Chen Quan was stunned for a while, his face full of confusion.

After thousands of years of precipitation, the power of the clan has long been as deep as ethics. Even Chen Quan, who has always been active, is very angry and cannot say anything he has left the family. If it were just his own business, he would not be able to stand doing this in the clan. However, behind him, there are five families, the eldest brother who is about to be Ding You and the second brother who has broken his future and is disabled. When Chen Ying is not here, Chen Quan can manage the inside and outside of the five rooms. But when he really encounters big things, the only one who can make the decision in the end is Chen Ying, the eldest son of the fifth family, and the new head of the family.

The Shen family has been in Songjiang for more than a hundred years, and the only one who can make up his mind to leave the clan house was the late second and third grandfather. Even though the third grandfather had the difficulties and his two brothers were killed and left his hometown in grief and anger, the reason for going to Beijing to take the exam was that there was a reason for becoming a Beijing official, but he did not really remove himself from the genealogy.

Even Chen Li was a posthumous son and was obsolete by his uncle when he was young, and his clan members often stood by and watched. However, once Chen Li became the top scholar, his biggest revenge was just "ignoring". If he passed, outsiders would have to laugh at him.

In a poor family that cannot eat, eating a lot is a big deal, and the so-called blood relationship between relatives is also a personal consideration; however, since they are gentlemen, their children have a high reputation and are not bad at all.

Chen Quan frowned and said hatefully: "This is the patriarch. I don't ask him to be fair and selfless, but I can't be so shameless! No need to think about it, if you come to the door, someone who is 'sick' over there may be vague. Several old masters in the clan passed away one after another, and now there are not many elders who can scold the patriarch."

The old clans who are still alive are the only ones who can talk to the sect house directly, but his reputation has long been ruined, and he has always been a person who seeks profit and avoids harm. How could he stand out and offend the sect house at this time? The remaining few other elders are mostly side branches, either with poor status and slight words; or if they retire from a foreign official, and those who are qualified to speak are also in their twilight years and have difficulty speaking and movement.

Seeing that Shen Rui had a good chest, Chen Jin hurriedly asked, "Do you have any idea?"

This is the gate, and it is inconspicuous to say a few words, but it is not a place to chat.

Shen Rui remembered his task and nodded and said, "I'll go see my aunt first, and then we'll talk."

Chen Quan's anger was half discharged, and he felt a little discouraged.

Today is not the day of "burning seven". Shen Rui came over, Chen Quan and Chen Jin were also curious, so he followed him into the second door.

Chen Hong passed away less than the moon, and Guo's hair was half white, but he was still energetic. After all, she was not a weak woman who relied on her husband. She was used to being the master of the family and had been the pillar of the five houses for decades. Although the couple had a deep love and it was sad that the couple lost their spouse, Chen Hong did not die suddenly, and his body had been weak for decades. To be honest, since Guo got married, he has been preparing to be a widow at any time. Chen Hong lived to know his destiny with a sick and weak body, which was already a miracle.

The death was gone, and there was no one in the middle of the night. It was really sad. Otherwise, Guo's hair would not have turned white. But after the sadness, she was still the Grandma Hong who could be the pillar of the five rooms. Another second son who was sorrowful and sad for his father's death was needed. She even needed her consolation and guidance. She didn't even dare to show her sadness too much. In addition, she was afraid that she would continue to be sick like this and cause trouble for her sons, so she forced herself to take medicine and make herself better.

Seeing Shen Rui coming, Guo looked at him several times and said with a heartache: "But Ku Xia? Why have you lost so much weight? Chen Li has no one to live there for many years, so it must be all kinds of colors. My aunt had neglected before, but she actually forgot this and let you live on both sides. It's not right. You'd better come back here. Your yard is still left for you, and even Master Yuan Er will ask your third brother to find two proper women from the stove."

The two met a few days ago when they were "seven-seven" but Guo was so depressed at that time that he was full of energy and his mind was on the conditioning of her husband's funeral and her second son. Now that she calmed down, she realized that Shen Rui had lost a lot of weight on her face and her chin was sharp, and she couldn't help but blame herself.

Shen Rui shook his head and said, "Don't worry, aunt, my nephew is not Ku Xia, but has grown up, and the clothes I brought from Beijing are half an inch shorter."

Chen Quan and Chen Jin were a few years older than Shen Rui, and their heights were almost the same. Several people stood in the same place, and they were in a comparison group. Guo looked at his son's height. Shen Rui was not short before, but was only one fist shorter than Chen Quan. Now he looked at the gap of only about an inch.

Guo nodded and said, "It's indeed taller." Then he ordered Chen Quan to ask Brother Rui to find two sets of clothes for you to deal with, and then ask the people on the shop to work for a few days and cut a few clothes for Brother Rui. Brother Jin also bought a few sets of clothes. He was not wearing any summer clothes at all, and even if he brought a few sets from the capital, he should have added them."

As for Chen Jin's stepmother, Xiao He, because she was similar to her stepchild, she has always avoided suspicion and did not interfere with Chen Jin's affairs.

Chen Jin did not decline politely and thanked him, but he felt that Peng bowed in his heart.

