Bamboo Fragrance

Chapter 84 Seer
After the patriarch listened, he pinched his attention and focused on her.

A loving smile appeared on his flushed face, "What do you have to say? Just say it."

"Cough!" Li Kongzhu, who had a choked voice, glanced at Zhao Junyi, seeing that he didn't react much, and presumably he had no rebuttal.

"Well, my younger brother from my natal family is going to live in our house, and I will support him in his education and literacy in the future. For this matter, I am afraid of causing dissatisfaction among the clan, so I want to make a statement with the patriarch."

The main thing is to prevent the other two families from being dissatisfied. If there is trouble at that time, if there is no confirmation from the patriarch, I am afraid that there will be some troubles.

Patriarch Zhao pondered for a while while pinching his beard. When he looked at her again, his eyes were full of meaning, "Since he is a younger brother from the natal family? There is nothing wrong with causing dissatisfaction!"

Li Kongzhu's black line, he was a bit unpredictable about his half-truth and half-fake teasing.

On the face, she got up and saluted calmly, "Although Diabolo married Zhao's family, she is the daughter-in-law of Zhao's family. The ancestors did not have parents, so they raised a younger brother from their natal family. But for me, raising a younger brother is also for the sake of Make a plan in the future, as for what kind of plan it is, although it has not been determined yet, but I don’t want to talk about it with the patriarch grandpa.”

After a pause, she raised her eyes to the old man whose eyes were shrewd with shrewdness, and said seriously: "In the future plan of Diabolo, it is something that will benefit the whole village."

The patriarch's eyelids twitched inadvertently. Although he was a little curious and moved by the words, he said with a smile on his face: "It's a big tone. Do you know that things that benefit the whole village don't happen overnight? Or Say, do you think that the few pennies you spend on harvesting and washing the fruits have increased the income of the village?"

It's really a poisonous mouth.Li Kongzhu made a dark comment in his heart, but didn't reveal anything on his face, "In this way, it's empty talk, how about this?"

"Children of the family, I don't have the ability to support them now, but as long as the children of my sister-in-law and brother's family reach the age of eight, I can still send one of them to study. Is it possible?"

As for who to choose, of course it's up to her to decide, Zhao Miao'er is a woman and she doesn't need it, she planned to use Zhao Niqiu for her, and sending him to study is just an early investment.

The patriarch listened to her and looked at her seriously for a while.

It took a long time before finally laughing loudly, "You are kind, you caught the person you want to use early in the morning, and now you are here to ask for a favor..."

He laughed repeatedly and shook his head, beckoning his grandson-in-law to ask, "What did your sister-in-law send you?"

The granddaughter-in-law blushed a little, her face swelled up and her face was coquettishly angry, "Grandpa, you say this, it seems like your granddaughter-in-law has shallow eyelids..."

"No one said you have shallow eyelids. The old man just wants to know if it's worth it!" The old man waved his hand to stop her talking, and turned his eyes away from Li Kongzhu, who was in front of him, "Just tell me Just give me something."

"There are a few feet of fine cotton cloth, plus about five catties of fat. There is also a package of glutinous rice crisps, and a package of crystal cakes. By the way, there are also catties of white sugar!"

She counted the things she had just taken out of the basket with her fingers, while the old man beside her was smiling and shaking her head while pinching her beard. "It's such a heavy gift!"

Li Kongzhu smiled, "Although there are some homely things in it, but I sincerely give this gift, and it is also in the heart of the family master, don't think of me as a junior."

Seeing her for a while, the old man sweetly changed his mouth and called grandpa a few times.Instead, he laughed a few times, looked at his granddaughter-in-law, and thought to himself, no wonder he was so active in bringing him to the front yard, and he said a lot of good things along the way.
A few feet of cloth and a few pieces of dim sum bought her, which is really far behind her.

Sighing, pinching his beard and smiling back, "This gift is also accepted, and I saw the junior's gift again. I think if my old man doesn't agree, I'm afraid I will be an elder in vain."

