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In Chen Zeqing's home, there was a yellow wooden table. Because of its age, the surface of the table was shiny, but it was also extremely smooth.At the front, back, left and right of the table, there were one person sitting on each side, Chen Zeqing naturally took the main seat, Chen Xiansong sat opposite them, and Hui Lian and Bai Qianxin sat on both sides of the table.

On the farther guest seat next to her was a middle-aged woman with a gold hairpin on her head, and she was wearing a turquoise silk dress, covering herself tightly. Except for her hands and face, there was no other place No meat at all.In contrast, Bai Qianxin's dress that exposed her shoulders and then revealed a small part of the majestic white mountains is simply ruining the social atmosphere.

This woman has faint crow's feet at the corners of her eyes, and her appearance is somewhat similar to Huilian's. She is staring at Huilian with loving eyes. Seeing her expression, Chen Xiansong knows that she must be Huilian's mother without introduction.Although the woman's gaze was very enthusiastic, Huilian lowered her head and did not respond to her at all.

Four cups of tea were placed in front of each of the four people, white water vapor rose from the cups, and then dispersed like light clouds.Chen Zeqing sat on the main seat and remained silent. He was still a little confused. Huilian was married to a barbarian land by the patriarch, and finally got a salt road. Of course, he got a lot of benefits secretly for this. It's just that not many people know about it.

The barbarian land is dangerous and difficult, and Huilian will probably have to go through a lot of experiences here. She is a lady dressed as a daughter, even if she is lucky enough to reach the barbarian land, the life there is miserable, and it may be difficult to come back. Chen Ze has been a good father early in the morning Although the preparations for the women to be separated from each other in the world are a little bit sad, compared with the benefits obtained secretly, that bit of sadness is like lice on an elephant, not worth mentioning.

If the sadness of father-daughter relationship is heartache, then letting him spit out the benefits he got would kill him.The third child of the Chen family, Chen Guanghai, told him when he came back last night that he met Huilian in Heluo City.And she seemed to be snatched away by a scholar from the old Chen family.

This news almost shocked him. There has always been a custom of robbing marriages in the borderlands of the Kingdom of Zhendan. Women who marry on the road are often snatched away by some forces. At this time, the bitter ones can only bite their teeth. Tun, in view of the almost harsh conservative atmosphere of the Kingdom of Cathay towards women.Huilian has no 'future'. Even if a woman who lost her innocence is rescued, the greatest value is a concubine, that is, the kind of woman who has a distinguished guest and is let to go to bed.In a way, even the maids are worse.

Of course, this matter was not a big deal to Chen Zeqing, at most he was a little angry and lamented that his daughter had suffered such bad luck, but he soon discovered a very serious problem.If Huilian did not continue to stay with the barbarian husband.Instead, he became a concubine for a scholar, so the benefits of coming over from the barbarians would be completely lost, which made him how to find such a good 'business' in the future, after all, he only had one daughter.

That's why he went to old Chen's house in the morning, firstly to see what Chen Guanghai said was true and false, secondly, he wanted to bring Huilian home and ask what was going on, hoping that she would still be innocent.It's okay to send it to the barbarians in this way.It's just that she didn't expect that Huilian, who has always been well-behaved, would contradict him in public, making him unable to get off the stage.

After returning home, Chen Zeqing was so angry that he almost couldn't eat lunch, but his wife seemed very happy when she heard that Huilian was still in Heluo City.For her daughter's marriage to a barbarian land, she has shed tears a lot.

Chen Zeqing wanted to get his daughter back, but the old Chen family was not easy to deal with, with more than 2000 years of history.There are so many involved, even the royal family dare not mess with this family casually.He thought about it for a noon, and when he felt that he had to rely on the power of the family to act, he didn't expect that his daughter came to the door with a 'concubine'.

He went out angrily, followed by a group of aunts and six wives who were watching the excitement. Although they were behind, their whispering was really troublesome. Chen Zeqing didn't even have to think about it, he knew what kind of eyes those women were looking at. Him, this annoys him, in a big family, the most important thing is face, if you can't even hold your head up in front of your relatives, then how will you earn face outside for yourself in the future.

Chen Zeqing planned to forcefully bring his daughter home this time, and then use family law, but unexpectedly, a scholar with excellent temperament, red lips and white teeth, obviously from a big family, actually called him respectfully: Father-in-law.

