Chapter 4 Home Relatives
Thinking of this, a faint smile appeared on Chen Muqing's face.
Soon, when the hour of the silence came, the bell made a crisp "ding dong" sound, and Mr. Min stepped into the study on time.
Minbishan is only thirty years old and has sword eyebrows, starry eyes, bee-waisted waist and ape arms, very handsome.
Today he wore a Buddha-headed silk with a straight silk silk with a Buddha head and a few thick books in his hand. His white face was moist in the soft light, and his eyebrows were filled with a pleasant smile, as bright as the first ray of light in the morning.
Seeing Chen Muqing reviewing the homework a few days ago, Mr. Min nodded with a smile and said, "Muqing, not bad, not bad."
Chen Muqing smiled and bowed to Mr. Min through the pile of gauze screens.
Mr. Min sat down, put the book in his hand on the table, hesitated for a while, and said seriously: "Mu Qing, I have thought about the words we discussed two days ago that 'The people can be used to make it, but not to know it'. Although there are some truths, it is not feasible. As the saying goes, 'Governance of the country is like cooking small fresh food'. If you say it, wouldn't you want to reset all the current official and private schools..."
This sentence was originally quite controversial, and it was not clear in one sentence or two, nor could people accept it for a while... Chen Muqing was just inspired that day and did not intend to continue arguing with Mr. Min, but Mr. Min seemed to be fascinated by Chen Muqing's words, "If you want to enrich the country and strengthen the people, you need to popularize basic education." He ignored Chen Muqing's feelings and pulled her to continue this topic. However, unlike two days ago, this time it was Mr. Min who said that Chen Muqing listened...
Luomei just stood beside Shen Muqing with her hands hanging down, helping to grind ink and spread paper when she needed it, while Jinxiu was like a butterfly, and occasionally giving tea to Mr. Min and sometimes packing books from the West.
An hour and a half passed quickly, and Mr. Min smiled and stood up and said, "If three people walk, there must be my teacher. Master is really not to deceive me!"
Chen Muqing said modestly: "It is the gentleman who is broad-minded and allows Muqing to talk nonsense like this."
Mr. Min shook his head regretfully: "What a pity... such a good qualification..." After saying that, he was not giving up. After hesitating for a moment, he took a book of Bai Juyi's poems to Chen Muqing: "Take the time to memorize all this."
Chen Muqing smiled and took it.
Mr. Min knew that this student was about you and whether he did it or not. Seeing this, even though he took the book, he was afraid that he would not read it seriously.
He sighed and left.
Chen Muqing went to Chaoxitang where his mother lived.
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Chen Zhen is very busy and has little free time. Sometimes he has to go to Chen's place, and when he keeps Li, there is only a lot of left. Although there are many servants at home and come and go, every time Chen Muqing looks at Chen's youthful face, he feels wronged for Li, and his heart will feel a little painful. But so what if he is dissatisfied, this society is like this, not something that can be changed by anyone alone... She has to try her best to accompany Li. Listen to Li and vent his lonely emotions; or listen to Li and talk about old things and find some sweet past events in memories; or pretend to be crazy and stupid to show it to make Li happy... In this kind of sympathy and compassion for women, Chen Muqing gradually felt a sense of dependence on Li, from the beginning to the joy of paying attention to his children, now he is as happy as a visit to friends.
While walking on the corridor, they met Mother Wang.
Mother Wang frowned, her expression on her face was a little serious. Behind him were a few wives and maids who usually served by Mother Wang, surrounded by two women with faces. One of the two women was about fifteen or sixteen years old, wearing a white double-breasted stand-collared silk shirt, a lake-colored clean face and a narrow-sleeved silk skirt, and a white silk-grained silk skirt with three silver hairs with a little oil on her temples. There were no other jewelry on her body. The other was a woman, who looked in her early thirties, with black hair combed into a chubby silk, a white double-breasted stand-collared silk shirt, a white double-cresed silk skirt, and a beautiful blue brocade silk jacket on her outside.
There are often female relatives or mothers in charge of the affairs of the Shen Mansion coming and going, but no one is dressed like this - first, the weather has turned cold and they are dressed too thin, and second, when they come to see guests, the color is too simple.
Chen Muqing couldn't help but look at him curiously.
But Mother Wang had already seen Chen Muqing. She hurriedly bowed and said with a smile: "Miss is off school!"
Chen Muqing smiled and nodded to Mom Wang. The little girl wearing a lake-colored narrow-sleeved bun was already bent her knees: "This is the sister! I am Chen Yuerong, the fourth cousin of your second uncle Taicang family."
Chen Yuerong, the fourth cousin of the second uncle of Taicang family? Who is it?
Since she has memories, she has never heard of Taicang and a second uncle.
Chen Muqing looked at Mother Wang in a daze.
Mother Wang shook her head gently at Chen Muqing and smiled: "Miss Four doesn't go around much, and the relatives are all alienated.
Chen Yuerong's face turned red.
Chen Muqing heard something, and knew that Chen Yuerong and she were indeed relatives, so she politely bowed her blessing and smiled: "I am young and don't understand much about the family matters. Sister, don't bother me!"
