Chapter 1865 Xia Yan Brings Back News from the Chen Family
Xia Yan brought back news from the Chen family.
The entire Chen family now lives at his father-in-law's house; his father-in-law's family name is Pan.
Shu Yu had heard a couple of things from the old lady of the Guan family before. It was said that the Pan family was not very wealthy at first. They had a small shop, but quite a few children.
That's why Chen Bing, a divorcee, became Pan's son-in-law.
However, in the second year after Chen Bing and Pan Shi got married, the Pan family gradually improved, mainly due to the fact that the Pan family had many children. Pan Shi had an older sister who married a wealthy merchant from another region as a concubine. She was quite favored, and after the merchant's wife passed away, the older sister was made the principal wife.
With this wealthy son-in-law, the Pan family took advantage of the opportunity to gradually expand their business.
Originally there was only one shop, but after so many years of operation, there are now two more.
The Pan family not only had three shops, but they also moved to a small three-courtyard house and added several servants.
The Pan family has changed a lot, but Chen Bing, as the Pan family's son-in-law, has been running a shabby grocery store for thirty years, and he still loses money from time to time. He has to come to his wife's family to beg for money, so his wife's family looks down on him very much, and later they almost refused to let him come to their door.
Chen Bing initially hoped to use his father-in-law's connections to start another business, but he lost money in every venture he tried, and his father-in-law would always berate him as useless. He also failed to get any money from his stingy father-in-law. After several attempts, he gave up and developed resentment towards his father-in-law, rarely coming to the prefectural city to invite further abuse.
The reason for this visit is that Mr. Pan's father has fallen ill.
How could Chen Bing not be envious of the Pan family's wealth? This was his last chance to get a share of the Pan family's assets.
If Pan's father dies and the Pan family is taken over by Pan's brother, he shouldn't expect to get a single penny from it.
So Chen Bing said that because Pan Shi and her children were worried about Pan's father's health, the whole family came together.
According to Pan's neighbors, after they arrived, they did indeed take care of Pan's father wholeheartedly, working tirelessly day and night. After a while, they all looked a bit haggard.
The neighbors in the neighborhood don't know much about Chen Bing's family, who don't come here often, but judging from the current situation, they have already made a good reputation.
However, Chen Bing thought that Pan's father, who was old and ill, would not last long. But a month later, his health gradually improved.
Chen Bing's hopes of dividing the family property were dashed. Logically speaking, now that Pan's father had recovered, the family shop needed someone, and the Chen family should have returned home.
Unfortunately, Chen Bing was unwilling to give up. Just then, bandits broke into Chenggu County, burning, killing, and looting, causing the county gates to be closed and outsiders to be unable to enter at will. The Chen family could not leave, so they naturally stayed.
Who knew that not long after, the city would also descend into chaos.
Fortunately, the prefectural city was well-prepared, and although there was some chaos for a while, the people were not as severely affected as in Chenggu County. It was just a period of fear, and eventually, everything returned to normal.
Once everything was settled in the county town and the prefectural town, Chen Bing had no excuse to stay.
Especially with the Lunar New Year approaching, they should definitely go back home for the holiday.
But Chen Bing didn't. He still didn't go back. This time, he stayed for a long time, using the excuse of finding a husband for his daughter in the prefectural city.
Chen Bing's other purpose in coming to the prefectural city was to find a husband for his daughter, Chen Qiu.
It's just that Pan's father was sick at first, and it wasn't a good reason to say it out loud.
(End of this chapter)
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