“Today’s presentation by Mr Xu Lao.”
Sun Jin immediately went to the desk and picked up what Song Si had just written, “It makes sense that Brother Song is better learned than I. Look at me, I was so excited that I completely forgot to write it down.”
“I was thinking that there were still some areas that I didn’t fully understand and needed to mull over.”
“I have a few too, like this ……”
Sun Jin took it and walked over to Song Si, “I didn’t understand it when the old man was talking about it, and I didn’t have the heart to ask.”
“Here is ……”
Song Si explained to him.
Master Sun, who was completely unable to interject, was very happy, smiling happily as he stroked his beard and watched them, seeing the two discussing endlessly, and glancing at the sky outside, he quietly got up, pulled open the door of his room and went out, whispering to the boy to order a good meal over from a nearby restaurant.
Just after the order was given, he heard the door slam and looked over, “Miss Song!”
“Master Sun, what are you doing here?”
“Jin’er has come to discuss his studies with Mr. Song, I ordered a table of wine and food to be ordered.”
“I let you break the bank.”
“It’s a small thing, if it wasn’t for the light of Sir Song, today Jin’er wouldn’t have received instruction from Old Mr Xu, not to mention a meal, even if I had covered all your meals during these days in the capital, I wouldn’t have been able to thank you.”
“Master Sun has spoken highly of you, I was also going to ask Big Brother what to eat, since you have ordered the food and wine, then we will not be polite.”
“As you should, as you should.”
Song Wangyue glanced towards this side of the house and saw that the two were talking intensely, “Master Sun, why don’t you come and sit in my house for a while.”
“Good.”
Master Sun followed her into the house, he had followed her to the capital this time, firstly to accompany Sun Jin to catch his exams, and secondly to talk to Song Wan Yue about the hotpot base.
The first thing his elder brother did when he returned to the capital from Qingping County was to have a letter sent to him, asking him to make a trip over and inform him about the hotpot base, asking him to work with Song Wangyue.
At that time, Master Sun was preoccupied with Sun Jin, thinking that Sun Jin could attend high school and glorify his ancestors, so he did not care much about the family’s existing business, let alone thinking about getting the hot pot base.
However, the business of hotpot base was so big that he regretted it, so he wanted to take the opportunity to come to the capital to talk to Song Wangyue about cooperation.
“Miss Song, we are old friends, so I won’t be polite to you, can I represent your family’s hot pot base business?”
After saying that, he looked at Song Wangyue expectantly.
“I can’t say anything about that, our family’s business is now fully managed by the Gu family, we just do it.”
“The Gu family?”
Song Wan Yue laughed, “I got engaged to Gu Yi years ago.”
Master Sun froze for a moment, he had guessed Gu Yi’s identity when he was in the capital city and thought he was a relative of the Song family, but he hadn’t thought it was this kind of relationship.
Then he returned to his senses, “Congratulations, congratulations.”
“Many thanks.”
“That ……”
Master Sun was still trying to fight it.
Song Wangyue understood what he meant, “In a few days Gu Yi will come over, you can talk to him.”
……
Xu family.
Ling’er came out of Old Mr Xu’s courtyard, looked at the sky, and walked towards the entrance of the house.
“Miss Sun.”
The housekeeper saluted.
“I just went to great-grandfather’s house and happened to see two scholars coming out of his house… Didn’t grandfather say that great-grandfather was too old to let him see the scholars?”
“In reply to Miss Sun’s words, they were scholars from Qingping County and had been asked by their dean to bring something to old sir.”
“So that’s how it is, I told you that the housekeeper always does things thoughtfully, how could there be such a big mistake. By the way, do you remember what their names are?”
“Song Si, Sun Jin.”
Ling’er recited them in her mind and nodded, “I know, I’ll answer for you when grandfather asks about them later.”
“Many thanks, Miss Sun.”
Ling’er turned around and went to her mother’s courtyard.
“How is it? Have you seen anyone?”
The woman sitting on the bed, sewing her clothes, looked up at the sound of movement and asked warmly.
“I saw him, but it wasn’t any talented man, just someone who came to deliver something to great-grandfather on behalf of someone else.”
The woman put the clothes down in her hand, “What’s your name?”
“Song Si, Sun Jin.”
“Song Si, Song Si …….”
The woman recited a few times, “I remembered that last year’s Jieyuan of Qingping Prefecture was named Song Si.”
Ling’er was surprised, “Really?”
“Your grandfather had people copy the essays of Jieyuan from all over the world to read, and I remember clearly that he was full of praise for Song Si from Qingping Prefecture.”
“I’ll go and ask my grandfather.”
Ling’er stood up and was about to go outside when the woman called out to him, “Today’s home is full of scholars who have come to pay their respects, if you go over there like this, you will definitely be blamed.
“But mother ……”
She was already fifteen this year, and had long since reached the age of marriage negotiations, but because of her awkward status, the first son of a big family did not want to marry her, and the second son and the small family she could not see, so she had not yet been married.
A few days ago, it occurred to her that she could pick one of the schoolboys.
But she was a lady of the house and could not see any men, so she could not see any of the scholars coming and going in the house these days. She was in a hurry when she heard the maid report that some scholars had gone to Mr. Xu’s side.
“Don’t be anxious, wait until lunchtime, Mother will ask for you.”
Ling’er jumped over and hugged her happily, “Thank you, Mother.”
……
After lunch, Sun Jin wanted to stay and give Song Si a lesson, but Song Si unceremoniously shooed him away, “This afternoon, my little sister and I are going to see the examination hall, so we don’t have time to accompany you.”
“It’s just as well, I haven’t gone yet either, we can go together and we can still discuss it in the carriage.”
Song Wan Yue was truly convinced of Sun Jin’s thick skin, thinking that the family was worthy of being in business, this thick skin was not comparable to ordinary people, his elder brother had made his words so clear, and he could still pretend not to understand.
The old man naturally also understood the meaning of Song Si’s words, his face flashed with embarrassment for a moment, and then returned to natural, as long as Jin’s son could be on the list, what was the point of having thick skin!
“Then I won’t go along, Jin’er will trouble you two to look after him.”
Song Si and Song Wan Yue could only take Sun Jin with them, on the way Sun Jin asked and asked questions about what he didn’t understand in the morning, Song Wan Yue couldn’t understand, so she simply lifted the curtain on the small window to look out, outside the car was bustling with cars and horses.
At the same time, the two horses entered the city gates and slowed down slightly. Half an hour later, they arrived in front of a magnificent mansion, the sunlight shining on the plaque of the mansion, reflecting the four big and thick words “Ding Guo Gong Fu”.
The two dismounted, and Xiao Si put the reins on his horse and handed over the invitation to the gatekeeper.
In a few moments, the sound of hurried footsteps rang out in the courtyard.