Before dawn the next day, Brother Zhao got up and cooked a bowl of noodles for Fang Zichen, and after sending people away, he took the good boy to Aunt Liu's house.

Uncle Liu went to the field, now is not the time to be busy with farming, the Liu family moved from other places more than ten years ago, and there is not much land at home, so Aunt Liu stayed at home to work, and was a little surprised to see Brother Zhao coming.

"Aunt Liu." Brother Zhao shouted.

"Hmmm! Why did you come here so early, but what happened at home? ”

Yoyo heard movement in the house, ran out with a smoke, and couldn't wait to hold the hand of the good boy.

Brother Zhao asked Yoyo to take the good boy to play, pinched the shoulder strap and whispered, "I, I have something I want Aunt Liu to help me with."

It's always bad to come early in the morning to talk to others, but Brother Zhao just can't wait.

Yesterday, Fang Zichen said that he was made fun of him for wearing a set of clothes back and forth, so he wanted to make clothes for him as soon as possible, and he himself hadn't worn new clothes for a long, long time, and his heart was excited, so he was thinking about it, and he didn't have the heart to do anything else, so he came over early in the morning.

Aunt Liu didn't say anything, the two entered the house, Brother Zhao put down the basket, saw the things inside, she laughed: "This material is good, was it bought by the man in your family?"

"Hmm!"

Aunt Liu touched it: "The color is beautiful, and it is soft to the touch, I'm afraid it's not cheap!" Do you have a share with the good boy? ”

"Yes," Brother Zhao said, "he said to make clothes for each of us."

"Hmmm! He has a heart and doesn't despise you. Aunt Liu smiled, "But it's just two pieces of cloth, and you can bring it over with a basket?" ”

Brother Zhao said: "I'm afraid of being seen."

Aunt Liu understood as soon as she heard it.

Fang Zichen still owes the Ma family three taels of silver, if he knew that they had earned the silver now and didn't send it over, even if he was afraid that Fang Zichen wouldn't dare to make trouble at home, gossip was indispensable to say.

Moreover, Fang Zichen ran outside every day, and it was known that the family had money, and the broken house couldn't prevent people, wouldn't it be a thief.

Be careful.

Every family in the village is like this, it's too late to make some money to cover up, of course, except for a few people who love to show, no one will go around shouting.

One is afraid that thieves will cause trouble, and the other is afraid that relatives will come to fight the autumn wind.

Aunt Liu has experience, and she has also seen Fang Zichen, so she doesn't need to go out of her way to measure it, she can also estimate it.

"Okay," she said, "You leave the things for me, and when Brother Zhou comes back, we will do it for you, and we can make it for you the day after tomorrow at the earliest, and you can come and get it when the time comes, or I will ask Brother Zhou to send it to you."

Brother Zhao and Fang Zichen are clear about the situation, especially Brother Zhao, who doesn't even have a change of clothes.

The Ma family is also ruthless, on the day of Fang Zichen's trouble, he was beaten by Fang Zichen, and when he went back, he didn't know whether to vent his anger or what, he piled all the clothes that Brother Zhao used before in the yard and burned them on fire.

She happened to be passing by and took a look. Brother Zhao has lived in the Ma family for more than ten years, but there are not a lot of things, just two torn clothes, a thin quilt, two missing bowls, and a bundle of straw that he slept with the good boy.

She'll have to hurry up and make it for them.

"Thank you, Aunt Liu." Brother Zhao said.

"You're welcome." Aunt Liu looked at him, and saw that his complexion was much better than before, and his face was a little rounder, and she couldn't help but be happy for him, "I have met that man in your family once, unlike a man in the village,"

She sighed and said earnestly: "You have a good boy, and your body is ······ I was always worried that he wouldn't look down on you, afraid that you would suffer with him, Brother Zhou told me that you were doing well, but I know you, everything is buried in my heart, I am wronged and carry it, and I always pick the good ones to tell us, but there are some things you have to know in your heart, if he is really good to you, you will live with him in a down-to-earth manner, listen to him, and be well-behaved. ”

She patted Brother Zhao'er's hand, looked at the good boy playing in the yard, and said, "If you can, you can give him a son as soon as possible."

Brother Zhao's eyebrows frowned slightly, and Aunt Liu looked at him and said, "He is not from us, I heard Sister Wang say that he came from overseas, have you asked him what his plans are in the future?" Do you want to stay in our Xiaohe Village or go home? ”

Brother Zhao's throat is dry, for more than half a month, he has lived a relaxed and happy life every day, Fang Zichen treats him well, treats him well, doesn't beat him or scold him, is gentle and considerate, and cares for him everywhere, this kind of life is what he has longed for the most since he was a child and thinks it is the most beautiful.

It's not that he doesn't want to know, but he doesn't dare to ask, and he is always afraid that asking will break his current life.

Fang Zichen told him more than once that he would not leave, and even if he left, he would take him and the good boy away, but he was harshly scolded and scolded, and lived in the gloomy darkness like an ant for more than ten years, and one day suddenly regained his sight, he was happy, but he was also uncomfortable and uneasy.

Something that has been longed for too long is suddenly grasped, and it is always scary, everything is just a dream.

