Don't go back to hometown

Chapter 26 This Life: How Can Going to Jinling Make Xie Cheng Happy...

After the Qiqiao Festival, more and more students passed through Yangzhou to rush for the exam.

Yangzhou Academy held several literary meetings, Xie Cheng came to the fore, and also met several well-learned students from other places.

In the blink of an eye, July and a half passed, and Yangzhou Academy gave the scholar class a holiday, allowing them to study at home and arrange a trip to Jinling.

The children's class was still in class, and Jiang Xianyu didn't dare to disturb Xie Cheng. He only came to Zhuzhuyuan with the mung bean soup cooked by Jiang's mother every day after school.

Under his urging, the wound on Xie Cheng's hand healed very quickly, and the scar faded to the point where it was almost invisible.

Jiang Xianyu later heard that Shimo had leaked his words, only to find out that he played truant from school that day, and Xie Chengcai lost his temper and smashed the table and injured his hand.

He had never seen Xie Cheng lose his temper before, and only saw Xie Cheng lose control after his death in his previous life.

So this incident made him realize how much Xie Cheng cared about Ren Xiaoyao's existence.

Originally, compared to resenting Ren Xiaoyao's use, Jiang Xianyu regretted his ignorance of people and running away from home for several years.

Coupled with the fact that his ghost later saw Xie Cheng avenge him, his hatred for Ren Xiaoyao became less.

So in this life, he never thought of seeking revenge on Ren Xiaoyao in this life.

Who knew that this person insisted on provoking him.

If you provoke him, he can ignore it, but if you let Xie Chengru get stuck in his throat, then he can't.

Furthermore, he also wanted to find out whether Ren Xiaoyao approached him on purpose, whether he was using him as a pawn to gain trust from the beginning, or whether he was reborn like him and returned with the same evil intentions.

No matter what the reason is, Jiang Xianyu will never let him succeed.

In this life, he will learn to be smarter and ask Xie Cheng and elder brother about everything.

However, looking at the faint scars on the back of Xie Cheng's hand, he still couldn't help but feel worried. He found that his rebirth still brought Xie Cheng a lot of unhappiness.

What should he do to make Xie Cheng happier?

"what happened?"

Seeing that he was staring at his hand, Xie Cheng interrupted his thoughts.

Jiang Xianyu looked at him lying on the other side of the desk, and smiled: "I remembered that we studied together when we were young."

It was the same at that time, Xie Cheng was concentrating on reading and writing, and he always liked to make some noises, either he was distracted and dozed off, or knocked off the books, paper and pens, or secretly imitated martial arts scripts to gesture around, and he insisted on interrupting Xie Cheng , talk to him.

Xie Cheng was stunned, and dug up those memories from the long past, and suddenly found that from the day the boy left home in his previous life, all he could not forget was the scene of arguing with the boy.

Those more distant childhood sweethearts and bamboo horse boys have been forgotten by him.

Looking at the young man's bright and lively face at this moment, it was still like a dream.

Xie Cheng couldn't help stretching out his hand, like in a dream that was repeated repeatedly in his previous life, reaching out to touch his boy——

Halfway through, he suddenly woke up and stopped.

Jiang Xianyu also froze, staring blankly at the fingers close at hand——

Xie Cheng wanted to touch him.

This realization made his ears turn red uncomfortably, and he even wanted to back away.

It's common for him and Xie Cheng to fight and fight, and it's nothing if they touch each other twice.But the other party suddenly reached out to touch his face and then stopped, which seemed ambiguous instead.

But he didn't dare to hide - he was afraid that Xie Cheng would think that he was resisting and would be sad.

Xie Cheng recovered his senses first, continued to move forward with his outstretched hand, flicked Jiang Xianyu's forehead, and said nonchalantly: "It's fine if you don't make trouble."

Jiang Xianyu was stunned for a moment, "hmph" and turned his face away, lying on his stomach and ignoring him, hiding his red ears.

But he didn't know that the other one was exposed outside, and Xie Cheng saw it squarely.

Xie Cheng didn't dare to push him too hard, and turned to talk about business: "I plan to leave for Jinling in the future."

Jiang Xianyu turned to look at him, "Then I will ask my master for leave tomorrow."

He asked again: "Will you take the water route? My eldest brother contacted the passenger ship to Jinling a few days ago, we can go with him."

