Chapter 36: The West Fishing (2)
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Li Yinzi is over forty this year, and she is only one year younger than Li Yanhong, but her hair and temples are already a little gray, and she looks a little old.
From the time when her brother was violent to her, to marrying into the Shen family, she has lived a rich life over the years, but she has always been unhappy in her heart, but since Shen Fu was born, this son has become the only one who can make her feel that there is still a trace of happiness in life.
But this only little happiness made Li Yanhong break in half an hour, Shen Fu is actually the son of his brother, and will also inherit the mission of Minyue Kingdom to restore the country, this matter Li Yanhong told Shen Fu, Shen Fu's changing eyes let her know that her son had changed dramatically at that moment, that was a change in her heart, as a mother, she still knew this.
"Fu'er now has the name of Shen Wansan in Suzhou, I thought that the clan brother was just going to use huge financial resources to organize troops to restore the country, but I didn't expect him to finally reach out to Fu'er." Li Yinzi thought with sadness in her eyes.
"Madame! The young master is back. Ringdazzle walked in and whispered, interrupting her train of thought.
"He's back, let him in!" Li Yinzi's heart trembled and said, in order to get what he wanted, his son actually wanted to marry a subordinate as a brother, and let her accept him as a righteous son, this change in her son made her feel indescribably strange.
Dazzle said yes and walked out.
Shen Fu and Shang Yu were waiting outside, and after Da Er came out of it, he said, "Young Master, Madame, please come in!" As he spoke, he glanced at Shang Yu again.
Shen Fu said with a smile on his face: "Dazzle, I'll take this brother of mine in, I have something important to say to my mother, you are waiting outside!" If anyone comes, stay out first. ”
Dazzle agreed, although it was a little strange, but she could only obey her fate.
"Come, brother! I went with my brother to see my mother. When Shen Fu said this, the smile on his face was very sincere, but a strange light flashed in his eyes.
Shang Yu stood beside Shen Fu, he didn't see this strange light from Young Master Biao, but he just nodded, and was pulled inward by Shen Fu.
But he was thinking in his heart: "No matter what, I can't be a brother to my cousin, and I can't be a master mother and a righteous son, I can hide in the Shen family for a while, if there are too many entanglements with the Shen family, I am afraid it will bring disaster to the Shen family, and it will not be good for the Shen family." ”
After entering the inner hall, Shen Fu smiled and pushed Shang Yu in front of him, and said with a smile to Li Yinzi: "Mother, this is the strange boy I told you about, my brother Shang Yu, he is now in great trouble and needs to hide his identity, I want him to change his name to Shen Shisan, do you think it?" ”
Shang Yu didn't raise his head, it was because of the number of courtesies, so he didn't count the other party as the head mother of the Shen family, and he was also an elder, and Shang Yu couldn't be rude to him in both aspects.
Li Yinzi saw that Shang Yu had kept his head down, and seeing that his height was only as high as Shen Fu's ears, he couldn't help but say, "Child! Raise your head, so that the old body can take a good look, a few months ago Fu'er returned from Quanzhou, he mentioned you more than once, if you don't die, there will be a blessing in the future! ”
Shang Yu raised his head at this time, and when he saw Li Yinzi's slightly old face, he vaguely saw a look similar to that of his mother Shang Mei, and couldn't help but be slightly stunned.
But he reacted instantly, bowed and saluted, "Villain Shang Yu to meet Madame." Then he looked up.
Li Yinzi saw that Shang Yu was only fourteen or fifteen years old, and his appearance and etiquette were quite decent, so he couldn't help but feel a little happy in his heart, but when he thought of Shen Fulin's words when he went to summon Shang Yu, he felt a pity.
"No need to be polite, my son Shen Fu wants to marry you as a brother, and the old body also wants to accept you as my son, are you willing?" Thinking that Shen Fu would secretly kill Shang Yu after he tricked Shang Yu into rewriting Shang Chip, Li Yinzi was a little unbearable, so she was anxious to end the time she met with this young man, so as not to feel more guilty in the future.
"Madam, this must not be done! I am willing to become a family member in the Shen Mansion, and it is already a great kindness to me that you and Young Master Cousin can be taken in, and the villain must not be overly polite. Shang Yu immediately raised his head and refused, his eyes looking very resolute.
