In a blink of an eye, the year has come to an end, and Xu Qian has been studying hard every day for more than a month, but he has also made a lot of progress. Originally, he should have followed Xu Chang back to his hometown at this time, but the county test was imminent, and this year because of the change of nationality, the family was in mourning, so Xu Chang asked Xu Qian to study hard in the county, and he went back to his hometown alone.

Xu Qian was also happy to be idle, and stayed here with Zhao Mengting to study hard as usual.

People have fame**, but they don't need to be spurred on, Xu Qian really saw the difference between the common people and the master, with this feeling, although the notes of pondering Su County's order are a little boring, but gradually appreciate the fun.

Occasionally, Xu Qian would go to Su County Ling to ask for some questions, and the relationship between Su County Ling and Xu Qian quickly warmed up, but he also knew everything, the two of them had a thick skin, a thin skin, and a thick skin went to ask for advice, and the thin skin couldn't save face, and as a result, there was a strange tacit understanding.

In the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve, Xu Qian brought gifts and went to the county government, the rules of the national dynasty, the release of officials is not allowed to be registered as officials, often Jiangnan officials want to go to Shuzhong, Shuzhong officials are sent to Hebei, and this Su county order is from Luoyang, thousands of miles away from here, so it is impossible to return to the hometown. Xu Qian's visit will alleviate Su County's loneliness a little, maybe Su County's heart will be happy, and he will be able to save money for a meal by leaving him to eat in the yali.

As a result, when he arrived at the county office, the messenger at the door was more and more respectful to Xu Qian, this Xu Gongzi now has a somewhat different relationship with the county order, and it is said that the county has already handed over the commendation documents to the government and the province, there are many deeds of this Xu Gongzi, they hurriedly reported, but the result was Master Huang.

Master Huang glanced at Xu Qian, who was holding the gift, and said quietly: "Does Master Xu want to pay homage to Su County?" ”

Xu Qian nodded and said, "Exactly." ”

Master Huang said: "Su County Ling is meeting with the gentry of the townships under his rule, I am afraid that it will be inconvenient to see you, it is now the New Year's Pass, and you don't have to work to run again, you go back, it will be the county test after the year, and it is better to use this energy in reading." ”

Xu Qian's heart suddenly became nervous, Su County ordered to meet the squire, which one is this? And Su Xianling avoided himself, could it be that something happened halfway? If that's the case, it's a natural disaster.

There is less than a month left for the county test, and if something goes wrong halfway, Xu Qian can't cry.

Xu Qian said to Master Huang: "Master, Su County ...... Ling"

Master Huang said with a cold face: "These words of Fang Cai are all orders from Su County, you work hard to study, it is useless to talk to you more, let's go." ”

Seeing Master Huang's coldness, Xu Qian couldn't figure out what was wrong with the joint for a while, so he had to say: "In this case, the student will say goodbye, and Master Huang will hand over these gifts." ”

Master Huang stretched out his hand and shook it, and said, "No need, Su County ordered a breeze on your sleeves, you still have to take it back." ”

After that, he said: "If you are not good at learning, what is the use of asking God to tell the Buddha?" Hello, do it yourself. ”

The words were foggy, which made Xu Qian puzzled, he thought to himself, the county order set up a banquet to entertain the gentry, could it be that there is a Zhang family among the gentry? What benefits did the Zhang family promise to Su County?

and Master Huang's attitude was also weird, and Xu Qian was inconvenient to stay, so he had to go home.

As soon as the Chinese New Year arrived, Qiantang County seemed calm, even the same was true of the Xu family, the clans of the Xu family were all in the countryside, the old man was gone, Xu Qian usually got carried away with his studies, but he didn't feel it, but now he found that there were only himself and Zhao Mengting in the huge house, and he suddenly felt a sense of loneliness.

The same is true for Zhao Mengting, it is the first time she is away from home, her relatives are far away in Jiangning, Xu Qian can see that her eyes are a little red and swollen, Xu Qian has to sigh in his heart, he just wanted to take revenge on this young lady who had no one in her eyes that day, who knew that she would harm others like this.

But after thinking about it, hey, I, Xu Qian, actually have a time when my conscience is disturbed? It's really weird, it seems that I have read too much, and even my heart has changed, Amitabha, good, good, it seems that I Xu Qian will not be a sincere gentleman in the future.

After being intoxicated in his heart, he thought of Su County's attitude again, which made him a little irritable.

