Chapter 29: Brother Hanhan, a shrewd stepmother, a blessing or a curse
My dear brother Cao Ang? Where is the person?
A big question mark appeared on Cao Shu's forehead. Everyone asked, where is Cao Ang's figure?
Could it be that you were caught stealing money? Beat it? Or you were imprisoned and punished to kneel down in the ancestral hall?
But... Ding Hui, who looks good and is in a bad mood, will she openly punish Cao Ang like this? Isn’t this a big smear of her image as a kind mother!
The more I thought about it, the more confused Cao Shu became, and there were a little more worries between his eyebrows...
"Brother Cao Shu..." Suddenly, Cao Shu in the pavilion heard a sound. The sound seemed to come from the lush flowers behind the big locust tree in the pavilion. As for the tone... isn't it? Brother Cao Ang?
Cao Shu turned his head... Seeing the crowds of figures in the grass, looking around and no one around, he walked over quietly.
Under the cover of the rockery and under the cover of the flowers, Cao Ang finally found! Brother Cao Ang was lying on his turtle...
"Brother Cao Ang? Are you squatting in the grass?"
"Brother Cao Shuo, you lie down and see what this is?" Cao Ang hurriedly greeted without answering Cao Shuo's question.
Following Cao Ang's gaze, Cao Shu noticed... there was a deep hole in the flowers? It seemed like I had just dug... As for, inside the hole...
Cao Shu squatted down... and looked over with his head, and then he realized that the deep hole was buried with jewelry, gold and silver, and jewelry... From the color, it was of great value...
Wait... Cao Shu was a little confused. Wasn't he just stealing some money? As for... he digging a hole? Is Cao Ang a terrestrial rat?
"Brother Cao Ang... I can understand that these gold, silver and jewelry are here? But... why do you bury them in the hole?"
"Shh...too much." Cao Ang tried his best to lower his voice. He pointed at the hole and subconsciously filled some soil on it, looking very guilty. "Where the girl's jewelry in this, no one else will know..."
Well…
Immediately... Cao Shu had a deep doubt about the IQ of Cao Ang's brother. Is this child so unconscious at the age of ten? Is he so stupid? The grass in this garden is so big, even if it is covered by rockery and big trees, but occasionally someone comes over and sees the nearby mounds? He won't be a little suspicious?
Thinking of this, Cao Shuo wiped his sweat and smiled bitterly. "Brother Cao Ang?...The flowers are so big? You'll bury them today, and you'll forget them tomorrow..."
"This is simple!" Cao Ang pointed to a small wooden sign with a standing... and read the font above - there is no gold, silver and jewelry here...
I'll go... Is there three hundred taels of silver here?
Cao Shu really wanted to cry... He wanted to cry hard for his brother Cao Ang's IQ... Look at the child taught by Mrs. Ding, kindness is kindness, simpleness is simple... But if you go too far, you will almost become "silly"!
"Okay, okay... Brother Cao Ang doesn't need to be buried!" Cao Shuo hurriedly stopped him... "We will use this money today."
"Ah...so anxious?" Cao Ang raised his head, looking a little nervous and uneasy...
"You talk first? Steal... no, how much did Mrs. Ding steal?" Try to be concise when talking to Cao Ang, this "silly"...
Cao Shuo simply lay down and tried his best to reduce his IQ to the same height as him...
"These are all..." Cao Ang put aside the soil. At first glance, there were a lot of gold, silver and jewelry... It was estimated that it could exceed ten thousand five-zhu coins when sold.
But Cao Shu knew, what was enough? He hoarded Hu people's equipment? Even if it was ten times more, it would not be enough to fill the deficit of the treasury... let alone, he wanted to leave some private money.
Seeing this, Cao Shu couldn't help but feel a little disappointed... Sure enough, his stepmother Ding Hui was not as rich as she thought...
Huh...wait, what is that?
Suddenly, Cao Shu noticed that there were some silk cloth buried in the pit, which was in brown-red font, and should have been issued by the government...
"What is that?" Cao Shuo asked...
