Traveling to Daliang Kingdom starts from falling into the water

There is a saying that goes, "No one knows a son better than his father." Conversely, a son also knows his father very well. Gu Wenxuan believes that he knows his father very well.

His father would not interfere in other matters, but if the oil press and tofu shop stopped working for one day, they would lose one day's profit, and his father would never stand idly by.

According to his thinking, he could have stopped work two days in advance, moved things over slowly, and waited for an auspicious day to start work after everything was installed and debugged.

Unable to help his father's disapproval, he calculated, like his father-in-law, how much he could earn in a day, and what would happen if he took three or five days off, which would be a big loss.

In the morning, when he is there, his father will not go. In the afternoon, both he and his wife are not in the workshop. Even if it is snowing or drizzling, his father will go there.

Gu Erzhu was just as his eldest son guessed. It wasn't that he didn't trust his eldest son's brother-in-law Li Chunsheng, or that Gu Dachang and others were not careful. He just felt uneasy if he didn't keep an eye on him.

After lunch, he went to the workshop in front. The two oil presses had been disassembled and packed, waiting to be moved onto the mule cart, tied up and transported to the village entrance.

However, in the busy schedule, some carelessness is inevitable. Several pieces of mesh cloth that were leaking debris had just been removed and there was no time to clean them. They broke when they were folded due to freezing.

There was also some freshly fried bean dregs. No matter how careful you were, a lot of it was still spilled on the ground. If San Ya's father saw it, he would be heartbroken.

While Gu Erzhu was going around to the tofu shop at the back, Gu Wenxuan, after escorting Zhou Banxia to the meeting room in the front yard, went directly to the workshop in front.

A big family and a big business.

In the meeting room in the front yard, Zhou Banxia continued to take care of matters that he had not arranged in the morning, and Gu Wenxuan also took the time to arrange things at home as soon as possible.

The father and son reunited.

Gu Wenxuan didn't bother to talk nonsense with his father and told him frankly that he might not be at home on the day when the two workshops moved to the village entrance and officially started operations.

He planned to go to the county school diligently in the next few months before the annual exam, strive to get the first place, and then take a leave to study at home.

"What did Sanya say?"

"I haven't mentioned it to her yet. If I did, she would definitely say that a man should have ambitions in all directions. She has you and my mother at home, so there's no need to worry about her."

It was indeed true. San Ya was not the clingy type. On the contrary, this brat wanted to take San Ya with him wherever he went. Gu Erzhu couldn't help but laugh.

"When is the exam this year?"

"Before the Little New Year, it's either the 16th or the 18th day of the 12th lunar month. The county school system has been like this for years. After the exam, the students will have a holiday from the Little New Year's Day until the 16th day of the first lunar month."

Xiaonian is a very special day, which has great significance for both the government and the people.

For ordinary people, they have to sweep the house and worship their ancestors and the Kitchen God on the Little New Year. The government also seals the yamen and gives all officials a holiday.

Even the Imperial Academy, the prefectural school, and the county school were closed for the holidays, and classes did not officially resume until after the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month after the New Year.

It’s also a long holiday.

The good news is that I can finally stay at home with my wife and parents with a clear conscience, enjoy the long vacation, and relive the warmth brought by the New Year.

What worries him is that next year is the year for the provincial examination. If he doesn't top the county school list and get first place in the annual examination, the county instructor Cheng will not let him go and will never allow him to take leave again.

Gu Erzhu thought about it, if calculated this way, it would only be a month or so, "You can come back after the holiday, right? Don't coax Sanya into the city before the New Year. The city is nowhere as comfortable as home, and you're not at home during the day. It's the end of the year, and your mother and I can't leave, so it's not possible to ask Baoya to accompany Sanya.

According to San Ya's personality, if Bao Ya and San Ya move to the city together, it's still unclear who will be with whom, so there's no need to think about bringing San Ya to live in the city."

Gu Wenxuan didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "I know. It's just that except for the first and fifteenth days of the lunar month, it's inconvenient to go out early and come back late on weekdays like before.

Recently, I am planning to go to Zhoujia Village depending on the situation. My husband has hinted in his last letter that he might have to go on a long journey after the Chinese New Year and the beginning of the first lunar month.

My wife doesn't know about this yet, and my husband also wanted me not to mention it to my wife for the time being, saying that there is no danger, so as not to make my wife worry.

Besides, my wife won’t agree to live with me in the city now. Before I came back from the city, she said she wouldn’t leave the village until the baby was born.”

No wonder, he said, how far can it be from the city? It's necessary for his brat to seriously ask his father that he might not be at home on the first day of work.

Gu Erzhu nodded slowly to show that he understood, thought for a moment, looked around, and since he and his father were standing where nothing could be heard by anyone, he lowered his voice again.

"Is it really safe for your husband to go on a long journey? Dad doesn't understand the tricks of those high-ranking officials, but your husband is no longer an official, so why are you still talking about whether it is dangerous or not?
The Zhou family has cleared their name, so could it be that they still have enemies? It doesn't seem likely. If they still have enemies, your husband would definitely not be in a hurry to find San Ya.

It wasn't last time, it was a long time ago that your husband mentioned to dad that he originally wanted to send someone to pick up San Ya to the capital in October last year, but things on his end hadn't been sorted out yet.

Doesn't this mean that everything is fine on his end, so he returned to the capital to recognize San Ya? Did your husband tell you that he was going on a long trip? Where was he going? What was he going to do?"

Gu Wenxuan hesitated for a moment, "He didn't say, but I can roughly guess that he didn't do it for personal reasons. It should be that the current emperor gave him some secret order--"

"Got it!" Gu Erzhu quickly reached out and covered his son's mouth, "Got it, you silly boy, you said everything I asked you, I didn't hear anything."

Gu Wenxuan laughed.

Gu Erzhu let go of his hand in disgust, and when he was about to wipe his hands on his eldest son's body, he took his hands back. There was no way, as his eldest son's robe was very valuable.

Gu Wenxuan took out a handkerchief and handed it over, but his father glared at him, making him laugh so hard, "Son, don't laugh all over your hand, okay?

You are my father, there is nothing I cannot tell you, but if I tell you, you will have a better idea of ​​what is going on. Even if he is not an official, he still has a certain amount of power. "

Gu Erzhu rolled his eyes at his old son in annoyance, "If you think your father is stupid, even if he doesn't understand the ways of those big shots, he still has no vision.

Don’t look at how the eldest brother Zhao has been promoted. When my father was away on a long trip, the people sent by your husband were more effective than the third brother Zhao. Maybe even the man in the Gao Mansion is not as good as your husband. "

"That's not the case. The county magistrate is not as good as the current one. The Minister of Personnel still has great power. The best you can do now is to protect your family from being bullied."

Gu Erzhu sighed, "This is also remarkable. No matter how high the official is, as the saying goes, fortune and misfortune go hand in hand. Fortune and misfortune are interdependent."

"'Misfortunes often lie behind blessings, and blessings often lie behind misfortunes.'"

"That's right. I don't envy those who are officials. For ordinary people like us, it's already a great honor to live the way you do now.

Your mother and San Ya don't want you to win a title of consort for them. We are not greedy. We only want to show off our fame to outsiders. We know how our life is going.

Take Zhao Lao Da for example, he is doing very well in our area, but his life is not as good as Dad’s. No matter how poor he is, your mother is very much to Dad’s liking…” (End of this chapter)