However, Zhou Yaoting is honest and honest, but he is not stupid at all.

He knew such things, and he thought to himself that he could, but he could never say them.

To say, he is just saying that the juniors in the family have the opportunity to study, and the entire Zhou family has a total of three rooms: the eldest Zhou Yaozu has two sons and one daughter, the second Zhou Yaozong has three sons, and the third Zhou Yaoting has two daughters and one son.

Even if he only chooses one in each room, he has his family's share of righteousness.

Zhou Yaoting knows how to use strategy, and his wife Chang is a little concerned about it.

As soon as she heard her husband mention the topic of junior reading, she instantly thought of her smart and lovely son, and she was bold enough to express her opinion in front of her in-laws for the first time: "What his father said is that just like our family's righteous son, he is smart and studious, and he has just reached the age of enlightenment——"

The corners of Zhou Yaoting's mouth fell, alas, he is a lady who is good at everything, but his heart is too sincere.

When she says this, it will definitely make others think wildly, and she may even beat her upside down.

Sure enough, before Chang's words were finished, he heard a brightly dressed woman sitting at the top say: "Yo, I said how come it is so coincidental, the third brother finally went into the city, and he was able to bump into our Xiande father at once." Last night, I wondered, the city is so big, how did the third brother find a gambling house when he was looking for a short-term job?"

"Sister-in-law, don't think about it, I also got lost and inadvertently walked to the gambling house. ”

As soon as Zhou Yaoting heard his sister-in-law's strange words, he knew that something bad was wrong, and hurriedly explained.

The more he explained, the more angry the woman became, "Lost, third brother, are you taking the big guy as a three-year-old child." You go to work in the county every year, it's been more than ten years, not to mention visiting the streets and alleys of the county, at least where to find a short-term job, you know. Why did you get lost yesterday and bump into your big brother so coincidentally?"

"Hmph, Xiande's father has always studied diligently and never went to those messy places. Yesterday I didn't believe it, but you guys were making a lot of trouble around Xiande and his father, and you just made everyone dizzy. ”

"Dad, mother, your second elder has to be the master of the father-in-law. Some people are dissatisfied with the fact that the prime minister is studying at home, and they want their children to study too, so they deliberately make up nonsense to slander people. ”

"Sister-in-law, I didn't, I really met the eldest brother outside the gambling house. In addition to the eldest brother, there is also one of his classmates. If you can't, we can call that man. ”

That man must be jealous of my husband's talent, so he poured dirty water on your eldest brother's head with you. ”

"Sister-in-law, how can you say that? My eldest brother is my own brother, how could I slander him? I really saw it-"

"What do you see? Hmph, some people are jealous of others because they are not reading material. You don't want to think about it, if your eldest brother has a chance in the future, won't you all be able to follow it?"

"Sister-in-law—"

"I know that Xianggong has failed the list again this time, and you all think that he may not pass the test. You don't want to think about it, the imperial examination is still so easy? Not to mention people as young as Xianggong, there are many people in their fifties and sixties in the examination room. ”

"Not this time, and next time, why can't you tolerate him. In order to prevent him from studying, he did not hesitate to cooperate with outsiders to frame him?"

"I didn't, father, mother, you have to believe me, I really saw it. By the way, there is also Yi'er, I also saw it!"

"Phew, Yi'er is your son, of course he speaks to you!"

When Anne walked to the door of the hall, she happened to hear that the lady with this body, Liu, was arguing with Zhou Yaoting.

She coughed lightly.

"Big brother is here!"

The two of them, who had been watching, hurriedly shouted when they saw Anne coming.

Liu Shi glanced at the door, and saw that it was indeed her husband, so she hurriedly stopped, stood up, and greeted him with concern, "Xianggong, you are up, what is the discomfort?"

While saying that, Liu Shi still secretly gave Anne a look from an angle that others didn't pay attention to.

The corners of Anne's mouth twitched, when she was getting dressed in the house just now, she had already done enough psychological construction, and tried to tell herself: I am a man now, a man!

But when she faced his wife with this body, she still had a strange feeling.

Avoiding Liu's gaze, Anne nodded at her hastily, and then raised her feet and entered the hall.

"Boss, tell me honestly, what the hell happened yesterday?"

Zhou Jingxian didn't sleep all night, and the whole person seemed to be ten years old.

The eldest son was brilliant when he was young, which made him see the hope of the family's prosperity.

As a result, the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment.

In the past ten years, the eldest son has failed in the exam once, and in order to provide him with education, the whole family has tightened their belts, looking forward to the day when he will get ahead.

But instead of passing the exam, he gambled.

What is betting?

What a scourge of messing with the door and breaking the house.

Once infected, the whole family can't escape.

Zhou Jing was disappointed and scared at first, but he was still lucky, with some hope, and asked, "You, did you really go to the gambling house?"

Anne raised her head and looked at her old father, who could not hide her tiredness in his old age, and couldn't help but feel a little guilty.

Liu kept giving Anne a look on the side, telling him not to be stupid.

Anne didn't seem to see it, lowered her head again, and answered, "Yes!"

Boom!

Zhou Jingxian seemed to have been sucked out of the bones of his body, and fell on the back of the chair in a dejected manner.

