Siheyuan: Cao Liang's rise

"Isn't this bad!"

Meng Xiaoxing felt a little embarrassed to accept it, after all, the other party didn't attend the banquet.

"Take it! You can treat her to a meal at home some other time."

Cao Liang nodded to Meng Xiaoxing.

Because of work, Xu Damao often goes to the countryside.

But Lou Xiao'e couldn't cook, so every time at this time, she would go to Cao's house for meals.

Of course, she always brings something with her.

Only after Cao Liang spoke did Meng Xiaoxing accept it.

Cao Liang gave Lou Xiao'e some wedding candies and asked casually, "Is your Xu Damao not at home again?"

"He went to his parents' house."

Lou Xiao'e curled her lips.

It’s not that she doesn’t want to go. She went there a few times last year, but every time Xu Damao’s mother would ask her if she was pregnant, which made her very annoyed.

This matter is not just hers, what can she do?

"That's great, come to my house for dinner tonight."

Cao Liang smiled.

"Okay! I want to eat the braised rabbit you made last time."

Lou Xiao'e said happily.

Cao Liang didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "I said I'd treat you to a meal, but I didn't say I'd cook for you myself?"

"Then I don't care. You have already collected the money for the banquet, and you must make up for it to me."

Lou Xiao'e said with a smile.

"So do I still have to prepare eight dishes?"

Cao Liang said with a smile.

"That's the best." Lou Xiao'e thought it was natural.

"No, I'm too lazy to do it. Remember to come over tonight. Xingzi, let's go."

Cao Liang decisively refused and took Meng Xiaoxing back.

When she returned to the back room, Meng Xiaoxing opened the red envelope and saw that there were two big black tens inside.

Meng Xiaoxing exclaimed: "Liangzi, it seems that you really prepared eight dishes for Xiao'e tonight."

"what?"

Cao Liang looked back and saw the two big black tens in Meng Xiaoxing's hand.

He nodded helplessly and said, "Okay! I'll just work hard tonight!"

As expected of a wealthy family's eldest daughter, she is very generous.

In fact, Lou Xiao'e really wanted to give Cao Liang and the others a ticket for a sewing plane ticket, but Cao Liang already had the money, so she gave him the money.

at night.

In order to entertain Lou Xiao'e, Cao Liang specially prepared eight dishes.

Braised pork, braised rabbit, fish and chicken soup, and the rest are vegetarian dishes.

But it took Cao Liang a lot of effort, fortunately he had Meng Xiaoxing's help.

The Cao family, Xiaotao and Lou Xiao'e were eating at the same table.

As for Monkey, he started hanging out with Wang Dong and the others as soon as he came back.

The children had mouths full of grease, and Lou Xiao'e was not much better.

Although she had eaten a lot of delicious food, she rarely ate it since she married Xu Damao.

Especially when Xu Damao was not around, she always went out to eat.

Meng Xiaoxing suddenly asked, "Mom, today Liangzi and I went to the courtyard to distribute wedding candy, and we saw a little boy of eight or nine years old in the middle courtyard. Do you know whose relative he is?"

"I know."

Before Chen Huilan could speak, Lou Xiao'e answered first: "The child was adopted by Aunt Yi's family and was brought back on Chinese New Year's Day."

Oh?

Cao Liang was stunned.

Did the old guy figure it out?

But think about it, with that old man's current reputation, who would be willing to support him in his old age?

Maybe Sha Zhu is willing, but Sha Zhu and Qin Huairu are getting along very well now. Yi Zhonghai is a smart man and naturally knows that Sha Zhu is under Qin Huairu's control.

You definitely can't count on retirement support.

Chen Huilan asked, "Xiao'e, what's the child's name?"

Lou Xiao'e said, "I heard her name is Yi Zhien."

puff~

Cao Liang couldn't help but sneer.

Chen Huilan also smiled and shook her head.

Meng Xiaoxing and Lou Xiaoe found it very strange.

Lou Xiao'e was puzzled and said, "I think the name sounds nice! Auntie, what are you and Cao Liang laughing at?"

Meng Xiaoxing was also very confused.

"Xingzi, before you married into the family, I didn't tell you much about the dirty things going on in the courtyard."

Cao Liang said slowly, "Let's not talk about the others first, let's just talk about Yi Zhonghai and his wife. Because they have no children, they have always wanted to find someone to take care of them in their old age. They have gone to great lengths to plan for their old age."

"Then wouldn't it be better for them to just adopt one?" Meng Xiaoxing asked puzzledly.

Cao Liang smiled and said, "Indeed, it is possible, but Yi Zhonghai is very suspicious and is worried that the child will turn out to be an ungrateful person after he grows up, so he has never adopted the child."

"Probably not?"

Meng Xiaoxing said: "I think the grace of raising a child is greater than the grace of giving birth to a child, and most people will be grateful for it."

Cao Liang also agrees with this statement.

Although giving birth is a great blessing, if you give birth but don’t raise your child, it would be better not to give birth at all.

But he still explained: "Besides this, Yi Zhonghai doesn't want to pay too much, so it's best to find a young man. He accepted Jia Dongxu as his apprentice for this reason."

Meng Xiaoxing said disdainfully: "How can there be good things in this world that can be gained without working? He wants others to support him in his old age, but he doesn't want to pay more. This doesn't make sense."

Lou Xiao'e interrupted, "Then why is he willing to adopt now?"

“Because there is no one left to support us!”

Cao Liang shrugged and said with a smile: "Yi Zhien, he is grateful and repays the kindness. How much is Yi Zhonghai afraid that the child will become an ungrateful person? That's quite impressive."

Isn't this name meant to remind the child to be grateful when he grows up?

"That's not bad."

Meng Xiaoxing said with emotion: "That child is probably like us, fleeing famine, and is just being taken care of in old age. At least he can have enough food to eat if he goes to his home."

She couldn't help but think of herself and the monkey Xiaotao and the others.

Life was really hard back then. If they hadn't met Cao Liang, they would probably still be living in that leaky old house.

Cao Liang held her hand and comforted her: "It's all over. We will be better in the future."

"Ah."

Meng Xiaoxing nodded heavily.

Lou Xiaoe joked, "Oh my, I'm eating right now, and you two are flirting with each other here. I've lost my appetite."

If Lou Xiao'e knew the term "showing off one's love", she would definitely say it.

Meng Xiaoxing shot back, "I'm so jealous! You can go find your Xu Damao!"

"I don't want to bother with you guys!"

Lou Xiao'e snorted, turned her grief and anger into appetite, and ate a few more pieces of meat.

Chen Huilan smiled and said to Cao Liang and Meng Xiaoxing, "When I came back, the old lady told me to hurry up while she can still move and help you take care of the children."

Meng Xiaoxing's pretty face turned red, and she touched Cao Liang's waist, signaling him to deal with it.

"I'm trying hard. I'm trying hard."

Cao Liang nodded perfunctorily.

Regarding this kind of thing, he just wanted to let nature take its course.

night.

"Xingzi, are you okay?"

Cao Liang, who was lying in bed, shouted to Meng Xiaoxing.

"What do you want to do again?"

Meng Xiaoxing was sewing something. In fact, she knew what Cao Liang wanted to do without asking.

Even though she had been through it, she still felt shy.

"Didn't I promise mom that I would work hard? Come here quickly."

Cao Liang waved.

“Work on yourself.”

"Hey you bitch, go to heaven!"

Cao Liang was so angry that he laughed. He got up and picked her up, threw her on the bed, and then covered her with the quilt...