Tao Zhu was amused by his words: "You are also very powerful. You have saved two thousand taels of silver just by yourself."
"It's far away from where I can buy the house I want."
Shen Hua sighed.
"However, speaking of the house, Sister Meng came to my house that day and asked me to keep an eye on the house. Meng Yue paid off the money she owed to my cousin, and there is no foreign debt. Brother Meng and Sister Meng are planning to buy a house, even if it's just a matter of time. A small courtyard is better than renting a house."
Meng Yue had stopped going out to drink with Shang Feng, so she was finally able to save her monthly salary.
Last month, Meng Yue paid back all the money she had borrowed from Xu Ying, including the money she spent living in Xu's house while rushing for exams in the past few years.
Although Xu Ying felt that there was no need to pay back the food and accommodation, Meng Yue insisted on paying it back, so Xu Ying had no choice but to let him go.
After clearing the debt, the eldest brother and sister-in-law of the Meng family were very happy.
Meng Yue has a salary of ninety taels a month. If he saves sixty taels a month, he can buy a small house in two years.
Therefore, Mrs. Meng specially found Shen Hua and asked Shen Hua to pay attention.
Their house can be bought with one or two entrances. Anyway, Meng Yueguan's son is young, so the house doesn't need to be too good.
After hearing what Shen Hua said, Tao Zhu was sincerely happy for Meng Yue. Yes, she finally had no foreign debt and could concentrate on saving money to buy a house.
People around you are buying houses, which means life is getting better and better, which is a happy event.
Not long after Shen Hua left, Li Dashan hitched the ox cart and went to pick up Li Qiao from get off work.
Now Tao Zhu doesn't go to pick up Li Qiao every day, because the two little ones are too clingy and can't live without him. But now that the weather is cold, it's too much trouble to take the two little ones out, so now Li Dashan often takes them. Li Dao and others went to pick him up from work.
The weather was gloomy, and it was already dark when we got home against the cold wind.
Dinner is also ready.
Zheng Qianqian made it with Li He and Li Yu. Li He was thirteen years old and Li Yu was fourteen. Although they were young, they worked very skillfully and their cooking skills were better than Zheng Qianqian's.
After dinner, Li Qiao and Tao Zhu took their two cubs back to the greenhouse in the side yard.
Zheng Qianqian took Li Xiaorui there too.
Li Xiaorui likes the two cubs very much. He not only plays with them during the day, but also plays with them for a while after dinner before going to bed.
Their favorite game is crawling on the carpet.
Li Changfeng and Li Yunfan, two chubby friends, could only crawl but could not run. Li Xiaorui could run, so he used the table legs to play hide-and-seek with them.
Li Xiaorui was so big that he couldn't hide under the table legs, but he hid very carefully every time and even shouted to the two little boys to catch him quickly.
The two cubs couldn't understand it at all, but seeing how hard their eldest nephew worked, they would crawl over slowly every time.
The little dumpling, wrapped in tiger skin clothes, slowly moved towards Li Xiaorui. The scene was so cute.
After the two of them crawled over, Li Xiaorui held one in each arm, and the three little guys were laughing together on the blanket.
Li Qiao Taozhu, Zheng Qianqian and Li Dashan didn't understand the charm of this childish game. However, looking at the smiling faces of the three little guys and listening to their giggles, they couldn't help but smile along with them.
very good.
They don't have to worry about playing with them.
Soon, the two little ones became sleepy. After they fell asleep, Li Qiao and Tao Zhu washed up quickly. After they washed up, Zheng Qianqian carried Li Xiaorui back to the main courtyard.
It was too early. Lying on the warm kang, Li Qiao and Tao Zhu were not sleepy. Since they had a baby, this was the only time that truly belonged to them.
Li Qiao grabbed Tao Zhu's hand and slowly talked about his experience today while playing with it.
He didn't eat lunch at the Hanlin Academy today.
At almost noon, the Seventh Prince sent someone to look for him. He and the Seventh Prince went to the restaurant downstairs at Baiwei.
"The Seventh Prince has something to do with you?"
Hearing this, Tao Zhu changed from lying on his back to lying on his side, and turned to look at him.
"He showed me an account book, which showed the specific whereabouts of our family's two hundred and twenty thousand taels of silver."
Li Qiao explained.
"...The Seventh Prince is really a serious and responsible person."
Tao Zhu was silent for a moment and couldn't help but sigh.
He and Li Qiao naturally trusted the seventh prince.
But he never thought that the seventh prince would show Li Qiao the ledger.
"Yes, I was surprised when I saw the account book. He spent our money on those families who suffered particularly heavy losses. There are many mountains there. When the mudslide comes, some people's homes are completely buried. Some people who ran away early , brought out the savings, some who ran away late, only some people ran out, and the rest were buried."
"The seventh prince gave our money to these people, and also bought seeds and grain."
"With 220,000 taels, he helped more than 5,000 families in total. The people are very grateful to him, and he is very grateful to us."
