Chapter 1557 Zhu Shouren’s plan (Part 2)
Due to 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. The porridge is much thicker than usual.
Although Mr. Zhu had a dark face throughout the meal, he took too much care of his eldest son, Zhu Shouren, and put most of the plate of eggs and almost half of the salted fish into his bowl. acquiesced. 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 and The weird education said, "Oh, Zhuangzhuang also wants to eat eggs. When you grow up and study, you can eat eggs." Zhuangzhuang, you should 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 food and clothing. We will eat boiled eggs in the morning, scrambled eggs at noon, and boiled eggs with brown sugar in the evening..."< br>
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 aura made his old face
slightly red.
The eldest daughter-in-law Wu glared at little Zhao with dissatisfaction.
"Have a good meal!" 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 sweet grandson."
"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 years. We don't have to pay taxes on food and 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. Don'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.
Old Mrs. Zhu immediately turned her head and glared at Ms. Zhang, who lowered her head.
"Eat without saying anything, sleep without talking, eat in peace and contentment, and stop eating if you talk too much."
Old Mrs. Zhu spoke.
Next, there was finally no more trouble at the dinner table, and everyone finished lunch honestly.
"Okay, we've finished eating. Boss, hurry up and go back to the county to continue studying for the exam!"
As soon as he finished eating, Mr. Zhu urged the boss Zhu Shouren to set off immediately with a dark face. Go to the county to study and prepare 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 that 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 was a sound in the room, like a tail being stepped on.
“Didn’t I bring you five taels of silver when I went to the county three days ago? 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 pouted out of the kitchen, took out a long and black fire stick, and held it up like a knife. He rushed in.
"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 traitor to death!"
Mr. Zhu was so angry that he had a strong tendency to wave a fire stick to kill his relatives. posture.
"Brother, when you came here, you said that you missed your parents while studying in the morning and wanted to come back and fulfill your filial piety in front of them. In fact, you have no money. Are you the one who came back to ask for money from your parents?"
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, what the hell are you talking about, fourth brother? I just miss our parents."
"Tch, I miss our dad. It’s my mother’s money.” 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 stretched out his fire stick and pointed it 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 my ancestors!”< br>
"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, the county seat The place where you spend a lot of money is nothing more than eating, drinking, gambling, etc. You spent so much money in three days. Oh, I remembered. Zhang Laohei was so mysterious yesterday. He pulled me secretly and said that he saw my eldest brother and Liu Sanniang, the courtesan from the county, 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 to stop corrupting his eldest brother. reputation, from this point of view, what Zhang Laohei said is not a complete nonsense..."
"Brother, our money is not blown by the strong wind, we are frugal. It is for you to study, not for you to look for willows among flowers. If this is the case, then we will not pay any money this year." The third child is usually honest, and he couldn't help it after hearing what the fourth child said!
< br>"Boss, are you using your money to search for flowers and willows?!" The fire stick in Mr. Zhu's hand began to tremble uncontrollably, which showed how angry Zhu Laoguzi 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 and borrow money to break the shoes?! You are shameless! I will fight with you!"
Before Mr. Zhu got angry, the eldest daughter-in-law Wu had already exploded. She rushed forward and scratched Zhu Shouren with her fingernails. She was not showing off her usual magnanimity.
"It is an insult to elegance, it is an insult to elegance..."
Zhu Shouren wanted to protect his handsome old face full of poetry with both hands, but it was difficult to defeat the Wu family's Nine Yin White Bone Claws, and he was killed on the spot. I scratched my big face and could only complain again and again!
“Boss, wife, you are cold. Be quiet! Don't listen to the wind. It's rain. My great son has read all the books of saints and sages. How can he be that kind of person! As soon as he heard it, he knew that it was Zhang Laohei who was spouting shit! You are the same, Fourth Brother. You also talk about irrelevant things. !" Old 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 doing with broken shoes!"
"It's all nonsense!"
Zhu Shouren rectified 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 looked back on the past with a look on his face, and sighed with a bit of humanistic sentiment of being a great man and benefiting the world: "Oh, it's all my fault. through Lun is talented! I was studying in the county town, and one day I was invited to compose a poem in a restaurant, and I met her. She was so impressed by my talent that she didn’t want a house, didn’t ask for status, and didn’t want to have the hot and spicy food with me. , she really admires my talent, as long as I spend the long night with her, do 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)