Seeing that the east wind returns, the struggle for teaching is the most complicated

Maybe get the money back? "He Hongwen and Chu Heng looked at each other, and Chu Heng said: "Isn't it true what my wife said.But in the law, the two young masters of the Cao family could not come to Beijing without serious deacons.Now to report to the official, who will be the first to report?What's more, it was caused by bribery, and it involved the eunuch in power in the palace. Could it be that the Shuntian Mansion dared to send the eunuch to confront him?The husband sometimes has to walk around in the palace, offending the eunuchs, I'm afraid it will cause future troubles. "

Mother He cried and regretted for a while, and fell ill that night.He Hongwen and his wife accompanied him in undressed clothes, and Cao Jinxiu also came back from the other house. Knowing that he had caused a catastrophe, he also watched over He's mother and cried all day long, fearing that if she could not get up, He Hongwen would hate himself.Mother He had just woken up and drank two sips of ginseng soup, when someone came in at the door and reported: "Master and grandma are not well, someone from Meichun Tower came to collect debts, saying that the two young masters of the Cao family combed the oiran lady, I owe 200 taels of silver..." Mother He coughed suddenly, vomited out all the soup and medicine she had just drank, and passed out again.

Chu Heng said angrily: "You don't have eyes? Do you have to say it in front of your wife?"

The old woman was so frightened that she quickly kowtowed and said, "This servant is deluded by lard, so he did such a foolish thing...Grandma, please spare this old slave!"

Chu Heng didn't care about her, so Cao Jinxiu hurried over and asked, "Have you been sent away?"

The woman said: "Without the money, how can they leave?"

Chu Heng said: "Go and tell her: The He family has no relatives surnamed Cao, let him go to the Cao family to collect debts!" ​​The woman didn't dare to say any more, and hurried away.

Cao Jinxiu had no master in his mind, and only hoped that He's mother would wake up, otherwise he would really be pissed off by the Cao family brothers, and he would no longer be able to gain a foothold in the He family.I didn't know how long it had passed, but Mother He hadn't woken up yet, and the door reported again: "The fifth young master of the Cao family came back and said... he said to get the money, but the second young master is still withholding it. If he doesn't take the money, he will I'm going to take them to the police..."

When Cao Jinxiu heard about reporting to the official, she stood up anxiously. The people in the room looked around, and finally had to cry to He Hongwen: "Cousin, if you report to the official, my brother..."

Chu Heng cut it off immediately: "If you report to the official, report to the official! If there is something wrong with the wife, if they don't report to the official, I will report to the official!"

Cao Jinxiu grabbed her skirt and cried, "Grandma, please give birth! If you are sent to the police, why don't my brothers and sisters go to jail? You see... see..."

Chu Heng sneered and said: "For my aunt's sake, isn't it?" His face fell down, "You should open your eyes first and see what you have done to your wife! For my wife's sake, your two brothers will You should go to jail!" Tell the person who reported the letter: "Tell the young master of the Cao family, my He family will never pay their Fengyue debts for them! Since he has the ability to owe money, he should have the ability to pay it back. Don't rely on my family, Dirty the ground in front of this door!"

When Cao Yu heard that the He family was so unfeeling, he jumped outside the door and cursed: "What are you surnamed He! Back then, I hired my sister, but I hated the poor and loved the rich, so I forced my wife to be a concubine! What kind of scholarly family? My sister has been bullied at your house, and I haven't settled with you! If you don't want to send me off today, I will show you a show!" Many neighbors gathered around to point and laugh.

The person at the door reported it, and Cao Jinxiu felt ashamed and angry.Chu Heng said: "Take the young master's name card and report it to the officials, and arrest him! What kind of son of a family has face!" Just as he was speaking, he saw He Mu's lips move, Cao Jinxiu rushed over, Chu Heng Heng sternly said: "If you dare to say a word about the demolition of your house in front of your wife, you will get out of He's house!" She had never been so strict, Cao Jinxiu was frightened for a moment, and fell silent.

He Mu woke up with great difficulty, but passed out again for a while, and she tossed and tossed all night, and she didn't feel better until noon the next day.Cao Jinxiu couldn't bear it any longer, she rushed to He Mu's bed and cried, "Auntie, you can save my elder brother and brothers no matter what, they don't have to suffer in prison! Just give them 200 taels of silver! I'm going to die, Tell my parents to sell the house and land, and they will definitely pay back!"

Before He's mother could speak, Chu Heng said, "I'm sure you will come back?" She stared at Cao Jinxiu and said, "Okay, if you don't come up within half a year, you will go down, are you willing?"

Cao Jinxiu was startled, turned to look at Chu Heng and cried, "Grandma is trying to drive me away on purpose?"

Chu Heng sneered and said: "Since you keep saying that your family must still go to school, then you don't need to go to court. What, do you dare to answer?"

Cao Jinxiu grabbed He's mother's hand and said, "Auntie, auntie, help me..."

Mother He looked at her daughter-in-law pleadingly, and Chu Heng said, "Don't worry, Ma'am, I didn't mean to drive Sister Cao away, I just wanted to let her know that it's not something that can be bought casually! Once it's about her, she won't do it." Dare to promise again, it can be seen that she never feels sorry for spending the money of the He family! Sister Cao, I advise you to stop and just take care of yourself honestly. The He family has nothing to do with your two brothers! Let them suffer! It is also your good fortune to learn to be good after the last meal!"

