Zhu Jiashi returned home, entered the main hall, and slapped his palm on the table.

Obviously really angry.

Zhu Wanjian took the opportunity to instigate: "That woman, I don't know who she was bewitched, she actually went against the family repeatedly, and her mother has already expressed it so clearly, but she is still stubborn." And those guys who do business with her, they must find out who returned the silver in time, making it difficult for them to gain a foothold in Anlu! ”

Zhu Jiashi glared angrily: "If you don't have enough success and more than you lose, why is this?" ”

"Mother? How can I be blamed for this? The rules are set by you, how did you think that she could make up more than forty taels of silver in such a short period of time? Mother, if you don't want to check, is there a ...... behind her back Concubine? Secretly helping? ”

Zhu Wanjian's eyes were spinning, and he was thinking about intrigues again.

Zhu Jiashi sneered: "How not, what if there is?" If you really have it, you still have to go out and publicize it everywhere, so that my Zhu family will lose face? ”

Zhu Wanjian was stunned and didn't know how to reply.

Zhu Jiashi said: "Don't they want to show their heads? Then let them continue to run the rice shop, the big ones are difficult to start, so they will find a way to do it from the small ones...... As long as the kung fu is deep, are you afraid that you won't find a flaw? ”

"Mother? Are you looking for a breakthrough from Xiao Haozi? ”

Zhu Wanjian looked confused.

Zhu Jiashi didn't bother to explain to him.

Originally, she had high expectations for her second son, but after this incident, she was completely disappointed in Zhu Wanjian.

……

……

Zhu Niang's rice shop ushered in a short period of peace.

For a few days, although the shop had no business, fortunately, no one came to make trouble, and no one asked them to hand over the shop.

On this day, Zhu Hao and Uncle Zhong went out of the city to find a new salt nest, and then guided the construction of the salt beach field to the contracted farmers.

"Mother, is there something wrong?"

Zhu Hao felt that things were not good.

Zhu Niang said: "Steward Liu came to us to pass on your grandmother's words. ”

Zhu Hao suddenly sighed: "The old lady has too much control, and she has to control everything at home, as if the sky is about to collapse without her...... Won't there be any stumbling blocks waiting for us? ”

Aunt Li hurriedly said: "Young Master Hao, you can't say this to the old lady, if you let her know......"

"Hehe, if my aunt doesn't say it, will my mother say it?" Zhu Hao said with a smile.

His evaluation of Zhu Jiashi is completely free.

The old lady ......

It's not your average strength.

Zhu Niang's face was calm: "This time, your grandmother sent someone to pass the word, to the effect that you should go back to Zhu's house, and Mr. Jiashu over there will teach you knowledge, and you can send a letter to study...... That's a good thing! ”

Zhu Hao was stunned.

Would the old lady be so kind to let him study?

"Mother, do you think you can't deal with us for the time being, and you want to trick me into going back and act as a hostage to force you to comply?"

Zhu Hao's words startled Zhu Niang, and she said in a reproachful tone: "Xiao Hao, you are really becoming more and more arrogant, how can you say such words?" You are originally a member of the Zhu family, and you went back to Zhuangzi outside the city to study...... Understandable! You're eight years old and haven't been enlightened, my mother is sorry for you, I've always said in the past few years that I'll invite you to sir, but Mr. is not something we can afford to invite casually......"

Zhu Hao saw Zhu Niang's ardent expectations for him, so he didn't refute it, and asked instead: "Mother, did Steward Liu say that if you don't agree, what punishment will there be?" ”

Zhu Niang thought about it, and suddenly felt a little sad, "Steward Liu said, our Zhu family is the family of martial arts, your father is a hundred households of Ming Jinyi, and he sacrificed his life for the country, if you don't want to study, you can practice martial arts, there is a special person to teach martial arts, and it is not a problem to strengthen your body, and you may inherit your father's military position when you grow up." ”

These words "scared" Zhu Hao.

It's not that he's not self-motivated, it's not that he doesn't want to exercise.

But if he is caught by the Zhu family and let him practice in winter and summer, the taste will be really "cool"!

With my seven-year-old small body, I endure hardships and polish every day until I reach adulthood, not to mention the bitterness, but if the nutrition can't keep up, I will be refining into sick seedlings.

There is a saying that poor literature and rich martial arts, the investment in martial arts training is unimaginable to ordinary people, with the current tense relationship between their mother and son and their family, the old lady will kindly invest a lot of money in her own martial arts?

Zhu Hao said: "Mother, do you want me to study or practice martial arts?" ”

Zhu Niang glanced at Aunt Li, who lowered her head and obviously didn't want to express her opinion.

"Mother hopes that you will study and take the imperial examination, although our Ming military household is hereditary, but you can also make a difference in the imperial examination, but it is not easy to reach the sky in one step...... Inheriting your father's position as an adult is also a way out. ”

"Your grandmother used the allusion of Meng's mother's three migrations in her words, saying that if you show up with us here for a long time to do business, sooner or later you will become a pawn of a peddler, which does not meet your late father's expectations."

Zhu Niang has high expectations for her son, but she also knows that the road of the imperial examination is not easy to walk, and thousands of troops cross the single-plank bridge.

