Chapter 28: Liu Dahua's Invitation

  Liu Zhongji came to visit, Su Tiancheng was reviewing his lessons. The county exam next year is less than a year away, and many students who will be taking the exam have been preparing for a long time.

  Liu Zhongji has been to the Su residence several times, and since his last visit to the Qinglou, he has come to the Su residence whenever something happens or not. On one hand, it's just idle chatter, on the other hand, the living arrangements in the Su residence are quite good, so Liu Zhongji also comes with the intention of getting a free meal.

  Su Tiancheng didn't mind, always reading dead books is not enough, it needs to be adjusted, if possible, he even thought that he could go out and travel a bit, so that he can experience it personally, know some situations outside, always staying in this city, seeing only peace and tranquility, can't gain any insight.

  "Brother Liu, you've come a bit early today."

  Facing Su Tiancheng's teasing, Liu Zhongji was not bothered at all.

  "Su brother, come to the government office today, two things."

  Seeing Liu Zhongji looking serious, Su Tiangong became curious. To say that Liu Zhongji was a good person, very righteous. As soon as he learned that Lei Wentong had arrived at the Su Mansion, he immediately followed and came to tell himself not to worry, no matter what happened, just speak out, he Liu Zhongji, in Pingyang Prefecture City, after all, there were a few friends, at worst, everyone would fight together, who wins or loses is uncertain.

  "Brother Liu, something really happened."

  "Of course there are things, I said two things. In Chapter 028, Liu Dahuas invitation arrived, and the two chatted about next years imperial examination in August."

  Liu Zhongji may or may not have known something, but he decided to probe a bit.

  "Brother Liu, I'll come visit you tomorrow and need to prepare well, don't know if you're at home or not."

  "I'm definitely waiting at home, no need to say."

  "Hehe, I was just joking, don't know if there are any other guests or not."

  "That's it, Father is inviting you."

  "My goodness, I'm so surprised and delighted."

  "Alright, Brother Su, I know you're guessing, so I'll just say it outright. Father told me to invite you over tomorrow as a guest, and he's also thinking of having a good chat with you. You've managed to stir up quite some sensational things, especially the way you received Le Wen Tong at the Su Manor. The words you spoke, I was shocked by them myself. Father wants to talk to you about it, there's nothing strange about that."

  Su Tiancheng's face showed a smile, he roughly knew some reasons, inviting himself to dinner was not Liu Dahua's intention, although Liu Dahua was the clerk of the official residence, but after all, he had not entered the mainstream and did not belong to the decision-making level, there was no need to care about those things he had done.

  There are others who want to know the situation, Liu Dahua is just a test probe.

  I was originally a student, next year I will participate in the imperial examination, and have already shown certain abilities, some people have taken notice, which is also normal.

  Liu Zhongji left with a full stomach and a satisfied expression.

  Su Tiancheng quickly found Su Pingyang. As for the understanding of visiting, he wasn't very clear about it yet. After all, this was his first time visiting someone's home, and he should have brought some gifts.

  "Uncle, I'm going to visit Liu Dianli's home tomorrow and don't know what to prepare."

  "Master, did you go there on your own initiative or were you invited by Liu Dianli?"

  "Is there really any difference inside?"

  "Of course there is a difference, you take the initiative to go to Liu Dian's home, and the gift should be more."

  "Oh, then what gift should I prepare?"

  Su Pingyang no longer felt strange, previously, the young master didn't care about such things and rarely visited others, even when he did visit, it was because of his poverty that he couldn't prepare a decent gift.

  "We need to prepare some rice flour and fine salt, if we have enough, we can also set aside a portion of silver."

  "Is there a specific amount?"

  "I'm not very clear about this either."

  Su Pingyang was indeed straightforward, but he didn't know and didn't know. After all, he had never been in contact with the officials of the government office before. In the past, he always followed Su Tiancheng's side and belonged to the lowest level of existence in the Su Mansion, so it was impossible for him to know these things.

  Su Tiancheng thought for a moment, Liu Dahua's salary was not much, about 40 taels of silver per year. Of course, there were some other incomes, after all, doing things in the official residence, having some power in hand, handling affairs, someone would offer gifts, otherwise the official residence couldn't be said to be a place of wealth and honor.

  He made a decision that the gift didn't need to be too much, after all, he couldn't afford it himself at present. Besides, this was his first visit, and the main thing was to leave a good impression on them.

  A gift of fifty taels of silver is more than enough.