13 Chapter 13
When he returned home, Cui Yunzhao first went to change the shirt he wore at home, and then sat in the hall.
Huo Tan went to the main house when he came back, probably to discuss Huo Chengpu's matter with Aunt Lin Xiu.
Li Qing and Taofei came in with the booklet and put it in front of Cui Yunzhao.
Cui Yunzhao looked at it slowly, without saying a word.
When she first got married ten years ago, firstly, she lived in a very discordant life with Huo Tan, and secondly, she thought that she was a family after all, and she was not in a hurry about her dowry, so she said it slowly.
Thirdly, she missed her younger siblings in her heart, afraid that they would be lonely in the Cui family, so she didn't really think about the dowry.
As a result, she didn't mention it, but the second uncle and second aunt took the dowry that belonged to her, and in the end, not only did they not treat their younger brothers and sisters well, but also caused their sister to finally fall into that situation.
And his younger brother was also raised crookedly, full of fame and fortune.
Cui Yunzhao's eyes were slightly dark.
Naturally, she can't let the old things happen again.
Although the Cui family is not as good as Zhong Ming Dingshi before, in the end, it is a family with a hundred years of heritage, and now there is only one family and the second uncle's family, but there are also many people in the side branches and clan elders.
Not all the clansmen are the likes of the second uncle.
Cui Yunzhao closed her eyes, recalled the words that her brother had said when she came to visit her in her previous life, and rummaged through the depths of her memory to find the clansmen who were more familiar to her family.
Liqing and Taofei watched her sitting there quietly, the two of them looked at each other, and neither dared to speak.
Cui Yunzhao used to be very strict with the maids around him.
At this point, she and Huo Tan are actually very similar, and the husband and wife still have some similarities.
Cui Yunzhao thought everything clearly, then slowly opened his eyes and continued to look at the dowry list in his hand.
The dowry prepared for her by the second uncle and aunt seems to be very rich.
The two rented shops on Linquan Street, the Fu Ji Grain Shop and the Linlang Silk Shop on Tingshui Street, are all under her name.
Outsiders have seen it, and they have to say a word about Cui's generosity.
But this originally belonged to Cui Yunzhao.
She said lightly: "I remember that on my mother's dowry list back then, there were also six shops in Fulu? ”
Taofei didn't know that Liqing had been taught by Xia's mother, but she knew something.
"Yes, Miss, Mama said that there is also a Zhuangzi and a hundred acres of fertile land."
Cui Yunzhao's slender fingers lightly tapped the dowry slip and smiled faintly.
"I see."
In the past, when she was at home, Cui Yunzhao never asked about the chores in her hands, she didn't touch the spring water with her ten fingers, and her heart was full of wind and snow, poetry and songs.
When she was in the boudoir, the chores were taken care of by Xia's mother, and later she married Huo Tan, because the Huo family really couldn't live with so many people, so Xia's mother didn't come to the Huo family.
Those chores are still taken care of by Xia's mother.
Somehow, Xia's mother suddenly fell seriously ill, and the shops in her hands also closed down one after another, and finally she could only close her doors and make a living on rent.
At that time, the second uncle came over and wanted to buy the shop in her hand, but Huo Tan blocked it.
Cui Yunzhao slowly opened his eyes.
She asked Li Qing and the others, "Are you cramped in the wing?" ”
The wing room of the east cross courtyard is half smaller than the west cross courtyard, with only two rooms, and now Li Qing and Tao Fei live in the inner room.
However, because there are only two rooms, the doors and windows of the outer rooms are also opened, and a partition in the middle can also separate a room.
Li Qing is smart, and she understands it all at once, and her eyes rarely light up.
"Miss who is not crowded, I can live outside."
Taofei didn't understand, and looked at Cui Yunzhao suspiciously.
Cui Yunzhao smiled and only said, "I miss Mother Xia a little, this time when I go back, let's take her to me." ”
In her previous life, she didn't take Mother Xia away, just because her second aunt persuaded her "kindly", saying that Mother Xia was too old to follow her to the Huo family, and she didn't even have a place to live.
At that time, she was young and very hesitant about her future life, so she agreed without much thought.
Although Mother Xia said that she would come to serve her many times, she couldn't bear it when she thought about the narrow wing room of the Huo family.
But who knows, the carved beams and paintings of the high-ranking families also hide darkness and blades?
As soon as she heard that Xia's mother was coming, Crimson was also happy.
"Great, I miss the dim sum made by Mother Xia, that Qiao Po is really stupid, she can't do anything, and she can't learn it."
Li Qing immediately glared at Momo.
Taofei covered her mouth and smiled flatteringly at Cui Yunzhao.
"Miss, don't punish me."
Cui Yunzhao only glanced at her, but didn't say anything.
By the time Huo Tan came back, Cui Yunzhao had already finished reading the dowry list in his hand.
Huo Tan glanced at it casually and said, "I'll make up for the two hundred catties of grain when I go back." ”
Cui Yunzhao was stunned for a moment.
She looked up at Huo Tan, but she didn't pretend to be generous: "Okay, then thank you Langjun." ”
Huo Tan snorted and said, "Seeing that the New Year is approaching, it should be regarded as a New Year's gift for the brothers." ”
As soon as he talked about the New Year, Cui Yunzhao remembered Huo Chengpu again.
"How's the matter with Twelve-Lang? What does it mean to be mother? ”
Huo Tan was a little surprised, she was still thinking about this, and she also found that she was really smart, and she didn't need to say a word to know what he was going to do.
"Mother said follow me, and follow Twelve."
"His father was gone when he was four years old, and I was busy at that time, and there was no one at home to teach him, so he was really weak."
