There were only a few pieces of old furniture in the small room, the cracked walls were leaking everywhere, and the sun could even be seen through the holes in the roof.

This is Xu Fang's home, and in comparison, the four walls of the house are a bit extravagant.

Xu Rui really couldn't imagine how the mother and son survived the cold winter in such a house.

"Xianggong took the tea at home when he went on the expedition, and now there is only hot water, please don't be surprised."

Zhen Niang held a night of hot water and handed it to Xu Rui, with a little apology on her face.

Xu Rui's heart was sour again, he remembered that Xu Fang always carried a small cloth bag in his arms, which contained a small pinch of tea, whenever Xu Rui was thirsty, he would carefully pick out some, and after boiling it, he looked at himself with a smile and drank it, and asked him to take a few sips, but he just shook his head with a smirk.

At that time, Xu Rui didn't know that these teas were so precious, and often complained that he had no taste and regarded old and inferior tea as a treasure, but now it seems that it is all he can give.

Xu Rui sighed in his heart, put the hot water on the table, and asked, "What are your plans for sister-in-law in the future?" ”

Zhen Niang pointed to the ranking on the table and said lightly: "As before, guard Xianggong and this family." ”

Xu Rui nodded, hesitated slightly, and said, "I want to take Da Lang out to have a look." ”

Zhen Niang nodded: "This matter is natural, the young master will mention it if he doesn't say that the slave family will mention it, the young master is gone, and the young master lacks someone to take care of him, of course, he has to be trusted by his own family." ”

Xu Rui shook his head: "I don't want him to be a domestic servant for me, but I want him to see this vast world and choose the path he wants to take." ”

Zhen Niang said: "The young master doesn't need to explain, the slave family and Da Lang are both from the Xu family, and what to do is all arranged by the young master." ”

Xu Rui nodded, and asked again: "Listening to my sister-in-law's conversation is like reading a book?" ”

Zhen Niang was slightly stunned, and a touch of sadness suddenly appeared on her face.

Xu Rui chuckled in his heart, and immediately understood that there might be a story behind this.

Sure enough, Zhen Niang sighed and said to Xu Rui: "Don't hide it from the young master, the slave family was originally a reading girl from a large family, and she has read poetry and books with her husband for a few years.

But when I was fifteen years old, I was forcibly occupied by the master, and this matter was nothing in a big family, but the slave family was pregnant, and my wife couldn't tolerate me, so she sent someone to drug the slave's food.

The girl beside the lady was friendly with the slave family, and told the slave family the news in advance, so she escaped her life and ran out of the family's house. ”

Saying that, Zhen Niang smiled bitterly, and said: "The law of Great Wei is so harsh on fugitive slaves, coupled with the fact that the slave family was young and ignorant at that time, and the child in the belly was already pregnant, it was really desperate and difficult.

Fortunately, he met Xianggong before he was caught by the family and the official, and he saw that the slave family was pitiful, and not only took in the slave family, but also deceived the official.

The slave family was grateful to the husband and admired the father-in-law, so they wanted to beat the child and promise each other with his body, but the father-in-law said that the child was not stained by the world, how innocent? Let me raise the baby with peace of mind, and he will treat the child as if it were his own.

After that, the slave family lived with him peacefully for more than ten years, he fulfilled his original promise, and the slave family has always guarded this small family. ”

"So Da Lang is not Xu Fang's son?"

Xu Rui asked in surprise.

Zhen Niang nodded calmly: "The slave family also wanted to give birth to a son to Xianggong later, but how could it make people ......"

Xu Rui was stunned for a moment, and suddenly laughed self-deprecatingly.

Although Zhen Niang said it simply, how much bitterness and bitterness are behind this?

Xu Fang is kind by nature, and the mother and son inherited his will, although they are not related by blood, they are a harmonious family, but they are people from the civilized world, and they are not as open as them.

Seeing Xu Rui's brows suddenly furrowed, Zhen Niang's heart also lifted, and it wasn't until she saw his smile that Zhen Niang put her heart down again.

She and Xu Fang's past has never been mentioned to the third person, but Xu Rui is different, since it is a family appointment, Zhen Niang doesn't want to hide anything from Xu Rui, and she also believes that Xianggong will not look at the wrong person.

Xu Rui just nodded, but he didn't say anything, no matter what he said at this time, it would be pale, it was better to prove everything directly with practical actions.

"Does Daro have a name?"

Xu Rui asked.

Because a certain literary work is too deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, when the word "Da Lang" is mentioned, Xu Rui always feels embarrassed.

Zhen Niang shook her head, and then solemnly saluted Xu Rui and said: "Da Lang is still underage, and he has not entered school, so he has never taken a name, and the slave family asked the young master to give him a name." ”

Xu Rui was slightly stunned, recalling that when he saw a young man, he knelt in the snow and sang to the sky, neither humble nor arrogant, and remembered the sentence in Qu Yuan's "Nine Songs: Donghuang Taiyi": Raise the drum and soothe the festival.

