Fan Xin opened his eyes and saw the person he had been yearning for day and night, tears streaming down his eyes immediately.

"Cui Cui, after so many years, you are finally willing to enter my dream. It wasn't that I didn't go that day, but that I wanted to resettle our family members, my father, my mother, younger siblings, and your aunt. If you don't Take care of them, I'm afraid we will be free and happy this time, but they...with Master Zhao's temper, they will not let them go..." Fan Xin burst into tears, the smell of alcohol was still in his body, but in an instant Ching Ming.A man burst into tears, crying bitterly, trying to explain helplessly like a child. "When I settled down and they rushed there, you, you disappeared. Afterwards, I looked for you everywhere, but I couldn't find you. Not long after, I heard that a group of traffickers had come to our place, so I Guessing whether you were abducted by them, I searched all the way to find you, but I couldn’t find you. Cui Cui, please tell me where you are, and where should I go to find you. Even if there are thousands of mountains and rivers, I will Never match."

Fan Xin thought he was dreaming, so he was so focused on confessing that he didn't even notice that there were two other people in the dormitory.

Zhao Cui cried so much that she couldn't help herself, and choked up several times, but it was Fan Xin who held her in his arms and kept comforting her.

"Brother Xin, I don't blame you. I was selfish. I didn't think about anyone. I just cared about my own happiness. Fortunately, I have you. Otherwise, my aunt would be implicated by me."

The two hugged each other and cried and laughed. Fan Xin didn't notice that there were other people in the room since he woke up. As for Zhao Cui, he cried until he forgot.

Zhou Jing and Shen Mo retreated quietly, and saw Zhou Yu standing outside the door as soon as they went out.

"Father, huh?" Zhou Yu and Master Chen have only read books for dozens of days, and he has the temperament of a scholar. This temperament is different from the bookishness of other scholars. It is a kind of polite but repulsive indifference. "I heard crying, come and have a look."

"Did you hear everything?" Zhou Jing asked him.

"Ah."

"How do you feel?"

Zhou Yu replied sternly: "Some things can't be superficial, they are too taken for granted, and the facts are often hidden under the surface."

"Okay, it's my son, smart." Zhou Jing said proudly: "I intend to send you to study in a private school in the town, and now there are two suitable ones. One is Mr. Gu's 'Rende' private school, and the other is The second is Mr. Zou's "Yazheng" private school. Most of Mr. Gu's private schools accept students from poor families, while Mr. Zou's mostly accepts the sons of merchants. Judging from our current family background, you are more suitable" "Yazheng" private school, but I want you to go to "Rende" private school. Because "Rende" private school has produced three scholars in the past three years, but "Yazheng" private school has never produced a single scholar. According to me As we all know, the 'Yazheng' private school is just a place for merchants and gentry to show off, and they can't learn real knowledge."

"But if you want to go to the 'Rende' private school, you should know about scholars, farmers, industry and commerce. We merchants are at the bottom of the stream. I am afraid that if we go there, we may be excluded. Are you afraid?"

When Zhou Yu followed Zheng Liu to work in various places in the town, he once passed by the private school of 'Rende', and the childish sound of reading in the private school attracted him so much. Passing by in front of the door is to hear the sound of vigorous reading.At that time, he never thought, it can be said that he never dared to think that one day he would step into that private school as a student.As for the 'Yazheng' private school, he frowned slightly. When he was on the road, no matter the time of day, there would always be children from merchants' families joking and playing at the door, and it seemed that they seldom heard the students' reading.

As far as Zhou Yu is concerned, he has always had a dream in his heart, a beautiful dream. In the dream, his biological parents are as enlightened and generous as Shen Mo Zhoujing, and treat him like jewels and treasures, but the place in the dream is not in Liuzhen. And in Kyoto.

Even though he knew that it was only due to his imagining that he had such amiable and respectable parents, he still wanted to take a look and see with his own eyes the place where his biological parents lived in his dream.

Zhou Yu said: "Father, I want to go to the 'Rende' private school, and I want to take the imperial examination."

Zhou Jing asked: "Think about it, even if you are excluded, even if you are bullied?"

Zhou Yu said firmly: "Although I am willing, I will not let myself be bullied."

Zhou Jing laughed loudly, "Okay, it's my son. You can't stand up to bullying us, you have to pay back..."

Zhou Jing wanted to say something, but suddenly shut up, showing embarrassment, because there were bursts of voices in the room that a gentleman should not listen to.

Shen Mo's face suddenly turned green, and he took Zhou Yu's hand and galloped away quickly. Zhou Yu, who was being led by him, quietly blushed at the tips of his ears, half understanding.