"Whether he is suitable for studying or not, but I also understand that he is not suitable for the martial arts academy."
Huo Chengpu is a very dull character, he has been wronged, and he will not go home to say a word when he is bullied.
Huo Chengzhang himself is still a child, he is not in the same class as Huo Chengpu, and he only knows how to practice martial arts every day, so even if he goes to and from school with his younger brother, he doesn't know how much bullying he has received in the school.
In their previous lives, the family didn't find out about it, and they didn't know all about it until Huo Chengpu's hand was broken by a classmate.
On that day, the wicker in Huo Tan's hand smashed on Huo Chengzhang's back.
In any case, he didn't do a good job as an elder brother and let his younger brother be bullied under his nose for so long.
Cui Yunzhao thought of the scene in the past, thought of Huo Chengzhang's pale little face, and thought of Huo Chengpu's hand that would never be able to hold a pen and a sword in the future, and it was rare to have some expectations in his heart.
She didn't know if history could be turned around.
I don't know if the destiny must be as usual, and I don't know if the old things can be changed, so she still decided to start from small things bit by bit.
Carefully consider and try carefully to see if she can change her life against the sky, and in this life, whether she can live a long life, peace and joy.
Huo Tan didn't know what Cui Yunzhao thought, so he only said to her: "After dinner in the evening, my mother asked the family to go to the main room to discuss the matter of Twelve Lang together." ”
Cui Yunzhao nodded, which can be regarded as an agreement.
At noon, there was only Lin Xiugu, Huo Xinzhi, Huo Xinliu and their husband and wife who had lunch together.
Qiao Pozi may have had a flash of inspiration yesterday, but today's level is back to the same as before.
Even the boiled vegetables are old, and they taste grassroots.
Cui Yunzhao only picked fried pork with pickled cabbage that could be eaten with rice, and ate a bowl of rice slowly.
Lin Xiugu is used to living a hard life, and she doesn't think that Qiao's craftsmanship is not good, but Huo Xinzhi glanced at Cui Yunzhao several times.
She snorted coldly: "If you don't like to eat, go back and open your own small stove, you don't have to come over to force it." ”
Cui Yunzhao was stunned for a moment and smiled at her: "Thank you Sister for your concern." ”
Huo Xinzhi probably didn't expect her to greet her with a smile, but her cold face couldn't help but stiffen even more, and she lowered her head and stopped talking.
Aunt Lin Xiu didn't hear anything wrong with her sister-in-law at all, she smiled and said, "Oh, I forgot to ask my daughter-in-law what you like to eat, you just have to tell Mrs. Qiao." ”
Cui Yunzhao responded obediently: "Yes, mother." ”
Hearing this salutation, Lin Xiugu glanced at her cautiously, and then looked at her again.
Cui Yunzhao: "? ”
She looked at Aunt Lin Xiu suspiciously, and heard Aunt Lin Xiugu say a little twistedly: "Daughter-in-law, don't call me my mother in a crepe, I don't sound very comfortable." ”
Cui Yunzhao thought about it, so he was kind and flowing: "Okay, A-Niang." ”
Lin Xiugu was immediately happy, and responded with a loud voice: "Alas! ”
Cui Yunzhao lightly pressed his ear and smiled helplessly.
After eating, Cui Yunzhao and Huo Tan went back to rest.
Cui Yunzhao has been really exhausted in the past two days, and now she slowly sorted out the rest of the things, and she felt tired.
She lay down for a nap, and slept for more than an hour, waiting until Kim Wusi slant to wake up.
In the evening, Cui Yunzhao did not go over to have dinner.
She asked Taofei to go to the street to buy twenty meat buns, and asked Liqing to make a pot of red bean millet porridge, with the only pickled radish that Qiao Pozi could handle, and she was very comfortable with Huo Tan.
Of course, among the twenty meat buns, she ate one by herself, Huo Tan ate five, Li Qing ate two by himself, and the remaining ten were brought to the main room.
After the two of them finished eating, they waited for a while, and without anyone calling, Huo Tan led her to the main room.
Because the old lady was not at home, Huo Tan sat directly on the main seat.
Cui Yunzhao then sat opposite Huo Xinzhi, and the family sat down like this.
Huo Chengpu didn't know that the matter was for him, although he was a little confused, he lowered his head and kept silent.
This kid doesn't even show doubts.
Cui Yunzhao looked at him, and could only sigh helplessly in his heart.
Lin Xiugu didn't know how to speak, she actually knew more or less about herself, so she looked at Huo Tan.
Huo Tan cleared his throat and asked Huo Chengpu: "Twelve Lang, do you want to go to the academy to study?" ”
Huo Chengpu didn't expect to be the first to ask him, first he couldn't help but stiffen, and then he raised his head suddenly.
Through the distant sunset and the burning clouds, Cui Yunzhao clearly saw a red mark on the little boy's slender chin.
The sunset melts gold, the sunset is like wine, it is obviously the most beautiful sky of the day, but Cui Yunzhao's mood is very heavy.
When she saw him, she couldn't help but think of her sister in her previous life.
The red marks on Huo Chengpu's face, Huo Tan also saw it at once.
He narrowed his eyes, didn't immediately ask what was going on, and only said lightly: "Twelve Lang, your sister-in-law knows many famous academies, and I will discuss with your sister-in-law and prepare to transfer you to the academy to study." ”
This time, he wasn't asking.
He opened his mouth, and the matter was already a foregone conclusion.
However, it was not Huo Chengpu who was vehemently opposed.
Beside the little boy, Huo Chengzhang, who already looked like a young man, jumped up.
He waited for Huo Tan in disbelief: "Brother, how can you harm Ah Pu like this?" ”