Chu Yuanshan said leisurely: "You are still too young, and things in this world have never been as simple as black and white. ”

Chu Ping said unevenly: "But good and evil will be rewarded in the end." ”

Chu Yuanshan took the case: "Good and evil will be rewarded in the end?!"

Do you think the Chu family is evil? The Chu family set up porridge sheds, opened nursing homes, took in orphans and widows, never deducted half of the workers' silver, nor forcibly occupied half of the farmland, do you call this evil? ”

Chu Ping pursed his lips and was silent, but his brows were still tightly wrinkled, he always felt that he was wrong, but he couldn't tell what was wrong for a while: "I just want to be an upright person, worthy of the sky, and worthy of the ground."

I just want to get a good night's sleep every night, and I don't have to worry about when I'm going to lose my head. I also hope that our Chu family can do business cleanly, after all, how can we walk by the river without getting our shoes wet? ”

Chu Yuanshan sneered: "You said lightly, the Chu family is up and down, inside and out, there are so many maids." The workers weaving, dyeing, and raising silkworms in the Chu family's cloth shop are so many people who are waiting to be fed and waiting to eat, and their livelihood is safe and secure on you, do you think that you can feed them by relying on those sage books you read in the school, racing horses in the suburbs, and boating on the West Lake?

You have the protection of your family, and you enjoy wealth here, but your mouth is full of dissatisfaction with the actions of the elders of the family!

It's all your grandmother and your mother, who only coax you to live those young master days all day long, and spoil you! ”

Chu Ping stood in place, unable to say a word.

Chu Yuanshan looked at his unsuccessful grandson, but only continued to say sharply: "Now, now that I have answered your question, is it time for me to ask?" ”

Chu Yuanshan's eyes were like eagle falcons, staring at Chu Ping and said, "Who told you the name of the Chu family in Panyu?" Who did you listen to about smuggling? ”

Chu Ping suddenly came back to his senses, looked at his grandfather's appearance as if he was facing a great enemy, hesitated for a moment, or hid the name of Taoyao, and only said: "The Qian family of Tianxianglou seems to have something to do with this smuggling, and now that they are in trouble, they want to ask our Chu family for help." ”

When Chu Yuanshan heard this, his hanging heart settled down a little, and he only asked, "What help?" ”

Chu Ping said: "I suddenly heard that the Chu family may be involved in smuggling, and I was anxious, and I didn't finish listening, so I rushed back, as for when and what happened, I don't know the truth." ”

"This is not something you can put your beak into, don't mess with it again. Read your books well, go to your school, and make a name for yourself as soon as possible, and it will not be in vain for your mother and grandmother to protect you. Chu Yuanshan reprimanded him twice, and then said, "Go down." ”

Chu Ping hesitated slightly, and finally just retreated.

Opening the door and closing the door, Chu Ping stood on the corridor and looked up, looking at the bright moonlight in the sky as if it had become cold at night.

He didn't know where to go, but at the end of the cloister, he saw his grandmother waiting for him.

The old lady of the Chu family beckoned to Chu Ping and motioned for him to come over, Chu Ping hurriedly stepped forward and held the old lady, her hands were a little cold, and she didn't know how long she had been waiting here.

Chu Ping couldn't help but worry: "Grandmother, why are you alone outside, although it is spring, it is still very cold at night." ”

The old lady looked at her filial grandson, but she only smiled lovingly, patted his hands, and said, "Don't get in the way, I can't digest too much food at night, come out for a walk, you can accompany me to the back garden for a walk." ”

"Yes." Chu Ping responded, while helping the old lady to walk towards the back garden.

Although it was night, the moonlight was very bright, and the back garden of the Chu family was also hung with red lanterns, holding lights everywhere.

"Your grandfather told you?" The old lady asked.

"Yes." Chu Ping's words were inevitably a little frustrated and lost.

The old lady sighed and said, "Child, it is not easy for your grandfather, how many twists and turns have there been in such a family business, and how many generations have suffered to get to where he is now.

Your great-grandfather was gifted, he could study and take the imperial examinations, and he did business, but such a burden fell on your grandfather, and he often couldn't sleep at night for the livelihood of this large family.

The idea of going to Panyu to open a cloth shop, I mentioned it at the beginning, your grandfather with a generous gift, three invitations and four bows, before opening up the business, at the beginning, our family was proud of him.

Later, the actions of the Panyu Chu family were not what we expected, but one year, Panyu suddenly placed a huge order for us.

The silk and satin mills in Hangzhou were busy day and night for several months, and all the cloth in the capital and Tianjin was transferred to reluctantly supply that single business.

We didn't know what they wanted these silks to do, and each of our pieces of cloth was sold at a reasonable price, but that year's order earned more than the Chu family's profit in five years.

Panyu didn't say anything, but felt that our goods were very good, and in the future, they have been using our Chu family.

When the matter of Panyu gradually became bigger, the four seas revealed the rumors, and at that time we vaguely guessed that the cloth of the Chu family was sent overseas by them.

At that time, the business of the Chu family had gradually been handed over to your father and mother to take care of, and your father heard about it, and like you, he rushed to Panyu to stop the business.

However, now, for the annual Panyu Zhuang list, the Chu family has set up several Zhuangzi silkworm reeling, dyeing workshops, silk workshops, embroidery workshops, up and down, raising hundreds of people.

With this list all of a sudden, who will the Chu family's cloth sell to?

If you can't sell so much cloth, you can't raise so many people.

Your father had even instructed his subordinates to cut off half of the embroidery workers, so that they could live by saving some money.

As soon as this rumor came out, how many old shopkeepers and workers under them came to our Chu family's house, knelt a lot outside, who has no wives and children, they cried a handful of snot and tears, begging your father to give them a way to live.

Your mother is a master of art and bold, she waved her hand, responded to those shopkeepers, and kept the list of Panyu, she thought, continue to open a shop on the side, and when will the business of the Chu family become bigger, even if you don't use Panyu's list, you can support the workers at home, and then stop the business with the Chu family in Panyu.

Your father was moved by your mother's words, so he gave up. ”

Chu Ping couldn't help but ask, "Then how is the Chu family's business now?" Maybe you stopped doing business with Panyu? ”

The old lady smiled bitterly and shook her head: "Hey, how can it be so easy." In recent years, the business of the Chu family in Panyu has become bigger and bigger, and the demand for silk cloth has become more and more, and the Chu family has to open a shop to do business in the next place, and it takes a lot of effort, and it is often more than a loss.

In order to catch up with Panyu's list, the Chu family's cloth mills in Hangzhou are expanding, with more and more workers and more and more mouths to eat.

Where to stop? ”