"No, we rarely have time to be idle. We don't have to guard against officers and soldiers, nor do we have to go out to sea to do business. It's just right for you to learn more. Not only do you have to learn, but you also have to take your brothers below to learn together. This is an order." Yu Ren said seriously.

"No need! We don't plan to become officials in the future, nor do we plan to take the exam for scholars. What's the use of studying?" Liu Qiang was still very reluctant.

At this time, Qu Jing, who was standing by, interrupted. "Liu Qiang. What did you say when you were the leader of Mr. Yu in Chen Qianshan: No matter whether you go up to the oil pan, you follow Mr. Yu and listen to him. Why did you just ask you to read a book? You are so arrogant! Is your old Liu's words counting!"

After hearing this, Liu Qiang's head drooped. "Okay!"

Yu Ren wanted to laugh, but he still held back. "Don't mess with me! I'll check it when I come back. I have to read at least twenty words every day. Mr. Qu, you are responsible for professors and supervision. Not only Liu Qiang, but all brothers are the same."

Qu Jing said seriously, "I will definitely live up to the leader's expectations."

Yu Ren left with confidence.

Yu Ren went to Xu Xinsu again and told him about the matter of taking him back to Songjiang Mansion. Xu Xinsu agreed very simply.

In the afternoon of that day, Yu Ren and Xu Qian returned to Songjiang Prefecture on a boat.

When he got home, Yu Ren went to see his uncle Shen Minghang first. Shen Minghang's illness had indeed improved a little, and he could say a few words, but his mind was still slow. He forgot many things from the past, and many people didn't recognize them, but Yu Ren and Shen Minghang recognized them at first sight.

Yu Ren personally helped his uncle walk around the garden outside the house twice. Although Shen Minghang was very strong on Yu Ren, he was finally able to leave by himself.

"My uncle's disease will definitely be recovered. As long as you keep exercising, it will soon be like before." Yu Ren encouraged Shen Minghang from time to time.

Shen Minghang nodded stiffly, and his slightly fat body trembled slightly.

After walking twice, Shen Minghang was tired, Yu Ren helped him rest a while. Chunmei hurried up to serve him.

"The master has been talking about Master Cousin these days. I am worried that I don't know how to pass the message to Master Cousin! But you are just back."

"Who is the master talking about?"

"There are also the name of Madam and Miss He." Chunmei said the word "Miss" very lightly, probably because she was unwilling to arouse Yu Ren's unhappiness. After all, his cousin ran away from home because he looked down on him. Therefore, Chunmei, the shrewd girl, naturally thought that Yu Ren would care more or less. However, he didn't know that this result was actually what Yu Ren wanted, but his uncle's illness was something he had not expected.

"Then send someone to inquire immediately. The wife has passed away for many years, and we have no choice. Although Cousin Yan has traveled to Mongolia, there is still a clue. If you call Cao An, you will arrange a reliable person tomorrow to be responsible for inquiring about this matter. You must find out about Cousin Yan's whereabouts."

The next afternoon, Yu Ren, accompanied by Xu Qian, came to Wangyue Teahouse early. The two sat in a private room on the second floor. At this time, the time was still one hour before the agreed time between the Third Young Master of the Xu family and Mr. Cai. Yu Ren simply asked about the business situation of the Shen family after he left.

"It's not bad, it's a significant improvement compared to before you left. Recently, many old customers who were poached by the Xu family have returned, and a few customers who ordered the order at the Xu family have also transferred to our house." Xu Qian said.

Yu Ren nodded and asked some other things.

Seeing that Yu Ren had been talking for a long time, Xu Qian couldn't help but ask, "Brother-in-law, why don't you ask me how the third young master of the Xu family took the initiative to sell the weaving house?" In fact, she had been waiting since she told Yu Ren about this on Nansha Island, and waited for Yu Ren to come to ask her about this. But Yu Ren just didn't ask, and the little girl finally couldn't help but tell her.

Yu Ren smiled, "Because I know you will definitely tell me yourself!"

