In a small courtyard on the west side of Waiguo City, Aunt Zhao took the key from the neighbor's house, opened the lock on the gate, and after pushing the door open, she could see that the yard was a little barren, and there were some withered yellow weeds growing in some places, and it looked as if no one had lived in it for a long time.

"This is a house I bought last year, and I usually ask my neighbors to come and clean it once in a while, I originally wanted to leave it for Di'er as a dowry, but I didn't expect us to live in it first." Aunt Zhao entered the courtyard and introduced.

"The price of land in the capital is extremely expensive, even if it is Waiguo City, the price of a house is not cheap, where did you get so much money?" Mrs. Li walked into the courtyard and looked at it and asked, although this house is not big, only three main rooms and two wings on the left and right, but don't even think about it without a few hundred taels of silver.

"The eldest sister is a good housekeeper, and I have a lot of money every month, plus my husband occasionally gives me some expenses, and I have saved all of them." Aunt Zhao replied truthfully.

In fact, Di'er's dowry should have been prepared by Mrs. Li, but she was worried that Mrs. Li didn't like Di'er, and Di'er would be wronged if she married in the future, so she bought this house in advance, after all, the land price in the capital has been rising, and if Di'er marries in the future, this house is also a rich dowry, at least it will not make her husband's family look down on it.

is as shrewd as Mrs. Li, of course, she saw through Aunt Zhao's plan at a glance, but she glared at Li Zhu fiercely, because she knew Aunt Zhao's money better than anyone else, and relying on this money alone was definitely not enough, so it can be seen that Li Zhu usually spends less on Aunt Zhao.

"Ahem, it's all a family, and it's thanks to Lingru, otherwise our family would have to go to the guest house!" Li Zhu also blushed, and then said cheekily, of course Lingru is Aunt Zhao's name.

"Mother, let's go into the house first, I see that this house has been uninhabited for a long time, and it may need to be cleaned!" Li Jie also stepped forward at this time and said, Aunt Zhao asked the neighbor to take care of the house, but the other party obviously didn't care much, the yard was overgrown with weeds, and the room should not be much better.

Mrs. Li didn't pursue it further, and immediately followed Aunt Zhao to the main room, and after opening the door and entering, there was indeed a musty smell inside, and the furniture was also covered with dust, which looked a little haunted.

"There's a well behind the house, I'm going to fetch water to clean it up!" Aunt Zhao also immediately said when she saw the situation in the house, saying that she was going to fetch water.

"I'll go, auntie, you can rest for a while, and leave these rough jobs to me!" Li Jie was the first, and their family walked out of the city, and they were all tired at this time, but he was young, so it didn't matter if he was tired.

Li Jie came to the backyard, and sure enough, he saw a well covered with stone slabs, and after the stone slabs were lifted, a stream of hot air came to his face, and now the weather was cold, but in contrast, the well water was steaming.

Li Jie fetched water and brought it to the house, Aunt Zhao had already found tools to clean it, although Li Zhu and Mrs. Li were usually pampered, but at this time they also rolled up their sleeves and did it themselves, and the family was busy for more than an hour before cleaning the house.

"Mother, I'm hungry." As soon as Aunt Zhao sat down, she saw Di'er secretly pull her sleeve and whispered.

"yes, what are we going to eat tonight, and I looked at it just now, and there is no futon in the bedroom, how can I sleep here?" Li Zhu also stood up a little anxiously at this time and said, as the head of the family, he had to watch his wife and children suffer from cold and hunger with him, which made him extremely uncomfortable.

"It's easy to do!" I saw Mrs. Li stretch out her hand and take off the hairpin on her head and put it on the table and said, "When I came, I saw a pawnshop on the street nearby. ”

"I also have hairpins here, so let's use them all!" Aunt Zhao also took the hairpin on her head at this time and said, although her hairpin is not as valuable as Mrs. Li's hairpin, it can also be used as a few taels of silver.

"I'll go with Jie'er!" Li Zhu also stood up and said, his family is in trouble, and he, the pillar of the pillar, can't just sit and eat idle meals.

It was not early, and it might be curfew a little later, so Li Jie and his son hurriedly went out of the house, first went to the pawnshop, and the two hairpins only cost less than ten yuan.

However, the pawnshop has always been a place to eat people without spitting out bones, so Li Jie and his son had no choice but to collect the pawn tickets, planning to redeem them in the future, and then the two bought the necessities of life as quickly as possible, and finally rushed home before the curfew.

Mrs. Li and Aunt Zhao also cleaned up the kitchen, and after Li Jie came back, they helped to light the fire, because the conditions were limited, so they only boiled a pot of vegetable porridge and threw two eggs into it, which was extraordinarily sweet.

After the family finished eating around the table, Mrs. Li put down her rice bowl and wiped her mouth and said with a smile: "I usually eat a lot of delicacies from the mountains and seas, but now I feel that it is not as good as this bowl of vegetable porridge." ”

"That's my mother, you're hungry, and everything you eat is delicious!" Li Jie also hiccuped and laughed.

"It's all my fault for being incompetent, and even you have to suffer with me!" Li Zhu said a little sadly at this time, since he came here from home, he has been playing in self-blame, because he feels that he is the head of the family, and the suffering of his family is what he did not do well.

"Husband, don't think so, if you want to blame it, blame that Li Li for deceiving people too much, what does it have to do with you?" Mrs. Li was busy comforting at this time.

"What my sister said is very true, husband don't blame everything on himself, the important thing is that our family is here, and we can always get through any difficulties!" Aunt Zhao also opened her mouth to persuade.

"Father, you have to think about the good, throw away those family properties, we will have nothing to do with the Li family, and they will be unlucky in the future, and it will not affect us!" Li Jie also said with a smile.

Li Zhu finally cheered up when he heard Li Jie's words, and nodded immediately: "It makes sense, I also figured it out, when the catastrophe is coming, I can't save other people, and I can only save our family first, and we will have nothing to do with the Li family in the future!" ”

"Husband should have thought this a long time ago!" Seeing that her husband wanted to open it, Mrs. Li was also overjoyed, and when she said this, she suddenly turned to joke again, "Since the husband is determined to have nothing to do with the Li family, I think it is better to throw away the surname, follow my surname Liu, you must know that our Liu family is the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, and it will not insult the husband!" ”

Li Zhu knew that his wife was joking, so he didn't get angry, and immediately said with a smile: "Our Li family is still the descendants of Tang Taizong, no worse than the ancestors of your Liu family!" ”

"Actually...... The slave's maiden family is also after Song Taizu! Aunt Zhao also joined in at this time.

"Dare to love our house, which is all noble!" Li Jie also coaxed, and then the four of them looked at me, I looked at you, and then burst into laughter, only Di'er looked at her father, brother and mother with a look of incomprehension, and couldn't understand what they were laughing at?