Don't go back to hometown

"Why don't you eat? Doesn't suit your appetite?"

Xie Cheng entered the room and interrupted Jiang Xianyu's thoughts.

Jiang Xianyu met the other party's concerned eyes, was stunned for a moment, then avoided looking, put on a relaxed expression, "I'll wait for you."

Anyway, the weather is hot, so it doesn't hurt to eat the food colder.

Xie Cheng saw that there was indeed food for two on the table, so he cleaned his hands in the sink, dried them, and walked to Jiang Xianyu's side, "Fever gone?"

Jiang Xianyu: "Retired."

Before he finished speaking, he noticed that Xie Cheng suddenly leaned over and put his palm on his forehead.

"It's still a little hot." Xie Cheng said.

"It's your cold hands." Jiang Xianyu felt a little uncomfortable, and avoided it.

Xie Cheng had just washed his hands, his palms felt a little cool, Jiang Xianyu shivered from the ice, but his cheeks began to heat up due to the close distance.

Xie Cheng was still worried, so he called Shimo and asked him to boil another dose of antipyretic medicine and reheat the food.

"No need, I just drank the medicine just after waking up, and the temperature of the food is also just right." Jiang Xianyu said, picking up the chopsticks to eat.

Xie Cheng held his wrist, "Be obedient."

If it was Jiang Xianyu in his previous life, he would laugh at Xie Cheng at this moment for being so wordy like an old lady.

But now Jiang Xianyu could hear the helplessness and indulgence in Xie Cheng's tone, and his ears turned red quietly.

He desperately needed to cover up, so he hastily pulled out his hand and snatched the bowl of red bean osmanthus honey bean curd, preventing Shimo from taking it away.

"This bowl doesn't need to be hot."

Xie Cheng didn't stop him, and said to him: "Then put your stomach first."

Jiang Xianyu replied vaguely, and dipped his head into scooping up the bean curd to eat.

Seeing that he was eating in a hurry, Xie Cheng persuaded him: "Take a couple of sips, and take the medicine later."

Jiang Xianyu frowned subconsciously when he heard the word "drinking medicine", and his mouth was bitter.He put down the bean curd bowl and kept it to suppress the bitter taste later.

"Are you done with the account books?" Jiang Xianyu couldn't help asking.

"Well, we have negotiated the solution and signed the contract." Xie Chengdao.

"That's good."

Jiang Xianyu breathed a sigh of relief, but then said worriedly: "Don't renege on your debts, and in turn accuse you of disrespecting your elders."

Xie Cheng looked at him, "It doesn't matter what others think of me."

"That can't be done." Jiang Xianyu said, "If you want to gain fame in the future, the reputation of courtesy, righteousness, filial piety and honesty is very important."

At the end of the sentence, he thought of Xie Cheng asking him how he knew that fame was what he wanted, so he added: "Even if you don't take the imperial examination, you can't let others wrong you."

Xie Cheng heard that he was arguing for himself, and he pressed it in his heart, slightly raised the corners of his lips, "Got it."

Shimo brought out the hot food, and the two began to eat.

Jiang Xianyu said: "Then you haven't been to the academy for the past two days, will you miss your homework?"

"It's okay." Xie Cheng put a piece of plain roasted eggplant into his bowl, "During this time, the scholar class is consolidating what they have learned in the past, and no new lessons are taught."

"Oh." Jiang Xianyu took a bite of the eggplant, and understood what Xie Cheng meant—what he had learned in the past has been consolidated, and it doesn't matter if he doesn't attend class.

"You can't do it." Xie Cheng poured some cold water on Jiang Xianyu, "You are a slow learner, and you missed two days of class. I'm afraid you won't be able to keep up with the teacher when you go back."

Jiang Xianyu waved his hand nonchalantly, "It's okay, I'll find my teacher to make up lessons. But you—"

He changed his voice and looked at Xie Cheng: "Do you really want to pass the imperial examination to become an official?"

Xie Cheng said: "It doesn't matter what I think, the important thing is that the Xie family needs a son who will become an official and change the family background of the Xie family."

Jiang Xianyu understands that this is Xie Cheng's responsibility that Shimo said.

