The Zhuangzi in Changping is the dowry industry of the late third old lady. The second master gave it to the second master after he got married. Now the manager of Zhuangzi there is a surname Guan. Guanguan has an aunt over 60 years old, which is Er. The master's wet nurse is a mother.

Guan's mother was the dowry of the late third old lady. Later, she was married to the Shen family to give birth to a child and a daughter. Just as the second master came to the ground, she was selected as the wet nurse.

A few years later, Guan's mother's man died of an emergency. The third old lady pityed her. In addition, seeing that she was careful to serve the second master, she called her daughter Du Juan to serve as a servant and arranged it with the second master and became a maid.

Du Juan is half a year older than the second master. She has been with the second master since she was six or seven years old, and they grew up with her.

When the second wife entered the door, the second master's family was assigned to pass the order. Guan's mother and Du Juan were originally the people who served the second master, so naturally they had to go out too.

As a result, within half a month, the second wife wanted to match Du Juan with her. I don’t know what happened at that time, Du Juan threw herself into the well, and Guan’s mother was sent to Changping Village.

In this blink of an eye, thirty years have passed.

When Chen Jue was selected for his maid two years ago, the second master entrusted all the second masters to Xu. In order to avoid suspicion, the maids chosen were mostly children born under the name of the second master. Among them, Chunhe's father was the second manager of Zhuangzi in Changping in his early years. She heard her family mention the matter of Zhuguan Family and knew the origin.

Chen Jue knew the cause and effect of the second wife being sent out to "rest". Although he did not plead for the second wife, he always felt a little uneasy in his heart regardless of this.

After all, in terms of status, Qiao is his mother. Although Qiao is wrong in plotting against the fourth brother, outsiders do not know about it, so they only think it was because he got sick a few years ago.

Chen Jue inquired about Changping Zhuangzi with his maid intentionally or unintentionally. He didn't understand why he was. If the life in Zhuangzi was so good, the second master wanted to send his wife over to hide in the name of "restoring", then Chen Jue would look down on the second master. If the life in the village was too bad, then as his heir, should he ask for some benefits from his uncle and aunt for his heir?

Just before Shen Jue made up his mind, he heard this old news from Chunhe.

Because it was a long time ago and it was related to the owner, Chunhe did not explain in detail why the second wife forced Du Juan to get married and why Du Juan refused to marry. However, the reason is not difficult to guess. It is nothing more than that the second wife is young and energetic and can't stand the second master. There is a maid who has served for more than ten years. She is always a candidate for the male owner to warm the bed. Du Juan is also the second-class lady and has an extraordinary status as a maid.

After hearing this old story, Shen Rui felt bloody.

Just looking at the gentle and elegant appearance of the second master now, I really can't tell how passionate he was when he was a teenager. There is a child bride who was engaged in a engagement at home, my aunt has a cousin who is in love with her, and a pretty maid who is childhood sweetheart in her room .

Qiao's lethality was also verified thirty years ago.

"Maybe you're thinking too much, I think 80% of the second master didn't think of Guan Mama when he was writing a letter..." Shen Rui said.

Thirty years have passed, and for a full half of a century, it sounds like a lifetime for a young man who has only lived in his teenage years.

Chen Jue hesitated for a moment and said, "Second brother, the second master really forgot about this matter for a moment... He is like this, and the uncle and uncle will not pay attention to these things. Should we report to the elders?"

Shen Rui nodded and said, "Of course, it is to inform you. Regardless of whether Guan's mother and Guan Guan are holding grudges or not, they are all servants in the second house. Even if the second wife was raised in the past, her identity was their mistress, and there was no reason for them to be tempered."

Shen Rui said this not to the Qiao family, but to the Shen family that the scandal of "slaves and abuses the master" could not occur. At that time, others would not explore the old news from thirty years ago, but would only blame the wife for the matter. Xu's body

In addition, the Qiao family's family is now in decline and is already weak in the eyes of the world. If the Shen family is not properly placed, the character of the superiors and subordinates may be questioned.

"That's fine, otherwise I'm really worried..." Chen Jue breathed a sigh of relief.

It was almost the Dragon Boat Festival, and there was only one and a half months left before the hospital examination.

Chen Jue came over for a walk and went back to study.

Shen Rui did not rush to go to the room immediately. He wrote a post in the study and wrote a big word for half an hour. It was estimated that Xu Shi's resting before she went over and told her about Guan Mama.

Xu sighed and said, "Good boy, fortunately you reminded me... Guan's mother has been out for too long. I only heard that the manager over there was Guan. He was the person who was used by the second master in his early years. He forgot to do it again. About this mother”

Shen Rui hesitated for a moment and said, "Will you send the second wife there?"

