Pei Xuan was taken aback and hurriedly said, "How did you know? With whom did he do business with?"

Pei Yan spread his hands and said: "The big shopkeeper of the Tao’s capital shop told me. He said that it was with a few shabby households from the south, and there was not much money, but there were also a few capable people. It’s just that everyone knows he is. Your nephew, so he came here to talk to me."

When it comes to Pei Yan's "specially", Pei Fei borrowed Pei Xuan's name to do business with others out of ten or nine out of ten.

Pei Xuan got a headache and said, "This thing is really hard to handle!"

He can't tell people everywhere that this nephew has split up with him.

"He's not short of money, right?" If so, it's even more difficult to handle, Pei Xuan said, "It's only a few years now. Could it be that the money we allocated to him is gone?"

"It's not impossible," Pei Yan said coldly, "Don't forget what kind of temper our sister-in-law is."

Pei Xuan didn’t speak for a while, and went back to see the second wife in the evening. He couldn’t help talking about this matter with the second wife: "I know that Xia Guang means'this is my fault, and I have to solve it by myself', but this The child is too disappointing. If I don’t study well, I use my identity to compete with those merchants. What's the difference between this and letting people pay bribes?"

Then his caution over the past few years has become a joke!

The second wife did not expect to give her husband an idea and said: "Since the third uncle said that, she must know who is doing business with him. Or else, you tactfully said to your colleagues that these related households have nothing to do with you? "

"It's up to you." Pei Xuan sighed and said, "You also talk to the people around you."

The second wife nodded.

Pei Xuan said again: "Don't A Tong's wife come here often? You might as well talk to her too."

The second wife thought for a while and said, "Will you give me a little bit of money?"

Pei Xuan shook his head and said: "Since it's broken, it's best to cut it clean. Can't they come to the door whenever something happens. Then what kind of sect is it? A Tong is a scholar, doesn't he mean what it means to divide the sect? know?"

The second wife answered "yes" in a daze, worrying about her son, and said: "How is Ahong? Did the shopkeeper Tong Er say anything?"

Speaking of this somewhat lazy son, Pei Xuan smiled: "Xia Guang is not a good talker. If he doesn't do well, Xia Guang will definitely not open his eyes and close his eyes. Don't worry. Up."

After Pei Hong returned from Baoding with Tong Er's shopkeeper, he was thrown by Pei Yan to the Pei’s Jingcheng General Store to help with the year-end inventory. Xuan forced the frown when he was studying to be different from each other.

Pei Xuan doubted: "Could it be that Ahong is really good for business."

The second wife pursed her lips and thought to herself, Pei Hong might be happy because she doesn't have to watch Pei Xuan's worried face to him every day!

But when the son came back, she still asked Pei Hong while serving his son's supper: "It's so fun to do business! I don't know how to help Mommy with all the things at home."

In two days, the house will be dusted.

At this time in previous years, Pei Honghui was forced by Pei Xuan to practice writing Spring Festival couplets. After a young year, he would pick a few of the Spring Festival couplets he wrote to post on the pavilions at home.

Pei Hong hurriedly swallowed the butterfly pastry in her mouth and said: "Mum, it's not that I don't help you. I have business to do now. If you are short of Spring Festival couplets, let Brother Jiang help you. Anyway, he is young. , As long as you write correctly, you will be praised. Don't make me embarrassing."

Pei Xuan was a well-known calligrapher in the dynasty. Pei Hong didn’t have to work hard, but compared to his father, he was a little less spiritual. In addition, his schoolwork was considered rare in other people’s homes, but compared to his cousins ​​in the clan, It seemed ordinary, which was one of the reasons why Pei Xuan was anxious looking at him.

But it's different when you go to the shop.

The dynasty is still inferior in everything, only high in reading. There are very few people in the merchants who have read books. What's more, he was personally pointed out by Pei Xuan since he was a child, and he was put outside. That was also Junjie, who was highly respected and praised. And most of this kind of respect and praise is from the heart, and some people even think that if Pei Tong's team had not been divided from their family, and Pei's family had rules, he would not be forced to follow Pei Yan to take care of the general affairs. , He will definitely be named on the gold list like Pei You or Pei Yan, and his career is ambitious.

This couldn't help but make him chuckle.

So he was reluctant to tell his parents that he made a small mistake when he went to Baoding and almost made a wrong decision... But his third uncle also said that when he was young, he didn’t make mistakes when he had no experience. Are you old and make mistakes when you have experienced many things?

So making mistakes is not terrible, but I am afraid of making mistakes constantly and never making progress.

He has worked hard these days and learned to read the accounts following Tong Er's shopkeeper, and today he has seen a little problem.

Although it was just a mistake in the accounts, the shopkeeper Tong said that if such a large family business can be randomly recorded, there will be a big mess in the house.

Like his third uncle, he doesn't look at the accounts at all, but why can you tell if the accounts are roughly correct by listening to those shopkeepers saying that the accounts are roughly correct, because they are very familiar with what should be recorded in which account, how much cost and how much profit , What kind of adult this year is, you can get a rough figure after thinking about it in your heart. After picking up the important accounts and looking at it, the shopkeepers can honestly not dare to move.

It's the same with his dad.

