Cheng Wenhan went to Xishan Academy, although Hongzhu was a little unaccustomed, but it was better, but Li's there was not it, she sent someone to the academy that day, and when she came back, she was still interested in talking to Hongzhu about what she had seen in the academy, but after finishing speaking, people were depressed at night, and they became ill within two days.

Li has always been weak, can't do heavy work, and can't freeze his hands and feet, this is Hongzhu has long known, so when she was in the Zhu family, she didn't want her to work hard, only for the first two years, Hongzhu watched and guarded, and Li still couldn't help but get sick in winter. This year, she happened to move out of the Zhu family, Hongzhu saw that she was in a relaxed mood, and burned more firewood every day to keep her cold.

The Li family sent Cheng Wenhan to the academy and came back, and he was in a happy mood and sad when he got sick. This disease brought out the old disease, but in the middle of the night, he was so haggard that he couldn't do it.

Hongzhu was worried and bored, and couldn't help complaining, "If I knew this was the case, I wouldn't let you send him there, and you couldn't stand the back and forth of going up and down the mountain." ”

Li looked apologetic, but replied: "If you don't ask me to go, I haven't seen him properly settled, and I feel uneasy. And said: "It's not a big problem with me, it's the same in previous years, it's just that I'm lazy, coughing and wheezing, and I'll be fine when the weather is warm for two days." ”

"I hope so. Hongzhu responded like this, but when she turned around, she still went to invite a famous doctor in Tong'an to treat her, and she didn't spare any money and silver, but only asked him to bother with a few pairs of good medicines, not to remove the root of Li's illness, but also to take the opportunity to recuperate.

Li didn't want to spend money indiscriminately, so he went to persuade her. Only Hongzhu replied: "Mother, my brother has just gone to the academy, and now the two of us are at home, if you are not good, it must be that I can't take care of you and make you sick." You don't want to take medicine to recuperate, do you want me to send a letter to my brother so that he can come back so that he can guard you?"

Li sighed when he heard this, so he had to go with Hongzhu's arrangement.

Because of the use of good medicine, Li Shi wanted to be good again, and she was in better spirits after resting for six or seven days.

Although Li is well, he still remembers his son from time to time, and he said for a while: "I don't know how the gentlemen in the academy are, whether the classmates get along well...... and then said: "The spring has been cold in the past two days, and the wind is blowing as if it is going to snow again, and I don't know if there is enough firewood on the mountain, and whether the cover is warm or not...... I came back sick like this, and it was cold in the mountains, so I was afraid that he wouldn't be able to stand it. Then there is worry: "He is still young, if he just plays around, I am afraid that he will study hard, but he will burn his body." ”

Hongzhu also echoed her at the beginning, but later saw that no matter what she said to persuade the Li family to rest assured, the Li family deserved it well at the beginning, but it would still be repeated in two days, and it was the same as what she said before. Hongzhu has heard a lot, she is really helpless and funny, and she knows that no matter how she persuades, it is useless. This is Lee's motherly heart, as long as her son is not by her side, Lee's will talk about him from time to time.

Li is like this, even if she is well this time, it is still inappropriate to look back and worry about it. Hongzhu saw that she was lazy to stay at home for a few days, so she knew that it would not be possible to leave Li alone at home, and after thinking about it, Hongzhu still asked her to go to the restaurant together. If she is busy in the restaurant, she won't care about how to remember Cheng Wenhan.

"Mother, I don't ask you to do anything when you go to the restaurant, the kitchen burns firewood to warm up, you find a place where you can't blow smoke, help pass the food when you're busy, and you can embroider under the sun when you're not busy. Hongzhu smiled.

Speaking of this embroidery, after moving out of the Zhu family, the Li family saw that the days were a little free, so they went to find Aunt Gu's way to pick up some embroidery pieces to do. Li's embroidery is excellent, although it is not as fine as that of Aunt Gu's daughter, but she has always had a bit of ingenuity, even embroidering a flower is two points more than others want to do, and the patterns she makes are praised by everyone when they see it.

