As he spoke, he presented a gift, and specially told him that the large box was a congratulatory gift from his parents to Brother Xie, and the small box was what he brought to Sister Xie.

"Bring self-defense to my sister." He said.

“…… Self-defense? Xie Yankai looked surprised.

Huai'an nodded seriously: "You will know if you give it to her." ”

Xie Yankai wanted to see what was in the box. But there was no reason to open the congratulatory gift in person, and it was something for his daughter, so he had to suppress his curiosity and ask Huai'an to thank Shen Yu and his wife on his behalf.

Before Huai'an left, he didn't forget to instruct: "Uncle don't forget to stretch every day to prolong your life!" ”

When it came to stretching, Xie Yankai was sore all over, and casually perfunctory, dotted the books in the study, classified and numbered them, and then ordered someone to send the four treasures of the study to the eldest son's room, and he took the box that Huai'an gave to Xie Yun to the inner house.

"For me?"

Xie Yun, who was feeling sad about leaving his friends, his eyes lit up and took the box from his father.

Since the Mid-Autumn Festival Lantern Market the year before last, the two have not played together, but she still occasionally receives gifts from Huai'an, chic soaps, small toys, and some good-looking villain books.

As soon as the box was opened, Xie Yun let out a "wow", but Xie Yankai's legs were weak and he almost didn't stand firm.

Shen Huai'an, you kid!

I saw that the box was lined with black flannel, and the flannel was shining with silver, holding a one-foot-long gun, not a bird's gun that was more than one person tall in the army, but a relatively small and delicate Western short gun.

Xie Yun took it out with his immature little hands, it was heavy and quite difficult, and then he found that there was a piece of paper at the bottom of the box, and he attached instructions for use very intimately.

"Daddy," her eyes sparkled, "can I go out and shoot it?!" ”

As he spoke, he gestured back and forth.

Xie Yankai was afraid that it would go off the fire and blow up, so he hurriedly took it into his hand, his tongue was a little knotted, and coaxed: "It's not a place to play this at home, Dad will take you to the suburbs another day to try." ”

Xie Yun was disappointed: "Okay......"

Xie Yankai said again in a tone that lured the child to press the New Year's money: "This father will help you keep it first, you are too young to take it, and I will give it to you in a few years." ”

What else could Xie Yun say, reluctantly watching his father close the box, clamp it under his armpit, and leave the west wing quickly, as if she was afraid that she would regret it if she took a step too slowly.

……

"You gave a short handful to someone's daughter?!" In the study, Shen Yu looked at his son dumbfounded, not knowing whether to be angry or laughing: "What do you think?" ”

"If you meet a bad guy, shoot him." Huai An said very seriously.

Shen Yu was speechless, this logic ...... It's weird.

"That's it, you go play, call your brother." Shen Yu said.

Huai Anle ran out, and after a moment Huai Ming came in, Shen Yu asked him to sit aside and explain to him the precautions for the palace examination.

Among the court officials, if someone in the family takes the exam, they will go to the question according to the current politics, and the advantages of the children of the official eunuchs are beyond the reach of ordinary cloth families.

It can't be helped, it's like that. The way of heaven is to make up for the deficiency when there is more loss, and the way of man is to make up for the deficiency than enough.

After Shen Yu finished speaking, he listened to Huaiming talk about his opinions, and laughed loudly: "The second class is fine, it just depends on whether you can win the first class." ”

Huai Ming smiled: "Yes." ”

……

On March 18, before the end of the day, Huaiming got up.

Today is the ceremony, he needs to change into the Jinshi scarf uniform issued by the Ministry of Rites, and go to the noon gate to wait for the roll call.

Huai'an got up early in the morning and went to the eldest brother's house to watch the freshly baked new Jinshi, Huaiming paused and buttoned his Jinshi scarf on his younger brother's head, directly covering his eyes.

Huai'an was not annoyed, moved his hat up, walked in all directions with his little hands behind his back, and returned to the upper room with his head held high, which amused Xu Tinglan Zhile.

