Chapter 828: "Strict Father"

Looking at Xia Chan with her eyebrows down, Cao Ying was quite surprised. She thought she was a powerful figure and was unwilling to set rules with her wife, so she controlled her husband to buy a house with her. So she was still nervous. After all, her temperament was not good at fighting with others since she was a child.

Xia Chan was a little confused.

She had thought that Sun Jue would not take her home because she was "fearing her inner self". A few days ago, she also intended to mention her full-length grandmother in front of Sun Jue. Sun Jue always said "yellow-faced woman" and changed the conversation.

Now looking at this grandma, although she is not beautiful, she is also gentle and beautiful, and she is so friendly.

Cao Ying glanced at the jewelry on Xia Chan's head and clothes on her body, looked at the room a little, and frowned.

It’s not like spending 9,000 taels of silver to buy a house in a foreign house?

"Sister, don't stand, just sit down and talk." Cao Ying said with a faint smile.

Xia Chan was in the brothel prostitute's house and heard too many stories about her sister who was redeeming her concubine and being abused to death by her legitimate wife. Even though Cao Ying was kind in front of her, she did not dare to be at all presumptuous.

The aunt Zhou, who was serving next to Cao Ying, was already "whispering" beside Cao Ying, "Grandma, how can I sit down before my aunt has offered tea to her?"

Although it is a "silent voice", you hear everything you should hear.

She is Cao Ying's companion. She has been very angry in the Sun family over the years and has long been unable to resist complaining to Cao's mansion. However, because of Cao Ying's temperament, she has always been calm and they have to bear it as servants.

A few days ago, when she was serving Cao Ying to the Duke's Mansion, Cao Yi called her aside and gave her a gold bracelet, but also scolded her. She was to let her know that she was from the Cao family and that she should not be bullied by the big girl.

Now, Madam Zhou touched the heavy gold bracelet on her wrist and felt much more tough.

Grandma has the Cao family behind her, and it’s okay to follow her son-in-law. Can’t even surrender a few aunts?

Cao Ying heard what Madam Zhou said and looked at Xia cicada.

Another nanny who came with her surname was Qin, the old man from the Sun family. Seeing that the new aunt was pretty, maybe it was the old man's heart and dared not offend her, she picked up a cup of tea and sent it to her, and whispered: "Auntie, please give tea to grandma." As she spoke, she took the cushion from the chair next to her and placed it on the ground in front of Cao Ying.

Cao Ying was nothing but angry at her for showing her diligence.

What's the point of currying favor with the new aunt in front of grandma?

At this moment, the little maid who was following Xia Chan in the corner of her eyes lowered her head and retreated to the door, and immediately shouted: "Stop! The little hoof that is not long-eyed, grandma hasn't given any instructions yet, who will allow you to jump around?"

For a moment, everyone looked at the door.

The little maid blushed and whispered: "I see that the tea in the teapot is no longer hot, so I go to the kitchen to boil water."

Madam Zhou has lived for half her life. Seeing the little maid's eyes flashing, she could not guess what she intended. She was just afraid that the new aunt would be wronged and wanted to go out to find someone to inform her son-in-law.

Since she had received the reward from Cao Yi and wanted to protect her own girl, how could she call the little maid to get what she wished?

She said coldly: "Come here soon, help my aunt to serve tea to my grandma."

Everyone was watching, but the little maid could not do anything, so she had to retreat to Xia Chan and hold Xia Chan to kneel down to offer tea to Cao Ying.

Cao Ying had no intention of making things difficult for Xia Chan, so he asked Madam Zhou to give Xia Chan a pair of hairpins and earrings he had wrapped.

Then, she personally helped Xia Chan up and said with a smile: "I feel sorry for letting my sister live outside. Although we are poor families, our lives are mediocre and cheaper than outside. The house at home has been cleaned up, so I will pick up my sister home..."

Xia Chan just thought Cao Ying was "hiding a knife in her smile" and wanted to take him back to clean up. She was already scared and couldn't even say anything.

Whether she was a prostitute or a concubine now, she had long known that her life was not in her hands.

