After emergency closed-door consultations, the three Zhu family rushed to the Tao family mansion under the leadership of Zhou Jincai.

Zhu Xiu persuaded Fang Cuilan and Zhu Hong not to bring weapons. If he went there this time, it was likely to be a literary fight.

In front of Ge Lide and Old Ge, there would never be a fight. If he really attacked, the old Zhu family would be inferior even if they did not suffer any losses.

The Tao family was polite and then soldier, which means they didn't want to break up with the Zhu family for the time being. If the Zhu family couldn't calm down and made a big fuss, it wouldn't be a good reputation if it was spread.

Zhu Xiu explained these interests clearly in a few words, and Fang Cuilan's tiny face finally calmed down, leaving Qimei stick and long knife at home.

The most aggrieved one was Zhou Jincai. He had just come to pass the message on the order of Lao Taishan, but he was escorted to the Tao family as a hostage by Fang Cuilan.

After walking a little slower, he would be scolded. Zhou Jincai was helpless and knew that Fang Cuilan's anger had not yet subsided and did not dare to say anything. If he angered the tigress again, he would be beaten up.

Zhu Xiu glanced at Zhou Jincai who was walking in front. Although this guy was so glorious outside, his son-in-law's identity always made him speak less in the Tao family. With the strength of the Tao family, his life would probably be difficult.

The Tao family's mansion is built in the north of the village, backed by hills, and to the east a vast paddy field of four or five hundred acres is all Tao. Through the Nianzi River, countless canals and ditches extend like tentacles.

This Tao family's ancestral home covers an area of ​​six or seven acres. One and two doors are surrounded by long earth and stone walls, and the walls are covered with tiles. The two black doors show the temperament of being the richest man in Taozhu Village.

Zhu Xiu sighed that the Tao family was indeed rich, but he had no other feelings. After all, he came from the era of steel and concrete. When he came to the Tao family, it was no different from going to a farmhouse in the suburbs of the city in later generations.

Fang Cuilan grabbed Zhu Xiu's arm, looked at the door of the old Tao family from afar, and whispered hesitantly: "Son, I'm not at ease when I enter the Tao family with empty hands. Why don't we three take a few bricks and then pick up a firewood stick?"

Zhu Xiu grinned bitterly and hurriedly persuaded him: "Don't! You don't have to worry. Do the Tao family dare to kill us? At least they are here to eat mats. How ugly are those things to carry? What if the impression of our Zhu family in front of Mr. Ge, that would be the one that would be the one who would be!"

"What my son said is true!"

Fang Cuilan nodded, "Although the Tao family is crowded, they are all useless people. Don't worry, Youwei Mother and your elder sister are protecting you. If the situation is wrong, we will take you out a bloody path!"

"...Mother, please feel at ease. The Tao family knows how powerful his mother is, and they will never dare to do anything randomly."

Zhu Hong said with a little concern: "Brother, my sister is not afraid of the Tao family's courage to move. But if they make things difficult for you in your studies, how should they deal with it? The literary fight you mentioned before... neither mother nor sister can help you!"

Zhu Xiu smiled confidently and said, "Sister Wuyou. If they want to fight, then my brother will fight with them. My brother has been studying for three years. After he was given guidance from the old immortal, he felt that his knowledge had made great progress and he wanted to deal with the Tao family."

Perhaps it was Zhu Xiu's confidence that Fang Cuilan and Zhu Hong were much more relieved. The mother and daughter nodded and stopped talking, and protected Zhu Xiu in the middle like a guardian on both sides.

"go ahead!"

Zhu Xiu waved his hand with great momentum and walked into the Tao family's door with his head held high. Zhou Jincai slipped into the mansion with the hem of his robe like a door-door house to report the news.

There are many people coming out to welcome guests.

The smart and capable old man in the lead was Muramasatao. A man and a woman behind him were his son Tao Guangwu and his daughter Tao Yuanniang, and three young men followed behind him.

As for Zhou Jincai, he followed the last step and looked down with his eyebrows and eyes. If he didn't know, he would think he was a servant of the Tao family.

Zhu Xiu quickly glanced at them and matched the memories in his mind.

Tao Guangwu is a famous idle man in the village. He is lazy and obeys his father's orders. This person is not worth worrying about. Zhu Xiu kicked away the man with a solid figure but a lazy expression in his heart.

Tao Guangwu's only ability is to give birth to three sons. Zhu Xiu glanced at the three teenagers with different expressions. He had seen two of them, and one of them had the oldest but had no impression.