"...Okay! I'll take care of this matter first, and if it really makes trouble at that time, I'll go for a walk!" Pretending to ponder for a while, the old man finally agreed with a sigh of relief.

"Master Xie!" Li Kongzhu laughed and got up and bowed quickly after hearing this. "If you think there is a patriarch in charge, even if Jieshi is a rascal, he wouldn't dare to act presumptuously in front of your old man!"

The old man smiled helplessly and waved his hands, "It's okay, it's okay! Don't say those beautiful words. If there is no real benefit, no matter how majestic I am, it will not help the matter, and it will be unfair to others."

Old fox!
Li Kongzhu wrinkled his nose, but the old man laughed when he saw it, "I am the head of the clan, so I have to consider for the clan. Girl, don't forget the things you said earlier that are beneficial to the village."

Didn't you say she has a loud voice?

Even though he was thinking this way in his heart, Li Kongzhu smiled respectfully on his face, "Naturally, if there is such a day, Diabozhu will remember today's words."

The old man nodded in relief after hearing this.

Zhao Junyi, who had been silent over there, got up impatiently, "Since we're done talking, let's take our leave and go home!"

Li Kongzhu nodded, but the old man laughed again and again, pointed at the man, and sighed helplessly: "You really don't care when and where you are!" No elders.

"It's just mutual benefit." Zhao Junyi glanced at him coldly.

If it's true, he's mostly calculated to take advantage of it, the old fox's eyes are very shrewd, although this little woman is also successful, he still doesn't want the old man to not only take advantage of him, but also take advantage of her cheap.

After the words fell, the man reached out and grabbed the woman's hand, "Go back!"

"Ah~oh!" Li Kongzhu was stunned for a moment, and stared at the hand he offered to pull.Nodding his head, he hurriedly followed his footsteps towards the outside of the house.

The old patriarch at the back watched, coughed a few times with a smile on his face, and called his granddaughter-in-law to see off the guests.

After hearing this, the daughter-in-law quickly put away some dissatisfaction, and quickly chased out, calling Li Kongzhu to stay, saying that she hadn't given the basket yet.

After Li Kongzhu took the basket and thanked him, the daughter-in-law smiled and said a few words, which meant that she was dissatisfied with Zhao Junyi's attitude towards the elders.

Although Li Kongzhu felt in his heart that Zhao Junyi had gone too far, he couldn't tolerate others talking about his man, so he only smiled when he was discharged from the hospital, "Although he is cold-tempered, he is a caring person. Otherwise, he wouldn't be with him I came here to meet and give gifts again."

The daughter-in-law's face froze, and then she recovered and said, "It's just that I'm so narrow-minded!"

"Siblings are worrying too much!" Li Kongzhu didn't deny her words, just saluted her again, "Farewell!"

Turning around, he chased after the man who had already walked a long way.

The daughter-in-law in the back poohed a little angrily, not wanting to be seen by the old man who was coming out of the main room.

Shaking his head, he said to her, "Why are you so narrow-minded? It's okay to have shallow eyelids, but you can't be so short-sighted!"

"Grandpa!" The daughter-in-law stamped her feet unhappily, "Then Saburo Zhao is disrespectful to you."

"If you're disrespectful, don't be disrespectful! Since you've received something from someone, why bother about it?!" After reprimanding the ignorant granddaughter-in-law, the old man coughed lightly and walked towards the backyard.

The daughter-in-law stomped her feet in dissatisfaction and got angry before going to close the courtyard door.

Li Kongzhu managed to catch up with the man who was walking so fast alone, and he pulled his sleeves panting behind and asked, "Master, do you have any agreement with that old man?"

Judging from their conversation just now, I'm afraid it's not a small agreement.

"...Hmm!" Feeling her pulling his clothes, the man paused, then slowed down, and walked side by side with her.

It really is? !From this point of view, the old man should know something about him?

The pensive Li Kongzhu wondered if he could ask the old man for something.

I didn't want the man to look back at her like that, so I couldn't help but frowned, "Stop dealing with that old man, that's an old fox!"

It depends on the person, he was hit by this trick back then.

