"Speaking of which, the ancestors of the Shen family have all made a living by selling cloth for three generations, and they are also ancestors who have spirits, and they have passed it into the hands of Ah Weng, and it has finally been carried forward. Chen said as he spoke, inevitably showing sadness on his face, "If you want to say, you really have a definite life, destiny is impermanent, no matter how great this person's ability is, he must have a destiny to show it!" ”

When the Jin family heard this, he could only sigh: "The tree is falling and scattered, the old lady is gone, and the second room in your house is not easy to get along with, and the family is not separated?" ”

"The word is the head, the gods and Buddhas have to fight, not to mention that the second brother is a person who values profit over righteousness, how can he not fight and not make trouble? Since the day Ah Weng became seriously ill, the second brother has not stopped. ran to the backyard every now and then, pestering Ah Weng to divide up the family property! Chen's eyes moistened unconsciously when he thought of the bad things in the old years, "But Ah Weng spent most of his life to buy those few shops, and now is the time to make the business prosperous and bigger, where is he willing to give up all his efforts?" ”

"In this way, Ah Weng has been pressing the family property without dividing it, and it was not until he died that he called the three grandsons to the sickbed and carefully explained what happened after his death!" Chen's tone was steady, and he narrated from the perspective of a bystander from beginning to end, "Helplessly, the second brother had different hearts, and the day before, he still knelt in front of Ah Weng and swore to the sky, swearing to obey Ah Weng's last wish, but when Ah Weng died and the family completed the funeral, the second brother flatly denied it, and clamored to divide the family property!" ”

"Every family has a scripture that is difficult to read! And then? Kim interjected appropriately.

"The official has only worked his career when he was a child, and over the years, he has never asked about his family's business, and I'm a person who won't worry about it, and I can't enter the business, so it's just that. The eldest brother likes to be quiet and doesn't like to do things, so as soon as the old lady of our family totals it, she resells more than half of the storefront, converts it into cash and distributes it to the eldest brother and officials, and the rest is all handed over to the second brother to take care of! ”

The Kim family has experienced two or three farces of separation, and when they heard similar incidents again, they could only sigh a few times and persuade: "It's okay to divide it, it's good to divide it clean!" Otherwise, one day the business will be prosperous, and the brothers will divide the property again, in case the distribution is uneven, what misunderstanding will arise in the middle, and the brothers will make a lot of trouble, and they will fight for their heads and blood, it is better to divide it now and save trouble! ”

Chen sighed: "Since Ah Weng's death, the family's business has plummeted, and I see that I have lost a lot, so what can I expect the business to prosper?" ”

Jin Shi listened to her sad words, thought for a while, and said, "Since you are separated, no one is doing anyone's business, why bother with this idleness?" If you want me to say, it's only right to live your own life! By the way, it's been a long time since I've heard from my brother-in-law, where is he high now? ”

"He, he didn't take the exam a few times, and his heart gradually became lazy, and he rushed to hire curtains, use curtains, and raise curtains in the yamen, so he went to Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province to study with the teachers for a few years, and now, he is investing in Suzhou Weaving Shu Wenshu!"

Jin also read a few books when he was young, not all of them were uninformed, and when he heard that Shen Jiafu was a staff member, he couldn't help but smile and said: "If you want me to say, my brother-in-law still has vision, and no matter how successful this business is, it can be compared to the scenery of doing things under the weaving hands in Suzhou?" ”

Chen was slightly displeased: "Shinong businessman, scholar doctor is in the first place, and there is no fault at all when he abandons businessman and follows business, but sister-in-law, how do you know the difficulty of my family?" He has been running around all the year round, and he can't wait to pass through the door, and he is full of thoughts about losing luck to others. I guard the huge home, up and down, inside and out, one or twenty people, all day and night, all eight times I want to take care of it, my heart, it is almost broken into eight petals. The saddest thing is not this, you don't know, since Ah Weng died, the old lady has not favored our hospital in order to treat everyone equally. Without the help of the old lady, the income of our hospital is one less layer, which is really a headache! ”

If you don't know how expensive firewood, rice, oil, and salt are not at home.

