A few days ago.
Night, in a narrow alley in the east of the city, at Chen’s house.
Xianjin still had the remnants of the Qingmei intoxication that wafted from the private room next to Baixiang Pavilion on his body. There was no scent of alcohol, only a slightly sweet and greasy aroma lingering in his nose.
Passing the outer courtyard, the second gate, the east courtyard and the west courtyard, and then to the Bima Hall, the bricks and tiles are all similar, but the emotions and feelings are completely different.
This was the first time Xianjin saw Old Lady Qu after leaving the Chen family.
Only one lamp was lit in the Bi Ma Hall. The Buddhist beads that Madam Qu had been playing with for several years were placed casually on the square table by the window, and the incense burner was covered with a thick layer of dust.
Xianjin lowered his eyes slightly.
Having given up praying to gods and Buddhas means that there is really nothing left for me to ask for.
Looking at Old Lady Qu's expression again, her eyes were drooping, her face skin was stretched to her neck, her eyebrows were unconsciously raised, and her already loose skin had a few more anxious wrinkles.
"Madam Qu." Xianjin bowed respectfully.
Old Lady Qu raised her eyelids slightly, as if a branch had propped up her weak eyelids. "Do you have time to come and see us laugh?"
Without waiting for Xianjin to speak, Madam Qu propped herself up on the chair with her hands, and said, "...Haha, haha, the Chen family is a joke now - the second son has given up and takes Xu to sing operas and drink tea every day. Although the third son is willing, he is powerless. When the fourth son heard that he would be in charge, his face turned pale with fear. The second son has locked himself in his room to study, and he is expected to fly away once he passes the exam, and will never see me, his grandmother who disgusts him, again..."
"Haha, even the guys are blaming me. Li Sanshun retired, and several guys handed in their resignations..."
"The Chen family... the Chen family is now a lame horse."
"The wound keeps bleeding. There is no medicine to heal it. When the blood stops flowing, it will be completely dead - just like an old woman like me."
Aunt Qu cried and pushed Old Madam Qu's arm, "What are you talking about!"
He glanced at Xianjin and said loudly, "Since Xianjin is still here, it means that your fate with the Chen family is not over yet! You have been through so much hardship, what does this situation mean to you? We still have money in the account, the guys are still here, and there is still business to do..."
Old Madam Qu pulled at the loose flesh and smiled.
I don't know what he is laughing at.
Maybe he was laughing at himself.
He laughed at himself for being blind and deaf, and for having wasted his entire life without being able to see clearly what kind of Chen family he had protected.
They worked hard for decades, skimped on food and clothing, and endured all kinds of hardships, all for two words - "Chen Family".
Now he has ended up with complaints from his descendants and is neither popular nor respected.
It can be said that faith has collapsed.
Xianjin didn't know how to comment. Should he criticize the descendants of the Chen family for being ignorant of good and evil, or should he criticize Old Madam Qu for being pitiful and lamentable?
All these merits and demerits have gone with the passing of time. She only knows that there have always been conflicts of interest between her and Madam Qu, but no emotional entanglement.
Xianjin pushed the list of 10,000 pieces of Xuan paper in front of Madam Qu, his eyes calm, "When I leave, the Chen family will be hurt, and Hengji will take over. If the Chen family doesn't wake up, I'm afraid the whole Wei will only know Hengxuan, but not the real Xuan paper."
Madam Qu couldn't see the densely written words on the contract, nor did she want to see them clearly. She chuckled and said, "Whatever you want, no one cares. It's annoying for an old woman like me to be involved."
Aunt Qu was a little anxious. She stretched out her hand to hold the deed, fearing that Xianjin would take it away. She knelt on the ground and said, "If you don't care, who will? Who will? Xianjin is here, so don't be discouraged or lose heart!"
As she spoke, Second Aunt Qu shed two lines of tears. She didn't care about the Chen family. She had a premonition that once Madam Qu really gave up, she would probably follow Old Master Chen in a few days!
A tree lives on its bark; a man lives on his breath.
Old Madam Qu is not interested in anything now!
No matter whether it is Erlang's imperial examination or the Chen family's business, the old lady has a kind of fatigue that everything is empty and everything is over - every day is more listless than the yesterday!
Aunt Qu almost got a stitch in her side from crying.
Xianjin remained calm. He took the deed, turned around and walked away. After two steps, he glanced sideways and said, "Do you know why you lost?"
Aunt Qu screamed, "Xianjin! Stop it, stop it!"
"Because you have never truly lived for yourself!" Xianjin spoke very quickly, louder than Aunt Qu's screams.
"If the Chen family sells vinegar, you make rice; if the Chen family sells meat, you slaughter pigs... You want the Chen family to abandon their merchant status and become a noble family, because in the eyes of the world, this is the most respectable thing!"
"You live your whole life, just to save face."
"Cha Qia, face is stuck on your own face, you can't see it yourself, it's only for others to see!"
Xianjin had seen too many cases of Madam Qu being in such a state in the ward. She was still breathing through her nose, but her eyes were already dead. Her cumbersome organs were all passively and panickily pushed forward by the mist-filled oxygen tube. Once the oxygen tube was removed, she would be deader than a cat in the wild.
Although Xianjin didn't know what the oxygen tube supporting Old Madam Qu was, she felt genuinely angry.
Why should you linger on like a half-dead person when you can live a good life?
Xianjin sneered, "It's okay if you don't want to care. When you die, it won't be difficult for me to take over the Chen family with my methods. Aren't you always afraid that I will short the Chen family? I tell you, not only will I short the Chen family, I will also... I will also..."
Xianjin tried his best to come up with threatening words.
What else could she do?
Bullying men and women? Bullying the business and the market? Bullying teachers and ancestors?
Xianjin was hesitant and didn't know what to say to save face.
This... this girl has also been a villain!
Xian Jin was thinking when he heard a clear, elegant and steady female voice.
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