Because this amount of money was donated quietly, the seventh prince could only say that this amount of money was raised by him personally during disaster relief.
The victims only knew him as the seventh prince, but they didn't know about Li Qiao and Tao Zhu.
The Seventh Prince felt a little sorry for this, as his good reputation was all borne by him alone.
"It doesn't matter. We didn't donate just for fame and fortune. We actually helped more than 5,000 families, which far exceeded my expectations."
Tao Zhu was surprised.
When he donated it, he never thought that the money would have such a specific destination.
"Yes, I am very grateful to the Seventh Prince and express my gratitude to him again and again. Our money has not been wasted."
"He obviously lost a lot of weight, and he also told me about the tragic situation over there."
Li Qiao said, his voice lowered, and he tightened his grip on Tao Zhu.
"The heavy rain came too suddenly, and local officials failed to act and failed to notify people to evacuate in time. This heavy rain not only affected millions of people, but also nearly 8,000 people were killed."
"That's why the Holy Spirit is furious. This number is too much."
Tao Zhu: "..."
He couldn't help but hold his breath.
so many people!
"Also, the third prince and the fifth prince did not perform well during this disaster relief. The seventh prince filed a complaint against them. This is one of the reasons why the Holy Emperor is angry."
"As I was worried before, the third prince said he was going to provide disaster relief, but after arriving there, he spent a lot of time and energy on making friends with local officials and paid little attention to the people."
"The fifth prince wants to achieve something, but what he wants is results. As for the people, he actually doesn't care. If he doesn't achieve the results he wants, he will get angry."
"For example, after the people received grain seeds, they had to plant the seeds. He hoped that the people could plant all the seeds within three days. If the people failed to finish planting on time, he would not allow the people to eat and rest. When did they finish planting? It’s time to rest and eat.”
"However, it may be because they supervise each other, so the two of them did not have the idea of appropriating money from the court, but just worked hard for their own cause of seizing the throne."
Thinking of what the Seventh Prince said today, the worry in Li Qiao's heart could not be dissipated.
These two princes were not there to provide disaster relief. They were there to save capital for themselves to seize the throne.
Tao Zhu was speechless after hearing what Li Qiao said.
"Based on their performance, the Holy One shouldn't make them princes, right?"
"The Holy One has already launched an investigation on them, but to be honest, the two of them did not make any big mistakes this time. Therefore, if we want the Holy One to completely disappoint them, similar things will definitely happen several times."
"It's just going to hurt the people."
Tao Zhu: "..."
He was silent for a few seconds, then turned over and lay on Li Qiao's body.
Fortunately, he and Li Qiao are no longer ordinary people.
Fortunately, fortunately!
Li Qiao took advantage of the situation and hugged him, patted his back gently, and then said: "Don't think too much, the Holy One loves the people as sons, and he will definitely not make these two princes princes."
"Furthermore, after the Holy One understands the personalities of these two princes, the next time they are asked to do something, there is a high probability that they will be like this time and send stable and reliable ministers to keep an eye on them."
"We must believe in the Holy One."
Hearing this, Tao Zhu hummed slightly.
For now, he is very trusting and grateful to the Holy Spirit.
However, when he thought of these two princes, he couldn't help but feel agitated.
The Holy One is obviously a wise king, but why are these two princes so stupid and violent? It doesn’t look like the Holy One’s biological son anymore.
"It would be nice if the seventh prince was a man." He pursed his lips and said.
"I hope so too." Li Qiao smiled bitterly.
The seventh prince not only has a heart to love the people, but also has the ability to love the people. Unfortunately, he is the younger brother...
"Speaking of which, after we finished talking about business with the Seventh Prince today, we chatted a little more about Meng Yue. Meng Yue is in the Criminal Department, and the Seventh Prince is also in the Criminal Department. I asked the Seventh Prince to take more care of Meng Yue, but you can guess what happened."
Thinking of something strange today, Li Qiao changed the topic while gently rubbing Tao Zhu's back.
"What's wrong?"
Tao Zhu asked cooperatively.
"He sneered."
"Um?"
Tao Zhu was surprised. Originally, his cheek was buried in Li Qiao's neck, but the seventh prince's reaction was so strange that he couldn't help but get off Li Qiao, and then sat up.
"Did Meng Yue offend him somewhere?"
"I was also surprised. I immediately asked what Meng Yue did wrong. But he explained that the sneer just now was not directed at Meng Yue, but at Meng Yue's summit. He changed the topic."
"But my intuition tells me that his sneer was directed at Meng Yue."
Li Qiao also sat up and followed Tao Zhu's example, crossing his legs with a serious look on his face.
"...How about asking Meng Yue another day? If there is any misunderstanding, you can mediate it. Sister Meng is happily preparing to save money to buy a house and is full of yearning for the future. Meng Yue cannot let her slip at such a critical moment. .”
Tao Zhu frowned.
"good."
