Because he can't read books, Shu Zhenbang doesn't have to read anymore. Although he didn't like to study, he was suddenly ordered by his family to follow the boat, and he still missed the time when there was no wind and sun in class. He also thought about saving some silver by working, and then went to the field to try it, but how much silver could he accumulate by holding a boat to deliver goods in Dianshan Lake? Just two meals of coarse grains a day is barely enough.

If he has one tael or two taels of silver in his hand, Shu Zhenbang would rather buy some rice, cut some meat, and eat a full meal.

"What's the fuss! Hurry up! Boss Shu shouted at the bow of the boat.

Boss Shu is not the real boss, just because he is in charge of the boat and is the boss of the boat, so he is called Boss Shu. There are a total of three shipwrights on this boat, except for Boss Shu, it is Shu Zhenbang and his brother Shu Zhenguo. The names of the two brothers are very atmospheric, but unfortunately people only call them "Shu Da" and "Shu Er" on weekdays, and they wasted the twenty wen money spent by Shu Boss for naming in vain.

"Thinking about reading again?" Shu Da asked his younger brother, "You haven't died yet?" ”

Shu Zhenbang sighed and said, "It's just a boat, and I've wasted all these years of reading." ”

Shu Da sneered: "What have you read all these years? If you want to waste it, you have to read it first. ”

Shu Zhenbang was about to refute, but he found that his mind was empty, and he seemed to have forgotten all the books he had read before. This made him panic a little, and he tried to squeeze some chapters out of his head as he propped up the boat.

Shu Da saw his brother's embarrassment and said, "That day, my father and mother said that you were smarter than me, and sent you to Lu Fuzi to study, and asked you to take the exam and go to the next stage." So much money was wasted in vain. What now? Haven't you gone back to the old way of holding boats? After others finish reading, they can find a shop to be a buddy, but you can't do anything. ”

"Who said that! It's just because I offended Xu Yuanzuo, and no one is willing to accept me. Shu Zhenbang shouted.

Boss Shu turned around and snorted angrily. Tell your son not to talk nonsense.

Although the Xu family has moved from Zhuli to Tanghang, and the house here has also been rented to foreign merchants, Xu Yuanzuo's team is still in Zhuli. Thirty or fifty people, all holding the rice bowl given by Xu Yuanzuo, were loyal to him, but they all had money and land. Even Zhu Dahu invited a few of these people to join Hechuntang so that they could work together for Xiangzi.

What a great power these people are, they have dozens of taels of silver to take every year. Let them hear that someone is slandering Xu Yuanzuo, and they don't know what means to use.

Shu Zhenbang naturally knew those people, not to mention anything else, the first few people who followed Xu Yuanzuo were all his classmates - of course, Xu Yuanzuo was also his classmate. He had never looked at those people and felt that he should be more capable than them. It's a pity that he took the lead in questioning Xu Yuanzuo's unfairness in picking people that day, so that he was hated by Xu Yuanzuo, and he couldn't find a job as a buddy anymore.

At least in Zhuli, everyone knows that Shu Zhenbang once lost Xu Yuanzuo's face, even if he doesn't know the specific situation, he will not take the liberty of accepting such a trouble-making guy. In any case, Xu Yuanzuo's reputation in Zhuli is still excellent.

"What kind of character is Zuo Ge'er, can you remember such a little person as you?" Shu Da disagreed: "You are in front of others." It's like a fart! ”

Shu Zhenbang almost fought with his brother. He knew that his brother was jealous that he could read, and he knew that in order for him to be able to read. My brother got on the boat at a very young age and helped his father with his work. In this way, it can save a manpower, and there is no need to hire workers outside, and the money saved is naturally filled into the bottomless pit of "reading".

The Shu family actually didn't let Shu Zhenbang have the delusion of being a showman. They also know it's whimsical.

Let my son study, and be able to be a buddy in the future, or even a bookkeeper. This is a real "big dream". If someone recommends it, Shu Zhenbang will work hard for more than ten or twenty years, and it will really be possible.

Until Shu Zhenbang provoked Xu Yuanzuo. All the shops in Zhuli were not willing to recruit such an apprentice, so he took 10,000 steps back and said: In case Xu Yuanzuo enters the store one day and finds such a little person who makes him unhappy. Turn around and leave—how much money the store has to lose!

Xu Yuanzuo is the little God of Wealth, this has become a recognized fact, and the store hires a guy who commits the God of Wealth, isn't this self-inflicted?

Therefore, Shu Zhenbang was completely disliked by the Zhuli business circle. As a result, the opportunity for the Shu family to change their doors disappeared, so they could only continue to support the boat to fish, deliver food to the painting boat, and tighten their belts to save money in chronic hunger - first ask Shu Zhenguo for a wife, then marry a daughter-in-law for Shu Zhenbang, and then wait for the next generation of children to come out to see if they can come up with a study material.

