Chapter 7 Reversal

Chapter 7 Reversal

Chapter 7 Reversal
After Zhang Yue left, Peng Cheng asked Peng Jingyi, "This Zhang Saburo is so shrewd, why haven't I heard of you before?"

Peng Jingyi said: "Second uncle, I don't know either. It seems that this time I see Saburo as a different person."

Peng Cheng nodded and said, "When people change suddenly, it is natural for their temperament to change. In the past, they may have been too pampered and less tempered."

Seeing that Peng Cheng was looking at him, Peng Jingyi quickly lowered his head.

Peng Cheng nodded and said: "You don't want to study, so you should find a serious business. I have talked to Qian Zhizhai of Renshou Village a few times about you. I will invite you to meet Zeji in a few days and go to him. Do the tricks! Practice some things first, and know some highs and lows."

Peng Jingyi said to himself: "Qianzhizhai is Wuzhizhai, and it's not as good as Wenzhizhai. Don't you want to be angry with the turban in the future?"

Seeing Peng Cheng's face sinking.

Peng Jingyi smiled and said, "My nephew and the Erlang of Li Jiejie's family in the prison city camp..."

Peng Cheng scolded: "How can you care so much! There is so much dignity in the prison city camp, you do not want to go to Renshou Village because of its remoteness, but this place is at the junction of three prefectures and counties. How many private goods pass here on weekdays, these people make friends After it's done..."

Peng Jingyi suddenly realized: "My little nephew understands that I don't dare to say anything else. My little nephew immediately prepares the luggage, and I will leave the affairs of Saburo to the second uncle."

Peng Cheng said with a smile: "In the yamen, the rich are easy to use, and some people are even more easy to use. This Zhao Yasi has not bothered their brothers, and he is afraid that he will not be able to solve the case?"

The sun shone into the house through the gap in the curtain.

When the sparse and scattered sunlight happened to shine on Zhang Yue's face, when he finally woke up from his sleep, there was still a familiar noise outside the window.

It was just dawn, the pilgrims who went up the mountain for incense, and the merchants who entered and left Fujian had already set off, passing by Shuinan New Street.

Different from the second brother, Zhang Yue is quite used to the hustle and bustle of the market. Hearing the voices one after another, he feels like there is fireworks, but he doesn't feel noisy at all, but the more he sleeps, the better.

In the past two days, Zhang Yue finally stopped to protect his home, but returned to his own home to rest.

He didn't take time to read the book of Mencius, and then memorized it. Except for a few mistakes and omissions, the book of Mencius has been memorized, and the effect is more than ten times better than when he was awake.

When he got here, Zhang Yue couldn't help looking up to the sky and sighing. Ouyang Xiu once said that Yu Pingsheng's articles were mostly on the three occasions, on the horse, on the pillow, and on the toilet.As for myself... in the future, do I have to dream before answering the paper?

Zhang Yue got up early and read the book of Mencius once, and only after reading a few words, he felt sleepy and mentally weak, and he just wanted to lie down on the bed and sleep again.

After reading this, Zhang became more and more angry. Am I only worthy of reading in my dreams?

Putting down the book, Zhang Yue counted that his eldest brother had been in Jianyang for a few days, and he didn't seem to have much trouble when he left, but there was still no news.

At this moment, the market has dispersed, and the house has finally been quiet for a while. Summer is entering early in the mountains of Fujian, and there are bursts of cicadas.

Zhang Yue immediately felt that the upstairs room was a little stuffy.So he took off his robe and only had a cool shirt on his body, which was able to relieve the sultry heat a little.

I don't know if it's because of the midsummer, the physical exertion is particularly large, and when I wake up, I am so hungry that my chest is on my back.Fortunately, there are half a basket of eggs sent by the neighbors, ready-made firewood, and a borrowed pot.

Zhang Yue started the kitchen and made a fire, and boiled two boiled eggs.

Zhang Yue was also flustered in his stomach. He used the borrowed bowl, the soy sauce, shredded ginger and dripping vinegar that he sent to prepare a bowl of dipping sauce.Then Zhang Yue took the egg dipping sauce and ate it clean without letting go of the dipping sauce.

At this moment, when the courtyard door opened, Zhang Yue got up and looked out the door. It turned out that his brother Zhang Shi had returned.

Zhang Yue couldn't help being overjoyed. He took a closer look and saw a donkey cart parked beside the road. When the curtain was opened, a slightly fat woman in her 20s came down with a five or six-year-old boy in her arms. , Zhang Shi supported him.

Zhang Yue patted his head and remembered from his memory that this woman was his sister-in-law Yu, and this boy was his young nephew Zhang Qiu, nicknamed Axi.

Zhang Yue hurriedly greeted him and saluted, "I have seen my brother and sister-in-law."

