Chapter 80 Blessings (Part 1)

The charcoal fire in the study was pounding, reflecting the dark face of the eldest son. He held the teacup in both hands and said slowly: "I can't hide anything from you. To be honest, I'm a little uneasy recently."

"Oh?" Silently looked at him for a while, nodded and said, "It's really the age of missing a woman."

The eldest son almost dropped the cup to the ground and hurriedly explained, "It's not that." As he said that, his brows gradually frowned, and he hesitated: "I don't want to be a businessman for the rest of my life." He was afraid of being silent and angry, so he quickly explained, "It's not that if you have no other way, I will keep doing it."

Chen Si smiled without surprise and said, "No one has let you do it for the rest of your life. Now we are familiar with the rules here, and no one can fool you. You can find a capable shopkeeper to take it on, which is fine." As he changed his mind, he asked with a smile: "Then what do you want to do?"

"I want..." the eldest son lowered his head and whispered: "Go to join the army."

The silent smile froze and after a long time, he slowly said: "Do you have any other ambitions?"

The eldest son shook his head, bit his lower lip and said, "I just want to join the army."

Chen Si shook his head and said with a stern face: "You can go and ask your father to see if he agrees."

The eldest son lowered his head and whispered: "I'm afraid he won't agree, so I'll discuss it with you first."

Chen Si put down the teapot in his hand, leaned over to look at the eldest son. Just as he was about to speak, the door opened. A young man in a green silk jacket walked in. When he saw them, he laughed and said, "What are you plotting against me on your back?"

Silent rolled his eyes, leaned back on the back of the chair, and said angrily: "You are here just right, please help us enlighten our eldest son."

The person who came had a very funny face, so naturally the Fourth Master Chen Jing was Chen Jing. When he heard Chen Si say this, he fussed: "Bird son, why are you like a wilted cucumber?"

"Serious." Chen Si smiled and cursed, pointing to his eldest son and said, "This guy wants to join the army, please help me persuade him."

Chen Jing was able to stuff a duck egg while he was digging, and he said dumbfounded: "I heard it right? Are you going to... join the army?"

The eldest son nodded and said in a muffled voice: "What's wrong with being a soldier? Aren't Xu Da and Chang Yuchun all famous heroes?"

"You are old Huangsheng." Chen Jing waved his hand, dragged a bench, sat opposite his eldest son and said, "What era is it now? What kind of iron does not make nails, and a good man does not join the army! If you become a soldier, your son, grandson, grandson, and grandson will blame you to death!"

The eldest son was scolded by him and became even more depressed. He lowered his head and said, "Why bother me?"

Chen Jing wanted to ridicule him again, but was stopped by Chen Si waved his hand and sighed, "Actually, we don't want to learn from the generals of the Han and Tang dying, lying drunk on the battlefield and wearing corpses? But this world is not allowed!" Chen Si persuaded earnestly: "But this world emphasizes culture over military affairs. In the entire environment, the social, political and economic status of soldiers is outrageously low.

Chen Jing took over the conversation and said, "Yes, as long as you become a soldier, in the eyes of the world, it is equated with your unclean background, low-class background, rude and uninformed. Even if you become a thousand general, you still can't raise your head."

The eldest son finally shook a little, and he murmured, "What should I do?"

Chen Jing ran into the railway while it was hot: "Do you want to hear the future we both plan for you?"

The eldest son nodded silently, and Chen Jing cleared his throat and said, "I have already found out that the price of a student in the Imperial College is 1,000 taels. According to our current business, as long as we save some money, we can buy two places at most in three years. At that time, we will go to Beijing for three years and go to Beijing to play. We will not seek further progress, just to graduate safely."

"Then I'll come back to participate in a provincial examination and I'll do a lot of foreplay." Chen Jing said with a spit on his face: "Although it's impossible to become a high-ranking official like the junior high school of the country now. But with the status of a supervisor, we can still go to the Nanjing Ministry of Personnel to do some activities. Although their power is limited, they are still very useful in Nanzhili."

"And they have another advantage... The sky is high and the emperor is far away, so it is convenient for them to play tricks. At that time, we will go to a county first and be a second-level official like a county magistrate, chief clerk, etc., and have a few years of fun, and then plan a magistrate of a lower-level county! When we insist on surviving one term, we may turn back to the upper-level county and be a fat county magistrate and have fun!" As he said, he patted his eldest son's thigh and said earnestly: "As long as he can become a county magistrate, who dares to say that you are a Kegong official in Hexian County? You have to be careful to flatter him!"

He talked for a long time, and the eldest son's eyes were straightened when he heard it. Mumu nodded and said, "I'd better sell salt honestly..." and then stood up and said, "I have to clean the hall." He nodded silently and asked him to leave first.

When the eldest son left, he whispered silently: "When did you come back?"

"Last night." Chen Jing picked up his eldest son's tea bowl, drank it down, and said a few times: "It's so bitter."

Silently scolded, "Is it tea or errands hard?"

"Of course it's a hard job!" Chen Jing said with a frown: "Think about it, I am begging my grandfather and grandma in Nanjing City," and said as he threw out the Kunqu opera singing, "I'm so bitter..." Obviously, I've played a lot on the Qinhuai River.

"Okay, okay, thank you for your hard work." Chen Si quickly comforted: "Let's talk about the serious business."

Chen Jing then put away his laughing face and nodded, "How can I not bother to do my best to do my job for uncle? I have everything done!" Then he told Chen Si a lot about his trip to Nanjing...

This matter starts with Chen He. He said that when he went to Kuaiji County to work as a servant, he started with the "posting" of the sixth house. According to his son's teachings, he was kind to others and generous. In less than half a year, he made good friends and made good friends. Everyone praised him, and they all said that he was "the Chen Xianggong who was eager to be righteous."
Chapter completed!