The wealthy man who wears books

After Fang Fang had breakfast, all the members of the Zhong family gathered in the big flower hall at the request of the temporary head Zhong Yi.

This time, except for the third young master Zhong Li and the eldest lady Zhong Yu who were unconscious, the Zhong family was in complete order.

As for the clan, besides the patriarch Zhong Jiu, there are also two respectable seniors in the clan. Usually, when there is such a battle, it is probably the matter of condemning the widow of the collegiate clan to return.

At this time, in Zhong Jiu's home, Zhong Feihong had been put under house arrest in the boudoir, in order to prevent her from being bold and reckless, and would secretly make an appointment with Zhong Li to elope.

Unexpectedly, overnight, the situation changed suddenly, not to mention the fire in Zhong's house, such a tragedy happened to Zhong Li's body, Zhong Jiu's heart was full of mixed feelings after hearing about it.

He was not only worried that his illegitimate son would sleep forever, but also worried that if his granddaughter found out about Zhong Li's illness, what would happen to him.Sitting in the middle of the hall right now, his heart feels like a thousand claws scratching his heart, but he is the head of the clan after all, he has seen a lot of troubles in this half life, even though his heart feels fried, he is still majestic, chatting and laughing happily with the clan members.

It was only when He Yiru arrived with the girl at last that he glanced at it, but he didn't expect that today's eldest wife was a little stronger than he imagined. A big grid.

Seeing that all the people had arrived, Zhong Yi stood up and said to Zhong Jiu and the two elders with a solemn expression:

"The elders of the clan have heard that the past few days have not been going well in the Zhong family, and many trivial things have happened one after another. Not only the wives are troubled, but the clan members are also worried and troubled. Therefore, As the current person in charge of the Zhong family, I have a duty to deal with the most important matters in the house one by one. This will not only conform to the rules of the family, but also convince the family members, so today I would like to invite you to All of you came here because the official family has already settled the case of elder brother's death, and sister-in-law is also free of suspicion. Now I want to discuss the matter of condemning my widowed sister-in-law to return without heirs, so as not to delay my sister-in-law. The future belongs to my Zhong family."

At the end of his words, he glanced at Qin Huai who was sitting on the side, but saw the male sister-in-law in plain clothes expressionless, just quietly looking at the green smoke in the incense burner in front of him.

Zhong Jiu twirled his short beard, nodded slightly, and said, "Second brother does things with ease. Grandpa hasn't lost his last funeral yet. You have thought of the front for him about the matter behind grandma. Well, since we have to discuss it sooner or later It's better to hit the sun than to choose the right time, now let's talk about your thoughts in each room in your house."

In fact, there was a sense of ridicule in his words, but the words were extremely tactful, unexpectedly, as soon as he finished speaking, Sanfang Zhong Zhi had already opened his mouth.

"How can you think about such a thing? My sister-in-law is widowed and has no offspring. Since the rules of the clan are there, it should be enforced. All the people in the third room here, starting with the wife, let me be the representative. , Now I will formally express my attitude, Sanfang has no objection to this matter."

After Zhong Zhi finished speaking, before anyone else spoke, Yu Tinglan, the Second Young Mistress, waved her fan and said:

"Lao Liu's words are very true. According to me, there is no need to discuss the rules of the ancestors. Even if I want to discuss, my second wife, starting from my wife, also has no objection. What's more, it was also in the Above the flower hall, the elder sister-in-law was in such a hurry that she wished she could leave Zhong's house in the blink of an eye. Now that the rules are being followed, we still stop him from doing anything. It's just that I'm a woman and I don't understand some things , Grandma used to be from the Fireworks Alley, so after the widow returned home, would she have to go back to the old place and resume her old job? This is a top priority in the Zhong family. "

As soon as she said this, Qin Huai couldn't help raising his head, looking at her savage and aggressive face, he felt an urge to give her a slap in the face, but after biting his teeth, he decided to give up for the time being. Put down the fire.

Zhong Jiu frowned when he heard Yu Tinglan's words were extremely unpleasant, looked at He Yiru's expression, and said:

"Second Grandma's words go too far. It is a rule in our clan that after a widow returns home, she has nothing to do with the Zhong family, so it is useless to talk about these gossips. But as the head of the clan, I have to talk more. In the previous sentence, although the eldest grandma and the uncle had no descendants, she has now adopted a son, such a thing has no precedent in the family, and it is worth discussing again today."

As soon as Zhong Jiu said this, Zhong Yi's face changed slightly, but Zhong Xiu stood up gracefully, with a smile on his face.

