Because of Zhu Shouren's arrival, the dinner at the Zhu family's old house was much richer than usual. Not only was there an extra plate of scrambled eggs with green onions, there was also an extra plate of stewed salted fish, and even the porridge was much thicker than usual.
Although Mr. Zhu kept a dark face throughout the meal, he acquiesced to Mrs. Zhu's excessive care for his eldest son Zhu Shouren and put most of the plate of eggs and almost half a salted fish into his bowl. His tablemate
The third child's family and the fourth child's family have many emotions about this. Although it is customary to take care of the eldest child who is studying, there are still emotions.
The fourth daughter-in-law, Mrs. Zhao, was holding her little baby Zhu Pingzhuang, who was less than one year old. Zhu Pingzhuang was drooling, pointing at the eggs with his fat paws and yelping excitedly. Mrs. Zhao comforted Zhu Pingzhuang while educating her in a strange way, "
Oh, Zhuangzhuang also wants to eat eggs. When you grow up and study, you can eat eggs. Zhuangzhuang, you have to learn from your brother Ping'an and win the first prize in the scholar examination. From now on, your mother and I will not have to worry about eating.
After wearing it, I eat boiled eggs in the morning, scrambled eggs at noon, and boiled eggs with brown sugar in the evening..."
Zhu Shouren, who was holding out his chopsticks to pick up scrambled eggs, paused after hearing Zhao's words.
In fact, Zhu Shouren really doesn't care about the scrambled eggs and salted fish. He is very popular with spicy food in the county, and the food is a hundred times better than this. It's just the food on the table, and these two are the only things he can eat. Old
Si Wu's strange behavior made him look old
Reddish.
The eldest daughter-in-law Wu glared at little Zhao with dissatisfaction.
"Eat well!" Mrs. Zhu knocked on the table with her chopsticks, glared at Mr. Wu, then took a piece of scrambled eggs for Zhu Pingzhuang, put it in Mr. Wu's bowl, and said, "Give it to my dear grandson."
eat."
"Let's thank grandma." Mrs. Wu shook Zhu Pingzhuang's little hand twice and ate honestly.
"Mom, I want to eat too." The fourth child yelled, his eyes still sleepy.
"You've slept until noon, why do you have the nerve to eat scrambled eggs!" Mr. Zhu glared at him angrily.
"My family has been enjoying peace these past few years. We don't have to pay taxes on food and we have a lot of money. Why don't we scramble a few more eggs?" The fourth child muttered. After meeting Mr. Zhu's eyes, he couldn't help but shrink his neck and didn't dare to say anything.
"I don't know where all the money went..." Mrs. Zhang, the third daughter-in-law, who had been silent for a long time, couldn't help but warn the boss Zhu Shouren and said something.
Mrs. Zhu immediately turned her head and glared at Ms. Zhang, who lowered her head.
"Eat without talking, sleep without talking, eat in peace and contentment, and stop eating if you talk too much."
Mrs. Zhu spoke.
After that, there was finally no more trouble at the dinner table, and everyone finished their lunch honestly.
"Okay, we've finished our meal. Boss, hurry up and go back to the county to continue studying for the exam!"
Just after dinner, Mr. Zhu urged his boss Zhu Shouren with a dark face to set off immediately to the county to study for the exam.
"Hey, hey" Zhu Shouren responded, but he didn't leave. His feet seemed to have roots, his face looked like he was constipated, and his mouth was hesitant to speak.
"What? Is something wrong?" Mr. Zhu frowned when he saw this.
"Ahem, it's a little something." Zhu Shouren coughed, and the expression of constipation on his face became even worse.
"If you have something to say, say it, and if you have something to say, let it go!" Mr. Zhu said impatiently.
"That's right, that's right, you have to give me a few more taels of silver so I can study hard and prepare for the exam..."
At the urging of Mr. Zhu, Zhu Shouren rubbed his hands and said with an embarrassed look.
"What?"
"You want money again?!"
After Zhu Shouren spoke, there were sounds in the room that sounded like someone was stepping on his tail.
"When I went to the county three days ago, didn't I bring you five taels of silver? Why are you asking for money again?!"
While cursing, Mr. Zhu raised the cigarette pole in his hand and was about to beat Zhu Shouren when he suddenly remembered that this was the cigarette pot that Ping An's grandson's wife sent all the way to deliver it to him on his birthday. The cigarette pole was made of Xiangfei bamboo and had an exquisite twist on it.
Silk carvings, the cigarette holder is made of jade, and the smoking pot is made of secret copper. As soon as you smoke it, you will know that it is the best cigarette pot. Ordinary tobacco is smooth and smooth when smoked, and it also has a unique bamboo fragrance. Inhale it and you will feel like a fairy.
