If such a thing spreads, no matter how hard he tries, others will mention him Zhu Zongbao.

His father and mother were extremely eccentric, and they didn't look at the second room at all.

If outsiders know the truth and know that his second brother is not a child of the Zhu family at all, they will even say that their bullshit is not worth it, even if he is admitted to show talent, raise people in the examination, or go higher, it is useless.

The family is not harmonious, even if he has great skills, no one dares to reuse him.

"He, he, I'......," Lu stammered.

These are the things she has thought about these days.

Otherwise, I wouldn't have sold the pigs and rabbits.

But she didn't expect that it was Zhu Erlang's attitude, which changed too quickly.

Now that Zhu Erlang sees the two of them, he shouldn't have seen them.

It's really a white-eyed wolf, and after feeding it for more than 30 years, it can't be fed.

"Dad, mother, there are some things, we have to cover up, we can't let the people outside know a little, if it is known, the second brother knows, he will leave this family without hesitation, what you do, others will also understand why they do it, when the time comes, even if he is rich, you can't ask him to give us a penny, because you can't live with him first!"

Zhu Zongbao slowly persuaded.

I was also flustered.

Earlier, he always thought that his second brother would go on like this for the rest of his life, taking care of earning money all day long, giving it to his father and mother, and not caring about anything at home, but since Zhu Xiaoda made a fuss, he suddenly woke up and never gave the family a penny again.

Who can say what?

He has been working since he was a teenager, and the money he has earned for more than ten years has not left a penny for himself, not that he is sorry for this family, but that this family is sorry for him.

His daughter, with an empty body, will die at any time due to a minor illness and pain.

How could he still have feelings for this family.

mentioned dividing the family several times, but he really wanted to divide it, and he didn't want to divide it even if he didn't want a penny.

"Whew!"

Zhu Zongbao exhaled.

May God forbid you not spread these things to the Academy.

"This, I ......," Lu said.

Old man Zhu was also silent.

Zhu Zongbao said again, "Father, mother, this time I want to take thirty taels of silver to the county seat, first, I have to take the hospital test in September, I need to buy a lot of things, and I have to prepare gifts for the master!" ”

Of course, he also wanted to do something.

He couldn't wait for the family to give him money, he felt that if he waited any longer, the family would not be able to get a penny.

"That's a lot!" Lu Shi muttered in a low voice.

Old man Zhu took a few puffs of cigarettes, "You take out the money jar and see how many there are!" ”

"Oh!"

Lu Shi got up, took out a jar from the hole in the corner of the kang, opened it and counted the broken silver first, but she had never read a book, and the number she could count was limited.

"Zong Bao, you count!"

Zhu Zongbao took a deep breath.

"Mother, a total of twenty-one two hundred and fifty-one articles!"

It's still far from the thirty taels he wanted.

"It's not close!" Lu whispered and looked at Old Man Zhu.

Old man Zhu also knew that it was still bad.

After taking a few deep puffs of cigarettes, Lu Shi asked tentatively, "It's better to take the knife that Erlang took and sell it!" ”

"No!" Zhu Zongbao hurriedly stopped, "Mother, since the second brother said that he wanted that knife, and it was sharpened and put in the house, we can't go and get it back, we have to find another way!" ”

Zhu Zongbao said, he actually had other ideas in his heart.

When Zhu Erlang came to this house, although he was a baby in swaddling clothes, he was wearing a lot of things on his body.

The jade pendant around the neck, a gold bracelet on the wrist, and a jade pendant hanging from the gold bracelet.

He had seen those things when he was a child, and he didn't know how much they were worth at the time, but now that he walks outside, he has some insight and can guess that they are worth a lot.

Especially that jade pendant.

“……”

“……”

Old man Zhu and Lu were silent.

After a long time, Old Man Zhu moved away from the cigarette stick and looked at Zhu Zongbao, "Zongbao, how sure are you about this test?" ”

"At least eighty percent!"

Old man Zhu pursed his lips before he said to the Lu family, "Go and bring the things!" ”

"Oh!" Lu Shi immediately got up, went to open the wardrobe, took out the clothes inside, and removed the board behind the wardrobe, revealing a cloth bag.

Lu Shi carefully took out the things.

Place on the table and spread out.

Wrapped in a piece of lushy warm jade, a pair of gold bracelets, a pair of gold anklets.

The four bracelets are hung with jade pendants, with different patterns and different sizes.

After so many years, the color on the bracelet has become much duller.

"You take one of this things to the pawnshop, you can only use it, you can't sell it, as ten taels of silver, and the current period is one year!" Old man Zhu whispered.

He has not dared to take out this thing all these years.

First, he was afraid that those people would come and know that they had mistreated Zhu Erlang, and besides, these things were really good, and he wanted to keep them as family heirlooms.

But after so many years, I will never come again, and now Zongbao needs silver, so he can only take one as a pawn.

This thing, more than ten taels of silver.

But it can't be too much silver, otherwise it won't be redeemed later.

"Yes, I listen to my father!" Zhu Zongbao hurriedly responded.

But there was something else in my heart.

Since this is what his second brother has worn since he was a child, he can wear such a good thing when he was a child, and he has worn so much, his family is either rich or expensive, and he hasn't found it all these years, is there no one over there, or can't he find the clue?

If it's the former, he can sell it, but if it's the latter, if the thing comes out, if it is seen by someone who knows it well......

Everything that the second brother has suffered at home over the years will be stumped by others when he talks about it.

But you have to get your hands on it first.

"Daddy!"

"Huh?"

"I also want to buy a few books, it is said that it was written by a certain champion, all about the things that should be paid attention to in the imperial examination, generally can't be bought, the price is a little expensive, I can't afford it alone, and a few friends in the same class can't afford it, we plan to scrape together some silver, put it together and buy it first, and then write a copy of it!" Zhu Zongbao said, pursing his lips slightly.

Old man Zhu looked at Zhu Zongbao.

This child has been smart since he was a child, and he grew up with pain, and he has always been honest.

Old man Zhu didn't think that Zhu Zongbao would lie and deceive him.

After thinking for a moment, he took another anklet, "Then you take this pair as a pair, and you can't use it as too much silver, you know?" ”

"Well, I listen to Daddy!"

Zhu Zongbao put things away.

The three of them discussed what to do next. can make Zhu Erlang unable to turn over the waves.

Mountain huts

The mother-in-law sent by Lan Yi had already arrived, but she didn't see Xun Muyang or Zhu Xiao.

Laihua looked at them and said in a deep voice, "You go to the kitchen to cook a pot of porridge first, then boil some hot water, and then prepare lunch!" ”

"Yes!"

Even if the two of them were walking outside, they were also treated as guests, and when they arrived at Xun Muyang, not to mention Xun Muyang, it was Laihua, and they had to obey.

Don't dare to ask anything, immediately go to the kitchen to work.