Although the winter was very cold, there were enough quilts, a charcoal fire in the house, and the windows were half open, so it was warm inside.

Xiao Hei has already roughly investigated the situation of the Zhong family and found that they are indeed wealthy businessmen with a good reputation.

Although not as wealthy as a country, he is already one of the richest in the entire prefecture.

The most important thing is that the Zhong family is in the medicinal materials business and has opened many medical clinics.

It can be said that wherever the Zhong family does business, they will open a clinic there, and they also provide free medical consultations every month specifically for poor people.

The Zhong family owns several hundred acres of medicinal fields, and all the farmers are experienced people.

With such a large-scale business, Zhong Yunxiao has been doing various charity works since he took over the business.

It can be said that the rapid development of the Zhong family is inseparable from its reputation, medicinal materials, and even Zhong Yunxiao’s own abilities.

It seems that Zhong Yunxiao is indeed very smart in doing business, and Bai Chi praises her husband every day.

There were not many entertainment activities on winter nights in ancient times. Fortunately, Bai Chi was tired after a day and was a little weak, so he fell asleep soon.

There was no conversation that night, and Bai Chi slept comfortably. After two days of good sleep, and with enough food and warm clothes, Bai Chi felt that his physical and mental state was much better than before.

But today is gloomy and seems colder than yesterday.

Xiao Tao came into the house to serve when she heard the noise. Someone also brought breakfast over and said that the master and mistress had no appetite recently, so they could just eat in the yard.

After Bai Chi finished his meal, Xiao Tao took him to meet his parents-in-law, and he also lamented that there were so many rules in wealthy families.

Fortunately, the two elders were immersed in the sorrow of losing their son, and Bai Chi was a noble man who was predicted by the imperial master to help the Zhong family move to a higher level of prosperity, so they did not find it difficult for Bai Chi.

Bai Chi thought that the national teacher was talking nonsense. Before the marriage, Zhong Yunxiao had already taken the Zhong family to a higher level, and it was still going high.

Instead of believing in fate, it is better to be yourself.

Besides, about a year passed between the original owner marrying into the Zhong family and her suicide by drowning in the lake, and the Zhong family didn't rise any higher or faster.

Of course, since this is something that benefits him and has no harm, I will not correct it.

When returning from the second elders' place, they would pass by the eldest young master's yard. The gate was open and Zhong Yunxiao was practicing Tai Chi in the yard, facing the gate. When Bai Chi passed by, he looked up and saw him.

Zhong Yunxiao happened to look over, but the two of them didn't say anything. Bai Chi just nodded slightly as a greeting, and then left with Xiaotao.

According to Xiaotao, the eldest young master originally had some very important cooperation to discuss in Fuzhou, but in order to deal with the second young master's funeral, he gave up everything and planned to leave after the New Year.

Bai Chi recalled that in the original owner's memory, the eldest young master did pass away on the 16th day of the first lunar month after the Chinese New Year.

The reason seemed to be that the two elders of the Zhong family were urging Zhong Yunxiao to get married because of the death of his second son. They even wanted to arrange a woman for him without asking him to agree or not, so that he could have children to carry on the family line.

And until the original owner died, Zhong Yunxiao never came back, only occasionally sending letters back.

Bai Chi was thinking about all sorts of things. After Xiao Tao brought him back to the yard, she began to introduce him to the situation there.

The study, private storehouse, etc., these places were all the second young master's favorite arrangements during his lifetime. The master and his wife meant that these arrangements could not be changed.

In other words, incandescence can be used, but it is only used.

Even in the bedroom, the Second Young Master's clothes were still there, but there were some new, incandescent clothes next to them.

Bai Chi didn't think there was anything wrong with it. Overall, he got the better deal. It was normal for an old man to keep some of his son's belongings as a remembrance.

After a while, someone from the cloth shop came over and said they were making him new clothes for the New Year.

When I think about it carefully, it turns out that there is only one month left until the Chinese New Year.

They still had lunch in their respective courtyards. In the afternoon, the housekeeper brought people to Bai Chi to provide him with pens, ink, paper, and inkstone, as well as a lot of books, and also taught him how to read and write.

"It was arranged by the eldest young master to prevent the second young lady from getting bored. She can use these to pass the time in the future. If there is anything else she wants to learn, you can tell me and I will arrange it for her."

The housekeeper was very respectful and really treated Bai Chi as the second young master's wife.

Bai Chi took a look at the books, all of which were for children's enlightenment.

"The housekeeper thanks my brother for me."

Then, he really started to learn to read, starting with reading, and he was so serious about it. When the teacher taught him how to write, he also started with the posture of holding a pen.

Xiao Hei was stunned in the space.

"No, Master, even if you pretend to learn from scratch, there's no need to be so conspicuous, right?"

"Isn't it nice to pretend? Do you think I should be a child prodigy, someone who can learn everything at first sight and has a photographic memory?"

Bai Chi acted as if it was a matter of course and made rapid progress.

Even when the teacher left in the afternoon, Bai Chi already knew more than a dozen characters, but his handwriting was crooked, like the crawling of a centipede.

The teacher also praised him for his talent and told him to practice more at night.