C14

Sure enough, just as he opened the car door and got in, he rolled down the glass window, "Hey, you're counting your own things, don't praise yourself too much and you won't know what you're worth. This is Teacher Tao's house, but it's something placed on Teacher Tao's furniture, so you'd better be careful, or else I'll lose face along with you."

"And if you do the same."

The oval faced man was stunned for a moment. He had no idea what Zhang Xuan meant by that.

Cao Xiaoliu continued to ask with a smile, "If I do especially well and Teacher Tao and the guests are satisfied with it, won't that be an added honor to your reputation?"

Only then did the oval face understand. His face darkened. "You should be playing with me."

This country bumpkin probably didn't know what kind of heavy responsibility he was taking. Not only would he be a business celebrity, but even some of the most influential figures in the military and political world would come to this banquet. If she were to make a fool of herself, then Tao Qing's face would definitely be tarnished.

With a thought, he shivered.

"In any case, I'll tell you this. If you really can't be sure, then speak earlier. When the time comes, we'll go invite someone else. Don't let yourself ruin this long-awaited banquet."

"Don't worry." Cao Xiaolian knew what was going on. "I will definitely submit a paper that will satisfy you."

She could not imagine that the village girl in front of her was from twenty years later. She just looked down on Cao Xiaolan in her heart and thought that she really didn't know her place. If the banquet wasn't so important, she would have really humiliated her.

He stepped on the gas pedal and the car drove away in a cloud of dust.

Cao Xiaolian smiled and was about to enter the house, but she was startled when she turned around.

"Aiyo, mom!"

Cao Xiaoliu clutched her chest, "Mom, what are you doing? Don't you know how scary people are? How scary."

Mother Cao was standing at the door, very close to her. When she turned around, she was shocked.

"Xiao Lian, what are these?" Mother Cao pointed at the things in the yard and said worriedly, "And that guy who is neither male nor female just now, Xiao Lian, do you know someone here?"

Cao Xiaolan thought for a while. It was time to tell her mother about this matter. Otherwise, she would worry about it all the time.

"Mom, come in." Cao Xiaoling held her mother's hand and said, "I have something to tell you."

Mother Cao's eyes were full of worry as she followed Cao Xiaolan into the room.

However, in a dark corner that they weren't paying attention to, a pair of malicious eyes was staring fixedly at this scene.

"Mom." Cao Xiaolian watched as her mother sat down. She took out the money from her pocket and handed it over to her.

Mother Cao took it and looked at it. It was like her hand had been burned by the fire. She fell to the ground and jumped three feet into the air. Her voice trembled as she said, "Xiao Lian, you, where did you get so much money from?"

"Mom!" Cao Xiaolian bent down and picked up the three hundred-dollar bills on the floor, stuffing them back into Mother Cao's hands. "Take this money, don't let your imagination run wild. This is money your daughter earned through her own means."

"You, what can you do to earn this money? Aiyo, no, Xiao Lian, can you quickly explain it to mom? Otherwise, your heart won't be able to take it anymore."

Seeing how upset Mother Cao was, Cao Xiaolan didn't dare to buy any more information. She quickly explained everything in detail.

However, there were a few that she hid. For example, she just said that she went to pick up some cloth that others didn't want and then pieced it together. She didn't expect it to look good, so she wanted to sell it and then get chosen by Tao Qing.

Mother Cao obviously did not believe him. "We can give you this money just to make a bed sheet?"

"Mom, don't underestimate these things." Cao Xiaolian looked at her mother and said seriously, "We feel that there is no need to be satisfied with anything that can be eaten or drunk because of the hardships we have had. But have you ever thought that one day, you will become very rich, and you won't even have to worry about food or clothing? "

Mother Cao gave an incredulous smile, "You wish, but there won't be such a day."

"What if there really comes a day?"

Moreover, in the near future.

Mother Cao looked at her daughter's serious face and paused for a moment. "If that day ever comes, I will save up my money. Even if there is more money, I can't treat it this way."

"What if I can't spend all my money in my next life?"

Mother Cao didn't believe what her daughter said, "Xiao Lian, if there really comes a day, don't even mention mother, I'm afraid you won't be able to see it before you close your eyes." Xiao Lian, if there really comes a day, don't even believe what your mother says, I'm afraid you won't be able to see it before you close your eyes.

"Mom, you said it yourself. If it was before, I wouldn't have dared to think about it, but now it has come true. What does this prove?"

Cao Xiaoling held her mother's hand and said, "This proves that the times are developing and society is improving. What is impossible today may not happen in the future."

She then went on to explain Tao Qing's background, "This Teacher Tao seems to be a famous person specially invited by the country to come back. We had previously thought that there would be people who could go abroad. Mom, we feel that this three hundred yuan is already a huge sum of money, but in the eyes of others, it's just to buy cups, plates and bowls.

Mistress Cao was tongue-tied. "Good heavens, this money doesn't burn like this."

