lady, please calm down

Chapter 211
February thirteenth.

At that time, Chen Chu went to the Ministry of Industry to handle the expulsion and redemption procedures for Qin Yongtai, but he learned a 'shocking' news.

Those artisan households not only sold them, but if they wanted to redeem Qin Yongtai, they had to buy the remaining [-] artisan households.

"Young lady! Isn't the Ministry of Industry blackmailing people! Manager, get out of here."

The 'distraught' Chen Chu kept cursing outside the prison of the Ministry of Industry, and the prison supervisor Xu Jue closed the door and hid in the duty room without showing his face.

Although the Ministry of Industry is a bit low-level among the six ministries, it is still an important place for the imperial court, and it will not let the military leaders from other places act unscrupulously.

So much so that it alarmed Jiao Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry.

Regardless of Xu Jue's motives, this method of bundling sales is indeed a good thing to enrich the small coffers of the Ministry of Industry and benefit colleagues. Naturally, Jiao Shangshu needed to come forward to defend it, so he gave Chen Chu a soft nail.

The title of Shangshu is quite useful, and Chen Chu, who looked like he was going to fight Xu Jue for his life, had to retreat angrily.

Generals from other places were wronged in Beijing, so they had to find support from their mother's "Military Department".

When Fan Gongzhi from the military department met Chen Chu, Fan Shangshu's attitude was polite, he only tried to persuade him with gentle words, but the main idea was to let Chen Chu admit his failure.

You beat up Aunt Xu Jue's father, and he used this little trick to blackmail you, so it's a back and forth.

These are all petty fights within the rules, besides, twenty thousand is not a big deal for you to rule alone. Everyone in the court knows that you are fat in the field!
You can only blame yourself. You didn't find out about Lu Renjia's background before you hit someone, but anyone who is smarter should first solve Qin Yongtai's problem before looking for Lu Renjia's troubles.

Look, now you're in someone else's hands
Reckless, too reckless!
Persuaded by Fan Gongzhi's kind words, Chen Chu accepted the condition of buying all the artisan households with tears in his eyes.

At noon, Chen Chu left the Ministry of War, but outside the yamen, he met several men with a Huaibei accent, and couldn't help but stop and chat for a few words.

Unexpectedly, these people are also Huaibei fellows who came to Beijing to report their work this time.

Five black fat boys with short stature and loud voices are the neighbors to the east of Caizhou, Guo Taoer, the governor of Yingzhou, and his nickname is Degang.

The tall and thin one is Ding Jisheng, governor of the capital of Shouzhou, whose style name is Shanqing.

The other one with fair skin, square head and big ears, and a harmless smile is from Qi'an, the capital of Suzhou, who is well-versed in words and expressions, as if he has made an appointment with Guo Taoer's family.

"My lords, I've been looking forward to it for a long time"

"Chen Dutong, I have admired you for a long time."

"It's better to meet by chance than to invite each other. It's noon, let's find a place to have a few drinks?"

"Haha, someone has that intention."

Several people found a restaurant nearby and occupied a private room.

"Chen Dutong, you are not six feet six inches tall and six feet six inches round as described in Qiyao Magazine. On the contrary, you are still a handsome young man. Hahaha."

"Haha, Brother Tokuka is not as rude as Qiyokan said, on the contrary, he is still a wonderful person with witty words"

After several glasses of wine, the atmosphere gradually became harmonious, and several people laughed at themselves and talked about the description of each other in Qiyao Magazine.

All four are under the command of the capital, and the jurisdiction is lined up along the north of the Huai River.

They are both warriors with equal status and neighbors, and they all face the slander of the capital newspaper. Naturally, there is no lack of common language and common ground when they have a good relationship with each other.

This drink lasted until the end of the afternoon, and the sun was westward.

The address has also changed from "adult" to mutual reference, but Chen Chu has no characters. Compared with the closeness of the other three people who refer to each other, the "Brother Chen" always feels a bit distant when calling him.

The end of Shen.

The slightly drunk Chen Chu returned, and first went to the inn where the Zhao family was housed.

They came here in a hurry yesterday, but today they came back to realize that the children of the Zhao family didn't have any good clothes on them. The patched sackcloth was not bad. Some people's trousers were torn into strands, like little beggars.

The letter to Maoer was sent yesterday by shopkeeper Hu via the carrier pigeon of Sihai Trading Company, and it will take a few days for a reply.

