"My nephew Chen Zhou has met his uncle and pays homage to him." Chen Zhou met his patriarch for the first time, and the two of them were not in the fifth ward. They knelt on both knees and met with great gifts.

Looking at Chenzhou, the patriarch was quite excited.

The capital is two thousand miles away from Songjiang. For the second house and the second master, the patriarch is the first time to meet him.

He looked at Chenzhou and involuntarily compared him with the third master of the past. Unfortunately, the third master was too young when he left his hometown. Compared with the middle-aged Chenzhou in front of him, there were not many similarities.

Perhaps, Chen Zhou is more like the second-bedroom old man back then.

The patriarch and the great master thought this way, but he was not sure. It was really too long since the years passed. When the third master started to make trouble, the patriarch and the great master were only a teenager, and now more than sixty years have passed.

"Dad..." Seeing that the clan leader looked confused, the eldest son of the clan showed no sign of confusion, he hurriedly called beside him.

The Grand Master of the Clan, then woke up and nodded, "Okay, okay, get up quickly..." Chen Zhou then got up and sat on the chair to the right hand of the Grand Master of the Clan.

The patriarch's great master sighed and said, "I still remember the scene when I was over ten years old when I was with the fourth house master and often followed your father. In this blink of an eye, even your generation is no longer young..."

Chen Zhou remembered that he seemed to have heard of his grandfather and his grandfather’s family in his childhood. The four-bedroom relationship was very good, but the fourth-bedroom’s grandfather was not in good health, and it seemed that he died of illness before he was thirty years old.

The descendants of the four families were not rich, and the ancestors had prodigal elders, and the family was in decline. Chen Zhou always thought that Sun Min would marry him with a generous dowry and would be like a fish in water. He didn't think that Sun would have worked as hard as he could.

Thinking about the appearance of Hejia Shilihongzhuang at the intersection of Shenjiafang Street just now, Chen Zhou felt sarcastic.

The world is here. Since the He family can present the dowry so generously and decently, it can be seen that the four families of the Shen family are not rich. Chen Juren took the wealth saved by his ex-wife and went to hire his wife to hire him for the second wife, but he was cruel and unkind to his relatives, which shows his character.

I also thought that although the clan leader looked gray-haired, he was still alive after all.

There is an old family, like a treasure. The Zongfang Chenhai brothers have no one to serve in this generation, but the clan leader is in charge. The Zongfang has not been defeated, and when the grandchildren sink their weapons, they hold on again.

If his father was still there, the second room might not be like this, and Chen Zhou sighed.

When the eldest grandmaster of the Zongfang saw the uncle and nephew sighed to each other, he hurriedly said, "Dad, the second brother of Zhou returns to his hometown. This is a big deal. Are the heads of the clan gathering to welcome the second brother of Zhou?"

The patriarch nodded and said, "That's natural..."

There was no need for the Zongfang to arrange people to deliver letters to each house. Each house had already received news and learned that the second master of Zongfang had come to Songjiang to worship his ancestors in person.

When the manager who gave gifts from each house returned, he would have to report to the people in the capital and the second master who went south.

But they were in charge of the business. After the New Year, they went to the second room with the sinking machinery. They just invited several masters of the second room and presented a gift list. No one would tell them who the second room chose to be the heir and what the purpose was to leave behind.

However, even if Chen Bao and Chen Qin did not have the channel to send a letter to their home, they would ask the manager of their house to bring the handwritten letter back, and wrote in detail about the matter after entering Beijing, and even the dispute between Chen Zhu and Chen Jue was not settled.

When Shen Ling came back from the third room, the old man took her over to her.

Seeing Chen Zhu staying in Beijing, the old man in the third room was vaguely happy, but after hearing Shen Ling's detailed report, the old man couldn't laugh.

"This ninth brother has been in vain for more than ten years, but at the critical moment, he was a useless snack." After hearing this, the old man was so angry that he glared at him and said with hatred.

Shen Ling looked at her nose and her heart, and sat honestly.

"I didn't say the tricks, and I didn't find the right person... Isn't the Zongfang so easy to mess with? He really dared to do it. If Chen Jue really broke his appearance, his future would not be able to protect him. The two men in the Zongfang are not vegetarians, and I may not be able to protect him..." The old man became more and more angry as he spoke.

Shen Ling secretly breathed a sigh of relief when she heard her great-grandfather's words.

The farce in the Buzhuang in the first lunar month caused them to lose 10,000 taels of silver. In the end, if it weren't for the sinking of weapons, the shop would have to be closed. Their three houses had been in the capital for five years, and they could not resist a word under power.

As for the old man from the third room, Shen Ling pretended not to hear what he said before.

After having a few drinks before and after the New Year, Shen Ling, a brother from each house, also came into contact with him. Shen Rui was chosen as his heir by the eldest master and the eldest wife of the second wife, not just because the outside family had old age. The old man thought that the fourth wife was a soft persimmon, but Shen Rui was not a soft persimmon.

Chen Zhu dared to plot against Chen Jue, but he had no idea to attack Shen Rui, so he might be afraid of it.

"You must be trashed in your heart and you can't tell anyone..." The old man said to Shen Ling with a frightened face.

Shen Ling hurriedly replied: "That's natural. It's related to the future of Brother Ninth, so naturally I have to cover up this matter... My father was afraid of leaking the news, so Fang sent his grandson to come back in person to report to his ancestors... It's just that Brother Jue, the elders of the second house would not hide it from the clan's house. Brother Ji was in the capital again. There were clan brothers in each house. If this matter could be hidden from outside, I'm afraid it would not be hidden from the clan..."

