"It's about to leave in the afternoon, boss, have you packed your things?" Old Man Zhu interrupted Uncle Zhu Shouren's confident expression, knocked on the cigarette pouch and looked at him and asked.

"Dad, it's almost all packed." Uncle replied.

"Are you ready for food, clothing, pens, ink, paper, and inkstones?" Old Man Zhu asked again uneasily.

"Pen, ink, paper, inkstone, I'll buy it when I get to Yingtian, it's also troublesome to carry it on the road." Uncle thought for a moment and replied.

How much can pen, ink, paper and inkstone cost, Zhu Ping'an was a little speechless when he heard the uncle's words, these things together do not occupy much space in total, and there is no business or treachery, if you buy pen, ink, paper and inkstone during the exam, the price of pen, ink and paper inkstone will be several times higher than usual. Looking at the posture of the uncle, about the previous many exams were the pen, ink, paper and inkstone that should be bought again, if you buy a better inkstone, it will cost at least nearly one or two taels of silver each time.

"Why do you buy it again on the other day, isn't it costly, bring all the pen, ink, paper and inkstone at home." When Old Man Zhu heard this, he immediately shook his head and told his uncle Zhu Shouren to bring all the pen, ink, paper, and inkstones at home.

Hearing Old Man Zhu say this, Mrs. Zhu on the side suddenly interjected, "By the way, just now my daughter-in-law brought a lot of food, including pastries, bird's nest or something, boss, you can take more to eat on the road." ”

"Bird's nest?" The uncle was a little surprised, then narrowed his eyes slightly and commented, "Bird's nest is a good thing." ”

"Mother, bird's nest replenishes qi and blood, and it has a greater effect on our women's families, especially pregnant women. I have long heard that rich people in the county eat bird's nest to replenish their bodies, and this is the first time I have seen it, and I don't know what it tastes like. The little fourth aunt stretched out her voice, and tried hard to straighten her big belly, stretched out her hand to caress her belly like a baby, and stared at the box of bird's nest without blinking with a pair of thin eyes.

"Replenish qi and blood? That's right, your eldest brother is in a hurry, just to make up for his body. Grandmother said and copied the bird's nest box in her hand, and without saying a word, she gave it to the uncle Zhu Shouren who was on the side.

"Mother~~" The little fourth aunt touched her stomach and looked at Mrs. Zhu with an aggrieved face.

"Okay, I'll leave you two too." Mrs. Zhu saw the belly of the little fourth aunt, thought of the eldest grandson who had not yet been born, and then hesitated for a moment, and took back the box in the uncle's hand.

Uncle Zhu Shouren looked reluctant, this bird's nest is a good thing, if you take the bird's nest to please those beauties on the banks of the Qinhuai River, you will not be able to kiss Fangze.

One, two, three, four! It's only four?!

Mrs. Zhu opened the box and counted it, and found that the packaging was so good, and there were only four bird's nests in the box, so she couldn't help but be a little disappointed.

Why is this daughter-in-law just picking it like this, just send four bird's nests, who can eat this bird's nest, such a little bigger, not enough to stuff the teeth, this can also be done.

Mrs. Zhu closed the box and glanced at Li Shu, and her words were a little dissatisfied, "Yu'er's family, there is still bird's nest at home, take a ten catty and eight catties for your uncle to eat on the road." ”

Ten pounds and eight pounds?

Li Shu turned her head when she heard this, the tassels hanging down the hairpin swayed with it, as if she didn't see the old lady's dissatisfied expression, and looked at the old lady Zhu with a pair of big watery eyes, "Grandmother, yes, but"

Before Li Shu's words were finished, the little girl behind Li Shu was not happy, with a sneering face, she looked at Mrs. Zhu like a bun, and said indignantly:

"Old lady, this bird's nest is not cabbage, ten catties and eight catties? Let's not talk about the high-grade bird's nest brought by my young lady, even ordinary bird's nest costs one or two pieces of silver, and ten catties and eight catties cost at least hundreds of taels of silver. ”

The little girl's voice was full of dissatisfaction, and she was laughing at the old lady Lion's big mouth, and the bird's nest of ten catties and eight catties could be opened, which was really unknowledgeable to the villagers.

