Chapter III
Hearing Old Lady Chen's implicit coercive words, Old Lady Zhao's face sank, and her eyes shifted from Chen's body to Zhao Lin's body with difficulty. After thinking about it for a long time, after all, the heart of the beloved son prevailed. Gritted his teeth and said: "Our Zhao family is not the kind of people who don't want to be kind to others, the eldest daughter-in-law is still young, and she naturally has a good future in the future, and we don't want to delay it." As for the dowry of the eldest daughter-in-law......"
When Mrs. Zhao said this, she hesitantly glanced at Father Chen and Mrs. Chen. The Chen family and the Zhao family are in the right place, and it stands to reason that the Zhao family is not afraid of the Chen family. Chen's own widowhood couldn't keep the widow and invited him to go to court, so he was reasonable that the dowry would not be returned.
However, the eldest son of the Chen family, Chen Jue, was young and promising, and he was only thirty years old when he was promoted, and then he tied up with a noble person to donate his future. With such a trend, the Zhao family had to retreat and be courteous when facing the Chen family.
When Mrs. Zhao thought of this, she pretended to be bold and said: "Although our Zhao family is not a scholarly family, it is also a serious philanthropic family, so naturally we can't do anything to embezzle our daughter-in-law's dowry." The Chen family entered our house since they entered our house, and they had a game with my mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, which can be regarded as fate. You will leave immediately, thinking that you have been in charge of the Zhao family for so many years, I will try my best to meet any requirements. The dowry of the eldest daughter-in-law can also be taken away. โ
Yixi's words were very decent, and even the people of the Zhao family turned soft.
Chen Shi turned a deaf ear, only sneered, raised his eyebrows and said, "Don't say it so neatly, it's not too late to listen to my request first." โ
After speaking, no one was allowed to react, so he said straight to the point: "I left the Zhao family this time, I don't want a dowry, but I want to take away the eldest sister and the second sister." โ
As soon as these words were spoken, they caused an uproar. The Zhao clan was in an uproar, and couldn't help but turn their heads to each other, and those who were hot even scolded directly.
Father Chen and Mrs. Chen also showed a hint of disapproval, feeling that their daughter was really difficult for a strong man.
However, Zhao Lin and Xiaosun in the second room of the Zhao family, hearing what Chen said, and then thinking of Chen's rather generous dowry, they were very moved.
Old Mrs. Zhao, who had to โกโก again because her shape was inferior to people, couldn't help but explode. She sat up openly, pointed at the tip of Chen's nose and scolded: "I advise you to accept it when you see it, and don't be frivolous." Before the first seven years of the husband, you were clamoring to remarry in the mourning hall, I thought that it would not be easy for us to get along for a few years, you are young and unstable, and it is reasonable that you can't keep it. I'm willing to let you go, but have you seen that from ancient times to the present, which daughter-in-law can remarry and bring her husband's children? โ
Before the words were finished, the people of the Zhao clan also seconded the proposal: "It's really too deceitful. โ
Chen sneered, not to be outdone, and said, "Don't put the basin on my head, old lady." If you hadn't thought that I was a young daughter-in-law, with a thin face, and if you didn't do anything, you made trouble with your step-heirs in the mourning hall to calculate the property of our big house, and I wouldn't have been forced to propose to remarry. Let's not let the crow stand on the pig, we can only see the black of others but not our own black. If we really talk about bastards, we are half a catty and eight taels, and no one will say anything about anyone. โ
The old lady Zhao was angry when she said this, and the Chen family was not finished, so she continued to wipe her eyes and tears: "Do you know that the eldest girl and the second girl are the flesh and blood of your old Zhao family?" At the beginning, you couldn't look down on them because the two of them were female babies, and you scolded Huai all day long, and even forbade them for the sake of the second room's small sass, robbing their heads, and they didn't give them, so you forgot that they were not allowed to eat? I'm going to make a decision now, the two babies have no father, and your grandmother is unkind, what am I doing here with the two of them, let you be a cow and a horse to ruin and die? โ
The old lady Zhao was angry, walked forward in three steps and two steps, and said in front of Chen's face: "Our old Zhao family's species, even if you die in our old Zhao family, there is no reason for you to be an outsider." โ
"I am the mother of the child, and I conceived and gave birth to both babies in October. I'm not qualified, can it be that you have? Chen was also spit out of the real fire, pointed to the bridge of Mrs. Zhao's nose and said directly: "Let's not say irrelevant." If you are willing to let me take the child away today, I willingly leave my dowry, which is at least a thousand eight hundred taels of silver. If you don't want to...... Let's just tear our faces, I'm not the kind of wretch who doesn't dare to speak when I see my own flesh and blood being bullied. โ
"It's the other way around, the daughter-in-law beat her mother-in-law." Mrs. Zhao covered her face and staggered to the side, sat on the ground and cried: "It's really unconscionable, why didn't God open his eyes, a thunderbolt killed her." The โกโกโกโก that you can't live without a man, the water-based poplar and red apricot are out of the wall, and we have to cut off the seeds of our old Zhao family......"