In the first two years, they were really poor, and Li's embroidery work was to earn some money to add income to the family, and Hongzhu didn't want her to waste her eyes so day and night, saying that she couldn't move her, so she only let her do less. Although their family is not wealthy now, they don't wait for the Li family's two or three hundred dollars a month to be urgently needed, and Hongzhu doesn't want her to do it.

Li Shi also said that there was a job embroidered in her hands, and she felt comfortable and happy in her heart. Hongzhu thought about it, although Li was born in a businessman's family, but also a little leisure, her embroidery is not a board and a glance, but a bit of art, Hongzhu saw that she was really happy, thought about it or relied on her. At present, Li has just recovered from his illness, and he has less strength in his body, so he can't do heavy work, so the embroidery is just right.

Li Shi felt uncomfortable, only frowned and said: "Hongzhu, if I go to the restaurant and only choose a light job, it will not be possible, and let me stay in the sun to embroider, listen to what you said, am I going to work, or am I going to enjoy happiness? And he said, "When I am a porcelain man, I think if this is the case, I might as well not go, because I will not get in the way." ”

Hongzhu knew that Li thought it would be good if she didn't go, but if she went, she was afraid of the heavy, and only did light work, which was not good for people to see. She only said: "Mother, it's not that they don't know about your second uncle, they said when they opened this restaurant before, I am serious about working in it and getting paid, you, just go and help in your spare time, who will say anything." Hongzhu said this to her, and when she turned around, she told her second uncle Li and the Zhong family about her worries.

Second Uncle Li didn't have an idea, Zhong just smiled when he heard it and said: "An Niang, it's okay if you are polite to others, if you are like us, life will be boring." Okay, you're here, I'm working, and I'm talking to a lot of people, and I'm happy. ”

With what Zhong said, it would be okay for Li to work in the restaurant if he didn't work.

The business of the restaurant was idle for a period of time after the Chinese New Year, but after the spring ploughing, there were more people walking around in Nancheng, and it immediately became prosperous. Hongzhu calculated carefully, and with their share of money, in addition to daily expenses, they could save three or four taels of silver in a year. Although this money is not much, it is much better than the days when they did not have any income in the first two years.

Li Shi watched Hongzhu settle the accounts, and when she heard her say this, she didn't believe it at first, but she also knew how to calculate it herself, took the account book and looked at it over and over, and took some time to calculate it herself, knowing that this money was real, and she was greatly relieved.

She sighed and said, "You mentioned the matter of opening this restaurant first, you are a bold man, Wen Han also followed you to make trouble, although I responded to your idea, I still couldn't help but feel apprehensive in my heart." We have lost money here, and it will be difficult to stay up in the future, and we will always lack food and drink, so I am afraid that your second uncle and them will be affected...... If this restaurant is not good, I will be embarrassed to see your second uncle in the future. ”

Hongzhu smiled, and then couldn't help complaining, "Mother, why don't you believe me?" I see, you are too worried about this, I said it earlier, the second uncle has been in business for so many years, if it is really not good to open this restaurant, he will not respond, where can he listen to me, and invest in the family money?"

Li Shi also smiled: "I just believe you, why don't I believe you?" She looked at the red beads for a while before sighing and said, "I often think that I have given birth to two sons." ”

Hongzhu smiled and hugged her arm, "Mother, I am your son!"

Li was angry and amused, and pushed her away with a little forehead, "It would be nice if you were really my son!" ”

The days passed quickly, and it was almost a month since Cheng Wenhan went to the academy, and on this day, Li's Hongzhu was busy in the restaurant, Zhu Zilan suddenly came over, and went straight to the back and said to Li's: "Auntie, grandma asked you to go home." ”

Hongzhu heard her come in and talk without a head, so she came over and asked her, "What's the matter?" After thinking about it, there was something wrong, so she glanced at Zhu Zilan again, and only said: "What do you say about going home, we can move, that's your house, Zhu's family." ”

Zhu Zilan glared at her, "Cheng Hongzhu, are you interested in looking for old words?"