Jin knew Chen's thoughts, so he could only try to persuade her: "My brother-in-law is full of wealth, and he is not willing to be a mediocre businessman, and now he has taken refuge in Suzhou Weaving, and he will always come out in the future!" This foreign affairs are difficult at the beginning, and my brother-in-law is just starting out, and it always takes a few years of ups and downs in the sea to slowly mix up some fame. Sister don't worry, things in the world often pay attention to chance, when the opportunity comes, everything goes well; The opportunity has not arrived, and no matter how anxious it is, it will not help! ”

Chen nodded silently.

Seeing that she was being used, Kim thought about some forgiving words.

Chen listened for a long time, and finally said: "Listening to my sister-in-law talk about chance, it reminds me of one thing!" Chen blinked his eyelashes and stared at his sister-in-law Jin, "Last year, I made a grand wish in Hanshan Temple, hoping to ask for the blessing of God and Buddha, to bless the smooth career of the prime minister, the old lady's health is safe, and the children are worry-free. Now counting the time, it is time to enter the incense and extend the fire at the beginning of May this year, but it was delayed because of one thing, and I haven't gone to the temple to make a vow until now! ”

Jin also believes in Buddhism, and he listened very carefully this time, so when he heard the end, he said with a slight joke: "You, you were born to enjoy a blessed life, and when you didn't go out, your father and mother took the baby pimple and it hurt; After getting married, my brother-in-law raised the delicacies of the mountains and the sea. You don't go out of the gate all the year round, what else can delay you from going to the temple to make a vow? ”

When Chen heard Jin's joke about her, she didn't care about it, but deliberately got closer, and said mysteriously: "Sister-in-law, do you still remember Jinsha Yu's house?" ”

Jin twisted the two longevity eyebrows, pondered for a while, and then said, "Didn't you two order a baby kiss?" ”

"What else are you talking about? My sister-in-law is afraid that she didn't know that the girl fell ill when she was five years old and died at the end of last year! Chen thought of this and poured out some emotion, "I heard that Master Yu married a concubine, that concubine is unlucky, it is the birth of the White Tiger Star, as long as this kind of person is contaminated, not only the family wealth will be scattered, but even the old and young in the house will not die well!" ”

"How can it be so evil? It's just a trick for the Taoist priests to deceive them! Jin Shiyun said lightly, and when he saw Chen's face full of emotion, he said: "However, it is still the fate of the four words!" These two people with fate, even if they are thousands of miles apart, can be the first, but if there is no fate, no matter how the world matches, they can't be matched together after all! ”

Suddenly talking about fate, the two sisters-in-law seemed to have found a common topic, and began to talk endlessly about the gods and Buddhas.

On the other side, after Chen Yun finished the housework, Haosheng settled his younger brother Kechang and brought two cups of Yuhua tea from the kitchen to entertain Chen.

Walking to the door, Chen Yun heard her aunt and sister-in-law talking about Buddhism, and at first she felt that the two of them were ignorant, and they actually believed in karma, but when she heard that Chen was going to say goodbye to Shen Fu, she breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, and she couldn't move her steps for no reason.

It happened that Shen Fu was pacing, and saw Chen Yun next to the door with his ears pricked up, and he felt very curious, so he tiptoed closer, patted her on the back vigorously, and wondered: "Why lie on the side of the door and don't go in to talk?" ”

In the end, it was eavesdropping, Chen Yun was frightened, panicked, and the tray in his hand fell in response, and even the two small pottery cups on the tray fell to the mottled and dark yellow ground all at once, swaying like a spinning top.

Chen Yun saw the cup falling, and hurriedly squatted down to clean up the cup.

Although the aunts and sisters-in-law were talking, they didn't know why their ears were very good, and they suddenly heard movement outside, and they leaned their necks and asked, "Who is outside?" ”

Hearing someone inside asking, Chen Yun hurriedly responded: "It's me!" ”

After hurriedly agreeing, Chen Yun didn't care whether she heard her own voice or not, she hurriedly packed up and stopped, and then stood up sullenly, glanced at Shen Fu angrily, and said angrily: "Okay, what are you doing to scare me?" ”

"I didn't mean to scare you, but the first time I saw you listening to the wall, I felt weird and ridiculous, so I wanted to scare and scare you!"

