"By the way, next time I will find an opportunity, I will go with you to Miaojiazhai me, 500 acres of land, this year's income is a lot, you have to learn to take care of it well, if not, you can discuss with me."

"And me! I'm the best at this kind of thing! Old man Xiao said to me unwillingly.

When Shen Changzhi was talking to Shen Tuantuan just now, he didn't avoid Old Man Xiao, which made Old Man Xiao extremely happy. It's a joy to be recognized. "I've seen a lot of the world, and I've walked more bridges than you've walked. If there's anything you don't understand, just come to me. ”

"Actually, the account books of these things have always been with me, and when Ning Nanxing bought those fields, he asked me to be the bookkeeper and gave me a salary of one or two silver a month! At the beginning, there were no five shops, but at the end of last year, I heard that there was a shop for sale in the east of the city, thinking that Ning Nanxing didn't need any money, so I bought all the silver for that shop, although the price was more than 20 taels more expensive than others, so no one bought it.

But I saw that the owner was in a hurry to use the money, and when I asked, it turned out that someone in the family was sick and was waiting for the money to buy medicine. I saw that the shop was well preserved, so I didn't lower the price and bought the shop. Later, there were many people renting the shop, and I rented the shop to a middle-aged man. Which Cheng thought, the shop opened into a teahouse, and the geisha did not sell their bodies, and for a time the teahouse became famous. This street has prospered, so this year, the rent of the shop has increased by half......"

Old man Xiao listened straightly, "This-luck is also good!" ”

Shen Changzhi was honored, "What does my family do small, Ning Nanxing is a big bargain!" ”

However, this Ning Nanxing is very scheming at a young age, and he handed over a few acres of land to Tuan Tuan to take care of a few years ago, so I'm afraid he has already had this thought. Old man Xiao didn't forget that his medicine was still in Ning Nanxing's hand, and as soon as the conversation changed, he helped Ning Nanxing say good things again. "However, this just shows that Ning Nanxing is a long, which is very good. can think about Tuan Tuan in every detail, and it is not in vain that we believe in him. ”

Shen Changzhi couldn't help but feel bitter in his heart, although he used to think that Ning Nanxing, this kid, was unpredictable and had an impure purpose, but how could he have thought that he would fall in love with Shen Tuantuan so early.

Alas, it's all fate.

However, it's better than being eaten to death in the future.

Shen Changzhi completely let go.

When it was night, Shen Changzhi's house was brightly lit.

Old man Xiao drank too much water during the day, and when he got up at night, he looked at the reflection in Shen Changzhi's room and frowned. Kick the door and go in.

"Master—"

Old man Xiao squinted his eyes slightly, looking at the paper that Shen Changzhi had flattened on the bookcase. "What are you doing?"

Shen Changzhi only felt that Old Man Xiao was menacing, licked his lips, and put down the paintbrush. "I'm painting."

"Why don't you paint enough during the day, so you have to paint again at night? Do you want your eyes? Old man Xiao squinted his eyes slightly, and his tone was unusually cold.

"Maybe, Tuan Tuan will get married in the next few years, my family has a thin background, and there will be nothing that I can't get out of my hands when the time comes, which will make Tuan Tuan embarrassed." Shen Changzhi said with some difficulty.

"So, you just want to paint day and night, and Ranhou will sell these half-baked paintings of yours for money and give Tuan Tuan as a dowry?" Every time Old Man Xiao said a word, his voice became colder.

Shen Changzhi didn't speak, but that's what he thought.

Old Man Xiao sighed slowly, "My fault, since you are my closed disciple, if you want to come, I should also tell you about the Ning family." Come to think of it, Ning Nanxing should have told you the general situation, but you have never been out of Jiangxia City, nor have you been to the capital, I am afraid that I don't know what kind of Ning family it is. You need to hide in this peach blossom village, and you won't even be invited to a servant. ”

"The apprentice has worried the master."

Old man Xiao looked at the tea that Shen Changzhi poured for him, and shook his head, "You are concerned about it." ”

"Ning Daonian is just an ordinary uncle and concubine, and Uncle Anning's Mansion has long been declining, and when it comes to the next generation, maybe even the earl can't inherit it. But Ning Daonian's eyes are vicious, or rather, this person has good luck. Maybe the luck of the entire Anning Bofu was on this person.

When he returned home as an adult, he was kicked out, but this person looks like a bastard, but he must not be underestimated. Ning Daonian's wife was just a girl from a six-rank official's family, and it was also very good for a concubine to be a concubine. But I didn't expect that Ning Daonian's wife, the brother of his mother's compatriots, was able to become an official in the cabinet, and later, Ning Daonian, with some medical skills, was stunned to use unpopular means to marry Ning Nanxing's father.

After marrying the daughter of the Mu family, the Ning family reached its peak.

The Mu family has guarded the northwest of the Jokhang Kingdom for generations. The men in the family, each of whom are generals, have determined the future path since they were born, and they are the generals stationed in the northwest.