"There is a slave in this world to avoid the master but there is no reason to avoid the master... and this place was decided by the second master, so it is difficult to change," said Xu.

The mother and son looked at each other, both suspiciously.

Guan’s mother has been out of the Shen family for thirty years, and it is reasonable for others to forget it, but she has served the second master for more than ten years and was also supported by the second master when she is away. The second master really forgot the rift between Guan’s mother and the second wife?

Xu couldn't help but frown. If it were other villages, it would be inappropriate to manage the business, so he just changed the business to manage the business. This village was the private property of the second master, and the servants inside were all from the second wife.

Xu felt it was quite tricky: "Oh, I can only postpone it for a few more days..."

In fact, Xu arranged for two mothers to go over and watch. The people in the village would never dare to treat Xu slowly. However, Xu has now taken off the family's affairs and started to teach the third wife and sister Yu, so he is unwilling to do so again. It was mixed with the second wife's muddy water. Otherwise, it would be like her eldest sister-in-law, who was harsh and had a sister-in-law. It was clearly Qiao's own trouble, but the second master ordered the attack, so why would he take the blame for the eldest wife?

Another way is to let Mother Mao and his wife serve him. These two are old men that the second master needs to use. With them, even if Guan Mother and Nephew hold grudges, they dare not let Qiao suffer.

But these two people were managing the second-family property industry and looked at Gu Chenjue's side. Xu sent someone out of Beijing, as if he was excluding the second-family property.

If Xu had encountered such a thing before, he would not hesitate and would have made a decision directly. Now he is tired and is really impatient to work hard on the second wife.

Whether it is sent away or not, or when to send away the Qiao family, it will be decided by the elders, and it is not Shen Rui's turn to worry. After Shen Rui reported this to Xu family, he left the matter unwilling and returned to Jiurujujialing. The big words are gone.

After writing ten big words, his chaotic heart calmed down.

Chen Yan handed over the "vote letter", but how could he be willing to rely on it?

At this time, the Shen family had not much choice. Could it be that they could really find someone to report the "unknown origin" of the Chen Yan brothers? In this way, even if the Chen Yan brothers' career would ruin, the Shen family would be able to People's hearts are cold.

The Shen family has a prominent scholarly family, and most of their children mainly study for their careers. For scholars, ruining their future is no different from killing people.

Although Chen Yan's ancestors were wrong, they were too old. By the time Chen Yan's generation was the fourth generation. At this time, the Shangshu Mansion seemed to be arrogant and arrogant. They also had to find out the family scandals of their ancestors to be a human being. Talk to the tongue.

If you can't make the first choice, there are two choices left, one is to accept the other party's surrender, and the other is to ignore it.

But even if they ignore it now and wait for others to reveal the matter by exposing the shortcomings of the two brothers, the second wife still has to make a decision.

Chen Cang was relieved that Shen Rui was just asking him to find a way to deal with it.

The Chen Yan brothers were trying to solve the problems of future troubles, but Chen Cang obviously insisted that they would not allow their brothers to return to their hometown, and the rest would be discussed by Shen Rui.

Shen Rui smiled bitterly, was he negotiating? He knew the other party’s bottom line, but if he wanted to accomplish this “buy”, it would not be possible with a verbal agreement. Only when the Shangshu Mansion is always suppressed, will he obey.

Chen Yan is already a juren and a scholar. Why do you think there is not enough time?

The sun sets, and the sky is full of clouds.

Master Qiao San was full of gloom and left the Qiao family's old house. He looked back and sighed, and said to Master Qiao Er: "I have always been a sensible person. I didn't expect that she was such a person as a wife. ah"

Mr. Qiao Er's face was not good-looking, and he felt sorry for the money he had paid.

Since Mrs. Qiao was determined to knock out some money, how could she just catch Master Qiao San and pull Master Qiao Er down?

Master Qiao Er didn't care about it, but he didn't dare to gamble. At the beginning, he could only grit his teeth and say that he had no money.

Anyway, he was a concubine's son and had never been an official. When he was separated from his family, he didn't go to one shop, half a farm, and three houses in a south city. Most of the Qiao family's villages were used to sacrifice fields, and there were no property left, and there were two left. The small village has a total of more than twenty hectares of land, and the long house occupies a small one, two houses and three houses equally divided into another.

Like Master Qiao, Master Qiao San was the legitimate son, and he also had two other farm fields under Mrs. Qiao's name.

After hearing this, Qiao didn't say anything at that time. Master Qiao San was polite to Master Qiao Er and even said a lot of good things to him.

However, after lunch after entertaining the two brothers, Master Qiao's nostrils came out, holding a page of paper in his hand, which listed the two shops that Master Qiao Er had added over the years, and two pieces for foreign merchants. The house at the city wall.

Although Master Qiao Er denied it, Master Qiao San still changed his face.

