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Seeing Butler Xu leave, everyone in the teahouse was a little disappointed. The new Journey to the West, which was completely different from the past, had taken away their souls. Now everyone is eager to know the following story, so in the next

During that time, the entire teahouse was discussing the possible plot of Journey to the West.

The first three chapters of the manuscript brought by Zhou Chong were divided among Zheng Jing and three others. Among them, Li Zheng took advantage of his young age and shamelessly took away the most critical first chapter. Zhang Kuang and Zheng Jing respectively got the last two chapters, and they

It was agreed that after returning, each person would copy the manuscript he got twice, and then everyone would exchange it separately. However, what Zheng Jing and the others did not expect was that a hundred years later, someone would be willing to pay 10,000 taels of silver to buy Journey to the West in the hands of their descendants.

However, their descendants rejected the original manuscripts for the first three chapters and declared that these manuscripts would be left to future generations as family heirlooms and would never be sold.

After Zhou Chong and Zheng Jing said goodbye to each other, he just wanted to go back to celebrate Butler Xu, but he didn't expect a person to chase him. He shouted as he ran: "Master Zhou, please stay!"

Zhou Zhong turned his head when he heard the sound, and found that the person calling him was actually Shopkeeper Liu of Fengyou Tea House. He saw the other party running over and taking out a few pieces of silver and offering them with both hands. He said with a smile on his face: "Mr. Zhou, this is what our guest gave us today."

Butler Xu’s reward was too heavy to be carried in copper coins, so I exchanged it for silver. Please help me bring it back!"

After hearing this, Zhou Chong reached out to take the silver and weighed it. He estimated that it was about five or six dollars, which made him happy. He also smiled and said to Shopkeeper Liu: "Thank you for your trouble, Shopkeeper Liu. I'll thank you on behalf of Uncle Xu.

In addition, I will also inform him and ask him to come to the teahouse on time tomorrow to tell stories."

What Shopkeeper Liu was waiting for was Zhou Zhong's last words. After hearing this, his old face burst into laughter. After Zhou Zhong exchanged a few words with him, he turned around and left. But just when Zhou Zhong returned home

, but saw a strange sight.

When Zhou Zhong entered the gate and came to the front yard, he saw the butcher Wu Shan standing in the yard pushing a cart of bricks. Butler Xu was holding a pot of tea and talking to him while drinking, while Wu Shan nodded repeatedly.

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"Steward Xu, what are you doing? Why did Brother Wu Shan bring so many bricks?" Zhou Zhong walked over and asked with a smile. Steward Xu earned five or six dollars from two books today, which made him feel good.

, the whole person seemed to feel relaxed.

Seeing Zhou Chong's return, Butler Xu hurriedly bowed and said: "Master, Wu Shan wanted to build a stove in his yard, so he brought so many bricks, but I think..."

Before Butler Xu finished speaking, Zhou Zhong frowned and said: "Butler Xu, this is your fault. We rented the house to Brother Wu Shan, so naturally we have to eat here. He built a house in his yard.

The stove is also a normal thing, how can you stop it?"

Zhou Zhong knew that Butler Xu had some discrimination against Wu Shan's status as the butcher. For example, when he gave the leftovers to Zhao Er that day, he was the first to suspect that Wu Shan had eaten them secretly. Now he saw Butler Xu blocking Wu Shan's cart pulling bricks.

He immediately thought that he didn't want Wu Shan to open fire and cook in the yard, which made Zhou Zhong a little angry. After all, he had paid the rent, so cooking and lighting up the fire was naturally his right.

However, Zhou Chong had obviously misunderstood Butler Xu. Before Butler Xu could explain, Wu Shan next to him smiled and said, "Young Master Zhou, you have misunderstood. Uncle Xu is not trying to stop me from building a stove, but is discussing with me."

It’s just that he can’t make the decision, so he’s waiting with me in the yard for you to come back.”

"Huh?" Zhou Chong was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and then looked at Butler Xu who looked aggrieved with some embarrassment, "This... haha~, what... I'm sorry, Uncle Xu, it's all my fault, you guys are here

What are you discussing, why don't you wait for me to come back?"

Zhou Zhong is also a person who corrects his mistakes when he realizes his mistakes, and he even changed the name of Butler Xu. Naturally, Butler Xu would not blame Zhou Zhong, and immediately told him what he had discussed with Wu Shan.

It turned out that after Butler Xu escaped from Fengyou Teahouse, he happened to encounter Wu Shan pushing a cart of bricks in. After asking about the situation and finding out that he wanted to build a stove in his yard, his heart moved. The kitchen of Zhou's house is in the front yard.

Aunt Wang and Zhuo'er often help with cooking, which was fine before, but now the family has rented out the front yard, especially with a grown man like Wu Shan living here, which makes it inconvenient. So Xu

The housekeeper discussed with Wu Shan and asked him to help build a stove in the inner house of Zhou's mansion. As for himself, he could use the kitchen in the front yard of the mansion.

Wu Shan was also very happy after hearing this. After all, he had seen the kitchen of Zhou's house. It was big and clean. It was much easier to use than the stove he built. Therefore, he agreed wholeheartedly, but he had to go through Zhou Chong before entering the inner house.

agreed, so the two of them stayed in the yard waiting for Zhou Zhong to come back.

