Wen Jin was very happy that the second uncle had arrived, and happily admonished: "Pomegranate, boil red dates, lotus seeds, white fungus porridge tonight, cut a plate of marinated meat, a plate of cucumbers, fried mushrooms and bamboo shoots, celery and dried beans......"

"Okay, okay, Wen Jin, just the three of us, we do so much at night, we can't finish eating." Qian Xiancheng saw that his nephew was so enthusiastic, and his mood was half better.

Pomegranate saw Wen Jin raise his hand and make a gesture, and confirmed it with his mouth, so he went to the kitchen to work.

"Second uncle, I came here in a hurry today, there must be something important, right?"

"Well, someone proposed to you."

"Second uncle, I said that if you are not even eighteen years old, you will not be married, and my brother is eighteen years ......old."

"Your brother is fifteen years old and has a matchmaker to propose marriage, we have been looking for more than two years before we have a suitable one, and you should find each other now."

Wen Jin was speechless, thinking about how to refuse.

"Wen Jin, the one who proposed to you this time is a big rich man, I don't know-" Qian Xiancheng's heart was beating wildly, and he couldn't go on.

"A big rich man? Where is such a good thing? I never thought there would be pie in the sky, it wouldn't be for me to cuckold and cover up for others, right? ”

Qian Xiancheng was stunned, why didn't he think of this? How rich the Shen family is, he knows very well, even if this second lady is a concubine, it is not a family like them, he can think about it, he can't help but look at his nephew, and secretly admire in his heart: At such a young age, he is so keen, it is too - it's a pity that he couldn't study, otherwise, it would definitely be greater than the achievements of the third brother.

"Second uncle, which one is it?"

"The Shen family in the county seat, the second daughter of Shen Million."

"Humph! The comers are not good. ”

Qian Xiancheng saw that he was worried in vain all the way, and his nephew and the Shen family seemed to have a holiday, and then, another layer of worry came up: "Wen Jin, why did you offend the Shen family?" ”

"No, second uncle, don't mention that the Shen family is so shameless, I actually want to buy my orchard for 10,000 taels of silver, and I am too good at planning."

"Huh? You, your orchard, are worth ten thousand taels of silver? "This time it was Qian Xiancheng's turn to be surprised, no wonder the Shen family wanted to marry 10,000 taels of silver, it turned out to be because of this.

However, since the nephew's orchard is so valuable, it is expected that the output will be considerable in the future, and their family can live a good life, so why did the matchmaker say that they would rely on the dowry of the Shen family girl in the future?

Wen Jin saw that the second uncle was pondering, and she knew that there was a story, so she asked softly: "Second uncle, what did the matchmaker say?" ”

Qian Xiancheng angrily told Wen Jin all the words of Cui Matchmaker.

"Hmph, second uncle, no matter what Shen Million says, let's ignore him, just say, I-"

"You must find a girl from a scholarly family." Qian Xiancheng hurriedly said.

"Good! Second uncle, I must find a talented girl. ”

"Good Wenjin, the second uncle is relieved." Qian Xiancheng was overjoyed, he didn't expect his nephew to respect scholars so much, and he and his wife were really worried in vain.

"Second uncle, since you're here, let's go to Uncle Dashan's house, right? I'll give you a gift. ”

"Good!" Qian Xiancheng's heart is the most reluctant to part with his nephew, he helps Wen Jin do things for free, and he doesn't care about these little things with Wen Jin.

Mo Lingshan does not produce white fungus, Wen Jin still went to Fucheng to buy it, this is a rare thing, she wrapped a bag, and then, took a large piece of cured meat, a small jar of pickled toon, a bag of lotus seeds, put it in the basket, and the second uncle took an oil-paper umbrella and walked to Wang's house.

Qian Xiancheng was in a very comfortable mood at the moment, laughing and groaning along the way, and told Wen Jin a lot of interesting stories about his neighbors in Shanwo.

When the Dashan couple heard that Qian Xiancheng was coming, they were so happy that they had to invite them to dinner.

"Uncle Dashan, let's go to my place to eat, the pomegranates are all done."

Qian Xiancheng was a little surprised, and immediately understood why Wen Jin had to cook so many dishes.

"Uncle Dashan, it's rare for my second uncle to come here, you and your aunt will also give me a face, let's have a meal together."

