Thinking of this, Mr. Zhou lowered his eyes and took a sip of tea, slightly restraining the calculation in his eyes.
Seeing that Mr. Zhou was silent, Sanshu Chen became even more anxious. He concluded that Chen Jinjun wanted to evacuate the Chen family, and slapped the table directly: "Since she is married, she is an outsider. How dare she try to take away the Chen family's belongings?"
The more he thought about it, the angrier he became. He asked Mr. Zhou directly: "Old man, you and my father have been together for many years. You probably don't want to see my father's hard work fall into the hands of outsiders. What can you do?"
Stupid thing, you can move it with just one sentence.
Mr. Zhou despised Uncle Chen even more in his heart, but now he still wanted to coax Uncle Chen to get the Chen family's property out of Chen Jinjun's hands, so he pretended to be thoughtful: "You are her third uncle, even if she is the head of the family now,
You can’t disobey your elders either.”
Uncle Chen's eyes lit up.
As for the Chen family's first room, Chen Jinjun twitched his lips as he listened to the young man dressed as a waiter from the teahouse below coming to report the news about the third room.
"You are really my good third uncle." She smiled coldly, and her already cold and noble appearance became even more chilled.
"Originally I wanted to see if he could sincerely do good for the Chen family, but now it seems that only if he doesn't become a clown can I leave the capital with peace of mind."
"Xu Sheng," Chen Jinjun tapped his nails erratically on the table, "go to the fourth room and invite your fourth uncle here."
After a while, the fourth uncle of the Chen family hurried over, not noticing at all that there was a trace of ink on his clothes.
Chen Jinjun sat on the main seat: "My fourth uncle must know that my third uncle forced me to marry to Yongzhou."
Uncle Chen, who was wearing a long cloth and a long gown, was elegant and elegant: "This matter is my third brother's own idea. I have been studying at home since the Mid-Autumn Festival and have no contact with others."
"After I leave, the Chen family cannot be without an owner for a day," Chen Jinjun looked at him, "Compared to the third uncle, I think you, the fourth uncle, are more suitable for this position."
Hearing what she said, Fourth Uncle Chen was startled, and his face flushed with anxiety: "You also know that Fourth Uncle, I am just a commoner scholar. I can only memorize a few books by sages, write a few acid poems, and teach the younger generations of the clan how to behave.
But, I really can’t take it as a family property.”
"Fourth uncle is being humble. When our Chen family does business, we pay attention to two words, one is righteousness and the other is profit." Chen Jinjun slowed down his tone, "The combination of righteousness and benefit is the root of the success of our Chen family. Now
I just ask my fourth uncle to keep the word "righteousness".
When the word "righteousness" came up, Fourth Uncle Chen knew that he couldn't refuse. What Third Uncle Chen did during this period had nothing to do with the word "righteousness".
He shook his head and sighed: "What should I do?"
Chen Jinjun waved, and Xu Sheng placed a thick account book in front of Fourth Uncle Chen.
"This is the list of shopkeepers who stay in the capital. When doing business, Fourth Uncle only needs to work with the old gentlemen in the accounting room to handle the accounts of each household. He does not ask for any big benefits. As long as our Chen family can live safely in the capital.
A place that won’t be looked down upon by Xiao Xiao.”
Uncle Chen stretched out his hand, touched the account book in front of him, closed his eyes, took a long breath, and made a decision: "You can go to Rongcheng with peace of mind. Anyway, the court is gone now, and there is no imperial examination after studying for so many years."
It’s time to take the exam. If you’re idle, you’ll be idle. If my fourth uncle studies more, he won’t let the ancestors’ family business decline.”
"I'm getting married the day after tomorrow. Please ask my fourth uncle to do it for me."
"Of course I have to give it away. I have been closed at home for so many days, flipping through those books, and I feel a little haggard." Fourth Uncle Chen lowered his head, saw the ink on his gown, and shook his head with a smile, "I have lost some etiquette."
"I will put the third uncle under house arrest in the house before I leave. What happens after that depends on the fourth uncle's arrangements."
"Don't worry, I will protect my ancestral heritage."
A touch of determination appeared on Fourth Uncle Chen's elegant face.