Xu Rui's heart moved, and he said categorically: "From now on, he will be called Xu Ange!" ”

In front of the dilapidated courtyard, Zhenniang saw off Xu Rui and An Ge, a fifteen-year-old boy who was about to bid farewell to his mother and embark on his own life path with Xu Rui, who was also young.

Before leaving, An Ge knelt on the steps and kowtowed to his mother three times, his eyes were a little red, but he didn't shed tears, and his immature face was full of stubbornness.

Xu Rui wanted to take Zhenniang with him, but Zhenniang said that he wanted to stay here with Xianggong and was unwilling to leave.

In fact, Xu Rui knew in his heart that Xu Fang had just left a ranking, where was he not accompanied? Zhenniang must know that she is also under the fence of the Yang family at the moment, and she is in a worrying situation, so she doesn't want to become her own burden.

What a smart woman, Xu Fang is blessed to have her by her side......

Xu Rui was grateful and walked out of the alley with An Ge.

Jane kept sending the two to the entrance of the alley, watching them bow to her three times from afar, then turned away and gradually disappeared from view.

"Young Master, Da Lang, you cherish ......"

In an instant, this intelligent and strong woman seemed to have lost all her strength, and her body went limp, leaning against the dilapidated wall, her eyes were hazy with tears.

The line in the mother's hand, the wanderer's shirt.

Before leaving, I am afraid that I will return late.

Pity the hearts of parents all over the world, and their love is pinned on them in silence, although they never mention it, they are as intoxicating as spirits.

"Ange, what do you usually do?"

Walking on the road, seeing An Ge silent, Xu Rui asked.

An Ge said: "Earn money, fight!" ”

Xu Rui was stunned for a moment, thinking of the unscrupulous children in the alley for money, his heart tightened, and he hurriedly asked, "How to make money, why fight?" ”

An Ge said: "The sorghum in the south of the city is eighty wen a bucket, and there will be three cents of profit when it is brewed into a jar of spirits, and the coolies who sell the wine to the east of the city will get one cent more, but they have no money to pay the bill, so they will use the leather goods from the Cao Yun to pay the bill."

I took the leather goods and sold them to the shops in the south of the city, which was ten yuan less than the bazaar, so they did not count the source of the leather goods.

In this way, the original eighty wen has doubled, and I rely on this to make money.

As for fighting, the children in the alley don't want to do it themselves, and they always want to take advantage of me, so I can only beat them, and if they beat me hard, they will be afraid, and they will not beat me again. ”

"That's what you do on a daily basis?"

Xu Rui's eyes widened and he looked at An Ge in disbelief.

An Ge nodded ignorantly, not knowing why the young master was so surprised.

Of course, Xu Rui was surprised, Ange's way of making money is actually to take advantage of the imbalance between commodity circulation and supply and demand to earn the difference, and there is a proper term for this kind of business in another world, called import and export trade!

Although his methods were still a little immature, he was only fifteen years old, and he had not gone to school before, relying entirely on his almost instinctive sense of business.

Xu Rui seemed to see a rising business star beckoning to him, cultivate An Ge for a few years, can he lie down and count the money?

Thinking of this, his heart was already happy.

"Less...... Master...... Am I doing something wrong? ”

Seeing that the young master suddenly showed an evil smile, An Ge felt a little weak in his heart.

"Wrong? Of course not. ”

Xu Rui hurriedly shook his head, smiling like a villain who was cheating on a lollipop.

"An Ge, I don't know if you've ever heard of a discipline called economics?"

"Economics?"

An Ge shook his head suspiciously.

Xu Rui put his arm around An Ge's shoulders and said as he walked: "That is a science that can make people earn money every day, if anyone learns it, they can make all the money in the world with their eyes closed." ”

"Really? And this kind of learning?! ”

"Of course there is, young master, I just know a little bit of fur, do you want to learn?"

"Of course."

"It's good to think about it, but before you can study economics, you have to study mathematics, physics, accounting, finance, auditing, marketing, etc., and then you can use your professional knowledge to make scissors and exploit other stupid people."

"Huh? How much do you have to learn? Forget it......"

"Hey, it's not good! Do you still want your mother to have a good life? ”

"I want to think about it, but I ...... it"

"No, though, I'll make up textbooks for you from tomorrow, and after you finish your studies, you will work hard for me, oh no, make good money, and let your mother live a good life as soon as possible......"

"Good...... Well......"

"No ambition, be louder, okay?"

"Good!"

It is said that the teenager does not know the taste of sorrow, and in this way, the two teenagers swept away the previous haze, hooked their shoulders and backs, said words that no one could understand, and slowly walked towards the future.