No matter how it is arranged, food and clothing must be taken care of.

It was inconvenient for Chen Chu to bring women and children to pull cloth to make clothes, and Tie Dan didn't seem to have this skill either.
After much deliberation, Chen Jinyu still needs help.

After a while, Chen Chu returned to the house.

"Mr. Zhang, is Ayu there?"

After entering the house for the third time, all the female relatives of Chen Sange's family lived. Naturally, Chen Chu didn't want to go upstairs rashly, so he stood in the courtyard and asked Tan's personal servant to inform him.

"Sir, wait a moment"

Mrs. Zhang went back upstairs, but it was not Chen Jinyu who came down, but Mrs. Tan.

"I've seen Uncle." Tan saluted dignifiedly.

This name.
Today's women refer to men as their children, not their husbands.

On the one hand, the behavior of descending generations shows the inequality between men and women, and on the other hand, it is also to avoid suspicion.

Just like Pan Jinlian in Water Margin called Wu Er his uncle.

Therefore, it is not wrong for Mrs. Tan to call Chen Chu 'uncle', but she used to call 'Chen Dutong' or 'Master Chen', but she never called 'uncle' like Chen Jinyu.

This time, it seemed to be a deliberate behavior, which was a vague reminder to Chen Chu that he should not have a close relationship with his own daughter.
"Is Uncle looking for Ayu? She was unwell after returning home the night before, and she has been resting in her room for the past two days. I'm afraid it's inconvenient to see guests."

Sure enough, Mrs. Tan politely declined the meeting on behalf of her daughter.

"Uh, did you ask the doctor to look at it?"

Chen Chuxian asked a question, and after getting an affirmative answer, he took out a rattle from his bosom and handed it to Grandma Zhang, and said with a smile, "Well, after a social meeting today, I saw hawkers selling these gadgets on the street, so I thought of it on the spur of the moment. I bought one to relieve Ayu's boredom."

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Mrs. Zhang glanced at Mrs. Tan, wondering if she should accept it or not.

The night before last, Ayu came back and cried a lot, as if she had been greatly wronged.

Tan was very distressed, and asked what happened, but Ayu didn't say anything, until the end he said in a fit of anger that he would never look for his uncle again.

Regardless of whether she was angry or not, her daughter felt relieved when she said that.

Madam Zhang, as Ayu's childhood nurse, has long seen that there is someone in her heart for the girl she grew up with.
But this kind of thing is already considered a great shame for the scholarly family.

Naturally followed by worry.

Tan Shi was also a little speechless, if Chen Chu gave her daughter some ambiguous gifts like head jewelry, she would definitely refuse.

But, the rattle. It is neither expensive nor too far away. On the contrary, it looks like a plaything given by the elders to the children.

Will it be accepted or not?

My daughter is young and doesn't know what to do, and my uncle, as an elder, doesn't know what to do.

The embarrassing Tan felt depressed.

The place where the two of them talked was under the window of Chen Jinyu's bedroom on the second floor.

From the first sentence Chen Chu said after entering the hospital, Chen Jinyu ran to the window with bare feet, and listened to the conversation below through the window.

The night before last, Chen Chu's negligence made Ayu very sad, and she felt that she was too pushy to be underestimated by her uncle.

So when she came back at night, she lay in her mother's arms and cried a lot. In the mixed emotions of sadness and grievance, Ayu learned from the pain and said cruel words like 'I will never see my uncle again'.

But on the second day, Chen Jinyu felt a little regretful, and sat in the boudoir for a whole day without eating much.

Today, in the morning, she was thinking again that if my uncle invites me to go out again, I will also let him go. If I have to invite me three times, I will never meet him again. If I invite me twice, I will forgive him.
At this time, hearing that the mother downstairs wanted to drive Chen Chu away, Chen Jinyu's entanglement about 'three times' or 'twice' was completely forgotten.

Subconsciously opened the window
'squeak~'

The sound from above made the three people downstairs look up at the same time following the sound.

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The beautiful face protruding from the window suddenly turned red.

"Ayu, I heard that you are sick? Let me come and see you."

Chen Chu raised his head and smiled, raised his hand and raised the undelivered rattle and spun it lightly, and there was a crisp sound of 'dong dong dong' in the courtyard.

