Chapter 124

The three baptisms of the head of the Chen family's grandson were particularly lively, Sister Ling won the man in one fell swoop, and her mother-in-law, Mrs. Chen, praised it without words, "There is no more sensible and caring than my daughter-in-law, this temper, this temperament, the whole family, Manchu relatives, who doesn't envy me?" โ€

Mrs. Chen San smiled, "If you don't talk about others, I envy my sister-in-law." "She has three sons in the family, as the saying goes, filial piety is not as good as filial piety, and she knows that marrying a satisfactory daughter-in-law is not only a blessing for a son, but also a blessing for a mother-in-law.

Mrs. Chen was even more pleased, and flattered Mrs. Ling again.

Mrs. Ling reciprocated, "I said that my daughter's life is good, and when I meet a mother-in-law like my mother-in-law, and take her as a daughter-in-law, it only hurts to be a girl." "Mrs. Ling has no son herself, and she is afraid that her daughter will only bloom and not bear fruit, since Sister Ling is pregnant, Mrs. Ling has burned incense and worshiped Buddha to bless her daughter to become a man in one fell swoop. Now that the girl has really given birth to a son, Mrs. Ling is also planning to go to the temple to repay her vows.

The women said lively, Mrs. Chen San saw Zhao Changqing, smiled and said to Ling, "I haven't seen you for some days, and your eldest girl is even more promising." "Girls grow up the same every day, when Sister Ling got married, she was still a child, and now she has a very slim and delicate appearance.

Ling smiled, "A child is also a naughty person at home." โ€

Second Mrs. Chen asked, "I don't know how many big girls are there?" โ€

Ling smiled, "It's fourteen for the New Year." โ€

The Chen family has three rooms, and the eldest master Chen in the long room is the most mediocre, working as a scribe in the yamen. Fortunately, he has the face of Master Chen San, who is the prisoner of his younger brother, and Master Chen is honest, he has a capable daughter-in-law at home, and his life is peaceful. The second room of the Chen family is in business, although it is not rich, it is also quite wealthy, so the second wife of Chen is also quite gorgeous.

Mrs. Chen looked at Zhao Changqing without a trace, and saw that Zhao Changqing's eyebrows were outstanding and his demeanor was calm, especially a small bird's hairpin in his hair, dotted with emerald inlaid treasures, and a string of round rice beads drooped from the beak of the finches, which was extremely gorgeous. Second Mrs. Chen was quite moved, but she was not familiar with the Ling family, so it was difficult to directly inquire about the marriage of other girls. However, Mrs. Chen Er thinks that she will only be fourteen next year, and she must be unattended.

After eating the banquet at noon, they got up to say goodbye, but Mrs. Ling, Mrs. Chen, and Mrs. Chen stayed until the end.

Mrs. Ling looked back at her daughter and grandson again, and then took her leave.

Mrs. Chen, Mrs. Chen, Mrs. Chen, Mrs. Chen, who came today, is she the aunt of our daughter-in-law?" โ€

Mrs. Chen smiled, "Yes, Mrs. Zhao is very kind." โ€

Mrs. Chen San saw Mrs. Chen's thoughts early in the morning, pursed her lips and smiled, "Not only is Mrs. Zhao good, but the second sister-in-law must look at her eldest girl better." โ€

Mrs. Chen Er was disgusted, "Where do my younger brothers and sisters know my troubles, I heard that San Lang's relatives and younger brothers and sisters already have eyebrows, and here in my family, there are a lot of matchmakers, but they all feel that they don't quite agree." Sighing back and taking a sip of tea, Second Mrs. Chen smiled, "I didn't pay attention to Miss Zhao before, but today, she is really a good girl." Only then did I have the cheekiness to inquire with my sister-in-law. "There are two sons in the long room, three sons in the third room, and they only have this one son in the second room, so the second Mrs. Chen is really one in a hundred to find her son's relatives, just to ask for a good family affair for her son.

Mrs. Chen smiled, "Miss Zhao is good-looking, and her family is also six products and hundreds of households." I heard from my daughter-in-law that Miss Zhao was not only beautiful, but also very good at everything, and her needlework was outstanding. When she was five or six years old, the Zhao family invited a female gentleman to teach her to read and write. Hey, in fact, I don't need to say it, when Miss Zhao sits out like this, it's good for people to look at her. "She also has a younger son at home, two years older than Zhao Changqing, and he is a good match in age, but the Zhao family cultivates girls so hard, and the girls are also outstanding, at least they have to find a family with a comparable door, how can they look down on her as a small official.

