Cao Jia hasn't come back yet, and another visitor has arrived.

The pale little face, the red and swollen eyes, and the look revealed a little tiredness: "Please Uncle Cao Shi ...... it"

Standing next to Wei Ren, obeying his uncle's orders, and honestly inviting Cao Hao to see him, it was Wei Xin's youngest son Wenying.

Cao Hao hurriedly shouted, and said to Wei Ren with a little resentment: "He just went home, just because he is a good student and recuperating, why bother to come here." I'm not saying it, I'll go see him in two days. ”

After getting the news of the return of the Wei family's nephew yesterday, Cao Hao sent someone over to visit and sent a lot of supplements.

Although he saw Wei Xin's affection and treated Wen Ying well, Wei Ren didn't dare to hold it up, and really waited for Cao Hao to visit in person, so he personally brought his nephew over to ask Cao Hao for peace.

Cao Hao went back to the south and met Wen Ying in the fifty-ninth year of Kangxi, six or seven years ago. At that time, Wen Ying was young, and he would not remember the age of things.

Regarding Cao Hao, the "uncle", Wen Ying mostly heard his mother mention it to his uncle and aunt, and he really didn't have any impression.

Cao Hao didn't mention the matter of his kidnapping for half a month, but just asked him about his homework and daily life warmly.

At the beginning, Wen Ying replied a little stiffly, said a few words, and slipped away.

This appearance is a bit like his eldest brother Wen Jie, but between the answers, he looks more calm.

I heard that the widowed third wife of the Wei family was born in a scholarly family, her father was a county prince, and she was also a very strong woman.

Cao Haoyuan is also worried that the daughter of such a family may raise her heir into a nerd who does not understand the world. Now it seems that it is too much to worry about.

Seeing Cao Hao's approving face, Wei Ren said on the side: "It's not me who is an uncle who praises my own child, Brother Ying is indeed a good child." Although he is young, he can already read the account books, and in the past two years, he has also begun to help our third wife take care of the housework. On our third wife's side, orphans and widows, there will inevitably be subordinates who bully the master, but Brother Ying can afford to be a family, and he has two seizures as soon as he takes charge of the family, and the rest are also disciplined. ”

Hearing this, Cao Hao couldn't help but think about Wen Ying differently.

Wen Ying was one year younger than Changsheng, and when she was sent back to Jiangning by Wei Xin, she was still in infancy.

This year, Moon Young is only 11 years old, and two years ago she was only a 9-year-old child.

At the age of nine, he could read the ledger and help his mother in the housekeeping, and this child was better than his two older brothers.

Cao Hao's expression became more and more warm, and he asked about Wei Ren and Wenying's boy's test.

The children's examination is two examinations in three years, and next year is the period of the examination, and there is no children's examination, and there will be a children's examination in the year after tomorrow and the year after tomorrow. Wen Ying will be down the year after tomorrow, thirteen years old, which is not too early, even if you are not sure, you can warm up first.

Wei Ren's expression stiffened a little when he heard Cao Hao's words.

Wen Ying, who was originally down-to-earth and generous, lowered her little head and quieted down all of a sudden.

Cao Hao noticed that something was wrong, but there were some things that were not good to ask directly in front of Wen Ying, so he called a small servant and took Wen Ying down to eat snacks, leaving Wei Ren alone to speak.

"Wenying is struggling with her homework?" Cao Hao asked.

Wei Ren showed a little helplessness and said: "This kid is extremely smart, he can understand the number of techniques, and he is good when he is enlightened by three, hundred, and thousand, and it is also difficult to reach the four books and five classics, and the eight-strand text is not enlightened in any way." ”

"What did the third lady say?" Cao Hao thought for a moment and asked.

The widowed mother who came out of the scholarly family, guarding the heir, will most likely force her children to study hard. I saw Wei Wenying just now, although her face was dull, but her eyebrows and eyes were peaceful, and there was no depression.

"The third wife regarded Ying Ge'er as the root of her life, and she only said that he was small, and she didn't force him hard; Later, our nephew in the second room was injured because of studying and preparing for the exam, and he also scared the third wife. Listening to what she meant, even if she has no fame, she doesn't want Ying Ge'er to hurt her body, she just hopes that Ying Ge'er will grow up safely, marry a wife and have children. Wei Ren replied.

The Wei family has been divided, and although the three rooms are thin, they have divided a lot of good land, and they are quite prosperous.

Even if Wen Ying does not take the career of the imperial examination, as long as he guards these family backgrounds, he will be enough to eat, drink and chew.

"Even if you don't take the imperial examination, it's good to study for a few more years and understand the truth." Cao Hao said.

Wei Ren hesitated a little and said, "Earlier, I thought that this nephew was by my side, and I would always take good care of him. Now that I've experienced this, I'm a little scared...... How old am I to be able to take care of him for a few years...... When it comes to the younger generation, the affection is a little thinner, and I can't say that I have to take care of Yang Caoye. ”

In Cao Hao's heart, he didn't want Wenying to be so far away from his two elder brothers, but at this time, people pay attention to local origins.

If the third wife does not insist on deciding Jiang Ning, Cao Hao will not be able to persuade him much.

Listening to Wei Ren's words, he seemed to be relieved, and Cao Hao asked, "The third wife is willing to move north?" ”

Wei Ren shook his head and said, "It's not this...... I was the uncle, and I had a selfish heart for the sake of my nephew...... I heard that Cao Ye came to Jiangnan to recruit wealthy businessmen and giants to attract shares for next year's household sea trade? ”

Cao Hao was very surprised when he heard this: "Degong is also interested in intervening?" ”

In the eyes of the gentry, businessmen have always been unpopular.

