He Shen

Although there is a dedicated study room, Shanbao still has a habit of putting a desk in the bedroom near the window.

There are all four treasures in the study room on the desk, and there is a smoker cage on the ground next to it, with lily incense burning inside, and the whole room is also warm and fragrant.

Shanbao seldom studies hard at night because he is afraid of hurting his eyes.Furthermore, Fukang'an's words also reminded him that this imperial examination not only depends on strength, but also luck.

The most important thing is that he is Manchurian.

Manchus are privileged.

Those who have connections, like Fukang'an, make up a guard.

Those who have nowhere to go can also take the Manchu student examination and make up a written post.

Although the position of the pen post is very low, it is a common way for Manchus to get promoted. In the imperial court, there are many senior officials of the first and second ranks who use the pen post style.

The Hanlin Academy is dominated by the Han people.What's more, there is a big Buddha named "Ji Xiaolan" sitting there now, Shanbao wants to stand out, unless he dies again and reincarnates into the eight great masters of Tang and Song Dynasties.

Basically, without Fukang'an's deliberate curse, Shanbao also died of the imperial examination.

Now, let's do something practical: teach Fubao how to manage money.

Three sticks of butter wax as thick as a baby's arms illuminated the room as bright as day, and Shanbao used the beautiful and dignified lowercase script to record the gift slip from Fukang'an.

Fu Bao sat on one side, listlessly reading the gift list to his brother.Looking at his brother's handsome side face for a moment, Fu Bao pondered for a long time before he said, "Brother, third brother Fu always sends things to our family, should we go buy some gifts in return?"

"Didn't you pack a basket of persimmons for him this afternoon?" Putting down his pen and flipping through the thick-skinned account book, Shanbao smiled with satisfaction.However, now that he has some extra income from time to time, how could Jiao Shanbao not be happy.

"Brother, look at what the third brother Fu sent to our family. The material for the clothes is the tribute satin rewarded by the emperor, and the fur of those woolen clothes is so soft and smooth. I think the clothes in the city The fur shops here are not that good. Don’t you say that the inkstone used for writing is an ancient relic from the Ming Dynasty?” Fu Bao muttered in a low voice, “Brother, when you were sick, Brother Fu San also sent those precious medicinal materials... Now we Well, give someone a basket of persimmons..."

Shanbao glared at Fubao, "What happened to the persimmon?"

Facing his elder brother, Fu Bao still had the shame to ask, "I just think that our return to Brother Fu is too thin."

Shanbao originally wanted to call Fubao "stupid", but thought that Fubao was young, so he should focus on encouraging education so as not to hurt Fubao's self-confidence.

"Fubao, have you ever heard a saying," Shanbao took Fubao's little hand, smiled, showing two small canine teeth, and said earnestly, "This sentence is called 'the courtesy is light and the affection is heavy'."

"Courtesy is less important than affection?" Fu Bao had never heard of it before, and he didn't quite understand what it meant when he first heard it.Thinking that his knowledge has never been as profound as that of his brother, he waited anxiously for Shanbao to explain.

Shanbao smiled slightly, picked up the clear water at hand, took a sip to moisten his throat, and said in a warm voice, "Yes, the gift is light and the affection is heavy. The gift Fukang'an gave to our family is of course precious. The preciousness refers to the value of the gift itself .Yes, silks, satins, furs, and medicinal materials are all very valuable. Then do you think, if we return gifts according to the value of Fukang'an's gifts, would our family be able to afford them?"

Shanbao never told Fubao about the situation in the family and how much money he had. Fubao shook his head as soon as he summed up the sum, but people are born with integrity. , You shouldn’t always take advantage of Brother Fu. You can’t afford the expensive ones, so you can choose some cheap ones. A basket of persimmons is still too simple.”

To deal with a child like Fubao, Shanbao was very familiar with it, and asked seriously, "It's not the first time you've seen Fukang'an, you should have a certain understanding of him, not to mention his temperament, just talk about it. Fukan'an's family background, will we buy him a cheaper gift in return?"

Fu Bao was left speechless by the question, opened and closed his mouth, and did not speak.

Shanbao sighed deeply, and in the dead of night, his voice was very soft, "Fu Kang'an sent such precious things, so what he uses on weekdays will only be better than these, and he will never use them worse." Yes. If it’s for the sake of face, buy some top-notch things in a shop in the capital as a gift for Fu Kang’an, do you think there is any difference between those things Fu Kang’an received and the basket of persimmons today?”

Fu Bao shook his head, "I'm afraid that third brother Fu thinks we're taking advantage of him, and that he looks down on you."

Thinking of this at the tender age of nine years is not easy, Shanbao is not in a hurry, but slowly guides, "Fu Kang'an came to our house as early as when our house was empty. At that time, our house even these things I don’t have any belongings. If Fukang’an dislikes the poor and loves the rich, he will not come to our house again and associate with us. Besides, although the things Fukang’an sent are expensive, they are only valuable, and they are valuable in value. The things he brought were just gift lists that the people in his room helped draw up, he glanced over them and thought they were all right, as long as someone prepares them, he can just bring them."

