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, but also an extra plate of stewed salted fish. Even the porridge was much thicker than usual.
Although Mr. Zhu had a dark face throughout the meal, he acquiesced to Mrs. Zhu's excessive care of his eldest son, Zhu Shouren, and put more than half of the plate of eggs and almost half of a salted fish in his bowl. The third child's family and the fourth child's family who were eating at the same table were very emotional about this. Although it was customary to take care of the eldest child who was studying, they still had emotions.
The fourth daughter-in-law, Ms. Zhao, was holding her baby Zhu Pingzhuang, who was less than one year old. Zhu Pingzhuang was drooling, pointing at the eggs with his fat paws and squealing excitedly. Ms. 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 have nothing to worry about. After eating and wearing, 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 didn't care about the scrambled eggs and salted fish. He was very popular with spicy food in the county, and the food was a hundred times better than this. It was just the food on the table, and these two were the only things he could eat. The fourth child 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 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 before eating 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 food or taxes. We are a lot more comfortable. 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 said something to the boss Zhu Shouren.
Mrs. Zhu immediately turned her head and glared at Mrs. Zhang, who lowered her head.
"Eat without talking, sleep without talking, eat in peace and contentment, don't eat 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, just say it. 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 screams in the room, as if his tail had been stepped on.
"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. Take a puff and feel like a fairy. It’s even more honorable to go out. Such a good pipe pot cannot be broken.
So, after thinking about it, Mr. Zhu carefully put the pipe and pot on his waist, turned around and walked out of the kitchen with a pout, took out a long and black fire stick, and rushed in while 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 will 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 and fulfill your filial piety in front of them. In fact, you have 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're thinking of our parents' money, right?" The fourth child curled his lips.
"Ahem. Nonsense." Zhu Shouren's face turned as red as a monkey's butt, and he scolded 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 is 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 our 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 just about eating, drinking, gambling, and spending 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 the 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 his 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 usually said. To be honest, I couldn’t help it after hearing what Lao Si said!
"Boss, are you using your money to find flowers and ask for help?!" 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 my second son's house to borrow three taels of silver at all costs, and you asked me to go to the county town to 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 rushed forward and scratched Zhu Shouren with her fingernails. She was not showing off her usual magnanimity.
"It's an insult to elegance, it's an insult to elegance..."
Zhu Shouren wanted to protect his handsome old face full of poetry with both hands, but he was unable to defeat the Wu family's Nine Yin White Bone Claws. He was scratched on the spot and could only moan in pain!
"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 for 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 refuted the questions of Lao Si and Wu with righteous words and indignation. Then he looked back on the past with a bit of wisdom and wisdom. The world's humanistic sentiments lamented: "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 a poem in a restaurant. I met her. She was so impressed by my talent that she didn't want a house or a reputation. You know, don’t you want me to have sex with you? She really admires my talent. As long as I spend the long nights with her, you think, for such a good girl, is it too much for me to give her two taels of silver every time? …”
(End of chapter)
