Dressed as a vicious stepmother, the whole family is full of wealth

Chapter 148, Qiao Hong's Counterattack
It takes so much money to go to the academy to study?
Xiao Qing asked with a smile: "My aunt has inquired about the cost of the academy, it seems that it is not that much, I heard that three to forty taels a year at most is enough."

Qiao Maoshu said: "Ma'am, what you said is that you follow the ordinary teachers, because the famous teachers require different homework every year, and the books they buy are also different, and the requirements for writing the four books, five classics and eight-legged essays will be different!"

Xiao Qing nodded slightly, understood.

Qiao Hong quickly waved his hand: "Then I still won't go. Before entering the academy, I need 50 taels of silver, which is too much!"

Xiao Qing sat aside and didn't speak, she was still waiting for Qiao Maoshu's real purpose.

She couldn't believe he was just visiting their house.

But to her surprise, after Qiao Maoshu told Qiao Hong to read more of those books, he planned to leave.

"Auntie, it's getting late, and I have to go back to the academy. If I ask the teacher tomorrow and get the answer, then ask him if he would like to recommend Hongge to the academy after taking the exam!" Qiao Maoshu stood up and said.

Xiao Qing said with a smile: "Okay, then Maoshu, you should spend more time on this matter. Brother Hong is your younger brother. If he can enter the academy, you will take care of him in the academy from now on."

Qiao Maoshu has the bearing of a brother, with a solemn face: "Don't worry, auntie, I grew up with Brother Hong and studied together. If he can enter the academy, it will be a matter of honor for our old Qiao family. I will definitely be the best!" Help."

Xiao Qing squinted his eyes and nodded with a smile: "Mao Shu is really sensible!"

Seeing that Xiao Qing, Qiao Hong and his sisters-in-law were very polite and friendly to him, Qiao Maoshu had something in his mouth and knew it was time to speak.

He lowered his head and sighed: "By the way, aunt, I studied in the academy a few years ago, and I know very little about the two families. When I came back this time, I saw that the business of Qiao's store was less, so I asked my father and mother to know about it." After learning about the situation of our two families, I realized how hard it is for the aunt to bring her cousins, sisters-in-law and nephews alone. I heard from my father that he occupied a lot of land in your house in the early years. Yes, I am very sad. I will tell my father when I go home today, let him return the land to you. Over the years, the relationship between the two families is not good because of the land, because the elder brother and Shuhua are ignorant. The relationship is getting worse and worse, auntie, I will apologize to auntie on behalf of my father and mother, my brother and Shu Hua, and from now on, auntie's family can go to the store to eat and drink, don't worry about who is there, and won't do it again Someone stopped me. If Qiao’s Inn did not have the support of my uncle back then, it would not be able to do business. As a scholar, Mao Shu always remembers not to forget the roots in doing things and being a man, let alone remembering the source when drinking water. Auntie, my father and my mother listen to me the most. I'll tell them when I go back, and I'll give my aunt a satisfactory explanation then?"

Xiao Qing listened to his words sincerely and earnestly, if he hadn't been repeatedly humiliated by Qiao Xiangmin and Qiao Maosheng, he would have believed him a little bit!
She smiled suddenly, and before she could speak, she heard Qiao Hong say: "Brother, let the previous generation tell the story, as long as we have a good relationship between brothers, what's more, what the second uncle and the second aunt did, it's not just a word of sorry." It can be resolved, for so many years, they have hurt mother and brother and sister-in-law too much, and the land has to be returned, but the human relationship will not be healed after being hurt for a while."

Xiao Qing looked at Qiao Hong with admiration. This child is much more knowledgeable than Qiao Er. It is still beneficial to have more experience outside. He has seen more people and encountered many things. I was persuaded by a little benefit and a few soft words.

It was only fitting for him to say these words.

Qiao Maoshu was slightly taken aback when he heard Qiao Hong's words. Didn't this kid just say whatever he said before?Why are you still singing against him?

He smiled: "Brother Hong, you can't say that. One day you and I were studying together in Yaoshan Academy and saw that the parents of the previous generation were at odds, often arguing over trivial matters, or ignoring each other. How embarrassing is this?... We were born from the same root, so why bother? We are both members of the old Qiao family, and we both have the surname Qiao. How can there be such a big hatred? After all, we are an ancestor. You are still young, so you don’t understand The benefits of having more brothers and sisters outside!"

Tsk tsk tsk, look at how Qiao Xiangmin's family can talk, it feels different when scholars say it, Xiao Qing secretly laughed.

Qiao Hong said without changing his face: "Wait until Second Uncle and Second Aunt show their sincerity, Brother Mao Shu, my family has experienced a lot in these years, you don't see it, you don't understand it, our family is already united! Is your family united?"

Qiao Maoshu: "..."

He stared at Qiao Hong, trying to find the cowardice on his face, but Qiao Hong's face was only determined, and he couldn't see the appearance of a child back then. Qiao Hong seemed to have turned into a teenager in the past two years.

This rhetorical question undoubtedly slapped him in the face severely. His second brother and father separated, and the elder brother did not separate. If their family was united, there would be no such thing as him persuading his parents. There will be three or four thoughts.

Qiao Maoshu's face turned red, and it became red hot when Qiao Hong asked him back.

He coughed lightly to ease his embarrassment.

"Of course, my family is very united." Qiao Maoshu said with a smile.

Qiao Hong smiled, and said in a gentle tone: "Yes, the second uncle and the second aunt have always spoken the same word about my family. Of course, they are united in everything. Brother Maoshu, a lot of things have happened in the past two years. You and I have also agreed. They are all grown up, don't say that our two families are one family, look at my house, and then look at your house, one is in the county and the other is in the village. The Qiao's Inn was opened with my father's money, but it is not the same as ours. It doesn't matter, we are two families, not one family!"

Qiao Maoshu stared at Qiao Hong for a long time without moving away. Is this kid capable?
Does he still want to enter Yaoshan Academy?
When it comes to the matter of the two families, is it so rushing?
Qiao Hong looked back at him with a smile on his lips, without hostility.

Seeing that the atmosphere between the two was not right, Xiao Qing hurriedly smoothed things over.

"Maoshu, Brother Hong, don't talk all the time, drink some hot tea and eat some preserved fruit, these are all bought by my aunt from the county today." Xiao Qing smiled: "I'm getting more and more talkative when you two are talking." I don’t understand, what kind of family, children, don’t care about what you say, Ang, Mao Shu, don’t care about it.”

Qiao Maoshu looked at Xiao Qing, and tried to squeeze out a sneer: "Thank you, aunt, it's getting late, I'll go back, and I'll bother you tomorrow."

Seeing him salute, Xiao Qing smiled modestly: "Okay, auntie's place is poor, so I can't keep you here, but, Mao Shu, you go back and tell your father, auntie, I have no requirements for your family, as long as you put The [-] to [-] acres of my family’s land will be returned to us, everything is easy to say, we rely on the mountains to eat the mountains, and the farmers who rely on the land to survive, without the land, the family will have nothing, your father won’t let us live, you will never Seeing us starve to death, right? Let our family survive first before we can talk about one family and two families, right?"

(End of this chapter)