husband in another world

Meng Shi was angry when she saw Jiang Shi, and was uncomfortable when she was about to rush up to find someone, but a woman behind her stabbed her.

"It's your turn, if you don't come in, can I come in?"

Mrs. Meng glared at Mrs. Jiang bitterly, "Why don't you come in, I've been waiting for a long time."

Mrs. Meng entered the concierge room. There was only one table in the room, and there were two people sitting there.One is Shuang'er and the other is a woman.There are no gold hairpins or silver ornaments on the pair's head, although they are simple and luxurious, but the clothes on their bodies are of high-quality brocade, and although the woman's clothes are not bad, they are just ordinary cotton clothes.

Meng secretly lamented the injustice of fate, their woman was not as wealthy as a twin, and she didn't know how the twin was born with such a good life, that they could eat delicious food and drink spicy food.

No matter what he thought in his heart, Meng Shi still presented his embroidery in a proper manner, "Fulang, look at this is my embroidery."

Shen Mo is not proficient in embroidery, he is limited to sewing and mending.This time I followed Zhao Cui to select people, but I was arrested because of insufficient manpower.

Zhou Jing had to take care of the business in the shop, and Fan Xin had to be busy choosing the location and shop, so he was the only one left at home, so he came over to help.

Zhao Cui couldn't write, and couldn't read a few words. It happened that Shen Mo could, so she made a record for her.

Shen Mo took the embroidery and showed it to Zhao Cui.

Zhao Cui glanced, frowning slightly, hesitating.

"What's wrong?" Shen Mo asked.

Zhao Cui said: "Zhou Fulang, although this embroidery has a bit of the shadow of Suzhou embroidery, but it does not have the essence. It is much better than the ones sent by others, but it needs to be used. I don't know how much time and effort it will take to grind it out. Craftsmanship. How come the embroiderers in Liu Town are so in demand!"

Shen Mo said: "Leave your address first, and we'll talk about it later."

Mrs. Meng knew that it was dissatisfaction with her embroidery, but she had no other ideas.After all, they are still in awe of such a noble family as the Zhou family. Their eyesight is higher than that of ordinary people, and it is right to look down on her embroidery.

Mrs. Meng left her address and turned around to go out. As soon as she walked to the door and looked up, she saw Mrs. Jiang, and she became angry. She forgot her identity and went straight to him.

Obviously it was Mrs. Meng who almost knocked Mrs. Jiang down, but she shouted first: "You are a lame man, are you blind? Why don't you have eyes and bump into people when you walk?"

Jiang's complexion was ugly, no matter how Meng made things difficult for her, she never cared about it.But when it came to Jiang Wei, Jiang couldn't bear it. If it wasn't for her, Jiang Wei's leg wouldn't be injured.It can be seen that Mrs. Jiang was already very angry, but because of the wrong location, she just said: "Sister Meng, you hit me."

With her arms akimbo, Meng yelled, "I bumped into you. You have such a big face. How come I didn't bump into anyone on such a big road, but you?"

Jiang Shi held back, she came to apply for the recruitment, and at this time she was arguing endlessly with Meng Shi, no matter who was unreasonable in this matter, it would only leave a bad impression on both parties in the end.

Thinking of this, he planned to settle the matter, "It's my sister who didn't see my sister, so I'm going to make amends to my sister."

"Sister and sister, who is your sister, shameless!" Meng Shi went so far as to make an inch, regardless of the two masters sitting in the room.

The women and girls queuing up were pointing and talking, and those passing by on the street stopped to look inside.

Zhao Cui's face turned cold, and she shouted loudly: "What do you think is this place making you so noisy!"

Meng Shi was called out of the house with her head down like a quail.

When she was in the Jiang family, she was afraid that Shen Mo and Zhao Cui would think something about her because of what happened just now, so she apologized first.

This action won Zhao Cui's good opinion first, and then picked up the embroidery in her hand, her eyes lit up instantly.

"Do you know Su embroidery?" Zhao Cui asked.

Jiang said in a regular manner: "I used to be a Suzhou embroiderer, and I came to Liuzhen because of my marriage."

Zhao Cui smiled, this is the most satisfying piece of embroidery she has been applying for this time, this piece of embroidery is even better than hers, this is the standard of Suzhou embroiderers.

