Old things in Nancheng

Wang Zimo was still wandering here and there with his bad friends in a daze, but he was not at all as happy as he was at the beginning, especially when Lin Zhilan cried half a month ago, she felt uncomfortable.

Gathered in the teahouse today, a group of people were talking about the county government.

"I heard from my brother that my grandfather is going to be promoted." Jiang Shanggui sat by the window, with the warm sunshine shining on his body, and he was lazy.

"My father also told me that the Yangzhou General Judgment was completed." Chen Shiyun nodded.

"Yangzhou is a good place, but Chang Renzhi has done nothing all these years, how did he find such a good place?"

"Back then, the seawall breach case was so big. Didn't the imperial court send an imperial envoy? He defeated the Bao family and cleansed himself. Qingliu respected him very much. The imperial court's assessment of him over the years has been top-notch. He His teacher is the Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Punishment, he is very embarrassing in front of the officials, it is not an exaggeration to seek a Yangzhou general sentence."

"What an upright official!" Wang Zimo shook his head.

"Xiao Er, don't worry about what happened back then. I don't know how many people lost their lives in the seawall breach. Now that Brother Jiang is in the yamen, no one can use you as a raft anymore." Chen Shiyun knew the cause and effect. Dad was also very difficult back then, and almost got involved.

"That's not necessarily true. My brother is just a county magistrate. Have you heard that the people who support our county are not ordinary people." Jiang Shanggui shook his head.

"Who is it?"

"The official family will now be located in Lin'an Prefecture. My Yanguan County is the first county in the Song Dynasty. The position of the county magistrate is so important." Seeing everyone's curiosity, Jiang Shanggui said, "I think back then, 'Jingkang' All the clans close to Emperor Taizong were captured by the Jin people, only the current official family was spared. It is a pity that the official family's heirs are not prosperous, and the only son died at the age of three. All these years, he has nothing to do. Now in the court, he said The most common one is the national struggle."

"What does this have to do with our county?"

"It has a lot to do with it! The struggle for the foundation of the country is the struggle between the Taizong and the Taizong and the ancestors. The clan prefers to choose the heir from the Taizong branch, but the officials and the ministers plan to choose from the Taizong branch. Now It is confirmed that His Highnesses Bo Jiu and Bo Cong are the seventh grandsons of the Tai and Zu. The new Grand Master we have come this time is the close disciple of His Highness Bo Cong's uncle. How can it be my brother who has such a strong backer? Can contend. If His Royal Highness Bo Cong is promoted to the crown prince, we can only bow our heads and stick to our ears."

Everyone suddenly realized when they heard the words, and they couldn't help but look a little embarrassed. The county magistrate with a strong background is the nightmare of the local rich and gentry. No matter how strong the local family is, facing such a county magistrate, they can only listen to his orders.

Everyone here, including Wang Zimo, has a clan behind them. Which family has not ruled the wind and rain on this three-acre land in Yanguan County for dozens of hundreds of years? If it is true what Jiang Shanggui said, then they all have to bow their heads and act like bastards.

Facing the seriousness in the room, Wang Zimo smiled lightly and said, "It's a blessing, not a disaster. A disaster can't be avoided. The old men are not in a hurry. Why should we be in a hurry. He will come whenever he wants. Let's take good care of him and endure it for three years. When he earns enough political achievements, we will send him off."

Everyone thought it made sense, so they put it aside for the time being, and continued to have fun, but after returning home at night, they all told the elders of the family what they had learned, and Wang Zimo was no exception.

After a ten-year period like this, almost everything that should be known is known, each family restricts the children not to cause trouble outside, Yanguan County is suddenly clear, and the law and order are unprecedentedly good, Wang Zimo has no playmates because of this, she was bored and had nothing to do but go to The gambling shop made a few small money to make up for the shortfall, so they could only look after the shop in Xianlai Pavilion. Lin Zhilan finally found time to open a steak shop. If the steak shop was not open for a day, the farm's expenses would be a deficit.

If it was an ordinary family, hundreds of taels of silver would be enough to live a stable life, but now the Wang family has a bigger stall and more people to support, and the daily expenses are very considerable. Fortunately, Lin Zhilan made a decisive decision and adjusted the income of the Wonton Shop to support it, so that the situation was maintained.