Cao Xiaoling knew there was no way to instill any quality of life into her mother. She could only convince her mother that she was doing her own work.

At least Mother Cao would not interfere anymore, but another troublesome matter had occurred.

Cao Xiaolian was in the room picking up fabric and starting to come up with simple ideas. Suddenly, she heard noises coming from the yard, accompanied by the sobbing of the little girl.

It sounded like Cao Xiao Xia's voice.

She quickly put down what she was doing and quickly walked out. She pushed open the door and saw a few people standing in the yard.

A skinny woman was dragging a child behind her. Behind her stood a man and a woman, both wearing glasses.

Cao Xiao Lian took two steps forward and asked, "Xiao Xia?"

The child's head was lowered, but when the skinny woman pinched her arm, she cried out in pain.

It was Cao Xiaoxia.

Cao Xiaolian was infuriated. She quickly pushed the woman and tugged at her arm. "Why are you pulling on my sister? Let go!"

Although the woman was skinny, her hands were full of energy. She held Cao Xiaoxia's hands tightly, "Alright, you are her big sister. Hurry and call your master."

"Come out, I want to see which family's adult could bring up such a child and even dare to cheat his own classmate's money!"

Mother Cao was still in the fields, and all the adults in the village were now in the fields.

Cao Xiaolian kept her temper, "If you have anything to say, please let go of my sister first. If you twist her arm, I will ask you for medical fees."

"I even gave this young unfilial grandpa the medical fees. Aiyo, quickly listen to me. As expected of a family, they're already getting rich."

Cao Xiaoling said coldly, "Then let's give it a try. If it doesn't work, let's go to the town's police station and see what they say."

The woman did not expect to run into a thorn here. She said angrily, "If you go to the police station, then so be it. I'm afraid of you."

Even though he said that, his hand still loosened.

As soon as she let go of him, Cao Xiaoxia threw herself into her sister's arms, crying so hard that she couldn't even breathe.

"It's nothing, I'm home, Morning Glory!"

While comforting her sister, Cao Xiaolan raised her head and glared at the woman in front of her.

The woman was scared out of her wits. Why was this child's gaze like that of a hungry wolf? It was so scary.

However, she was an adult after all, so it shouldn't be a problem for her to deal with this child. Besides, she was in the right.

"Come, come, come. I'm afraid that even if I say anything, you still wouldn't believe me." The woman suddenly waved to a man and a woman behind her. "This is their head teacher and head instructor. Ask her what kind of good deed she has done in school."

The bespectacled man stood up first, adjusted his glasses, and cleared his throat, "Hello, I'm Cao Xiaoxia's head teacher. We found out that she was collecting money from other students in the school, so we came to ask her parents."

"No, sister." Cao Xiaoxia raised her head and sobbed, "Yes, they saw that my dress was beautiful and wanted it as well. I said my sister was the one who changed it, so they gave me a dime each and told me to change it for you too."

Cao Xiaolian recalled the dresses she had worn a few days ago and immediately understood. "So you took them home and asked me to change them, and they paid you, right?"

Cao Xiaoxia nodded her head, but her eyes were filled with fear. After all, she had managed to hide this matter from her sister.

Cao Xiaolian raised her head and smiled at the teacher, "That's right, I'm doing this at home. If you have nothing to do, help people make up for it. Is there a problem with that?"

The homeroom teacher didn't expect Cao Xiaoling to say something like this. She stammered, "But, students should love each other. She shouldn't ask her classmates for money."

"Oh, so that's how it is." Cao Xiaolian was suddenly enlightened, "Then when my younger sister couldn't afford to eat at school nor buy school supplies, could someone who loved her give her a set?"

The homeroom teacher was suddenly at a loss for words.

"And you ?" Cao Xiaolian turned to the middle-aged woman, "I should be the one who changed your daughter's clothes. I think you should cut and make clothes for your child in the tailor shop. Do you think it's expensive?"

The skinny woman's face turned red with anxiety. "But for a student to do this, it's just not right!"

"Yes, she's still a student. She shouldn't have gone to school for her business. Dawn is wrong about that, I admit it."

The middle-aged woman was about to laugh when Cao Xiaolian continued, "But you are not such a big person. You are bullying a little girl. You are not that honorable. Besides, my sister and your daughter don't know what's going on, don't you? Right now, if you change a piece of clothing like me, it would at least cost a dollar. My sister is carrying me on her back, so I'll take a dime from you.

When the middle-aged woman heard this, she became anxious. "That is also your sister's price. Don't think that you can get me to pay you back. If she sells for that much, then it's useless even if you regret it."

"I don't regret it." Cao Xiaolian said with a smile, "Didn't you deny that my sister is doing business at school and insist that she is lying to her classmates about their money?"

"Alright, I'll give you back a dime. Give me back my clothes as well, and I'll take off all my materials as compensation. Is that alright?"

"That won't do!" The middle-aged woman flatly refused.