Xu Qian glared at Yu Ren. Although she was only fourteen years old, she was always very wise. In the Xu family, no one dared to regard her as a child, whether it was the elders of the Xu family, or other leaders and brothers. But for some reason, when she arrived in front of Yu Ren, she felt that she would always be beaten back to her true form and turn back to a child by him.

Xu Qian was so angry that she endured it for two minutes without saying anything. Seeing that Yu Ren had not taken the initiative to ask questions, she finally couldn't help it.

"I have sent someone to inquire clearly. The Xu family has four brothers. The eldest and the second brother died early, leaving only the third brother and the fourth brother. These two brothers have a good relationship, but their temperaments are very different. The two are seven or eight years apart. The third brother has been urinating since childhood. He is the only one who is responsible for all matters, from the inside out to the outside of the Xu family. However, the Xu family is a complete playboy. He has never done anything since childhood. He can only fight cocks and eat alcohol and gamble money all day long.

There are a few people in our Songjiang Mansion who have been in teahouses and gambling houses for many years. I instigated them to secretly make a trap for Xu Laosi, first spending half a month to approach him, then let him make a small profit, and finally drag him into the water completely. Xu Laosi lost more than 30,000 taels of silver, and they forced him to have no choice but to go home and ask his brother for it.

Xu Sanshao didn't want to care about this matter at first. However, they threatened that if they didn't pay back the money, they would chop Xu Laosi's arms first and then take his legs.

Xu Sanshao was panicked. However, although the Xu family was rich, it was still very difficult to take out so much money at once. In addition, they spent money to defeat our knitted house recently. Now there is not much money that can be turned over.

The Xu family has only three most valuable things: one is the land acre. The Xu family has 20,000 to 30,000 acres of fertile land in Susong area, which was left by Xu Jie, the eldest grandfather of Xu Sanshou back then. The second is their old house. The Xu family’s old house in Suzhou is extremely exquisitely built and is a fine product in Suzhou gardens. The other is the weaving house that Xu Sanshou has worked hard to run over the years.

The land of the Xu family was left by his great-grandfather. He didn't dare to move any of the ancestors' foundations, and his clan members would not agree to him to move. The old house would be even worse. The only thing that can move is this weaving house.

So, in the end, Xu Sanshao had to sell the weaving house to pay off his gambling debts for his younger brother."

Yu Ren didn't say anything, but in fact he still felt a little sympathetic to Xu San Shao. He believed that Xu San Shao was definitely a rare young man to fight, but it was really a tragedy to be greedy for such a younger brother who had not made progress. However, sympathy was sympathy, after all, everyone was the enemy in the shopping mall, and they could never be lenient when they saw the opportunity. Just like when Xu San Shao saw the trouble in their Shen family, he started in time and was determined to destroy the Shen family's business.

Using all means to attack your opponent with all your strength is sometimes in a sense a kind of respect for your opponent. Yu Ren is very clear about this.

Yu Ren and Xu Qian were drinking tea while chatting softly. The elegant room in this teahouse was very effective. Yu Ren could hardly hear the sounds of guests in other private rooms. However, a sound came soon.

"Please, Master Third!" The voice of the waiter in the teahouse came from the neighbors east of them.

Yu Ren was secretly wondering why the other room could not be heard, but the only room could be heard so clearly.

Xu Qian looked at Yu Ren with a confused look, laughed silently, and then pointed to the corner.

Yu Ren looked in the direction of her finger. It turned out that there was a small copper tube there. Yu Ren walked over gently and could clearly see the scene in the opposite room from the copper tube.

I saw a man in his thirties sitting upright at the table. This man was pale and erect, had a beautiful appearance, tall and thin figure, and looked a bit like a noble man in the world.

Young Master Xu San did not wear brocade robe, but a cotton robe. Although the Ming Dynasty's laws stipulated that merchants were not allowed to wear silk brocade robe, after more than 200 people, this regulation has long been the same as in the late Wanli period. Songjiang Prefecture did not even have a prefect, so no one would care about these trivial matters.

Judging from his clothes alone, he really doesn't look like the third young master of the Xu family, the legendary Susong's largest clan.
Chapter completed!