Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 78

Fan Ning rushed into the house like a gust of wind, and met his mother Zhang Sanniang head-on, followed by his father Fan Tiezhou.

"Mom, I'm back!"

As soon as Fan Ning finished speaking, he was hugged by his mother, Zhang Sanniang, and she was so excited that tears flowed down her cheeks.

"My son gave his mother face!"

"Not only earning face, but also earning money for mother!"

Fan Ning took out a bulging pendant from the book bag, and said with a smile, "This is my mother's favorite thing."

Zhang Sanniang smiled through tears, and rapped him on the head, "Little rascal, make your mother look like a money addict."

Having said that, Zhang Sanniang snatched the pouch and asked happily, "How many are there?"

"50 taels of silver!"

Zhang Sanniang laughed so hard that she couldn't close her mouth, she turned her head and said to her husband, "His father, he has 50 taels!"

Fan Tiezhou smiled and rubbed his son's hair, and asked with concern: "How did you come back?"

"Headmaster Liu and I came back by boat, Dad, Headmaster Liu said that as a reward for me, the monthly rent of five pennies per month for the medical center will not have to be paid in the future."

Fan Tiezhou was taken aback, "Is Yishengtang opened by your director Liu?"

"It seems that Tzu Chi Hall is also his property, and I just found out."

"But...it's not good to not pay any rent!"

Fan Tiezhou thought more about it, and he was worried that other doctors would have opinions.

"What's wrong?"

Zhang Sanniang glanced at her husband with contempt, "You worry about this and that all day long. This is what your son earned. If they have the ability, they will go to the test for a child prodigy."

As soon as the words were finished, Zhang Sanniang suddenly felt nausea in her chest and abdomen, and she quickly covered her mouth and ran into the house.

Fan Ning was taken aback, "Mother, what's wrong?"

"Your mother...she may be pregnant again." Fan Tiezhou stammered.

Fan Ning was overjoyed when he heard the words, this is a good thing!If I am not at home in the future, my parents will have a child to accompany them.

"Can you be sure?"

Fan Tiezhou shook his head, "It's not sure yet. She went to Yishengtang to get her pulse today. The four doctors had different opinions. I'm a little confused."

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In the evening, Fan Tiezhou booked another table at Baiyun Restaurant, and the couple celebrated their son's No. 1 win in the child prodigy competition.

The owner of the restaurant heard that it was a celebration for the little prodigy in Mudu Town, so he immediately waived the food and drink fee, and specially gave Fan Ning a set of the four treasures of the study.

After coming out of the restaurant, it was already dark, Zhang Sanniang was happy today, drank a few glasses of wine, her pretty face was flushed, and she looked very excited.

"Dalang, do you think we can move back to the old house? I'm really not used to living in the town."

This is the second time Zhang Sanniang has mentioned this matter to her husband.

Fan Tiezhou had no objection to moving back to Jiangwan Village. After all, his parents were there, but he thought it was his wife's temper tantrum, and she regretted moving back.

Fan Tiezhou smiled and said: "I still say the same thing. You really think it over and decide to move back. I fully support it. Anyway, Jiangwan Village is not far from the town, and the waterway is only half an hour away. I can go home every day. .”

"Ning'er, do you think we can move?" Zhang Sanniang asked her son again.

Fan Ning said with a smile: "I may go to the county school in early March to study. Mother will be more lonely living in the town. It's better to go back, sell the house in the town, and build a big house in Jiangwan Village."

When they heard that their son was going to study in the county school, both husband and wife were taken aback. Zhang Sanniang said anxiously, "Ning'er, why didn't you tell me before?"

Fan Ning scratched his head, "I didn't know about it before, I only found out in the competition in the county, the top ten in the selection competition will go to the county school for three years to prepare for the next autumn boy to try."

After a pause, Fan Ning smiled again: "Of course, you can choose not to go and continue to study in Yanying Academy."

"Go! Of course!"

Fan Tiezhou made the choice without hesitation. He knew very well that it was difficult to study in the county school. Back then, he failed in the county school exam. Now that his son has this opportunity, of course he cannot give up.

"Miss, we want to support Ning'er to go to the county school to study. Others can't go if they want to!"

"Who said I don't support it anymore? I support it more than you."

Of course, Zhang Sanniang supported her son's study in the county school. In her dreams, she hoped that her son would be admitted to Juren, so that she could feel proud.

The family of three came to the entrance of the alley, only to hear someone shouting in the alley, "Catch that thief!"

But he saw a black shadow rushing towards him at such a fast speed that he was about to hit Zhang Sanniang.

Fan Tiezhou was eager to protect his wife. He didn't care about catching the thief, so he pulled his wife over. Heiying and Zhang Sanniang passed by, and ran away into the night.

At this time, another person ran out of the alley, and he shouted anxiously: "Brother, why did you let that thief run away?"

Fan Tiezhou was startled, turned around and chased after him for more than a hundred steps in one go, but it was too late. The black shadow from just now crossed the Wang Zhuangyuan Bridge and disappeared at the end of the street.

