Cheng Wei was a little surprised.
Grandfather values his eldest grandson, and parents love their youngest son.
He was the one in the middle, with a gentle temperament. The son he had finally gotten was not an outstanding child, and Yuan was a competitive person, so he did not have too many requirements for his child.
But parents worry all their lives just hoping that their children can live a good life when they are not around to take care of them.
With his mother's guidance, the son will surely make great progress in the way he treats others and deals with things.
Cheng Wei quickly agreed.
Cheng Chi said nothing more.
Cheng Jing has always believed that for a family to prosper, each generation must support the next.
If Cheng Rang has this good fortune, and the two brothers go into battle together, people outside will also take a closer look at the Cheng family.
He very much agreed with Cheng Chi's proposal.
The three brothers went to the study in the outer courtyard to drink tea with Cheng Shao.
In the room, Cheng Zheng asked about the branch sect.
After all, she is a married daughter. On one side is her husband's family, and on the other side is her parents' family. She has to deal with both sides of the family.
Madam Guo smiled and said, "Don't worry about this matter. If anyone from the Gu family asks about it, just say you don't know."
Cheng Zheng felt bitter.
Regardless of whether the family can be divided or not, the blame for the division will probably be borne by her mother, Madam Yuan.
But she also understood that it was too late to say anything now.
Cheng Zheng held Madam Guo's hand and sobbed, "I know my mother's temper. Not to mention me, even you can hardly persuade her... But she is my mother after all, and I can't just watch her do nothing. I dare not think too much about anything else. I just ask Grandma to save Jiashan because he is your eldest grandson!"
Mrs. Guo remained silent for a long while.
After Yuan gave birth to her eldest daughter Cheng Zheng, there was no news for several years. She prayed to the gods and Buddha, and she gave birth to another daughter. She was naturally very anxious. Apart from looking for doctors and medicine, she was walking around in various Zen temples. How could she have the mood and time to take care of two daughters? When Mrs. Guo saw this, she took Cheng Zheng and Cheng Xiao to her house to educate them. When Yuan gave birth to Cheng Xu, Cheng Zheng was already a twelve-year-old girl. Even Cheng Xiao was sensible and closer to Mrs. Guo than to Yuan. Yuan was busy taking care of Cheng Xu, her only child, for the first few years and did not notice it. By the time she noticed it, Cheng Zheng had already married, and Cheng Xiao was also going to ask for her husband's family.
This is also why Cheng Xiao married her cousin Yuan Ming.
Therefore, when Cheng Xu came, she was on guard against Madam Guo as if she were a thief. Not only did she not allow Madam Guo to interfere with her son's food, clothing and other expenses, she also did not ask Madam Guo to help her son with his education.
Mrs. Guo had said a few words before, asking her not only to ask her children about their studies, but also to let them be independent and responsible when they go out.
Yuan agreed verbally, but then continued to do what she was supposed to do.
It just so happened that Cheng Xu was a good reader, so when others talked about his books, they would give him a thumbs up and praise him. Even Cheng Jing, being caught between the two of them, felt very embarrassed.
It was Old Lady Guan from the fourth room who privately advised Old Lady Guo that "Children and grandchildren have their own blessings, and if you keep interfering, you will only end up with hatred." At that time, Old Lady Guo was worried about Cheng Chi's affairs, so she could only wave her hands helplessly and started to interact with Old Lady Guan.
Now that Cheng Zheng asked her to discipline Cheng Xu, she probably felt that Yuan's making such a fuss was a lack of virtue as a woman. If she said she would take over the discipline of Cheng Xu, neither Yuan nor Cheng Jing would dare to say "no" at this time.
But Mrs. Guo was already disappointed and didn't want to take over.
Let's not talk about anything else, just Cheng Zheng and Cheng Xiao, she raised them, they are filial to her, but if she really has a conflict with Yuan, they will probably be more inclined to Yuan. It's not that these children are wrong, it's their nature, no one can avoid it.
It's not like she doesn't have a son.
Dalang asked her to live here, and Erlang and Silang didn't say anything!
It can be seen that whoever gave birth to a child is closer to him. Otherwise, why would people argue about "grace of giving birth" and "grace of raising a child" from ancient times to the present
With Cheng Zheng's intelligence and understanding of Madam Guo, she could naturally guess four or five things about Madam Guo's thoughts.
Before Mrs. Guo could speak, she said, "Grandmother, I know this matter is very difficult for you. I dare not ask Jiashan to be as outstanding as my father, second uncle and fourth uncle, but I hope he can do his best. You see, he still has a savior, please help him give him some advice."
Mrs. Guo thought of that face that was once as bright as summer but now as silent as snow. She couldn't bear it and couldn't help but sighed deeply. She said, "Let's talk about it when Jiashan arrives in Beijing!"
Cheng Zheng was overjoyed to see that Mrs. Guo's tone had softened a bit. She held Mrs. Guo's hand and thanked her repeatedly.
Mrs. Guo also laughed as she watched, and sighed, "Fool, I am just embarrassing you!"
"As long as the family can live in harmony, why should we worry about it?" Cheng Zheng said with a smile, "Besides, my grandmother is a remarkable woman who is as good as any man. With your guidance, she is even better than my father..."
She coaxed Mrs. Guo, and even Mrs. Wei, who had changed her clothes and came home, listened and laughed.
The three of them talked about meeting the head of the family until the little maid came to report that Gu Xu had arrived. Then they dropped the topic and asked the little maid to bring Gu Xu and his two sons in to pay their respects to Old Madam Guo.
