After the whole family was swept away, I lay down flat

Chapter 647 Helping Hand
Hai Jiao and Jin Jiashu did not know what Tu Jinbao told his father Tu Rong after he returned home, but within two days, they heard the news that Tu Rong had taken his eldest son to Chang'an to study Weiwei.

It is said that Tu Rong is going to send his son to the Wei School in Chang'an, and he will be enrolled next spring. However, considering that Tu Jinbao has a shallow foundation and has little time to practice archery, Tu Rong is afraid that his eldest son will not be able to pass the entrance examination, so he takes him to the headmaster and teachers of the Wei School in advance to see if there is any way to help him catch up on the courses, so that he will not fall behind when he enrolls next year.

With Tu Rong's current power and position in Chang'an, the rear guard school in Chang'an would not reject his eldest son. The military families in Chang'an City have also produced useless children with poor talents. All the major schools have accepted them. Whether they can become talents is one thing, but at least students should learn to behave properly in school, understand the rules, and not cause trouble for their families without knowing it. If they can learn some riding and shooting martial arts, they can at least get a small military officer position, and stay in a peaceful and leisurely position, so that their families can rest assured and the local government can worry less.

Tu Jinbao was obviously going to follow this path. After returning from the Wei School in Chang'an, the homework he had to deal with every day suddenly became much heavier. The ones who taught him were no longer his own soldiers, but teachers from the Wei School. When people gave him private lessons, Tu Rong would treat them politely, and Tu Jinbao couldn't even lose his temper. If he didn't want to be beaten and cause trouble for his recognized friend Kan Jinbao, Tu Jinbao had to learn skills from his teacher honestly to ensure that he would not embarrass his father when he entered school next spring.

Tu Jinbao was very depressed, but fortunately, since Hai Changan was in charge of the archery class, he could still be lazy and go to Hai's house to take the class under the pretext of coordinating the teacher's schedule. He specially arranged the class time with Hai Changan after Haijiao finished school, so that he could chat with his friends and relax.

Seeing him like this, Hai Changan simply let him go. Apart from normal instruction, he simply left this unimproving student to his nephew Hai Jiao and went back to teach his son.

Haijiao didn't expect that he suddenly had an extra job. His students were not very motivated and their abilities were ordinary, but they couldn't stand the truth and had to be praised to be happy. He was silent for a while, and simply left Tu Jinbao alone and started to practice archery. He practiced horseback archery every day, and he hadn't finished today's task yet.

When he just started practicing, Tu Jinbao was still chattering. When he shot thirty arrows, he became much quieter and began to keep looking at his movements. When he shot fifty arrows, Tu Jinbao had completely calmed down and shot his arrows without saying a word. Just by comparing the arrows on the target next to him, he felt humiliated. However, Haijiao didn't say anything, and it wasn't intentional. He was not as skilled as others, so how could he have the nerve to blame others?

Tu Jinbao put away his bow and arrow and decided to take archery lessons at home starting tomorrow, instead of going to other people's homes to humiliate himself.

He said to Haijiao in a low voice: "I have inquired about it. The border patrol is true. Others can indeed take their sons and nephews to see the world. But my father did not agree. He said that I am not a good rider and was afraid that I would make a fool of myself in front of others on the road and embarrass him. He told me to study in the Guard School."

Haijiao shot another arrow without even turning his head. "Since your father looks down on you, you should study hard and practice hard to impress him."

Tu Jinbao blinked: "He has always looked down on me. No matter how hard I practice, what's the point? Can he really change his mind?"

"As long as you perform well enough, why can't he change his mind?" Haijiao finally found time to look back at him. "Whether you are good or not in horse riding and archery is not something you say, it is all real, and an expert can tell at a glance. As long as you are not worse than others, if others can go, you can naturally go too. There are still several months of hard work. You have a good teacher to teach you, and you are also diligent. If you practice well, are you afraid that you won't make great progress? When I was a child, my horse riding and archery skills were also ordinary. It took my second uncle half a year to learn it. How can you be worse than me? What I can do, can't you do it?" Tu Jinbao thought about it and it was true. He was praised by his grandmother as a smart child since he was a child. He didn't think he was worse than Haijiao at all. What Haijiao can do, how could he not do it? His father is better than Haijiao's grandfather and father!
Tu Jinbao suddenly stood up again and said with a smile: "Then I will practice hard for a few months. I don't believe that my father will change his mind after seeing my extraordinary skills!"

Although he had made up his mind, Tu Jinbao was still a little worried about Kan Jinbao. In two days, he would set out. It was freezing cold, and he only had a horse to accompany him. How could he travel these two thousand miles? !
Seeing him like this, Haijiao thought that since he had decided to get close to the Tu family, he might as well be a good person to the end.

So Haijiao told Tu Jinbao: "There is a caravan in the east of the city, from Ganzhou. Because they had a lawsuit with someone a few days ago, they were delayed in their journey back home, and they are preparing to set off these days. Why don't you go to Captain Kan and tell him to talk to the people of the caravan and discuss it with each other. The caravan may go slower on the road with goods, but at least it is a familiar trade route, familiar with the situation, and can take care of him. The caravan also has guards, even if they are not as brave as Captain Kan, they can still help when they encounter horse thieves, sand bandits, or wild beasts. Although the caravan only goes to Ganzhou, Ganzhou is only more than a hundred miles away from Gaotai, and a fast horse can reach it in one day. It is also a place that Captain Kan is familiar with. As long as he can reach Ganzhou smoothly, the remaining more than a hundred miles, what does it matter?"

Tu Jinbao was overjoyed when he heard this: "Are you serious?! I also sent people to inquire about the caravans heading to the border town, but they all said that no one goes there this season!"

"This is also a coincidence." Haijiao said, "This caravan often went to Guazhou in the past and had dealings with our family several times. They came to our house two days ago to meet my grandfather and grandmother. Their leader actually knew about the two elders of the Kan family, but had never interacted with Captain Kan. My grandfather advised them to go to Captain Kan to make friends, but they were shy and didn't dare to go to him. If Captain Kan took the initiative to find them, they would definitely agree. Captain Kan is tall, strong and brave. With him accompanying, the people in the caravan would feel more at ease."

Tu Jinbao got the news and went to find Kan Jinbao immediately. The next day, he received news that he had contacted the caravan. In order to accommodate the caravan's schedule, he was willing to set off a day earlier.

Probably because he heard something from Tu Jinbao, Kan Jinbao came to visit the Hai family the day before his departure.

Hai Xiya was not at home, so he kowtowed to Ma very solemnly: "It was my fault in the past that I offended Uncle Hai and Aunt Hai and frightened my nephew Hai Jiao. Uncle Hai and Aunt Hai let bygones be bygones and were willing to lend a hand when they knew that my nephew was in trouble. I am really ashamed. Now that I know I was wrong, I will live a good life in the future and will not let the elders down again. I will also remember Uncle Hai and Aunt Hai's kindness in my heart, and I will repay them generously when I have the chance in the future!"

Ma had never expected to receive thanks from the son of the Kan family in this life, so she hurriedly helped him up and said, "Why are you saying these things? How many years have our two families been friends? We have watched you grow up, and we only hope that you can live a good life. Can't we be fussy about these trivial matters?"

Then she started chatting with Kan Jinbao and asked him about his future plans. Kan Jinbao answered honestly. Ma wanted to teach him a lesson, but she thought that he had never been close to her family and was in a low point, so she thought it was unnecessary. She just told him to be careful on the road and take care of himself, and asked Aunt Cui to pack a gift for Kan Jinbao to take away, and then sent him out.

(End of this chapter)