"Then why is Uncle Xie still distracting you with the things in the shop?" He couldn't help muttering, "The more you value your scientific research, the more you should spare your energy and go all out."

Xie Cheng smiled and patted him on the head, "These are just my father's tests. If I can't even handle this well, how can I talk about governing one side after becoming an official and serving the country?"

Jiang Xianyu parted his lips, but he couldn't find a reason to refute, but he still felt worried for Xie, "Then you have worked too hard."

Xie Chengdao: "Don't worry, when I pass the exam and go to Jinling to study, my father will take care of the family business."

Hearing this, Jiang Xianyu nodded: "That's good."

The two chatted for a few more words, and after dinner, Jiang Xianyu drank a bowl of medicine at Xie Cheng's insistence, frowning tightly from the bitterness, picked up the remaining half bowl of sweet bean curd, ate it in a few mouthfuls, and ate it for a long time. I breathed a sigh of relief.

Xie Cheng couldn't help laughing when he saw this, he lightly clenched his fist against his lips, and coughed twice to suppress his smile.

Jiang Xianyu caught a glimpse of his smiling eyes and scratched the back of his ears uncomfortably.

He couldn't bear to recall how those eyes had lost their brilliance and were full of hatred and despair in his previous life.

And just now he actually felt that the current Xie Cheng was not as mature as a 19-year-old, and suspected that the other party might also be reborn.

But now looking at Xie Cheng's smiling eyes, combined with the secrets that the other party analyzed and explained just now, Jiang Xianyu has no doubt that the 19-year-old Xie Cheng is as bright and lively as he is now, and has a calm temperament beyond ordinary people.

"Master, madam."

The voice of knowing ink and saluting outside interrupted the communication inside.

Jiang Xianyu got up quickly and went out with Xie Cheng.

"Father, mother."

"uncle and auntie."

Father Xie's face is refined and handsome, and he always smiles when he sees people.But Jiang Xianyu knew that he was not soft-tempered at all, and treated Xie Cheng very harshly.

Xie's mother is slightly plump and well-maintained. She looks only 40 to [-] years old, with kind eyebrows, and she matches Xie's father very well.

Seeing Jiang Xianyu, Mother Xie had a smile on her face: "Xiao Yu is here too, has the fever subsided?"

Jiang Xianyu fell ill at Xie's house, and thanked Xie Cheng to ask the doctor to take care of him. At this moment, he felt a little embarrassed facing Xie's father and mother, "Aunt Lao is worried about her, she is much better now."

"That's good."

Mother Xie asked the maid beside her to hand over a food box, "There is mung bean soup cooked in the kitchen, and you can try it too. But you have just recovered from your fever, so you can only drink a small bowl, don't be greedy."

Jiang Xianyu was even more ashamed, and said in a low voice: "Thank you auntie, I still don't drink, it's getting late, I'll go back first."

While speaking, he looked at Xie Cheng.

Xie Cheng nodded, and called Shimo Palm Lamp to see him off, "Go to bed early, don't be too cold and don't cover yourself with a quilt."

Jiang Xianyu nodded again and again, and said goodbye to Xie's father and mother, "My nephew is bothering you today, and I will come to thank you another day."

Xie's mother smiled: "Look at you child, you insist on talking in such a way. Our two families have been neighbors for many years, and your father is Ah Cheng's master, so it's reasonable to visit often."

Jiang Xianyu was so ashamed that he couldn't lift his head, and he didn't dare to look at Father Xie at all, he just said to Xie Cheng, "Then I'll invite you to school tomorrow", and left Xie's mansion in a hurry.

This was the first time he saw Xie father and mother after he was reborn.

Recalling that after his death in the previous life, Xie Cheng had many conflicts and disputes with Xie's father and Xie's mother for him. Now facing Xie's mother's concern, Jiang Xianyu felt a little ashamed.

Not to mention looking at Father Xie's sharp eyes hidden in his gentleness.

In his previous life, in the eyes of his uncle and aunt, he was the chief culprit who lured their children to the "road of no return".Even if he died, it would drag Xie Cheng down, and he didn't deserve any sympathy.

