Traveling through ancient times, I led my family to prosperity

"Xiao Wen will come back after he finishes the autumn exam. Has he written to his family?" Sheng Xuan asked.

"Dad, I just received a letter from Xiaowen today," Xiaolan asked Xiaolu to get Xiaowen's letter and then let Shengxuan read it. "He said that he was thinking about Xiaomiao and said he would bring some fun toys for Xiaomiao when he comes back." Xiaomiao is Xiaowen's nephew and the son of Xiaoting and Bao Heng.

Over the past year, Xiaowen has been spending less time at home and more time in the capital city, all to prepare for this year's autumn exam. Some time ago, Xiaowen stayed in the capital city, but because the autumn exam was approaching in August, he rushed back. However, Xiaolan's family discussed and asked Xiaowen to stay in the capital city after he came back, and he didn't have to go back to Shengjia Village first. It wouldn't be too late to come back after he finished the exam. In this way, Xiaowen can have more time to prepare for the exam, which can not only save him from the pain of running around, but also increase his chances of passing the exam.

It was August 15th in a blink of an eye. It was obvious that Xiaowen would not be able to come back for the family reunion on this year's Mid-Autumn Festival. Sheng Xuan and Zhang Shi were inevitably a little sad, but they also understood that there was nothing they could do about it, and it was a good thing, something that other people could not ask for even if they burned incense and prayed to Buddha. A good man has ambitions in all directions, so how could he always keep his children by his side? Although he could enjoy the joy of family life that way, it would also tie up the children's wings. Now that the Sheng family is still in the wild growth stage of entrepreneurship, how could they just stop and enjoy the wealth and honor?

Sheng Xuan still supervised the stewards in his own farm every day, while Xiao Lan and Zhang carefully arranged the festival gifts for various places. First, there were several relatives at home, the Bao family, the Zhao family, and the Sheng Yugui family, then there were several officials and gentry in the same town and county, and several scholars who had frequented Xiao Wen in the past, as well as the county government and the government office, and of course the Shen family in the capital.

Over the years, these festival gifts have actually become routine, so it is not difficult to prepare them. Xiaolan's family sends people to pick up festival gifts from various places every day, and every day the family can also receive festival gifts from different places. Xiaolan has been dealing with these things these days and has not been idle for a moment.

When it was time for dinner, the family sat together and chatted after dinner. "It's really getting busier when it's a holiday..." Xiao Lan said with emotion after arranging things all day long, "The older the life gets, the busier it gets..."

"I guess Xiaowen won't be able to come back for the August Festival." Sheng Xuan said, "Xiao Lan, how do you think we should celebrate this festival?"

Xiao Lan thought about it and said, "Dad, let's just live a normal life. Don't invite any operas or yangko performances for now. When Xiao Wen comes back, we can have a good time at home."

Xiaolan's family originally planned to invite a circus troupe to the village to perform this year, hoping to liven up the village and nearby villagers. However, Xiaolan estimated that Xiaowen would not be able to return during the Mid-Autumn Festival, so she decided to arrange the show during the Chinese New Year.

Zhang loves to listen to opera, but the person who loves opera the most is Xin. Zhang takes after her mother.

"Okay, let's arrange it this way this year, and our family will celebrate this Mid-Autumn Festival quietly." Zhang said.

No matter how important this festival is, in the hearts of the family, it is not as important as Xiaowen's exam this time.

On this day, Xiaolan's family of three had just sat down and were about to discuss something when Su Ye came in to report that the Sixth Master of the Shen family had sent someone to deliver a visiting card.

Xiao Lan motioned Xiao Lu to take the visiting card. When Xiao Lan took it in her hand, she saw that it was Shen A Da who came. Shen A Da was Shen Liu's confidant and had always been by his side. Xiao Lan said, "Hurry up and invite someone in."

Su Ye went downstairs and soon brought Shen Ada in. Sheng Xuan hurriedly went up to greet them. Zhang and Xiao Lan did not avoid them either. After greeting each other, everyone sat down.

Shen Ada is Shen Liu's confidant and is highly valued under his command. Xiao Lan sees that his every move and gesture is much more capable and mature than before.

"Sixth Master was stuck at the border due to something, so he won't be back during the August Festival. He sent me back to deliver some things... There are also some local products from the border, which Sixth Master specifically asked me to deliver here..." Shen Ada said as he handed over a gift list.

Sheng Xuan hurriedly said, "...Sixth Master is too polite...He is already so busy...and you are still troubled to come here again..." Sheng Xuan said.

The gift list was still delivered to Xiaolan. Xiaolan opened it and saw that it contained some specialties of the border town, such as a few pine nuts, thousands of pounds of chestnuts, some dried roe deer meat, dried venison and dried fish, but they were all transformed specialties. These things can also be found in other places, but the taste is still inferior to those in the border area.

Nowadays, the Sheng family and the Shen family exchange gifts every year. At this time, the Sheng family's gifts have been sent to the city, and the Shen family's gifts were sent to the house in the city because Xiaowen is still in the city. And the gift in Xiaolan's hand was obviously sent by Shen Liu, but Shen Liu did not say that this gift was a festival gift, but just sent someone back to bring them such a local specialty.

This was not the first time that Shen Liu had done this. In the past one or two years, as the exchanges between the two families became more frequent, Shen Liu would sometimes send people to deliver things. Therefore, Xiaolan's family was actually used to this behavior.

Xiao Lan was looking at the gift list, thinking about what to prepare for Shen Ada to take away and bring to Shen Liu. "Sixth Master, if you don't come back during the August Festival, will you come back before the New Year?" Xiao Lan asked Shen Ada.

"I will probably come back in September, and go to Beijing before the New Year..." Shen Ada answered truthfully.

Shen Liu's position is not so easy to hold. He is busy with important matters all year round and rarely has free time.

Shen Ada glanced at Xiao Lan and continued, "Sixth Master also sent a note to the young master here." As Shen Ada spoke, he took out an envelope from his sleeve.

Naturally, the letter was finally handed to Xiaolan.

Xiao Lan took the envelope and saw the note on it, but she didn't open it immediately. Xiao Wen was in the city now. From what Shen Ada said just now, he had clearly returned from the border and settled in the city first, and then came to Shengjiatun. So why was the note to Xiao Wen sent here? Did he forget about it when he was in the city?