043 Swimming Fish

Before Chen Mintao returned to Beijing, he inquired through various channels to understand the two houses of the Chen family's east and west mansions, and I have to say that the relationship between the two governments is complicated, like an impenetrable net connecting all ethnic groups in Beijing, and finally connecting to the political parties of the DPRK and China, which can never be explained in one or two sentences. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Chen Mintao has been destined to the fate of his puppet doll since he entered Beijing, but a year has passed, and the trick that was originally planned to run away has not been used so far, but he has retreated under the circumstance of the two mansions without touching the leaves and escaped the concerns of all kinds of caring people, and played like a fish in water.

It is said that Chen Lu's assets left in the capital were not much, and the shop Zhuangzi she was in charge of had already been returned to the public middle school, but Chen Lu's original courtyard still had a lot of famous calligraphy, painting, and antique treasures, plus its original dowry, at that time, he couldn't take it away, so he left two sets of keys and a list in the Chen family, one was given to the old lady of Dongfu at that time, Chen Qingxuan, the old lady of Dongfu at that time, and the other was left to Chen Qingze, the old lady of Xifu.

I can't fault this arrangement, my father-in-law must give a share, Chen Qingxuan is the head of the family, and it makes sense to keep a copy, the best result is that if the two mansions take this as a fear of each other, no one will touch a flower or grass in the courtyard in the end.

It's a pity that the two old ladies of the East and West Mansions, Chen Qingxuan and Chen Qingze, have a deep brotherly relationship, although this list has been hollowed out beyond sight by the women in the back house after a few years, the brothers still sat down and drank a cup of tea to smooth everything out.

Dongfu has not been doing well in recent years, with many deficits, more natural stealing, and a slight loss in Xifu, but Chen Qingxuan, the old lady of Dongfu, has returned his favors, for example, Chen Guangyan, the eldest lord of Xifu, has been following Chen Qingxuan around many places in recent years, and he has mastered the party forces close to the Chen family one by one, and after Chen Qingxuan was worried, he was faintly established in the circle of the Jingzhong clan.

Xifu used the furniture of the deceased daughter-in-law in exchange for benefits, which was a happy thing, but it was a pity that there was a Cheng bite gold in the flat land, and the elder brother of Chen Lu's mother's family, Lu Yongyan, came to the Chen family to force a dowry, and scolded the Chen family for being unkind and unjust.

Now Chen Lu's dowry is gone, and the only daughter left behind can't even keep a yard, Lu Yongyan is the second brother of Chen Lu's family, a typical scoundrel, who has ruined the Lu family's industry for decades in just a few years, and has come to Chen Lu's life.

As long as the Chen family has his eyes open, he knows that he is here to fight the autumn wind, but unfortunately his appetite is too big, and he doesn't know where to conjure the list of dowries of Zhang Chen Lu's back then, there are several shops Zhuangzi are now in charge of the Chen family, how can the entanglement be for outsiders, the Chen family occupies the daughter-in-law's shop to support the family, although these shops are all made big after Chen Lu's marriage in, and many of them are borrowed from the power of Shangshufu, and many of them are involved in the DPRK and China.

Lu Yongyan is just filing the rusty nails, looking dirty and evil, not very lethal, but you can stab you all over the holes and eyes, and you are embarrassed.

The Chen family couldn't afford to lose this person, and they couldn't make Lu Yongyan disappear out of thin air, so they had to follow him and draw a line with him, and finally they were pulled by the neck and collar by the Chen family's political enemies.

Taking advantage of your chaos, it is natural to think of a way to rectify you, taking advantage of the eventful autumn of the Chen family, how can the enemy let go of such a delicious opportunity, and when the Chen family reacts, it can only be a strong man to break his wrist, and make up all the dowry of the Chen Lu family, and the things in the yard can be made up, and the incomplete ones will be paid off, and finally the list will be summed up, Lu Yongyan and the Chen family will go to the government to sign and seal, and strictly make all the dowry after Chen Mintao is fifteen years old.

The Chen family looks tragic, but how can it be said that they are not smart, this is a disguised occupation of Chen Lu's property over the Ming Road, the gold-carved two-room courtyard is still not Chen Mintao lived, all the property is just a blank check, just a number on paper, Chen Mintao is fifteen years old There are still six years away from now, there are too many variables that can happen in six years, unless Chen Mintao hangs, then the planing is not counted after marriage, and all the dowries brought before marriage must be returned to the Lu family.

The text is clearly understood, it can only be handed over after Chen Mintao gets married, so it is not up to the Chen family to decide who to marry, there are so many sons and nephews in the Chen family, and it is not a loss to allocate a concubine to occupy the property of the Chen Lu family.

That's right, in disguise, in the Chen family, Chen Mintao's life will be kept safe, even if Lu Yongyan wants Chen Mintao to die tomorrow, he has to grow that ability first.

Of course, Chen Mintao was satisfied with this result, and he made a false deal with the elders of the two rooms in a proper manner, and let them use themselves as marionettes, and generously welcomed all the people who were stuffed into his yard, ending harmoniously.

