In this way, it would become clear who was right and who was wrong between the Changfang branch and the Jiuru Lane branch.
Cheng Chi knew his mother's worries. He never thought it was troublesome to teach Cheng Xu from the second house. Besides, this was the only hobby she had in her old age, so she naturally wouldn't interfere. He smiled and said "OK", and told Mrs. Guo that Cheng Wen wanted to open a tea shop.
Madam Guo laughed when she heard this and said, "Do you want to help the Fifth House gain a foothold in the capital?"
Cheng Chi smiled and said meaningfully: "Then it depends on whether they can gain a foothold in the capital?"
In the past, they were lured to invest in Yutai Bank in order to make them share interests with the eldest branch and to pull them together with the eldest branch to deal with the second branch. Although the eldest branch has been separated now, it has never had any conflicts with the fourth and fifth branches. They are relatives and will help each other if they can. If they are really helpless, they will not cover up everything for them like before.
Why was the Cheng family raided
He has more important things to do!
Although Old Madam Guo didn't know about the Cheng family being raided, the fact that they would no longer help the fourth and fifth rooms as they did in the past touched Madam Guo's heart.
Especially the fourth house, because of Zhou Shaojin, it went through a long journey. The fourth house and the first house separated but became in-laws. The fourth house had to give some suggestions. The fifth house had never been involved in the conflicts between the first house, the second house and the third house, so it just treated them as ordinary relatives.
On this point, the mother and son thought alike.
Madam Guo nodded and talked about the eldest son's sacrificial land: "I'm thinking that we should buy a small farm in the capital. After I pass away, do you still have to travel thousands of miles to Jinling City to worship me?"
Cheng Chi smiled and said, "I will discuss this matter with my eldest and second brothers."
No matter what, his eldest brother is the eldest son of the eldest house, so these matters of establishing the clan and burying the deceased must naturally be discussed with them.
The mother and son then talked about some things about the Jining River Governor's Office. Seeing that Cheng Chi looked tired, Mrs. Guo urged him to go back to his room to rest. "You came back in the middle of the night yesterday, and you went out to meet people today. Take a good rest. Your uncle Guo and his family will come over this afternoon. You should accompany them for a few drinks in the evening."
Cheng Chi was a little surprised and said with a smile: "Uncle Guo and his family are here too? You should think about compensating them for their travel expenses."
"You don't even need to tell me! If they hadn't come, I wouldn't have prepared to give them subsidies. Now that they're here, I can't bear not to give them subsidies." Old Madam Guo said with a smile, "Not only your uncle and his family came, but also several old masters, masters, wives, and grandmothers from the Gu family. There are also people from the Shen family, the Zhu family from the Duke of Liang's mansion, and everyone who received the invitation has come. I just walked around the house with Chief Steward Qin and decided to move to the Tingxiang Courtyard behind the main house on the east wing tomorrow. Let the entire east wing be used as guest rooms, otherwise I'm afraid there won't be enough room at home."
Cheng Chi had only sent courtesy invitations to his relatives and friends in Jinling, but he had not expected that all those who had received the invitations would actually come.
He was stunned for a moment, then jokingly said, "I don't know if it's because I'm popular or because my eldest brother is so powerful?"
Madam Guo smiled and said, "No matter what, it's good that people can come."
The mother and son started talking about moving.
Tingxiang Courtyard is just behind the main house on the east road, and you can get there through a small door. After you get there, you will see winding paths, pavilions and waterside pavilions, which are built in the style of Jiangnan courtyards, small and exquisite, delicate and lovely. Cheng Chi thought that Zhou Shaojin didn't like to go out, so he built a leisurely place for her to write and play the piano. It was lively enough, but because the layout of the main house and the wing rooms was very sparse, it lacked a bit of solemnity and was not suitable for long-term residence in winter, especially for an elderly person like Mrs. Guo.
Madam Guo didn't care and said with a smile, "It's just a temporary stay. There's a fire dragon in the main room, so it's decided."
Cheng Chi thought that since everyone had come from Jinling City to attend the wedding, the wives and grandmothers would have to come to pay respects to his mother, so how could he let his mother live in Tingxiang Courtyard? He simply called Qin Ziji and asked him to renovate the main room before Madam Guo moved in. Other places were difficult to change, and he felt it was a pity to change them, but the main room must be solemn, elegant, generous and exquisite.
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After receiving the guest list from Xinglin Hutong, Yuan was furious. As soon as Cheng Jing returned home, she couldn't help sobbing: "Mother has gone too far this time. When Fourth Uncle got married, Mother actually sent invitations to all the relatives and friends in Jinling City. Most of them will come to Fourth Uncle's wedding in person. When we get married in Jiashan, people from Jinling City will only send gifts but no one will come. Mother scheduled Fourth Uncle's wedding date before Jiashan's, and I was a little worried in my heart, but I thought that Fourth Uncle would not make a big fuss about it because he was marrying the granddaughter of the fourth room. I still had a fluke in my heart, so I didn't say anything. I didn't expect that Mother didn't have Jiashan in her heart at all..."
