Hidden golden branches

Chapter 35 Adding Boxes
  When Mrs. Ding and Mrs. Tu saw their third sister-in-law, Mrs. Fang, asking them to go to their sister-in-law Mrs. Lu in the front yard, they hesitated for a moment, then turned around and told their youngest daughters, eight-year-old Chen Yun and six-year-old Chen Mei, to stay here. Don't run around.

The two little girls nodded their heads obediently and agreed: "Mom, if Yun'er (Mei'er) doesn't run away, just wait here for Mom to pick up your daughter."

Ding and Tu were also worried about their sons. Boys aged eleven or twelve would easily get naughty and get into trouble if no one was keeping an eye on them.

Foreign men are not allowed to enter the inner house, otherwise, if they take their sons with them, they will not want to go to their elder sister-in-law, Mrs. Lu, to look at her and be idle.

The four-bedroom and five-bedroom family were originally assigned to live in Zhuangzi by the eccentric old lady before her death. Both families could not help but resent the old lady, but they had no choice but to do anything.

However, the money saved by Liangfang could still buy a small house for two or three people.

Therefore, in the second year after the four-bedroom and five-bedroom families were separated, they bought a two-room house in the west end of the city, which was not prosperous and far away from the city gate. It is said that it did not cost much money. It was purchased by the wealthy man to support his wife. Later, when the mistress found out about the house, she kicked out the outer rooms and sold the house at a low price.

So, after the two brothers jointly bought the house, they divided the house into two and built a wall in the middle, just like the Chen family's ancestral house, to separate the houses, and each brother lived in his own house.

Chen Rong saw that Chen Yun and Chen Mei, who were still small groups when the family separated, were now sitting shyly and politely in the corner, looking towards her with their round black eyes.

Chen Rong pursed her lips and smiled at them. She turned around and was about to ask Cuizhu to hand the jewelry box to Chen Ying. "Hey, what gift will the third sister give to the eldest sister today?" Unexpectedly, Chen Fu started first. asked, and then held Chen Rong's hand affectionately, and said to herself: "The gift given by Third Sister must be valuable, otherwise, it would make Third Sister lose her pretense as the county master. Third Sister, do you think this is the gift?" ?”

When Chen Rong saw what Chen Fu said, she glanced at the sisters in the room, smiled and said, "Second sister is wrong in what she said. As the saying goes, 'Gifts are of little importance to people,' and the gifts given to younger sisters are more important." Isn’t that being underestimated? Besides, why do my sisters want to be so polite? Sister, do you think this is true?"

Yes, there is nothing wrong with what Chen Rong said.

What Chen Rong said successfully blocked Chen Fu's mouth and choked Chen Ying.

However, when Cuizhu opened the jewelry box in her hand and saw a pair of gold-inlaid jade lily hairpins and two round agate beads shining inside, the sisters immediately fell silent.

When this gold-inlaid jade lily hairpin was first launched in Rumengzhai last year, sisters Chen Ying and Chen Fu both went to Rumengzhai and had a good time. They loved it, but without money in their wallets, their love was in vain.

Unexpectedly, the treasures I wanted would be given away as a pair as if they were money.

Fortunately, Chen Rong didn't give Chen Ying the pair of priceless red gold gourd hairpins and two strings of crystal beads of different colors to add makeup to Chen Ying.

Otherwise, the two short-sighted sisters would not know how to be surprised.

Also, it is said that the eldest aunt only gave her eldest daughter a dowry of twenty thousand dollars, but her son-in-law asked for a bride price of twenty thousand silver. The two thousand taels of silver are excluded from other betrothal gifts.

In other words, except for the 20,000 taels of silver, the bride price carried over by the man remained intact on the wedding day, and the 20,000 taels of silver fell into Lu's pocket.

Hey, how is this different from selling your daughter?
  It would be fine if Renyi, the man's family member, is easy to meet, but if he is a powerful character, it goes without saying that Chen Ying's life will not be much easier after she enters the house.

