The oil bottle of the Red Chamber

The Feng family didn't recognize these families who handed over the greeting cards, and the Chen family and these families hadn't moved around as usual.However, Mrs. Feng vaguely remembered that the little girl the Chen family rescued from a kidnapper last night - from the voice of the second sister, seemed to be the child of the steward of a commercial firm.

It seems that "which firm" is "Yutai Firm".Now that this is the case, there seems to be traces of the origins of the few remaining people who passed on the greetings.

Feng pondered for a while, first rewarded her with a top-notch seal, and then ordered Bixi, the close maid, to find out if the old lady in the house is awake.Knowing that the two elders were awake, they went to the upper room to return to Ming Yingyou in person.Old Mrs. Chen thought about it, and had to order those people who gave gifts to pay their respects to be brought in again.

It was thought that everyone had already inquired about the current situation of Chen's residence before sending people, so there were men and women who came to give gifts to pay their respects.It is very convenient for the host to ask questions.

Bring people in for a while and ask carefully.Sure enough, the few people who gave gifts to greet them were all the people who were abducted by kidnappers at the Lantern Festival last night.Thanks to Chen Gui and his second sister who broke the abductee's whereabouts, and Zhao Bihe, the commander of Jinyi Army, immediately arrested Feng Si and others, and rescued the abducted children.The next time, the Jinyi Army escorted Feng Shi and others back to the Imperial Prison, and the rescued boy and girl were sent to the Jingzhao Yamen.

Some of these individuals reported to the officials that night and were directly notified to go to Jingzhao Yamen to identify people, and some of them read the notice early the next morning to find someone.Those who are lucky enough to take their children home at once must be grateful to the uncle and nephew of the Chen family a thousand times.Those who were even more eager, immediately sealed a generous gift and sent it to their door—among them, the steward of Yutai Commercial Co., Ltd. was named Chang Yougui, and the gift was the richest.

It was actually a small house with a total of more than [-] rooms.The location is two miles behind Ningrong Street, not to mention that it is closer to the imperial city, and the neighbors on the left and right are either rich or expensive.

If such a house is in such a location, if it is bought and sold at the market price, it may not be worth five hundred li of silver.Even with this amount of money, whether the master will sell it or not is another matter.

As a result, not only the Feng family, but also Mrs. Chen and Mrs. Chen were shocked by the greatness of the management of Yutai Commercial Bank.

After carefully questioning the mother-in-law sent by the Chang family to give gifts to say hello, everyone in the Chen family finally understood.

It turns out that the news that the Chen family was retaliated by the gangsters for calling out kidnappers at the Lantern Festival spread throughout the capital overnight.The steward of Yutai Commercial Company was very disturbed when he learned that Chen's family ran into water at night and encountered a strongman.That's why such a generous gift was added to reward the Chen family for saving their little daughter from the kidnapper.

The words of the members of the Chen family are also ridiculous.In his heart, he took such a sum of money deliberately, but compared with the things outside his body, Mrs. Chen valued Chen Gui's official career more.Now that Chen Gui said it was okay, he was also a person who had shared his first and last name with the Holy Majesty.Mrs. Chen didn't want the sage to ask about this matter on a whim one day, and misunderstand Chen Gui as a person who sees profit and forgets righteousness.

Thinking about this, Mrs. Chen waved his hands, and said with a righteous smile: "It is said that no meritorious deeds will not be rewarded. It is the foundation of human beings to act bravely during the Lantern Festival. Your master is like this, and we are at a loss."

After all, he insisted on returning the title deed of the house to the Chang family.Seeing that the Chen family insisted on not accepting it, the woman had no choice but to take it back and give another order.Seeing this, Chang Yougui admired the character of the Chen family even more, and immediately became more determined to make friends with the Chen family.

Mrs. Chen insisted on resigning from Chang's family and honoring the ceremony, others can do it, but Mrs. Chen was scratching her heart in the back house, feeling like a knife was twisting her heart, she couldn't help saying a few words with heartache and reluctance, saying that this is what her family deserved Well, if it wasn't for the obstruction of the second sister and the Chen family, the little eldest sister of the Chang family would have been carried away by the kidnapper long ago.What's more, the Chen family was frightened by this and suffered a fire in vain.The outer walls and gates were still burnt and in ruins, and they were in need of repairs.That being the case, why bother to refuse.

It's just that he was worried about his father's Yan Wei, so he didn't dare to whisper it in person.Mrs. Chen pretended not to know, and no one mentioned this matter again.

At that moment, Mrs. Chen sent away the people from the Chang family, and met the people sent by the other families to greet her and give gifts.His coping method is still the same as he used to treat the Chang family, accepting the gift with thanks, but not accepting a resignation that is too heavy.In the next few days, I met people who came to give thank you gifts, and they also handled it in the same way.

