But it was said that Xu Hao went to Mujiazhuang after leaving the Zhou family, and the Duchess of Qianguo and Mu Ningxue returned to Beijing for the New Year a few years ago, and there was no one in the village, so he gave Mr. and Zhao Hesong a New Year's greeting and gave a gift respectively.

Before leaving, Zhao Hesong told his husband that he was about to leave the Mu family in the near future, and the reason needless to say was that he was disheartened by Mu Ang, who did not grow up. Hearing the news, Xu Hao wondered if he should help Zhou Peng, but when he thought of Mu Ang, he might as well forget it, he was not angry.

On the second day of the first lunar month, when I returned to my parents' house, my parents, eldest sister and younger sister all went to Xiao's house early in the morning to visit their relatives and elders. Seeing that it was not early, he urged the coachman to speed up and rush back to Xiaojia Village.

The snow had long since stopped, and the road was very muddy with pedestrians trampling on it, and half an hour later the carriage entered the entrance of the village dirty, and a man came right in front of him, standing in the middle of the road with his hands on his waist, and shouted: "Whoever is in the car, give way to me." ”

When Xu Hao heard the voice, he frowned and ordered, "Get out of the way." ”

The coachman Lao Jia immediately jumped off the wheel, deliberately lowered his head and shook the long whip in his palm, and pulled the horse harness to make the carriage slowly avoid the road.

It turns out that this person's name is Jiang Song, nearly fifty years old this year, and it is said that he is a distant relative who can't be beaten by eight poles, and it is also because of the large number of deaths caused by the war.

This Jiang Song's father was an old scholar and a talented man when he was alive, and his knowledge was very high, so the old lady hired him to teach in the Xu Family School, but unfortunately the old man was unlucky, and he didn't teach a show until he died.

When the country was first founded, the imperial court attached the most importance to talents, and Jiang Song was made up for his father's fame, that is, the identity of a dignified talent who fell from the sky, Jiang Song knew his level, and simply did not go after trying a few imperial examinations.

Later, his son inherited his father's business, and since Jiang Song became a gentleman, although his knowledge was far inferior to his father's, his luck was excellent. At that time, Xu Hao's mother happened to marry into the Xu family, more than a dozen children of the Xiao family came to study, and there were more children of the younger generation around the Xu family who went to school.

Parents give more gifts and money, Jiang Song has money to lend, as people resell the in-demand materials, at that time it was called profit and long-term decline, one mind to make quick money, make money when you earn, and take the students out of anger if you lose.

Moreover, he took advantage of his life and sex, and deliberately planted the tree under the wall, and when the branches of the tree grew up and reached the neighbor's yard, he would push the wall down and push it into the neighbor's house; In addition, there are many similar things that feel that their own cemetery is small, and they try their best to encroach on other people's land, often because of his talent status and the Xu family, the people in the village don't care about him.

But no one cares about it, which fuels Jiang Song's arrogance, and as he gets older, he loses more and more scruples, and even if any student is admitted to Xiucai, he will definitely come to the door in person to ask for twenty or thirty taels of thanks.

Half of the reason why Xu Hao didn't go to school was that he hated Jiang Song's personality, in fact, in the past few years, not only him, but also the children of the Xiao family have not come, and most of the people in the village would rather go around the distance to send their children to other private schools to study, and the Xu family school has become increasingly smoky, and now there are more than a dozen naughty children left.

After all, Xu Hao used to be Jiang Song's student, because he told the coachman to avoid it, I heard that Jiang Song was pitiful because of his lack of restraint, and he didn't even bother to go to the school recently. Wait for one day to talk to the old lady about Jiang Song's character, it should be time to change Mr., the misguided children of the province.

In the past, the relationship with his grandmother was estranged, Xu Hao couldn't say anything, but now it's different, but this Jiang Song is a more skinny existence than a splashy skin, and he also has the identity of Xiucai as a talisman, don't be annoyed and embarrassed and run to disgust yourself when you have nothing to do, you have to think of a good way, right.

Isn't the Mu family lacking a teacher? simply let Jiang Song go over and fight against Mu Ang, this is the so-called fighting poison with poison.

Xu Hao's eyes lit up, he didn't want to come forward in person in this matter, and immediately ordered Lai Bao to find a warm-hearted Feng Quan tomorrow to handle this matter, Feng Quan's words carried a lot of weight in front of the Duchess of Qianguo, and he had a great grasp.

When I arrived at Xiao's house, the people in front of the door cheered around and greeted loudly, Xu Hao didn't have much weight in his own house, and he was a first-class guest here.

Xu Hao poked his head out of the carriage and said with a smile: "If there is one, everyone has a red envelope." ”

"Brother Xiexie Hao for the boys, I haven't been here for a few days, and I've grown taller and stronger." The old housekeeper Xiao Er stepped forward with a smile and hugged Xu Hao, and Xu Hao jumped out of the carriage.

Everyone shouted with a smile and thanked the second master, and the tone was full of affection, Noble smiled and took out a large bag of haode red envelopes that had been prepared, and the two coins of silver were wrapped in red paper and given out one by one.

