One hundred and seventieth chapters close relatives (1)
Songjiang, Chen Juren’s house, and Zhang Lao’an’s house went to the room.
"Is this reasonable? Is this reasonable?" Zhang Lao'an knew that the eldest wife of the Zongfang and the eldest wife of the fifth wife were about to come to the door to count Sun's dowry, and he was so angry that he trembled all over.
Juren Chen had not informed Zhang Lao'an before because he was afraid of the troubles and was afraid of the fact that he had caused the matter. Until now, he could not hide it, so he told Zhang Lao'an.
Zhang Lao'an thought about the gems, bonsai, ivory kang screen and other good things that the juren searched for Yuzi to plunder from him a few days ago, and felt that his heart and soul were hurt: "It is not related to family laws and regulations, and the Shen family's rooms are all in each house. Housework is a rule passed down for several lifetimes. How could the eldest wife of the Zongfang dare to break the rules?”
Juren Chen said in a muffled voice: "There is another matter between the eldest wife of the Zongfang family, which is the request of the He family... The third master He is afraid of the second wife in the capital, and is afraid of being responsible for the Yu family..."
In his eyes, the master of Zongfang is good, and the wife of Zongfang is good, and the troublesome ones are the He family, and... the second house in Beijing
Chen Jin sat down at Juren Shen, frowned slightly.
At this time, was it really proposed by the He family?
Such obvious vigilance is not a slap in the He family in the face? The new wife came to this show before she could come in, which was too bad.
No matter what, since the two families have been engaged in marriage, they will be a family when Xiao He comes in, but how does this look like a family?
Zhang Laoan obviously thought of this and sneered: "After all, it's not the sister of the legitimate relative... This is not to bother us, this is tormenting Xiao He..."
Juren Chen obviously didn't want to mention this topic. Seeing that Zhang Lao'an looked resentful, he comforted him: "It's just a count. The things are still in the fourth room and they have not been occupied by others."
When Zhang Laoan thought about it, this is indeed the truth. His eyes at Chen Jin were filled with a little kindness: "Half of those things are from Brother Jin... Grandma will help you collect them..."
Chen Jin nodded and said, "That's natural... I'm sorry for my grandmother's worries about my grandson..."
When Juren Chen saw that the grandparents and grandsons asked and answered each other, he felt a little unhappy in his heart. However, thinking that Shen Rui was half under his name, his spirit was a little calmer.
Chen Jin is already eighteen years old. No matter what the results of this year's provincial examination are, it is time to discuss brides. Now he has just given Sun's dowry, and half of the betrothal gifts will be released in the future. The same is true for Shen Rui.
He didn't mean to worry about his wife's dowry, but things are dead and people live. Instead of piled up those things in the warehouse, it would be better to use them.
In this way, the two sons will save half of the money in the future.
Thinking of Shen Rui, Chen Juren was a little distracted.
How did the second wife choose the heir? Does Shen Rui have any hope of joining the second wife?
If Shen Rui enters the second wife and becomes the son of the Minister's Mansion, then he is my biological father. Can he borrow money? He also thought that he had given birth to Shen Rui, even if the second wife really wants to adopt Shen Rui as his heir, There is no reason to steal someone’s son in vain.
It’s just that the legitimate son succeeds, which is too ugly.
If the eldest wife of the second wife is not an old friend of Sun and seems to have prejudice against Chen Jin, Chen Jin is actually the best heir.
After a while, the eldest wife of Zongfang and Guo came together.
Zhang Lao'an is an elder. Although they are confused, they still have to be careful in their etiquette, so they come to the room to greet their parents.
When Zhang Laoan saw these two people, his anger suddenly became extinguished and said sarcastically: "The eldest wife of the clan is worried about more and more things. I am afraid that she will regard everything in the clan as a family matter..." He said to Guo again: "Mrs. Hong, don't forget that Brother Rui is the son of the fourth wife, not the fifth wife. Even Mrs. Hong helps Brother Rui manage the industry, she is just helping."
The eldest wife of the Zongfang family said lightly: "The fourth room has no mistress, so it's nothing that I spend some time? It's better to be laughed at if I'm not a fool."
Guo also said: "I'm sorry, Lao An reminder, I dare not forget my niece. I will definitely help Brother Rui watch it well and not let him be bullied.
The two sisters-in-law of this clan pushed back with a tough sentence, and Zhang Lao'an became so popular that he fell down.
The eldest wife of the Zongfang did not grind her teeth with Zhang Lao'an, and looked at Chen Juren and said, "Since my brother and I are here, don't delay your efforts..."
Juren Chen complained that Zhang Lao'an was troublesome, and also a little bit of blame for the eldest wife of the Zongfang and Guo's rudeness, frowned and said, "The things are locked in the wing room of the main courtyard. Let Brother Jin take the two of them."
The eldest wife of the Zongfang family naturally had nothing to say. She was old and was sister-in-law again, so she had no need to avoid being with Juren Chen; but Guo was the sister-in-law of the clan, so it would be better to avoid Juren Chen.
Chen Jin got the order and led the way forward, leading the two elders to the main room.
Because the new wife had only one month left to enter the house, the main courtyard had been completely renewed, and only the small warehouse in the east wing was equipped with Sun's dowry, and it had not been cleaned up yet.