The cost of traveling from Jinling to the capital is not low. The wedding dates of Cheng Chi and Cheng Xu are very close. Those people will either stay at Chaoyang Gate and wait until Cheng Xu's wedding before going back, or they will go back after Cheng Chi's wedding. However, it is impossible for those who go back to the capital twice in a short period of time. Most of the women who can stay until Cheng Xu's wedding are those who have nothing to do. Not to mention the men, even the head of the family cannot leave home for such a long time. Even if every family in Jinling City attends Cheng Xu's wedding, the weight of the wedding will be different because the people who come are different.
Moreover, Chaoyangmen has invited Song Jingran and Zhang Hui to be the masters of the wedding, and the third grandmother of the Wu family will be the bride... What will happen to Cheng Xu's wedding then
Why is she making such a fuss about it!
When Cheng Xu was three years old, Yuan took the child back to her hometown to serve the widowed Mrs. Guo.
Cheng Jing and she haven't been together for ten years.
Sometimes he would go back to his hometown to visit Mrs. Guo, or sometimes Yuan would come to Beijing to visit him. The two would talk about trivial matters that pleased each other. Even during the two years when Cheng Xu was studying in Beijing, Yuan was gentle, considerate, virtuous, and generous, and rarely mentioned trivial matters at home.
Now that all the eldest sons of the family have moved to the capital, Yuan's complaints have become more and more serious, and some of her words even involve Old Madam Guo.
Cheng Jing thought that it was not easy for her to bear children for him and to respect the elderly over the years, so some complaints were justified. Most of the time, he would carefully persuade her, be generous and tolerant, and try to obey her as much as possible.
But what I said today was a bit too much!
His originally smiling face gradually became cold and grim.
Yuan's heart skipped a beat, and she suddenly thought of Cheng Jing when he was young. She said that Cheng Jing was good in everything and was obedient in everything, but she couldn't say that about his mother and brothers, otherwise they would definitely be angry. And Cheng Jing would never admit his mistake to her for such a thing.
She suddenly felt uneasy.
Seeing that she had stopped the topic in time, Cheng Jing's face lightened up and he said in a deep voice: "You can say this in front of me, but you can't mention it in front of outsiders, even your brothers and sisters from your mother's family. It's a good thing that Si Lang agreed to get married. Not only will mother be happy, but we brothers, sisters-in-law, nephews and nieces should also be happy.
"He is Jiashan's uncle, and he should have been married before Jiashan. There is nothing wrong with this date.
“As for the grand celebration, Silang’s wedding is the first happy event after our eldest branch of the family split up, so naturally we have to send out wedding invitations and invite all the relatives and friends. Not to mention my mother, even if it was me, I would do the same.
"If you want to blame someone, you can only blame Jiashan's bad luck, as Silang was also going to get married.
"As for your third sister-in-law, no matter what happened in the past, she is now your third sister-in-law. There are some words and some things that should not come out of your mouth.
“You have to keep this in mind.
"Then there's your illness.
"Relatives should be coming over in a few days. Zheng and Xiao have gone to Chaoyang Gate to help, but you, the clan wife, are nowhere to be seen. You have to go over and show your face no matter how hard you try. You should understand this without me telling you, right?"
Yuan felt as if she had fallen into an ice cave and felt cold all over.
"You..." She stared at her husband with wide eyes, her face full of disbelief.
Cheng Jing's heart softened, and his voice became gentle, saying: "You should learn from your second brother's wife! She dragged her sick body, but she went to pay respects to mother every now and then. Si Lang is getting married, and she even moved into Chaoyangmen... Ah Lin, you should understand that steel is easy to break."
Yuan's tears fell quickly.
Cheng Jing sighed, gently hugged his wife in his arms, and whispered, "Okay, okay. I'm not blaming you. You know my mother's temper, so what if you bow your head to her? I'll have a day off in a few days, let's go to Chaoyangmen together."
It also gave Yuan room to ease the situation.
Yuan nodded, but she was thinking that Yuan Weichang and his family lived in the capital, and they would definitely attend Cheng Chi's wedding. Her family only needed to send someone to greet them, and then they could come when Cheng and Xu got married. Those in-laws...
When she thought of Mrs. Fang Er, she felt a headache coming on.
Mrs. Fang's extremely cold face made her feel uncomfortable every time she thought of it.
It seems that Mrs. Fang II has put the blame on her.
Although she was not afraid, how could she be happy when she thought that there was someone who hated her so much
Yuan leaned weakly on Cheng Jing's shoulder.
Cheng Chi from the west road couldn't sleep.
Thinking that the little man was in the same city with him and that it would only take him a quarter of an hour by carriage, his heart felt as sweet as if he had drunk honey, and an unknown emotion surged in his chest, boiling like boiling water.
Do you want to go see her
It's been over a month since the two of them last saw each other.
He sent word that he was back.
I wonder if that little guy thought of him.
In another twenty days, she would move into the house he had built to shelter her from the wind and rain, and live under his wings...
Thinking of this, Cheng Chi couldn't sleep.
He got up and went back to sleep several times, and finally lay down on the bed with a wry smile.
It turns out that the land of gentleness is the grave of heroes.
He's already hesitant before he even gets married...
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※(To be continued)