Li Yinzi couldn't help but be stunned when she heard this, and said in her heart: "This young man is not at all interested in such an opportunity to ascend to the sky, but how is this good?" ”
When Shen Fu heard this, he immediately became anxious, only by becoming a nominal brother with Shang Yu could he further obtain the business knowledge that Shang Yu had "learned" from Lu Shaobei, he didn't believe what Shang Yu said before, if Li Yanhong hadn't explained the relationship between Shang Yu and Lu Shaobei to him today, he wouldn't have been in a hurry to bow down with Shang Yu.
"Brother Shang Yu, let's do it! If you don't want to be a brother with me, how about I worship you as a teacher? Anyway, you also have a half-teacher friendship with me, so I just recognize you as a master! Shen Fu showed a hint of anxiety on his face, and immediately knelt down in front of Shang Yu.
"Shameless! How could my son Shen Fu have such shameless behavior? Seeing her son kneeling, Li Yinzi couldn't help but say angrily in her heart.
Shang Yu also knelt down in front of Shen Fu at the same moment, and said urgently: "Young Master Cousin, how can you be like this?" I can't afford to be gifted like this. ”
But he was very moved in his heart, and said in his heart: "This Shen Fu is different from ordinary people, and he actually values me so much. His opinion of Shen Fu suddenly reversed.
"Shang Yu, you only have two choices at present, one is to become a brother with me, and the other is to be my master, please choose any of them." Shen Fu said in an eager tone on his face.
"Young Master Cousin, I am willing to be a brother with you." Shang Yu said with some excitement, he knew in his heart that this was the method used by Shen Fu to provoke generals, but there was no better choice.
"Then you still call me Young Master Cousin, and you don't call me Big Brother instead? I, Shen Wansan, finally have a good brother. Shen Fu also said excitedly, and reached out to pat Shang Yudi on the shoulder.
But Li Yinzi saw a hint of smugness in her son Shen Fu's eyes, and couldn't help but sigh in her heart that Shang Yu was so easy, but she knew that this was Shen Fu's first plan, and the next thing should be her housewife to speak.
"Big brother!" It took Shang Yu a lot of effort to spit these two words out of his mouth, and he became a brother with a rich young master with a wealth of countless people, which he didn't dare to imagine.
"Since you and I have become brothers, it is not like a mother bowing down?" Shen Fu struck while the iron was hot and motioned for Shang Yu to turn his face and salute Li Yinzi.
After Shang Yu heard this, he immediately turned his kneeling posture to face Li Yinzi, and looked at her, and said in his heart: "I don't know what this lady wants?" ”
When he saw Li Yinzi's eyes full of pity, he felt a sour heart, and that kind of gaze seemed to be very complicated and intriguing.
"Shang Yu, you stand out for Fu'er in Quanzhou Mansion, and you have excellent business and Taoist talents, which is of great help to Fu'er, in order to send my niece of Na Lu Wan, he almost fell off a cliff and died, so because of several things, it is also the honor of my Shen Mansion to accept you as a righteous son, and it is also the honor of the old body! Would you like to? Li Yinzi said what she said at this time, but she was sincere.
She has also read the books that Shen Fu brought back, and those contents are extremely complicated, but Shen Fu used to expand the Shen family's industry to many aspects in just a few months, and even became one of the most famous businessmen in Suzhou.
And the most important thing is that Shang Yu is Lu Shaobei's disciple, which is the reason why Li Yinzi cares about Shang Yu in her heart.
"Thank you Mrs. Shen for loving Shang Yudi and daring to disobey your fate! From now on, Shang Yu will have another mother, my stepmother, Shang Yu will kowtow to you. From Li Yinzi's eyes, Shang Yu saw that sincere feeling, and it was a love from the heart, although it was only the first time they met, but Shang Yu saw the same kind of eyes in her eyes as her biological mother Shang Mei, which was a look of love for him.
After kowtowing, when Shang Yu raised his head, there was already a pool of tears in his eyes.
"Okay, from today onwards, the old body will have an additional son, Shang Yu, you have a case at this time, and you have temporarily changed your name to Shen Yu, even if you are a member of my Shen family, Fu'er will prepare it for you as soon as you need it, do you think it's okay?" Li Yinzi looked at the tears in Shang Yu's eyes, and couldn't help but tremble in her heart, this kind of sincere expression was something that Shen Fu had not had since she was thirteen years old, which made her say with emotion.
"Thank you, Stepmother!" When he said this, Shang Yu couldn't help but think of the fact that Shang Mei's whereabouts were unknown, at this time he fled thousands of miles and finally came to a safe place, but he was so valued by the Shen family, he was naturally very excited in his heart, and when he saw the look of love in Li Yinzi's eyes again, he finally shed tears.
