Ning Shuo personally went to the kitchen to warm the wine and help the cook light the fire.The cook's husband died young, and she supported her three sons and three daughters by cooking for Bu Yuchuan. Now that her children have heirs, she wanted her to go back to enjoy the blessings, but she didn't want to.

"What do you do when you go back? Are you really an old lady?"

While meeting with Ning Shuo, she complained to Ning Shuo, "Don't mention it! Houses in Kyoto are expensive. Fortunately, Mr. Buyu helped me many years ago, so I bought a small one. As a result, there are many children, and each of them is worthless. Now they are all shrunk in that house, and I don’t even have a place to live when I go back.”

Her hands and feet were extremely nimble, and she quickly pulled the noodles together. Then she heated up the oil in a pan, added green onion, ginger and garlic, and finally fried the peas to make a stewed noodle.

This is what the guest likes to eat.Ning Shuo knew without asking, that this was not the first time the guest came back - the cook already knew what he liked to eat.

He continued to light the fire, and replied calmly, "Yes, then it's better not to go back."

The cook sighed, "So, what's the use of having children? All my savings are in that house, but I have nothing. At that time, I thought, it would be better to leave them to the people in my hometown. It’s fine to be out there by yourself.”

The cook complained quite a bit, "Master Ning, do you know why they want me to go back? They just want me to take care of the children! It's enough just to take care of the children, but they still want me to spend money to raise them, a bunch of wolves! "

Ning Shuo comforted her, "Since that's the case, let's pretend you never raised her."

But the cook's tone was a little softer, "That can't be completely done as if I haven't raised it. The big ones are fine, those small ones look at you eagerly, and I can't bear to show them cold faces. When you meet a sugar seller I also want to weigh a catty for them to eat, but unfortunately, my parents have no skills, they don’t talk about reading and writing, and they don’t even have to eat candy all year round.”

"Furthermore, what should we do if the children are sick? We can't just watch them die like that. A cold or a disaster can kill them!"

The cook hated iron but had no choice but to say: "If you can't be hard-hearted, you can only let yourself compromise again."

The last sentence, "So then I finally understood a truth, poor people don't have so many children if they have nothing to do."

After listening to this, Ning Shuo felt that her insight was really powerful, and it ran counter to the people of the time.

He said, "People say that a hundred sons and a thousand grandsons are a blessing."

The cook sneered, finished stewing the pork ribs, and said sadly: "Master Ning, how can a noble like you understand the sufferings of life, old age, sickness and death that can only be determined by God?"

If you don't have money, you can only rely on God's will.If God does not allow you to eat, you can only starve to death; if God does not allow you to see a doctor, you can only die of illness.

Hearing this, Ning Shuo thought of the guest who was coming today.After a long pause, he said, "You are right, I am indeed luckier than most of you."

It didn't take long for the guests to arrive.Ning Shuo asked Bu Yuchuan about his age, and he said that he just turned 21 this year.But he looked like he was in his thirties.

His name is Fengchi.The Kyoto dialect is not very fluent, with a strong Muzhou Tonglu accent.Seeing that Ning Shuo was a bit restrained, he offered his own gift, "I made the pickles myself."

Bu Yuchuan entertained him happily, and pointed to the wine and said, "He came here for you, and he personally lit the fire and warmed the wine. You are about the same age, so let's have a drink."

Shen Chi was a little uneasy.Although he came to visit a "noble man", Bu Yuchuan was different from other noble men, he was a lifesaver.

Otherwise, he would not and would not dare to come in such a wealthy family.He looked at Ning Shuo again, seeing that he looked like a noble son, his behavior was full of dignity, and he was not on the same road as himself, so he didn't dare to talk to him.

It was Ning Shuo who asked him what he did for a living and where he lived now.Shen Chi said cautiously: "I live in Yangshu Hutong and work as a shopkeeper. I have great strength, I pick a lot of things, and there are many people who buy them. I can still eat and clothe myself."

Ning Shuo then said that he had come.

"Before, I was fascinated by drawing pictures of shopkeepers. I also wanted to draw one, but I was not satisfied with the drawing. At first I thought it was because my drawing skills were not good, but later I found out that it was not. It was because I could only draw objects, but not people. I can't draw the essence of the salesman's expression, and this painting will not be alive."

"But how can I draw the essence? I didn't suffer from this. I wear gold and silver every day, and I only go to restaurants and karaoke shops. I can't empathize with the salesman, so I didn't paint at all."

These words made Shen Chi feel a little less unfamiliar with him—it might be the first time someone said such "self-knowledge" words to him.

He hated rich and noble families, and he didn't like noble sons like Ning Shuo, but he was not blindly paranoid. After drinking a meal with Ning Shuo, eating a meal of meat, and listening to a conversation, he became kind.

He was a little drunk, Ning Shuo helped him out, he said to Ning Shuo, "Master Ning, I'll treat you to a drink some other day."

Ning Shuo: "You and my brother, why bother to see each other? To tell you the truth, I don't have any friends. If you and I can be friends, it would be great."

When Shen Chi heard this, he was half sober from the wine.Scared.

There is no pie in the sky, how can there be such a good thing?He was immediately wary.

Ning Shuo was not afraid to scare him away, so he still smiled and said, "Brother Shen, you might as well just call me Ning Shuo."

Shen Chi quickly said he didn't dare, and ran away without looking back.

Ning Shuo: "..."

He went back and said to Bu Yuchuan, "Sir, I'm afraid I scared him."

Fuyuchuan said happily, "How could you say such a thing?"

Ning Shuo: "Maybe it's because I heard about him and felt that he was very pitiful, or maybe I thought he was worth dealing with. After all, if I don't have firm determination, how can I get to the end? How can I avenge my family's grievances?" Got snow?"

He sighed, "Students admire him, that's why they say that, who knows that it scares people away, sir, help me make peace."

Bu Yuchuan nodded, "You have always disliked socializing with people. Even if your temper has changed now, you still don't like to go out and walk around. It's really rare to want to make friends now, so I'll make peace with you."

On the next day, that is, August [-]th, Ning Shuo learned from Bu Yuchuan that Shen Chi would go to a village in the suburbs to sell goods today, so he also went to help sell.

Shen Chi didn't get used to it at first, but later he found that Ning Shuo's goods were selling very fast - all the women and girls in Zhuangzi came to buy them.

Standing in a long queue, and still not leaving after shopping, just watching, Ning Shuo kept smiling and telling them about the needlework, rattles, and handkerchiefs on the goods, without the slightest bit of impatience.

Shen Chi had never sold so many goods before, and he was happy to give him a few juanhua flowers, "I gave it to you, go back and give it to your mother and sister."

Ning Shuo nodded, "Thank you, Brother Shen."

The two went back to the city together, and parted at the gate of the city, one went west to the place where the poor lived, and the other went east to the rich family.

The boy couldn't understand Ning Shuo, and when he was about to step into Duke Ning's mansion, he boldly asked, "Why is the young master treating him so well?"

Just a peddler.

Ning Shuo glanced at him, then strode towards the study, closed the door, closed his eyes, very embarrassed.

Why are you so nice to him?

Because of the suffering he suffered, the destruction of his family, and the death of his family, it has everything to do with him.

His father and he always thought that behind the scenes of Suijia's innocence, there was actually blood and bones.

Ning Shuo knew it was not caused by himself, but he still felt guilty.

He opened his eyes in pain - if his father, Izumi, met the members of the Shen family, he would have been in such pain that he would have no face to meet them.

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