Chapter Twenty-Four: A Shocking Secret
When Chen heard that he was going to the county to make tofu, he was also a little at a loss.
"Dad, are we really going? But I haven't been to the county yet! ”
Khan, it turns out that the Chen family is worried about this, it is normal for some women here to have never walked out of the mountain village in their lives, and it is already far away to go to the town to catch a market, and generally men go to such things.
"It's okay, what about me? If it doesn't work, we'll go back to hunting and farming. Cheng Dazhuang cheered up Chen, and he also cheered himself up.
By the way, Chen Jia said to hurry up and prepare. Tomorrow they will send the title deed and the keys, and they will move in together. It just so happened that my brother-in-law's apprenticeship in the county town had not yet returned, so he asked him to hurry up and make a few sets of new tools over there, and we are afraid that this set will not be enough. Are you busy? Cheng Dazhuang also began to clean up.
Chen Jia also had to hurry up and prepare. After going to the county seat, you can't read the books in the stone house as much as you want, and it may be rare to come back in the future, so you have to hurry up and sort out the books you want. By the way, strengthen the formation outside to prevent wild beasts from breaking in and causing damage.
This time he was going to leave the stone house for a long time, and Chen Jia was a little reluctant. After taking the book and strengthening the formation, he lingered on the stone bed for a while. Seeing the stone futon next to him, Chen Jia also went to sit for a while.
"I went to the county seat so soon, and after I arrived at the county seat, I didn't practice light skills as much as the back mountain." I didn't pay attention for a while, but my calf was numb.
Chen Jia couldn't move, holding the side of the futon with both hands, slowly pulling out the two legs, and kneading them all the way. "No, this futon looks so smooth, why are the sides so uneven? Is there any mechanism? ”
Chen Jia didn't care about getting dirty, and lay on the ground to look at the stone futon carefully. The stone futon emits a white soft light, and I don't know what kind of stone it is, but it always makes people feel peaceful.
Chen Jia found that there was also a combination lock on the side of the wall, but this time the god of luck did not favor Chen Jia. She searched for a long time but couldn't find the password hint, and she tried several times and didn't open it.
I tried to move the stone futon, but I couldn't move it. You must know that Chen Jia has some internal strength now, and this stone futon has not moved, which is really weird.
Chen Jia went to look around the stone bed again, but no!
There was really no way, Chen Jia went to the basement again to see if he could find clues.
After searching all the rooms, in the end, Chen Jia could only come to the place where the predecessors were buried. Let's see if we can find clues in this tomb, which is usually reluctant to bother. She really found it!
It turned out that there was a big word for longevity on the head of the coffin, which Chen Jia hadn't noticed before. There is a lot of life in this longevity word! This longevity character is actually a combination of many dense English letters, each letter is as small as a grain of rice, Chen Jia has a lot of effort to see this!
"Maybe you'll never find out the secret! If you find out, you're really my destined person! I also remain in this world the password of the stone futon, and if you find my descendants, you can open it. ”
"The password was passed down by word of mouth to my descendants, and I am sure they will continue to pass it on, for I have left behind a true treasure trove of untold riches. Rich and rivaled! Chen Jia's spirit was shocked and she continued to watch.
"They know where the treasure house is, and they know the code to get the key, but they don't know where the key is! I can responsibly tell you that the key is under the stone futon. The only way to enter the treasury is to find my descendants, get the password, get the key, and open the treasury with my descendants! In addition to the key, the treasure house must be opened by my descendants, remember! I hope you will make good use of these possessions for the benefit of the people! ”
After Chen Jia finished reading it, his heart suddenly set off a storm!
"How much money is there? A few million taels of gold? It's worth the seniors to go around these bends! It's too pitiful to think about his descendants, who have guarded the treasure house for hundreds of years, but can't get in. They can only wait for someone destined to take them to find the key to open the treasure house. Hundreds of years have passed, are his descendants still alive? Judging by what he meant, it shouldn't be a descendant, because the word "them" is used. Interesting! Chen Jia thought secretly.
"If I really find it, it's okay for the descendants of the family, but if I find the descendants of the two families, what should I do?"
"I'm so worried! At that point, the choice will be in my hands, and I will be able to see what they are going to do with the money, whether they will squander it themselves or benefit the people! If it is for the benefit of the people, I will naturally give it to him, and if I squander it myself, then let them wait for the next destined person! ”
Knowing this heavy secret, Chen Jia was worried in his heart. Some of them returned home distraught.
Chen has already packed his luggage, and he only needs to return the tofu making tools to Qin tomorrow.
Early in the morning, Cheng Mi came to find Cheng Dazhuang and asked him to go to the old mansion, saying that he was discussing matters. Now Chen Jia feels blocked when she hears the old mansion talking about discussing things! Every time I talk about discussing things, in the end I just order my family to pay for it, where has it really been discussed? But I couldn't help but follow.
This time, Chen Jia really guessed correctly, it was a matter of discussion, and it was also a matter of asking for money. Qin's meaning is that Cheng Mi's marriage is approaching, and a dowry must be prepared, and each family must prepare a makeup. told everyone to give Cheng Mi a long face, which did not mean to target Chen Jia's family.
After Cheng Dazhuang listened, he immediately said that his family was going to the county seat, and he was going to go today, he moved over to make tofu, and the house was found by the Qian family and the Lu family, and he only said that he would lend it to his family.
