CHAPTER XXXI
The Feng family didn't recognize these people who handed over the prayer posts, and the Chen Mansion and these families didn't usually move around. However, Feng Shi remembered in a trance that the little girl that the Chen family rescued from the abductors last night - listening to the second sister's voice, it seemed to be the child of the housekeeper of a commercial house.
It seems that this "which firm" is "Yutai Firm". Even so, the reasons for the few remaining people who handed over the post seem to be traceable.
Feng Shi groaned for a while, first rewarded with a first-class seal, and then ordered Bixi, the personal girl, to inquire about the old lady in the main room and the old lady to wake up. learned that the two elders were awake, and went to the upper room in person to return to the Ming Dynasty. Old Lady Chen thought about it for a while, and then ordered to bring in those few people who gave gifts and asked for peace.
I think that everyone had already inquired about the current situation of the Chen Mansion before sending people, so there were men and women who came to give gifts and ask for peace. It was convenient for the host to ask.
Bring someone in for a while, and ask carefully. Sure enough, these people who gave gifts and asked for peace were all from the families who had a boy girl abducted by a kidnapper at the Lantern Festival last night. Thanks to Chen Qi and the second sister, they broke the kidnappers' tracks, and Zhao Bihe, the commander of the Jinyi Army, immediately arrested Feng Si and others and rescued these abducted children. Later, the Jinyi Army escorted Feng and others back to the Imperial Prison, and the rescued boy was sent to Jingzhao Yamen.
Some of these individuals were the official of the evening newspaper and were directly notified to go to the Jingzhao Yamen to recognize the person, and some read the notice early the next morning to find someone. Those who are lucky enough to recognize their children home will miss the Chen family's uncles and nephews thousands of times. Even more eager, he immediately sealed a generous gift and sent it to the door - among them, he called Chang Yougui in the name of the steward of Yutai Commercial Bank, and the thank you gift was the most generous.
It is actually a small mansion with more than 20 rooms. The location is two miles behind Ningrong Street, not to mention closer to the imperial city, and the neighbors on the left and right are either rich or expensive.
Such a house, and in such a location, if it is bought and sold at the market price, I am afraid that it will not be able to come down without five hundred miles of silver. Even with this silver, whether the master sells it or not is another matter.
In this way, not only the Feng family, but even Mrs. Chen and Mrs. Chen were shocked by the generosity of the manager of Yutai Commercial Bank.
After carefully asking the mother-in-law sent by the Chang family to send gifts and greetings, everyone in the Chen Mansion understood.
It turned out that the news that the Chen family was hated and retaliated by bandits for breaking the kidnappers at the Lantern Festival had spread all over the capital overnight. The steward of the Yutai Commercial Bank was very uneasy when he learned that the Chen family was walking in the water at night and encountered a strongman. That's why he added such a generous gift to thank the Chen family for saving their little daughter from the kidnappers.
The words of the Chen family are also ridiculous. I had the heart to receive such a sum of foreign wealth, but compared with the things outside my body, Mrs. Chen attached more importance to Chen Jue's official reputation. Now Chen Jue said that it was good or not, and he was also a character who had a name and surname in front of the saint. Old lady Chen didn't want the saint to ask about this on a whim one day, misunderstanding that Chen Qi was a person who forgot his righteousness.
Thinking so, Old Lady Chen waved her hand at the moment, and said with a righteous smile: "The so-called merit is not rewarded. Fighting for righteousness and courage at the Lantern Festival is the foundation of human beings. Your lord is like this, but we are at a loss. ”
After that, he insisted on returning the title deed of the house to the Chang family. Seeing that the Chen family insisted on not accepting it, the mother-in-law had to take it back and resume her life. Seeing this, Chang Yougui admired the character of the Chen family more and more, and now strengthened his intention to make friends with the Chen family.
The old lady Chen insisted on the heavy courtesy of the Chang family, and others were okay, but the Chen family scratched his heart and scratched his liver in the back house, and his heart was like a knife, and he couldn't help but be heartbroken and unwilling to mutter a few words, saying that this was what he deserved, if there was no hindrance from the second sister and the Chen family, the little eldest sister of the Chang family would not know where to be carried by the abductor. What's more, the Chen family was frightened by this again, and a fire was in vain. The walls and gates outside were still burned and should be repaired. In that case, why bother.
It's just that he was afraid of his old father Yan Wei, but he didn't dare to mutter it in person. Mrs. Chen pretended not to know, and no one mentioned this matter again.
At that moment, Mrs. Chen sent people from the Chang family, and met the other people sent by the other families to ask for gifts one after another. The way he responded was still the same as the previous treatment of the Chang family, and he accepted the gift of thanks, and he did not accept the too heavy insistence. In the next few days, when I met people who came to give thank-you gifts, they also handled them in the same way.
