"What? Seeing Chen Yan, Chen?" Chen Jue changed his clothes and asked for herbal tea to quench his thirst. He almost choked when he heard Shen Rui's words.
He hurriedly put down the teacup and swallowed the tea in his mouth: "Why should I see them both?"
Chen Jue is not an outsider, so Shen Rui told me about the meeting with Chen Yan brothers a few days ago.
When Chen Jue went north last winter, he met with Chen Yan and brothers Chen. It was not uncommon for these two people to be seen, but he said a little angrily: "What's this? It's obvious that there is something wrong there, but it's critical. But we have to join forces with each other, otherwise it would be like we have become bad people. It is not easy to be light or heavy, which is really boring."
Shen Rui said: "Who makes the Shen family a scholarly family, which involves fame and fortune, is a major event more important than life in the eyes of scholars. Scholars despise wealth and honor, but our family lives better than those people. There is a right or wrong choice in your eyes.”
Literary youth is a disease, and "hate of the rich" is just one of many signs of illness. This has been the case throughout the ages, but because of the high status of scholars in the Ming Dynasty, the public opinion of the scholars must be ignored.
Chen Jue's eyes rolled a few times, and said with a little excitement: "Uncle really gave all this to his second brother.
Shen Rui nodded and said, "The master is impatient with this, so he asked me to deal with it at will."
Although Chen Yan submitted a "letter letter", if Chen Cang asked him, he would be too proud of him, and Chen Cang would all be pushed to Shen Rui.
Of course, this "careless" is also standard. If the second house really wants to reveal some "strict" meaning, others don't know the reason, so they will inevitably feel that relying on snobbery to bully the villagers, and the relatives of the heads of the Songjiang houses will be facing each other. It's not certain who is there.
Chen Jue was ready to beat his hands and said, "Then you can't just give up the money for nothing. Where can you do such a good thing? How many generations of people have been imprisoned, and we are here to protect him? Why?"
Shen Rui said: "Brother Jue has a way to avoid their brothers?"
Chen Jue was silent.
After a while, he woke up and looked at Shen Rui and said, "I don't believe that since my second brother has booked a date for the invitation, I have not made a decision yet?"
Shen Rui smiled but didn't say anything, but he didn't tell Chen Jue about his own plans. Some things can only be understood, but not expressed in words, and this is what he said.
The next day, it is the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, so you must first enter the sacrificial room to worship your ancestors.
The fourth brother is one and a half years old and can walk steadily without anyone helping him. Shen Rui is a "pseudo-teenager". Even if he treats Chen Jue as a junior, let alone the fourth brother?
Such a little baby with three heads is often seen in the main room, and she calls her "Second Brother" with her breasts. Shen Rui likes it very much. The fourth brother seemed to notice it and became closer to Shen Rui. When he saw Shen Rui, he asked. He hugged, but Chen Jue was very jealous.
Chen Jue was very taboo about the fourth brother at first, but he saw that the fourth brother was weak when he fell to the ground. He was afraid that if Shen Rui would be suspicious, he secretly advised Shen Rui. Now that the fourth brother is old, he is a joke and pleasing. Chen Jue is naturally willing to get close to his character.
The three cousins are a little over teenage, but Shen Rui and Chen Jue can treat the fourth brother like this, so they are also happy.
Seeing this, the third master couldn't help but feel very lenient and said with emotion: "I remember when I was a child, I was willing to chase my elder brother and the second brother... I looked at the fourth brother, and I was really lucky. Just like him, there were two people. A brother is relying on..."
Chen Cang smiled but did not respond. However, looking at his face, he was quite satisfied with the relationship between the younger generation.
Shen Rui is divided into elder brothers. Although Chen Jue is only one day younger than Shen Rui and has a little temper, he truly respects Shen Rui and does not compete with him. The fourth brother is still young and cannot tell What? But it is said that it is three years old to be old. The fourth brother is three years old this year. It can be seen that he is a cheerful and well-behaved child.
Chen Cang brought his brothers and his sons and nephews into the sacrificial room to worship. In addition to the deceased relatives of the Shen family, the tablets of Grandpa Sun were also worshipped.
Chen Cang lit incense and looked at the younger generation.
