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Chapter 23 Baozi 1 Family (9)

Early the next morning, Zhao Jue put the few things into the back basket, and when he was about to leave, Li Cuihua came. She lowered her head and kept pulling at the hem of her clothes with both hands, which could be seen that she was uneasy .She didn't go to wash and cook today, but came to him instead, there must be something wrong.

Zhao Jue said, "Aniang?"

Only then did Li Cuihua look up at Zhao Jue, seeing his expressionless face, she lowered her head and said timidly, "Dazhi, your grandpa and grandma asked you to meet them." After a pause, she said again: "Don't Conflict with your grandparents."

"Okay." Zhao Jue was about to leave, there was no need to conflict with old man Dong and Mrs. Dong.

Li Cuihua smiled in relief when she heard Zhao Jue's promise.

Zhao Jue followed her to the spacious and bright main room of the brick and tile house. Old Man Dong and Mrs. Dong sat in the upper seats, and beside him stood the submissive Dong An, whose head almost bent to his waist.

Seeing Dong An trembling in front of the old man Dong and the old lady Dong, as if he was humbled into the dust, Zhao Jue stopped in his footsteps, as if he saw himself, as the second young master of the Zhao family. There is the third younger brother who was lost since he was a child and made his parents miss him. He wags his tail in front of his parents, begs for mercy and pleases him, and lowers his posture again and again, just to get a little love from his parents.

Seeing Dong An like this now, Zhao Jue just felt that he was like a clown, completely ridiculous.

After Li Cuihua walked into the room, she stood directly next to Dong An, lowering her head and not daring to take a breath.

"Grandpa and Grandma, what do you want from me?" Zhao Jue stood in front of Old Man Dong and Mrs. Dong and asked expressionlessly.To Old Man Dong and Mrs. Dong, he would not be as good-tempered as he was to Dong An and Li Cuihua.

In old man Dong's memory, the impression of Dong Dazhi's grandson is mostly the same as that of his second son—silent and honest. It wasn't until Dong Dazhi pushed Mrs. Dong to snatch Dong Ruyi's egg custard that old man Dong understood Dong Dazhi. It's different from Dong Ping, but he didn't take it too seriously, sheep can't turn into wolves.

But until today, after Zhao Jue stood in front of Old Man Dong, Old Man Dong understood that the grandson's tough ones are not enough, he can only use soft ones, but he can try first.After he took a puff of cigarette, he squinted his eyes and said nothing, but the old lady Dong who was sitting next to Zhao Jue walked up to Zhao Jue and tugged at his sleeve, then his clothes, and shouted loudly, "Yao Shou Oh, I haven't worn such fine clothes yet! If only I could have such fine clothes."

Hearing her words, Dong An and Li Cuihua next to them wished they didn't exist.Because at home, Zhao Jue bought them a dress of the same material.

Zhao Jue understood what Mrs. Dong meant. If he was a filial grandson, he would either buy one for her after hearing what Mrs. Dong said, or give her the money to buy it herself. Saying it was obviously impossible, he remained silent, pretending not to understand Mrs. Dong's hint.

Seeing the indifferent Zhao Jue, the old man Dong took another puff of dry smoke, and said in a tactful tone: "Dazhi, I heard that you have made a lot of money collecting medicines in the past three months? You also know that studying is expensive. If you have spare money, you might as well help your third uncle and the others. After they come to high school, they will not forget you as a nephew. After all, you can’t write two words of Dong in one stroke. Everyone is a family. Help as much as you can.”

Zhao Jue couldn't help but look towards Dong An and Li Cuihua when he heard the words. Old man Dong said it, but Zhao Jue already had a way to deal with it. He smiled and said, "Grandpa, I earned a lot of money. But I bought some of the money for food. Grandpa, you should know that picking herbs is a physical effort. What if I don’t have enough food? The other part I give to my father to save every day. Now I only have [-] Wen in my hand.” After speaking, Zhao Jue took out the money in his arms and put it in the On the table, "This money is my filial piety to grandparents."

After the old man Dong looked at the string of copper plates on the table, he looked at Dong An and asked, "Er An, how much is the loan?"

In Dong An's heart, the old man Dong was extremely majestic, and he had always been afraid of the old man Dong. Now when he heard the old man Dong's question, he stammered back: "Three...three taels of silver."

"It's more than that. I also borrowed my money for my studies. Otherwise, how could I get up early in the dark to collect medicines to earn some hard money to save for tuition." Zhao Jue added leisurely from the side: "Ah Grandpa, I don’t know if it’s silver, but my father has borrowed a lot of things, after so many years, I still have 20 taels of silver, grandpa might as well ask dad carefully.”

One and twenty taels of silver... Old man Dong's heart moved when he heard this, and he directly ordered: "Er'an, go and get the money back. Your third brother and nephew are all studying, so money is a must."

Dong An hesitated, "Father, this, this is not very good! Everyone is from the same village, how could my son have the nerve to ask for it?"

