Finally seeing his daughter's family, who had been separated for three years, Xu Chengyu was so happy that he couldn't help but talk to them at the city gate for a while.

At this time, a lean young man walked out, found Xu Chengyu and said, "Uncle, all the affairs in the house have been cleaned up, and you can live in it at any time." ”

"Ah, yes, yes, just talking patronizingly, I forgot that Yunji Shuhua and they were tired, and they were tired, so they had to go back and rest quickly."

Xu Chengyu patted his head when he heard this, and then remembered something, pulled the man in front of him, and introduced Gu Yunji: "This is my younger brother's son, Xu Shuchang." ”

Gu Yunji has heard of Xu Shuchang, which is different from Xu Zhenzhi, in terms of blood, this is Xu Shuhua's cousin. Xu Chengyu has only one sibling brother, no other brothers and sisters, and both the younger brother and wife are not in good health, and they died of illness very early, leaving only Xu Shuchang as a son.

Gu Yunji smiled and stretched out his hand to him: "It turned out to be Cousin Shuchang, I heard Shuhua and the teacher talk about you a long time ago, but I regret that I haven't seen you before, but I finally saw it today." ”

Xu Shu is very thin, but his eyes are very bright, shining with a hint of essence. Seeing Gu Yunji stretching out his hand towards him, he seemed a little embarrassed, shrank a few times, and then held his hand back.

The moment his palms were clenched, Gu Yunji felt a slightly hard, slightly awkward touch, he seemed to cast his gaze inadvertently, and sure enough, he saw a thin callus on Xu Shuchang's thumb and index finger.

As soon as I raised my eyes again, I saw that Xu Shuchang's eyes were fluttering and flickering, and he always couldn't get it into practice, and at a glance, he knew that he was a person who had a lot of thoughts and had difficulty concentrating.

Gu Yunji's heart sank slightly, he didn't say anything, and retracted his hand quietly.

The rest of the people didn't notice anything unusual, and after a brief greeting with Xu Shuchang, Xu Chengyu took Gu Yunji's family into the city and went to the prefect's mansion that had been cleaned up in advance.

I have to say that it is good to have someone in the local area, the official residence is properly cleaned up, everything is furnished, and even the bed in the bedroom is made. Most of the servants are old people who have been working in the Xu family in Shaoxing for many years, and several Xu Shuhua are still familiar, and they know how to arrange work, so they don't need her to worry about it at all.

After all, the prefect is two levels higher than the general judgment, and the official mansion equipped with it is also a lot more generous, the space is spacious, the layout is exquisite and reasonable, and it is more than enough for Gu Yunji's family to live in it.

Xu Chengyu knew that they had been running on the road for more than two months, and their bodies were tired, so they didn't take up much of their time, so after a few simple instructions, he took Xu Shuchang back to the Xu family's mansion, preparing to wait for them to rest enough and come back the next day.

This time I took office much easier than when I first arrived in Xuzhou Mansion three years ago, everything was cleaned up, and in the evening, Gu Yunji lay comfortably on the bed after bathing, very comfortable.

In a blink of an effort, he remembered Xu Shuchang he saw during the day, Gu Yunji always felt a little weird, and pretended to mention it to Xu Shuhua unintentionally: "Cousin Shuchang...... Don't feel like you're thirty? Has he been staying in Shaoxing Mansion? What do you do now? ”

Xu Shuhua just came out of the shower, sat on the side and wiped his hair, and replied casually: "Cousin Shuchang is a few years younger than my brother, and he should just turn thirty this year." I didn't stay in Shaoxing all the time, and I lived with my family for a few years in the early years. ”

"My uncle and aunt died early, when he was only seven or eight years old, and my father felt that as an uncle, he should take responsibility for his nephew's upbringing after his brother's death, so he brought him to the capital."