By the time Fan Xin and Zhao Cui calmed down, it was already dark, and the stove warmed his meals.Zhao Cui didn't have the nerve to show up at all, and even a man like Fan Xin was so red-faced.

"Master Zhou, I'm being rude." Fan Xin tried to explain, but unfortunately, those words couldn't explain the fact that he stole a slave from the master's house, so he didn't explain it at all. "Master Zhou, Fan Xin would like to thank you and Zhou Fulang for saving Cuicui from the place where the fireworks fell. Fan Xin can't repay such a great kindness. He is willing to be loyal to Master Zhou. It's just that I have one more unfeeling request..."

Fan Xin had already learned about Shen Mo Zhou Jing's rescue of her from Zhao Cui, and he was both scared and grateful.

Zhou Jing probably knew what was going on. He had thought a long time ago that with Fan Xin's current status and wealth, it was impossible for him to let his wife be his maid, and he would definitely want to redeem her.

Zhou Jing will not be a villain and will not let him go, but he will not let such a good opportunity slip away in vain. If Fan Xin's character stays in his shop as the shopkeeper, Zhou Jing can rest assured.

Zhou Jing then said in a merciful way: "Shopkeeper Zhou, you don't have to be so polite. If you have anything to say, just tell me, but I will do my best to help if I can."

Unexpectedly, Fan Xin knelt down for him. Zhou Jing didn't dare to accept such a great gift, and quickly helped him, but Fan Xin didn't get up.

"Master Zhou, I beg you to return Cui Cui to her freedom. Don't worry, Cui Cui will never say a word about what she has seen and heard in your house during these days, and I will never ask. I can swear The redemption of Cuicui is definitely not about knowing what is going on in your family's business, it is purely for the love between the two of us. You have saved Cuicui's great kindness, and I have nothing to repay you. I am willing to offer a thousand birds feather clothes Let's talk about it."

"Thousand bird feather coat!" Zhou Jing had heard of this kind of feather coat before, and it was made of the most beautiful feathers from various rare birds.It’s just that the process of picking feathers is very cruel. It is necessary for the bird to pluck its most beautiful feathers while it is alive. I heard that only the feathers plucked when it is alive will maintain the gorgeous color and spirituality of the bird. Bird's deepest pain.

Seeing Zhou Jing's complexion was not good, Fan Xin knew what he was thinking.With a chill in his heart, many merchants don't care about the lives of dozens or hundreds of rare birds in order to make money.But although Master Zhou in front of him is a businessman, his conscience is not deceived by money. He heard that Chidori Yuyi's first thought was not money, but the pain of those little birds.

Fan Xin vaguely had some thoughts in his heart, and hurriedly said: "Master Zhou, you don't have to worry. Although this thousand-bird feather coat is the most beautiful feathers collected from birds, it is not obtained through such cruel means. This thousand-bird feather coat I originally planned to dedicate it to Cuicui's father, Mr. Zhao, as a betrothal gift to Cuicui, so I was afraid that the resentment of the rare bird would not be effective, so I didn't dare to pluck every feather from the rare bird. Guard the riversides where rare birds gather, and pick up their fallen feathers. But don’t think that these feathers will not be bright in color, they are all selected by me, and it took three years to use them. It takes many hands to get the thousand roots."

Even if they capture rare birds alive and pluck their feathers, the most beautiful and flamboyant ones are just a few. I really don’t know how hard Fan Xin put in to collect those feathers without harming the rare birds.

"Master Zhou, now I am willing to exchange this thousand-bird feather coat for Cuicui's freedom, and I will forget you."

From the point of view of affection alone, Zhou Jing is willing to let him go as long as he pays back the money he bought Zhao Cui in the first place. Unexpectedly, Fan Xin is willing to offer a thousand bird feather coat.If this thousand-bird feather coat is made, it will be hard to find for a lot of money.

This is Zhou Jing taking advantage of the sky, even suspected of taking advantage of others.

"You get up first, I'll ask my husband to get Zhao Cui's deed of prostitution for you, but I can't accept the Thousand Bird Feather Clothes, if I accept Zhou Jing, wouldn't I become a robber."

Although Fan Xin was helped up, he said: "Master Zhou, you are benevolent. I know that Master Zhou is not that kind of person, and Master Zhou also knows the situation. If I don't mind, can I stay and take care of the shop for you. Do you know In my situation, I have no one to rely on here, and it is just a disaster to wear a thousand-bird feather coat, so it is better to give it to Master Zhou and treat it as a certificate of honor."

It is true that if Fan Xin is carrying such a treasure, if someone finds out, the unfamiliar person will probably be murdered. If it is not handed over to Zhou Jing, Zhou Jing's character will not treat him badly.

