The ultimate rebirth of the abandoned woman

Chapter 118 Steamed Buns Are Here ([-])

On the eighth day of September, Cui Shouyi's family rushed to the capital.

The chief steward of the Cui family had been waiting at the gate of the city for a long time. When he saw Cui Shouyi and several gentlemen on horseback, he hurriedly greeted them with a smile.

He also greeted Mr. Erlang and several young gentlemen, and accused Cui Ze, saying that he couldn't come to greet him in person. He felt extremely guilty, but he was busy with work, so he hoped that his second uncle would forgive him.

Cui Shouyi is a general, with a bold temper, and he is close to his elder brother's family, so he doesn't care about such small things.

However, what puzzled Cui Shouyi was that when the butler was speaking, although he kept smiling, there was always a faint anxiety in his brows and eyes, as if something important had happened at home.

After thinking about it, he called the housekeeper: "Ah Zhong, is there something wrong at home? I think you don't look very good. But what's wrong with my sister? Or maybe my brother—"

It's not that Cui Shouyi cursed his relatives, it's that the elder sister and elder brother are all getting old, one is over [-] years old, the other is over [-] years old, they are not young people, and when people get old, they are very easy to get sick.

When he was in the northwest, Cui Shouyi was worried about his two parents, afraid that if he didn't return to Beijing for a few years, he would hear some bad news when he returned.

"No, no, the old lady and the old husband are very good. The old lady raises flowers and feeds the fish every day, and chats with the little lady at home in her free time. It is very pleasant,"

Chief Steward Cui Zhong was born as Cui Ze's long follower, and also a descendant of those cronies who were given surnames a few days ago. He looks about 40 years old, and he is the safest in doing things.

Hearing Cui Shouyi's words, he quickly shook his head and said, "Since the old man resigned from office, he meets friends and travels every day, and even guides the homework of a few young gentlemen when he has time. He is also very leisurely."

"Really? Is there really nothing wrong at home?"

The more Cui Shouyi listened, the more he felt that there was something wrong. Cui Zhong was not good at speaking, but now he was eager to say so many things, which was weird in itself.

Cui Zhong smiled unnaturally, "It's really fine."

It's just that some chickens are flying like dogs.

What a mistake, at this moment, all the servants of the main hall of Rongshou Hall have been sent out, and the old lady, Cui Shouren, and Cui Ze and his wife are sitting on their knees in the hall.

However, the most outstanding grandson of the third generation of the Cui family, Cui Yanbo, the eldest son of the eldest son, knelt on the ground in shame, touching his forehead to the ground, repeatedly pleading guilty.

There was another person kneeling beside Cui Yanbo. Unlike Cui Yanbo, this person's upper body was straight, and he said regretful words, but there was no trace of shame in his eyes——

"...It's all my fault. I only wanted to help my elder brother, but I was young and inexperienced, so I responded in a panic."

"No, no, sixth brother, this matter is my fault. You want to help me, but, just... Well, in the final analysis, it was my own lack of thoughtfulness that left the disaster. Old lady, Ah Weng, This has nothing to do with the sixth brother, if you want to be punished, you should punish me."

Cui Yanbo raised his head, and after finishing these few words in shame, he knocked his forehead heavily on the floor, making a muffled bang.

As if a thunderbolt hit the heart of the eldest lady, she hurriedly kowtowed to the old lady and Cui Shouren who were on the main seat: "Old lady, my lord father, this matter is indeed that Uncle Yan did not act well and should be punished. However, the matter Now that it's out, Liu Lang also came forward to settle the matter, Yi'er sees it, it's better to just, let's just leave it at that."

"Oh!"

The old lady didn't say a word, but threw the teacup heavily on the long table, making a crisp sound, which was very ear-piercing in the silent hall.

Cui Shouren also glanced at the eldest son and his wife lightly, said nothing, and snorted coldly from his nose, his dissatisfaction was self-evident.

Seeing this, Cui Ze secretly thought it was wrong, so he quickly grabbed his wife and reprimanded him in a low voice: "What did you say? Da Lang did something wrong, and you didn't want to teach him a lesson, but let Liu Lang take the blame for no reason. Is this what the clan wife did? ?”

It would be fine if Liu Lang was his own son, but in order to preserve his elder brother's reputation and official career, he should help his elder brother take the blame.

But he is from the second house, and what's more terrible is that the second brother's family is in Jinyang, and only Liulang is left in the family. As an uncle, he can't take good care of Liulang, but he still asks him to hold the tank for his son. Knowing it, I will definitely say that he bullied Liu Lang and had no relatives by his side, calling him unkind.

"I'm telling the truth." She is a clan wife, but she is also an ordinary mother. How can she see her most promising eldest son being reprimanded and beaten? !

Liu Lang was originally a white body, with nothing to do all day long, but he had to be supported by his family. Now that something happened to his family, why not come out to help?
Besides, it's not to do anything to him, let alone kill him, but to help Da Lang suffer a few scolding, it's not painful or itchy, it's just a little effort.

And this Liu Lang is also the same, since he has come forward to help Da Lang settle the matter, then let the good thing be done to the end, and the left and right Da Lang will not treat him badly, why does he still stab the old man?
Could it be that he has other plans to help Dalang?

Thinking of this, the eldest lady glanced unkindly at Cui Huibo who was kneeling upright, and happened to see the corners of his mouth slightly raised—sure enough there is a problem!

