Fan Ning rushed into the house with a gust of wind, and met his mother Zhang Sanniang, followed by his father Fan Tiezhou.

"Mother, I'm back!"

As soon as Fan Ning's words fell, he was hugged by his mother Zhang Sanniang, and tears fell from his excitement.

"My son has earned face for his mother!"

"Not only earn face, but also earn money for my mother!"

Fanning took out a bulging pouch from his bookbag and said with a smile: "This is my mother's favorite thing." ”

Zhang Sanniang burst into tears and laughed, and knocked on his head, "Little villain, talk about my mother like a money fan." ”

Having said that, Zhang Sanniang still snatched the bag away, and Xizizi asked, "How many?" ”

"Fifty taels of silver!"

Zhang Sanniang suddenly laughed so hard that she couldn't close her mouth, and turned back to her husband and said, "His father, there are fifty taels!" ”

Fan Tiezhou rubbed his son's hair with a smile and asked with concern, "How did you come back?" ”

"I came back by boat with the head of the hospital, my father, the head of the hospital said that as a reward for me, I will not have to pay the monthly rent of five yuan per month in the future."

Fan Tiezhou was taken aback, "Yisheng Hall was opened by your Liu Academy?" ”

"It seems that Tzu Chi Tang is also his property, and I just found out about it."

"But... It's not good to pay no rent at all! ”

Fan Tiezhou thought about it a lot, and he was worried that other doctors would have opinions.

"What's wrong?"

Zhang Sanniang glanced at her husband with contempt, "You worry about this all day long, worry about that, this is earned by your son, and if they have the ability, they will also take the prodigy exam." ”

As soon as the words fell, Zhang Sanniang suddenly felt a wave of nausea in her chest and abdomen, and she hurriedly covered her mouth and ran into the house.

Fan Ning was stunned, "Mother, what's wrong?" ”

"Your mother.... She may be pregnant again. Fan Tiezhou said in a hesitant manner.

Fanning was overjoyed when he heard this, this is a good thing! In the future, if they are not at home, their parents will have a child with them.

"Are you sure?"

Fan Tiezhou shook his head, "It's still uncertain, she went to Yishengtang today to check the pulse, and the four doctors had different opinions, and I was a little confused." ”

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In the evening, Fan Tiezhou booked a table of banquets at Baiyun Restaurant, and the couple celebrated their son's first place in the prodigy competition.

When the proprietor of the restaurant heard that it was to celebrate the little prodigy in Mudu Town, he immediately waived the money for the wine and food, and specially gave Fan Ning a set of excellent study treasures.

Coming out of the restaurant, it was already dark, Zhang Sanniang was happy today, drank a few glasses of wine, blushed and looked very excited.

"Da Lang, do you think we can move back to the old house? I'm really not used to living in town. ”

This is the second time Zhang Sanniang has mentioned this matter to her husband.

Fan Tiezhou didn't have any opinion on moving back to Jiangwan Village, after all, his parents were there, but he felt that this was his wife's hot-headed moment, and she regretted it when she moved back.

Fan Tiezhou smiled and said: "I still say the same thing, you really thought about it and decided to move back, I fully support it, anyway, Jiangwan Village is not far from the town, and the waterway is only half an hour, I can go home every day." ”

"Ning'er, do you think we can't move?" Zhang Sanniang asked her son again.

Fan Ning smiled: "I may go to the county school in early March to study, my mother will be more lonely living in the town, it is better to go back, sell the house in the town, and build a mansion in Jiangwan Village." ”

Hearing that his son was going to study in the county, the husband and wife were taken aback, and Zhang Sanniang hurriedly said, "Ning'er, why didn't you say it before?" ”

Fanning scratched his head, "I didn't know before, but I only learned when I competed in the county that the top ten in the selection competition will go to the county school for three years to prepare for the children's test in the fall of the next year." ”

After a pause, Fan Ning smiled again: "Of course, you can choose not to go and continue to study in Yanying Academy." ”

"Go! Of course you have to go! ”

Fan Tiezhou made a choice without hesitation, he knew that it was difficult to study in the county, he was named Sun Shan when he was admitted to the county school, and his son now has this opportunity, of course he can't give up.

"Lady, we want to support Ning'er to go to the county to study, others can't go if they want to!"

"Who says I don't support it anymore? I'm more supportive than you are."

Of course, Zhang Sanniang supports her son to study in the county school, and she dreams of looking forward to her son being admitted to the Juren, so that she can raise her eyebrows and exalt herself.

When a family of three came to the entrance of the alley, they heard someone in the alley shouting, "Catch that thief!" ”

saw a black shadow rushing towards him, extremely fast, and he was about to hit Zhang Sanniang.

Fan Tiezhou was eager to protect his wife, he didn't care about catching the thief, so he pulled his wife over, and the black shadow passed by Zhang Sanniang and rushed away into the night.

At this time, another person ran out of the alley, and he was so anxious that he shouted: "Big brother, why did you let that thief run away?" ”

Fan Tiezhou was stunned, turned around and chased, chasing more than 100 steps in one go, but it was too late, the black shadow just now crossed the Wang Zhuangyuan Bridge and disappeared at the end of the street.