Until now, Chen Zeqing wanted to laugh a little. At that time, not only he himself was stunned, but almost all the three aunts and six wives were also frightened.Huilian actually married a scholar, and this scholar didn't care about her identity. Father-in-law is not a random word, this is very good, very good!

So at this moment, Chen Zeqing stared at his daughter kindly, very satisfied with her 'motivation', and then looked at Chen Xiansong, even more satisfied, a son-in-law of a scholar, many times, He can take advantage of a lot of power, and the most important thing is that this scholar seems to be from the old Chen family.

Although the little Chen family and the old Chen family are somewhat at odds, as long as the interests are the same, there will be no hurdles that cannot be overcome.

"Son-in-law, I don't know your name yet?" Chen Zeqing was silent for a while, and then he took the initiative to speak. After all, according to the rules of the Cathay Kingdom, when a son-in-law meets his wife's elders for the first time, he must first salute, and then the elders will ask questions. During this period, you can't take the initiative to speak, and the elders have to answer whatever they ask.

"Chen Xiansong."

Chen Zeqing nodded in satisfaction. In this way, the son-in-law must be better than the barbarian's son-in-law. Even if he loses the benefits from the barbarian, it doesn't matter. Isn't it just forty gold coins per month for five years? Compared with a scholar-son-in-law, it's really nothing.

If Chen Xiansong and Huilian knew about this, they would be speechless, and Huilian would be even more depressed.A year ago, Huilian might still think that forty gold coins per month was a lot, but after seeing the boxes of gold coins piled up in Huishi Village, with a total of more than 30 gold coins, Huilian's vision has also changed. It has become wider, forty gold coins, not enough for the little guy's pocket money for a month.

However, Chen Zeqing is still a little strange: "As far as I know, the younger generation of the old Chen family should be the generation of 'jia'. For example, one named Chen Jialuo is very famous. And I have never heard of any scholar in the old Chen family. Birth, son-in-law, can you tell me the reason for this?"

"I'm a little special." Chen Xiansong thought for a while, and could only answer like this.

"Oh, I see." Chen Zeqing recalled the stories he had read from the genealogy before, and probably 'understood' that Chen Xiansong was protected by family secrets.Many aristocratic families would do the same for quietly cultivated heirs of scholars. After all, every aristocratic family has enemies. If the other party goes crazy and takes action against the young scholars, it will be too late for regret medicine.

Chen Xiansong didn't know what his father-in-law 'understood', but it was good that he didn't need to explain.

"Since Xianmei is a scholar, she must be good at all fields. I don't know which one is more proficient."

"Personally, I am good at pictures and calligraphy." Chen Xiansong smiled: "I also know some other messy knowledge. It can be said that many things are clear to the general, but not precise."

When Chen Zeqing heard this, he didn't care.The advantage of scholars is the accumulation of knowledge, and young scholars generally do not do much.But as time goes by, as they get older and more mature, the scholars will burst out with great power. They have strong insight, or have a strong ability to reconstruct knowledge, and one person can often support them. Start a big family.And invincible.

Only scholars can deal with scholars. This is the principle that the Kingdom of Cathay has always believed in.Therefore, in the imperial court, the most important positions are all scholars, and the big shots in the cabinet can only be held by scholars.It stands to reason that soul thinkers, that is, scholars cannot hold important positions in state institutions.But since Yan Shengren led the Cathay Kingdom to fight the Sun God Servant more than 2000 years ago, the Cathay Kingdom has never ignored this prohibition. , changed his title to 'Scholar'.

"Xianmei, I am very happy that you can come to our house as a guest. But now I have a difficult problem, and I urgently need a genius like you to help me solve it. Can you give me an idea?"

"|Father-in-law, please tell me!"

Chen Zeqing glanced at Huilian, and then said: "Thirteen was supposed to marry to a barbarian land. But since he was robbed by a virtuous son-in-law halfway, it is fate and fate. I have always believed in ghosts and gods. Since this is heaven I have nothing to say about the arrangement, but the problem is also here. Huilian married to a barbarian land, and the barbarians there promised to send sixty gold coins to my family every month. This dowry money has been distributed for almost a year. Yes, it has not been cut off, but since you have become my son-in-law, it seems that the money for this matter may be cut off soon, I wonder if the good-natured son-in-law can do it so that the dowry money will not decrease."

