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Butler Zhang returned to the county government office with the food box, and handed the food box to Yinhong, the maidservant next to his wife.

Yinhong glanced at the food box in her hand, and couldn't help being a little surprised, this butler went out to give the young master Biao, why did he come back with a food box.

Seeing Yinhong's doubts, Xu Shi said with a smile, "The moon cakes brought back from Master Biao's house are said to be for Madam to try."

Yinhong smiled and nodded to Butler Zhang, and walked lightly back to the main room with the food box.Seeing that his wife was removing her hair and preparing to wash, she put the food box on the table and went to help.

Zhong Yanran saw Yinhong coming in with a food box through the bronze mirror, and asked suspiciously: "Why did you bring a food box here? Did the master send someone to bring it?"

"Mrs. Zhang, it's the mooncakes that Butler Zhang brought back from Young Master Biao's house. He said it was for you to try something new."

A few days before the Mid-Autumn Festival, seeing that my cousin had already started preparing mooncakes and gave myself a copy, I felt strange and relieved for a while.He waved his hand to make the two maids retreat, walked to the table and opened the food box, and saw ten moon cakes the size of a baby's fist neatly stacked in the food box.Perhaps it wasn't long after it came out of the pot, and there was still a trace of warmth in the food box.

Originally, Zhong Yanran didn't have the habit of eating before going to bed, but smelling the sweet smell from the food box, Zhong Yanran hesitated for a moment and took a bite of a small one.After entering the mouth, I found that this mooncake seemed a little different from the ones I ate in previous years.The filling inside is delicate, the taste is fragrant but not greasy, and the skin is crispy and soft, so she couldn't help but take another bite.

"This mooncake is pretty good. I don't know where this kid got a new cook."

The servants in Li Hongshen's house were all found by Zhong Yanran with the help of Zhong Yanran, so the details were naturally clear.Mama Li on the stove in Li's house is fine with cooking some home-cooked dishes, but if she is asked to make new snacks, she is not that capable.

Zhong Yanran slowly ate the mooncake in her hand, took another one out of the food box and gently broke it into two pieces, and carefully looked at the filling inside.After hesitating for a moment, she said to Yinhong: "Go and invite Steward Zhang, I have something to ask him."

Hearing this, Yinhong blessed Fushen in response, stopped Butler Zhang who was about to go back to rest, and took her to the main hall.

"Steward Zhang, you just went to your cousin's house, did you find someone you didn't know at his house?"

Guanshi Zhang didn't expect his wife to ask this question, so he nodded when he thought of Li Zian whom he just met in Li's residence.

"There is indeed one. This person is a classmate of Young Master Biao, and he seems to be living in Young Master Biao's house now." After finishing speaking, Steward Zhang looked up at Zhong Yanran's face, then lowered his head and said, "Ma'am, there is something I don't know what to say." Improper speaking?"

Zhong Yanran knew that this cousin had been cold-tempered since he was a child, and now that he heard that he would take in a classmate in the house, he was already very puzzled. Hearing this, he hurriedly recovered and said, "Just say it, Steward Zhang."

Hearing this, Steward Zhang responded, and continued, "According to the villain's observation, it seems that Young Master Biao has a close relationship with that classmate of his..."

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On the carriage back to Lijia Village, Li Hongshen leaned against the wall of the carriage with a tired expression, looked at Li Zi'an, who was smiling brightly, and cursed 'beast' in a low voice.

Li Zi'an heard it in his ears, smiled and poked his head over, pretending not to hear clearly, and asked, "Daughter-in-law, what did you say? The carriage sound was a bit loud just now, I didn't hear clearly."

Hearing this, Li Hongshen couldn't help giving him a blank look.Stretching out his hands to support his waist, he adjusted a comfortable posture for himself, and wanted to stay away from Li Zian by the way.

