Chapter 74
I didn't figure out the purse, and Hongzhu wasn't in a hurry for a while. However, this Zhao Ping'an's background is extraordinary, and it is by no means the fact that Cheng Wenhan thinks that the Zhao family is a down-and-out child, Hongzhu knows it. The person who can use such a cloak is different from the person who lives on the nose like her uncle Zhao Liang. However, Hongzhu didn't think about climbing other people's wealth and power, that person helped Cheng Wenhan, and she was grateful to him. But if she wanted to think about what benefits she would get from befriending that person in the future, it would be too vain and ridiculous.
Zhao Ping'an...... Ping'an, why is this name a little familiar?
Originally, Hongzhu thought that if he couldn't meet him in the future, this person would just be a fresh friend of Pingshui, but Cheng Wenhan shook his head, but suddenly patted his head, smiled happily on his face, and said that Zhao Ping'an said that he could recommend him to the academy, and said with a little annoyance: "I think what he said seems to be true, and he is not happy." Unfortunately, I got drunk and didn't ask much, and now I don't know where his family lives. ”
Where did Hongzhu think of such a thing, and she was immediately overjoyed, "He really said that? It can't be that he is also drunk and talking nonsense, right?"
Cheng Wenhan frowned, "Sister, you think I'm a fool and will only be coaxed, right?"
"It's fine. Hongzhu smiled and comforted him, and said, "If he is serious, he will come to you when he returns." Even if he doesn't come to you, do you know that he is from the Zhao family and still know where his family lives? Don't worry, I can find him out from heaven to earth. "In order for Cheng Wenhan to go to school, what is it to come to the door to find someone with such a cheekiness, at most, if the thing is done, it will be a lot of thanks to him.
Cheng Wenhan was relieved when he heard this, and as soon as his mind was relieved, he felt weak and his eyelids were heavy.
Seeing this, Hongzhu only let him sleep quickly.
At night, Li was worried that Cheng Wenhan was sick and slept lightly, so he couldn't help but get up to see him. Hongzhu only vaguely knew the sound when she heard it, "Mother, what's wrong?"
Li Shi whispered: "It's okay, you sleep, I'll go and take a look." ”
Hongzhu was very tired, and only said, "...... You put on your clothes, and you yourself are sick. With that, she fell asleep again.
After sleeping for a long time, Hongzhu turned to the side of the bed, but was surprised to find that her mother Li was not there, and when she saw that there was no quilt for her mother on the bed, she knew that her mother was no longer in bed. Thinking of Cheng Wenhan's young age and weak body, I am afraid that I can't help tossing yesterday or getting sick. This ancient illness is no small matter!
She hurriedly got up and asked, "Mother, what's wrong with Wenhan?"
"It's okay, he's fine, don't get up. Li said, and explained softly.
Hongzhu only knew that in the middle of the night, Wen Han suddenly had some symptoms of wind cold. Li was worried, for fear that he would be seriously ill, so he took the quilt and slept on his bedside, so as to guard him. Seeing Hongzhu asking, Li said that Cheng Wenhan was just a stuffy nose, and he was breathing heavily, but he still slept well, and his body was not hot.
Hongzhu was relieved when she heard this, but when she thought about it, Li didn't know how long she had been up, where Hongzhu could still sleep, and she still got up and let Li go to sleep.
Li was reluctant at first, but Hongzhu's attitude was tough, and Li couldn't, so he said: "...... I boiled water in a copper stove and stuffed it on a charcoal basin, and you brought it to feed him later. He told her a few more words not to catch a cold, and then slowly returned to bed.
Hongzhu pondered Cheng Wenhan's symptoms, and vaguely remembered that most of the colds in this winter were heat accumulated inside, and the wind was cold outside. She didn't know, but drinking more water was symptomatic. Because Mrs. Zhu was old and cold, the kang in her house was connected to the stove, and it was not easy for the Li family to make a fire to boil water in the middle of the night, and the fire in the province woke up Mrs. Zhu with a small copper stove. It's not easy for the Li family to toss these in the dark, and they have to move little.
Hongzhu sighed in her heart, leaned on the side of Cheng Wenhan's small bed like Li, closed her eyes and recuperated. He heard the subtle sound of Li turning on the other side of the room, and smiled faintly.
After dawn, Cheng Wenhan woke up, Hongzhu looked at him angrily with a straight face, and only said: "Hmph, look at your little body! How did I not know that I actually raised a brother like a noble son, huh? You, if you don't have that ability, don't learn any celebrities and gentlemen, don't blow any cold wind, don't drink fine wine, and can't endure a little bitterness." No, I don't think it's better to let you study in the future, let you go to the fields and do farm work. ”
Cheng Wenhan was still a little confused, only touching his head, his voice was muffled, but he asked curiously: "Why did you go to the field?"
