Thinking about it for a while to no avail, Chen Ji no longer bothered with his brains, now Chen Xiujie is not at home, and the old grandmother hurts herself, even if she really has any bad premonitions, it will not be a pain of flesh and skin. And relieved, looking for a way to the kitchen, Xiao Ran and the kitchen Lao Liu have been waiting for him for a while.

Zhuangzi, who stayed outside the city during this time, Chen Ji roughly walked through all the fields under his name, and to be honest, he was somewhat disappointed. Of the 300 acres of land that the Chen family rested on his head, less than one-third were real paddy fields, and the rest were mostly sloping land. Some of them are abandoned land that has grown with shrubs, and in another three to five years, there will probably be no food to produce.

Chen Ji was heartbroken, so he visited the fields and the surrounding tenant villages, looked through the harvest account books over the years, and had a plan in his heart. Based on the fact that the realization of "resumption of production" is a relatively long matter, he can only put it on hold for the time being. And the tenants under his hands seem to have mixed relationships, and the matter of talking about the family has not yet come to a conclusion, so I really can't be distracted anymore.

Therefore, for more than half a month, in addition to presiding over the maintenance of the Zhuangzi on the mountain, most of the time was soaked in the fields, helping with spring sowing in a crowd of strange eyes. Until the city sent a message to him to go back.

Of course, during this period, he was thinking about the pastry shop business, and he also made some small attempts. This will call Chef Liu, let's just do some verification.

After handing the booklet to Chef Liu, Chen Ji watched with his hands in his hands, and gave a few words of advice to the chef's operation from time to time. Originally, I wanted to get my hands on it myself, but I was stopped.

In the interval, Chen Ji thought about his previous treatment at the old grandmother's side, and asked Xiao Ran: "Dengzhou's hometown, Xiao Ran should have some understanding, right?" ”

Xiao Ran shook his head, "Xiao Ran entered the mansion when the son arrived in Qingzhou, and he is not familiar with it." ”

Chen Ji sighed and laughed: "Forget it." ”

Xiao Ran said: "Why did Childe suddenly ask this?" ”

Chen Ji spat out a turbid breath and said helplessly: "I went to ask my grandmother to say goodbye just now, and someone said that it was Granny Xue in Dengzhou. ”

Xiao Ran was stunned and didn't answer, but felt a little guilty, probably because he could help his son solve problems.

Chen Ji shook his head and smiled: "I'm not so hypocritical, don't think about it, go to the front yard to find Gui Chun, pay some silver from the house, and play with them on the street, I won't go out today, I don't have to wait here." ”

Xiao Ran sighed, but there was no movement, Chen Ji added, and the little girl withdrew with that little joy.

Chef Liu, who was kneading the dough, lifted the dough and slammed it on the board, raised his hand to wipe his sweat, but continued what Chen Ji said before, "If the son asks the old lady of the Xue family about it, Lao Liu may know something." ”

Chen Ji rolled up his sleeves, and the meaning of Xiao Ran was that he wanted to try it himself.

This will be stunned, the movement of rolling up his sleeves is sluggish, and he said: "Then you have to tell me, I'm really afraid that as soon as the two old people are combined, they will set me a family affair." ”

In the past few years, the two elders have looked at each other very well, and no matter what the juniors think, it seems normal to give a relative or something on a whim.

Chen Ji didn't want to suddenly have a wife who hadn't passed the door to come out, if he really bumped into the old lady's concern, then he really didn't want to be reasonable.

Lao Liu turned over the dough on the board, smashed it twice with a fist, and said with a smile: "Childe understands it, eighty percent is this, the little granddaughter of the Xue family is about the same age as Childe!" ”

Chen Ji's face immediately darkened, "Don't bring such a coincidence, right?" ”

"Isn't that a coincidence?"

Chen Ji didn't even have the heart to pound the dough at the moment, took a few steps back, listened to Lao Liu's beating music, and thought about the words that Chen Xiujie mentioned before leaving, he wouldn't really want to find him a daughter-in-law.

He can accept anything, but this daughter-in-law must not be so casual.

Lao Liu didn't pay attention to his face, and continued: "I heard that the second master of the Xue family was going to take up a post in Beijing, so I specially asked someone to go back to Dengzhou to pick up my family in the capital, and then the old lady of the Xue family passed by Qingzhou. ”

"I remember that there is a boat in Dengzhou that goes directly to Tianjin Wei, isn't it a big detour to Qingzhou?"

"Eighty percent is that Old Madam Xue can't sit on the boat."

