Cao Ying's face was pale, and she felt like a numb heart.

She couldn't figure out why her husband had spent so much money on the house. If she can't tolerate people, that's fine; There are several concubines in the family, and she has never shown jealousy.

"There's a ...... there. What kind of people are they? Cao Ying muttered.

"Who else? Fireworks powder heads. A girl from a good family, who would be a foreign house without a matchmaker or hired by someone? Cao Yi replied.

"Third sister ......" Cao Ying took Cao Yi's hand, and the tears couldn't be stopped, "let's da", "let's da" and "let's go" fell.

When Cao Yi saw it, he sighed in his heart and said, "I know that the eldest sister is a virtuous person, but virtuous people can't end up being bullied." You plan for him like this, the dowry will be gone, and you will defend him, and you haven't said a word of grievance. How can he be so blessed? If he treats his eldest sister well, the husband and wife work together, and their profits are broken, and there is always a hope. A little wife on the left, a little wife on the right, where do you put the big sister? ”

Hearing Cao Yi's words, Cao Ying's tears fell even more.

Seeing this, Cao Yi stopped talking, took out a handkerchief, and wiped Cao Ying's tears.

Cao Ying wiped her tears, raised her head, and said with a little pleading, "Third sister, what should I do...... Your brother-in-law...... He's not very good-tempered......"

When Cao Yi heard this, he remembered a rumor, his face turned cold, and he said, "He did something to the eldest sister......

Cao Ying covered her face with her hands, fell on the kang, and cried, as if she wanted to cry out the grievances of more than ten years of marriage.

Speaking of which, she spent the most time with Cao Jia's family, and she didn't have much contact with Cao Yi, the nominal "adopted daughter" of the uncle. Even later, when he knew that she was his half-sister, he didn't deliberately get close.

Maybe it's because of the closest relatives, or maybe it's because Cao Jia's family is the prince of the county, and there is a difference between respect and inferiority, and there is a sisterhood.

Cao Ying didn't say this secret that was rotten in her heart, but now she can't help but tell Cao Yi.

Cao Yi's side, thinking of Sun Jue's arrogance towards Cao Yi, he didn't know how many times he did it, and he trembled with anger.

"What kind of thing is he, he has passed the dowry in front of his big sister, and he still has the face to do it to his big sister? In the early years, the old lady agreed to be a relative and promised his eldest sister to him, but it was pronounced in his surname 'Sun', which was the old lady's nephew. Not to mention the master's care of his family when he was in Jiangnan, it is a talent like the eldest sister, who has children and takes care of housework, who is left behind, who doesn't respect it? Is this a deception of no one in the Cao family? Cao Yi stood up, only to feel that his chest was full of turbidity, which made people feel unhappy.

She still remembered clearly that when Sun Jue first went to Beijing, Seshtu had not yet taken the throne.

When several brothers-in-law met in Caofu, Sun Jue was very stammering with Nersu, and he was not polite to Seshtu. Cao Yiyuan didn't know, but later he didn't know about it until he heard the little guy's complaints, and when Sestu's attack on the knight, Sun Jue changed his face, which showed that he was a snob.

Cao Ying saw that her sister was getting angrier and angrier the more she spoke, so she stopped crying, sat up, choked up and said: "It's all mine, I shouldn't say this to the third sister, but it makes the third sister annoyed." It's not that I have the intention to hide it, it's just that after all, I am a married daughter, and I don't want my mother's family to follow me because of these things. ”

Cao Yi was not only annoyed by Cao Ying's grievances, but also remembered his old things.

What is the difference between himself and Cao Ying back then, and he is also bent on calming things down. If it weren't for the brothers who had traveled thousands of miles back to Beijing to make decisions for themselves, I was afraid that I would have to live a sad and earnest life, where could I straighten my waist and be a man.

"The big sister is confused, even if the big sister goes out, she is not the daughter of the Cao family? The eldest sister wronged herself, doesn't it make people think that the Cao family is easy to bully? Not to mention the Sun family, even if the second sister is in the county king's mansion, the prince does not dare to make his sister wronged! Earlier, when the old man was alive, he looked at the face of the old man; Now that the master has passed away, there is still a brother. If it is said that between relatives, it is a bit of a bully to say that it is more powerful than others. The Sun family is in Beijing, but there are a few people from the far tribes, and the sisters and brothers of the big sister are all in the capital. Cao Yi said bitterly.

Cao Ying listened here, thinking about her husband's envy and jealousy when he mentioned his mother's family, and knew that what the sister said was reasonable.

