Although Xie Zhiyun said so, Xie Zhixing still drove away Mu Yun, who was about to come forward to serve the soup, and personally served the soup to his sister and brother-in-law, and when a bowl of hot soup was served, the hunger in Xie Zhiyun's stomach eased a little.

Xie Zhixing is a cheeky person, he doesn't recognize life at all, even in the face of the halberd, he can smile and come forward.

Speaking of which, compared with his two younger brothers, Wei Ji felt that Xie Zhixing's temperament was better.

Uncle Lang and the two hit it off at first sight, and the dinner table was also smiling and laughing, so it was not lively.

Xie Zhiyun ignored the two of them, ate a small half bowl of hot noodle soup by himself, and then began to eat slowly.

Lang Huan's most famous is the skewer meat, the stirred meat filling is wrapped in a circle with bean skin, and then put it in the pot to fry it, the fried meat filling is fresh and tender, but the bean skin outside is very crispy, and every family does it during the New Year's holidays.

It's not a festival now, but the Suguo Mansion can afford to eat this famous dish.

Xie Zhiyun herself also likes to eat, she ate three pieces in a row, and then she felt that her stomach was steady.

Seeing that Sister A began to pick the vegetables on the plate to eat, Xie Zhixing immediately winked at the halberd.

I think that Xie Zhixing, who grew up together, knows his sister better, and this new brother-in-law doesn't know Sister A's habits.

However, Wei Ji was also very smart, he saw Xie Zhixing frowning at him, and immediately understood, and nodded at him thoughtfully.

Without waiting for Xie Zhiyun to urge, Wei Ji opened his mouth: "Regarding Ah Xing's case, I found a lot of clues this afternoon. ”

Xie Zhiyun put down his chopsticks and turned his head to look at the halberd, and Xie Zhixing immediately listened attentively, not daring to be sloppy.

Wei Ji looked at the two sisters and brothers, and then said to Xie Zhiyun: "There are a total of four scholars in the reading room, one is the shopkeeper's son, who is still young, and only follows his own father to learn to manage the accounts on weekdays, and the other is the younger brother of Mr. Zatang, who came to study with his brother. ”

The bookstore is not like other shops, they sell books, even if the shopkeeper is literate, but he also knows little about books, so Xie specially sent a distant nephew of the family to be a sitting gentleman.

Xie Zhiyun thought for a while and said, "This gentleman is also a distant cousin of the two of us, and he has already come out of the five suits, so he can only be regarded as a family relative." ”

Xie Zhixing lived in the reading house for several days, and he was already familiar with the people who read the food, and when he heard the words, he said: "That's the eighteenth cousin, he has a lot of knowledge, and he has dabbled in many unique books, and he is very respected in the reading room, and the scholars who come and go are also familiar with him, and occasionally ask him for homework." ”

Wei Ji said: "Xie Eighteen is a distant relative in your family, let's not show it for the time being, now I want to talk about the two scholars who were invited from outside." ”

The scholars in the bookstore can at least know a few words, and can recognize pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, which is considered a job with some thresholds.

Xie opened this bookstore in order to preach and receive employment, so that many scholars in Yezhou can have books to read and increase their knowledge, so they are also very good to these scholars, they can not only follow Mr. Zatang to study, but also compare the new clothes and monthly silver of the four seasons to Xie's domestic servants, and the income is very high.

Under such a salary, the scholars are naturally grateful to Dade, and everyone is reluctant to do this errand.

"Those little scholars are very sensible, obedient, very clever, flexible, and have a good relationship with me." Xie Zhixing couldn't help frowning when he said this.

"Could it be them?" Xie Zhixing muttered to himself, "This can't be, right?" I have no grievances with those scholars, why do you want to harm me? ”

The halberd just glanced at him meaningfully, and saw that he didn't understand what he meant at all, so he couldn't help but sigh.

Xie Zhiyun glanced at his stupid brother with hatred, and then said: "What the little grandfather means is that the saddle can't appear out of thin air, and someone in the reading house must have been bought, since he said the scholar, there must be something wrong with the scholar." ”

The guard added at the right time: "Your sister is right. ”

Xie Zhixing: "......"

Xie Zhixing felt that he was really a fool, he looked at his brother-in-law who looked indifferent, and then looked at his sister who looked disgusted, and sighed in his heart.

Obviously they are all a family, they are a thousand-year-old fox, but he is a newborn cub, how can he compare?

But no matter what, after the explanation of his sister and brother-in-law, Xie Zhixing also reacted now, and said: "It happened to be Xiao Zhou who welcomed guests today. ”

Once these joints were figured out, Xie Zhixing also opened up.

"I remember that Xiao Zhou didn't go to work today, he specially exchanged it with Xiao Li, saying that there was something at home tomorrow, and he begged Xiao Li to change it with him for a day."

Xie Zhixing thought of Xiao Zhou, who was flattering and enthusiastic with him on weekdays, and couldn't help but feel a little frustrated: "I have only known him for a few days, and he is polite on weekdays, and there are only a few people in the reading and reading room, and even the meals are eaten together, I can't think of why he betrayed me." ”

Wei Ji said lightly: "For money." ”

Xie Zhixing was stunned.

"Just for this?"

Wei Ji threw a burlap bag on the table and said, "This is the salary given to him in advance by the mastermind behind the scenes, no more, no less, a total of twenty taels." ”

Xie Zhixing didn't know what he was feeling in his heart.

"It turns out that my life is worth twenty taels."

When Xie Zhiyun heard this, he probably understood: "What the little grandfather means is that someone bought off Xiao Zhou, as long as Ah Xing wants to ride a horse out, he specially brought him the prepared saddle and horse, and in order to make him believe, he gave twenty taels in advance?" ”

Wei Ji said: "Yes, according to Xiao Zhou's confession, the other party promised to give another fifty taels after the matter is completed." ”

He raised his deep starry eyes, which seemed to have a sea of stars.

He is only six or seven years older than Xie Zhixing, but he looks very old and stable, that is the growth after a long time in the world, and it is the maturity that has been tempered by the sword mountain and the sea of fire.

"Even if there is no back fifty taels, these twenty taels of silver are enough for ordinary people to cure a fatal illness, enough for a family to eat and wear for more than a year, Xiao Zhou is just an ordinary person, for him, this money can make his mother healthy, can let him always have his own home, for him......"

The halberd paused, and he looked at Xie Zhiyun and saw her bow to him.

Wei Ji sighed slightly in his heart, but said to Xie Zhixing: "For him, of course, your life is not as good as his mother's. ”

"Everyone has a shot in their hearts that when their relatives are at one end, no matter what is pressed on the other end, there may be no chance of winning."

"What's more, you're just a young master of the proprietor's family who just met."

Xie Zhixing felt extremely uncomfortable.

He has never been like the young masters of other families, he is arrogant and arrogant, he never thinks that he was born more precious than others, and his sister has never been like this.

But if he doesn't act like this, others will definitely look at him like this.

Xie Zhixing lowered his head: "But I also have relatives." ”

(End of chapter)