Chapter 98: Letter From Baochai

That night, Chen Qi, Chen Heng and his son had dinner with the guests before they went home.

Since Chen Qi was in Yangzhou, Chen Heng had no plans to return to the academy.

After asking Qian Dayou and Jiang Yuanbai to report to the teachers in the academy, Chen Heng followed his father and happily returned to his home.

It was midsummer, and although there were no mattresses at home. But the father and son were in high spirits and decided to clean a few clean places overnight and prepare to sleep in the new home.

Now that there were no outsiders, Chen Qi no longer suppressed his emotions. He took Chen Heng to comment on various places in the house and talked about his future arrangements and plans for them.

Chen Heng listened to them one by one with a smile. Looking at his father's joyful look, Chen Heng also smiled and said, "Dad, does what I said five years ago count?"

Chen Qi was stunned at first, and then he recalled that when the father and son slept together on the big bunk bed, his son lay in his arms and told him: The days to come will get better and better.

Thinking of the past, Chen Qi's eyes slightly reddened, and he suppressed his emotions and only praised: "Heng'er, you are great."

My father doesn't know how to praise people, and it is quite difficult for him to say such words.

Chen Heng smiled slightly and was about to get up and take the newly bought broom to work.

There was a sudden knock on the door outside, and Chen Qi immediately said: "It must be your second uncle, he came quickly. Just asked someone to pass a message to him, and he flew here."

Chen Heng also laughed and walked quickly to open the door.

The door was just opened a crack, and Chen Huaijin couldn't wait to push in, laughing as he walked.

"Hahaha, brother, Heng'er, is this our future home? Hahahaha." Chen Huaijin walked into the house, laughing all the time, looking around, "This house, this yard, so beautiful!!!"

Chen Heng followed behind his second uncle, looking at the other's excited look, and felt even happier. Pointing to the house on the right, he said, "Uncle, that's for you."

"Such an exquisite little building?" Chen Huaijin looked at the ordinary two-story building, and the more he looked at it, the more he liked it. With joy in his heart, he suddenly waved to Chen Heng, "Heng'er, come quickly."

As soon as Chen Heng walked to his side, his uncle stretched out his hand to pick up his nephew and put him on his shoulder.

Under the moonlight, Chen Heng suddenly flew into the air, and naturally he was a little panicked.

"Uncle, what are you doing, put me down quickly."

Chen Heng was a little amused. He was already a grown-up. He was not a three-year-old child. Why did Chen Huaijin still play the tricks he used when he was a child to coax him.

"It's okay, Heng'er, just sit down." Chen Huaijin took a few steps and said in a muffled voice, "In a few years, Uncle will not be able to hold you."

Chen Huaijin is also 33 years old this year. The five years of corvée service have not only made him more stable in temperament, but also made him more calm in his actions. Being so carefree today reminded Chen Heng of his uncle in his early twenties.

Hearing his brother's words, Chen Qi, who was about to scold him, put his hand down after thinking about it.

Chen Qi is also 36 years old this year. His eldest daughter Chen Qing is about to reach the age of marriage.

People in ancient times got married early, and at this age, they are no longer considered young.

"Heng'er, is the scenery above beautiful?" Chen Huaijin told a joke from his childhood.

Chen Heng smiled and cooperated, "It's beautiful, uncle, you walk a few more steps."

"Hahaha, okay, uncle will walk a few steps for you, Heng'er has to grow this tall in the future." Chen Huaijin was happy and started to brag nonsense again.

Chen Qi on the side curled his lips silently and said, "If you really want to grow this tall, you should go to the doctor."

"Brother, you are really a bummer, very bummer." Chen Huaijin complained to him.

"Hurry up and work." Chen Qi would never indulge his bad habits. When Chen Gaishan was not around, he had to take care of Chen Huaijin.

The three worked together until midnight, and only then did they tidy up the house a little.

Looking at the brand new place, Chen Huaijin said to his family: "After saving a few more years, we will move to a bigger and better yard."

"When Heng'er, Yue'er, and Yin'er are all married. And the two older girls bring their sons-in-law home, our house will definitely be very lively."

Seeing that his second brother rarely said something decent, Chen Qi nodded silently.

The children will grow up and start a family.

The life of the old Chen family will only get better and better in the future.

Chen Heng looked at his ambitious family, and his heart was also full of determination.

Yue'er is Shuangxi's name. He is now eight years old and has started to read. The teacher gave him the name Qingyue. The auspicious name was also changed to Chen Yin.

Chen Heng found the teacher's naming rules. The big house in their family all has single characters, and the second house all has double characters. It will be easy to recognize when talking to people in the future.

After all, the old Chen family had no noble ancestors, and there was no need to specially arrange the generation name.

That night, Chen Heng squeezed between Chen Qi and Chen Huaijin, and the three of them fell asleep in each other's arms in their new home.

Let's not talk about whether it was warm or not, the snoring of these two people together was really unbearable.

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Xue Ke also went back to his own home to rest that night. For students like them who have been in the academy for more than five years, the teachers' discipline is not as strict as that of newcomers, and there is no need to set rules.

Since it was agreed that he would send seeds to Brother Heng the next day, he must find the one who likes to grow flowers the most in the family.