At that time, there was nothing more sorrow than death, but the old man took the opportunity to persuade him to be included in the Zhao family tree.I originally wanted to find a safe place to live in peace for a while, but who would have thought that today, I really have the hope of recovery!

Hearing what he said, Li Kongzhu was really curious about him, and wanted to ask, but he heard him say: "It's time to know, since I know, there is no need to inquire so much!"

"When will we have to wait?"

She pouted with dissatisfaction, but the man smiled into his eyes, and said narrowly, "Why don't you guess it?"

"Bad guy!" After letting go of the sleeve, the woman crossed his eyes, lifted her feet and rushed forward.

After putting him far behind her, she turned around and made a face at the man, "I guess? It's not that easy, just wait for the day when I change my mind! Hmph!" After finishing speaking, she ran wildly again .

The man behind him stared at the general for a while, and after grinning, he also picked up his foot and picked up the speed to chase after him.

The scene of the two chasing after each other has once again become a unique scenery in the village, causing the neighbors to stop and look at each other suspiciously again.

At that time, Li Kongzhu was being chased so recklessly that he ran and laughed into the sky.I just feel that life has never been so joyful. He can chase after her, and it has greatly satisfied the little vanity and coquettish psychology in her heart...

I ran back home in a good mood. At that time, the fruit washers were pitting the fruit.

When they saw her, it was all right to ask each other about things.

Li Kongzhu nodded, smiled and touched the three children's heads one by one, then sat down and went to the fruit stones together.

After finishing work in the evening, and making an appointment with Mrs. Wang to go to Liushu Village the next day, everyone went to their respective homes to rest without mentioning it.

In the early morning of the next day, Li Diaozhu took the six rituals and led the well-dressed Li Jingzhe to Wang's house.

At that time, Mrs. Wang was also waiting for her at home. As soon as the two families met, they took each other out of the village.

When they arrived at Liushu Village, just in time for class, the two told the woman who was cooking and met the old gentleman.

After presenting the gifts for apprenticeship and Shuxiu, the old man made a gesture to test the school and doubled the children.

When asked what they wanted to learn, Li Jingzhe blurted out: "I want to learn farming and arithmetic!"

He still remembers that his eldest sister asked him to help farm the land, so he must learn it well.

I want to learn arithmetic because I heard from Aunt Wang yesterday that she wanted Jiwa to learn accounting. No matter what you say in the future, if you have a skill, you can go to the store that opened a shop to be an accountant, and you can do it in a year. Earn a lot of money.

He doesn't want to earn money, he just wants to help his eldest sister.The eldest sister is running a shop now, so he will help her with the accounts in the future.

While thinking about it, he immediately turned his head and smiled at Li Kongzhu: "Eldest sister, when I learn arithmetic, I will go and settle the accounts for you!"

Li Kongzhu patted his little head with a gratified smile, nodded and praised him, "It's good that you have this kind of heart, big sister is waiting!"

"Hmph!" The old gentleman at the side snorted dissatisfiedly, "It's just some stuff of Adu, it's really disgraceful for you to yearn for it like this."

Li Kongzhu's black line, dare to love this old man is still a pedantic person?

Over there, Mrs. Wang looked at Li Diaozhu in a daze. Hearing the tone of the old gentleman, he seemed to be angry. Could it be that he didn't want to teach?
Li Kongzhu shook his head at her.I thought probably not, after all, he is an old scholar who opened a school to teach in the countryside, just to make ends meet.

For children in the countryside, there are not many people who can really make official careers, not to mention the rewards, and the money will not be able to bear it.normal family.Thinking about it, most of them are thinking of recognizing a few more characters, so that they can stop being blind in the future so that they can find a decent job.

Among them, the most respectable one should be the account manager.

Sure enough, after the old gentleman said that, he wrote Li Jingzhe's name on the roster without saying a word.

After finishing the work, he called the next one to come.

When Jiwa asked, and she also learned arithmetic, she became a little unhappy.