Wang Zimo looked at the shortfall on the books and felt guilty for a while.She has seen Lin Zhilan busy these days, and Wang Zimo knows that Lin Zhilan has always been very capable, but since she came back, Lin Zhilan is willing to retreat to the second line, leaving enough stage for Wang Zimo to display her talents.Lin Zhilan said she was hiding from laziness, but she was actually protecting Wang Zimo's face. This woman's heart is too kind, especially for her family.

Wang En, the Wang En that Wang Zimo hated so much, Lin Zhilan was also treated as a family member, so he would defend him in every possible way. Wang En's betrayal hurt Lin Zhilan's heart.

Sometimes people are like this, when they are vigorous, they don’t know how to introspect. Only when the mind calms down, can they discover the places that are usually neglected.

This morning Lin Zhilan went out after breakfast, Liu Shi pulled Wang Zimo to have a good meal and said: "Mo'er, what are you thinking in your heart, how about you tell mother?"

"I didn't think about anything." Wang Zimo said lightly.

"You didn't think about it, but mother thought about it a lot." Liu Shi didn't care about Wang Zimo's alienation from her, and said earnestly: "You daughter-in-law, I understand now. Let's not talk about the past, just talk about it." In recent days, you have been drinking and losing your temper every day. She has never blushed with you. I don't know how many lifetimes I have cultivated before I have such a blessing. She is in charge of the house and busy outside, so she is tired, do you know that she has not been in good health?"

"Mo'er, what's the matter, you can talk to her carefully. You both have suffered. Why are you living a good life now but it is not good? If she is tired and sick, do you feel sorry for her? If she dies What would you do without you?"

Wang Zimo thought about Liu's words, and then looked at the account book, and his anger at Wang En subsided a lot. After all, that person was Lin Zhilan, and he made such a fuss because he cared too much about her.

Wang Zimo waited in the counting room until noon, and finally Lin Zhilan arrived. After being angry for so long, she couldn't hold back her face and said nice things for a while, but Lin Zhilan said with a smile on her face: "Zimo, the steak shop is almost cleaned up. You can open it with some decorations, go and have a look when you have time, I'm afraid I may have missed something."

It was cold outside, Lin Zhilan came in with a cold air, Wang Zimo brought her a bowl of hot tea in silence, and nodded slightly to understand.

Lin Zhilan looked at Wang Zimo with an awkward face, holding the tea and feeling warm in her heart, did she finally heat up this stone?

"Mother saw that I was busy and said that she would help me take Bao'er. I won't go back to eat. You can eat with me."

Nodding awkwardly again, Lin Zhilan felt that adolescent girls were really difficult to coax.

Asked the kitchen to bring some dishes, the two ate quietly, Lin Zhilan put some of Wang Zimo's favorite food in her bowl, it was rare that Wang Zimo didn't refuse.

"What about shopkeeper Zhang? The meat is too fat."

Lin Zhilan likes to eat lean meat, and she doesn't touch fat meat at all. In the past, Wang Zimo picked it up for Lin Zhilan.Lin Zhilan's bright eyes were full of anticipation, Wang Zimo was stunned for a moment, silently picked up a piece of meat, bit off the fat, and put the lean meat back on the plate.

Lin Zhilan happily picked up the piece of lean meat and ate it, leaned over and kissed Wang Zimo.

"What are you doing!" Wang Zimo said dissatisfied.

"Thank you."

"Whoever asks you to thank you is all oil."

"I'll wipe it for you."

Lin Zhilan took the silk handkerchief and stood up to wipe Wang Zimo's face, but Wang Zimo said awkwardly, "Who wants you to wipe it, go away!"

"What's wrong with me wiping it for you?"

Lin Zhilan refused, and held Wang Zimo's head hard to wipe her face, but Wang Zimo stiffened his neck and couldn't escape, so he simply ignored her.Just rubbing, Lin Zhilan hugged Wang Zimo's head and buried it in her arms, muttering: "Zimo, don't be angry with me anymore, okay?"

There was a hint of pleading and exhaustion in his voice, the familiar scent in his nose, and the soft touch on his body. Wang Zimo hesitated for a long time, and stretched out to wrap around Lin Zhilan's increasingly slender willow waist.This hug made Wang Zimo feel very distressed, how could she be so thin, the touch of bones is all under the palm.

Wang Zimo tightened his arms unconsciously, feeling remorse and guilt in his heart, as well as a sense of relief. This protracted cold war now looks so childish and ridiculous, it hurt himself and her.