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Zhou Shaojin from Yuqian Hutong was feeling a little restless.
Cheng Chi had something to do and couldn't accompany her today, so Li set the date for the first day of June to return to Baoding, saying that she couldn't miss Zhou Zhen's birthday.
The uncle of the Li family finally got in touch with a young eunuch who served Liu Yong and asked him to pass on a message to Liu Yong, saying that he wanted to become an imperial merchant.
The emperor doesn't like eunuchs, and the eunuchs around him are all very suppressed. Even Liu Yong, the chief eunuch of the Imperial Household Department, dares not act recklessly.
He used to work at the Wine and Vinegar Bureau. Over the past ten years, all the people there were his. He asked if the Li family had any wine and vinegar business. If they did, he could help them.
The Li family happened to have a winery, which was quite large. Their wine was not only famous in Jiujiang, but also in Jiangxi.
Uncle Li is a businessman. A few days after Guan Ge’s 100th birthday, he agreed with the people from the Wine and Vinegar Bureau to send wine.
Otherwise, Li wouldn’t have waited until June to set off!
Uncle Li wanted to go with them, and then go to Baoding Prefecture to visit Zhou Zhen and tell Zhou Zhen about Cheng Chi's kindness - he knew it clearly in his mind that if it weren't for the Zhou family, the Cheng family wouldn't even glance at him.
Zhou Shaojin couldn't calm down even while doing needlework, so she simply gave up her needlework and leaned on the large pillow by the window, staring at the crabapple tree that had just been planted in front of the steps.
I don’t know what Uncle Chi is doing
He used to be elusive, and only did one business deal after being out for a few days...
She regretted not asking the maid who brought the news carefully.
At least I can know when Uncle Chi will come back!
Zhou Shaojin thought again of Cheng Chi hugging her from behind and telling her about mounting.
Her face suddenly felt hot, and she secretly cursed Cheng Chi in her heart, thinking, that man always liked to touch her, why did she look forward to his return? If he didn't come back, she would have a few days of peace and quiet to review what he taught her.
I understand it in my heart, but I just can't help thinking about it!
This is probably what it means to be deeply in love!
Zhou Shaojin thought about it and his face turned even redder.
Small stones hit the glazed window frames with a "crackling" sound.
Zhou Shaojin didn't pay attention.
But the pebbles would fall on the glazed window frames from time to time, as if some naughty children were enjoying it.
Zhou Shaojin frowned and told Jixiang to go out and take a look.
Jixiang looked around and found nothing.
The "pop" sound also disappeared.
When Jixiang came in, the "pop" sound was heard again.
Zhou Shaojin ordered Jixiang to call the security guards. Suddenly, a beautiful face appeared outside the window. That beautiful face was full of resentment. She said, "Shaojin, how old are you today? Why don't you look like a little girl at all? I threw so many stones, but you didn't even show any curiosity. It would have been fine if you didn't come out to check, but you asked the little maid to call the security guards..."
"Jiying!" Zhou Shaojin was surprised and delighted. He pushed open the window frame that was originally covered and asked anxiously, "When did you arrive in the capital? Uncle Chi said you would be back soon, but you never came? Are you home now? Are your father, brother and sister-in-law treating you well?"
She spoke in a string, like a string of cannonballs.
Ji Ying smiled and waited until she finished speaking before answering the question irrelevantly: "Do you know everything about me?"
Zhou Shaojin was a little confused and asked, "What do you know?"
Ji Ying's cheeks flushed red, and she stood outside the window and talked to Zhou Shaojin: "... My family wanted me to get engaged to Qin Ziping, but I didn't want to... But that bastard Qin Ziping agreed. He had promised me before that he would turn down the marriage, but who knew he would just run away. Both our families discussed and arranged the engagement, and I was also guarded in the embroidery building, and I finally managed to get out.
"I'm here to settle accounts with Qin Ziping this time.
“See why he went back on his word.
“As a result, your Uncle Chi is not at home.
"Shao Jin, have you ever heard of Qin Ziping's news?"
Zhou Shaojin shook his head and said, "I'll ask Uncle Chi for you!" He then advised her, "I think Qin Ziping is pretty good. Don't you really dislike him?"
Ji Ying blushed and said nothing, "Then help me ask for Qin Ziping's news."
Seeing Zhou Shaojin nod, he continued to complain, "Speaking of which, it's all your uncle Chi's fault. Why did he matchmake for me?" He added, "You may not know, right? The Qin family is not servants of the Cheng family. They are a good family and have only been helping the Cheng family. Now not only can I not find Qin Ziping and Qin Zian, I haven't even seen any other members of the Qin family. The last time I saw Qin Ziping, he said that the Qin family might split up. Their branch and the branch of his second uncle might go back to their hometown in Sichuan to farm, while his third uncle's branch might continue to work for the Cheng family. Do you think he wouldn't secretly go to his hometown in Sichuan? No one can stop me from marrying so far away!"
It's all contradictory.
It can be seen that this marriage is not full of anger as Jiying said.
Zhou Shaojin smiled and said to Jiying: "It's so hard to talk standing on both sides of the window! Why don't you come in and have a cup of tea?"
Jiying walked in.
Zhou Shaojin ordered the maid to serve tea.
The little maid was stunned when she saw Jiying suddenly appearing in her room.
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Dear friends, extra update for Dragon Boat Festival!
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※(To be continued)