Siheyuan Shangpeng

After dinner, Shang's mother and Shang Xue helped to clean up the dishes. The men drank tea at He's house for a while and then went home to sleep. After all, they did not get enough rest last night.

Nothing happened that night. The next morning, He Daqing sent the sleepy He Yushui to the merchant. After all, Tian Xiaocao's parents' home was in the countryside, so they had to leave early.

He Yushui slept in Shang Xue's house for a while. After Shang's mother finished making breakfast, He Yushui untied the quilt under the aroma of breakfast.

After the family finished breakfast, they packed up and prepared to go to Shang's father's master's house. Before leaving, Shang Peng hurried out for a while and came back with a bag of food. Shang's father and others didn't ask where the food came from. After Shang Peng came back, the family and He Yushui set off.

When Shang Qi drove to the old man's house, the old man, his second son's family and his second senior brother's family were at home. When they entered the yard, the younger members of the Shang family kowtowed to the old man and wished him a happy new year at the signal of Shang's father. He Yushui joined in the fun out of curiosity and kowtowed to the old man. Seeing that the old man had no objection, Shang's father did not stop He Yushui from being naughty.

He Yushui didn't know that when she kowtowed, the old man didn't object, which meant that she was from the old man's lineage. From then on, every year He Yushui followed the business people to pay New Year's greetings to the old man. It was not until He Yushui became an adult that she realized that her kowtows in those years were not in vain. Her work went smoothly all the way as if someone had paved the way for her. It was not until one day when the vice premier came to inspect her unit that she realized what kind of path her playfulness had paved for herself. Of course, this is all later, we will talk about it later.

The old man accepted the New Year greetings from several juniors with a smile, took the red envelope from his daughter beside him, thought about it and took another one, and handed two to He Yushui. Everyone on the spot understood what it meant. This meant that he accepted He Yushui as a member of his family, and from now on He Yushui would be considered a member of his lineage.

Shang Peng looked at He Yushui who didn't know what was going on, and thought to himself, "Children still have the advantage. My family has taken good care of He Yushui in the past six months. The little girl is very pretty, so she must be liked by the old man. This kowtow is worth it!"

He Yushui was still showing off to Shang Liang that he had received two red envelopes, and had no idea how much help this would be to him in the future.

After several people received the red envelopes, the old man asked his second son to bring a book. After opening it, he found that it was a roster of disciples in the sect. Turning to the page of Shang Fu, the old man asked Shang Fu to grind ink and personally wrote the names of Shang Qi and others. Finally, He Yushui was also written in and listed after Shang Liang.

After he finished writing and waited for the ink to dry, he asked his second son, Shangfu's third senior brother, to put it away.

Seeing that the old man had finished, Mr. Shang and his mother also knelt down and kowtowed to the old man to thank the master for nominating them. The children followed Mr. Shang and his mother and kowtowed. The old man gladly accepted it, then took a few quick steps to help the children up, kicked Mr. Shang, and said, "Why don't you get up by yourself? Why are you waiting for me to help you up?"

Mr. Shang smiled and stood up, and helped Mrs. Shang up. The old man nodded and said, "You have a conscience. Your wife is my niece and has given your family so many children. If I find out that you treat her badly in the future, I will break your legs."

Mr. Shang said hurriedly: "Master, don't worry, I definitely love my wife. She is the one who makes the decisions in my family, hehe..."

The second brother looked at Mr. Shang unhappily and said, "Alright, you are already grown up, come with me to the door to meet them. Your fellow apprentices will be here soon, so behave yourself!"

"Okay, here we are. Master, my second brother and I are waiting at the door to meet someone. Please teach these kids." After saying that, he walked out with his second and third brothers.

The old man looked at the merchants and said, "Let's go to the backyard. Let me see how good your skills are!"

After saying that, he walked towards the backyard first, and several younger ones followed immediately. Then starting with Shang Qi, they set up their stances and practiced in the backyard one by one. During this time, Shang's father and his fellow apprentices arrived one after another, and the children of each family also came to the backyard to practice in turn. Finally, no one knew who suggested that the younger generation should have a competition, and the old man also wanted to see the practical experience of the next generation, so he agreed.

The final result was that the adult Shang Qi won, the young man Shang Peng won, and the third senior brother's eldest daughter won the women's group. After the competition among the younger generation ended, the elders also began to communicate, but they stopped at a certain point. In the end, the youngest brother Wu Li won by chance, relying on his youth and being a front-line personnel. However, the eldest brother, the second brother and the third brother did not make a move. The eldest brother was in a high position and it was not suitable for him to make a move. The second and third brothers had too many killing moves due to their work, and it was not convenient for them to compete, so they gave up, allowing the youngest brother Wu Li to get an advantage.

After the competition, the old man was quite satisfied with the skills of the younger generation. He asked his daughter to take out a few things as prizes and gave them to the winners. He also said that there would be a competition every year on this day in the future. The prizes would be provided by him and would be some inexpensive things, just an incentive.

When the things were taken out, Shang Peng immediately took a fancy to one of the pens. He really didn't have a good pen. The watch brother bought him one, so he didn't need one. Now he just wanted a better pen.

Several people looked at each other, and Wu Li had no choice but to speak first: "Okay, you guys choose first, after all, I am your junior master."

Shang Qi also said, "My younger brother and I will go last, you go first, Junior Sister."

The junior sister took one of the ladies' watches without hesitation, which was obviously prepared for her.

Shang Qi motioned to his younger brother to take it first. Shang Peng walked over and took the pen. The old man beside him also showed a smile. When it was Shang Qi's turn, he first picked up the watch and looked at it, then handed it to the junior uncle and said, "Haha... Uncle, are you nervous? I won't steal your things, so this watch is yours. I want this dagger."

Wu Li had given up hope when he saw Shang Qi pick up the watch, but then Shang Qi handed the watch to him. When he heard Shang Qi's words, he couldn't help but laugh and scold: "You little rascal, you're teasing your uncle, you're asking for a beating! Haha..." He laughed before he finished speaking.

Everyone started laughing as well. Everyone's family was well off to begin with, so they weren't jealous over such a small thing. They were a little envious, after all, it was something given by the old man.

At this time, the old man spoke: "Okay, this time the things all have their origins. The girl's watch was given to me by the big bear Burvishk. There are words on the pen in Xiaopeng's hand. You can tell who it belongs to by looking at it. Wu Li's watch was given to me by the master. As for Xiao Qi's, it was passed down by your master. It saved my life. Treat it well!"