She was silent for a while, and Fang said in a low voice: "Third sister, what ...... So how should I behave......"

Cao Yi persuaded for a while, but seeing that she was still cowering, she was really speechless. At this time, she hoped that this sister would inherit a few points of Zhaojia's dominance and save herself from being wronged like this again.

"Big sister can do whatever she wants, as long as she doesn't let herself be wronged. There are brothers and sisters on the left and right who are the backers of the big sister, what is the big sister to worry about? To put it mildly, my nephew is thirteen years old this year, and it is better to rely on his uncles and uncles to take care of the future by relying on his unobtrusive father. The big sister always remembers this, and she has the confidence. Cao Yi patiently persuaded.

When it came to her son, Cao Ying seemed to have a backbone, sat on the edge of the kang, nodded vigorously, and said, "Sister, I know." ”

Cao Yi had already taken her hand and said, "How the eldest sister acts, the younger sister is not verbose, but please remember a little bit of the eldest sister, if you are wronged again, you must tell your younger sister." Otherwise, I will sue the second wife directly to see if the second wife can spare him? ”

When Cao Ying heard this, she smiled bitterly and said, "If my mother really knows, I'm afraid she won't be able to spare me first." Originally, she thought that I was not well married, and I was not as decent as the second and third sisters. If I knew that I was angry at my mother-in-law's house and lost her face, I wouldn't know how to make trouble. I'm not a wooden person, I've been wronged over the years, and when I go back to my parents' house, I want to say a few words when the words come to my mouth, but I am always pushed back by her complaints. ”

Seeing Cao Ying's sad appearance, Cao Yi couldn't bear it, sighed and said, "Just be confused when she is old." Even so, the big sister should not be less close to her mother's family. Even if you don't think about yourself, you have to think about your children. If the eldest sister is estranged from her mother's family, aren't the children also distant from her uncle's house? ”

There is an old saying, "A woman is weak, but a mother is strong".

Cao Ying's side is no exception.

Thinking about the nine thousand taels that her husband just owed, and then thinking about her husband's previous preference for the two twin concubines, Cao Ying knew that she couldn't live like this anymore...... Sun Jue's side, coming out of the yamen of the military department, rode to the intersection, and was a little hesitant, whether to go home and have a look, or to the outside house.

Today, when his wife is a guest at the Guogong Mansion, she should wear the jewelry on his head that he redeemed a few days ago.

The third aunt and grandmother of the Cao family, who had sharp teeth and sharp mouth when she was a child, was not a good person, don't look at something and spread it to the Cao family.

Sun Jue thought of this, and felt a little apprehensive in his heart. However, thinking that his wife's surname has always been weak and will not tell outsiders right and wrong, he raised his chin and felt steady.

So he turned his horse's head and went to the front door. The newly rented outer house is just over the front door.

Cao Ying returned to the house, thought about the words that her sister said to herself, and saw her sensible son bring her younger siblings to greet her, and gradually became a little confident.

She is the grandmother of the Sun family, and her brothers are all in Beijing, what is there to be afraid of?

In the blink of an eye, a few days passed.

During this period, except for asking people to go home to pick up clothes twice, Sun Jue never returned home.

Cao Ying's side only felt that Yuzi was a lot quieter, and she was still wondering if this Taiping was a few days later.

However, she listened to the housekeeper mention the money twice, and thought that the silver in the second half of the year was about to be distributed, and if her husband sent it to the outer house, then the family would probably have to drink the northwest wind.

In the house where Zhixian lived in the past, Cao Ying had already made people confused, and found a few pieces of new furniture from the warehouse to replace them, and cleaned them up.

This said, the weather was fine, and Cao Ying got up early.

She put on a new ultramarine flag suit, light blue armor, combed the flag head, inserted two bead hairpins, wore jade gourd earrings on her ears, and hung a jasper bracelet in front of her placket, and sat in front of the dresser for a long time.

Thinking of her mother's fierce appearance in the past, she raised her eyebrows and glared, but she couldn't get used to it.

She rarely goes out, she doesn't like to dress up, but this outfit is still cleaned up according to her sister's dress a few days ago.

She sighed, looked in the mirror, and applied a thin layer of powder to cover the fine lines at the corners of her eyes.

This time I cleaned up, although I was not full of gold and jade, but I also had a bit of natural wealth, and I looked several years younger.

Estimating the time when the yamen opened, Cao Ying took a carriage to go out, accompanied by two mothers-in-law, and a few long-term followers, and the group went to the front door...... * Changping, Cao's Zhuangzi, private school.

