Zhu Shun's home is in Huang Village, a suburb of Beijing, and there is a clear river at the mouth of the village, and there is a stone bridge over the river.

Walking across the stone bridge, Zhu Shun saw a peer who usually doesn't deal with it much, the son of the chief.

The eldest son, relying on his father as the chief in charge of levying and servitude, has always regarded himself as the eldest of his peers, and everyone must obey him.

Only Zhu Shun doesn't take him seriously, if it is someone else, the eldest son will definitely lead someone to beat each other every day.

It's just that this person is Zhu Shun, the family is prosperous, and there are six or seven cousins, all of whom are tall.

As long as he dares to touch a single hair of Zhu Shun, the eldest son of the long house, those tall younger brothers dare to play with the eldest son, and no one dares to bully Zhu Shun.

After walking along the dirt road, I saw an old locust tree.

Zhu Shun's father, Zhu Zhongren, was sitting under the old locust tree, spitting and bragging with his old brother.

Out of the corner of Zhu Zhongren's eye, he caught a glimpse of his son carrying a pot of wine, stood up with a smile, his head was very high, and he said proudly: "See." ”

"That pot of wine is the Jiannan Spring Roast that my son bought from the Green Ant Building, one of the three major restaurants in the capital, I haven't drunk it, brother, I drink a pot every once in a while."

Where is a penny of silver enough to buy Jiannan Spring Burning in the Green Ant Building, it is just a pot of wine that Zhu Shun bought in a good wine shop.

Zhu Shun knew that his father had a good face, and he didn't say it clearly, after all, these middle-aged men were all craftsmen, and his father had worked alone for so many years, and he was still an ordinary potter.

I am not as good as them, so I want to make up for it from my son.

Zhu Shun called out to Dad, smiled and said hello to the others, then pushed open the somewhat tattered wooden door and walked into the earthen house.

Zhu Shun's father was just a poor potter all his life, and he didn't know where the good luck came from, and his wife was a graceful woman in Jiangnan.

Zhu Shun's mother-in-law, Zhu Liu, is older, but from her face, it can still be vaguely seen that she was a beautiful woman when she was young.

In addition to buying a pot of good wine, Zhu Shun also cut two taels of pork out of his own pocket to improve the food for his family.

Two taels of pork are indeed a little less, it's not that Zhu Shun doesn't want to buy more, he really has no money.

The earthen house looks dilapidated, but the yard is cleaned up neatly by Zhu Liu's family, unlike other peasant women's homes, where the yard is messy, and things are placed together haphazardly.

Zhu Liushi was washing the family's clothes on the edge of the old well at home, and he was very careful not to use too much force when washing, for fear of rubbing the clothes.

There are only a few coarse linen clothes in the wooden basin, which are not very valuable, but if you buy a new one, it will be a big expense for the family that is barely enough to make ends meet.

Zhu Liushi didn't expect his son to be able to go home today, so it stands to reason that he was on vacation, wiped his hands on the patched cloth skirt, and ran into the stove room: "Son, you go into the house to rest, and my mother will cook the meal in a while." ”

Zhu Shun carried two taels of pork, walked into the thatched stove, shook them in front of his mother, and said with a smile: "Mother, look what this is." ”

Zhu Liushi, who had just lit the dried leaves with a flint, saw the two taels of pork in his son's hand, and his tears almost fell: "My son has really suffered you all these years." ”

"I came out to work at such a young age, if this is in my mother's hometown, a child of your age, who is not studying in a private school."

Zhu Shun knew that his mother felt sorry for him, and he also felt even more sorry for his parents who worked hard all day, but now that he is good, with a full head of knowledge, life will definitely get better.

Zhu Shun already has a plan in his heart, he has to come up with one thing first in the next few days, and the industrial revolution is not the industrial revolution, and he also said that he will improve the living conditions at home first.

Zhu Shun put down the two taels of pork wrapped in oil paper, and said with a smile: "Mother, it's not hard, Ambassador Zhang of the Ordnance Bureau values me very much, and the good days are still to come." ”

This is also the proudest thing about Zhu Zhongren and his wife, if nothing else, their son is valued by his boss, and he is happier than eating Dongpo's elbow.

Zhu Liushi picked up the scoop made of gourds, scooped a few scoops of water from the wooden bucket next to the stove, and poured it into the big iron pot: "Okay, hurry up and go out, the stove is smoky and burning." ”

As soon as he walked out of the stove room, he heard his father giggling and saying something, Zhu Shun glanced in the direction of the door, and hurriedly greeted: "Second uncle." ”

Zhu Shun's father is the eldest in line, and there are two younger brothers, and the lame man who walked in is Zhu Shun's second uncle.

Zhu Shun's second uncle used to be a sergeant in Shanhaiguan, but later because his hamstrings were cut off by Manchu Tartars, he was disabled and had to go home.

In Zhu Shun's memory, this second uncle used to love him the most, and every time he received a reward, he always had to buy Zhu Shun a osmanthus cake first.

So much so that the second uncle's own son cried and made trouble every time, saying that his father was eccentric.

Second uncle Zhu Zhongyi heard Zhu Shun call him, his dark face grinned, limped over, stretched out his hand and took out a dried jujube that he didn't know how many days it had been placed.

Zhu Shun took the dried jujube with both hands, his nose was a little sour, how could he be lucky to have so many family members who loved him.

The second uncle was followed by six teenagers, all of whom were Zhu Shun's cousins.

Zhu Shun's third uncle and second uncle have completely different personalities, they are idle and don't do anything all day long, but they also love Zhu Shun very much.

Zhu Shun tore open the dried dates, divided them into seven portions as before, and each person divided a small point, and ate the dried dates together.

It was just a little dried jujube, and Zhu Shun felt sweeter than anything he had eaten before.

After eating dried dates, Zhu Shun took his six tall but thin younger brothers out of the house and walked around the village.

Since he came to the Ming Dynasty, this matter is Zhu Shun's greatest pleasure, no way, who let him have many brothers, all of them are tall, and they are all brought out to have a face.

Standing on the stone bridge at the entrance of the village, he quietly watched the scenery of the fields for a while, and it was estimated that it was almost time to eat, so Zhu Shun went back with his six tall younger brothers.

As soon as I walked to the door, I found a bunch of people around the door, as if something had happened.