It's not that Mrs. Chen speaks badly, she also has the second-room family assets, but it's just the same, a businessman's family, which is not a good match.

Sure enough, as soon as Mrs. Chen said this, Mrs. Chen retreated, and sighed regretfully, "The girl is good, but we don't deserve it." โ€

Mrs. Chen San smiled, "Look at what the second sister-in-law said, our Erlang's appearance is all first-class, how can we not be worthy?" โ€

Second Mrs. Chen's business person has a very clear mind, and she didn't faint because of her casual flattery, and sighed, "If Erlang had half of San Lang's ability to study, I wouldn't have to worry like this." Erlang is not worthy of others, but Miss Zhao is a really good girl. โ€

Mrs. Chen smiled, "Yes, let me tell you, the benefits of this Miss Zhao are not outside. She knew that she lived at a young age, and other girls' families saved some private houses just to buy some fat powder and oil. I heard our mother-in-law say that Miss Zhao saved one or two hundred private houses, but she went to find a small yard to buy and buy it, and repainted it for rent, and the rent for a year was twenty or thirty taels of silver. These few taels of silver are nothing, just look at this thought, and you will be a good person to live in the future. โ€

Mrs. Chen San admired, "Oh, there is still such a thing? โ€

"I'll say the same thing, if you're well-informed, you'll know." Mrs. Chen said, "This year, two new shops have opened on Liyu Street, one is a steamed bun shop and one is a fruit shop, and both of them are doing very well. Both shops have Miss Zhao's capital. โ€

Second Mrs. Chen said to the outside world in this regard, "I know that the two families that my sister-in-law said are called 'threesomes', the name of Wen Crepe, and those who don't know think they are bookstores." The business is really good, in the past, the Xingxing Pavilion only allowed the buns from the Zhu family's steamed bun shop to enter, but now the buns from the 'threesome' steamed bun shop have also entered the Xingxing Pavilion. Many people say that the taste is good, it is a unique secret recipe, Erlang also bought it a few times back, it does taste good, even with the braised meat, but I don't know how to marinate it, I don't know how many people go to line up every day. โ€

Mrs. Chen crackled and asked Mrs. Chen, "Is there Miss Zhao's capital here?" โ€

"Yes, I listened to what my in-laws' wife said, and I can't fake it."

Second Mrs. Chen sighed, "That Miss Zhao is really rich." You don't know if you don't go to the street, this bun shop is newly opened, it was originally just a small shop, and it only took three or four years to make such a big shop. The shop on Carp Street was bought, and it cost 1,800 silver. Don't underestimate the business of this steamed bun fruit, the people take food as the sky, and it is very profitable. โ€

Mrs. Chen's heart is alive when she listens, and her family's family affairs have already been recognized, but there is not only the eldest son in the family, but also the second son and the third son. The eldest son is going to go through the imperial examination, and the second son and the third son, no matter who they are, if they can marry such a capable daughter-in-law, they don't have to worry about it in the future.

Mrs. Chen San only remained silent, and after saying goodbye to Mrs. Chen's house, she went home and said to her husband, "San Lang's family affairs are almost inseparable, Wu Lang's family affairs, do you have eyebrows?" โ€

As soon as Master Chen heard this, he knew that his wife was not untargeted, and asked, "What, who are you fanciing?" โ€

"There's a wonderful girl." Mrs. Chen San praised first, sat on the other side of the kang table and said, "It's not an outsider, it's the eldest daughter of Zhao Baihu's aunt, Dalang's daughter-in-law." That Miss Zhao is really good, I have seen it a few times, and she is not picky in her manners. He has been literate since he was a child, he is skilled in needlework and cooking, and he is very good at living, and he is a person who has a plan in his heart. If it weren't for San Lang's family affairs, such a good girl would be first-class as the eldest daughter-in-law. โ€

Master Chen San listened carefully, took the tea handed by his wife, and nodded slightly, "Your vision is not bad." โ€

Mrs. Chen San smiled, "So, do you think it's okay?" โ€

Master Chen San had something to say, and said, "How can it be bad to be able to call the girl who is in the General's Mansion?" โ€

