Chapter 13 Chapter 13 Eminem deserves my most attentive...
Shen Ying asked him, "Do you have any money?"
He was startled, then said confidently, "Yes, you give me five taels of silver every month to spend, but I haven't spent much."
“Puff—”
Chen Ying covered her mouth and laughed. Chen Jinshi frowned and asked, "What are you laughing at?"
"You'd better save your money for marrying a wife."
"Chen Ying, what do you mean?" His voice suddenly became deeper.
I don’t know how her words touched his sore spot. Chen Ying was just joking.
He picked up a pearl flower from the stall and asked the price, and was told it was only two coins.
"Do you like this? I can buy you a case."
Chen Ying shook her head slightly. The spoils in Chen Jichuan's warehouse were enough to last her a lifetime. The turquoise on the end of her braid was worth more than a room full of pearls like these. "I don't want it."
Chen Jinshi insisted on buying it for her. He grabbed her wrist and pulled her to the front of the stall, letting her choose whatever she wanted.
Chen Ying was helpless, she fiddled with the things on the stall with her fingertips, and finally picked up a peach blossom hairpin.
"That's it."
Chen Jinshi took out some silver and handed it to the vendor, then took the hairpin in his hand first. Chen Ying was stunned. He turned her head and put the hairpin on her head.
Chen Ying turned her face away and tried to take off the hairpin, but he pressed the back of her hand. His force was neither too strong nor too light, just enough to prevent her from moving.
"Just wear it like this," he said, with a hint of urgency in his voice.
Chen Ying frowned and turned her head away. Not surprisingly, although she was puzzled by this, she still regarded this gesture of goodwill as a teasing.
The hairpin on her head made her head feel heavy, but it did not prevent her from returning to the mansion as quickly as possible and telling Chen Jichuan the good news.
Chen Jichuan laughed: "I gave birth to a son who is a scholar!"
He held Chen Ying's hand tightly and said with emotion: "Dulan, thanks to you, if it weren't for you, this kid wouldn't be where he is today."
Chen Jinshi stood behind her and watched, his fingertips curled up.
He saw his father laughing so hard that wrinkles appeared at the corners of his eyes, and he also saw Chen Ying smiling with her eyes downcast, and the two of them clasped hands.
Chen Ying smiled gently at Chen Jichuan and gently patted his back: "General, calm down. I feel relieved now. Shi Ge'er is smart."
Chen Jichuan immediately decided to hold a grand banquet: "Having a scholar in our family makes our family's reputation very different! From now on, our Chen family can also be called a 'family of scholars'. If we are thick-skinned, we can also be called a 'family of scholars'!"
Chen Jinshi picked up a peach from the low table, squeezed it, and put it down again. After careful selection, he finally chose one that caught his eye and sneered, "Dad, you really haven't seen the world."
Chen Jichuan was not angry with him either.
Instead, he noticed an extra hairpin on Chen Ying's head and frowned, "What's so ugly about this thing? Did you buy it yourself?"
Chen Ying glanced at Chen Jinshi indifferently and said nothing.
Chen Jinshi was stunned and asked his father: "What's wrong with this hairpin? Isn't it beautiful?"
Chen Jichuan understood: "Are you giving this to your mother? You kid." After saying that, he shook his head and did not comment on the quality of the hairpin.
He just said, "Luckily it was you who gave it to her. If it was given by someone else, would you think she would wear it?"
Dulan seems to be non-competitive, but in fact he is very picky.
Chen Jinshi had just been displeased with his father, but now he suddenly smiled, sat down on the chair, and said with a smile: "Of course."
Chen Jichuan wanted to hold a banquet and asked Chen Ying to help with the arrangements. Chen Ying naturally had no reason to refuse, but she ran into a wall when she submitted the invitation to the second branch of the Chen family.
Chen Xing came over and replied, "I went to deliver the invitation, but I didn't even see the old lady and the old master. The second wife had someone block the door and wouldn't let anyone from our main house in. Even the eldest young master wanted to see the old master these days, but he couldn't get in."
Chen Ying waved her hand: "Forget it then, call Jin Xing over."
After a while, Chen Jinxing came to see her and bowed respectfully: "Amu, what do you want to talk to me about?"
Chen Ying asked him to sit down. "It seems that we have a grudge against the Second House. We need to prepare for your business early. I called you here to discuss this matter. Although some businesses in the past relied on the Second House and the old man's connections, we are not without our own foundations. Isn't the Eighth Prince, who we were friends with before, one of them..."
Chen Jinxing was shocked, sat down steadily, and discussed it with her in detail.
Chen Ying was not unprepared. She had already prepared countermeasures: loss of old customers, supply interruption of the herbal medicine store... The solutions were listed clearly, which were enough for Dafang Pharmacy to gain a firm foothold.
Chen Jinxing listened attentively, his ear tips gradually feeling hot. Her voice was soft and slow, and she talked about the solution to the problem bit by bit, as if no matter how big the problem was, she could find a way to resolve it.
He curled up his fingertips, and his heart felt like it was gently hit by something, with a slight numbness.
The two of them discussed for the entire afternoon. When Chen Jinxing stood up, his heart had already been completely soothed by her voice. When he spoke, his voice was a little hoarse: "These things don't require you to do this."
Chen Ying helped him stand up, a smile in her eyes: "You can be said to have grown up under my watch, Jinxing, so there's no need to be polite with me. Besides, I wasn't the only one who had the idea just now. You also have your own way to get through this difficult time."
He nodded, his eyes fixed on her slender fingers, and as he turned and left, the heat in his ears lingered.
He walked out of her room and stood in the corridor. The wind blew over, rustling the vines and blowing his hair and clothes.
