Chapter 414 was seen through
After reading Zhao Anren's letter, the mother and son hugged their heads and cried bitterly. Zhao Anli next to him also snatched the letter and read it. Although he was young and didn't have much impression of this third brother, he was a brother after all, so he was excited and burst into tears at this time.
The Sanniang and his daughter next to them were also wiping their tears. Sanniang is young. Although she knows that she has a third uncle, she has never seen her before. Her parents never allow her to ask her grandmother about her. So when she heard the news about her third uncle, she felt a little unfamiliar, but when she saw her grandmother and her father crying so sadly, she couldn't help but cry.
Finally, the old lady Zhao and her three men finally stopped their tears after being persuaded by Sanniang and her daughter. Then they carefully asked about Zhao Anren's situation in the Liao Kingdom. Li Zhang had already fabricated some half-true words, such as Zhao Anren is living a good life now. Although she is doing business for a noble man from the Liao Kingdom, her food, clothing and consumption are better than ordinary nobles.
At the end, Li Zhang also took out a box of silver notes that Zhao Anren asked him to bring and pushed them to the old lady Zhao and said, "Aunt Zhao, this is some money that Brother Anren asked me to bring to the family. I hope it can help you improve your household use."
"Even An Ren's intention, I'm not polite. But he is alone in Liao Kingdom. I'm afraid there are many places to use money, right?" Mrs. Zhao asked while wiping her tears, and at the same time signaling Zhao Andong to take the box. After all, the family is the time to use money, and it is a filial piety to her son, so she naturally doesn't have to be polite.
"Aunt, don't worry, the Liao nobleman behind Brother An Ren has a very high status. I also met Brother An Ren in that noble man. He lives a superior life and doesn't use much money at all." Li Zhang smiled and introduced again.
"Cash! So much!" At this moment, Zhao Andong next to him opened the box. When he saw a thick stack of cash in it, he couldn't help but scream in shock, because the money was all worth 100 cents. You must know that their family has worked hard for so many years, and the whole family property is only about 100 cents.
When Mrs. Zhao heard her son screaming so loudly, she glared at him with some dissatisfaction, but Zhao Andong immediately delivered the box to his mother. As a result, Mrs. Zhao was shocked when she saw so much money. After a while, she looked at Li Zhang with some doubts and said, "Brother Li, are you sure this is the money Anren gave to her family?"
It’s not a fault for Mrs. Zhao’s suspicion, because Li Zhang only said that Zhao Anren is a manager, but even if he is a manager, he is still a servant. How could a servant take out so much money at once? Even Mrs. Zhao doubted whether Li Zhang had asked Zhao Anren for help, so he gave so much money to his family, so that Zhao Anren could accept his favor?
"Aunt Zhao doesn't have to doubt it. This is all Brother An's own money. Although he is just a manager, he is highly appreciated by that noble man and has received many rewards, so this little money is really nothing. Moreover, Brother An's letter should have mentioned these money, right?" Li Zhang also saw the suspicion of Mrs. Zhao and explained with a smile.
"An Ren did say in the letter that he brought some money to his family, but he didn't expect that there would be so much. I'm not afraid that Brother Li would make a joke. The property of our whole family was only worth this thin piece of money." Old Mrs. Zhao said embarrassedly at this time, but she felt much more relieved when her son could take out such money at once, which shows that Zhao Anren's life in Liao Kingdom is indeed good.
Then the old lady Zhao asked a lot about Zhao Anren. Li Zhang said everything he could say, but the one he couldn't say was an excuse that he had known Zhao Anren for too short, so he didn't know how to hide it. Of course, sometimes he really couldn't answer, after all, he and Zhao Anren had never met several times.
However, as he talked, Li Zhang keenly found that the expression of Mrs. Zhao was a little wrong, and the questions he asked became more and more difficult to answer, which made Li Zhang feel in his heart. Then Mrs. Zhao suddenly sighed and said to Zhao Andong and the others: "You go out first, I have a few words to talk to Brother Li alone!"
Zhao Andong and others were also very obedient and said goodbye to Li Zhang and left. Soon there were only two people left in the room. Then, Mrs. Zhao looked at Li Zhang very seriously and said, "Brother Li, can you tell me the truth, what is An Ren doing in Liao Kingdom?"
"Why did Aunt Zhao say that? Didn't I introduce Brother An Ren's situation just now?" Although Li Zhang was nervous at this time, he still gritted his teeth and smiled.
However, Mrs. Zhao is not so easy to fool. She sighed with a gloomy face at this time and said, "Brother Li, don't lie to me. Although I am old and my eyes and ears are not good, I am not confused. I thought I was also a Tokyo native and had seen some worldly things. Even if the manager of our Prince of Songs, it would be difficult to take out so much money at once. What's more, the Liao Kingdom is poorer than our Song Dynasty. An Ren is a small manager, so where does it get so much money?"
"This..." Li Zhang also smiled bitterly when he heard this. He almost forgot that Mrs. Zhao was also from Tokyo, and her father was also a scholar. Although she was not a wealthy family, she should have heard of some things. Even if she was in charge of the aristocratic family in the entire Tokyo city, no matter how greedy she was, she would rarely spend so much money at once.
Seeing Li Zhang hesitating, Mrs. Zhao said again: "I asked An Ren three times if he got married and had children, but he was all distracted by Brother Li, and there were some other questions. You were also vague and unwilling to say more. In addition, I think Brother Li, you are very arrogant and do not look like a businessman, but like an official from the Song Dynasty. If An Ren is really just a small manager, how could you know him?"
Mrs. Zhao's questions were one after another. These were the loopholes in Li Zhang's words. Although they were not so obvious, they were still caught by her, which made Li Zhang not know how to answer for a while?
Chapter completed!