Chapter Twenty-Three: Settling In
Pingyue settles down.
An Jia's An Shoujie family can also be regarded as a famous landlord and gentry in Pingyue, but the reputation of having a 'name' is not very good. In Pingyue, when it comes to Anjia, the first two words that come to mind of the people of Pingyue: stingy, and then the next word is domineering. was stingy with the tenants, stingy with relatives, and then even the third young master of the An family had a story of robbing the people's daughter, and afterwards the An family only paid ten yuan, and even the county order had no way to take his family.
The word domineering is of course accurate when applied to his family, and he naturally has a family background when he settles down to bully others like this. On the one hand, An Guoming, the eldest son of the An family, is the same as Chen Lijun, who is a soldier in Guiyang, and his official position is just a little bit older than Chen Lijun, which is considered a platoon commander.
On the other hand, the An family is in Pingyue, and An Guotai, the second son of the An family, organized a group training, and there is a Xiangyong team of more than 100 people in his hands. Although it is now peaceful in the world for the time being, and the An family's group practice can be regarded as disbanded, everyone knows that as long as An Guotai gives an order, his family can still easily organize more than 100 people.
With these two guarantees of force, plus the fact that they are relatively rich, of course the An family has a reason to be arrogant.
At this time, at night, there was only one night before October 20, and in the ancestral house of the An family, An Shoujie, the old man of the An family, An Guotai, the second son, An Guomei, the third son, and the housekeeper of the An family gathered together.
"Dad, what is the Chen family doing, and he actually invited us to attend his family's harvest ceremony tomorrow?" The living room was silent, but An Guotai couldn't help but feel a little unhappy when he looked at the red invitation on the table next to his father on the throne.
Just before, Chen Liqun actually personally sent an invitation to his family, inviting his family to attend a harvest ceremony tomorrow. Why, why should his family listen to the orders of the Chen family.
In the same Pingyue, the An family and the Chen family are not very friendly, Pingyue people are very clear, what kind of harvest ceremony the Chen family held this time, it is good for the Chen family at a glance, and the An family is not necessarily good for the Chen family, how can it be possible to participate in the harvest ceremony made by the Chen family and increase Chen Mingren's fame?
Thinking that although Chen Liqun was polite when he came before, he couldn't hide his contemptuous attitude, and An Guotai added a blockage in his heart. is the second son of the same family, to say that before, Chen Liqun didn't have anything, so he managed the family business a little better, although he An Guotai was not as good as Chen Liqun, but it was not bad. But since the Chen family made some soap, and heard that the eldest brother said that the thing was still selling very well in Guiyang, An Guotai immediately felt unbalanced in his heart.
Why did Chen Liqun surpass him again!
From childhood to adulthood, either Chen Liqun pressed him, or he pressed Chen Liqun, the two were comparable, and it was not a shame to settle down. But now, Chen Liqun's soap business is so good, he realizes that I am afraid that Chen Liqun will crush him for a long time this time. This naturally made An Guotai unhappy, and also made him think that Chen Liqun sent an invitation to show off his might.
Thinking of what kind of harvest ceremony to be held, Chen Liqun will preside over it, I heard that Governor Shen Yuqing will send someone down, and Chen Liqun will preside over this kind of major event, which invisibly pressed him again. Therefore, An Guotai is ready not to go tomorrow. Of course, after all, the matter is very involved, I heard that many landlords are going to participate, if their family does not go, if someone catches the handle, it is not good.
Thinking of this dilemma, An Guotai was naturally unhappy.
Looking at the face of his second son, An Shoujie could think of his second son's mood: "This, I don't know what Chen Shoucheng's old guy wants to do?" ”
Chen Mingren, thinking that Chen Mingren actually knew about it because of this incident, An Shoujie also had a trace of jealousy in his heart. He is just a showman, but Chen Mingren is a man, although he is a landlord and gentry in the local area, but invisibly Chen Mingren always has to press him, plus his family started in business, and he was educated by his parents to learn from Chen Mingren, who was born in a scholarly family. Therefore, decades have passed, and An Shoujie can't say any complicated emotions about this former enemy, in short, it's very complicated.
