"The Zhao family...what a pity!" Shen Luzhu sighed as he spoke.
Chu Fang thought she had already persuaded Shen Luzhu, but when she heard this, she thought she was still a little hesitant, and hurriedly said: "What a pity, it doesn't make any difference to you who does this job, it's not all the same. Make money!"
Shen Luzhu stood up, walked to stand opposite Chu Fang, and said word by word: "My cousin misunderstood, I mean it's a pity. My cousin can't be my helper, and I don't need it either! If my cousin could If I really want to be a helper, I'm afraid I can only be the hall sister-in-law. When we separate, we are relatives. They say that distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors. I don't think there is anything wrong with this. When Chu Yi was having a hard time, it was Zhao Chenghe. Chu Ping accompanied him, and when he needed help, they nodded and helped without saying a word. Look at you, cousin. You didn't even show up at your cousin's wedding. Now that you know he made money, you come to talk to him without any shame. I want to take advantage of it! I advise my cousin not to say these words today, so as not to let outsiders hear it and make people laugh! I'm going out, and it's more important for my cousin to go to the hall to see grandpa and grandma. !”
After that, Shen Luzhu opened the door and stood aside, as if seeing off guests.
"You!" Chu Fang glared at the woman in front of him, crossed his arms and said disdainfully: "Humph, if it weren't for the craftsmanship of my Chu family, how could you have such a good life now and dare to teach me a lesson!"
Shen Luzhu smiled instead of being angry: "Then cousin, why don't you use your so-called Chu family's craftsmanship to earn it yourself and come to us to do anything? Do you have nothing to do?"
Helping to load the coffin onto the bullock cart and take it outside the courtyard gate, Chu Yi just walked into the courtyard and heard the conversation between Chu Fang and his wife!
He walked over a few steps, hugged Shen Luzhu and said to Chu Fang: "This is really not the Chu family's craftsmanship, even if it has nothing to do with my cousin!"
"Okay, you two have your elbows turned outward. I don't care about it. Just wait for me!" Chu Fang turned around and ran into the main room.
"Grandpa and grandma, you have to make the decision for your granddaughter. Mrs. Shen and Chu Yi actually helped outsiders and insulted their cousin! Although I am married, I am still the granddaughter of the Chu family. Do they not put our Chu family in the first place?" It’s in my eyes!”
Grandpa Chu and Grandma were a little confused by the sudden situation in front of them. They looked at each other and didn't understand what Chu Fang was doing.
Uncle Chu Chu didn't believe this at all: "Who in the family doesn't know what A Yi and Shen are like? Why are you scolding you?"
"Third uncle, what do you mean? I'm not welcome back at home?"
"Of course my cousin is welcome back at home, but the paper money shop is our private business, so I won't bother you to get involved!"
After learning the cause and effect, Grandpa Chu and Grandma Chu lost their faces. Seeing that no one was looking at him, Chu Fang was so angry that he didn't care about anything else. He left the yard and ran all the way to Uncle Chu's new house at the end of the village.
When Mrs. Wang saw that her daughter, who had just come back yesterday, was back today without saying a word, with an angry look on her face, she couldn't help but guess in her mind: "What's going on? Did you quarrel with your son-in-law?"
"No."
"Is that your mother-in-law?"
"Oh, it's not from my husband's family!"
"It's neither this nor that. You can tell me what it is!"
Chu Fang twisted the handkerchief bitterly and sat down in the room: "I just went to the old house, and I kindly wanted to help them, and I would also earn some money along the way. They are very nice, I have all the good things to say. I’m done, I just can’t say anything! I just made some money, what’s the point! It’s obvious that our old Chu family got rich, but we would rather give money to outsiders than help our cousin. It’s just pure They are two pure white-eyed wolves! As well as Grandma and Uncle San, they all favor Chu Yi because he is rich now!"
"Help? What on earth did you say when you went to the old house?"
"This is not the family my sister-in-law married into. It's the Zhao family next door. She came back and learned a lot about the Zhao family. She even said that my cousin is not as good as an outsider! I just wanted to talk to them about it. The Zhao family's work is coming over, and no matter who does it, it doesn't matter who does it! Who would have thought that Chu Yi would reject it right away..."
