Han Da refused to send him off, so Han Xiufeng went to see him off early the next morning and sent him to Baishiyi.

After seeing off my eldest brother, it was already afternoon when I got home, and I started to prepare for my own needs.

Pan Er transformed into the accountant again. He drank a few sips of tea and then calculated again: "Fourth brother, you originally had one hundred and eighty taels. You spent fifty taels to buy official uniforms. Guan Baotou and the others helped you collect three hundred taels."

Sixty-eight taels. A few days ago, I divided one hundred and forty taels with the second master and the others. Datou Panmao and the Sichuan Gang gave fifty taels. The Tea Gang gave you 50 taels to apologize and gave Datou Panmao Rongrong a total of twenty taels.

In addition to the 300 taels given by the Yang family and your father-in-law, and the 47 taels I have here, the total is 1,055 taels. Let’s save some money on the road, and 150 taels should be enough.

When we get to the capital, we still have nine hundred and five taels left, so that should be enough to make up for the vacancy, right?"

Han Xiufeng pondered: "This vacancy cannot be filled in one go. Even if everything goes well, it will not be so fast. Counting the expenses of waiting in the capital, two hundred taels will be left to fill the vacancy before taking office."

money for the journey."

"Where will the Ministry of Personnel put you as an official?"

"You ask me, how do I know?" Han Xiufeng thought for a while, pointed to the account book in front of him and said: "We can only spend one hundred and fifty taels on the way, and we can only spend up to four hundred taels to fill the vacancies when we get to the capital. That's right.

Yes, I have one more expense before I leave. I have to take fifty taels to Chaijiaxiang to ask Mr. Gu to write a letter of recommendation."

"Okay, I'll listen to you."

"And!" Han Xiufeng looked at Qin'er who was sitting in the corner doing needlework, and said in a relaxed manner: "I have to leave fifty taels at home. I don't know when I will come back after I leave. I'm not at home, Qin'er and

Yaomei will eat and drink whatever she wants, so you have to leave some money for the family."

"Fourth brother, there's no need to stay." Qin'er raised her head and said eagerly: "It's not like you don't know. Over the years, I have been going to the embroidery village with my mother to get things to make at home. Although I can't make a few taels of silver, I still can't.

I can feed my mouth. Besides, I still have my father, and he’s not far away. How can he helplessly watch me not even have food to eat?”

"Qin'er, you can go back to your parents' home, but you can't take Yaomei'er back with you."

"It's okay. I told my mother. My mother also felt sorry for Yao Meier and said she would teach Yao Meier how to be a female celebrity in two days."

Just as he was talking, Zhu Zhu just walked into the main room.

He didn't want his fourth brother and sister-in-law to think that Yaomei'er was a burden, so he hurriedly said: "Fourth brother, don't you have me here? Don't worry about family matters! Besides, the eldest brother said before he left that he would call the second brother and the third brother in a few days.

Get up. He said that they don’t have much money, but the rice still has a few dan. They will send it here in the future, and my sister-in-law and Yaomei’er don’t have to go to the streets to spend money to buy rice.”

"How tiring it is to pick it from my hometown!"

"Fourth brother, this is their wish. If they are not allowed to choose, they will be unhappy."

Qin'er didn't want Han Xiufeng to be hungry outside, so she looked at him and said, "Fourth brother, since the eldest, second and third brothers have this intention, we don't need to be polite to them, and you don't need to keep so much money. Besides, I

He Yaomei'er can eat several kilograms of rice a day and not spend much money all year round."

How could Han Xiufeng let his aggrieved wife suffer at home? He said decisively: "Living in the city costs money everywhere. Rice alone is not enough. If I don't leave fifty taels for writers, I won't feel at ease. That's it."

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"Fourth brother, didn't you just say that I'm still at home!" Zhu Zhu said eagerly.

"Your family is not well off, so keep the money to marry Yao Meier in the future." Han Xiufeng saw that it was still early, so he stood up and said, "Zhuzi, you and Brother Pan should go back early. You can't delay your livelihood because Yao Meier is here. I

Go to Chaijia Lane with Datou to find Mr. Gu and ask for a letter."

"Okay, let's go first."

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After sending Pan Er and Zhu Zhu away, Han Xiufeng took the banknotes and headed straight to Chaijia Lane with Da Tou.

Mr. Gu's house is easy to find. You can see the Gu family's archway from a distance. Behind the archway is the Gu family's residence. There is a plaque on the door. On the plaque are the three characters "Jinshi No."

The door is painted black and the copper ring on the door is polished brightly.

After knocking on the door knocker a few times, the old servant who had been to the Han family with Mr. Gu a few days ago opened the door. Han Xiufeng greeted him quickly and handed over twenty copper coins.

At first glance, he knew that the old servant was used to collecting door bags. He took it and looked at it. It seemed that it was too little, but he still asked Da Tou to wait at the door. He led Han Xiufeng through the screen door, walked through the lobby, and led Han Xiufeng into a room.

A flower hall.

Han Xiufeng noticed that on the two walls of the hall just now, there were neatly written words such as "Bingzi imperial examination candidate", "Gengchenke Jinshi", "Given Jinshi origin", "Handpicked to be in charge" and "Jiangxi Road Supervisor Yu".

"Historian" and other titles, I felt very envious. I secretly thought that even if I could successfully fill the vacancy in Beijing this time, it would be a different path after all. Only becoming an official through the imperial examination is the right path and will I be respected by others.

Just as he was thinking wildly, Mr. Gu came in swinging a banana fan. As soon as he entered the flower hall, he smiled and said, "My dear nephew, why are you here today?"

"Zhixing has met Mr. Gu." Han Xiufeng calmed down and hurriedly stepped forward to salute.

Mr. Gu waited for him to finish his salute, and then gave a hint of support, "My dear nephew, there is no need to be polite. Sit down and talk."

"Thank you, Mr. Gu, for the seat. Being supported by Mr. Gu is really a blessing that Zhixing has cultivated for eight lifetimes. A little thought is not disrespectful." Han Xiufeng took out the banknote from his sleeve and handed it to the coffee table respectfully before sitting down.

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Mr. Gu looked at the banknote and thought that although it was a little short, he did not come out empty-handed after all, so he was a sensible person. He looked up at the old servant, motioned the old servant to accept the banknote, waved his fan and said with a smile: "Zhixing

, why are you doing this? At the wedding banquet that day, I made it clear that it is my duty to support the underachievers."

"Master Gu supports Zhixing, and Zhixing cannot fail to appreciate him."

"Okay, okay, let's talk about it again." Mr. Gu laughed, and then got down to business: "My dear nephew, you know why I went to eat your wedding wine, and why I wanted to support you, a ninth-grade person who was born in a donation.

Standby inspection?"

Han Xiufeng didn't expect that he would ask this suddenly, so he stood up quickly and said, "Zhixing is stupid, I really don't know."

"Sit down, sit down and talk." Mr. Gu asked him to sit down and sighed: "It's not for anything else, just because you value our hometown friendship! The Eight Provincial Bank Gang has a few taels of silver to do whatever they want in our Ba County. If things go on like this,

The tea gang, with the support of the eight provincial guild halls, bullied the market and robbed the porters of the county of their livelihood, forcing the porters of the county to die. I think there are many gentry in Ba County, and there are even more minor officials working in several yamen.

, but how many of the fellow villagers can run for it like you do when they encounter trouble?"

"Zhixing just acts according to his conscience."

"Stick to your heart, okay, okay." Mr. Gu nodded with satisfaction, put down his fan and said, "Anyway, if it weren't for the Sichuan Gang, I would never have gone to your wedding banquet, let alone called you over. We
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