"Sister, are you asleep? Brother has something to find you."

The knock on the door made Xue Baoqin raise her head from the letter, and she said to the outside of the door: "Brother, I'm not asleep yet, come in."

Before Xue Biao could open the door, Yan'er had already opened it from inside and led his eldest young master in.

Xue Biao told Chen Heng's story in a few words. After hearing this, Xue Baoqin was very happy for Chen Heng's happy event and said sincerely: "It's really not easy for brother Chen Heng."

"Isn't that right?" Xue Biao was proud of his good friend. He then looked at the letter in his sister's hand and asked curiously, "Is there anyone else writing to you?"

"It's from Sister Baochai." Baoqin raised her eyebrows and explained to Xue Biao, "You are not at home today. She asked someone to send gifts and letters, and they are all here with me. Brother, take a look at them too. ”

Xue Biao took the letter from Bao Qin's hand, and Baochai's beautiful handwriting clearly stated her thoughts on the letter paper.

The main idea of ​​the letter is that after the eldest brother Xue Pan came home, he was severely punished by his mother. I know that the fault lies with brother Xue Pan, but he has been impatient since he was a child, and when he suddenly encounters success, he can't help but be frivolous and frivolous in his words and actions.

I hope that Xue Biao and Bao Qin, who have grown up together since childhood, can give Xue Ai more advice so that he doesn't take it to heart. Xue Pan still needs Xue Ai's guidance before he can take charge of this family.

At the end of the letter, Baochai added: Xue Pan selected the gifts himself. Although it is against the rules, as a younger sister, I feel that my sincerity and apology are more important, and I hope that Sister Baoqin will convey it to me on my behalf.

After Xue Biao read the letter, he asked Baoqin for the gift list. He scanned it up and down, and all he saw were valuable and nourishing things. To put it bluntly, these things are enough to be used as birthday gifts.

Xue Pan is no longer an ignorant child. He can't see these thoughtful gifts. Without Sister Baochai, how could Xue Pan think about them and think about the sincere words in the letter.

He couldn't help but sigh: "It would be great if my cousin took charge of this family."

Xue Baoqin also nodded. The uncle left early, and Xue Pan was already studying with the invited master.

The young Xue Baochai could still follow his brother and sister and often play together.

When Xue Ai taught the two brothers and sisters, he would also take Xue Baochai with him to admonish and teach them.

If you really want to talk about it, the three of them, brother and sister, can be said to have grown up together.

"Then do you want to show this letter to dad?" Xue Baoqin asked what his brother meant.

Xue Biao thought about it carefully and said, "Sister, you should reply to your cousin first. As for this letter, wait. We will tell dad again in August."

"Why?" Xue Baoqin blinked, a little confused as to why he had to wait so long.

"Brother Heng thinks that in two months at most, there will be a new newspaper in the city. At that time, our father may be able to be the leader of this industry. When he is happy, he will take out his cousin's letter and think about it in his heart. The grievances can also be calmed.”

"Can this newspaper also become a chamber of commerce?" Bao Qin was very surprised and confused.

Xue Biao smiled and patiently explained to the other party the cake drawn by Chen Heng.

"Brother Heng said: As long as the newspaper insists on being popular and lowering the reading threshold, sooner or later all Yangzhou people will buy one of our newspapers."

"Will there be so many people buying it?" Baoqin didn't know how many people there were in Yangzhou, but he also knew that it must be an exaggerated number.

She didn't expect that a small newspaper could have such capabilities.

"No." Xue Biao raised his head proudly, "In the future, this road will only become wider and wider. Let me show my eldest aunt that our family can make it without the Huangshang business."

Xue Baoqin thought of something else and suddenly smiled: "Sure enough, Sister Lin understands him best in the world."

"Why do you say that?" Now it was Xue Biao's turn to be confused.

"Brother, look." Xue Baoqin pointed to the newspaper on the table, and Xue Biao leaned over to take a look. Sure enough, I found a man named Xiaoxiangzi who wrote on it.

"I heard a joke recently, let me tell you about it from someone who is destined to hear it. I heard that a family named Yuan in the east of the city worked hard to prepare a table of dishes. As a result, the guests who were invited could not live or die because the chopsticks were not made of white jade. I’m willing to use my chopsticks. I don’t know what everyone thinks.”

White jade is often cited by scholars as meaning a gentleman.

Xue Biao took a closer look and found that the words written by Sister Lin all used the symbols of Chen Heng's popular science.

There is no need to say more about the implication.

This is the sharp-tongued sister Lin standing up for her brother.

Xue Biao picked up the newspaper with great joy and smiled at Bao Qin: "Sister, can you lend me this newspaper? I will take it right away. Tell Brother Heng tomorrow to make him happy too."

Xue Baoqin was not surprised, and immediately nodded with a smile: "That's exactly what I meant."

"Don't forget about the seeds." Before leaving, Xue Biao told her sister.

"I can't forget it." Xue Baoqin didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and quickly asked Yan'er to send this annoying guy away.

When the room returned to silence, Xue Baoqin picked up the book on the side and read it carefully under the candlelight.

After a long time, seeing that the night was already deep, Yan'er came up and urged: "Miss, it's time to rest."

"Look at it for a little while longer, Yan'er."

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