Chapter 126 There are people beyond your reach
Zeng Mingzhu’s husband’s nephew?
Xu Zhichun couldn't help but ask Zeng Xiaoyan if she knew about her elder sister's husband's family?
Zeng Xiaoyan shook her head. "Zeng Mingzhu has always looked down on me. I wasn't allowed to show my face when she got married. Madam Zeng told everyone I was sick and recuperating. Every time Zeng Mingzhu went back to her parents' home, she wouldn't talk to me. I really don't know much about her husband's family. What does Sister Zhichun want to know? Why don't I quietly go to the Zeng family's back door tomorrow and ask a maid?"
It's not a big deal if you spend some money.
Xu Zhichun hesitated for a moment, then quickly nodded. "Then please help me find out about Miss Zeng's husband's nephew, Dou Zhongli. I'll give you whatever money you need. It doesn't matter if you spend a little more, as long as the information is accurate."
Zeng Xiaoyan smiled and said yes, then asked, "Sister Zhichun, is this for the little prodigy?"
Xu Zhichun smiled and said, "If I don't find out for sure, I won't feel at ease."
"The little prodigy is so lucky to have a sister-in-law like you."
"He calls me sister-in-law, so I should do my best to protect him."
"Why"
Outside the county school, Master Zeng asked someone to go to the gatehouse to inquire about Master Dou Zhongli and ask the gatehouse to help invite him out.
One of the doorman's duties is to help pass messages and call people, and soon someone came jogging over.
Young Master Zeng waited for almost two quarters of an hour. Qin Ning'an had already finished acting coquettishly with her mother and returned with clothes, a bag and a lot of food. Only then did Dou Zhongli arrive late.
"I'm sorry to have kept Uncle Zeng waiting for so long."
Dou Zhongli was thirteen years old this year. He was the best student among his peers in the Dou family. He was also quite handsome and elegant in appearance. Coupled with his innate arrogance since childhood, although he spoke politely, his expression did not show the slightest apology.
He was late on purpose.
How could he appear to be of high status and prestige if he didn't come late? Even if Uncle Zeng waited a little longer, so what?
Young Master Zeng had long been impatient, but on the one hand, the Zeng family was not as good as the Dou family, and the Dou family was related to the Tongzhi in the provincial capital; on the other hand, even for the sake of his beloved sister, he had to give face to this young master of the Dou family.
Young Master Zeng smiled broadly, "No, no, I just got here a short while ago. Your aunt asked the Zeng family to take good care of you. If you need anything here, just ask someone to tell us. We'll send someone to visit every few days. We won't let you suffer any injustice."
Young Master Zeng gave him the snacks and fruits he had brought, and kindly told him to just ask for anything he wanted to eat or want.
The food in the county school was not bad, but it was still hard to swallow for a rich kid like Dou Zhongli. He didn't hesitate and asked Master Zeng to buy a few dishes from the restaurant and send them over every two days.
He also specifically instructed that the dishes should be packed in food boxes with good heat preservation performance and delivered quickly after the dishes are cooked to avoid affecting the taste.
When the dishes are delivered, various fresh fruits and vegetables of the current season are also selected and delivered.
Recently, he wanted to eat fresh loquats. "I want Yuxi loquats. Pick the best ones and send them to me."
As for other toiletries, incense, etc., they don’t have to worry about it, as someone from the Dou family will deliver them.
Young Master Zeng couldn't help but feel angry when he heard this. "Yuxi loquats? Where can we find Yuxi loquats in this county? They're a variety produced in the provincial capital. So we have to send someone to the provincial capital to buy loquats for him?"
It's fine if he's bossing people around and asking for food to be delivered, but how could he have the nerve to ask for Yunnan loquats? Will he ask for fresh Lingnan lychees next time?
Even if he was buried in the hole he had dug, he had to try to smile. Young Master Zeng couldn't just go back on his word and say no. After all, who told him to brag and let others "just say it"?
"Okay, I'll definitely send it to you next time."
Young Master Zeng was so frustrated that he had to find a place to vent his anger, so he started gossiping: "By the way, nephew Zhong Li, if any unscrupulous people come to visit you in this county school and say flattering words, you don't have to pay any attention to them. They are not good people."
Dou Zhongli was a little surprised: "Huh?"
Young Master Zeng sneered: "You are the young master of the Dou family. There will always be people trying to please you to achieve their goals. Just now..."
Young Master Zeng told them about what he had just seen Xu Zhichun, Zeng Xiaoyan and the others, and said that it was a coincidence that they felt guilty as soon as they met him and were driven away by him.
But who knows if he will come back with such evil intentions?
Dou Zhongli couldn't help but feel a little disdainful and sneered, "Don't worry, Uncle Zeng, I'm not that easy to fool. They want to cheat me, but there's no way!"
After scolding Zeng Xiaoyan, Xu Zhichun and the others, Young Master Zeng's depressed mood finally eased a little. He nodded and smiled, "Of course, nephew Zhong Li is extremely intelligent, and they certainly can't fool him. It's better to be on guard than to be on the alert."
"Uncle Zeng is right."
Not long after, Young Master Zeng left. Dou Zhongli walked back with things in his hands, looking somewhat disgusted.
He really doesn't like doing this kind of physical work. It seems that next time he should ask Lin Yang and Zhao Xun Gu to accompany him and help carry things.
Dou Zhongli asked the doorman, "Three young women and a man came earlier in an ox cart. Did they say they were looking for me?"
Although he looked down on those people after hearing what Master Zeng said, he was still somewhat happy because they were eager to curry favor with him.
The doorman was stunned. Three young women and a man driving an ox cart were quite conspicuous. Liang Mingxuan, so young, running over was also conspicuous. Plus, there weren't many people here today, so the doorman actually remembered it. He smiled and said, "That's not the case. They're here to see Liang Xiaotongsheng. They must be his family. I heard Liang Xiaotongsheng call someone 'sister-in-law'."
Dou Zhongli's face darkened. "Really? Did you hear correctly?"
The concierge was a little surprised: "How can this be wrong?"
What's wrong with Dou Tongsheng? Doesn't he have any idea whether the person coming is looking for him?
Dou Zhongli always felt that there must be something wrong. He was too lazy to explain to them and just turned and left.
Liang Mingxuan, it’s Liang Mingxuan again.
In this county school, the person he hated most was Liang Mingxuan.
Before coming here, he thought he was the youngest among the students. His family and relatives also thought so. Everyone praised him and said that it was extremely rare for someone as young as him to pass the examination and become a student in their Xijiang Province, and perhaps he was the only one of his kind.
He is destined to become famous at a young age and is the pride of the Dou family!
Unexpectedly, Liang Mingxuan is not even eleven years old yet!
That would have been fine, but there was actually a student from Qingfeng Academy who failed to get into the county school this time, and he was only twelve years old.
It would have been fine if he hadn't come, but as soon as he came, he moved from first to third.
This was an extremely heavy blow to Dou Zhongli, who was arrogant and imagined that he would enjoy the glory and attention after coming to the county school.
There are nine students under the age of fifteen, and they are enrolled in a separate class.
He couldn't help but secretly pay attention to Liang Mingxuan, trying to find his faults, but he couldn't get what he wanted.
Asking for monthly ticket
(End of this chapter)
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