Otherworldly Days

Chapter 210 Invitation

Nearby, Cao Xiangnan found a nice-looking teahouse and brought some people in. He asked for some food. Concerned that the child might not have eaten anything, he asked for a bowl of porridge.After a while, the food came to the table, and he said to the elder brother who was holding the child, "The child is hungry, you can give the child some porridge first."

"Eat, eat, eat..." Xiao Tongbao looked at the food on the table and held E'Mu's hand, presumably hungry.

Liang Yan thanked repeatedly, then picked up a small spoon to spoon porridge and water for the child, and fed it to the child.

Cao Xiangnan is also a person who has children by himself. When they were in such difficulties that they had no food to eat, if they hadn't been helped by others, he would have starved his wife and children to death.All parents are the same, it doesn't matter if one's own stomach is hungry, but when the child is hungry, it feels like a stab in the heart.

"Brother Cao, didn't you say you had something to do with me?" Seeing that the child had something to eat, Zheng Shubo was very grateful to the person who gave his child food.This person helped him one after another, but he got nothing in return.

"Don't worry, you can eat something first, and then wait until you're full." Cao Xiangnan didn't ignore the way the other party looked at the food on the table and swallowed his saliva. Presumably they didn't eat anything, and they might be hungry .

Until the three members of this family were full, the dishes on the table were put away and tea was replaced.Cao Xiangnan didn't directly talk about him, remembering that he met them on the boat that day, presumably they were not from Nanyang, so he asked, "I don't know where Brother Zheng's house is, why did you come to Nanyang City?" ?”

Zheng Shubo paused, and then slowly talked about where his home is. He came to Nanyang to seek refuge with his relatives. He had very little money left, so he stayed in an inn for a few days, and was kicked out when he ran out of money.

So now their family of three is penniless and has nowhere to go.

"Oh, according to Brother Zheng's tone, he has read a lot, right?" People who can read in this era must have had a relatively good family background. Cao Xiangnan heard Zheng Shubo's conversation and saw that he was also a scholar.

"Hey, this scholar is the most useless, otherwise I wouldn't be in such a state today, I can't even give my wife and children a place to live." Zheng Shubo shook his head, sighed with shame, and said .

Later, from the conversation with Zheng Shubo, Cao Xiangnan knew that he was a scholar with a reputation in the examination, but later his father left, and he had to observe mourning for three years, so he was not allowed to participate in the subsequent scientific examination. impression.

It is not easy to be a scholar. Cao Xiangnan did not forget that his mother always dreamed that Cao Lao Wu would be admitted as a scholar.Therefore, he saw that Zheng Shubo was not very old, and he was admitted as a scholar at a young age, which is also a formidable one.

From Zheng Shubo's words, Cao Xiangnan affirmed this person step by step. At least it would be no problem to be a teaching scholar. About the situation in Fenshui Town and Caojia Village, I told Zheng Shubo about the situation. It happened that his wife was also here. He said, "...So, if you are willing to go to Fenshui Town with me, the food and accommodation in the future will not be a problem."

"Besides, this doesn't conflict with you in the future if you want to continue to obtain fame. If you pass the filial piety period and want to continue to obtain fame, I will definitely not stop you from going. I don't know what Brother Zheng's intention is?"

"This..." Zheng Shubo was really moved when he heard it.

"Fu Lang, let's go." Liang Yan looked at the child sleeping soundly in her arms, and understood what Fu Lang was thinking with just one glance, and he encouraged her aloud.

Zheng Shubo nodded, stood up from his seat, and bowed to Cao Xiangnan, "Thank you, Brother Cao."

"In the future, you don't have to call Brother Cao, just call me Xiangnan. If you don't mind, I'll call you Shubo. You don't have to be too far-fetched." Cao Xiangnan is not used to being with scholars. Talking in a polite manner, he would not hope that a group of polite little old men will be cultivated in the academy in the future.

"No, I don't mind, it's very nice." Zheng Xiucai smiled, and this relieved the urgent need of not even having a place to live.

In just a few months, he has also tasted the warmth and coldness of the world.If he hadn't met Cao Xiangnan today, he would be begging on the street with his wife and children. It doesn't matter if he is alone, but his wife and children follow him...

Now that he has a place to settle, it will be possible to continue to obtain fame in the future. This is what makes him most excited.Cao Xiangnan didn't take him back to Yipinzhai either, he found a clean inn outside, paid for the room and three meals a day, and let Zheng Shubo's family of three live here first.Today's weather is not too good, so I don't know if I can go back tomorrow, he said, "If I am going to leave, I will send someone to come and inform you one day in advance, so you can stay in the inn first." "Okay .” Zheng Shubo responded repeatedly.