He was worried about his wife and children, and ran back again, "Second, is that you?"

The second person to chase out from the alley was Fan Ning's second uncle, Fan Tiege. He was slightly fat, panting from exhaustion, bending over and gasping for breath.

He turned his head and pointed to the alley, "Brother, go back quickly, there is another thief caught by the third brother."

Startled, Fan Tiezhou hurried into the alley, and Fan Ning followed suit.

Zhang Sanniang was still in shock, she stepped forward and asked, "Second brother, why are you here?"

"I heard that Ning'er won the first place in the County Scholars Competition, so I asked my third son to come over to celebrate, but found that the door of your house was ajar. We opened the door and went in, and met two thieves in black coming out of the house. .”

Zhang Sanniang was in a hurry, her money and silver were all locked in the bedside cabinet!
Immediately, she was very anxious, and ran to the house in a panic.

In the yard, I saw Fan Tieniu, the third son with a strong physique, firmly pressing a thin and small thieves to the ground, and Fan Tiezhou was tying up the thieves with ropes.

The thief screamed after being strangled by the rope.

Zhang Sanniang ran into the yard and saw her son coming out of her room, Zhang Sanniang stepped forward and asked anxiously: "Ning'er, is there anything missing?"

Fanning shook his head. "They didn't enter this room."

Zhang Sanniang breathed a sigh of relief, all the valuables of their family were in her bedroom.

"Then why are they here to steal? We don't have any valuables anywhere else in our house?" Zhang Sanniang asked puzzled.

Hearing the word 'valuable goods', Fan Ning suddenly remembered something, turned around and ran to the attic where he lived, and rushed to the second floor in one breath. Fan Ning lit the oil lamp, and the scene in front of him stunned him.

I saw a mess in the study room and my own bedroom. Books, quilts and clothes were all thrown on the floor, and two large boxes were pried open.

As soon as Fan Ning raised his head, the middle hall given to him by Fan Zhongyan was still there. The thieves didn't know what to buy. This calligraphy was very precious, and it could be sold for at least a few thousand taels of silver in the capital.

Fortunately, I hung it on the wall. If I put it in the box, it would be stolen.

He moved the desk away again, and opened a secret door behind the desk. His treasure box was still there, but the thief didn't find it.

Fanning ran into the bedroom again, lying on the ground and looking towards the foot of the bed, his heart suddenly felt cold.

The two Taihu stones he put under the bed were nowhere to be seen.

Fan Ning has a total of three pieces of Taihu Lake, one of which he found by accident in the bamboo forest. Since it weighed [-] to [-] kilograms, he couldn't move it back, so he put it directly in the old house in Jiangwan Village.

He placed the other two Taihu stones under his bed, one was the Three Pools Reflecting the Moon sold to him by Wang Ershu, which was a top-grade Taihu stone, and the other was the Xishan Traveling Stone that he treasured, which was the top-grade Taihu stone.

Fan Ning turned and ran downstairs, met his mother head-on, and asked quickly, "Mother, did you put the two Taihu stones under my bed somewhere else?"

Zhang Sanniang quickly shook her head, "I won't move your stone."

At this time, Fan Tiege shouted in the yard outside: "Ning'er, don't look for it anymore, they came to steal those two stones, we intercepted one."

Fan Ning hurried to the outer courtyard, Fan Tiege pointed to the stone mill, on which there was a piece of Taihu stone.

Fan Ning stepped forward to pick up the Taihu Stone, which was his Three Pools Reflecting the Moon.

"Second Uncle, is this the only one?"

Fan Tiege sighed, "There is another piece that was carried away by the thief just now."

Fan Ning was furious, and stepped forward to slap the caught thief, "Who sent you here?"

The thief was just a young rascal on the street, he was not very old, he trembled with fright, and said in a trembling voice: "Yes... it was Shopkeeper Li who asked us to steal a stone."

Fan Ning changed his mind, and blurted out, "Li Quan from Qishi Pavilion?"

"It's him. After we succeed, he will give each of us a regular reward. I'm not a thief, my lord!"

The little rogue was so frightened that he cried.

At this moment, Fan Ning calmed down. Li Quan was obsessed with his mountain travel stone, which he could understand, but why did Li Quan steal the stone now, which made him a little strange?
Obviously I was away from home for eight days, and I could do it at any time, why did I have to wait until I came back to do it?

Fan Ning thought for a while and then asked: "When did Li Quan tell you to steal my stone?"

"Yesterday afternoon!" the little rogue said in a crying voice.

The results were officially announced at noon yesterday, and Li Quan arranged for the theft in the afternoon. A thought rushed into Fan Ning's mind. What did he seem to have vaguely thought of?
"Ning'er, is that stone important?" Fan Tiege asked from the side.

Fan Ning nodded, "That stone is very valuable, at least worth several hundred taels of silver."

Everyone was startled, a stone was worth hundreds of taels of silver, they couldn't imagine it.

Fan Tiege hurriedly said, "I have to report to the police immediately!"

"I'll go!" Fan Tiezhou ran outside.

(End of this chapter)