Zhang Shi was busy paying for the car, and Mrs. Yu nodded and said, "I heard Shi Lang praise you, Uncle San, on the way. You can deal with people like Zhao Yasi, which really makes him look up to you."

Zhang Yue was a little surprised when he heard the words: "Big brother complimented me indiscriminately."

Yu put away his smile and said lightly: "Because of your second brother Hu Xing, our family is different now, so you should take more responsibility for your brother."

"What are you talking about?" Zhang Shi quickly interrupted after clearing the money for the car.

Yu looked at Zhang Shi and hesitated.

Seeing this, Zhang Yue said, "Sister-in-law is right. The horses and horses are tired. Brother and sister-in-law go to the house to rest."

Zhang Shiyu walked into the house.Zhang Yue glanced at Zhang Qiu, who was hiding behind Yu Shi, and said with a smile, "Axi, why did you recognize him after not seeing him for a few days."

Zhangqiu smiled shyly and followed his mother into the room.

Zhang Yue brought the chair, Yu sat down next to the dining table and said with a smile, "I remember that the house was evacuated by Zhao Yasi when I left home. You should ask the neighbor Zhou to borrow this place!"

Zhang Yue said: "I haven't opened my mouth yet, but I'm keeping it up, even these pots and pans."

Zhang Shi nodded and said, "I have relied on them a lot these days. Let's keep this kindness in our hearts."

Zhang Yue said with an air of being taught, "Yes, big brother."

Yu also changed his mind and said, "Where is Uncle eating these days?"

Zhang Yue still respectfully said, "It's all in Baozheng's house."

Yu said, "There is a box of Jianyang's shortbread in the luggage. Uncle will deliver it to Baozheng's house in a moment."

Zhang Shi smiled and said, "It's still a generous lady."

Mr. Yu went to the kitchen to prepare food, soup, and soup, and sent Zhang Shi to go to the street to buy some vegetables.

In the past, there were servants in the Zhang family who cooked soup and rice, and Yu's hands never touched the spring water.But it is not that she has never done it before. When she gets married, the bride must cook for three days in person, which is also an ancient ritual.

There is a poem that goes, 'Three days into the kitchen, wash your hands and make soup.Unfamiliar with the nature of food, I will send my aunt to taste it. That's what it said.The bride didn't know what kind of food her mother-in-law likes to eat, so she asked her sister-in-law to try it first.

Although Yu grew up in a wealthy family since childhood, he is quite virtuous and cooks good tea and rice.

Soon Zhang Shi went home from shopping, bought vegetables, a bad fish and cured meat the size of a palm.

Yu was very unhappy when he saw it: "It's just the fish, and the meat can be avoided."

"Zhou Tuzi sold the rest, it's not worth much. Besides, it's a hard journey. I sacrificed to the temple of the five internal organs, and I will live a tighter life in the future." Zhang Shi said with a smile.

Yu cooked the rice and put it on the table, steamed the fish, and cut the meat.Zhang Yue consciously placed the bowls and chopsticks beside him to serve the rice.

Zhang Shi took a few bites of the meal and said, "Third brother, I see that there is a question sticker in front of the door. Can someone come to ask Fang Ta to see it these few days?"

Zhang Yue said: "I have seen a few households, but the bids are all less than 120 guan. Before Baozheng invited the deputy temple of Huanghua Temple to look at it. The monks of Huanghua Temple are willing to sell this house for 150 guan, and they can also sell it for [-] guan. They will be rented to us for [-] yuan per month. I dare not make decisions on my own, so please go home and make a decision.”

Sister-in-law said: "One month is not too long, not too short. It's really a good price in a hurry. Right now, we still owe Zhao Yasi more than a hundred dollars, and we just sold the house."

Zhang Shi said: "After all, it's an ancestral house, and if I really want to sell it, my neighbors and neighbors will say that I am not filial. This time Lao Taishan lent me [-] coins. I'll see if I can ask my neighbors to borrow some more. A typical sale is not worth a sale.”

Yu said: "Shi Lang, the shop at home has just been burnt down, and we have no means of earning a living. If we use up all the money we have, how can we support our family?"

Zhang Shi heard the words and said, "I have hands and feet, He Chou, and I can't support my family, so I won't sell my ancestral house. When you come, you have agreed that you will live your life closely in the future."

Yu's eyes were slightly red and said: "Yes, there is a saying 'marry a chicken, marry a dog, marry a dog', I am not used to living a good life, and I don't want to endure hardship with you."

"But how did your father explain it to you before you came here? These fifty sticks are the capital for you to make a comeback. If you use it up, where can you borrow it? No, you have to sell your ancestral home again?"

After listening to Zhang Yue, he also understood the situation among them, and it was difficult to speak.

Zhang Shi blushed and said, "I'll ask my friends and relatives to borrow some more. In short, I won't embarrass your mother and son."

