Chapter 845 Returning to Jinling Again
In July, the capital city is sunny, breezy, with green trees and blooming lotus flowers.
Sun Shan stood on the dock and looked around. Although he had only lived in the capital for a year, he was reluctant to leave.
Of course, I am even more reluctant to leave my relatives and friends in Beijing.
Butler He arranged for someone to carry the luggage and said to Sun Shan, "Master Sun, have a safe trip."
I originally had no feelings for my uncle-in-law, but I couldn't resist his good manners.
After receiving the gifts, they would move to the He family. As the CEO of the He family's servants, He Da Guanjia naturally got to eat Sun Shan's things.
As the saying goes, one who eats the food of another is soft-hearted, and one who receives the gift of another is obliged to return the favor. Butler He also showed some reluctance to see Sun Shan leave.
Of course, I am even more reluctant to give up the gifts these days.
Sun Shan cupped his hands and said, "Thank you for troubling you these days!"
Butler He waved his hand quickly and said, "Mr. Sun, you're welcome."
Sun Shan walked towards the boat step by step, and boarded the boat step by step.
I had a farewell banquet with the He family last night and said goodbye to old Madam He this morning. Now I am standing on the boat. Everything happened so naturally, and yet everything seems so sad.
Every time we part, I feel sad.
Sun Shan turned around, waved his hand, said goodbye to the He family on the shore, and then walked back to the cabin without looking back.
The steward of the Li family came over and greeted Sun Shan: "Master Sun, if you have any questions along the way, you can come to me. This journey will be quite tiring, thank you for your help."
Sun Shan quickly returned the greeting: "Manager Li, you're welcome."
After chatting about the journey for a while, the two went back to the cabin to rest.
Because Sun Shan was Lord Sun, he had his own room, but Gui Ge'er, Sun Dingnan and Sun Dali still had to sleep on the big bunk bed.
The three of them said they didn't care and even said they were used to it.
Gui Ge'er said happily: "Brother Shan, we are finally home. I am so happy that I can't wait to go back to Sunjia Village."
Sun Dingnan also said excitedly: "I am so nervous and happy now. I don't know what is going on at home. I don't know if they know that we are on our way home."
Sun Dali said nervously, "Ashan, we don't even know these people on the boat. I have to stay in your room during the day to guard the luggage. All our belongings are in there, and we can't let anyone touch them."
Sun Shan was convinced, and Sun Dali was preparing to copy and paste his experience of going to Beijing to take the exam: stay with the luggage and don't go anywhere.
In this way, coming to the capital is the same as not coming to the capital.
Sun Shan waved his hand and said, "Uncle Dali, don't be too nervous. We'll take the valuables with us, and the rest should be fine in my room. Manager Li has given me the key, and only I can go in, so it's hard for others to steal."
Sun Dali disagreed and said, "Ashan, you don't understand. The thieves outside are very powerful. They can pry open the padlock with a strand of hair. They are very capable. We must send someone to guard it. This job of guarding the luggage is most suitable for me. I am strong, and if someone comes to steal things, I can catch them."
After a pause, he continued, "Let Gui Ge'er and Ding Nan follow you and take good care of you. Leave your luggage to me. The luggage is there when you are with me, and it is there when you are not. I will definitely take good care of the luggage."
Sun Shan tried to persuade him again, but Sun Dali refused directly.
Sun Shan had no choice but to nod and agree: "Uncle Dali, thank you for your hard work."
Sun Dali scratched his head and said cheerfully, "It's not hard. It's much easier than moving goods at the dock or farming at home. Hehe, I made a lot of money by going out with you."
Excluding the pocket money given by Sun Shan and the rewards they received when they returned home, Sun Dali and Sun Dingnan earned a lot of money by moving bricks at the dock. Add in the red envelopes given by the He family during the Chinese New Year, and the total amount was quite a bit of money.
Although he was filled with homesickness when he came to the capital with Sun Shan, he could earn much more than farming in Sunjia Village.
Sun Dali and Sun Dingnan were very happy.
Sailing in the summer is as hard as sailing in the winter. In the summer, you also have to worry about encountering heavy rainstorms, and then there will be scorching sun after the heavy rainstorms.
Sun Shan was so hot that he stayed in the cabin all day to cool off.
Gui Ge'er fanned himself, panting with his tongue out like a pug, and said with sweat all over his forehead, "Brother Shan, it's really hard to travel in this hot summer. It's even harder than when we came here."
Sun Shan's journey to Beijing for the imperial examination took him from summer to autumn and then to winter.
Nowadays, the further you go from north to south, the longer the summer is, so it is always summer.
Sun Shan drank a mouthful of mung bean soup, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and said in a depressed tone like a salted fish: "It's always hard to travel, just bear it and you can get back to the past."
So Sun Shan kept enduring it, and he didn't know how long he had been enduring it.
Finally, we walked halfway and arrived in Jinling.
Before leaving the capital, Sun Shan asked whether the Li family merchant ship would stop in Nanjing, and if so, how many days would it stay?
Sun Shan was delighted to learn that the major case would be rested here for two days.
At this moment, standing on the dock of Jinling, smelling the familiar smell of Jinling, I couldn't help but feel happy: "Finally arrived in Jinling."
Gui Ge'er, Sun Dali, and Sun Dingnan actually didn't want to stay in Jinling, as they felt that this place was not a good place for Sunshan.
The second time he went to Beijing to take the exam, he went directly through Jinling. Sun Shan was able to take part in the imperial examination smoothly and was named on the list of successful candidates.
If they had gone directly through Jinling to take the exam in Beijing for the first time, Shanzi from their family would have been admitted long ago.
It's so painful to waste three years and suffer.
Butler Li helped Sun Shan find a carriage and agreed to meet at the dock at a certain time.
Manager Li also asked Sun Shan if he wanted to arrange an inn for them. Sun Shan said no, so Manager Li gave up.
During these days of getting along, Sun Shan and Manager Li only exchanged some polite words as a routine, but it could be seen that Manager Li was a reliable person.
That’s right, if he was not reliable, how could he become the manager of the Li family and be responsible for transporting goods for the Li family.
Sun Shan likes people like Manager Li who work quietly and seriously.
In fact, Manager Li also likes officials like Sun Shan who keep quiet and don't cause trouble to others.
Sun Shan was so easy to get along with that it made Manager Li feel very uncomfortable.
They eat whatever is given to them and sleep wherever they are arranged to sleep. They are truly at the mercy of their hosts and do not have any of the "spoiled and noble" attitude of an official.
If Manager Li had not known in advance that Sun Shan was really a seventh-rank county magistrate, he would have thought that Sun Shan was just an ordinary passenger.
Sun Shan was unaware of his image as a “troublemaker” in the eyes of Manager Li, and at this moment he had arrived at the “Sun Family Courtyard” where he once lived.
Looking at the familiar Jinxiufang, I felt inexplicably excited.
It seems that he is a sentimental person, and he feels special whenever he visits a place he has stayed before.
Sun Shan thought he was full of emotion.
Gui Ge'er took out the key from his neck and said with a smile: "Brother Shan, I'll open the door right away."
The moment the door opened, time seemed to stop.
Everything inside was almost the same as when he left. It seemed that Sun Shan's good "apprentice" was still very careful and responsible, helping him manage the "Sun House".