"I wonder if your father will be soft?" Li sighed.

Chen Xiucai invited Mr. Chen into the back room, and the two of them closed the door and talked inside.

Chen Xuejiao and her mother gathered in the ear room and gossiped around the stove.

Yesterday, the family discussed, no matter how Old Man Chen favored Mrs. Chen this time, they would not give in, and Mrs. Chen had to teach her a lesson when she did such a thing. They are juniors, and they can't punish her directly, but the necessary warning is to be given, and this warning can't get through them, so they have to find a suitable place, preferably a place that can make her afraid, and then there is only one place, that is, the yamen hall.

Fu Yi's interrogation of He Xiangu will inevitably pull Mrs. Chen out, and not letting Mrs. Chen go to the hall is probably something that the entire upper room is worried about. Chen Xuejiao and her family did not need to discuss, everyone agreed that Mrs. Chen should and must pass the court.

In order to make this matter a certainty, before going to bed, Chen Xuejiao specially reminded Chen Xiucai again.

Although it had been discussed yesterday, the Li family was afraid that Chen Xiucai would be suppressed by the word "filial piety" from Mr. Chen, his husband was a scholar and paid the most attention to filial piety.

Li's worries are not unreasonable, the family has been so bitter in the past, and it is not all carried by a filial piety.

"Mother, you put a hundred hearts, my father is filial, and he won't exchange my brother's life for it." Chen Xuejiao comforted Li.

If it was Chen Xiucai who was cursed by this woodcut villain, maybe Chen Xiucai would have revealed it lightly for the sake of Old Man Chen. But this matter is different when it comes to Chen Qi'an, in Chen Xiucai's mind, his son is more important than himself, and even more important than Old Man Chen at some times.

"Mother. My sister is right, my father will definitely not agree to my grandfather this time. ”

"My uncle said yesterday that grandma must go to the church, it's useless for anyone to ask, I believe what my uncle said."

Everyone gathered around the Li family, and you and I talked about it word by word.

"I also believe in your father, believe in it. But my heart is still so hanging, your master is still ...... at that critical moment" Li Shi red eyes and complained about Old Man Chen.

Chen Xuejiao was also dissatisfied with Old Man Chen. It's all at this time, and I'm still biased towards Mrs. Chen. In fact, it can't be said that he is completely biased towards Mrs. Chen by doing this, he is doing it for his own face, or the face of the entire Chen family. The daughter of the Chen family was tied up as a family member and sent to the official. Speaking of which, the Chen family's face has been lost for several lifetimes. Mrs. Chen's reputation is not good outside, especially after the fact that her stepson did not die and remarried the Li family, her reputation is even worse. Aside from Mrs. Chen, the prestige of the Chen family is still top-notch in Maoshan Village, and the family has a showman, two children, and the children and grandchildren are prosperous without worrying about eating and drinking, so to speak. These are the capitals that Mr. Chen has to go out. Just because the Chen family has prestige in the village, the village automatically filtered out the things that Mrs. Chen did. If she had ever been to church. I am afraid that it will cause an uproar in the village, and the reputation of the entire Chen family will fall by then.

"They are all crystal hearts, livers and glass people, and the master is very calculating, for the sake of his own reputation, he doesn't even care about the life of his grandson. My brother is nothing, in case there is anything, don't talk about us, even the official will not let go of the milk. I see that my grandmother has come to this point, in addition to her own improper intentions, a large part of the reason is that the master connived, if there was that sign at the beginning, the master would not be like now. Maybe this thing means that we have no conscience and our relatives are righteous, but he doesn't think about who did the source of this thing. Chen Xuejiao said dissatisfiedly.

There was silence in the room.

It was because of Old Man Chen's partiality in his early years that the life of their big house was pressed by Mrs. Chen, which was finally separated, but it was still calculated by Mrs. Chen again and again. Presumably, last night, Mrs. Chen admitted her mistake to Old Man Chen, crying and making trouble, crying, making trouble, and hanging herself, anyway, Qi An is fine, so it's better to turn the page on this matter.

They imagined that Chen Qi'an was fine, and they forgot the punishment that the initiator deserved.

"By the way, I just went out to pour water and listened to Xuewa say that my grandmother called the third uncle and three aunts into the upper room in the middle of the night last night, saying that the reason why she did this was for the good of her son and daughter-in-law, and also said that she was looking for He Xiangu to ask for a son for the third aunt. She didn't want to hurt my brother, she forced my fourth aunt to persuade my mother not to be angry, and forced the fourth uncle to go to Xuzhou Mansion to call the second uncle and the fourth uncle back to stop my father together. Chen Xueru suddenly remembered what Xuewa said to her in the morning.

"Then did your fourth uncle and aunt agree?" Li asked in surprise.

The third aunt refused at that time, and the third uncle didn't dare to talk, and after returning to the house, he hesitated to go to Xuzhou Mansion or not, and was scolded by the third aunt. Chen Xueru handed Li a reassuring look.

Lee breathed a sigh of relief. Fang Cai's Li family's worries are not unreasonable, no matter how old Mrs. Chen is Chen Zifu's mother-in-law, although it is not right for her mother to do such a thing, but if he really enters the official mansion, his son's face will be dull.

