After a long period of sailing, Wen Hui finally arrived in the capital when the Chinese New Year was approaching. The main reason is that she has been in Shanghai City and Qingyang City for too long, so when Wen Hui arrived in the capital, she found that the capital was already a New Year's flavor. Wen Hui couldn't help but think of the year she spent on Yizhou Island.

Although there are only her and her brother and sister-in-law in Yizhou Island, but it is very warm, to be precise, it is very comfortable, as soon as she returns to the Central Plains, that sense of freedom is gone, she has not yet entered Beijing, just in Shanghai, Huzhou around a circle, has smelled a strong sense of instability. Regarding the change of storage positions, even the peasants in the countryside south of the Yangtze River are watching, and those rich businessmen and eunuchs are even more uneasy. Some of them followed Yan Songbai before, and the fall of Yan Songbai gave them a big blow, and some of them followed Chen Yuanheng, and later, after the fourth prince Liu Yan came to Jiangnan, they were given the opportunity to tie up with Liu Yan, and now that the prince has fallen, Liu Yan has the greatest opportunity, these people have begun to have a sweet dream, what a beautiful thing it is to be able to befriend the future emperor, there are many families who are already thinking about how to take advantage of the situation to develop their own family after the fourth prince Liu Yan ascends the throne in the future.

Shanghai City is quite good, after all, this is a commercial city, less sensitive to politics, now the most exciting thing in Shanghai City is the opening of the Nanyang Trade Road, this Nanyang place is vast, rich in products, often there are some strange things through the guò sea road to Shanghai City, because the officials and businessmen of Shanghai City are more concerned about Nanyang.

When Chen Wenhui was thinking about this, Cui Qiao beside her was already reminding her: "Girl, the boat is about to dock, I just saw that there is a carriage on the shore to pick us up, and standing at the front are Chen Cai's housekeeper and his wife." ”

When Chen Wenhui heard this, her spirit was shocked, and she was busy putting on a cloak of red feather satin inlaid with mink fur, putting on a hood, and walking out of the cabin. It's cold outside, Chen Wenhui is used to the warmth of the south of the Yangtze River and the subtropical scenery of Yizhou Island, which is still after wearing it. The first time I came to the north, I was in the coldest wax moon, and I suddenly felt a little uncomfortable.

In fact, Chen Wenhui was wearing a very thick one, with a small pink brocade jacket of new cotton wool inside, a down jacket with feather satin on the outside, and a feather satin coat, mink fur lining, and a mank fur cloak, but the biting cold wind still made Wen Hui shiver. This place in the capital really doesn't make Wen Hui like it.

Cui Qiao, who was waiting on the side, was very eye-catching, and hurriedly handed the prepared purple gold small hand stove to Wen Hui's little hand, which was already cold.

The warm hand stove helped Wen Hui resist some of the cold, and Wen Hui was wearing red deerskin cloud digging boots on her feet, with thick mink fur inside. Therefore, it is not cold under the feet, and it is natural to walk briskly, Wen Hui was surrounded by the guards of the maid and the mother-in-law, and the master Wu Lixia took the hand and slowly walked off the boat. As soon as he arrived on the shore, Chen Cai's family had already surrounded the maid like a gust of wind, and asked with a smile: "The girl has worked hard all the way, has it been cold in the north just now?" It had just snowed the day before yesterday. Although there is no snow today, but the weather in the north, the snow is not cold, and the snow is cold, so it is very cold today, so hurry up and go to the carriage first, right? I had already prepared a hand stove and foot stove on the carriage. It's smoky and warm. ”

Wen Hui smiled and said, "Mother Chen has worked hard, I don't feel cold now." Are your father and mother okay? ”

Chen Caijia smiled more kindly and said: "The third master and the third lady are very good, don't worry, the girl got the letter the day before yesterday and knew that the girl could arrive today." I specially sent my husband and wife to pick us up, and they were all waiting at home. ”

Wen Hui walked and talked to Chen Cai's family: "Listening to my mother's name, is our family living in a big mansion now?" ”

The smile on Chen Caijia's face froze for a moment, and then he said, "Yes, we can't hide anything from the girl, and now we are going to the mansion in Tianshuijing Hutong." ”

On this side, Wen Hui had already walked to the side of the carriage, and glanced at it casually, Chen Wenhui found that the carriage of his family was a bought carriage, not custom-made, and the carriage was not marked with the mark of Chen's house, but the carriage was still exquisite, Wen Hui thought while getting into the car, it seems that his family is not doing well in Chen's mansion, and he did not use the carriage of the Chen family's mansion to pick him up, but used the carriage bought by his own family. This carriage must have been purchased by my mother after she arrived in the capital. The Chen family's mansion is a generation of hairpin nobles, and there have been imperial concubines, so don't they equip their parents with carriages? This is blatant neglect.