Chen Ji raised his eyebrows, very frustrated, and turned to say with some hope: "That Miss Xue is the daughter of the second master who entered Beijing?" ”

Lao Liu nodded, and added: "The eldest daughter of the grandson." ”

Chen Ji was apprehensive in his heart, and muttered: "After all, she is the daughter of a Beijing official, so she shouldn't fall in love with an official eunuch tumor in a small place like me, right?" ”

Speaking of the back, even he himself has no self-confidence.

After all, Chen Tan's two families in Dengzhou can also be said to be a "lifelong friendship" that watches over each other, and if they become in-laws again, it will be an excellent thing for both parties.

Lao Liu heard his muttering and comforted: "The son shouldn't underestimate himself too much, the master is now a general judge in Qingzhou, and the chance of promotion in the future is great, although the second master of the Xue family has joined the Beijing official, he will not despise the Chen family." Inside and outside the capital, there must be people, and this official is stable. ”

Chen Ji grinned, "This insight doesn't look like a cook, Lao Liu, you won't be some incognito master, right?" ”

Lao Liu laughed: "Childe said that he was joking, didn't he stay in the house for many years, and the master usually let us read more books......

Chen Ji nodded, raised his throat and said, "Pay attention, the spit is splashed on the dough......"

Then the topic changed, and then there was silence, only the dough touched the board, and there was a sound of tearing away.

Old Liu Quan should say some idle words, and he probably won't have a real idea in his heart about whether Chen Ji is related to the Xue family, and they, the old people of the Chen Mansion, are not people who talk about the master's family affairs. The reason why I said earlier is just to talk about this point, to make some practical explanations.

Chen Ji listened to it, and then thought back to the eyes of the old lady of the Xue family looking at him, whether this matter was true or not, at least this idea should be there.

The only thing that is fortunate is that the Xue family is about to enter Beijing, and it is impossible for this matter to be implemented for a while, according to the current identities of the Chen family and the Xue family, this kind of thing cannot really be decided by the two old ladies' "one-sided words". Roughly speaking, the second master of the Xue family still needs to meet with the father of the Chen family, and he will have to be tested......

However, if you want to make your own decisions about this marriage, you still have to pay attention to it from now on.

At the moment, I played all the memories of the girl in my mind, but I was sad to find that except for the Yingge Yan Dance in the Qinglou Chu Pavilion, there was no other goal to focus on.

It's really not a good job.

Xu is mind is too heavy, and then the pastry try to make and seem a little powerless, several times Chef Liu asked, Chen Ji had to be stunned for a while before he came back to his senses.

Chef Liu is thinking about "girl" when he is a son.

……

Chen Ji looked at the failed works on the board, reviewed the plate with Chef Liu, and then explained to clean up the kitchen, and he left in a hurry.

Today was the last time the Chen family and the Tan family had passed the lawsuit, and he originally planned to go over to take a look, but now that he is distracted by other things, he naturally does not have that interest. As for what the result is, in fact, it has already been decided. Although there is a suspicion of "using power for personal gain", because of various schemes in the past month, whether it is public opinion or the Dazhao Law, Chen Wenxuan is the wronged party. Although it may be a little troublesome to remarry in the future, it will not be "a letter of divorce" in the end. Therefore, Chen Ji only had to wait at home for the master he had invited to return with the results, and the lawsuit money had been sealed, and it was placed on the round table in the front yard room, and it was twice as much as he had said at the beginning.

Then again, the growth of a family, the most afraid is a stupid person like the brother-in-law of the Tan family. probably also felt that Chen Xiujie had always been a good person, so he read the half-hung book of the Tan family and felt that "you can deceive it", and in recent years, the Tan family has invested a lot in the unexpected officialdom in Qingzhou, and some look down on the Chen family, thinking that Chen Xiujie is still a seven-grade small county order that can be handled at will when he gets married.

Chen Xiujie's official reputation has not been bad over the years, but in the eyes of the talker, he is still a little unmotivated, even if he was later promoted to a Qingzhou general judgment, he was low-key and made others feel that he had no future, otherwise if he had the heart to study, how could he have stayed up for five or six years in the general judgment without any movement. The Chen family in Dengzhou has not produced a decent person since Chen Xiujie, so even the most unpopular businessmen began to dislike Chen Xiujie.

The old lady of the Tan family may be able to see farther, but all the children and grandchildren have grown up in a comfortable nest, and some good people have instigated them from the side, so the relationship with the Chen family has begun to move towards an irreparable point. Even if the old lady wants to ease, in the end he can't resist the "demolition" of the family working together.

