Chapter 341: Yuan's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law

Chapter 341 Yuan’s mother-in-law and daughter-in-law

Although Wanjia Private School is the only private school in the town, there are few scholars in the town, and the master can’t earn a few bucks a year. The family lives on the eighty acres of land in the countryside. The master also likes to buy some expensive pens, inks, and papers. Yan, when the young master grew up, he loved to go to the county to play. The harvest at home could not make ends meet, so he could only save on food and gifts.

Wan Lifang also knew that his family was superficial, but Master Tian and the Jiang family were here, and he couldn't afford to be embarrassed. He turned around and entered his father's study, took an Analects of Confucius and a Three-Character Classic from the bookshelf, and put them in in the basket.

Wan Xiucai saw that he was going to deliver books to the Gu family. He was anxious and wanted to come over to grab them. Wan Lifang hurriedly said: "Dad, Mr. Tian is a scholar, and the county magistrate is a two-ranked Jinshi. Our family is a family of farming and reading. Go Sending a congratulatory gift and bringing two books is more honorable than anything else."

Wan Xiucai thought about it and felt that what Wan Lifang said was reasonable. He nodded and agreed: "Okay, let's leave now."

　　It's too late, Master Tian is about to leave.

 “Hey, my son is helping you.” Wan Lifang is a person who knows how to get things done. In front of outsiders, he has always been a humble and filial gentleman.

The father and son walked in front, and Xiaozi followed behind, carrying gifts. They walked for more than a quarter of an hour before they arrived at Gu's shop.

Wan Xiucai looked at the plaque above the shop door at first glance. When he saw that the seal of the county magistrate was actually engraved on it, he smiled and nodded: "Yes, it is indeed a gift from the county magistrate."

Seeing that there were too many people at the door of the shop, Millet pushed forward and said to Wang Yongfu who was guarding the door: "This eldest brother, the younger one is from Wanjia Private School in the town. Our scholar master heard that your shop has opened, so he came here specially Bring the young master to congratulate you."

People in the world respect scholars. When Wang Yongfu heard that he was a talented scholar, he did not dare to neglect him. He shouted into the shop: "Master, all the talented people in this town are here."

Gu Dashan was dining with Master Tian and others, and had no time to come out to greet Wan Xiucai and his son. Gu Dafu came out, saw Wan Xiucai, and immediately raised his hands to him and said: "It turns out to be Wan Xiucai, please come in quickly."

Wan Xiucai felt much relieved when he saw that Gu Dafu was still respectful to him: "Mr. Gu, congratulations on opening a new shop."

Wan Xiucai glanced at Millet behind him, and Millet hurriedly handed over the gift: "Mr. Gu, this is a gift for your shop. Please accept it for your consideration."

He then specially took out the two books and said, "My young master learned that someone in your family is studying, so he personally selected two books and sent them to your family."

Gu Dafu was surprised and happy when he saw that the Wan family actually gave two books. He hurriedly took them and said to Wan Lifang: "Master Wan is interested."

Wan Lifang is a good talker. After bowing to Gu Dafu, he smiled and said: "Uncle Gu, you are welcome. If the Gu family brothers are free in the future, you can ask him to come to our Wanjia Private School and we can discuss knowledge together."

After hearing this, Gu Dafu thanked them again. He originally wanted to lead them to sit in the lobby, but he accepted someone else's book and thought that the other person was a scholar, so he boldly took them into the side room and said to the third grandfather. They said: "Sanbo, Shang Xiucai, Master Tian, ​​this is Wan Xiucai from the private school in the town, and this is Wan Xiucai's son."

Wan Xiucai and Wan Lifang were very excited when they saw Master Tian and the Jiang brothers. Seeing Master Tian and the others looking over, the father and son hurriedly bowed.

Wan Xiucai still showed a bit of nobility and said reservedly: "Master Tian and Mr. Jiang, it's a pleasure to meet you."

