Across the Market

Chapter 74

After several people entered the house together, it was obvious that the thatched hut of Zhu Er's family could no longer accommodate people, so Shen Yulou and Zhu Lu stood outside, waiting for the people inside to pack up all the things that should be packed, and then The two of them were sent to the carriage.

Seeing that delicate and flexible figure disappearing in front of his eyes, Shen Yulou lowered his eyes slightly, and after a long pause, he said to Zhu Lu: "Ah Lu, I still remember when we were young, you and I entered together since we were seven years old. You study in a private school." He looked up at Zhu Lu, his eyes clear and moist, and the smile on his face was like a spring breeze in March, "At that time you didn't like to study, but your two younger sisters loved to grab the pen your mother bought for you. Let it go, your family has no spare money to send Sister Xi and Sister Fu to a private school, so you will be asked to teach them how to read and write after school. In the end, you..." He laughed twice, and the laughter was as slow as the mountains. The clear stream that flows slowly over the rocks is clean and pure, "As a result, you don't know anything."

Zhu Lu scratched his head in embarrassment, and smiled stupidly, hearing Shen Yulou mentioning the past, he also said: "Yeah, at that time I was only thinking about how to help my parents earn more money, Thinking about how to save my parents from working hard, I always felt that it was a waste for them to spend money on studying for me, so I often skipped classes to help other people with short-term jobs, and then secretly put the money in my mother’s money pot.”

Shen Yulou smiled and said: "You think you are doing it flawlessly, but there is no impenetrable wall in this world. If you make a mistake, your parents will know sooner or later. Your mother knows that you didn't put your mind on studying at all. After that, I remember, that was the first time she hit you with a wooden stick. And you knelt in front of her, neither screaming pain nor crying, just saying that you were wrong, that you wanted to give up this opportunity to study Hi. Your mother beat you up and told you to continue studying. After that, you never dared to play truant again. "

Zhu Lu said: "How dare I, seeing my mother so sad, if I play truant again, I will be an unfilial son."

Shen Yulou smiled and shook his head: "It's just that even if you stay in the private school and study hard, your mind is not there. But Ah Xi, I just taught her a few times in my spare time, and she recognizes more characters than you. Later, Sister Fu grew up, and I taught her again. She is smarter than Axi, but she is too cowardly and timid, and never dared to speak loudly. I haven't seen her for three years, and now I see her again She seems to be a different person. Not only is she a lot more cheerful and generous, she is also very independent, and she is no longer afraid of her grandma's family."

He thought of what happened in the Jingbin Building yesterday, and his heart suddenly darkened. Although it is a good thing for people to become stronger, if they hadn't suffered some great grievances, a cowardly and cowardly person by nature , How could it be possible to become so strong all of a sudden?

"Sister Fu, what happened to her? Most of your temperaments have not changed, but she has changed a lot." Shen Yulou pondered to herself, always feeling that something was wrong, even if she was stimulated or hit, then she would also It should be hate, but all he saw in her was positive and optimistic, and he didn't see a trace of hatred at all.

Zhu Lu said: "A few days ago, she went to her grandmother's house with her mother, and suddenly fell into the water, and fell ill because of it. After recovering from the illness, she suddenly changed her temperament, and that's what you saw today. look." He lowered his head and thought for a while, and frowned, "It's all my fault, I didn't protect her well, but now I made her a girl so strong."

Shen Yulou laughed, and said with a bit of bitterness in that smile: "You and I are both brothers, and our brothers have no skills, but let our younger sister go out to work to earn money to support the family. If we say it, I'm afraid it will be you and me. There's nowhere to put it."

He had argued with Yuzhu in the morning, but that girl Yuzhu had grown up and didn't listen to him at all.

Zhu Lu's expression darkened, and he said in a low voice: "Yulou, you are a scholar, and you have studied in Jinling Academy. You must have no problem in the provincial examination next year. But I am just a grassroots person, the only ability, Even if I learned blacksmithing skills from my father, it is really useless."

He suddenly thought of that woman again. That woman was the daughter of the village chief Zhao Ren, and she had worked as a policeman in Anyang County. With his incompetence, how dare he think about her.

Shen Yulou reached out and patted Zhu Lu's shoulder and said, "Don't underestimate yourself. Although you are not good at studying, you also have your advantages. 360 lines, you can be the number one scholar in your career, and you don't have to study to be successful." He looked Glancing at Zhu Lu, there was a flash of light in his eyes, and he said, "Actually, I wanted to ask you the day I got home. Do you want to stay in Songyang County for the rest of your life, or do you also want to go out and make a career?"

Zhu Lu looked at Shen Yulou suspiciously: "What kind of career can I achieve? Do you want me to open a blacksmith shop into the provincial capital?" He suddenly laughed, "This can be considered. My father is not in good health now, and the family The blacksmith's shop depends entirely on me, and the son inherits his father's business, so I should carry it forward."

If the blacksmith business is done well and expanded, isn't it considered a skill?At that time, he will be able to match her.

Shen Yulou shook his head: "You have a lot of energy since you were young. Although you don't like studying, you are good at fighting. You have been working all year round, and your body is strong, which is actually a good material for martial arts. Remember when I came back and told you What? Let me say, let’s compete in martial arts some other day, and see who has the better boxing skills in the past three years.” He looked at the boy who was playing with each other, and paused for a while before continuing. Said, "You may not know that next year will not only be the township exam every three years, but also the martial arts exam every five years. You still have nearly a year to practice martial arts. At that time, you can go to the provincial capital with me to take the exam." .”

"Martial arts exam?" Zhu Lu really didn't care about these things. What he cared about all day long was how to make his parents not so hard, how to make his younger brothers and sisters have enough food and clothing, and how to make the business of the blacksmith shop a reality. Well, he doesn't know what the Wukao Wenkao is about.

(End of this chapter)