lady, please calm down

Chapter 251 The world is gentle to me, and I am gentle to the world.
On August 21, Mrs. Zhao and Maoer's uncle Qin Yongtai's family were invited to the Chen Mansion.

I don't know if it was due to blood induction. The cat, who had been sleeping all night, woke up briefly, but weakly spoke a few words to his relatives before losing consciousness again.

By August 23, news of Mao'er's serious illness had spread throughout the city.

Reactions were mixed.

The saddest ones are naturally the families who fled from Fengling and Luliuwei.

On that day, ladies from various families came to visit with valuable supplements and rare medicinal materials.

However, what surprised them was that it was the third wife of the Cai family who came to receive them in the back house of the Chen family.
Thinking that Yunong was pregnant and Mao'er was sick, the wives of the various families understood. Yes, the third wife had been following Brother Chu for several years without any name or relationship. Now she has no owner of the house. She takes the initiative to take charge of this matter. No matter who. I can't tell you what's going on.

I want to understand, I want to understand, but I can't be completely relieved.

"We, the cat, are also unlucky. We had to endure hardships with Brother Chu. Now that Brother Chu has made a great career, he has only been blessed for a few days. Alas, Lady Cai has to pick up what she has already received."

After leaving the Chen Mansion, Sister-in-law Peng wiped away her tears.

Her words are the most representative among the women of Qifengling.

"No! Sister Mao'er will be fine! Brother Chu should have received the letter. He will definitely have a way to save Mao'er when he comes back!"

Zhou Liang's wife, who had just given birth, said firmly.

For several years, everyone has had a superstitious trust in Chen Chu, feeling that as long as Brother Chu takes action, any difficulty in the world can be solved.

But this time, he didn't get everyone's support. In the past two days, Cai Hua invited famous doctors in the city, but no one could do anything. Brother Chu was not a god.
Everyone's silence made Sister-in-law Zhou, who was already tearful, burst into tears, "Why don't you say anything? Cat won't die, right? Brother Chu must have something to do when he comes back."

"Don't cry, don't cry, the cat will definitely turn the bad luck into good luck"

Sister-in-law Peng comforted her against her will, but Sister-in-law Wu who was walking next to her said, "Let's go to Qingyun Temple outside the city to offer incense to Mao'er."

"it is good!"

The same thoughts as them were the victims of the disaster in Waifu in the east of the city.

Over the past few months, local people affected by the disaster have returned to their hometowns and begun to rebuild their homes.

However, the victims from Yingzhou and a small number of victims from Shouzhou have stayed in the camp in the east of the city because of the ongoing war in their hometown.

After relying on relief for more than a month and eating porridge, under Mao'er's leadership, various workshops in Cainan Industrial Zone came into operation and recruited many workers in the camp.

With the opportunity to make a living, the victims' hearts have calmed down.

After autumn, the weather became cooler. In order to resist the increasing chill at night, Mao Er taught everyone to dig shacks in the highlands for temporary shelter.

At that time, she told everyone that when she and the official first got married, they lived in this kind of shack. Now that the villagers have made a living, they can always build new houses after half a year of hard work.

Today's common people do not have the courage or awareness to ask for compensation from the government after a disaster. Caizhou's ability to do this to foreigners like them is absolutely impeccable.

Mao'er has been deeply involved in the work of resettling the victims and is the person most familiar to the victims. Everyone invariably embodied their gratitude to Caizhou to Mao'er.

Therefore, after learning that Zhao Renren was seriously ill and was about to die, the victims, who did not know how to express their fear and uneasiness, built a simple 'Renren Niangniang Temple' outside the camp that day.

On the day the temple was built, people who came to burn incense for Maoer packed the simple little temple within a mile of the house.
The gathering smoke column was clearly visible seven or eight miles away.

In just half a day, the standing incense used for praying in Shouzhou City was sold out.

But Chen Chu's sworn brothers had the most delicate mood.

On the 23rd, Shen Shi.

Cai Yuan, Cai Kun and his son, as well as Xu Bang, Ximen Gong and Chen Jingyan each brought their wives to visit.

The Chen family has no elders, not even a formal housekeeper. Now that Chen Chu is not at home, the male guest has no one to accompany him.

It was easy for a few people to talk when they got together.

After pretending to feel sorry for Zhao Ren, Chen Jingyan used a meaningful sentence to expose the small thoughts of the other good brothers, "Brother, if the fifth brother unfortunately loses his sister-in-law, it will not be a bad thing for your family. .”

"Lao San, what do you mean?" Cai Yuan put down the tea cup and said calmly.

Seeing that the old guy was still pretending, Xu Bang said sourly: "Zhao Renruo is dead. Didn't he just make room for your precious daughter?"

"Xu Dabang, what you said makes it sound like my family is expecting someone to die?" Cai Yuan was dissatisfied. He put down the tea cup a little too hard and made a soft 'dong' sound. The lid of the tea cup was knocked off and fell on the coffee table. .

"Brother, now that the fifth child is not here, you should stop pretending. Whether you want her to die or not is two different things."

Xu Bang's words were straightforward, and Cai Yuan's counterattack was even more straightforward, "You fart! I think you are just looking forward to killing someone! Don't think I don't know why you urgently recruited a niece from your family to come to Caizhou. !”

