manynovel Chapter 246 The Poor Second Brother-in-law
Chapter 246 The Poor Second Brother-in-law
"Senior Brother Wen is a modest gentleman, so your cousin is naturally not bad either." Jiang Youzhen was quite satisfied for now, but it was a pity that he didn't see him drunk.
"You are really good at speaking!" Wen Ruyu laughed.
"Although Shulin's family is poor, he is filial and treats people sincerely. If not for this, he would not have to wait until next year to die."
"Why do you say that? Don't you have enough money? Or are you worried about your parents at home?" Jiang Youzhen asked curiously.
"He always went to school and found work to support his family. Just like today, he went to work in the fields before dawn in the morning. When he came back from farming, he changed his clothes and went to study in the private school. In the afternoon, he had to ask for leave to work in the fields again.
Sometimes I help others do hard labor, work as an accountant, or weave baskets to supplement the family income. In fact, compared to him, I am not that hardworking. "
Wen Ruyu was filled with emotion. He usually did most of his work by copying books. However, his family didn't even have a field, so he could only copy books.
Jiang Youzhen was a little surprised. He was indeed very hardworking. Such character was rare.
"He couldn't even afford to pay for the ink and brush to copy books, so he could only make a living by doing some unprofitable business."
Jiang Youzhen: This is too tragic. There is no pen and paper to copy the book. It is so tragic!
"He had long wanted to give up studying and become an accountant, but his family disagreed. Studying is my uncle's obsession. If he hadn't had no time to study, Shulin would have died two years ago."
Wen Ruyu glanced at Jiang Youzhen who was listening attentively, with her elegant eyebrows drooping, seeming to have a different kind of charm.
He suddenly felt that Jiang Youzhen was a little too good-looking. Even without makeup, a man with feminine features always made people feel pity.
Perhaps it was because of this that he and Huang Xue Ning let down their guard?
"I'm not saying this because I'm greedy for your family's money. I just want to say that he has a noble character. He studies very hard and never slacks off." Wen Ruyu explained for him because she was afraid that Jiang Youzhen would misunderstand that He Shulin was trying to climb up the social ladder.
Jiang Youzhen smiled slightly, "A hero does not ask where he comes from, and a man of ambition does not ask where he comes from."
When Wen Ruyu pursed her lips and smiled, he knew that Jiang Youzhen was not a superficial person.
As soon as I got home from school, I saw Shen directing some people to move large items into the new house.
"Xiao Lang, your study and bedroom are ready according to your requirements. Didn't you say you were not used to sleeping on the kang? I prepared a step-out bed for you and moved the kang to the next room. This way you can sleep on whatever bed you want."
Shen took Jiang Youzhen to see the bedroom she had helped to decorate. "I bought you a bookshelf, a desk, and an antique shelf. Didn't you also want a couch and a high table? I didn't know what kind would be best, so I asked someone to make them for me. In the next room, I made a closet and a suitcase according to your requirements, and also a dressing room for changing clothes..."
Shen pointed out everything to Jiang Youzhen one by one. Jiang Youzhen lived in the east wing. There were five rooms here, all belonging to Jiang Youzhen.
Outside the bedroom is the study, and the ear room next to it is used as a cloakroom and a place to store boxes and cages, and is connected to the bedroom.
The house was very big, and Jiang Youzhen was very satisfied with it. It was filled with walnut wood furniture painted with varnish, which was considered to be high-quality wood, but not expensive.
Jiang Youzhen had given Shen two thousand taels of silver to buy household items, but Shen only accepted one thousand taels. It was obvious that she had spent more than that, after all, there were still some bottles and jars on the antique shelf that must have cost money to buy.
"I went to a wealthy family in town and asked someone to go in and take a look. They decorated it like this. I thought it was good, so I bought something similar."
The “rich families” in this town must be put in quotation marks. It’s just a small town, how many rich families can there be?
Jiang Youzhen stepped forward and took a jade huchun vase from the antique display shelf. From a distance it looked genuine, but upon closer inspection it was not only not an antique, but there was also a signature of the current dynasty on the bottom of the vase.
OK! It's definitely not an antique, but the workmanship is a bit low-grade.
"Mom, did you buy these pieces of porcelain? Are they expensive?"
Jiang Youzhen put it back to its original place and saw the porcelain plate with the Eight Immortals pattern, the tea bowl with chrysanthemum pattern, etc., all of which were strangely put together.
"It's so valuable! All of these cost more than thirty taels of silver!"
Jiang Youzhen breathed a sigh of relief, "It's a good buy, it looks good!"
I'm glad I didn't get cheated. Although it was a bit expensive, it was a thoughtful gift, wasn't it?
"How's it going? Are you satisfied?"
Seeing Shen's expression begging for praise, Jiang Youzhen had to nod against his will.
"Mom, you are really thoughtful. It's good. Just don't buy it next time."
Erya and Sanya, who were standing by, burst out laughing when they heard this.
"Mom! I told you that scholars are particular and that Xiaolang should buy these things himself, but you didn't listen." San Ya laughed.
Jiang Youzhen couldn't help but smile, feeling warm in his heart.
All the furniture and beds in the room were changed. Jiang Youzhen took a quick look and found that it really looked like a wealthy family. Although Shen's imitation was a bit weird, her taste really needed to be improved.
I visited the main house and other side rooms and found that the most common things in the sisters' rooms were embroidery frames, large and small, as well as a lot of fabrics and embroidery threads. There were no other beautiful decorations.
I'll wait for a chance to find some treasures to decorate it. Jiang Youzhen now has the skill to identify treasures, so he can still find some things.
The whole family moved in that day. The old couple lived in the main house on the second floor, the two sisters lived in the east and west wing rooms on the second floor, and the first floor in the front was left for Jiang Youzhen and Jiang Fugui and his wife.
Late at night, Jiang Youzhen had just finished taking inventory of her belongings. She now had more than 153,000 taels of silver, and she was too lazy to count them carefully, but it was about this amount.
The profits from the restaurant have been invested now, and we will probably get some by the end of the year. However, Jiang Youzhen thinks that it is more important to seize the opportunity and open a restaurant in other places.
The gold ingots obtained before are not included. Since you are not short of money now, it is better not to take them out.
There were also many other pearls, gems and jewelry, but it was a pity that Jiang Youzhen didn't have the chance to wear them.
"Alas! Isn't this the Golden Robe Night Parade? It would be a waste if we don't use all these treasures."
Touching those treasures, Jiang Youzhen felt worried, "My treasures! I am so sorry for you! I have wronged you."
Jiang Youzhen thought about it and decided to buy himself some clothes when he went to the capital. With so much money to spend, why would he let himself suffer?
After putting the things into the storage space, I heard a laugh from the system.
【Miser! Humph!】
"You broken system, how dare you call me a miser?" Jiang Youzhen suddenly became interested. Are you not moving bricks now?
"You have good things but you are reluctant to give them away. Who is the miser? You are a Zhou Paopi!"
[Someone is coming!] Suddenly the system gave a prompt, and then there was no response.
Hmm? Jiang Youzhen immediately took out the long sword from under the pillow and held it in his hand.
The system has this function? Why didn't it prompt me before?
【Random! 】
Jiang Youzhen: Randomness is a universal excuse, right? It has the same attribute as a universal key.
The candlelight flickered, and the room was eerily quiet. Suddenly, there was a strange noise near the window, and Jiang Youzhen watched helplessly as a dagger pried the window latch and moved it aside.