"If the small ones are working around here, I'm afraid that they will have to come to eat every three or five days, not to mention anything else, it's cheap and can satisfy cravings, it's really good." There is oil, salt and spicy, and the soup is very strong, and if you pour it on the rice and mix it, even if the rice itself tastes almost good, you can't taste it.

"Uncle He, have you ever asked, how much can those coolies earn in a day?" Shen Rouning said politely.

"Back to Miss Watch, the little one deliberately inquired carefully, if there is work to do from morning to night a day, at most, there can be fifty wen. If it's colder, you can always get a dozen articles. We are rich in the south of the Yangtze River, especially in the capital, as long as we are willing to endure hardships, there will always be a way to live. "The old man who drove the car said.

"Thank you, Uncle He." Shen Rou condensed.

Chen Houji wanted to ask a few more questions, but seeing that Shen Rouning had already put down the curtain, he hesitated for a while and closed his mouth.

After that, Shen Rouning inquired about the famous pastry shop in Beijing, weighed a few dim sums, and then returned to Shen's mansion.

Shen Rouning and Shen Duanrong came to see Mrs. Shen Si and explained their whereabouts today, omitting the matter of painting and the matter of Liu's canteen, but only said that they took a car to turn around a little more.

“…… Cousin Ji said that as soon as his father appeared, he would rest for a few days and go to his grandfather's house. Father should also have ...... at that time" Shen Rou Ning saw that Mrs. Shen Si was noncommittal, and continued to ask: "Mother, if we go, what gifts should we prepare?" I don't know if my grandfather and several uncles and aunts have any taboos? ”

"The first time I came to the door, Brother Rong and I were always a little apprehensive in our hearts."

The attitude of the Chen family towards their relatives is really a little confusing. If it is said to be a blood relative, it is obviously not far away, but it can not be associated with each other for ten years; If it is said that the grandfather's family is disgusted with them. Look at Chen Houji's attitude towards them, it's not like it.

It seems that Mrs. Shen Si has been angry with her mother's family. And the Chen family deliberately had unspeakable secrets, and even felt guilty, and they had been tolerating Mrs. Shen Si and acting carefully according to her wishes.

Shen Rouning kept an eye on Mrs. Shen Si's expression.

A trace of plausible mockery flashed in Mrs. Shen's eyes, and she quickly regained her indifference and calm again, and said, "Go and ask Mama Fan." ”

"Whoa." Shen Rouning responded crisply.

I said a few more words about what I saw on the streets. She pulled Shen Duanrong to retire.

Mama Fan is obviously much more enthusiastic than Mrs. Shen Si.

was invited to the East Chamber by Shen Rouning. Mama Fan immediately told Shen Rouning and Shen Duanrong with great interest:

“…… A few days ago, with the permission of his wife, the old slave went out to get together with his relatives. I also saw the youngest son who had been following the old lady. He told the old slave that the old lady knew that the wife was finally willing to return to the capital, and he didn't know how happy he was for a while......

“…… The old lady is lenient and fair, and she is bright and upright all her life. The most annoying are those who have other thoughts. When the old lady was there, the husband and wife were in harmony for more than ten years......"

The husband and wife have been in love for more than ten years. It is inevitable that there will be some bumps. When the old lady was pregnant with Mrs. Shen Si, she drank more when she went out to socialize, and on the way back, she took advantage of a little girl from a white family. After the old man sobered up, he fell into the Tao, and cut off his robe with the person who set up the game. I didn't pay attention to the little girl. And because of guilt, I didn't tell the pregnant old lady about it.

Unexpectedly, when the old lady was about to give birth, the little girl found the old lady with her stomach. cried and complained about "pity for the child" or something, and the old lady was very angry at that time. On the spot, the little girl who came to the door wrote the paperwork of selling herself as a concubine and put it away, and the little girl was also placed in the house, which is now Aunt Qing.

The old lady didn't mess with the pregnant little girl, but only got angry with the old lady. How can this pregnant person withstand being angry? Within a few days, the old lady gave birth to a daughter, which is today's Mrs. Shen Si.

Moreover, after the old lady gave birth prematurely, she still couldn't think about it, but her mood was even more depressed, and after several tosses, she left the West not long after. After three months, Aunt Qing also gave birth to a daughter, who is now Chen Guifei, whose name is Qianniang.

After the old lady went, Mrs. Chen never married again, and refused to let Aunt Qing serve, still resting in the courtyard where she lived with the old lady, and the housekeeper in the house was also taken care of by a few loyal grandmothers, and she rarely socialized with the outside world.

Then, when Mrs. Shen Si was six years old, Chen Weiting, the uncle of the Chen family, who had reached the age of sixteen, married his wife Zhou, who was one year older than him.

"The Zhou family is a family living in Jianning, engaged in business and imperial examinations, and has been prosperous for nearly a hundred years. The eldest lady is the daughter of the Zhou family, smart and capable, thoughtful and proper, after marrying into the Chen family, there has been no fault inside and out. ”

"Didn't go awry?" When Shen Rouning heard this, she asked lightly, "Then, is it possible that my mother's face is slightly flawed?" "If nothing went wrong, what would be the matter with Mrs. Shen Si.

Shen Rouning believed that Mrs. Chen's Zhou must be thoughtful and capable, and Mrs. Shen might not be able to blame her for her affairs...... But the eldest sister-in-law is like a mother, and Mrs. Shen Si has no mother's teaching, shouldn't the Zhou family be fully responsible for Mrs. Shen Si's young sister-in-law?

What's more, Shen Rouning wanted to know a little more about the truth of the year, of course, she would stab her when she seized the opportunity.

Mama Fan's old face froze, and when she saw that Shen Rouning and Shen Duanrong looked as if they were already dissatisfied with Mrs. Chen's Zhou, for fear that they would really bring their emotions to Chen's family like this, her heart suddenly sudden, and she hurriedly waved her hand and said hurriedly: "That's not the case!" Girl, don't misunderstand your uncle's wife! ”

"What's that?" Shen Rouning said deliberately: "My mother has been discouraged since she was a child, and she is the eldest sister-in-law like a mother. The mother had an accident, and of course the eldest aunt was responsible. ”

"No, alas, Mrs. Uncle is really good at dealing with people...... Mama Fan seems to respect Mrs. Chen very much, and she opened her mouth several times to defend her, but she has scruples and is difficult to speak. She saw that Shen Rou Ning Qiao already had a look of certainty on her face, and hesitated for a moment before she whispered, "It's not that the old slave refuses to tell Miss you details...... It's just that there were a lot of rights and wrongs involved back then, although the old slave vaguely knew a little, but the old slave was not present when his wife had an accident, so I really can't say more......"

"Then Mama Fan will tell me what you know." Shen Rouning interrupted Mama Fan.

It's rare that Mama Fan is caught again, and she always has to get some useful news from her mouth. (To be continued)