Shen Yu came out of the East House, dressed in crimson yarn, soap boots and silk socks, sleeves two feet wide, and eleven gold belts.

Huai'an looked stunned, like a small wooden stake.

It's still handsome for daddy!

Shen Yu called his eldest son to his eyes, took off the Jinshi Wu scarf from the small wooden stake, and put it on Huaiming's head.

"Let's go."

The two of them went out one after the other.

Xu Tinglan explained to Huai'an: "Remember to bring people when you go out, don't run around." ”

I plan to go back to my room to sleep so that I can have the energy to deal with the guests who came to say goodbye.

Huai'an stood in place and responded obediently, until her mother turned around and went back to the room, rushed out of the door like the wind, and began to shake people.

The children herded the sheep today.

Almost all the private schools in the city are on holiday, because after the ceremony, as usual, it is the official of the royal street, Sanding Jia rides three pure white horses, wearing red and hanging colors, with a group of honor guards, through the lively Chang'an Street, to accept the whole process of the people's view. This is an honor that can only be found in the first class of scholars, and it is the most straightforward encouragement for scholars of all sizes.

Every three years, men, women and children gather on both sides of the street, and the boxes of restaurants along the street have been fully booked half a month ago.

Huai'an is now rich and wealthy, spending a lot of money, on the second floor of Huaiyang Building, he chartered a private room with the best view, called five brothers and sisters, carried Sister Peng upstairs together, ordered a few plates of snacks, a pot of tea, and waited for the ceremony to begin.

"It's coming, it's coming!" Huaiying couldn't take care of everyone's beautiful reserve in the past, and patted the railing and shouted excitedly: "Come and see, my cousin is the champion!" ”

Huai'an got up suddenly, hit the stool head-on, and scurried in pain.

I saw that the eldest brother had changed into a round-necked court dress, a heron on his chest, a little emerald hairpin flowers on both sides of the black yarn, and rode a horse through the lively Chang'an Street.

"Big brother, big brother, whoa!" Huai'an cheered excitedly.

When the guard of honor approached, Huai'an gave an order, and a scroll rolled down, unfolding a vertical banner from the second floor, with ten big characters on it:

The eldest brother can fly with confidence, and the younger brother will always be with you!

"Brother Shen, look!" Tanhualang beside him pointed upstairs to remind him.

Huai Ming raised his head, first crying and laughing, and then saw Huai An waving frantically at him with the railing, and his entire upper body poked outside, and suddenly palpitated, for fear that he would fall down with his head down.

was about to get off the floor to take care of this bear child, but fortunately, Chen Yong poked his head out and pulled him back.

Huai Wei deliberately teased him: "Huai'an, you have to work harder." ”

There is a champion as a big brother, and the pressure is great.

Huai'an watched the excitement wholeheartedly, and pointed downstairs indifferently and said to his sisters: "What are you afraid of, I will look like this in eight years." ”

The two sisters laughed and joked to him: "Where did you get your confidence!" ”

Huai'an is so confident, if he wants to do it, he will be the most handsome little pavilion elder in history - the one who was sold by him does not count.

Chapter 113

After the official of the royal street, Huaiming, as the representative of the new science and technology jinshi, asked the foreman to pay respects to the teacher, and then participate in the banquet of the Ministry of Rites. Xu Tinglan will receive the female guests who come to congratulate him at home.

So Huai'an didn't care about it today, and after watching the excitement, he went to his bookstore to inspect the work.

The bookstore operated in an orderly manner under the management of Sun Dawu. Huai'an deliberately did not let his mother help him recruit a new shopkeeper, and when the account was closed at the end of last year, Sun Dawu was promoted to the bookseller.

This month, Sun Dawu scraped together the money he had, rented a small yard near Haojia Hutong, and moved out with his daughter to live alone.

"The two girls are getting older day by day, and it's always inconvenient to be crammed into the same room with me." Sun Dawu explained to Huai'an.

