At present, there is still a long time before the date of taking office stipulated by the imperial court, and there is plenty of time, Gu Yunji plans to take this opportunity to relax and rest, accompany his wife and daughter at home, and wait for the Dragon Boat Festival to officially go to the yamen to be on duty.

Time flies quickly, in the blink of an eye, at the beginning of May, the Dragon Boat Festival holiday of Luxi Academy is coming to an end, and Xu Chengyu is about to return to Hangzhou.

During this time, Xu Chengyu stayed in the Xu family's mansion and did not live with Gu Yunji and them. Seeing that they were about to separate again, Gu Yunji and his wife thought about asking Xu Chengyu to go home and have a meal together and reunite again before leaving.

Coming to the Xu family's mansion, Gu Yunji followed the guidance of the little maid all the way to Xu Chengyu's study, and before he got closer, he heard a fierce quarrel inside.

Xu Chengyu slapped the table and scolded angrily, "You are really good at it! Before, I only said that you were not successful, and you didn't do your job all day, but I didn't think that you are still addicted to gambling now! Look at you now, you are depressed and depressed, but you don't have the slightest bit of the spirit that a young person should have!"

Xu Shu often bowed his head and was trained, with a hidden disbelief on his face, and muttered: "I'm not addicted, I just play three or two times, and I only go once in a while, how can you say so seriously......, uncle?"

"Still lying!"

Xu Chengyu was furious, stepped forward and broke his hand, pointed to the cocoon on it and said, "It's just that I've played three or two handfuls, can I grind my hand like this?" I see the thickness of your cocoon, it's been at least half a year like gambling!"

Xu Shuchang looked sneered, withdrew his hand and hid it behind him without saying a word, tilted his neck and didn't speak, and didn't take Xu Chengyu's reprimand seriously at first glance.

Xu Chengyu was angry, and hated iron and steel: "You have not been serious about studying since you were a child, your studies are mediocre, and you have been studying for one or two decades before you can be admitted to the examination. Later, when I grew up, I still didn't concentrate, and today I want to be a minister, and tomorrow I have to take care of the fields and Zhuangzi, and I won't talk about you half-heartedly."

"And what about you? Actually got involved in gambling! The gambling house is under the guise of trying luck with a small Boda, in fact, everyone has the means, will it make you make money in vain? It's just to use a little small profit to hook you deeper and deeper, and it will be more and more difficult to extricate yourself, and finally lose all your huge family business and end up bankrupt!"

"Don't you think that your father and mother have left you a lot of property, so you can squander it at will, counting our long house, and even the entire Xu family, and you can afford to afford a few losers? Maybe one day you will lose all your possessions!"

Xu Chengyu knew that blind reprimand could not solve the problem, but from childhood to adulthood, he didn't know how many times he talked with Xu Shuchang, whether it was good or inducement, or whether he was serious or long, Xu Shuchang promised well at that time, and he still did his own thing behind his back, and did not correct it at all.

Thinking of this, Xu Chengyu felt a huge sadness in his heart, and said bitterly: "When your father and mother died, you were only eight years old, you are really young, your father can't rest assured that you can't rest assured, he held my hand in front of the sickbed and refused to close his eyes, so I must take care of you."

"The result? You look like this now, so how will I face them when I die? Ask yourself again, are you worthy of your dead father and mother, and worthy of their spirits in the sky?"

Xu Shuchang's heart was furious, and he no longer had a respectful look, and said impatiently: "It's my father and mother again, it's my father and mother again!" Every time I have something, you have to use them to press me!"

"They're dead anyway, and I'm an adult now, so what does it matter to you what I look like? After all, it's all the property left by my father, and it's my business to dispose of it, and you can't control it!"

Xu Chengyu looked at him in disbelief, and then said angrily, "Xu Shuchang, I'm your uncle! Your father is dead, and I am the closest person among your fathers, and I am responsible for your father's upbringing, so why can't I control you? I am the most qualified person to rule over you!"

"That's not a father!"

