Because of Zhu Shouren’s arrival, the dinner at Zhu family’s old mansion was quite a bit more sumptuous than usual, not only was there an extra plate of scrambled eggs with scallions, there was also an extra dish of stewed salted fish, and even the congee was much thicker than usual.
Although Elder Zhu had a dark face throughout the entire meal, during the meal, he took a tacit approval of Elder Mrs Zhu’s behaviour of taking extra care of her eldest son, Zhu Shouren, by chucking most of the plate of eggs and almost half of the salted fish into his bowl. The oldest three families and the oldest four families who ate at the same table were more than a little emotional about this, and even though taking care of the oldest son who was studying was already customary, it was still unavoidable to have emotions
The fourth daughter-in-law Zhao’s holding less than a year old baby Zhu Pingzhuang, Zhu Pingzhuang drooling, stretching the fat paw excitedly pointing at the eggs ah yah yah yah yah, Zhao’s while pacifying Zhu Pingzhuang, while the yin and yang education, “Oh, Zhuang Zhuang also want to eat eggs ah, and so on, you grow up and read the book you can eat eggs …….Zhuang Zhuang you have to learn from your brother Pingan, study to take the Xiu Cai in the scholar, later ah, your mother I ah will not worry about food and clothing, morning eat white water boiled eggs, at noon to eat scrambled eggs, drink brown sugar boiled eggs at night ……”
Zhu Shouren, who was stretching out his chopsticks to clip the scrambled eggs, heard Zhao’s words and his chopsticks paused for a moment.
In fact, Zhu Shouren really don’t care about this scrambled eggs and salted fish, in the county town he eats fragrant and drinks spicy food, the food is a hundred times better than this, just the table of food, only these two can still let him down his mouth. The old fourth Wu’s a lot of yin and yang, let his old face
Slightly red.
Eldest daughter-in-law Wu glared at Little Zhao with dissatisfaction.
“All eat properly!”Old Madam Zhu knocked on the table with her chopsticks and glared at Wu, then made a move to give Zhu Pingzhuang a piece of scrambled egg and placed it in Wu’s bowl, saying, “Give it to my good grandson.”
“Let’s thank grandma haha.”Wu held Zhu Pingzhuang’s small hand and shook it twice, eating honestly.
Mother, I want to eat it too.”Oldest Four yelled with a snort, his eyes still sleepy.
“You’ve slept until noon, what kind of face has you got to eat scrambled eggs!”Elder Zhu glared at him angrily.
“These years the family has relied on peace and quiet, no need to pay grain and taxes, quite a bit of generosity, why don’t you scramble a few more eggs.”Lao Si muttered, and after meeting Elder Zhu’s eyes, he couldn’t help but shrink his neck and didn’t dare to squeak.
“I don’t know where all the money has been spent ……,” Zhang, the oldest third daughter-in-law who had been silent for half a day, couldn’t help but police the oldest, Zhu Shouren, and spoke.
Old Mrs Zhu immediately turned her head and glared at Zhang, who lowered her head.
“Eat without declaring and sleep without speaking, all eat in peace, if you talk too much again, don’t eat.”
Old Mrs Zhu snapped.
Next, there was finally no more trouble at the dinner table, everyone honestly finished their lunch.
“Alright, the meal is also finished, Boss you grab and roll back to the county to continue warming up your books to prepare for the exam!”
Just after eating, Zhu Laozi urged his boss Zhu Shouren with a black face to immediately depart for the county to warm up his books and prepare for the exam.
“Hey, hey ……”Zhu Shouren answered, but did not go, his feet like roots, the expression on his face like constipation, the inside of his mouth is also wanting to speak.
“What?Something’s wrong?”Seeing this, Elder Zhu frowned.
“Ahem, it’s a little something.”Zhu Shouren coughed, and the constipated expression on his face worsened.
“If you have something to say, just say it, if you have a fart, let it go!”Elder Zhu said impatiently.
“That’s it, that’s it, still have to give me a few more taels of silver to make it work, so I can warm up my books and prepare for the exam ……”
Zhu Shouren, under the urging of Elder Zhu, rubbed his hands and opened his mouth with an embarrassed face.
“What?”
“Money again?!”
After Zhu Shouren opened his mouth, the room resounded with a yell that sounded like he had his tail stepped on.
“Three days ago when I went to the county, didn’t I bring you five taels of silver, why are you asking for money again?!”
Zhu old man while cursing, while raising the hand of the tobacco pipe was about to hit Zhu Shouren, suddenly remembered, this is over the birthday, Ping An granddaughter-in-law sent a thousand miles to send the tobacco pot, the pipe is made of Xiangfei bamboo, on the exquisite twisted silk carving, the mouth is jade, the pot is made of secret copper, a smoke to know that it is a superb tobacco pot, the ordinary tobacco smoke is also smooth and moist, but also with a distinctive bamboo scent, sucking!A mouthful of stuffed gods and goddesses, bring out also doubly have face. Such a good tobacco pouch pot, can not be broken.
