Cao Jia has not returned yet, and another visitor has arrived.

A pale little face, swollen eyes, a little tiredness appeared between her expression: "Please wait for Cao Shisan..."

Standing next to Wei Ren, obeying his uncle's instructions, and honestly greeted Cao Yong, it was Wei Xin's youngest son Wenying.

Cao Yong shouted quickly, and took a little bit of angrily to Wei Ren, "He has just returned home and is just a good student to adjust his cultivation, why bother here? I'm not saying that, I'll go over to see him in two days."

After getting news of the return of the Wei family's nephew yesterday, Cao Yong sent someone to visit and gave him a lot of supplements.

Although he treated Wenying well because of Wei Xin's affection, Wei Ren did not dare to be entrusted. He really waited for Cao Yong to visit him in person, so he personally brought his nephew to pay tribute to Cao Yong.

Cao Yong went south and met Wenying in the fifty-ninth year of the reign of Emperor Kangxi. It was six or seven years ago. Wenying was young and would remember the age of not remembering everything.

Wen Ying mostly heard from Cao Yong and his uncle about his "uncle Shi" mentioned by his elder mother and uncle, and his uncle, and he really had no impression of him.

Cao Yong did not mention the matter of his kidnapped for half a month, but just asked him warmly about his homework and daily life.

At the beginning, Wenying answered a little restrainedly, and after saying a few words, she started to smoothly.

This look is a bit like his elder brother Wen Jie, but he just responds and looks more at ease.

I heard that the widowed third wife of the Wei family came from a scholarly family. Her father was the county magistrate and was also a very strong woman.

Cao Yongyuan was still worried that such a daughter might educate her son to become a nerd who is inexperienced in the world. Now it seems that she is too worried.

Seeing Cao Yong showing praise on his face, Wei Ren said, "It's not that I am the uncle who praises his child. Brother Ying is indeed a good child. Although he is young, he can read the account books. In the past two years, he has also started to help our third wife with housework. With our third wife, there are orphans and widows, and there are servants who bully the master. Brother Ying can be able to take responsibility for the family. He had two attacks as soon as he started the family, and the rest were also disciplined to obey the situation."

After hearing this, Cao Yong couldn't help but think about Wenying.

Wenying was one year younger than Changsheng, and when she was sent back to Jiangning by Wei Xin, she was still in her infancy.

This year, Wenying is only eleven years old, and two years ago she was only nine years old.

He could read the account book at the age of nine and help the housekeeper of the successor. This child was better than his two older brothers.

Cao Yong's expression became more and more warm, and he asked about Wei Ren and Wenying's test.

The boy exam will take two exams in three years. Next year is the period of the imperial examination. There will be no boy exams. The year after year, the year after year will be older and the year after year. Wenying will end up in the year after year, and it will be thirteen years old, which is not too early. Even if you are not sure, you can warm up the scene first.

Wei Ren's expression became a little stiff after hearing Cao Yong's words.

Wenying, who was originally generous, drooped her little head and suddenly became quiet.

Cao Yong noticed something was wrong, but he asked something directly in front of Wenying, so he called a servant and took Wenying down to have a snack, leaving only Wei Ren to speak.

"Wenying's homework is difficult?" Cao Yong asked.

Wei Ren showed some helplessness and said, "This child is very smart. He can understand the numerology at one's own pace. He is also good at enlightenment in three, hundreds, and thousands of times. He is also very troublesome when he reaches the Four Books and Five Classics, and he is even more unaware of the Eight-Legend Essays."

"What do you say about the third wife?" Cao Yong thought for a while and asked.

A widowed mother who came from a scholarly family would most likely force her children to study hard. I just saw that although Wei Wenying was exhausted, her eyebrows and eyes were peaceful and there was no upset. She lived her life well before.

"The third wife regarded Brother Ying as her lifeline. She originally said that he was young and did not force him ruthlessly. Later, the nephew of our second wife was injured by studying and preparing for the exam, and also scared the third wife. Judging from what she meant, even if she had no fame, she would not want Brother Ying to hurt her body. She just hoped that Brother Ying would grow up safely, get married and have children." Wei Ren replied.

The Wei family has already divided the families. Although the three houses are small, they have a lot of fertile land and have a good life.

Even if Wenying does not take the imperial examination career, as long as she maintains her family's background, she will be enough to eat, drink and chew.

"Even if you don't take the imperial examination and official career, you can study for a few years and be well-versed in the principles." Cao Yong said.

Wei Ren hesitated a little and said, "I thought earlier that this nephew is by my side, so I always have to take good care of him. Now after this incident, I am a little scared... I am old and can still take care of him for several years... When I became a younger generation, my relationship was a little weaker, so I could still take care of Mr. Cao."

Cao Yong didn't want Wenying to be so far away from his two brothers, but people at this time pay attention to local relationships.

If the third wife did not insist on setting up Jiangning, Cao Yong would not have much advice.

Listening to Wei Ren's words, it seemed to be loosening. Cao Yong asked, "Is the third wife willing to move north?"

Wei Ren shook his head and said, "It's not this... I am the uncle, and I have selfish intentions for my nephew... I heard that Mr. Cao came to Jiangnan to recruit wealthy businessmen and attract stocks for the Ministry of Revenue next year's Hainan trade?"