If you are lucky enough to produce a reading seed, I hope to be a talent. If you don't have that much luck, it's best to get a job as a partner, and then continue to save money for the next generation...... If the proletarian family wants to change its door, it really has to be three or five generations.

Shu Zhenbang didn't think that far, otherwise he would have been even more desperate.

"Boat boss! Tang Xing is not going! Someone on the shore shouted.

Boss Shu didn't care about the two sons, so he immediately looked over from afar, saw that it was an acquaintance, and hurriedly said, "Go!" Go! Then he turned his head and told his son, "Hold on." ”

Shu Zhenbang also took a look, it turned out to be his own master Lu Fuzi, and while rowing over not very happily, he muttered to himself: This old man is going to Tang Xing, most likely to find Xu Yuanzuo to fight the autumn wind. Really, the fat man turned out to be more and more arrogant, and I heard that he also bought a mansion in Tanghang Town, alas...... I knew today, why mess with him in the first place.

When the boat rowed to the shore, Lu Fuzi jumped down, and when he looked closely, he saw that they were all acquaintances. He said, "Boss Shu, didn't you go to the lake today?" ”

Boss Shu's brows naturally furrowed, and he sighed: "I've been there, and there are not many big boats on the lake, they are all chartered by others, and I turned back when I saw that there was no business." Are you old and going to Tang Xing? ”

Lu Fuzi entered the cabin, his eyes swept directly over Shu Zhenbang's face, and only said to Shu Laodao: "This time, I met a few old friends, and I wanted to ask me to talk to Xu Jinglian to see if I could go to Renshoutang to ask for a job." I didn't want to go, but they were very sincere, and then I thought about it, if I don't go alive or dead, people don't say that I'm a cold temperament, but that Xu Jinglian doesn't give the former teacher affection, but it's not beautiful. I had to make a trip. ”

Boss Shu still frowned and coped, wondering in his heart whether he could beg Master Lu. Lift up your two sons.

Shu Zhenbang said in his heart: What kind of affection is nothing more than a matter of silver. You wait, there will be a day when you can't enter the door of the Xu family.

Lu Fuzi went to Nanjing to take the exam this time, but he was still just "spectating". Not only did he get the right shot, but he didn't even have a chance to get an interview, which shows that the article is too unremarkable. was directly ignored by the examiner. However, in the past two years, he has sent his buddies to Xu Yuanzuo, and he can get favors at both ends and earn a lot of money, so the silver thrown into it is not very distressing. As for the name of Sun Shan, there may be some regrets, losses, and sadness in the early years...... It's a habit now.

Boss Shu flattered Master Lu for a while, and finally couldn't help but say: "Master, you see, now all the children of our Zhu Li are about the same age, and they can beg for food in the Xu family." I'm two dogs. Can it also be ...... You help lift and lift, and you will never forget your old kindness in the future. ”

Lu Fuzi didn't reply, coughed dryly, and said, "Your eldest is illiterate, how can you be a buddy?" The second child of your family, and Xu Jinglian are also classmates, why don't you find it yourself? ”

Shu Zhenguo felt a little inferior to himself for being illiterate, and hung his head and only cared about the rudder. Shu Zhenbang said: "He is now arrogant." Where do you still care about the friendship of classmates. ”

Lu Fuzi snorted coldly and said, "What's the reason." We all know that. ”

Boss Shu yelled at his second son, obviously angry. Juri is a small place, and the slightest trivial thing has to be talked about for a long time. Xu Yuanzuo came to Zhuli to recruit workers that day and was made difficult by Shu Zhenbang, which was not a trivial matter. How many people want to talk about it during the New Year's holidays?

The people who stand on the right side must boast about themselves: that day, my kid had the wisdom to know people, stood firmly on the side of Zuo Ge'er, and slapped those blind slaps.

Later, the family who paid a deposit of five taels of silver. I also want to talk about my own bitter journey: although I gritted my teeth and handed over the silver at that time, it was okay after all, the Xu family still taught the children real things after all, and there was no beating and scolding on weekdays, and they were well fed. Clothes are also warm. I heard that if you do a three-year apprenticeship, you can become a regular, and then you will have wages and bonuses. The days are over.

As for those who didn't go, I also have to sigh: There was an opportunity to ask my kid to follow Xu Caishen, but he was bewitched by the villain and didn't make it, but now...... Alas, it's just going to be boiled......

This "villain" is Shu Zhenbang.

Shu Zhenbang felt that Xu Yuanzuo was like a statue of King Kong in the temple, and he himself was a little ghost under the feet of the statue. If the idol does not fall for a day, he will be trampled on for a day.

