In the past two days, Chen Xuejiao's family has been discussing moving.

They moved to the town to live, the west wing and the homestead still belong to the upper house, and the salted duck egg workshop is still placed at the north end of the vegetable garden. If the scale is expanded in the future, Chen Xuejiao will discuss with Li and others, and simply renovate the three rooms in the west wing, open the back half of the wall, add a few more windows, and add a few more layers of thatch on the top to transform it into a ventilated and shady duck egg warehouse.

Li and Chen Xiucai thought about it for a while and agreed, and when they walked out of this door, they didn't plan to come back to live.

Since you are moving, you have to inform the upper room.

I don't know if I can pass the level of Mr. Chen, Mr. Chen is old, he values family affection the most, and he likes to get together with a large family to be lively and lively in his daily life. This year, the big house and the third room were separated one after another, which hit Old Man Chen a lot, and the whole person was a few years older.

At this time, if Dafang proposes to move to the town, I am afraid that the first person to oppose it is Old Man Chen.

However, Old Man Chen is always a reasonable person, he is reluctant to let his son move away, once Chen Xiucai gives him a clear reason, he will support him on the surface.

If Old Man Chen nodded in agreement, the rest of the people in the upper room would not dare to object.

Thinking about it, except for Old Man Chen, the other people in the upper room wish that the big house and the Chen family's compound were as far away as possible.

There was news from the house in the town that if Chen Xiucai was willing to sign the deed of sale immediately, he would press down five taels of silver.

The middleman they found to buy the house was still Fei Laoliu, the toothman who helped Chen Xuejiao buy land last time.

It turned out that the owner of the house had made a fortune in Jinling. The family moved to the past, and the wealthy merchant died of illness on the river early last year, leaving behind two sons and his wife. Children are young. Mrs. Mian is a careless person, but the eldest son is a loser. Playing Oiran in the Qinglou offended the children of the noble family, and caused a lawsuit, the people did not fight with the officials, and the family business in the big business was not worthy of an official family. When I came out, I was already lying flat and out of breath, and how much silver I used to pour ginseng soup was not fatal. Didn't pull his life back from Hades.

The rest of the wives and young sons, orphans and widows, sold the big house in Jinling, and they were afraid that the old family would take the opportunity to annex the house in Baitu Town, so they thought about selling. The mother and son got money better than anything else. There is still a shop in Jinling, and this life can go on. When the people in the tribe saw that the man was dead, the eldest child was wasted, and the child was young, who didn't want to strip the two fat sheep in a circle, and wanted to keep the price low, and the orphans and widows would not change hands when they saw the low price, and the house naturally fell into the hands of the clansmen. Chen Xiucai is in Yuhang. I know a lot of Xu Guozhi's notices, and it just so happens that one of them lives in Jinling. So he wrote a letter to him, directly with the orphans and widows, not very low price, two into the yard, shed well platform yard garden everything is complete, the price was originally eighty taels, because Chen Xiucai did not sign the sales contract, the orphan and widow gritted their teeth, rather than being swallowed by the clansmen, it is better to sell to others.

Chen Xiucai listened to Fei Laoliu's words, so he discussed it with the Li family and a few children, the house, eighty taels has been sold at a low price, and the family is in trouble, this person who has no ups and downs in his life, he doesn't want seventy-five taels of silver, counting the furniture, he added twenty taels, a total of one hundred taels of silver to buy.

Chen Xiucai paid the fixed money, and within two days, Fei Lao Liu took the deed, went to the yamen to redeem the huàn together, and paid off the rest of the money. All these silver coins were exchanged into bills, and the servants who came from Jinling to deal with the ancestral property were brought over. Later, I heard that the widow had taken her young son to a small courtyard on the outskirts of the city, and had only brought two old servants with her, and looked at a shop, which was worthy of life. The old servant read Chen Xiucai's benefits, and when he left, he was going to invite Chen Xiucai to eat and drink, but Chen Xiucai politely refused.

When the deed was taken back, everyone took turns to touch it in their hands, which was the largest permanent property of the Chen family in addition to the land.

After listening to the story of the wealthy businessman in Jinling, Li sighed: "Once everything is impermanent, people's hearts are much more sinister, and how can they not be bullied if they leave orphans and widows." ”

As she spoke, tears fell, and she remembered the news that in May and June, Chen Xiucai fell into the water and died. I don't know if it's true or not, so Mrs. Chen forced her to remarry, and some lonely women in the village openly and secretly ridiculed her Kefu, and she couldn't sleep at night with a few children. Thanks to her husband's return, otherwise, their life would be as miserable as this, and the orphans and widows in Jinling still have a place to stay, and when they come to her, they are afraid that they will not even be able to find a thatched shed.

