go home and say that the scholars in the county government were extremely sour, who knew that when he learned that his son had the opportunity to be this sour scholar, the old man actually changed his face again.

It seems that the sour person is not a scholar, but the old man must belong to the fox, and only the fox can't eat the grapes to say that the grapes are sour.