Seeing that there was no turnaround, Boss Shu didn't talk much with Master Lu, and ran to the back to concentrate on watching his two sons support the boat. Although it is said that there are three major hardships in life: supporting the boat and grinding iron and grinding tofu, but it is also a craft, as long as you can survive it, it is not a problem to live.

It is only fourteen or fifteen miles of waterway from Zhuli to Tanghang, and the empty boat is fast, but it takes more than half an hour to arrive at Tanghang. When the boat arrived at the "Tongcao" gate of Xishui Pass, Lu Fuzi got up and said, "Just stop here, I'll just walk in." Boss Shu knew that he was reluctant to pay a few dollars, so he gritted his teeth and said, "Master Lu, it's all here, I have to send you in." You show the way. After that, he took out a few pennies from his arms and handed them over to the village Yong who was guarding the door.

Shu Zhenbang knew that his father was still not giving up, and he wanted to please this old man, and his heart became more and more uncomfortable.

Lu Fuzi really smiled. When the boat passed through the water gate, he said again: "It's not that I am reluctant to pay these few pennies, it's just that they are not the tolerance of the imperial court, and they dare to set up a card to collect money!" They do not want to encourage this unhealthy trend. ”

Boss Shu is full of taste, but the money has already been out, what else can I do? While asking his son to row, he said to Master Lu: "Master, if you do a good deed that day, you will help me mention something." Although my eldest is illiterate, he is a good hand at holding boats. The Xu family's business is so big, there is always a time for a ship. ”

Lu Fuzi didn't refuse this time, and said: "Okay, I'll help you talk about it, but I don't dare to say whether it will be successful or not." After that, he deliberately glanced at Shu Zhenbang again, which clearly meant that if it didn't work, just blame you for having a troublesome son.

Boss Shu could only say thank you.

Tang Xing is also a typical water city in the south of the Yangtze River, the waterway that leads to Dianshan Lake all the way into the city winds into a "me" character, no matter which corner you go, you only need to walk a hundred and ten steps to the nearest shore to arrive.

Xu Yuanzuo's house is by the river, and there is a small pier outside the wall, and occasionally women from the neighborhood come to wash clothes, but most of the time it is empty. It was customary for the people who lived in such houses to have a boat parked for use - just as the middle class always had a car in later generations. However, Xu Yuanzuo was used to taking the land route, so he couldn't think of buying a boat, and this dock has been vacant. Not to mention here, even the house in Songjiang City that was used as an office came with a small boat, and Xu Yuanzuo had abandoned the river after playing with freshness.

Lu Fuzi asked Boss Shu to stop the boat against the small pier, jumped ashore with his long shirt, and ordered: "I'll come when I go, and you still have to take me back." "Shu Lao naturally promised.

Shu Zhenbang watched Master Lu disappear behind the wall and enter the spacious mansion, with mixed feelings in his heart, and he didn't want to stay on the ship anymore to spend his life. He jumped off the boat quickly and said, "Dad, it's rare to come back, I'll go around." ”

Boss Shu waved his hand while directing his eldest son to tie the cable to the bolt ship.

Shu Zhenbang casually picked up a road and left, but he got lost, and after a detour, he took a detour to the back door of a mansion. A few strong laborers were digging into the ground, which looked quite deep. He leaned over to take a look, but was stopped: "Little brother, I see that you are also a person who eats by strength, we are short of people to work here, if you can go down to dig the ground, you will be given a hundred yuan when you are done." ”

Shu Zhenbang was stunned for a moment, and then looked at the two people in the pit, and sure enough, they were both shoveling soil on it with shovels. He asked, "How is it done?" The overseer said, "One person is as deep as it is." Shu Zhenbang didn't have much work to do, so he immediately agreed, rolled up his sleeves and jumped down, and took the shovel: "Okay, give me a hundred dollars." ”

The overseer laughed and said, "Will I still rely on you!" You can't be lazy! ”

Shu Zhenbang thought: If you don't support the boat, you can only go to the city to find a short-term job. Try it today, if you can really get the money, you can maintain this foreman, and maybe you can find other jobs through him in the future.

Thinking that it was related to the future future, Shu Zhenbang worked harder. The other two shoveled a shovel of soil, and he had already shoveled two. Seeing the overseer, he smiled: "Don't come up and work hard, it will be diarrhea in two clicks." ”

Shu Zhenbang worked hard from the beginning to the end.

The overseer waited for the pit to be dug, and the three of them came out of the pit, gave Shu Zhenbang an extra fifty yuan, and asked the owner to come out for acceptance.

After a while, a sturdy young man came out of the back door, looked at it, said "yes", and asked the overseer to go in and pay the silver.

Shu Zhenbang was like a lightning strike, standing in place and unable to move. Because although the man's figure has changed greatly, he can still recognize it at a glance, and it is the former fat man Xu Yuanzuo. And now, Xu Yuanzuo doesn't remember him anymore.

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