"Good!" Wang Dashan is also a cheerful character, he takes care of Wen Jin a lot on weekdays, so naturally he will not be entangled in this trivial matter.

The next day, the rain stopped, Qian Xiancheng ate the breakfast prepared by Wen Jin, and then drove the donkey cart home.

When Webster heard the man's voice, he came out with his heart, and saw a happy smiling face, a high heart, and finally fell into the nest.

"Wen Jin didn't say why didn't he agree?"

"This time, we both looked away, Wen Jin said, if you don't marry a talented girl from a scholarly family, she will never want a merchant girl." Qian Xiancheng said loudly.

"Be quiet!" Wei hurriedly reminded, and then frowned, "This is not easy to do, Wen Jin hasn't read many books......"

Qian Xiancheng thought of something inappropriate, and couldn't help but worry: "Let's tell Wen Jin, don't be too high-minded, just like Wen Han, just find a virtuous woman who can read and write." ”

"Well, when she comes back, we'll talk."

Let's talk about the Shen Mansion in the county seat, Shen Million frowned, and after listening to Mrs. Cui's words, he asked a little angrily: "Didn't I tell you that it was 20,000 taels of dowry, plus a Zhuangzi?" Why did you change it to 10,000 taels? ”

Mrs. Cui sighed and glanced at the inner courtyard.

"Go down." Shen Million waved his hand, and the attendant at the door took out a dime of silver and handed it to Cui Matchmaker: "Mother Cui has worked hard, go have a cup of tea." ”

"Thank you, Master Shen." Mrs. Cui was blessed by Shen Wanwan, and then turned to leave.

"Mother Cui, you always know the rules of our family." The servant reminded softly behind his back.

"Understand, understand, my mouth is tighter than the shell, and I will never leak a word." She twisted her body and walked out, and Shen Million came to the inner courtyard with a calm face.

"Where's the wife?"

"In the upper room!" The maid who answered hurriedly ran to the front to report the news, Shen Million has a five-room concubine room, these women will inevitably compete for favor with each other, Mrs. Shen's main room is not exempt from vulgarity, the master will look for her as soon as he enters the door, and even the maids around him are very happy.

When Mrs. Shen went out, she saw that the man's face was not good, and she couldn't help but beat the drum in her heart: "Master! ”

"Go in and say." The couple sat down, and when they saw the man unceremoniously sending the servant away, Mrs. Shen's heart became even more nervous.

"But you told that Cui matchmaker that you only gave a dowry of 10,000 taels?"

Mrs. Shen cried all of a sudden: "Aimei's dowry only cost 10,000 taels, you, why are you so partial, she is your eldest daughter, woo"

"You, you, what do you know? If the Qian family agrees to use the kiwi orchard as a dowry, we only have what we earn, what is 20,000 taels? In time, you can earn 180,000 yuan, you stupid pig, you don't have enough brains, and you dare to do things behind my back, I, I, I hate to divorce you, you stupid woman......"

Mrs. Shen's face turned pale with shock, she thought that the man spoiled the slut, and even raised her daughter higher than her daughter, it turned out that the man still loved his daughter the most, in addition to the dowry all sent back, but also added 10,000 taels of silver, in this small county, at that time, the ten miles of red makeup, simply dazzled the eyes of ordinary people, the dowry of the eldest lady of the Shen family, once made the people of a city talk about it for several years, she didn't know how proud.

Hearing that the slut of the Lu family was showing off in front of him, and the master was going to give her daughter a marriage of 20,000 taels of silver, plus a grange, Mrs. Shen couldn't help it, and asked her to inform Cui's mother to change her words, who would have thought that she had fallen for the trick of the surnamed Lu. How could Lu slut be willing to marry his daughter and marry a country boy? Thinking about this stubble, Mrs. Shen was even more unspeakable, by being scolded by a man, she lowered her head and cried, she lived so aggrieved, isn't it all her man's greed for flowers and lust? The more Mrs. Shen thought about it, the more aggrieved she became, and she pretended to cry at first, but finally it became true, lest she let the other aunts hear it, and seeing her jokes, Mrs. Shen endured her grief and didn't dare to cry out loud, sobbing one by one, but she looked even more aggrieved.