Mother He knew that her daughter-in-law would definitely not go to protect the brothers of the Cao family. Although her son didn't speak, he could tell from his expression that he meant the same thing.Although she felt sorry for her nephew, these two brothers were really ridiculous, how could she control them?Gritting her teeth, she closed her eyes.

Cao Jinxiu still begged again, but Chu Heng ordered: "Send her back." The two wives put Cao Jinxiu on hold and left. Cao Jinxiu cried loudly, and He's mother shed tears, but she never opened her eyes.

Chu Heng heaved a sigh of relief, sat down and wiped away tears for her mother-in-law, and persuaded: "Madam has already done her best, what else is there to do? If they are the children of the He family, if they do such a shameful thing, they will not be beaten to death outside." Even if I go home, I will be beaten to death by the family law. Now I look at my concubine, and my wife also gave money if I asked for money. It’s not that I didn’t find a job. Let them go, and the wife can rest easy, and the concubine can't blame anyone."

Mother He choked with sobs for a while, and said, "I just think I'm dead...Let them... go..."

23

"Old lady, there is a grandma Luo outside the door. She said she is the sister of my aunt, and my wife asked me to go back to the old lady."

When Brother Qi was four years old, the head of the house, Sun He Mingli, married into his daughter-in-law. The two female relatives of the He family in Beijing were all verbally promoted to a higher level. Mother He became the old lady, and Chu Heng became the old lady. Ma'am, Cao Jinxiu is still an aunt. When Brother Qi takes a concubine in the future, she can be promoted to be an old aunt, and then die of old age in this position.

Mother He looked at Cao Jinxiu with some doubts, and Cao Jinxiu also looked blank.Her three sisters were all concubines, the elder sister's husband's family name was Hu, the second sister's husband's family name was Ge, and the younger sister's husband's family name was Cao—at that time, they were all focused on paying off their daughters for debts, and her parents ignored the old admonition of not marrying with the same surname.Since there are no sisters married into the Luo family, who is this grandma Luo?Could it be the sisters of the main room?No relatives from the Cao family were in Beijing. Cao Jinxiu hadn't had much contact with the relatives in the next room since she was a child, and she couldn't figure out why after going around in her stomach, so she shook her head at He's mother.

Mother He thought for a while and said: "It's rare for someone to come to see you, so please come in and see you, anyway, it's a female guest."

Ever since the two brothers were sent back to their hometown, Cao Jinxiu thought that her good days in front of He's mother had come to an end, but her mother wrote a letter afterwards, crying bitterly to He's mother for the two sons' unworthiness. Apologizing, she said a lot of self-blaming words, and the slapping of her cheeks could be heard almost through the letter paper.Then suddenly the topic changed, saying that the two sons said that Jin'er was not doing well, she had neither the love of her husband nor the care of her aunt. .I entrusted my daughter to him, but I never thought that my sister would be so ruthless, she was not as good as a passerby.Since she dislikes her daughter so much, it is better to send her back to her natal family, at most she will take her daughter away when she dies.Cao Jinxiu couldn't cry because of her belief, and He's mother felt ashamed when she heard it.Although she couldn't take Cao Jinxiu back, she forced her daughter-in-law to change the people around Cao Jinxiu. She personally picked a few girls she knew well to send over, and often gave her some consideration.Chu Heng couldn't argue with his mother-in-law about such a trivial matter, so he opened his eyes and closed his eyes.

Cao Jinxiu lived alone in the other house for only a little over a year, and He's mother became critically ill again, just as Cao Jinxiu contracted typhoid fever and was also seriously ill. He's mother was heartbroken and begged her son and daughter-in-law to take Cao Jinxiu back to live with her , "Let our mothers die together anyway."He Hongwen couldn't bear it first and agreed, and Chu Heng agreed very happily, not only took Cao Jinxiu back immediately, but also told her mother-in-law and her husband when her mother-in-law got better: in the future, He Hongwen will take maidservants and concubines at will, and she will not care.

She really let go, but He's mother and He Hongwen became worried. He Hongwen didn't care, but He's mother repeatedly said in front of her daughter-in-law that she was just worried that Cao Jinxiu would not have anyone to take care of her. Nothing else.Chu Heng also repeatedly said that he just regretted the past, but now that he thinks about it, it has nothing to do with Cao Jinxiu.Mother He didn't believe it, the more relaxed the daughter-in-law smiled, the more she felt there was a deep meaning in it, even Cao Jinxiu didn't dare to provoke this matter again.

It has been a year since Cao Jinxiu moved back, except for throwing a few sad looks at He Hongwen from time to time, and playing a few lovesick songs that no one applauded, the rest is to persuade Mother He to ask Chu Heng for some property for half a year. Father and mother, the items that ask for money are refurbished: two brothers are getting married, father has a stroke, half of the house was knocked down by lightning and needs to be repaired...the list goes on and on.Because He's mother's illness kept recurring, Chu Heng didn't refute it, but reiterated every time that the expenses must be reduced to around a hundred taels, and Cao Jinxiu had to pay for a small part of it.Cao Jinxiu was very breathless, but Mother He always excused Chu Heng: "The people in the clan are watching.