Since these people were able to respond so quickly after the incident, apart from being well-informed and sincere, they were naturally conceited that they were not inferior to the Chen family, and they also had the temperament of receiving favors from others.Seeing that the Chen family is so sensible and righteous, they really live up to the grace of the saints, so they are more in line with their wishes.He walked around frequently, and even the Chen family's social circle expanded a lot.If things go on like this, not only Chen Gui's official career has become smoother, but even the business fields on the shop have received a lot of care.What's more, under the careful planning of the second sister, she has achieved fame and fortune, which is an unexpected joy.

But this is something for later, so I don't need to go into details for the time being.

Here it is only said that the second sister ate several soups and medicines because she was frightened by the wind and cold.However, he still had a stuffy nose and a loud voice, and he had a fever and cough, which did not improve.The anxious Mrs. Chen just scolded the doctor.He also ordered the servants of the family to take Chen Gui's greeting card and invite the good doctor again.

Mrs. Chen and Mrs. Feng saw Mrs. Chen jumping like a chicken in a hurry, so they couldn't help smiling and comforting: "The little man's family is delicate and expensive, not to mention being frightened by such a fright. Even adults have to wait a few days Only then can you come back to your senses. You are too impatient."

The second sister leaned on the big welcoming pillow, coughing and persuading others: "Mom, cough cough, don't worry, I'm just...cough cough..."

Seeing this, Mrs. Chen became more and more anxious. She chanted Buddha and ancestors in her mouth and said, "My little aunt, don't talk. This is strenuous, don't cough your heart out of your throat."

Chen's words made everyone laugh.Even the second sister couldn't help laughing out loud.The more I laughed, the more I coughed, and the more I coughed, the more I couldn't help it.The anxious Mrs. Chen kept swearing, and hurriedly brought Chuanbei Pipa Gao for the second sister to eat.

When he was in a hurry, he suddenly heard that there was an imperial doctor visiting outside the door—but he was ordered by the prince to treat the second sister.

Hearing this, everyone looked at each other in blank dismay.Even Mrs. Chen couldn't help but stared at Mrs. Chen and asked: "I haven't seen you for a few days, brother has so much face in front of His Highness the Crown Prince?"

This time even Old Master Chen was full of suspicion.But no matter how you think about it, this is the face of being a courtier.Old Mrs. Chen didn't dare to be negligent, so he ordered someone to bring the imperial doctor in.After thinking about it for myself, I went out to greet him personally.

For a moment, everyone's attention was attracted by the coming imperial physician.No one has paid attention to the second sister.

The second sister was lying alone on the bed, thinking about it, but her face was serious.Because of her young age and another illness, she didn't know when her uncle Chen Gui fell in love with the crown prince.But as early as the Lantern Festival, she knew from the boy that she was in the Red Mansion, and she was likely to become the hateful and pathetic Third Sister You in the book.

In her view, the tragedy of the You sisters is that they live in poverty but cannot live in peace and contentment. plaything.As the saying goes, a misstep is an eternal hatred. If women in this season lose their chastity, they will have no place to stand.

In the eyes of the second sister who traveled from the later life, the fate of the Youshi sisters is not worth anything.In that era when men and women were relatively equal and independent, a woman's chastity was important, but there were more criteria for judging whether a woman was good or not.She was not ashamed of the Youshi sisters when she was reading in the past, and it was not that the two lost their chastity, but that the two were willing to degenerate, laughing at the poor but not laughing at the prostitutes, selfish, confused attitude towards others and double standards .

Therefore, she is confident that even if she is dressed as the third sister You, with hands, feet and brains, no matter how bad she is, she still has a sense of shame, and she will definitely not fall into the situation in the original book.

But other than that, she was even more suspicious of what happened to the Chen family——

Judging from the situation she has grasped so far, although the Chen family is not rich, powerful and powerful, they can still live in peace.My grandfather and uncle are even more defensive.Although Mrs. Chen was a bit aggressive and inappropriate, she really cared for her and her sister.If this situation continues, no matter how bad the Chen mother and daughter are, they will definitely not fall into the predicament in the book.Unless the Chen family is in decline, no one can support their mother and daughter, but with uncle Chen Gui's disposition and grandfather Chen's cautiousness and judging the situation, it is almost impossible to say that the Chen family has offended someone who cannot be offended... It's impossible.

Later, the second sister thought of the current affairs of the court that were faintly revealed in the book.Thinking of the crimes committed by the Zhen family in the south of the Yangtze River, the two princes of the historian family, the second mansion of Rongning and even the four princes and eight princes who finally collapsed, they are all related to the "old thousand-year-old prince of Yizhong who broke things" who never appeared in the book. Inextricably linked.Now that this is the case, will the You family who have an in-law relationship with the Ningguo Mansion, and even the Chen family who has an in-law relationship with the You family, also have bad things because of "Prince Yizhong is old and thousand years old", and the family will be ruined in the end? Can he end up being bullied by others?

Thinking of this, the second sister's eyes became more and more uncertain.