It's even more honorable to go out. Don't break such a good pipe and pot.
So, after thinking about it, Mr. Zhu carefully put the pipe and pot on his waist, turned around and pouted out of the kitchen, took out a long and black fire stick, and rushed in holding it up like a knife.
"Old man, you are crazy!" Seeing that the situation was not good, Mrs. Zhu stepped forward and stopped Mr. Zhu.
"I'm not crazy, it's this traitor who is crazy. Let go, I'm going to beat this unfilial and traitor to death!"
Mr. Zhu was so angry that he waved a fire stick to kill his relatives.
"Brother, when you came here, you said that you missed your parents while studying this morning and wanted to come back to fulfill your filial piety in front of them. In fact, it was because you had no money. You came back to ask for money from your parents, right?"
The fourth child tugged on the sleeve of his elder brother Zhu Shouren, winked, and asked with a nonchalant look on his face.
As soon as these words came out, Zhu Shouren's face turned even redder, "Ahem, fourth brother, what are you talking about? I just miss our parents."
"Tch, you want our parents' money, right?" The fourth child curled his lips.
"Ahem, that's nonsense." Zhu Shouren's face turned as red as a monkey's butt, and he scolded him with lack of confidence.
Mr. Zhu became even more angry, as if he was in Super Saiyan mode. He pointed a fire stick at Zhu Shouren's big face and asked angrily: "Boss, it's only been three days, and five taels of silver are enough."
All spent?! Where did you spend all the money?!
If you don’t understand, I will explain it to you today in front of my ancestors!”
"That's right, brother, you can't spend so much money even if you have a big meal. Where did you spend the money?" The fourth child also asked, and then said in a strange way, "Brother, there is a lot of money in the county.
This place is nothing more than a place for eating, drinking and gambling. I spent so much money in three days. You can’t be like this. Oh, I remembered. Yesterday, Zhang Laohei pulled me mysteriously and said that he saw his eldest brother and Liu San, the oiran from the county.
My mother was admiring plum blossoms in the temple. I thought it was impossible. My eldest brother was not that kind of person, so I scolded him severely and taught him not to ruin my eldest brother’s reputation. From this point of view, what Zhang Laohei said was not nonsense.
ah……"
"Brother, it's not because of the strong wind that our money has been blown away. We live frugally so that you can study, not for you to look for flowers and willows among the flowers. If this is the case, then we will not pay any money this year." Lao San is usually honest.
, I couldn’t help it after hearing what Lao Si said!
"Boss, are you using your money to hunt for flowers?!" The fire stick in Mr. Zhu's hand began to tremble uncontrollably, which showed how angry Mr. Zhu was.
"Master, before I left, you asked me to go to the second son's house to borrow three taels of silver at all costs, and you asked me to go to the county town and borrow money to break the shoes?! You are shameless! I will fight with you!"
Before Mr. Zhu could get angry, the eldest daughter-in-law, Mrs. Wu, had already exploded. She pounced on him and scratched Zhu Shouren with her fingernails. She was not showing off her usual magnanimity.
"It's an insult to politeness, it's an insult to politeness..."
Zhu Shouren wanted to protect his handsome old face full of poems with both hands, but he couldn't resist the Wu family's Nine Yin White Bone Claws. He was scratched on the face with a big face on the spot, and he could only complain again and again!
"Boss, wife, calm down! Don't listen to the wind, it will be the rain. My great son has read the books of sages, how can he be that kind of person! When you hear it, you will know that it is Zhang Laohei who is spouting shit! You are the same, fourth brother, you are out of tune.
Let's talk about it!" Mrs. Zhu couldn't bear that her eldest son was scratched, so she stepped forward and grabbed Wu, pulled her away, and spoke to Zhu Shouren.
"My dear, is it what they said? What do you think is going on?" Mrs. Zhu turned around and asked.
"What are you looking for?" "What are you looking for?"
"It's all nonsense!"
Zhu Shouren straightened the long gown that was messed up by Wu. After clearing his throat, he spoke righteously and angrily refuted the questions of Lao Si and Wu.
The world's humanistic sentiments sighed: "Oh, it's all my fault for being full of knowledge and talent! I was studying in the county town, and one day I was invited to compose poems in a restaurant. I met her. She was so impressed by my talent that she didn't want a house or a reputation.
Well, Sanbutu wants to have a good time and drink with me. She really admires my talent. As long as I spend the long nights with her, do you think it is too much for me to give such a good girl two taels of silver every time?