Qian Chenqun sat down after a few cases, listened to a few children memorize yesterday's homework, and spoke a few more Analects, and then instructed the students to recite them. At this time, I saw Tianyou and the two people on the left who were frowning and making eyes.

Seeing this, Qian Chenqun couldn't help but feel a little angry, looked at the two of them, and snorted coldly.

Tianyou seemed to notice Qian Chenqun's gaze, raised his head, and happened to meet Qian Chenqun's gaze.

His little face flushed, he stood up, and said, "Master, the disciple has something to understand and wants to ask Mr. ”

Hearing Tianyou speak, everyone else also stopped reading and looked at Qian Chenqun.

Qian Chenqun nodded and said, "Is it yesterday's schoolwork?" Let's hear it. ”

Tianyou raised his head and said: "Master, this "Three Character Classic" says that 'at the beginning of a person, the surname is benshan', so why are there still people who have a 'human face and a beast' heart', 'have a bad heart', 'hide a knife in a smile', and become a 'Zhongshan wolf'?" Even if there is a 'Zhongshan wolf', if people still have a good heart, aren't they all eaten by wolves? ”

Listening to Tianyou say several allusions in one breath, Qian Chenqun was quite surprised, this was not what he taught in the school. However, when he pondered the meaning of these allusions, he couldn't help frowning.

None of these allusions are good for people.

"Where did you learn these allusions?" Qian Chenqun's eyes were a little sharp when he looked at Tianyou, although the smartest of the crowd was Niuniu, but Niuniu was a girl, and her identity was limited.

Qian Chenqun has always regarded Tianyou as a proud protégé, and wants to teach him and pass on his mantle, but he doesn't want him to go astray.

I heard Tianyou reply: "Master, these allusions were told to the disciples by my father. Not only the disciples, but also the aunts and younger brothers listened. Every afternoon, my father called us to the study, and in addition to teaching these allusions, he also asked the disciples what they had learned. As he spoke, his face showed a little confused, and he said: "It's just that these are too different from what is said in the "Three Character Classic" and "Thousand Character Text", and the disciples are a little confused......

Qian Chengqun's side, when he heard that it was Cao Hao who gave the lecture, he couldn't help but be dumbfounded.

In his heart, Cao Hao is a gentle and courteous and humble gentleman. He thought that even if Cao Hao taught his sons, he would also call them "benevolence, righteousness, etiquette, wisdom and kindness", who would have thought that what he taught was these allusions that violated the way of a gentleman.

Tianyou has a good character, knows how to be filial to his elders, and takes good care of his younger brothers and sisters, and it is normal to be confused after listening to these allusions that are contrary to the past cognition.

The corners of Qian Chenqun's mouth twitched, it seemed that he was looking for Cao Hao, the proprietor, and asked carefully.

Right now, the students were staring at him.

He coughed and said, "Recite the book first, and wait until the end of class......

Cao Hao's side still didn't know that he had been "making up classes" in the afternoons in the past few days, which had caused the children to fall into chaos. He sat in a rocking chair in the study, holding a historical record in his hand, and was looking for a book from inside.

Not only is it profound, but it also has to be a simple and easy-to-understand story to tell to children.

We can't let them become little flowers in the greenhouse and grow into pure white rabbits. In that case, there will be no family care in the future, and people will not be allowed to eat alive.

If everyone was taught to be a little fox, pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger, Cao Hao didn't dare to count on it.

Don't talk about others, even Hengsheng's side, it's not a person who can play with others.

It's just to give them a wider horizon, a deeper understanding of the "human heart", and less losses in the future.

As for the Li family and the Sun family, which one is the "Zhongshan wolf", Cao Hao has nothing to worry about. I am not a little sheep, I am afraid of being eaten by wolves, and whoever eats it will not be able to keep it.

Whether it is Li Xu of the Li family or Li Cheng, if it is not calculated on the head of the Cao family, Cao Hao will definitely avoid it if he takes care of the Li family. If these two count him, then they have to let them remember their surnames for a long time.

As for the Sun family, he has already expressed his position in front of Cheng Mengxian, and the rest depends on how Cheng Mengxian arranges it.

Since the Cheng family is involved in it without knowing the depths, and if they don't take care of things clearly, they want to get out, how can there be such a cheap thing?

How Cheng Mengxian will cook this, Cao Hao is a little curious.

Speaking of which, in addition to being a little self-righteous, Cheng Mengxian is quite knowledgeable about current affairs.

