Two hundred and twenty-eight chapters plan ahead (2)
"Mother, Uncle Hai..."
The crisp childish voice was gone, and the boy's voice was a little dull.
The eldest wife of the Zongfang sat there, feeling that her body had frozen. The longing for more than a year surged out.
In front of her is the flesh and blood she gave birth to ten months of pregnancy, but what did she do in the past ten years? She complained about herself, because of her husband's change of heart, she took her anger on her young son, and did not beat and scold her day and night, but she did it even more than that. When he was a child, she was a child. When he was making a fuss about his mother, he pushed him away again and again until his mother became "mother" and his mother became "wife", until his admiration became cold and alienated.
The greatest revenge for a mother is that her son is in front of her, but she no longer belongs to her.
"Uncle Hai", the name is like a knife, piercing her heart.
Qiao was placed under house arrest by her husband and was already full of anger. She was frustrated with this kind of "recognition". Thinking of her fourth brother in the capital, Qiao even complained about her husband and was too lazy to get close to Chen Jue. .
However, after seeing the reaction of the eldest wife of the Zongfang, Qiao woke up.
Chen Jue was born in the sect, and the one in front of him was my biological mother.
Seeing the eldest wife of the Zongfang's eyes red, Qiao felt a little disdain in her heart. She really felt sorry for her son, how could she be willing to be her heir? Now that she has made her son a heir, she still acts like this, what are the benefits she wants to seek. ?Isn't it too much to avoid others like this? Her elder mother is sitting next to her.
Originally, seeing the eldest wife of the Zongfang family acted and spoke similar to Xu, she was a stereotyped woman with a bad temper. Qiao felt uncomfortable and didn't want to greet her.
When Chen Luo came in to pay his respects, the eldest wife of the clan house was so moved that Qiao felt a little happy.
So what if you are a clan wife, even if you are a family of children and grandchildren, the raised son is still her now
Qiao looked at Chen Jue with a kind face: "Can the third brother see the patriarch and the master Hai?"
"I've seen it." Chen Jue replied in a low voice.
Qiao smiled and said, "Then sit down and talk, and let your uncle Hai take a good look at you... If you don't raise a child, you don't know the kindness of your parents. If you give birth to you, you will not forget to give birth to your kindness even if you don't see you again..."
Chen Jue stood there, looked up at the eldest lady of the zong room, and then followed Qiao's instructions and sat down under Qiao's head.
The eldest wife of the Zongfang sighed and her expression calmed down. She said to Chen Jue: "The second master of Zhou was born as a Jinshi and has been in Hanlin for many years. Brother Luo should see the virtuous and think about him well in the future..."
Chen Jue got up and listened, and responded in a low voice.
Although Qiao did not like the preaching tone of the eldest wife of the Zongfang House, she was not easy to say because she praised her husband in her words. She only said: "The third brother has a good academic qualification, and our master has also praised it... Going south to this On the way, it was our master who urged the third brother to study..."
She always spoke softly, but this time she added accent to the word "third brother". It seemed that she was dissatisfied with the title of Chen Luo by the eldest wife of the Zongfang family.
Chen Jue's expression was a little bit tucked, and there was no joy of reuniting with his relatives after a long separation.
The eldest wife of the Zongfang has always been dignified and generous, but now she is a little confused.
Qiao lowered her head and sneered in her heart...
Front yard, living room.
The clan leader, the great master of the Zongfang, Chen, father and son, are here for three generations. This is Chenzhou's second time in Songjiang. He is familiar with the people of the Zongfang, but he is not unfamiliar with him now.
The eldest master of the Zongfang was happy and looked much warmer.
Although Chenzhou came here in the first half of the year and said that it did not separate Chen Jue from Bensheng's family, anyone would say good things about Songjiang is more than 2,000 miles away from the capital. If the elders of the Zongfang went to Beijing to visit the descendants who had already succeeded. That's too ignorant.
Unexpectedly, the peak was turned around and Chenzhou would release Beijing from outside, and Chen Jue would follow him and go south.
There are five great-grandsons in the clan leader, and there are also great-grandsons, but only Chen Jue is the one who raised himself. I thought I wouldn't see my grandson in my lifetime, but now I can meet my brothers and sisters. How can the clan leader not be relieved?
As a junior, I was very happy to accompany the last seat. I had no room for a talk, but when I saw my grandfather and father, I either asked Chen Jue or mentioned Shen Rui in the capital, and I didn't mention anything else. I felt very hesitant.
It would be fine if Chen Yan failed to pass the imperial examination, and would not be annoying to the capital; but now Chen Yan has passed the imperial examination, so he may have set off to Beijing to take the Ministry of Rites for the trial. Should he notify the second house?
Chen Zhou saw Chen’s strange appearance and smiled and said, “It’s been two months since the autumn examination. I haven’t asked me yet, can there be any children in the clan who are on the list this year?”
This has stopped asking.
Is this Chen Yan a child in the clan?
Chen Zhou was quite surprised to see that he was not happy: "The fourth room Chen Jinsui was the first-class in the exam, but the autumn examination was not on the list?"
When the fifth house entered Beijing, he would tell Shen Rui about the fourth house’s gossip, but would not make a special trip to Chenzhou.
Chen Jin was injured before Shen Zhou was about to leave Songjiang in April. The servants in the clan were not as slandered as villains in the fourth room, so Chen Zhou did not know the news.
Chen smiled bitterly and said, "Brother Jin fell and was injured in April and missed the provincial examination... Although there were four clan uncles and uncles and brothers who ended up, they were unable to recover..."
