Although Shen Rui did not ask about the details of Shen Luo's death, he had heard it in the past six months. During the Chung Yeung Festival outing, he had an accident while riding a horse, fell off the horse and was seriously injured, and died.

However, there is something about Qiao Yongde, and Shen Rui has heard of it for the first time.

"The second wife didn't anger the Qiao family?" Shen Rui asked.

Even if Shen Luo's accident is not related to the Qiao family, but the two cousins went out, one was intact, and the other died, with the temperament of the second wife, it is not like she is not angry.

Chunyan lowered her voice and said: "I heard that the second wife went back to her parents' house to ask for an explanation, shouting and shouting and killing, and broke up unhappily...... Later, the eldest uncle of the Qiao family came over, and he was also looking for the second master to speak, but he didn't dare to see the second wife...... After the year, the second wife went back to Qiao's house twice, and then there was a relationship......"

This is in line with Shen Rui's impression, although many people from the Shen family came to the door before and after the Chinese New Year, they never saw the Qiao family coming.

In the eyes of the Qiao family, the old lady of the Qiao family is an elder, and even if the relationship between the two families is stiff, there is no reason for the elders to bow their heads first. It wasn't until the second wife took the initiative to return to her parents' house that the two families resumed contact.

The inner courtyard of Qiao's house, the upper room.

Mrs. Qiao sat on the kang, looked at Qiao Yongde and Qiao Yongshan, and said with hatred: "What did you tell you before, so you ran out of the house without waiting for the banquet to start?" Is this to hand over someone, or to offend someone? ”

Looking at Qiao Yongde's appearance with his neck straight, Mrs. Qiao didn't know that it must be this fifth grandson who committed it again, but she was reluctant to scold him, so she only glared at Qiao Yongshan and said, "Sixth brother, how do you take care of your fifth brother?" I rambled on those things in the morning, and you made such a mistake......"

Qiao Yongshan lowered his head and did not answer.

He is the younger brother, Qiao Yongde is the elder brother, only the elder brother is in charge of the younger brother, and there is no younger brother in charge of the elder brother, it makes no sense for the old lady to say this. It's just that his grandmother has always been partial, his father and mother are not there, and there is no place to complain about grievances, so he can only bear it.

Mrs. Qiao glared at her son and said, "Old lady, the sixth brother has always been sensible, where is the sixth brother's fault?" In the final analysis, the sixth brother is still the one who is implicated......"

Qiao Yongde frowned and said, "Grandmother, mother, even if those two boys become the heirs of the Shen family, they are the only ones who want to confront us, why do you want to confront them?" ”

Seeing that he was so ignorant, Mrs. Qiao said helplessly: "It's just a relative's walking...... Shen Rui and Shen Jue are both good, you will be cousins in the future, you are as old as ever, and you are close to ......."

"Not bad? But the two native buns from the countryside are on the shelf, one speaks meanly, and the other has no one in his eyes......" Qiao Yongde snorted coldly.

When Mrs. Qiao heard this, she was unhappy: "What? Those two boys gave you face? ”

"It's not that he doesn't care about us at all, he just cares about talking to other families" Thinking of the daytime scene, Qiao Yongde couldn't hide his shame on his face.

At this time, even Mrs. Qiao's face was heavy.

The relationship between the Qiao and Shen families has long existed in name only, and now the Qiao family has taken the initiative to post it.

Old Mrs. Qiao said to herself: "Could it be that the Xu family privately instructed ......"

Mrs. Qiao looked at Qiao Yongshan and said, "Sixth brother, the two brothers of the Shen family are really only close to others and ignore your brothers?" ”

Qiao Yongshan looked at Qiao Yongde, very speechless.

Obviously, it was Qiao Yongde who provoked first, but now he is beating back.

Although Qiao Yongshan knew that he would offend his cousin if he told the truth, and his grandmother who was short of him might not be at ease, he was fifteen years old, far away from his parents and alone in Beijing, and his mind was more mature than that of ordinary teenagers, and he knew that the relationship between the Qiao and Shen families was already in jeopardy, and it was really not appropriate to have any misunderstandings.

My own uncle is not motivated, so he can continue to mix with the six departments; His father is in Jiangnan officialdom, but he needs the Shen family's protection.

Therefore, Qiao Yongshan did not directly answer Mrs. Qiao's words, but told today's scene from beginning to end.

Starting from the ten people entering the side hall, they greeted each other and ordered the new year, and then Yang Zhongyan talked to Shen Qin and Shen Bao, He Taizhi chatted with the Tian brothers, and Shen Rui and Shen Jue entertained the two of them......

Qiao Yongde's words and the response of the Shen family brothers, he told them all over again, until the cousin kicked Xiao Ji away and chased him out of the Shen family. He only made a statement from the perspective of a bystander, and did not add or subtract.

Shen Yongde was beside him, embarrassed, and opened his mouth to stop it, but was stopped by Mrs. Qiao.

After listening to Qiao Yongshan's narration, Mrs. Qiao and Mrs. Qiao's faces were ugly.

Even if she spoiled her grandson, Mrs. Qiao knew that today's incident was Qiao Yongde's mistake. not only offended the Shen brothers, but also made several other families see the joke.

Among several in-laws, it is clear that the Qiao family is the closest to the Shen family, not other families.

The old lady glanced at Qiao Yongde, who was full of mistakes, and then at Qiao Yongshan, and had to admit that she was wrong, so she shouldn't have brought her fifth grandson over. If there was only Qiao Yongshan, he would definitely get along well with the Shen family brothers.

