Chapter Eighty-Seven: White Things

Counting from the fact that Mrs. He is seriously ill. Until the end of this funeral, which lasted for almost half a month, Chen Shuangchuan had been struggling for more than half a month, only feeling that he couldn't hold on, and even the banquet behind him only symbolically ate a few bites, so he took He Ruyu home first, almost fell headlong on the bed, and just wanted to sleep.

Tired a little ruthlessly, Chen Shuangchuan was a little nervous for several days afterward, and even He Jinbao, who was so energetic, seemed to be a little depressed, and hesitated for a long time before quietly discussing with Chen Shuangchuan about asking for money.

"Do you want to use it?" Chen Shuangchuan is a little strange, He Jinbao has only been back for a few days, and he has been busy with the He family over there for the past few days, and he has not met any special person, and he can suddenly encounter something that is in a hurry to use money.

When He Jinbao said squirmingly, Chen Shuangchuan knew that after she left, Mrs. He took out the account book and calculated the accounts of the past half a month. In the end, Mrs. He was crying directly at He Jinbao, which suddenly spent a large amount of money, and the family was already stretched thin, and the turnover was not good, since He Jinbao had been with the grandfather for so many years, he should also give a part of the money for the grandfather's funeral.

So He Jinbao came back to Chen Shuangchuan to ask for money.

I've never seen anything so shameless! Chen Shuang was so angry that his hands were about to tremble, and he screamed, not to give, and suddenly thought that this was too blunt, afraid that He Jinbao would not be happy to hear it, so he eased his tone a little and said: "The house over there is rented here for a year, and the maid who waits for it is also sold by the next person, and the master thinks that there is still a few more surplus money at home that can be taken out and used?" ”

"But the master he ......" these accounts Chen Shuang has always remembered clearly, just take them out and flip them over to know how much money is left in the family, He Jinbao also felt a little embarrassed Chen Shuang fell, but when he thought of Mrs. He, He Jinbao was a little unbearable, this He family, there are not many people who are really good to him, He Jinbao is naturally thinking about Mrs. He's good.

Chen Shuangchuan said hatefully: "I haven't seen her come to visit a few times when I'm alive, everyone is dead, no matter how prosperous this posthumous thing is, the grandfather can't see it anymore, and he still says that there is no such thing." ”

He Jinbao also sighed. Chen Shuangchuan's words are not very popular, but it is also an indisputable fact, although he does not want to see Mrs. He, he does not want to see her, but Chen Shuangchuan has never said that she will not let her see Mrs. He, but Mrs. He has never come once.

"We should give it, there will be no less, and if we don't give it, I won't take out an iron baht."

Mrs. He didn't dare to say it, but Chen Shuangchuan said it here, He Jinbao was mixed in the middle, and he only felt extremely painful, thinking that life would be easier on the Hegong side. Finally survived until Sanqi was finished, He Jinbao was like escaping, and hurriedly avoided the construction site, Mrs. He couldn't find He Jinbao, and Chen Shuangchuan didn't see her at all, so he could only endure it stupidly.

Before Mrs. He's seven days were finished, the He family received another white invitation post, and Li Lanpei's husband-in-law died of illness suddenly.

Chen Shuangchuan has no relationship with Li Lanpei, but there are not many relatives in the capital. Li Lanpei also came to send a funeral to Mrs. He, and the invitation was sent to the door again, Chen Shuangchuan thought that she should also go to the courtesy.

The day of the funeral was March, and He Jinbao sent a letter back saying that the construction work was almost completed, but there were some aftermaths, and he would have to come back two days late, and Li Lanpei would not be able to catch up. Chen Shuangchuan had to go alone.

Li Lanpei's family name is Ying, the family is quite wealthy, the position is not high, just a small official, Li Lanpei is not very reluctant to marry, but at that time, Zhou Luhe was afraid of implicating her daughter, so she hurriedly found her an honest family, but she didn't expect that after only a few years of hard work, the Ying family boy suddenly died of illness, and it seems that Li Lanpei is also a hard worker.

When Chen Shuang descended to Ying's house, he saw Li Lanpei, who was dressed in plain white, was crying bitterly in a woman's arms.