Because the daughter of the Mu family married a Bai Ding, it exempted the people above from suspicion of the Mu Mansion. And this generation, stationed in the northwest, is Ning Nanxing's uncle. Now, it is a time of turmoil in the country, and the Ning family and the Mu family are afraid that they will have to hurry to settle their family affairs before anyone notices Ning Nanxing. And the generation of the Mu family has a single lineage, and there is only one uncle, Ning Nanxing. General Mu's wife died a few years ago and has not yet married.

Ning Nanxing, who has gathered the wealth of the two families, even if you are blind, it is impossible for you to be worthy of the Ning family's marriage.

Instead of that, it's better to get yourself on your feet! The more unsatisfactory paintings you have that flow out, the less valuable your words will be in the future.

Do you know how many of my paintings are still alive today? No more than twenty paintings, most of them in the palace! Do you know how much silver my paintings are worth even though I am still alive today? Thousands of dollars are hard to find. It may be that my paintings are not very good, but because very few of my paintings are in circulation, when I die, they will have value in collecting.

You're still young, and you still have a long way to go. Remember, don't let your paintings out while you can still improve. I am a real person, and painting, like the imperial examination, is to make money. If you can't make money, why do you work so hard to paint! You know, a good Danqing is not something that can be made overnight in a few years, I have been painting for decades! ”

Shen Changzhi listened to Old Man Xiao's words, and his heart was greatly touched, he never thought that Old Man Xiao's words were hard to find. "Your painting, I asked Ning Nanxing to buy it back for you a long time ago. Don't feel too worried, the Ning family is not short of these few silvers, instead of caring about these mundane things, it is better to think about how to improve your painting skills. In the future, after you are out of breath, you can help Tuan Tuan. ”

"If I am short of money, I also have some money. Although it is not as good as the two Ningmu families, it is enough for you to paint for decades. ”

The amount of information was too large, and Shen Changzhi couldn't accept it for a while.

Old man Xiao suddenly slapped his thigh, "Tuan Tuan's luck is so good, why don't you let Tuan Tuan help me take care of it, maybe, in a few years, it will be able to multiply several times?" ”

Shen Changzhi: We are still thinking about how to save money and wait for a big chicken leg at the end of the year, why did we just change places, and this person began to pretend to be poor one by one and began to show off his wealth?

At this time, Shen Tuantuan ate the food that Shen Changzhi went to receive, and after inquiring, he found out that the talents in the academy were all boiled in water, even the meat was boiled meat, boiled vegetables, if he continued to eat like this every day, what appetite would he have. Even if you don't have the energy to study, right?

Maybe you can do it in the cafeteria outside the college?

Didn't Grandpa Ning say that in the academy, it is either rich or expensive.

Before Shen Tuantuan closed his eyes, he still thought that he must take a good look another day, how the people in this academy are either rich or expensive.

When Shen Changzhi's room also darkened, Shen Changzhi was lying on the bed, unable to sleep with his eyes open, Ning Nanxing secretly made a lot of small movements, helping the Shen family openly and secretly. Although it was for Shen Tuantuan's sake, Shen Changzhi always felt a little unhappy. Shen Changzhi suddenly found that he was almost fooled by Old Man Xiao, even if the Ning family was rich, it would be the Ning family.

Their family only married Tuan Tuan to the Ning family, which does not mean that all the people in the family are married to the Ning family.

The Shen family is still the Shen family, the Shen family still has to make money to live on their own, and they still have to save money to look forward to having a big chicken leg to eat at the end of the year!

What's more, Shen Changzhi doesn't have such great ambitions, he never thought of being like Xiao Lao, a painting is hard to find, and the purpose of learning painting at the beginning was just to make the life of his family better, which was his original intention.

Don't forget your original intention.

Shen Changzhi turned over, carved a seal for himself tomorrow, and began to sell paintings under the name of "beginner".

Wait a while, and then change it.

Well, that's good.

Waiting for the early morning of the second day, Old Man Xiao received seventy taels of silver from the mountain chief himself. "Elder Xiao, because you know, there are rules in the academy, and it is calculated according to the time of class arranged in the academy. I can't violate the rules of the academy, so I can only compensate Xiao Lao a lot in terms of subsidies. I hope that Xiao Lao will not mind. ”

Shen Tuantuan made a pot of tea, and happened to hear what the mountain chief said, for some reason, he suddenly thought of what the old man Ning said, and the more he looked at the mountain chief, the more he felt that what the old man Ning said was very reasonable. It's really a hypocritical person, but it's just hypocritically capable.

It's magical!

Xiao Lao sent the mountain chief away, and gave seventy taels of silver to Shen Tuantuan, "Oh, Tuan Tuan, you keep it for your family." ”

Shen Tuantuan happily answered, "It seems that my recent financial luck is good." ”