Seeing this, Li Diaozhu hurriedly rounded up his sentence, "It's just the children talking. To really teach, you still have to ask for a comprehensive textbook from the master. At that time, we can watch and learn as we see fit. If it is really that talented person, No matter what, it won't delay your baby's future, so please rest assured, sir!"

As he said that, he took out another bunch of copper coins, "I will ask you to spend some time in advance, and help the little lady to see what the qualifications of these two children are, so I can teach them according to their aptitude."

After hearing this, the old gentleman sized her up, then closed his eyes and hummed lightly, shook his head and said a lot of things, finally accepted the string of money, and said something plain, "I will teach you for two days for now." Let's see!"

"Thank you sir!"

Li Diaozhu saluted, and Wang who was at the side also followed suit with a non-standard salute.

Since it was time for class, the two children stayed in school.

Li Kongzhu asked when school was over, and when he learned that it was three quarters before the hour, he and Wang walked out of the school together.

As soon as she came out, Mrs. Wang patted her chest repeatedly, and said with admiration: "You really are a reader, I can't understand a single word of this bunch of words."

Li Kongzhu was amused, although she was a scholar, but in her opinion, the old man was a bit too sour.

That bunch of callers is just a bunch of nonsense, ordinary people can explain things in a few words, but in the mouth of this sour scholar, it becomes a long speech.

Li Kongzhu thought about it, during the enlightenment period of recognizing characters, let Jing Zhe read here first, and in the future, I am afraid that he will have to find another better school.

Whether it's learning accounting or farming, what she needs most now is someone who will support her and plan for her own future.

The two returned to the village together.

At that time, it was still some time before Xiangwu head, when Li Kongzhu came home, he saw that only Mai Yaer and his wife were there, so he asked Zui Huiniang if he had gone back.

After knowing it, they helped to boil the hawthorn together.

When Zhao Junyi, the head of Xiangwu, came back with fruit, the fruit on the cart was a little less than yesterday.

"If it continues like this, will the fruit be broken by the end of the month?" Mai Ya'er asked worriedly.

Li Kongzhu went to help unload the car. Hearing this, he shrugged his shoulders indifferently, "It's just a month ahead of schedule. After the spring returns in mid-February, do you think you can continue to do it?"

Even though it is such a rationale, it still makes people feel a little uncomfortable.

Whispering, Mai Ya'er went to help unload the truck, gritted his teeth and cursed in a low voice: "A group of people picked up ready-made guys. In the past, a lot of them rotted on the mountain, and I didn't see anyone who was thinking about it. It’s really shameless to follow suit!”

Li Kongzhu looked at her speechlessly for a while, then shook his head with a sense of humor, "Okay! Move it quickly!" If you really want to talk about it, she still picked up the idea, this scolding, not even scolding herself Is it?
After unloading the fruit here, the two children from the other side ran over, and after a while Mrs. Wang also came.

While everyone was working, the two children didn't see Li Jingzhe who was working with them, so they had to ask again.

Mrs. Wang glanced at Li Kongzhu, seeing that she didn't react much, she knew that she didn't intend to hide this matter, so she smiled and said: "Jing Zhe is going to study now, and I will help your Third Aunt when I learn Chinese characters in the future." Do something."

"Study?" Zhao Miaoer was a little puzzled, "What is study?"

"It's just to recognize characters. It's like saying, Miao Er, can you write your name?"

Seeing her shake her head, Wang's face was full of pride, "After two days after your Jihua brother learns to read, Grandma Wang will ask him to write your name for you, okay?"

Compared to eating, which is useless to read characters, Zhao Miaoer is not very interested. Hearing what she said, she quickly shook her head and said arrogantly, "No! I want to eat cakes !"

"You son of a bitch!" Mrs. Wang was angry and funny, "What do you know, you have to know that studying costs money, and for the money of that book, you can buy a lot of cakes to support you."

"Cheat money!" The little boy didn't believe it, and ran over to pester Li Kongzhu for cakes.

Li Kongzhu had no choice but to smile and took a small half of the crystal cake, and after coaxing her for a while, the matter was finally revealed.

After washing the fruit, Mrs. Wang saw that it was getting late when she took the money, so she asked Li Kongzhu if she was going to pick up her baby.

