Another day passed, and the alley in the early morning was not as quiet as usual.
Yesterday, in order to avoid any further complications, Shen Jingwen specially took Shen's mother out first. Today, he came specifically to move the luggage of him and Shen's mother.
Zhao Ye finally came back. He came back last night, but Zhao Ye's wife was really capable. She really wouldn't open the door if she said she wouldn't. No matter how Zhao Ye apologized, his wife just ignored him.
Then Zhao Ye slammed the door loudly. Zhao Ye's wife was also a ruthless character. Seeing that Zhao Ye was determined to make trouble, she scooped water with a gourd, opened the door and poured it directly on Zhao Ye.
"If you're not drunk, calm down."
Even though water was splashed on Zhao Ye's face, he had no intention of fighting back. He just sat on the doorstep in a daze, calming down his anger.
It was not until the second half of the night, when Zhao Ye's teeth began to chatter and his whole body began to shiver from the cold, that Zhao Ye's wife let him in.
"Xiao Jing, where are you moving to? You won't forget about us, will you?"
At this time, Zhao Ye was leaning against a corner of the wall. He had already changed into clean clothes. He looked at Shen Jingwen who was packing his luggage in the room and asked slowly.
It was just that frivolous tone, which made anyone feel uncomfortable, as if Shen Jingwen was the kind of ungrateful person who would never think of this old relationship again after leaving this alley.
However, although the people gathered together understood the meaning of Zhao Ye's words, they also wanted to see Shen Jingwen's attitude.
I couldn't help but flatter him: "What are you talking about? Outsiders don't know who Xiao Jing is, but don't we know clearly in our hearts that we would never do such a thing."
"Yes, now that Xiao Jing is engaged to the young lady of the Ning family, it would be unacceptable if the Ning family still allowed their son-in-law to live in this alley."
Zhao Ye heard this and said nothing more, but just smiled and said, "That's not what I meant."
"Near the study on South Street." Shen Jingwen had no intention of lying. When Zhao Ye asked this, he told him about his newly purchased residence.
After all, this kind of thing is not a secret. Even if he deliberately wants to hide it, they can find him by walking out of the alley and asking around.
If that's the case, why should he do this?
"Near the study?" Zhao was also a little surprised. It was not easy to buy a house there. Thinking of Shen Jingwen's current status, he couldn't help but sigh: This luck is really good.
"Isn't that a big deal?" Someone echoed Zhao Ye, "But since we're the son-in-law of the Ning Mansion, we really can afford the money."
Shen Jingwen's hands kept moving, as if he didn't hear the hidden meaning of the people in front of him, and he replied softly: "Yeah."
As he spoke, he stacked the books he had bought together and put his pens and ink into a wooden box. Fearing that they would be damaged later, he pulled out a piece of cloth from the side and wrapped it up.
"Master Ning arranged it? He actually agreed to let you continue your studies?"
Zhao also wanted to get to the bottom of the matter. He couldn't help but frown after seeing Shen Jingwen's actions. The Ning family had all the good things. Although they were frugal, they might be considered shabby in the eyes of those people.
"Yeah." Shen Jingwen was pitifully quiet. After seeing the last bit of luggage packed, he looked around at the people standing at the head of the room and said, "Thank you all for your care in the past."
Seeing this, everyone naturally didn't know how to stop them.
"You're a grown man, but you can't control your words. Who arranged this? It has nothing to do with you."
Zhao Ye's wife had gone out at some point and happened to hear this. She grabbed Zhao Ye's ear and pulled him back in with such a fierce tone that no one who tried to stop the fight dared to say a word.
Shen Jingwen glanced at Zhao Ye who was pulled in, without much emotional fluctuation, but just moved his things onto the cart very calmly.
Among the crowd, Wu Laoer also stood up. Without saying much, he just stood behind the cart and helped push it.
"Thank you very much."
Shen Jingwen thanked him seriously, but Wu Laoer just waved his hand casually, "No need."
The alley at the entrance of the lane was some distance away from the study on East Street, and because a cart had to be pulled, it took nearly half an hour to get there.
After arriving at the destination, Shen Jingwen took out some silver from his pocket and wanted to give it to Wu Laoer as wages.
Unexpectedly, Wu Lao Er did not take it directly. He just sighed and pulled Shen Jingwen into the yard:
"Xiao Jing, tell me the truth, why did Master Ning allow you to start your own business?"
Wu Laoer always felt that as a businessman, Ning Cheng'an would never let his son-in-law become an official, so he concluded that there must be some hidden story about this matter that outsiders were not aware of.
Shen Jingwen didn't want to say much. Just as he was about to find an excuse to trick Wu Laoer over, he saw the worry in Wu Laoer's eyes when he looked up.
"The money was borrowed in the name of Shen Jingwen." Shen Jingwen said calmly, "I promised Ning Cheng'an that if I fail the imperial examination in three years, I will return to Ning Mansion and learn how to do business."
Wu Lao Er froze, thinking of the scene of him talking to this man yesterday, and couldn't help but ask, "Is this what you have planned?"
Being an examiner wasn't easy. Many scholars remained at the 'Tongsheng' stage, never making it past the Imperial College Examination. But there was only one chance in three years. If they failed, they would have to give up everything they had so longed for. Could the young man in front of them truly accept this?
Shen Jingwen nodded slightly, and after thinking for a while, he responded calmly.
If he can succeed, that would be great; if he cannot, why not stop the loss in time?
Seeing this, Wu Lao Er said no more, but did not take the silver from Shen Jingwen's hand. He waved his hand again and turned to leave.
Shen Jingwen frowned slightly, wanting to persuade him to accept it, but before he could open his mouth, he was stopped by the other party's words.
"I haven't prepared any gifts for your housewarming yet, so let's just offset the money. We're still going to have a long time to go, so I can't spend this money carelessly."
Shen Jingwen wanted to say that the money was not spent carelessly, but Wu Laoer walked very fast, as if there was a ghost chasing him. After a while, his back could no longer be seen clearly.
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