allonlinenovel Chapter 289 22 Silver
Chapter 289 22 Silver
Li Mingxia nodded without any hesitation, "Of course it will. Today is not your day off, but Master Cao let you take a day off, and it will be for three days. It must be Li Zhengxue who is causing trouble."
And judging from this trend, it must be a serious matter.
The stops and starts along the way took a lot of time. When Li Mingxia and his family arrived at the Li family's old house, a carriage was already parked at the door.
Li Mingxia glanced at Li Zhengde and saw a hint of excitement flash across his eyes, so he knew that the car must belong to Master Cao.
"Who is here so early in the morning? Is it the doctor we hired for my classmate? So early? It's quite serious?" Zhang looked at the carriage and began to speculate.
Li Zhengde said calmly, "This is our master's car."
Zhang suddenly realized and sighed again, "Otherwise, Master Cao really values me. He came so early in the morning. I thought we came early enough."
Li Zhengde and Li Mingxia were right next to Zhang. When they heard this, the smiles on their faces were harder to suppress than AK's, but they still managed not to laugh and even nodded in agreement.
"Yes, mother, you are right." Li Mingxia and Li Zhengde said in unison.
Zhang took a look at her daughter and son and felt that something was strange, but she couldn't tell what it was.
Li Sanlang was a little hesitant. "Isn't it a bit inappropriate for us to go in now? Master Cao must have something to say to me. Otherwise, why don't we come back in the afternoon?"
Li Mingxia and Li Zhengde came here just to watch the fun, how could they just leave like that?
"No, it's not the case that we visit patients in the afternoon. My grandparents will definitely be unhappy if they pay so much attention to these things. Besides, our Zhengde is also a student of Master Cao, so what's there to be afraid of?" Li Mingxia said righteously, as if he was simply visiting Li Zhengxue without any other purpose.
However, Li Sanlang and Zhang both accepted this reason, because in the countryside there is a saying that you cannot visit patients in the afternoon, the reason being that it is not conducive to the patient's recovery. Most people are quite taboo about it, and they either go in the morning or in the evening, never in the afternoon.
"Now that we're here, let's go in. Let's not talk nonsense and see what Xue Ge looks like. Put the things down and leave in a while. There's nothing to be afraid of." Zhang took one look at the carriage and said.
Li Mingxia felt that Zhang's tone was a little abnormal. He didn't have time to think about it. When he saw his mother speaking, he immediately walked inside.
Zhang had a little plan of her own in mind. She wanted Li Zhengde to show off in front of Master Cao. She didn't ask for favoritism from Master Cao, but just a little more care from him on a daily basis would be good.
Zhang never planned anything for herself in her entire life, but when it came to her own children, she would plan as much as she could.
The yard was quiet, with no one in it. Li Mingxia heard voices coming from the main room, and it seemed that there were quite a lot of people there, so he led his family into the house.
When Li Mingxia pushed the door open and walked in, he saw Master Cao and Madam Cao. Both of them looked unhappy. Li Mingxia became more certain of his guess.
"Master Cao? Madam Cao? Why are you here?" Li Mingxia said with some surprise, and then Li Zhengde hurried forward to greet them. The surprise on the faces of the brother and sister was completely natural, without any trace of pretending.
"Master, Madam Cao." Li Zhengde's greeting was so respectful that Master Cao's expression looked better. But when he looked at Li Zhengxue lying on the kang, he felt even more unhappy.
"Your cousin now says that it was my negligence in managing the academy that caused him to be injured like this. If I can't do anything, your cousin might go to the authorities to complain." Master Cao snorted coldly and said unhappily.
Li Mingxia thought that the two people must have said something very unpleasant, but she didn't expect that Li Zhengxue would actually tear his face off and get to this point.
"Master, what do you mean? I--" Li Zhengde showed a surprised expression at the right time, then stopped what he was about to say, glanced at Li Zhengxue on the kang, seemed a little confused, but didn't know how to speak.
Li Zhengxue pursed his lips and said nothing, but it was obvious that he had no intention of giving in.
"I came here today just to hear what you want. Since you said those words and did such undignified things, I think you have your own plans. Just tell me. If you can do it, I will satisfy you and it will be worth our relationship as teacher and student." Master Cao's last few words were full of irony, and the look in his eyes as he looked at Li Zhengxue was filled with undisguised disgust and annoyance.
Li Zhengxue obviously saw it, but since he had already done these things, he naturally didn't care about these cold words.
"Two hundred taels of silver. This matter has nothing to do with you and Baima Academy anymore." Li Zhengxue said coldly, without even looking at Master Cao, and directly asked for a huge sum of money.
Master Cao's face turned pale and Madam Cao's brows were also frowned. Although two hundred taels was not a small amount, they could afford it, but it would still hurt.
In addition, Li Zhengxue's despicable behavior is really despicable and disgusting. Both Mr. Cao and Mrs. Cao are unwilling to give him so much money for nothing.
"Fifty taels of silver. You know in your heart that you were beaten like this because you had a grudge with someone. If you did more good things in your daily life and put more attention on your studies, this wouldn't have happened." Master Cao glanced at Li Zhengxue and said through gritted teeth.
"Hmph." Li Zhengxue snorted coldly and did not answer Master Cao, but his meaning was self-evident.
He just wants two hundred taels, not a penny less!
Zhang was already stunned at this time. She stood back with Li Sanlang, not daring to sit down, not even daring to breathe deeply, let alone speak.
So you didn't come to see the student? What's going on? Isn't it said that the student is very knowledgeable? Shouldn't the teacher like him very much?
"What did I say wrong? You entered school two years earlier than Zhengde, but now your knowledge is not even half as good as Zhengde's. Do you really not know why? I didn't know it on weekdays, but now that I see that your family is poor, I find it a little ridiculous." Master Cao looked at Li Zhengxue and his words became extremely unpleasant.
"We are from a rural family, and we have put all our efforts into making you stand out. But it's ridiculous that you squander your money in school every day, totally ignoring the lives of your family. You are unfilial and unrighteous. If I were you, I would rather die than do this!"