"Father, what's the trouble with the Han family?" Ren Shizhong asked after sending out the inquirer.
Ren Yonghe sat on the teacher's chair in the study and pondered for a moment: "The Han family suspects that Han Dongshan used their family property to make a fortune. Now all the fuss is just wanting a piece of the pie."
Ren Shizhong had a worried look on his face: "I originally thought that the situation of the Han family was simple, but I didn't want it to be like this..."
Ren Yonghe gently waved his hand and interrupted: "Whether the water in the Han family is deep or shallow has nothing to do with us. Now I only think about whether the matter of the salt field can continue. If the Han family really sells it secretly at this moment. If they have lost their belongings, then they are not as rich as they have shown in front of us. Han Dongshan has repeatedly revealed the strength of their Han family in front of us, intentionally or unintentionally. Originally, I thought he wanted to give us a reassurance. , Now that I think about it, I think it's a bit too deliberate."
Ren Shizhong couldn't help frowning: "Father, are you saying that the Han family wants to deceive us?"
Ren Yonghe didn't answer and asked: "What was the result of the last time you asked someone to check the salt field? Is the news credible?"
Ren Shizhong nodded: "It's roughly the same as what the Han family said, it doesn't look like it's deceitful."
Ren Yonghe thought for a while, and smiled slightly: "Since it's made clear for you to check, it's natural to make mistakes on the bright side."
"No wonder I always feel that the Han family seems to be deliberately approaching our Ren family, which is quite different from their usual style of behavior." Ren Shizhong couldn't help but ponder.
"It's not easy to come to a conclusion on this matter, let's see." Ren Yonghe said in a low voice.
"Then about the marriage between the Ren family and the Han family... Should we wait until the situation becomes clear?"
"That's natural. The Han family will be busy now. I'm afraid they won't be able to take care of their children's marriage for the time being. After they have dealt with their own housework, it won't be too late for us to ask for marriage." Ren Yonghe said lightly.
"Yes, my son understands." Ren Shizhong replied respectfully.
"By the way, what about Yiyan? Didn't I ask you to take him with you?" Ren Yonghe couldn't help frowning when he remembered that the eldest grandson had not appeared in front of him this morning.
Ren Shizhong hurriedly said, "Yiyan caught some cold the day before yesterday, so I'll let him rest for a few days."
Hearing this, Ren Yonghe snorted coldly: "How did I hear that he had a fight with you about the death of two miners in a coal mine collapse a few days ago?"
Ren Shizhong paused and lowered his head: "Yiyan he just lacked some experience. That day was the first time he went with me to deal with mine affairs, and he was a little uncomfortable."
"You don't have to defend him." Ren Yonghe interrupted, "Don't I know about my own grandson? He was raised in the inner house since he was a child, and he was spoiled by you in every way. A woman's benevolent temperament. How can such a person achieve great things in the future? How can I rest assured that the Ren family's family business will be handed over to you in a hundred years?"
Ren Shizhong was very embarrassed when he saw that he did not shy away from mentioning his son's obsession with the boudoir.
"My son will discipline him well in the future."
"Well, let's go down."
And the Han family really had a headache this time.
After a group of people had lunch, they still couldn't find a solution to the problem. The Han clan wanted Han Dongshan to spit out the embezzled clan property, and Han Dongshan had never seen those legendary things at all, so naturally there was no way for the Han family to do so.
In the end, the members of the Han family agreed to leave some of them to live in the Han Mansion, and the rest would return to Jizhou first. The Han family began to look for the person Han Zuwang said came to him to buy a shark bead necklace. The two sides began to fight a protracted war.
The affairs of the Han family have also been paid attention to by Ziweiyuan, and Zhou mama specially sent her mother-in-law to be in charge of inquiring about the news of the Han residence.
Although it is impossible to know the specific details, the development of things is still very satisfactory to Ren Yaoqi.
One thing that worried Ren Yaoqi was that Zhu Ruomei hadn't contacted her yet.
Originally, she explained to him that no matter whether the matter was successful or not, Zhu Ruomei would ask Sister-in-law Yuan to come to Ren's house to tell her as soon as possible after returning to Yunyang City.
But there has been no news from Yuan Ruomei. She was worried that something was wrong with him, and she didn't do what she told her.
I don't want to think that the Han family is already making trouble today.
This shows that Yuan Ruomei has successfully used the trumped-up legend of the Han family to provoke the conflict between Han Dongshan and the Han clan according to what she said.
But why didn't Zhu Ruomei send her a message
After coming out of the main room in the evening, Ren Yaoqi was about to ask someone to call Xiangqin over to ask, but the maid of Xikuayuan came over and told Ren Shimin to ask her to go to the study room of Xikuayuan.
Ren Shimin has many quirks. He not only has cleanliness but also likes to sleep alone. Sometimes in the study room at night, I am fascinated by reading books and paintings, so I simply live in the West Crossing Courtyard.
Although he has wives and concubines, in his eyes, his wives and concubines are not as cordial and lovable as those paintings and calligraphy that he loves.
