Chapter 845 The County Magistrate Invites You

Xu Er said hurriedly: "Dad, I will go out with my third brother to entertain the congratulatory people. Please take your time..."

Before I could finish typing, I was scolded by Mr. Xu again.

Mr. Xu pointed the cane at him and shouted: "It's just a few groups of guests. Do you need your brothers to entertain them at the same time? Go and find a way to deal with the Liu family and let them get out as soon as possible!"

Xu Er understood that his father told him to close the Liu Family Cloth Shop within half a month. In fact, he couldn't wait half a month. The sooner the Liu Family finished playing, the better.

"Yes, son, let's do it now." Xu Er was also afraid of his father. He left in a hurry and called in the shopkeepers and managers of the Xu family's shops to discuss how to deal with the Liu family.

After Xu Er left, the cane in Mr. Xu's hand slapped Xu Zhaoming's body, and he hit him thirty times before he stopped.

However, these thirty blows were very effective. The first ten were so severe that the skin and flesh were torn apart. The others were just for show. Mr. Xu was afraid of damaging this golden grandson.

With a snap, Mr. Xu placed the cane heavily on the table, looked at Xu Zhaoming lying on the ground and asked: "Do you know you are wrong?"

Xu Zhaoming was beaten until he almost fainted, but he was a strong man. He gritted his teeth and replied: "...My grandson, I know I was wrong."

Mr. Xu asked again: "What's wrong? I don't believe you can be so stupid? You are being used by a fool without even knowing it."

Xu Zhaoming naturally knew that Liu Sheng had instigated him to deal with the Gu family, but he still cooperated even though he knew it. To put it bluntly, he looked down on Gu Jinan and wanted to avoid Gu Jinan and try to show off the other party's face, but he ended up losing completely.

Mr. Xu knew this very well. That was why he was so angry: "There are people outside the world, and there is a sky outside the world. Although you are smart, there are many people smarter and more capable than you in the world. You meet someone who is more capable than you." , even if the other person comes from a farmer’s family, you shouldn’t look down on them.”

"You look down on Gu Jinan's background. Do you know that all the people his family has met are noble people? You also know that our Xu family looks wealthy, but in the eyes of others, we are just rich people, rich but not powerful."

Brother Ming looks down on the Gu family, but how can a truly aristocratic family or a noble family look down on the Xu family?

"Compared to our background, our Xu family is just a few decades richer than the Gu family. Your great-grandfather also farmed. Why do you have to look down on the Gu family?"

"Don't blame grandpa for beating you today. If grandpa doesn't give you a good beating, you will remember it for a long time. If you do this again in the future, you will lose not only your face, but your own life!"

Mr. Xu said many things to Xu Zhaoming sincerely, and finally summed it up in one sentence: "Don't deceive young people into being poor, and don't rely on the power of a rich family. There will be a time when the poor will turn over, and there will be a time when the wealth of the rich will be dissipated."

Xu Zhaoming kept listening and did not dare to refute. After listening, he bowed deeply to Mr. Xu: "My grandson has remembered my grandpa's teachings... It is indeed my grandson's fault today. He should not do it out of vanity." You did something wrong. My grandson wants to choose a day to go to the Gu family in person to apologize."

Mr. Xu was very pleased: "You are right to think so. It's not that grandpa won't help you, but that Gu Jinan is indeed a capable person and a very good person. You should make friends with such a person. If you want to make enemies with him , you will be the one who suffers from it in the future, as I am a brother-in-law to the eldest grandson of the Zheng family and Shangguan family in Jinling, so I am not afraid of our family at all."

Mr. Xu knew his grandson's temper, and was afraid that he would go astray again. He felt that Gu Jinan could only be friendly with the eldest grandson of the Zheng family and Shangguan family by flattering him, so he told him about the Lu family's affairs.