Seeing him like this, Li Zian knew that he was exhausted last night.Thinking that there was still some distance to Lijia Village, he rushed forward and hugged Li Hongshen in his arms, wanting him to rest in his arms.However, Li Hongshen had a shadow of what happened last night, and almost jumped up when he saw Li Zian approaching.Recalling in his mind the toss that Li Zian forced him to do last night, Li Hongshen's legs softened and he fell back to his original position.

"What are you hiding? Can I still eat you in the carriage?" Li Zian forcibly hugged him into his arms.

Li Zian put his head on his lap and covered his eyes with his right hand to help him block the light source, wanting Li Hongshen to fall asleep as soon as possible.However, Li Hongshen did not fall asleep, and the slender eyelashes brushed against his palm like a small brush, and the itchy touch made Li Zian's mouth curl up involuntarily.

Neither of them spoke, and they arrived at Lijia Village all the way.

Because the road in Lijia Village was narrow, Zhao Yang stopped the car at the entrance of the village.Li Zian, who was confused, held Li Hongshen and opened his eyes. He lifted the curtain of the car and saw that he had already arrived outside the village. When he was hesitating whether to wake Li Hongshen, the other party moved and woke up.

"Get up, it's already here."

Li Hongshen nodded, and followed Li Zian out of the carriage.Because they brought too many things, Zhao Yang helped them take them down and sent them all the way outside Li's house.

On the way back to the village, Li Zian met many acquaintances, and they all looked surprised when they saw Li Zian returning with big and small bags.Li Zian warmly greeted Li Hongshen with his fellow countrymen, and noticed that Li Hongshen behind him seemed a little cramped. After a few more polite words from his fellow countrymen, Li Zian took Li Hongshen away first under the pretext of being anxious to go home.

After turning a corner, Li Ziyang saw a group of people gathered in front of his house from a distance, Li Zi'an couldn't help being a little puzzled, hurriedly talked to Li Hongshen, and then walked over there quickly.

When Li Zian arrived outside the human wall, he heard Mrs. Li's characteristic loud voice crying non-stop. The onlookers noticed Li Zian's arrival behind them, their expressions changed, and they all made way for him.

It turned out that the sister-in-law of the Li family was a little unhappy when she heard her man say that she would go to the city to help her uncle decorate the shop after the festival.The younger brother-in-law dropped out of school halfway, which meant that the whole family's hard work for so many years was in vain. Thinking about it, she was already suffocated.Now that I heard that my brother-in-law is going to open a shop in the town, I can't sit still.

Not to mention whether the man in the family works, whether the uncle will pay him or not.My uncle has been studying for so many years, but he has never gone out to work for a day. He wants to open a shop, and he opens it as soon as he wants. Where does he get the capital?To put it bluntly, it was not taken from the pockets of the old couple.Thinking that she wanted to separate the family before, the old lady called her back just saying that she had no money to start a house.The old man came back and saw that her nose was not a nose, and her eyes were not eyes.She really couldn't figure it out, it was also crawled out of a mother's belly, why should he, Li Zi'an, be top-notch in everything, and they have to stand back? !

It's okay to study before, but now you've been dropped out of the academy, and you're still treated like a treasure. Who can balance this? !

So when I went back to my mother's house to give gifts before the festival, I told her mother about it.Her mother is also a powerful character. When she heard this, she slapped the table and jumped up.Rushing out of the back room and crying to Brother Li, everything in the words revealed that the Li family is partial, her daughter has suffered with Brother Li for so many years, and in the end she still serves as a stepping stone for others.

Brother Li was soft-hearted, and he didn't dare to say anything after hearing what Li's sister-in-law's own mother said.Seeing that her mother's family was supporting her, Mrs. Li started to make a big fuss when she got home.The two children, Li Wenshu and Li Wenyue, were so frightened that they burst into tears. For a while, the yard of Li's house was full of joy and excitement.

