"A-Ning, I'm really sorry! This kid is spoiled by me. Looking at his granddaughter's back, Zhu Yuanfu sighed a little apologetically.

Fanning scratched his head and smiled embarrassedly: "Grandfather, I know her heart very well!" ”

Zhu Yuanfu slapped his head and laughed, "I almost forgot, you do know Pei'er." ”

Zhu Yuanfu is very proud of the marriage he arranged, not only is Fanning a young man with a bright future, but more importantly, his granddaughter is rude and willful, marrying anyone will be a headache, and only Fanning can lower her.

Don't look at Fan Ning's loss when he was with her since he was a child, but in fact he firmly grasped his granddaughter's heart, others don't understand, but Zhu Yuanfu sees it thoroughly, this kid knows how to advance and retreat, and let go where he should go, but he firmly grasps the principle.

For example, the dragon tea just now was obviously given by Fan Ning, but he didn't say a word, giving Pei'er enough face, but in the seat, he didn't explain to Ju Pei at all, why he was too happy to see his grandfather, and he didn't play a round at all, which is his insistence on principle.

Zhu Yuanfu is seventy years old, and he can see these details clearly.

Zhu Yuanfu immediately sent his son out, and only he and Fan Ning were left in the room.

"A-Ning, there are some things I have wanted to talk to you for a long time, but I was still an outsider before, and some things really can't be said, the last time you welcomed your relatives was a good opportunity, but the atmosphere is not right, it has been delayed again and again, I don't want to drag it out today, I will get sick sooner or later if I hold it in my heart."

Fanning didn't know what the old man wanted to say, he didn't speak, so he had to sit respectfully and listen.

"Let's talk about your fourth uncle first! He has done a good job over the years, expanding Zhu's money shop step by step, and he opened the twelve money shops on Bashu and Shaanxi Road, but I don't plan to let him do it again, I have a restaurant in Wu County, called Pinxiang Restaurant, which can be included in the top five in Wu County, I plan to sell this restaurant to him at a price of 500 yuan, you have no opinion! ”

Fan Ning nodded, he could fully understand Zhu Yuanfu's decision, in the past, it was understandable for the fourth uncle to be the shopkeeper of the Zhu family, but after he married Zhu Pei, the Zhu family would be a bit of a bully to the Fan family if he let the fourth uncle be the shopkeeper.

But Zhu's money shop is the core asset of the Zhu family, and it is impossible for them to let outsiders get involved, so giving the fourth uncle a restaurant and letting the fourth uncle leave the Zhu money shop is a more kind way to deal with it.

As for the five hundred yuan, it is not worth mentioning at all for a restaurant that ranks among the top five in Wu County, and it is actually given to the fourth uncle.

"Thank you grandfather for the arrangement, this is my fourth uncle's blessing!"

Fan Ning knew very well that it was for his own sake that the old man gave the fourth uncle a restaurant.

Zhu Yuanfu nodded with satisfaction, and continued: "There is another sentence, don't be angry when I say it, the Fan family has many talents, there are famous people in the world like Fan Xianggong, and his sons are all handsome among people, but your grandfather's lineage is really a bit thin." ”

Fan Ning was silent, he understood what Zhu Yuanfu meant by the thin people, not that there were not many children, but his father had four brothers! Zhu Yuanfu was telling him that there were no talents in their family except for themselves.

Although Lu Min is knowledgeable, he is surnamed Lu after all, he is a child of the Lu family, not a child of the Fan family, Mingren and Mingli are talents, but they are not the talents mentioned by Zhu Yuanfu.

However, Fan Ning also understood what Zhu Yuanfu meant, Zhu Yuanfu actually wanted to let himself promote the children of the Zhu family, let the children of the Zhu family follow him to flourish, and at the same time become his help.

Fan Ning guessed correctly, Zhu Yuanfu just hoped that Fan Ning could bring more children of the Zhu family, Zhu Yuanfu began to observe Fan Ning when he was very young, and watched him step by step when he was admitted to Yanying Academy, the first in the county sergeant, the first in the boy's exam, and the first in the boy's jinshi, and he was favored by the Son of Heaven, and he was appointed as a high-ranking official from the fifth grade at the age of nineteen.

This kid has completely lived up to his expectations, has gradually become a pillar of the Great Song Dynasty, and is very smart, and began to make friends with the Gao Cao family, bet on Zhao Zongshi, and expand his network.

The future of this son is limitless!

Of course, with Zhu Yuanfu's patience, he didn't need to mention today's topic at all, and Fan Ning would naturally promote the Zhu family if he had the opportunity, but ........

Zhu Yuanfu sighed and continued: "I am over seventy years old, my life is seventy years old, I don't know how long I can live, but it will definitely not be too long, I have no other expectations, I just hope that my children and grandchildren will be safe and sound, and the Zhu family can spread out and let me be able to look under the nine springs, Ah Ning, can you help Ah Gong in this matter?" ”

Zhu Yuanfu actually realized that he had said the wrong thing just now, he shouldn't mention the withering of the Fan family, which would be disgusting, so he used a pleading tone to impress Fan Ning.

Fanning nodded, he knew that the old man didn't want to do what he wanted to do now, but to make a statement or a promise first.

Not to mention that he was originally the son-in-law of the Zhu family, it was originally his own business to help the Zhu family, not to mention the kindness of Zhu Yuanfu and Zhu Yuanfeng to him over the years, how could he be an ungrateful person.