"Yes." Xie Chengdao, "Master Chen and a few classmates will accompany me."

Jiang Xianyu: "Is it Senior Brother Zhang and Senior Brother Li? Ask them to give me the number and list of accompanying people, and I will make arrangements."

"Ah."

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The next day, Jiang Xianyu took Jiang's father's consent letter and went to Mrs. Liu to ask for leave.

Master Liu knew that he couldn't persuade him, so he granted him a leave of absence and assigned him half a month of homework.

When Jiang Xianyu came back with a bitter face, Jiang's father and Jiang's mother cheerfully told Jiang Baizhou to urge Jiang Xianyu to do his homework when he went to Jinling.

Next door to Xie Mansion, Xie Sangrou took Duan Qixuan back to her natal home to see Xie Cheng off.

"Your brother-in-law rented a small courtyard in Jinling, which is not far from the Imperial College and Gongyuan. There are just a few guest rooms. I sent a letter earlier to ask him to clean it up. You and Xiao Yu can live there." Xie Sangju said.

Xie's family didn't own a house in Jinling, they only had a few shops where they could settle down; Jiang's Escort also had a branch in Jinling, but neither was as clean and convenient as Duan Shuwen's.

So Xie Cheng nodded in response, "Thank you, sister."

Xie Sangrou: "Thank you from the family. It's just that your brother-in-law only has a book boy to serve, and the cook is also hired temporarily. You can bring a cook from home."

Xie Cheng wanted to say no, they were only staying for half a month, so they should do as they please, and it is not good to mobilize the crowd.

Mother Xie understood what Xie Sangrou meant, and took her hand and said, "Then let Aunt Li and his wife from the kitchen go with Ah Cheng. Her son works in our Jinling branch, let them go there for a family reunion, and stay there from now on. Take care of the books."

"Thank you, mother." Xie Sangrou looked at Xie's mother, her eyes were slightly sour.

Duan Qixuan was taken to take a nap by the maidservant, so she had some things to say: "Actually, Shuwen wrote privately that the hired cook is not allowed, but every time I ask my mother-in-law to send a few more people to take care of her, she always compares it to the Duan family." I must thank the family to scold me, saying that her family's calligraphy is hard work, so she is a master, and beating me not to play the role of the young lady."

Xie Sangrou's eyes were slightly cold, and she sneered slightly: "Sometimes I wonder if Shuwen is her real son."

Xie Cheng paused and looked at her in surprise.

Although sister's words are out of line, it may not be impossible.

A tiger's poison does not eat its offspring, but in his previous life, he had seen with his own eyes how harsh Duan's mother was to her brother-in-law, and how harsh she was to her sister and Qixuan—especially after her brother-in-law died.

"What nonsense!" Xie's mother patted the back of Xie Sangrou's hand, and gently advised her, "Your father-in-law left early, and it's not easy for your mother-in-law to raise a big book by herself. Treat him harshly because you want him to become a talent. How can you say that?" So bad? You can just talk about it in our family, but you dare not mention it in front of outsiders. "

Xie Sangrou leaned on Xie Mu's shoulder, and said coquettishly: "I see, I just said that in front of you."

Father Xie listened for a while, took a sip of tea, and said to Xie Cheng: "Ask your brother-in-law if you have time to come back for a reunion during the Mid-Autumn Festival."

"Father..." Xie Sangrou sat up straight and looked at him.

"What are you afraid of? I'm not trying to reprimand him." Father Xie raised his eyelids and glanced at her, "Just ask him if he's sure about the next year's exam. If not, it's good to seek an official position as a juror."

"Father," Xie Sangrou said anxiously, "The knowledge of calligraphy is far more than that of juren—"

Father Xie said: "I know—but seeing that Qi Xuan has grown up, he has to prop up the Duan family and establish a family."

This is the root of Xie Sangrou's tolerance for Duan's mother.

Duan Shuwen is still studying now, and the Duan family relies on the land left by their ancestors to maintain their livelihood, which is managed by Duan's mother.

Thanks to Xie Sangrou having her own dowry, she would not live too much.

But in this way, Duan Shuwen is subject to Duan's mother. Firstly, he can't disregard the kindness of nurturing and fall out with Duan's mother. Second, it is impossible to rely on Xie Sangrou's dowry to study and live.