Cao Yong was surprised when he heard this: "Is Degong interested in getting into it?"

Scholars, farmers, industry and commerce, scholars, farmers, industry and commerce, in the eyes of gentry, merchants have always been inequality.

When Wei Xin went to Guangzhou, he was criticized a lot. It was because he was used to being naughty. There was a weaving master behind him, and the elders of the Wei family spoiled him, so he let him go.

Besides, the Ministry of Revenue recruits shares is not a small fuss, and a single share starts at 100,000 yuan. The shares in the entire Jiangnan do not exceed 30.

Although the Wei family is a large local gentry family, their property is mostly on the land and houses, so there is no room for competition with the salt merchants in Jiangnan.

After hearing Cao Yong's question, Wei Ren did not answer immediately, but stood up and bowed to Cao Yong: "Here, I'll apologize to Master Cao!"

This apology came inexplicably.

"What's the reason for virtue and merit?" Cao Yong said inexplicably.

Wei Ren looked up, his face flushed and said, "In addition to buying land, I also left a portion of the money I sent back from Guangzhou. I thought of buying property for my fifth brother. Later, my fifth brother insisted on marrying a foreign wife, and I was also annoyed. I didn't think about giving this money to him. I thought of letting him do whatever he wanted, and I always kept some money for my nephews..."

Speaking of this, his eyes were red: "When the news of his fifth brother's disappearance came back, not to mention others, there were other thoughts among his brothers and sisters... I was afraid that my nephews would be small, so I didn't say that the money was hidden. Only when Wenfang got married, he took out part of it and prepared some private houses for her in addition to the dowry list... When he sent their brothers and sisters to Beijing, he should have handed all the money to his nephew, but he was worried that he only took out part of it and bought a small farm. Now, most of it is still in my hands..."

"Didn't you buy land?" Cao Yong was a little surprised.

Before Wei Xin went to the West, he complained to Cao Yong, just for this matter.

Wei Ren said with shame: "At the beginning, they were all used to buy land... After all, for families like us, the land is the foundation. But the fifth brother sent back more money, and more people were greedy, including a few younger brothers and the inner son. Although I couldn't convince them to change their minds, I couldn't bear to let Xiaowu suffer a big loss, so I was cautious. Half of the money he sent home every year, and the remaining half was paid to buy land. Fortunately, I kept this move, otherwise I would not have the shame to meet Xiaowu even if I had the eyes."

Hearing this, Cao Yong finally understood why Wei Ren apologized to him.

In order to protect Wei Xin's money, Wei Ren was not only guarding against the Wei family, but also guarding against Cao Yong.

The wealth is touching and the family with a blind date can turn against each other for money, let alone Cao Yong is just an outsider and has a high position in power.

Although he was wary of it, Cao Yong was not angry, but was a little sad.

Wei Ren is the elder brother. Wei Xin has a deep relationship with this elder brother. He was very sad because of his brotherly relationship. If he knew that Wei Ren did not forget his righteousness when he saw profit, I wonder what he would think.

Cao Yong felt a little admiration in his heart.

Even himself had misunderstood Wei Ren.

"How much more is that silver or money?" Cao Yong asked.

As far as he knows, Wei Ren spent nearly 30,000 taels of silver to buy a farm for Wenjie brothers in the capital. If that was only a small part, the remaining silver would be quite considerable.

"There are 360,000 taels left..." Wei Ren replied.

Whether in Jiangnan or in Beijing, this is not a small amount.

Wei Xin has been in business for more than ten years. After his relatives were separated, the family fortune he praised was only about 100,000 taels.

"Do you all want to trade in the sea?" Cao Yong asked.

Wei Ren nodded and said, "If it's cheap, it's all involved. If Mr. Cao looks at him, it's definitely not wrong... I'm not hiding this, I don't know how much hair I lost over the years for these money. I want to hand it over as soon as possible, but I'm afraid that my nephews will squander the land, and I'm afraid that they will pass it to the clan and have another dispute. I still think that 80% of them will have to wait until Brother Ying gets married and then call their brothers to come before explaining the matter. Now, the Ministry of Revenue is catching up with shares, and the money can finally be seen..." Speaking of this, he paused and said, "No matter how many shares I can buy, the profits will be shared by the three brothers... In front of them, Mr. Cao doesn't have to mention me, just say that the money is kept by Mr. Cao..."

After listening to Wei Ren's words, Cao Yong understood his painstaking efforts.

The Wei family is a large family in Jiangning, with five brothers and many relatives. If the money is said to have come out of Wei Ren, I don’t know how much trouble there are.

When Wei Ren took Wenying away, he brought a lot of things in big bags.

All were prepared by Jinghui.

I heard that Cao Yong's "new nephew" came to pay his respects, so I asked someone to prepare.

Cao Song also met Wei Ren and his nephew. He heard that Wenying was the son of Wei Xin, so he also asked someone to prepare a meeting ceremony.

Moreover, he stared at Wenying for a while, making Wenying furious.

The eagerness and concentration in his eyes made Wei Ren feel a little worried. Before saying goodbye, he asked Cao Yong privately: "Master Cao, did the second master make no enemies with us, the fifth brother, right?"

Cao Yong couldn't help but smile and shook his head quickly.
Chapter completed!