Wu Lixia also smiled and said, "Needless to say, Hui'er, you must have understood my aunt's intentions?" ”

Chen Wenhui easily stopped laughing and said: "Master, your aunt is really a talent, if you go directly to do this thing, of course you can do it, but it must be a lot of effort, and the younger brothers and sisters will also suffer more." Now, I guess this aunt of yours must have done it right away as soon as she got out of the horse, right? ”

Wu Lixia said: "Hehe, I didn't understand what my aunt meant by saying this, but when I looked at the stepmother's face, I knew that it was still necessary for the aunt to say this, because the child's stepmother, her face was scared for a while, and she was reluctant to give up these gifts for a while. Looking at her like that, she should be a very greedy person, and she wants to push these gifts out of her hand all of a sudden, and the flesh on her face hurts. It's funny. ”

Chen Wenhui said: "Haha, okay, at this time, the time has come, and it is estimated that it is time to get to the point." ”

Wu Lixia glanced at Chen Wenhui with admiration and said: "Exactly, I haven't spoken, at this time, my aunt said our intentions, said that I have been widowed for many years, and I also have some property, and I could have succeeded my brother's children, but my brother's family is now an official eunuch's house, where is there a child to be passed out, so I want to find one in the group and fall in love with these two children of their family." ”

Chen Wenhui said: "The stepmother of the younger brothers and sisters listened, and they must put up a shelf? ”

Wu Lixia said: "It seems that you are in front of you, as soon as she heard this, she immediately put up a shelf and said a car, probably because she came to this house very hard, and there are many children." With these two motherless children, she took a lot of effort, and the family spent a lot of money to support these two children. The children she gave birth to herself had to eat the bad ones, and the good ones were left to the Wu Jun brothers and sisters. I was going to blow up when I heard it. The two children were kneeling in the courtyard, dying, and their clothes were all tattered, uneven in length, all old clothes. The girl's legs were half exposed. Why is she embarrassed to open her eyes and tell nonsense? ”

Chen Wenhui said: "This woman is really disgusting, but your aunt must have a way to deal with her." ”

Wu Lixia smiled and said, "Exactly, I'm just angry." There's no way at all, the child belongs to someone else's, if she doesn't give it, can I still snatch it? At this time, my aunt was not in a hurry to say, I know that you feel sorry for the child, treat the child as if it were your own, and you must be reluctant to give it away, so let's do it, a certain family in the clan. There are many children, and people are willing not to give us a penny in vain. We've seen that kid too. Looks very thoughtful. When the stepmother heard this, she immediately became anxious, and hurriedly said, that child is not good, not as good as her two children, let's think about it again. She would rather not have money, as long as she is good to the child. That family gives one child, she can give two, a boy and a girl. How wonderful. I was about to say yes, but my aunt looked at me. I didn't dare to say anything. The sister-in-law said that the two children would cost two dollars. Especially Wu Fen, a girl, even if she was raised with hard work, it is useless, and she has to accompany a dowry, which is not cost-effective, it is better to have a child in that family, that child is small, she doesn't remember things, and she is raised with it, just like her own. The stepmother was in a hurry, said a bunch of good things, and asked the mother-in-law next to her to go over, helped the two children up, fed them water to drink, and fed leftover rice soup to drink, so that they could come to me as a gift, so as to prove that these children are very good. I looked at the poor child who was dying, I really couldn't help it, fortunately, my aunt had a way, and said to her, for the sake of her sincerity, I would give her a chance, and now I will go to the ancestral hall, her family is already there, if you want to step the child, go to the step-paperwork now. It just so happened that the patriarch was there too. ”

Chen Wenhui said: "Master, this aunt is really powerful, just a three-inch tongue, and she will do things well for you." ”

Wu Lixia said: "Yes, this stepmother is very anxious, afraid that we will regret it, and followed us out, and when we arrived at the ancestral hall, my nephew had already told the patriarch and the useless cousin, the cousin was afraid of his wife, and said that she had to write a stepbook with her wife's consent, and she was frozen there, we brought his wife over, and his wife said on the spot that she wanted him to write a stepbook. He immediately wrote obediently, as if the children were not his own, and we were all very angry. My nephew held back his anger, and when the paper was written, he gave him five hundred taels of silver, which was the hard-earned money they had raised for so many years. They didn't expect to get money, but they just thought that they could get rid of two burdens and eat with two less, and they were happy, and they were overjoyed when they saw that they could get five hundred taels of silver. The child's stepmother couldn't help but say on the spot, now that the child is fine, he can buy another 20 acres of land, and the family can live better now. ”

Chen Wenhui said: "Your nephew is a smart person, this money must not be given for nothing?" ”