Speaking of which, the Xiao family is very embarrassing, it is a famous scholarly family in Jinling, and its vitality has recovered quickly over the years, and more than 20 talents have been produced in a row, half of whom have become officials.

The problem is that the entire officialdom continues to be in turmoil, from the empty seal case to the Guo Huan case, and then to the Hu Weiyong case, which one is not implicated? There is not a single official in the local officialdom of the entire southern provinces who can complete his term of office, and the children of the Xiao clan who are officials have been beheaded and beheaded, and those who have been assigned have been distributed, and those who have been dismissed have been dismissed, and now there are only one or two who are still serving as officials.

One of Xu Hao's two uncles was skinned, and one died of illness on the way to distribution, causing his grandfather to die of illness in a fit of anger.

My grandmother's body was very strong, but because of the death of her sons, she lived alone in a small courtyard and ignored foreign affairs. There were a bunch of widows with children left in the clan, but fortunately, the folk atmosphere in the early Ming Dynasty was more enlightened, and those who did not have children could marry someone else, and no one blamed anything.

The Xiao clan is a local clan, and the messy things in the family are not exempt from vulgarity, Xu Hao has heard a lot of secret things in the clan from his mother, so he doesn't like to come here.

Now the patriarch of the Xiao clan is the third grandfather Xiao Shengde, and that branch will not talk about him for the time being. The entire Xiao family is the youngest uncle Xiao Yu and his wife, who have four children under their knees, and two widowed sisters-in-law with a few cousins and sisters, and life is very difficult.

At this moment, the whole family accompanied Xu Qingtang and his wife to eat and drink in the flower hall, and with the arrival of Xu Hao, the eyes of the three aunts immediately lit up.

Xiao knew what was going on, to say that she had intended to kiss and marry her son to a cousin of the Xiao family, but now this idea has undoubtedly changed a little, and she is marrying a concubine for her son.

People go to high places and the water flows to low places, and they can't blame Xiao Shi for being a mother, because Xiao Shi didn't ask Xu Hao to come with him today, and he didn't want his son to come by himself.

In the face of more than a dozen brothers and sisters of the same generation, young people have changed a lot, Xu Hao is a little mismatched, he only remembers Xiao Yuying, the most beautiful cousin of the eldest aunt's family, and Xiao Yushi, the most understanding cousin of the second aunt's family.

The three aunts took turns to let him go, regardless of Xu Hao's age, just like when he was a child, he was intimate in his arms, Xu Hao smiled bitterly and let the elders kiss and touch, and it took a long time to get out.

The little aunt smiled and let go of her hand, teasing: "Not as naughty as when I was a child, this older appearance is more and more handsome and shy, just like your sisters, like a shy lady, compared to your brothers, it is really a heaven and an earth." Hao'er, let me ask you, I haven't been here for a while, you little conscienceless, have you forgotten who loves you the most? ”

This sentence immediately made the cousins next to him very dissatisfied. Xu Hao said with a smile: "I was sick some time ago, and after I got well, I slowly recuperated at home, and then in order to study with peace of mind, I lived alone in Zhuangshang, and then went to the house of the Duke of Qianguo to be a companion, and I never had time to come." ”

"Okay, what do you want to do with someone's house?" The little aunt frowned and pointed at the brothers, and then took Xu Hao's hand, "Your sixth uncle is back now, his old man is highly respected, a famous Confucian in this dynasty, and he has started a clan study in idleness, but he is much better than the bastard gentleman in your family." Would you like to come and study? Surrounded by their own brothers, there is also a care, you come to your aunt's house to eat at noon, and give you a monthly money every month, if you don't want to go home, I will clean up a grace garden for you. ”

Xu Hao said euphemistically: "It's not good to leave over there for a while, let's talk about it after a while." ”

The little aunt couldn't hide her disappointment and said, "Okay, aunt is waiting for your news, as soon as you send a letter, I will send someone to pick you up immediately." ”

The other two aunts also interjected frequently, and finally Xu Hao got rid of the entanglement of the elders, he didn't want to mix in the middle of a group of brothers who were hostile and jealous to him, so he ran to the girls' seats by himself.

The eldest aunt looked at his figure and chuckled: "This child, like to mess around with his daughter's family as he was a child." ”

Xiao Shi smiled: "No way, which child in our family didn't grow up in the fat powder pile since he was a child, and now there are seven or eight girls around him to serve, so the old lady is still too little, and I plan to add a double maid, so I'm worried to death." ”

"This shows that the Xu family is richer, which is obviously a good thing." The second aunt lost no time in praising it.

The eldest aunt was envious, in contrast, there were still those old people around herself and her children, but there were more and more people in the yard of the third couple, if it wasn't for the tragic death of her husband, alas! The thought of this made her eyes immediately red.

I didn't want Xu Hao to say loudly at this time: "Cousin Yushi, are you okay to come to my house as a guest?" Cousin, you come too. ”