He can live in the main room of Ziwei Courtyard for seven or eight days on the 30th of a month, let alone Fangfei Courtyard of Concubine Fang, it is not bad to be able to visit it once a month.
But third master Ren's willfulness is known to everyone in the Ren family, and old lady Ren can't do anything about him.
When Aunt Fang first joined the Ren family, she used every means to compete for favor, and it had some effect at first. After all, Ren Shimin was also a normal man. But after a long time, nothing will work. When Aunt Fang has a child and can stand in the Ren family, she will rest her mind.
After all, she is not afraid to compete with women for favor, but she has no chance of winning if she competes with Ren Shimin's hobbies.
When Ren Yaoqi entered the study, Ren Shimin was reading a book with his hair loose, sitting on the soft slump in the middle, maybe he was seeing the ecstasy, Ren Yaoqi approached him and he hadn't noticed it yet.
Ren Yaoqi turned his head to look at the candlestick on the table, and with bad intentions, knocked and moved to block the candlelight. The light suddenly dimmed, causing Ren Shimin to blink, and it took a moment for him to realize that something had raised his head.
"What is Daddy looking at?" Ren Yaoqi asked with a smile, ignoring Ren Shimin's angry expression.
Seeing that Ren Yaoqi was here, Ren Shimin's face became a little better, and he scolded: "Why don't you say a word when you come in?"
Ren Yaoqi said innocently: "I called you, but you didn't hear it."
Ren Shimin reluctantly put the book aside: "Okay. Stand up quickly, the light will be blocked for you." He also muttered, "It's good to have six or seven minutes of dinner at night, but don't make your father fat by then. I don't even recognize it."
Ren Yaoqi: "..."
"What's the matter with Daddy looking for me at this time?" Ren Yaoqi decided not to care about him, so he found a small daddy next to him and sat down.
After Ren Shimin heard the words, he thought for a while before saying, "Your grandfather called me over at night and said that you should put your third sister's affairs aside for now and talk about it later."
Ren Yaoqi was overjoyed: "Can't the marriage be concluded?"
Ren Shimin looked at Ren Yaoqi's delighted Mo Yan but became entangled again, and said with a serious face: "Your grandfather just said to put it down temporarily, and it may be brought up again after the Han family is over."
Ren Yaoqi gave Ren Shimin a big smirk, but he didn't think so.
Now that she has come this far, she will let Ren Yaohua and Han Yunqian form a marriage. She might as well die again.
Ren Shimin didn't know her daughter's thoughts, and was still talking there: "... Han Yunqian is a better-looking person, more knowledgeable, smarter and more stable... and he has no advantages."
Ren Yaoqi glanced at the book Ren Shimin put on the couch, saw it was the book "Ancient Mirror", and said, "Daddy, 'the head is red and the forehead is white, and the body is green and yellow. It has no scales and saliva, and is in the shape of a snake. The dragon's horns have a pointed mouth, like a sturgeon, moving and shining. They lie in the muddy water, so they can't go far. 'What are you talking about?'"
Ren Shimin was stunned for a moment, picked up the book he had put aside before and read it carefully.
Ren Yaoqi coughed lightly and stood up: "Dad, I'm going out first. Don't read too long at night, it will hurt your eyes. If your eyes hurt, you will be lying on the table when you paint in the future, not too much. Elegant."
Ren Shimin nodded while flipping through the book: "I see, I'll go to sleep later."
Ren Yaoqi turned around and went out, and ordered the maid to go in and light another candle, and explained that she would cut the candle into small pieces in the future, so as to remind Ren Shimin not to read books for a long time at night.
The next day, Ren Yaoting from Dongfu came.
Ren Yaoting came to inquire about the news. She obviously heard something, but she wasn't sure yet, so she came to the West Palace. And it was rare to come to Ziweiyuan.
The visitor was a guest, and sisters Ren Yaohua and Ren Yaoqi accompanied her to talk in the west room of the main room.
At first, she resisted not asking about Ren Yaohua's marriage, but talked about Ren Yilin's divorce.
Last time, the second wife of Dongfu, Mrs. Su, went to Jizhou to help Ren Yilin break off the marriage.
"...My mother promised the Liu family a lot of benefits, and the old lady of the Liu family agreed to return the second brother's Geng Tie to my mother."
"What about the lady from the Liu family?" Ren Yaoqi asked with a rare eloquence.
Ren Yaoting shook his head: "It's not clear. I heard from a nanny next to my mother. They only saw the old lady of the Liu family, and Miss Liu didn't come out to see the guests."
After speaking, she changed her words and looked at Ren Yaohua: "It seems that everything is not going well this year. First, my second brother's marriage failed, and I heard that third sister, you..."
Ren Yaohua knew what she wanted to say as soon as she heard this, and stood up immediately without giving any face, and said coldly, "I remember that there are still things to do, fifth sister, please treat seventh sister well. "After speaking, he left without waiting for Ren Yaoting to react.
Ren Yaoting's face turned red and white, and he couldn't get off the stage.
Ren Yaoqi smiled and poured a cup of tea for Ren Yaoting: "Seventh sister don't mind, third sister will come when she goes."