That's why Xie Sangrou kept it secret, and only waited for Duan Shuwen to get an official position in high school to support his family, so that he could feel proud.

Of course, if she didn't have affection for Duan Shuwen, she could naturally return home with Li, without worrying about those troublesome things.With Xie's family's financial resources and her looks and talents, it is not difficult to find a good match again.

Xie Sangrou knew that her father loved her so much, so she wanted to beat Duan Shuwen, so she nodded in response: "My daughter understands my father's painstaking efforts, but I will try next year or let Shuwen try again. If... If it doesn't work, my daughter will persuade him , listen to father's arrangement."

Father Xie nodded, and looked at Xie Cheng again, "Let Steward Liu's son go with you this time, and buy a house in Jinling. If you win the exam, you will have to go to the Imperial College to study in the second half of the year, and it will be more convenient to buy a house. "

Although only the top six in the annual township examination can be directly selected for Jinling Guozijian, and other candidates need to participate in the selection before they can enter, but Xie's father obviously thinks that Xie Cheng can be selected no matter what.

Xie Cheng's eyes flickered, and he replied: "Yes, the son will not let his father down."

He knew that his father didn't like Duan's family, especially Duan's mother's way of life, so he didn't want to marry sister.

But because of Duan Shuwen's sympathy with Elder Sister and his ability to learn, he followed Sister's wish.

But in the past few years, my brother-in-law has not been able to pass the exam, and it has made my sister's life unsatisfactory. My father is actually dissatisfied.

The father didn't ask his brother-in-law to be a high-ranking official, but he just hoped that he could take good care of my sister.

But expect more from him.

In his previous life, he stubbornly gave up the imperial examination and refused to marry a wife and have children, which really disappointed his parents.

In this life, he greedily wanted to find a way to achieve both, so that he would neither disappoint his parents' expectations nor lose his treasure.

At least fulfill the parents' expectation of letting him be an official, and then adopt a child from the family to his knees, paving the way for the Xie family.

After a while, Duan Qixuan, who was taking a nap, woke up and was carried by the maidservant to find his mother.

"Mother, grandpa, grandma, uncle..." Before he woke up, he rubbed his eyes and called out softly. Xie's mother was so rare, he took her and hugged her in his arms.

Duan Qixuan blinked his big round eyes, and smiled sweetly at Xie's mother, which made Xie's father curl his lips.

Xie Cheng looked at the happy family in front of him, his eyes softened.

I just thought of my brother-in-law in my previous life who failed the exams and fell ill one after another, and my originally bright little nephew became dull and shy, and didn't get close to my father and mother, and always looked timid, and I felt sad for a while.

Xie Cheng lowered his head and took a sip of tea, pretending to be casual and said: "Speaking of which, Qixuan has also reached the age of enlightenment, sister, have you discussed with brother-in-law how to arrange it?"

Speaking of this, Xie Sangrou's complexion darkened, but she quickly restrained herself, not letting Duan Qixuan see it.

"My mother-in-law said that there is no rush now, and I will take Qixuan to the capital to study after waiting for Shuwen High School."

Mother Xie was startled when she heard this, and covered Duan Qixuan's ears, "Then we can't just delay it like this, this is a good time for the child to be enlightened."

Besides, it is unknown whether Duan Shuwen will be able to enter high school. Even if he does, the family will move to the capital and settle down in the second half of next year.At that time Qixuan was almost five years old, although it was not too late, but it was a waste of time.

With his ears covered, Xiao Qixuan looked at his mother ignorantly.

Xie Sangrou frowned: "So now I'm teaching him how to read, and I'm also looking for a suitable enlightenment teacher for him."

Xie's father frowned, and said to Xie's mother: "In another day, you can discuss with your mother-in-law, and let Qixuan go to Xie's family to learn enlightenment."

Xie's mother was also tough on this matter: "Well, I'll go talk to my mother in law."

Seeing that his parents had made up their minds, Xie Cheng was relieved.

After sending Xie Sangrou's little nephew back to Duanfu at night, Xie Cheng asked Shimo to send a letter to the shopkeeper of Langyun Pavilion, asking him to pay attention to the news of Duanfu.

There are some things that Sister may not have taken to heart, but he has to pay attention.

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Early the next morning, Jiang Xianyu came to invite Xie Cheng to take a boat with him to Jinling.