After Chen Ke called the elders of these clans, the elders did not immediately mention the matter of Chen Ke's mother. They only exchanged pleasantries about Chen Ke's current situation, and then mentioned that Chen Ke should be here first. Stay at their house.
When Chen Ke saw this, he only looked at Uncle Chen and said, "Thank you uncles for your kindness, but my third uncle told me earlier to let me live in his home, so I plan to live in his home first."
The third uncle who said nothing was confused.
But fortunately, his third uncle didn't dismantle him. After all, although he didn't speak, he also acquiesced that his eldest nephew lived in his own home.
When those people saw that Chen Ke did not live here, they also mentioned that if Chen Ke had someone, he could confront his brother and sister-in-law.
After hearing this, Chen Ke just smiled bitterly. After he was bought by the woman, he originally thought that he would be sent directly to the elephant aunt's house. However, the woman took them to a village in the suburbs of Beijing to raise them. He doesn't receive guests, but only uses the best food and drink every day. Because of this, his originally wheat-colored skin has become fairer. Of course, the woman doesn't care for idlers. In addition to eating and drinking every day, they only have to eat and drink. To learn piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, he also had to learn how to please women. He was also good at other things, but the most exquisite one was the piano skill.
With such good food and good clothing, every time there was a banquet, there would be fewer of the handsome men who came with him to the banquet. He only heard that those people had left with his buyers.
He was not chosen, not because he was inconspicuous, but precisely because he was a good student. The woman wanted to sell him at a higher price, so she kept him. Not sold to anyone else.
Later, driven by his own curiosity, he took the initiative to go to the banquet. Only then did he realize that almost all the female buyers at the banquet were old women. It would be okay if they were old women. Although these people were older, they could With proper care, she is still a woman.
But after all, this is a country where men are respected. There are very few women who can take the initiative to find men. Most of them serve people of the same sex.
What's even more terrifying than this is that quite a few of them have to dress up as women to serve men.
When he saw that situation, he was naturally frightened. But when he was about to hide away, he was discovered by a man. The man looked at him with something wrong.
He never thought that one day, as a man, he would be looked at by another man with such frivolous eyes.
The man asked him what his name was, and then directly pulled him into the banquet.
Naturally, he struggled; he was not psychologically able to accept serving someone of the same sex.
When he struggled to run away, his actions obviously angered the man, and then the man took a bow and arrow and prepared to shoot him.
He panicked and fled to a room on the second floor surrounded by gauze curtains.
At that time, Xu Zhilan was doing something happy with one of his companions in the room.
Xu Zhilan didn't care when she saw him barging in.
The guests on the second floor were obviously more noble than the guests on the first floor. The person who shot him with an arrow did not dare to go upstairs to chase him.
But although the man didn't dare to go upstairs, he kept waiting for him at the stairs. He had no choice but to wait in the room.
After they were finished, he immediately begged the noble lady. He knew in his heart that if he could not seek the blessing of this noble lady, the man would most likely pester him, and if their master also gave him to that man. , why don’t you start your miserable life?
Even if he gets rid of the man, he will most likely only be able to accompany the old woman. After all, there seems to be no other possibility for powerful women in Beijing except those noble widows.
And for someone so young and beautiful, he couldn't believe it.
He has always been a generous person. In front of Xu Zhilan, he just begged and said that he was in a difficult situation now. With his tricks, he quickly squeezed out all the companions who were originally accompanying the noble girl.
Xu Zhilan said she could redeem him, but she had to inspect the goods first.
He remembered that before leaving, his companion only stared at him with a hateful look because he was robbed of a guest. But he didn't care.
He tried his best to please Xu Zhilan, and Xu Zhilan was obviously very satisfied with him.
After that, Xu Zhilan redeemed her body for him at a high price and left this place where there were banquets every day.
Behind the building, he remembered that the mother looked at him with a look of reluctance. It was obvious that the mother had other plans for him.
However, he thought that no matter how the other party arranged it, he would not be better than Xu Zhilan. After all, who wouldn't like a young, beautiful, powerful and rich woman.
He originally thought that Xu Zhilan was also the powerful widow who had recently lost her husband. However, after she took him to Prince Liang's Mansion and arranged for him as a housekeeper, he realized that he was with Princess Liang. , and King Liang is still alive.
At first, he was extremely worried, fearing that King Liang would kill him if he found out about this one day.
But soon he discovered that King Liang didn't come back often, and even if he bumped into him, he didn't seem to care. Xu Zhilan said that he also raised his wife outside and didn't care about him at all.