After listening to her daughter learn the cause and effect, Wang was really angry and annoyed. She was angry that Chu Fang didn't discuss such matters with her, and she was even more angry that Chu Yi and his wife were paying less and less attention to others!
"You have the nerve to be angry! Why didn't you discuss such a big matter with me and your father first? Why do you still want to get ahead of us two old people and make money on your own? You are so shameless. , only then did I know that I came to see your mother!"
"My mother-in-law has really wronged me! If I make money, how can I forget my mother-in-law and father-in-law? I am afraid that Chu Yi will remember the separation of the family in his heart. The relationship is not good at all. With my father-in-law and mother-in-law here, Isn’t it harder to accomplish something!”
When Mrs. Wang heard this, she became even more angry. She rolled her eyes at Chu Fang and cursed: "We have a bad relationship with him, Chu Yi, but you, Chu Fang, are fine? Then why didn't I see you succeed! Why did I get pregnant?" You're such a fool, you want to get involved in the Shen family's business, you've given me a lecture and you didn't say anything, and you didn't want to do it, and you even stabbed it in front of your grandfather, you're so stupid, forget it!"
Speaking of this, Chu Fang was also very depressed. She had planned well, but who knew it would not work out: "It's not Chu Yi. I told him first, but he didn't agree. I didn't mean to scare that person." Mrs. Shen will coax her and let her know the pros and cons, and when the time comes, she will tell Chu Yi that I will support the Zhao family. Who knows that she will not take the hard way!"
"You are stupid and you still don't admit it. Then Mrs. Shen is not easy to deal with. She has the final say in all transactions. Even Chu Yi has to listen to her. Don't say it's you, it's your grandpa and grandma. She didn't even get any advantage, why do you think you're trying to pick on her! Stop using your useless thoughts and don't always listen to your mother-in-law and sister-in-law's instigation. You still want to get past me and your father? A Ren is studying But I still have to do my best. If you piss me off, see how I deal with you! If your brother is going to be successful in the future, how can he fail you!"
"Grandma! No one is instigating this. This deal should have been ours. If it weren't for grandma and daddy..."
"Okay, okay, it's getting late, go home quickly!" Wang was so annoyed that she hurriedly kicked Chu Fang out!
The past few times, I have fallen into trouble with Mr. Shen. Last time, I was resented and complained by my parents-in-law for a long time. After the New Year, things have calmed down a bit, but this careless one has come back to cause trouble!
On the other side, Chu Fang's incident failed to make any waves in the old house. Shen Luzhu continued to play cards and visit the house while thinking about how to find out more about the pendant, but it was obvious that his eldest cousin's family would not be able to come back in a short time. Now, if you don’t have any ideas, you can’t do it without seeing someone!
After much thought, it is only right to confess to Chu Yi first!
Chu Yi went outside the house to pour water for the two of them to wash their feet. After closing the door and turning around, he saw his wife sitting cross-legged on the kang, wrapped in a quilt, looking at him with big eyes: "Why don't you lie down?"
Shen Luzhu smiled and patted the place beside him: "Master, come quickly!"
"What's wrong?" Chu Yi smiled and stepped forward to stand in front of his wife, pulling the quilt tighter on her shoulders.
Shen Luzhu raised his head and looked at the tall man in front of him: "Chu Yi, I find that you are getting more and more beautiful!"
Chu Yi recently learned a lesson: when his A-Zhu compliments him on his good looks, he must praise him back: "Our A-Zhu is the prettiest!"
"Then since I look so good, can I make a request?"
"Um!"
"I just have something to tell you. You may be angry and sad after hearing it, but can you promise me not to be sad for too long?"
The atmosphere suddenly became a little quiet. Chu Yi didn't know what could make his wife so cautious! Afraid that he would be angry and sad, countless speculations instantly appeared in his mind. Almost every one of them was a bad premonition about the future of the two of them. Every possibility tugged on his nerves... The word "good" hung on his mind. It's on my lips, but I just can't express it in my mouth!
"Um..." Shen Luzhu suddenly opened his arms: "How about I hold you and you listen slowly in my arms, would that be better?"
Shen Luzhu's soft and cautious voice seemed to blow away the feeling that had just made him breathless: "Naughty!"
Although he said this, Chu Yi still got on the kang and held his wife in his arms: "Say it."
