There was an episode before going to bed at night. Aunt Xiao Si came to visit, entered the room, closed the door, came up to Chen, and whispered to her outside the window for a while.
"Second sister-in-law, do you know?" This is the first sentence that Xiao Si's aunt said.
Zhu Ping'an felt speechless. You didn't say anything, and you came up and asked me if I knew anything. What do I know? You didn't say anything.
"What?" Mother Chen put down the shoe sole in her hand and asked.
As the saying goes, don't hit a smiling person. Although Chen and her sister-in-law, Xiao Si Aunt, did not have a very harmonious relationship, they were family after all, and when Xiao Si Aunt came to visit, Chen was always polite to her.
"Just now, I saw my eldest sister-in-law asking for two strings of money from my parents' room." Xiao Si's aunt looked out the window mysteriously and said in a low voice.
"What?" Chen raised her voice when she heard this, obviously irritated by what Xiao Si's aunt said. Two strings of money is not a small amount, and two taels of silver is enough for the family to live on for half a year.
Shhh
Auntie Xiao Si hurriedly put her hand to her mouth to signal her mother, Chen, to speak softly so that her mother-in-law, Old Lady Zhu, would not hear her. Then she spoke indignantly, "That's right. When I first heard it, I felt the same as you. Why could the eldest daughter of the family ask for so much money from mother? Then, what do you think happened?"
"What's the matter?" Chen was very cooperative.
"My eldest sister-in-law told mother that my eldest brother was going to the county town to meet a friend and study for a few days. She said that friend's mentor was a teacher in the county school, and that friend's mentor might participate in the next college entrance examination." Little Four Gods whispered to Chen.
Hearing this, Chen narrowed his eyes slightly, which was Chen's habit when thinking about a problem.
"You said, you said that my eldest brother, my eldest sister-in-law and her Yue family were working together to deceive us, saying that my eldest sister-in-law's Yue family would give Jun'er one tael of silver to study, but in the blink of an eye, my eldest sister-in-law asked my mother for two taels of silver, and gave her Yue family one tael of silver, and they even kept one tael of silver for themselves."
Chen's smile was very forced, "No way, mother and the others are not unreasonable."
Seeing that her mother Chen was unwilling to step forward, Fourth Aunt chatted for a while and then found an excuse to go out, apparently to look for Third Aunt.
Zhu Ping'an was listening on the side, he was really full of admiration for his uncle. Based on his understanding of his uncle and aunt over these days, this was most likely his uncle's idea. He let the Yue family pay the money first, and then asked his grandmother for money in the name of meeting friends and studying abroad. After paying back the Yue family, there was still some money left.
My uncle is the only educated person in the family, and he is fickle-minded and plays his family members around.
However, the uncle was also a little impatient. Jun Ge had only been in primary school for a few days, and the uncle had already used this trick, which would definitely make people suspicious. Although mother Chen smiled reluctantly and said no, she must have been suspicious like the fourth aunt. If the uncle waited for a year or so, then if he used this trick again, there would definitely be no trace left.
The house is going to be lively again with all the gossips about the family.
Not to mention how Fourth Aunt, mother and Third Aunt responded, after Zhu Ping'an had breakfast at dawn, he rode out again on the old ox. This time, in addition to yesterday's fish basket, he also secretly brought some salt and seasonings from the kitchen, put them in a tattered purse sewn by Chen, and hung it around his waist.
They arrived a little early today. When Zhu Ping'an was sticking his butt up to tie up the old ox, the school had not started yet.
The teacher had the style of the Wei and Jin Dynasties, wearing loose clothes and carrying an ancient book. He climbed up the steps from the hillside and saw Zhu Ping'an tying the cow to a tree with his butt sticking up. It turned out that the naughty boy who had been playing the game of watering stones in front of the school these days was a little shepherd boy. Watering stones to make them bloom? At the age of playfulness, it was quite interesting.
When Zhu Ping'an realized that the Master was passing by, the Master had already walked into the bamboo forest.
"When a person is born, his nature is good. Natures are similar, but habits make them different. If there is no teaching, nature will change. The way to teach is to be specialized..."
As soon as the teacher entered the private school, the sound of reading aloud rang out inside, with children shaking their heads and reciting the Three Character Classic.
Take classes, practice calligraphy...
Time passed slowly, and the sun gradually rose higher and higher. Without any shelter, Zhu Ping'an was sweating from the sun, and the sweat slid down his face, down, and down again...
Zhu Ping'an, who was writing hard, felt something was wrong. Why was he sweating so much today? He had never sweated so much even when it was hot in the past.
When Zhu Ping'an looked up, he saw a mischievous little girl with a sly smile on her face. She was holding a bamboo tube filled with water and dripping it drop by drop onto her forehead.
It’s this sinister little loli again, Li Shu.
"Aha, you were eavesdropping on the teacher's lecture. I found out. I'm going to tell the teacher." Li Shu caught Zhu Ping'an's weakness and threatened him in a low voice with a beaming face. She was about to rush into the private school with her short legs.
It has to be said that Zhu Ping'an was caught in a weak spot by the sinister little loli. He didn't dare to take the risk and could only give in.
“No, no, no…” Zhu Ping’an hurriedly grabbed the hand of the sinister little Lolita and held her short legs.
The scheming little Loli was very satisfied to see Zhu Ping'an's frightened look.
"You said no, so you don't want it. Humph, you said no, but I still want it."
The black-hearted little Lolita is willing to see this little bastard being scared, letting you bully me, letting you play smart, and letting you not flatter me, humph!
"Little beauty..." Zhu Ping'an put his hands together and made a request.
The little beauty snorted and complained in her heart, I just realized now that I am a little beauty!
So, even though the sinister little loli yelled on the surface that I was going to tell the teacher, I was very happy in my heart.
"How pitiful! Okay, okay, since you're so pitiful, I won't tell the teacher for now." The black-bellied little Lolita's arrogant nature was fully exposed, and she acted condescendingly as if giving alms.
However, the black-bellied little Lolita is also very scheming. She just promised not to tell the teacher first, which means that if she is unhappy, she might tell the teacher later.
When you are under someone's roof, you have to bow your head. Under the threat of the black-bellied little loli, Zhu Ping'an had no choice but to bow his head. Who let this stinky girl catch him
"I don't like it here." The scheming little loli Li Shu raised her head and said this arrogantly, then walked out of the bamboo forest with her hands behind her back and her short legs.
Zhu Ping'an followed obediently behind, looking at the arrogant and conceited little loli in front of him. Suddenly, he had a bad idea that when he grew up and became successful, he would take this conceited and conceited girl as his eleventh concubine and bully her as much as he could.
Of course, this thought only flashed through his mind. If he married this quirky, arrogant, willful, black-bellied, materialistic and vicious girl, it would definitely cause unrest in the whole family, and he didn't want to be the unlucky one.
"Why are you so slow? Do you want me to tell the teacher?!" When the sinister little loli saw Zhu Ping'an following slowly, she immediately raised her eyebrows coldly and threatened him.
Sure enough, the black-bellied little loli is the least cute.