I don't know if Li Lanpei saw Chen Shuangchuan, she only covered her face and cried, while saying intermittently: "...... I can't get by. Mother took me home...... I'm going home......"

Zhou Luhe had no choice but to gently pat Li Lanpei's back and comfort him in a low voice.

A lady next to her, who was also wearing filial piety clothes, glared at her with a cold face full of resentment, and threw a knife of paper money into the brazier with anger, watching the flames jump up, she couldn't help but mutter: "Your husband is still cold, you just want to leave home, touch your chest to see if there is a conscience inside!" ”

"Do you want me to stay here and be bullied by you old thing?" Li Lanpei was not to be outdone, wiped his tears and immediately turned his lips and ridiculed, and his eyes were as bright as a beast.

The two mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law actually fought with each other regardless of the occasion, and Chen Shuangchuan, who was still on the mourning hall, was quite embarrassed, and for a while he didn't know whether to continue to worship in the mourning hall or go farther away.

was embarrassed, but there were other condolences coming in behind, Chen Shuangchuan hurriedly took this opportunity to take a few steps back, and before she could exit the door, she was stopped by Li Lanpei's hand, and she heard her say in a slightly aggrieved voice: "You should always be able to ask others to comment on the reasoning, cousin, you can talk about it." ”

"This is the Founding Wencheng Marquis Lady!" I don't know which maid it is, she said unusually articulately, choking up so that Ying's mother-in-law was stunned, and quietly glanced at Chen Shuang, and her momentum immediately weakened a lot.

Chen Shuangchuan was also stunned for a moment. fell on Li Lanpei's hand, and couldn't help sneering in his heart, I am afraid that Li Lanpei had expected this scene a long time ago, so he specially sent an obituary to He Jinbao. This time it was really calculated by Li Lanpei, Chen Shuangchuan couldn't help but feel a little annoyed, but after all, he still took care of his relatives, so he couldn't just throw his hands and go, so he could only respond vaguely.

Ying's mother-in-law stared at it suspiciously several times, Chen Shuangchuan had always dressed simply, no jewelry, and she was here to attend the funeral on this day. Naturally, it is a little more plain than usual, and with a hood covering her face, even people who have met her may not be able to recognize it, let alone Ying's mother-in-law who has never seen it at all, it is natural to be suspicious.

It's just that the name of this Mrs. Hou seems to be quite useful in the Ying family, hearing Li Lanpei call her cousin-in-law to Chen Shuang, the momentum of the Ying family's mother-in-law immediately weakened a little, and she was completely suppressed by Li Lanpei.

was grabbed by Li Lanpei's hand and couldn't break free for a while, Chen Shuangchuan's anger gradually rose, if it weren't for the fact that it was not good to look at the people coming and going here, Chen Shuangchuan would have thought about yelling at Li Lanpei.

At this time, suddenly there was another burst of mourning, and it was actually Mrs. He, Li Lanpei was overjoyed, probably thinking that there was one more person to help. Chen Shuangchuan's face sank, and while Li Lanpei was not paying attention, he finally pulled out his hand and said, "Since there is something, then I won't bother, and I'll come back to visit another day." ”

"Cousin-in-law......" Li Lanpei still called out reluctantly, but Chen Shuangchuan had already walked to the door quickly, and Mrs. He, who had just followed up, staggered by, Chen Shuangchuan passed by without squinting, but Mrs. He snorted and muttered something like no rules, Li Lanpei finally remembered that the relationship between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law was also quite stiff, no wonder Chen Shuangchuan was in a hurry to leave as soon as he heard that Mrs. He was coming.

This was really a mess, and while no one noticed her, Chen Shuangchuan didn't want to send her to the funeral, so she quickly said goodbye and got into the car.

Inquire about the news, Chen Shuangchuan has been stared at and is not available, but she doesn't know as much as Chunhong, and this girl is articulate. On the way home, he specially told Chen Shuang to listen.