"Didn't I ask about your grandma's pendant before? It's the pendant that is said to look like a poached egg. The pendant that my uncles gave to grandma! The last time my grandma mentioned it, I always felt like I had seen it somewhere. During the Mid-Autumn Festival , I happened to see something flashing past the receptionist’s chest, and then I remembered that I saw it at her place during the Dragon Boat Festival! But I only caught a glimpse of it, so I didn’t dare to confirm it.
In the third year of junior high school, Tiantang's wife soiled her clothes. When we were changing clothes in our room, I saw it again. This time I could see clearly that it was the pendant that my grandmother was talking about! I asked my cousin-in-law, but she said it was passed down from my eldest uncle’s mother-in-law’s family! Later, my cousin and the others were anxious to return to town, so they said nothing more.
I was wondering, do my grandma and uncle have a good relationship? Or should I say it’s the uncle’s wife…”
Chu Yi understood his wife's suspicion, and he was indeed angry, but at the same time, he also felt relieved. Fortunately, it was not what he had guessed. It turned out that A Zhu was already important to him. It was enough to disturb his mind!
After a long time, Shen Luzhu heard Chu Yi's muffled "hmm" above his head.
"The relationship between grandma and my uncle is probably no better than that between you and your uncle. Before my father passed away, he also specifically told me not to tell anyone about the money he left, and..."
"besides?"
"Well, when we talked about the betrothal gift that time, my uncle's and grandma's reactions were a little strange!" So A'zhu's guess may be right. Grandma's pendant was stolen by uncle's mother, and even grandma knew about it. of!
"Chu Yi..."
Looking at his wife who was worried about him in his arms, Chu Yi was pulled back from his thoughts: "I'm fine!"
"There must be a way to figure it out. I'll help you get the pendant back!"
"Okay, thank you A Zhu."
Leisure time always passes quickly. In the blink of an eye, it is half way through the first lunar month. During the Lantern Festival, Uncle Chu and Mrs. Wang returned to their old house to celebrate the festival together.
At the dinner table, Mr. Chu asked about Li Xiucai: "It's been more than ten years since Ren returned to the town. Did you bring any message back? I don't know how my in-laws are doing now. Are they seriously injured?"
Uncle Chu sighed: "Dad, Mr. Wang and I are also looking forward to it. There is no message. I don't know whether it is difficult to deliver the message in the first month of the year, or because my father-in-law fell too seriously and Aren is busy. I don’t care!”
The eldest uncle slapped her man on the arm: "Bah, bah, bah, what are you talking about, my father, who is celebrating the Chinese New Year? If my father-in-law is really good, what good will it do to our Aren? Dad, don't worry, my daughter-in-law is probably just It’s not convenient to deliver the letter, so we plan to wait a few days until the bullock carts to the town resume, and then go over to the town to have a look.”
Grandpa Chu nodded and said nothing. Grandma Chu also said: "It's time to go. Since we know everything, we have to go and have a look, so as to save the Li family from having to argue with us."
"Yes, grandma, let's go and watch it, don't worry, let's follow suit too!"
After listening and eating a few yuanxiao, Shen Luzhu had an idea in his mind. I can’t see the lobby sister-in-law, so I still have my uncle’s wife!
"My aunt is so kind to the hall sister-in-law!"
"Of course!"
"Last time I chatted with the hall sister-in-law, she also said that my aunt treated her like her biological daughter. She gave her all the pendants passed down by her mother's family. The hall sister-in-law left in a hurry, and my nephew-in-law didn't look, so my aunt gave her Let me tell you, what kind of pendant is it?"
Wang's face was flushed and proud just now, but now her face suddenly lost all color, and she stumbled and said: "No, it's nothing special, it's just a plaything, just a plaything."
"Isn't it said that it is a family inheritance? Stop being so modest, auntie. How can you be just a plaything?"
"You kid, how can we, the farmers in this village, have any good things passed down from family to family? They are just small items passed down by the elders in the family, nothing fancy!"
The aunt's reaction was all reflected in Shen Luzhu's eyes, and there was indeed something wrong: "Auntie..."
"Ms. Shen, there are still some Yuanxiao on the stove. Go and put it in quickly. I'm afraid it will become lumpy in a while!"
"Go and serve it now, grandma!"
