Chapter 518: Praying Mantis Catching Cicadas (3)
Big cousin?
Counting several generations of single transmissions from the four rooms, there are no other side branches, the fewer in-laws, and the people who can call Shen Jin "big cousin" are just a few, there are Zhang Lao'an's maiden family, the Zhang family, and Shen Jin's biological mother Zheng's maiden family, the Zheng family. www.biquge.info As for Shen Jin's nominal grandson, the Sun family, because the Sun family is an only daughter, the inheritance has long been cut off, and there is no one else.
The uncle of the Zheng family is an official in Zhili, and there are cousins and cousins in the family, but they are all younger than Shen Jin, not so old and similar in age. The only ones left are the cousins of the Zhang family.
Shen Jin only felt his heart tremble, and his face was a little more uncomfortable.
At that time, the Zheng family accepted the two unmarried young ladies of the Zhang family as adopted daughters, and then sold them, which was the introduction of the break between the Zheng family and Shen Yuan. Shen Yuan was angry and took out a concubine, and the Zheng family left his parents and returned to his parents' home, because Shen Yuan was close to this Zhang sister. Although the Zheng family is cleaning up the troubles for his son's reputation in the future, in the eyes of Zhang Laoan and Shen Yuan, she is a ruthless femme fatale.
It was Shen Jin, who was only sixteen or seventeen years old at the time, even if he knew that his biological mother was a beloved son, he did not approve of this method. Selling good is cheap, it is not in line with the rules, and even if Fourth Sister Zhang and Shen Yuan have a relationship, and Third Sister Zhang is innocent. Even if Fourth Sister Zhang is just a little girl who is not in time, even if she is not in harmony with Shen Yuan, it is mostly the fault of Shen Yuan's side. Others can accuse the Zheng family, only Shen Jin, the biological son, is not qualified, but he still sent people out to inquire in private, hoping to find the Zhang sisters to redeem them, but they only knew that they were buying people on the passing boat, and the boat had already left Songjiang.
Fourth Sister Zhang has been accustomed to seeing the world in Fengyue Field in the past few years, where can she not see the unease on Shen Jin's face with a hint of shame, her eyes immediately turned red, and she said with tears: "But after four or five years of hard work, can't the eldest cousin recognize the slave?" ”
"Fourth cousin...... What are you ......" Shen Jin saw the outfit on Fourth Sister Zhang's body clearly, the snow green gown, the dark blue skirt, and the silver hairpin with a small pearl on her head was loosely curled in a bun, which was actually a widow's dress, and she didn't know how to ask for a while.
Fourth Sister Zhang originally took refuge, but remembering the grievances of begging for life in the dust in the past few years, tears fell.
Shen Jin was confused with guilt before, but now he calmed down and realized that something was wrong. The time when Fourth Sister Zhang came was too wrong, the third watch came in the middle of the night, the key was that the housekeeper was not suspicious, and Mo Xiang also placed her in this guest room. What exactly did she say?
Shen Jin didn't rush out to ask the housekeeper and the maidservant, but frowned and asked, "The fourth cousin came here at night, but what difficulties did she encounter?" ”
Fourth Sister Zhang swept Shen Jin with her eyes, and seeing that his expression was calm, she couldn't help scolding in her heart, "Sure enough, it is the son of a poisonous woman, and he is used to being hard-hearted", the hatred was a little deeper, but she also collected her tears, and choked up: "It's to go back to my cousin's house, and I can't help but lose a little bit of my temper when I think of the third sister who is gone, and I ask my cousin to forgive me." ”
Shen Jin's expression froze, and his brows furrowed even tighter: "Why didn't the third cousin?" ”
Of course, I couldn't stand the humiliation of thousands of people riding and 10,000 people straddled, and I was suffocated to death.
Fourth Sister Zhang thought of her sister's death, and her face blocked with a handkerchief looked hideous, and she almost told the truth. But in the next words, it is inevitable that something will go wrong, and you will have to take refuge in the fourth room of the Shen family.
Fourth Sister Zhang thought about it and said: "The third sister is already weak, and she is far away from her relatives and parents, crying day and night, and before the boat arrives in Shuzhong, she swallowed her breath on the boat......"
Songjiang white cloth armor in the world, is Sichuan famous for Shu brocade, and there are also merchants who take boats to Songjiang to sell cloth. Fourth Sister Zhang concealed the past when she was in the dust, but it was the opposite of what Shen Jin had inquired about in private before.
Thinking of that docile and gentle woman, Shen Jin sighed in her heart, and became a little less wary of Fourth Sister Zhang, and said, "Fourth cousin has settled in Shuzhong in the past few years, when did you return to Songjiang?" ”
Fourth Sister Zhang lowered her head and said, "The owner of the chartered boat sent the third sister, and left the slave to be an adopted daughter. Last year, he was seriously ill, and knowing that the slave was thinking about returning to his hometown, he gave the slave to a running merchant in Songjiang. Last year, the winter slave set off from Shuzhong to Songjiang with the officials, but the slave family was miserable, and the officials got a cold on the way, and they were gone when they arrived in Songjiang. The slave wanted to guard the officials, but the grandmother didn't allow it, and she had to sell the slave, but there was no way, and I just heard that the eldest cousin returned to Songjiang, so the slave avoided it. ”
In just a few words, Shen Jin understood the ups and downs of Sister Zhang's life in recent years. The so-called adopted daughter is just another title for a concubine, and the husband and master can't rest assured when they die, which also shows that the master's mother is strict and intolerant; When she was married for the second time, she was still a concubine, and she caught up with her husband and died, and she begged for a living under her mother again.
The Zhang family is in the middle of the road, but because it is the four-room in-law of the Shen family, she was helped by the Shen family in the early years, and she is also a medium-sized family. If there was no personal relationship with Shen Yuan, without Zheng's action, he would have married and had children, and he might not be rich but safe.