Ben came to his age, he didn't want to fight for anything, he was ready to enjoy it. But who would have thought that Chen Mingren's fame would grow again this time, which made An Shoujie a little helpless.
"Second brother, dad, don't care what his family wants to do, we will go tomorrow, and there will be no loss of meat." While the father and son were distressed about this matter, a voice of indifference suddenly came from the living room.
An Shoujie and An Guotai turned their heads, and they both saw the third young master lying leisurely on the seat smoking opium, An Guomei.
An Guomei, although she is only 21 years old this year, because she has smoked opium for several years, her body looks very thin and weak, and her mental state is not very good. But he is such a young master, and he usually does a lot of bad things with his family. In An Guomei's eyes, isn't it a Chen family?
What kind of plane to do, don't you know if you go and see it?
Seeing that it was the third son who spoke, An Shoujie and An Guotai looked at each other and smiled bitterly.
An Shoujie said: "Okay, okay, just do what Xiao San said, in this way, tomorrow Cathay you will participate on my behalf, I don't want to go." ”
"Okay, we'll find out tomorrow." An Guotai was reluctant in his heart, so he could only nod helplessly.
"Say it earlier, Dad, second brother, I'll go back to my room and sleep." Hearing his father and second brother call him to come to this only matter, An Guomei was impatient for a long time, and after finishing speaking, he got up with the support of a maid next to him.
Looking at the appearance of the third son, An Shoujie didn't know how he had the urge to kill the third son. The three sons, the eldest son and the second son are good, but these three sons have added a lot of blockages to him since he was a child, and he honestly looks like he doesn't grow up, he can't read, and he thinks about playing all day.
When he grew up, he became more aggressive, began to play with women, smoked a lot, if it weren't for his rich family, according to the loser of the third son, his family would have gone to drink the northwest wind a long time ago.
"Cathay, call Xiao San tomorrow, he can't stay at home all the time, Chen Shoucheng's old guy's third son has already gone to study abroad, but he's always thinking about staying at home, it's really a head-"
"Okay, second, you go down." An Shoujie originally wanted to scold his son for being a pig, but he thought that scolding his son like this was not scolding himself, so he retracted his words and waved his hand to let his second son go down.
"yes, okay." Looking at his father's somewhat angry appearance, An Guotai wanted to comfort, but put away the words in his chest and resolutely shut up and retreated.
Soon only An Shoujie and his housekeeper were left in the living room.
"Ah Cai, why do you say that this junior doesn't grow up so much, when will he grow up, if this family is given to him, I'm afraid he will be defeated in a few years!" After a long time, An Shoujie suddenly turned his head and said to the housekeeper next to him.
Thinking of Chen Mingren's current scenery and thinking that the next generation of the Chen family is good, he is really not very worried about his youngest son An Guomei, and it is simply heartbroken.
"Master, the third young master is also addicted to it for a while, and I believe that the third young master will wake up sooner or later." The housekeeper next to him immediately said.
"Well, I hope so." Looking at the housekeeper, An Shoujie could only sigh and pray.
Nothing was said all night.
The next day, Chen's house.
"Oh, isn't this Uncle Song, come, come, please, please."
"Ah, also, Uncle Qian, you are also here, quick, Xiaolian, take Master Qian to the living room."
Early in the morning, Chen Liqun and Chen Liqing stood at the door of their homes, welcoming all the landlords from all walks of life around Pingyue.
"Hey! Little Qingqing! ”
Suddenly, in the crowd of people, a fat man suddenly rushed over: "Haha, Xiao Qingqing, I haven't seen you for a long time, you have grown so tall?" I heard that you are not stupid, come, let my uncle take a good look. ”
Chen Liqing was accompanying the second brother to welcome and meet the Pingyue landlords and gentry, who would have thought that suddenly his body was light, and he was hugged by a fat man.