Shen Million couldn't help but sigh, why is he so hard, the business is so big, his wife's vision is still so small, only staring at the corners and corners, fighting in the ring with the concubine all day long, without a trace of everyone's spirit, he said a few boats, and told her that everything in this family is his own and hers, including those aunts, they are all her servants, and even the children they gave birth to are also tools in their hands, this stupid woman, she can't understand what he means, this time, she still mixed up his good deeds.

Sending a matchmaker again, even if it is added to 20,000 taels, or even 30,000 taels, it is meaningless, he now understands that this Qian Wenjin can break into such a situation at a young age, it is by no means luck and coincidence, then he, such a clumsy plan, naturally can't escape the other party's discernment.

Shen Million was very upset, his wife only gave birth to a daughter, if he still has a concubine, he will really accompany the dowry and send it over, don't worry that this Qian Wenjin is not used by him, it's not that he doesn't take the concubine seriously, if you want to entrap Qian Wenjin, a concubine is definitely not enough. Especially the mother-in-law is so narrow-minded, marrying a concubine in the past is simply cultivating an enemy.

Such a smart child, the future is immeasurable, if he can be included in his command, what a great help for him, Shen Million only hates God for not letting Qian Wenjin be his own son.

"Give birth to a son like Sun Zhongmou!" Cao Cao's emotion back then, I don't know how many people's voices were expressed.

Regret is regret, Shen Million still hasn't given up, what should I do next?

Wen Han worked hard for three years, and finally ushered in this year's township test, Wen Jin went to Zhuyun Academy in mid-July, together with Qian Xiancheng and Wei Chenglan. Huaijin Mansion is closer to Minghu City than Shanwo, and the road is relatively smooth, so Wen Han doesn't need to run home. Since the Chinese New Year, Wen Han has never returned home, which makes people really worry, so they brought clothes, money and food to visit. Two days later, Wen Han and several classmates went to the provincial capital to take the exam.

Along the way, Qian Xiancheng had a worried look on his face, he also worked very hard back then, but unfortunately he didn't even get into the show, his son was much stronger than him in one fell swoop, but this person is even more difficult to test, a province, every three years, only thirty or forty people, although Wen Han is a good learner in the few talents of Zhuyun Academy, but in the whole province, five academies, there are many private schools, the most competitive is the children of large families who send their children to study in the capital, can Wen Han compete with those people?

Wei Chenglan didn't have a burden at all, he felt that his nephew was still too young, eighteen years old, even if he could be promoted and promoted to the rank of sergeant, he would have to hone and hone before he could become an official, so he was not in a hurry.

Setbacks are the best way to hone people's will, and people who were smooth sailing when they were young did not have a big future.

Wei Chenglan also wanted to send his nephew to the provincial capital, but Wen Han refused, the academy was already in an inn in the provincial capital, booked a room, and his uncle went, but he couldn't live with him, but it distracted him, Wei Chenglan had to give up, leave something, and the three of them returned together.

After three years, the roasted blue that Wei Chenglan sold back then has been everywhere, and the price has dropped unacceptably, so that the people who make baskets can barely make ends meet.

After returning from the provincial capital, Huang told Wen Jin that the eldest lord of the Shen Mansion in the county seat had come and said that he would come back in a few days. Wen Jin didn't care, if Shen Million was a person who gave up so easily, he wouldn't have a net worth of tens of thousands, all successful people may be better luck than others, but they will never rely on luck to become bigger, and they must have a firm will to give up.

Sure enough, Shen Million came the next day, and as soon as he saw Wen Jin, he smiled and said, "Oh, this time it's good luck, Mr. Qian happened to be at home." ”

"Luckily!" Wen Jin bowed, she was younger than Shen Million's daughter, and she admired the commendable spirit of her opponent, so her demeanor was very respectful.

Shen Million was in a good mood and returned the gift with a smile.

"Master Shen, please!"

"Qian Gongzi, please!"

The two sat down, and Pomegranate brought tea.

"This is my homemade lotus leaf tea, Master Shen will identify it, can I import it?"

Shen Million sniffed it very seriously, then took a sip of tea, pushed it with the tip of his tongue, rolled it in his mouth, swallowed it and tasted it aftertaste, and then said: "It has a unique flavor, but the taste is not mellow enough." ”

"Hehe, Master Shen has insightful insights and seems to be a good hand at tea ceremony."

"I just like it, but I don't dare to be a good hand."

