Chapter 55: The pressure is great
The idlers were gone, Cheng Naixuan saw that Jin Bao was sitting on the bed a little cramped, but his eyes were cautiously looking at himself, although he had always felt that it was a little funny for Wang Fulin to accept an eight-year-old adopted son, but at this time he couldn't help but step forward. But before his hand could reach Jinbao's head, Wang Fulin took a step forward to block him, and his face was a little unsightly.
"Don't hit my son."
Cheng Naixuan froze for a moment, and then smiled flatteringly: "Shuangmu, you don't really have a habit of breaking sleeves, right?" I really didn't, I was also forced to marry and had no choice, so I had to make this decision! You don't know, I grinded my grandmother and my mother alive and dead in order not to marry blindly, hoping to be able to take a picture with her, but do you know what? That spring was bright, the blue sky and white clouds, the peach blossoms fell in the wind, the colorful butterflies and bees were flying, in such a beautiful peach forest, looking from afar, a girl with black hair, lotus shirt and lotus silk skirt stood under the peach tree with her back to me, that scene is not very exciting? β
Wang Fulin didn't expect Cheng Naixuan to suddenly tell him a story, and he was a little surprised at first. Substituting this narrative, he couldn't help but nod slightly, and then asked rhetorically: "What, is it possible that people turn their heads and turn out to be ugly?" β
"If that's the case, that's it!" Cheng Naixuan smiled bitterly, and then said with palpitations, "She first recited a butterfly love flower there, and her voice was as pleasant as a silver bell. But as a result, the person suddenly turned around, but it was a green-faced fang! I was so frightened that I ran away, and now that I think about it, it must have been her prank, at most she wore a ghost mask, but I didn't expect her to release a vicious big dog! You don't know, I was chased by that vicious dog for a quarter of an hour, and I was almost crazy! β
No wonder, it turned out that the style of painting suddenly changed! Wang Fu Linden didn't know what to say, and finally squeezed out four words that were very illogical: "Mourning and change." β
Cheng Naixuan didn't think there was anything wrong with Wang Fulin's four words at all, he sat on Jinbao's bed with his head in his hands, and said listlessly: "I can't forget this matter for the rest of my life, and I didn't dare to say it to my father, but who would have thought that my father would help me settle this marriage when he saw that I had nothing to say, but pity me for meeting this time, it's better not to see me!" β
Even Jinbao was dumbfounded, he never thought that just talking about marriage before the man and woman met would develop to such a point. And he suddenly thought of the chance encounter with Wang Fulin on the back street of the county, and hurriedly looked at his adoptive father. Wang Fulin has been doing a lot lately, and he has long forgotten about the chance encounter, but continues to ask in a gossip spirit: "By the way, which girl is it?" β
Cheng Naixuan glanced up at Wang Fulin with some resentment, and then glanced at Jinbao again, as if he felt a little embarrassed for the child to hear it, so he drooped his head and said, "I don't say okay?" Let me preserve some dignity! Fortunately, I don't have to get married immediately, otherwise I would like to ask for ten or eight concubines to put in the room first, so that I won't be bullied in the future, and the pressure will be too great! β
Today's matter of Zhao Sicheng was solved, just now a large group of students were crowded here, some things are not easy to say, originally Wang Fulin also wanted to discuss some other issues with Cheng Dagongzi, but now seeing that his casual question actually aroused the endless sadness of the other party, he was a little unbearable. Especially this last sentence that should have been worthy of condemnation, but now he only thinks it is funny.
The concubine bought the maid in order to prevent the future wife from entering the door and bullying her husband, what kind of logic is this!
So, he could only pat Cheng Naixuan's shoulder considerately, and encouraged in a sincere voice: "Brother Cheng, I support you spiritually!" β
He only has the ability to support him mentally, the future Mrs. Cheng Shao who actually let the dog chase her fiancΓ© is too terrible, he doesn't want to deal with it!
Although I miss my two younger sisters at home very much, and I have entered the city twice, I have regarded this Majia Inn as a permanent residence, which is like flowing water, and I am not very interested in the hero's banquet upstairs, but Cheng Kui and others are kind to invite, Wang Fulin is really just such a feeling, even if he returns to his heart like an arrow, he can only stay for two more days.
