After successfully fooling Xie Wenzai over, Haitang was in a good mood. After dinner, she still had the energy to take a walk in the yard to eat. Before going back to the house to rest, she glanced in the direction of the east wing.

My brother had just returned to the house shortly after eating, and at this time he was already snoring, obviously very tired.

Begonia wondered if she should be more restrained? Before I knew it, I fell asleep.

Late at night, she heard movement outside and woke up, but it was her grandfather Hai Xiya who had just returned home and was having supper.

Seeing that her husband looked extremely hungry, Ma couldn't help but feel distressed: "Lao Gu asked you to help with the work, didn't you let you eat enough?" It's too stingy! ”

Hai Xiya smiled and said in a low voice: "The baked cakes and tea are enough, but I'm busy, where can I free my hands, just eat two bites and deal with it." There's so much work to do, and the sooner I'm done, the sooner I'll be relieved. ”

Ma scooped a bowl of hot soup for her husband and put it in front of him: "How is life? Are you the only one doing it? No other helper? ”

"Sun Yonglu has been holding financial power for a long time, and after his people were cleared, there were more than a dozen vacancies. Suzhou Wei can get his hands on all the people to make up for it, and even Liu Keren has borrowed people to come over, but there are still shortcomings. I'd like to have someone who can help, but where can I find it? Hai Xiya stopped his chopsticks, "Suzhou Wei is in urgent need of manpower in the account now, I'm thinking...... Do you want to bring Baoshun in? ”

Ma Shi was very surprised: "Why does the master suddenly have such an idea?" How big is Bao Shun? I haven't learned the skill of settling accounts, and if you take him there, it won't be useful. ”

Hai Xiya took a sip of soup: "I know he can't be useful now, but he learned to calculate when he was a child, and he has some talent, better than his father." Although it has been a bit deserted over the years, he is more accurate than Chang'an in calculating some small accounts every day. Children's homes, it's a good time to remember. I took him to learn by doing, and slowly he got started, and he could show his face more in front of them, and it would be cheaper for me to stuff the child into the guard in the future. ”

Ma Shi frowned when he heard this: "Didn't the master say that he would go back to his hometown in a few days?" Why do you want to stuff your grandson into the guard? Once you have a position in the border army, it is not easy to get out! Baoshun is still young, why are you in a hurry?! ”

Hai Xiya sighed, put down the chopsticks and said: "It's not that I'm in a hurry, but Baoshun has the idea of joining the army, and he always wants to stay." I was worried that Sun Yonglu's people would spread the news of Cousin Xie and them back to Beijing, and I thought that it would be better to stay in Suzhou for two more years, so I agreed to General Gu. But if I hadn't thought of countermeasures earlier, I would have been afraid that Baoshun would really go to the battlefield to earn military merits, and it would be difficult to get it back. You and I are so old that we have this grandson of our in-laws, is it really necessary to watch him follow his father's old path?! ”

Ma Shi was silent, and after a long while, he said: "I am not happy, but Baoshun seems to be iron-hearted." Today, when you are not at home, he borrowed a bow and arrow from Chang'an and practiced arrows in the courtyard. I saw that he was too tired to do it, but he refused to cry bitter, which was very different from usual. The baby has made up his mind, even if you force him to study for the imperial examination, he will not be reconciled. What else can you do with him? ”

"Even if we can't beat him, it's not inconceivable that we really let him enter the army." Haixi Cliff said, "I have also been in the army for 30 years, how can I really go to the battlefield?" If he had learned my ability to settle accounts, and had brought me into the eyes of the generals, the generals would never have let go of a settling person, and they would have to let him go to the battlefield to earn his life. ”

Ma suddenly realized, clasped his hands and said, "It turns out that the master has this idea!" That's good, that's it! Our Hai family is originally a military household, and when they enter the army, they are all the same for civilian and military positions. ”

She also took the initiative to give her husband an idea: "Go and tell Baoshun, master, it is very hard for you to settle accounts alone, and his second uncle can't help, so ask him to help you." He is a filial child, and he will definitely be willing to share your worries. When he learns the ability to settle accounts, even if you don't say it, they will keep people. As long as he fills the vacancy for Baoshun early, he will not want to change careers again! ”