Everyone was surprised when they heard it, especially Xiao Shen,
"The old man came to make such a big move without making a sound, and this is going to the county seat! Will you be from the city in the future? "She obviously can't accept this!
"Uncle him, Cheng Zhen is going to take the county exam in the spring, it just so happens that you are in the city, Cheng Zhen will also have a care for the exam in the future, this is a good thing!" Xiao Shen's words, Cheng Dazhuang sounded really harsh.
"Okay, just stay at our house during the exam." Cheng Dazhuang had no choice but to echo casually.
"That relationship is good, if you pass the county exam, you will study in the county in the future, and you happen to live in your house, I can rest assured!"
"Damn! Chen Jia was depressed, her family hadn't even looked at the house, Qian Yongchang said it was a small house, and she didn't know how small it was, she seemed to think that it was all theirs! ”
"Let's talk about that later! I didn't go to see the house over there, it was the Qian family who made tofu for us, and I don't know how big it is! Of course, if you can live in it, it's good, if it's too crowded, it's not good to turn around and affect Cheng Zhen! Cheng Dazhuang was also depressed in his heart, this little Shen is just to add to people's blockage.
"That's fine, you can arrange an inn to live in when the time comes, anyway, you are in the county, and it will depend on you in the future!" Xiao Shen is simply speechless. Just say that you will be responsible for Cheng Zhen's school in the future, who let you be in the county seat?
"Second aunt, my eldest brother and second brother will go to study in the spring, and I will go back and let the lobby brother come, just to give my eldest brother and second brother counseling, maybe my eldest brother and second brother can catch up. I also think it's very good, let's go back and prepare the largest room, let the three of them live together, even if my eldest brother and second brother are not reading materials, I often listen to the lobby brother read a little bit of growth! Chen Jia said with a smile, as if she was really happy.
"That's not good, you have to be quiet when you study, how can you study carefully if you live with them?" Xiao Shen was a little panicked.
"There's nothing that can't be done, second aunt rest assured! We were absolutely quiet. As long as you send Brother Lobby here, we will serve him with good food and drink every day, won't this point to him in the future! When Chen Jia said this, Xiao Shen was even more uneasy.
"Forget it! It's really hard to turn around and delay Cheng! Xiao Shen retreated.
Hearing this, Cheng Dazhuang finally breathed a sigh of relief, "Our daughter still has the ability!" Send her away in a few words! ”
At noon, the Qian family's carriage finally arrived. This time, three carriages came at once, and the steward took the house deed to Cheng Dazhuang, saying that he could go to the government office today to pass the papers. Chen Jia's family hurriedly loaded their things into the carriage, and the family set off in a mighty way.
Sitting in the carriage, Chen Jia felt a little reluctant: "I don't have to accompany my grandfather to eat at noon, I don't know if he will be sad!" "Chen Jia has never understood one thing, why grandpa likes to pick people after eating, this is like a mystery, which has always troubled Chen Jia.
The carriage was running fast, but by the time everyone arrived at the county seat, it was already dark. The steward of the Qian family is a neat person, and he directly took Cheng Dazhuang to the county government to pass the paperwork before sending Chen Jia's family to the house.
The group got out of the car and entered the house, and their eyes widened.
"Is this a small house?"
"Bigger than the old house!"
"Is this really our new home? Could it be a mistake! Hearing Chen say this, everyone subconsciously wanted to quit.
"That's right, it's this house, the young master ordered us to bring someone to clean it, this was originally the house used by the young master and the young master when they went to school, and the next street is Chengyang Academy. It's a first-class academy in the county! The butler hurriedly stopped everyone and explained.
"So it's the house where Brother Lu and Mr. Qian lived together!" Chen Jia tilted his head, the young master should be referring to Lu Xiangyun.
"Yes, the young master and our young master grew up together, this courtyard only began to be abandoned last year, the young master went back to take over the restaurant, and my young master also went home to help take care of the restaurant."
"Don't they take part in scientific expeditions?"
"Participate, the young master and the young master of my family are already show-talents, and the next thing is the government exam, but neither of them wants them to become officials, so they just need to take the exam to give the family tax exemption."
"I see!"
Everyone sighed, especially Chen, who couldn't believe that she was originally just a village woman, and she suddenly became a city person, and she felt nervous and unsteady.
Chen Jia took a good look at the courtyard, there was a kitchen next to the gatehouse in front, a firewood room next to it, and there were side rooms on all sides, surrounding the courtyard in the middle, and some trees and flowers were planted in the yard, and a stone road was built to make it look like a small garden.
Cheng Biting Jin was very excited after coming down, and circled around the yard. One moment to touch this, the other to touch there. I'm not happy.
Cheng Hu and Cheng Dong also happily picked up the bedroom.
Chen Jia took a look at each room, except for a living room in the middle of the back, there are a total of six wing rooms, Chen Jia's family has only four brothers and sisters, and there is one person in the next one.
Everyone moved their luggage off the carriage and hurriedly sorted it out, and Cheng Dazhuang also hurried to find his brother-in-law and arrange tools for making tofu. I also have to buy a stone mill, and now the most urgent need is only a stone mill, because the Cheng family brought the tools for doing white dry and thousands of zhang.
In the four bedrooms, there is nothing but a mattress. The living room is also fully equipped with chairs and dining tables, and there are two study rooms. Although the furniture is not new, it looks like it is made of exquisite materials.
It is of course a good thing to be able to improve the living environment, and Chen Jia finally has her own boudoir.
After arranging her own precious books, Chen Jia seized the time to practice kung fu.