Sun Jue is in his thirties and has been very good to treat her these days. She thought that a good life would last for a few more years, but who would have thought that the good life would end in less than half a month.

When the little maid heard this, she thought to herself, "Oh no", but she was stared at by Madam Zhou and did not dare to be arrogant. She pulled Xia Chan's sleeve and whispered: "Girl, are you waiting for the master to come back..."

When Cao Ying saw this, his smile froze on his face.

She naturally knew that if her husband came back, she would not be able to make decisions. It would be fine for him to take maids and concubines at home, and it would not affect her life. Outside, she would say that she would really swallow her husband's salary and make her life even more difficult.

She has nothing to do, whether it is enjoying happiness or suffering, it doesn’t matter, how can she be willing to let her children down?

Thinking of this, Cao Ying also put away the "sister-hearted relationship" scene and said to Xia Chan: "It's not too early, and it's better for my sister to go home sooner. Here..." Speaking of this, she looked at Madam Zhou: "I'll bother the new aunt here, so I'll trouble Madam to take two people to clean up."

Madam Zhou hurriedly leaned over to respond.

Cao Ying had already held Xia Chan's hand and said, "Sister, let's go..."

Xia Chan showed a little frightened and helpless, looked at the little maid beside her and whispered: "Ku'er..."

Seeing that Cao Ying was about to take someone away, Naguer was anxious and said with a thorn in his mouth, "This grandma, now that the master is not here, there is no old servant of the Sun family in the house..."

After hearing this, Cao Ying looked at the little maid for a long time and said to Xia Chan with a smile: "There is a good girl by my sister. I know that I am loyal to protecting my master, but I am a little younger. I am really good at treating my sister as a treasure, and I don't give me two girls."

Although she is soft-hearted, she is not a stupid person. How could she not hear the implicit meaning of this?

But she was just annoyed and too lazy to talk to the little maid, so she distracted the conversation and took Xia Chan's hand out of the house.

The Kua'er had to stop him, but Madam Zhou grabbed her arm and heard Madam Zhou say, "Where is the new aunt's things, it is the one that Madam Koa knows best..."

Kua'er couldn't break free and didn't dare to be too presumptuous, so he had to watch Cao Ying take Xia Chan away...

Her heart was already in chaos.

She was not Xia Chan's maid, but the Li family's son, who had served Li Cheng since she was a child. Because she was from the south, she looked thin and was actually fourteen years old.

In spring, she and another maid served Li Cheng to Beijing. A few days ago, she received Li Cheng's instructions and followed Xia Chan and waited until Xia Chan was pregnant before returning to the Li family.

Unexpectedly, Xia Chan was picked up by Cao Ying.

If she followed her into the Sun family, she would not know when she would come out; although she wanted to slip back to the Li family immediately, she would not dare to do so without Li Cheng's instructions...

The first thing I got to know was Cheng Mengxian who knew that something was wrong with the house here.

From the day Sun Jue arranged the house outside, Cheng Mengxian arranged a manpower. The chef in the house here was the person who was inserted into the Cheng family, just to see what Li Cheng's next step was.

It was said that the eldest grandmother of the Sun family came to pick up Xia Chan in person, but Cheng Mengxian was quite surprised. According to the information he had inquired before, the eldest grandmother of the Cao family had a kind of "married husband".

However, thinking of Cao Yong, Cheng Mengxian no longer dared to look down on the Cao family.

It seems that if you want to find a way to help this big grandma with a hand, it is considered a redeemable sin.

But the Li family is still in Jiangnan, so they have to be somewhat worried, and they should think of a thorough solution...

Dongzhimen, Li’s House.

Qian Zhongrui did not escort the twins back to Suzhou according to Li Nai's wishes. Because Li Xu had a letter, he asked Qian Zhongrui to be responsible for building a cemetery for Mrs. Wen.

The old lady is over 90 years old and has not been in good health in the past two years, so she should prepare for her funeral.

The filial piety of Li Nai was the most powerful, so Li Nai sent two other confidant managers to return to Suzhou with their twins.

