Seeing Eleven Niang coming over in a hurry, Xu Sijin hurriedly pushed away the crowd surrounding him.

Mom, he opened his arms to hug his mother, but then he thought about his father repeatedly warning him not to linger in front of his mother like an unweaned child in front of others, so he immediately lifted up his robe instead, I'm back

Kneel down in front of Eleven Niang.

People all over the house either bent their knees to salute or bent down to salute, and the yard was filled with the sound of kneeling.

Because she had met her son before, Eleven Niang was less surprised and more happy.

She stepped forward and took her son with her, and asked him with a smile: Mr. Gong handed over the commander's seal after the prisoner gift. Why did you come back at this time? Grandma has asked him several times.

Xu Sijin stood up and helped his mother, explaining: Mr. Gong left Beijing yesterday. He used to be the commander-in-chief of Guizhou Province. He had some official matters to ask me and he was kind to me. I sent Mr. Gong off before he came back.

Eleven Niang nodded: Let’s go see grandma first. She let her son hold her, and went to his wife’s place while talking to him. When she takes office, she can stay at home for a few days.

When the Ministry of Personnel issues official documents, it will indicate the time of arrival. If the expiration date is not met, the official will lose his official position, or in the worst case, he will be jailed.

The Emperor has graciously allowed me to stay at home for two days. Xu Sijin said, I will take office before July 22nd.

The imperial court stipulated that those who were more than two thousand miles away from Beijing should take office within fifteen days. It was a great honor for the officials to ask Xu Sijin to take office before the 22nd.

As an official, you have to prepare your own staff, bodyguards, servants, cooks, and porters, and you must be loyal and capable. Otherwise, you will go to office, do evil in the name of the master, bully the people, ruin your reputation, and be impeached by the censor.

Even if you are careless and offend someone you shouldn't offend, you may lose your career or even your life.

At Xu Siyu's meeting, the family had always been careful, and with the help of Mr. Xiang, as soon as the official document came out, the people who would follow him were immediately identified. The news that Xu Sijin was appointed as the commander-in-chief of Guizhou Army came so suddenly, and the family was not prepared at all. Although Xu Sijin

She is not afraid of offending people, but if she harms the people or creates grudges with others, then the gains outweigh the losses. Eleven Niang asked Xu Lingyi to help give Brother Jin an idea, but Xu Lingyi said that if she wanted to ask Xu Sijin first, she also said,

If Xu Sijin left home and didn't even have a few available people around him, he would have failed when he went to Guizhou. He wouldn't have gone to Guizhou for a while before returning.

She was a little worried about Xu Sijin, and just when she was about to ask him, Brother Shen who was following them suddenly jumped out.

Sixth Brother, I want to follow you to Guizhou. Xu Sichen and the others did not speak because of their mother's words and did not dare to make a sound. Brother Shen has always been close to Eleven Niang and was used to being casual with Eleven Niang. In desperation, he also

I don't care much anymore, I also want to go to the guardhouse and beat him up like my sixth brother, and build a career with my true ability. He said with an envious expression.

Brother Cheng has been eager to try it for a long time, but he has never dared to speak. When his brother said something, he became bolder, "Brother Six, please follow me. I also want to go to Guizhou."

Xu Sijin was a little surprised, but he quickly smiled and said: Father and son go into battle, brothers fight tigers. Of course I want you to go, but I am afraid that Uncle Wu and Aunt Wu will not agree. As long as Uncle Wu and Aunt Wu agree, I will take you to Guizhou right away.

The two brothers cheered.

You are so old, why are you still yelling like a child? I can't calm down. The fifth lady suddenly walked out of the dowager's yard and scolded the two sons, "Look at Brother Jin, who is only two or three years older than you, but he is

Much calmer than you

The expressions of Brother Shen and Brother Cheng became a little embarrassed.

Eleven Niang hurriedly helped the two of them: isn’t Brother Jin back? The two brothers are also happy.

Xu Sijin stepped forward tactfully and saluted the fifth lady: "Aunt Fifth, are you okay? Brother Seventh wrote to me last time, saying that you can't sleep well as soon as summer comes. It's midsummer again. You're feeling better. I don't have a colleague. Is it okay?"

People from Hunan say that the bamboo mats made from Junshan there are particularly refreshing. I will ask him to give him a seat next time. You try it and see if it can be cooler. The fifth lady just saw Xu Sijin and became the general manager at a young age.

Bing, Brother Shen and Brother Cheng were still childish, just because they were afraid that he would look down on them, and they did not really scold their two sons. Xu Sijin's gentle words made her feel more face-saving, and her little scruples were gone.

It just disappeared.

She smiled and said, "Sorry for your trouble," and then said to Xu Sijin and Eleven Niang: "Mom, I heard that brother Jin was back, and couldn't sit still for a moment. She had to go to greet him."

The weather was too hot, and no one dared to let the madam go out. I was about to go see if Brother Jin had passed by. As I was talking, there was a loud noise of warblers and swallows in the yard.

Oops, the fifth lady’s face changed slightly, the second sister-in-law must have failed to stop her either.

Before she finished speaking, Xu Sijin had already entered the courtyard in two steps.

Everyone hurriedly followed.

The second lady and several maids beside the Tai Madam were standing on the steps, stopping the Tai Madam on crutches to persuade her.