Hongzhu smiled, "I'm happy to do it." ”

Zhu Zilan said angrily: "I'm not happy!"

Li frowned, opened his mouth and said, "Alas, okay, you two are too, good for a while and bad for a while." This year is like a year, they are all big girls, and they still see the sky so nonsense. Hongzhu, are you still a sister, can you become a person?"

Hongzhu had no choice but to say, "Mother, I'm just joking." ”

Li glanced at her, and Hongzhu smiled flatteringly.

Zhu Zilan turned her head and snorted at her, before she said to the Li family: "Auntie, the county test will be in two days, and my brother came back yesterday." ”

Li Shi was surprised: "Does Bo Xiu have to take the exam this time?"

Zhu Zilan nodded, and said, "Grandma asked you to go back." She looked at the red beads and added, "If you have time, go back." ”

As soon as Li heard that it was Mrs. Zhu's order, he agreed first without asking how, and said directly: "Are you in a hurry? If you are in a hurry, I will leave now." ”

Only Hongzhu was suspicious in her heart, and she was worried that her mother would not be able to toss after recovering from a serious illness, so she asked Zhu Zilan: "What do I want my mother to do when I go back? ”

Zhu Zilan snorted, and said a little irritably: "Where did you come from so many things, did I still coax you to sell it? Don't blame grandma for saying that you are really a white-eyed wolf! I don't want to think about it, how many times did you go back to see her after you moved out? When you get a good time, you come up, and when you don't have a good time, you throw it away? It's a shame that my brother still wholeheartedly helped Wen Han get that recommendation last time, if it weren't for my brother, Wen Han wouldn't know what to do!"

Hongzhu couldn't help but be annoyed when she said this. Cheng Wenhan's eldest uncle and Zhu Boxiu helped her about going to school, and she understood it very well. Although Zhu Guida only regarded it as a relative, he would never ask them how to repay it. But Hongzhu remembers it in her heart, and she also has the intention of being grateful for the return. But if the Zhu family took it out and said it as soon as something happened because of such merits, she wanted her to make cattle and horses for them, but she wouldn't agree.

Hongzhu only said: "You are so idle that you came to scold me, right? As soon as you came to shout, my mother said to go, but you didn't say half a 'no', are you still not satisfied?"

Zhu Zilan's expression changed, and then she said stiffly: "Auntie agreed, you can push three or four." ”

Hongzhu squinted at her, "Don't you listen to me and can't go? I didn't know what to do, so I asked one more question, don't you have to live and work when we don't have to live? I leave without asking clearly, and you will support me when I turn around and lose business? You say yes, and I will follow you without saying anything!"

One sentence made Zhu Zilan's heart feel sullen, and she evened out her anger for a while before she said hatefully: "Who will raise you! Now that you can bear it, I don't dare to delay you to earn money to live, love to go or not!" After saying this, she turned around and left angrily.

Li wanted to persuade her, but she walked fast and couldn't stop her. She had no choice but to turn around and come back to her daughter: "Hongzhu, your temperament has to be changed, as soon as you speak, you quarrel, what kind of peaceful life do you have?" Zilan is that temperament, she speaks the most heartlessly, and most of her words are also ...... I also heard it from my family. It's just that you don't have to do it. After thinking about it, she added: "You used to say that you don't have to pay attention to them." ”

Hongzhu said angrily: "We used to live together, and we endured it if we could, but now that we have moved out, why should I indulge in her malignancy? ”

Li Shi saw that everyone was gone, and she had to catch up, so it was not good to preach with red beads at this time, so she hurriedly said: "I'll go back and have a look first, and I'll come back when you're done." ”

Hongzhu only said: "Mother, be careful." ”

"Is it really true that the Zhu family is a tiger's den in Longtan?" Li smiled, said to Second Uncle Li and Zhong, and then went.