But if it is a martial arts practice, the Zhu family itself is a family of Jinyi Wei, and Zhu Hao has the blessing of the martyr halo of his deceased father, and he may make a difference in his career.

Zhu Hao said: "Whether it's studying or practicing martial arts, as long as I enter the Zhu family, don't think about it, my mother will only have to swallow her anger and hand over the Tian Zhai to go." ”

Zhu Niang was silent.

Actually, it's not like she hasn't thought about it.

She just had a conflict with her husband's family, will Zhu Jiashi be so kind to let her son go home to study?

There must be a conspiracy!

It's just that she is too sincere, and she would rather think of people for the better, but now after her son's words, she knows that it will be difficult for her son to see each other again after returning to the Zhu family.

"Mother, I want to study, but if I don't go back to Zhu's house to study, we will be able to make money soon, and then I will be sent to an ordinary school, and I will study with others."

Zhu Hao said his plan.

Aunt Li suddenly interjected: "But...... If we don't agree, what if the Zhu family forcibly asks for someone? Young Master Hao is the young master of the Zhu family in the end. ”

In terms of the field, Zhu Niang can say that this is the inheritance left by her husband and will do her best to preserve it.

But now the Zhu family has called their grandson back to study or practice martial arts, whether it is Kaowenju or martial arts, the Zhu family has the right to do so, and she is not qualified to refuse at all.

"Mother, auntie, don't worry, I don't think they will come to forcibly ask for someone before the end of the month." Zhu Hao analyzed.

Zhu Niang was puzzled: "How do you know?" ”

Zhu Hao smiled: "Mother, do you think, they have no business to do now, we must see how we deal with it, if there is no money to pay at the end of the month, we can only obediently hand over the field house and return to the Zhu family, do they still use me to study or practice martial arts as a hostage?" ”

"Only if my mother has a steady stream of money to hand over, the Zhu family will pinch me to blackmail my mother."

Zhu Niang couldn't help but be speechless when she heard this.

If you don't think about it, you can't really figure out so many details.

"Xiao Hao, you ...... How did you come up with the idea? Zhu Niang asked in surprise.

The son's brain circuit is simply amazing, with Zhu Niang's many years of experience in dealing with the world, she has never thought about it so much.

Zhu Hao grinned, revealing two rows of white teeth: "Mother, didn't I say it before, the children of the poor have long been in charge, and my father is gone, I will be the man of this yard in the future, stand up to the sky, I can protect you!" ”

Although Zhu Niang felt that her son was growing up too fast, she couldn't explain everything that was happening now, so she couldn't help shaking her head, pulled her son over, patted him lightly on the back, and wanted to comfort him, but found that she had nothing to say.

As a mother, she naturally wants to protect her son, but she feels that her strength is too weak.

……

……

It's the same as Zhu Hao thought.

If the Zhu family was really kind enough to help Zhu Hao "become a talent", they would not just send a housekeeper to inform him and give a preventive shot first, but directly pick Zhu Hao away.

The reason why she didn't ask for someone directly was indeed because the old lady felt that at the end of the month, Zhu Niang would not be able to take out forty taels of silver and hand it over to the family.

In this case, it is better to delay it for another month and see how the rice shop business progresses.

Because Zhu Jia's came to the shop to make trouble, there were really not many customers who dared to risk offending Jinyiwei to come in to buy things, and even the old customers who had been friends for many years passed through the door without entering.

They say they support it, but when it comes to retaliation from officials, why should people cause such trouble for no reason?

As for the previous cooperation agreements signed with the inns and restaurants in the city, they were all cancelled, and the reasons given were very simple...... We don't want to cause trouble, so please don't come to the door to sell in the future, even if your salt is good, the taste of the dishes we make is limited, there is no need to provoke double suppression from the government and the Zhu family for you.

Only Zhu Niang's mother and son knew that their business was going well.

A few days passed.

Zhu Niang began to contact the teacher in the city, hoping to find a husband for her son by the end of June, so that the Zhu family would have no reason to take the child away.

You see, I have already found a gentleman to enlighten the child and read to him, and I don't need your "kindness".

Zhu Hao saw that his mother didn't even care about business, obviously he had no money in hand now, and he still owed Su Dongzhu foreign debts, but he still refused to give up, so he felt distressed for a while.

"My mother can't see the situation clearly, even if you find a teacher for your child, they still have a reason to take me away...... But since the Zhu family has regarded me as an important chess piece, then I only have a sword to go sideways! ”

Zhu Hao thought hard about countermeasures.

As long as he is still running a rice shop business with his mother, the Zhu family can't deal with Zhu Niang, so they will try their best to take him away.

Whether it is the government, the old townsman, or the public opinion, they will definitely support him in taking him back to study or practice martial arts.

Unless it's ......

He had a reason why he couldn't go back to Zhu's house.

Zhu Hao had a bold plan in his heart, he had thought about this plan before, but because he had just arrived, he did not put it into practice, but now it seems that if he does not implement it as soon as possible, he will be controlled by the Zhu family, and he is likely to lose his freedom in the future.

"I'm going to find a way to sneak into the Xingwang Mansion. Only in this way would the Zhu family have no reason to take me back. ”

"The threshold of Kexing Wangfu is too high, and it is not easy to enter reasonably and legally, it is really nerve-wracking......"