Chen Xiucai and a few children saw Li's red eyes and knew what she was thinking.

"I won't let you be wronged in the future." Chen Xiucai suddenly reached out and grabbed Li's hand.

There are still a few children around, Li glanced at her husband, and her heart seemed to be filled with honey.

Chen Xuejiao covered her mouth and smiled.

Chen Xiucai has been running outside since he was young, and things like this Jinling rich man are no longer uncommon, except for sighing and throwing it away. I was only happy to buy a two-entry house so cheaply, and when I moved in in the future, my wife and children would no longer be pickled in the upper room. He originally thought that he would buy a small yard with a shed and a well for 200 taels, and the family would be able to live in it, but he didn't expect the new house to be bigger twice.

immediately smiled and said: "I moved, I still have some capital left in my hand, and I plan to sell cotton and send it to the alpine places in the north." ”

Xuzhou Mansion is located in the Central Plains, the cotton produced is light and dense, with a very low cost to buy a large amount of cotton, sell to the cold north, change hands can catch a sum.

In the past, Chen Xiucai taught in a private school every day, and when he went out in person, he found that there were many ways to earn silver, silk from the south, cotton from the Central Plains, and fur from the outside of the plug, all of which were good things for making silver.

"Dad, can you take me there?" Chen Xuejiao is ready to move.

In addition to wanting to make money, Chen Xuejiao's greatest wish is to appreciate the great rivers and mountains of this era.

"This," Chen Xiucai muttered.

Although this era does not restrict her daughter from going out, it is not a trivial matter to do business outside, and the wind and rain come and go, in case of risk, the unarmed girl's family will suffer after all. This daughter of mine is indeed courageous and smart. Ten people's hearts and eyes are not as good as hers, but no matter what, she is just a child. Where can you beat the adults?

"How old are you, I don't feel at ease if you go out with your father" Li glanced at Chen Xuejiao.

After some discussion, the family went to the upper room with some food.

Everyone in the upper room was there, and Old Man Chen was sitting on the bed smoking a cigarette, and when he saw them coming in, he was busy ordering Zhao to serve tea.

"A yard to live in. You're welcome? Mrs. Chen suddenly said.

Zhao looked at Old Man Chen, and then at Old Lady Chen.

"We're not thirsty, we're all family. No need to serve tea. Li waved his hand again and again.

Chen Xiucai and the others told Shangfang about moving to the town, and Chen Xuejiao carefully observed everyone's expressions.

Sure enough, when Old Man Chen heard the news, his face stiffened. Hands shook a few times. Smoking a cigarette pouch, I didn't finish for a long time, and the room was full of spicy fireworks.

Zhao stood beside Mrs. Chen with low eyebrows, without any waves on her face.

Zhang pulled his throat and said: "Sister-in-law, you are going to the town to enjoy happiness, oops, your life is getting better and better, Xue Ru will marry the Han family in the future." Big brother is out in business, and you have a sewing shop and a duck egg shop. Qi An will be a slaughterer for officials in the future, and you will only have to be a rich wife with ten fingers that do not touch the spring water. ”

Because the Li family gave her two pieces of cloth two days ago, Zhang's eyebrows smiled and patted the sycophants one by one: "When can I have such a good life as my sister-in-law, I heard Grandma Xianglian next door say that the sister-in-law has ten fingertips, and she is a rich person from keeping up." ”

Listening to Li's numbness, Zhang's thoughts hung on his face, and he couldn't hide it from everyone, her south wing room was stuffy in summer and cold in winter, and she always wanted to change places, she had the idea of hitting the north wing. Although the north wing room is not as good as the upper room, it can not stand the big room will live, the house has just been renovated in autumn, the walls and roof are new, and it is comfortable to live in.

"Ahem." Mrs. Chen glanced at Zhang, who was still afraid of her mother-in-law, so she closed her mouth immediately.

When Zhao was touting the Li family, Zhao raised his head and glanced at the Li family, which happened to touch Chen Xuejiao's gaze. Zhao's heart is uncomfortable, where did she see the big house in the eyes in the past, but now life is getting better day by day, she went to Xuzhou Mansion for a long time, and when she came back, she heard that the big house made a fortune, she still thought it was a blind rumor, and waited to see the jokes, but I didn't expect that people bought a house in the town without saying a word all their lives, and the family was going to move away.

It's that she is in Xuzhou Mansion, and it doesn't mean that she will buy a house when she buys a house, and the house she lives in now is still rented by Xue Yao with her body.