Thinking that it was Li Jingzhe's first day of school today, Li Kongzhu didn't want someone else to pick him up, so he nodded and said to go together.

After sending the two children next door out of the hospital, the two of them headed towards Liushu Village hand in hand.

Mrs. Zhang, who came out from the other side to open the door for the two children, saw the backs of the two walking away, and couldn't help asking her daughter, "What are you doing with your third aunt?" The two were so close. Seriously, I heard that the two of them went to town together yesterday, and the old lady here has really sharpened her eyesight.

"Go pick up little uncle Jingzhe from school!" Zhao Miaoer pushed her mother to make way, she jumped into the courtyard and said so.

Unexpectedly, it was just such a mouth that made Zhang's heart jump. The hand that closed the door was on the door frame. Thinking that he had heard wrong, he quickly turned back to his daughter and asked again, "What are you talking about? Why are you after school?" ?”

"Pick up little uncle Jingzhe from school!" Zhao Miao'er looked at her mother with wide eyes in bewilderment and said, "Nurse Wang said that Jiwa is also going to school, and she also said that she wants to write my name... Mother, school is fun No?"

"You son of a bitch!" Mrs. Zhang glared at her, then turned her eyes to look at Zhao Niqian who had already climbed the steps in the east room.

"Niqiu, your third aunt's younger brother is going to school, do you know?"

Zhao Niqiu turned his eyes to look at her, and nodded slightly, "I know!"

"You don't want to go to school!" She deliberately yelled loudly towards the east room, "Going to school is much more useful than going to work for you, and earning that little wage. If you don't do it, you will be successful. In the future, it will be a matter of glory. Miles. This old family’s land is too eccentric. I don’t know which one is more important. How can there be a married girl who is also used by her natal brother? This really doesn’t take us old Zhao’s family seriously. Miles."

Mrs. Zheng, who is not stingy in the room, has heard it a long time ago. At this moment, if Zhao Jinsheng hadn't stopped her there, she might have rushed out and made a big fuss.

Zhao Niqiu covered his ears when he heard Zhang's yelling, and muttered, "Second aunt, I'm still young." When he was leaving, the third aunt told him that he was still young, and after a few years, he would let him follow him. It's the same as my little uncle Jingzhe.

"You are young, your brother is not young. If a five-year-old child is open and intelligent, he may become a child prodigy in the future."

Mrs. Zhang stretched her neck towards the east room, and at the same time stared at Zhao Tiedan who was playing with mud in the corner over there.

I always felt unfair and panicked, and now I thought I was stuck there, but in the blink of an eye, my natal mother sent a boy over, and he was sent directly to the school to study.

Is reading so easy?After years of repairs, there is no one or two taels of silver, can I read it?

Her daughter went there every day for only one penny a day, and she could only survive three hundred pennies a year.Comparing these two comparisons, which is more important and which is less important, even a fool can understand it.

"Loach, come in!" The voice of Zhao Jinsheng from the other side came from the room.

After hearing this, Zhao Niqiu trembled unconsciously.After rushing back into the house, he took small steps and walked towards the house.

On the other side, Zhao Yinsheng showed his head from his own wing, and asked his wife with an angry face, "What are you talking about? Did the old man send his natal brother to study? Didn't he just come back to stay for a few days? ?”

Glaring at him angrily, "All day long, you know how to hide in the house, and you don't know what's going on outside. Now people have long been dependent on their mother's family, and they want to borrow their power!"

"You bastard, hey, I'm not looking for trouble, now I'm getting more and more ignorant of me?" As he spoke, he rolled up his sleeves and walked out.

As soon as Zhao Niqiu from the other side entered the room, Mrs. Zheng yelled at him: "Is what your second aunt said true? That damn bitch really sent her natal brother to school?"

Zhao Niqiu shrank back in fear, while Zhao Jinsheng over there glared at his wife in displeasure, then turned his head and frowned and asked in a low voice, "Is it true?"

Zhao Niqiu handed over a penny.