Mrs. Chen San didn't understand for a while, and Master Chen San said, "I heard Lord Tongzhi say that the son-in-law of General Chu's family has already been decided, that is, he is married to Zhao Baihu of the border city guard. โ€

Mrs. Chen San still didn't believe it, and said, "The hundred households surnamed Zhao don't necessarily have only Miss Zhao's father, right?" โ€

"Wang Qianhu who went to the Suiwei Station is dead, and now Zhao Baihu is in charge of Wang Qianhu's soldiers and horses, not Miss Zhao's father, who is it?" Master Chen San said, "Speaking of which, they are also relatives of our family, so it would be better to be closer in the future." Family affairs or anything, no more mention is allowed. "Dare to rob the general's mansion, isn't this looking for death?

Mrs. Chen San exclaimed, "My God, this is really a real person, I see that Miss Zhao is still young, isn't the general's son eighteen or nineteen years old?" โ€

"Anyway, the General's Mansion has taken a fancy to it, and I heard that it has been changed."

Mrs. Chen San finally stopped saying anything, and sighed for a while, "What a blessing." "Look at the silence and silence, there is such a good ability.

Master Chen San sighed, "The Zhao family is about to make a fortune." โ€

Zhao Changqing has such a ability, and Mrs. Ah San doesn't dare to want her to be her daughter-in-law. It's good that a daughter-in-law is capable, but if she is too capable, it depends on whether her son is worthy of others. Mrs. Chen San smiled, "Everything is fate, and you can't fight at all." There are many ladies in the city here, and the general's mansion is biased and falls in love with Miss Zhao. It can be seen that Miss Zhao has the life of this young grandmother, and the sister-in-law's marriage is really good. โ€

Master Chen San smiled, "They are all relatives of the family." "He and Master Chen are brothers, and they say that they are separated, and the brothers are still very close. If my brother is good, he is good.

Mrs. Chen San laughed quietly, "We are people who don't have daughters, you said that I think Mrs. Zhao is just ordinary, I really don't know how people give birth to daughters, this eldest girl Zhao is very good, there is a second girl in his family, who is younger, although she is not as good as the eldest girl, she is also very outstanding." These two girls are extremely long, and their parents will follow wherever they are good, and they will be born to be called a water spirit. Mrs. Zhao really doesn't know what kind of incense she burned in her previous life, raising two girls who are so clever. โ€

The person who doubted that the Ling family burned high incense in his previous life was not only Mrs. Chen, but even the Yuan family doubted whether the Ling family burned high incense in his last life, otherwise how could he have such good luck.

Yuan's news is much faster than the Chen family's third room, and after hearing what her husband said, Yuan's couldn't believe it, "Is it really Changqing?" Did you hear that right? โ€

Zhu Mingtang said, "How could I listen to such a thing!" It's already changed Gengti, and when your aunt comes over, you can just ask. โ€

Yuan had just married his daughter, and sighed, "If this didn't come out of your mouth, I wouldn't dare to believe it anymore!" Changqing, we are common, although she is good, is there no better than her? How can such a creation be born! "Don't talk about others, it's her daughter, Yuan thinks she is no worse than Zhao Changqing.

Zhu Mingtang said with a smile, "You don't want to be so sour, is Changqing an outsider?" Is my aunt an outsider? โ€

Yuan Shi also smiled, "I have such a good family affair quietly, and I am not allowed to be sour." My aunt suffered for decades, but now she is really willing to raise this one granddaughter and ten grandchildren. Thinking that Zhao Changqing also often came and went, Yuan said, "Although my mouth is sour, I have to be convinced." My aunt's family is mediocre, and she asked her husband to study when she was a child, and she is no worse than her son in cultivating her like this. Now that Changqing is out, it is not in vain for her family to cultivate her. โ€

"yes." Zhu Mingtang said, "I heard you say that she is a very sensible child. "Even if you haven't seen Zhao Changqing much, you have to say that if you are a mediocre girl, you will never have such luck.