Zhou Jing was also thinking about it, Chidori Yuyi is indeed profitable, and its large profit is due to the fact that its feathers are hard to find.Not every feather on a rare bird can be used. If you want to pick the brightest and brightest feather, there are often only a few feathers on a bird. Nearly a thousand feathers do not kill the rare bird. I don’t know how Fan Xin is. Got it.

The most important thing is this kind of craftsmanship, the craftsmanship of handling feathers and making feather clothes, this is rare, with this skill, Fan Xin can take out the thousand bird feather clothes after he has established himself.Now that he is willing to offer Chidori Yuyi, what he wants is not just as simple as a small shopkeeper.

After thinking about it, Zhou Jing said, "I don't know if you plan to just give me ready-made clothes, or if you plan to teach me the craft of making them."

Fan Xin understood that what Zhou Jingwen meant was to consider the way of cooperation.

He said: "Clothes and skills are willing to offer."

"Thousand Bird Feather Clothes I know its preciousness, and I also understand that its craftsmanship is even more precious. If you dedicate this craft to me, I will not take it in vain. I plan to open another shop, and I will only make feather products in the future, and I will give you half of the shares. Even if you and I co-operate. The initial investment in the shop will be counted as mine, and the profit will be divided into [-]-[-], what do you think?"

Zhou Jing didn't intend to combine the feather clothing products with the cloth shop, the main reason is that if the feather clothing is finished, it must be beautiful and extraordinary.Comparing them together will only compare the stunning long skirts and nightdresses in the cloth shop to gaudy things.If you don't split it up and open a single shop, although it is rare, you can keep it open for a year and eat it for ten years.

Naturally, Fan Xin did not refuse. He and Zhao Cui could not go back to the south now, so Fan Xin was not familiar with the other places, so he had to start over.

It is common for foreigners to do business in other places without taking care of them. It is common for them to be squeezed out and bullied. They may even be seized by local snakes overnight and sent to prison. Fortunately, it is better to go to Zhou Jing.

"So, thank you, my boss."

Zhou Jing smiled and said: "Since we are a cooperative relationship, it is inappropriate for you to call me my boss. I am a little older than you, so you can call me big brother."

Fan Xin said kindly, "Brother Zhou."

Zhou Jing responded, and said, "I don't know where the thousand birds' feather clothes are?"

Unexpectedly, what Fan Xin took out was a bunch of gorgeous feathers, but no ready-made clothes.

Fan Xin said embarrassingly: "The time is short, and it is too late to make the feather clothes, but I promise to give it more time."

Zhou Jing didn't care about this with Fan Xin. He looked at the feathers he took out. It must have been specially treated. The feathers are bright and bright as if they were still on a live bird. If they can really be made into feathers, they will be priceless.

Thousand bird feather clothes are too expensive, Zhou Jing dare not let the embroiderers in the cloth dyeing workshop intervene, but recruit embroiderers in the town. He does not specify what kind of clothes they make, but once they are hired, they will sign a long-term confidentiality contract. For the bonus, 50% of the bonus in the shop will be shared among all the embroiderers.The given is not a monthly case, but a half-year case of [-] taels.

Even a man can't earn this price, but it's unimaginable that a woman in the family can earn such money.Almost the whole of Liu Town, even Lin Town, was alarmed. Those who could embroider a little came to find them with embroidery. It was a fluke.

For a while, the threshold of the Zhou family was almost leveled.

Zhou Jing didn't know embroidery, but Fan Xin and Zhao Cui did, especially Zhao Cui. She was pretty good at embroidery. She used to make clothes for the wife and her young masters and ladies.

The selection of embroiderers was handed over to Zhao Cui and Fan Xin, who opened a concierge in the backyard of the Zhou family. All embroiderers who came to apply for the job brought their works to the concierge for Zhao Cui to inspect one by one.

Applications have been open for five or six days, but there is not a single one Zhao Cui likes.

Fan Xin was a little anxious, he didn't expect that the embroidered women in Liuzhen were so scarce, and the real top-notch ones were rarely seen to such an extent, and they couldn't be found at such a high price.

In the long queue outside the door, the women and girls were no longer shy and shy, and stretched their necks one by one to poke inside.

Meng Shi was very ostentatious, she was holding a handkerchief in her hand, although it was not a good material, but the pair of mandarin ducks on the embroidered handkerchief were vivid, as if they were really dancing.

She proudly passed the handkerchief to the women and girls in front and behind.

It's really good for some women to see it, and the little embroidery work they do for their own families is incomparable.

He praised: "Eldest sister's embroidery is beautiful, and there is absolutely no problem in applying for the Zhou family's embroidery lady."