As long as the household department is doing such a big mess, as long as it passes through his father's hands, there is nothing wrong with it.

It is a famous plan.

Although the emperor felt that the Pei family was too rich and noble, he was still willing to use him as a father.

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Pei Hong thought about these things, and felt that his waist was a little straight.

He graciously picked up a piece of pea yellow for the second wife, and said with a smile: "My family started to get busy in December. I learned my skills from my third uncle and Tong Er's shopkeeper, just like an apprentice. I can afford it. Earlier than the chicken, and sleep later than the pig. Listening to the master's words, serving the master's tea is harder than when you are studying. It is impossible to rest until you are young. Don't wait for me at night. There are so many serving maids around me. Son, if you still can’t take care of my food, clothing, housing, and transportation, what do you want them to do? You might as well go to bed early and get up early, with a good complexion, and people look at the spirit. When you go out with us during the New Year, when people see you, they think it’s mine. Where's my sister!"

The second wife listened to him with a hippy smile, so angry and funny, she cursed him a few words, and when he finished the supper and collected the plates, she went back to the inner room and learned Pei Hong's words to Pei Xuan, and replied: "How do I feel that when he goes out, how to speak and act like his third uncle? He will be like his third uncle, his mouth is as sharp as a knife, and he can treat others when he feels uncomfortable. Are you angry?"

Pei Xuan didn't like to listen, and said, "Have you ever been disrespectful to you?"

The second wife blushed and said hurriedly: "My third uncle has always respected me. Didn't I never show mercy when I watched my third uncle talk to others?"

"Repay grievances directly, repay virtue by virtue." Pei Xuan said, "I can clearly distinguish between myself and others. Xia Guang is a truly sensible person."

The second wife promised that she would no longer be able to evaluate her son's right or wrong.

On the contrary, Yu Tang has been asking people to inquire about the situation of Shen Fang's younger sister.

It's just that Hangzhou and Beijing are far away, and the news is not so convenient for the time being, so I can only wait.

Shen Fang probably also knew that Yu Tang would not just ask Wei Xiaochuan for a family relationship like this, and did not mention it again. He put his mind on reading, even during the Chinese New Year, he only went to his home on the first day of the new year. , I said hello to an uncle who lives in my home, and worshipped the Pei brothers for a year, and spent the rest of the time in the room to study.

Wei Xiaochuan, Zhang Hui and others did not go anywhere except to pay a New Year greeting to the Pei brothers.

However, Yu Tang and Mrs. Pei and other female relatives were very busy. They went to visit others for New Year, pick up spring guests, and be friends with their in-laws. They stayed busy until the lanterns were turned off on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. Miss Zhang gave them again. Yu Tang sent a message saying that there was a monk who placed an order at Hongluo Temple. He asked for a child very well. After the second day of February, the second dragon raised his head and left. Yu Tang hurriedly sent a letter to Miss Pei Er and needed preparations. The Chunwei of Wei Xiaochuan and others was so busy. Pei Yan worked up and down here, and got the list of chief examiners early.

The chief examiner is Fei Zhiwen, and the deputy examiner Wang Chunhe, a fellow of the Hanlin Academy.

Pei Xuan breathed a sigh of relief.

This time I asked Pei Yan to teach Pei Tong and Wei Xiaochuan: "Xia Guang and Master Fei’s personal relationship is better than me, especially since they often exchange letters and sing poems in recent years, but Master Fei is the chief examiner and will not personally Reading the papers, but you must not violate his taboo. As for Lord Wang, it goes without saying that when Xia Guang was working as a custard, he had several disputes with him about essay studies. I am afraid he is better than Lord Wang’s friend. We also need to understand Lord Wang's preferences."

Everyone roared with laughter.

This time there were no outsiders, only a few people from Lin'an to rush the exam and Pei Tong.

When leaving, Pei Xuan also specifically instructed Pei Tong: "Don't tell anyone about this. Including Gu Chaoyang. There is nothing trivial about the examination, and people's hearts are separated by the belly."

Pei Tong solemnly nodded and left.

He has been off for the third time. He was under a lot of pressure and did not move around during the Chinese New Year. Even when Gu Chang returned to Beijing, he only went to see him, knowing that Gu Chang might stay in Beijing as an official after this debriefing. He didn't ask which government office he would go to by then, and it was impossible for Gu Chang to tell him.

When Gu Xi was very anxious, she asked her if Pei Xuan wanted him to speak, and she urged Gu Chang to point out Pei Tong's homework.

Because Fei Zhiwen became the chief examiner of this session, Gu Chang was uncomfortable to go to his house, so that all his previous plans had to be re-arranged. Seeing Gu Xi was so impatient, he felt a little uncomfortable and criticized her. "What's the matter with you? I haven't been away from Beijing for a long time. Why did you become so impetuous? It's better to stay away from your mother-in-law! So as not to become more and more like your mother-in-law."

Gu Xi was angry.

The Yin family had no choice but to calm down on both sides: "Sister-in-law, this is also messy if you care. Master, don't anger your sister-in-law. It's all for your uncle's sake." Then he went to pour the tea in person, and greeted the brothers and sisters to sit down: "Drink tea and run. Voice, please say what you have to say."