After the whole family was swept away, I lay down flat

Chapter 990 Follow-up
After lunch, Qiao Fu was about to get up and say goodbye.

Everyone wanted to keep him for a while and chat about family matters, but he said, "I am so happy to meet you today and find out the whereabouts of my long-lost aunt. I want to tell my parents and relatives so that they can be happy too. My parents and relatives are buried in the suburbs. If I don't go there early, I'm afraid I won't be able to get back before the city gates close at night. Therefore... I can only disappoint the kindness of all the elders."

Since he said so, the Hai family had no choice but to let him go. They repeatedly asked him to come to their house often when he was free. They also had someone prepare a generous gift and some cakes and pasta for him to take back for dinner so that he wouldn't have to work on the stove again after returning from outside the city.

Qiao Fu thanked him profusely and took the things away. The Hai family, along with the three elders Xie, Cao, and Lu, saw him off to the door, and only turned back after watching his back disappear at the end of the alley.

Hai Xiya returned to the hall and sat down with a complicated expression, but he didn't know what to say for a moment.

Xie Wenzai knew what his cousin was thinking, so he patted him on the shoulder and said, "As long as the child is a decent person, has a good temperament, and is not stupid, the rest can be guided slowly. He lost his parents at a young age and was not taught when he was young. It's good enough that he can grow up like this. There's really no need to expect too much."

Hai Xiya thought about it and said with a wry smile, "If Qiao Zhongran saw his nephew grow up like this, I wonder what he would think?"

Cao Gengyun disagreed: "What else can he think? The child was demoted to a government slave and fell into the hands of the Jinyiwei. He was lucky to be alive today and still have hope of turning over a new leaf! Many of the other children of Wumen became peddlers after returning to their hometown. Even if their fathers and grandfathers were pardoned and returned to the court, they had delayed their studies and could no longer take the imperial examinations.

"In comparison, Qiao Fu at least had a few years of formal education and learned martial arts from his grandfather. Although he worked as a spy for many years, he has now been transferred to the regular army and can get started directly. He has done a good job and there is hope for promotion in the future, but it is just a switch from civil to military. This is extremely lucky! The Qiao family was not a noble family. There were only two branches that achieved some success. Both branches were persecuted by the Sun family, but Qiao Fu was able to survive, and Qiao girl also left behind two children, Baoshun and Tangtang. We really can't expect more."

Cao Gengyun thought about himself. His children and grandchildren had cut off ties with him early on, saving him. After he was exiled, they still lived a well-off life without worries about food and clothing. But so what? His children and grandchildren failed to study and had no hope of becoming officials. They had to rely on him, an old man, to come back and help. In comparison, Qiao Fu, whom he had just met, even though he became a spy, had been able to gain a foothold in the Jinyiwei for many years with his own real ability. Although he was not very upright and looked very old at a young age, his conversation and talent were there, much better than his own children and grandchildren.

Cao Gengyun would rather his children and grandchildren were people like Qiao Fu. Even if they had suffered for many years, at least they had a good foundation and only needed a little guidance to become independent talents. It was better than a hopeless person. Even if they had been pampered for many years, what could he expect from them? !

Everyone looked at Cao Gengyun's angry face, knowing that he was angry because his children and grandchildren were not doing well, so they didn't know what to say. Only Lu Bainian said calmly: "As long as the child is reliable and has a promising future, everything else is just a trivial matter and not worth mentioning."

Cao Gengyun suddenly thought of those troublesome clansmen and younger generations of the Lu family. It seemed that his old friend was even worse off than himself, so he stopped complaining.

Ma coughed lightly, turned to Haijiao and said, "Where does Qiao Jiafu live now? Let's send him something. He has finally come to an end of his hardship, and the New Year is coming soon, so we have to buy him some good things."

