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Chapter 25 The Empty Son

"My third sister's teachings will be remembered in my heart! Please rest assured, my mother and two sisters. Zhu Xiu has been in a mess for many years and is enlightened today. He will definitely study hard, work hard and revive my old Zhu family!"

Zhu Xiu stood up and bowed to the ground, with a solemn expression and a powerful voice.

Zhu Huiniang and Zhu Yanyan were happy to see each other. My brother's temperament has changed a lot. In the past, he could never say such high-spirited words.

If the immortal had not been able to enlighten his wisdom when he entered his dream, how could he explain the changes in Zhu Xiu?

Immediately, the two sisters believed in this amazing thing and buried it deeply in their hearts. This is a secret that everyone in the Zhu family must keep.

Zhu Xiu handed the simply bound book to Zhu Yanyan and smiled and said, "This is a story written by me based on some folk stories circulated by the previous generations. My third sister likes reading, so I will give it to my third sister for a fresh look."

Zhu Yanyan held the book and looked at the "Single and Strange Records - White Snake" written on the paper on the first page as the cover. She chanted softly, and couldn't help feeling novel. She pursed her lips and smiled slightly: "I like it very much."

"Sister Three, please open it and take a look. You will definitely like this story." Zhu Xiu said expectantly.

Zhu Yanyan gently opened the first page and was immediately attracted by the opening poem:

"When will the singing and dancing in the West Lake be done outside the mountain? The warm wind makes tourists drunk, and they make Hangzhou Bianzhou."

"When it comes to the scenery of West Lake, the scenery is clear..."

Looking further down, Zhu Yanyan was soon deeply immersed in it. She felt a little uncomfortable when she first read the vernacular sentence, but the novel symbols of the breaking sentences always make people feel extremely comfortable at pauses.

Looking at Zhu Huiniang and Zhu Yanyan gathered together and watched with concentration, Zhu Xiu smiled with relief. The half-month of his kung fu was finally in vain.

Fang Cuilan has read it once, but she still can't help but think about Xu Xuan and Bai Snake in the book, or she can't help but feel the desire to express herself in her heart, and she muttered to her: "Mom tells you, that Fa Hai Pirate Bald..."

Zhu Xiu was startled and quickly grabbed Fang Cuilan and dragged her aside, whispering in a low voice: "Mom~ Can you please stop spoiling? It's boring to read this way!"

Fang Cuilan thought about it for a while, as if she had understood what a "spoiler" was meant to rub her hands and said embarrassedly: "Mom is so annoyed that Fahai in the book, and I want to scold him when I meet everyone! Sorry, I'm sorry~~haha"

Zhu Xiu felt in her heart, and according to her own mother's clear personality, she would switch back and forth in the later generations in the two modes of loyal fans and big trolls. When she met someone she liked, she would want to blow the sky and whisper the one she didn't like...

Fang Cuilan muttered anxiously, "Son, do you have any other scripts in your hand? Take them out and take a look for them!"

Zhu Xiu spread his hands and said helplessly: "No, these are all written by the child in his spare time. If you want to read the others, you have to wait for a while."

Fang Cuilan was disappointed and murmured: "Forget it, it's still the main focus of serious studies. I won't just stop reading it, but I dare not delay your studies..."

Looking at his mother entering the main hall with a restless heart, Zhu Xiu was both amused and moved. Unexpectedly, a novel love story could make people miss it so much in this day.

Later, Zhu Huiniang quietly called Zhu Xiu aside and asked, "Brother, there is a strange symbol under each page of your book, which seems to be used as a count?"

Zhu Xiu looked at her in surprise, but unexpectedly, Zhu Huiniang guessed the role of the first time she came into contact with Arabic numerals.

"My second sister is smart. Those symbols are called Arabic numerals. They were invented by the ancient Indians and introduced into the Western Regions through the Arabs in the extreme west. Compared with Chinese character counting, these numbers are more convenient and simple, and they are very easy to calculate."

Zhu Huiniang didn't care about the origin of this strange counting method and said excitedly: "It's very convenient for me to see this method. Can you teach me?"

Zhu Xiu smiled and said, "My second sister wants to learn, but I am willing to teach you all my money."

Immediately, Zhu Xiu taught Zhu Huiniang step by step to learn Arabic numerals and some simple algorithms, and taught her some simple accounting methods for income and expenditure.

Zhu Yanyan was immersed in the story of Bai Snake, sometimes feeling worried and sighing, sometimes feeling moved.

