Chapter 1737 Brother Zhu is wise
"Brother Zhu, what's the plan?"
Hu Wei and Xia Qiang couldn't help but be overjoyed when they heard what their uncle Zhu Shouren said, and hurriedly asked around.
“Don’t they just look down on us and think we are beggars when they see us in rags? Then why don’t we just change our clothes and tidy up?!”
Uncle Zhu Shouren stroked his beard, showed a wise smile, and said to the two of them.
Damn you uncle! I thought you had some eye-catching plan, but this is it!
Listening to your words is useless.
Hu Wei and Xia Qiang turned their heads in disappointment and complained helplessly, "Brother Zhu, we are penniless now and don't have a single copper. How can we change our clothes and pack up?" Clean it up?!"
"Ahem, if you don't have money, there are ways to do it..." Uncle Zhu Shouren rolled his eyes and said cryptically.
"You mean stealing?!" Xia Xian opened her mouth in surprise, then shook her head vigorously, denying, "No, no, this is too risky, we are too conspicuous now, stealing Nine times out of ten, we will be discovered. Once discovered, with this stigma, our imperial examination and official career will be ruined. No, no, absolutely not!"
"Well, what Brother Xia said is absolutely true. Stealing is absolutely forbidden." Hu Wei also shook his head and said, "The risk is too great. If we are caught, we will be finished. It is not worth it."
"Ahem, I'm not talking about stealing." Uncle Zhu Shouren's eyes flashed again. After a while, he came up with a suggestion, "How about we go work and make money? Well, Suzhou Tongheng is an important place, and goods from all over the world are gathered here. We can go to the dock to resist the goods for a few days. It is not difficult to change into cheap clothes. , as for cleaning up, we waited for the water temperature to rise slightly at noon It's a little higher and it's not so cold anymore. We can just find a remote riverside to endure the cold and wash up."
"What? You want us to go to the dock to pick up the goods?! That's what we can do with mud legs. Things are so polite! Moreover, we scholars should shoulder the responsibility of I can’t pick it, my hands can’t lift it, and my hands don’t have the strength to restrain a chicken. How can I resist moving such a heavy cargo?! No, no, absolutely not.”
Xia Chai’s head was pounding after listening to his uncle Zhu Shouren’s advice. He turned into a propeller and expressed his opposition with all his strength.
"It's really inappropriate. If someone finds us going to the dock to resist the goods, we will not only sweep the floor politely, but we will be completely reduced to a joke. A person lives with a face, and a tree lives with its skin, no! And now, now It's the twelfth lunar month in the cold winter, and the sun is shining at noon. How much can the river water heat up?! How can our bodies endure bathing in the river in this weather? We absolutely cannot do it!" Hu Wei also expressed his opposition clearly.
The two looked at their uncle Zhu Shouren again.
"Then..." Uncle Zhu Shouren scratched his head, this won't work, that won't work either, what can I do.
His IQ can only reach this level of making bad ideas, and it will be really difficult for him to go further.
However, thinking of the trap he had stabbed in Yingtian, Zhu Shouren could only scratch his head and think hard.
It is said that human potential is infinite.
After scratching his head like this, an idea really flashed in his mind, and he caught it.
“I’ve thought of a way!” Uncle Zhu Shouren clapped his hands excitedly, his face filled with excitement.
"Brother Zhu, have you thought of any other ideas?"
Hu Wei and Xia Qiang didn't have much trouble on their faces. After just two bad ideas, they no longer had much hope for Zhu Shouren. Okay, just treating a dead horse as a living horse doctor is better than nothing.
"Haha, don't worry, there will definitely be no problem this time." Uncle Zhu Shouren smiled confidently before he could figure out what to do.
Who gave you confidence? !
Hu Wei and Xia Qiang couldn't help but curse in their hearts when they saw the confident smile on their uncle Zhu Shouren's face.
Every time a person named Zhu encounters something, he has a mysterious self-confidence. He is always slapped in the face, and the posture of being beaten is different. In some poetry club, he is laughed at by the crowd for reciting limericks, in some flower house, he teaches the three obediences and four virtues to the prostitutes. Call me sick , etc., etc., he has never learned his lesson, and thinks that his talents are not appreciated.
This time must be the same as before, another bad idea. The more confident he is, the worse the idea will be.
"listen to me , my nephew just got married this year, and his wife is his childhood sweetheart. I didn’t know before that my nephew’s family was so prominent. I only knew that their family was a rich man in the next village. I didn’t know until they got married. niece-in-law The family is not just as simple as a rich man, it is actually the home of the Marquis Mansion. The father-in-law is the concubine of the old Marquis of Linhuai. Although he has not inherited the title, he is still in charge of most of the business of the Marquis Mansion." Uncle Zhu Shouren looked at the two with beaming eyes. People started talking.
Hu Wei and Xia Qiang looked at Zhu Shouren with puzzled faces, wondering what Zhu Shouren's purpose was in bringing this up.
“My niece-in-law has been pampered since she was a child. After marrying into our Lao Zhu family, she did not change her habits as a eldest daughter. She lived a very particular life. She had delicacies from the mountains and seas every day. She had clothes to wear and food to open her mouth. She only paid for her dowry. There are dozens of maids, servants, and boys in the outer courtyard."
Uncle Zhu Shouren continued.
"Brother Zhu, does this have anything to do with it?" Hu Wei couldn't help interrupting Zhu Shouren and said impatiently.
“Although we missed our nephew when we were in Yingtian, it was not without gain. Didn’t we find out that when our nephew left Yingtian, besides the Zhejiang army, he was accompanied by Are there several more ships of servants?”
Uncle Zhu Shouren touched his chin, smiled slightly, and said to Hu Wei with a confident look on his face.
"Isn't this normal? Which official shouldn't have many servants to take care of him? What's more, your wise nephew is a fourth-grade official."
Xia Qiang said disapprovingly.
“No, no, you don’t know my nephew. He grew up in the village and is used to living a simple life. Unlike my niece-in-law, my nephew has always done everything by himself. No. He likes to be served by others, even if he is a good nephew, even a fourth-grade official , he can only bring one or two servants with him when he takes office. Now there are several servants, and there is only one possibility, that is, my nephew’s wife also takes office with my nephew.”
At this moment, Zhu Shouren seemed to be possessed by Sherlock Holmes. The same thing happened, and he analyzed the two of them with a proud look on his face.
"Brother Zhu, what do you mean?" Hu Wei and Xia Qiang did not expect that Zhu Shouren would give them a surprise.
"We can't get close to the military camp, but we can go and see my niece-in-law first. My nephew-in-law will tell me about it. If such a large fleet enters Suzhou, it will definitely not be difficult to find out."
Uncle Zhu Shouren said with a proud face.
"Brother Zhu, you are wise."
Hu Wei and Xia Qiang couldn't help but pat Zhu Shouren's horse. Unexpectedly, he actually thought of a feasible solution. (End of chapter)