Chen Gensheng pinched his eyebrows and said angrily, "Your sister is getting more and more unreasonable. Didn't mother just dirty the mattress and clean the room and yell all day? If mother was fine, would she still need to serve her?"
The house was dirtied by the old lady and it was Chen Qinshi and little Chen Qinshi who cleaned up. Only those who did these jobs knew how to do them. Although Chen Gensheng was filial, he only served her medicine on a daily basis and did not touch those dirty things.
Not to mention Qin Fang's dissatisfaction, Chen Qin also felt disgusted when she was cleaning the sputum on the handkerchief, but she did not dare to show it in front of Chen Gensheng.
"I remembered one thing. The other day, Qin Fang heard Genfu say that the third son of the Yu family was having an affair with Li Xiu'e from the end of the village, and there seemed to be something unclear going on." Afraid that Chen Gensheng and Qin Fang would quarrel, Chen Qinshi said hurriedly.
Chen Gensheng's attention was diverted, so he asked Chen Qinshi to stop, then turned around and asked, "The third son of the Yu family and Widow Li? Who told Genfu about this? Or did he see it with his own eyes?"
"I'm not sure about that." Chen Qinshi took back her hand and said, "I'll go call Qin Fang and ask her again."
Chen Gensheng nodded.
Chen Qinshi saw Qin Fang called in and asked, "Didn't you say that the third son of the Yu family and Li Xiu'e were having an affair? Did Genfu see it with his own eyes, or did you hear it from someone else?"
When Xiao Chen Qin heard that this was the question, she immediately became excited and sneered, "Genfu was drinking with someone, and heard from Old Huang's Gousheng at the table that the third son of the Yu family often drank with Gousheng and his friends. Gousheng said that once after the party, he saw the third son of the Yu family drunkenly go to the end of the village, and stayed in Li Xiu'e's room for more than an hour before he saw the third son of the Yu family returning home. What he said was very detailed."
Li Xiu'e was eye-catching and widowed at a young age, so it was inevitable that there would be some gossip in the village. However, after her husband died, she moved to the end of the village with her children. She rarely interacted with the villagers and no shameful things were reported about her. Gradually, no one said anything about her.
As the head of the village, Chen Gensheng felt sorry for Li Xiu'e, an orphan and a widow. During the busy farming season, he would occasionally find a few honest people in the village to help Li Xiu'e with farming.
"There's no smoke without fire. Could it be that the third son of the Yu family is really hooking up with Li Xiu'e?" Chen Qin said softly.
"Brother, you have to be more careful. If such a scandal really happens in our village, wouldn't people laugh their heads off? The reputation of our village will be ruined." Little Chen Qin said with a tone of someone who was looking forward to seeing the fun.
Chen Gensheng's eyes flickered. Now that he had such a good handle in his hands, he had to make good use of it.
He said, "Keep your mouth shut. These are all groundless stories. Don't spread nonsense outside, or the Yu family will come to your house and cause trouble again."
"Just let this matter go like this?" Little Chen Qin looked at Chen Gensheng's face, not sure what he meant.
Chen Gensheng smiled meaningfully, "Don't worry about this matter, I have my own plans."
There is no substantial evidence, and if it is made public now, Yu Hanshan might get wind of it and cut off all ties with Widow Li.
Chen Genfu walked in from outside. After sending Chen Zhiqing back from the town, he went to the village to return the donkey cart. Seeing that several people were talking in the main hall, he said, "Brother and sister-in-law, I sent Zhiqing to the Li family. The driver of the Li family has set off with a horse-drawn carriage to send the educated youth and the Li family boy to Qingzhou."
Chen Qinshi felt relieved after hearing this, "Who from the Li family went with him?"
"Li Qiu's uncle, that guy also asked me to bring a letter to Arou." Chen Genfu took out a letter from his arms and said with a smile, "I think he is thinking about marrying our Arou. If he can get a gentleman from the imperial examination this time, Arou's marriage will be glorious."
Chen Qin took the letter, with a smile on her face, and said to little Chen Qin, "Aying is now old enough to get married. We should also worry about finding a good family for Aying."
Little Chen Qin envied Chen Rou for finding a scholar, and had always planned to find a scholar family for Chen Ying. She smiled and said, "When Zhiqing comes back after the exam, let him help find classmates for the academy. If Ying can also find a scholar family, I will wake up with laughter in my dreams."
"There's no rush for Ying's marriage. Let's wait until the results of the Zhiqing Autumn Examination are announced. If he really passes the imperial examination, Ying won't have any trouble finding a good family." Chen Gensheng looked at Chen Genfu and said, "Second Brother, I want to discuss something with you."
Chen Qin took little Chen Qin to Chen Rou's room and left the main room to the Chen Gensheng brothers.
"Brother, what's the matter?" Chen Genfu asked after drinking a cup of cold tea.
"Do you take what Gousheng said seriously?" Chen Gensheng asked.
"What?" Chen Genfu was a little unresponsive for a moment, then quickly added, "Brother, have you heard about it too? The third son of the Yu family hooked up with Li Xiu'e from the end of the village. Although I didn't see it with my own eyes, it must be true. The other day when we were drinking, someone said that ever since Yu Hanshan set up a stall to sell meat in Zhengjiazhuang, the smell of meat often wafted from Widow Li's house at the end of the village. If there is nothing fishy going on, it would be difficult for a little widow like her to feed two children, let alone eat meat."
Chen Gensheng lowered his voice and said, "Keep an eye on Yu Hanshan. It would be best if you can get evidence of his affair with Li Xiu'e."
Chen Genfu said yes, and then asked curiously, "Why are you staring at him? If they are really having an affair, why don't you take the villagers to catch them?"
Chen Gensheng shook his head. "Don't make it public yet. Let's wait and see if the Yu family can pass the autumn exam!"
There was an elder in the family who had an affair with a widow. Even if the brothers of the Yu family passed the imperial examination, what would it matter? If the news got out, it would be considered that the family tradition was not right, and they would still be stripped of their titles as imperial candidates.
Let the old man in the Yu family be arrogant and proud for now. They will cry someday for giving birth to such a son with bad behavior.
Chen Genfu saw that he was serious and said, "Okay, I'll keep an eye on this matter."
Yu Hanshan didn't know that his affair with Li Xiu'e had been known to others. Every day when he set up a stall to sell meat, he would carefully select a piece of good meat with fat and lean meat and send it to Li Xiu'e's home at the end of the village.
Yu Hanshan was in charge of all the income and expenditure of his business. When he had some money, he took the opportunity of delivering meat to a restaurant in town and bought Li Xiu'e a silver hairpin. Later, he bought her rouge, powder and other things. After a few visits, he finally succeeded and got into Li Xiu'e's bed.
Now the fire is burning, and he is thinking about it very much. Recently, every day after closing the stall, he would hide from people and sneak to the end of the village to make love with Li Xiu'e before returning home. However, he didn't know that he had been secretly watched.
The carriage of the Mu family's carriage was covered with thick blankets, and even the couch was extremely comfortable. Amid the clatter of horse hooves, Yu Fuling and Yu Jiao both fell asleep.
Yu Fuling leaned on Yu Jiao. Yu Jiao leaned against the carriage at first, but later she fell asleep and swayed, leaning on Yu Qizhe's shoulder.
Yu Qizhe was afraid that she would feel uncomfortable, so he gently placed Yu Jiao in his arms and let her sleep leaning on his chest.
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