In the backyard of the inn, in He Lu's room, He Lu and others were also talking about Shen Rui. "Shen Rui, you also saw it, what do you think of that child?" He Lushi asked after taking a sip of tea.

He Beisheng thought for a while and said, "It's quite sensible, but I don't know if the Sun family protected it too well during his lifetime, and some of them don't know the world." “

"Huh?" He Lu was a little surprised: "How do you say this?" Could it be that he is disrespectful to you? ”

Is that child a hypocrisy in front of himself? It's a different look in front of you? A ten-year-old child has such a scheming?

He Beisheng sneered: "When my son went to call Shen Rui, the teacher and the student were talking, and they unintentionally listened to a few words outside the door...... Mr. Wang also seemed to know about the second brother's incident, and asked Shen Rui if he was distracted from studying today because he met the He family. Shen Rui replied that the He family had nothing to do with him, and he wondered why Mr. Wang did not teach in the order of yesterday. Speaking of this, he paused and said, "That Mr. Wang is not bad, but he is the first lecture of the Analects, and he can also speak in a simple and understandable way, as well as thought-provoking. ”

When He Lushi heard this, he said with a wooden face: "He is not a high school who does not know the world, and he does not know that the weaving factory is worth ten thousand gold and has no complaints about the He family: but he has set up his ambition to study, and he concentrates on studying before he takes the rest to heart...... "Speaking of this, his expression became more and more ugly: "Your good second brother, when he took a big advantage, he didn't know how to throw people into the capital, and even your eldest brother had no face...... He really thought that the Shen family was stunned that the He family didn't stand up for the Shen family's four rooms, in the final analysis, it was just to cover up the ugly things for the Shen family's rooms. The Shen family would rather suffer a loss than ruin the family's reputation, your second brother is already inferior to the Shen family. In the past few years that he has been running his family's business, he has become more and more serious about silver, and he doesn't understand the truth of being a man......"

Sister He Yun was sitting beside He Lu's side, and when she heard this, she stretched her handkerchief as if she were sitting on pins and needles. The elders are not, He Lu said, but she, who is a niece, is not good.

He Lushi glanced at her: "Since the cicada has bought dim sum and come back, you can go back to your room to eat dim sum." ”

Sister He Yun got up, responded with a smile, and blessed He Beisheng again, and Fang took the adoptive mother's arm back to the room.

In addition to the mother and son of the He family, there were only two seventeen or eighteen-year-old maidservants left in the house, and one of them said to He Lu's family: "The tea is warm, can the old lady change the hot tea?" ”

He Lushi nodded and said, "Go ahead, you take hot water, and then go to Sister Yun's house to see if it is properly settled." ”

The servant answered, took the tea tray, and retreated.

He Beisheng was a little uncomfortable and said: "Is my mother too careful, Ruyi and auspiciousness are the most appropriate for my mother, but I am talking about Sister Yun's family affairs, why cover it up like this?" ”

He Lushi sighed: "If the negotiation is completed, there is no need to hide anything. Now that it has not been done, the fewer people who know about it, the better. Although the two of them are honest, they always have to let go, if they don't intend to say it one day, it will be Sister Yun's reputation. ”

He Beisheng was very surprised: "He is just the son of a small man, why didn't his mother do anything to promote him like this?" ”

He Lu said Shen Rui's determination to study, He Beisheng nodded and said: "There is a cousin who was born at the age of fourteen, if Shen Rui doesn't give it a go, he may not be able to catch up." ”

He is also a scholar, taking the imperial examination, and he is very sure of Shen Rui's choice, but he doesn't pay attention to his niece's rejection. After all, it's not a formal relationship, it's just a mention.

He thought of He Lu's words: "What is the matter with my mother mentioning Jingli? Isn't Mr. Wang from Shaoxing Mansion, how can he have anything to do with the capital? ”

He Lu said: "He is the eldest son of Wang Hua, the squire of the Ministry of Rites and the champion of the Xin Chou Branch. ”

When He Beisheng heard this, he couldn't help but open his mouth wide, and said half-loudly: "Isn't this champion worthless?" How did these champions come out all of a sudden, Xie Liuge is the champion, his father-in-law is the champion, and the 'world friend' in this mouth is also the champion. ”

He Lu said: "The champion is rare in Songjiang Mansion in a hundred years, and everyone feels strange. Staying in the capital, once every three years, not counting old people, or being relegated to a place, it is not uncommon to count seven or eight in one breath. These people are the best of men, and they look down on ordinary people, and they are willing to associate with people who are not far from them. Wang Shouren is only in his twenties, Shen Rui can't say that he is the first disciple of his disciple, how can your second brother hide this matter from the Wang family. ”