While thinking, he had already gotten into the carriage, followed by the personal maid Cuiqiao, Chen Wenhui looked at the space in the car, and found that it was not very large, and it could accommodate about four or five people, but it was smoked warm, there were tables, soft couches, and even a small cabinet for putting things. Chen Wenhui nodded with satisfaction and said, "Cuiqiao, go down first, there must be a car prepared for you, you ask Chen's mother to come up and serve." ”

Cui Qiao understood that this was her own girl who wanted to take advantage of the carriage back to the mansion to inquire about the news from Chen Cai's family. Busy getting out of the carriage and letting Chen Cai's family get on the carriage to serve, he and Bilian went to sit in the carriage prepared for them.

As soon as Chen Cai's family got in the car, they were busy pouring tea and preparing pastries. Chen Wenhui said: "Mom don't be busy, I just used some snacks on the boat, you sit and we talk, you tell me about our family in the capital now." ”

Chen Cai's family agreed, and while putting the foot stove at Chen Wenhui's feet, he said: "Girl, the lord received the holy decree and hurried to the capital, it was my family head who served him, and he was assigned a heavy responsibility as soon as he came, and became the farmer of the Ministry of Industry. We stayed in the mansion. Later, I waited for my wife to come to the capital, and my wife was also very busy, and she didn't come back for many years, and relatives and friends had to move around. I didn't free up my hands to buy a house, and this is the end of the year, where can I move out for the New Year, and I just live like this. ”

Wen Hui frowned and asked, "Is that mother still used to living in the mansion?" ”

Chen Caijia said: "We still live in the mansion, our former rejuvenation courtyard, and the things are still our own, and we have lived there for more than ten years before we didn't go to Jiangnan, so we are naturally familiar." We have been outside for the past few years, but our rejuvenation courtyard is all left by the lady to watch the house, so every qiē is still the same as in the old days. Also, there is no change in the people in the house, we are all acquainted, the difference is that we are returning to the hometown this time, in previous years, we sent people to the heads of the houses in the capital to give New Year's gifts, so the people in each room now treat us better than when we went to Jiangnan. ”

Wen Hui's brows furrowed even more, and said, "It's better than when we went to Jiangnan, that is, it's not as good as our previous life in Huzhou?" ”

Chen Caijia smiled and said: "My good girl, you are really glassy, you can't hide it at all, although your life is much better than before, but where can you compare it with when you were in Huzhou." When he was in Huzhou, our lord was the assassin and the biggest official in Huzhou, where could he have covered him, that is, later there were three provincial patrols, which were still the four princes, and they were close to our house, so everyone in our house from Mrs. to us was held. But what about in the capital? Although our lord is a second-grade Beijing official, holding real power, and being deeply valued by the emperor, this is the capital, a product, and the princes and nobles are all over the place, so naturally it will be able to compare with the time in Huzhou. ”

Wen Hui nodded. This is natural, this is what it means that it is difficult to be a Beijing official, maybe any vegetable seller has something to do with which prince and noble. Thinking of this, Wen Hui asked again: "Then what about us in the mansion?" Has anyone bullied our family? ”

Chen Caijia said with a smile: "Where is someone bullying us, after we sold the patent before, we gave 100,000 taels of silver to this mansion, but it made life in the mansion much better." Later, we promised to give the family 20,000 taels of silver a year. Hey, we don't need 20,000 taels of silver a year. ”

Wen Hui has been living on Yizhou Island for several years, and she is not very clear about these housework, but at this moment, after listening to Chen Cai's family, she understands why her family is independent this time, and the uncles and grandmothers of the mansion did not make trouble, because their parents had given them enough silver before.

Wen Hui thought of this and said to Chen Cai's family: "It's really a black claw to make money for a white paw flower." We worked so hard to make money, but we didn't spend it ourselves, and we gave it to them to spend. It's really unfair that they don't succeed enough and lose more than they do, and they spend money on it. Wen Hui will definitely not say these words to others, but Chen Cai's family is different, she is the housekeeper in the house, she used to be her mother's dowry maid, and later married Chen Cai, one is the big housekeeper in the house, and the other is the housekeeper in the house, and has made outstanding contributions to the prosperity of the Xiao Chen family. Moreover, the three brothers and sisters of the Chen family grew up under the watchful eye of the Chen Cai family, and the three of their brothers and sisters are very close to the Chen Cai family.

When Chen Caijia heard Wen Hui's words, he also showed a look of approval and said, "Isn't it? Originally, according to the rules of the capital, the old lady should not be separated when he is still alive, since there is no separation, naturally the expenses of our three rooms should also be on the public account. However, before we left Beijing, the old lady took the old lady and divided the family, and divided the land, shops, and business into three parts except for the mansion in the public school, the old lady, the old lady, the eldest master, and the second master, and our lord had nothing. Not to mention, at the beginning, the official positions of the eldest lord and the second lord were all paid for by the public in the house, but Yu Lu was personally owned. But when it came to our third master, the money we used to go out of Beijing to seek foreign appointments was all used by our wife's own dowry money. We don't divide the family, we spend money to spend our own, and now that we have money, they are shy to ask for the family, which is really embarrassing. ”

Chen Wenhui was very relieved when she heard this.

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