Chapter 94: To be a high-ranking official and bring honor to the family
It was obvious that Cen Han did this on purpose.
Everyone in the circle remembers it, but forgets the existence of the second room?
Is it possible?
He doesn't take the second wife seriously at all, and doesn't consider her as a family...
Cen Dahai and Li both felt very unhappy.
It’s not that I really want him to give me a gift, but the feeling of being deliberately ignored by someone I regard as family is really not a pleasant one.
"Brother is busy studying every day, how can he remember everything?" Cen Yan didn't seem to care at all, and smiled when she heard it, "It's enough to know that brother has this intention and is not deliberately forgetting us."
There was something fishy in her words.
When Cen Han heard this, his eyebrows raised and he felt surprised.
This sister has always been as dull as a piece of wood, but she has always been impatient.
But now, she was able to deal with his deliberate behavior so appropriately and calmly.
No wonder his mother said in the letter that her recent bad luck was all caused by Cen Yan. He didn't quite believe it at first, but now it seems that this is really possible.
"Sister Cen Yan knows what big brother is thinking, and big brother will feel better. By the way, aren't you getting married in more than two months? How is the preparation of your wedding dress? If you have any difficulties with the dowry, just tell big brother. Big brother will not stand idly by if I can help." Cen Han also said with a smile.
"I have decided to cancel the marriage, so there is no need to sew the wedding dress. However, I do need your help in other areas," said Cen Yan.
"Oh, what?"
"To cancel the engagement, you need to pay back fifty-five taels of silver to the Wei family. My eldest brother has been buying things for grandma and grandpa, and he has spent hundreds of taels of silver at a time. I believe you must be well off. Otherwise, can you lend me fifty-five taels of silver so that I can cancel this engagement?" Cen Yan said this deliberately.
"Uh..." Cen Han paused.
"Bah!" Before he could think of a reply, Old Lady Cen spat at Cen Yan and cursed, "You greedy ghost, how dare you set your sights on my darling grandson? I tell you, don't even think about it! If you want to cancel the engagement, go and earn money yourself!"
"Grandma, don't say that. We are all family." Cen Han hurriedly persuaded Old Lady Cen, and then looked at Cen Yan apologetically, "Sister Cen Yan, I'm really sorry. I used all the money I had to buy gifts for grandma and my family. I don't have much left, so I'm afraid I can't help you. But why do you want to cancel the engagement? As far as I know, the Wei family is very good."
"Why do you want to cancel the engagement? You may need to ask my aunt, but I was just joking when I said I asked my eldest brother for money. Why is grandma so angry? Can't we cousins joke about it? Even if my eldest brother is really willing to donate generously, how can I really accept it? My eldest brother has always spent a lot of money on his studies. I wouldn't be so ignorant." Cen Yan still didn't look angry at all. Even after being scolded by Old Lady Cen, she still smiled.
She was so graceful and generous that it made Old Madam Cen look too mean.
Old Lady Cen knew that she had gone too far, but she still had a stern face and was not happy with her: "It's good that you know! Your elder brother is not like a girl like you who will just get married and have children in the end. He wants to pass the imperial examinations, become a high-ranking official, and bring honor to the family!"
"Yes, grandma, I know." Cen Yan lowered his head, as if he really knew he was wrong.
However, she did this in order to try her best to suppress the smile on her lips.
Are you kidding?
Be a high-ranking official?
At least before her death, Cen Han was still an old scholar. He failed every autumn examination... The more time went by, the worse he became, and he was just like a different old man Cen.
The old Cen family was counting on Cen Han to bring honor to the family, but that was really a wrong bet.
Not to mention, Cen Han's current filial piety is just an act.
The things he bought, whether jewelry or clothes and dresses, were all cheap knockoffs and were not worth much at all.
If her guess was correct, this time when Cen Han came back to help Gao's family resolve the crisis, he would definitely be able to take away a lot of money from Old Man Cen and Old Lady Cen before leaving.
At this time, Cen Yan admitted his mistake, and Old Man Cen expressed his opinion, asking Old Lady Cen not to always argue with the younger generation.
Cen Han also pretended to help and said a few good words, and only then did Old Lady Cen let Cen Yan go.
To celebrate Cen Han's return, Old Mrs. Cen generously asked Cen Dahe to kill a chicken, because it was the third room's turn to cook in the next few days.
Everyone enjoyed the meal very much, except for the second wife, who didn't even get to drink a sip of chicken soup.
In response to this, when the second housemates returned to their own rooms hungry, Cen Yan stayed in his room for a while, and then came out with a big bowl of chicken.
"Dad, Mom, this is the wild pheasant that Ji Yunzhan brought over last time. I secretly killed it and castrated it, and then stewed it last night when no one was around. I have a stove hidden in my room, and I just heated it up. Let's eat it while it's hot." Cen Yan said.
She explained it so clearly that Cen Dahai and Li had no chance to doubt it.
But this was actually something she cooked in the space.
Cen Yan put the chicken on the table and went over to close the door.
"To prevent our aunt or the people from the third room from coming over suddenly and finding us eating chicken, they would definitely cause a commotion," she said.
The people in the second house still remember clearly what happened to Naiguo last time.
After hearing what Cen Yan said, they naturally had no objection.
Fortunately, because Cen Han came back today, except for the second wife, everyone else in the Cen family gathered around Cen Han to listen to him talk about interesting things in the academy. No one came to hang around the second wife, so the second wife ate her fill without being disturbed at all.
After eating, Cen Yan cleaned up the chicken bones and buried them in the ground in his own space. He planned to throw the chicken bones into the mountains when he went out tomorrow.
Cen Han did not stay at home for long and left early the next morning.
He came back with a bulging package, and he left with a bulging package as well.
After sending him off, Cen Yan heard Yu mutter to Cen Dahe in a sour tone: "Dad and Mom gave Cen Han a lot of money again. Gao is so lucky!"
After saying this, she touched the wooden hairpin on the top of her head.
It was because of this wooden hairpin that she didn't say anything more unpleasant.
"Aunt San, I suggest you go to Master Zhang's house and ask him how much your hairpin is worth." Cen Yan said as he passed by her, "Don't let yourself be bribed so easily!"
"What do you mean?" Yu was stunned when she heard this, and then glared at Cen Yan with displeasure on her face.
But how could Cen Yan possibly say more to her?
Throwing down this sentence was just an attempt to destroy the easing of relations between the first and third wives that Cen Han had managed!
She just didn't believe that if Third Aunt knew that this wooden hairpin was ordinary and had nothing special about it, she would not resent Cen Han in her heart!
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