When Xiao Ye was eighteen years old, he passed the examination to become a scholar. It took him another three years to pass the examination to become a juren, which gave him the opportunity to go to the capital to take part in the imperial examination.

During these five or six years, the situation in Liangzhou became better and better, and there were more and more scholars. He was lucky enough to win the title of Jieyuan in Liangzhou.

The day after the imperial examination was announced, he took his grandmother and mother to the capital.

In the past few years, he studied at the academy in Liangzhou City while working for Xiao Li. He also saved a lot of money, which was enough for his family to settle down in the capital. As long as they didn't spend the money lavishly, it could even last for a few years. But this was not enough.

Xiao Ye's heart softened when he thought of the little brother whom he hadn't seen for almost thirteen years. He sat in the driver's seat of the carriage in a daze, his mind already drifting to the capital city thousands of miles away.

Ever since Xiao Si moved away with his family, he hasn't seen Baoger for nearly thirteen years, and they only started exchanging letters three years ago.

At that time, he had just passed the imperial examination and Baoger wrote him a letter for the first time to congratulate him, and also asked his caravan to bring him special products from the capital.

When he saw Baoger's letter, his heart was overwhelmed with emotions and he couldn't calm down for a long time. If he wasn't afraid of missing the caravan's return to Beijing, he would not be able to write a few words even if he had thousands of words to say.

He was not sure whether Baoger would continue to write to him after receiving his reply and return gift, so he wrote down the words he had accumulated over the years in bits and pieces. Later, he was worried that the letter was too thick and would give Baoger and Baoger's family a bad impression, so he deleted and reduced some of it, and finally left five pages.

Fortunately, after seeing the letter that Bao Ge'er asked the caravan to bring back, he wrote back. The letter was also brought by the caravan, and there were some toys just like the first time.

But at that time, Bao Ge'er was only about thirteen years old, and the things he liked were all small gadgets.

In fact, the Xiao family's shop in Liangzhou City also sells those things, but not in large quantities. And because they are easy to imitate, they are only sold for a while each time and then not much.

Before he received the little gadgets from Bao Ge'er, he didn't find those things attractive at all. They were not even as interesting as the Four Books and Five Classics that he could recite by heart.

However, he couldn't let go of what Bao Ge'er gave him. If he didn't have to go to college and work, he would probably spend most of his time on it.

He read the letter written by Baoger, accepted the gift sent by Baoger, and also wrote back the letter and gift.

When he entrusted the caravan with the letter and other things for the first time, he was actually prepared for Baoger's non-response. But after the second time, he felt more expectant and waited for the letter from the capital in his spare time from studying and working every day.

Baoger did not disappoint him. He still wrote back to him and sent him some flowery paper that was not yet sold in Liangzhou City, saying that it was the latest popular thing in the capital.

The flowered paper is elegant and beautiful, and I think many girls and boys from wealthy families would like it. If the flowered paper was not given by Bao Ge'er, he would probably think it is flashy and unrealistic.

After all, given his family's financial situation, he couldn't even afford to buy rice paper, let alone flowered paper which looked expensive.

But since Baoger liked it, he naturally wouldn't say anything to spoil the fun, and all he wrote in his reply was words of praise.

The young man sent him the most popular flowered paper in the capital, so he should naturally find a similar return gift. Even if the value is not as good, he should put more thought into it.

For this reason, he did not rush to deliver his letter and return gift until the caravan was about to leave the city.

Life at home was pretty good at that time, but there wasn't much to spare. So after much deliberation, he finally decided to give his little brother...

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