A piece of paper

A few days ago.

Night, in the narrow alley in the east of the city, Chen's house.

Xianjin still had the green plum drunkenness that permeated the box next to Baixiang Pavilion. He couldn't smell the alcohol, only the sweet and greasy fragrance lingering in his nose.

All the way through the outer courtyard, the second gate, the east courtyard and the west courtyard, and then to the Grate Hall, the bricks and tiles are all similar, but the mood and feelings are completely different.

This was the first time Xian Jin saw Mrs. Qu after leaving the Chen family.

There was only one lamp lit in the Ghenmatang Hall. The Buddhist beads that Mrs. Qu had been coiling for several years were randomly placed on the square table by the window. The cauldron for lighting the sandalwood incense was also covered with a thick layer of dust.

Xian Jin gently narrowed his eyes.

You have given up praying to God and Buddha, which means you really have nothing to ask for.

Looking at Mrs. Qu's face again, her eyes were drooped, her face was stretched down to her neck, her eyebrows were raised unconsciously, and her already loose skin had a few lines of anxiety.

"Mrs. Qu." Xianjin bowed respectfully.

Mrs. Qu raised her eyelids slightly, as if a tree branch was holding up her weak eyelids, "Are you free to watch our jokes?"

Before Xianjin could speak, Mrs. Qu put her hands on the chair to support her lagging upper body, "Haha, haha, the Chen family is a joke now - the second child has also given up and takes Xu to sing and have tea every day. Although Sanlang was willing, he was powerless. When Shiro heard that he was asked to take charge, his face turned pale with fright. Erlang studied behind closed doors, thinking that once he passed the exam, he would fly away and never see me again, his disgusting grandmother."

"Hahaha, even the clerks are complaining about me. Li Sanshun retired and several clerks handed in their resignations."

"The Chen family. The Chen family is now a lame horse."

"The wound keeps bleeding, and there is no medicine or stone to cure it. When the blood dries up, it is completely dead - just like me, an old woman."

Aunt Qu cried and pushed Mrs. Qu on the arm, "What are you talking about!"

He glanced at Xian Jin from the corner of his eye and said loudly, "Since Xian Jin is still here, it means that our fate with the Chen family is not over yet! You have been through so much hardship, so what does this situation mean now? We still have money in our account, man. It’s still there, and there’s still business to be done.”

Mrs. Qu pulled at the loose skin and smiled.

I don’t know what I’m laughing at.

Probably laughing at myself.

Laughing at myself for being blind and deaf, it took me a lifetime, but I still couldn't see clearly what kind of Chen family I was protecting.

After decades of hard work, they were reluctant to give up food and clothing, and endured all kinds of hardships, just for the sake of two words - "Chen Family".

But now he has ended up with the fate of his descendants complaining and not being human inside and out.

It can be described as a collapse of faith.

Xianjin didn't know how to comment, whether it was that the descendants of the Chen family were ignorant, or that Mrs. Qu was pitiful.

All these merits and demerits have gone by with the passage of time. She only knows that Mrs. Qu and her have always only had conflicts of interests, not emotions.

Xianjin pushed the order of 10,000 yuan from Su Xuan to Mrs. Qu, with calm eyes, "As soon as I left, the Chen family was shaken. Hengji jumped up. If the Chen family doesn't wake up, I'm afraid the entire Wei Dynasty will be destroyed." Everyone only knows Hengxuan, but they don’t know the real rice paper.”

Mrs. Qu couldn't see clearly the dense words on the deed, and she didn't want to read it clearly. She chuckled and said, "You can do whatever you want. Everyone just doesn't care. It's annoying for me, an old woman, to take care of everything."

Aunt Qu was a little anxious and stretched out her hand to hold the deed. She was afraid that Xian Jin would take it away. She knelt on the ground and said, "You don't care who is in charge! Who will take care of it!? The Xian Jin is already here. Don't be downcast." You are so angry and discouraged!"

Aunt Qu shed two lines of tears as she spoke. She didn't care about the Chen family. She had a hunch that once Mrs. Qu really gave up, she would probably have to follow Mrs. Chen in a few days!