Chen's angry eyes were full of stars, and he was angry, and when he saw Mrs. Zhao sitting on the ground and howling, the foul language was so ugly, and she was even more ashamed and annoyed. At the moment, he didn't care about scolding. complained that Mrs. Zhao bullied the big house, favored the young son, and how to deal with things unfairly and selfishly. He did not even give him a full meal, nor even a good garment. took the wealth of the big house to help the second room, and the more he talked about it, the more angry he became.
Seeing this, Mrs. Zhao naturally did not show weakness, and accused Chen of being disrespectful and unfilial.
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law have deep grievances, and they have long been incompatible. Now that she is scolding with such a clear knife and gun, the old lady Zhao relies on her own seniors, and estimates what the Chen family will not dare to do with her. Seeing that the abuse alone couldn't strengthen Chen's mouth, he turned over and rushed into Chen's arms to fight.
Chen's head was suddenly knocked back by Mrs. Zhao and fell to the ground. Mrs. Zhao took the opportunity to go up and dragged Chen's hair to a few slaps. Chen's face was hot and painful when he was beaten, which led to a lot of anger. screamed and reached out to push away the old lady Zhao on her body, and scuffled with her with her hands.
Everyone inside was stunned and stunned for a long time before they suddenly came back to their senses. hurriedly stepped forward and stretched out his hand to separate the two. The two of them were unkempt, their clothes were disheveled, and they were still scolding. When he was making a fuss, he suddenly heard a voice from outside the door: "What's the matter?" โ
The messy room suddenly fell silent, and everyone followed the prestige, but saw a middle-aged man standing at the door at some point, with white hair and short beard, and a loyal face, which was Zhao Chen's old friend - Zhang Yun, who was in charge of the head of the Imperial Grain Village.
Zhang Yun stood outside the door with a stunned face, and behind him was still standing a drooping child, about โกโก or years old, also with a delicate face and an innocent face. Behind the boy stood two little girls dressed in linen and filial piety, who were Chen's two daughters.
Seeing this, Chen was afraid that Mrs. Zhao would be angry with her two daughters, so she drank and scolded and drove the two daughters out. "What kind of scene is this, how can you come here and be stubborn. Don't get out yet. โ
After finishing speaking, he smiled at Zhang Yun again: "It turned out to be the Zhang family brothers, and now my husband is in a big funeral, so you and your sister-in-law came over to help with it." โ
The people of the Zhao clan came back to their senses and hurriedly invited in. This one let "pour tea", and the other said "hard", trying their best to cover up the absurdity of the past.