Grandma, grandma, Xu Sijin ran over in a hurry, I came back, oh, oh, the lady hugged Xu Sijin who was about to kowtow to her, our brother Jin is back and said, as if he remembered something,

He took two steps back and looked Xu Sijin carefully up and down. I heard that you captured Duoyan and was injured. Didn't you eat well in the military camp? Did Chang'an serve you well? Is Gong Dongning treating you well? You have established such a big promise.

Gong, when the emperor saw you, he said something one after another. He was very anxious. Grandma, I'm fine. Don't worry. Xu Sijin said, smoothing his sleeves and revealing his strong arms. Look, I look like this.

Do you look like you haven't eaten enough? Then I helped the wife go into the house. The Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of War have already issued official documents. I will take office on the 22nd of this month and can only stay at home for two days at most. I am outside.

In the past few years, I have been dreaming about the braised lion's head at home. You first ask the kitchen to make a bowl of braised lion's head. I will eat it and then ask if this is okay.

When the wife heard that he could only stay at home for two days at most, and she dreamed of eating braised lion's head, she was so distressed that she couldn't ask those questions. She took Xu Sijin's hand and immediately told Luzhu loudly, "Go quickly, the Sixth Young Master wants to go"

Eat braised lion head

The dewdrops went away in response.

The madam smiled with satisfaction and was served by Xu Sijin, who sat down on the big kang near the window of the banquet room.

Xu Sijin went to pick up Zhang Jinji and sat in front of the Dowager: Grandma, I found that you have a lot of white hair. Didn't you drink the walnut paste well?

"Nonsense, why didn't I drink walnut paste properly?" Mrs. Madam frowned, and immediately became worried. I don't know why, but there are more and more gray hairs. Your second aunt said, help me dye my hair, but my hair is white.

Once I dyed it, it turned out to be white again, but black and white, like a monster, so I just let it go. After saying that, I was worried, "Doesn't I look scary?"

How could it happen? Xu Sijin said seriously, "It looks pretty to me. It's silvery, and it makes me look highly virtuous and respectable at first glance."

The madam's eyes turned into crescent moons when she heard this, and she kept saying: I think so too. It's just that everyone asked me to dye my hair, so I had to follow them. Fortunately, you are back, otherwise, there wouldn't even be a person to help me speak.

No

What is all this?

Everyone looked at each other and couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Xu Sijin told the interesting things in the military camp to his wife, who laughed from ear to ear. When Xu Lingyi took Xu Sijin to pay homage to his ancestors, the third master and his wife came over with their sons, daughters-in-law, and grandsons after hearing the news.

, the people from the third room gathered at the Taifu's place, and set up six banquet tables for men and women, and led by Amber, opened ten tables in the Taifu's yard to reward the reputable steward mother and maid in the inner courtyard, led by Manager Bai.

In the dining room of the outer courtyard, more than twenty tables were opened to reward the stewards with good names in the outer courtyard. After three drinks, Manager Bai and several senior stewards came in to propose a toast to Xu Sijin. The lady smiled and scolded Manager Bai for his incompetence through the screen.

Knowing how to be considerate, Mr. Bai joked with the lady there, causing a burst of laughter and making the midsummer night with the gentle evening breeze lively.

After the dinner, the eunuch wanted to leave Xu Sijin to rest in her room. Naturally, Xu Lingyi would not object, and after explaining a few words to Xu Sijin, everyone dispersed.

Eleven Niang and Xu Lingyi talked about Xu Sijin’s promise to Brother Shen and Brother Cheng to go to Guizhou: I don’t know if the fifth brother and sister would let go of the child, but I couldn’t let go of the child at the time. Xu Lingyi heard this and smiled and said: As a mother, who doesn’t want that?

Danyang was naturally reluctant to let go of the child tied to her waistband. But this matter related to the child's future was not something she was willing to let go of. What's more, there was Mr. Sun Laohou, and the prince Dingnanhou was not a fool either.

I won’t let Danyang do whatever he wants.

Then you are going to ask Mr. Hou to come forward.

Let’s talk about it tomorrow depending on the situation, Xu Lingyi said, Danyang may not be able to figure it out.

The two of them chatted and rested.

Early the next morning, Hu Bo quietly told Eleven Niang: There was a lot of noise last night at the Fifth Madam's side. They said that the Seventh Young Master and the Eighth Young Master were both going to Guizhou. The Fifth Madam said that the Seventh Young Master was the eldest son and wanted to stay at home.

They agreed to let the Eighth Young Master follow, but the Seventh Young Master refused to accept it and shouted to tell Mr. Sun, which made the Fifth Madam very angry. This is also human nature.

The eldest son can be a favor, so naturally he has to find a way for the second son.

While thinking about it, Xu Sijin came to say hello to them.

Dad, please help me find a staff member. He asked Xu Lingyi for help straight away. I also have a few people around me. It is not a problem to be a guard boy or even a concierge cook, but it is a bit difficult to be a staff member. Mr. Gong said before leaving.

I also asked me about this sometimes. I thought he had someone to recommend me, but I didn’t know but I just asked. From what I saw, he didn’t have any candidates. I’m afraid he was trying to avoid suspicion because he was afraid that I would be overly concerned. So, what are you doing?
Chapter completed!