Chapter 845: The county magistrate invites you
Chapter 845: The county magistrate invites you
Chapter 845: The county magistrate invites you
Chapter 845 The county magistrate invites you
Xu Er hurriedly said: "Dad, I will go out with my third brother to entertain the congratulatory people, please take your time..."
Before I could even finish typing, I was scolded by Mr. Xu again.
Mr. Xu pointed the cane at him and shouted: "It's just a few guests. Do you need your brothers to entertain them at the same time? Go and find a way to deal with the Liu family and tell them to get out as soon as possible!"
Xu Er understood. His father told him to close Liujia Cloth Shop within half a month. In fact, he couldn't wait half a month. The sooner the Liu family finished playing, the better.
"Yes, son, let's go and do it now." Xu Er was also afraid of his father, so he left in a hurry and called in the shopkeepers and managers of the Xu family's shops to discuss how to deal with the Liu family.
After Xu Er left, the cane in Mr. Xu's hand hit Xu Zhaoming's body with a slap, and he hit him thirty times before he stopped.
However, these thirty blows were very effective. The first ten were very hard, and the skin and flesh were ripped apart. The others were just for show. Mr. Xu was afraid of damaging this golden grandson.
With a bang, Mr. Xu placed the cane heavily on the table, looked at Xu Zhaoming lying on the ground and asked: "Do you know you are wrong?"
Xu Zhaoming was beaten until he almost fainted, but he was a strong man, gritting his teeth and holding on, and replied: "...My grandson, I know I was wrong."
Mr. Xu asked again: "What's wrong? I don't believe you can be so stupid? You're being used by a fool without even realizing it."
Xu Zhaoming naturally knew that Liu Sheng had incited him to deal with the Gu family, but he still cooperated despite knowing it. To put it bluntly, he looked down on Gu Jinan and wanted to avoid Gu Jinan and make the other party look bad, but he ended up losing completely.
Mr. Xu knew this very well. That was why he was so angry: "There are people outside the world, and there is a world outside the world. Although you are smart, there are many people smarter and more capable than you in the world. You meet someone who is more capable than you." , even if the other person comes from a farmers family, you shouldnt look down on them.
"You look down on Gu Jinan's background. Do you know that all the people his family has met are noble people? You also know that our Xu family looks wealthy, but in the eyes of others, we are just rich people, rich but not powerful."
Brother Ming looks down on the Gu family, but how can a truly aristocratic family or an official family look down on the Xu family?
Compared with our birth background, our Xu family is just a few decades richer than the Gu family. Your great-grandfather even farmed. Why do you have to look down on the Gu family?
Dont blame grandpa for beating you today. If grandpa doesnt give you a good beating and let you remember it for a long time, if you do this again in the future, you will lose not only your face, but your own life!
Mr. Xu said many things to Xu Zhaoming sincerely, and finally summed it up in one sentence: "Don't deceive young people into being poor, and don't rely on the power of a rich family. The poor will eventually turn around, and the rich will also have their wealth dissipated."
Xu Zhaoming kept listening and did not dare to refute. After listening, he bowed deeply to Mr. Xu: "My grandson has remembered my grandpa's teachings... It is indeed my grandson's fault today. He should not have done this out of vanity." It was a mistake. My grandson wants to choose a day to go to the Gu family in person to apologize."
Mr. Xu was very pleased: "You are right to think so. It's not that grandpa doesn't help you, but that Gu Jin'an is indeed a capable person and a very good person. You should make friends with such a person. If you want to make enemies with him , you will be the one who suffers from it in the future, as I am a brother-in-law to the eldest grandson of the Zheng family and Shangguan family in Jinling, so I am not afraid of our family at all."
Mr. Xu knew his grandson's temper and was afraid that he would go astray again. He felt that Gu Jinan was only able to be friendly with the eldest grandson of the Zheng family and Shangguan family by flattering him, so he told him about the Lu family's affairs.