Xu Shu often didn't get in the oil and salt, and the words he said were like knives, poking at Xu Chengyu's heart, without caring about the relationship between his uncle and nephew: "My father is dead when he dies, I don't have a second father!" After all, you are just my uncle, I am happy to respect you, you are an elder, I am not happy to respect you, you are just an outsider!"

As he spoke, Xu Shuchang slammed the door and turned around

Walk away.

"Xu Shuchang! You come back to me!"

Xu Chengyu was so angry that his head was dizzy, and he shouted angrily several times, but he didn't see Xu Shuchang's footsteps stop for a moment, so he simply called the account room in charge of money: "What about the account room? Call here!"

"From today onwards, cut off all Xu Shuchang's money, lock up all the things left by my brother and sister-in-law, and don't let him collect any of them! Also, go to every gambling house in the city to say hello, whoever dares to pull Xu Shuchang to gamble and give him credit, that is to be with my Xu family, and with my Xu Chengyu!"

"Yes!" The bookkeeper replied heavily, and trotted away.

After giving the order, Xu Chengyu's anger gradually subsided, a sense of powerlessness came up, and he sat down on the chair dejectedly.

Gu Yunji waited quietly for a while, and saw that Xu Chengyu's mood gradually calmed down, so he cautiously walked into the door and called softly, "Teacher."

Xu Chengyu glanced up at him when he heard the voice, then lowered his head again, and his voice was hoarse: "Yunji, let you see the joke."

"Teacher, don't say that, we're a family." Gu Yunji filled Xu Chengyu's cup with hot tea and pushed it in front of him, "Teacher, drink saliva and moisten your throat."

Xu Chengyu took a sip of the cup, the fragrant tea slipped from his throat into his stomach, the irritability in his chest was brushed away, and his breath was smoothed a lot.

Xu Chengyu looked at the intimate and sensible apprentice and son-in-law, and thought of Xu Shuchang again, and was very puzzled.

He didn't understand, whether it was his children or disciples, whether he was born or not, but whatever he taught with his own hands, all of them were dragons and phoenixes among people, why couldn't he get to Xu Shuchang? His set of education methods has no effect on Xu Shuchang alone?

Gu Yunji deliberately made him happy, and changed the topic: "Xi'er told me that my grandfather hasn't been to see her for the past few days, is it because he has another little grandson in the Xu family to relieve his boredom, so he doesn't like her anymore. The little girl is young, but her temperament is not small, and her little mouth is so pouting that she can almost hang up the oil pot."

"It just so happens that Shuhua has prepared your favorite dishes at home today, as well as Qiu Lubai, seeing that Luxi Academy is about to start classes, do you want to come back and have a meal with us?" Xi'er misses you too."

Speaking of his little granddaughter, Xu Chengyu subconsciously pulled the corners of his mouth and smiled, but he was really not in the mood, shook his head and said, "Let's talk about it when I have a chance in the future." We are close now, I can come back for big and small festivals, and we will have a good gathering in the Mid-Autumn Festival, this time."

Gu Yunji wanted to speak and stopped, hesitated for a while, but couldn't help but say, "...... Teacher, cousin Shuchang is now past and has the ability to distinguish between right and wrong. In every respect, you have fulfilled your responsibility as an uncle, you don't have to put such a heavy burden on yourself, and Shuhua and I don't want you to be too tired."

Xu Chengyu was silent for a moment, and sighed: "I understand what you said, don't worry, I know it in my heart. What matters now is you, you just arrived in Shaoxing Mansion to take office, there are a lot of things, and you still have the energy to worry about me. You just have to concentrate on doing your official job, and if you have any difficulties, feel free to tell me, and I will help you solve them."

It's one thing to understand, it's another to do it. Xu Chengyu's younger brother and wife died early, and Xu Shuchang was not successful, so it was extremely difficult for him to let go of the responsibilities he had on himself in a short period of time and let Xu Shuchang go freely.

Gu Yunji sighed silently in his heart and didn't say anything more.