Chen Zeqing immediately increased the monthly benefit from the patriarch brother by half.

This can be regarded as asking for gift money, Huilian lowered her head, holding a white handkerchief in both hands, her face turned blue and green, but fortunately she lowered her head and no one saw it.She really hates her father more and more now, that's why it's the first time a son-in-law comes to the door, and he just asks for money.

At this time, Chen Xiansong also realized Huilian's previous feelings more and more. With such a father and such an elder brother, as a younger sister, it is indeed very good for her not to be pissed off to death.Sixty gold coins a month is just a drizzle to him, not a big deal at all, but he doesn't want to get involved too much with Chen Zeqing. Once such a father-in-law knows his real "property", he will only get more and more money. Greed, he could see that this was a greedy person.

"I heard from Huilian that what father-in-law is best at is food business?" Chen Xiansong asked with a smile.

"That's it!" Chen Zeqing stroked his long black beard and said with a smile: "In Heluo City, the best restaurant, Yellow Crane Tower, is managed by me. I account for [-]% of the shares, and in the south and north of the city. , and two restaurants, which were also built by me, and the business is still good. There are several dishes in it, and only I have the recipe, and no one else can imitate them."

Chen Xiansong nodded: "It's just right, I also know a drink recipe called milk tea, the flavor is very unique. I don't know if my father-in-law has heard of|?"

"Oh, that's really not there." Hearing about the food, Chen Zeqing became curious, and he didn't put on airs for his father-in-law: "If my son-in-law knows, can you tell me about the taste and color of this drink. "

Chen Xiansong briefly talked about the taste of milk tea, but Chen Zeqing was very moved when he heard it: "Son-in-law, listen to you, do you know how to make this kind of milk tea? Can you teach my father-in-law a thing or two? A drink with this taste will be even more powerful."

"This prescription is one of my family's secrets." Chen Xiansong replied slowly: "It's okay to teach it to my father-in-law, but the family will definitely blame me. From then on, Huilian and I want to come to visit again. See you Father-in-law, that is almost impossible."

Chen Zeqing only hesitated for less than three seconds, then he laughed loudly and said, "I know my son-in-law is busy with affairs and can't come often, I can understand, I can understand."

When Huilian's mother heard this, she smiled wryly, then stood up, and said with a salute: "Husband, and son-in-law, I suffered from a cold last night, and now it seems to have relapsed, and I feel dizzy, so I won't accompany you." You two chatted and wanted to go back to rest for a while, sorry for your impoliteness."

At this time, Huilian with a pale face also stood up and said: "Mother, I will help you see the house. I haven't seen you for a year. My daughter has something that I always want to say to my mother."

After the two women entered the inner room, Chen Zeqing also entered his study, and then picked up a pen and paper from it. Chen Xiansong wrote down the method of making milk tea in detail, and handed it to Chen Zeqing. As soon as he took the paper and saw it, he exclaimed: "Good words, good words."

Chen Xiansong is good at calligraphy, and his handwriting is beautiful.Chen Zeqing took a few glances, and was about to put away this secret recipe and study it carefully at night, when he raised his eyes, he saw a group of people walking outside the door, the leader was a middle-aged man, wearing a gray-black robe with tattoos A few dark gold silk patterns, although it looks very low-key, but if you look closely, you will find that this person is wearing extravagant clothes.

The white jade hair bun, the dark gold-edged robe, and the Garfield Elvis Presley leather boots, the total cost of this outfit is not a hundred gold coins, but at least eighty.Chen Zeqing also wanted to wear such a suit, and he could afford it, but he didn't dare to wear it. As long as this suit was worn, only the head of the Xiao Chen family could wear it.

"Brother, why do you come to me when you have time?" Chen Zeqing stood up, a little surprised.

The middle-aged man walked into the house, took a look at Chen Xiansong, and then replied: "I heard that Huilian's husband has come to visit, why don't you come and see. I'm really curious, who is it that dares to be in the barbarian house?" He robbed the woman from our Chen family, and ran to the door openly..."

Chen Xiansong could tell right now that this middle-aged man was not a friendly person. There were ten nursing homes behind him, all of whom were well-developed, with slightly hostile eyes, obviously not ordinary people.