They also changed from the originally dark and damp room to a bright and spacious one. At this moment, his heart also became brighter, letting him know that he would not regret choosing to follow this person who only had a relationship on three sides.

Liang Yan put the child who had fallen asleep wrapped in a small quilt in her arms to the bed, and finally felt at ease. She no longer needed to worry that he and her child, Fu Lang, would not even have a place to live. The noble man who solved the problem for them.

"If that's the case, I'll leave first." Cao Xiangnan bid farewell to the two and left.

The two people standing at the door watched those who left, Liang Yan held Fu Lang's hand and said, "Fu Lang, our life will get better."

"Well, yes, I've wronged you and the child to suffer so much with me." Zheng Shubo reached out and held his wife's hand, led the people into the house, and closed the door.

One autumn rain and one cold, after it rained this day, the sky became cold all of a sudden, when the north wind blew, people's noses fell down in the cold.Fortunately, it was okay to watch it today, so Cao Xiangnan also decided to leave for Fenshui the next day, and he informed the shopkeeper Fang and everyone about it.

Sun Ji gave him the reply that they will go back to Caojia Village before winter, and they will come to Nanyang next year to see how to arrange it, so they will go back later.Cao Xiangnan had no objection to this, and only asked them to go back earlier, lest it would snow and be unable to leave.

"Well, I understand." Sun Ji said.

During the time when he came to Nanyang, Sun Ji changed a lot. He is equivalent to half a manager in Yipinzhai. Most of the people who come and go here are rich and noble families. It is just a matter of welcoming and sending people to serve people. The university asked, and he has done well so far.

He still has to go to the supper stall at night, and the people who go there to eat are all common people and rough men, and there are naturally troublemakers, and to deal with these things well, you have to be tactful.

Even the few boys that Mrs. Sun came with have grown up in a short period of time, and one or two of them seem to have changed in appearance.If this person lives in a small village, he will never know the outside world. Cao Xiangnan also has his own intentions in bringing them here to Nanyang.

Decided to go back, Cao Xiangnan also asked people to go to the inn to inform Zheng Shubo, let them prepare and leave early tomorrow morning.

As for Shen Zhengyang, Cao Xiangnan also told Young Master Shen that he decided to go back to Fenshui, and at the same time he also expressed that he would not come to Nanyang City until February or March next year, so Shen Zhengyang will be in charge of the shop, and if there is anything he can do He wrote.

Unexpectedly, when Shen Zhengyang heard that he was going back, he said, "I want to go together too."

"Eh..." Cao Xiangnan paused, it was not that young master Shen was not welcome, this is the young master of Shen's mansion, the single-handed treasure of Shen's mansion, "Will your family agree?" he asked.

He didn't forget that there is a powerful old lady in Shen's residence, you can go if you want, have you asked your family's elders?

"...I'll go back and ask." Apparently, Young Master Shen had forgotten about the two people at the head of the family, and suddenly became a little wilted, with a sad face on his face. What if he doesn't let him go?Shen Zhengyang was worried.

Seeing the pitiful appearance of Young Master Shen, Cao Xiangnan couldn't help but smile bitterly, so he almost reached out and touched his dog's head, and comforted him, "If it's cold today, I won't be able to go this year until next year. I will come over, and it will be fine for you to follow me when the time comes."

Not surprisingly, when Mrs. Shen heard that her grandson was going to follow people to such a far place at this time, she frowned, and she naturally disapproved of her grandson going.He refused without a word. Seeing his grandson's appearance, he comforted him and said that he would go again next year.

After hearing his aunt say that he will go next year, Shen Zhengyang finally agreed.

Shopkeeper Fang prepared a lot of things for him to go back, and Shen Zhengyang also gave him a lot of things. There was a generous gift prepared by Mrs. Shen. Cao Xiangnan was a little flattered when he received it, and said, "Thank you for me." Madam, when I come to Nanyang next time, I will definitely come to thank you in person."

"You're welcome, you can come to my house anytime you want." Young Master Shen waved his hand with a look of indifference.

Since he had received gifts from others, he didn't have anything good to send back, he could only send some rare things.Cao Xiangnan turned around and spoke to shopkeeper Fang, asking him to send a fresh dish to Shen's mansion.

"Don't worry, I will take care of this." Shopkeeper Fang also wanted to make friends with Shen Fu, he replied.

So when he was about to go back, he had a lot of things here, except for some gifts from others, and some he bought himself.

On the boat early in the morning of the second day, a carriage was sent to pick up Zheng Shubo's family of three. Cao Xiangnan boarded the boat with people, and the river was still foggy. They left Nanyang and went back to Fenshui Town.