"Brother Chen, you're back!"

In front of Zhang's house, Zhang Xu was lying under a big tree and teasing the crickets with thin willow branches, and when he saw Wei Chen coming back, he hurriedly threw away the things in his hand and greeted him.

Wei Chen asked softly, "Ah Xu, are your fathers and aunts back?" ”

"Nope."

Zhang Xu shook his head, looking a little lonely.

Wei Chen patted Zhang Xu's head dotingly and asked, "Ah Xu, do you know what your father and aunt are doing when they get up early and stay dark every day?" ”

Zhang Xu raised his head and said seriously: "I know, Daddy and Auntie are working to make money." ”

Wei Chen smiled again and asked, "Then does Ah Xu want to make money by himself?" ”

Zhang Xu nodded hurriedly: "Yes, of course I want to!" If Ah Xu can also make money, Ah Dad and Ah Niang don't have to work so hard. ”

Wei Chen slapped his thigh: "Okay!" Ah Xu, in a few days, your brother will take you to make money together! ”

"Really?"

Zhang Xuliang's sparkling eyes stared at Wei Chen without blinking, and his little face was full of seriousness: "Brother Chen, you are a scholar, and a scholar has to talk about it, you can't fool me!" ”

Wei Chen was amused by his serious appearance, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, Ah Xu, I will never fool you." ”

After speaking, Wei Chen took Zhang Xu's little hand and entered the back room together, and the brothers sat opposite each other in front of the desk, one held up the book to look through, and the other held half of the residual ink and played happily.

More than ten days have passed.

These days, Wei Chen will nourish his body while reading all the books on the bookcase.

Most of these books are famous classics, but there are also some superficial books, according to the thickness of the book, the font size, and the binding method, a book ranges from tens of thousands of words to hundreds of thousands of words.

Wei Chen memorized them all at a rate of almost two or three volumes a day, and he was familiar with them all in his chest.

Such an endorsement speed, whether it is placed in ancient or modern times, I am afraid that it will be called a prodigy.

On this day, Zhang Ming and Wei Ruyi went out before dawn as usual, leaving only Wei Chen and Zhang Xu, two and a half children, to take care of the house.

In the evening, when it was dark, Wei Chen and Zhang Xu's stomachs were already rumbling with hunger, and Zhang Xu's parents Zhang Ming and Wei Ruyi finally dragged their tired bodies home.

Wei Ruyi put a few eggs in the basket behind him, as well as half a leg of lamb wrapped in lotus leaves.

As soon as he entered the door, Wei Ruyi put down the basket and didn't sit down for a while, so he picked up the things in the basket and went into the kitchen to prepare dinner.

Wei Ruyi's hands and feet are very quick, dinner is prepared quickly, the lamb leg meat is cut off to make porridge, the bones are removed to make soup, the mutton porridge is used by Wei Chen to nourish his body, and the mutton bone soup is used to relieve Zhang Xu's hunger.

After the dinner was ready, Wei Ruyi put the dishes and chopsticks away, entered the house and called Wei Chen out, and the four of them sat around the table, and the meal was also lively.

Wei Chen picked up chopsticks and a wooden spoon, and lowered his head to eat his sick meal.

It's still mutton porridge, it's like this these days, the pattern has never changed, although Wei Chen is a little greasy, but he has no complaints, because he knows the hard work of the Zhang family, and he knows how difficult these foods are.

Zhang Ming and Wei Ruyi eat much simpler than Wei Chen, just a bowl of thick white porridge per person, and occasionally egg flower porridge.

It's just that today is a little different, Zhang Ming and Wei Ruyi actually put a small plate of mutton and a bowl of mutton bone soup in front of each other, and Zhang Xu has more mutton in his bowl, which is almost the same as Wei Chen.

Wei Chen couldn't help but be a little surprised when he saw this scene, why was today's dinner so sumptuous ?

These days, seeing Zhang Ming and Wei Ruyi drinking white porridge, but he suddenly has meat to eat, Wei Chen has always been very unhappy in his heart, thinking about how much to divide some meat, so that they can also taste the taste of meat.

Who knows, I don't have a chance to speak today.