He took another sip and put it down, and then said very regretfully: "I knew that Mr. Qian was good at this, and I should have brought some good tea today, I guess it will be more in your eyes than if I take those mundane things." ”

"Master Shen is polite, Qian is still a layman."

"Oh? Hahaha" Shen Wanwan smiled, feeling that Wen Jin is really real, ordinary people can't taste tea at all, especially when it comes to the top level of tea, there are one or two hundred taels of silver, Qian Wenjin's capital is far from that level, and naturally it is more worthwhile to collect some cloth, silk, satin, snacks and fruits.

After laughing, Shen Million felt a little sad in his heart, the one in front of him, if it wasn't for his opponent, how good it would be, he came today, he was trying to find a way to pinch Wen Jin in his hands, Shanyang is so big, one mountain is difficult to accommodate two tigers, if Qian Wenjin really rises, his many businesses will definitely be affected, he must strangle his opponent in the cradle, Qian Wenjin, it's best that you are a layman, you can accept my conditions, Shen Million is ruthless, the sadness in his heart is just crocodile tears, sacrificing Qian Wenjin, He doesn't actually have any psychological burden at all.

The pomegranate shook at the door of the living room, and Wen Jin saw it and coughed lightly.

"Mr. Qian, please." Shen Million hurriedly expressed his attitude.

Wen Jin beckoned Pomegranate in: "Young Master, there is a letter." ”

Wen Jin was overjoyed, hurriedly went out, personally rewarded the messenger, and on the steps of the outer courtyard, opened the letter and looked at it.

Pomegranate's eyes were full of curiosity, Wen Jin finished reading it, and said softly: "Shen Gongzi has made a new contribution, and this battle not only recovered the lost territory, but also dealt a heavy blow to the Tartars, and it is estimated that the war in the west is about to end." ”

When Pomegranate heard that it was Shen Jun's letter, he smiled happily, slapped his face and said, "Great, Shen Gongzi said when he left that he would come back to eat our boiled fish." ”

Wen Jin shrugged lightly, waved his hand at the pomegranate, and walked into the living room.

Although he deliberately lowered his voice when he was talking outside, there was no noise in this courtyard, and Shen Million could still hear it clearly, and the determination he had made just now was immediately shaken.

Shen Gongzi, you don't have to guess that it is the young master of the Shen family who has changed his surname, it turns out that he went to the front line of Western Xinjiang, and after listening to what he said just now, he has also made military achievements.

It's already expensive, and it's a great achievement......

Such a person, ten Shen million combined, is not an opponent, like him, but he is a little businessman who has some second-grade and third-grade officials, works hard for others, and at the same time collects wealth for himself, what do you take to argue with those princes and nobles? What to do? Do you just give up?

Shen Million was in a state of confusion for a while, and he didn't dare to implement the plan he had thought of no matter what.

Wen Jin walked in, sat down calmly, and personally refilled tea for himself and Shen Wanwan.

"Mr. Qian, someone Shen came here today to discuss a business with you."

Qian also guessed this, otherwise, how could he have the face to invite Master Shen to come? Tell me. ”

"The kiwifruit produced in Mr. Qian's orchard, are you willing to let someone Shen distribute it?"

Wen Jin raised his eyebrows, expressed his interest, and asked with a smile: "How does Master Shen have a distribution method?" ”

"It is the production of your garden, all of which are distributed by the Shen family's trading house, and you are not allowed to fake others, and the benefits obtained will be divided equally between the two of us, how about it?"

What is this benefit? What is the gross profit from the sale of fruits? Or—"

"Naturally, it is necessary to deduct the cost of trafficking, as well as the loss." Shen Million stared at Wen Jin sharply.

"But I don't know the selling price, as well as the cost and loss of intermediary trafficking, how to share it with you?" Cunning fox, when the time comes, you can say as much as you want, Wen Jin can only passively endure your exploitation, Shen Million is too vicious.

Unexpectedly, Wen Jin immediately discovered the crux of the problem, Shen Million was a little embarrassed, he covered his mouth with his hand, and coughed lightly: "My Shen family's business house is also reputable, how could he do such a despicable thing?" "Coax the ghost, the corners of Wen Jin's mouth crooked slightly, and quickly returned to a smiling appearance: "Anyway, this method is not appropriate, please forgive Qian for not accepting it." ”

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