Mrs. Pan was a hale and hearty old man with gray hair, wearing a very ordinary dark gray blouse, getting out of a black carriage with a flat head, and smilingly looking at a pair of granddaughters who had come to him.
"Brother Kai is getting taller and taller." The old man spoke with great anger, patted Shen Zikai on the shoulder vigorously, and looked at the girl beside Shen Zikai.
Shen Ziqiao was also looking at the old man.
Gray and thick eyebrows, wise and energetic eyes, with wrinkles left by the years at the corners of the eyes, and a straight nose... He is smiling at her.
"Grandfather." Shen Ziqiao hurriedly looked away and bowed politely.
Shen Zikai hurriedly said, "Grandfather, this is Jiaojiao."
Old Master Pan nodded, "You've grown into a big girl, and you're still as self-willed as before?"
"Don't be self-willed, don't be self-willed anymore, now you are very well-behaved." Shen Ziqiao said hastily, strongly expressing that she is no longer the same as before.
"Grandfather, Jiaojiao is different now." Shen Zikai said with a smile.
Old Master Pan laughed and turned to look at the gate of Shen's house. Shen Xiao was coming out boldly. When he saw Old Master Pan, he immediately raised his hands and bowed, "Father, when did you come? Why didn't you ask someone to tell you?" , so that I can personally pick you up at the city gate."
"I'll walk all the way, wherever I go." Mrs. Pan said with a smile, "Passing through the capital, come to visit my mother-in-law."
Shen Zikai and Shen Ziqiao stood beside Old Master Pan with lowered eyebrows, turning a blind eye to Shen Xiao's gaze.
"Father, first go inside to rest and have tea." Shen Xiao welcomed Old Master Pan into the gate.
Mrs. Pan proposed to visit Mrs. Shen first.
Seeing the grinning Old Master Pan, Shen Xiao couldn't guess whether he came to the capital to support Jiaojiao on purpose, or if he was really just passing by.
A group of people came to the De'an Courtyard, and Mrs. Shen called Mrs. Zhou over at some point.
"Mother-in-law, I haven't seen you for many years, are you still in good health?" Old Master Pan walked into the hall. Seeing Mrs. Shen who was already sitting in the main seat, she smiled and cupped her hands and said.
Mrs. Shen had already started a battle, and planned to oppose her son's remarriage with Mrs. Pan, but she argued to the end, but she would greet him with a polite smile as soon as he entered the door, but she had a sullen face, which made her look petty.
It was Zhou who gently tugged at her sleeve beside her, and the old lady came to her senses.
"Father-in-law, don't come here without any problems, please sit down quickly." What's going on here? Didn't he come here for Shi Xiu's affairs? Still... planning to please her. Advise her not to fill in the house for Shi Xiu
Old Mrs. Shen looked at Shen Ziqiao who was standing aside, with a mocking smile on the corner of her mouth, she didn't even look at her virtues. Since she threatened that day that she would never recognize the Pan family as her kinsman, it would be embarrassing to ask the Pan family to make decisions for her today.
"I just think that people should walk around when they are old. I passed by the capital, and I remembered that there are a pair of granddaughters. I haven't seen my mother-in-law for many years. I came here to have a look and brought you the little things I bought along the way. You Don't mind." Old Master Pan said with a smile.
The Pan family is a wealthy family in East Vietnam, how can the things they sell be cheap? It must be worth tens of thousands of silver, Mrs. Shen's eyes lit up.
"Father-in-law, you are being polite. It's our Shen family who is sorry for you. You are still so polite, how can I teach you?" Mrs. Shen said with a smile. His attitude became more polite in an instant.
"You must not say that." Old Master Pan said guiltily, "My daughter is not blessed, and Shi Xiu has done it for my daughter all these years... Our Pan family is grateful to you. Marrying another makes me both grateful and guilty. I feel sorry for you... "
The old lady Pan spoke so beautifully that even Shen Ziqiao was amazed, the hat on the old woman's head is really high.
ah. Mrs. Pan didn't know that Shen Xiao was going to marry again. Shen Ziqiao looked at the big brother next to her and saw that Shen Zikai was just as helpless as she was. She just gritted her teeth and pinched her thigh hard. The pain made her burst into tears, " Grandfather..."
Shen Ziqiao looked at Old Master Pan choked with sobs, "Father is about to marry to fill in the house, and the woman brought the bracelet my mother left me before she entered the house. I don't know who gave it to her."
It was originally a happy meeting between the host and guest, but Shen Ziqiao's aggrieved words made everyone's expressions change immediately.
Old Mrs. Shen's face turned from green to red, and the way she looked at her seemed to tear her apart.
Old Master Pan was stunned and didn't know what to say, he looked straight at Shen Xiao, and seeing Shen Xiao bowed his head in silence, he knew it was true.
Seeing that everyone was intimidated by Shen Ziqiao, Mrs. Zhou reprimanded, "Jiaojiao, what nonsense are you talking about? Where does Miss Chen have your mother's bracelet? When have you seen your mother's bracelet? Don't just think it's something good when you see it. It was left by your mother."
"If the bracelet is not my mother's, how dare I tell it? If it is not my mother's, the old lady will take out the imperial blue bracelet that my mother used to have." Of course she couldn't recognize it, but Mrs. Meng did. , Do you really think they can squander Pan's dowry at will
At this time, Old Master Pan asked suspiciously, "Why don't you know what your mother left behind?"
"Grandfather, I don't even know how much dowry my mother left for me." Shen Ziqiao said in a low voice.
Shen Xiao hurriedly said, "At that time, Jiaojiao was young, so she asked my mother to take care of it."
Mrs. Pan nodded, "It should be so, my mother-in-law has worked hard."
Old Mrs. Shen breathed a sigh of relief, smiled and said it was not hard work.
"Mother-in-law, when Shi Xiuxiu is a mature man, it is natural for him to marry again. My Pan family is not good at intervening, but... if I marry again to fill the house, there will be a lot of children in the future. The children left behind may not be taken care of. The ones left by my daughter back then The dowry was given to Jiaojiao, I thought, before the new couple enters the house, please ask the mother-in-law to return the dowry to Jiaojiao for safekeeping." Old Master Pan said politely.
"She is a little girl, how can she keep so many things, don't be fooled by outsiders." Mrs. Shen said dryly.
Old Master Pan said, "This is something my Pan family gave to my daughter. Since my daughter gave it to her daughter, no matter how much Jiaojiao spends it, she will be cheated, and it is her fault."
Mrs. Shen was choked to the point of being speechless.
"Okay, all the dowry will be kept by Jiaojiao." Shen Xiao knew what his mother was thinking, and he agreed without waiting for her to find any excuses.
Old Mrs. Shen just felt that someone took a knife and ruthlessly gouged out a piece of flesh in her heart.
"Well, let Jiaojiao keep it for herself." She winked at Mrs. Zhou, anyway, Jiaojiao didn't know how much dowry she had.
Old Master Pan smiled and took out a red sticker from his pocket, "This is my daughter's dowry. Please ask my mother-in-law to have someone count it."
At this moment, Mrs. Shen and Mrs. Zhou's complexions turned blue and white. They never thought that the old man would have such a trick.
(I am happy to write, and I want to continue writing. My son has been crying, and he recognizes people very much at night. I can’t help it. Let’s continue tomorrow.)
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