 The Lord Jiang he was talking about was Jiang Qi, not Jiang Jiao.

"It turns out to be Wan Xiucai, please sit down quickly." Master Tian saw him, his face was as usual, but he was unhappy in his heart. After saying this, he stood up directly and said to the third grandfather: "Mr. Gu, Tian is disturbing me. For a long time, I still had official business to do in the county, so I left first."

Wan Xiucai's knowledge is not bad, but he is a bit pedantic and aloof. Master Tian does not want to spend more time with such a person, otherwise he will be so angry that his liver will hurt.

Third Grandpa stood up and said, "Since we have official business to attend to, we won't keep Mr. Tian here."

 The people at the table got up and went to see Master Tian and others off. Wan Xiucai and his son looked very unhappy. It was just noon and Master Tian was about to leave. This clearly meant that he looked down on them.

Wan Xiucai wanted to turn around and leave on the spot, but he did not have the courage to scorn Master Tian and the Jiang brothers in person. He could only smile stiffly and follow Gu Dafu to see Master Tian and the others off.

 The servants brought by Master Tian had already eaten and drank enough. Seeing that Master Tian was about to leave, they hurriedly drove the carriage over.

Third Grandma and Lao Yan had already packed up four return gifts, carried them with Gu Dalin, and handed two of them to the servants brought by Master Tian.

"Master Tian, ​​these are the delicacies made by our shop. You can take them back to eat. There is also a portion for the county magistrate... Please help send it to the county magistrate. Thank you for the plaque." The third grandma said this I was trembling a little when I said this. The county magistrate is the biggest official in Tianfu County.

Master Tian looked at the nervous look on the third grandmother's face and said with some humor: "Don't worry, Tian will definitely help transfer it."

 The remaining two gifts in return were one for the Jiang family and one for Hu Dong’s family.

The Qin brothers and Luo Wu knew that Jiang Qi and the others were leaving, so they stopped what they were doing and came out to see off the guests.

Jiang Qi saw them and said, "If you three can't make it back to the county tonight, you can go back tomorrow. As long as you arrive before Chen time, Team Leader Yang and I won't punish you."

Luo Wu was very happy to hear this. He wanted to spend more time with Gu Jinxiu, so he immediately clasped his fists and thanked him: "Thank you, Mr. Jiang."

Qin Erlang felt unhappy, but in front of Jiang Qi, he would not show the slightest dissatisfaction, and would hold his fists to express his thanks.

Before leaving, Hu Dongjia made a special reminder: "Mr. Gu, at midnight tomorrow, our Futai Building will send people to pick up the goods. They have a brand on them, which is the same as the brand I gave you."

While having dinner in the wing room, the Hu Dong family gave the Gu family a pair of Futai Building cards and used the cards to identify people.

"Hey, we got it, don't worry about Mr. Hu's family." Third Grandpa said, taking Gu Dashan and the others to send Mr. Tian and others through the gatehouse. They didn't return to the shop until the carriage was far away.

It was still early for Shang Xiucai and Shang Li to meet, so he did not leave. Instead, he returned to Gu's restaurant to support them.

Wan Xiucai saw him, and he who wanted to leave also followed him back.

Third Grandpa respected scholars and asked Third Grandma to serve a table of new dishes to entertain Wan’s father and son.

Shang Lichang and Shang Xiucai had already had dinner and did not go to eat with the Wan family father and son. Only Gu Dafu and his son, Third Grandpa and Gu Dashan were with them. Gu Jinan went to accompany Shang Xiucai, Shang Lichang, and the Shang family. two grandchildren talking.

Wan Xiucai and his son were a little breathless after eating this meal. Fortunately, not long after, a burst of hearty laughter sounded from the door of the shop: "Hey, the business of the shop is good."

Gu Jinan followed the sound and saw Yuan Laorong and his son, and behind them stood two women, one old and one young. They must be Yuan Laorong's daughter-in-law and eldest daughter-in-law.

 (End of this chapter)