He Beisheng said: "The matter has come to this, don't be too annoyed." The second brother is not right, but it is always for the family. It's not that you don't know the way, there is the fourth brother in front of you, and the second brother just wants to make a better living at home. ”

Every family has a scripture that is difficult to read, remembering the bad things in his family earlier, He Lu said helplessly: "Why bother with that cheap person, there is no loss of respect." ”

The late old lady of the He family originally had five sons, of which the eldest son, the second son, the third son, and the fifth son were the descendants of the He Lu family, and the fourth son He Ping was the outer son. In the family of eunuchs in the south of the Yangtze River, it is not unusual for the He family to be like this. Like the Shen family, the children and grandchildren are not informal, and they all study together, which can be regarded as a very kind family.

Although Mrs. He took pity on her concubines, she didn't have the heart to "suppress her concubines", so she asked He Ping to follow the housekeeper to learn to do business early, wanting to hand over the housekeeping to him to take care of the housekeeping and help a few concubines. In his opinion, "everything is inferior, only reading is high", and the sons-in-law only need to study well and shine on the lintel.

He Lu's view is different from that of her husband, she is the wife of the family, and she knows the importance of money. She can't tolerate letting a concubine control all the money in the family. Even if He Ping is quite talented in management, at a young age, a few years of hard work, he has increased the property of the He family's house by fifty percent, but it only makes the old lady more and more jealous. He Lu knew that in the long run, even if He Parallel was only a businessman, for the sake of money, his sons would have to look at He Ping's face.

It happened that He Nansheng, the second son of the He family, failed in the imperial examination, and the boy tried to be flat, but he lost a tail in the township test, and he failed to rank twice in the attempt, and he was deeply hit. The third son of the He family studied hard and ruined his body, and died within two months of being lifted; The third wife, Zhang, was so sad that she didn't wait for her husband to go to the funeral.

Because of the pain of losing his son, He Lu refused to let her husband force her children and grandchildren to study.

When Mrs. He died, He Lu found a son to take over the management of He Ping, and let the second son accept the housework, which has been until now. And that He Ping, because he didn't read much books, could only buy and sell for a living, and had no other strengths, so he couldn't gain a foothold in Songjiang and went south to become a businessman.

In Sister He Yun's house, Sister He Yun was eating kidney bean cake in small bites, while listening to the cicada talking to Ruyi and Jixiang.

The adoptive mother was beside her, and she took tea and said, "The fourth sister eats less, and the things outside can be tasted." ”

Sister He Yun smiled, ate the kidney bean cake in her hand, and ate tea with her hands.

When Ruyi auspicious returned, the cicada couldn't hold it back, and whispered to his adoptive mother and Sister He Yun about the words he "set" from Wuxuan: "I heard that Brother Rui can use his skills in reading, and learning to write is especially fast and good. He is kind and treats others, not the kind of squeamish person. The days of the Zen Monastery are hard, and Brother Rui has never complained. ”

The adoptive mother clasped her hands together beside her and said, "Amitabha, she is a sensible person, and she will not be wronged by the fourth sister in the future." ”

Sister He Yun smiled bitterly: "It's just a child, my mother really takes it seriously." And don't mention it again, if it is heard, it will be terrible. ”

The adoptive mother said: "The dragon gives birth to the dragon and the phoenix gives birth to the phoenix, just because he is from the Sun family, this virtue will not be crooked." In the end, it is related to the fourth sister's lifelong event, and I asked a few words in private, but I just wanted a peace of mind......"

Not to mention that everyone in the He family was thinking about it, Shen Rui was tired from the journey, so he had already called hot water, freshened up and settled, but had a good night's sleep.

The next day, Shen Rui woke up very early. Just as Wu Xuan told him last night, even if he burned his feet last night to relieve fatigue, he still felt that his calves were sore and swollen after a night, and he couldn't use his strength between walking, and he walked lightly. Shen Rui knew that this was because he was tired yesterday. just knew that hiking would always have this process, and he was not a ten-year-old child, so he silently gritted his teeth and endured it.

After breakfast, the four of them left the inn. As for the people of the Lu family, because they were going to rush to the dock, He Beisheng came over to say goodbye to Zen Master Hong Shan before breakfast, and Shen Ruiwei met with them.

Out of the county seat, the four of them continued to go north along the official road.

Shen Rui walked a little reluctantly, compared with yesterday's walking like the wind, he is now a puppeteer, he only feels that his legs and feet are straight, and he shakes his hips hard before he can take a step. Dragged down by him, the other three slowed down. When I walked to noon and rested at a country tea stall, I only walked eight or nine miles.