Seeing that Zhang Yun came over quietly at some point, he didn't know how many stories he had just heard at the door. Old Mrs. Zhao was a little embarrassed and dissatisfied with her face, and she barely squeezed out two smiles, and said, "The family is troubled, and the virtuous nephew is smiling." โ
Zhang Yun entered the room, first greeted Mrs. Zhao, and then saw several elders in the clan, before he spoke: "I was in front to help greet the guests, but I waited for a while but I didn't see the master's family come out, so I ordered the insiders to entertain the guests in the side hall, and asked the old lady not to blame me for making my own decisions." โ
In a few words, explain why you came to the back house to find someone. In and out of the words, he more or less complained that the Zhao family was acting inappropriately, and even left a room of guests to make trouble in the back house. When the Zhao clan heard this, they were even more embarrassed.
The room was silent for a while. Zhang Yun glanced at the Chen family and Mrs. Zhao, who had messy sideburns and disheveled clothes, and then looked at the rest of the people who were watching coldly, and sighed secretly in his heart.
He and Zhao Chen are old friends in the world, the relationship between the two is very good, the children of the two families have been set to have a baby kiss since the day they fell into the grass, and they move around each other very closely, and naturally they also know that the old lady of the Zhao family loves her young son, and she snubbed the big house and even went toe-for-tat with the daughter-in-law of the big house. In his opinion, it is a slap that does not make a sound, the old one is too unfair, and the young one is too powerful.
But no matter how much trouble you usually make, it's just a family ugly behind closed doors, and now there is a mourning hall in front of you, and there is such a big fuss behind it, and it will be passed out, who can get a face or two?
Zhang Yun sighed, and had no choice but to step forward to appease the two families. He is now in charge of the affairs of the imperial village outside the city, although this errand is not a serious official, but it is also for the Son of Heaven, and the dignity and glory are tight. Therefore, the Zhao and Chen families had to give Zhang Yun three points of face and each of them was more restrained.
The heir of the big house died in the Qinglou immediately, and the bones were not cold, and the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law and brother-in-law at home were making trouble in the mourning hall. It's not a good thing to publicize, and the Zhao family is happy to push the boat down the river and smooth it out.
It's a pity that the Zhao family wants to whitewash the peace, but the Chen family is not the soft and easy person to handle. Since she made a big fuss today, she didn't want to stay in the Zhao family. Inevitably there are many dreams at night, and there are branches, and the Chen family is determined to go home to remarry, and he must also bring the two girls back to his parents' house to be reconciled.
If not, she is not afraid of tearing her face and knowing the world about today's noisy noise.
When Mrs. Zhao saw that the Chen family was so arrogant, she also regretted it for a while. You shouldn't be so breathless. If you can stabilize the little prostitute of the Chen family at this time, and wait for the spirit to keep filial piety, the days to come will be long, and I am afraid that I will not be able to handle a little daughter-in-law who has no man and no son in the house? I just wanted to be in a hurry for a while, but I didn't expect that the thing was not done, but I gave the handle to the Chen family in vain.
Thinking of this, Mrs. Zhao felt remorse and anger in her heart, and glared at the little Sun of the second room family with hatred. If it weren't for her holding her good grandson crying and complaining in front of her, she only said that the livelihood of the second room was difficult, and she didn't even have the money for Shuo'er to study and Zhu'er to eat pastries, she wouldn't have made such a stupid move.
Zhang Yun's son saw a room full of adults pondering and frowning, and he knew that everyone had more troublesome things to discuss. Then he stepped forward to greet the elders, and tiptoed out of the room while everyone was not paying attention.
Go back to the peach blossoms and close the curtain in front of the window. The two girls of the Zhao family were hiding under the wall with sad faces and eavesdropping. Seeing this, the little girl walked up to the eldest girl of the Zhao family and said with a smile: "Don't worry, with my father's mediation, I will not let the Zhao family bully the three of you." โ
After a pause, he smiled again: "What's more, my aunt is not the kind of person who bows her head lightly." โ
After speaking, he took out two silk flowers from his arms, handed them to the two female babies respectively, and said with a smile: "This is the most fashionable new flower from the palace. Someone begged my father to do something, and he took it to honor my mother. I have chosen two of them of plain color for you to bring them. When you are filial, you wear it, which is both pretty and will not make people criticize your mouth. โ