Lin Zhilan felt the grievance of Wang Zimo's movement, she raised her head and smiled, not wanting to let the tears fall, but she didn't live up to it, the tears still slid down along the scars on her face, gathered on her chin, dripping It fell between Wang Zimo's hair.

"I'm sorry." Wang Zimo exhausted all his courage to say this sentence.

Lin Zhilan burst into tears when she heard this, she desperately shook her head, choked up and said, "You're right, I was wrong."

"No, it's my fault." Wang Zimo buried his head deep in Lin Zhilan's belly, regretting.

"I was self-willed and made you feel wronged."

During the Cold War, the two had tacitly indifferent to each other, but this time they figured it out, and tacitly criticized themselves, arguing back and forth, and finally looked at each other and smiled, Wang Zimo wiped Lin Zhilan's tears in distress, Lin Zhilan could finally be arrogant this time, Twisted Wang Zimo's ears and said she was cruel.

Maybe it's been a long time since she got close, maybe Wang Zimo's face is thick enough lately, since she admitted her mistake, she has been clinging to Lin Zhilan, never leaving her, even if Lin Zhilan wants to read the account book, Wang Zimo will hug her.

"Don't move around, be good."

Wang Zimo was mischievous, scratching his hands repeatedly, making Lin Zhilan unable to read the account book seriously, so he only appeased Wang Zimo by rewarding him with a kiss.

Wang Zimo saw that Lin Zhilan was using a charcoal pen to write calculations on the paper, and those strange words appeared again. This time, Lin Zhilan did not avoid Wang Zimo, which made Wang Zimo very happy.

After reading the account book, Lin Zhilan asked doubtfully, "Is the business going well these days? Why did you get an extra 1000 taels of silver?"

Wang Zimo was stunned when he heard the words, and said triumphantly, "I can get it."

"Where did you get so much money?"

"The one won by the gambling house will use the ten taels of silver you gave as the capital."

"If you gamble for a long time, you will lose. Don't gamble in the future. Let's hurry up and focus on some business. The money will come back soon." Lin Zhilan warned, she never thought that Wang Zimo would actually gamble.

"Nine bets and ten loses for others, but for me, ten bets and ten wins."

Seeing that Wang Zimo took out two dice, Lin Zhilan tossed them casually, and there were two sixes.

"As long as you want, I can throw as many as you want." Wang Zimo's face was full of arrogance.

Practice has proved that Wang Zimo is the god of gamblers, and Lin Zhilan felt unreal when she watched Wang Zimo perform for herself like a magic trick.Thinking about coming to Xingyuan Mansion, Wang Zimo had too many encounters that he didn't know.

"Wang Zimo, you are amazing. When we have money, let's open a gambling shop." Lin Zhilan looked at Wang Zimo like a gold ingot.

"It's nothing more than small tricks. You are the ones with great abilities. Although I can't understand them, I know they are very useful." Wang Zimo watched Lin Zhilan's calculations for an hour, and there was nothing he didn't understand. It is definitely a superb skill to calculate the accounts clearly.

"Want to know? I'll teach you."

Lin Zhilan first taught Wang Zimo how to recognize numbers, and then the simplest addition and subtraction operations. Wang Zimo had a natural talent for these, and he quickly got used to them.Lin Zhilan greatly praised Wang Zimo, and taught her the multiplication table.

When Wang Zimo was thinking that one gets one, one gets two, Lin Zhilan suddenly had the feeling of being a husband, and thought to herself that she really had the subconsciousness of an old cow eating tender grass.

"The multiplication table you mentioned is really wonderful. Lan'er, how many wonderful ideas do you still have in your mind? Why can't I understand you forever?" After Wang Zimo understood the multiplication, he thought Extremely shocked.

This is the world of abacus, and most people can't even do the simplest addition and subtraction.For example, five oranges cost two cents. When buying twenty oranges, most people can add two plus two plus two plus two. Ordinary people count with their fingers. Don't ask Wang Zimo for help.

People like Wang Zimo use an abacus, no matter how big the number is, it is just fiddle with the beads on the abacus, three times and five into one, but this is still addition, subtraction, multiplication, only the most proficient in arithmetic in this world. Will be a little fur.

Lin Zhilan looked at Wang Zimo's adoring eyes, hesitated for a long time, and said, "Zimo, there is something I want to tell you, but it's getting late, I'll tell you when I get home, I just hope that when you know, you don't want to tell me." Don't want me."