Chen Xuejiao smiled and said: "The third aunt can tell the difference between black and white, but fortunately, the third uncle has her by his side." ”

Cai has always been a smart person, very smart, a smart person who thinks about his own family. She naturally knows who is in her favor's interest in this matter.

"No wonder I heard the old lady talking a few times in the upper room this morning, saying that she didn't raise a good son, and others didn't say it, but her own son wished that his mother was in prison, I thought it was scolding the uncle, but it was the third uncle." Jing Hao added.

This is indeed something that Mrs. Chen would scold. Strong words, nonsense, and a big hat of unfilial piety. This trick was used by Mrs. Chen to control her sons and daughters-in-law, and it has only become the past, but it is difficult to convince everyone this time.

After two teas, Old Man Chen walked out of the North Wing, Chen Xuejiao glanced out through the window, and found that Old Man Chen was walking in the snow in a hurry, and his face was gloomy.

Yesterday's fine snow had stopped, the sun had just given its first rays, and the whole yard was covered in heavy snow. A crystal light is refracted by the sun.

It's just that the light reflected in Old Man Chen's eyes, looking very confused and distressed.

Chen Xuejiao looked outside for a while. turned around and said to Li: "The master came out, I see, he didn't say anything about his father and brother." ”

Because this matter involved Chen Qi'an, Chen Xiucai talked to Old Man Chen for a while, and then called Chen Qi'an in.

"Your father is of the same mind as us." Lee breathed a sigh of relief.

The mother and daughter were talking, when they saw Chen Xiucai and Chen Qi'an walking out of the back room.

Chen Xiucai's face looked very tired, looking like this. must have had a quarrel with Old Man Chen.

Li wanted to open his mouth to inquire about the results of the discussion with Old Man Chen, but when he saw that her husband's lips were tightly closed, she sighed in her heart. went to the pot house and set up breakfast.

Today's breakfast is still Li's Zhang Luo, yesterday's leftover dumplings, a large pot of rice porridge, a pot of thick bone broth, and a stack of pancakes with eggs. It can be said that Lee's diet for several children is very delicate. Although she has been feeling uncomfortable in her heart for the past two days. I will also happily prepare breakfast for a few children, and there are many tricks and I am not sloppy at all.

Everyone sat around for breakfast, Chen Xiucai didn't say a word, and there was a little silence at the dinner table. No matter what you say, Old Man Chen is also Chen Xiucai's father, and his mood will be affected to some extent when he quarrels with his father.

At the end of the meal, Chen Xiucai saw that his love had affected everyone, and said to Xue Jiao a little guiltily: "I will go to Xuzhou Mansion in two days." Whatever you want to eat, drink, and play, give me me. I'll do it for you one by one. ”

Qi Ping cheered first, puffed out his cheeks and said, "Dad, I want to eat roast goose." ”

Chen Xuejiao smiled and said, "Dad, can you take us with you." ”

"That's okay, no problem, your mother will go too." Chen Xiucai put down the bowl as he spoke, saying that the houses in the town still had to buy paint, so he changed his clothes and went to watch.

Li also put the bowl and followed Chen Xiucai to the inner room.

"Brother, what did you talk to Ye just now?" Chen Xuejiao saw that Chen Xiucai had entered, so she asked.

"The master said that the grandmother knew that she was wrong, and she wanted to compensate our family. Dad said that the grandmother was an elder who didn't dare to accept her apology. The master followed this sentence and asked if he could not let the milk go to the yamen to pass the hall, the wooden man was instigated by He Xiangu, and his father said that if the milk did not have that mind, let alone He Xiangu, even the king of heaven and Lao Tzu also instigated it... In the end, my father and my father quarreled, and this is the first time I have seen my father and my father quarrel. Chen Qi'an ate a piece of pie and described the situation in the house as it was.

"I see that the master just went out, his face is not very good-looking, why did the master agree to let the old lady pass the hall?" Chen Xuejiao asked.

"He hasn't said anything about agreeing to it so far, but whether he agrees or not, he can't help it, the old lady must pass the court." Chen Qi'an said, and suddenly said with a straight face, "My father and my father had a bad conversation, and they were about to turn around to leave, so I spoke, I said that this matter involves me, and I have to listen to my opinion." I said, whether it is my father, or I, are very filial piety to the grandfather and grandmother, the so-called filial piety is not blindly obedient, but to stand on the side of reason, if the elders have a mistake, we do the younger generations do not point out, do not help to correct, is the biggest unfilial piety, this is called framing in injustice. ”

"After I said these words, the master was silent, and said that Qi An had a future, and then left our house." Chen Qi'an took a sip of tea and continued.

Chen Xuejiao lowered her head and pondered, the truth is not that Old Man Chen doesn't understand, but it's not like that when he does it, I'm afraid that Old Man Chen's sentence "Qi An has a future" is not really praising Qi An, but wants to say that Qi An's wings have hardened, and when he grows up, he will no longer listen to the elders.