Chen Jinshi was already waiting for him in the corridor, leaning against the wall with his arms folded.
He first glanced up and down at his brother, and he couldn't stand his pompous and proper appearance.
"Chen Jinxing, are you convinced?"
Chen Jinxing turned his head and looked at him coldly, "What are you convinced of?"
Chen Jinshi took a step forward and walked towards Chen Jinxing. He was not as tall as Chen Jinxing and barely reached his shoulder. Although he was looking up at him, his imposing manner was not inferior at all.
He took another half step forward, almost touching Chen Jinxing's chest, forcing Chen Jinxing to lean back subconsciously.
Listening to him speak word by word, "You have to admit that Am is worthy of my most attentive warmth. As for you, you have received her care again. Are you blushing?"
Chen Jinxing avoided his unforgiving gaze and replied, "She treated me with all her sincerity, so of course I am grateful to her, but Chen Jinshi, I am not like you..." That's too much, and I don't know the limits!
Chen Yinghua spent three days preparing for the banquet. Many invitations were sent out and the seats were booked in advance.
On the day before, someone from the second house arrived with a message: "Grandpa has instructed that Shi'er's passing the imperial examination is a major event for the entire family, so the banquet will be hosted by the old lady in the second house. The previously reserved banquet will be moved over as is, and the guests are invited to the second house."
The two families were only separated by a wall. Although Chen Ying felt helpless, she also knew that this was the right thing to do and she had no reason to object.
Anyway, her efforts were not in vain. It would be the same no matter where she did it.
Then he said, "That's fine, but I won't go over there."
Chen Jichuan frowned, but before he could answer, Chen Jinshi slammed the table and stood up: "No! I have the final say on this matter. We'll do it here. If the old man and the old lady want to come over, they can come by themselves."
Chen Jichuan glanced at the butler who had been sent from the old man's side to deliver the message, and winked at his son: "Look at you, you just learned some gentlemanly manners a while ago and acted like a scholar. What's wrong with you now?"
Chen Jinshi didn't care about saving face in front of the old man and almost cursed them. In front of the housekeeper, he said, "The old lady has always been a shrewd person. She is the best at taking advantage of others' work. This banquet was organized by my mother. The money was spent by my eldest wife, and the guests invited are my eldest wife's guests, so it must be held in the eldest wife. Chen Zhong, go back and report to the old man and tell him that I don't agree with this. And add this: They really know how to take advantage of others!"
Chen Jichuan was amused by his words. He said, "Hey," and pointed at his nose: "You kid."
Chen Zhong hoped that the eldest master would give the order, but Chen Jichuan did not indulge his parents. To be honest, the old man and the old lady were in good health and were taking care of themselves with the secret recipes of their ancestors every day. But he was sick at such a young age. As the eldest master was the most important, he was too lazy to take care of the two old people.
Seeing that he didn't speak and that he couldn't reason with the always unreasonable Second Young Master, Chen Zhong turned his gaze to Chen Ying.
Chen Ying was stunned. How could she say this? As an outsider, how could she help the Chen family decide where to seat the guests?
Chen Jinshi stood up, blocking Chen Zhong's sight with his body. "Are you so shameless? Chen Zhong. Can't you hear me clearly? I said, the silver was paid by my eldest wife."
Chen Zhong's old face turned red. The second young master was just like that. He was extremely rude in his words and deeds, and showed no mercy to others.
"Well, well, I'm leaving now."
After the people left, Chen Ying sighed, looking helpless.
In fact, she really didn't care where the banquet was held. After all, she did these things just to repay the general and didn't expect anything in return. She would just do whatever her family needed her to do.
Later, Chen Jinshi looked at her eagerly, with an expression as if he wanted to take credit for it.
She touched his head: "You did a good job this time."
Somehow, whether it was her illusion or something, she felt Chen Jinshi's head nodding against her palm.
The next day, the door of the mansion was open. Chen Jinshi and Chen Jinxing stood at the door to welcome guests. Chen Ying and Chen Jinyun sat in the backyard to accompany Chen Jichuan.
Most of the people who came were Chen Jichuan’s old friends. After congratulating Chen Jin, they went to the backyard to visit him.
Chen Ying made tea for them. Many people knew her.
"Dulan, I just came back from Loufan a few days ago and met your father and brother."
Chen Ying smiled and asked, "How are they? We were in touch a few days ago."
The man took a sip of tea, put down his cup, and said with a smile, "You're in good spirits! Your pasture has just been newly mowed, and a hundred lambs have been born."
Chen Ying nodded and smiled: "I know this. As long as the two sides don't fight, I have nothing to worry about them."
They drank tea and had snacks while chatting about everything, until Chen Xing's wife came back and said, "The guests are almost all here. The people from the third house are here, but the people from the second house are not here, and neither are the old man or the old lady."
Chen Jichuan said, "It doesn't matter if you didn't come. It's time to eat now."
Most of Chen Jichuan's old friends knew Chen Ying. This was different from the second room, where she entertained the guests with open arms and sat them down.
Chen Jinshi pulled her to sit next to him, and Chen Ying did not refuse.
She nodded to Chen Xing, and the sound of firecrackers rang out from the door and echoed throughout the alley.
Chen Jichuan raised his glass and stood up, saying in a loud voice: "Today I invite you all to come..."
It was rare for him to be so energetic, and he talked a lot. Chen Ying was a little worried about him, so she pulled him aside and whispered, "General, drink less."
Chen Jichuan comforted her: "It's okay, I'm happy today."
As soon as the dishes were served, Chen Jinshi put a piece of pork elbow into Chen Ying's bowl.
Unexpectedly, the whole table burst into laughter: "Shi brother has really grown up, no wonder people say you are filial."
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