Because Shen Rui was "ill" during the funeral of Sun, Chen Jin once held a filial son, but was disliked by Guo. Although Guo did not say anything in front of Chen Jin, the scrutiny gaze was deeply imprinted on Shen Jin. He knew that his identity was embarrassing. First, Shen Rui fell ill after Sun, and then Shen Rui had a successor after the mourning period expired. If someone who didn't know the inside story, when he heard about the matter in the fourth room, he would have to think that he, the beneficiary, was the driving force behind the scenes. Even in the eyes of the clan members, Chen Jin was good at learning, and he had a cunning comment behind his back.

Chen Jin had nowhere to complain, but if he really had bad intentions, he would not admit it. When his mother died of illness, he was already a scholar, but he was only fourteen years old. He was raised by his mother since childhood. Chen Jin was not very moved by his legitimate wife, but he was just a little adult-like habit of putting himself in the position of his elder brother. Even when he returned the gift in front of the mourning hall, Chen Jin had no extra thoughts, but he claimed to be an adult, so naturally he was thorough. At that time, Shen Rui was not as sensible as Yan Jing and later, but was a naughty boy with the same temperament as firecrackers.

Almost six years have passed in a blink of an eye. Sun's death caused Shen Rui to transform from an ignorant naughty child into a silent boy; Chen Jin also transformed from a small prodigy in the eyes of the clan members to an ungrateful person who was ungrateful and had bad intentions and needed to be wary and wary. Before the provincial examination, even the classmates from the provincial school had a cold relationship with Chen Jin; among the same generation of clan brothers, even Chen, who grew up together, had fared from him, let alone other people.

Until Chen Jin passed the provincial examination, the relatives of the clan reunited again. Chen Jin was no longer a young man who was sad about the coldness and depression of others back then, and had learned to smile and deal with it. But if it was a trace of his heart, it was self-deception. But he had a bit of arrogance in his bones. In recent years, he cared about Shen Rui more than himself than he did in the imperial examination. In order to repay his mother's upbringing, and to prove to these tribe members who had maliciously speculated that he did not harm Shen Rui.

He is guilty even if he is not a thief. He is talking about Chen Jin who has a embarrassed position. Not to mention other tribe members, Guo, who once hated him the most, finally accepted him and sincerely regarded him as his care for his younger generation. How could Chen Jin not be excited?

Shen Rui did not pay attention to Chen Jin's reaction and said a little heavier: "Auntie, don't worry about these things. You shouldn't bother me at this time, but there is something that no one can ask for, so I can only ask my aunt to come forward."

Guo was surprised and straightened his body: "What's wrong? But that Eunuch Zhang privately asked for silver? The lawsuit is about to be tried. Don't cause trouble because of these trivial matters. You can talk about how much money you need. My aunt can't help with anything else, and the money can always be made up!"

In addition to money, Guo could not have thought that Shen Rui would have something to ask for his new widow. After all, Songjiang now has Shen Li and Chen Yuan are there. Both of them are official and are close to Shen Rui.

"It's Brother Ling's business. Brother Ling's second brother has a shortage and has never said that he has to talk to Sister Ling's second sister-in-law. The case will be tried three days later. It is necessary to mention the incident of Zhao Xianzhong's trauma and trauma. The second uncle is worried that Sister Ling's second sister-in-law will not be able to bear it when she heard it in the classroom, so he asked me to beg my aunt to come forward and talk to Sister Ling's second sister-in-law. Even if it is uncomfortable, it will be cheaper to use it in the past few days to do a buffering situation than to hear this in the classroom." Shen Rui said in a deep voice.

Guo sighed, nodded and ordered someone to prepare a carriage. Shen Ling was also considered to have grown up. Although she was a villain, her biological mother was arranged by Mrs. Yong Er. Because Mrs. Yong Er was not pregnant for three years, she privately looked at the doctor and said that Gong Han had no hope of giving birth, so she arranged for Tong Fang to have a child.

From the time Shen Ling landed, she hugged Mrs. Yong Er, who loved and educated her as much as the eldest son. But she had a glimmer of hope to have a child, which made Mrs. Yong Er never give up on conditioning her body and refused to register Shen Ling. As a result, she really got a son ten years later, and Shen Ling fell directly from the honey jar into the bitter water. If he hadn't been so strong and moved to the second house, he would have become the shopkeeper who showed his younger brother's shop now.

After all the hardships, the official lady married her and her son was born. She delayed her studies for many years and went to Nanjing Imperial College. Shen Ling saw that she was out of the way, and was deceived back to Songjiang by her biological father's mother as an excuse to serve her, and she lost her life.

Chen Jin also thought about the short life of Shen Ling, the clan brother, and realized that he was so lucky.

They were also the eldest son of the sacred mother. When they were young, they were raised by their legitimate mothers, and later they had a legitimate younger brother. Shen Ling and Chen Jin had a much different situation. In the final analysis, it was because Chen Jin met Sun, who had always been kind-hearted and had a broad vision, and was not afraid of suppressing because of the eldest son's outstanding performance; the second wife of Yong was an ordinary woman, and her vision was only on her own acre of three parts, so she was unwilling to be the eldest son's outstanding performance to be the one who was born. It was also because the brothers of Shen Ling and Chen Qiong were a teenager. If the eldest son had a promising career, Chen Qiong could not fight, so she disturbed Shen Ling and could not even go to the clan school and could only be a partner in the shop.

When the second wife of Yong decided to cut off Shen Ling's journey to the imperial examination, her biological son was still in her infancy; but Sun did not treat Chen Jin because of Shen Rui's birth, and later she did not show off in her studies because of Shen Rui's stubbornness.
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