Zhu Huiniang was obviously more interested in numbers, and the facts proved that she had a strong learning ability in this area. Three days later, when Zhu Xiu returned home from the Hunter's House, Zhu Huiniang was able to completely break away from her tutoring and master the number symbols and addition and subtraction operations within a hundred digits.

The time for family reunion is always short. After the Guyu Rain, Zhu Huiniang and Zhu Yanyan will leave home, one will return to Zhushan County and the other will return to Zhang Mansion in Fangling County.

The next reunion may have to wait until the county school recruitment exams.

Zhu Xiu and Fang Cuilan took the sisters to the entrance of the village, and Zhu Damao's mule cart was already waiting here.

Zhu Huiniang pulled Zhu Xiu behind and whispered: "You are very interesting to write the "White Snake". If you publish it, it will definitely be very popular! I have considered it. I brought the manuscript back to Zhengye Bookstore and talked to Zhang Dongzhu. The money I earned from the two companies."

"Zhang Dongzhu is a kind person. Our father used to be the big customer in his store. After knowing that our father passed away, he took the initiative to invite me to help. He had a monthly salary of 50% and had no shortage of food and accommodation. I think he could feel much more at ease when doing business with him."

Zhu Xiu thought for a while and said, "I have thought about publishing books, but, first of all, I am young, and it is a bit shocking when writing books is spread. Too eye-catching words will inevitably lead to the risk of revealing the secret of the old immortal's dream. Secondly, if you don't find a trustworthy book shop to cooperate with, I'm afraid that they will get the manuscript and print it into a book, but in the end we can't get a penny, but it will be a big loss."

Zhu Huiniang held Zhu Xiu's arm and smiled and said, "It's different if you open your head. How could you think so thoroughly before? Don't worry, my sister has worked in Zhengye Bookstore for three years and is very familiar with Zhang Dongzhu's family. I can't make any mistakes when I see it. In addition, you don't need to take the real name to write a book. You can take a pseudonym and pseudonym. Then the manuscript will be passed by me. If our family members don't tell me, who would know that you wrote it."

Zhu Xiu pondered for a moment, and it was indeed profitable, so he nodded and agreed.

"Since that's the case, I have a book called "Three Character Classic" here. Please take it back and carved it together."

Zhu Huiniang took it and looked it up, her eyes lit up, "This elementary school reading book is actually more easy to learn than "Thousand Characters Text", and it was also compiled by you?"

Zhu Xiu grinned as guiltyly, "I got something occasionally, but my second sister laughed."

Zhu Huiniang rubbed Zhu Xiu's head and sighed: "If my father was still there, how happy he would be to see his younger brother have such talent! My sister had a premonition that this time, the fortune of the Zhu family has come..."

Zhu Xiu smiled and said softly: "I just don't know what kind of pseudonym to cover up my identity."

Zhu Huiniang smiled slightly and said, "Don't worry, my sister has thought about it for you. Didn't you read "The Book of Tai Shi Gong" last night? My sister thought of a sentence inside: 'Bamboo, there is a stale outside, and the middle is straight and empty'. Bamboo is the king of all trees. Tsinghua University is indifferent and unfamiliar in it, which is very consistent with your temperament! Why not just act as "empty little one"?"

"Uh..." Zhu Xiu almost slipped and touched his nose depressedly, and secretly complained in his heart that the pseudonym was not very good.

Zhu Xiu and Fang Cuilan stood at the entrance of the village and waved to say goodbye to the two sisters and walked away in a mule cart. Fang Cuilan said sadly: "Hui Niang and Yan Niang are not as good as your elder sister. I am really afraid that they will be bullied outside. Alas~~ When will our family live together safely..."

Zhu Xiu held his mother's shoulder and comforted softly: "When the child goes to the county school to study, our family will rent a house in the county town, and then we will be able to reunite with our elder sister and second sister. After saving enough money, we will go to Fangling Zhang Mansion to redeem the third sister's contract, and our family will never be separated again."

Fang Cuilan was still worried and said, "The rental money for the county house is not cheap. There is also the Zhang Mansion, Yan Niang signed a five-year employment contract, but now there are three years left. If you redeem it now, you will have a lot of money~~"

In the past, the old Zhu family could not solve these two things, but now it is different. Zhou Jincai's new style training workshop has been put into operation, and there should be the first dividend in two months, and that will happen to be the day for county school recruitment.

Zhu Huiniang found Zhengye Bookstore to cooperate in publishing books. If successful, it would bring considerable income to the Zhu family.

With these two investment items, renting a house in the county town and saving money to redeem Zhu Yanyan, there is hope.

However, the matter has not been completed yet, Zhu Xiu decided not to tell Fang Cuilan at the moment.
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