There is a home in the depths of the white clouds

Sure enough, the housekeeper burst into laughter as soon as he came in, Wu Youwei said flatly: "Housekeeper, the family is still observing filial piety.

The butler's face froze, he immediately suppressed his smile, and said with a serious face: "The master heard that the list was released outside, and several of your classmates are on the list. I specially allocated 500 taels of silver for you as a congratulation."

"That's quite a lot!" Wu Youwei was really surprised.

The year-round expenses of the entire Wu Mansion are only 8000 taels, and the income is only [-] to [-] taels. You come and go to the ceremony on weekdays. There are not many servants in the family, and there are not many properties. They can have a little surplus to maintain the livelihood of the family. As well as decent, already very

Although Wu Jun is the head of the family, how long has he been in it?

When the old man was alive, he was just living on monthly money.

Fortunately, Mrs. Wu subsidized him from time to time, and since he got married, the old man handed over half of the family property to him, so that he would not know how to manage it when he took over the property in the future.

That's why Wu Jun's eldest son was five years old, so he managed some of the family's properties and had the power to train his hands. After the old man left, he took over the whole house.

Wu Youwei didn't know how much money Wu Jun had, but 500 taels at a time was already a huge sum of money.

No wonder it needs a health servant to carry it.

500 taels, ten taels a catty, 500 taels is fifty catties, plus the ancient catties were a little heavier than modern ones.

That's more than fifty catties.

The butler asked for the silver to be brought over, and opened the box. Inside were five taels of large silver ingots, a total of one hundred, neatly arranged and very dazzling.

"Not bad." Wu Youwei nodded, the money is quite a lot.

The butler was also greedy, but he didn't dare to be greedy for the money.

After the money was delivered, the housekeeper left with his people. He couldn't stay in this place for too long, and he was afraid that the young master would suffer for him after a long time.

It's a pity that he left with the front foot, and the day lily grass gave Wu Youwei wheat tea with the back foot. In addition, this matter was not worth keeping secret. Soon, everyone in the small courtyard knew about it.

Hemerocallis also heard about it, and was thinking about it, should she tell the old lady?

It just so happened that Jasmine was about to go out, she was soft and hard, and Jasmine lost her patience, so she went out with Jasmine, and met her acquaintance Fangcao on the way.

Fangcao is the same as Hemerocallis, serving at the old lady's place, and Hemerocallis whispered a few words to Fangcao when Jasmine was not paying attention.

The silver was delivered around noon, Wu Youwei and others left, and carried the silver and Xiaoxiao into the bedroom.

The money came from aboveboard, if he put it away so that no one could see it, it wouldn't make sense.

Moreover, the money was not actually his, but was to be given away. He knew that Wu Jun was doing this to make a face for him, and at the same time, it was also to prove to the world that the Wu family did not treat the concubine badly.

He even showed his favor to Wu Youwei, a concubine brother, and he, the elder brother, did not treat him harshly.

Just, why show favor?

Wu Youwei didn't think that he was enough to make Wu Jun afraid now, it was just to make the Wu family dare not touch him casually.

If the Wu family really wanted to deal with him, that point of contact could only be used to save their lives at most, and it was a little bit worse if it was used to save their names.

That's why Wu Youwei insisted on making good friends with those people.

After having a bland lunch at noon, Wu Youwei and Xiaoxiao strolled around the yard before going to take a nap.

Although Wu Youwei eats vegetarian food now, he doesn't eat badly, sleeps well, reads only one book, and can teach Xiao Xiao from time to time, so that he can pass the addiction of being a teacher. When he first came, he was like a piece of paper, but now he has finally gained some flesh, and his complexion has improved a lot.

Since the beginning of spring, I haven't been sick yet.

When Wu Youwei was resting and taking a nap, Mrs. Wu's room in the backyard was bustling with activity.

"Tell me, what are you doing with that...useless 500 taels of silver?" Mrs. Wu was so angry that she didn't even take a nap at that time when she found out about the 500 taels of silver.

"Mother, the son gave the 500 taels of silver to my younger brother. Let him take it to take care of his fellow Jinshi students." Wu Jun didn't expect his mother to know about the front yard so soon.

"Give that useless 500 taels for no reason, and ask him to use it as a favor?" Isn't her son stupid?

"Mother, what my Wu family needs now is reputation, a good reputation." Wu Jun pointedly said: "My Wu family is neither a high-ranking official nor a rich salary, so I can only rely on my good reputation to let people know that my Wu family does not treat the concubine harshly. In the future, there must be many bastards in the future. If there is no magnanimous wife, such as mother, and a petty and jealous wife, how can those bastards live?"

Madam Wu choked, thinking too much.

I know my own affairs, and it would be a lie to say that she is really good to the concubine.

The mother of the second child back then was still the master's distant cousin. When she was favored in the mansion, she was almost on an equal footing with her. As for the position of the old lady, I don't know who is sitting there.

The second child takes the imperial examinations every year, and always encounters troubles, whose handwriting is it?

The master may not have known about it back then, otherwise he would not have protected his younger son everywhere, protecting that useless one to pass the Juren exam.

It's just that she did those things secretly, and now that the master has gone, what else is there to be afraid of?

Now it involves the future of her eldest granddaughter and future generations, so she has to think more about it.

Wu Jun watched his mother sitting on the kang with a gloomy face and didn't speak. After a long while, he said again: "Now our family is observing filial piety, and it is naturally a step behind other families. How long does it take to have an opportunity like this.

"Forget it." Mrs. Wu was discouraged for a while: "Since I gave it to him, let him get along well with others. Our Wu family will not treat the concubine harshly. Let his classmates rest assured that it is really annoying to visit the door every now and then. died."