Hongzhu snorted again, and brought him a large bowl of warm water to feed, "So that you can work more! Don't you know, the children in the countryside are as strong as calves, and you can't say that you can stay there for a few months, and you can withstand soaking in cold water all day in winter!"
Cheng Wenhan finished drinking the water, and when he saw Hongzhu bring another bowl, he lowered his head and drank it again. He finally understood Hongzhu's grievances, and said helplessly: "Sister, even if I am as strong as a cow, I am not so stupid to soak in cold water all day." ”
Hongzhu glared at him, "You dare to refute your mouth!"
Cheng Wenhan said pitifully: "Okay, good, when I'm ready, my sister will let me do whatever I want, and I'll look good if I throw me into the ground." ”
Hongzhu smiled, "What kind of crop seedlings are you?"
Cheng Wenhan also laughed when he heard it, and said after a while: "Sister, in the future, I will get up every day to do five poultry plays, and exercise my body a little!"
"It's good that you remember!" Hongzhu slapped him on the head and turned to the kitchen to make him porridge.
But seeing that the Li family was about to get up, Hongzhu saw that his face was not good, "Mother, you can rest for a day, and I will make breakfast today." My brother is in good spirits, I don't think it's a big deal, don't worry about it. ”
Li said: "Biyun returned to the door today, I don't know what to do, I have to get up to help with the work." After a pause, he said, "Although it's not a big deal, in the end, I boiled a hot ginger water for him to drink." ”
Hongzhu stepped forward to stop her, "Won't I be able to boil ginger water?" She thought about it and whispered: "Mother doesn't know, then Zhao Jiaxun's third master went to the capital, where is the uncle coming back today?"
Li said: "In the end, the Zhao family promised before, even if the third master Xun doesn't come, Biyun should come back." ”
Hongzhu raised her eyebrows, "That's okay, Sister Biyun is not an outsider, can she still talk about the lack of hospitality at home?"
Li smiled, "You girl, this marriage is unusual, are you treating us as your sister Biyun? It's just for those people who accompany her." ”
"It's fooling these faces. "Hongzhu doesn't like it," even the visitor is noon, and now it's still early, at most my mother won't go to the restaurant today, and I can't cook according to my mother's meal. A few words made Li lie down.
Because of the illness and tiredness in the house, Hongzhu didn't have much heart to think about Biyun's return to the door, so he boiled white porridge neatly with his hands and feet, and boiled ginger water, thinking that Cheng Wenhan still had some complaints in his heart, so he casually found some coptis and threw it down, so that he could taste it.
When the white porridge was almost boiled, the Li family got up, and there was movement on the other side of the Zhu family. But it was Zhu Boxiu who opened the door first, and when he saw Hongzhu in the courtyard, he asked Cheng Wenhan how he was, and said that he wanted to ask him a few words.
Hongzhu told her brother that he was a little uncomfortable at night, and said: "It looks like it's okay, but I'm afraid that I'll be sick for you." If Brother Boxiu wants to ask anything, just ask me. ”
Zhu Boxiu didn't want to go to their house, so he beckoned Hongzhu to go over, and said first: "Wen Han didn't go up the mountain yesterday, and I can't mention him in front of my husband." It's just that later, Zhao Gongzi's servant came to tell Wen Han to go back with them, and he happened to be seen by Mr. The gentleman was surprised for a moment and asked...... I said it, and took the opportunity to mention Wen Han's matter, and said a lot of good things. It was also yesterday that Mr. Er was happy, and when he learned that the third uncle was also a student of the academy before his death, he saved me some face, saying that he could take him to meet him next time. ”
Hongzhu was a little surprised, "Really?"
"I didn't expect this to be so smooth, but Wenhan fell into the water and couldn't go up the mountain, but he couldn't do it well. "Zhu Bo said.
Hongzhu smiled and said: "Blessings and misfortunes depend on each other, if it weren't for him falling into the water and meeting that Zhao Gongzi, Zhao Gongzi sent someone to inform you, how could Mr. Jiang see him again, and he could still ask." ”
Zhu Boxiu glanced at her twice, and said in a serious tone: "You can understand it." I think that Zhao Gongzi is a character, and the people around him even know Mr., so I asked. I don't want to ask in the academy, but I don't know who this person is?"
Hongzhu told Zhao Ping'an's name, thinking that although Zhu Boxiu helped them for mutual benefit, he seriously helped Wen Han after all, so he thanked him carefully.
