Shen Xi's proposal to Hui Niang was actually a powerful counterattack against the rest of the pharmacies in the city.

If you want not to be bullied in the business field, you have to hide your weak side and turn yourself into a sharp thorn, and whoever provokes you will have his hands covered in blood. Shen Xi decided to instill some survival philosophy and Hui Niang from time to time, warning her that if she still had the attitude of calming things down, the jackal did not get a painful lesson, and she would definitely come back one after another.

Soon it was Layue, the weather was getting colder, and Shen Xi couldn't help but wear two more clothes when he went out.

Ninghua County is located in the back of Tingzhou Mansion, the eastern foot of Wuyi Mountain, where there is no scorching heat in summer, no severe cold in winter, spring is up to four months, it is a famous summer resort in later generations, in the impression of Shen Xi should be warm in winter, go out at most wear a long-sleeved coat.

But at this time, it was the middle of the Ming Dynasty, in the middle of the Xiaoice period, Fujian including the coastal winter is very cold, and even three or five snowfalls a year, dyeing the mountains white, which is almost unimaginable in a few hundred years.

Shen Xi continued his almost fixed life every day, going to school, leaving school, helping in the pharmacy, and occasionally he would go to the deserted dilapidated house behind the Wang family's mansion to fiddle with his calligraphy and paintings, and his small life was extremely comfortable.

It's a pity that this Ninghua County is not a rich place after all.

Shen Xi imitated Huang Gongwang's landscape paintings, and he had not been able to sell them for a month in the "Sigu Zhai" next door to the pharmacy. Usually people with status and status, buy a calligraphy and painting and go back to hang Chong Chong's face, spend a few dollars of silver and feel expensive, but Shen Xi's paintings start at more than ten taels of silver, so no one cares about it at all.

After entering the wax moon, the business of the pharmacy was much lighter, and the Zhou family began to have time to sew new clothes for the family, Shen Xi, Lin Dai and Shen Mingjun each had a set, waiting to wear them on the first day of the Lunar New Year.

This day was the third day of the lunar month, and Zhou couldn't rest assured, so after Shen Xi got out of school, Zhou took him to Wang's house to visit Shen Mingjun. In the past two months, Shen Mingjun has eaten and lived in Wang's house, and he only goes back once or twice a decade, and he still comes and goes in a hurry.

Shen Xi actually wondered why his father didn't care about his family.

It is easy to understand that he did not go home when there was a plague before, after all, the main family was afraid that the people in the house would be infected, so it was understandable to minimize the number of people in the family going out, but at this time, the plague has passed for so long, and there is no reason not to let people go. Shen Xi also asked, and Shen Mingjun casually said that the master's side was too busy, and it was too much time to go back and forth.

Shen Xi thought to himself, no matter how busy his father was, he couldn't walk a few streets home from Wang's house, and the road took at most two quarters of an hour, obviously there was another reason when he didn't go home.

The Zhou family took Shen Xi to the Wang family, but the Wang family just sent a family member to receive them, and they didn't even look at Steward Liu's face.

When people went in and passed through, a man in the tent came out with a swagger, waved his hand and said, "Go back, Mingjun followed the master to the countryside, and he will come back in a few days." ”

I didn't see Shen Mingjun when I came here, and the Zhou family naturally didn't dare to attack in the Wang family, and as soon as he walked out of the gate of the Wang family after saying goodbye, he began to mumble constantly, saying that your father didn't want to leave the city regardless of his family, and he didn't say a word to his wife and children, obviously he didn't have his family in his heart, and Shen Xi's ears were about to grind out calluses.

"Mother, when was the last time my father came home? I don't think I saw my dad in half a month. ”

When he was about to arrive at the door, Shen Xi asked casually. Because Shen Mingjun occasionally came back when he was in school, he was not sure if his father had come back in the past half a month.

Zhou thought for a moment and said, "The last time we saw your father should be the same day...... When your father came back, he didn't even eat a meal, but just left a sentence and left, as if to say that the lord's side was going to send him to the countryside to collect the rent...... Ah, it can't be that you didn't go back to the city that time, right? ”

Shen Xi shook his head: "It shouldn't be!" Most of the fields of the Wang family are in the east of the city, although there are some in the mountains in the south of the city, but at most two or three days can play a round trip, and it will not take so much time to collect the land rent. ”

Zhou thought so, and then frowned and glared at Shen Xi: "How do you kid know so much?" In the end, the Wang family has a big business, do you know how many fields the Wang family has? ”

Shen Xi smiled bitterly, and naturally did not answer positively.

In fact, Shen Xi didn't need to deliberately investigate this problem, he had a very good relationship with Wang Lingzhi, the young master of the Wang family, Wang Lingzhi often came to play with him, and Wang Lingzhi knew everything he had about it.