Jiang Xianyu really had no face to face them, so he had no choice but to run away.

On the other side, Xie Cheng looked at the back of Jiang Xianyu leaving in a hurry, his eyes dimmed.

"Are you done with the account book?" Father Xie looked at Xie Cheng.

Xie Cheng withdrew his gaze, invited his father and mother into the study, and talked about today's situation.

Mother Xie dismissed the maid and served mung bean soup for the father and son herself.

Father Xie listened, just finished a bowl of mung bean soup, he put down the bowl, picked up the tea to rinse his mouth, and took the handkerchief handed over by Mother Xie to wipe his mouth.

Then he sighed: "When your great-grandfather was alive, he once mentioned to your grandfather in private that your uncles and uncles are all short-sighted and profit-oriented people, and they cannot be used. Now it is really true."

Xie Cheng didn't know about this past, but he knew that after the fraudulent account books in his previous life were uncovered, the Xie family was completely separated in the same way.

However, several uncles and uncles soon failed to make ends meet due to poor management.

Jade materials and jade jewelry are inherently expensive and fragile, and the transportation cost alone is a considerable expense.But they couldn't trust the Jiang's Escort Agency, which they had made friends with Erfang, and instead cooperated with others. Not only did they charge high fees, but they were often bumped and damaged, and even lost several darts.

As a result, not only did the shipping cost increase, but the shipping time was often delayed, which almost destroyed the Xie family's signboard, and the business gradually slumped.

Fortunately, the uncles and uncles were not stupid enough to realize that they might ruin the Xie family's foundation, so they honestly transferred the shop to the second room, bought a field shop with the money, and became landlords.

In this life, Xie Cheng believed that without his intervention, several uncles and uncles would follow the old path.

"That's it, let's see their respective fortunes in the future." Father Xie got up and was about to leave, "As for your cousin Ningyuan, let him follow me to do things."

Xie Cheng nodded, and sent Xie's father and mother back to the main courtyard.

……

Early the next morning, Jiang Xianyu came to invite Xie Cheng to the academy as usual.

He took the sandwiches and shrimp dumplings made by Jiang's mother, sent one to the main courtyard for Xie's father and mother, and one for him and Xie Cheng to make court food.

The two of them rode horses to the academy together. On the way, they saw many students dressed as scholars, some in couples, or riding horses.

"Why are there so many new faces suddenly?" Jiang Xianyu turned around and asked Xie Cheng.

Xie Cheng: "It should be a student who went to Jinling to rush for the exam."

Jiang Xianyu: "But the exam is only in August—"

He suddenly froze, recalling that in the past, students from villages and towns far away from Jinling would go out one or two months in advance and rush to Jinling.

Some students passing through Yangzhou will go to Yangzhou Academy to ask for advice.Every year at this time, Yangzhou Academy will hold several literary meetings for students to exchange knowledge.

But at this time in the previous life——

Just as Jiang Xianyu was thinking, horses neighed and pedestrians panicked in front of him.

The crowd was startled and dispersed in a panic.

I saw a frightened black horse galloping and neighing, rushing forward.

"Step aside!"

Jiang Xianyu's face changed suddenly, and with a loud cry, he jumped up from the horse's back, climbed onto the roof, and chased the frightened horse by stepping on the tiles.

Xie Cheng also flew forward, grabbing the two students who were almost trampled by horseshoes.

Turning around again, the frightened horse raised its front hooves high, and stepped towards an old man who had fallen in the middle of the road——

At the critical moment, Jiang Xianyu jumped on the horse's back, strangled the horse's neck and made it turn abruptly, letting the horse's hooves fall on the open space beside it.

And the old man on the ground was also snatched away by a vigorous man before Xie Cheng.

Jiang Xianyu and Xie Cheng immediately turned their heads to confirm the safety of the old man, but they were caught off guard when they saw the young man who saved the old man——

Let it ride……

Jiang Xianyu was stunned suddenly, all kinds of past lives suddenly came into his mind——

In his previous life, he believed in the wrong person, and ended up dying in a foreign land.

Xie admitted to being Xiaoyao, his face suddenly sank, and the hatred in his eyes surged, which was hard to stop.