This matter is actually very simple, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law have been at odds for a long time, after the death of Li Lanpei's son-in-law, they quarreled several times, Li Lanpei just cried and shouted to go back to her parents' house, and the mother-in-law of the Ying family wanted Li Lanpei to be widowed for her son, so she naturally refused, so Li Lanpei thought about finding a weighty mother's family to support her, so she calculated Chen Shuangchuan.

It is difficult for Qing officials to cut off family affairs, these trivial things are not clear in the first place, if they are really mixed in, it must be a thankless thing, Chen Shuang sighed, only felt that this day was really more and more troublesome.

Within a few days, He Jinbao returned home, and the river work over there finally came to an end, and it was reluctantly repaired in time for the rainy season, but Su Mu mentioned in the book that the embankment was seriously damaged, and it was repaired greatly in order to be safe. This entire Feifeng River almost crossed the entire territory of the Zhou Dynasty, and it was no longer a project that could be completed in one or two years, and Sima Zixia had no choice but to leave the fold.

Waiting for He Jinbao to come back, his face was very ugly, Chen Shuangchuan thought that he was tired over there, and prepared hot water for He Jinbao to bathe, but He Jinbao shook his body and almost didn't fall directly, Chen Shuangchuan helped him, but he was stained with sticky blood.

He Jinbao blocked Chen Shuang's mouth and whispered: "Don't make a noise!" ”

Chen Shuangchuan barely calmed down, finally suppressed the exclamation, quickly let people retreat, helped He Jinbao down to the bed, lifted his clothes and saw that there was a big wound on his waist, although it was bandaged, but He Jinbao came back on horseback, and the wound burst open again as soon as he used force, but He Jinbao's clothes were darker, so he couldn't see it for a while.

He Jinbao didn't let Chen Shuang go to the doctor, Chen Shuang could only find some clean cloth, dip it in hot water, help He Jinbao clean the wound, and apply Tian Qi powder, finally stopped the blood from the wound, but Chen Shuangchuan was tired of sweating.

Although he was injured, He Jinbao's spirit was fine, but he was not very active, let Chen Shuangchuan help him clean up, lying on the bed, although his face was a little pale, but his spirit was fine, so he slowly told Chen Shuangchuan what happened.

It turned out that in the days when He Jinbao returned late, it was not that there was something missing on the construction site, but that Sima Zixia Weifu went there to visit, and no one knew about this matter, which should have been confidential, and even He Jinbao was taken aback when he saw it. But in the middle of the way, a team of assassins came somehow, He Jinbao was stabbed in order to protect Sima Zixia, the assassins were not happy, so they fled one, and the others were either killed, or committed suicide after being captured, and there was no clue at all.

Sima Zixia has his plans for this matter and doesn't want to make it too public, so He Jinbao's injury naturally has to be hidden.

"That's it?" I don't know why, Chen Shuangchuan always felt that this matter was handled, and Sima Zixia seemed to be making a little fuss, or that there was no trivial matter in the emperor's family.

Thinking about it this way, and seeing that He Jinbao was not in a big problem, knowing that there was an imperial doctor who had shown him before, Chen Shuangchuan was relieved, and cleaned up all the blood-stained strips of cloth, but she was not good at throwing them away. Thinking that since it was the emperor's family's business, he called Mama Fang, who was sent by the queen's mother, and carefully disposed of these things, and He Jinbao just watched and didn't say anything superfluous.

Although he was injured, but He Jinbao did not have a day to rest, the next day or got up early in the morning to go to the court, Chen Shuangchuan looked distressed, specially got up early to boil some millet porridge for He Jinbao, when he sent him out, he also wrapped some red date cakes for him to bring, said: "You take this yourself, eat some when you are hungry, I also handed over the spare medicine to the little girl, and I can eat some if I can't hold it." ”

He Jinbao responded one by one, and told Chen Shuangchuan to be careful at home, and then went out.

On this day, Chen Shuangchuan planned to do some needlework at home, and suddenly thought that if Mrs. He Li Lanpei came, it would be a bad thing to see or not to see it, thinking that it was also a good thing to not go to Shunxinfang for a few days, and because Mrs. He went, He Ruyu was not very happy for many days, so Chen Shuangchuan took He Ruyu out together.

