He remembered all the things he had been doing in the past few days.

Master has bad lungs and coughs all the year round, so he asks his eldest brother every time to bring back a few pieces of pig blood when he goes to the town to sell mountain goods, just because he heard that pig blood can clear the lungs and relieve cough.

Shiniang's waist is not good, and she is bedridden when she does heavy work, so when she is busy with farming, he runs before and after, serving the six acres and three points of land of the Zhang family.

What's more, in order to make the master and the mother happy, he stubbornly wrapped up the food that the senior sister cooked was like poison, even if he had diarrhea and almost collapsed.

He didn't have a father at the age of five, he didn't have a mother at the age of six, the eldest brother was busy supporting the family, the second brother was not much older than him, the younger sister still needed to be taken care of by others, and the eldest sister who got married rarely went back to her parents' house.

Although he didn't say it, there was a piece missing in his heart, this blank, he thought it would be filled by the master and his wife, people's hearts are flesh and blood, he treats them like parents, and they will definitely treat him as a child.

Unexpectedly, in the eyes of the teacher, her son was only worth 500 yuan.

It's not as good as a pig!

Shen Zheng was very aggrieved, and his heart was empty, like a treasure that he had worked so hard to get, but in the end he found that it was just a transparent bubble, which burst when he poked it.

The embarrassment and loss on the young man's face fell into Sheng Zhu's eyes, and she sighed secretly.

This fool is so stupid that it hurts.

However, people always have to experience setbacks to grow, especially Shen Zheng, kindness and soft-heartedness are his advantages, but they are also shortcomings, if you don't learn to refuse as soon as possible, you will be easy to be calculated and used in the future.

"Five hundred Wen..."Sheng Zhu smiled, shook his head and said, "Auntie, such a dowry, if it is passed out, it will not only lose the face of our Shen family, but also the face of your Zhang family, right?" I don't dare to respond to this. ”

Zhang Shiniang was sneering, and she also knew that she had cut the price a little hard, and now whoever marries a daughter-in-law can't give a dowry of four or five taels, and her family still recruits a son-in-law, so there should be more.

But she has always valued silver as more important than her life, where is she willing to be so happy, so she began to break her fingers and settle accounts with Sheng Zhu: "Da Lang daughter-in-law, you should not be too little." Five hundred is not much, but if you think about it, our Qing'er and her father's craftsmanship are unique in this ten miles and eight townships, before someone paid ten taels of silver to learn the craft with us, we didn't agree, San Lang became our apprentice without a penny, this ability to learn the hand is not as good as the ten taels or eight taels? ”

Sheng Zhu nodded, "It's comparable." ”

Zhang Shiniang was overjoyed, thinking that it was really ugly and foolish, and then then flickered: "Don't talk about this." There is also the rice that San Lang often rubs at our house, but we Qing'er personally cooks it, what kind of chicken, duck and fish have not been eaten? Isn't what you eat in your stomach money money? ”

Sheng Zhu continued to nod, "Naturally." ”

Seeing her so refreshing, Master Zhang became more and more energetic, and her voice was much louder, "That's it, the silver offset by learning the craft, as well as the food money of our family, plus the five hundred wen I just mentioned, I think the dowry is already very kind!" ”

Hearing these strong words, the old carpenter Zhang, who had never been born next to him, blushed, lowered his head and said nothing.

Shen Zheng wanted to cry even more, Shi Niang's algorithm was too domineering, what he clearly said when he was accepted as an apprentice was that he wanted to pass on the carpenter's skills, so as not to have no successors to be ashamed of his ancestors, why did he change his words now?

There are also those rubbed meals, which are not what he wants to rub, but what the master has to keep for him to eat......

"My aunt is right." Sheng Zhu smiled and said, "However, you don't think it's okay, you have to think about it." ”

Master Zhang's face suddenly fell, "What do you mean by this?" ”

Sheng Zhu took a sip of tea and moistened his throat, then stretched out five fingers like Master Zhang before, and said, "Since my aunt wants to settle the account, then I will calculate it with you today, and it will be clear and clear." ”

She pressed down a finger, "First, my third brother is fourteen this year, let's count less, even if he can live to be sixty years old, there are still forty-six years, and he earns one hundred taels of silver a year, and forty-six years is four thousand six hundred taels, except for marrying a daughter-in-law and having a son, eating, drinking, and playing, I can't spend a thousand taels to top the sky, I wiped the odds for you, and there are still three thousand taels left, right?" ”

Zhang Shiniang was dumbfounded.

What's that? Earn 100 taels a year, just Shen Zheng, a stupid boy? She doesn't eat or drink at home, and she only earns twenty taels a year, okay?!

"Daughter-in-law, what nonsense are you talking about......"

"Auntie, don't worry, listen to me first." Sheng Zhu interrupted Master Zhang's words, unhurriedly, and pressed down the second finger, "The third brother is young and strong, and he can make money, in addition to marrying a daughter-in-law in the future, he will have to take five or six more concubines and give birth to ten or twenty dolls for him, right?" When he grows up, his son throws himself out to earn money, his daughter takes care of it, and he can collect a lot of dowry, so it's counted... Hmm, for the sake of my aunt's sincere desire to marry this family, I'll give you a discount, it's good to count five thousand taels, isn't it? ”

Zhang Shiniang: "......"

Five thousand taels? Why didn't you rob this ugly monster? She had never dreamed of so much silver.

Before she could open her mouth to scold, Sheng Zhu pressed down the third finger again, "These are all income on the surface, and there are many other bits and pieces." For example, the flower and candle banquet in the cave room, the full moon wine of the children, the third brother's birthday... This kind of human exchange, you can receive a soft hand in receiving gift money, and there are at least hundreds or thousands of taels ......"

Zhang Shiniang's scalp was about to explode, she stood up from the stool with a squeak, crossed her waist and squinted at Sheng Zhu, and said with a smile: "Listen to your tone, this dowry can't be stopped without tens of thousands of taels?" ”

"That's not it." Sheng Zhuchang sighed and spread his hands, "This is still your friendship price for your aunt, if it is someone else, there is no 20,000 taels to dare to say that you want to recruit our third brother as a son-in-law, see if I don't let the dog bite him to death." ”

Carpenter Zhang coughed violently.

Shen Zheng subconsciously wanted to go over and pat him on the back as usual, but as soon as his feet moved, he remembered something, so he couldn't help it, lowered his head and gritted his teeth when he didn't hear it.

The sister-in-law is helping him seek justice, and he can't hold her back.

Zhang Shiniang was so angry that there was smoke on the top of her head, where could she still bear it, pointed at Sheng Zhu's nose and scolded: "I'm bah! The ugly woman who has lost her conscience, the cheap skin that can't come out of the eyes of money, who is she fighting with here? Your Saburo is made of gold, huh? Open your mouth and close your mouth for 10,000 taels, don't pee and look in the mirror, stupid and stupid fools, don't say 10,000 taels, ten taels are not worth it! ”