He didn't worry about his wife and children, so he ran back again, "Second brother, is it you?" ”

The second person to chase out of the alley was Fan Ning's second uncle Fan Tiege, who was slightly fat, tired and panting, bending over and panting.

He turned around and pointed to the alley, "Big brother, go back quickly, there is still a thief caught by the third child." ”

Fan Tiezhou was startled and hurriedly ran into the alley, and Fan Ning also ran in.

Zhang Sanniang was shocked, stepped forward and asked, "Second child, why are you here?" ”

"I heard that Ning'er won the first place in the county taxi competition, so I called the third child to come over to celebrate, but I found that the door of your house was hidden, we pushed the door in, and met two thieves in black clothes coming out of the house."

Zhang Sanniang was in a hurry, her money and silver were locked in the bedside cabinet!

She was immediately anxious and ran home in a panic.

In the courtyard, I saw Fan Tieniu, the third man with a strong physique, firmly pressing a thin thief to the ground, and Fan Tiezhou was tying up the thief with a rope.

The thief screamed as he was strangled by the rope.

Zhang Sanniang ran into the yard and saw her son coming out of her room, Zhang Sanniang stepped forward and asked urgently, "Ning'er, what's missing?" ”

Fanning shook his head, "They didn't come into this room. ”

Zhang Sanniang suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, and the valuable things in their house were all in her bedroom.

"So what are they stealing, and we don't have anything of value anywhere else in our house?" Zhang Sanniang asked puzzled.

Hearing the words 'valuable goods', Fanning suddenly remembered something, turned around and ran to the attic where he lived, and rushed to the second floor in one breath, Fanning lit the oil lamp, and the scene in front of him suddenly stunned him.

I saw a mess in the study and in my bedroom, with books, bedding and clothes all thrown on the ground, and two large boxes were also pried open.

As soon as Fan Ning raised his head, the middle hall that Fan Zhongyan gave him was still there, the thief didn't know the goods, this painting was very valuable, and it could be sold for at least a few thousand taels of silver in the capital.

Luckily, I hung it on the wall, and if I had put it in a box, it would have been stolen.

He moved the desk again, opened a secret door at the back of the desk, and his treasure box was still there, and the thief did not find it.

Fanning ran into the bedroom again, lying on the ground and looking at the foot of the bed, and his heart suddenly felt cold.

There was no trace of the two Taihu stones he had placed under the bed.

Fanning has a total of three pieces of Taihu Lake, one of which he stumbled upon in the bamboo forest, and because it weighed sixty or seventy pounds, he couldn't move it back, so he put it directly in the old house in Jiangwan Village.

The other two Taihu Lake stones he put under his bed, one is the three pools of Yingyue sold to him by Uncle Wang, which belongs to the high-grade Taihu Lake stone, and the other is his treasure of the Xishan Travel Stone, which is the best Taihu Lake stone.

Fan Ning turned around and ran downstairs, and met his mother, he hurriedly asked, "Mother, did you put the two Taihu stones under my bed somewhere else?" ”

Zhang Sanniang hurriedly shook her head, "I won't move your stone." ”

At this time, Fan Tiege shouted in the courtyard outside: "Ning'er, don't look for it, they are here to steal the two stones, and we intercepted one of them." ”

Fan Ning hurriedly ran to the outer courtyard, and Fan Tiege pointed to the stone mill, and there was a Taihu stone on the grinding plate.

Fanning stepped forward to pick up the Taihu Lake Stone, which was his Three Pools and Moon.

"Second uncle, is this the only one?"

Fan Tiege sighed, "There is another piece that was carried by the thief just now and ran away." ”

Fanning was furious in his heart, and stepped forward and slapped the caught thief hard, "Who sent you?" ”

The thief was just a little scoundrel on the street, not very old, he trembled with fright, and said in a trembling voice: "Yes.... It was Shopkeeper Li who asked us to steal a stone. ”

Fan Ning's mind turned and blurted out, "Li Quan of the Strange Stone Pavilion? ”

"It's him, after he succeeds, he will give each of us a consistent monetary reward, little official, I'm really not a thief!"

The little scoundrel was so frightened that he cried.

At this moment, Fan Ning calmed down, Li Quan remembered his piece of Xishan Travel Stone, he could understand it, but why did Li Quan steal the stone now, which made him a little strange?

Knowing that he was away from home for eight days, he could do it at any time, so why did he have to wait until he came back?

Fan Ning thought for a while and then asked, "When did Li Quan confess that you stole my stone?" ”

"Yesterday afternoon!" The little scoundrel said with a crying voice.

The results were officially announced at noon yesterday, and Li Quan arranged to steal in the afternoon, and a thought rushed into Fanning's heart, and he seemed to have something faintly in mind?

"Ning'er, is that stone important?" Fan Tiege asked from the side.

Fanning nodded, "That stone is very valuable, worth at least a few hundred taels of silver. ”

Everyone was immediately startled, a stone was actually worth hundreds of taels of silver, they couldn't imagine it.

Fan Tiege hurriedly said: "I have to go and report the case quickly!" ”

"I'll go!" Fan Tiezhou pulled his feet and ran outside.