The business of Shunxinfang is still the same as before, not too good, not bad, Qiulan and Xiaotao are skilled, and now they are also very presentable, and the customers of Shunxinfang have gradually been fixed, and there is a lot of income in a month.

It took a morning to look at the account book, basically didn't find much of a problem, and ate in a nearby teahouse, Chen Shuangchuan saw that He Ruyu was still not energetic, so he took her to the street for a walk, looking at the dazzling goods, and then slowly had some smiles.

He Ruyu also took two bracelets decorated with silver bells and said: "If He Jue brings it, the bell rings as soon as he moves, and he is not afraid that he will run away." ”

It's rare to see He Ruyu like it, and it's silver, and it's not too expensive, He Ruyu was thinking about saying yes, and suddenly heard someone on the side interject very unceremoniously and said: "This is not a kitten or a puppy, with a bell!" ”

There has always been a saying here that children's souls have not grown into easy to be hooked away by ghosts, and the sound of silver bells can exorcise demons and ward off evil spirits, and can scare away ghosts who hook the soul, so children often bring these ornaments.

He Ruyu didn't know much about these things, she was really good to He Jue, and when she saw something good-looking, she naturally wanted to keep it for He Jue, but she didn't expect to be said such a sentence suddenly, of course He Ruyu could sense that this was saying that she was not good, and immediately put down the pair of silver bracelets with some stupidity.

When I looked back, it was a woman in red clothes, full of pearls, and extremely gorgeous, and I don't know if it was because she didn't even wear a hat in this store, revealing a delicate and gorgeous face.

Chen Shuangchuan looked at it, felt that this person was very strange, and he didn't think that he had met before, so he ignored her, took the pair of bracelets that He Ruyu had just chosen, and looked at it quite likely, asked the price, paid the money and let the shopkeeper wrap it.

Feeling that she was being ignored, the woman seemed to be very unhappy, snorted coldly, slapped the counter fiercely, and scolded: "I don't know how to lift!" ”

That palm down, just happened to touch a white jade bracelet, swallowed to the ground, it was broken in half, the shopkeeper screamed, and didn't care about anything else, seeing that the woman was leaving, he quickly pulled her sleeve, and reasoned with her, and it was very lively.

Taking advantage of the chaos, he hurriedly came out of the store, He Ruyu still took Chen Shuangchuan's hand with some apprehension and said, "Sister-in-law, that ......"

"It's good if Ruyu likes it, others say so much, how can there be so much time to pay attention to it one by one?"

When I got home, I inquired with Liu Dashan, and there were really a lot of people who came to the door today, Mrs. He brought her sister Zhou Luhe to come together, thinking that it should be for Li Lanpei's matter, Chen Shuangchuan also sighed, this kind of thing, even if you want to help, it is powerless, after all, it is someone's family matter.

And what is surprising is that there are still people who come to find Aunt Wang, because it was ordered by Chen Shuangchuan, Liu Dashan paid special attention, it is said that Aunt Wang has not seen her cousin for many years, and her hometown has suffered a disaster, so she came to defect.

Chen Shuangchuan only wondered, how did this Aunt Wang, or Aunt Wang's cousin, find each other, Aunt Wang basically didn't go out, and she didn't hear that she had a message outside?

As soon as I sat down here, it was said that Aunt Wang brought her cousin to see Chen Shuangchuan, Chen Shuangchuan just said to let them in, but she saw that Chunhua's face was a little ugly, and she seemed to want to speak and stopped, Chen Shuangchuan felt strange and asked: "What's the matter, why is this girl so weird?" ”

Chunhong hesitated and whispered, "Mrs., you really want to see them, it's not good, that ...... It's a man. ”

Man? Chen Shuang was stunned for a long time before she reacted, Chunhong was talking about Aunt Wang's cousin, Aunt Wang's cousin was actually a man.

It's not that Chen Shuang is slow, it's really Aunt Wang's thing is too unscored, unlike the countryside, the so-called male and female defense in the capital is very serious, this backyard is generally a place where female dependents live, and even Liu Dashan can only go to the second gate if he has something to do, and find the maid's wife to pass the word on his behalf, and he won't come in at all if he has nothing to do.

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