Chen Qin, Chen Bao and others will not publicize it, but they will not hide it from their own family.

The old man wanted to cover up this matter, but he was just deceiving himself.

The old man sighed heavily: "All children and grandchildren are evil. I went to the clan room to apologize for Brother Jiu... I only hope that Brother Jiu can learn a lesson丨Concentrate on studying and start a career as soon as possible... As long as the clan room does not pursue this matter, even if there is any gossip on other houses, they will just gossip..."

Fortunately, Chen Zhu is now staying in Beijing and has not come back with the second wife and the second master, otherwise it would be difficult to hide things.

Shen Ling lowered her head and listened, holding the palm of her hand fiercely.

Chen Zhu caused such a big disaster that the three houses offended the two strongest houses in the tribe. Apart from the initial anger, the old man didn't even mention the punishment. A person in his eighties actually went to apologize for his great-grandson. The most fundamental reason was that Chen Zhu was a scholar and was regarded as the future pillar of the three houses.

Shen Ling has never been so urgent, and her desire for family division is getting stronger and stronger. Although the second master of the third house is also a legitimate family, the old man is too fond of the eldest grandson. If a few grandsons split the family, the four grandsons will never be divided evenly. They must leave a large-scale property for the eldest grandson. It would be great if the other three grandsons can have a house and a shop.

Chen Yong was in his prime, and after the family was separated, he could manage the property by himself. At that time, if Shen Ling wanted to intervene, his mother would be on guard against him. After all, he was about ten years older than his legitimate brother. Even if he was asked to manage the common affairs, he would be a deserted property, and he would be free and study in private.

As for his marriage, as long as he didn't mention it, his mother would like to delay a few years. The daughter-in-law from the province came to give birth to the eldest grandson, and later he would be more severely suppressed by his grandson in age.

The third room is the old man who suppresses a few grandchildren and refuses to separate the family. If anyone breaks up first, even if he gets his wish in the end, he will definitely be unfilial.

Now Chen Yong is not in Songjiang, and the three houses are separated. The second master's branch may suffer financial losses, but his reputation is OK.

Shen Ling thought about it and had made a decision... The third wife and the fourth wife were angry because the old man turned against the eldest wife. Chen Zhu offended the clan and the second wife, maybe it was an opportunity to split the family...

Room eight, old man’s room.

The seventh room and the eighth room are several masters and wives gathered here.

After reading Chen Bao and Chen Qin's letter, the old man smiled and said, "Brother Qin, Brother Bao and the others are good kids. The second and third house masters are willing to teach them. We two house leaders can appreciate it..."

The old man had just thought a little bit before, thinking that Chen Bao was simple and infatuated with calligraphy, and could not say that he could be favored by the second wife and the third wife. Unexpectedly, Chen Bao did indeed fall into the eyes of the third wife, but the third wife did not choose him as his heir. However, since the third wife was a deliberate teaching, it was only beneficial for Chen Bao.

As for Chen Qin, it was an unexpected surprise to be able to join the second and third masters and have a serious teacher-student status with the second and third masters.

Among the many scholars of the Shen family who came to Beijing, except for Chen Lin's stupidity, Chen Qin's homework was the worst. If there was no guidance from a famous teacher, he might not be able to pass the boy's test in the future. Now that the third master is willing to accept him, he will definitely not stop there.

The two masters of the Seventh and Eighth Rooms obviously also thought of this, and they were all happy. As children from the Shen family’s outer house, they had already had five qualities with the inner four rooms. They had no hope of letting their sons compete for the position of heirs. Now the result is very good, very good.

Only the eldest wife of the eighth-bedroom wife, she has some shortcomings.

Even Chen Qin, who was not very clever, got the identity of a disciple of the second house and the third house, but Chen Bao didn't even compete for a disciple, so he must be fat and dull. If he had been to his youngest son before the New Year, he would have been in the eyes of several masters of the second house.

But the old man and his master were both happy. Mrs. Liu Da just complained a few words in her heart and did not dare to show it to her face at all, just laughing...

If the third room is angry, the seventh room and the eighth room is happy, the fifth room is shocked.

Although Chen Ying had sent a letter from his family back before, mentioning that his son had decided to return to his hometown to worship his ancestors with the second wife, he did not mention that his second brother would go south with the second wife.

Seeing the second son entering the door with the housekeeper, Master Hong was stunned.

Chen Qi had already kneeled down: "Dad, my son is back."

He entered Beijing at the end of the eleventh year of Hongzhi and has been away from home for two and a half years.

Master Hong was startled, hurriedly helped him up, and glared: "Second brother, why is the second brother back?" He said this, and looked worried: "Is it because he caused trouble in Beijing?"

Chen Qi smiled and said, "My son is the most well-behaved. Is it the one who caused trouble?"

Seeing that he was smiling as usual, Master Hong let go of his heart and glared at his son and said, "I have seen you be naughty since I was a child. I have tried to get angry with your mother... I will explain quickly, when will I come back at this time?"

Next year is the year of the imperial examination. Shouldn’t Chen Qi study hard in Beijing at this time?

Chen Qi knew that his parents valued the most about their sons' homework, so he did not dare to say that he took the initiative to ask for his orders to come back to pick up his parents north, saying: "After reading the articles of the second wife and his brother from the sixth clan, he felt that his son was slightly deficient. Even if he had a chance next year, he would not agree with his son studying hard and asked his son to leave Beijing for a walk. He would say that it would be more beneficial for learning..."
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