Chen Shiying knew that what Chen Ahfu said was true. Wang Juanniang had no money, no power, and a weak personality. If she married into his family, her mother would not treat her well, and the daughter she gave birth to would not be treated well either...
Those words were like steel needles, piercing him. He felt ashamed and guilty, but he couldn't let Chen Ahfu tell anyone about his mother. Filial piety was one thing, but it also had a great impact on him and his family.
He said with difficulty, "Fuer, Dad knows, Dad knows everything. Your grandmother did many bad things and made you and your mother suffer. But she is my mother. No matter what, Dad can't ignore her. Moreover, if her bad reputation spreads, it will affect the reputation of you and your sisters. You have found a good family, but your sister hasn't..."
The conversation between father and daughter ended unpleasantly, and Chen Shiying sighed and went to the east wing guest room to rest.
At the end of the Xu hour, Lu Garden was completely quiet, and A Lu went back to rest. Chen A Fu suppressed his curiosity and did not follow him to find out what was going on.
The next day, Chen Ahfu got up at dawn and went to the kitchen to make breakfast. Because Chen Shiying had lived in Jiangnan for more than ten years and liked to eat fermented glutinous rice, Chen Ahfu made fermented glutinous rice eggs, steamed dumplings and scallion pancakes.
At this time, Dabao had not yet gotten up, and only Chen Afu accompanied Chen Shiying to eat breakfast. Chen Shiying looked gloomy, and it was obvious that she had not slept well. He invited Chen Afu to eat attentively, gave her some buns and pancakes, and asked her to be filial to Wang, and to go to the city home more often when she had nothing to do, and find something to talk to her.
Chen Ahfu also picked up a bun for him and said, "Is this fermented glutinous rice ...
Chen Shiying was also happy when he saw Chen Afu's smile. He said, "I am happy to have a caring daughter like you. Come home more often to accompany me. When you get married, you will have even less time to accompany me."
Chen Ahfu smiled and said, "Dad has several caring daughters. When I'm not around, I still have my third and fourth sisters."
"It's different... You are dad's eldest daughter and are closest to him." Chen Shiying said.
Chen Afu laughed. This father was quite good at sweet talk. She had long noticed that the way Chen Shiying looked at her and Chen Yulan was different from the way he looked at his other daughters. There was a little more warmth and love in his eyes.
After the meal, Chen Afu saw him out. In addition to giving him a few cans of fermented glutinous rice, he also brought some fresh vegetables and a few pounds of osmanthus glutinous rice dates, and watched his carriage drive away.
Dabao also woke up, and after he finished his meal, I sent him out.
Chen Afu went back to the house, took two pieces of cloth and a jar of ginseng wine and went to Luyuan. The cloth and the wine were both gifts for Old Mrs. Chen.
Whenever Chen Ahfu saw Mrs. Ding and Chen Shiniang, he was grateful that Mrs. Chen was a good person. Although she had many flaws and was sometimes irritating, she was a conscientious old lady who had a bottom line and principles in doing things, and would never do bad things that would be criticized by others.
Wang and Chen Ming were still eating breakfast in the room. One look at their spirits showed that yesterday's work went very smoothly. Chen Ming smiled and told Chen Afu what happened, and Wang supplemented it.
The Chen family suggested to the Wang family that they could support Old Man Wang, but they could not support Mrs. Ding, who had done all kinds of bad things. If they divorced Mrs. Ding, Mrs. Wang would give Old Man Wang one or two taels of silver every month as pension.
Mr. Wang and his family all agreed. They had been eager to divorce Ding. With such a notorious evil woman in the Wang family, it was difficult for the Wang family's daughters to find a husband.
But Old Man Wang thought one tael of silver a month was too little, not enough for him to eat meat every day, and he wanted to raise it to two taels of silver before he was willing to divorce Mrs. Ding. Chen Ming was unwilling to give more money, because too much money would be wasted on Wang Cai, and Wang Cai might use the extra money to spend on Mrs. Ding.
Hu Laowu, who did not consider himself an outsider, stayed in Luyuan all the time. He gave Chen Ye an idea, which was to give a few more taels of silver to Wang Laohan to find a powerful concubine, and let the concubine manage the money. In this way, it would not only honor Wang Laohan, but also prevent Wang Cai from getting involved in the money, and the family would be more lively.
Chen Ye and Chen Ming thought this was a good idea, so they offered to pay an extra five taels of silver to ask the Wang family to give Old Man Wang a concubine who was more powerful, who could take care of Old Man Wang's life and help him manage his finances.
When Old Man Wang heard this, he became even happier. He nodded repeatedly and said that he should have divorced Ding, who was lazy and immoral, long ago.
Chen Afu was happy. Hu Laowu's brain was indeed much better than his own at certain times. The Wang family would be more prosperous in the future, and the Ding family could be dealt a greater blow. However, this was too easy for that selfish and shameless old bastard.
When Mrs. Ding heard that she was going to be divorced, she cried and howled, and even wanted to jump into the well, but she was tied up by the two daughters-in-law from the Wang family, who told her to go back to Xianhu Village and jump if she wanted to, or even better, die.
At first, Wang Cai also started to make trouble. Old Master Wang said that if he wanted to make trouble with the evil woman, he would be expelled from the clan and asked him to go with Ding. Wang Cai was afraid...
The wicked old woman Ding was finally kicked out of the house and got her comeuppance. This also helped Wang to vent her anger and avenge little Wang Cheng.
When facing a poorer and less powerful family, one can just use a little money to solve the problem. However, the more vicious old lady Chen is still enjoying the blessing because she has a capable son to protect her...
Chen Afu still felt unhappy.
Wang then continued, "This time, my mother-in-law, my uncle, and Hu Laowu all helped. My great uncle from my mother's side also helped. Last night, your father gave my great uncle two taels of silver. Tonight we want to invite my uncle's family and Hu Laowu's family to have a meal, and invite Zeng Laotou, Dagui, Xiaoniu and others to drink, and invite Steward Luo and his son to have some fun."
Chen Afu nodded and said that her family had some seafood sent by Tangyuan, so she took some to add to the dishes and asked Qiuyue to help Aunt Mu cook.
Wang said, "Qiuyue doesn't need to come. Gao and Aju can come to help. Aju is much more diligent now. Hu got a serious illness and even brought Aju back..."
He also said that Chen Aju's status has risen, and her conditions for finding a young man are much higher than before, and many families have come to propose marriage. Unfortunately, the uncle and his family didn't like her, saying that they were also shareholders of the restaurant in the prefecture, and had opened a shop in the county. The most important thing was that they were related to Lord Chu, so they couldn't marry a country bumpkin...
If it was because he could help Chen Aju find a good home, it would be good. Chen Afu still reminded Chen Ming and Wang Shi to remind Old Lady Chen and Chen Ye not to find a family that only coveted the power of the Chu family. Finding such a family would be a trouble for Chen Aju and the Chu family.
On the evening of August 29th, Chu Lingxuan came back again.
After dinner, the old marquis returned to Tang Garden, and the children went to the west wing to play. Chu Lingxuan and Chen Afu discussed Chu Hanyan’s birthday in the upper room.
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