In the evening, under a light like a bean, Mao Yulong studied seriously, and his mother was making a female red for the daughter of a large family on this oil lamp, and the little girl was tired of playing at this time, so she fell asleep sweetly on her brother's kang.

Mother and son are quietly busy with their own things under this bean-like light.

At this time, there were three bangs outside, as well as the long voice of the patrol: "The weather is dry, be careful of the fire candles, the world is peaceful, and everything is safe." ”

Before I knew it, it was the third watch, and my mother put down the work in her hand and closed the book of Mao Yulongan: "It's not too early, my son should also rest." ”

Mao Yulong stretched his waist, then rubbed his sour eyes, and said to his mother with a smile: "Mother should also rest, in short, it is not a way to endure so hard." Then I picked up the female red made by my mother, looked at it carefully, and couldn't help but admire: "My mother's work can indeed be called the first in the capital, but I don't know which girl's daughter it is, and I want to use my mother's craftsmanship to fill the façade, and I am not afraid that I will come to my mother-in-law's house in the future and show the stuffing, what kind of embarrassment was it at that time?" ”

The mother smiled and said: "The daughter of the official eunuch doesn't need to be a female celebrity, but this is a matter in the marriage, just do it for others to see, as for the people who have married, they must be the right people, where do you need him to do needlework himself."

On the other side, a new family moved in, an old couple, a son, and a pair of sisters. ”

Hearing this, Mao Yulong's heart couldn't help but tighten, as if the most fragile silk thread in his heart had been plucked fiercely, and it hurt his heart.

The mother didn't know what Mao Yulong thought, so she continued to babble: "Fortunately, they are also from Jiangnan, and everyone is a fellow countryman. Then tsk: "Although they also have a small business in the capital, but I think that in this capital, it is either rich or expensive, it is difficult to have the right person, but it is just to give my mother a chance to earn some money and live a daily life, you should be grateful, not disdainful, which is not in line with your character as a literati." ”

Is your expression disdainful? Mao Yulong rubbed his face with his hand and interrupted his mother's nagging with a smile: "It's still a child who is incompetent, and it drags my mother down to work hard all day." ”

The mother smiled freely, took back the female red and continued to embroider: "Your father died early, leaving us orphans and widows, the silver brought by Jiangnan has been almost spent, if it weren't for your uncle's old kindness, every year to receive the hundred taels of silver, it seems that the three of us can only beg along the street." Then he couldn't help but sigh: "Although my uncle misses the old, after all, the days of relying on people to help him are not a way, and he has to be independent in everything to live a personal life, and he doesn't recognize people's jokes." ”

Mao Yulong stretched his waist at this moment, and then said indifferently: "The two errands given by the emperor are actually with ulterior motives, and those are actually very hot to hold." The sage said, a gentleman does not eat the food that comes from the mouth, but that also depends on the situation, if you don't eat the food that comes from the mouth, you will starve to death, between death and life, I still choose the food that comes from the mouth. However, keep this kindness or contempt in your heart, and in the future, those who are kind will repay the revenge of kindness and revenge, and in the future, this bad debt will be written off. ”

For her son's nonsense and heresy, my mother has long been accustomed to it, but my mother is a strong person, and she is unwilling to accept this kind of charity from her uncle in her bones. It's just because this son of his own, who is studying in the country, although he does not have the teacher's annual fee in name, and there is also a salary, but every New Year's Festival, the thanksgiving gift of three festivals and six birthdays is indispensable. Guozijian is different from other places, the people who study here are not rich or expensive, and they are very generous one by one, in fact, this is also a gift in disguise, I hope that at the end of the year, those doctors of the Five Classics, give themselves a good review, and in the future, they will be able to have a Shunda career.

Especially the mother is still a strong face-saving person, and she doesn't want her son to take out the shabby, so the silver given by the one hundred taels of uncle is ready to be spent on this.

Speaking of silver, Mao Yulong's face suddenly became serious, and he said to his mother: "Mother, it's still far away from the year-end gift, so I want to embezzle the one hundred taels of silver first." ”

Looking at his mother's gloomy face, Mao Yulong knew that this was his mother's suspicion that his original stubborn temperament had recovered, and he wanted to take the silver to spend all day and drink outside, so he immediately explained to his mother: "Uncle's silver, although it is not food to eat, but after all, it is a little ashamed to hold it, especially the uncle's embarrassing situation, we can't always rely on it, not to mention that the little sister is growing up, and she also needs enlightenment, and at the same time, she must prepare a dowry, and marry out in the future, don't let her suffer in her mother-in-law's house, therefore, I want to do some business in this capital and save some money. ”

At this time, the Ming Dynasty was not imagined by later generations, the merchants were humble to the point of being incomprehensible, because according to later generations, capitalism had begun to sprout, merchants and handicraft workshop owners, had unconsciously become a class of the Ming Dynasty, their strength and power, is slowly infiltrating the entire bureaucratic class, in fact, behind all the officials, their families, or openly or covertly are running businesses, one is to launder the stolen money, and the other is to cope with the expanding extravagance. So being an official and doing business is not a shameful thing, even if those new nobles of the country, in their names even the most filthy brothels are not a few, and the money that has ruined countless people is the largest income of those sanctimonious gentry, in this era, the rigid thinking with the prosperity of commerce and handicrafts, especially with the death of Wei Zhongxian to open the sea trade, has been constantly impacted by new thinking inside and outside, has slowly moved towards opening up.

But the old lady was surprised by Mao Yulong's sudden desire to do business, put down the needlework in her hand, and said solemnly to her son: "You are only sixteen years old now, the most important thing for you now is to cherish this rare opportunity, and it is serious to study well, as for the problem of making money to support your family, you don't have to worry too much, every year your uncle has 100 taels, and then there is your mother's craft, even if you don't expect your two errands to be paid, so that you can calmly finish studying Taixue." ”

Mao Yulong was silent, he already knew that you would object, in this era when everything is inferior, only reading is high, and the parents who want their son Jackie Chan to have the only way to get ahead are to study, not to mention that he still has the identity of this prisoner.

Mao Yulong wanted to continue, but his mother packed up her things and stood up and said: "Don't think nonsense, only when you get ahead in the future and become a big official, can you truly repay your uncle's kindness." It's not early, school will start tomorrow, and I have to go to Guozijian early to attend class, if it's delayed, I'll have to eat those teachers' boards. After speaking, he picked up the sleeping little girl and went back to his room, and when he left, he did not forget to blow out the oil lamp and forced his son to sleep.

The son's diligence is indeed likeable, but if he burns down his body, then the gain outweighs the loss.

Seeing my mother and little sister go out, I closed the door in the dark, took off my clothes and lay on the bed, but I couldn't sleep, my plan to make money must not be given up, the so-called 10,000 years is too long, seize the day, there are still 20 years, it seems to be a long time, but the real key is the time of these three or two years, I must use these three or two years to lay a solid foundation, and so on Chongzhen to take power in Donglin, those guys who regard themselves as good for nothing, will implement a series of inexplicable national policies, will completely suppress the commercial activity of the entire Ming Dynasty, and it will be even more difficult to make money at that time.

So in the process of constantly scrutinizing the details of making money and making a lot of money, Mao Wenlong fell asleep in a daze.