Hai Jiao said, "He is still living in the secret agent camp, and it is not convenient for outsiders to enter. But since he has been promoted to a regular soldier, he will have to move out of the secret agent camp sooner or later. I am asking someone to find a room for him in the Jinyiwei camp. When the time comes, we will clean it up and equip it with all the necessary equipment, and he can move in directly. Grandma wants to send him something, and it will not be too late to send it then, and it will save the trouble of moving." Ma had no objection, but she felt that if Qiao Fu only had one room in the Jinyiwei camp, it would be too cramped, right? It didn't matter if he lived alone, but what about when he got married in the future? Would Hai Baozhu have to share a room with him? !
Hai Xiya said, "When the time comes, give Baozhu a spacious house as a dowry. Buy one near the Jinyiwei camp. The houses in the camp will be big enough for him to stay overnight while on duty. As a small soldier, it's good enough for him to have a house."

Only then did Ma nod and plan to go back and discuss this issue with Fang and her daughter.

Xie Wenzai suddenly remembered something: "Since the Qiao family was pardoned, they originally had property in the capital. Could it be that the court did not return it to the original owner?"

The Qiao family is different from him. Xie Wenzai's hometown is not in the capital, but he lives in the capital, and has been living in the Wu family's property for many years. Once he was exiled, all his floating property was confiscated, and no property would be returned after he was pardoned. He was also asked to give away the property on the confiscated list to his friends who returned to the court. The ancestral home and property of the Xie family's hometown have not been moved, but the clan has long been transferred to the name of the adopted son appointed for his father, and he, an unfilial son who committed a crime, has naturally been expelled from the family tree. It is said that after he was pardoned, the clan members secretly wrote his name back into the family tree, but Xie Wenzai no longer cared about these things. He heard that his adopted brother was quite honest, took good care of the graves of his parents and ancestors, and fulfilled all his responsibilities, so he had no intention of going back to cause trouble for others. He only offered sacrifices to his relatives from a distance during the New Year to express his grief.

But the Qiao family has lived in Beijing for many years, and they have bought houses and land, so their family business is still quite large. When the Qiao family was pardoned, only Qiao Fu was left as the only heir of the two branches, so the property returned by the court should be inherited by him! Who has these properties now? It can't be in the hands of those distant branches of the Qiao family, right?
Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment. Hai Jiao said hurriedly, "I hadn't thought of that. I'll ask someone later!" Others might not know about this kind of thing, but the Jinyiwei would definitely have a record of it, so he would know it once he checked.

Seeing that her grandson had taken the responsibility, Ma felt relieved that there would be a satisfactory result in the end. "I don't expect much, I just hope to have a decent house. Although Baozhu can also bring a house as a dowry, it's different after all..."

Xie Wenzai turned to look at Jin Jiashu, and seeing that he looked tired, he smiled and said, "You are tired too, right? Go to the guest room and have a nap. When you wake up in the afternoon, I will ask you about your homework. You said that you have never put down your books during your time in the palace, so let me test you."

Jin Jiashu paused, feeling a little uneasy, and quickly said with a smile, "If the teacher wants to ask about my homework, I can do so at any time. But I have some important things to do this afternoon, and I have to visit other people, so I'm afraid I don't have enough time. Why don't I wait until tomorrow when I'm free to accept the teacher's test?"

Haijiao squinted at him and said, "Who else are you going to visit? Could it be the teachers of the Tao family school? You can't visit them in the afternoon, right? It's not polite."

Jin Jiashu smiled dryly: "It's not those teachers, I made an appointment with Mammy Ma to visit her where she lives now. Mammy Ma and I have a deep relationship, so there is no need to care about the customs and etiquette."

It turned out to be Ma Shangyi.

Hai Jiao was a little confused: "You are so familiar with Ma Ma, isn't it the same whether you go today or tomorrow? Why are you in such a hurry?" You came to Hai's house in the morning and wanted to see Ma Shangyi in the afternoon?

Jin Jiashu glanced at Haitang subconsciously and said with a smile, "I have acquired a few new properties and I really don't know how to deal with them. Naturally, I have to ask Mama to come out and help me!"