"Who? Let go of the little master! ”
Chen Liqing was still in a state of confusion, and Li Ersil, who was protecting him next to him, immediately pounced, and actually shot Chen Liqing from the fat man's hand.
"Protect the little master!" At the same time, with Li Ersil's shout, four or five people quickly rushed around, and they immediately surrounded the big fat man just now.
"Uh, this, what's going on?" The fat man's face couldn't help but be stunned, and at the same time, this sudden thing also made the rest of the landlords a little stunned.
"Ah, two fools, stop me, my own people, my own people!" However, after a second, Chen Liqun decisively reflected and hurriedly grabbed Li Ersil and the others.
"What, your own people?" Li Ersil reflected.
"Uncle?" Chen Liqing also regained his ability to think and looked at the fat man who was surrounded.
"Let go, two fools, you guys quickly step down for me!" Chen Liqing immediately realized that he might be engaged in oolong, and hurriedly broke free from Li Erdu's embrace.
"Uncle, are you your uncle?" Chen Liqing immediately walked in front of the fat man.
"Well, little brother, this is uncle." Chen Liqun immediately looked at the fat man: "Uncle, I'm sorry, didn't I scare you just now?" ”
"No, no." Wang Youzhi hurriedly waved his hand, and then looked at Chen Liqing curiously: "Xiaoqing, don't you know your uncle?" ”
"Know, know, uncle, uncle!" Although the uncle in front of him was a little unfamiliar, Chen Liqing was not stupid and immediately called out.
"Okay, hehe, I thought you kid didn't know your uncle." Wang Youzhi touched Chen Liqing's head.
"Who are these?" At the same time, he finally set his eyes on Li Ersil and the few people around Li Ersil, he remembered that just now these people actually came out in an instant, and just now he didn't find that there were so many people around Chen Liqing.
"Hehe, uncle, these are our buddies, man." Chen Liqing was afraid of being seen by others, so he casually introduced it, and pulled his uncle: "Uncle, it's just you who come over, what about grandma, is grandma okay?" ”
Chen Liqing still has a grandmother, although his father Chen Mingren is fifty years old, and his mother Wang is also forty-eight, but his grandmother is still there, close to seventy, and her body is still very strong.
"Oh, your grandmother, it's a long way to go, so she didn't come. What about your mother......" Wang Youzhi was dragged into the house by Chen Liqing.
Chen Liqun, on the other hand, continued to welcome guests outside.
In the living room, Chen Mingren was talking to the gentry and landlords who came from afar, and after Wang Youzhi came, he also greeted Wang Youzhi and asked Chen Liqing to arrange for his uncle to sit down.
Wang Youzhi is not young, he has been with Chen Mingren for a year, but because Chen Liqing is nephew, he is still very good to Chen Liqing.
"Xiaoqing, what do you want to do when your second brother informs us so far away?" chatted with Chen Liqing in the corner of the living room, and listened to Chen Mingren and some landlords saying some unnutritious words, Wang Youzhi, who was in a hurry, couldn't help but ask Chen Liqing.
Wang Youzhi's house is in Weng'an County, and there is a certain distance from Pingyue, and now that he is here, he wants to know what Chen Liqun wants to do when he asks him to come over, and he must let him come in person.
"Uncle, this matter will be kept secret for the time being, and I can't talk about it until Master Fan and most of the uncles and uncles come." Chen Liqing smiled mysteriously at Wang Youzhi.
"Well, you kid, you still keep it a secret from your uncle!" Wang Youzhi was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but scratch Chen Liqing's nose.
"Master, Master Fan, they're here!" However, without letting Chen Liqing and Wang Youzhi wait long, Erde ran in to spread the word.
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