This aunt is really a scumbag who only cares about money and doesn’t care about her daughter’s happiness!

That is to say, the son-in-law is a widower and he is marrying the daughter of a yellow flower. Otherwise, they wouldn't obey the mother-in-law's wishes and bring cash over, they would just bring it over in kind.

In fact, Chen Ying just needs to be manipulated by her in-laws, who are not easy to meet. Otherwise, it would be hard to see how arrogant she is.

Chen Ying was very satisfied with the makeup that Chen Rong gave her, and said a polite word dryly: "It is better for the third sister to treat the eldest sister." Hearing this, Chen Rong only slightly bent the corner of his mouth.

After giving away the wedding gifts, she didn't want to stay there anymore, so she got up and walked out. When she walked to the door, she saw the two little cousins ​​smiling at her. Chen Rong walked over, bent down and stretched out his hand to rub the head of one of the little cousins, and said with a smile: "Yeah, I haven't seen him grow so big in a few years."

Seeing Chen Rong wink at her, Cuizhu hurriedly walked over and took out two small purses. Inside was a small pure gold bell.

The older Chen Yun raised her hands to take it, stood up and bowed to Chen Rong, saying crisply: "Yun'er, thank you Third Sister, Third Sister is so kind!"

"Mei'er, thank you third sister, too." The little girl Chen Mei followed her little cousin obediently and said in a sweet voice, while her little hands were also touching Chen Rongfu in a decent manner.

Chen Rong couldn't help but stretched out his hand to rub the top of Mei'er's head, and said with a smile: "You're welcome, sister."

After coming out of the Qinghe Courtyard, I took Cuizhu and Yuzhu with umbrellas and walked up the bluestone flower path towards the corridor. I saw that there used to be beautiful flower beds on both sides of the flower path. If no one takes care of it, there will be nothing but a few chrysanthemums blooming like wild flowers.

Alas, Chen Rong sighed in his heart and walked up the corridor. After passing the corridor, he passed the path in front of the pavilion, walked around the rockery and arrived at the screen wall. After a few steps, he reached the gate.

Unexpectedly, there was a lot of excitement in front of the gate. It turned out that the groom was here to welcome the bride.

By chance, Chen Rong raised his head and met the groom, Guan Guli.

The short groom in front of him looked a little embarrassed. He had just taken off his raincoat, and a lot of mud was splashed on the red wedding robe, and the crown on his head was a little crooked.

Chen Rong took advantage of him to adjust his robes, quickly lowered his head, and hurriedly took Cuizhu and Yuzhu away to the side.

After the groom's official and the wedding team turned in from Zhaobi, Chen Rong walked out.

She held the jade bone umbrella and walked non-stop to the front door, crossed the threshold and walked out to the house next door.

Although they only met each other just now, Chen Rong could see that this cousin-in-law was quite old, but he didn't look like a weakling.
  Tsk, if Chen Ying marries someone to fill a house, I'm afraid it will be difficult for her to be the master of the house!

After all, Chen Ying's husband-in-law is a censor from the fifth rank, a strict and rigid person, and a talkative person who specializes in finding fault with others.
  Three days later, Chen Ying returned home, but Chen Rong was not there. Only Chen Youyu and Chen Zhao and his son went to accompany the guests.

Afterwards, I heard the servants who went with the father and son murmur privately that Chen Ying seemed to have red eyes when she returned home.

Chen Rong knew that as long as the Gu family did not go too far, his father, Chen Youyu, would not ask.

After all, Chen Ying is the daughter of the Chen family. If she is bullied by her husband's family, it means that the Chen family is being looked down upon.

There was Chen Youyu, who had a higher official position than Gu Li, and Gu Li would not dare to make any mistakes.

　Chen Rong: The extra box of gifts has arrived. Go home quickly. Who wants to see Chen Ying and the two sisters?
  　　Xiao Zi: When I go back now, I can meet Chen Ying's short-skinned husband-in-law who specializes in picking out the faults of others.

　　
  　
  (End of this chapter)