"Yu'er, since my mother accepted you as a righteous son! Bento to give you a meeting gift, this is a string of Buddha beads that I have carried with me for many years, it is a foreign thing from Tianzhu Country back then, it is not valuable, you will accept it! Li Yinzi's eyes were full of complicated looks, and she took out a string of Buddhist beads from her wrist, which was one of the several gifts that Lu Shaobei gave her back then, but it was also quite suitable to give it to Shang Yu at this time.
After receiving this string of Buddhist beads, Shang Yu immediately said, "Thank you, Lord Stepmother!" Before he had time to look at this string of Buddhist beads carefully, he put it in his sleeve first and thanked Li Yinzi.
At this moment, Shang Yu's stomach screamed angrily, and Shen Fu hurriedly pulled Shang Yu to stand up and said with a smile: "Mother! At noon, I was eating with my aunt, and Fu'er actually threw my brother in the ancestral hall, and his stomach screamed, so I immediately took him to dinner, and then sent him to Xiyu Village. ”
"You haven't eaten, Fu'er, how can you be so snub to your brother? Don't go quickly, Yu'er, I'm a little tired for my mother! Let's go out with your brother first, and when you have time, come and see your mother, and then you can go. While speaking, Li Yinzi seemed to be a little tired, but in fact, she was a little puzzled by her behavior, why when she saw this Shang Yu, she was like seeing Lu Shaobei, and actually sent out the string of Buddhist beads with special significance.
"Yes, then I'll take him out, mother, don't be too tired, rest more." Shen Fu gestured to Shang Yu as he spoke.
Shang Yu also immediately bowed down and said, "Stepmother, then I will go out with my brother." ”
"Go!" Li Yinzi waved her hand and said softly.
Only then did Shen Fu take Shang Yu out of the inner hall.
"Brother! In front of it is the West Fishing Village, the more than ten family members and maids of the Lu family were temporarily arranged there by me, there is a village where my Shen family's fishermen are concentrated, but you must not let people know your true identity, otherwise no matter how big the Shen family's business is, it will not be able to protect you, and you usually don't leave the territory of this village, as long as you are older and your appearance changes, it only takes two years to live, no one will remember you, and only people in the world know that you are a member of my Shen family, do you know? Shen Fu stood at the bow of the boat and said to Shang Yu with a smile.
This small boat belongs to the shuttle boat, the front end and the rear end are sharp, there is a small cabin in the middle, and a small flag is erected on the top of the cabin, and a Shen character is written on it, this kind of shuttle boat is the fastest boat used to send guests in Suzhou and Hangzhou, so it is so, half an hour later, the two approached the West Fishing Village.
"Big brother, I won't reveal my identity, and I will never run around and cause you trouble, but I didn't expect this West Fishing Village to be so far away, how much land do you have? The place where it belongs is so far away from Zhouzhuang? Shang Yu couldn't help but ask the question in his heart at this time.
Although the waterway is tortuous, Shang Yu's memory is amazing, after calculation, the straight-line distance under this boat may be dozens of miles away, and the wealth and strength of the Shen family are really beyond his imagination.
"It's nothing? Within a radius of two hundred miles, most of the fields belong to my Shen family, but there are still many steps to be done to turn these fields into wealth. Shen Fu stood on the bow of the boat, looked into the distance and said with a smile.
At this time, it is only a few miles away from the western fishing village, and the small half-pillar incense is reached, but the speed of the boat slows down, because the number of boats in the river along the way gradually increases.
"I got too little today, only a few finger fish!"
"It's winter, and these fish go upstream in the winter, and you can still catch them, you're a genius! I'll have to wait until spring to catch two or three! ”
"Brother! The most famous place in this western fishing village is the muzhi fish, and when you have time, my brother will definitely treat you to eat a few. Brother, what's wrong with you? After Shen Fu heard the conversation of the fishermen in the river, he said to Shang Yu with a smile, but seeing that Shang Yu did not respond, he couldn't help but turn his head to look, but saw Shang Yu looking at the river thoughtfully.
"Big brother, may I ask what are all the fields of the Shen family planting?" Shang Yu didn't seem to hear Shen Fudi's words, and asked with some confusion.
After hearing this, Shen Fu couldn't help but glance at Shang Yu a little strangely, and said: "The main thing is cotton and linen, and a small amount is rice, but the income is far less than the value of cotton and linen, why did my brother ask about it?" ”