Lay to win!Cannon fodder, he has become the chief assistant

Chapter 71 Holidays
Xie Xiuwen received two letters from home, one was written by Liu Ruolan, and the other was written by Xie Ronghui.

Xie Xiuwen read his wife's letter first, and learned the details of Guaibao's almost being abducted. Naturally, he was shocked into a cold sweat. Among them, Xie Laosan and other clansmen helped to find it for several hours.

Afterwards, I opened Xie Ronghui's letter. Although it didn't state that everything was related to the long house, it mentioned that Xie Rongrong had watched Guaibao's abduction with a cold eye, and even deliberately pointed the wrong way afterwards.

Just because of this, Xie Xiuwen wanted to go back and wipe Xie Rongrong's neck.

It was only after Wang Hanlin came to the court that he learned about some internal affairs of the Xie family, but he was an outsider, so he couldn't say much, so when he mentioned the abduction of Guaibao with Xie Xiuwen, he focused on the Song family and Cheng Jingzhou.

This time Xie Xiuwen read the letter, and realized the danger in it, and even saw through the coldness of people's hearts.

In Xie Ronghui's letter, apart from clarifying a few facts, he wrote a letter of apology.

Xie Xiuwen's feelings towards this eldest nephew are somewhat complicated. After all, this is his own nephew, and among the younger generation, his reading talent is the highest.

Xie Ronghui only found out about this matter after the fact, and he couldn't be blamed for it due to emotion and reason.

Douzi came in lightly: "My lord, the person who came to deliver the letter is Liu Jia Erlang. I just arranged for him to have a full meal. Do you want to see him now?"

Xie Xiuwen thought it was just an ordinary messenger, but unexpectedly it was his nephew.

"Invite him in now."

Now that Liu Erlang had had enough to eat, he became more energetic.

"Erlang, sit down quickly."

Liu Erlang saluted and then sat down.

"Erlang, tell me quickly, what happened to Baobao's abduction."

Liu Erlang didn't hide anything either, and told the whole story in detail.

"Master Cheng also contributed to this matter, and a Mr. Liu also made a special trip to Xiejiazhuang. Uncle, in the final analysis, we Baobao were also plotted against by others. Previously, my aunt was also because of Kuaibao. I got sick for a while, but now I'm fine."

Xie Xiuwen nodded. He also communicated with Cheng Jingzhou about the follow-up matter, so he naturally knew it in detail.

Cheng Jingzhou hated Xie Rongrong's behavior even more in his letter.

"Then Xie Rongrong has been punished. I think she will not dare to bully my baby easily in the future. Erlang has worked hard this time. When he goes back, he will have to ask your father and uncle to take care of them."

"Uncle's words are outrageous, we will try our best."

"So you wait a moment, just send back two letters from home on my behalf."

"it is good."

At night, Xie Xiuwen noticed that there seemed to be too much charcoal in the room.

Normally, Douzi wouldn't add so much charcoal to him.

"What happened today?"

Douzi said happily, "My lord, I don't know. Liu Erlang brought us two bags of charcoal this time. They are all high-quality, not pungent, and will help you sleep well at night."

Xie Xiuwen still has to read at night, and sometimes practice calligraphy. If the room is too cold, his hands will inevitably be frozen.

Xie Xiuwen glanced at the charcoal basin, thinking that his wife's letter stated that the second room had received a lot of charcoal this year, and she should have sorted some of it for Erlang to deliver.

The weather is cold, charcoal is expensive, but firewood is cheap. Sometimes Douzi will go up the mountain to collect some firewood and come back. In addition to cooking, he can also keep himself warm.

Since it was cold, Douzi moved to the kitchen to sleep.

They cook two meals a day and boil hot water at night, so the house is not too cold.

"You go back and rest. Put a few ladles of water in the pot and burn two stoves of firewood, so that it will be warmer."

"Understood, son."

At first Douzi always called him Master, but one day Wang Jin said that he was not afraid of calling him old, so Douzi changed his name to Young Master.

Needless to say, with such a title, Douzi himself felt that the young master was more honorable.

Besides charcoal, Liu Ruolan also asked Erlang to bring two winter coats and two pairs of cotton-filled boots.

Xie Xiuwen thinks that the family has made some income now, but he doesn't know how much money he can make by the end of the year, and whether it can support him to go on a study tour in the spring of next year.

Xie Xiuwen wanted to go north.

Kyoto is in the north, and he also wants to know some concepts and habits of northern students.

Xie Xiuwen has already thought about it, he can go to Yanzhou Mansion, which belongs to the north, but it is not particularly north, at least there is no one foot of snow in winter.

From Fucheng, you can take a boat directly to Yanzhou. You can enter the boundary of Yanzhou within ten days at most. Then you can change to a carriage and go forward. You can not only see the scenery along the way, but also better understand the suffering of people's livelihood.

What is learned in the book is always shallow.

Xie Xiuwen thought that the teacher had mentioned more than once that he hoped they could go around more and see more. Xie Xiuwen wanted to go to Yanzhou because of the geographical differences, and wanted to know what kind of crops could grow in the land there.

At the beginning of the twelfth lunar month, some people in Mingshan Academy were already preparing for the holiday.

Some students have to walk more than ten days away from their hometowns, so they never go back during the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Now that it's the New Year's Eve, it's natural to go back for a family reunion.

After discussing with several officers and gentlemen here, Mr. Xu Shan decided to have a holiday on the tenth day of the twelfth lunar month. After the fifteenth day of the twelfth lunar month, no more students are allowed to stay here.

It was only on the eighth day of the eighth day that Xie Xiuwen learned that Wang Jin would go to Yanzhou with them next year.

Both of Xu Shanzhang's two students are officials in Yanzhou, and they will be given a letter of recommendation. When they arrive in Yanzhou, they will be able to get in touch with more things in the officialdom.

Xie Xiuwen was very happy that Wang Jin could go with him. After all, apart from Wang Jin, he was not very familiar with the other students.

And Xie Xiuwen has noticed that the students mentioned earlier are all excellent students, and they are very likely to pass the exam in the coming year.

Wang Jin's name was only added recently, that is to say, the academy intends to vigorously train Wang Jin?

Xie Xiuwen didn't judge this guess, it was in his favour.

Moreover, he thinks he still has a good eye for seeing people. Wang Jin's knowledge is solid, but his talent is average and he is not diligent enough, so he has not been shown.

But this person has good character, if he becomes an official in the future, he will surely relieve the court's worries and seek the well-being of the people.

Seeking land, Xie Xiuwen's eyes flashed slightly.

Perhaps, this study tour is intended to test their character and some ways of doing things.

With this doubt, Xie Xiuwen finally returned home with Dou Zi.

Xie Xiuwen left the academy on the [-]th day. There was no other way. Xu Shanchang deliberately left him, gave him private lectures for a few days, and left several homework assignments. He would not even think about safety during this annual leave.

What Xie Xiuwen didn't know was that he was full of joy thinking that he would be reunited with his wife and daughter soon, but the lovely wife at home was being mocked and threatened by the old lady.

(End of this chapter)