Chen Yun snorted, hurriedly left the scene, and hurried to the kitchen to pour two cups of tea again.

When he turned his head and entered the house again, Chen saw that her face was wrong, and called her to him softly, and asked with concern: "I was talking to your mother just now, when I suddenly heard the sound of cups and plates falling outside, and I was startled." Good boy, tell my aunt what the hell is going on? ”

Chen Yun is not good at lying, and she was worried about how to cover up the past, but she heard Shen Fu on the side smile and said: "Sister Yun just made two cups of tea, and carefully brought it to the door, and suddenly a wild cat jumped in front of her eyes!" Shen Fu said, squeezed to Chen's shoulder and sat down, and said with a smile: "Mother also knows that Sister Yun is most afraid of cats, when she saw the cat just now, she was shocked in her heart, and her hand was frightened again, and the plate fell to the ground!" ”

Jin knew that his daughter was not frizzy, and guessed that his daughter heard the conversation with Chen just now, so he smiled slowly and went down the steps: "This child has been afraid of cats since he was a child, and he hasn't changed it yet!" ”

Chen didn't care, but looked at his son Shen Fu with a smile on his face, and said, "I was talking to your aunt about you just now!" ”

Shen Fu was confused, stared at his mother intently for a long time, and said strangely: "What are my mother and aunt talking about me for no reason?" ”

"What else can I say to you?" Chen looked at Shen Fu with a doting expression, slowly took out a snow-blue handkerchief from his waist, stained his sweaty son with sweat, and said with a smile: "Isn't it just that in a few years, you have also reached the age of starting a family, you should discuss marrying you a daughter-in-law, so that your daughter-in-law can take care of you and inherit the lineage for our Shen family!" ”

Shen Fu thought it was a side matter, but when he heard that it was this, he brushed his cheeks red, then looked at his mother with a red face, and then at his aunt Jin, and finally said shyly: "My son is still young, is it too early to talk about marriage at this time?" ”

Chen smiled silently, glanced at the stunned boy a few times, and then turned his head to look at Jin, and said with a pleasant expression: "Sister-in-law, look at him, now he is thirteen years old, and he is half a year old, how can he still treat himself as a child?" ”

Jin smiled silently, looking at Shen Fu with an honest face with pity in his eyes, and at the same time looked at his daughter carefully.

Seeing Chen Yun's face flushed, and he peeked at Shen Fu from time to time, Jin's heart suddenly became clear, so he deliberately said: "The male should get married, the female should marry, what is Fu'er embarrassed about?" Sensei said that your mother is looking for a daughter-in-law for you in advance, and even your aunt is looking for a husband for your sister Yun if she is intentional or not! ”

When Shen Fu heard that the Jin family was also paying attention to his son-in-law, he was slightly unhappy in his heart, and immediately asked, "Is my aunt really looking for a husband for Sister Yun?" ”

"That's nature!" Kim replied simply, "Your uncle left early, leaving us orphans and widows to make a living. Since I was widowed, I have not had any other thoughts, and I have poured all my heart into their brothers and sisters, and I am usually reluctant to eat or wear, and I am full of plans for their future. Right now, your sister Yun is not too young, if you don't set a family affair for her, I'm afraid that all the good people will be gone in the future, and your sister Yun will be delayed in vain! ”

Shen Fu was anxious when he heard this, and he didn't care that his mother was by his side, and openly opened his mouth to ask: "Instead of bothering to find a son-in-law, why didn't my aunt marry Sister Yun to Fu'er?" Without waiting for the surprised Jin family to ask himself, Shen Fu leaned forward again and continued to plead: "My nephew and Sister Yun are childhood sweethearts, and the two have no guesses, although my aunt can rest assured, if you are willing, Fu'er will be good to Sister Yun for the rest of her life!" ”

Jin was dumbfounded when he heard this, but Shen Fu still didn't have the momentum to stop, and said his heartfelt words one by one.

Chen Yun knew Shen Fu's intentions, but he didn't expect him to have the courage to propose in public, and at this moment, seeing the momentum developing, he could only sit on the couch with a panicked face, holding the corners of his clothes tightly with both hands, and glanced at his cousin who was confessing his heart every once in a while.