Yuan said in a low voice, "It's still the ancestor's good eyesight, over the years, how many great-grandsons and great-granddaughters have come to ask for peace, and the ancestors are very good to Changqing." A few years ago, she praised Miss Chu and Lu Li in the General's Mansion, and how many good materials and good jewelry did the ancestors give her, I won't tell you, I looked at it at that time, and now it seems that I am really unconvinced. The ancestor gave her so many good things, maybe it was because she saw that this girl was promising. โ€

Zhu Mingtang smiled, "You can learn some." โ€

Therefore, when the children of Mrs. Zhao's family came to the Zhu family to ask for peace, the Yuan family was extremely enthusiastic and helped Mrs. Zhao to sit. โ€

Mrs. Zhao was slightly stunned, "Ah, my cousin and daughter-in-law know?" โ€

Yuan smiled and took the tea in Yahuan's hand and gave it to Mrs. Zhao, and smiled, "It's all changed, it's a big joy again, what is my aunt doing secretly?" โ€

"I'll do it myself." Mrs. Zhao took it and said with a smile, "Changqing is young, so he can't make a marriage before he has time, so he changed the Geng post first, and he didn't make a marriage, so it's not good to go around and talk about it." โ€

Yuan smiled, "Every move of the General's Mansion, I don't know how many people watched, and it has already been known to the whole city." I was shocked when I heard it at first, I had never heard the wind before, and I didn't even know about the family. Otherwise, if my aunt has any errands to run, I can always help one or two. โ€

Mrs. Zhao smiled, "When the time comes, I won't have to trouble you, just don't be tired." โ€

"Such a great joy thing, joy and joy can't come, where can I say tired." Yuan laughed for a while, saw Zhao Changqing holding something in his hand, and asked, "What did Changqing do to honor his ancestors?" โ€

Zhao Changqing smiled, "I thought it was cold, so I made two pairs of cotton socks for my ancestors." My great-grandfather's birthday was also in this month, and I made a pair of cotton shoes for my great-grandfather. โ€

Mrs. Zhu smiled, "I'll take a look." โ€

Yuan also followed to take a look, and praised Changqing's needlework. Thinking about it, I really don't accept it, how old is this, so I am not arrogant or impatient, with such a good family, I don't see any frivolity, and I still come to pay respect. At first, she only felt that Changqing was lucky, but now it seems that this open-mindedness alone cannot be underestimated.

Mrs. Zhu smiled and said to Mrs. Zhao, "Miss Qing's work is even better than you were at the beginning." โ€

Mrs. Zhao smiled, "I have already asked her to learn that little skill." She is a literate person, and she found embroidery from nowhere, and she learned it by herself, which is much better than me. โ€

Mrs. Zhu put away the needle and thread and said, "Let me wear it." Then he said to the sisters of the Zhao family, "Sister Tongxi, Sister Cicada, let's go play." After sending them out, Mrs. Zhu asked Mrs. Zhao, "Miss Qing's dowry can be prepared." She saw that Zhao Changqing was stable and well-born, and she expected that she would have some potential, but Mrs. Zhu also had some plans in her heart. It's just that I didn't expect Zhao Changqing to get such a good family affair, and I was happy in my heart.

Mrs. Zhao smiled, "I've already started to prepare, she's young, and Brother Yu is nineteen years old this year." When Changqing and Lu were married, they originally wanted to keep her for a few more years, but now it seems that they can't keep her. Therefore, I thought about needlework and thread, and told her to prepare early, so as not to panic. โ€

Mrs. Zhu smiled, "Yes." I have a few fine red satin horses here, and after Sister Ling'er's family affairs were decided, I gave her two to make wedding dresses. Changqing's portion, I prepared it a long time ago, and you brought it to her in a while. The girl is just this time in her life, don't wronged her. โ€

Mrs. Zhao smiled, "I was born to my mother's things again." โ€

Mrs. Zhu smiled, "They are all my great-granddaughters, and they can't bear anything." I watched her grow so big, and in a blink of an eye, she became a big girl, and I was old. โ€

Mrs. Zhao smiled, "Mother looks less than me, and she doesn't look old at all." โ€

Mrs. Zhu smiled, "Now you can also say witty things." How are your legs okay this year? Do you have chills? โ€

"Last year, I just felt sour in the wax moon, and I just applied it a few times. Since the beginning of winter this year, I don't feel anything, but now I don't need to apply medicine every day, just soak my legs and feet in medicinal soup every five days. โ€

Yuan Shi said first, "Amitabha, that Mr. Su from my aunt's family is really a miracle doctor, even Changqing, and it is not in vain that he has massaged and acupuncture for my aunt in the past few years." โ€

Mrs. Zhao smiled, "My leg, how many years of old disease, I don't expect it to be really good." Unexpectedly, I met Mr. Su, Changqing, this child is also patient, and serves my old wife every day. โ€

"It's not good to have filial piety, and how many children and grandchildren don't necessarily have Changqing's heart." It took a long time to see people's hearts, and Yuan has always been able to speak kindly, but this is sincere.