After seeing Fourth Uncle Chen off, Chen Jinjun rubbed his temples and said, "This will put an end to some of my worries."
According to custom, a family banquet will be held the night before the bride becomes a monk. Chen Jinjun should dispel the thoughts that Uncle Chen should not have at this time.
The sky got dark very early in late autumn. Chen Jinjun sat in the main seat and watched Uncle Chen walk in with high spirits.
She licked her back molars calmly. It seemed that the Zhou family had obtained some kind of promise, otherwise they wouldn't be so frivolous and blatantly glanced at the head of the throne several times.
After a while, the fourth uncle also arrived. He greeted Chen Jinjun kindly and glanced at the third uncle Chen calmly.
As a scholar and a Jinshi of the previous dynasty, although he did not enter the court as an official because of his poor ranking, Fourth Uncle Chen always believed that the concept of clan is very important. In addition, in the past two days, he deliberately learned about the business dealings of the Chen family and listened actively and passively.
I saw what Uncle Chen San was doing behind the scenes.
If he hadn't always had the concept of respecting his brother, I'm afraid he, a slow-tempered person, would have been unable to resist attacking him.
"Since everyone is here," Chen Jinjun looked at the seats. There were some big shopkeepers in the clan, wives and aunts from various houses, and many older juniors in the clan, "Let's start the banquet."
When she was about to raise her wine glass and say some toasts, Uncle Chen couldn't help but said, "Isn't this the wrong seat to sit in today?"
His voice was not too low, and the whole hall became a little quiet.
Chen Jinjun was stunned and couldn't help but snorted. The third uncle was really impatient.
She took her hand away from the wine glass and raised her eyes to look at Uncle Chen: "Uncle Third, what position is wrong in my opinion?"
Everyone looked at Uncle Chen. He was suddenly stared at by so many people. Although he had been mentally prepared, his chest still felt tight.
After pausing for a moment, he looked at the head seat where Chen Jinjun was sitting: "Since you have been given a marriage, you should marry and obey your husband. How can you sit on the head seat of the Chen family if you are a person with a foreign surname?"
There was a lot of discussion below. Fourth Uncle Chen could hardly hold back his self-cultivation from studying for many years and wanted to curse. However, in order to realize tonight’s plan with Chen Jinjun, he still pretended to be confused and asked: “What about Third Brother?
It seems, how should we arrange this position?"
Seeing the confrontation between the three distinguished members of the master's family, no one in the room dared to speak. Only a few big shopkeepers looked at each other with disdain on their expressions.
"Since the head of the family now has a foreign surname, naturally someone from my Chen family will sit on the main seat." Uncle Chen walked from his seat to the seat next to Chen Jinjun like a proud peacock.
Chen Jinjun lowered his eyelashes: "Who do you think, third uncle, should sit in my position?"
"Of course..." Uncle Chen was about to say something to himself, but found that the shopkeepers sitting below him had bad expressions, and quickly changed the subject, "Of course, there is a distinction between close relatives and young ones, and there is an order of elders and younger ones."
What this said was that in terms of closeness to the old man, only Chen Jinjun and himself had Fourth Uncle Chen. Now that Chen Jinjun was said to have a foreign surname, he and Fourth Uncle Chen were the only ones left. After that, there was another sentence: the elders and younger ones should be in order.
Tell the world the five words "I want to be the head of the family".
"So," Chen Jinjun raised his eyes, looked around the hall, and finally met his fourth uncle's gaze, "fourth uncle, the Chen family will be entrusted to you from now on."
Fourth Uncle Chen stood up and walked over very cooperatively, changing places with her.
Everyone present was shocked by what happened, except for a few big shopkeepers who had heard about it before.
Looking at Uncle Chen again, he had a shocked expression and his face immediately turned red.
"Chen Jinjun, what do you mean?" He looked angrily at Chen Jinjun, who was sitting in the seat on the right.
"Fourth brother, what are you doing?" He turned around and patted the table where he was sitting.
"In your eyes, do you still think of me as your third uncle and third brother?"
Uncle Chen obviously didn't want to talk to him anymore, so he took out the gold-inlaid jade Ruyi given by the late emperor from his pocket.
Everyone stood up and saluted, seeing the head of the family.
These sounds sounded particularly harsh to Uncle Chen's ears.