"Big brother, are you really rich? The house is said to be bought, it can be seen that you have a lot of family wealth, big brother, you are not kind, wow, I borrowed a few capital from you to do business, you don't want to" Chen Zichang sat next to Old Man Chen, licking his face.

Chen Xuejiao could see clearly, as soon as Chen Zichang finished saying this, Mrs. Chen stretched her face.

Chen Zichang took charge of the rice shop under Xueyao's plate to sell goods from the north and south, he and Chen Zigui have never run this kind of business, honestly sell rice and noodles, have to buy goods from the north and south, sell red dates, walnuts and peanuts and melon seeds, these things are not easy to store, no sophisticated person to operate and pick up moldy insects, into thousands of catties of dry goods, sell half and throw half, a day of loss is like a day, and dare not say to Xue Yao, afraid that Xue Yao will finally collect the shop.

"Master, although we moved to the town, this will always be our home, and we will often come to see grandma." Chen Xuejiao saw that the tobacco in Old Man Chen's cigarette nest was burned out, so she walked over and took the cigarette pouch, filled it with tobacco, re-lit it and handed it to Old Man Chen.

Old Man Chen took two puffs of cigarette vigorously: "Since your house is set, it doesn't hurt to move, it's right in the town, and it's convenient to come back when you want." The eldest man's house is already small, and the children are also older, so the north wing can't be opened, so it's better to move to the town. ”

As soon as Old Man Chen spoke, everyone was silent.

Chen Xuejiao's family breathed a sigh of relief, chatted with Old Man Chen for a few more words, and then wanted to get up and say goodbye.

Just as the family walked to the door, Mrs. Chen, who had always been silent, suddenly spoke: "The boss moves, I don't agree." ”

Everyone looked at each other, and Chen Xuejiao's family stopped walking out and looked back at Mrs. Chen together.

"Boss, I have treated you badly all these years, you had a rash when you were nine years old, who guarded you and never slept all night, you are rich now, you left me as a stepmother, right?"

Here it is again, the old past is here again, Chen Xuejiao stroked her forehead and sighed.

The incident mentioned in Mrs. Chen's mouth is Chen Xiucai's ruthless warmth for Mrs. Chen, and Mrs. Chen also knows this, and every time she encounters something that wants Chen Xiucai to compromise and bow her head, she turns this matter upside down.

This trick is more clever than the elixir, and Chen Xiucai compromises every time.

Li Shi, Chen Xuejiao, Chen Xueru, Chen Qilin, and Chen Qi'an looked at Chen Xiucai together.

Chen Xiucai's face was very ugly, and his eyes were full of pain and helplessness.

Fight with me, a hint of pride flashed in Mrs. Chen's eyes.

"Boss, you can't be arrogant after making a few bucks, you just renovated the North Wing this autumn, and you live well, you are going to move to the town. You are slapping me in the face, it's not easy for me to be a stepmother, you're gone, people outside don't know how to tease me, boss, you have no conscience, you just have the idea of letting the people in our village poke me in the back......"

Mrs. Chen's heart is on this, she oppresses the big house while asking for a virtuous reputation. When the boss split up, Mrs. Chen's reputation was already stinky, and now the big house is going to move to the town, and the discerning person will know at a glance that it was forced by this stepmother.

"Milk, we moved to live in the town, but the usual filial piety will not change." Chen Xuejiao gently intercepted Mrs. Chen's words, "Besides, don't do bad things and don't be afraid of ghosts knocking on the door, we all remember your kindness to my father, and the people in the village also see it, whether we live in the town or in Maoshan Village, it will not affect this layer." ”

Mrs. Chen was speechless by this sentence.

Li Shi echoed on the side: "Mother, what Xue Jiao said is also what we think in our hearts. ”

"You can move, this yard is mine, you don't want to move anything, you have the ability to move the salted duck egg workshop." Mrs. Chen saw that it was useless to break crooked reasoning, so she came hard.

"Milk, when the family was separated, it was clearly written on the red and white deed, the north wing house belonged to our big house, and the land north of the vegetable garden was also ours. If there is something that you don't understand, you can ask Brother Qi Lin to read the deed of separation to you, it will be on the national platform. Chen Xuejiao said lightly.

"You girl actually want my strong eldest daughter-in-law, you can move if you want, the daughter-in-law should serve her mother-in-law, you serve me a few times since you divide the family, if you move to the town, set up the rules." Old Mrs. Chen pointed at Li Shidao.

"Okay, I don't have any opinions." Li suddenly spoke, "If my mother wants me to serve, then follow us to the town." ”

"You" Mrs. Chen pointed at Li, panting out of breath. (To be continued......)