"The Gu family found out that Mr. Lu was a runaway slave and reported it to the officials, which led to the fact that Mr. Lu killed a legitimate son of the Shangguan family. The Zheng family followed the official's eldest grandson and came to our county in person, and Gu Jinan got to know them."

So it was not that Gu Jinan went to curry favor with the eldest grandson of the Zheng family and the Shangguan family, but that the Gu family was kind to those two families, so they interacted with each other.

Xu Zhaoming would only come back during the Chinese New Year and had never heard of it. He always thought that Gu Jinan, a poor man with weak legs, could get to know the noble master through flattery, but he did not expect that there was such a reason.

Xu Zhaoming was even more ashamed and said with tears: "Grandpa, I'm sorry, it's my grandson who was blinded by lard. He only thinks the worst about people, but is unwilling to admit other people's abilities."

When Mr. Xu saw him crying, he felt very distressed. He said softly, "It's good that you realize your mistake. Don't do it again in the future."

Xu Zhaoming nodded, said yes, and then fainted.

Mr. Xu was startled and hurriedly called Butler Xu: "Old Shou, bring the doctor in quickly!"

"Here we come." Butler Xu rushed in with the doctor he had invited long ago to look at Xu Zhaoming's injuries.

…

Futailou, Gu Dashan and the others were overjoyed when they found out that Gu Jinan had passed the county criminal examination and that the other four people were also on the list.

Gu Dalin had always been calm, but when he heard that his son and nephew had also passed the exam, he was confused. He pointed at them and said, "You two have also passed the exam?"

A look of disbelief.

Gu Qingtian smiled sheepishly and said, "Well, Dad, Brother Qingliang and I have both passed the exam."

Only then did Gu Dalin believe that he was extremely happy. He laughed and said, "Look at your grandma and your uncle, they are still talking about me this time. When the person who brings the good news arrives at home, they will definitely be frightened."

When Mr. Hu's family found out that Gu Jin'an and the others had passed the exam, they immediately asked their waiters to carry baskets of copper coins and scatter them while shouting: "Futai House congratulates your distinguished guest Gu Jin'an for being the first in the high school county case."

The passers-by asked while grabbing money: "The county criminal leader is waiting in your restaurant to sing?"

Usually restaurants or inns throw money to celebrate on the day the results are released, but those are high school students in their own shops.

The manager of Futai Building said: "That's natural. The top five in high school today are all waiting in our Futai Building to sing."

"Hey, this is a rare blessing. Your Futai Building is going to become famous." Passers-by said congratulations one after another, feeling proud to get the wedding money.

In the private room on the third floor, Gu Dashan's eyes were red with excitement. He looked at Gu Jinan and choked up: "Brother An..."

Gu Jinan looked at Gu Dashan, smiled and held his hand: "Dad, don't say anything. Let's go home quickly. There must be many people at home to congratulate you. It's not good to go home late."

Gu Dashan: "Hey, let's leave quickly."

A group of people, led by Hu Dong's family, left through the back door of Futai Building. However, they did not go home immediately. Instead, they took a detour to the Jiang family to personally announce the good news to the Jiang family.

The Jiang family was very happy that Gu Jinan came to announce the good news in person, which showed that he valued the Shang family and the Jiang family.

Jiang Dahu knew that the Gu family would be very busy today, so he didn't keep them much longer and asked them to go home quickly.

However, he revealed a piece of news to Gu Jinan: "Your article on agriculture is taken very seriously by County Magistrate Zheng. In order to prove whether what you wrote is true, he will definitely recruit you to the county government in the next few days. You must prepare everything." Come on, don't make any mistakes."

Gu Jinan's article on agriculture was about processing crops into food, and food was the foundation of the imperial court. Once this policy paper was published, it was bound to cause a sensation.

Magistrate Zheng will definitely report it to the government, but before that, he must see with his own eyes the two processed foods that Gu Jinan wrote about.

Gu Jinan said: "Grandpa Jiang, don't worry, everything is prepared at home and nothing will go wrong."