It's just because of his identity, this young man's calculation is too heavy, he didn't give the original copy of Sun Jue's handwriting to the Li family, not necessarily because he was afraid that the Cheng family would be involved, maybe he wanted to play a trick of "praying mantis catching cicadas and yellow finches behind".

Since he can choose to surrender to the Cao family, he should have a backhand, but he doesn't know how much he can perform...... * Shichahai, Cheng Zhai.

After meeting Cao Hao, Cheng Mengxian put all his thoughts on collecting all the rumors about Cao Hao. Since he met Cao Hao, he knew that the previous rumors were wrong, and that person was definitely not a good person.

Although he regretted that he used the wrong method to get close to the Cao family, he knew that regret was useless, and it was the right thing to make up for it.

Know yourself and know your opponent, and you will not be defeated in a hundred battles.

The more he inquired, the more frightened he became.

The Cao family has a history of foreshadowing the ancestors of the Cao family for several generations; Cao Hao's career only began in the 48th year of Kangxi, when Cao Weaving sent his son to Beijing.

Although there have been countless turmoil, Cao Hao can be said to be extremely lucky, and he is always safe in the end. Among them, even if there is the emperor's care, the rest is Cao Hao's self-preservation.

Cheng Mengxian remembered that when he saw Cao Hao, Cao Hao was not the slightest surprise about Sun Jue's entry into the game. Contacting Sun Jue's 9,000 taels of silver again, Cheng Mengxian understood that it was not the Sun family's subordinates who escorted the silver car, but the steward of the Cao Mansion.

Thinking of this, and then thinking about Cao Hao's gaze at him, he couldn't say anything in his heart...... Is it considered a newspaper of the present world? I just looked down on the children of the Sun family and the Li family before, and I laughed in front of the Cao family?

Do you think you have a lot of money?

A signboard with the word "Cheng" dazzled his eyes and made him arrogant.

After knowing that the establishment of the Cao family's Daoxiang Village was not the niece's idea, the Cao family did not take advantage of the niece, but handed over the profitable business to her, so that she would lose four cents of dividends...... I still waited for my cousin to write a letter, and then, I should also give an explanation to the Cao family...... but I said that Cao Ying was here, and after walking for half an hour, I arrived outside the front door, took the lamp alley, and stopped a carriage in front of a small house.

Along the way, sitting in the carriage, Cao Ying didn't seem to hear the hustle and bustle outside the carriage. Her heart was like playing drums, and her palms were sweaty.

At this time, the mother-in-law approached, and asked through the curtain, "Grandma, do you call the door?" ”

"Hmm!" Cao Ying said in a hoarse voice.

And the woman commanded, and two chiefs came near and knocked at the door.

"Who?" As he spoke, there was a sound of footsteps coming from inside the door, and he asked through the door.

The woman cleared her throat and said, "I am the housekeeper of this house, and my uncle ordered me to come over and deliver something to my new aunt and grandmother." ”

This side of the house has not been placed for a few days, and the errand in the front yard probably knows that this is not a serious house, but an outer room for placement. Hearing the words outside, there was no doubt about it, and the door was pushed open with a "squeak".

When I saw that in addition to the two housekeepers and mothers-in-law outside, there were also a few healthy servants, and the man was stunned, and just wanted to pull the door open, he was pushed away.

The mother-in-law glared at him and said, "Presumptuous, grandma is here, why don't you send your aunt and grandmother to come over and ask for peace?" ”

The porter was in his fifties, and after listening to this woman's words, he secretly said bad in his heart.

The master who bought the house here, the one who hid his head and shrunk his tail, and even his subordinates were hired temporarily, and he didn't dare to publicize it, so it can be seen that he is afraid of the inside. Now that the grandmother of the main house is here, I don't know if the inner house can stand it.

Although the name of the master is hidden, he is wearing a five-grade supplement uniform, and he is also a person with status. Looking at the style of the grandmother in the main house, it is not comparable to the aunt and grandmother in the inner house who only brought a little maid.

The other mother-in-law was kinder, took out a string of silver coins from her sleeve, and sent it to the porter, saying: "Brother, go and help spread the word, our grandmother is a philanthropist, if she sees the new aunt's heart, I can't say that there will be a reward." ”

The porter was happy when he heard this, and he didn't sell his body, but he signed a contract for half a year, who would care about the wives and concubines of big families.

With a bit of the intention of watching the play, he trotted inside to report it.

The two mothers-in-law glanced at each other, and could only sigh in their hearts, this uncle really left the outer house. is still a virtuous grandmother, left in someone else's house, and I don't know how to make trouble......

(To be continued)