Zhou Zhi told Hu Zhe that the fire had happened and could not be reversed, and what he needed to do now was to cheer up as soon as possible and live the current life of the Hu family.

In the end, Zhou Zhi's eyes were cold, and he said, "If this fire is really deliberately done by someone, although there is no trace now, it will eventually show traces of the horse's feet one day."

This matter must be considered in the long run, slowly and secretly investigated, and one day if the arsonist is found, we must make him pay for everything we have lost today, and he will have to pay an even more painful price. ”

He seemed to be speaking to Hochul, and more often than not, to himself.

Family is Zhou Zhi's reverse scale, this Hochul is his future brother-in-law, and he seems to regard Hochul as a family member at this time. Whoever bullied Zhou Zhi's family, Zhou Zhi will definitely return it a hundred times. His abilities may be limited right now, but he believes that one day he will be able to do it.

Everything will be fine, it's just going to take time.

After coming out of Hu's house, Fan Jin said goodbye and went home, and the father and son walked back to Baiyue Village.

Zhou Zhi is more willing to believe Hu Zhe's words about the fire in the Hu family, it is not a natural fire, but someone deliberately did it. So on the way home, Zhou Zhi said something to his father Zhou Tie, and then went to Nanzhuang.

He Nanzhuang Liu Hui has also been missing for some days, Zhou Zhi came to visit him, and secondly, he asked Liu Hui to quietly investigate the arson of the Hu family in Gaochang Town.

In Zhou Zhi's mind, the person who dared to set fire must not be an honest person, and it is very likely that he will be a gangster and a kind of person.

Things gather by like, people by groups, and people like gangsters near Gaochang Town will definitely have an intersection with Liu Hui. Liu Hui mobilized his younger brothers to investigate secretly, and it was possible to find out the truth.

After Zhou Zhi and Liu Hui met, Zhou Zhi told him about the fire in Hu's house, and Liu Hui almost didn't think about it, so he concluded that someone did it.

Obviously, Liu Hui and his younger brothers have naturally done a lot of things like arson, and he is an experienced person.

In Liu Hui's words, where is there so much heavenly fire? If it is a natural fire, why is it that other people's shops are not on fire, and other people's shops adjacent to the Hu family's silk cotton shop will also be intact?

Of course, as for the person who set fire to the Hu family's shop, Liu Hui naturally doesn't know now.

However, he said very refreshingly, "Brother Zhou Zhixian, Brother Wei has already said that we are good brothers for life, and your thoughtful matter is my Liu Hui's matter, you can rest assured, I Liu Hui will definitely find out about this matter and hand over the arsonist to Brother Xian." ”

He said it categorically and resolutely.

What is Brother? This is the brother, as long as you open your mouth, he will agree with him, and treat it as his own business, or even more important than his own business.

There is no need to say the words of thanking Liu Hui, Zhou Zhi and Liu Hui chatted for a while, and it was almost dusk, Zhou Zhi came out of Liu Hui's house before going home.

The fire in Hu's shop can be regarded as a small episode, after Zhou Zhi went home, he put this matter down and concentrated on reading and practicing calligraphy again.

The exams are getting closer and closer, and the most important thing at the moment is reading. Zhou Zhi was already able to write a decent eight-strand essay at this time, but he still lacked polish to form a good article. This requires him to constantly figure out and read more books.

Every first half month, Zhou Zhi would go to Lu Xingchuan's house and let Lu Xingchuan, Fan Jin, Wei Haogu and others review some of the eight-strand essays he wrote and put forward their opinions.

Although they are only talented or children, after all, they have read a lot of books, and their Bagu Wen is still very good.

At present, there are no famous teachers, and humbly seeking advice from them is the only choice.

The days passed like this day by day, and it was nearly a month in a flash, and it was the eighth day of the seventh month in a blink of an eye.

The potatoes on the four acres of land have all been planted, and Daddy Zhou Tie was busy in the stable, and he was very pleased to look at the huge belly of the official horse for a while. According to the calculation of days, the production of official horses is also a matter of the past few days.

According to the regulations of the Ming government, barley horses must pay a foal every three years, if they can't pay, the government will fine six taels of silver.

The barley horse that the Zhou family has only raised for a year is about to give birth to a foal, and this foal is produced and handed over to the government, so in the remaining two years, if the official horse produces another foal, the government will use five taels of silver to recycle.

Raising the official horse was originally a chore assigned by the government to the people, and it was thankless. But if there is a reward of silver, it will be a lucky thing!

Zhou Tie had just arrived in the courtyard, and the "mystery boy" Uncle Wang entered the courtyard with a depressed face, followed by an old man who was about fifty years old. Zhou Tie knew the old man, who was the old housekeeper of the Chen family, named Chen Deng.

As the housekeeper of the Chen family, this Chen Deng is as big as the master and how big the slave is, and he usually holds his head high to the sky, arrogant and domineering.

At this time, Chen Deng was holding two huge gift boxes in both hands, and was looking at Zhou Tie with a happy face, looking at his appearance, as if he had changed into a different person. You must know that when he saw Zhou Tie before, he didn't even raise his eyelids, let alone smile so kindly at Zhou Tie.

Since the Zhou family became rich, Zhou Tie's waist pole was also stiff, he first said hello to Uncle Wang, and said, "Brother Wang, what's the matter today?" ”

I don't know why Uncle Wang's face instantly turned red and purple, and he stammered and couldn't speak. The Chen Deng behind him took two steps forward and said with a smile, "Zhou Tie, Brother Zhou, the old man came to look for you, naturally it is a good thing, a great good thing!" ”

Zhou Tie was stunned, the Zhou family has never had anything to do with the Chen family, but last year Zhou Zhi offended Chen Wenju because of a bet, but the Chen family didn't seem to show any signs of revenge.

At this moment, Zhou Zhi came out of the house, and Zhou Tie hurriedly said, "Xiaozhi, come here, Steward Chen of the Chen family has something." ”

In Zhou Tie's mind, Chen Deng's visit to the door may not be a good thing, but it must be a big thing. When the Zhou family encountered a major event, Zhou Tie had long been accustomed to letting Zhou Zhi deal with it, after all, every time Zhou Zhi dealt with it in a proper manner, which was very much in line with his heart.

Zhou Tie often thinks, not to mention whether Zhou Zhi's reading can make a name for himself, just because he can handle things after reading more, he must support Zhou Zhi's reading.

Zhou Zhi smiled bitterly in his heart, and said secretly, Dad doesn't want to care about anything now, just leave things to himself.

But if you think about it carefully, eighty percent of the mothers don't know how many times they have grinded with their fathers, and they encountered big things for Zhou Zhi to deal with, and Zhou Tie couldn't handle them. From this point of view, Zhou Tie can be regarded as self-aware and a smart move.

Zhou Zhi saw Uncle Wang and Chen Deng, so he immediately made a gesture of invitation and asked the two of them to enter the house.

Although Zhou Tie does not deal with things personally, he must follow along, and he still has to interject a few words when necessary.

After taking a seat in the back room, Zhou Zhi immediately asked, "I don't know what Uncle Wang is here for?" ”

"Mystery Boy" Uncle Wang was very embarrassed, his face was even more than the cockscomb, and he said vaguely, "The old man won't tell you, let Steward Chen tell you!" ”