On the third day of the first lunar month, Fan Ning should pay New Year's greetings to another father-in-law, Zhu Xiaoyun, but Zhu Xiaoyun took the family back to Wujiang to worship the ancestors, and Fan Ning took the family to pay New Year's greetings to the third grandfather Zhu Yuanfeng.

Fan Ning accompanied his second uncle Fan Tiege to sit in the lobby and chat with Zhu Yuanfeng, their topic was mainly on business, Zhu Yuanfeng paid special attention to the Fan trading firm created by Mingren and Mingli, and in just a few years, it became the largest overseas trading merchant in Quanzhou, which is really amazing.

Fan Tiege said with a smile: "The third grandfather doesn't need to look down on them, they go fast, mainly because of the abundant capital, how much gold they mined in Kunzhou, most of them have been invested in it, so that they can have hundreds of sea ships and employ nearly thousands of sailors in just a few years, if anyone has so much gold, they will do it well!" ”

Zhu Yuanfeng shook his head, "I don't see it that way, their brothers have been doing business since they were children, and there are many people who have capital, and they are big businessmen in overseas trade, which one is not worth more than 100,000 yuan, but who can become the first in Quanzhou in just five years?" That kind of courage and courage is really not something that ordinary people dare to play, do you know how much money was earned from the 2,000 yellow sandalwood that Akihito transported to the capital last year? His capital is only 2,000 yuan, and he earned 200,000 taels of silver in that trip, which is so amazing that I don't dare to say it to outsiders. ”

"Second Uncle Fan, don't look at the fact that you can make money by fiddling with stones, but compared to your son, you are still far behind, he told me that next time he will go to Ceylon to transport agarwood and sapphires, this kid is addicted to the timber business."

As everyone was talking, three young men came in from outside, the first two of them were Zhu Yuanfeng's seventh grandson Zhu Qi, and the other was a disciple of the Fan family, Lu Min, the son of Fan Tieniu.

Zhu Qi is very delicate, fair-skinned, and looks like a girl, but Lu Min's skin is like his father Fan Tieniu, and his skin is relatively thick and dark, but after all, he is a scholar, and the two of them are polite and polite.

Zhu Qi and Lu Min are the same age, they are classmates and friends in Taixue, and they returned to their hometown together to participate in the imperial examination, and both of them were admitted to the examination.

followed by a five- or six-year-old child, but Fan Tiege's grandson Fan Guangming, was born by Mingli in Kunzhou, and the child's mother was also a Japanese girl, now renamed Fan Li, and took her son to live with her in-laws in the capital.

Fan Mingli also married a wife, the youngest daughter of Li Yao, a wealthy family in Quanzhou, who was relatively thin and dark, and Fan Tiege and his wife didn't like it very much, in contrast, they still liked the filial and obedient Fan Li.

Zhu Qi and Lu Min knelt down and kowtowed when they came in, "Give my grandfather a hundred years, and my second uncle a New Year's greeting!" ”

Fanning is their brother, so it's not easy to kneel and worship, but Fan Guangming, who ran in front of Fanning and knelt down and kowtowed, making Fanning laugh, and took out a gold ingot of five taels from his arms and handed it to him, "This is given to you by the third uncle, take it!" ”

Fan Tiege hurriedly said: "A-Ning, just give a copper coin, he doesn't understand it yet." ”

Fan Ning ignored the second uncle and said to Fan Guangming: "Take it to your mother, and let your mother take you to buy candy to eat." ”

Fan Guangming was very smart, he realized that the third uncle must have given him something good, he was afraid that his grandfather would not let him accept it, so he turned around and ran away.

Everyone laughed together, and at this time, Zhu Qi and Lu Min saluted Fan Ning again, but Fan Ning didn't give them any gifts, and asked, "How are you preparing for the provincial test in March?" ”

"We're still doing our best to prepare for the exam, so we'll take a little break for the past two days."

Fanning nodded, "It's time to take a little rest, are you planning to go out for a walk?" ”

"Yes, tomorrow the two of us plan to go to the south of the city to enjoy the winter snow in Baigang."

Baigang winter snow is a famous scene in the capital, famous for enjoying the snow, Fan Ning smiled and said: "Tomorrow bring Ado with you, I will let Zhu Ying go with you and have a good day." ”

Fan Ning's eyes were so keen, after he finished taking Ado with him, he observed the expressions of the two, Lu Min looked bitter, a little unwilling to bring his cousin, but a trace of joy flashed in Zhu Qi's eyes.

It seems that this Zhu Qi really likes his sister a little.

After the two of them retreated, Zhu Yuanfeng stroked his beard and smiled: "I'm afraid that the little master is not worthy of Ado!" ”

Zhu Pei had already mentioned this matter to Zhu Jie before, and of course Zhu Yuanfeng also knew.

Fan Tiege was stunned, "Aning, do you want to match Ado with Xiao Qilang?" ”

Fan Ning said lightly: "I don't want to match them, if they have a good impression of each other, then I will fulfill them, as for who is worthy of whom, the third grandfather should not mention it again." ”

Of course, Zhu Yuanfeng is willing to marry Fan Ning again, and he smiled: "Xiao Qi is a nerd, and he likes to hide in the study and read books since he was a child. ”

Fanning smiled: "My sister is the same, she loves books, so I think the two of them are a good match." ”

Fan Tiege smiled: "Since both of you are interested, then I will be the matchmaker." ”

Fan Ning groaned and said, "My sister is still young after all, let's wait for two more years!" ”

"If you don't get married first, it doesn't hurt to get married later."

