Ning Shuo personally went to the kitchen to warm the wine and help the cook make the fire. The cook's husband died early, and she supported her three sons and three daughters by cooking for Buyuchuan, and now that her children have children, she wanted her to go back to enjoy happiness, but she didn't want to.

"What are you going to do? Is it really an old lady? ”

She complained to Ning Shuo while facing each other, "Don't mention it! The house in Kyoto is expensive, but fortunately, the old man who did not rain helped me many years ago, so I bought a small one. As a result, there were many children, one by one, who had no interest, and now they are all shrunk in that house, and I don't even have a place to live when I go back. ”

She was extremely quick with her hands and feet, and quickly pulled the noodles ready, then boiled the oil, put the green onions, ginger and garlic, and finally fried the peas to make a stewed noodles.

This is what the guest loves. Ning Shuo didn't need to ask to know that the guest was not the first to come back - the cook knew what he liked to eat.

He continued to light the fire and replied quietly, "Yes, it's better not to go back." ”

The cook sighed, "So, what's the use of having children?" All my life savings are in that house, and I have nothing. At that time, I thought that it would be better to leave them to the people in my hometown to raise, and it would be better for me to be alone outside. ”

The cook complained, "Does Young Master Ning know why they want me to go back?" You just want me to take the baby! Even if it's just to take care of the children, they still want me to pay for it, a bunch of wolf-hearted things! ”

Ning Shuo comforted her, "Since that's the case, let's treat it as if I haven't raised it." ”

The cook softened her tone a little, "That can't be completely done as if you haven't raised it." Forget the big ones, those small eyes look at you, always can't bear to give them a cold face, meet the candy seller, and want to weigh a pound for them to eat, poor to see, parents have no ability, they don't talk about reading and writing, and they don't even have to eat a piece of candy all year round. ”

"Besides, what if the child is sick? You can't just watch them die like that, a cold and a disaster can also kill them! ”

The cook hated iron and couldn't help it, so she could only say: "I can't afford to harden my heart, and in the end, I can only let myself compromise again." ”

Finally, I realized, "So then I finally understood a truth, the poor are fine, don't have so many children." ”

After listening to this, Ning Shuo felt that her perception was really powerful, and it was contrary to the times.

He said, "People say that a hundred sons and a thousand grandchildren are blessings. ”

The cook sneered, stewed the ribs, and said sadly: "Young Master Ning, how can a noble person like you understand the suffering of our birth, old age, sickness and death can only be determined by heaven?" ”

Without money, you can only rely on the will of heaven. If God doesn't let you eat, you can only starve to death, and if God doesn't let you see a doctor, you can only die of illness.

When Ning Shuo heard this, he thought of the guests who were coming today. After a pause, he said, "You're right, I'm luckier than most of you. ”

It didn't take long for the guests to arrive. Ning Shuo asked him about his age like Buyuchuan, and said that he had just turned twenty-one this year. But he looked like he was in his thirties.

His name is Toyoike. Kyoto dialect is not very neat, with a strong Muzhou Tonglu local accent. Seeing that Ning Shuo was a little restrained, he offered his gift, "It's a pickle I made myself." ”

Bu Yuchuan happily entertained him, and pointed to the wine and said: "He came for you, personally lit the fire and warmed the wine, you are the same age, let's have a drink." ”

Shen Chi was a little uneasy. Although he came to visit a "nobleman", Buyuchuan is different from other nobles, he is a life-saving benefactor.

Otherwise, he would not be willing and afraid to come in such a high-ranking family. looked at Ning Shuo again, and saw that he looked like a noble son, his gestures were noble, and he was a person on a different road from himself, so he didn't dare to talk.

It was Ning Shuo who asked him what he did for a living and where he lived now. Shen Chi said solemnly: "Living in Poplar Hutong and being a merchant, I have a lot of strength, I pick a lot of things, and there are many people who buy them, and I can still have food and clothing." ”

Ning Shuo said that he had come.

"I used to draw a picture of a merchant, I also wanted to paint a picture, but I was not satisfied with the painting, at first I thought it was my own painting skills, but then I found out that it was not, but I can only paint things, not people, I can't paint the essence of the merchant's expression, this painting is not alive."

"But how can I get the essence of it? I didn't suffer from this, I wore gold and silver every day, and I saw all the restaurants and songs, and I couldn't empathize with the merchants, so I simply didn't paint. ”

This made Shin Chi a little less unfamiliar with him - it may be the first time that someone has said such "self-knowledge" to him.

He hated rich and noble families, and he didn't like a noble son like Ning Shuo, but he was not blindly paranoid, and after drinking wine and eating meat with Ning Shuo, he became amiable after listening to a meal.

He was a little drunk, Ning Shuo helped him out, and he said to Ning Shuo, "Young Master Ning, I'll invite you to drink another day." ”

Ning Shuo: "You and my brother, why bother to see outside? To tell you the truth, I don't have any friends, and it would be great if you and I could be friends. ”

As soon as Shen Chi heard this, half of the wine sobered up. Scared.

There is no pie in the sky, where is such a good thing? He was immediately a little wary.

Ning Shuo was not afraid of scaring him away, so he still said with a smile, "Brother Shen, you might as well call me Ning Shuo directly." ”

Shen Chi hurriedly said that he didn't dare, and he didn't turn back and fled.

Ning Shuo: "......"

He went back to Buyuchuan and said, "Sir, I'm afraid I'm scared of him." ”

Fuyukawa said, "How could you say such a thing?" ”

Ning Shuo: "Maybe you heard about him, felt that he was very pitiful, or thought that he was a good person, after all, if you don't have firm perseverance, where can you go to the end?" How can you get revenge for your family? ”

He sighed, "The students admire him, that's why they say this, who knows how to scare people away, sir help me make peace." ”

Buyuchuan nodded, "You have never liked to associate with people, even if your temperament has changed now, you don't like to go out and walk around." Now if you want to make a friend, it's really rare, so it's good to make peace with you. ”

The next day, August 13, Ning Shuo learned from Buyuchuan that Shen Chi would go to the suburbs to sell goods in Zhuangzi today, so he also went to help sell them.

Shen Chi was not used to it at first, but later found that Ning Shuo was selling goods very quickly - the women and girls in the Zhuangzi came to buy them.

There was a long queue, and they didn't leave after they bought it, just watching from the side, Ning Shuo kept smiling and telling them about the needlework, rattles, and handkerchiefs on the goods, without the slightest impatience.

Shen Chi had never sold so many goods, so he was happy and took a few juan flowers to him, "I sent it to you, go back and give it to your mother and sister." ”

Ning Shuo nodded, "Thank you, Brother Shen." ”

The two went back to the city together, and separated at the gate of the city, one to the west to the place where the poor lived, and the other to the east to the high gate.

The little guy couldn't understand Ning Shuo very much, and when he was about to step into the door of Ning Guogong's mansion, relying on the young master's recent kindness, he boldly asked, "Why is the young master so good to him?" ”

It's just a merchant.

Ning Shuo glanced at him, then strode towards the study, and then closed the door, his eyes closed, very embarrassed.

Why was it so good to him?

Because of his suffering, his family was ruined, and he was inextricably linked.

Behind the scenes where his father and he always thought that the Sui family was innocent, there was actually blood and bones.

Ning Shuo knew that it was not caused by himself, but he still felt guilty.

He opened his eyes painfully - if his father knew everything and met the people of the Shen family, he would also be in great pain and would not have the face to see them.