Mrs. Zhao smiled, "My cousin and daughter-in-law serve in front of my mother every day, and everything is arranged properly, which is extremely filial." โ€

Yuan smiled, "My aunt praises me like this, I'm not modest." โ€

"You're fine." Mrs. Zhao said, "Our family said that it is not a family of eunuchs, there is one, there are many relatives and many people, it is difficult for you to take care of it for so many years." I'm stupid by myself, I don't speak well, and I know it in my heart. โ€

Yuan smiled, "Good aunt, if you say that I am good, it is more true than others saying that I am a hundred good." โ€

Zhao Changqing got this good family affair, and the Zhu family treated their family very politely and closely, and even the sixth wife of Yuan's mother-in-law who came back from going out to the banquet came over to say a few words without changing her clothes, and after Mrs. Zhao took her granddaughters to say goodbye, Mrs. Zhu took a nap. The sixth wife went back to her courtyard to change clothes and freshen up, and said to her daughter-in-law Yuan who was serving on the side, "Your aunt is really blessed, Changqing has this good family affair." โ€

Yuan smiled, "Yes, Changqing's girl is also extraordinarily outstanding." "The General's Mansion is not blind, if it weren't for Changqing's real benefits, he wouldn't have taken such a fancy to her.

Mrs. Sixth asked, "Why didn't you see Changqing and her mother coming?" โ€

Yuan said, "They said they were coming together, and before going out, Changqing and her aunt went over to talk." My aunt brought Changqing and her sisters here. Changqing made two pairs of cotton socks for the old lady and a pair of cotton shoes for the old lady, saying that it was a filial piety for the old lady's birthday. โ€

The sixth wife said, "The girls of our family owe this opportunity." "Obviously, my own girl is not bad, and her background is better than Zhao Changqing.

Yuan smiled, "Their sisters' illnesses are small, and the maid-in-law is waiting for them, but I'm afraid that they will be wronged, and their family backgrounds are different." โ€

Mrs. Six sighed, "That's it, this is also innate, and it is not humanly demanding." โ€

It was Mrs. Ling who came to Zhao's house early this morning, and she inquired about Changqing's relatives.

Mrs. Ling didn't know that the Ling family was going out today, so she sent away Mrs. Zhao โ–กโ–ก grandson together, and said apologetically, "I knew that my sister was going to Zhu's house to ask for peace, so it would be the same if I came back on the wrong day." โ€

Ling smiled, "It's okay, we often go to the ancestor's place." My sister-in-law is here today, but is there something wrong? โ€

"Isn't that a big deal?" They are all sincere relatives, and Mrs. Ling didn't bend around and wiped her feet, and asked directly, "I heard our eldest sister's mother-in-law say that our Changqing and the son of the General's Mansion have made a family affair?" โ€

The joy on Ling's face was not held back for a few moments, a smile on his face was open, and his mouth was not sincere and modest, "Look at what my sister-in-law said, the family matter has not yet been decided." How old is Changqing, where is there a marriage at the age of thirteen? It's just a change of Geng post. โ€

"Isn't changing Geng post just a marriage?" Mrs. Ling had insomnia last night in her heart, and after listening to Zhun Xin'er today, she couldn't tell the feeling in her heart. Originally, she was optimistic about Zhao Changqing and Ling Teng's aunt being married, and she had two rooms on one shoulder. Now that Zhao Changqing has such a good family affair, Mrs. Rao is Ling can't say the words, 'You have retired from the general's mansion and are close to our brother Teng'er'. After all, even if Ling Teng is promising, he will only be a seventh-grade petty official. How to compare with the son of the second rank of the general's mansion?

