Gong Fujiao Daughter-in-law

Chapter 64 Growth
Even though Xie Zhijun said so, Xie Zhixing still drove away Mu Yun who was about to come forward to serve soup, and served soup for his sister and brother-in-law himself. After a bowl of hot soup, Xie Zhiyun's stomach hunger eased a little.

Xie Zhixing is thick-skinned, he doesn't recognize life at all, even in the face of Wei Ji, he can still smile playfully, and come forward to get close.

Speaking of which, compared with his two younger brothers, Wei Ji felt that Xie Zhixing's temperament was better.

Uncle Lang hit it off right away, talking and laughing at Yanyan at the dinner table, it was very lively.

Xie Zhiyun ignored the two of them, and ate half a bowl of hot noodle soup by himself, and then began to eat slowly.

Langhuan’s most famous dish is sticky meat. Wrap the whipped meat stuffing with bean curds and fry them in a pan. Every family does it during the New Year holidays.

It's not a festival now, but Duke Su's mansion can afford this famous Langhuan dish.

Xie Zhijun herself also likes to eat, she ate three yuan in a row, and only then did she feel that her stomach was at ease.

Seeing Elder Sister picking out vegetables from the plate to eat, Xie Zhixing immediately winked at Wei Ji.

Presumably, Xie Zhixing, who grew up together, knew his sister better, but this new brother-in-law didn't know her habits.

But Wei Ji is also very smart, seeing Xie Zhixing winking at him, he immediately understood, and nodded thoughtfully at him.

Without waiting for Xie Zhiyun to urge him, Wei Ji said, "About the case of A Xing, we found a lot of clues this afternoon."

Xie Zhiyun put down his chopsticks, turned to look at Wei Ji, and Xie Zhixing immediately listened attentively, not daring to be careless.

Wei Ji looked at the two siblings, and then said to Xie Zhiyun: "There are four book boys in Pindu Zhai, one is the shopkeeper's son, he is still young, and he only learns to manage accounts from his father on weekdays, and the other It’s Mr. Zuotang’s younger brother, who came to study with him.”

Bookshops are no different than other shops, they sell books, and even though the shopkeeper can read, he knows very little about books, so Mrs. Xie specially sent a nephew from a distant house to be the tutor.

Xie Zhiyun thought for a while, and said: "This Mr. Zuotang is also a distant cousin of the two of us. He has been out of Wufu for a long time, so he can only be regarded as a relative."

Xie Zhixing lived in Pinduzhai for several days, and he was familiar with the people in Pinduzhai for a long time. Hearing this, he said, "That's the eighteenth cousin. He has a lot of knowledge, and he has dabbled in many rare books. He is very respected in Pinduzhai. The scholars who come and go to Pinduzhai are also very familiar with him, and occasionally consult him on their homework."

Wei Ji said: "Xie Shiba is a distant relative of your family, let's not mention it for the time being, what I want to talk about now are those two schoolboys who were invited outside."

The bookboys in the bookstore can at least know a few characters, and can read pen, ink, paper and inkstone, which is considered a job with some threshold.

Mrs. Xie opened this bookstore for the purpose of evangelism and employment, so that many scholars in Yezhou can have books to read and increase their knowledge, so they are also very good to these bookboys. They can not only study with Mr. Zuotang, but also have new clothes all year round. Compared with Yueyin and Xie's domestic servants, the income is very high.

With such a salary, the book boys are naturally grateful, and everyone is reluctant to part with this job.

"Those little book boys are very sensible, obedient, smart and flexible, and have a good relationship with me." Xie Zhixing couldn't help frowning when he said this.

"Could it be them?" Xie Zhixing muttered to himself, "Is this impossible? I have no grievances with those schoolboys, why did they want to kill me?"

Wei Ji just gave him a meaningful look, seeing that he didn't understand what he meant at all, he couldn't help but sighed.

Xie Zhijun glanced at his silly brother with hatred, and said: "What the little prince means is that the saddle can't appear out of thin air. Someone must have been bribed in the Pindu Zhai. Since he said the book boy, there must be something wrong with the book boy." .”

Wei Ji added at the right time: "Your sister is right."

Xie Zhixing: "..."

Xie Zhixing felt that he was indeed a fool. He looked at his brother-in-law with a calm expression, and then at his sister who looked disgusted, and sighed in his heart.

Obviously they are all a family. They are a thousand-year-old fox, but he is a newborn cub. How can they compare?
But no matter what, after the explanation from his sister and brother-in-law, Xie Zhixing now also reacted, and said: "It happens to be Xiao Zhou who welcomes guests today."

Once these joints were figured out, Xie Zhixing followed suit.

"I remember that Xiao Zhou didn't go to work today. He specially changed it with Xiao Li. He said that there was something at home tomorrow, so he begged Xiao Li to change with him for a day."

Xie Zhixing thought of the flattering and warm Xiao Zhou who was usually with him, and couldn't help but feel a little frustrated: "I only got to know him in the past few days, and he is usually polite, and there are only a few people in the reading room, so there are only a few people. We even ate meals together, I can't think of why he would betray me."

Wei Ji said indifferently: "For money."

Xie Zhixing was stunned.

"Just for this?"

Wei Ji threw a sack on the table, and said: "This is the salary that the mastermind behind the scenes gave him in advance, no more, no less, a total of 20 taels."

Xie Zhixing simply didn't know what it was like in his heart.

"It turns out that my life is worth 20 taels."

When Xie Zhiyun heard this, he probably also understood: "The meaning of the little father-in-law is that someone bribed Xiao Zhou. As long as Ah Xing wanted to go out on a horse, he would specially lead him the prepared saddle and horse. In order to convince him, Did you give 20 taels in advance?"

Wei Ji said: "Yes, according to Xiao Zhou's confession, the other party promised to pay another 50 taels after the matter is completed."

He raised his deep star pupils, as if there were stars and oceans in his eyes.

He is only six or seven years older than Xie Zhixing, but he looks very mature and stable. It is the growth after a long time in the world, and the maturity tempered by swords and fires.

"Even without the subsequent 50 taels, for ordinary people, these 20 taels of silver are enough to cure a fatal emergency, and enough to feed and clothe a family for more than a year. Xiao Zhou is just an ordinary person. To him, This money can keep his mother healthy and allow him to have his own home all the time, for him..."

Wei Ji paused, then he looked at Xie Zhiyun, and saw her nodding to him.

Wei Ji sighed slightly in his heart, but said to Xie Zhixing: "For him, your life is certainly not as good as his mother's."

"Everyone has a feeling in their hearts. When their loved ones are on one side, no matter what is on the other side, there may be no chance of winning."

"What's more, you're just a newly-acquainted, high-ranking master."

Xie Zhixing felt extremely uncomfortable.

He will never be like the young masters of other families, who are cold, arrogant and conceited. He never thinks that he is more valuable than others by birth, and neither is his elder sister.

But if he doesn't act like this, others will definitely see him like this.

Xie Zhixing lowered his head: "But I also have relatives."

(End of this chapter)