From the fact that the Shen family brothers made a special trip to entertain the Qiao family, it can also be seen that they knew that relatives were close to each other. just let Qiao Yongde make a fuss, and the wrong opportunity to make friends.

"This Shen Jue is a competitive ......" Old Lady Qiao sighed and complained to Mrs. Qiao: "That Shen Rui, looking at Wen Xu, is not small. It's really not a family, don't enter a family, this frivolous appearance that doesn't look at people, isn't it exactly the same as the Xu family? ”

"Where is the fault of Shen Jue and Shen Rui? It's all such a bastard, so rude, embarrassed to be thrown to a relative's house......" Mrs. Qiao glared at her son and said.

Mrs. Qiao is an understanding person, but she has a soft temperament, and the right to discipline her children is never in her hands.

Although Mrs. Qiao blamed her grandson in her heart, she couldn't stand the lesson of her daughter-in-law, and frowned: "A slap can't make a sound, where is it just the fault of the fifth brother alone?" The fifth brother didn't say much at first, obviously those two boys were sharp-toothed and sharp-mouthed......"

Listening to Mrs. Qiao's words, Qiao Yongde raised his chin, showing a little smugness.

Mrs. Qiao is not good at contradicting her mother-in-law, so she can only sigh helplessly.

Qiao Yongshan clenched his fists and made up his mind that he would never go out with his cousin in the future.

This kind of "communication" that offends people, don't do it, it's a shame, and it's better to have that kind of effort than to study at home

Songjiang, three rooms, big old man's study.

Shen Hu, the eldest man of the third room, looked at the list in his hand, widened his eyes and said, "These are all true?" The second, third, and fourth are they really buying property outside? ”

Standing in front of him was the third room and two housekeepers.

The second housekeeper bowed down and said, "How dare the villain deceive the master?" I had heard the rumors before, but there was no evidence, and the villain didn't dare to tell the master indiscriminately...... In the past few years, the old lady has become old and does not take care of things very much, and the behavior of several old men has become more and more rampant...... Inside and out, it's just a ...... hiding from the master."

Shen Hu was so angry: "What are they going to do?" This is not divided into families, these are public and middle school properties...... No wonder in the past few years, the income of the public middle school has become less and less, they only fooled me and said that the business was not good, and it turned out that it was all in their own pockets......"

The second housekeeper said: "Whoever asked those shops are all taken care of by a few masters, and most of the shopkeepers and stewards over there are promoted by several masters......"

Shen Hu bluffed and said, "No, I'm going to find the old lady......"

The second housekeeper said: "The old lady often talks about the family and everything, even if he knows about it, he just scolds those masters......"

Shen Hu sneered: "They are so bold, but they forgot the old lady's temper......"

When the old lady of the third room heard Shen Hu talk about this, he saw that there were more than a dozen private properties in the names of several daughters-in-law, and immediately blew his beard and glared, and asked someone to pass on the third and fourth masters.

The second master, Shen Yong, was in Beijing at this time, but he escaped.

Ever since Shen Ling threw things out of the rue, she had sent people to pay attention to the movements of the old lady.

Just as he expected, the third master and the fourth master suffered a big crime this time. People in their thirties and forties were beaten half to death by twenty boards in public, and all the private property that had been hidden before was confiscated.

Mrs. Hu Da brought her mother-in-law and maidservant, and tossed the second, third, and third rooms as if she were raiding the house.

For a while, chickens and dogs jumped, children cried, and it was so chaotic.

This board knocked down the fig leaf of the three-room "brothers, friends and brothers".

In the Shen family, all the heads of the Shen family also discussed this matter.

Although some people think that the third and fourth masters should not be, most people sympathize with the third and fourth masters.

It's really that the eldest brother of Sanfang Shenhu doesn't do much, and Ping Suli relies on his three younger brothers to support Sanfang's livelihood. Shen Hu himself has no interest, not to mention, he is a good pleasure, with a group of wives and concubines, and children and daughters. The three-room jade brothers are ranked to sixteen, and half of them are Shen Hu's sons.

In someone else's house, when the parents are not there, the brothers have long been separated.

Three rooms and four brothers live together, and the three masters below work hard to support their brothers' family, and it is normal for people to have selfishness for a long time.

After all, everyone knows that the current family background of the third room is not handed down by the ancestors, but mostly added by several masters.

The third master and the fourth master have long had the heart of separating the family, but because the old lady in the third room is here, they are really sad to suffer this meal.

They knew that the old lady only valued the eldest grandson and couldn't reason at home, so they asked someone to carry him to the sect's room.

Looking at the two account books handed over by the third and fourth masters, the eldest master of the sect was also speechless.

One account book is the property added by Sanfang over the years, and the other is the expenses of Sanfang over the years.

The three rooms and two masters, the third masters, and the four masters went north to the capital and south to Guangzhou, and they have made a lot of money over the years; But the cost of the third room is also like flowing water, and the majority is the Shenhu family.

Shen Hu loves food, loves Chinese clothes, values women, is plain and likes to be vassal, often corresponds with readers, and is fooled into buying fake antique literary toys, and he alone spends thousands of taels of silver every year. Shen Hu's wives and concubines and daughters account for the majority of the expenses for the third room.

Although the eldest master of the sect also sympathized with the third and fourth masters, he also knew that this was not something he could interfere with.

Although the third room and the sect room are within the five suits, there are three old ladies in the third room, as long as there is no violation of national laws and family rules, even the patriarch is not good at interfering in the family affairs of the three rooms, let alone the eldest master of the sect......