In fact, the mother and son knew why people came to the door from time to time, but they just didn't tell the truth.

But such frequent door visits are ultimately inappropriate.

"It's too late to say it now..." Wu Jun smiled wryly. At that time, he didn't expect that they could really hold on for so long. It's been a few months?

They come here every now and then, and they are not alone. People from Liu Daxia in the third grade come to see, people from Liu Jian in the fifth grade come to see, people from Yang Yiqing in the tenth grade, Li Dongyang in the sixteenth grade, and two people in the 23th grade. One of the teachers was changed at [-].

One month, counting carefully, each person only sends someone to visit once, sometimes not even once, but there are too many people!

There are three or four hundred people in one imperial examination, even if one comes a day, it will only take a year to get enough.

Not counting holidays and delays, who can bear it?

But they made mistakes first, and now they don't dare to stop people from seeing each other casually. If they are misunderstood and there is another disturbance, their family can't stand the trouble.

This tone, the mother and son could only bear it.

However, Mrs. Wu of Wu Sun's family couldn't bear it any longer. As soon as she heard that the master gave Sanfang 500 taels of cash, she immediately told the housekeeper: "The young master already has silver in hand, and the expenses in this house are also high. Let the little master figure it out for himself." The housekeeper replied solemnly, and immediately gave orders.

The housekeeper's wife is the housekeeper's daughter-in-law, if she is young, she is the housekeeper's wife, but now that the housekeeper's eldest granddaughter is so old, this lady has also become a mother-in-law.

Wu Youwei woke up after taking a nap, and Wu Xu asked to see him.

I don't know if it's because the housekeeper sells well or Wu Xu's own ability. In short, Wu Youwei will know the reaction of the old lady and his wife in the afternoon.

"A woman's point of view." Wu Youwei is not only funny, but Wu Jun in the front is trying to find love, but the two women in the back are trying to hold him back.

Thinking about it this way, Wu Jun is quite pitiful.

"Do you want to tell the master?" Wu Xu is also a person who runs outside, and knows some of his own affairs.

"No need, anyway, 500 taels of silver is enough to buy some good gifts." Wu Youwei thought for a while: "Go outside and find out what kind of gifts are usually suitable for you to give? Just give the money. ...

"Absolutely not!" Wu Xu broke out in a cold sweat: "If you win a Jinshi, the court will arrange your own food, clothing, housing and transportation, and you will have money to settle down. Others can give you money. You are a classmate, so giving money is too vulgar."

Even if he is not a scholar, he also knows the nobility of a scholar.

If it is really a prickly gift of money, people will say "disgraceful".

Wu Youwei sighed: "Okay, you go and inquire about it, and we'll talk about it later."

When Wu Xu left, Wu Youwei thought about it. The old lady and the lady are actually narrow-minded women. It's impossible to say that they don't understand the general situation. They just thought that, as a bastard, it's easy to handle. .

However, he still has to accept Wu Jun's favor, but he doesn't want to accept this favor.

I don't want Wu Jun to sell this to himself, because the money debt is easy to repay, but the debt of favor is hard to repay.

Anyway, there is still some money in his space, and the suet jade newly born in the space are all top-quality suet...

The gift was neither ostentatious nor expensive.

At that time, he will say that the old man who has already gone prepared it for him. If he doesn't say it, even if the Wu family knows, what can they do with him?

The old man is dead, and there is no proof of death!

So Wu Youwei entered the space at night, picked out the largest piece of mutton fat jade, wrapped it in silk and satin, put it in a box he found in advance, and wrapped it in two layers. The outermost layer was wrapped with coarse cloth. He picked up a bag and left with it.

The next day, after breakfast, Wu Youwei began to draw something in the study.

He made things with his own hands a few times before, and he was already very close, but this time is different, he can't carve jade!

This thing must be carved by a special jade carving master, even if I am learning it now, it is too late.

Therefore, it must be carved in a jade shop outside, and then brought back and wrapped as a gift.

He just wanted to design an auspicious pattern by himself and let the master carve it according to the pattern.

In the Ming Dynasty, various patterns were almost saturated. The handicrafts of the Ming Dynasty were very superb, and Wu Youwei could only pick up good ones.

He remembered what he had seen before, an ornament in the principal's office.

It is a "Ruyi in life" carved from Afghan jade, which is actually a wishful shape wrapped around ginseng.

But the meaning is good.

It is said that no one may know what Afghan jade is. To put it bluntly, it is white marble.

If it is white and transparent, it can be used as jade. It is a bit cheap to say "marble", but how foreign it is to say "Afghan jade"!

Wu Youwei finished the draft and called Xiao Xiao in: "Go out and help me with something.

"Yes!" His little eyes lit up.

In the past few months, he has been very aggrieved, except for the New Year's ceremony, he has not been out of the house yet.

He didn't dare to go out to play during the holidays. One is that he is too young, and the other is that he has money!

The young master rewarded him with 50 taels of silver alone, and the whole family knew about it. He was afraid of being beaten with a sap when he went out, and also afraid of being robbed of his money, so even if he had a day or two of free time, he didn't dare to be alone. go out.

Now that the young master asked him to go out, he would definitely send someone to follow him. Was it a gift for the masters in his class? ?

"You take, go to the mountains and the sea, and then take Ah Si, the four of you go out, find a good craftsman, and help me carve a few jade pendants." Wu Youwei gave him the drawing: "Follow This pattern is carved."

It is said that a gentleman wears jade, and he gave each of the high school students a suet jade pendant carved into "Life is wishful", which is just right.