Wei Chen couldn't help but be curious, and asked Wei Ruyi: "Auntie, is there any great joy in our family today?" ”

Zhang Ming put down the sea bowl in his hand and said with a hearty smile: "Hehe, Brother Chen can also see it, he is a scholar in the end, and his heart is bright!" ”

Wei Ruyi glared at her husband, turned her head and answered Wei Chen's question with a smile: "Brother Chen's guess is right, it's me who met a noble person in the county today!" ”

"Noble?"

"It's the eldest master of the Sheng family, Sheng Wei!"

Wei Ruyi's eyebrows fluttered and he talked about his experience in Youyang County, Wei Chen listened quietly, and then he knew that this Sheng family was the home of a wealthy businessman in Youyang, with more than ten shops, several workshops, nearly 1,000 employees, and thousands of family wealth.

Sheng Wei, the head of the Sheng family, also has a cousin from the two lists of Jinshi, named Sheng Hong, who is currently a general judge in Yangzhou, and the official residence is the sixth grade.

And Wei Ruyi's sister Wei Shuyi is the partial house of this Sheng Hongsheng master.

When Wei Ruyi went to a familiar grocery store in the county to sell straw mats today, she happened to meet Sheng Wei who came to the store to check the accounts, and it was then that she learned that this grocery store was also one of the industries under the name of the Sheng family.

At the beginning, Sheng Hong accepted Wei Shuyi's partial house, and it was Sheng Wei who matched it and contributed money and land, so Sheng Wei and Wei Ruyi had a few fates, but he also remembered his cheap "in-laws".

met in his own shop today, Sheng Wei did not deliberately pretend not to know, but called Wei Ruyi and greeted her politely.

Hearing that Wei Ruyi's family was in a bad situation, Sheng Wei remembered that his sister Wei Shuyi gave birth to the lovely little niece for his cousin, and immediately moved his heart of compassion, and immediately waved his pen and ordered someone to spend ten taels of silver from the account to Wei Ruyi.

Don't think that these ten taels of silver are less, you must know that at this time, a stone of polished rice is only four or five hundred yuan (Da Zhou system: one tael of silver is about a thousand yuan), and the average family of three will not have more than two taels of silver for a month.

The ten taels of silver sent by Sheng Wei are like sending charcoal in the snow for Wei Ruyi now.

I think that at the beginning, my sister Wei Shuyi married the official master of the Sheng family as a concubine, and the Wei family only got fifty taels of silver, but now she has ten taels for nothing, and Wei Ruyi is still not satisfied.

In fact, on weekdays, Wei Ruyi is not willing to have too much to do with the Sheng family, she knows the gap between her family and the Sheng family, and she rashly pasted it in vain to provoke people's suspicions, maybe people will be affectionate to you, and they will scold you for being a poor relative who came to fight the autumn breeze.

But now, Wei Ruyi can't care so much.

Since the sale of the dozen acres of good paddy fields left by Wei Chen's parents, the Zhang family's income has plummeted, and they have to support Wei Chen's "sick number", which has long been overwhelming.

Although Zhang Ming and Wei Ruyi get up early and work greedily every day, they are just barely making ends meet at home.

Therefore, in the face of Sheng Wei's help, Wei Ruyi only hesitated slightly, and finally did not refuse.

After accepting the silver, Wei Ruyi thanked Sheng Wei for his kindness, and praised the Sheng family's eldest master for his kindness.

Sheng Wei was praised by Wei Ruyi's kind words, and told Wei Ruyi very generously that if he encountered difficulties in the future, he could ask the Sheng family for help, and he would not stand by and watch the clouds.

"Sheng Wei, Wei Shuyi, and Sheng Hong, it sounds really kind......"

At the dinner table, Wei Chen listened to one familiar name after another popping out of Wei Ruyi's mouth, and his face did not show too surprised expression, but he felt a little emotion in his heart.

At the beginning of the crossing, Wei Chen knew that the place where he was was called Youyang County, and Wei Ruyi's sister was called Wei Shuyi, and Wei Chen had some guesses in his heart at that time, but he didn't dare to be sure.

Now, after listening to Wei Ruyi's story, Wei Chen's doubts were fully resolved.

"Sure enough, this is the world of knowing."