But no matter what Old Man Chen thinks, these children in their big house do have to become more and more hardened and able to protect themselves.

Chen Xiucai changed his clothes and walked out one after the other with Li.

"Big brother, sister-in-law, dad asked us to go to the room to discuss things." Chen Zifu stood at the door of the north wing, his eyes dodging, and he was quite helpless.

Chen Xuejiao's family looked at each other, their eyes were tired, and they didn't know what to do when they went to the room.

I'm afraid it's still about Mrs. Chen's curse, otherwise it would be impossible to send Chen Zifu to call them in person. "Third uncle, you go first, and we'll arrive later." Li's face was full of gloom, and he couldn't stop it.

The family closed the door and discussed for a while, and everyone went to the upper room together.

The upper room of the Chen family was almost full of people.

Old Man Chen and Old Lady Chen were still sitting on the head of the bed. Not far from them, there was a chair on the left, where Chen Zifu, Cai, and Zhang sat respectively. Old Mrs. Chen's face was full of defeat, and she barely squeezed out a smile, and ordered Zhang to take out a cotton mat from the cabinet and lay it out for Li, Chen Xuejiao and others.

Chen Xuewa, Da Dan, Erdan, Sandan and others had no seats, so they walked and stood. Jinghao did not belong to the Chen family, so he stayed in the North Wing.

Without waiting for them to sit down, Old Man Chen began to reprimand Old Lady Chen, but he did not clearly state that Old Lady Chen was trying to harm Qi An, only saying that she was confused and fat, and listened to He Xiangu's words.

Chen Xuejiao couldn't help sneering, she blamed others when something happened, and she had nothing to do with Mrs. Chen.

Mrs. Chen sat on the bed without saying a word, hanging her head to listen to this lecture, this was the first time that she had not said a word of justification. Chen Xuejiao glanced at Mrs. Chen, but she was afraid that she might not be able to scold the family in her heart.

In the end, Mr. Chen asked Mrs. Chen to compensate the big house.

"Boss, I know you resent me, and I also resent me for this. I didn't have the intention of harming Qi Ande, if I had that thought, I would let the thunder strike me...... In our family, I have so many grandchildren, I let Qi An go to a private school to study, your fourth brother and three children can't get this opportunity, if I want to harm him, I still have to wait until now. Old Madam Chen spoke slowly.

Chen Xuejiao couldn't help but hold her forehead, whether this was an apology or an apology.

"What's the use of compensation? My brother was not feeling well last night, maybe it was carved by the little wooden figure. What are you doing with so much milk, my brother is using my father's money to study. You said that you didn't mean to harm my brother, and no one who saw the little wooden man said that it was for my brother to pray for blessings. Isn't it just because my father is a scholar and pays attention to reputation and filial piety that you bully us unscrupulously? My brother is not a good one, in case something happens, he can apologize and solve it. Chen Xuejiao said loudly to Mrs. Chen.

Old Man Chen's face turned red and he frowned.

In this matter, Mr. Chen was also dissatisfied with Mrs. Chen, and he beat and scolded, but the boss just didn't let go, he had to go to the church. Now everyone is discussing a solution, but Chen Xuejiao choked and grabbed a blank slate. In the eyes of Old Man Chen, Mrs. Chen is in the next step, she is also an elder, Chen Xuejiao is a junior, and she is a girl, how can she be polite to the elders.

"We don't accept apologies, we can do what we need to do." Chen Xuejiao added.

Old Man Chen glanced at Chen Xuejiao fiercely, she wanted to force the old lady to death. It's all the Chen family. The arm was broken, hidden in the sleeve, but she was about to flip out, and she was going to flip it bigger.

"Oh, boss, I was really wrong, my mother was really wrong, you forgive me for this...... That He Xiangu was a thief who died, and deliberately ran to fool me, and blamed me, if I didn't have this heart, she couldn't fool me, boss, why did I hurt you when I was a child, do you remember, it's not easy to raise you, it's not easy for you to study, you have to go to school, which is not made by me, I'm old now, confused, I will also taste it yesterday, Qi An is the eldest grandson of our Chen family, no one can take away his gains, and when the time comes, our family will get land and houses to Qi An, and others don't want to think about it...... Boss, can you forgive your mother..."Old Mrs. Chen suddenly arched her hand at Chen Xiucai, crying and repenting.

If you don't know how to win people, you must think that Mrs. Chen is crying pitifully.

In the past, she disdained to do this, but now it is different, Chen Xiucai insisted on not letting go, and insisted that she pass the court, so she committed herself to plead. However, Chen Xuejiao has a very thorough grasp of Mrs. Chen's character, she is now facing a crisis, put down her body in order to protect herself, and once the crisis is contacted, she will hate Dafang more than before, and I don't know what else to do.

Unlike before, when he encountered Mrs. Chen's sloppy play, Chen Xiucai looked embarrassed, but today Chen Xiucai was extremely determined, and without waiting for Mrs. Chen to finish crying, she stood up and wanted to leave the upper room.

"I'll be over in two days, and I'll personally accompany you then." Chen Xiucai threw down this sentence and left. (To be continued......)