Zhao Jinsheng looked at it in his hand and shook it hard, his eyes were terribly deep, and he asked in a deep voice: "I'm asking you, is it true?"

"Yes...really." Zhao Niqiu nodded in fear, and opened his mouth to say that the third aunt asked him to go too in a few years.

Unexpectedly, before he opened his mouth, the voice of Zhao Yinsheng from the other side came in from outside.

"I said big brother, if you can bear this tone, I will really convince you. We were wrong in the past, but now the boss directly picked up the younger brother from her natal family to study, isn't it cruel? Did you slap our Zhao family? How do outsiders see this? There is no natal family around, so they raised a son for others. It's good for my younger brother, I'll just enjoy being a young master."

After Zhao Yinsheng finished speaking in one breath, he just entered the house and hummed when he saw the family, "I'm going to ask for an explanation in a while. Son."

"Brother, in a word, are you going or not? If you want to go, our two brothers will go together to block that little girl. Based on this, no matter how pitiful she is, no matter how reasonable she is, she won't let her go." People will stand on her side? What's wrong with being rich, if you have money, you have to pay attention to the rules!"

While shaking his fingers, he spun around his waist without aggrievedness, which made Zhao Jinsheng who was listening on the side cast his eyes down.

Before he could respond, Mrs. Zheng on the other side rolled up her sleeves and shouted, "Go, why not? Don't need to say much, beat him first, let his mother have no rules, let his mother dare to be mean."

While speaking, his fat face was as ferocious as that of the berserkers, and he wished that Li Kongzhu's shadow would appear in front of him immediately, and immediately went to twist her neck.

Zhao Jinsheng glanced at her, and thought for a while with lowered eyes without saying a word.

Zhao Yinsheng over there was a little anxious, "Why, don't you want to offend? It's all up to you, don't worry, even if you offend her, she won't be able to get anything good. Most of the people in the village have the surname Zhao. She wants to If you still want to hang around in this village, you have to fill in this hole. Otherwise, we will clamor for the Zhao family members to uphold justice. Doesn’t she want to leave the clan? If she dares to ruin her reputation like this, Take off, then we will give her a publicity, and then we will see if she has taken off her family and dragged down that partner, and people can't help her."

Zhao Yinsheng's words touched Zheng's heart, and after listening to his words, she felt that Li Diaozhu was just the meat on the chopping board, waiting for her to chop it up.

"Master, let's go quickly, don't block it for a while, people go home, the courtyard gate is blocked, if you want to make trouble again, you have to tear down the courtyard wall."

Zhao Jinsheng gave her a cross look.After seeing her shrunk her neck and closed her mouth, she sighed, "It's better to wait for someone to come back and ask about this matter. If you block it with a big swagger, it won't make a fuss in the end."

"What's wrong? If you want to block it, you have to block it right away, so that she can't argue. You have to wait for someone to come back and ask, and the person will just say, don't go, what else can we get?"

The point is to get something out of it. He is a girl, and he doesn't send her to school, so why not make trouble with her?

Zhao Jinsheng naturally heard it, and felt that their second wife and husband were becoming more and more treacherous, why did they use their eldest wife as a gunman again and again?

"And wait at home." Zhao Jinsheng felt a little uncomfortable, and didn't want to fulfill the wish of the second room, "It's the same for blocking the door, as long as you don't enter the house, just ask!"

"You're really useless!" Zhao Yinsheng groaned, turning his eyes away from Mrs. Zheng, "If you don't go, I'll go!"

After all, he lifted his feet and left the house.

Seeing this, Mrs. Zheng rolled her eyes, "I'll go and see if the chicken is in the loop." After speaking, he lifted his feet and followed.

Zhao Jinsheng's eyes were deep, he knew what his mother-in-law's plan was, but he didn't pay attention.

Zhao Niqiu, who had been hanging in the corner all this time, saw that the three adults had finally finished making a fuss, so he opened his mouth and whispered, "Father, the third aunt said..."

Zhao Jinsheng rolled his eyes at him, and when he heard the door opening outside, he quickly lifted his feet and walked outside...

(End of this chapter)