In the bedroom of the main house, Wen Ta Niang talked about what happened at home in the past few years when Zhu Kaishan was away. The most talked about things that happened in the past few months.
After listening to Wen's mother's story, Zhu Kaishan felt guilty and sighed.
"Oh, I've suffered so much for you."
"It's not bitter. As long as our family can be together, I won't feel bitter no matter how hard the days are."
Mother Wen shook her head slowly, and then she raised her hand and touched Zhu Kaishan's cheek, which was like old tree bark.
"It's you, my father. It's been hard on you these past few years. You managed to build such a big family business all by yourself."
As he spoke, Wen's mother threw herself into Zhu Kaishan's arms and burst into tears.
Zhu Kaishan patted Wen's mother gently and comforted him: "Why are you crying? Our family is finally reunited. We should be laughing. Come on, smile."
However, Zhu Kaishan's comfort seemed to have an effect, and Wen's mother cried even harder.
Seeing this, Zhu Kaishan had no choice but to quickly change the topic.
"By the way, you just said that on the day of the boss's wedding, he single-handedly beat up a group of bandits?"
"No."
Speaking of the boss, Wen's mother immediately stopped sobbing and said proudly.
"When Chuanjie ran home to report the news that day, I was so frightened that I ran in a hurry. Who would have thought that when we arrived at the scene, the boss defeated the bandits alone."
"Old guy, I'm not sure, you can't beat the boss now."
"That's for sure. The boss is a young guy and very strong. I can't compete with him."
Seeing that Wen's mother had stopped crying, Zhu Kaishan agreed with a smile, but his heart was full of confusion.
He knows his son better than his father. How could Zhu Kaishan not know who the boss is?
Although he had asked children to practice martial arts before, the eldest and the third child were obviously not interested in martial arts training, but the second child was very interested in it.
Not only that, the second child's martial arts talent is also the strongest among the three brothers.
Logically speaking, the boss cannot handle more than a dozen people by himself.
Not to mention the boss, even Zhu Kaishan himself found it difficult to do this.
Could it be that in the past few years when I was away, the boss secretly practiced more?
Thinking this way, it is not impossible. After all, the eldest son is the eldest son in the family. As the saying goes, the eldest brother is like the father. If there is no man in the family, the eldest son, as the eldest son, should really stand up and support the old Zhu family.
Thinking of this, Zhu Kaishan sighed again.
How can it be so easy to practice martial arts, especially the mothers, who don't have enough to eat and don't have warm clothes, so what can they do to practice martial arts?
Let's talk about marrying a wife. The boss's marriage has been postponed again and again because he can't afford the bride price.
He is such an incompetent father!
Don't blame the boss for blaming himself.
Wen Ta Niang said with a smile: "Humph, I guess you, an old stickman, are self-aware."
Zhu Kaishan laughed twice, got up and got off the kang, and then, as if by magic, he took out a small cloth bag from somewhere and handed it to Wen's mother like a treasure.
"My dear, look what this is."
Wen's mother weighed the bag, then stretched out her hand to squeeze it.
"sand?"
Zhu Kaishan smiled mysteriously: "Open it and take a look."
Wen Ta Niang opened the bag as instructed. When she saw the bright light inside, she immediately covered her mouth and said in surprise.
"This...is this Jinsha?"
"Hehe, yes, I have saved this over the past few years. I plan to use this gold sand to build two acres of land."
"By the way, don't tell the children about this yet."
Wen Tainiang nodded: "Well, I won't tell them, lest they know that my family is rich and then they will make a fool of themselves."
"Hey, this is not rich." Zhu Kaishan waved his hand: "This place is no better than my hometown. This small corner of the Northeast is vast and sparsely populated. Every household is not short of land. With two acres of land, I can barely fill my stomach."
As he talked, Zhu Kaishan lay back on the kang, hugged his wife, and said.
"My dear, there is Lao Jingou five hundred miles away from us. There is endless gold sand there. After the New Year, I plan to go out and work hard again to earn a fortune for my family. When I can spread my martial arts,
When Chuanjie grows up, I will arrange a good marriage for them."
"No!"
Wen's mother raised objections without thinking.
"You're not digging for gold, you're digging for life!"
"Our family finally reunited, but we can't be separated again!"
However, Zhu Kaishan did not agree with Wen Tainiang this time.
Lao Jingou, he went to book it!
In fact, the reason why he insisted on going to Laojingou was, on the one hand, to earn more money and save some family property, so that his family could live a good life in peace and stability.
On the other hand, it's because of a promise.
His brother, He Laosi, who lived and died, occupied several gold pits there, and he promised to go over and help him.
A man is a true man and his promise is worth a thousand pieces of gold.
Since he agreed, Zhu Kaishan will definitely go!
Seeing the determined look on her husband's face, Wen's mother knew that Zhu Kaishan was determined to go and could not stop him.
"snort!"
After snorting coldly, Wen's mother turned around angrily and left the back of her head to Zhu Kaishan.
Seeing this, Zhu Kaishan smiled helplessly and added: "My dear, I promise, this is the last time. When I come back, I won't go out!"
Wen's mother raised her eyelids, but she still didn't calm down. She still had her back turned, too lazy to talk to the other party.
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The next day, when it was dark and the Zhu family had not gotten up yet, there was a knock on the door.
boom!
boom!
"Lao Zhu! Lao Zhu!"
In the main house, Zhu Kaishan heard the movement and suddenly opened his eyes. He glanced at the sky outside, and a trace of doubt flashed in his eyes.
He knew the owner of the voice outside the door.
However, they were just acquaintances on weekdays, and even if the other party had something to do, they would not come to him now.
What time is it?
It's not even bright yet!
Although he was very confused, Zhu Kaishan climbed up, put on a few clothes hastily, then walked to the yard and opened the door for the other party.
"Old Liu, you..."
Before he finished speaking, Zhu Kaishan noticed Xia Yuanzhang following Lao Liu.
In an instant, he understood the reason why Lao Liu came to visit.
Last night, Wen's mother told him about Xia Yuanzhang, whose wife and daughter were rescued by the boss.
Xia Yuanzhang came today, presumably to express his gratitude.
"This must be Brother Zhu, good morning." Xia Yuanzhang cupped his hands and said in a friendly tone: "Xia came to the door rashly and caused trouble. I hope you can forgive me."
"Third brother, let me introduce you." Old Liu on the side pointed to Xia Yuanzhang: "This is Xia Yuanzhang, Boss Xia. Chun Hesheng in the town is the business of Boss Xia's family."
The "Lao San" in Lao Liu's mouth is Zhu Kaishan's pseudonym.
After all, he was on the Qing government's wanted list. Although the Qing government's influence in the Northeast had plummeted since Tsarist Russia invaded the Northeast, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse, so it's always a good idea to be careful.