Fan Ning said in a deep voice: "Grandfather is serious, Fan Ning is the son-in-law of the Zhu family, and he inherits the grace of the Zhu family, as long as he can do his best, Fan Ning will do his best." ”

Fan Ning's promise is very heavy, but to a greater extent, it is An Zhu Yuanfu's heart, of course he will try his best to help the Zhu family, but he may not do his best, such as something that seriously violates his principles, he will not necessarily help.

But this cannot be said, it will break the old man's heart to say it.

Zhu Yuanfu's eyes were a little moist, he stood up and walked a few steps, trying his best to control his emotions, for a while, he sighed softly, everyone said that the Zhu family is rich, as long as they have money, they can do anything, is this really the case? I don't think so, for example, my grandson-in-law, he didn't marry my granddaughter for money! ”

Zhu Yuanfu was moved, don't look at him giving his granddaughter so many valuable dowries, but he knows in his heart that Fanning may not be rare, Fanning himself is rich!

30,000 pieces of Tianhuangshi, and 60,000 taels of gold in more than half a year, how much is it worth?

More importantly, Fanning's vision, he encouraged the Akihito brothers to invest in dock ships and carry out large-scale overseas trade, which alone is a priceless treasure.

If he hadn't grown up with Pei'er's childhood sweetheart and had a deep friendship, would he marry his granddaughter for the Zhu family's money? It can't be.

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The grandfather and grandson chatted for about half an hour, after all, Zhu Yuanfu's body had not yet recovered, so he looked a little sleepy, Fan Ning said goodbye in time, did not disturb the old man's rest, he went to the front hall to find the old man.

I had just passed through a corner door and almost crashed into a person, "Sorry! I'm sorry! Fanning hurriedly took a step back.

The person opposite was quite young, wearing a white silk shirt, a gauze hat, and a folding fan on his fingers.

Fan Ning immediately recognized it, it was Zhu Pei's second brother Zhu Yi, because the eldest brother had a mental disability, so this Zhu Yi was the de facto eldest grandson.

Zhu Yi is only two years older than Fan Ning, graduated from Taixue, received the grace of the Son of Heaven, was born as a Jinshi, was operated by Zhu Yuanfu with a lot of money, and was obtained from the Jiupin Official, and is now serving as the secretary of Pingjiang Prefecture, and currently lives in Changzhou County.

This time, Zhu Yi also went to Beijing to participate in the marriage of his sister Zhu Pei, and at the same time, he also wanted to run away from the relationship, mixing a county lieutenant, county governor and other practical positions.

"It turned out to be A-Ning, where is my little sister?" Zhu Yi asked with a faint smile.

"Apei is talking to her mother in the inner house, when will the second brother return to Pingjiang Mansion?"

"Two or three days to go! After dealing with some personal matters, go back, you are busy first, I will not bother you. ”

Zhu Yi arched his hand to Fan Ning, and walked quickly towards the inner house.

It was indeed a little cold, Fan Ning looked at Zhu Yi's back, he couldn't figure out why his second brother-in-law was not enthusiastic about him, and he didn't even lack politeness, but he was a son-in-law who came back to the door, had a cup of tea, and said a few words.

I shouldn't have offended him!

Fan Ning didn't know that his second brother-in-law was Liu Ran's hardcore friend and grew up playing with mud, but he patted Liu Ran's chest and promised him to marry his sister.

In the end, he was picked by Fan Ning, even if Zhu Yi didn't give Fan Ning a face in front of his sister, it was unlikely that you would let him treat Fan Ning warmly.

Just now he smiled faintly and said hello, this is already the limit of what he can do, if he met Fan Ning a month ago, he would definitely hit him with his shoulder, and then snort and leave, he would not give a good face at all.

It's really a boat, he can only try to suppress his dissatisfaction with Fanning in his heart and not show it, this is also his self-cultivation, he also went to Beijing to attend his sister's wedding, and he didn't find an excuse not to come such as being busy with official business, which can be regarded as giving his sister face.

In fact, there is another important reason why Zhu Yi is quite dissatisfied with Fanning, that is, his grandfather gave all the assets of Mudu Town to his sister as a dowry.

You must know that a few months ago, his grandfather also told him that he planned to give him the big mansion in Mudu Town, which made Zhu Yi very happy, although he did not have the opportunity to live there at present, his father-in-law wanted that property.

Zhu Yi was married the year before last, and his wife is the daughter of the Gu family, a big family in Wu County, if the Lu family in Wu County is related to Lu Xun of the Three Kingdoms, then the Gu family in Wu County is the descendant of Gu Yong, a strategist of the Three Kingdoms.

The two major families of Lu Gu are the same as the Fan family, they are all big clans in Wu County, and their ancestors are the same, but they are scattered, and these three families are divided into hundreds of houses and scattered to various towns and villages.

And the daughter of the Gu family married by Zhu Yi is the Gu family of Changqiao Town, and she can be regarded as a well-known wealthy family in Wu County.

The Gu family has long taken a fancy to Zhu Yuanfu's mansion in Mudu Town, and Zhu Yi's father-in-law Gu Yuanli also took the opportunity of birthday greetings to visit the mansion several times, and he was deeply impressed by the elegance and vast area of the mansion.

So the Gu family hoped that Zhu Yi could get the house, and then the Gu family could live in it justifiably, and after Zhu Yi gave his grandfather a few hints, Zhu Yuanfu relieved himself and said that he could consider giving him the house to inherit.

Unexpectedly, the mansion eventually became his sister's dowry, and finally the Fan family was cheap.

Seeing that the duck that was about to reach his beak flew, the resentment in Zhu Yi's heart can be imagined, he still doesn't know how to explain to his wife and father-in-law, and how can he be enthusiastic about Fanning?