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Everyone present probably didn't expect that the person who donated the most money was the Song family, who was disgraced because of the divorce some time ago, which made most people very surprised. However, after the surprise, many people immediately understood that the Song family father and son wanted to use this method to redeem the prestige they had lost before.

I have to say that the Song family did take a good step and re-established their reputation with the help of donations, which also made many people present admire the Song family father and son. Of course, these people do not include Zhou Chong, he can't wait to slap himself twice now, he knew that the father and son of the Song family used their own ideas to restore their prestige, and they would not ......

But when he thought of this, Zhou Chong suddenly deflated, even if he knew that the Song father and son of the Song family had made a name for themselves by their own methods, he would still tell Xu Shenzhong about this method, after all, this was related to the lives of more than 20,000 victims behind him.

"Wenda, don't be too frustrated, the most important thing in the mall is credit, through the last divorce, many people have seen the true face of the Song family and his son, so no matter how much they remedy it, it is impossible to change their impression in everyone's hearts at once, and their family's business cannot be restored immediately!" At this time, Li Zheng next to him also saw Zhou Chong's frustration, and immediately opened his mouth to comfort him.

"Forget it, how can there be no price for doing good deeds, the father and son of the Song family can compete for the first place in donations, and they must come up with a lot of silver, and these silver don't know how many victims can be saved by Lu Dao, so they should have donated it for Young Master Ben!" Zhou Chong seems to be very open-minded, dealing with people like the Song family's father and son, there will be opportunities in the future, if he slaps him to death, he will be a little boring.

Then the ceremony continued, Lord Wang and Master Song jointly unveiled the red silk on the merit tablet, revealing that the tablet was about six feet high, and the top was carved with cloud patterns and rui beasts, and on the side facing the road, rows of small characters were densely carved, that is, the name and place of origin of the person who made the donation.

After the unveiling ceremony was completed, Xu Zhifu came to the stage to say a few words, and then announced that the ceremony was completed, and the people below also flocked into the pavilion in a swarm, carefully watching the amount of donations from each family on the inscription, and when they saw that the Song family had donated two thousand taels at once, it caused a sensation again, and they looked at the Song father and son, which made the Song master even more proud.

Zhou Chong didn't want to go to the pavilion, but Li Zheng and Zhang Jing were both very curious people, so they dragged him into the pavilion and read the inscription for a long time, discussing which family donated too little money while reading, etc., and the gossip looked no different from the long-tongued woman on the street. Xu Shenzhong was called away by Governor Xu, and he didn't know what was going on in Lu Dao.

However, when Zhou Zhong accompanied Li Zheng and the two to read the inscription, he suddenly felt that someone was approaching, and when he turned around, he found that it was the second son of Song who had been cheated by himself several times.

"Zhou Gongzi is really leisurely and elegant, and he actually came here to watch the merit monument, but unfortunately our Song family ranks first on the monument, but your Zhou family doesn't even have a name, it's really pitiful!" Song Ergongzi said provocatively to Zhou Zhong with a smug face. Today, their Song family is in the limelight, which makes the second son of Song also more confident, and it just so happened that he saw Zhou Zhong in the crowd, so he came over and prepared to ridicule him.

Zhou Zhong didn't expect that this second son of Song would dare to take the initiative to provoke, only to see him first look the other party up and down a few times, and then sneered at each other: "Who should I be?" It turned out to be the second son of Song who invited me to tea last time, what's the matter, do you want to invite Zhou to tea today? ”

Hearing Zhou Chong mention the incident of being cheated in the teahouse last time, Song Ergongzi's heart suddenly surged with anger, and he pointed at Zhou Chong angrily and said: "Shameless, only a villain like you would use that kind of subordinate!" ”

"Ha Lu haha~, each other! Your Song family is treacherous, and the name of the villain has been known all over the city, in comparison, Zhou's shamelessness is really too far behind your father and son! "Zhou Zhong in his previous life has dealt with all kinds of people, and if he wants to squeeze a person with words, the most important thing is not to get angry, and it is best to make a smile, so as to achieve twice the result with half the effort.

Sure enough, seeing Zhou Chong's smiling appearance, coupled with his angry words, Song Ergongzi was furious, pointing at Zhou Chong's whole body trembling, and his mouth kept "you...... You ......" speechless.

Seeing that Song Ergongzi was so uncontrollable, Zhou Zhong was contemptuous, this kind of person was squeezed like this by himself in a few words, and there was no city government at all. In contrast, that Master Song is much more difficult, although he has only met the other party once, but after this period of time in the open and secret, Zhou Zhong found that Master Song is not only thick-skinned, but also good at seizing opportunities, and only this kind of person is qualified to become his current opponent.