Wu Lixia said: "You are still smart and guessed right." I originally brought a lot of money, and the five hundred taels is a small matter, and if I can do this thing well with five hundred taels, it can be regarded as a smooth lì. As soon as I took out the five hundred taels of silver tickets, I heard my nephew say that the five hundred taels could not be given for nothing, and that they should agree to a condition and write a document, that is, they would never be able to visit these two children in the future, nor could they recognize their relatives, because if they passed the line, they would have to cut off the relationship with the children forever. The husband and wife didn't say a word, they immediately wrote the paperwork, and happily took the paperwork and left. I hurriedly sent my mother-in-law to pick up the children, asked for a doctor, took medicine to see a doctor, and recuperated for a while before returning to the capital. ”

Chen Wenhui said: "Well, it's done very neatly, the elder here, as well as your nephew, have made great efforts, and the master can't forget them." ”

Wu Lixia said: "Jian Dadu said that my nephew is not very old, but he is very good, I went to the child's house, and they went to find the patriarch together." They prepared gifts for the patriarchs. Our patriarch was an open-eyed man, and he had always been very polite to my eldest brother, so he was very polite to my nephew, and now that he had received a gift, he immediately called the child's father over and coerced and lured. Later, the formalities were very smooth, because of the help of the patriarch, and my nephew also took the name of my eldest brother to see the people in the yamen, and when he became a file, he completed all the formalities in one day, and the next day, the patriarch also held a general meeting of the whole clan, and it was the genealogy that changed the two children to my name, and now the children should be called my mother, and they have nothing to do with their parents. ”

Chen Wenhui said: "Your nephew is not only skilled, reliable, but also very far-sighted, so you spent five hundred taels to let the pair of parents sign the paperwork, so that after a few years, the child is older, and they go to find the child, even if it is an autumn breeze, it is disgusting." ”

Wu Lixia nodded and said, "Well, Jian Da said the same thing." Speaking of which, my nephew and niece are very smart. After her niece married into Jane's family, she had children, got along well with her mother-in-law and father-in-law, and the husband and wife were also harmonious. This nephew hasn't been married yet. ”

Chen Wenhui said: "This nephew of yours is the eldest nephew, right? Now there are twenty, right? Why haven't you been married yet? ”

Wu Lixia said: "There are no twenty or nineteen, and they are also old, and there are many people who say that they are relatives, after all, his father is a fourth-grade official." But my nephew has no talent for reading, and his martial arts practice is only mediocre, and he doesn't have my eldest brother's talent for martial arts. Therefore, I have not achieved much now, and I have always stayed at home, helping my eldest brother take care of the affairs of the family, and sometimes helping my eldest brother to do some things in the yamen. ”

Chen Wenhui said: "Then your aunt and elder, how can the master thank her?" ”

Wu Lixia said: "After the matter was done, I gave the patriarch a red envelope of 100 taels of silver, thanked the patriarch, and donated 2,000 taels of silver to the clan, and bought a sacrificial field for the clan, so that I would help the poor families in the clan in the future." My nephew taught me to do these things, and after I did it, not only did the patriarch thank me, but everyone in the clan praised me, and there was no discussion about me starting a family independently and having stepchildren. I think it's worth it. I also gave her a hundred taels of silver, and four pieces of silk and two pieces of red gold. As a result, the lady did not accept the gift, but told me something. ”

Chen Wenhui asked, "Oh? What's the matter? ”

Wu Lixia said: "My aunt said that her son has nothing to do at home, and he is quite smart, and the family only has dozens of acres of thin fields, thinking that she wants more income to support her grandson, so she asked me to find something for her son to do." Listening to what she meant, I really wanted my son to be the shopkeeper in my wedding shop. ”

Chen Wenhui said: "The request made by this elder is not impossible, it's just that her son's character and talent are not clear, it is better to do this, you first let her son work in the wedding shop for a period of time, and then go to the wedding shop in the capital, we observe for a period of time, if it is a talent, I have another important use, if it is unbearable, when the time comes, he will be worthy of him if he is sealed with a hundred taels of silver and sent back." ”

Wu Lixia said: "What I discussed with my nephew was that the gift to my aunt was still given to her, and her son was arranged in Deqing's wedding shop. If the girl has other arrangements, I will write a letter and ask him to come to the capital. He was willing. ”

Chen Wenhui nodded and said, "Okay, master, you can write a letter." In addition, I also want to discuss something with you, after listening to what the master said, I think that your nephew is very smart and a talent, it is better to let him go to Xinguang City, Yizhou Island, Nanyang, and help my brother, if he does a good job, he will have a future in the future. ”

Wu Lixia was overjoyed. (To be continued)

ps: Two shifts today, three shifts tomorrow