Chen Jin took the dowry list when Sun entered the door. It was not that Chen Juren had thought of making trouble here, but he was worried that it would be revealed, so he handed it over as it was.
The eldest wife of the Zongfang House came prepared and took out a exactly the same dowry list.
It turned out that there were three dowry lists in Sun's house, one in four rooms, one in the clan house, and the remaining one in Xu's hands.
Remember clearly on the list, from industry to furniture to decorations to clothing and jewelry.
There was also a full house in the east wing.
However, when the eldest wife of the Zongfang frowned, she saw that, Guo's face was also a little ugly.
Because most of the houses are old furniture, there are not one worthwhile item on the dowry list. There are ten boxes of antique treasures, but now there are less than three boxes left; various gold and silverware, Only gilded and silver-inlaid items are left; there are quite a few porcelain decorations, but the rough shape makes people wonder.
Except for those Huanghuali furniture that have been used for many years, after comparing other things with the dowry list, the remaining 30% or 40% are left.
According to the truth, even if those things are broken and damaged, there will always be accounts to follow; but Sun's deceased and Chen Juren did not have any meaning to explain much.
Chen Jin was by the side, looking at the frosty look of the eldest wife of the Zongfang and Guo, he felt so embarrassed. Even though he had not occupied these things, he was the descendants of the fourth house after all. What about the elders? He felt uncomfortable in his heart.
In his heart, he had always respected his mother, and now he sighed a little when he looked at the scattered dowry.
To be disrespectful, if Sun's behavior is not good, life will not be better when he goes to other families; his grandmother and father's personality are not generous enough.
The eldest wife of the Zongfang did not send someone to invite Juren Chen, but just counted and asked the maids beside her to ascend the throne again to make a book.
The wing room was full of large items, and the small items were only three boxes of antique treasures, as well as several sets of gold and silver utensils, as well as unset porcelain decorations. It was not slow to register.
But when registering those porcelains, Guo said, "Why send someone to ask Master Yuan if he has put the wrong thing in the servant.
Even after thirty years of Sun's dowry, it is still obvious that everyone is full of good things. The shapes of these porcelains match the dowry list, but they look not exquisite at all.
The eldest wife of the Zongfang shook her head and said, "No need to worry. Since Master Yuan has prepared these things, we will register according to these..."
She came over to count Sun's dowry, not to argue with Juren Chen.
Guo was helpless and did not avoid Chen Jin and sighed: "Not to mention the other side, there were only a few decorations that were common in the house that Sister Yuan had during her lifetime, and there was not a single one here..."
After all, they are the wife of the Shen family, not from the Sun clan. It is not easy to divide the Sun's dowry in advance. If they argue with Chen Juren over the dowry items, others will only think that they are troublesome.
Chen Jin lowered his head, almost reaching his chest.
The eldest lady of the Zongfang glanced at him and sneered in her heart.
Last year, the latest news about the fourth house was one after another, including the fact that Chen Jin's biological mother Zheng left the Shen family. I heard that Zheng took away two cars of things at that time, and there was no Sun's dowry inside? You know, that Zheng However, he has been a "second house" for more than 20 years and is very favored by the emperor.
The mother and son became spiritual, and they did not suffer any loss. The son gained both fame and fortune, and Zheng saw that he could not help him, so he immediately thought of a way to leave the Shen family.
It’s ridiculous that Sun’s confused man claimed to be a good person during his lifetime, but he forgot the principle of “raising a tiger for trouble” and forced himself to death. He even had to retreat to his uncle, the son of Yuan Zhen, to his uncle.
The new order was quickly sorted out. Mrs. Zongfang and Guo divided the items into two pieces according to the approximate price of the items above and listed two separate orders.
The eldest wife of the Zongfang family said to Chen Jin: "It's too late to clean up, go and invite your father over."
Chen Jin left and after half a cup of tea, he came back with Juren.
There were two orders, one for each of Chen Jin and Shen Rui's brothers. Since Shen Rui was not here, Shen Jin would draw the lot first.
Juren Chen had no objection, so the things were carried out and divided into two parts according to the order.
The one under Shen Rui's name was carried directly into the wing room of Shen Rui's yard, and then three locks were put on three keys, the eldest wife of the Zongfang, Guo, and Shen Juren.
Although Zhang Lao'an mentioned that Chen Jin's account should be kept on Chen Jin's behalf, Chen Juren waved his arm and followed Shen Rui's example and carried it to the wing room of Chen Jin's yard and locked it. This time, the sect room was large. Both the wife and Guo ignored it, so Chen Juren asked someone to put a lock and took the key himself.
The eldest wife of Chen Jin asked someone to copy two copies of the order, one for Chen Juren and the other for Chen Jin to collect the order; Shen Rui copied three copies of this order, except for Chen Juren. In addition, the eldest wife of Zongfang and Guo each saved a copy.
After counting it clearly, the eldest wife of the Zongfang House and Guo left.
Juren Chen turned to Shen Rui's yard and looked at the three locks in the wing room. He felt that they were extremely annoying and almost asked someone to smash the lock open immediately.
However, thinking about the list confiscated by the eldest wife of the Zongfang House and Guo, he stopped thinking again.
After returning to the study room, he looked at a locked room in the east wing, and Chen Juren was very proud of his face...