Zhao Cui was very satisfied and almost wanted to make a decision on the spot, but she still asked Shen Mo for his opinion first.

Shen Mo didn't understand these things, so he just asked her to call the shots.

"Come to Zhou Fulang's place and leave your address. Someone will come to your house to invite you after the application is over in a few days." Zhao Cui said, "I don't know if you know the rules of our family. Our request is to sign a long-term contract and a confidentiality contract. , 50 taels per year for half a year, but there is one thing, because our embroidered clothes are unique in style and unique. During the work period, we are required to eat and live at the master's house, and we can only let them go home after the work is completed. But you can rest assured, it does not mean that you will You are locked up and are not allowed to contact your family members. Instead, your prospective family members come to visit you for two hours every three days, but at You hour, someone will be there to wait on you and you cannot talk alone. This is not about you, it is for the sake of confidentiality, so as to prevent the mother-in-law at home from talking with you. The family colluded and leaked what was going to be done."

Mrs. Jiang was an embroiderer in the past, and she made many expensive dresses, some of which were very expensive and had to rush to work overnight, and they would also be guarded by the master's family, and no contact with outsiders was allowed.So she had no objection to this request, so she nodded to express her understanding.

As soon as he entered the house, Jiang Wei, who was limping, greeted him. He didn't ask whether the job was successful or not first, but said: "Liu Town is in our neighboring town. You are tired after walking so far. Drink a bowl of water, I will give you Let's cook."

Jiang's father and Jiang's mother came out of the house and saw this scene, they could only sigh helplessly, their son had been dazzled by Jiang, and it was useless to say anything.

Mrs. Jiang followed into the kitchen and helped her. Jiang Wei pushed her away a few times, but she didn't say a word but didn't leave, so Jiang Wei could only let her go.

The two worked dully for a while, and Jiang suddenly said: "The master said that this time, in order to keep the work secret, he may have to stay at the master's house for food and lodging, and he will be released after finishing the work."

Jiang Wei became nervous when he heard this, "Here, could he be a liar? How can I do a job and live in the master's house?"

Jiang said: "The clothes are expensive because they are fashionable. If an embroiderer steals the blueprints and passes them on to the outside, the appearances will be leaked in advance, and they won't be worth much."

Jiang Weina said, "That's right."

Mrs. Jiang glanced at him, "However, the master is kind and promised to spend two hours with his family every three days, so as not to worry the family."

Jiang Wei immediately said: "Then I'll see you when the time comes." After speaking, as if he had realized something, he added carefully, "Is it okay?"

Jiang Shi nodded lightly and said nothing more.

After lunch, there was a knock on the door of Jiang's house, and it was Mrs. Meng who came, bringing her family's clothes and asking Mrs. Jiang to wash them.

Because Mrs. Jiang was going to work in Liuzhen in a few days, Jiang Wei didn't want her to be tired, so he shirked the blame for her.

Mrs. Meng was angry and jealous, and said bitterly: "She is a dead star. Look at how your family has been murdered since she entered your house. You are still protecting her until now. She is giving you a lie." Is it a Gu, why are you so obsessed with it!"

Jiang Wei's face suddenly darkened, "My family's affairs have nothing to do with her, so don't come here in the future, she's going out to work, I'm not a man to entertain you and a woman."

Mrs. Meng was blasted out by Jiang Wei, and when she turned around, she saw Mrs. Jiang standing at the door. After hearing everything, Jiang Wei's face turned pale instantly.

"Well, don't listen to Meng's nonsense. My family has nothing to do with you. I know you are a good woman. If you don't want to marry me, I am unlucky. If you meet someone you like in the future, I will I will give you a divorce letter and marry you as my younger sister, and this is your natal family. Thinking about the fact that you and I are not husband and wife, your husband's family will not treat you badly because of this."

Jiang lowered her head, still speechless as before, not knowing what she was thinking.

In Zhou's dormitory, Zhou Yu was lying on the desk to read the account book, Zhou Jing was beside him pointing out, and occasionally had a few words with Shen Mo.

"Xiao Mo, I plan to buy our house. I rented it because I didn't have enough money and couldn't turn around. Now that I have money, I'd better buy it and rest assured."

Shen Mo naturally agreed, "Will Master Li be willing to sell?"