Old Madam Li looked at the elder daughter-in-law with a snot and a tear in front of her with a livid face, both angry and helpless in her heart.She knew that she had favored the younger son a little over the years, but in order to compensate the other two sons, she also subsidized a lot in private.The old man begged for the two grandsons to work as waiters in the restaurant. The eldest brother injured his leg while working, and they paid for the treatment.The eldest grandson married a wife and received a bride price, but the eldest daughter-in-law said she had no money, so she gritted her teeth and took out the coffin book.Speaking of which, the elders take advantage of it more than anyone else.But the other party didn't think about this at all, and only saw what other people got in front of them...

Seeing that the eldest daughter-in-law was still crying and there were more and more people watching outside, Granny Li was finally disappointed.Turning her head to look at the eldest son who was standing aside with a helpless expression, Mrs. Li asked, "Boss, what do you think of this matter?"

Boss Li didn't expect his mother to ask him a question, so he was taken aback for a moment before getting up and walking towards his daughter-in-law who was messing around on the ground.

"Speak up if you have something to say, what are you making trouble about?"

Hearing her man speak, Mrs. Li immediately jumped up from the ground, pointed at her man's nose and scolded: "Say it well? No matter how hard I talk about it, the house will be emptied! You are so stupid to be treated like a cow and a horse." Many years, but what’s the result?! People say that if you don’t study, you don’t study. If you say you don’t want to study, you will open the shop immediately. Are you all fools?! I want to separate the family. Your mother said that there is no money. Just open it. He is a poor and talented scholar, and if he said that the family didn’t give a penny, who would believe it?!”

"Whether you believe it or not, your father and I didn't take any money from Zian to open the shop. You can go to the town and ask Wen Wenming and Xiao Meng, he also knows about the family affairs."

"Will you let anyone know that he has gone to work? Xiaomeng, hmph, how does she know this. Besides, can you give it in front of her? Who are you fooling!" Aunt Li yelled, piercing her waist .

Li Zi'an pushed aside the crowd, looked at the old lady Li's face livid with anger from the elder sister-in-law, and asked the second sister-in-law Li to take the two crying children back to the room first, while he walked slowly to the elder sister-in-law Li.

"Sister-in-law, just tell me what you have to say, there's no need to yell at my mother."

Li Zi'an's tone was calm, with a hint of a smile on his face, which made Mrs. Li feel inexplicably guilty.But remembering what her mother said on the return journey, her back straightened up immediately.

"Tell you? What's the use of me telling you? I have been married to your family for so many years, I have worked hard to raise two children, and I have worked hard at home and abroad. So partial to you, I also admit it. But you don’t want to study, you want to open a shop, and your family has to spend all their money to help you, why?”

At this moment, the second brother Li who received the news hurriedly ran back from the outside, looked at the black-eyed sister-in-law Li and the elder brother who bowed his head silently beside him, held his breath and said to elder brother Li: "Elder brother, you still don't know what to do?" Don't take my sister-in-law away! The whole family can't talk about anything properly, and they have to make a lot of noise."

After finishing speaking, Second Brother Li dragged Old Madam Li into the room, asked her to comfort her, and then walked out of the room by himself.

"It's true that my family has spent a lot of money to support my education over the years. I keep all of this in my heart. I originally thought that our family would open the shop busily and build a big house for you when we made money. Don't let our children humble themselves in front of others and look at people's faces."

"I borrowed the money to open my shop from my classmate, and my parents didn't take any money for me. I remember the help my elder brother and sister-in-law have shown me over the years. Don't worry, I will pay it back. As for the future... ..."

Li Zi'an didn't say anything more, looked at the second brother standing on the steps and nodded: "Tell mother, this time it's because I wasn't considerate enough this time, which made her suffer."

After finishing speaking, Li Zian walked up to Li Hongshen and Zhao Yang, took the things from their hands, and put them at the door.

"These things are a holiday gift from me to my mother, and some of them are for the elder brother and the second brother. You can share them. I'll go first."

After Li Zian finished speaking, he turned around and came to Li Hongshen, stretched out his hand to hold his wrist and walked out of the small courtyard of Li's family.