Chapter 64 Chen Xinghai persuades Chen Xinghe to go home

Worried that Chen Xinghe didn't want to listen, he added.

"I know you don't like her, but she has really changed a lot."

Chen Xinghe looked at him thoughtfully: "I remember that you didn't like her before, brother. Even if she has changed, you wouldn't be so unhappy, right?"

Chen Xinghai was silent for a moment before he slowly said, "I didn't like her before, and I even wished she was dead."

"Then why now..."

"Because she is really different from before. She is no longer the mother she used to be."

Chen Xinghai also looked at Chen Xinghe, and the two brothers looked at each other with sincere eyes.

Finally, Chen Xinghe withdrew his gaze and secretly pondered Chen Xinghai's words. This seemed to be the second time that his elder brother said that she was not the same mother as before.

Chen Xinghai continued, "My mother is really good now. It's not just me who thinks so. Xingyun and Xingyue also like her very much and respect and fear her."

"You should already know about potatoes and spicy sesame oil, right?"

Chen Xinghe nodded. He had also eaten dishes cooked with spicy sesame oil this morning.

Chen Xinghai smiled and said, "My family has been harvesting chili peppers lately... the red ones. The villagers go into the mountains every day to pick them. We've already harvested nearly 10,000 kilograms. Mom is helping the villagers make money, and everyone's opinion of her has changed a lot."

"You're charging so much? Are you sure you can sell it?"

Chen Xinghe frowned, thinking that the cost must be quite high.

"Mom said Hongye Town is too small, so she plans to sell it in the county soon. Besides spicy sesame oil, she's also making something called spicy sauce, which tastes great too."

Having said that, Chen Xinghai paused, they had almost reached their destination.

"I came here today specifically to buy a jar. These two things need to be placed in the jar."

The ox cart happened to be parked outside a shop selling jars. When the owner saw Chen Xinghai, he immediately greeted him with a smile.

"Master Chen, are you here to buy jars again? How many do you want today? I just got a batch."

Chen Xinghai jumped off the ox cart with a warm expression.

"I need fifty. I'm afraid I'll have to trouble the boss to help me deliver them."

"That's easy. You're my big customer."

The boss was so happy that he was grinning from ear to ear. Almost all the jars he had recently sold were to Chen Xinghai. This month's sales volume was equal to that of the previous six months.

The boss immediately asked the workers to load the truck, while the Chen Xinghai brothers waited on the side.

"Xinghe, do you want to go home with me? You haven't been back for two years."

Chen Xinghai suddenly asked. He found that Chen Xinghe didn't seem to be very resistant to knowing the news at home.

"Xingyun and Xingyue miss you very much too. They think of you every day."

"You're the only ones who are thinking about me." Chen Xinghe asked softly.

No matter how well the eldest brother spoke of that woman, she never came again after that time, which meant that she didn't have him in her heart at all.

Forehead……

Chen Xinghai was silent for a moment. His mother had indeed never mentioned him and had even forgotten about him. She had not even planned a house for him.

cough……

But he certainly couldn't say that, and even deliberately changed his wording.

"Mom just didn't tell us that the new house also includes your room."

"A newly built house?"

Chen Xinghe raised his eyebrows. He didn't know about this.

How much money did that woman make during this period? She even built a new house.

"Well, my mother had someone build a quadrangle courtyard with three rooms on the east and west sides. We four brothers and sisters each have one room, and the remaining two rooms are study rooms."

Speaking of this, Chen Xinghai smiled again.

"The main structure of the house is already half built. It's made of the best bricks. I think we'll be able to move in in about a month."

Chen Xinghe was even more surprised. He thought they were just building a new mud house and wondered why they didn't just repair it in the original house.

I didn’t expect it to be a brick and tile courtyard house.

And from what the eldest brother said, it seems that the house is quite large. He even prepared a study for them, including one for the eldest sister and the youngest sister.

Chen Xinghe fell silent again. Building such a courtyard would probably cost over a hundred taels of silver, which was something that even his father couldn't do when he was alive.

But that woman did it within just one month, no, within half a month.

This was definitely not the same person as the mother he remembered.

Suddenly remembering Chen Xinghai's words that she was not the same mother as before, a bolt of lightning suddenly flashed through Chen Xinghe's mind, and horror was in his eyes.

Could this be what he meant? !

Once this thought comes up, it can never be dispelled.

Recalling the various behaviors of the woman who came to redeem him and what she had done during this period, he became more and more certain of this guess.

Although the body is still the same body, the soul inside has probably been replaced, and the eldest brother and the other three know it clearly.

Chen Xinghe's face turned slightly pale. If it was really as he suspected, then it was a ghost. Aren't the big brothers afraid?

He glanced at Chen Xinghai and saw that he was smiling.

Yes, not only are they not afraid of her, they also respect and fear her very much.

Chen Xinghe opened his mouth, wanting to say something but not knowing how to say it.

Maybe I really should go back and take a look.

However, it is not so easy to go back. I have to ask for leave from the academy first. I can let Liu Zhao do it for me.

While he was thinking, Chen Xinghai's ox cart was already full of jars, about twenty or so, and the shop owner would have to help transport the rest.

"Boss, I'll go first."

After paying the money, Chen Xinghai said hello and got on the ox cart with Chen Xinghe again.

As they were about to reach Weixianju, Chen Xinghe said, "I'm going in for a while."

Chen Xinghai's eyes darkened. Xinghe still didn't want to go back?

Wait, he seemed to be talking about going in, so does that mean...

Chen Xinghai's eyes suddenly lit up. Sure enough, Chen Xinghe quickly came out again and jumped onto the ox cart.

"Xinghe, did you agree to go back with me?"

Chen Xinghai was immediately delighted that he had actually persuaded his younger brother.

Chen Xinghe said, "You speak so highly of her, so of course I have to go back and see for myself. I just went in and asked Liu Zhao to ask for leave from the academy for me."

"Great, I promise you won't be disappointed!"

Chen Xinghai was excited and nervous. He drove the ox cart quickly towards the town entrance, and even put the matter of Manxiang Garden behind him for the time being.

Along the way, Chen Xinghai couldn't help but tell his brother about what had happened during this period. Chen Xinghe listened very carefully and kept comparing it with his memory.

The more you compare them, the less comparable they become. One is cowardly, lazy and selfish, while the other is smart, generous and courageous.

They are indeed two completely different people.

He also calculated the time point, which should be the morning when the eldest sister was to be sold, and the former mother had her head smashed.

Now that I think about it, he was probably really crushed to death, and now this person possesses him.

Thinking of this, he actually felt a little relieved. Otherwise, his eldest sister would probably have been sold that day.

No wonder the elder brother, elder sister and younger sister are so respectful to this woman.

But he was not too reassured. What if this woman had other plans?

This woman is clearly a very powerful character. Not only is she smart, but she is also very skilled in her hands. She can even kill a wild boar with ease.

Thinking of this, he frowned slightly.