Although the twins were smart, they were children after all. They didn't understand why "uncle" became "uncle". They refused to get on the boat no matter what, and cried and wanted to find their aunt. After all, they were Nian Xiaolidan, who was carried by two mothers onto the boat south.

Li Nai is now a little confused. After all, Li Ding died suddenly in the 53rd year of Kangxi, and it has been five years since then. After searching, things are different from what he imagined.

Most of the men who go out to and from the Li family's Shicha overseas house were taken by their younger brother. The silver house under Yang's name was arranged by their father to transfer the property.

After being a father and son for more than 40 years, Li Nai certainly knew that his father had been romantic all his life and would never be generous to a woman for no reason. If Yang was just the outer room of his younger brother, he would have to be valued by his father, that would be a self-deception.

So, Li Nai was confused.

Thinking of the young brother he had in his family a few years ago, he felt his throat dry and he didn't dare to think about the real cause of his brother's death...

He was in a bad mood, but Li Cheng lived a good life.

Li Cheng had already convinced his father and spent some money to send himself to the Zhengbai Banner Official School.

I originally thought that I would take this opportunity to get close to Cao Fu, the fifth master of the Cao family. Unexpectedly, when he arrived at Shangguan School, Cao Fu took a vacation to leave the school.

Despite this, Li Cheng still gained something and made several classmates and friends.

That day, after school, Li Cheng had seen Li Nai, so he was invited by the servant to the side hall. The butler Qian Zhongrui waited here and said to him: "San Young Master, the villain has already sent someone to do what you ordered before."

Li Cheng smiled and looked at Qian Zhongrui and said, "What the butler means, is the grandfather's permission?"

Qian Zhongrui replied respectfully: "The master just asked the little man to respect the third young master."

Li Cheng snorted coldly in his heart, not taking Qian Zhongrui's words seriously. After all, this butler only listened to the instructions from Suzhou, and there was no father or son in his eyes.

However, it was not the time to care about this now, he said: "It's more than three months left to ask people to be more careful. I brought money to the south to purchase it, so that the Li family was sincere."

"It's still the third young master who is very concerned. The master said that there is no need to touch the money in the capital. The Wei family in Jiangning took the master a sum of money and directly sent someone to pay the money." Qian Zhongrui replied.

After hearing this, Li Cheng said, "How to arrange the nine thousand taels of silver? Did my grandfather give me any instructions?"

"The master said that if the old man cannot make up for the fourth grade in a few months, he will use these money to ask the 16th prince to make up for the gap in the Internal Affairs Office and then go back to the south. It is legitimate to help the master in the yamen to do things." Qian Zhongrui replied.

The mother of the Sixteenth Prince Wang is a cousin of the Li family and was also the one who was worshipped by the Li family. Wang Ping's mother also lived in the Li family in her early years. Although she did not have the same surname, the Li family is considered half of the foreign family. If you beg for the Sixteenth Prince, it is also considered cheap.

Li Cheng nodded and went back to his room to change his clothes...

Changping, Caojiazhuangzi, study room.

Looking at Qian Chenqun, who looked solemn and different from the past, Cao Yong was a little surprised and stood up and said, "Lord, if you have something to do, look for me?"

Qian Chenqun looked at Cao Yong with some confusion.

Logically speaking, there was no room for him, Mr. Xi, to speak for how his father educated his son. However, after a few years in the Cao family, he had a deep relationship with several students and could not stop watching.

"Sir, the students are not disturbing them for no reason, they are actually coming to solve their doubts." Qian Chenqun said loudly.

"Lord respects and jokes! Lord respects great talents, there is no place where I need to talk too much." Cao Yong was a little uncomfortable by his solemnity, and was already thinking in his heart whether his little five had run to Qian Chenqun's yard too much, delaying his review of the book, otherwise why would this master seem to be a little resentful?

Thinking in his heart, he still warmed his face, pointed to the edge of the kang and said to Qian Chenqun: "Lord Jing sat down and talked, it just took half a pound of good tea, so Lord Jing also took a look." As he said that, he called a servant to serve tea.

Qian Chenqun sat down and couldn't help but look at Cao Yong's eyes more.
To be continued...