"Yes, but the price is high, more than 500 taels. But our shop has been here for so long, and our reputation has gone out. If we change places rashly, we will only lose more. It is better to buy it."

"Although it's a bit more expensive, it's worth it." Shen Mo said: "You've found out about the private school, when are you going to send Xiao Yu there to study? This is a big deal, so don't delay it."

"Tomorrow, I've found out Mr. Gu's preferences, and I'll go tomorrow."

Mr. Gu is six out of fifty. He was a scholar of the late emperor for 15 years.Because the family was poor in order to make ends meet, he later gave up the imperial examination and returned to Liuzhen to open a private school.

Mr. Gu is very respectful of etiquette, because he doesn't like the smell of money on businessmen, so most of the students in the school are poor students.

For this reason, on the day of the visit, although Zhou Jing himself was dressed as usual, he asked Zhou Yu to change into a coarse cloth that he hadn't worn for a long time.

"It's not to tell you to pretend to be poor, but your classmates are all poor boys. You are not only extravagant and rich, but you are also suspected of showing off, and you are also very easy to be excluded by other students. Therefore, when other students ask about your family background, it is not easy to lie. You The meaning is ambiguous, just confuse it."

"Yes, Dad, my son knows."

Inquiring about Mr. Gu's preferences, Zhou Jing didn't bring a lot of money, but followed the ancient etiquette and brought six rituals.

The six rituals of worshiping a teacher refer to lotus seeds, longan, dates, celery, red beans and pork strips.None of the six things are precious things, but the meaning is in the mind and meaning.It is said that lotus seeds imply the good intentions of the master; celery is to encourage students to study hard and tremblingly;As for pork strips, it was passed down from the time of Confucius, but it was used to replace Shuxiu at that time.Although today's Shuxiu has added silver, pork strips have been inherited as one of the six rituals.

The two of them rode an ox cart to the front door of the 'Rende' private school, knocked a few times and came out to a porter. He looked up and down Zhou Jing and Zhou Yu, and seeing Zhou Jing's rich and noble clothes, he knew that Zhou Jing should be a businessman.

The Zhou family is no longer the Zhou family that set up a stall in the market, and they are reluctant to wear cotton clothes.Now there is a cloth shop to support it, and it has long been common to wear silk and satin on the body.This is also the reason why the gatekeeper of the private school saw Zhou Jing's identity at a glance.

The concierge is by Mr. Gu's side, and he has seen a lot of people who are rich and noble. In addition, they are all begging Mr. Gu to accept their sons as students. Most of them have to be returned.So not only was he not afraid, but he also imitated Mr. Gu and did not look down on merchants much, thinking that they smelled like copper and were not as noble as scholars.

The concierge's tone was not very polite, and he pointed to the back door, "Sir is teaching, you go to the back door and wait."

The back door is not the place to receive serious guests.

Zhou Jing was not annoyed, instead bowed to the porter, and Zhou Yu followed suit.

In the past, merchants were asked to wait at the back door, even if they were well-preserved and not annoyed, it was only because of Mr. Gu's affection, and they had never been so polite.The concierge couldn't help taking another look.

Zhou Jing calmly took Zhou Yu's little hand and walked towards the back door, and asked as he walked, "Do you feel wronged? You obviously didn't do anything, but you have to suffer this inexplicable idleness just because you can't change your identity."

Zhou Jing's steps were neither big nor small, just enough for Zhou Yu's small steps to keep up.

Zhou Yu shook his head and said: "My son is making things difficult for his studies, he doesn't realize what's going on, it's just causing his father to be wronged, and he feels uncomfortable."

But Zhou Jing smiled, "Xiao Yu, we are a family, we are all prosperous and we are all damaged, there is absolutely no reason to distinguish. So when you grow up, you must first think about your parents and the consequences of doing things before you do things. Don't be impulsive, otherwise your parents and you have the same root and body, and they will be implicated. In the same way, if you don't feel wronged now that it is for your studies, neither will your father. Because if you are lucky enough to get a job in the future, your father will also You are honored and respected by others, and no one dares to accept this kind of idleness."

"Father, my son understands what you mean, think twice before acting, and plan ahead. My son will definitely study hard and live up to the grievances father has suffered for his son today."

"Xiaoyu, I guess Mr. Gu won't let us in so easily. If you have any embarrassment later, remember to play it by ear and don't play childish temper."