Since these people were able to respond so quickly after the incident, in addition to being well-informed and sincere, they were naturally conceited that the lintel was not inferior to the Chen family, and they were also favored by others. Seeing that the Chen family was so sensible and righteous, they really lived up to the holy grace, so they became more and more in tune. came and went diligently, and even the Chen family's social circle expanded a lot. In the long run, not only Chen Jue's career has become smoother, but even the trading fields on the shop have also been taken care of. Under the careful planning of the second sister, he won a fortune and wealth, which was an unexpected joy.
But that's for later, so I don't need to go into detail for the time being.
It is only said here that the second sister was frightened by the wind and cold and ate a few pairs of decoctions. But he still has a heavy nasal congestion, fever and coughing, and he is not getting better. The anxious Chen just scolded the doctor. He also ordered his family to take Chen Jue's prayer post and invite Hao Langzhong to come.
Old Mrs. Chen and Feng couldn't help but smile and comfort when they saw Chen's anxious jumping chicken: "The villain's family is already delicate and expensive, let alone being frightened by such a fright. Even adults will have to wait a few days to come back to their senses. You're too impatient, too. ”
The second sister leaned on the big pillow, and also followed by a wall of coughing and persuasiveness: "Mom, cough, don't worry, I'm just ...... cough cough cough ......"
Seeing this, Chen became more and more anxious, and recited the Buddha and the ancestors in his mouth: "My little aunt and grandmother, don't speak." This is hard, don't cough your heart out of your throat. ”
Chen's words made everyone laugh. Even the second sister couldn't help laughing. The more you laugh, the more you cough, the more you cough, the more you can't help it. The anxious Chen kept scolding, and hurriedly brought Chuanbei loquat paste for the second sister to eat.
When he was in a hurry, he suddenly heard that there was a visit from the imperial doctor outside the door - but he was ordered by the prince to treat the second sister.
When everyone heard this, they looked at each other more and more confused. Even the Chen family couldn't help but stare at Old Lady Chen and asked, "I haven't seen you for a few days, my brother is so dignified in front of His Royal Highness the Prince?" ”
This time, even Mrs. Chen was full of suspicions. But no matter how you think about it, this is the face of a courtier. Old Lady Chen didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly ordered someone to lure the imperial doctor in. After thinking about it, he personally went outside.
For a while, everyone's attention was attracted by the upcoming Tai Doctor. No one paid attention to the second sister.
The second sister was lying alone on the bed, thinking about it, but her face was solemn. Because of her young age and another illness, she didn't know when her uncle Chen Qi became the prince. But as early as the Lantern Festival, she learned from the mouth of the little girl that she was in the Red Mansion, and it was very likely that she would become the hateful, pitiful and pathetic Third Sister You in the book.
In her opinion, the tragedy of Sister You lies in being poor but unable to live in poverty, admiring wealth and wealth but not being able to stand upright, neither relying on herself, but only relying on others, and finally becoming the plaything of the Jia family for some money to eat and wear. As the saying goes, one misstep becomes a thousand hatreds, and if a woman at this time loses her chastity, there will be no place to stand.
Sister You's encounter is not worth anything in the eyes of the second sister who traveled from the afterlife. In that era when men and women were relatively equal and independent, a woman's chastity was important, but there were more criteria for judging whether a woman was excellent. She was not ashamed of Sister You's behavior when she used to read books, not because these two people lost their virginity, but because these two people were willing to degenerate, laughing at poverty and prostitution, selfish, and confused attitude towards people and self-standards.
Therefore, she is confident that even if she is dressed as the third sister You, she has hands, feet and brains, no matter how bad she is, she still has a sense of shame, and she will not fall into the situation in the original book.
But in addition, she was even more suspicious of what happened to the Chen family-
Judging from the information she has now, although the Chen family is not a rich and powerful person, it can live a stable life. My grandfather and uncle were quite protective of their shortcomings. Although Chen is a little pungent and out of place, he really feels sorry for her and her sister. If this situation continues, no matter how bad the Chen mother and daughter are, they will definitely not fall into the dilemma in the book. Unless the Chen family is defeated, no one can support their mother and daughter, but with the heart of his uncle Chen Qi and the prudence and judgment of his grandfather Mrs. Chen, if it is said that the Chen family has offended someone who cannot be offended...... It's almost impossible.
Later, the second sister thought of the current affairs of the dynasty faintly revealed in the book. Because I think of the Zhen family in Jiangnan, the Shuanghou of the Shi family, the two mansions of Rongning and even the four kings and eight princes in the end, they are all inextricably linked to the "old Chitose Prince of Yizhong" who has never shown up in the book. That being the case, will the You family, who have an in-law relationship with Ning Guofu, and even the Chen family, who have an in-law relationship with the You family, also be bad because of "Prince Yizhong's old Chitose", and finally the family will be ruined and can only end up being bullied?
When the second sister thought of this, her eyes became more and more suspicious.