Three melons and two dates

Chapter 39: Parting

As expected by Ji Yuan, early the next morning, Ji Ding was already driving a carriage and guarding the door.

Ji Ding, who was leaning on the carriage and squinting for a nap, opened his eyes when he heard the door slam, jumped out of the carriage, and asked earnestly, "Fourth Master, when are we leaving?"

"Come in and have breakfast before leaving."

Ji Ding came in a hurry in the morning. He bought a steamed bun on the way and rushed over. When he arrived at Jiyuan, the steamed bun was cold, and he thought it was dry, so he didn't eat it.How can Ji Yuan be unhappy when he invites him to have breakfast now.

He agreed without hesitation, jumped out of the carriage, and followed Ji Yuan in for dinner.

Breakfast was porridge and pickles made by Ji Yuan himself, he ate it very freely, but Ji Ding was quite emotional.

"The Ji family talked about 'a gentleman stays away from the kitchen', I never thought that the fourth master could even cook meals now... But yes, if you don't cook by yourself, if you have someone to take care of you, you may just be hungry.

Sigh, I really don't understand what this master is thinking. The food and drink at home are so delicious that he insists on running out to suffer. "

The two had a quiet meal without talking, Ji Ding cleaned up the bowls and chopsticks, and started to carry things out.

He just moved the box to the door and found a lot of villagers with baskets standing outside the door. He turned around and shouted into the house, "Fourth Master, come out and have a look."

"What happened?"

Ji Yuan asked a question without stopping, and when he came out, he was also stunned.

Last night, after Xie Huanxiu returned home, he told Xie Jiu and his wife that Ji Yuan was leaving.

Xie Jiu was also taken aback, he didn't expect Ji Yuan to leave suddenly, Li Cuicui also brought food to Ji Yuan two days ago, Ji Yuan never mentioned this to her.

It happened suddenly.

People in the village worked at sunrise and rested at sunset. If it wasn't for the two of them waiting for their son to come back, they would have gone to rest a long time ago.

After discussion, the four members of the Xie family decided to separately inform everyone that Ji Yuan was leaving early tomorrow morning.

Ji Yuan has helped everyone a lot these years, and he said he would come back, but he packed up his things and didn't say hello in advance, so it's hard to say when he will come back.

As soon as they heard that Jiyuan was leaving, the villagers quit their work and hurriedly packed up the things they could get at home, preparing to see him off as gifts.

Ji Yuan looked at the villagers at the door and said with a smile, "Why are you here so early?"

"Little master, why don't you tell us if you want to go home." Grandma Li, who is over sixty years old, supported her slightly hunched waist with her left hand, and carried a basket of pastries with her right hand, which she wanted to give to Li Jiyuan.

Ji Yuan hurriedly expressed his thanks, took the basket and handed it to Ji Ding, then took a step forward to support Grandma Li, and said, "Grandma Li, you're here too. You'll be back in a while, so I don't want to bother everyone."

Grandma Li is old, and her eyes are good. She saw so many boxes piled up at the door, and she knew that what Xie's family said was the truth.

She sighed, "It's a good thing to go home, so I'm happy for you if you tell us about it. Or are you afraid that we won't let you go if we find out."

"Grandma Li, you are serious, but you just don't want to trouble everyone."

"Master Ji, it's too polite of you to say that, you have been helping us since you came to Dongxiang..."

"Yes, yes, if the severe drought that year hadn't been for the master to help us fight for relief food from the government, we would have suffered a lot."

"That's right! Last year, it rained heavily for more than ten days, and the embankment almost collapsed. You were the first to realize it, Master, and took us to strengthen the embankment."

"Also, Master, you taught us to cross-plant grain. We harvested more grain, and our life is better than before. Thanks to Master."

"On weekdays, Master helps us write letters for us, and also helps us look after children and teach them how to read." Aunt Wang said that tears could not help streaming down, and she wiped her eyes with her sleeve, "Master, we are really I miss you."

Ji Yuan was also a little sad when he was told by the villagers.Although he is not so incapable of lifting his shoulders and resisting with his hands, he is a frail scholar after all, and he really can't do hard work.

In Dongxiang, his life was not as hard as his family imagined. Although the food and housing were not as good as at home, it was better than leisure.

Everyone has always been friendly to him, and a lot of food and supplies are sent to his home.Especially Xie's family, they have invited him to live in Xie's family several times, so that it is convenient for him to take care of his daily life.

He doesn't know how to do anything, and he doesn't want to cause more trouble for everyone, so he prefers to live here.On weekdays, I only hope that I can use what I have learned to help everyone as much as I can.

Now being said so by everyone, it seems that he is not as useless as he imagined.

Ji Yuan was a little embarrassed to be praised by the villagers, "Ji Yuan should thank everyone for being the one who has troubled everyone to take care of him for many years." As he said, he bowed to the crowd on three sides.

Everyone was busy imitating Ji Yuan's appearance and returning the salute, their movements were high and low, and the scene of parting was a bit joyful.

Ji Ding, who was holding back his laughter, coughed and cleared his throat, "It's getting late for fourth master, if you don't leave, I'm afraid you will sleep outside the city at night."

"Yes, let's start early." Xie Jiu glanced at the height of the sun and said.

The villagers stuffed the food, melons and fruits, special products, etc. they carried or held in their hands into Jiyuan's hands.Originally, Jiyuan had a lot of things this time, and the journey was far away, so he deliberately refused.

"Thank you everyone, but..."

"Master Ji, you take these, it's more or less our wish."

"Master, don't feel bad about it. Although these things are not worth much, they are fresh and you can't get them in the city."

"Yes, yes, if you can't eat it outside, it is our intention to bring some to the family to taste."

The villagers blocked what Ji Yuan hadn't said before saying anything to me.Seeing that everyone said it was for family members, how could he refuse, so he thanked them all for taking them over.

Everyone hated Ji Yuan and sent him all the way outside the village.Only then did Ji Yuan get into the carriage and formally bid farewell to everyone.

Ji Yuan swept everyone in front of him one by one, and finally settled on Xie Huanxiu.

Xie Huanxiu looked back at Jiyuan, with a hint of tears in his tone, "Student bid farewell to Master."

Ji Yuan once again watched Xie Huanxiu bid farewell to him, remembering the time when he had just apprenticed to the teacher, he also cried, "Heavenly official... No, sir, the student pays homage to Master, I will study hard with you."

In the blink of an eye, he has grown so big, maybe he will soon walk on the road that he didn't finish back then.

Ji Yuan wholeheartedly wanted to cultivate Xie Huanxiu into a weapon and become an extremely human minister, so as to make up for his regrets at the beginning.

This student is very good, he can see that Xie Huanxiu will be more promising than himself in the future, and will go further.It's just... There is a dull place in his heart, and he didn't do it himself, so he must be a little bit uneasy after all.

When Jiyuan looked back at the Dongxiang people who were getting farther and farther away from him again, he saw that they were still looking at him and saying goodbye to him.

suddenly see the light!

Ji Yuan thought back to what the villagers said just now, and the wish he had been asking for in his heart had already come true!

What he seeks as an official is to benefit one party and help the common people.Although it can't be called benefiting one side, he has indeed helped many people, so why stick to the formality.

To be able to do this, this life is enough.