Three hundred and eighty-six chapters first mention and congratulations (four)
On the 16th day of the first lunar month, Li Shi, the butler of the Shangshu Mansion, and Chen, and his group finally arrived in Fangshan. Seeing that the capital was about to be around. Because it was already afternoon, they could not get into the city before closing the city gate in the afternoon, and the group took a break in Liangxiang. .
At this time, the south is already warm and cold, but the north is still a world of ice and snow.
Getting off the carriage, stepping on the "crunching" and the "crunching" snow was heavy. Looking at the snow scenes around, I also brought a few novelties, let alone the servants and servants who accompanied me.
After many people had not even gone out for a hundred miles in their lifetime, they had walked more than two thousand miles and were about to reach the emperor's feet.
Although Chen took care of the common affairs of the clan for many years on behalf of his father, he often went out, but he was mostly in southern Zhili, and the farthest part was also in Fujian and Zhejiang. It was the first time he went north.
He was very impatient with the dry climate in the north and started coughing in half a month. For this, he delayed on the road for two days. Because he was young, he took two pairs of cough-relieving medicine and was still dry, but his throat was still , drink several pots of tea every day to relieve throat discomfort.
The group rushed to the New Year, and even bid farewell to the old and welcomed the new.
Because I was holding my breath before, I felt heavy, and the casual servants were careful and did not dare to laugh and be ignorant. Even if there were about ten people in a group, there were still many silent times, making the team deserted.
Seeing that the capital was approaching, my deep emotions gradually stabilized. Although I was still sad, I did not continue to show my face and began to talk to the butler Li Shi to inquire about the news about the Shangshu Mansion.
Although Chen heard a lot about the situation in the Shangshu Mansion, except for the Xu family and the second master, no other elders met. Others were fine, but Chen Cang was the leader of the family.
Now that Chen Zhou is not in Beijing, Chen wants to move his brother's bones back south, he must nod his head, Chen Cang, the head of the family.
Since Songjiang came out, the butler Li Shi has sent someone in advance to deliver a letter to the capital.
Chen Cang and Xu knew about the people coming to the clan house. They were thinking about the days in their minds and knew that it was almost time to arrive around the Lantern Festival. Even the guest rooms were prepared in the mansion.
Although Li Shi had only stopped in the sect room for three or four days, he also saw the attitude of the clan leader. The sect room had already had a grudge against the second sect, and it was not easy to resolve it. As for the matter of making the dead Chen Jue return to the sect, it was a bit unruly. But it is also because parents love each other. In the final analysis, the second wife is in the first place.
On the way north, Li Shi was tempted indirectly, and he wanted to resolve Chen's resentment, but it was not very effective. Seeing that Chen's attitude was a little relaxed, Li Shi naturally cooperated and could not say anything that could be answered, but those who could say So I said it carefully.
"Our master is busy with official duties and does not care much about family affairs. Our wife was led by the common affairs at home earlier. In the past two years, the wife has been in the spring and autumn and has not been able to do enough energy, so the third wife took the eldest sister and the housekeeper... It's just our third wife. The body is not very good, the fourth brother is young, and the third wife is also unable to do anything, the atmosphere in Beijing is not as simple as the outside, and the servants are also tricky in their affairs. But there is no way, and there is really no one else to do it." Li Shi said at the end, and revealed that he was self-reported. It is short, and it brings a few helplessness on the face.
When Li Shi was in Songjiang, even though he talked about the cause and effect of Chen Jue's death, he had a bias and deleted it. Now that he saw that Chen Zhongzhong, if Chen Cang and Xu were asking about it, he would not do it. Concealing it. In order to keep the resentment in his heart, the butler revealed his words in advance, and wanted to blame the second wife for all the blame.
Although Li Shi didn't know that Qiao was paralyzed and bedridden, he also knew that when he was drunk, Qiao's second wife was out of reach and had no hope of turning over. Even if she was the wife of the second master and had the merit of giving birth to the Shen family, she would not be able to resist her. The wrong.
Chen listened a little disbelief and said, "How could this be so? Can't you pick out other housekeepers?"
Li Shi smiled bitterly and said, "Who else? Our mansion is no better than other house leaders. We can bring a bunch of concubines in a casual manner. Our great-grandson entered the capital alone during his lifetime... I will tell you, let alone the third wife is one now. If you are a few people, you are our second young master. Although you are only in your teens now, you have taken on half of your foreign affairs since you were adopted..."
Hearing this, Chen looked up at Li Shi.
Why did you mention Shen Rui? Didn’t mention Brother Jue? Brother Jue and Shen Rui are just as old as they are. Even though they have left Beijing twice, they still have half of their time in the capital in the past few years. If the Shangshu Mansion is indeed short of staff, it would be better to be Shen Rui and Chen Juesi's cousins experience together?
He was suspicious, but he didn't ask directly, and just shook his head and said, "Did the butler say it seriously? Is there any difference between superiority and inferiority? Even if the servant is cunning, can he fool the master?"
Li Shi hesitated and said, "The situation in our mansion is a little different from other families..."
"Huh? What's the difference?" Chen Xin moved, and a little curious and asked.