This slightly childlike behavior almost made Chen Jinyu laugh, and the dimples were fleeting.

Remembering that she was still 'sick', Chen Jinyu hurriedly hid the joy that was almost revealed, frowned slightly, put her bare hands into fists beside her cherry lips, coughed twice, and said in a low voice: "Uncle Xie for your concern, Ayu It's almost ready"

After all, Chen Jinyu looked at her mother cautiously, as if wondering: "Mother, why are you standing in the courtyard? Why don't you invite uncle to come up and talk?"

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Chen Jinyu, you are going to die!Who said last night that he would never see him again?
With her daughter's words, Mrs. Tan had to be polite even if she was not happy, "If uncle has nothing important to do? Go upstairs for a cup of tea?"

The invitation was obviously not sincere enough, but Chen Chu chuckled and said, "That's fine."

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The flower hall upstairs.

After Mrs. Zhang served the tea, she stood by her side.

The reason for Chen Chu's visit was to visit Chen Jinyu. Chen Jinyu was about to 'recover' at this time, so both of them should see each other out of reason.

If Mrs. Tan stayed in the flower hall all the time, the traces would be too heavy.

It is most appropriate to leave my grandma here.
Chen Chu and Chen Jinyu sat down on their own, with a distance of more than ten feet between them. They exchanged some unnutritious greetings and were very polite.

Afterwards, Chen Chu talked about asking Chen Jinyu to make some new clothes for the women and children of the Zhao family tomorrow.

"Ah Yu knows." Chen Jinyu lowered her eyes and cast a glance at Zhang's grandma from the corner of her eye.

She felt that her uncle must have come here to apologize for what happened the night before, but she couldn't open her mouth because Grandma Zhang was by her side all the time.

After thinking about it, Chen Jinyu walked lightly to the desk and added some water to the inkstone, as if she wanted to write something.

Aunt Zhang on the side immediately stepped forward to help Chen Jinyu grind.

Just when Chen Chu was confused, he heard Chen Jinyu say as if he was talking to himself: "Chun Xiao sleeps well, Meng Haoran's song "Chun Xiao" in Tang Dynasty is really good."

Then, Chen Jinyu rolled up her big sleeves a little, revealing a small section of her slender wrist, and wrote something on the spread rice paper with a pen.

After a while, Chen Jinyu finished writing, raised her head and smiled at Chen Chu, and blinked her left eye quickly and playfully.

Grandma Zhang was standing on her right, just out of sight.

"Uncle is good at poetry, what do you think of this song "Spring Dawn"?"

Chen Jinyu issued an appreciation invitation, Chen Chu got up and said in his heart: How old is Bilian, can I evaluate Meng Haoran's poems?I don't produce poems, I'm just a porter of poems.
But when he approached, he glanced at the words on the rice paper, and couldn't help being taken aback.

Chen Jinyu seemed to have expected his reaction. Before he could ask, she pointed to the words on the paper and read softly, "Chun Mian does not wake up, I hear birds singing everywhere."

What she was reading was indeed "Spring Dawn", but the words on the paper clearly read:
Geng paid two or three sons,
The world knows when.

Good days never come again,
Rain and rain come in the middle of the night.

As if worried that Chen Chu didn't understand it, every time Chen Jinyu read a line, the green fingers would stay on the last word of each line for a moment.

At this point, even a fool could understand Chen Chu.

The last word of each of the four poems is taken. Come again in Zishi
Candidate poems.

Although this poem is not amazing, but in a moment of impromptu thought, I wrote a poem.
Chen Chu secretly praised Chen Jinyu for his quick thinking, but at the same time was quite astonished. Little goldfish, you are so courageous!
Mrs. Tan is next door.

Grandma Zhang, standing by the side.

Chen Chu couldn't help but glanced at Madam Zhang. The latter was still grinding, but his eyes were fixed on the rice paper. A proud smile gradually appeared on his face, "Miss Yu's handwriting is so beautiful."

"Hey, grandma will always praise me, from childhood to greatness, if I become proud in the future, I will rely on grandma!"

Chen Jinyu said coquettishly, then pursed her lips and glanced at Chen Chu with a slight smile. Seeing that the latter was observing Mrs. Zhang, Chen Jinyu picked up the pen again, and wrote a few words:
Uncle, don't worry, Grandma Zhang is illiterate
(End of this chapter)