Finally, he took a long breath, today is the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve, remove the old and welcome the new, don't think about those messy things, so he smiled and said to Zhao Mengting: "Today we prepare more good dishes, eat a good Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, and forget all the things that were unhappy before." ”

Zhao Mengting nodded in a complicated mood.

In the evening, someone knocked on the door outside, but it was Deng Jian who came, Deng Jian had already heard that Xu Qian had not left, and directly brought a pack of worthless gifts to fight the autumn breeze.

Entering the door, Xu Qian invited him in, Deng Jian said with a smile: "The prince has given a few days off to the people in the house, so he has to come over, how is Brother Xu's book reading?" Haha, you are red-sleeved and fragrant, and you are very comfortable, but it's a pity that I'm a bachelor, and I have nowhere to go for the New Year, which is pitiful. ”

Xu Qian smiled: "Why don't you go back to your hometown?" Don't you have no parents at home? ”

Deng Jian's face was gloomy, the corners of his mouth twitched, and he said vaguely: "There are many things, you don't understand, hey, I smelled the fragrance of roast chicken, ahaha, I happened to be hungry." ”

The three of them sat on the table, even Zhao Mengting tasted a few glasses of water and wine, her face was red, Xu Qian has been good at drinking recently, a few glasses of wine have been in his stomach, and there are many words, Deng Jian has no wine, he talks nonsense when he eats wine, first squeezes tears and cries, and shouts: "Brother Xu, I won't tell you, I'm miserable." ”

His cry was miserable, which aroused the hearts of many people, and even Zhao Mengting seemed to think of her parents, and her eyes couldn't help but be slightly red.

Xu Qian glared at him: "Are you miserable with me?" ”

Deng Jian said: "What kind of miserable method are you? ”

Xu Qian said drunkly: "If you wake up and find that many things have been wrong, do you say that it is miserable?" ”

Deng Jian shook his head and burped: "Where is this miserable, you at least have a father, I also have a father, but it's a pity, my mother is a stepmother, she has pricked me with needles since she was a child, my younger brother is clothed and fed, but I am eating leftovers, and then I can't bear to escape from the house, bumped into my master, and barely survived." ”

Xu Qian couldn't imagine that he would have such a bizarre experience, and his sense of justice exploded for a while, and he took the case and said: "This stepmother who killed a thousand knives." ”

Deng Jian hugged his head and cried, and said: "Originally, I could also be a young master, this is fate, but now it is difficult to return home, and everyone goes home for the New Year, but I want to go to your sour and stinky boy's house to fight the autumn breeze." ”

Xu Qian was stunned, dare to love this surnamed Deng is drunk and spit out the truth? He pulled down his face directly: "Dare to scold me, get out of me!" ”

"I'm not rolling." Deng Jian shook his head and said: "From now on, I will treat this place as my home, you are my brother, Mengting is my sister, Uncle Xu is my father, although your family is bad, but it is much better than my father and stepmother." ”

After talking nonsense for a while, everyone calmed down, and then the three of them stared at each other woodenly, feeling a burst of depression and a lot of helplessness, Xu Qian suddenly said: "The new year is coming, if you make a wish at this time, it will be effective in the coming year, Miss Zhao, if it were you, what wish would you make." ”

Zhao Mengting's eyes were slightly red and said, "I want to go home." ”

Xu Qian sighed and said, "This is not a wish? If you want to be promising, just like me, my ambition is very ambitious, I want to take the Xiucai exam, I want to go to the department, I want to be an official, everyone has to look at my eyes and act, I am not happy, everyone must be frightened, if I am happy, everyone must rejoice. ”

Deng Jian slapped the table viciously and said, "I also want to be ambitious." ”

Xu Qian said: "You say." ”

Deng Jian said: "Can you wait for you to become an official in the future and ask me to be the head of the nursing home?" It is said that the prime minister's door is a seven-grade official, and every door is a seven-grade official, and I, the dean of the nursing home, should have at least five grades. ”

Xu Qian almost spat at Deng Jian's body: "You useless thing!" ”

Deng Jian sighed for a while, and said: "I also want to have a career, who doesn't want to be productive, my half-brother has been reading since he was a child, but I have nothing, I can't study and improve, and I just learned martial arts from my master, what do I do if I don't care for others?" He couldn't help beating his chest and stumbling down, and cried loudly: "My poor master, why did you die so early, if you die later, how happy it will be to come to see me as the head of the nursing home in the Prime Minister's family!" ”