So, after thinking about it, Master Zhu carefully inserted the pipe pot in his waist, turned around and pouted out of the stove room, touched out a black and long burning stick, holding it up like a knife and rushed in.
“Old man you’re crazy!”Old Mrs Zhu saw the situation and grabbed forward to stop old man Zhu.
“I’m not crazy, it’s this rebellious son that’s crazy, you let go, I’m going to beat this unfilial rebellious son to death!”
Elder Zhu was furious, with a great momentum of wielding a burning stick to kill his family.
“Big brother, when you came, you said that you studied in the morning and missed your parents, and wanted to come back to do your filial piety in front of your parents ……In fact, you have no money, come back to find parents to ask for money is not it?The first one is the one who is not a member of the family.
The oldest four tugged on the sleeve of the elder brother Zhu Shouren, squeezed his eyes and asked with a mixed face.
The moment these words came out, Zhu Shouren’s face turned even redder, “Cough cough, Lao Si what are you talking about, I just miss my parents.”
“Che, it’s because you miss our parents’ money.”Lao Si skimmed his mouth.
“Cough cough ……Nonsense.”Zhu Shouren’s face was as red as a monkey’s arse, and he reprimanded with a lack of bottom air.
Elder Zhu’s anger rushed even more, as if he had turned on Super Saiyan mode, stretching out his burning stick and pointing it at Zhu Shouren’s big face, furiously questioning, “Boss, it’s only been three days, and five taels of silver have been spent?!Where did you spend the money?
If you don’t understand, today I will make you understand in front of the ancestors!”
“That’s right, big brother, you can’t spend this much silver even if you eat a lot of fish and meat. Where did you spend the silver?”The oldest four also followed the question, and then conspiratorially said, “Big brother, the county spends a lot of money in the place, is nothing more than some food and drink Rayon gambling, three days to spend so much silver, you should not be …..Alas, I remembered, yesterday Zhang Laohei also mysteriously pulled me said to see big brother and the county flower Liu Sanniang in the temple to enjoy the plum. I think it is impossible, big brother is not that kind of person, then scolded him severely, taught him less to corrupt big brother’s reputation, so it seems that what Zhang Laohei said is not a bunch of nonsense ah ……”
Big brother, our family silver is not a gale of wind, we save money for you to study, not for you to find flowers and willow, if so, then we can not pay silver this year ……”The oldest three is usually honest, hearing the words of the oldest four can not help it!
“Boss, you took silver to seek flowers and willow?!”The burning stick in Zhu Laogu’s hand couldn’t control the shivering, it was evident to what extent Zhu Laogu was angry.
“Dangjia, before I left, you also let me go to Lao Er’s house with my face to borrow three taels of silver, you take my mother to borrow silver with her face to go to the county town to engage in broken shoes?!Shame on you!I’ll fight you!”
Before Master Zhu could do anything, the oldest daughter-in-law, Wu, had already exploded, pouncing on Zhu Shouren and scratching him with her fingernails, without any of the usual deliberate pretence of a great man.
“Degrading, degrading ……”
Zhu Shouren’s hands wanted to protect his handsome old face full of poetry, but it was hard to beat Wu’s Nine Yin White Bone Claws, on the spot was scratched a big flowery face, and could only scream bitterly again and again!
“Boss daughter-in-law, calm down!Don’t listen to the wind, my good son is well read, is not that kind of person!I know that Zhang Laohei is full of shit!Old Fourth, you’re the same, you bring out the nonsense too!”Zhu old lady couldn’t bear the thought of her good elder son being scratched, she went forward and grabbed Wu, pulling her away and helping Zhu Shouren to speak.
“My good oldest son, is it what they say it is, what do you think it is?” asked old Mrs Zhu, twisting her head.
“What flower-seeking!”What broken shoes!”
“It’s all a bunch of nonsense!”
Zhu Shouren corrected his tunic that was messed up by Wu, cleared his throat, and righteously and indignantly refuted Lao Si’s and Wu’s questioning, and then with a face of reminiscing about the past, lamented with the humanistic sentiment of a man who is able to help the world, “Alas, it’s all my fault that I’m so full of wisdom and talent!I was studying in the county town, one day was invited to inscribe poems in a restaurant, met her, she was overwhelmed by my talent, one does not want a house, two do not seek fame, three do not want to eat with me and drink spicy, she really admires my talent, as long as I am the one who accompanies her to spend the long night, you guys say, such a good girl, I give her two taels of silver each time is excessive……”
