Chapter 156: Killing the Chicken to Frighten the Monkey

After dinner, Mingteng followed his elder brother back to the room dejectedly. His wrist was sore from tracing for a long time!

Zhulan had just spread out the bed when Zhou Shuren came in. Zhulan was surprised, "Why are you back so early? I thought you and your sons would chat for half an hour!"

Zhou Shuren was changing his clothes. "There's not much to talk about. They don't know most of the things going on in Pingzhou yet. Nothing has happened at home for more than two months. We can finish the conversation in one sentence. As for the homework of the children in school, I will take the test at home when I have time."

Zhulan asked curiously, "You left money behind as a test. How did your sons spend the money?"

Zhou Shuren changed his clothes and said, "Wash up first, and then I'll talk to you slowly."

Zhulan suppressed her curiosity and said, "Okay."

After washing up, Zhou Shuren lay down on his side, "The eldest brother, who I taught step by step, still doesn't know how to adapt. No matter how much money I gave him, he never spent a single cent. Moreover, the eldest brother was confused on the day of the announcement of the good news, while the second brother was quick to react. The money used to announce the good news was all his own money that he embezzled. The eldest brother, what I didn't teach him, he won't be able to do. In the future, I will spend more time on Mingyun."

Zhulan knew that Zhou Shuren didn't have much time to spend on the eldest son. At most, he could teach him for another year. After next year, Zhou Shuren would have no time at all. The eldest son could only learn as much as he could in a year. In the future, the eldest son's family would have to rely on Mingyun. "I'll teach Li more too. It's hard to carve a rotten tree. We should teach him more and at least scare him."

Zhou Shuren nodded, "I am most satisfied with the second child. He has top-notch equipment on his face. If the second child was the eldest, we would have less to worry about. But now, the eldest son cannot bear the responsibility of the eldest son, and cannot give much advice to the second child, otherwise the balance will be broken, which is not good for the harmony of the family."

Zhulan, "He didn't waste any of the money you left for the second son. He also learned about the future position of the family from the account book I asked Zhao to keep, and learned some skills on his own."

Zhou Shuren groaned, "As for the third brother, I never thought he was a money-lover. He didn't spend a penny of his own money, and he even cheated Changzhi a lot."

Zhulan was speechless about her old son. "Changzhi has no concept of money at all. He is born not to worry about money. It seems that he still can't keep money. It's hard to change his nature. When you find him a wife in the future, find someone who can keep money."

She doesn't want to take care of her old son's money for the rest of his life.

Zhou Shuren's mouth twitched, "Yeah."

Zhulan asked again, "Where's Rongchuan?"

Zhou Shuren smiled, "This kid knows how to make money. He used the money I gave him to buy some good paper and wrote down the questions I asked him. Each question costs five cents. If you need it, go find him. He has three hundred cents in his hand now."

Zhu Lan laughed, "After you passed the exam, many people came to him to buy exam questions!"

Zhou Shuren nodded, "Indeed, it was quite a lot, but after he passed the exam, he stopped writing. This kid is so cunning, he was afraid that people would misunderstand that he could pass the exam by buying the test questions. He didn't want to take responsibility, nor did he want to cause unnecessary trouble, so he stopped writing, and even explained that the test questions were based on his study progress and had nothing to do with the Tongshi."

Zhu Lan was very satisfied with Rong Chuan's sense of propriety. She did not have as much contact with Rong Chuan as Zhou Shuren did, so she became curious, "Do you think Rong Chuan can compare to Wu Ming?"

She was not going to compare herself with her old son. Her old son had a talent for studying, but he had a natural disadvantage and was not good at household affairs. People like him were destined to go nowhere, but they were more likely to shine in literature.

Zhou Shuren stroked his beard, "In terms of intelligence, Rongchuan has suffered no less than Wu Ming, but one grew up in a village and the other in the state capital. Wu Ming has come into contact with more malicious people. Zhoujia Village is still simple after all. Rongchuan's only suffering is from his parents. This child is not as good as Wu Ming in other aspects except for his talent in studying. The environment makes a person, and Wu Ming's success is due to the environment."

Zhu Lan turned over and said, "Actually, I like Rong Chuan more. Even though Rong Chuan has suffered hardships, he still has kindness in his heart. But Wu Ming is different. This kid is too violent and vindictive. You have to try to figure out his heart. It's tiring to get along with him."

Zhou Shuren, "There are also advantages in being grateful and repaying kindness."

"Well, I hope you will be grateful and repay me for your kindness for the rest of your life, so that we don't end up having conflicts in the future."

It's simple now, but in the future you will be sucked into the big dye vat of power. If you don't work for yourself, you will be punished by heaven and earth. It's not good to have a terrible enemy.

Zhou Shuren was not worried. He and Zhulan had stronger wings. Wang Ru did not change much, but he and Zhulan had changed a lot. According to his guess from Wang Ru's behavior, Wu Ming must have experienced hardships after being plotted against this time, which made him want to stand out and even use all means to do so, which laid the foundation for his future rise to a high position. But now, due to his and Zhulan's intervention, Wu Ming successfully became a scholar, obtained a large sum of foreign money, and became an apprentice of a famous teacher. He was also flattered by relatives. Wu Ming had lost his determination to rise to a high position.

Even if Wu Ming still holds a high position in the future, his growth environment has changed, and his way of dealing with people and things has also changed.

Zhou Shuren shared his analysis with Zhulan, who was relieved and said, "If that's the case, our wings have changed Wu Ming's fate. Now Wu Ming's family is reunited. No matter how cruel the means are, they must take care of their family. Since ancient times, those in high positions rarely have a good ending. Now Wu Ming is cautious, and it's hard to say whether there will be a good result."

Zhou Shuren held Zhulan's hand, "I have guessed that Wu Minghen's ascension to a high position is simply a knife in the emperor's hand. If he can escape in the future, it will be good. If he can't escape, he will offend many people. When the imperial power is transferred, he will be a thorn in the eyes of the new emperor, a chicken to be killed to scare the monkeys. We changed his fate, and it was a change for the better."

Zhulan has never been in the circle of power, but the company is also a small power place, and she is very good at killing the chicken to scare the monkey.