Shen Rui was a little embarrassed, silently eating snacks with tea, and had already made up his mind that he must speed up in the afternoon, and he couldn't drag everyone down anymore, otherwise he wouldn't be able to catch up with the next county, and he would have to sleep in the countryside. Now the weather in February, warm and cold, is not fun.

Unexpectedly, without waiting for a rest, Wu Xuan pulled the tea stall owner to mutter, and handed over a handful of copper coins, and the boss happily trotted to a small village not far away.

What happened to the boss?

Shen Rui looked at Wu Xuan, who was eating vegetarian chicken, swallowing it, and said, "I asked him to go to the village to find a mule cart." ”

When Shen Rui heard this, his eyes couldn't help but light up: "Want to hire a car?" ”

Wu Xuan looked up at the sky: "It's noon, and if you don't hire a car to hurry, you will have to stay out tonight." ”

Shen Rui looked at Zen Master Hongshan next to him with some embarrassment, and asked Wu Xuan in a low voice: "It's me who dragged everyone down to delay the journey, will it delay the master's practice?" ”

Wu Xuan stared at Shen Rui several times, and said with a smile: "Little brother won't think that the master really walked all the way to Kaifeng Mansion with his feet, right?" The master is a Zen student, not an ascetic, so why should he toss himself so much? ”

Shen Rui's eyes widened, could it be that he had misunderstood?

What is the reason why he who goes out thousands of miles away and does not prepare a boat or a carriage in advance? Is it just to walk dozens of miles first, and then run outside the next county and then hire a car?

Wuxuan has already laughed: "Little brother really dares to think that it will be two thousand miles from Songjiang to Kaifeng Mansion, and a round trip is more than three thousand miles. ”

Shen Rui twitched the corner of his mouth and said, "It's not that Brother Wuxuan said that the master goes to Kaifeng Mansion by land every year...... He also said that Mr. and Brother Wuxuan walked to Yingtianfu and Songjiang. ”

Wang Shouren and Zen Master Hongshan were beside them, and when they heard this, they all looked at Shen Rui with a smile on their faces.

Wu Xuanren smiled: "It's walking, but when you're tired of walking, you can hire a car or hitchhike." The eldest brother didn't specifically ask someone to follow him, but he loved to be quiet, and he walked casually, and when he encountered a place with good scenery, he had to rest for two days. ”

Shen Rui was speechless when he heard this, he had been together for nearly three months, and he knew Wang Shouren's temperament somehow, sometimes he paid attention to the rules of etiquette, and sometimes he seemed to be extraordinarily freewheeling, such a way of going out was indeed something he could do. He couldn't help but glance at Zen Master Hongshan again. People gather by like, and things by groups. The road to Kaifeng Mansion is often taken, and the choice of land route is always not to see the scenery, this old monk will not be seasick, right?

I listened to Wang Shouren and said: "Don't think about the east and the west, don't be tired of walking, and take the car when you're tired, it's not the right thing to do, and you can't go up to practice." If it weren't for the three of us, the master would have hitched a ride. ”

Shen Rui understood that he was indeed thinking too much. Wang Shouren said that he couldn't understand the flavors of life when he was sailing, and he didn't say that everyone should walk to the end.

Shen Rui didn't know whether to be disappointed or relieved, but the originally tense emotions were relieved.

At this time, the owner of the tea stall had already trotted back, bowed to Wu Xuan and said: "This little brother, there is a mule cart in our village, but the handlebar style says that at this time, the county seat, more than 70 miles back and forth, the livestock are affected, and the crop work will be delayed for most of the day, which will cost at least 80 yuan." Speaking of this, he pointed to the half-grown boy who followed behind him and said, "This is a handlebar-style family child." If the little brother thinks that the price is still good, he will go back and hand over the handlebar sleeve. If you think it's expensive, just wait at the tea stall and see it, and you can't say that there will be no passing carriages. ”

Wu Xuan said: "Eighty wen is eighty wen, if you want to come to your village, you don't expect this to make a living, and you won't fool people." As he spoke, he took out a string of money from his blanket, counted out forty coins, handed it to the tea stall owner, and said, "Here are forty wen, which is counted as a deposit, and the rest will be settled when you get to the place." ”

The owner of the tea stall took the copper coin, transferred it to the young man, and sent him to call a taxi.

Wuxuan paid for tea again, and the owner of the tea stall hurriedly waved his hand: "I just collected twenty-eight yuan from my brother, which is already more than the tea money, but I don't dare to collect it again." ”

Wu Xuan said with a smile: "That's when Uncle Lao ran to invite Uncle to eat snacks, a stroke is a mile." "Between the words, in the end, the twenty wen tea fee was left.

Shen Rui saw that he still had half a string of copper coins left in his hand, so he took it and took a look. A string of money is one hundred wen, sixty pieces have just been used, and there are forty wen left, holding it in the palm of his hand, it is also heavy, and the size is larger than the Yongle money he saw in his later life.