The Gu family found out that Mr. Lu was a runaway slave and reported it to the official, which led to the fact that Mr. Lu killed a legitimate son of the Shangguan family. The Zheng family followed the officials eldest grandson and came to our county in person, and Gu Jinan got to know them.
So it was not Gu Jinan who went to curry favor with the eldest grandson of the Zheng family and the Shangguan family, but the Gu family was kind to those two families, so they interacted with each other.
Xu Zhaoming would only come back during the Chinese New Year and had never heard of it. He always thought that Gu Jinan, a poor man with weak legs, could get to know the noble master through flattery, but he did not expect that there was such a reason.
Xu Zhaoming was even more ashamed, and said with tears: "Grandpa, I'm sorry, it's my grandson who was blinded by lard. He only thinks the worst about people, but is unwilling to admit other people's abilities."
Seeing him crying, Mr. Xu felt very distressed. He said softly, "It's good that you realize your mistake. Don't do it again in the future."
Xu Zhaoming nodded, said yes, and fainted.
Mr. Xu was startled and called Butler Xu quickly: "Old Shou, bring the doctor in quickly!" "Here he comes." Butler Xu rushed in with the doctor he had invited long ago to look at Xu Zhaoming's injuries.
Futai Building, Gu Dashan and the others were overjoyed when they found out that Gu Jinan had passed the county criminal examination and that the other four people were also on the list.
Gu Dalin has always been calm, but when he heard that his son and nephew also passed the exam, he became confused and pointed at them and said, "You two also passed the exam?"
Looking in disbelief.
Gu Qingtian smiled sheepishly and said, "Well, Dad, Brother Qingliang and I have both passed the exam."
Gu Dalin believed it then and was extremely happy. He laughed and said, "This time, your grandma and your uncle are still talking about me. When the person who brings the good news arrives at home, they will definitely be frightened."
After knowing that Gu Jinan and the others had passed the exam, Mr. Hus family immediately asked the waiter to carry a basketful of copper coins and scatter them while shouting: "Futai House congratulates our distinguished guest Gu Jinan for being the first in the high school county case."
Passers-by asked while grabbing money: "The county criminal leader is waiting in your restaurant to sing?"
Generally, restaurants or inns throw money to celebrate on the day the results are released, but those who are in high school will do so in their own shops.
The shopkeeper of Futai Building said: "That's natural. The top five in high school today are all waiting in our Futai Building to sing."
Hey, this is a rare blessing. Your Futai Building is going to become famous. Passers-by said congratulations one after another, feeling proud to get the wedding money.
In the private room on the third floor, Gu Dashan's eyes were red with excitement. He looked at Gu Jinan and choked with sobs: "Brother An..."
Gu Jinan looked at Gu Dashan, smiled and held his hand: "Dad, don't say anything. Let's go home quickly. There must be many people at home to congratulate you. It's not good to go home late."
Gu Dashan: Hey, lets leave quickly.
A group of people, led by Hu Dong's family, left through the back door of Futai Building. However, they did not go home immediately. Instead, they took a detour to Jiang's house to personally announce the good news to Jiang's family.
The Jiang family is very happy that Gu Jinan came to announce the good news in person, which shows that he attaches great importance to the Shang family and the Jiang family.
Jiang Dahu knew that the Gu family would be very busy today, so he did not keep them much longer and asked them to go home quickly.
However, he revealed a piece of news to Gu Jinan: "Your article on agriculture is taken very seriously by County Magistrate Zheng. In order to prove whether what you wrote is true, he will definitely recruit you to the county government in the next few days. You must prepare everything." Come on, don't make any mistakes."
Gu Jinan's article on agriculture is about processing crops into food, and food is the foundation of the imperial court. Once this policy paper is published, it will definitely cause a sensation.
Magistrate Zheng will definitely report it to the government, but before that, he must have seen with his own eyes the two processed foods that Gu Jinan wrote about.
Gu Jinan said: "Grandpa Jiang, don't worry, everything is prepared at home and nothing will go wrong."