The two brothers Shen Rui and Chen Jue saw that they could grow up and spread their bloodlines in a few years. He looked down at the fourth brother, and vaguely saw Brother Luo from that time, Chen Cang was just like Brother Luo. Feel the circles of your eyes astringent
After worshiping the ancestors, the family used a family banquet in the room. This family does not include the second wife who "rescue her illness".
The remaining fourth brother, who was not young, had only seven people in total, so he set up a round table and sat there. He used a family dinner in a lively manner.
In the west courtyard, Qiao looked at the meat and vegetables on the kang table and a plate of rice dumplings before she realized that she was having the festival today.
It is said that the mountain residence does not know how long it is. Although she is not in the mountain residence, she is in the courtyard of the house, but still forgets the years.
I met several brothers from my parents and knew that my husband was the main person to send him away. In just half a month, Qiao's hair was half white. She couldn't sleep all night and wanted to recall the tenderness that had happened between her husband and wife. Miyu, but my mind became more and more blurred, and I couldn't figure out something clearly.
Shen’s family has been living in Beijing for many years, but during the Chinese New Year, it still comes from the customs of the south. The Dragon Boat Festival also includes meat dumplings, which are very small and exquisite, only one and a half inches long.
Qiao didn't know what he thought of, and a little gentleness slowly appeared on her face. She picked up a rice dumpling, peeled it, put it on the blank porcelain plate opposite, and whispered: "Cousin, eat rice dumplings..."
Seeing this, the two maids serving next to him looked at each other, their faces were horrified, but they did not dare to disturb each other.
These days, Qiao often falls into deep thoughts, and if she is interrupted, she will get angry, so that the people who serve can only follow her.
There are about a dozen meat dumplings in a plate.
Qiao just sat there for a while and peeled one, then sat for a while and then peeled another one. In less than two quarters of an hour, she peeled a plate of meat dumplings to clean up.
In the porcelain plate opposite Qiao, there were several layers of white rice dumplings.
When Qiao put the last rice dumpling, his wrist stopped.
She stared at the plate of meat dumplings with her eyes, her face full of pain and despair, and a line of clear tears slowly flowed down.
The two maids next to them turned pale.
Without making a sound, I just sobbed silently, from dawn to the lights in the room.
The food was already cold, and the legs of the two maids stood were sore and back pain. Qiao seemed to have woken up and ordered the table to be removed in a bad mood.
After the two maids went out, they both breathed out.
The slightly younger one pointed to his head and whispered: "Sister, can't the second wife be right? Are you going to tell Mom Mao?"
The older one thought about it and said, "Mom Mao is back home for the holiday, so it's going to be tomorrow."
The two of them served Qiao in close proximity for not long, and they also saw that Qiao was always crying when she was fine. Unexpectedly, she not only cried, but also had a little abnormal mind...
When the family dinner at the house ended, Xu had news that his second wife had different behaviors.
Chen Cang sipped a few cups in the evening, and was drunk, so he had already gone to the bedroom to rest. Xu wanted to go to the west courtyard to take a look, but was afraid that her husband would disturb him, so he was worried that he would only leave early the next morning.
When I saw Qiao, Xu was shocked.
This old woman with gray hair and pale and swollen face turned out to be Qiao? She is very tender and looks like she is in her early forties. She has been in her early twenties for more than a year since she was a lot older, but she still has the same age as she has been in Beijing. He is a neat woman who loves to clean up and dress up; now he is old and someone believes that he is older than Xu.
Mrs. Qiao sat on the couch next to the window, holding a half-embedded purse in her hand, sewing it stitched. When Mrs. Xu came in, she didn't get up.
After being a sister-in-law for half a lifetime, when seeing Qiao's appearance, Xu couldn't tell what it felt. She sighed quietly and said, "Second Aunt, why are you doing this?"
Qiao then raised her head, but her face was full of joy and her eyes were gentle: "Sister-in-law, this is the purse I embroidered for my cousin. My cousin loves Cuizhu the most, so I embroidered Cuizhu for him..."
While speaking, Qiao Shixia flew her cheeks, revealing a little girlish shyness.
Xu's heart sank and he looked at Qiao steadily.
Mrs. Qiao still lowered her head and tried hard to go to the green bamboo purse.