So since then, he has been with Xu Zhilan with peace of mind.
He has almost never experienced other women. He has been with Xu Zhilan from the beginning to the end. If the affair between Xu Zhilan and himself had not been discovered by that little Mr. Zheng later, he would not have dared to think of leaving her.
But also because of this, although the people in that building were all high-ranking officials, he did not get to know more powerful people. The only person he came into contact with was Xu Zhilan.
But Xu Zhilan's power comes from her husband. Now that she has faked her death and escaped, her husband may not be willing to help her anymore, so Xu Zhilan's network seems to be just a wishful thinking.
Chen Ke could only say in despair, "Although I was in the capital, I didn't get to know any high-ranking officials or nobles."
Hearing this, the uncles were obviously a little disappointed with him, so they left soon.
After they all left, Chen Ke calmed down. Since his brother and sister-in-law were so shameless now, and he ran over to question the quarrel, he might be the one who suffered in the end.
Therefore, he had to think long and hard to take revenge on his brother and sister-in-law.
After everyone left, Chen Ke only asked for a bowl of rice from his third uncle, added some incense candles, and then went up to the back hill of Lulin Village.
The back mountain is said to be a mountain, but in fact it is just a small slope. There are only many graves of villagers placed here. His mother's grave is among these graves, and other graves have been built to some extent. His mother's grave had no shape except a simple earthen bag, and there wasn't even a tablet on it.
When Chen Ke thought about the choice he had made, he just cried in front of this grave.
He regretted it. He regretted that if he had not left Lulin Village, his hometown would not have been sold by his brother and sister-in-law, and his mother-in-law would have been happier.
However, if he hadn't had that windfall, maybe his brother and sister-in-law would still be under the same roof as him, and he might not be able to see their true nature clearly.
And without that money, maybe their whole family would starve to death.
His thoughts were wandering, and he knew that there was no point in regretting.
It is impossible for my mother to come back from the dead, and nothing can happen again.
In addition to living a good life now, he wants to take revenge on his mother.
He whispered in front of his mother's grave, "Mom, don't worry, not only will I get my hometown back this time, I will also make my brother and sister-in-law pay the price."
After swearing a poisonous oath in front of his mother's grave, Chen Ke left with his third uncle.
After all, he still understands some principles of not exposing his wealth, so he never opened his package at his third uncle's place. Apart from giving some snacks to each family, he didn't leave a small bag by his bedside until after he left. Broken silver. .
For farmers like him, they probably couldn't use more than one tael of silver a month, so he used this small bag of broken silver to give to his third uncle, which at least repaid his third uncle's expenses in taking care of his mother over the years. Even that amount of money probably far exceeded his mother's expenses.
But no matter what, this is what his third uncle deserves. After all, the third uncle and his mother are of the same generation. According to general principles, it is not the third uncle's turn to take care of his mother. If his brother and sister-in-law didn't want his mother, the third uncle would not be able to take care of his mother. It is impossible for my uncle to take in his mother.
When he thought of this, he even felt that this amount of money was not enough to repay his third uncle.
After all, the money he gave to his brother and sister-in-law was much more than this amount.
It's just that now he hasn't been able to settle the accounts with his brother and sister-in-law. To deal with his brother and sister-in-law, he has no power and power. The only thing he can use is the little money in his hand.
So before that, he didn't dare to spread out too much.
He only thought secretly in his heart that if he could defeat his brother and sister-in-law and still have money left over, he would plan to buy a house in the town to support his third uncle in the future. If there was no money left over, he would return to his hometown to take care of his third uncle.
After all, his third uncle has no children, so it is appropriate for him to take care of his third uncle.
Of course, the prerequisite for all this to happen is that he must be alive.
He only rested in the village for one night, and the sky was only dimly lit, so he set off.
When he left, the third uncle naturally got up.
The third uncle knew what he wanted to do, and originally wanted to keep him, but Chen Ke was very determined. The third uncle knew that he could not keep him, so he had no choice but to let him go.
The reason why Chen Ke left here so early was naturally because he didn't want to disturb the neighbors.
He hurried away, and it took him more than half an hour to walk from Lulin Village to the small town.
The town is naturally much more lively than the village, but its scale is far less than that of the capital. Needless to say, the capital's city is prosperous and its carved beams and painted buildings are extremely exquisite.
Even the walls of the inner and outer cities are much more imposing and solid than the earthen walls built in this small town. Probably the only thing in this town that is the same as the capital is the boys who stand inside and outside the earthen city walls to collect money. They only Two points were set up in the city. Cars and horses paid once, and pedestrians paid one penny once.