"Uncle Nine is worthy of being a senior in the clan, and his thoughts are indeed deeper. However, Xiu'er has something to say and wants to weigh it with everyone. The rules in this clan have been passed down for several generations, and it has always been regarded as having no stepson. If we set a precedent today, all widows in the clan will have to follow suit in the future, and if some don’t, they will all adopt adopted sons. By then, the bloodline in Zhong’s family tree will be the same. If the rules are messed up, after a few more generations, it will be named Zhong, and I am afraid that the bloodline will not know who the name is."

After she said these words, everyone in the room felt that there was some truth, and even the two elders of the clan nodded.

Zhong Jiulue pondered for a while, then turned his head to He Yiru.

"The eldest wife has also heard the intentions of each house. They all follow the rules of the clan. The representatives of our three clans naturally have nothing to say. Now I want to hear the thoughts of the wife and the eldest house."

He Yiru nodded slightly towards him and the two seniors, and slowly sat up straight.

"The matter of the elder and younger mistress that everyone discussed just now can be regarded as the matter of the elder's death, so I will make a point. The second and third bedrooms and the elders of the clan all talked about handling the matter of the elder's daughter-in-law according to the clan rules. I don't think so. I agree. As the saying goes, widows have a lot of gossip and wrongs. Since they are widows, they will inevitably have many unsatisfactory things. If they are young and widowed, it is even more difficult to think about it. Therefore, the rules in the clan seem to be unreasonable, but in fact they are very humane. It can be regarded as letting the widow out of her life. The only thing is that when everyone talks about the rules of this clan, they only mention one thing, that is, widows should be condemned without heirs, but I clearly remember that there is another one after that, if the clan rules Men of the same generation are willing to marry each other, but widows can choose to stay or stay, Uncle Jiu, am I right?"

When He Yiru said this, everyone was slightly taken aback, but Zhong Jiu nodded first.

"Eldest Wife remembers that the family rules are indeed like this, but in the past many years, there has never been an old custom in the family to marry a widow, so this is often forgotten."

He Yiru smiled slightly, "Since there is, I naturally have to ask, otherwise it would be unfair to the eldest daughter-in-law."

Zhong Jiu glanced at her secretly, then said to everyone:

"What the eldest lady said is very true. Since you have repeatedly mentioned the need to abide by the family rules, you must think carefully before it is satisfactory. According to the rules of the family, if you marry a widow into the house, you can be both a wife and a concubine. Now, as the patriarch of the Zhong family, I would like to ask all the children of the Zhong family here, is there anyone who wants to marry the widow of the big house?"

As soon as Zhong Jiu's voice fell, Zhong Zhi on the other side laughed with a "chi" and said, "All I like in my life is a beautiful woman. No matter how good my sister-in-law is, she will be a man in the end, but she has nothing to do with me." !"

Yu Tinglan on the other side heard him say that he likes beautiful women, while drinking from a teacup, she quickly gouged him out.

On Zhong Yi's side, his expression was calm, and he said to Zhong Jiu seriously: "Uncle Jiu, I have absolutely no intention of doing so."

Zhong Jiu nodded at him, "The second and third bedrooms have no such intentions, so the others here are waiting, do you have something to say? If not..."

Just as he said this, a deep voice suddenly came from the corner.

"I am willing to marry my sister-in-law to come in and be my regular wife."

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last night.

When Qin Huai insisted on temporarily placing Ju Sheng in his room, Zhong Xin hesitated for a while, but did not make a sound.

After Zhong Ren's death, Qin Huai actually discovered that Zhong Xin rarely appeared in this room.Come to think of it, after Bi'er's 'night attack', he, who was already cautious, would take the initiative to avoid suspicion.

After waking up, Ju Sheng didn't have to worry about his life, but because he was soaked in cold water for too long, his body became hot at this time, his eyes were closed, and he kept talking nonsense, and he already had a fever.

Qin Huai looked at Ju Sheng who was burning like coals on the bed, he couldn't care less, and while making people rush to call for a doctor, he stretched out his hand to take off his drenched clothes.

Zhong Xin frowned and reached out to stop him.

"Sister-in-law, let's see someone stew some ginger soup. If Jusheng is here, let me make some."

Qin Huai was stunned for a moment, but he quickly reacted and stopped.

However, he was sad and angry in his heart, and while stepping back to let Zhong Xin do it, he said bitterly:

"The people with a rotten heart are full of bad water. They can only focus on these things and write obscene articles, but they don't know how dirty and vicious their thoughts are behind their backs!"

Zhong Xin quickly took off Ju Sheng's wet clothes, and wrapped him tightly with a big quilt. Hearing Qin Huai's complaint, he said in a low voice:

"Sister-in-law is so angry, I think it's pity that Ju gave birth to this child, but sister-in-law must understand that in the eyes of others, he must be young and playful, and he fell into the water by the well, and it is his own fault. What he said after waking up, The people in this family will definitely not listen to what he said, but they will say that his brain was damaged by the flood and he is talking nonsense."