"Father taught his son that if he can't bear it, he will make trouble and make big plans. It's easy to save."

When the father and son came to the back door, they didn't knock again, but stood at the door and waited silently. They only occasionally said a few irrelevant gossips, and didn't say a word of complaint. If they thought of something else, Zhou Jing would still test Zhou Yu. .

They just waited until the private school was over, and the students left one after another, without waiting for Mr. Gu to call in.

After standing outside for a long time, even though the autumn wind is not as good as the east wind, it is still freezing through.

"Is it cold?"

Zhou Yu said: "It's not cold."

But seeing his small body trembling, Zhou Jing picked him up, took off his coat and wrapped him in his arms.

In the hall, Mr. Gu took a sip of hot tea and asked, "Have the two students outside left?"

The concierge replied, "No, I haven't left yet."

Mr. Gu was stunned for a moment, "You haven't left yet? Do you know which family's master it is this time?"

"I don't know. But the villain sees that although the old man is dressed in rich and noble clothes, the child is dressed in ordinary clothes like a villain. And this time the two people are very different. In the past, the villain asked those old men to wait at the back door. Due to my husband's sympathy, I have never reprimanded the villain, but I still show some face. This time, the master actually led his young master to bow to the villain, which made the villain feel embarrassed. Also, the two of them Although I have been waiting for two hours, I have never heard a word of complaint. Besides, the master often tests the homework of the young master. As for what kind of villain is tested, he can't understand it. Anyway, it is not what the master usually teaches. .”

"Oh?" Such a statement aroused the interest of Mr. Gu, a businessman who has read books?Mr. Gu pondered for a moment, then put down his teacup, "Please come in."

The father and son followed the porter to the hall, and Zhou Jing bowed first, "Mr. Gu, next Zhou Jing, this is the little boy Zhou Yu, who is eight years old this year. Please take him to study in a private school."

Zhou Jing, this name is Mr. Gu who doesn't hear anything out of the window, and can't ignore this thunderous name.The reason is that his wife is a loyal customer of the 'meeting' cloth shop. Naturally, his financial resources cannot afford his wife to buy the extravagant dresses in the Zhou family's shop, but he can afford the brightly colored cloth dyed by the Zhou family.

Mr. Gu nodded lightly, and did not appear to recognize Zhou Jing's identity.However, he noticed that Zhou Jing held the six rites of apprenticeship instead of other extravagant things.

"Student Zhou Yu met Mr. Gu." Zhou Yu bowed to Mr. Gu calmly.

Mr. Gu didn't respond to Zhou Jing's behavior like a dog, but the politeness of an eight-year-old child had to attract Mr. Gu's attention.

"Your name is Zhou Yu?"

"Yes." Zhou Yu was not afraid of Mr. Gu at all, let alone stage fright, and replied politely: "The student's name was chosen by Dad, which means meeting. Fortunately, Dad and Ah Mo met. Thank you student for meeting Dad and Ah Mo."

The old master didn't understand the meaning of Zhou Yu's words, he glanced at Zhou Jing, and secretly blamed him for pretending to be a scholar and telling the child some nonsense.If it is said that the parents are grateful for meeting, then the meeting between the child and the parents is a fart, it crawled out of the stomach.

However, due to the majesty of his father, Mr. Gu did not expose it.

Ask Zhou Yu back: "Have you ever read a book before? Did you study with that master? How many books did you study?"

"Mr. Hui, I studied with Master Chen for a while and learned some characters. I finished half of the "Three Character Classic". After Master Chen left, I learned some from my father. What my father taught the students was "Sun Tzu's Art of War."

""Sun Tzu's Art of War"?" Mister Gu should not be intimidated or surprised. Even if the concierge said that Zhou Jing might be able to read and write, and could teach his son something, Mr. Gu would not dare to think that he would teach an eight-year-old child "Grandson" art of war".Not to mention whether an eight-year-old child can understand it, but even if he dare not say that he has studied such a profound art of war, Zhou Jing, who has only a half-knowledge, dares to talk about it, so he is not afraid of misleading the child.

Mr. Gu gave Zhou Jing a dissatisfied look, feeling that he might have misunderstood his son, and he couldn’t just teach others without asking questions, so he went through the process and said, “Since you said that your father taught you "Sun Tzu’s Art of War" I Let me test you how?"