After hearing this, Zhou Zhong thought about it for a while, then nodded quickly and said with a smile: "Okay, Butler Xu, you have thought carefully, but I don't know if Brother Wu Shan is free now, let's go to the backyard and build the stove together?"

"Young Master Zhou is so polite. Just ask me, Wu Shan or Lao Wu. I was going to set up the stove this afternoon. If you think it's a good time, I'll help you set up the stove." Wu Shan has already lived in Zhou Mansion.

In the past few days, I often met Zhou Zhong and Butler Xu, so I lost my initial restraint and started to talk more.

"Okay, then I will call you Lao Wu from now on. Let's go to the inner house now and choose a yard to build the stove." Zhou Chong also smiled after hearing this. After saying that, he and Butler Xu led the way, while Wu Shan pushed the cart.

Come to the inner house.

There are seven courtyards in the inner house plus the back garden. Except for Aunt Wang and Zhou Zhong’s courtyard, the others are all empty. Zhou Zhong and Butler Xu discussed it on the road and finally decided to build the stove next to Aunt Wang’s courtyard.

In the yard, this yard was originally where Duo'er's mother, Aunt Zhao, lived. In order to take care of Duo'er, there was a simple stove in the right wing of the yard. Now it just needs to be renovated and reinforced.

Building a stove is a technical job, and Zhou Zhong and Butler Xu are just amateurs at this point, otherwise they would have built a stove by themselves in the house. After all, running around the front and back yards every day is very inconvenient. Fortunately, Wu Shan is good at this.

They are good at making mud and bricks, but Zhou Zhong and Butler Xu can only help carry water and move bricks.

It took nearly an afternoon to finally build the new stove. Wu Shan helped Zhou Zhong and the others move some utensils from the front kitchen to the new kitchen in the inner house, and filled the water tank with water. It really produced a lot of things.

Zhou Zhongye was very fond of Wu Shan, a straightforward man. At the same time, he gave him some unused cooking utensils from the kitchen in front of him. As a result, Wu Shan thanked him repeatedly.

After sending Wu Shan away, Zhou Chong and Butler Xu came to the courtyard where Aunt Wang lived. Zhuo'er and Duo'er were both there. When they were setting up the stove just now, Duo'er ran to play, and Zhuo'er because she was a big girl,

So I hid in the yard and didn't come out.

"Pah!" Zhou Zhong put the reward from Butler Xu's storytelling today on the table, and then said proudly to Aunt Wang and Zhuo'er around them, "This is the money Butler Xu earned from storytelling today. It's enough."

Five or six dollars of silver, although I added one more game, I also made a name for myself today. I believe that by tomorrow, more customers will come, and the income will definitely be much higher. Calculated in this way, one month will be

A dozen taels of silver, excluding the expenses of these two months, we should be able to save thirty taels of silver by the end of the year. Once we have these thirty taels of silver as a base, our family life will not worry about it for the time being!"

This is the first time that Zhou Zhong has confessed his feelings in front of his family. Aunt Wang is a person without any ideas. Now seeing Zhou Zhong’s confidence, she is also affected. She is so excited that she can’t speak; Butler Xu is

Hehe giggled, imagining that he would be famous in Songjiang, and that the good days of eating and drinking would soon come again. Although Duo'er was ignorant, she was also happy with her brother.

Only Zhuo'er looked at her brother with a very complicated look, her eyes were red and she said nothing. In her opinion, her brother should have sat at home and studied hard, and then prepared for the exam next year, but now because of their family members,

He was dragged down and had to give up studying, running around every day for the life of his family, and even being so happy because of a mere income of a few dollars made Zhuo'er really feel sad for his brother.

Speaking of which, Zhuo'er, like Zhou Zhong, had studied with a gentleman invited by the family. Although Zhuo'er's talent and learning were not as good as those of Zhou Zhong, they were still very extraordinary. If she were a man, it would not be difficult for her to become a scholar.

It's not a difficult thing.

Zhuo'er was unable to participate in the imperial examination, but this did not affect her love of reading. In addition, she especially liked painting and writing poetry. In the past, she and several ladies of Songjiang Prefecture also formed a poetry club. Several teenagers

The daughter-in-law often gathered together to recite poems, compose poems, draw pictures and play the piano to entertain herself. In the words of later generations, Zhuo'er was actually a standard literary young woman. Her mind was full of romantic ideas and she didn't care much about reality.

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Zhuo'er has always regarded Zhou Zhong as his idol, dreaming that one day his brother would pass the imperial examination and become a young man who attracted the attention of thousands of people. However, due to family reasons, Zhou Zhong was running around for a living every day. Although Zhou Zhong himself felt that this was

But it was much more interesting than studying, and he was not the original Zhou Chong, and he had no interest in the imperial examination.

Zhuo'er has always noticed Zhou Chong's changes. At first, she thought it was because her brother was hit by the death of his father and the decline of his family, so his personality changed drastically and he was no longer interested in the imperial examination. However, through Zhou Chong's writing of the book

The matter of making money made Zhuo'er see her brother's talent again, which gave her new ideas. She thought that it was not that her brother didn't want to study, but that he was dragged down by family members like them and had to give up studying and instead work with those people.

Dealing with tacky firewood, rice, oil and salt.

It was precisely with the above thoughts that Huo'er felt so sad when she saw her brother so excited for a few coins. At the same time, she also secretly blamed herself for being useless and unable to share the worries for her brother. She relied on him for everything at home and outside.
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