Hai Xiya couldn't help but smile on his face: "That's what I meant. Even if I have to stay at the border for a few more years, I don't care. When Baoshun makes a name for himself in the clerical position, when he grows older in the future, he will be transferred elsewhere, and he will not be able to change his military position. In this way, the child is safe, and we can rest assured. ”

Ma sighed: "The master is really hardworking, I just hope that Baoshun can understand the intentions of the foreheads, and don't always make people scared." She paused, and remembered one more thing, "But after all, this is a border city, if there are a few more big battles like the one before, the civilian job may not be safe, it is better to go back to the Central Plains as soon as possible." ”

Hai Xiya nodded: "I thought so too, but ...... There is some truth in Lao Gu's words. ”

General Gu Qinghong was bent on staying at Haixi Cliff and persuaded him to continue his post in Suzhou. In addition to the fact that Sun Yonglu will not come back and Haixi Cliff will no longer have to be restrained, he also feels that Haixi Cliff has been in the army for 30 years and has done a good job, but in order not to attract attention, he suppressed his own development, so that the rank is still on the eighth grade, which is really too aggrieved.

The official position of Bapin can be said to be inaccessible in the Great Chu Dynasty, even if Haixi Cliff returns to Yongping's hometown, few people can afford it. General Gu persuaded Haixiya that while he was not very old now, he would be a civilian officer in the border army for a few more years, as long as he raised his grade and returned to his hometown in the future, the township party would be able to think a little higher. Not to mention that children and grandchildren can get more dignity, even his late mother, Mrs. Xie, can also get a posthumous mourning. Hai Dongling, the eldest brother of Haixi Cliff who excludes his stepmother and brother everywhere, doesn't want to do anything on his stepmother's tablet or tomb site.

I have to say that General Gu has been friends with Haixi Cliff for many years, and he knows what kind of reasons can move him. He began to seriously consider the feasibility of re-entering the profession in Suzhou.

Hai Xiya said to his wife: "I am in the position of the governor of Suzhou Weizheng Bapin, today I returned to the old place, General Gu still asked me to be the governor of this Zhengbapin, but he also told me in private, now there are many vacancies in the Wei Institute, and when Sun Yonglu is escorted to Ganzhou, his henchmen can be disposed of on the spot, so that I can substitute for the seven products to experience the position, on behalf of the agent, I can become a regular." My predecessor has been promoted for less than a year, and I will complete the remaining two years of his term for him, and the capital can make the decision to promote me by one or two more levels. With my qualifications, no one would ever question it. Whether it is from the sixth grade or the sixth grade, I am returning to my hometown, and I can hold my head up in front of my parents in my hometown. When the time comes, when you meet your parents, you will be able to straighten your waist and speak. ”

Ma's nose is a little sour. She didn't expect her husband to remember her words when she was younger.

Ma's mother's family is in Chang'an Mansion, and there are brothers and sisters above. Before his death, his deceased father was transferred to Shanhaiwei, and only one of them took her with him. Later, the deceased father suddenly fell ill in office, knowing that he was incurable, and his children were thousands of miles away, beyond the reach of the whip, he was worried that his youngest daughter was lonely and wronged, so he hurriedly married her to Haixiya, and agreed with his son-in-law that he would leave a suicide note to the eldest son and eldest daughter, so that they could help Haixiya seek officials in Chang'an Mansion. Later, Haixiya really took his wife and children to Chang'an Mansion, but at that time, he was only an official from Jiupin, and he couldn't take the official position at all.

The eldest sister of the Ma family married into the Zhou family of the Zhenguo Mansion to fill the house of the children of the side branch, and she is a real lady. Her brother is famous and has a bright future. The Ma family only had the order of the nine pins, and he couldn't raise his head in front of his mother's brothers and sisters. She complained a few words when she was young, but she didn't expect her husband to remember it, and he was always thinking about earning her face.

Ma's heart was full of tenderness, and there was any objection: "Just do what the master says, and listen to you." ”

Begonia opened her eyes in the dark and sighed that the elders were well-intentioned. Is it just that the reef will really accept it?