Zeng Rongzheng didn't know how to avoid the topic of "mother", and when he heard the movement outside, he hurriedly lifted the curtain and went out, and breakfast was ready.

Breakfast is prepared according to the tradition of the hometown, not very rich, only four dishes, two meat and two vegetables, but unfortunately there are no fresh leaf vegetables, Zeng Fuxiang and Chen are quite unaccustomed to this, saying that they have come to the north for so long, the only regret is that there are no fresh vegetables to eat in winter.

There is no rule of food and no words on the dinner table of the Zeng family, Zeng Rong originally wanted to train and train everyone, but then he thought about it, it would only take half a day for him to come back, and it was rare to get together, so why bother.

During the banquet, he talked about Zeng Guixiang's studies, and after the Mid-Autumn Festival, under the arrangement of the Xu family, he entered the Mingshan Academy outside the city and was with Xu Jing, but Xu Jing was in class C and Zeng Guixiang was in class D. Zeng Guixiang complained about this, because he was five or six years older than Xu Jing, and it seemed that he was the oldest student in the Ding class.

Zeng Hua heard him complain and persuaded: "Second brother, you have to work hard at home this holiday, I heard that this kind of class will be re-assessed every few months." ”

Zeng Rong glanced up at Zeng Hua when he heard this, Zeng Hua must have heard these words from Xu Jing, but I don't know if Xu Jing came to Nanqing Hutong to find Zeng Hua or her in Xu's house.

Zeng Hua didn't notice the eldest sister, she was arguing with Zeng Guixiang, saying that he had studied in the countryside for so many years, and the reputation of the country academy was not small, why was the gap so big after entering the city, it can be seen that he didn't work hard at all when he was in the countryside before, and his mind was used to play, which wasted everyone's hard work.

Zeng Rong saw that Zeng Hua became more and more excited, obviously remembering the hardships she had endured in her previous life, but these words should not have come from the mouth of a seven-year-old girl.

"Ah Hua." Zeng Rong called her.

Zeng Hua was arguing with Zeng Guixiang at that time, and when he heard the call of the eldest sister, he stopped, blinked his eyes, and did not realize what he was wrong.

"What, I said little sister, you don't understand at all, it's not that I didn't study well, it's that the conditions in the countryside are limited, I have to help my family do things in the field when I have time, and the tuition fees are also unmatched, I feel that I will definitely not be able to study for long, so I was distracted." Zeng Guixiang saw that Zeng Rong controlled Zeng Hua, and his voice suddenly became a little higher, and he was much more confident.

"What Ah Hua said makes sense, the second brother is not young now, it is time to understand something." Zeng Fuxiang helped to reprimand, he felt that his little sister's words had a certain amount of truth.

It's different if you've been studying, the little doll who is just seven or eight years old, but she persuades people one by one, much better than him.

"Okay, for the New Year, don't let the second brother be narrow-hearted. Second brother, but I also have a word to warn you, you will be seventeen years old in the next year, if you can't be a talent in the year of the crown, it is better to change your way of life and do some small business or something. Zeng Rong said.

Although Zeng Guixiang cried bitterly the last time they met, he said that he wanted to be a good person and a good student, in order to be able to be the backer of his two sisters in the future. But Zeng Rong felt that the inertia and selfishness in his bones were not so easy to change, so he specially put a little pressure on him.

"Okay, isn't there still four years, I'll definitely fight." Zeng Guixiang patted his chest proudly and promised.

In fact, in the past few months, he has indeed realized a little bit of the way of reading, and he really put a lot of thought into it, and he feels that reading is not as difficult as he imagined, and he did not work hard when he was in the countryside before, and it is indeed related to the situation at home, and he always feels that the conditions at home cannot be used for him to continue reading, and he has to give up, so why bother to spend this thought and effort?

Now the situation is different, the money is not worried, the sister-in-law has entered the palace, and relying on the mountain of the Xu family, if he is educated, he can not only glorify his ancestors, but also rewrite his life. He, Zeng Guixiang, is unwilling to just be an obscure market citizen.

Zeng Rong nodded, she neither expected to borrow Zeng Guixiang's light nor expected him to take other family members, as long as he didn't cause trouble for her, she would be able to stand on her own in a few years, it would be enough for her.

"By the way, big brother, there's one more thing." Zeng Rong said as he took out the two hundred taels of silver tickets from his purse and put them in front of Zeng Fuxiang, asking him to use the two hundred taels of silver to exchange for a small shop or something in the New Year, and do some small business.

Zeng Fuxiang resigned, he is a countryman, and he can't even speak the Beijing dialect, how can he open his own store as soon as he comes? If you get all your money lost, won't you give your sister a pit?

Therefore, he wanted to go out and find an errand for a while, and then consider opening his own store after he was familiar with his surroundings.

"It's okay, you can do it yourself, if you don't succeed, you can keep it first." Zeng Rong did not intend to take back the silver ticket he gave.

"Then it's even less necessary." Zeng Fuxiang waved his hand again and said.

Zeng Rong also knew that they had not spent a penny on their daily life in the past few months, and Uncle Qin had paid for it, and even Uncle Qin had prepared for Chen's childbirth and the expenses for the New Year.

Originally, Uncle Yi Qin wanted to send them a monthly payment every month, but Zeng Fuxiang refused.

In his words, since ancient times, I have only heard that the master pays money to the subordinate, and I have never heard that the subordinate gives the master monthly money!

"Ah Rong, since you have said this, can you give the eldest brother an accurate word, who is Uncle Qin, who is his master, and why is he so good to us?" Zeng Fuxiang asked.

"Big brother, I can't explain this matter now, but I will find someone to talk to Uncle Qin, you can keep the two hundred taels of silver, as for the errand you said, you can ask Uncle Qin to help you come up with an idea to make a guarantee or something, he knows a lot of people."

If he could, Zeng Rong really didn't want to take advantage of Zhu Heng.

Anyway, this person is really careful, knowing that Zeng Rong was embarrassed, he took the two brothers to take care of Zeng Hua for her, knowing that her brother was shy in his pocket, and ordered Uncle Qin to take over all the expenses, in order to maintain everyone's face, he actually wanted to send monthly money to everyone every month.

He really treats her family as his own, and I think this is the so-called love house and Wu, right?

Zeng Fuxiang took the two thin silver tickets but felt as if they weighed a thousand catties, and his lips moved a few times, and then he said tremblingly, "Ah Rong, we have so much silver?" Can you give them a uniform for their fathers... ”

"I can't." Zeng Rong interrupted his eldest brother's words, his face instantly blackened, and he was in no good mood.

She didn't understand, the pair of unscrupulous parents were obviously selfish to the extreme, in addition to squeezing their brothers and sisters over the years, what heart-warming actions had they had? But one by one, they all wanted to repay them, which made her embarrassed to drag them out of that mud pit?