Zhu Xiu looked at the enthusiastic woman who was pulling Fang Cuilan's elder sister and calling her continuously, which was Tao Yuanniang, Tao Zuili's daughter, and Zhou Jincai's daughter-in-law.

Zhu Xiu remembered that this woman was a difficult and sarcastic woman, and Zhou Jincai was eaten by her.

Fang Cuilan has talked more than once, saying that Tao Yuanniang was admitted to the village tribute man when Zhu Daquan was admitted to the village tribute, so she had to visit the Zhu family four or five times a day, and she called Fang Cuilan's sister so intimate.

As soon as Zhu Daquan passed away, the Tao family had no other contacts with the Zhu family except for showing off their faces due to etiquette during the funeral.

This time, the Tao family wanted to make the idea of ​​quota for school tents, so they became enthusiastic about the Zhu family again.

Fang Cuilan's hand was held by Tao Yuanniang, her face was full of discomfort, and she worked very hard to deal with the false politeness of the father and daughter.

No one looked at Zhu Xiu with a look.

Seeing that her mother was working hard, she was afraid that she would not be able to hold back and exhale her anger, Zhu Xiu hurriedly went up and said, "Tao Cunzheng, it's important to pay a visit to Mr. Ge first!"

As soon as Fang Cuilan was reminded, she quickly said: "Not bad! Mr. Ge can't get Taozhu Village, so my Zhu family naturally needs to pay a visit!"

Fang Cuilan's arm shook, and immediately shook Tao Yuanniang away. The father and daughter looked at each other. Tao Zuoli smiled and stroked a handful of whiskers: "Old Ge is sitting high in the main hall, please ask the wife of the Zhu family!"

Tao Yuanniang squeezed up again and took Fang Cuilan's arm, talking nonstop, as if she had a deep friendship with the Zhu family.

Tao Zuoli was a little behind, looked at Zhu Xiu, and said with concern: "Is Zhu Xiaolang's head wind acute cured?"

Zhu Xiu bowed and smiled, "Thank you Taocun for your concern. The late illness has been cured!"

"That's good!" Tao Zuoli nodded, as if he felt that Zhu Xiu was different from the past, so he looked at him a few more times.

Zhu Xiu's expression was calm and his behavior was calm, which made Tao Zuoli secretly wonder and shook his head and said nothing.

~~

"Student Zhu Xiu, pay homage to Mr. Ge, pay homage to Mr. Liu!"

In the transparent and bright main hall of Lao Tao's house, Zhu Xiu stood under the hall and bowed to the two people in the host's seat, and greeted the ground with a clear voice.

Ge Lide is over 60 years old, with gray hair and wrinkled face. His presbyopia eyes are narrowed, looking a bit old.

Liu Da, a lecturer at the school, is 35 years old, with a slightly fat body and dark skin. In addition to serving as the main guest in the school, he cannot escape the essence of a farmer, so his temperament is somewhat mixed.

Although there are only nine students in Shuikou Township School, Zhu Xiu is definitely one of the most impressive ones.

Because he has been at the bottom of his academic performance for three consecutive years, even if Ge Lide and Liu Da don’t want to remember him, they won’t do it.

Ge Lide dragged his long nasal sound "Yeah" and said "Okay", then said nothing more.

Liu Da looked at Zhu Xiu with a complicated expression, and forced a smile, trying to say something, glanced at the Tao family, closed his mouth, and sighed in his heart.

In short, Liu Da was still Zhu Daquan's junior brother when he was in Fangshan Academy. Liu Da always admired and felt sorry for Zhu Daquan.

It’s a pity that Zhu Daquan’s only son did not inherit the talent for studying.

Fang Cuilan saluted Ge Lidefu in a hesitant manner. Ge Lide exchanged a few simple greetings, and Fang Cuilan almost couldn't handle it.

Tao Zuoli and Ge Lide talked and laughed for a while, then waved to have someone come to the table.

Zhu Xiu looked at a group of big and thick village women, pretending to be maids in green, and almost laughed out loud when he was holding dishes on the table.

The old Tao family has really put in a lot of hard work in order not to lose face in front of Ge Lide.

Without a maid and servant, the family members of Tao in the village were asked to make do with his tenant farmers.

These peasant women who usually hold hoes can pretend to move their lotus steps lightly, and hold their waists like willows, rushing up with dishes one by one, and then putting them on the table table and finishing it.

The most awkward thing is that in order to be elegant, the Tao family invited a group of music and music with heavy makeup to dress with versatile colors and styles. They played music like a temple fair, and danced happily in the main hall like a great god.

Zhu Xiu's face turned red after holding it in his mouth, and he held back his smile.

He noticed that there was obvious surprise on Mr. Ge Lide's face, and he looked satisfied and satisfied.