Zhou Yaozong was anxious, and said hatefully, "Big brother, how can you go to the gambling house? That kind of place, in order to make you addicted at the beginning, it will let you win some money, but once you become addicted, it will make you lose a lot of money, and you will never give up if you don't toss away the house, land, and people at home!"

Zhou Yaoting also muttered, "Yes, big brother, you shouldn't be right." ”

Anne raised her eyebrows, and said in her heart, Zhou Yaozong is the best, and his two younger brothers don't seem to be as loyal and honest as in the original plot.

Could it be that Zhou Xianyi, the reborn person, has played such a big role that he has quietly changed the two of them?

Even so, she needs to use a strategy.

I saw Anne raise her eyebrows disdainfully, "Second brother, do you also know the doorway in the gambling house?"

Zhou Yaozong's face froze, can he say that he learned this from listening to his little nephew?

"Yes, second brother, have you ever been to the gambling house?"

As soon as Liu Shi heard this, he suddenly came to his senses and asked with bad intentions.

"No, no, I haven't been there, it's, I've heard it said. Although Zhou Yaozong listened to the mother's chatter all day long and was a little careful, he was still an honest man in nature.

Seeing that his sister-in-law was so aggressive, he subconsciously retreated.

"Okay, old man, now talk about the boss, you don't have to talk about it. ”

It was the old lady of the Zhou family, Tan, who was about fifty years old, born white and fat, with a little white hair on her sideburns, but her always kind face was full of seriousness.

Although she is partial to her eldest son, she will not watch her eldest daughter-in-law squeeze her second son. After all, the second child is also her own child.

"Yes, mother!"

Liu pursed his lips, unwilling in his heart, but retreated behind Anne in the end.

"Boss, listen to what you just said, do you know that there are cats in the gambling house?"

Zhou Jingxian was old and strong, and quickly grasped the key point.

"It's worthy of my father, and I heard the problem all of a sudden. ”

Anne pretended to be a sycophant, and then said: "That day, Xu Zhou invited me to 'relax', and I usually felt that he was always jealous of me, the youngest talent in Qi County. As soon as I heard what kind of gambling house he was going to, I was even more sure of my guess. ”

Anne put on Zhou Yaozu's signature pride, "Hmph, he thinks I don't know those little tricks of the gambling house?

"Big brother, you mean, you know that he wants to lie to you, and you still go to the gambling house?"

Zhou Yaoting was a little puzzled, didn't he know that there were tigers in the mountains and preferred to go to the tiger mountains. There is also an ugly saying about this practice, which is called sending to death.

"If they want to deceive me, they must have bait. ”

Anne cracked her mouth and triumphantly pulled out four silver ingots from her bosom.

A silver ingot is five taels, and four is twenty taels.

The eyes of the people in the room widened at the sight of the shining silver, and their breathing became a little short.

For more than ten years, the Zhou family has lived a very tight life in order to provide Zhou Yaozu with education, where have they seen so much money?

It is the Liu family, who was born in a wealthy merchant family in Qi County, and has not seen such a large piece of silver for more than ten years.

It's pitiful, since she married Zhou Yaozu, she has only kept taking out silver and pasting dowries, how could there ever be a time when Zhou Yaozu came back with money.

At this moment, she stared at the four silver ingots, and wished that she could receive them immediately.

Anne did not hand over the silver to the Liu family, but directly put it in front of Zhou Jingxian and Mrs. Tan.

"Dad, mother, I started at the age of six, started studying at the age of seven, and went to the academy at the age of thirteen, and it has been twenty-two years since then. ”

Anne said to the two old men with emotion, "In the past twenty-two years, my son has never done a day of farm work, nor has he worked a day of short-term work, so naturally he has never paid a penny to the family——"

Listening to her son's tone, she was guilty and self-blaming, and Mrs. Tan, who had always loved him, also softened, "Yaozu, what are you talking about? You are talented and hardworking, but your luck is not good...... You can't blame you for any of this. ”

Annie:......

A lie repeated a thousand times becomes the truth. The entire Zhou family was brainwashed by Zhou Yaozu, and felt that he had failed repeatedly, not because of his lack of strength, but because of his bad luck!

Anne shook her head, "No, mother, it's me who wants to be left, I didn't pass the exam, I still didn't study well enough, luck is just an auxiliary." ”

Liu's eyes widened, and she had a hunch that what her husband was going to say next would definitely not be a good thing.

Sure enough, Anne said: "Father, mother, mother, second, third, two younger siblings,"

Anne clicked on all the people present, and her eyes swept over the faces of several people one by one, and said seriously: "The second brother was reasonable just now, I can find a private school to teach first——"

"Boss, you're not studying?"

Zhou Jingxian asked in a trembling voice, his expression seemed to be a little relieved, and there was more disappointment.

"Yes, Xianggong, you, how can you give up. "Liu is in a hurry, she is the daughter of a rich businessman, and she is willing to marry a poor peasant family, so that after he Zhou Yaozu is admitted to the imperial examination, she can also follow the wife of an official.

If Zhou Yaozu didn't study and went to be a poor teacher, wouldn't her and her father's investments be wasted?