"Lot deed." Cao Ang seemed quite happy when he mentioned this. "Originally, there was no title deed in the secret compartment? But... when I went to collect it the next few times, I had these extra... I took it all at once. Unexpectedly, my grandmother still had the title deed! This should be sold for a lot of money, right?"
Cao Ang's joy was about to emerge... Who doesn't know that the land deeds are valuable these days!
Well...this...
Cao Shuo took out the soil and took out the land deeds... and swept it carefully. How could this be Ding Hui's land deeds? It was clearly the industry that the Cao family bought in Kyoto, Qiao County, and even in Langya County, Xuzhou...land, real estate, shops... Speaking of which, there is nothing in the entire Cao Mansion, which is more valuable than them.
wrong!
Suddenly, Cao Shu became alert... How could the land deed of Cao's mansion appear in the secret wall in Mrs. Ding's room? Such an important thing? Shouldn't it be in the warehouse? If Ding Hui, who did not have the "steward", agreed... Who dared to move...
If so...then...
Cao Shuo's eyes looked at Cao Ang... "Has you discovered by my mother?"
"No!" Cao Ang waved his hands repeatedly, very confident. "At first I was frightened and tiptoed, but in recent times... I don't know why, in Ah Mom's courtyard... the servants are always careless, and it's easier for me to sneak in..."
A treacherous plan! A stone hammer! It must be a treacherous plan!
...Ding Hui must have noticed Cao Ang's actions.
Not only did she not stop her, she added all the land deeds of Cao's mansion... This is a rhythm of adding fire!
It seems that she is determined to make a big deal... to the point where she is irreversible. So, Ding Hui must have figured it out that this matter is the commander behind Cao Shu and she wants to use this to attack Cao Shu?
Sure enough... Mrs. Ding's heart will not die...
After some deep thought, a few drops of sweat appeared on Cao Shu's brows.
"Brother Cao Shu...what is wrong?" Cao Ang continued to ask: "Does I not deserve to get a land deed? Is this too expensive?"
"Um... no..." Cao Shu waved his hand... After a brief hesitation, a faint smile suddenly appeared on the corner of his mouth. "Expensive? It doesn't exist, these land deeds are far from enough..."
At this moment, Cao Shu had already had an idea in his heart... Since Ding Hui was going to make this big, he would just make it big... Cao Shu was sure... In just four years, the "Hu Feng" would definitely blow up... At that time, these land deeds would make countless money... and they would even be returned in multiples!
What's more... Compared to the crisis of the Cao family filling the treasury silver? What are these mere land deeds? If the treasury cannot be filled... it is not guaranteed, Zhang Rang will ruin it and the entire Cao family will be cold! How can there be a complete egg when the nest is destroyed?
"Brother Cao Ang..." Cao Shuo's tone was firm. "You don't need to care about anything else, just go to Ah Niang's room again. There will definitely be a continuous stream of land deeds in that secret compartment... Don't hesitate, as long as there is, bring them all!"
Ah... Cao Ang was shocked, would you still want to take it?
"But... but I have taken away all the land deeds and there are not many jewelry left. If you take them again, I'm afraid my mother will definitely find it?"
Facing Cao Ang's stupid and naive questioning... Cao Shuo just "hehe".
Discover... Ding Hui discovered it early in the morning, and now she is planning to make things worse... Cao Shu is also thinking about taking the trick!
Considering Cao Ang's IQ, Cao Shu simply didn't explain so much. "Don't worry, just go... there will be jewelry, and there will be land deeds, including your peach wood sword, mahogany sword, ebony sword... everything will be..."
Speaking of this, Cao Shu put his hand on Cao Ang's shoulder and patted it lightly a few times. "Brother Cao Ang, I think you did the right thing. All the stolen property will be buried here! Come on... I'm optimistic about you..."
After saying that, Cao Shu stood up and carefully stuffed these land contracts into his arms... patted the soil on his body and left slowly...
Before walking out of the gate of the cabinet, he looked back and looked back at his brother Cao Ang who was still working among the flowers, and murmured in his heart: "With such a kind and kind stupid brother, I don't know... it's a blessing or a disaster!"
Thinking of this, he shook his head slightly... and walked straight out of the courtyard of Cao's mansion.
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Chapter completed!