"Sir, please."

"I ask you the first chapter of "The Art of War", which one?"

"The Beginning"

"In the beginning of the plan, Sun Tzu said: Soldiers, the great affairs of the country, the place of life and death, the way of survival, must be investigated.

Therefore, the classics are based on five things, and the school uses calculations to ask for their feelings.Which emotions? "

"The first is Dao, the second is Heaven, the third is Earth, the fourth is General, and the fifth is Law."

"Yeah." Mr. Gu nodded, "Why do you explain it yourself? Let's hear it with your own thoughts?"

Zhou Jing has already asked him this question many times, so Zhou Yu didn't even have to think deeply about it. He opened his mouth and said: "The will of the people and the democracy must be consistent in order to be single-minded and invincible. Victory and defeat are not easy. The location and people must be taken into consideration. Generals are the key, and they need to be strict in rewards and punishments. They must be rigorous, lead by example, be courageous and wise. Only when the system is implemented and the soldiers are well-trained, can the enemy be defeated."

Mr. Gu didn't expect Zhou Yu to answer well, and he was not taught to be crooked. He unconsciously glanced at Zhou Jing, saw Zhou Jing smiling, and was very satisfied with his son's answer.

Mr. Gu somehow felt dissatisfied in his heart, and got angry.

Then I asked: "Your answers are quite satisfactory, neither outstanding nor big mistakes. But reading is about applying what you have learned. Let me ask you what you think you have learned in this article?"

"Lead by example, with clear rewards and punishments, and a rigorous system, no matter how you behave or do things, you should use this as the criterion to succeed. Of course, I also try it in my family business."

The old master was not very satisfied with the last sentence, and thought to himself, this good boy smells like copper when he was taught at a young age, and he actually wants to do business to make money.

Mr. Gu took five or six exams in one go, and Zhou Yu answered them fluently. Mr. Gu was not convinced. The children in his private school were older than Zhou Yu, and those who had studied for a few years were not as transparent as Zhou Yu. If you don’t believe him, what you teach is no better than what a businessman can teach.

After asking a few more questions, Zhou Yu was finally asked with a frown, his face wrinkled into a bun.

"Mr. Hui, my father never taught me this."

Hehe, Mr. Gu is happy, it won’t be good, he can only teach.

"I'll recite a passage for you. No one will teach you, so you can tell me what you think." Mr. Gu said: "Sun Tzu said: If you send a teacher with a hundred thousand troops, you will go out for thousands of miles. What's the explanation for the expense of the common people?"

Zhou Yu looked at Zhou Jing, and Zhou Jing smiled at him, signaling him to speak boldly and not be afraid of mistakes.

Zhou Yu stood in the middle of the ground thinking for a long time, but no one in the hall urged him.

"Students think that what Sun Tzu means is that war is a major event that wastes people's money and money, and it will affect the lives of the people. You can use tricks or spies appropriately to achieve the goal of victory."

Not only Mr. Gu, but also Zhou Jing's jaw fell to the ground and he couldn't pick it up.His son, an eight-year-old child, was able to understand to this level by himself after listening to Mr. Gu recite it without any explanation. Isn't he a genius?

Mr. Gu said sternly: "Your father has never told you about this, so don't you fool me?"

Zhou Yu replied: "It's really not. There are some mistakes in what I said. It's just the students' random thoughts. Don't blame me, sir."

Mr. Gu would not blame him, only Zhou Jing.This child is so smart, why didn't he send it earlier, he was born in a merchant's family and knew that making money was a waste of money.

"Ahem..." Mr. Gu pretended to cough twice, "It's getting late, let's test you here today, and I will continue to test you in class tomorrow."

This is to accept him.

Zhou Yu said happily: "Student has paid homage to Master, and will definitely arrive early tomorrow."

The Liuli in Zhou Jing's hand was also successfully kept, and the father and son left happily.

Mr. Gu looked at the backs of the father and son and shook his head and sighed.

"What's the matter, sir, but that kid isn't school material?"

"That child is not material for studying, so no one is. I feel sorry for that Zhou Jing, who is too old. If Xiao Dian followed me to study, he might have already taken the imperial examination. But the child is still good at teaching, merchants A seldom seen in good manners.”