The fairy tales of the little brothers amused Chen from time to time, she lowered her head to kiss Xiao Yu'er, and then turned sideways to kiss them.

They are so smart, they resolutely carry out the tasks assigned to them by their father and mother, and they must tie their grandmother well.

And Little Girl Chu and Chen Dabao obediently leaned beside Chen Afu, listening to the two younger brothers talking stupid things, and laughing with them.

In the next morning, Uncle Wang Cheng and the Wu family led Wang Xiaodi and Wang Xiaomei to come first. Then, the Fu family, the Qin family, the Wang family, and the adults led the children to come, and even the general soldiers of Fu came very face-saving.

The men were accompanied by Chu Lingqi and entertained in the outer courtyard. Chen Afu and Song accompanied the woman and child in the main courtyard.

After eating dinner and sending the guests away, Chen Afu gave Song a brocade box. said, "Thank you, second brother and sister, these days, thanks to you and your second uncle for helping." ”

Song smiled, "You are brothers, we are concubines, we should help." Why is my sister-in-law so polite?"

Chen Afu smiled, "That's not necessarily. Even if it is a brother, many brothers and concubines still tear each other down...... "What she didn't want to say was that your mother-in-law Li was not such a person."

Song also understood what Chen Afu meant, and pursed his lips and laughed. She opened the brocade box and saw that there was a golden silk inlaid turquoise step shake and two wine cups with beaded golden garnets, which were still made by the Jitai Silver Building in the capital. Song estimated that all his jewelry added up to be less valuable than these pieces of jewelry.

Hurriedly said, "Sister-in-law, these jewelry are too valuable, how can I be embarrassed...... If my grandfather knew that I wanted such a good thing from my sister-in-law, he would scold me."

Chen Afu smiled, "I gave it to you, you can keep it, this is a matter between our concubines." ”

Song really liked these pieces of jewelry so much, he put them away with a smile, and said, "With the light of my sister-in-law, Shopkeeper Zeng and Shopkeeper Luo often give me some rare goods, and now the shop is doing very well, and it has made a net profit of more than 100 taels of silver in less than a year." ”

The Song family opened a small cloth village, and the shopkeeper Luo would give her some silk from the south of the Yangtze River at a reasonable price, and the shopkeeper Zeng would give her some foreign Korean cloth or cashmere blankets and other things.

The two concubines talked for a long time, and Chu Lingqi came to the main courtyard to call someone before picking up the Song family's mother and son.

On the eleventh day of the first month, the yamen was sealed, and at noon on the tenth day of the first month, Chen Shiying's family rushed back from the capital. As soon as they returned, they asked Chen Afu to bring a letter and asked her to take the child to dinner. By the way, I brought back the gifts given to them by the Hou Mansion, the Rui Wangfu and the Jiang Mansion, as well as the letter from the old Marquis of Chu.

Chen Afu waited until the beginning of the next day, felt that they should be cleaned up, and happily led the five children to Chen's house.

went to the main courtyard, but saw that Chen Shiying's face was not very good-looking, and Jiang's eyes were a little red and swollen.

These two are angry!

The Jiang family has always been unprincipled and accommodating to Chen Shiying, what happened today?

When they saw Chen Afu's family coming, they all greeted the children with smiling faces. Jiang hugged Xiao Yu'er over again and said with a smile, "Ouch, grandma's granddaughter has grown a little more like grandpa." ”

After listening to Jiang's words, Chen Shiying glanced at Xiao Yu'er a few more times, and a little smile appeared in her eyes.

Not long after, Chen Yuqing, Chen Yulan, Chen Yuxia, and Chen Yuchao came to several sisters and brothers. Chen Yuchao is not as strong as Brother Yu and Brother Chao, and his walking is not stable, so he must be led by an adult. However, I can already speak a lot and memorize a few lines of poetry.

After a few people talked for a while, Chen Afu saw that the Jiang family made a look at her, so he followed the Jiang family to the side house.

It turned out that Jiang's maiden family told Chen Yuqing that there was a family, the family conditions were good, his grandfather was the Zuodu Yushi of the Inspectorate of Zhengsanpin, and his father was also a prefect and served in Liaozhou. The posterior homework is also very good, and he has already passed the Xiucai exam, and he will be examined this fall. is half a year younger than Chen Yuqing, 17 years old this year.

Chen Afu said, "It's okay to listen to the conditions, but my father doesn't agree?"

Jiang sighed and said, "Your father disagrees, saying that he doesn't grow well, he is short and fat, and he is not worthy of Qing'er." ”

Chen Afu laughed and said, "My father is handsome, so he has a higher vision for his son-in-law." ”

Jiang was also amused, and said hesitantly, "This offspring...... Alas, it's not that your father has a high vision, this offspring is half a head shorter than Qing'er. I wondered, what about Humpty and Fatty, as long as the offspring is good, the family is good, and Qing'er will marry without suffering. Qing'er is already eighteen years old, and if she picks it again, I'm afraid ......"

As they spoke, Chen Shiying walked in. said, "That Lord Feng has a strange temper and respects the rules, and marrying into his family does not necessarily mean that Qing'er will have a good life." And the Feng family kid is too ......" felt that a man was not good at evaluating other people's appearance, he stopped his mouth, only frowned in disgust, and said, "I, how can I, Chen Shiying, find such a son-in-law, it is better to find a handsome, talented, and good character poor boy." Didn't I just be born into a poor family? I didn't let my wife and children be wronged. ”

Jiang said, "How many children of a poor family with such a noble character as the old man are there? It is difficult to find them with lanterns. I'm afraid of finding those poor boys who think about their daughter-in-law's dowry every day, and dozens of people in the family want to live on that dowry, and the days after that Qing'er will be terrible. I've heard that there are quite a few such people......"

Jiang's mother is strong, and she disobeyed her husband for the first time.

After listening to the conditions of the Feng family's later life, Chen Afu didn't like it very much. Although Chen Yuqing's appearance can only be regarded as a middle-aged person, she is definitely not ugly, and her figure is good, it is really a pity to be worthy of such a man.

It's not that Chen Afu has to judge people by their appearance, but they really don't understand each other, and they have no emotional foundation, of course, they have to look at their looks first. Thinking that the Nine Emperors will soon be the crown prince, maybe tomorrow the emperor will issue an edict.

If this is the case, not only will the Chu family be completely up, but Chen Shiying is also destined to have a bright future, and his eldest sister, who raised the prince's younger brother, these three benefits can always overpower the bad influence of Old Lady Zhao and Chen Yuhui on the Chen family sisters. In this way, Chen Yuqing's family affairs should not be too difficult, at least not to find such a family business.

Then he said, "Don't worry, mother, wait." Isn't that Feng family descendant still not in the exam? Don't be that he can't even lift people, he is short, fat and incompetent, of course such a person is not worthy of being a son-in-law for a tall, handsome and capable father. ”

Chen Shiying laughed, originally wanted to say that even if that person was admitted to the exam, he would not be able to raise people, but thinking that there was still more than half a year, maybe he would be able to meet the right one again, not to mention that the movement in the court seemed to be extremely beneficial to the Nine Emperors. He nodded in agreement.

The Jiang family also laughed, if the Feng family kid didn't get into the exam, he would indeed be useless except for his family background.

Chen Shiying handed a letter to Chen Afu and said, "This is a letter from your old in-laws. ”