It was precisely when he thought of these that Zhou Zhong looked at the red-faced Song Ergongzi in front of him, and suddenly felt a sense of humor, as if he was bullying a child, and he didn't have any sense of accomplishment at all. Fortunately, at this time, Li Zheng and Zhang Kuang also finished reading the inscription, Zhou Zhong didn't pay attention to Song Ergongzi, walked over and pulled Li Zheng and the two out of the pavilion, leaving the angry Song Ergongzi who wanted to chase but didn't dare, and was very unwilling to chase in his heart.

But just as Zhou Chong came out of the pavilion, suddenly someone stopped him again, this time it was a middle-aged man dressed as a servant who stopped Zhou Chong, and he saluted Zhou Chong and said: "Zhou Gongzi, please stay, my lord is invited!" ”

The middle-aged servant said, stretched out his hand and pointed to the north side of the pavilion, Zhou Zhong turned his head to look, only to find that his prospective father-in-law, Wang Lun, was standing there, and as before, he was still staring at him with an unkind face.

Seeing that it was Wang Lun who invited him over, Zhou Chong immediately felt his scalp tingle. After hearing Xu Shenzhong's words before, he planned to go back and prepare to visit the Zhou Mansion again, but he didn't expect Wang Lun to be a quick temper, and he found himself directly after the ceremony?

Li Zheng and Zhang Kuang also saw Wang Lun in the distance, as Zhou Chong's friends, they naturally knew the relationship between Master Wang and Zhou Chong, so they immediately smiled and cheered Zhou Chong. In addition, Zhou Zhong was under the gaze of Master Wang, and there was nowhere to escape if he wanted to, so he had to follow the middle-aged servant to Wang Lun in front of him.

"Cough~, little nephew Zhou Chong, meet Uncle Wang!" Zhou Chong cleared his throat, and then gave a deep salute, although he knew that the other party was angry with him, but the identity of the other party was there, and Zhou Chong could only use his hot face to stick to other people's cold butts.

"Come with me, I have something to ask you!" Seeing that Zhou Chongli was so thoughtful, Wang Lun snorted coldly, and then said in a cold tone. And after finishing speaking, he turned his back to the pavilion and left, Zhou Zhong had no choice but to follow behind Wang Lun.

The two walked north along the road in front of the pavilion, because it had just snowed two days ago, and although the snow on the road had been cleared a little, there was still a lot of snow left on the ground, which made the cars and pedestrians on this road very scarce, but also gave the prospective couple a quiet atmosphere for conversation.

"I heard that you have paid off all the debts in your family?" Wang Lun asked first.

"Uncle Qiyu Wang, the little nephew has indeed paid off his debts!" Zhou Zhong didn't dare to stand side by side with Wang Lun, and replied one step behind him.

"Well, how's it going at home now?" Wang Lun spoke again, but his tone was no longer as cold as before.

"Everything is fine at home now, but among the four aunts, only Aunt Wang stayed, and there are also Bang'er and Duo'er, they are still young, and they are girls, as the eldest brother, I naturally can't let them suffer with me, so during this time, I have been desperately trying to improve the conditions at home, and I have not had the opportunity to visit Uncle Wang, which is really rude!" By asking Wang Lun about the situation at home, Zhou Zhong finally had the opportunity to explain the reason why he didn't visit him.

But it's okay that he didn't explain, as soon as he finished explaining, Wang Lun snorted heavily and said coldly: "Did I say that I was angry with you because you didn't go to me?" ”

Zhou Chong was stunned when he heard this, thinking that since you saw me, you have always had such a stinky face, and Xu Shenzhong also said before that Wang Lun was angry because he didn't visit him, is this still wrong?

I saw that Wang Lun did not stop, he still walked forward unhurriedly, and then said without looking back: "As the only man in the family, it is your responsibility to support your family, and you use the method of writing books to earn money, which is not a disgrace to the identity of a scholar, so I am still very supportive of this, as for whether to visit me or not, it doesn't matter." ”

When he said this, Wang Lun turned his head and glanced at Zhou Chong, and then said: "But you are too bold, dare to write anything in the book, although I am very few people in the Ming Dynasty who are convicted for their words, but your book of Journey to the West is ridiculous and ironic, and some places are too sensitive, so it's best to find a knowledgeable person to help you check it!" ”

If it was placed in the past, Zhou Chong really didn't understand what Wang Lun meant when he said the above words, but as Journey to the West became more and more famous, many readers came to the door to ask for books, and these readers had a good face, and they didn't say it directly, they were all crutches, so Zhou Chong had to let him understand what they meant, and then took the initiative to take out the books for them to borrow.

It is precisely because of his previous experience that after Zhou Chong listened to Wang Lun's words, he immediately understood what the other party meant, because what the other party said was almost the same as those who came to ask for books, but in terms of tone, Wang Lun seemed even more reasonable, after all, he was Zhou Chong's quasi-father-in-law, and the father-in-law asked his son-in-law for something.