Although Shen Jin is a scholar, he shouldn't believe in karma, but he has experienced a lot over the years, and he has a lot of awe for cause and effect. The tragedy of the Zhang sisters is certainly related to their frivolity and lack of self-love, but Shen Yuan is the culprit. There is also the Zheng family, who can't say that he has eaten fasting and recited Buddha all his life, but he is not a wicked person, and the most vicious thing he has done in his life is this matter.
Thinking of this, Shen Jin felt a little compensatory and said, "What are the plans of the fourth cousin in the future, can I go home?" ”
Seeing Shen Jin's soft attitude, Fourth Sister Zhang was proud in her heart, and said with a wry smile on her face: "What are you going to do when you go back, do you want to ask them to sell it again?" Big cousin, the slave doesn't tell lies, the slave hates his cousin and Aunt Zheng, but the most hated is the slave's mother...... If it weren't for the fact that they saw that the slave and sister were older, and wanted to ask for a dowry to sell our sisters for a good price, our sisters would not have been shocked and scared, and wanted to stay in the fourth room of the Shen family...... At that time, the slave was not in time, and he could still wait; The third sister is seventeen years old, and they have already negotiated the price, the other party is an old widower in his fifties, and the first two ladies were killed. The slave had no choice, so he wanted to ask his cousin for shelter, but he didn't expect his cousin to ...... The slave couldn't help it, thinking that as long as the third sister had a good end, the slave followed his cousin and admitted it without knowing it, but it was in the way of Aunt Zheng's eyes, and even the third sister was dragged down, in the end, it was our sister's life that was not good...... "In the end, he gritted his teeth.
These grievances, Fourth Sister Zhang was sold, thinking about it day and night, and finally found a chance to say it today. At that time, she was only a little girl of fourteen or fifteen, even if she was lazy and greedy for wealth, what bad intentions could she have. It's that she secretly followed Shen Yuan, isn't her delicate age worthy of an old man? But Zheng's smiling tiger, who is kind in front of people, and ruthless, will not give her a chance to defend and turn back at all.
Now that the half-truth is said, Fourth Sister Zhang herself has red eyes. Her little caution back then was naturally true, and as for hating her family more than hating Shen Yuan and the Zheng family, it was naturally a lie. No matter how greedy the parents were, they only thought about asking for a dowry, and did not think about selling their sisters to dirty places. Zheng did not hesitate to deceive and sell their sisters, even if they hated her for robbing men, they should not even sell their third sisters together. The private tooth buyer who passes by is a big girl who has grown up, where is there any good place to sell?
Good people have good rewards, wicked people have evil rewards, God doesn't report her Fourth Sister Zhang herself.
The Zheng family himself is just a concubine, the mother of the house is dead, and the son has changed from the eldest son to the eldest son, even if he leaves the Shen family, he still has a brother who is an official to rely on. and Shen Jin, with such parents, why should he be a champion in a beautiful manner, and have a good future in the future? Every time she thought that the third sister was still thinking about Shen Jin before the temporary, Fourth Sister Zhang increased her hatred for Shen Jin. Now taking revenge on the father and son of the Shen family's fourth room has become the obsession of Fourth Sister Zhang.
When Shen Jin heard her father's affair, her eyes were a little evasive, even if she noticed that Fourth Sister Zhang said the most wrong tone, she would be resentful when she remembered the past. After all, the tragedy of their sisters was caused by the fourth room, and if they didn't complain at all, they would become saints.
At this time, Shen Jin has already made a decision in her heart, the deceased is gone, Third Sister Zhang can't take care of it, Fourth Sister Zhang is still here to make up for one or two, help her buy some land and property, and then find an honest man to marry, ask someone to take care of it, and live in peace.
It's just that there is a difference between men and women, so it's not good to keep Fourth Sister Zhang here to entertain. Thinking about the vagueness she said before, the housekeeper misunderstood, thinking that she would bring someone back to Songjiang by herself, so she would be placed in this courtyard, and she almost made a fuss.
Thinking of this, Shen Jin said to Fourth Sister Zhang: "It's late tonight, I won't leave my fourth cousin, let Mo Xiang take you to the guest room to settle down, and I'll talk about it tomorrow." ”
Shen Jin was wearing filial piety clothes, and she knew the roots, and Fourth Sister Zhang didn't think about ****, and honestly went down with Moxiang to settle down.
Shen Jin was completely sleepy, sitting in the tea room, eating a few cups of tea, remembering the events of the past few years, as if he was in a different world.
The rooster announces the dawn, and the east is white.
Shen Jin went back to the room, briefly freshened up, remembered Fourth Sister Zhang, and instructed Mo Xiang: "Look at the customer room, and tell the kitchen to make a few dishes of Jiang Xian and send them over." ”
Mo Xiang said curiously: "Uncle, that Jiaoke was really brought back from the capital by the uncle, this ...... Do you want to avoid some people? How did she know that the name of the slave was what the uncle said before? ”
Shen Jin was stunned and said, "Is it because of this that the housekeeper let people in?" ”
Mo Xiang nodded, "But isn't it?" Otherwise, three roots would come to the door in the middle of the night, and no one would dare to open the door, even if it was a woman. ”
Shen Jin said: "It's a distant relative of the family, I came to the house in my early years, so I don't need to avoid it, just treat it as an ordinary guest." ”
Mo Xiang listened, nodded hurriedly, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief in her heart. It's not that she is talkative, but the housekeeper's grandfather asked her to inquire, so she was worried that there were no elders in the family, and there was something wrong with the uncle. The uncle is the champion and has not yet married, if there is any little widow scandal during the marriage, I am afraid that it will hinder his reputation.