And when he woke up from the dream, he was still at Ma's house, still lying on the damp haystack, shivering with cold.

The question that was deliberately avoided by him was mentioned, and the excitement and joy in his heart disappeared, his expression was a little trance, and Aunt Liu's voice sounded in his ears.

"This man! Always thinking about passing on the ancestry, he treats him well, that is his good nature, if you want to tie him up firmly, you still have to give him a kiss. ”

……

Brother Zhao didn't know how he got home, the good boy stayed at Liu's house to play with Yoyo, the yard was empty, and when he came back to his senses, the sky was dark and thunder was bursting.

It's going to rain.

The sky suddenly became dark, the wind on the docks rustled, and the ships swayed with the waves.

The summer rains are always heavy and rapid.

The ship's steward told his men to come and speak, telling them to go to the ship first and wait for the rain to stop before starting work.

Fang Zichen and the man who was working together entered the boat, and as soon as they sat down for a while, they heard the ship's steward cursing.

"What's the use of you, this little thing is not good, look at you, tell me yourself, how many times have you made mistakes this month?"

"Brother Yang, I, I've had some trouble at home recently, and I'm upset, so I'm ······"

"Don't tell me about your," the ship's steward was even more angry when he heard that he was making excuses again.

Lao Wu, who settled accounts for him, had something to do with him.

After he dropped out of school, he came out of the village to work alone, was deceived, robbed, stumbled, and later met a good owner, and was valued, so he was in charge of the docks in this area.

Lao Wu had a friendship with him for two years, and he couldn't get into Xiucai after studying for more than ten years, and then he knew that this person was looking for a job, so he asked people to come here to settle accounts for him.

The owner looked at his face, and the salary paid to Lao Wu was quite high, and Lao Wu did a good job before, but he has been traveling frequently recently, which has caused the owner to have opinions.

Lao Wu said that there was something going on at home, and the shipkeeper was clear about his family's affairs.

It's not a big deal, it's just that he added a concubine to the backyard half a year ago.

This little concubine is not a fuel-efficient, she quarrels with her mother every day, Lao Wu is not less worried about this, he has miscalculated the account books a few times before, and he didn't care much, but he made mistakes six times a month, not to mention the owner, he himself was annoyed.

"The owner of this ledger has just asked someone to send it back, he gave you two days to recalculate, if you can't calculate it, you can get out!"

"Brother Yang, you can help me!" Lao Wu panicked: "My family depends on me to support me, I can't lose this job, Brother Yang, you help, help me."

The ship's steward sighed: "Help? How can I help? Didn't the owner give you a chance, the first few times you made a mistake, did people say anything about you? The owner is tolerant, but you have to make inches, and now I know that I am afraid that you will not be idle. After many years of working together, he spoke softly and persuaded: "If you still want to do this, quickly settle the account."

"I ······" Old Wu made a bitter face.

This thick account book, nearly two months of income and expenditure, very messy, two days how to finish, not to mention, most of the contemporary students are good at the four books and five classics, arithmetic this part is rarely proficient, let him write articles and memorize the scriptures, it is okay to calculate a small account, but two days, it is too compact.

When the steward saw him standing still, he knew what he meant.

"Pack up and go back!"

It is really impossible to calculate the account book in two days, and the owner said this, which also means that Lao Wu himself will retreat.

"I ······" Lao Wu felt uncomfortable, wiped his face and kept silent.

He didn't know what the owner meant, but he really couldn't live without this job.

He wasn't selling miserably just now, the whole family was indeed relying on him to feed.

When he was young, the whole family provided him with education, the family had a hard time, his wife was so tired that she had two miscarriages in the field, and injured her body, and she did not give birth to a son and a half daughter to the family for so many years, and more than half a year ago, his mother made the decision to marry him a concubine.

Marrying a concubine does not mean that he doesn't love him as a wife, but when he reaches middle age, he begins to desire children when he sees all the children around him around his knees, and his mother is also old, and his only wish for most of his life is to want a grandson, where does he have the face to refuse.

Now there is a lot of trouble at home every day, which inevitably makes people upset and irritable.

Seeing his dejected appearance, most of the anger in the ship's steward's heart disappeared, after working together for many years, and having the friendship of classmates, he said: "Otherwise, I'll call my cousin and ask him to help you, the two of you are always faster."

The cousin in the mouth of the ship steward is a shopkeeper in the drunken building in the town, and he may not know that he is busy every day, but Lao Wu has to pass through the door of the drunken building every day when he goes home from work, and he knows some news.

"Your cousin is afraid that he can't be busy now, and he probably doesn't have time to help me."

"Huh?"

Lao Wu said: "Mr. Drunken Night Building's account room was sent to the government by their owner a few days ago."

"Ahh Is there such a thing? How did I not know? ”

"You stay here at the dock every day, where will you know, and I happened to hear from Xiao Er in the building when I was passing by, that gentleman was greedy and ate almost three hundred taels of silver, this is not a glorious thing, it is normal that you didn't hear the news."

The steward of the boat was also worried, and he suddenly saw Fang Zichen who was sitting outside and was fighting with people, and he didn't know if he was suddenly sick and went to the doctor or what, so he beckoned someone over.