A tree lives with its bark, and a person lives with its breath.

Mrs. Qu is not interested in anything now!
Whether it's Erlang's imperial examination or the Chen family's business, the old lady has a feeling of exhaustion as if everything is in vain and everything has come to an end - every day is more powerless than yesterday!

Aunt Qu was crying so hard that she almost lost her breath. Xian Jin was always calm, reached for the deed, turned around and walked away. After taking two steps, he looked sideways and said, "Do you know why you lost?"

Aunt Qu screamed, "Xian Jin! Stop talking, stop talking!"

"Because you have never truly lived for yourself!" Xian Jin spoke very fast, louder than Aunt Qu's scream.

"If the Chen family sells vinegar, you make rice; if the Chen family sells meat, you kill pigs. The reason why you want the Chen family to give up their status as merchants and become a Qingliu family is because in the eyes of the world, this is the most honorable thing to do!"

"You live a lifetime, and you live a decent life."

"Cha Cha, face is something you put on your own face, you can't see it, it's only for others to see!"

Mrs. Qu was in such a state that Xian Jin had seen too much in the ward. Her nose was still wheezing, her eyes were dead, and all her cumbersome organs were pushed forward passively and anxiously by the oxygen tube filled with water mist. , once the oxygen tube is withdrawn, he will definitely die worse than a cat in the wild.

Although Xianjin didn't know what the oxygen tube was supporting Mrs. Qu now, she felt sincerely angry.

If you can live a good life, why should you linger half-dead!
Xian Jin sneered, "It's okay if you don't want to take care of it. After you die, it won't be difficult for me to take over the Chen family with my own methods - aren't you always afraid that I will bet against the Chen family? Let me tell you, I am not only going to bet against the Chen family , I want it. I want it."

Show money and think carefully about threatening words.

What else could she do?

Bullying men and dominating women? Bullying and dominating the market? To deceive the master and destroy the ancestor?

Xian Jin was hesitant, not knowing what to say to save his respect.

This, this, she has also been a villain before!
Xian Jin was thinking about it when an elegant and steady female voice came to his ears.

"I will take care of the Chen family's affairs."

Xianjin turned around, and it was Duan who came forward from the darkness.

Perhaps, it can also be called Boss Duan.

In the retreat hall, Xianjin was in a trance for a while. Duan's face as plain as water that night and Boss Duan's calm and majestic face now contrasted with each other.

Before Heng Lian could react, Boss Duan walked up to him smoothly, sat down at the top seat as a matter of course, took the "Twelve Rules of Procedure", read it at a glance, and asked directly, "What are we discussing now?"

Henglian didn't reply.

Boss Yun Ji is a younger man, in his early thirties, who looks like he has read a book. He smiled and replied, "We are discussing whether to replace the president of the Chamber of Commerce."

Boss Duan applied some lipstick on his thin lips. A woman who has left her filial piety period looks calm and full of complexion. "Does it mean that the Chen family doesn't agree, so they don't have to change it?"

Boss Yun glanced at Henglian out of the corner of his eye, "According to the twelve rules of procedure, this is the truth."

Boss Duan raised his eyes and said concisely, "Then the Chen family doesn't agree."

Heng Lian made a "pop" sound and slapped his hand on the table, "You don't agree even if you don't agree?! Can you be the head of the Chen family?"

As soon as Heng Lian spoke, he later realized that his current appearance was somewhat inconsistent with the "Confucian businessman" he had always named him. His expression changed rapidly, and he smiled cheerfully, "Mrs. Duan, you are the widow of an official. If you don’t understand business matters, why don’t you ask your old lady to come out and make a decision?”

Boss Duan frowned slightly, "They are both widows, is it possible that they are still high and low?"

"Our old lady is a senior widow, so she is qualified to make the decision, but I am a new widow, but I am not?"

What about professional titles? ? Still doing this seniority thing!
Xian Jin had a lump in his throat and laughed so hard that his throat almost twitched.

Henglian:?
"This, this is not a widow's business!" Heng Lian lowered his voice and yelled angrily.

There will be an update tonight.