Zhu Boxiu pondered the name "Zhao Ping'an" for a while, his face changed, and he seemed to have guessed something. After a while, he said, "That's all else, you must find out the third uncle's manuscripts before you move." ”
Hongzhu didn't think about why he was stunned, he only hurriedly responded when he heard the words, and went back to the room with porridge. After Cheng Wenhan rested with porridge, Hongzhu left Li at home and went to the restaurant by himself.
After arriving at the restaurant, she remembered the thief yesterday, so Hongzhu asked, "Second uncle, there was nothing wrong last night, right?"
Second Uncle Li said: "How can there be anything, your second uncle has a good mouth, but she is also timid, so she just stayed here for the night." ”
Hongzhu said with a smile: "Where is the second uncle timid, she is worried about the safety of the second uncle." ”
Zhong Shi happened to hear this, his face turned red, and he came over angrily and patted the red beads, "You girl is naughty again!
Hongzhu smiled and quickly hid in the kitchen.
Their restaurant is better than the previous stall in that it doesn't have to open early, although it still gets up early in the morning to prepare food, but it is much better than the stall. Hongzhu came at this time, and the number of diners outside gradually increased, just in time for it. Because she had to go back to Zhu's house earlier at noon, Hongzhu's hands and feet were even more neat.
Zhong came in and asked Cheng Wenhan about going to Xishan yesterday, and Hongzhu didn't feel anything because she talked to Zhong yesterday, so she told Cheng Wenhan about not being able to go up the mountain. However, in the end, Zhu Boxiu and Zhao Ping'an's words were not accurate, so they only told her that the matter had some eyebrows, and did not elaborate.
Zhong listened and was speechless for a while.
But it was Second Uncle Li who looked bad on the side and said, "What, you still force Hongzhu to do things for you? You don't want to think about how people can make their efforts when they are so far apart! If the recommendation of Xishan Academy is so good, this academy is full of people. ”
Zhong's eyes suddenly turned red, and he only said, "What's wrong with me, it's just a question." She snorted angrily, and said: "Yesterday I told you to bring some gifts to meet the gentleman in Nanxing School, why don't you want to? If you are willing to do it yourself, I also ask Hongzhu what a little girl do? Now that I don't care about this bit of cheekiness, why don't you understand my hard work!"
When Second Uncle Li saw that she was going to cry or not, he was both upset and helpless, and only said: "Nanxing is doing well in the school, what academy to go to?"
Zhong cried in the end, "He wants to go, I'm just such a son, I don't want him to enter the academy, I don't want him to glorify his ancestors, I'm a fool?"
Second Uncle Li stared at him for a long time before he sighed and said, "Okay, I know." For yesterday's He Liu's matter, I asked someone to invite He Mingheng, and when he came back, I entrusted him with this matter, and I owe him a favor. ”
Seeing that he responded like this, Zhong Shi was overjoyed, and instructed with some concern: "You have to say it well, if the thing doesn't work out, don't make people annoy you." ”
"You mother-in-law, don't I know this thing? Second Uncle Li waved her hand and let her out.
Zhong glared at him, but went out with a smile.
Hongzhu didn't expect things to progress like this, but she was a little stunned. But it was Uncle Li who was cutting the vegetables and complaining: "You don't know her, she has been talking about this for the past few days, and my ears have been grinding out calluses." This is when he sees that the restaurant is still prosperous, he gives birth to greed, and he is not content. When silver falls from heaven? He snorted and said, "She, the older she gets, the more verbose she becomes!" She also said that I am not good to my son, and I am only his son, so how can I treat him badly and harm him?"
Somehow, Hongzhu only felt funny when she heard these noisy things. She joked: "The second uncle is a man, so don't be like the second uncle." Second uncle, you think, if the silver can be done, it's nothing, and when Nanxing's cousin comes out, what silver can't be earned? Even if you use the silver to coax the second uncle to be happy for ten days and eight days, I think it's worth it!"
Second Uncle Li also laughed, "It's all nonsense." He sighed deeply, "She was happy to see that I was ready, but who didn't know that it wasn't so easy." ”
"The boat is naturally straight to the bridge, and it will be fine. Hongzhu said softly.
When it was almost noon, Hongzhu went back to Zhu's house, and happened to meet the carriage from Zhao's house, she stood and looked there, but Zhu Biyun, Zhu Yanmei and Zhu Zilan were all there. Seeing these three people coming back together, Hongzhu was only surprised, but when she saw Zhu Zilan's clothes, she was really stunned.
Zhu Biyun is now the second room of the young master of the Zhao family, and it is inevitable that he will dress richly. Zhu Yanmei usually likes to dress up, and it is not wrong to make a good dress when she encounters such a happy event. Zhu Zilan, who was at the end, left home for a day or two, but she changed her face and became a young lady.