The spring afternoon sun is warm and the breeze is gentle, and through the open window, you can see the colorful peach blossoms in the courtyard.

In the living room in the front yard of Xu's house, Xu Jin and Cai Li sat opposite each other, and the pretty maid stood quietly on the side in early spring. The black tea soup in the cup is clear yellow and golden, exuding a sweet fragrance like longan.

Under normal circumstances, if the social status of classmates is too far apart, no matter how strong the relationship between the two is in school, they will slowly become unfamiliar, not necessarily that the good mix looks down on the other party, on the contrary, but the bad mixed party is ashamed of himself, deliberately reducing the contact between the two sides, and over time, everyone's relationship will inevitably be discussed, and finally become strangers.

At this time, Cai Yue and Li Yingjun sat in front of Xu Jin and were very cramped, when everyone studied in Xinjiang Academy, Xu Jin was still a backward student, but in just a few years, Xu Jin had passed the imperial examination, the official residence was five grades, and he was also named an earl, and his reputation was far and wide, but they had not even passed the county exam, so they could only stand at the foot of the mountain and look up at their former classmates, which was not pleasant.

Therefore, whether it is the five-grade official robe on Xu Jin's body, or the luxurious mansion in front of him, or the stunning maid standing aside, they all make Cai Yue and Li Yingjun have a deep sense of inferiority.

Xu Jin and Jin are human beings, and they are very skilled, so they don't understand how Cai and Li feel at the moment, wave their hands and signal Chu Chun to leave, and then laugh and talk about some old things in Xinjiang Academy, the atmosphere gradually became harmonious, and Cai and Li were obviously relaxed, everyone chatted about tea, and the relationship was warm.

After chatting with each other for a while, Xu Jin asked tentatively: "This year is not the year of Dabi, why did Brother Yuanhao and Brother Ziyu come to Beijing?" ”

Cai Yue and Li Yingjun looked at each other and smiled bitterly, the former sighed and said, "Ziyu and I haven't even passed the county exam, how can we be qualified to participate in the Spring Flu Competition." This visit to Beijing was purely for the sake of travel.

As the saying goes, it is better to read 10,000 books than to travel 10,000 miles. Ziyu and I have been taking the examination for many years, and we are over 20 years old, and we have not even received the fame of our children, so we want to go out and travel together for a few years while we are still young, so as to increase our knowledge and knowledge, and then return to our hometown to participate in the imperial examination after a few years. ”

Xu Jin couldn't help but suddenly encourage: "Zi said: The heavens will descend on the Si people, and they must first suffer their minds and work their muscles and bones. It's good for you to go out and travel for a few years, and when his annuity list is inscribed, Xu Jin will hold a banquet for the two classmates to celebrate. ”

Cai Yue and Li Yingjun's hearts warmed, and they smiled: "Chengzi Qian Jiyan." ”

"By the way, how long do Yuan Hao and Brother Ziyu plan to stay in the capital, and where do they have a place to stay?" Xu Jin asked.

Li Yingjun replied: "I heard that there is our Jiangxi guild hall in Shifang, we plan to stay there, it is estimated that we will stay for a few months, and then go west to Xuanfu Datong, and then go west along the Great Wall all the way to Hami to feel the cultural scenery of Biansai." ”

Xu Jin couldn't help laughing when he heard this: "It's so good, I really envy you, there are poems and distant things to chase, if it weren't for mundane things, I would like to follow you around the Ming Dynasty and visit the nostalgia." ”

Cai Yue and Li Yingjun looked at each other and smiled, raised their teacups instead of wine, and toasted each other. After chatting with each other for a while, Xu Jin smiled and said, "Brother Yuanhao and Brother Ziyu are tired from the journey, so they will stay in this mansion for a while, and then I will order someone to send you to the Jiangxi Hall tomorrow." ”

Cai and Li hurriedly thanked them, and after Xu Jin ordered Dabao to arrange a place for the two of them, they went to the backyard, but as soon as they came to the middle courtyard, they saw a group of family members surrounding Da Yan, who was dancing with his hands and talking about something.

Xu Jin frowned, approached quietly, and saw that the big man was saying triumphantly: "It's not me who blows, your master, that is, my tenth uncle, ate at the same table and slept in the same room, that is like a brother." If it weren't for our family tightening their belts for Uncle Ten to study, how could you have a good day today! ”

Xu Jin couldn't help but be speechless, I've seen shameless, I've never seen such shameless, the fourth brother Xu Youcai's family is also the best, it's really not a family, don't enter the door, cough lightly with a cold face.

"Sir!" When those family Ding Yahuan saw Xu Jin, they hurriedly saluted and left.

