He Jiyue went to arrange more than 100 children, and Wu Lanxiang began to set up a printing workshop with the help of many kids. Yun Shuhuan looked a little sad, and he was practicing the eighteen hands in the yard. There was Xiaodao playing a broken sword in the corner of the yard.

Xu Gou'er helped Yun Xiaolian to prepare supper for many people, and a few kids were also helping each other, and even Wu Xiuxiu came to help.

When the night was late, the people were quiet, the two were thin and the three were fat, and Xu Jie staggered back again.

This time, two fat and thin men in the world did not fall asleep like before after getting drunk. Someone brought tea and water in front of him, washed his face and feet. Perhaps this was also a close filial piety that the two had never felt before.

Early the next morning, Xu Jie went to the county again, carrying a small backpack, containing pen, ink, paper and ink, and the Four Books and Five Classics.

When they arrived at the county school, Ouyang and his brothers were waiting at the door early. Seeing Xu Jie slowly coming, they stepped forward to greet him.

Xu Jie saw Ouyang Wenfeng with a smile on his face from afar and joked: "Wenfeng has encountered something big? But which courtesan's boudoir had he entered last night?"

Ouyang Wenfeng waved his hands repeatedly and said, "Brother Wenyuan just likes to joke. Last night, my father took the teaching classics and almost beat him up. Fortunately, he was able to get rid of it."

Xu Jie also laughed, and knew that Ouyang Wenfeng was modest. Ouyang Zheng was not the one who could just make excuses. He just said, "Ling Zun is reluctant to beat Brother Wenqin, but he can attack you."

Ouyang Wenfeng looked at his sister and complained, "No? He can do it by hitting me, but he can't bear to hit my brother, even if he scolds me, he can't bear to say anything. Who do you think you can make sense?"

Ouyang Wenqin was a little disgusted by her brother's eyes and said, "Brother Wenyuan, I have something to do when I wait for you today."

Xu Jie heard the matter seriously and stopped smiling.

Ouyang Wenfeng said first: "Yes, yes, yes, there is something serious about it. Brother Wenyuan teased me and said I forgot. My father invited Brother Wenyuan to a banquet at home tonight."

Xu Jie was shocked when he heard this. He looked at the two of them, and asked, "Is it really an invitation to the government?"

"It's just my father's invitation. I was about to go out early in the morning when my father called me to stop and told me about it and asked me to bring my words." Ouyang Wenfeng seemed to be happier than Xu Jie about this matter, and his voice was also radiant.

"You must prepare well in this way." Xu Jie felt a little nervous, but he remembered Ouyang Zheng's words praising him yesterday, and the nervousness went away a lot.

Ouyang Wenfeng also said carelessly: "What are you going to prepare? Just have a meal."

Xu Jie naturally could not listen to Ouyang Wenfeng's words, so he didn't answer and stood up and went to the county school to study.

Preparation is naturally necessary. No matter the gift is high or low, the friendship must come, which is also a kind of respect. Xu Jie stopped listening to the lecture in the afternoon and went out to buy it for a few times.

Although the gift does not need to be very expensive, it must be able to take advantage of it and it takes some thought. Xu Jie also had some other feelings about the official visit to the door. It seemed that it was also a ritual.

There are large bags of things, a few good brushes, a stack of good rice paper, a piece of bacon brought from the countryside, some spices from the Western Regions, a few taels of tea from the south of the Yangtze River, a jar of good wine, some exquisite desserts, and finally a celadon brush wash.

Xu Jie also went home to change his clothes, retread his hair, and cleaned his face and washed his hands.

At ten minutes in the evening, Xu Jie arrived as promised.

Ouyang Wenfeng was waiting at the doorman early, and when he saw Xu Jie coming, he led it into the hall of the intermediate courtyard. Ouyang Mansion is not a first-class mansion in this Dajiang City, but also has a three-in-one large courtyard. The outer courtyard is mostly a place for guests, and there are also housekeepers, and there are several wing rooms for entertaining guests. The inner courtyard is the place where the owner lives, and there are also study rooms.

The mansions of wealthy families are naturally different, with pavilions, towers, small bridges, flowing water, rockery flowers and plants always being unique and elegant.

It was the first time that Xu Jie had actually seen such an antique mansion, which was completely different from the houses in Xu Jie's countryside. There was no such exquisite family in Qingshan County. There were columns that went in and out, and there were gold-plated couplets on them, and the pavilions and terraces all had elegant names.

Although Ouyang Zheng is a pure and innocent person, he is not that kind of job, but he is not poor either.

Xu Jie had already sat down in the hall, and the gift he brought was taken by an old housekeeper and placed it in a corner of the hall. There was a table on six sides in the hall, and the food and drinks were already on. Seven or eight lights were lit in the hall.