Meng said proudly: "Naturally. Do you know what kind of embroidery I am doing? This is Suzhou embroidery! I grew up in Suzhou when I was young, and I learned it from my cousin who worked for a big cloth factory there. I can't compare to you guys. Xiaomen Xiaohu realized it by himself. This time, I will definitely apply, no one has to have me."

As Meng Shi was talking, she turned her head and saw her neighbor, Jiang Shi, Jiang Wei's mother-in-law, in the queue.

Before Jiang Wei was injured, he was a capable and strong man. He had a lot of strength and was handsome. His family was not rich, but it was definitely not poor. He had several tile-roofed houses and had dozens of taels of silver in his hands. .

Many girls in the neighborhood fell in love with Jiang Wei and wanted to marry him. The Meng family was one of Jiang Wei's admirers.Speaking of which, the two are also childhood sweethearts, and they often played together when they were young. Jiang Wei also took care of her because she was a girl, and she was not allowed to be bullied.

Later, when I was a little older and more sensible, I stopped playing together, but every time the two of them greeted each other, they still called, because the two neighbors often rushed to each other to borrow something.

In this way, when they reached the age of marriage, the two families deliberately matched the two to make a couple.

Jiang's father and Jiang's mother also agreed, and went back to tell Jiang Wei, but Jiang Wei didn't agree directly, and wanted to think about it.Even if they were considering whether it would be possible or not, Jiang's father and Jiang's mother were not in a hurry to send a letter to the Meng family, and the two families continued to talk as usual.Jiang Wei treated Meng Shi as before. It was Jiang Wei's attitude that gave Meng Shi an illusion that Jiang Wei agreed, but she still had time to propose marriage to her parents, and she already regarded herself as the Jiang family. Half a daughter-in-law.

Unexpectedly, Jiang Wei bought back a woman from Ren Yazi when she was doing well that day. The woman was dirty and in tatters, with a terrified expression, but Jiang Wei spent most of his family's savings to buy a woman for such a person. To be my own wife.

This was shocking to the Meng family. The Jiang family's parents originally did not agree, but they couldn't bear Jiang Wei's insistence on going his own way, and the Jiang family had only one son, so they could only agree.

It was also from then on that Mrs. Meng hated Jiang Wei, blamed him for betraying him, and blamed Mrs. Jiang, thinking that without him, Jiang Wei would have married her, and she was the one who stood in her way.For some reason, the Meng family didn't want to marry far away, but chose to marry another man who was a few households away from the Jiang family and who used to hang out with them.

Since then, she has been in touch with the Jiang family every day, cursing the Jiang family every day, and insisting on dressing up beautifully to compare with Jiang's beauty every day.

The life of the Jiang family was not easy, because the Jiang family was abducted by human traffickers, and he was unwilling to live with Jiang Wei. He refused to follow from the beginning and ran away a few times. Although he was captured by Jiang Wei every time, But Jiang Wei never made things difficult for her.Jiang Wei doesn't know how to coax people, he doesn't know how to please women, he knows how to catch a man and cook delicious food when he comes back, and buy some gadgets that women like, so he thinks that Jiang will be moved by this.

Later one day, Mrs. Jiang ran out again, and was spotted by Jiang Wei, who was returning from work, and chased him. Mrs. Jiang ran into the carriage of a man surnamed Jin in a panic, and the horse kicked up its hooves in fright and stepped on Mrs. Jiang.

Jiang Wei, who came in a hurry, didn't care about anything, and rushed forward. This pounce saved the woman, but it also caused Jiang Wei's leg to be trampled off by the horse, and he has since become a lame man.

Now the entire Jiang family collapsed, and all the money left in the family was spent in order to treat Jiang Wei's illness.On the other hand, Mr. Jin's family quit after being bumped into by Mrs. Jiang. It must be said that Mrs. Jin in the carriage was frightened and wanted to pay compensation. In the end, I had to sell the house.The family rented a house on the street, and the whole family lived crowded together.

The old couple of Jiang's family were startled and terrified, they were sick, and only Mrs. Jiang was left in good health.At this time, Mrs. Jiang wanted to leave, and no one could do anything about it. Jiang Wei thought she would run away, but she didn't expect Mrs. Jiang to take care of the entire Jiang family, doing laundry and sewing for the neighbors. Supporting the Jiang family's life little by little.

Been doing that for almost a year now.

Jiang was tortured from a beautiful girl to a vicissitudes of life, while Meng was still as beautiful as before.

Probably wanting to see Jiang Wei regret it, Ms. Meng would often take the clothes to Jiang's house for cleaning or mending, and then say a few ugly words in front of Jiang Wei, provoking Jiang Wei and wanting Jiang Wei to regret it.However, Jiang Wei defended Jiang every time, which only made Meng even more angry.

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