After time travel, he devoted himself to helping his father with his career.

This is the fourth year that Shen Qi has traveled to the capital to Qu County as a caravan. Every year at the beginning of December, Shen Qi always makes a trip in person to deliver birthday gifts to Mingjun and Mingjia.

There are many things going on in Qu County this year, and Li Hansheng has been thinking about it. Even though he asked Xu Shengyuan about many things, he still felt uneasy.

Therefore, Li Hansheng asked Shen Qi to set off more than half a month early. As a result, he encountered many things on the road and wasted a lot of time. In the end, he only arrived a few days earlier than in previous years.

Shen Qi and his party met many refugees on the road, some of them were fleeing the war, and some were because of the drought and lack of harvest. Shen Qi's caravan came from the capital, and it looked like they had no worries about food and clothing.

It was easy to deal with the old, weak, women and children who blocked the road and begged. I also encountered several midnight robbers or petty thefts. Shen Qi initially kidnapped people and sent them to nearby yamen, but later he couldn't control them anymore.

Fortunately, the situation became much better after entering Sichuan Province. At least Shen Qi and his party could sleep peacefully at night.

The original plan was to arrive in Qu County tomorrow, but the brothers really didn’t want to continue looking for a post station or staying overnight. After discussion, we decided to rush to Qu County before the lock-up.

When Shen Qi saw that some of the government officials guarding the city knew him, he quickly greeted him. No matter what the other person's surname was, he would first call out "Big Brother!" twice. The government officials must wait for the caravan behind them to enter the city before locking it.

Shen Qi stayed and waited for the caravan to enter the city. The government officials had already sent people back to the county government office to report the news.

After Xie Boyuan went to the office, he returned to his yard first. As soon as he sat down to drink hot tea, Lao Lu came in and said that Shen Qi and others had arrived. "It's only the end of November, it's not even December yet!"

Xie Boyuan thought about it and put on his cloak, and said to Lao Lu: "Let's go and have a look!"

Mingjia was waiting in the study for Master Xie Boyuan to go to the office, but no one was there, so she had to go back to have dinner first. When I arrived at the main hospital, I discovered that my father, Xiao Qingshan, had not returned from the office.

"Mom, did dad eat in the front yard?" Mingjia asked Dong. Mr. Dong nodded when he heard this and said, "It's someone from the capital. Your father sent a message asking the kitchen to cook a few more dishes. He also ate them in the front yard."

Ming Jia glanced at her brother Ming Jun, her eyes full of questions. Who would come to the capital at this time? Mingjun couldn't figure it out either and shook his head gently.

After dinner, Mingjun and Mingjia left the main courtyard together without staying any longer. Ming Jun looked at Ming Jia and said, "I'll go to the front yard to take a look. You go back to the study first and wait for the news!"

Mingjia nodded and took Mrs. Yan directly back to the study. No matter who is here, today is not a good time to talk about Chi Hua and Yan Niang.

There have been so many things going on recently, even Mingjia couldn't help but sigh. She shouldn't have pretended to be sick and avoided going to burn incense at the beginning of the year. This year was really busy.

Soon Mingjun ran back happily. Mingjia sat in the study and listened to his brother's cheerful footsteps, knowing that his brother must be very happy.

Mingjun hadn't entered the study yet, but as soon as he opened the door, he shouted happily, "Jiajia, Uncle Shen is here. He has brought us many gifts."

Mingjia himself guessed in the study for a long time, and also considered whether Uncle Shen Qi came early this year. Mingjia looked at his brother's excited smile, "Have you seen the gift list?"

Ming Jun shook his head quickly, "No, they arrived too late. I heard they almost missed the time to enter the city. However, there are more carriages this year than in previous years!"

Mingjia understood that his brother judged based on the team. Shen Qi's caravan has arrived, and his brother Mingjun's birthday is coming soon.

Mingjia thought about the custom-made dagger again, but always forgot to ask when it would be ready. Mingjia had drawn a matching scabbard.

When he first came to Qu County, there were a lot of things to do. Mingjia liked to make lists and look through them every day. But later, there were a lot less things and he gave up the habit of writing lists.

Mingjia felt that she needed a list very much recently. She began to miss the "big purse" that Mrs. Yan made for her individually.

Mingjun chatted with Mingjia for a while before going back to his study room next door to do his homework. Mingjia found a blank notebook and started making a to-do list for herself.

Mingjia ignored many things without sorting them out. After sorting out the work, Mingjia realized that she had not received a letter from Huang Zhengqing for more than 20 days.

Huang Zhengqing was worthy of being the accountant highly recommended by Xie Boyuan. He didn't stay in Qu County for long before he thoroughly understood Accountant Li's accounting methods and Zhiqulou's management methods.

At that time, the location of Lingxian Zhiqu Building had been decided, and someone needed to be in charge of customizing bookcases and purchasing items, so Huang Zhengqing recommended himself to Lingxian.

Ming Jia was originally worried that Huang Zhengqing would not be able to worry about his son, and she also considered not letting Accountant Li go to Ling County to supervise the work first. Unexpectedly, Huang Zhengqing sent his son directly to the residence of Mr. Xie in the county school, and then happily came to recommend him.

It would be best for Huang Zhengqing to go to Ling County, so Mingjia immediately agreed to Huang Zhengqing's request. After that, Huang Zhengqing would write a letter basically every ten days, briefly talking about the progress of Ling County.

I wrote back last time and said that it was basically completed and it was agreed to come back at the end of the month to pick up the trained waiter. After that, he never wrote back. At first, Mingjia thought it was a few days late and didn't care.

In the next few days, Mingjia had more and more things going on, and she completely forgot about it. Mingjia glanced at the window in the study. It was not yet curfew, "Shuang'er!"

Shuang'er was doing embroidery work in the side room. When she heard the lady calling her, she immediately put down her things, knocked on the door and entered the study. "Miss, why are you calling me?"

Ming Jia quickly ordered: "Immediately send two people, one to shopkeeper Li and accountant Li's home, and the other to Xierxiang to ask when was the last time I received a letter from accountant Huang?"

Seeing Ming Jia's serious face, Shuang'er quickly responded and turned around to walk out. Ming Jia suddenly felt worried and did not forget to add: "It's faster to find two feet. Please reply as soon as possible."

Shuang'er quickly took orders and went to find someone. Mrs. Yan heard the noise and knocked on the door and came in. Seeing that Mingjia's face was not good, he stood beside Mingjia silently and waited for Mingjia's instructions.

Everything was still unknown, and Mingjia didn't want to say anything more. She stretched out her hands and rubbed her cheeks to wake herself up.

After a while, Mingjia tried to say to Granny Yan: "Grandma Yan, please move the stove to the side!"

After baking in the small stove, Mingjia felt a little dizzy because of the high temperature or lack of oxygen. Ming Jia now needs to clear her mind and think about what else she has overlooked.

The two servants finally returned to the county office before the curfew, and they sent the message to the study almost at the same time. Shuang'er knocked on the door and came in with the results, "Miss, shopkeeper Li and Xierxiang have responded."