Shanbao paused, Fubao's eyes were particularly bright and innocent under the light, Shanbao said softly, "Our persimmons, in terms of silver, are naturally not as good as Fukang'an's gift list. But this persimmon is our brothers' every day The fruit that can only bear fruit after watering every day, our brothers picked it from the tree after dinner early in the morning, removed the branches and leaves, and put it in a bamboo basket for Fukang'an. Although this persimmon is not worth much , but our brother took care of it himself and gave it to him. There is our brother's heart in this persimmon, and it is not just a gift list drawn up by others."

"Brother, do you mean that Brother Fu is not sincere in sending things?"

"How could such an expensive gift be insincere?" Shanbao had a slight smile on his brows, and Fubao looked straight at him unconsciously. The word "reciprocity" is also particular. Reciprocating a gift is a kind of politeness, but the word "li" in "returning a gift" must be carefully considered in order to live up to a friend. Fukang'an does not associate with us based on family status, so we will Don't take away his kindness."

"Yeah, I also think Brother Fu is a nice guy. You see, he even said he wanted to find me a boxing master."

Shanbao smiled and asked, "In your opinion, our family has no power or power. I used to do a few homework for Fukang'an. Why did Fukang'an want to get close to us?"

"Brother Fu San is a nice guy." Fu Bao said honestly.

Shanbao groaned in his heart, damn Fukang'an, why did a blind cat hit a dead mouse and draw Fubao over.Shanbao didn't panic, he coughed, and said with a smile, "You said that Fukang'an is a good man, he draws his sword to help when he sees the poor on the road, then have you ever seen him help other people who have no money? By the way, didn't you say Wu Jiaoxi's family background is very ordinary, did Fukang'an also send things to Wu Jiaoxi?"

Suddenly Fu Bao glared, and let out a howl, which made Shan Bao jump.

"Brother!" Fu Bao held his elder brother's wrist tightly, glanced left and right, then lowered his voice, and asked, "Brother, Shu, Shu no, it's not that there is a saying, to be courteous for nothing, to rape or steal. Fu, Fu , he is not going to do something bad, is he?"

Alas, overeducation.

Shanbao looked like a fairy, and shook his head, "Yi Fukang'an's power really wants to do bad things to us, it's just a blink of an eye, there's no need to go through all this trouble, give us something, just like friends Woolen cloth?"

Fu Bao's head finally got bigger, "Brother, why don't you tell me directly?"

"This, you have to think for yourself." Shanbao smiled, "There is no free lunch in the world. There is always a reason why a person treats you well, like me to you, because we are brothers, and blood is like this. Like Fukang'an , he has no blood relationship with us, we have no power or power, and you and I are not fairy beauties, so why is Fukang'an treating us so well?"

"Why?" Fu Bao asked.

"When will you figure it out, tell me." Shanbao smiled and touched Fubao's bright forehead, "After these days, I guess all the things that should be brought back from Suo Chuo Luo's on Zhuangzi have been brought back, and we will wait for the next time Rest, let's go for a walk on Zhuangzi."

"Well, brother, I wanted to ask you a long time ago, they obviously gave you everything, why did you leave so much for that woman?" Fubao gritted his teeth and looked at Shanbao and said, "What are you talking about? What Ma meant, I was there when Ama left, but I never said anything about giving our property to that poisonous woman. It belongs to our family.”

Shanbao lightly tapped Fubao's pursed mouth, "Stupid. If the patriarch didn't come forward, let alone these Zhuangzis, they wouldn't even want to get back even a tael of silver. Don't forget, Suo Chuoluo Yingliang was the leader of the court. Minister of the Ministry of Officials, if you don’t save any face, we don’t need to tell him to hold grudges. Now I heard that my grandfather has been promoted to the admiral of Hedao, and he will definitely return to Beijing to report on his duties next year. Our family and Suo Chuoluo have not broken their faces , and the patriarch's face, the Sochoro family will not trouble us again."

"Furthermore, there are restrictions on etiquette, and the stepmother is also a mother. No matter what you think in your heart, you can't make mistakes with the tens of thousands of etiquette on the face, you know?" Shanbao patiently explained to Fubao.

Fu Bao said "Oh", "I'm not as good-tempered as your brother." He clenched his fist, "If that poisonous woman dares to do anything to you again, I will kill her."

"Don't talk nonsense, killing people is nothing." Shanbao shook his head and sighed, "It's just a bad idea."

"elder brother……"

Fubao obviously had something else to say, Shanbao flipped his hand and closed the account book and said, "Think about Fukang'an first, and then ask other questions. Also, you should think more about things in the future. What this person said, Not necessarily literally.”

Fu Bao rolled his eyes, grabbed Shan Bao's hand and asked, "Brother, are you the same?" He became more and more unhappy when he spoke.

Shanbao patted his big head with his fingers, got up and said, "Sleeping."