She was spoiled as a child, but the girl didn't have any strengths. One of the three needles was squirted and the fingers were hard. Xu's eyelids twitched, but Qiao suddenly realized that she didn't realize it. There were spots on her purse, which was stained. A lot of blood
After half a cup of tea, Xu really couldn't stand it. Just as he was about to get up and snatch his purse, Qiao raised his head, but his expression was blank and his eyes were cold. She threw the purse in her hand and looked at Xu and said, " Is my sister-in-law going to take me to rest? Don’t you have to pack my luggage in advance?”
It was like a different person.
Xu has lived for most of his life and has seen many of them. He is not afraid, but he is more and more worried.
The Shen family can have a second wife who is "retreated", but not a second wife who is "abnormal".
No matter whether Qiao's family is really different or pretends to be like this, they cannot continue to stay in Beijing.
However, before taking into account the reputation of the Shen family, Xu was not at ease with Qiao's health. The doctors who often came to the family were the most polite. Since his father's generation, he has been visiting the Shen family for treatment, and Xu has nothing to do with it. Don't worry, I sent someone to invite the doctor over.
Qiao did not resist seeing the doctor, but it was not considered cooperative. She kept silent and said nothing.
When he arrived outside, Xu whispered to Qiao's abnormal reaction.
The doctor looked heavy and frowned: "Anger hurts the liver, sorrows hurts the lungs, thoughts hurts the spleen, sorrows hurts the lungs, and may hurt the kidneys... The second wife of the Zunfu is now a sign of chaos in vitality and damage to the five internal organs. I can only open it here. Although the prescription for warming and tonic is unknown, it is best to treat heart diseases with heart disease. It is best to do it early and understand it."
Xu's mouth was bitter and asked someone to wrap the silver seal and send the doctor away.
When he turned back to the inner room, Qiao had already turned over and sat up.
"I'm not sick. You are hoping that I'm sick and hope that I will die soon, but I want to be fine." Qiao's voice was faint.
Xu covered his soreness in his heart, nodded and said, "Okay, remember your own words and live well."
Qiao raised her chin and sneered: "That's natural."
It was not until he returned to the upper room that Xu rubbed his forehead and showed a bit of pain on his face.
After a quarter of an hour, her face calmed down a little, and she sent someone Hongyun to call Mao's mother over.
"You don't have to worry about the third brother for the time being. I'll serve the second wife first. The second wife is good, you can follow me; the second wife is bad, and the second master can't protect you. Although you are the servants of the second wife, you live in the Shangshu Mansion. , I should also take care of you," Xu said seriously.
Mama Mao responded carefully.
Since she is often in the West Courtyard, how can she not know the changes of Qiao? But she is just because she is not sure. I don’t know if Qiao really lost her mind or deliberately pretended to escape the fact that she was sent away, so she did not report to Xu In front of the clan.
Now that Xu has given orders, she just accepts it.
In the evening, when Chen Cangluoya came back, Xu told her husband about Qiao.
After listening to this, Chen Cang immediately made a decision and said, "I will ask someone to send her to the village tomorrow, so I can't delay it anymore."
Xu thought about Qiao's current down-and-out situation and couldn't help but remain silent.
Chen Cang frowned and said, "Besides her second brother, she is the fourth brother. Can she turn her second brother into the capital, or can she take her fourth brother to her? After knowing her for half her life, she will still change her temper? Today Madam, whenever she showed a slight soft-hearted look, she would only be 'heart-wicked, getting worse and worse, until you let her ask for it
When Brother Luo was gone, she was sick and had a chance. Life was her own. Since she was willing to make trouble, she would let her follow me. When she really arrived at the village and had no hope, she would be willing to rest assured. Divide"
Xu also knew that he shouldn't be soft-hearted, but when he thought about Chenzhou, he said in a muffled voice: "It's really hard to be light, heavy. Now that the second uncle is not in Beijing, I really want to make Qiao's fault. I can't say that you and I will continue to do so. I will be complained. At that time, the second uncle will be a husband with deep affection, and you and my husband will become cruel brothers and sisters-in-law."
Chen Cang sighed and said, "That guy, who has lived in his forties in vain forty years, is still hard to rest assured. I owe him in my previous life, so I became brothers with him. I asked my wife to worry about me, right? Living lady...