"Uncle and aunt are cousins such a son, and my father is very strict with my cousin in order to make him a weapon and comfort his younger brother and sister-in-law's spirit in heaven. However, my cousin has a stubborn temperament, and he is the most playful, and if he is not good at schoolwork, he will be punished by his father, and over time, he will be more afraid of my father than respectful, and he has to hide and walk on weekdays. ”

"The stricter Daddy manages his cousin, the more his cousin can't stand it, and the more crazy he plays behind his back, and the more Daddy sees it, the more he feels sorry for his dead uncle, and punishes his cousin more harshly, and so on day after day, so that there are many resentments in my cousin's heart. But because of the separation of a layer, I felt pale and powerless to say anything, and the uncle and nephew gradually became centrifugal. ”

Speaking of this, Xu Shuhua sighed and continued: "Later, within a few years, my mother passed away, and my father was grief-stricken, and he could no longer take care of his brother. My cousin has long longed for an unrestrained life, and took the opportunity to propose to go back to his hometown in Shaoxing to prepare for the imperial examination, but my father couldn't stop him, so he went, and he has been staying in Shaoxing Mansion since then. ”

Xu Chengyu became the first assistant of the cabinet, and became the head of Luxi Academy, with peach and plum all over the world, and the children who were raised were also outstanding in character and talent. is such a person who is good at education, but he has made a mistake in the cultivation of his nephew, and this Xu Shuchang's temperament is not ordinary stubborn.

Gu Yunji's brows furrowed slightly when he heard this, and he asked again, "What about after that?" How happened to Cousin Shuchang's imperial examination? Have you ever gained fame? ”

Xu Shuhua was also worried when he talked about this: "My father stared at him every day, he couldn't read, and when he returned to the uncontrolled Shaoxing Mansion, what kind of fame could he learn?" The elders of the clan only provide him with food and clothing, and they don't take care of so much in his studies. My cousin failed many attempts, and it wasn't until the year of the weak crown that he came back after taking the exam. ”

The Xu family is a scholarly family in the south of the Yangtze River, with the best educational resources, as a descendant of the clan, he was admitted to Xiucai at the age of twenty, this is not a brain, this is completely not to put his mind on reading, and he didn't study at all.

Xu Chengyu is proud of his temperament, and he cherishes his feathers very much, and his apprentices are all selected, whether they are disciples or his own children, there is no one who is general. The partial nephew is such an unsuccessful weapon, Gu Yunji has a heart attack for him when he thinks about it.

"That'...... What about teachers? Just don't care? ”

"What can I do? When I was a child, I was spanked and spanked, but I can't still do this when I grow up, right? Xu Shuhua showed a wry smile, "After going to Luxi Academy, my father asked my cousin to study several times, but my cousin refused every time because he didn't want to be disciplined anymore, saying that he wouldn't say anything. ”

"After all, it's the only son left by my uncle, and my father doesn't want to make the relationship too stiff, so he can't manage it. Since you can't ask for a future, then ask for peace and health, because my father has not been very strict with my cousin's studies over the years, as long as my cousin is living smoothly and happily, my father will be satisfied. ”

"However, my cousin is a restless person, his mind is not determined, two years ago, he said that he was going to go to the yamen to be a official, and he said that he was going to manage the fields and villages, and some time ago he was making a fuss about doing business, I don't know what he was thinking, I don't understand ......"

As soon as the chatterbox opened, he couldn't stop, Xu Shuhua chattered, turned around as he spoke, and wiped his hair intently.

After listening to Xu Shuhua's narration, Gu Yunji remembered the scene when he saw Xu Shuchang during the day, and his brows furrowed slightly.

His heart moved slightly, Xu Shuhua realized something, turned around, and saw that Gu Yunji's face was not very good-looking, and said, "What's wrong?" Why are you suddenly so interested in Cousin Shuchang? ”

Gu Yunji looked at her eyes, hesitated for a while, and decided to express his doubts: "I think...... Cousin Shuchang may have become addicted to gambling. ”

(End of chapter)