As soon as Lu Yongyan's matter came to an end, it was the turn of the lifelong major events of the young men and girls who were busy working in two rooms, unlike Chen Qingxuan and Chen Qingze, who had to keep filial piety for three years, and the children who had been separated from each other could get married after one year of filial piety.

The first to bear the brunt of the West Mansion is the fifth master Chen Guangji, the old lady Chen Liao picked the second daughter of the Tong family in Nanyangmen, Tong Shaofen, and it happened that the eldest lady Chen Liang picked the husband of the third lady Chen Minran, who is also the young master of the Tong family.

Although the two families are married, although the age is also the same, but the generation is a whole generation apart, the uncle and niece are married to the brothers and sisters at the same time, messing up the generation, saying it is too slap in the face, and it is reasonable to be the royal history to make a separous article and refer to a book.

Chen Liang had no choice but to let his mother-in-law and brother-in-law here, no matter how good Young Master Tong was, he was married to a daughter, and the two families he married were unhappy, and in the end, he had to be his daughter-in-law.

But the mother and daughter refused, Chen Liang's saw through it at a glance, Chen Minran was persuaded and enlightened for a month and didn't understand that she fell in love with the young master of the Tong family, and that was a road that nine cows couldn't pull back.

Chen Liang's head turned white in a hurry, and Chen Minran was locked up for more than ten days, he wanted to take her to the Song family to visit the family, and meet her friends in the three or five boudoirs to scatter their hearts, but if they didn't want to, something would happen.

Rubbing the knees under the skirt, Chen Mintao was noncommittal, fortunately it was in the beginning of spring, and the clothes were thick, although Chen Minran made a mistake alone, but sentenced all the Chen family ladies who were present that day, which means to warn some people who can't write two Chen characters with one stroke, in the eyes of outsiders, the Chen family is one, and Chen Minran is not her face alone.

Kneeling in the Buddha hall all night, Chen Mintao cushioned cotton knee pads, silently recited the Myoho-renge-kyo for a night, and was helped back to the room by Qiu Ju and Cuiwen the next day, holding on to the pain in his legs and gritting his teeth to write a silent article and then falling asleep, and then waking up and feeling that the whole person was going to open the wisdom of the Buddha.

After eating up the last apple petal, Chen Mintao threw the silver skewer in the disk with her fingertips, cleaned her hands, and stood up straight and let Qiu Xiang make her the last hair and clothes in front of the door.

"Miss, let's bring a silverfish bracelet, or wear a pair of agate pendants on your ears, or it's too bitter to look bare!" Holding the lacquered wooden box, Qiu Xiang took out the left and right and gestured on Chen Mintao's body, the jewelry in the box was a little pitiful as far as the identity of a young lady was concerned, "Yesterday, I heard the little stool in the porter say that it was called to prepare water to wipe the stone steps at the main entrance this morning!" ”

Cui Wenwen, who was standing in front of the desk and sorting out his pen, turned around and hesitated for a moment, and asked, "Do you know which lady is here?" ”

The rules of the concierge are to set the day of the visitor, wash out the front steps in the morning in advance, in recent months, most of them are the official eunuch Mrs. who looks at each other, so this time the stone steps are washed extraordinarily, generally listen to the preparation of water, each room and each courtyard will get the news to dress up, although the fourth lady Chen Mintao is still young, but next year will be ten years old is not too small, and then come to see which family has only one son, and the small ones below have to be lined up first, so as not to catch blind when you get it.

Chen Mintao obediently turned around, combed Qiu Xiang's skirt, reached out and put on the hand bracelet that Qiu Xiang picked out, and Cui Wen also stopped what he was doing to help pick out the sachet pendant.

Qiu Xiang whispered to Cuiwen's ear, "Which lady didn't say it, just said that it was called to prepare water, I gave two sons, and he also told the people in the flower room to make several pots of rich and noble golden orchids to go to the courtyard of the eldest lady in the past few days." ”

Cuiwen, "Even if Mrs. Song is coming, if Miss can avoid the main room, try to avoid it, whether Mrs. Song comes to the Chen family to accuse or ask for guilt, Miss had better not get involved." ”

The eldest lady Chen Liang and Mrs. Song are handkerchiefs for more than ten years, and they have not broken off the past after getting married, Mrs. Song loves orchids, and most of those pots of orchids are specially prepared for them.

"I woke up, none of us saw clearly what happened in the Song Mansion that day, and I don't know what's going on, but seeing that the old lady is so angry, we shouldn't have intervened, and the pain in my knees is not good, don't worry, even for these knees, I will stay away." Chen Mintao couldn't help but joke that after getting along with Cuiwen for more than a year, the two were not as unfamiliar as they were at the beginning, and they were obviously a lot closer.

Cuiwen is kind-hearted, there are four sisters in the family, and they are not doing well, Chen Mintao often makes up for her more when she has loose hands, and she is also called to go more if she has a good job of delivering news and rewarding, and after three or five times, Cuiwen is naturally more intimate and considerate.

"Then Miss should quickly put on the knee pads," Qiu Xiang turned around and went to the cabinet to turn out the sun-dried knee pads, squatted down and put them on Chen Mintao, "The people of the Song family don't know what they are here for, in case they come to quarrel, you will be implicated if you can't keep it, the old lady's fire, but whoever you say will burn it!" ”