Xu Xiao was recommended by Lu Yunhong and got the official position of director of the Ministry of Industry. Although he was only a sixth-rank official, for someone who had just entered the officialdom, this starting point was already very high.
Mrs. Zhang was very happy when she heard the news. She asked Hu to decide a good day and send a message to the Xu family's relatives and friends in the capital, as well as the Lu family, inviting a theater troupe to come to the house to have fun.
The old lady loved Xu Xiao, so Mr. Hu was naturally very happy and quickly made arrangements.
At this time, Madam Hu asked: "Then should we send someone to bring Yan Xin back?"
Mrs. Zhang said: "Why pick her up? Send someone to send her some clothes and tell her to stay longer."
Mrs. Hu said anxiously: "Is this good? I have been harassing the Lu family, and I am also talking about getting married."
Mrs. Zhang said: "There is nothing wrong with her. Mrs. Lu will not treat her as an outsider. Besides, when she negotiates the marriage, the days of visiting each other for a short stay will be gone."
Hu thought it was right. After she returned, she prepared some gifts for the Lu family, and then asked her aunt at home to pack some of Xu Yanxin's clothes and send them to the Lu family.
In this way, Xu Yanxin lived in the Lu family again.
At the same time, although it was already the twelfth lunar month, in order to reassure the old master, Lu Yunhong still asked Xu Xiao to start construction immediately.
Even if we can only lay down the foundation first, there is no turning back. Everyone knows that this matter cannot be delayed. After spring, the progress of the construction period will be rapid.
Xu Xiao went back to his house to tidy up energetically, bid farewell to Mrs. Zhang and Mr. Hu, and rushed to Daxing.
Mrs. Zhang happily wiped away tears and told her two sons to find more opportunities for Xu Xiao to prevent Xu Xiao from running into obstacles everywhere after arriving in Daxing.
Xu Min couldn't laugh or cry and said: "Mom is so partial. She used to let us touch more nails so that we can distinguish between good and evil."
Xu Dun also said: "Mom, how can she be partial? She is really eager to get everything done for Yanzhou and just let Yanzhou sit and receive the credit."
After Yanzhou entered the Xu family's genealogy for Xu Xiao, Xu Min took the small letters for him.
Mrs. Zhang said: "Whatever you say, if Yanzhou comes back and complains that the matter is difficult to handle, you two will kneel down at the ancestral hall, your father, and apologize to the third child."
Xu Min: "..."
Xu Dun: "..."
The two of them came out of Mrs. Zhang's yard in disgrace, thinking that they might as well follow Xu Xiao to Daxing, and maybe they could get credit for helping their nephew.
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Gao Xian did not expect that the teacher's decisive resignation would lead to a dark ending.
There is no obvious partisanship in the DPRK. The Wang family is at its peak and attracts attention. Apart from protecting shortcomings, they generally do not care about other people's affairs.
Lu Yunhong dared to take care of everything and was not afraid of anything. When he stood in the middle of the court, he looked at his father-in-law from the front and his brother-in-law from behind. If he didn't leave, he would be pushed away. He stayed on top. This was momentum.
Everyone could see clearly and knew that the position of Taifu would be his sooner or later.
But for the sake of the Grand Master, he originally didn't have to do anything. He just waited to see the Mei family wither. However, just when everyone was thinking about whether to send the old Grand Master away, how to send him away, and whether they should keep him?
Lu Yunhong went alone, persuaded the old master, and even found such a good job for the old master, Nansuo Imperial College, it was a blessing for him to come up with it.
Now the old master is shouldering the heavy responsibility of education. Although his official position is not as good as before, the newly built Nansuo Imperial College is also an Imperial College. How many students can be produced? How many children from aristocratic families and poor families will be among them? Who dares to say that in the future,
Will there be another Lu Yunhong and another Pei Shan?
In this way, the Mei family is naturally still the same Mei family. Even after marrying off Mei Min's useless daughter, the family tradition will only look more upright. Who would say anything about a man who was once worshiped as a grand master and is now a great scholar?
What about Mei Chengwang’s gossip?
Lu Yunhong's move was to win over the courtiers and gather people's hearts. Those officials who make a living at the bottom do not expect that there will be an adult above them who can say a few words of justice. Once this person appears, it means that the new party has already formed.
They gathered invisibly.
Gao Xian sighed, knowing that he was convinced that he had lost. He just felt sorry for his daughter. Although he wanted to take her away, considering her health, he decided not to.
Gao Xian left a name note for the housekeeper. He knew that Mrs. Lu would not leave her alone, so in a critical moment, he still asked the housekeeper to go to the Lu Mansion for help.
For this reason, before leaving Beijing, he specially prepared generous gifts and took his daughter to the Lu family.
Wang Xiu saw Gao An'an again. There was no smile on the little girl's face. She seemed to know that her father was about to leave. Her dark eyes were filled with confusion and reluctance.
Outside of his thin body, the cloak seemed a bit too big. Although the jacket was warm, the sleeves inside were wide and could leak wind.
Otherwise, how can I say that as a father, I just need to take care of my children and stay alive?
Wang Xiu called the child in front of him and found that her cheeks were cold and her hands were also cold. He asked Gao Xian, "Why don't you prepare a hand stove for her when you go out?"
Gao Xian was stunned and said with a wry smile: "I was in such a hurry to go out that I forgot."
Wang Xiudao: "You are the master, so it's okay to forget. What about the servants she takes care of? Have you forgotten too?"
Gao Xian sighed and said: "The nanny who took care of her heard that I was leaving Beijing and took her son to resign. I was worried that the new nanny would not be good, so I only asked the old nanny to take care of her, as well as her mother.
The one maid left behind..."
After Wang Xiu heard this, he felt it was even more unreliable.
Shouldn't the maid her mother left behind be taken care of more carefully?
But seeing Gao Xian's hesitant expression, she seemed to understand. The maid might have heard that Gao Xian was leaving and didn't want to stay.
Thinking of this, Wang Xiu no longer wanted to comment on the affairs of the Gao family. She said to Gao Xian, "Go see Lu Yunhong. This child will follow me for the time being."
Gao Xian thanked her and told her daughter to follow the servants of the Lu family to see Lu Yunhong.
Wang Xiu brought Gao An'an into the house, placed him on the heated Kang, and surrounded him with beds.
There was a little girl inside, very well-behaved, with big black eyes looking curiously at the strange young lady.
Wang Xiu took a hand stove and gave it to Gao Anan to hold, and then said to Rongrong: "Go and bring the clothes that the eldest princess has given to Xinran, and pick out two sets that are larger and suitable for this child."
Rongrong took a look at Gao An'an's figure and quickly went to the warehouse to rummage.
Wang Xiu said to Gao Anan: "The one inside is Xinran. You saw it at the village. Do you remember it?"
Gao Anan nodded, put her hands on the bedside, and looked at the little sister inside, her eyes full of yearning.
Wang Xiu asked: "Isn't your father going to take you with him?"
Gao Anan nodded, tears rolling down his face instantly, looking very aggrieved and pitiful.
Wang Xiu quickly wiped her with a handkerchief and said distressedly: "What do you think your father is thinking? Your body will be fine if you take care of it for two years. If you keep going through this, when will it get better?"
"That's all, I'll find a solution. Don't cry first."
Wang Xiu said and sighed helplessly.
It can be said that what happens to adults is caused by themselves, but it is unbearable to affect children.