Although he wanted to mention Chen Yan and beg for Chen Yan's brothers, he still did not dare to be arrogant in front of his grandfather and father.
Chen Zhou said: "The family next to you can have one generation, and two seeds of study are good. Our Shen family name Yu has produced three Jinshi, two Juren, and several students. He is already worthy of a scholarly family. Don't worry about one subject or two subjects..."
Chen said: "Uncle Zhou Er said that."
No one knows a son than a father. The son is hesitant and can’t be seen by others, but the master of the Zongfang family can’t see it?
Although the Shao brothers' affairs were privately a secret relationship between the second wife, Chen Yan had the reputation of a scholar and would never go to Beijing unless he gave up the imperial examination and never went to Beijing. Otherwise, this matter would be revealed again.
In the past, the master of the sect room sympathized with Chen Yan and brother Chen, hoping that they could return to the sect, but now he has changed his mind.
Although the two houses have no ancestral property to fight for, even if the Chen Yan and Chen brothers return to their hometown, they will not affect the status of the two brothers Shen Rui and Chen Jue. But who knows whether the two brothers have any grudges towards the Shen family in their hearts?
If they resent their tribe members because their father and grandfather are drifting away, the hatred will fall on the second house. Let the two of them take advantage of the Shen family's power and turn back to take revenge on the Shen family, that would be a big joke.
Whether to restrict Chen Yan's brothers by family rules or let the two brothers be left out, Master Zongfang and Chen made a special discussion on this matter.
In fact, in order to eliminate future troubles, it is better to bind the brothers to the clan. Otherwise, although they would not have let them take advantage of the Shen family, the Shen clan is also not qualified to discipline and restrain their brothers.
However, because Xu had already spoken last year, the clan house could not go beyond the second house and make decisions on behalf of the second house. As for the father and son, there is no constitution yet.
When the master of Zongfang thought of this, he sent Chen down to prepare a banquet, and then he mentioned Chen Zhou that Chen Yan had passed the imperial examination.
This is not the first time Chenzhou has heard of this name. When he came here in the first half of the year, he had never seen the Chen Yan brothers, but he had also heard of the descendants left by Shaw Brothers.
"A twenty-year-old juren is rare..." Chen Zhou praised.
He has no resentment or hatred for the descendants of Shaw Brothers. It is because he has been separated by several generations, and the years of grudges and grudges have been too long.
He listened to the matter of brother Chen Yan, which was similar to those of strangers.
Master Zongfang said: "Although Chen Yan is not on the Shen family genealogy, the name of the late old master is still marked on the official book..."
Chen Zhou himself got the exam step by step, so he naturally knew what was going on. He waved his hand and said, "This is also a waste of time. Candidates need to fill in their names for three generations, and the great-grandfather column cannot be left empty."
The eldest master of Zongfang hesitated and said, "Last year, when the eldest wife came to Songjiang to visit her relatives, Chen Yan's younger brother Chen asked someone to pass on a message to return to the clan as a concubine, but was rejected by the eldest wife... Now Chen Yan is in Beijing to respond to the Ministry of Rites in this way. I'm afraid the eldest lady won't be happy about it..."
Chen Zhou disagreed and said, "My sister-in-law has always been kind. How could she care about a child? The capital is so big, as long as he doesn't get close to the second house..."
The patriarch and the great-grandfather listened, and saw Chen Zhou so "generous", he couldn't help but frown.
The past changes of the Second House were too far away for the master of the Zongfang and Chenzhou, but the clan leader and the great master experienced them personally.
The second wife had already been married back then, and the second wife was fourteen or five. If there were no accidents between the two brothers, they would have been full of children and grandchildren.
Since the old man in the second house left a message and refused to allow the son of Shaw to return to his hometown, it is also a matter of the second house that the younger generation of the second house obeyed. The truth of Xu's treatment of the Chen Yan brothers is to be a child; like Chen Zhou, who is not painful or itchy. It made people look a little annoying.
If the clan leader and the great master had a little soft-hearted attitude towards Chen Yan before, he had disappeared when he heard that Chen claimed to be the "second-family descendant".
By then, sixty or seventy years had passed, and everyone insiders died almost the same.
Even the Shui generation knows not many of these things, let alone the Yu generation.
Chen's "second-family legitimate descendant" was never a conjecture by a child. If Shaw Brothers and Shaw Brothers grandson really regretted the mistakes of his ancestors, how could he be so arrogant?
Chen Zhou has such a soft temper, but he doesn't look like an official? The clan leader is worried inexplicably
Nanjing, Qiao's House.
"It's already mid-October now. If you don't move, you won't have time to regret..." Master Qiao San frowned.
In front of him, a young man in Confucian uniform stood and replied: "There are so many shortcomings in the students. It is a lucky chance to be on the B list. How dare you expect the A list? Instead of going back and forth, it is better to read three more peace of mind. Yearbook.”
Looking at the gentle and elegant young man in front of him, Master Qiao San couldn't help but feel a little impressed. Not everyone has such self-knowledge and feels that his homework is not enough, so he gave up the exam for the Ministry of Rites, and he can also put down his figure and take the initiative to go to the school. Learn to hire.
Mr. Qiao San was born in a family of officials. Even if his family was in a poor state, his thin camel was bigger than a horse, and his friends were mostly from officials. Even if he occasionally had poor families, he was mostly aloof and arrogant.
Chen Yan's character and behavior are calm and open, which is gratifying.
Even though Chen Yan's identity is a bit embarrassing, Master Qiao San still doesn't want to give up the choice of son-in-law. He can only hope that his brother-in-law will arrive in Nanjing as soon as possible...