"The three houses in our house live together. In the eyes of outsiders, it seems that several masters have a good relationship. No one mentioned the separation of the family. In fact, as early as thirty years ago, our great master was still alive and divided the second master's first room away. …” Li Shi held it in for a long time before he said vaguely.
As I said it at the beginning, there is nothing to hide behind it.
"In addition to the industry, the family members were also divided into houses, and the wives were dowrying each to their own houses. There weren't several groups? Now even if they live together, it's not easy to manage them through the house... and don't you... It was also a dilemma when we said that our second wife was sister-in-law, our third wife was younger and younger sister-in-law, and our third wife was a housekeeper." Li Shi said.
Chen has been by his parents for many years and is also a housekeeper. He knew that it was very laborious and nodded and said, "My third aunt is really hard..."
As for why Brother Jue was not used, he didn't need to ask. If the second master's first room had been divided, he would be a guest in Shangshu Mansion now. The second wife was not used for the housekeeper's affairs, and it would be better to go beyond the second wife. Go and arrange for the matter of his nephew.
Chen Hei went north with anger, but for more than ten years he was not a reckless person. The more he arrived in the capital, the more he thought about it, and he couldn't help but think of the words of Shen Ji. He was not concerned about his children's future, and had selfish thoughts. Instead, I thought about being more thorough and saving it in other rooms, as if it was unreasonable in the clan house.
He looked down at his plain clothes, and after thinking about it, he said to Li Shi: "I am here in the capital tomorrow, and I should have paid tribute to the elders of the second house immediately, but I have two filial piety on my body. It is really difficult to collide with the first month of the year, and I am still here My brother had placed it on his behalf, and later I wrote a reply letter and asked the butler to convey it to him."
Although Shen Ji returned to his hometown with sorrow, the house in the capital was still there. Although Shen was the first time he came to the capital, there were old people who had been here in the capital earlier in the management.
In addition to the second house, there are also five houses Chen Ying and nine houses Chen Li in the capital. If the Shangshu Mansion does not agree to Chen Jue's return to the reign, Chen will have to go to the two houses to ask for it.
Chen Jue knew that the population of these two houses is now in the capital, and most of them are closer to the Shangshu Mansion, but he is about the same age as Chen Ying, and he grew up with his brothers from the clan, and his feelings are deep. The mansion made things difficult for him, so he had to go to Chen Ying to ask for favors.
Although the relationship between Chen Li was a little far apart, when Chen Li helped the spirit back home, the clan leader and the grandfather were taking care of him. If it was not possible, he would have to carry out his old grandfather and ask for personal favors from Chen Li.
Li Shi hurriedly said, "The Second Young Master is too outspoken, how good is it to go directly to the house? If we know that the Second Young Master comes here, our master and wife will be happy."
Chen said lightly: "I have never lost my courtesy in these two days."
He had already made up his mind, and Li Shi advised him several times but didn't change his words, so he could only let him go.
After returning to the room, the old housekeeper felt bitter. Chen looked kind and smooth, but he had an idea in his heart. He advised him all kinds of times along the way, but Chen didn't change his mind, and he probably couldn't change it when he arrived in the capital.
Is the Third Young Master really going to return to the clan?
It is not rare to have Ding Shang died before he became a child, after all, it is difficult to raise a child; but the remains of his son's remains are inevitably a bit shocking. After hearing this, outsiders must ask for information. With all kinds of speculations, it will affect the reputation of the Shangshu Mansion.
If it were other people, they would not nod for their reputation, but their master and wife were generous people.
The old housekeeper really felt embarrassed this time.
It was a coincidence that the letter was written by Li Shi. When Chen was resting in Liang Township, the second master Chen Zhou's letter from his home also arrived at the Shangshu Mansion.
The one who returned to Beijing to deliver the letter was not someone else, but Mao Chang, one of the people around Chen Zhou, who had to use Mao’s mother.
The seal has not been opened in the yamen yet, and Chen Cang is at home.
Before reading the letter, Chen Cang called Mao Chang to come and asked, "How are your masters going to be the day before?"
Mao Chang replied: "I feel sad that the third brother has died. The master feels uncomfortable. He takes ten-day leave and does not go to the yamen..."
Chen Cang frowned and said, "No one around you is persuading me?"
"Young Master Ling and Young Master Lin both advised him, but the master was not energetic to see others. He locked himself in the study and came out for several days..." Mao Chang replied honestly.
Chen Cang said again: "When did you move and leave from Nanchang? I sent two letters here before the New Year, and you master have read them all..."
Mao Chang said: "It was the fifteenth day of the twelfth lunar month. This villain happened to know that the master read both letters and was angry about it..."
Chen Cang waved his hand and sent Mao Chang down, but sighed in his heart.
Although the second room has not yet parted, it is almost the same as the one that has parted. Although Chen Zhou, the younger brother, has many wrong things, as the elder brother, he is still unbearable in his heart as Chen Cang, who is still as good as today.
After a while, Chen Cang took out the paper cutter and opened the second master's letter. As he looked at it, he couldn't help but frown for a while before putting down the letter in his hand and sighed heavily.
After dinner, Chen Cang mentioned the second master's letter to his wife: "The second brother refused to let the second wife rest in the capital, and still wanted to send it to another village..."