Huai'an knew that what he said was more tactful, There are several other families living in the third hospital, there are many and miscellaneous, and it is better for the children to have their mothers to take care of them, There is only one father, no matter how careful he is, there will always be times when he can't see it.

It is better to know people and faces but not hearts, and it is better to prevent problems before they happen.

But in this part of the capital, even if it is a very small yard, the rent is really not cheap, Huai'an estimates that it will cost at least half of his monthly money, and he also has to provide for his two daughters to study, hand over the bundle of repairs, buy paper and ink, start another stove, and buy vegetables and cook is a lot of expenses, which should be quite tight.

Huai'an looked around and said to Sun Dawu: "In the future, you will be given a monthly subsidy of two yuan of silver, and you must keep it secret." ”

Sun Dawu was both surprised and delighted: "Thank you, the owner!" ”

Huai'an patted him on the shoulder, pretending to be old-fashioned: "Young man, work hard, and the future is immeasurable." ”

Sun Dawu didn't feel embarrassed at all, and swore solemnly: "Don't worry, I will do a good job." ”

Huai'an called Xiwa again, Xiwa finally passed the test of Master Hao, and began to learn rigidly, he is literate, clever and willing to endure hardships, and it is not difficult to teach.

Huai'an also patted him on the shoulder: "Young man, monthly money is not important, learning things is the most important, everything must be long-term." ”

It can only be said that the employees of this era are too easy to fool, and Xiwa smiled honestly: "I must study hard, Dongjia." ”

After coming out of the children's bookstore, I went to the soap shop again.

With the assistance of Shopkeeper Ding, soap workshops were opened to more than a dozen prefectures and counties in Gyeonggi and Jiangnan, and many women made soap as a business.

Of course, because the process of soap is not complicated, and there is no core formula, imitations soon appeared on the market, but fortunately, they have occupied the market in advance, and formed a certain scale, and have accumulated a good reputation, so they are not afraid of peer competition.

After all, it's not a soap, it's all royal holdings, and the Queen Mother personally endorses the Yurong skin soap.

After the inspection of the soap factory, it was almost time, Huai'an got into the carriage and walked home, although his father and mother didn't have time to take care of him today, but he still had to be conscious, go home early, trust needs to be maintained.

On the way, passing by Mengxiangzhai, he suddenly remembered that he gave Sister Peng a gold bracelet last month, so he asked the coachman to stop.

Jumped out of the car and found that there was another carriage parked at the door of Mengxiangzhai, and the roof of the carriage was hung with a lantern with the word "Lu".

Uncle Lu obviously won't appear in the goldsmith shop during working hours, it should be his family, maybe there is his future sister-in-law.

As a good boy who likes to eat melons, of course Huai'an wants to go in and have a look.

Because I went to see the "Royal Street Praise Official" today, the entire inner city was empty, so there were not many people in the store, only a pair of sisters were picking up jewelry in the finished area of the store, the sister looked sixteen or seventeen years old, and the younger sister was only seven or eight years old.

Thinking that Uncle Lu only had two daughters, he could roughly guess that the woman wearing a honey-colored coat, a pine green horse-faced skirt, and a light veil to cover her face was his future sister-in-law.

According to his character, he must come forward to say hello, but he was afraid that he would appear rashly and abruptly, so he had to pretend not to know, let the store take out the gold bracelet he had ordered, and pick out a piece of jewelry for his mother, and left.

"Mengxiangzhai's things are good, but the wages are too expensive." He complained to Changxing.

Changxing smiled: "Is the master still worried about this salary now?" ”

"Not me." Huai'an said this thoughtlessly, and got into the carriage.

When I return home, the feast of the Ministry of Rites has just begun, and the celebratory guests at home will disperse.

Xu Tinglan was busy and dizzy, and smacked his son's head: "Ye is back?" ”

Huai'an emphasized: "Mother, I'm going to patrol the shop. ”

Xu Tinglan laughed and laughed: "Look at you!" ”