Therefore, when the Yidu County Ya came to deliver the news and sentenced Chen Wenxuan and Tan Ningwu to leave, the old lady seemed to be half paralyzed, sitting on the square chair in a dejected manner, and her hand holding the cane trembled. In front of him were a group of indignant children and grandchildren, clamoring to hand over the petition to Qingzhou Mansion, and some instigated Tan Ning Wu to hurry up and write a "letter of resignation......

The old lady really felt that it was a bit of an eyesore, and called the maid to help him leave, during which some children and grandchildren came forward to ask him for his opinion, and the old lady smiled: "I talked to you a lot earlier, which of you listened?" What's the point of asking now? Toss it as you want, the old man is not far from dying, and what the hell is he doing with this......"

After the old man went, some juniors couldn't help but say loudly: "What does grandpa mean by this?" ”

But no one answered, looking at the back of the old man, some of the children and grandchildren of the Tanjia panicked, and then remembered that over the years, big and small things were all in the hands of the old man.

Tanjia Xiaoqi Tan Ningxi glanced at the second brother in the crowd, shook his head, went out to catch up with the old man, and left with the old man in his arms.

The old man noticed this grandson, reached out and touched his head, and said gently: "Grandpa has always wanted to have a scholar in the family, even if there is a scholar in the in-laws, it is a good thing!" The old man sighed, "After that, you can go to Chen's house in person, which can be regarded as a crime for my old man......"

Tan Ningxi nodded and said, "I listen to grandpa." ”

……

When Chen Wenji arrived at Chen's house, Chen Ji had already brewed good tea, and the fear of being arranged for marriage had already subsided, so he took the document stamped with the seal of Yidu County Ya Da handed over by Chen Wenji, and carefully read it, and immediately narrowed his smiling eyes.

Chen Wenji did not forget to remind: "There may still be some twists and turns in the conversation. ”

Chen Ji didn't care, "It's okay, what I have always cared about is my sister's thoughts, as long as she has no guilt in her heart, everything else is easy to say." Speaking of this, Chen Ji put away the paperwork, handed over the red silk silver, left his seat, and said with a fist: "This time there is Mr. Lao Chen." ”

Chen Wenji was stunned, got up from his seat, and returned the salute: "Chen Gongzi is polite." ”

According to the world's view of these teachers who fall into the eyes of money, most of them are not regarded as good people, and some people may call them "sir" in ordinary times, which is not a kind of sarcasm most of the time.

However, this time with the son of the Chen family, whether it is ordinary or this gift, he can detect the sincerity in it, and it is not a fake. At the beginning, he took on this case, and it was because Chen Ji visited him several times, otherwise he would not dare to take it because of Chen Ji's infamous appearance in previous years. Even if you are a teacher, you can't get along with the silver, but you have to remember a few "teachings of the saints".

sat down again, and after a few words, Chen Ji personally sent Chen Wenji out. Before saying goodbye, Chen Ji seemed to have unintentionally asked "why doesn't Mr. Chen take the official career".

Chen Wenji shook his head with a smile, but said, "I didn't get in."

The other party was reluctant to say, so Chen Ji stopped asking. After this incident, there should be no more intersection.

After returning to the house, Chen Ji took the paperwork and went to see Chen Wenxuan.

Seeing that Chen Wenxuan suddenly burst into tears with red eyes, Chen Ji was in a hurry again.

"My sister still can't get over the hurdle in my heart!" The words are a little resentful of themselves, and they are still in a hurry.

Chen Wenxuan paused and laughed with tears in her eyes, "I've wronged my little brother." ”

"I have nothing to be wronged about, but sister, you have to be happy, if you are not happy, it will be meaningless for me to do this. Or maybe I shouldn't be in such a hurry, I should have a good talk with the talker. ”

Chen Wenxuan interrupted: "The younger brother has done a good job, he can think about others, and he is no longer the brother who is a tendon and lawless, this is very good, my sister is happy." ”

Chen Ji was a little unsure of whether he was happy or sad for a while.

Chen Wenxuan stopped crying and fell in Chen Ji's eyes, but she was still distressed.

But it can also be seen that no matter how stubborn Chen Ji was before, he felt sorry for this sister to the bone.

"During this time, my sister is at home to take care of her body with peace of mind, if you feel bored and want to go out for a walk, you go to the front yard to find Shen Qiu, I will ask him to find someone to accompany you out!"

"I'm afraid that the talker will trouble me?"

Chen Ji shook his head, "It's not that I'm afraid, but after all, I'm looking for someone to make a black hand at me, and I'm at this juncture." ”

Chen Wenxuan nodded, "I know, I listen to you." ”

Chen Ji scratched his head, inexplicably embarrassed.