Hmph, it's no wonder that the second sibling doesn't want to see this concubine. When I saw him today, he really is a man with deep plans.

On the one hand, he put on a brotherly and respectful attitude to help Da Lang take the blame, and earned a lot of praise from his predecessors;

On the other hand, he frantically ran to the elders to file a complaint, and at the same time, he didn't take any losses, and at the same time, he gave Da Lang a bad time.

Da Lang, her Da Lang, has never been reprimanded by the elders since he was enlightened at the age of six.

For more than 30 years, Da Lang has always been a model of Cui Jiabo's generation and the pride of her family.

Today, it was the first time in his life that Dalang was so humiliated.

Could it be that this is Liu Lang's real scheme to make Da Lang, who has a good official career, lose face at home first, and then destroy Qing's name outside? !

The more the lady thought about it, the more she felt that it was reasonable, and the eyes that looked at Cui Huibo were already filled with coldness.

"Okay, stop talking,"

The old lady knelt in the hall, her old hot eyes had seen the expressions of everyone present clearly, she didn't have the strength to sigh about Zheng's selfishness, she just took a few questions and asked Cui Yanbo: "Da Lang , Has anyone else seen the woman in Chongrenfang?"

Isn't it just raising a foreign house? It's not a rare thing in the capital.

The old lady was not angry because of this, she was angry because of the way her two nephews and grandchildren handled it, it was too clumsy and too shameful.

Cui Yanbo thought for a while, then shook his head: "Except for Liu Lang and his friend, no one else has seen it."

What a coincidence, it couldn't be more coincidental, the house he prepared for Rou Niang was actually next door to Liu Lang's best friend.

The old lady turned her gaze to Cui Huibo, "Liulang, is that person reliable?"

She no longer has the energy to guess whether Liu Lang deliberately revealed the matter, the most important thing now is to clean up the matter.

Cui Huibo's eyes flickered, and then he said firmly: "Reliable, don't worry, old lady, he will never betray his nephew and grandson."

Not betraying Cui Huibo does not mean not betraying the Cui family.

The old lady snorted coldly in her heart, and her eyes fell on Cui Ze again, "Ah Ze, this matter can be big or small. It stands to reason that there are many noble and high-ranking officials in the capital raising people in foreign houses, but Da Lang is The son of the country is a teacher, and he is a teacher. There must be no loss in private actions. This matter must be handled properly. Since Liu Lang has already agreed to the matter, then this matter is done by Liu Lang. The child will take him back and settle him properly. The woman Well--"

After a pause, the old lady asked Cui Yanbo, "Does that woman have any relatives? If so, ask her family to write a concubine acceptance document and place her household registration with Liulang."

Cui Huibo answered first: "Madam, don't worry, that woman has already hanged herself in advance in order to let her son recognize his ancestors, and she doesn't have any family members. She only needs to settle the child well."

The old lady frowned when she heard the words, and asked: "Where is the household registration? Where is the woman's household registration?"

no family?Could it be an official slave or a lowly woman? !

Cui Yanbo blushed, and said: "Rou Niang is the confiscated family member of the prisoner, her family is gone, her household registration is no problem."

In other words, it was not a woman of unknown origin.

The old lady frowned slightly, but she still had a premonition of uneasiness in her heart, she turned her head and said to Cui Shouren: "Brother, let's do this first, just follow Liu Lang's words and remember that child as an adopted son. Dalang, let him go to the ancestral hall to reflect on it, and how to do it, you are the head of the family, you can arrange it."

Cui Shouren bowed his head guiltily and said yes, "It's because my brother is not strict in discipline, which made my sister suffer."

The old lady waved her hand, "What do you do with these lies? It's not easy for a family to gain a foothold in the capital, so don't cause the family to decline because of some trivial things."

Cui Shouren, Cui Ze, and Cui Yanbo responded in unison, "Yes, remember the old lady's (sister) teaching."

In this way, Cui Yanbo took sick leave for half a month, Cui Huibo had an adopted son, and the eldest wife, Mrs. Wang, served her husband with decoction, and fell ill due to exhaustion. The middle feeding of the family was co-hosted by the third young lady Wei Shi and the second old lady Liu who had just returned to the capital.

Of course, this is the official statement of the Cui family, but in the market, there are all kinds of unbearable remarks such as "the younger brother takes the place of the elder brother" and "Cui Dalang raises the foreign house, and his wife and aunt are sick".

Xiao Nan didn't care about all the disturbances in the Cui family, even Xiao Nan didn't attend the family banquet held to welcome Erfang back to Beijing during the Double Ninth Festival, but asked Uncle Cui to give gifts to Erfang's relatives afterward.

Time flies, and when the Cui family's scandal gradually faded from people's memory, winter came quietly.

As for Xiao Nan, the day has come when everything is ripe.

On this day, Uncle Cui did not come to Chongrenfang to visit Xiao Nan as usual.

Just when Xiao Nan was wondering, Xiao Jing brought an explosive news.

"Mr. Cui's fourth son has been found."

Xiao Nan was amazed, "The fourth son? Mrs. Lu gave birth to three sons and a daughter, where did the fourth son come from?!"

And Xiao Jing's next words were even more shocking: "That man is the one who adopted his son to Cui Yang of the Trident Cui family, he is Cui Sibo's biological father!"

PS: Second update, the next chapter, the buns are out!
(End of this chapter)