Mrs. Ling smiled, "When did it happen?" I didn't even hear a word from my sister. โ€

"Around the Mid-Autumn Festival." Now that the sister-in-law already knows, there is nothing to hide, Ling smiled, "Changqing is still too young, besides, he only changed the Geng post, and he didn't really hire a family, I thought about it, but I didn't rush to say it." โ€

"Such a great good thing, we can only be happy for you after listening to it." Mrs. Ling smiled and sighed, "I can't think of it anymore." Sister, no wonder your mother gave you a divination when you were a child, saying that you are the best fate, but now you look at it, isn't it accurate? โ€

Ling was quite complacent in his heart, and smiled, "What is my family like, sister-in-law still doesn't know." I don't want to be rich or rich, just be safe and sound. โ€

After Mrs. Ling said goodbye, Mrs. Zhao and her party came back, and the Ling family had to go to Mrs. Zhao's house to ask for warmth.

Zhao Changqing got such a good family affair, Rao is old lady Ling, Mrs. Ling, after sighing a few times in her heart, she was also really happy for her granddaughter. There was only one person who scolded Zhao Changqing all over again in his heart.

Ling Teng fell ill after the end of the official school year, burned in a daze, and said "Sister Qing" in his dreams. Second Mrs. Ling didn't pretend to take care of her son in the middle of the night, and she cried fiercely with her husband behind her back, "Since she has such a good family matter, she didn't say it earlier, she only hangs our Ah Teng, a solid-hearted stupid child!" โ€

Second Uncle Ling sighed, "Don't say this, my sister doesn't know that we have the intention of getting married." โ€

"I'm talking about Zhao Changqing!" Second Mrs. Ling had a violent seizure, her eyes were swollen and she gritted her teeth and said, "Every time we meet, we talk and laugh with Ah Teng, is she still a child?" If you don't have any intention, you should stay away from us! If our Ateng gets sick, I'm not done with her! โ€

has been married for many years, and Second Uncle Ling is very knowledgeable and does not speak. I felt in my heart that my wife was really unconscious, and the patriarch was about to become the young grandmother of the General's Mansion, how could it be over! Besides, Zhao Changqing is not a child, could it be that his son is a child, one year older than the human family. Second Uncle Ling sighed twice and completely accepted his fate.

In fact, the marriage spread so quickly, Zhao Changqing also felt strange, and chatted with Chu Yu, "How strange you say, my family didn't say a word, everyone knows it." โ€

Chu Yu smiled quietly, "What's so strange about this." I don't have a daughter-in-law at a young age, and I don't know how many people in this city beat me up. Now that my daughter-in-law has fallen, I don't know how many people will be sad and disappointed, plus envy you. "Hmph, who would dare to beat his daughter-in-law now?

Zhao Changqing smiled, "It's useless to be envious, white envy!" โ€

"yes, yes." Chu Yu took Zhao Changqing's little hand as if nothing happened, Zhao Changqing smiled, "Actually, there are many people who envy you, you know?" She also has to say that she is very marketable!

"Yes, yes, I envy that I am married like a flower." Chu Yu looked at Zhao Changqing's delicate face, and a faint rose fragrance drilled into his heart, Chu Yu put out as if he didn't want money, and brought his face closer.

Zhao Changqing's apricot eyes were slightly eyed, and he asked, "Brother Chu, do you remember the rockery in Master's courtyard?" โ€

Chu Yu was stunned for a moment, Zhao Changqing took back his hand, shook his tender little fist in front of Chu Yu's eyes, and threatened in a crisp voice, "If you don't act honestly, I'm going to beat you." โ€

Chu Yu suddenly remembered that last time he was not very rude to Zhao Changqing at Ouyang Qingfeng's house, Zhao Changqing's warning twice was ineffective, and he walked directly to the courtyard and collapsed the small half of the rockery with one punch. As a result, Ouyang Qingfeng took advantage of the gang to rob and asked Chu Yu for five hundred taels of silver for the repair of the rockery, but fortunately, Zhao Changqing helped him negotiate the price until twenty taels, so there was no heavy bleeding.

Chu Yu looked at Zhao Changqing's small fist that threatened him, suddenly his mouth stepped forward, stretched out his tongue and licked it, Zhao Changqing screamed, and quickly withdrew his fist, blushing ...... Chu Yu laughed and gave a very accurate description, "Sister Qing, look at your blushing face like a monkey's ass." โ€

Zhao Changqing was ashamed and angry, and almost didn't beat Chu Yu flat.

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