Wang Shouren saw his thoughtful appearance, and couldn't help but laugh and said: "It's just money, why are you staring at it like this?" It can be seen that it is the first time I have seen this, how many people have touched it, and it is full of copper smell, but it is not dirty. ”

Shen Rui raised his head and said, "Sir, I heard that Hongzhi money is heavier than Yongle money?" Why is this because there are too many copper mines? ”

Wang Shouren didn't expect him to ask this question, he was stunned for a moment, and then shook his head and said: "It's not that there is too much copper, but because of the lack of copper." There is a lot of iron and tin mixed here, and it is a lot bigger, so it is heavier. ”

Wu Xuan said on the side: "Big brother, if there is less copper, there will be less copper, why is this money still heavy?" If you put less copper on each copper coin, you can easily go out with the money on your back, and the silver saved will be thrown away for money. ”

Wang Shouren looked at Shen Rui and said, "Why is it bigger, Brother Rui replied." ”

Shen Rui took out a copper coin, looked at it twice, and said, "Are you afraid that if you make it too small, the money will be brittle and easy to be damaged?" ”

The density of iron is smaller than that of copper, and the tin is lighter, and if it is made to the original size, the weight of copper coins will be much lighter. However, if the proportion of copper is too small, the copper coin lacks flexibility and is very easy to be damaged.

Wang Shouren praised: "It's hard for you to think of this, it's true." The grandfather of this dynasty was born in Shimen, the people worship the Buddha, and the folk bronze Buddha is the crown of the previous dynasties; In addition, the national legal system has many restrictions on the gold and silver ware of the official eunuchs and common people's homes, and more and more places where bronze ware is used. Before the succession to the throne, there were many copper merchants in the people, who received copper coins and cast bronze utensils, and they were repeatedly banned. It was not until today that Hongzhi Tongbao was issued, the score of copper was reduced, and other difficult things were added, which broke the abacus of those copper merchants. ”

As he spoke, the handlebar had already driven the mule cart over, and the half-grown boy was there.

The face of the handlebar father and son, the mule cart added up to a total of six people, three were teenagers, Shen Rui and the others had light bags, and the mussel-mouthed mule pulled the carriage very easily and went north along the official road.

Because there are old and young people in the car, the handlebar type drives the mule cart as smoothly as possible. Rao is like this, the official road at this time is a dirt road after all, and the bumps in it are not a little bit. Shen Rui came to Daming, and the first time he made a carriage, he only felt that his stomach was tumbling, and his face was snow-white.

He somewhat understood why Wang Shouren chose to do so when he was in a long distance, just stop and stop, he could always breathe a sigh of relief, if he kept being a carriage, it was not something that ordinary people could bear.

Wu Xuan saw that his expression was wrong, and hurriedly took out a dried plum from his purse and stuffed it into his mouth: "The road outside the city is so bumpy, and bear with it." ”

The handlebar style cherishes the livestock, and the horsewhip is only used as an ornament, and does not urge the mule, and when he saw that Shen Rui was uncomfortable, he slowed down even more.

Shen Rui swallowed a few dried plums, only felt that his mouth was full of food, and his stomach could be considered safe, and asked Wu Xuan: "It's so uncomfortable to ride in a carriage, why don't you go out on horseback?" ”

Wu Xuan said: "Horses are big animals, and they have to be taken care of by special people. If you go far away, what should you do if the livestock is not adapted? ”

Shen Rui asked, "What should I do if Mr. goes back and forth between the capital and Yuyao?" ”

Wu Xuan glanced at him and said, "This doesn't need to be asked, the canal and waterway are so convenient, and you can take a boat." ”

Rao is mule cart is already ridiculously slow, not much faster than a human walk, but after all, it is a short distance, more than thirty miles of road in an hour. The handlebar type did not enter the city, and after settling the remaining car money with Wuxuan, he took his son to turn around.

Shen Rui followed Wang Shouren and the others into the city, and didn't go far when he saw a seven or eight-year-old girl kneeling not far away, with a straw mat next to her, and two feet were exposed under the straw mat.

Selling yourself to bury your father?

Shen Rui looked at Wang Shouren and then at Wuxuan. Wuxuan was not born to the Wang family, but was met by Wang Shouren's grandfather, Wang Lun, when he was living on the streets when he was a child......

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The point push ratio is 100 to 1, and the results of the Wang family are really embarrassing...... Pleading for a few referral votes.

Yesterday I used a whole bottle of radar insecticide and sealed all the houses. When he came back, he almost smoked Xiao Jiu and coughed for half the night. But fortunately, there were no mosquitoes last night, happy.