Mr. Qiao Er was so frustrated that he wanted to expose Mr. Qiao and his wife's situation at this time.

With Mrs. Qiao's greedy nature, Master Qiao Er was really afraid of forcing her to be impatient. She ignored the dowry and persuaded Qiao to return home.

However, since he has been doing business for half his life, others are not as good as bargaining.

"If my sister really wants to go home, there is no reason to support her. By the same token, even if my sister really brings her dowry back, the eldest wife should not be exclusive to her to prevent material affairs. Some of them are the dowry of the old lady, who is the eldest brother and the third brother. Equal division; as for the ancestral property that is married to the dowry, it is appropriate for the three families to divide the elder brother, sister-in-law, and third brother. Do you think this is the reason?" Mr. Qiao Er said with a serene thought.

Master Qiao and his wife and Master Qiao San were both stunned when they heard this.

Master Qiao San realized it later and finally woke up.

Yes, even if the eldest wife insists on asking for a dowry from the Shen family, it is not the money for the eldest wife. Why do you have to pay the second wife and the third wife to comfort Mr. Qiao?

Master Qiao had been plotting for a long time and could have made a fortune, but Master Qiao Er revealed his dream. He couldn't help but feel angry and said, "I don't care whether you share it or not. Anyway, I can't lose my money. What should I do if I drink the northwest wind? I can’t bear to say goodbye to me, but I don’t care about it.

The more he thought about it, the more he became, the more "reasonable he was".

Master Qiao Er also turned cold: "Oh? When will the elder brother go? Tell my younger brother, and my younger brother will follow me."

Master Qiao raised his chin and said, "It's not too late to go to the Shen family tomorrow morning, don't you look down on the Qiao family? Then don't you think about taking advantage of the Qiao family again. My sister is a ignorant person. The dowry industry is the Shen family. The people there will be able to support the Shen family with only a promising future."

Master Qiao San was so angry that he returned to the Qiao family and took back the dowry. This was the breaking of diplomatic relations between the two families. Is the help of the Shen family only worth a few thousand taels of silver? This is really poor and crazy

When he was in Jiangnan in his early years, he often heard his colleagues mention the four words "poor and treacherous plan". At that time, he was not convinced and felt that there were no lack of noble things in poor families. But today, the elder brother and sister-in-law's face made him grow. experience.

The Ming Dynasty was also unique to the dowry of a married girl.

But he also saw that he could not just respond, otherwise the couple would only become more and more unscrupulous and greedy.

"Since my elder brother and second brother are gone, don't leave me. We brothers are together," Master Qiao San said angrily.

In order to deliberately make things difficult for the two younger brothers, Mr. Qiao agreed to his wife's arrangement to have a show. He thought the two of them would be so angry, but he didn't expect that he would be so "obedient".

He looked at this and then at that, wondering whether the two of them were saying true or false.

Seeing that the atmosphere became more and more intense, Mrs. Qiao hurriedly sent Mr. Qiao out. She wanted to knock out some money, but she didn't really plan to take over the Qiao family's return.

When Master Qiao was gone, the atmosphere did not ease.

Mrs. Qiao sighed in her heart. She glanced at Master Qiao Er, and understood that he saw through his plans, so she refused to pay the money. She also took Master Qiao San to repeat.

"Mrs. I won't just make trouble this time. But my brothers are watching the situation of the eldest wife. None of you can support the door. The master is a scammer. It's so difficult outside," Mrs. Qiao sighed.

Master Qiao San said with a stern face: "Although there are not many industries when the family is divided, isn't there a sacrificial field to make a big head? Why do you think my sister-in-law is so uneasy to eat?"

Mrs. Qiao said: "Second uncle and third uncle, if life is better, the master will not have this idea... To be honest, even if he persuades him this time, will he think of this matter again next time? He is the legitimate Zhi is the head of the family, and his elder brother is like his father. He wants to stand up for his aunt and wife, and no one can tell him."

Mr. Qiao Er frowned even more. He didn't want to be blackmailed by the eldest son for this matter one after another.

Master Qiao San's face turned darker and his eyes were cold.

When Mrs. Qiao saw this, she felt excited, and quickly relaxed and said softly: "What I mean is this time... If you can comfort me, let me write a handwritten letter. The eldest wife did not interfere with her affairs, and the two uncles decided to decide.”

After saying that, Mrs. Qiao didn't go to see the reactions of the two masters, and just looked down at the teacup.

The Qiao family had a backup of the dowry list for Qiao's family. They had a total of 78 dowry units backed up. In addition to furniture, clothing, jewelry, and silver, there were only five land and shops, which were not worth much in their early years. However, in recent years, land prices in and outside the city have doubled, and these industries can now be discounted by 5,000 taels of silver.
To be continued...