Chen Yuerong smiled and returned a gift to Chen Muqing. Luo Mei and Jinxiu, behind Chen Muqing, bowed to Chen Yuerong, and the woman following Chen Yuerong saluted to Chen Muqing again. You came and went, and it took a while before he stood up again.
Chen Muqing smiled and said, "When did sister come? Can you see your wife?"
Chen Yuerong smiled and said, "I just arrived and was about to see my wife."
"Then you're going to have a love!" Chen Muqing smiled, "I'm going to go to my wife's place too, just a moment to get along."
Everyone went to Chaoxitang together.
It seems that Li already knew that Chen Yuerong was coming, so he sent Orange Xiang to the hall to wait.
When Chengxiang saw Chen Muqing and Yue Niang, she was frightened. While bent her knees and saluted Chen Muqing, she asked the little maid beside her to report, saying, "The girl is coming to pay her respects to her wife after school."
After entering the room, Li was wearing lotus, green butterflies, and flower-carved silk, narrow-sleeved wool wool wool wool wool wool wool wool wool wool wool wool wool wool wool wool wool wool wool wool wool wool wool wool wool wool wool wool wool wool wool wool wool wool wool wool wool wool wool wool wool wool wool wool wool wool wool wool wool wool wool wool wool wool wool wool wool wool wool wool wool wool wool wool wool wool wool wool wool wool wool wool wool wool wool
Seeing them coming in, Aunt Chen stood up quickly and bowed her knees to salute Chen Muqing. Chen Yuerong had already wiped the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief: "Auntie... I am your niece Chen Yuerong!" As he said that, he fell to the ground.
The woman behind Chen Yuerong hurriedly knelt down: "Huang pays homage to his wife."
Li hurriedly said, "Get up quickly, get up quickly!" As he said that, he also took out a handkerchief and wiped the corners of his eyes, "I have only heard of it today... It has been more than a month, and there is not even a person to report the news... If you don't come, I will still be in the dark..."
Chen Yuerong burst into tears when she heard this: "...Auntie, please make the decision for your niece!"
The people standing on both sides were also covering their faces, and only Chen Muqing was unknown.
Aunt Chen said "Sadness and reconciliation" and "Don't cry to ruin your body" and persuade Li. Mother Wang and Mother Li stepped forward to add Chen Yuerong to the top. Everyone stopped crying slowly. Li pointed at Chen Muqing and said to Chen Yuerong, "This is your sister, four years younger than you, and her nickname is Jie Jie."
Chen Yuerong's eyes were red and greeted Shen Muqing again.
Li choked up and said, "Xie Hong, you accompanied the girl to the West Side. I have something to ask the fourth girl."
Aunt Chen responded and helped Chen Muqing into the western room.
Chen Muqing's favorite snacks were already on the Nanmu bed next to the window in the Western Paradise. Luomei served Chen Muqing and took off her shoes and got on the kang. Aunt Chen took the tea brought by Chengxiang and personally served it to Chen Muqing.
Chen Muqing glanced at the main hall and whispered: "What's wrong?"
Aunt Chen whispered: "The master has a illegitimate younger brother who is in his hometown of Taicang and has not had much contact for many years. Just now the girl left this morning, when Liu Quan's family suddenly came to report that the second wife of the second wife was gone, and the fourth girl of the second wife came to ask for a meeting with her wife, waiting in her room... She was shocked by us."
The news surprised Chen Muqing: "Taicang is very far away from here... Why did he come suddenly?... There is also the second wife, when did there be no news beforehand..."
I am talking about relatives, but I haven’t seen them for many years. I don’t know if this person and things are true!
Chen Muqing paused in his heart. He thought that Li was a smart person and even he could think of some things, but how could Li not have imagined? Since she sent Mother Wang to pick up people, she had already confirmed that what Chen Yuerong said was not false. Her statement was inappropriate, and she still swallowed this sentence.
Aunt Chen smiled and said, "I don't know the specific one - the one my wife asked Mother Wang to pick her up."
Chen Muqing was stunned.
Aunt Chen is undoubtedly a very smart person who can get the liking of the Shen family. She chose to be vague on this issue, which is enough to attract Chen Muqing's attention to this matter.
Chen Muqing looked at Aunt Chen quietly, listening to the movements in the main hall through a curtain.
The voice of his speech was very low, and from time to time he was mixed with a few cry of Chen Yuexuan. He could only hear a few words like "If you practice this way, you will point at your nose and scold me", "It can be regarded as a heir of poetry, books, etiquette, and you will not have this reputation and do anything."
Li didn't say anything from beginning to end. When Chen Yuerong's crying gradually stopped, she called Li's mother: "Miss Four is exhausted all the way, you can take the Fourth Girl to Xiangpu Garden to live in and wash it well."
Chen Yuerong choked and said anxiously: "Auntie...I, how can I sit down..."
Li sighed: "Yuerong, it's not that I am not right for you. Marriage is a big deal, after all, my parents are the ones who are the ones. I am always an outsider... Don't worry, listen to me... Please stay here for the time being and take a rest. We will make a decision when your uncle gets out of the yamen."
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