Yu said with a sneer: "Forget it, when Zhao Yasi came to collect debts, I saw your friends help? Didn't the horse shopkeeper of the carriage shop say that he is friends with Jinlan? I know you hate Zhao Yasi. , that is, pretending to be sick and deliberately avoiding you."

"There is also Chen Er's family. How did you help him when he was short of capital, and how much benefit did you get from our family in the past few years? When something happened to our family, we couldn't find anyone. And Xu Dutou in the yamen , I don’t often say that I have a wide range of people, and the yamen is very clear, so you can give this to others and send that to others, and now I will be Dongming and Dongming.”

"It's good for you to come here as a guest, make good connections, and spend money like water. When something happens to our family, is there any one of these people who is most useful? Your father-in-law was going to Pucheng to make a living last year, and asked you to help clear it up. Yamen, you asked Xu Du to say that it would cost [-] pips up and down, and it was a big favor to our family. Later, when my father asked someone to ask for only [-] pips, they would be grateful. You will not sell the house this time. Are you pointing at your father and brother to help again?"

Zhang Shi patted the table and stood up, his chest heaving, panting heavily: "This time, Zhang Shi is starving to death, and I won't bother Lao Taishan. I keep talking, so I'm not bored."

Really fragrant.In the bottom of his heart, Zhang Yue helped the eldest brother to make up for this sentence.

Yu shed tears silently.

While Zhangqiu shook Yu's hand for a while, he said in a milky voice: "Mother, don't cry, I still have a few to buy candy. Take the rest of the copper coins first, don't scold Daddy."

Zhang Shi said: "Madam, shouldn't our business be taken care of by the yamen? If you hate Zhao Yasi, there is nothing you can do. Besides, friends can help each other, but it doesn't matter if they can't help. It's like I'm just that kind. People who want to report are generally, everything has a care in it.

Zhang Yue couldn't help but said, "Sister-in-law, the neighbors are very helpful this time around. They are all big brothers who treat people kindly on weekdays."

When Mr. Yu saw it, he said, "Uncle doesn't have to say good things for the eldest brother. Your eldest brother does not care about you and your second brother on weekdays. For his second brother, he has invited famous and respected Confucian teachers to learn scriptures and calligraphy. See you. The family has some foundation, but it doesn't cost anything like this. Uncle knows how much money your elder brother has borrowed from my parents' house over the years. He is never allowed to tell you this. "

Uh, taking the money from the father-in-law's family to fill the hole is a bit of an operation... Zhang Yue glanced at his brother, and at this moment he didn't know how to hurt his face, but he was still angry, and his face was blushing and he didn't say a word.

"Your second brother is good. I hoped that he would have a future in his studies, but he has left such a huge hole in our family. You don't worry about changing your name over the years, using your family's money as a front for your classmates, and Peng Jingyi. Playing with friends like this, they spend more money in a year than the second brother in the county school, if you didn't spend money randomly, our family wouldn't have fallen..."

Zhang Yue was speechless.

At this moment, Zhang Shi slammed the table and scolded: "You said that I am the same, why bother to criticize my third brother? If you want to say that the third brother is not good, it is also my brother's fault. The big deal is that you bring Axi Just go back to my mother's house."

"Yes, your brothers are a family, only I am an outsider." Yu said with tears.

Zhang Shi lowered his head for a while and finally said, "Miss, don't talk about the third brother, it's all mine."

Seeing that Zhang Shi was like this, Mrs. Yu hugged Zhangqiu and wiped away her tears and said apologetically, "Uncle is what I said wrong, don't take it to the bottom of your heart."

Zhang Yue said: "sister-in-law, everything is because I was not good enough in the past. I know it's useless to say anything at this moment, but brother and sister-in-law should not quarrel over trivial matters. Brother, please advise sister-in-law."

Zhang Shi also knew that his tone was serious just now, but he was still unwilling to compromise on the matter of arriving at the house.

While talking, there was a knock on the door.

Yu turned his head and ignored it, Zhang Shi was angry and went to open the door.

He opened the door and said, "Oh? Who am I? It turned out to be Xu Dutou. I don't know what to teach you?"

The head of the capital is a military post, but it is used by the people to honor the yamen, the head of the class.

But Zhang Shi's voice was flat, and Zhang Yue remembered that Xu Dutou was mentioned by his sister-in-law. He usually called his elder brother a brother and got a lot of benefits. He heard that his family had offended Zhao Yasi, and he disappeared immediately.

In the face of his brother's indifference, Xu Du smiled and said: "Dalang, why can't you come to your house for a sit?"

"I don't dare to do it. I just got a little tired when I got home. I'm afraid I didn't greet you well."

Xu Dutou smiled and said, "Then I won't enter the door. Long story short. Today is not a private matter, but it is a good thing to inform you of a business matter. The case of your shop being burned down has been overturned by the yamen."

(End of this chapter)