Qin Huai heaved a long sigh when he heard that although he didn't know clearly that someone was behind the scenes, but he said it very clearly.

Zhong Xin looked up at him for a while, then lowered his head, and said in a low voice:

"Sister-in-law doesn't have to worry about such things anymore. After all, in a few days, sister-in-law will leave Zhong's house, like Ju Sheng and me...these people's life and death don't bother sister-in-law any more."

Since Qin Huai knew Zhong Xin, it was the first time he heard him speak to him in this tone. The tone in the words was not only a kind of indifference after being discouraged, but also seemed to reveal a hint of reproach .

And this feeling, after he hinted that he was rejected by Si Shi Jin, Qin Huai had already noticed it.

But thinking about it, Zhong Xin would never know that right next to the deep well just now, after these days of precipitation and thinking, finally, under the stimulation of Ju Sheng's accidental falling into the water, another self was inspired, one who no longer wanted to escape. , but the one who wants to stay.

But this self wants to face the sky together with this seemingly loyal, but actually black-bellied and ferocious uncle in front of him.

"Uncle, if I suddenly don't want to leave the Zhong family and continue to live in this Pochun Garden, how would you feel?"

Zhong Xin was tucking in the quilt for Ju Sheng, when he heard his words, he seemed to be startled, looked up at Qin Huai, and said:

"That's the blessing that Ju gave birth to this child. After all, you recognize him as a adopted son. If you are here, he will have some status. If you leave, he will be no different from before."

Qin Huai looked at his calm expression, and couldn't help but said in his heart: "This person is really as cold-blooded and indifferent as the book said, and he obviously hoped that he would not leave, but now that he really got the news, he actually put on such a face." Come on with a dead face that you can stay casual."

He didn't know that when he turned around and went outside to urge the ginger soup, Zhong Xin by the bed closed his eyes slightly and let out a long breath.Even the corners of his mouth that were always blunt, a faint smile appeared quickly, but it disappeared in an instant.

After the two fed the ginger soup to Ju Sheng and saw that he was sweating profusely and his body temperature gradually dropped, Zhong Xin and Qin Huai felt relieved.

Qin Huai asked Zhong Xin to go back to his residence to rest, and he would arrange for two women to take turns to take care of Jusheng.

Zhong Xin bowed to agree, but did not move his body, looking at Qin Huai, he seemed to have something to say.

Qin Huai saw the truth in his eyes, so he smiled and said: "Why, uncle, you still have doubts about what I just said?"

Zhong Xin nodded with a calm expression.

"Sister-in-law is really smart. Lao Qi really wants to ask, is sister-in-law really...do you want to stay?"

"I really do want to stay."

While talking in a low voice, Qin Huai walked to the window. There was a huge yard outside, which was now brightly illuminated by the bright white moon.

"However, after I saw the deep well outside the courtyard, Fang Fang understood a truth. Even in the present world, as long as there are people, there must be houses as large and small as the Zhong family. Such a well with no depth can be seen. If you are afraid of the hearts of the people in the house, or if you are afraid that the well water will eat people, you will never find a real shelter."

When Qin Huai said this, he paused for a while, and then said lightly:

"So if you can think about it, it may not make much difference where you are. It's like what my uncle said, if you make a brocade that changes with the time, no matter how deep the well is, you can only draw it up. It becomes the sustenance that waters itself, and that is called living exquisitely."

When Zhong Xin heard his words, he showed some approval on his calm face, but he pondered for a while, and said again:

"I can't think that my sister-in-law can see people and things in this world so thoroughly. Seventh is very impressed. There is just one thing, has my sister-in-law ever thought that you want to stay at this time, but you will soon face repatriation from the Zhong clan How should we deal with the new widow's family rules in a short time?"

Qin Huai turned around, looked at the profound gaze in Zhong Xin's eyes, and couldn't help but softly said in his heart:

"I remember my uncle told me several times that I want to be a flower grower who will grow Four Seasons Brocade, so that I can share the prosperity of the flowers in the future. That being the case, how to deal with it now, I naturally rely on my uncle's help That is, but I don't know if uncle has any proper arrangements in mind?"

Zhong Xin saw him talking softly in front of the window, but behind him was a white and flawless moonlight, making him look like a piece of pure jade.Although he knew that he had pushed the problem to his side very lightly, but for some reason, his heart suddenly softened, and he felt that no matter what he asked him at this moment, he would agree to him.

So Qin Huai was at the time, and suddenly saw Zhong Xin lowered his voice, as if he was afraid that Ju Sheng, who was sleeping at the side, would hear him.

"If my sister-in-law doesn't want to leave, I do have an idea in my heart. As long as my sister-in-law doesn't dislike Lao Qi, when I think about it... I will marry my sister-in-law."