Wang Lingzhi is two years older than Shen Xi, and he knows a lot about the situation at home, even if the family has a few acres of land, he has made a loss in business, and why his brother is in prison.

Wang Lingzhi has a brother and a sister.

My brother is now in prison in Wuchang Mansion in Huguang because of a business dispute, and this is still the result of the Wang family's efforts, otherwise he may be sentenced to Liaodong Chongjun.

Listening to Wang Lingzhi's meaning, the reason why his brother had a problem also offended the official family, and he was maliciously framed by the other party. As for Wang Lingzhi's sister, she has been married in the first two years, and her husband's family is a big businessman in Quanzhou Mansion.

Now, Wang Lingzhi's father takes him very seriously, and has always wanted Wang Lingzhi to study and take the road of the imperial examination, but he doesn't want him to repeat the mistakes of his father and brother.

Back at the entrance of the alley, it was still early, and the pharmacy was wide open, but there were no more customers inside.

Seeing Zhou's mother and son coming back, Hui Niang came over and asked, "Why did my sister come back so soon, have you ever seen your brother-in-law?" ”

Zhou shook his head and sighed, and scolded: "This one has no conscience, he didn't say a word to his family when he went out of the city, our mother and son went on a trip and pounced, didn't he have a wild woman outside?" ”

Hui Niang hurriedly said: "Sister, don't think nonsense...... I think my brother-in-law is very good, down-to-earth and steady, not like a person with a lot of thoughts. Besides, my sister is so beautiful and virtuous, do you have no confidence in yourself, and you are afraid that you will not be able to control a man's heart? ”

This was originally a whisper between sisters, but it happened that Shen Xi was drinking tea on the side, and suddenly felt as if he was sitting in the wrong place. Although Hui Niang treats him as an adult on weekdays, she doesn't shy away from him when she says something that shouldn't be said.

Zhou was a little resentful: "The New Year is coming in a few days, and I still want to discuss with him whether to go back to the village or not. ”

Shen Xi interjected: "Mother, dad won't want us, right?" ”

"Stinky boy, are you looking for a fight?"

Zhou was about to hit someone in a rage, and Shen Xi just took this opportunity to slip away...... Hui Niang always likes to say it in front of him when she talks privately with Zhou, he doesn't want to hear it, so he has to find a way to avoid it.

Shen Xi returned to his home in the back alley, Lin Dai and Lu Xi'er, two little Lori, were in the yard, sitting around a small table, it turned out that Lin Dai was teaching Lu Xi'er to write.

Lin Dai hadn't learned a few words, but at the moment she was dipping a small wooden stick in water and writing crooked and untidy words on the table one by one.

Lu Xi'er sat on the side, watching without squinting, for Lu Xi'er, writing is a very magical thing, but it is definitely not as interesting as throwing a shuttlecock.

"Brother Shen Xi, come quickly, my sister is teaching me how to write."

Lu Xi'er was more affectionate to Shen Xi, because Shen Xi would coax her and accommodate her. When Lu Xi'er ran over to speak, because she was changing her teeth, her mouth was leaking and her speech was slurred.

Shen Xi looked at the words on the table, it couldn't be simpler. Lin Dai looked at him, worried about whether she had written correctly.

Shen Xi smiled: "Is it okay for my brother to teach you to write?" ”

"Okay."

Lu Xi'er was even happier, "My mother said that Brother Shen Xi is very good at reading and writing, and Xi'er wants to learn to write from Brother Shen Xi." ”

Lin Dai was a little dissatisfied when she heard this: "I know that your brother Shen Xi has been teaching you for a long time." ”

Maybe it's because girls are naturally jealous, Lin Dai has never been very friendly to Lu Xi'er, and Shen Xi guessed that it should be related to Lin Dai's life experience.

Lin Dai often had nightmares and called her father and mother after falling asleep, but when she woke up and asked her nothing, she obviously had something on her mind...... Since she was a child, she had no father or mother, and she was adopted as a child daughter-in-law, and when she saw a girl who was younger than her and equally cute, she had a mother's pain, and someone to play with, she naturally had a different mood in her heart.

Shen Xi stopped Lin Dai: "Don't go, sit down and I'll teach you to read and write." ”

Lin Dai pouted and said dissatisfiedly: "What you taught Xi'er must be the simplest words, I can write them, so don't learn them with her." ”

Shen Xi didn't expect Lin Dai to actually make her little daughter lose her temper.

On weekdays, Lin Dai behaves like a good girl in front of Zhou, but in front of him and Lu Xi'er, she loses her temper for no reason, which shows that Lin Dai is still a little scheming at a young age.

However, Shen Xi didn't care much, Lin Dai's life experience was not simple, and he needed to dig out and understand step by step, which may be one of the joys of his growth in this life.

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