Xu Jie stood aside and waited. Ouyang Wenfeng had already called Ouyang Zheng. There was only an old housekeeper in the hall, but Ouyang Wenqin had never seen it. Obviously, among this wealthy family, the unmarried woman could not easily meet guests.

Ouyang Zheng walked out of the inside, with a clear face that was quite slightly square and four straights. His skin was slightly dark, his eyes were bright, his whiskers on his lips were divided into two sides, and a strand of beard under his jaw was cleanly taken care of. The appearance was born from the heart, and sometimes it was true.

Xu Jie hurriedly stepped forward and bowed: "Greetings to sir!"

Ouyang Zheng nodded, smiled slightly, and raised his hand to signal Xu Jie to sit down.

Xu Jie waited for Ouyang Zheng to sit down first before he took a seat. Ouyang Zheng raised his hand behind him and signaled that the old butler stepped forward to pour wine with Ouyang Zheng, then poured wine for Ouyang Wenfeng, and then filled wine with Xu Jie.

Ouyang Zheng raised the cup and said, "Let's drink a cup first. Wenfeng has few friends since he was a child. When he met you, he hit it off at first sight. He often talks about you these days. I think of asking you to sit at home. It's rare to have a confidant in life. It's better to be a family. A gentleman should make friends with you. Please!"

"Thank you, sir!" After saying that, Xu Jie drank it all in one go.

After drinking a drink, Ouyang Zheng looked up at the big bags in the corner, and said, "Qingshan Xu, it seems that he has never produced a scholar in the past ten years. However, there are a few scholars in the Xu family in Hanshui. I wonder what kind of livelihood can Wenyuan make in his family?"

Ouyang Zheng asked this, which seemed to have a deep meaning.

Xu Jie replied: "Sir, the ancestors of the students have been from generation to generation."

When Ouyang Zheng heard this, his expression changed and he went to look at the big bags in the corner. Although those things were not valuable, they were not cheap things, and they cost 20 or 30 taels of silver. Ouyang Zheng asked about this, obviously it was about Xu Jie's character.

If a poor child gives away twenty or thirty taels of silver, the gift is obviously a bit inconsistent with his identity, and the flattery is too strong. If others see this, most people will think that Xu Jie is very etiquette, but someone like Ouyang Zheng will think about it in another direction, and this is the case with small things, which is the case.

Fortunately, Xu Jie said again: "The flood occurred more than ten years ago, and the elders of the clan all joined the army to fill their stomachs. After a big battle, they received some pensions from the court. So now the family business is still quite rich, so the students also started reading because of Yu Yin of their father. The gentleman laughed."

When Ouyang Zheng heard this, his eyes suddenly opened slightly, and his expression also showed some strangeness. He turned his head and stared at Xu Jie for a few glances.

Xu Jie felt Ouyang Zheng's eyes, a little strange. Xu Jie looked up slightly and looked at each other, but saw a little excitement from Ouyang Zheng's eyes.

Then Ouyang Zheng asked again: "I came to Dajiang County to take office, but I heard that hundreds of military soldiers in Dajiang County had fought in border towns. At that time, I was discouraged and did not inquire in detail. I didn't expect it to be your Qingshan Xu family. When you talk about it today, I suddenly had many things in my mind. Okay, Qingshan Xu family, good! "

Xu Jie looked up at Ouyang Zheng again, and suddenly remembered this Xuezheng. When he was in a state of pride, it seemed that it was just before and after the war. Shortly after the war ended, the Xuezheng was demoted.

Then Xu Jie said again: "The four fathers in the student's family, three of them died in the country after a battle. Only the second uncle returned home as a disabled person. The grandmother cried for several years and was almost blind. At that time, the student just remembered a little thing, so he only remembered these things."

When Ouyang Zheng heard this, his eyes suddenly became even more excited. His fingers on the table shook slightly, slowly lowered his head, then took a cup and drank it alone, sighing: "It's been sixteen years. I thought I had forgotten these things. I didn't want you to come today, and I'll go back."

After saying this, Ouyang Zheng sighed again, and then said, "Your Xu family is loyal to the country, and you are a good person, the backbone of the country!"

Xu Jie looked at Ouyang Zheng and knew that Ouyang Zheng seemed to be the witness of this war. This was the first time Xu Jie met an witness of that war and an witness outside the Xu family.

Xu Jie really knew too little about that war, and he didn't even talk about anything. So Xu Jie looked up at Ouyang Zheng and waited for Ouyang Zheng to continue talking.

Ouyang Zhengding continued: "How...How can you...Many sadness could have been avoided, but...Wenyuan, why can someone be sorry for you, Xu family Zhonglie?"
Chapter completed!