When Wei Xin went to Guangzhou, he also received a lot of criticism, just because he was used to being naughty, and there was a weaver behind him, and the Wei family was doting, so he let it go.

Besides, the household department absorbs shares, and it is not a small fight, and every penny of shares starts at 100,000. In the whole of Jiangnan, the shares do not exceed 30%.

Although the Wei family is a large local squire, the family property is mostly pressed on the field house, where is there room to compete with the salt merchants in the south of the Yangtze River.

Hearing Cao Hao's question, Wei Ren did not answer immediately, but got up and made a long bow to Cao Hao: "Here, I can't compensate Cao Ye!" ”

This apology came a little inexplicably.

"What is the reason for this?" Cao Hao was puzzled.

Wei Ren raised his head, his face flushed, and said: "The silver money that the fifth brother sent back from Guangzhou back then, in addition to buying land, I also left a part of it, thinking about buying property for the fifth brother to marry. Later, the fifth brother insisted on marrying a foreign daughter-in-law, and I was also annoyed, and I didn't think about giving him this money. Thinking of messing around with him, I always have to leave some money for a few nephews......"

Speaking of this, he already had red circles in his eyes: "When the news of the fifth brother's disappearance comes back, not to mention others, brothers and sisters have other thoughts...... I'm afraid that my nephews are young, and this money is also hidden, only when Wen Fang got married, I took out a part of it, and prepared some private rooms for her in addition to the dowry list...... When they sent their brothers and sisters to Beijing, they should have handed over all the money to their nephews, but they were not at ease, so they only took out part of it and bought a small Zhuangzi. Now I still have most of it in my hands......"

"Didn't they all buy land?" Cao Hao was a little surprised.

Before Wei Xin went to the West, he complained to Cao Hao about this matter.

Wei Ren said with shame: "At the beginning, it was all used to buy land...... After all, for people like us, the field is the foundation. But the fifth brother sent back more silver, and there were more greedy people, including several younger brothers, including Neizi. Although I couldn't convince them to change their minds, I couldn't bear to let Xiao Wu suffer a big loss, so I kept an eye on it. Half of the money he sent home every year was hidden, and the remaining half was put into his account to buy land. Fortunately, I kept this hand, otherwise even if I closed my eyes, I wouldn't have the face to see Xiao Wu. ”

Hearing this, Cao Hao finally understood why Wei Ren apologized to himself.

In order to keep Wei Xin's money, Wei Ren not only guarded against the Wei family, but also against Cao Hao.

The wealth is moving, and the family with blood ties can turn their faces into enemies for money, not to mention that Cao Hao is just an outsider and has a high position.

Although he was on guard, Cao Hao was not annoyed, but a little embarrassed.

Wei Ren is the eldest brother, Wei Xin has a deep affection for this eldest brother, and he was sad because of his brother's feelings. If he knew that Wei Ren did not forget his righteousness, I don't know how he would feel.

In Cao Hao's heart, a little admiration rose.

Even he himself had misunderstood Wei Ren.

"How much more is that money?" Cao Hao asked.

As far as he knew, Wei Ren's Zhuangzi for the Wenjie brothers in the capital cost nearly 30,000 taels of silver. If that is only a small part, then the rest of the money should be considerable.

"Three hundred and sixty thousand taels remaining...... Wei Ren replied.

Whether it's in Jiangnan or in the capital, it's not a small amount.

Wei Xin has been in business for more than ten years, and after his relatives were separated, the family background praised by his side was only about 100,000 taels.

"Do you want to be a member of the sea trade?" Cao Hao asked.

Wei Ren nodded and said, "If it's cheap, it's all in the molecule." With Cao Ye watching, it must be wrong...... Don't hide it from Master Cao, for the sake of this silver, I don't know how much hair I have lost over the years. I wanted to hand it over as soon as possible, but I was afraid that my nephews would be ignorant and squandered, and I didn't dare to buy land, for fear that it would spread to the clan and cause disputes. Yuan also thought that Bacheng would wait until Brother Ying'er married his daughter-in-law, and then call their brothers to explain the matter. Now that he is catching up with the household department to absorb shares, this silver money can finally see the sky......" Speaking of this, he paused and said: "No matter how many shares can be bought, the income is shared by the three brothers...... In front of them, Cao Ye didn't need to mention me, just said that this silver money was kept by Cao Ye......"

Listening to Wei Ren's words, Cao Hao understood his hard work.

The Wei family is a big family in Jiangning, with five brothers and many relatives. If these coins are said to have come out of Wei Ren's hands, I don't know how many words and tongues there are.

When Wei Ren left with Wen Ying, he brought a lot of things with him.

It's all prepared by Jinghui.

I heard that Cao Hao's "nephew" came to ask for peace, so he asked people to prepare.

Cao Song also met Wei Ren's uncle and nephew, and heard that Wen Ying was Wei Xin's son, so he also prepared a meeting gift.

And, he stared at Moon Young for a long time, and looked at Moon Ying straight hair.

The eagerness and concentration in those eyes made Wei Ren a little worried, and before leaving, he asked Cao Hao in private: "Master Cao, the second master didn't have a feud with our fifth child, right?" ”

Hearing this, Cao Hao couldn't help but shake his head quickly.

When the Wei family and the grandfathers left, Cao Song asked Cao Hao curiously: "Big brother, didn't you say that Wei Xin's concubine back then had an Oriental mother-in-law and a Nanyang mother-in-law?" Wen Jie and his brothers can't see it, this little one is no different from us......

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(To be continued)