"I'm sorry but I have to ask for it." Mrs. Dong couldn't bear it anymore when she heard that her prodigal son had borrowed so much money. She grabbed Dong An's ear and walked outside the door, "I'll go ask for it with you. I don't believe anyone would dare to take my old lady's account!"

She led Dong An out the door, Li Cuihua was worried and Dong An hurriedly followed.

Only Zhao Jue and old man Dong were left in the room. Thinking of what his son said, old man Dong said kindly to Zhao Jue: "Your third uncle and Ruyi are both scholars, and you are their nephew. You should help them more. Why don't they take care of you when they become officials?"

Zhao Jue was about to leave Dong's Village, so there was no need to confront Old Man Dong, so Zhao Jue said with a low eyebrow, "Grandpa, I understand."

Old man Dong looked at Zhao Jue's docile appearance, and was very satisfied with Zhao Jue's sense of humor. He and Zhao Jue looked forward to the majestic appearance of Dong Peng and Dong Ruyi as high officials in the future, and then let Zhao Jue leave.

"Brother Big Zhi."

When Zhao Jue walked out of the main room, he met Dong Ruyi who was hesitant to speak. As the protagonist in the book, Dong Ruyi's handsomeness is undoubted, just because he looked very young when he was young, but this did not damage his handsomeness, but made him more beautiful. It looks like the rising sun is full of life.

The original owner didn't have any conflict with him, at most it was a matter of favoritism between old man Dong and old lady Dong, but Zhao Jue didn't have a good impression of him as the favored object, so he asked lightly, "What's the matter?"

A look of apology appeared on Dong Ruyi's face, his lips parted, and he was unable to speak for a while.

Zhao Jue had no choice but to say, "If you have anything to say, just say it. If there's nothing to do, I'll leave first."

"You collect the money for the medicine, and I will find a way for the money for my study." Dong Ruyi said the words, and he was relieved immediately.Cousin is pitiful enough, asking him to use his hard-earned money to study, he doesn't have such a big face.

Zhao Jue was a little surprised, then nodded, "I see."

After bidding farewell to Dong Ruyi, Zhao Jue took a look at the thatched cottage where he had lived for three months, and said that due to his deliberate actions, there were not many things for him to use in the house. Without much reluctance, he strode away from Dongjia Village with a basket on his back.

From now on, he will come back every month to visit Dong An and Li Cuihua and bring them something.

Other than that, he won't have anything else to do with Dongjiacun.

Zhao Jue had already looked at the house with Yaxing earlier. Although leaving home this time was not expected, he was not in a hurry. After booking a room for three days at the inn near the Xin'antang Pharmacy, Zhao Jue went to inquire about Yaxing again. The yard introduced to him.In the afternoon, he finalized the small yard near the Xin'antang Pharmacy, and bought it for 16 taels of silver.

Although this yard is small, it has all internal organs, bedrooms, study rooms, living rooms, kitchens, and side rooms, as well as a small garden. Zhao Jue is very satisfied with this. There are all furniture in the yard, and he only needs to buy some For the things you use yourself, just buy a woman who cooks and cleans.

Zhao Jue settled himself down.

Dong An and Li Cuihua made a mess because they went to ask for money with Mrs. Dong. Mrs. Dong is a well-known shrew in Dongjia Village, but there are also many unreasonable people who take advantage of Dong An. Greetings to both parties Old lady, I just greet your whole family, and in the end it developed to punching and kicking, Dong An was in a dilemma.He took a lot of punches and kicks for Mrs. Dong, but he was still dismissed as useless.

In short, after a day, Dong An and Li Cuihua were more tired than a day's work.

After returning home, the two found that Zhao Jue was not there, so they were not surprised. They only thought that he had gone to collect herbs and hadn't come back yet. In the past, he only came back after it was dark.

As a result, Dong An and Li Cuihua didn't see Zhao Jue until it was dark. Dong An was about to go out to find someone, but was stopped by Li Cuihua, "Do you remember what Dazhi said?"

"What?" Dong An looked at Li Cuihua in confusion.

Li Cuihua's eyes turned red, "Dazhi said he was going to the city to learn a craft, and told us not to go to him, he would come back to see us." Li Cuihua thought Zhao Jue was angry, but she didn't see Zhao Jue today. After returning, he realized that what Zhao Jue said was true.

Dong An didn't expect that, after a while of silence, he said: "Tomorrow we will go to the city to look for him secretly, and take a look at him from a distance. If he is doing well, we can rest assured."

Li Cuihua had no choice but to nod in agreement.

Because of asking for money during the day and Zhao Jue's leaving home, Dong An and Li Cuihua didn't have much appetite for dinner at night, so they went to bed to rest after washing up.

In the middle of the night, there are a few flickering stars hanging in the dark blue sky.

Dongjia Village, which should have fallen into tranquility, has a group of people holding torches and rushing towards the west of the village.Soon they came to a thatched hut, and the leader, a tall man with a ferocious face, signaled, and a man in a khaki cloth came forward and knocked on the door with a 'bang bang'.

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