So, early the next morning, Wu Tianbao hurriedly came to see him resign, saying that he wanted to go back immediately, contact the mayors of the district, and prepare to collect the summer tax in the levy and loss warehouse when the time comes, so he asked him to bring a letter back to Songmingshan to report safety, who knows that Wu Tianbao nodded with a smile At the same time, he said with relief: "This time your experience is as thrilling as the last time, plus Zhao Sicheng has fallen, I am afraid that the news has already passed back, Shaoyun and Youhan must know." It's a pity that your father and mother are not here, otherwise I would be very happy to see you so capable now. β
Uncle, you are wrong, if the two of them are here, the fiery eyes are by no means comparable to a pair of little girls in the family, and at that time I can only pretend to be lonely and cold! Wang Fulin sighed secretly, and then thought with relief that even if his parents returned from Hankou in the future, after all, after such a long time, and after his "great changes", no matter what went wrong, he would be able to fool him in the name.
Wang Fulin couldn't help but say sorry apologetically for the battle of the grain chief who was also on his uncle's stall, but Wu Tianbao seemed very open-minded, because he said with a smile: "In the past, the grain chief was forever charged, but now it is a friend who is charged in turn, grit your teeth and endure it, you can pass, you don't have to take it to heart." Moreover, our Huizhou Mansion is luckier than Nanzhili and other prefectures and counties in Zhejiang and Zhejiang, the part that is transported to Nanjing is the natural color of wheat, and the summer tax wheat that is transported to the Jingku and Guanglu Temple Treasurys in the capital are all folded colors, and the cost of carriages and horses on the road can be saved a lot. β
Wang Fulin is no longer the time when his eyes were blackened, and he knows that this so-called is all folded color, which means that in these summer taxes, all the wheat that should be sent to Beijing is converted into silver taels to collect, and the wheat sent to Nanjing is directly stored in kind. But there are two sides to everything, although this is a good thing for the grain chief, but for the common people, they have to face another big problem - they have to sell the grain they have worked so hard to grow, and they can't ask for copper coins, they have to exchange them for silver! This is often the time for profiteers to make a fortune.
In the past, copper was expensive and silver was cheap, but when it was exchanged for huΓ n, the ratio was different.
His family was able to escape this catastrophe, and in the face of his uncle's current predicament, Wang Fulin felt heavy in his heart. After sending the person to the door of the inn to say goodbye, he saw that the figure gradually disappeared from sight, and he felt an indescribable guilt. After all, soon after he opened his eyes in this life, Wu Tianbao helped him a lot, including the previous time he helped him go to the county seat to get the naturalization documents for Jinbao without asking the reason, and this time he rushed to the county seat as the grain chief, and did not forget to cheer him up, and gave him five taels of silver. You know, this uncle himself is waiting for money!
Because of the timely dispersal of stasis and dressing, Ye Xiaopang's soft cushion was also useful at the beginning, and although Jinbao's legs were still not so convenient, they were barely able to walk. At this time, he saw off Wu Tianbao, and he insisted on following him. Seeing Wang Fulin's stunned expression, he reminded in a low voice: "Dad, my uncle has already left." β
"Hmm." Wang Fulin agreed lightly, and then said to Jinbao, "If you go to school in the future, remember to be filial to your uncle, he did what you did when you became a naturalized citizen." Okay, it's not too early, you should also go to Master Li's to listen to the lecture."
"Yes, I see!"
Wang Fulin always put the word "going to school" on his lips, and at first Jinbao would protest a little, but now it has become natural. Although he followed Master Li to listen to the lecture, but it was only a short six or seven days of effort, but Master Li, who was proficient in the way of the science field, really opened up a new world for him, and what is even more rare is that Master Li not only knows how to take exams himself, but also teaches the method of taking exams, and his ability to recite by ear is also vividly exerted, if it weren't for his sensible not showing his talent, the life of Ye Xiaopang in the same class would be even more difficult! Because of this, he also worked hard.
Dad said that he would let himself take the Xiucai exam after two years!
Jinbao is now inconvenient to walk, and several palanquin drivers are not happy, and even scrambled to send people to the county magistrate's office today. And Jinbao left, Wang Fulin had another trouble in his heart,
That is, when his father and son come back to Songming Mountain, what should Jinbao's schoolwork do? Just looking at Jinbao's elated and energetic appearance when he talked about class when he came back at night, he knew that he trusted Master Li, the teacher, and Master Li's level was not bad, but it was impossible for him to pack Ye Xianzun, the door man, back to Songming Mountain, right? The folk customs of Songming Mountain are good, suitable for living in peace, but now the family's finances are tight, and it is a little difficult to dig gold in the village.
Obviously the problem has been solved, why is it still a lot of pressure? It's really hard to be the head of this family!
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