As Lu Jianchuan listened, he suddenly felt warm in his heart and wanted to meet this teacher.

This teacher, perhaps, was born in poverty like him? Otherwise, how could he say such a sentimental thing?

"Ahem, your teacher is really too kind. If I have time someday, I will go to the academy to visit your teacher."

Xu Yi's face lit up when he heard that, but soon he became worried. What if his cousin Jianchuan went to the academy and the teacher told him about his naughty skipping classes? That would be too embarrassing!

But now that things have come to this, I can't tell my cousin Jianchuan not to go to the academy, right?

Xu Yi smiled awkwardly, feeling a little worried in his heart, but soon he was attracted by the sound of other people talking.

Mr. Xu sat with Mrs. He and Mr. He and chatted about their youth and family matters, while the others drank tea quietly.

Mr. Xu found out that his sister had no son, only a daughter.

In this case, Master He did not even have a concubine. This made Master Xu sigh with emotion. Apart from his identity as a merchant, this brother-in-law was truly impeccable.

"Brother-in-law, thank you for taking care of Aying for so many years." It was rare for Mr. Xu to say this.

Master He listened with a look of surprise on his face, and said hurriedly: "Brother, since Aying married me, she is my wife, and I should treat her well."

"It's not a big deal that we don't have a son. Look, we live with Feng'er now, isn't it good? Feng'er and Lide are filial, and our grandchildren are all doing well. We are already very satisfied."

Ever since what happened with He Xue, Master He no longer expects his children and grandchildren to achieve anything great. Filial piety and loyalty are the most important things.

Now living with their daughter and son-in-law, the old couple leads a very comfortable life, and they are very happy.

Old Master Xu smiled, but he still disagreed in his heart. He still felt that it was better to have a son so that there would be someone to carry on the family tradition in the future, and he would not be ashamed of his ancestors.

But, the people in front of him are his own sister and brother-in-law, what else can he say?

You can't really hope that your brother-in-law will take a concubine and have a son? Then what will happen to his sister?

Old Master Xu smiled and said, "That's good, that's good. The children seem to be obedient and sensible. Brother-in-law, I just want you to be happy."

The Lu family is not too bad. At least there is Lu Jianchuan in the Hanlin Academy now. If someone gives them a hand in the future, their future will be limitless.

"Jianchuan, I heard that you took Minister Yuan as your teacher?" Minister Xu asked with a smile.

Minister Xu had a good relationship with Minister Yuan, and had spoken to Lu Jianchuan before, but at that time he did not know that he was his great-aunt's grandson. Now that he knew, and sitting together and talking, the feeling was completely different.

In the past, he only thought of Lu Jianchuan as a talented young man in the court, but now, he felt that Lu Jianchuan was his own junior, and in the future in the court, he would inevitably have to take care of Lu Jianchuan.

Lu Jianchuan smiled and nodded: "Yes, cousin, Minister Yuan is my mentor. It was only with the recommendation of Dean Wei that I was able to become his disciple."

Minister Xu nodded. Wei Xing, a top scholar, went to a remote town in Ningchuan Prefecture to be the dean of a college. It was conceivable how much Wei Xing admired Lu Jianchuan for recommending him!

While the men were talking, the women were chatting about family matters nearby.

Mrs. Xu talked about what her three sons did yesterday: "Oh, those three naughty boys in our family are really lawless. They even dared to drain all the water from our lotus pond."

She looked at Lu Jianan who was sitting upright and well-behaved, and said with envy: "When these three guys can learn to be An An, I will be very satisfied."

He Feng twitched the corners of his mouth and spoke slowly: "In fact, my An An went to Minister Yuan's house before and played with the kid from the Yuan family. He also did this kind of thing."

"If we hadn't discovered it in time, the water would have been drained. Oh, I'm embarrassed to talk about it..."

Gu Yunxi sat aside, unable to hold back her laughter and could only hide her smile with a handkerchief.

Lu Jianan, who was sitting opposite them, couldn't hear what they were saying. Instead, he smiled at He Feng, which made Gu Yunxi find it even funnier.

While the two families were talking, it was already lunch time, and the Lu family had already instructed the kitchen to prepare the meal.

After the meal, everyone in the Xu family praised the meal again and again, and even gave Mrs. Ying some tips.

After dinner, Mr. Xu and his group sat for a while before getting up, saying goodbye and going back to the Xu family.

After seeing off Mr. Xu and others, Mrs. He also showed a trace of fatigue, but she always had a smile on her face and was obviously very happy.

"Dad, look how happy mom is." He Feng whispered to Master He.

When Master He looked at his wife's appearance, he felt happy too. The biggest guilt in his life was that his wife broke up with her family and lost her parents' home.

Now, Xu's eldest brother-in-law came in person to recognize his wife, which gave his wife a way out. From now on, his wife has her own family again, and the guilt in his heart has been reduced by half.

The remaining half is the guilt towards my deceased father-in-law and mother-in-law, but that guilt can no longer be resolved and can only be buried in my heart.

He Feng didn't know what Master He was thinking, but she was happy, happy for her mother.

Seeing that everyone in her family was happy, Gu Yunxi's mood also improved, and she went back to the house to see her children with a smile.

Before I had been in the room for long, Xiao Cui came and said that Manager Fan had come to deliver the account book.

Gu Yunxi stood up immediately, told the wet nurse to take good care of the child, and went out with Xiao Cui, only to see Mr. Fan already waiting in the side hall.

Seeing Gu Yunxi coming over, he stood up from his chair in a hurry and shouted, "Young Madam, I'm here to give you the account book."

Gu Yunxi walked to the main seat with a smile and sat down. He waved his hand to signal Mr. Fan to sit down, took the account book and began to open it.

She had been back to her hometown for a month and had hardly asked about the grain store's business. It took her a full half hour to look at the account book.

Mr. Fan sat quietly while Xiao Cui stood, waiting for Gu Yunxi to look at the account book, neither daring to breathe.

Gu Yunxi finally finished reading the account book, asked about the daily operations of the grain shop and the current business situation, and couldn't help but nod.

Unexpectedly, Mr. Fan was really reliable. He remembered every penny spent at the grain shop clearly and marked where the money was spent.

He also did a good job in the daily management of the grain shop, and the shop assistants obeyed Mr. Fan's management. Everything was in order and Gu Yunxi didn't need to worry about it.

Gu Yunxi returned the account book to Manager Fan with a smile and took the profit for the past month, a total of three thousand five hundred and sixty taels.

She took out 120 taels of silver and said, "Mr. Fan, each of the 20 employees in the grain store will receive a reward of 5 taels of silver, and you will receive 20 taels of silver, which will be regarded as the reward for this quarter."

Mr. Fan was stunned when he saw the 10-liang silver ingot in front of him. The young lady was so generous! She gave out silver again and again!

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