Da Yan scratched the back of his hand in embarrassment, bragging that he was caught by the owner, Xiao is this product is shameless enough, and he was a little embarrassed at this time, and sneered: "Uncle Ten! ”

"Da Han, you follow me to the study!" Xu Jin lightly threw down a sentence and continued to walk to the backyard.

Da Yan followed a little uneasily, but this thing was quickly attracted by the rockery pavilion in Xu's mansion, his eyes looked around with a thief, and he said in his heart: "Tsk, Uncle Ten's official is getting bigger and bigger, and he is getting richer and richer, and this big mansion has to be tens of thousands of taels of silver, hehe, this time I have to enjoy it for a few months and then go back to Jiangxi, or I won't go back at all." ”

Xu Jin took Da Yan to the study, sat down at the coffee table, and pointed to the chair opposite: "Sit down!" ”

Da Yan was a little flattered, carefully sat down opposite the coffee table, and after speaking, he cleverly poured a cup of tea for Xu Jin, and said with a smile: "Uncle, you drink tea." ”

Xu Jin took the teacup and put it down, and asked calmly, "Patriarch, is his old man okay?" ”

"My nephew went back to the village a year ago, and he is a good old man, he can eat and walk, and he can also hold a cane to pick people up!" Da Yan said with a grin, while unceremoniously pouring himself a cup of tea.

"That's good!" Xu Jin nodded, turned around and walked to the bookshelf, opening a box underneath.

The big guy craned his neck curiously and peeked at it, and his eyes almost fell out, because the box was filled with silver ingots with white flowers. When Xu Jin turned around, Da Yan had already lowered his head and pretended to drink tea, but his eyes were rolling in his bones.

Xu Jin did not shy away from it, and in front of the big man, he wrapped ten ingots of silver with cloth, ten taels per ingot, that is, one hundred taels. This box of silver is exactly the three thousand taels sent by Xu Peng, the Duke of Wei, a few days ago.

Xu Jin returned to the coffee table with a hundred taels of silver and sat down, put the silver on the coffee table, and the big man suddenly looked straight in his eyes, and swallowed his saliva with a grunt, one hundred taels was a huge amount of money for him.

Xu Jin said calmly: "Da Han, due to the long distance, Uncle Ten can't go back to his hometown to worship his ancestors during the Qingming Festival this year, here is a hundred taels of silver, you bring it back to the patriarch, let his old man Zhang Luo, and if there is any surplus silver, he will be the grandson of the clan to honor his old man." ”

Da Han took the burden containing the silver, patted his chest and said: "Uncle Ten, don't worry, my nephew will definitely bring the silver back to my grandfather, well, my nephew will leave for Shangrao, Jiangxi tomorrow." ”

Da Han originally wanted to stay in the bustling Jingshi to play for a few months, but when he saw this hundred taels of silver, he immediately changed his mind, hey, how much silver can be spent on worshipping ancestors on the Qingming Festival, even if you prepare a pig and sheep, at most it will be a dozen taels of silver.

Da Yan has already made up his mind, and when he returns to the village, he will only give the patriarch fifty taels, and the remaining fifty taels will be in the bag. Anyway, Da Yan's current salary is three taels of silver a month, and fifty taels is almost his salary for a year and a half.

Xu Jin nodded and said casually: "Pay attention to safety on the way back!" ”

Da Yan smiled and said, "My nephew can save miles, by the way, does Uncle Ten want to give a letter to grandpa?" ”

Xu Jin shook his head and said, "No need, you can just greet his old man for Uncle Ten." ”

Da Han was secretly happy when he heard this, and said repeatedly: "Okay, okay, my nephew must bring the words." ”

Xu Jinna couldn't guess what this treacherous boy was thinking, he just wanted to be greedy for the hundred taels of silver, but he didn't break it.

It is said that the reason why Xu Jin took out a hundred taels of silver for Da Han to bring back was also to send Uncle Keng's goods away as soon as possible, so as not to be idle in the capital and finally cause trouble.

Xu Jin chatted casually with Da Han again, and then sent him out.

When Xu Jin walked into the warm pavilion in the backyard, Xiao Wan was doting on her younger brother Xie Sangun's hand to chat about family life, and Xie Erjian was also accompanying her.

"Master, did you live in our house?" Mei Wan Yue'er pouted and said.

Xu Jin sat down next to Xiao Wan and smiled: "Don't worry, he will return to Jiangxi tomorrow." ”

Yue'er turned into joy when she heard this: "That's pretty much it, this guy is annoying, if he causes trouble in the capital, it will affect the reputation of the master." ”

Xie Sangun pouted and said: "Brother-in-law, I didn't chew the root of my tongue originally, but this guy is so disagreeable, even the shopkeeper Han can't ...... him."

After Xu Jin heard Xie Sangun's account of what Da Han had done in the carriage and horse shop, his sword eyebrows couldn't help but rise, it seemed that he had to send a letter to the patriarch and Han Xin.