Tao Yuanniang also glanced at Fang Cuilan with her eyes, as if she was extremely proud of the show she had shown.

A village meal ended in a noisy and striking awkward performance.

Zhu Xiu ate openly, and Fang Cuilan and Zhu Hong were worried, so they had no intention of eating.

After taking off the tea on the table, Tao Zuoli looked around, his eyes fell on the Zhu family, cleared his throat, and called out with a smile: "Miss of the Zhu family?"

"Here you!" Zhu Xiu smiled in his heart, straightened his body a little, and heard what Lao Tao's family would say.

Fang Cuilan had been full of anger. She had always had a great appetite, but this time she couldn't eat anything at all.

After a long time of suppression, he couldn't hold back. Fang Cuilan slapped the table with a few bangs, shouting with her brows: "Old man Tao! I have eaten this table and seen it. At this moment, my Zhu family is here. Please explain clearly the quota of the school quota, don't beat around the bush!"

The hall suddenly became quiet. Tao Zuoli glanced at Zhou Jincai who was smirking with his neck, nodded and smiled: "Okay!"

After pausing, Tao Zuoli bowed to the two guests and said leisurely: "Today, Mr. Ge and Lecturer Liu are here, so I ask them to judge and judge. What kind of children can go to school in our Taozhu Village!"

"Anyway, my little son will never give up the quota for school!"

Fang Cuilan glared at her eyes angrily, and then added, "Don't even think about it!"

Tao Yuanniang sneered and smiled playfully, "It's wrong for sister to say this. It's natural for talented people to live in such a thing as studying in the school. There are only two places in Taozhu Village. One of them was occupied by your Xiaolang for three years, and your academic performance is at the bottom every year. Isn't it a waste of this? Not only is it said that the money is spent, it also delays Zhu Xiaolang's age. It's better to go to the county town to find a legitimate business early!"

After Tao Yuanniang finished speaking, she pushed her brother Tao Guangwu beside her, "Brother~ do you think this is the reason?"

Tao Guangwu seemed uncomfortable wearing a new round necklace. He pulled the collar and yawned constantly. He was stunned and nodded quickly, saying "Yeah! Yes! ~"

Tao Yuanniang proudly glanced at Fang Cuilan and Zhu Xiu, as if she was superior to the crowd.

Fang Cuilan was so angry that she shivered. Zhu Hong had a gloomy face. Zhu Xiu blinked and didn't realize that there was anything. She grinned at Tao Yuanniang.

Tao Yuanniang hummed contemptuously, feeling more and more that Zhu Xiaolang was stupid, not like a kind of reading.

"Crack!" There was a clear sound of breaking in the desk under Fang Cuilan's palm, and the Tao family's face changed slightly.

Zhu Hong frowned and whispered: "Mom! Don't be impulsive!"

Fang Cuilan looked at Ge Lide with a calm expression. She was worried and suppressed the urge to overturn the table. She glared at Tao Yuanniang and gritted her teeth and said, "My little boy is only fourteen years old this year. How do you know that he can't get into the county school? Even if... even if his grades are worse now, it may not be impossible in the future!"

Tao Yuanniang hugged her hands and snorted, "Sister, studying is not enough for older people. Look at my eldest nephew Tao Chang, who is not seventeen years old this year. When he was about the same age as Zhu Xiaolang, he had already been admitted to Zhushan County School, and it was still the top score in the county! My second nephew Tao Sheng is no few months older than Zhu Xiaolang, right? After two years of schooling, his grades are ranked first in the school every year! Mr. Ge and Lecturer Liu both said that Tao Sheng will definitely be admitted to the county school this year!"

"Look at the third brother Tao Xing again. He is only twelve years old. He knows that he has been studying hard all day long. Although he has never entered the school, I dare say that Zhu Xiaolang's knowledge is not as good as Tao Xing!"

Zhu Xiu looked at Tao Yuanniang's three grandsons who were praised by Tao Yuanniang. The three brothers sat at the same table. Tao Chang, the oldest, was already a county student. He had a pretty face. There were a few scattered freckles on both sides of his nose. He looked calm. When his aunt praised him, he nodded slightly to Ge Lide.

However, Zhu Xiu noticed that the corners of his upturned mouth were faintly lustful.

The second son Tao Sheng was a classmate in his school, with excellent grades and was loved by Liu Da, and Ge Lide often encouraged him.

Tao Yuanniang praised him in front of so many people present. Tao Sheng's face turned red, but he couldn't help but feel proud. He raised his neck high and swept his eyes at Zhu Xiu.
To be continued...