Fanning thought for a while and smiled: "That's okay, I'll go back and discuss it with my mother, and then ask for her own opinion, if she doesn't object, you can set the marriage in advance." ”

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On the fourth day of the first lunar month, Ado went out excitedly early in the morning, following Lu Min and Zhu Qi to the south of the city to enjoy the snow, Fan Zhener cried and wanted to go with her aunt, this time Fan Ning did not meet her daughter's request for the first time.

Ado is nine years younger than her eldest brother, and she will be seventeen years old after the New Year, Ado is her milk name, her official name is Fan Jing, her brother's name is Fan Ning, of course her name is Fan Jing, a bit homophonic with her nephew Fan Jing, but it is not a big problem, the pronunciation is careful, and it will basically not be confused.

At dusk, Addo was sent back to the house by Zhu Qi, and she had a lot of gadgets in her hands, birds made of fine bamboo strips, little people made of mud, and whistling made of wood, all of which were gadgets for her niece.

Zhu Pei came to her sister-in-law's room, the door was not closed, through the gap, she saw that Addo was hiding something behind the bookshelf, Zhu Pei could see clearly, it was a jade pendant.

Zhu Pei was secretly surprised, have these two people reached the point of exchanging love objects?

Zhu Pei knows her sister-in-law very well, she is a very honest little lady, at most she is angry with her mother, and she is stuffy in her heart for everything, Zhu Qi is similar, only slightly better than her, but she is also a nerd, and she can't even order tea until now, these two people don't know who took the initiative first, it is estimated that it is Zhu Qi, how can Ado have the courage to take the initiative to express? Since Lu Min didn't send Ado back today, he knew that they must have had a story today.

After thinking for a moment, Juppe coughed lightly, and Ado was so frightened that he quickly sat down and picked up a book.

Ju Pei pushed open the door a crack, and the probe came in and smiled: "I didn't affect you!" ”

"I don't have anything to do, sister-in-law, come in!"

Ado hurriedly let his sister-in-law in and poured her tea, and Zhu Pei asked with a smile: "Have fun today!" ”

Ado nodded redly, "The winter snow in Baigang is really beautiful and spectacular, but there are too many people, and the foot of the mountain is full of people." ”

"That's for sure, many people in the capital have gone to see the snow."

Zhu Pei smiled again: "Your eldest brother is very worried, afraid that something will happen to you, I heard that there are many little scoundrels, after all, those two are weak scholars, they can't compete with others, they can't rob others, and they can't beat others in a fight." ”

"There are indeed a lot of scoundrels, but with Brother Ying, he is so fierce, and with him following me, those scoundrels and little ruffians dare not approach."

"You're not with the two of them?"

Ado hurriedly shook his head, "The three of us have been together, Brother Eagle is following me, anyway, no scoundrel dares to provoke me." ”

"Those two didn't leave you alone!"

"No! Ah Qi also ran to buy me a sugar gourd. ”

"You call him Ah Qi?" Juppe asked with a smile.

Ah Duo's face turned red, and he said after a while: "I have always called him Ah Qi, this title..... Isn't it appropriate? ”

"There's nothing wrong with it, you just have to say it, we all keep calling him Little Master, don't you know!"

"Little Master?"

A sly smile appeared in Ado's eyes, why didn't the stinky boy say it? Next time, I'll call him Little Master.

Zhu Pei has been testing Ado, and from beginning to end, she didn't mention Lu Min, and Ado didn't think of Lu Min at all, which shows that when the three of them traveled, she only had Zhu Qi in her heart.

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While Jupei was chatting with Ado, Fanning was also asking Zhu Ying about her sister's situation today.

Zhu Ying said to Fan Ning very frankly: "Lu Shaolang was a little angry today, and when he came back, he left alone, and it was Zhu Shaolang who accompanied Ado back to his house. ”

"The two of them in a carriage?"

Zhu Ying shook his head, "Zhu Shaolang rode a horse, only Addo sat in the carriage alone, but the windows were open, and Ado was talking to Zhu Shaolang all the way." ”

"Say what?"

"It seems to be talking about Tang poetry, the two of them are very involved, and Zhu Shaolang almost fell off the moat when he entered the city."

Fan Ning smiled and asked, "Why is Lu Min angry?" ”

"Zhu Shaolang went to buy sugar gourds, but only bought two, didn't buy them for Lu Shaolang, this is the first time, when going up the mountain, Zhu Shaolang has been taking care of Aduo, ignoring Lu Shaolang, as a result, Lu Shaolang fell and rolled down more than ten zhang.

Zhu Shaolang saw that he was not injured, so he didn't care about him anymore, which made Lu Shaolang very angry and wanted to take Ado back to the city, but Ado refused, so the two quarreled, and then Zhu Shaolang helped Ado say a few words, and Lu Shaolang was angry and went back to the city by himself. ”

"And then?" Fanning asked with another smile.

Zhu Ying scratched his head, "Then I feel like I'm a little redundant." ”

Fanning laughed, "Do you think they're a bit of a concubine?" ”

"It seems to be a little, but that Zhu Shaolang is a little stupid, I don't think he is worthy of Ado."

Fanning nodded and said, "Do they still have any agreements?" ”

"It seems that Addo said that he was going to the temple to incense his father the day after tomorrow, and Zhu Shaolang wanted to accompany her, but they spoke very quietly, and then I didn't hear it, by the way, tomorrow Zhu Shaolang will send a batch of books to Ado."

Fan Ning smiled faintly, this matter can't be rushed, we have to take another look.

When his father is gone, he is the eldest brother and father. 8)