"So expensive? You get a tael of silver for every penny? Old Madam Zhu's mouth opened wide when she heard this.

"It's not like that, this is still an ordinary bird's nest, and the bird's nest brought by our lady is a high-grade bird's nest shipped from the South Seas." The little girl was high-headed, and her face was full of pride.

Mrs. Zhu now feels that the bird's nest in her hand is very heavy, but she didn't expect the bird's nest to be so valuable, and it costs a few taels of silver for such a little, and the gaze when she looked at Li Shu was completely different from just now.

"Besides, the old lady, this bird's nest is a tonic, but ten catties and eight catties will make people bigger, it's not a joke." The little girl added.

After listening to the little girl's words, grandmother Mrs. Zhu smashed her tongue and no longer asked for ten catties and eight catties of bird's nest. After thinking about it, he opened the bird's nest box, took one out of it and left it, and gave the other three to Uncle Zhu Shouren, so that the uncle hurried to Yingtian to make up for his body.

Seeing this, the little fourth aunt on the side pouted her mouth.

Mrs. Zhu packed up the bird's nest and some pastries and supplements, and gave them to the eldest aunt, and asked the eldest aunt to put them in place for the eldest uncle Zhu Shouren, and take them with them when she left.

Uncle Zhu Shouren glanced at Zhu Ping'an and Li Shu, then coughed, looked at Old Man Zhu and said, "Dad, everything is ready for the scientific expedition in Yingtian, only a little shyness in the bag." ”

"Big brother, why are you still shy, more than ten taels of silver in the family are close to you." The little fourth aunt is like a cat whose tail has been stepped on.

"Why isn't that enough?" Old man Zhu also looked at his uncle Zhu Shouren, but he knew that the family's money had been given to the boss.

"Dad, I'm going to Yingtian, I have to invite someone to dinner, Lord Liu, it's related to my son's future, and my fellow disciple and his mentor are also indispensable, this human relationship is all silver, Dad. Dad, it's okay for me to wrap up the plates you gave me, but if these people have human contacts, it's not enough, it's difficult. Uncle Zhu Shouren shook his head, and then sighed vigorously.

"But the family has no money." Old Man Zhu frowned, then took two puffs of his cigarette pouch vigorously, and the clouds were swirling.

"Dad, otherwise, my son will ask Yu'er to borrow some coils first." Uncle Zhu Shouren looked like he had been thinking about his family for a long time, and then then turned his head to Zhu Ping'an and said what he had been planning for a long time:

"Yu'er, the family doesn't talk to the two families, the uncle is going to Yingtian to take the scientific examination and everything is ready, but the entanglement is a little stretched, don't let your grandfather worry, Yu'er will temporarily borrow ten taels of silver from the uncle, and return it to you when the uncle comes back from the exam."

Don't let your grandfather worry? It's as if I'm so unfilial! When such a hat came down, it was in front of his grandfather again, which was borrowing money, and it was clearly forcing money. This kind of trick of taking advantage of the situation, the uncle is playing perfectly.

However, if you borrow money well, it is fine, but this kind of forced money makes Zhu Ping'an very disgusted.

Moreover, thinking about what the uncle did in the last scientific expedition to find flowers and ask Liu, and then thinking about the uncle's intention to embezzle his own land yesterday, Zhu Ping'an didn't have the slightest idea of borrowing money, so it would be good if he didn't pursue the uncle.

Listening to the meaning of the fourth aunt's words, the family has already given the uncle more than ten taels of silver. It's enough to go to Yingtian to catch the exam!

"Ahem, if the uncle had been a few days ago, the nephew would have borrowed it from the uncle. But some time ago, my nephew was shipwrecked at sea, and my uncle knew about it. The nephew was lucky enough to pick up a life, but all the thin and soft things he carried with him were lost in the sea, and he was penniless. ”

Zhu Ping'an shook his head a little embarrassed, hooked the corners of his lips, and suddenly remembered something when he said this, and then took out a handful of about ten copper coins from his pocket, and enthusiastically stuffed it into the uncle's hand, and said very generously,

"Oh, I remember, this morning my mother gave me ten cents to let me make soy sauce, but the soy sauce is small, and the uncle is big, so this money will be emergency with the uncle first." (To be continued.) )