Xu Bang happened to be in Caizhou this time, so he was naturally here to deal with the matter of Yang Dalang and Xu Zhen'er.

But when I came to Caizhou, I heard that he was seriously ill, so I hurriedly called the most beautiful niece in the family to Caizhou. However, this girl from the Xu family was a bit young, just 14 years old.
There is no way, there is no daughter in the family who is of a more suitable age.

When he did this, everyone could guess what he wanted to do.

After the Huaibei Rebellion, the territory that Chen Chu could actually control would definitely be quite large. How many officials could Shouzhou, which had been wiped out, be able to arrange for it?
If you can send your own daughter to the Chen Mansion to be Chen Chu's first wife, give him a little bit of pillow air, and divide the cake later, it will be a heavenly advantage.

Even sworn brothers may be far or near.

At this time, it seems that the Cai family is leading the way. After all, their daughter has a sharp eye for pearls and gave her body to him when Lao Wu was not good at it.
However, before the dust settles, everyone has a chance to compete.

What Xu Bang was thinking was, what if Lao Wu happened to fall in love with his niece?

Ximen Gong, who was sitting next to Cai Yuan, saw the two good brothers arguing with each other, so he tried to smooth things over, "Eldest brother, second brother, people are seriously ill now. It's too early for us to say this, in case it reaches the ears of the fifth brother." , he will definitely be annoyed with us."

Unexpectedly, Cai Yuan suddenly turned to look at Ximen Gong, narrowed his eyes and said, "Don't pretend to be a good person, your wife's sister came from Tongshan last night. What happened?"

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Ximen Gong looked embarrassed. His wife and sister were only twenty-eight years old and had a bright and beautiful life. He also wanted to try to see if there was a chance to become his brother-in-law with Lao Wu.

Being exposed in person, Ximen Gong retorted in a low voice, "What's the use of elder brother guarding his brothers from being so strict? No matter whose family the fifth brother is from, their flesh will eventually rot in the pot of our brothers. This morning, Cai Zuo Guoen, the prefect of the state, is asking about Lao Wu's horoscopes. It is only right not to take advantage of outsiders."

Although Cai Yuan looks calm and calm, his words are full of gunpowder, like a lone wolf protecting food.

Among the five golden flowers, his family invested the most in Chen Chu. Not only did they give up Caiwei Pavilion, but they also gave their daughter as a gift.

When voting on matters in Sihai Commercial Bank on weekdays, Mao'er does not care about the gains and losses.
Now that God has not spared Zhao Ren, the main wife of the Chen family will naturally have the surname Cai.

However, he was also a little worried whether Chen Chu would climb high again and continue to let his daughter follow him for no apparent reason without even having a status.

This kind of thing is not impossible.

We are all adults, so who can talk about "mutual love" when marrying a wife? As long as the wife's family is powerful and can help the man, she is a good wife.

The Cai family can naturally be called a top family in Tongshan, but when placed in Caizhou or Huaibei, it seems unqualified.

As for Chen Chu, who had no legitimate heirs, was young and held a high position, and commanded the most powerful armed forces in Huaibei, he was indeed the most favored candidate for marriage by the superiors.
Thinking of this, Cai Yuan also felt a little uneasy. It depends on your methods!

Chen Jingyan, who provoked an argument between brothers with one sentence, took a sip of tea elegantly and comfortably, feeling secretly happy.
If his daughter hadn't been engaged, he would have found a way to get involved. Now that he has no chance, watching his brothers quarrel can relieve some of the melancholy of "sour grapes".

Chen's back house.

Cai's mother and her daughter-in-law Youshi sat in Hanchundang for a while, then stood up to leave.

The so-called visit means just coming to the back house to talk.

Mao'er was seriously ill. If someone came into her bedroom and made noises for a while, she would die from the noise, even if she wasn't sick.

Therefore, no matter who came, Cai Hua did not allow anyone to enter the bedroom and harass the cat.

In the bedroom, only Mrs. Zhao and Aunt Maoer were there to accompany her.

Doing this naturally caused some minor dissatisfaction, especially the ladies from Tongshan, who would not let anyone take a look when they came, and all complained that Cai Hua was too domineering.

But some smart people secretly praised Caihua for her thoughtfulness. Not allowing people to visit allowed the cat to rest, and being accompanied by the old lady and aunt also prevented Caihua from being slandered.In this world, no matter who harms the cat, the old lady and her aunt will not harm her, because the cat is the supporter of these two families.

If they were away, Cai Hua would be the only one to take care of the cat. If the cat really died and rumors about "Cai Hua harming the cat" would arise in due course, Cai Hua would not be able to explain.

After all, the competing identities of the two are too embarrassing.

Regardless of whether Chen Chu believed it or not, he was still murmuring in his heart, right?

Here, Cai Hua passed by the garden when she was seeing her mother and second sister-in-law off. Second sister-in-law Youshi looked around at the exquisite garden and couldn't help but admire: "Hua'er, the exquisiteness of your garden hides luxury. It's really beautiful."

Because You had an uncle who was an official in Tangzhou, he thought very highly of himself after marrying into a civil servant's family like the Cai family.

Recently, because my father-in-law changed his official position, his attitude has improved greatly.

However, Cai Hua, probably because she was in a bad mood, only said a soft "hmm" when her second sister-in-law praised her, but did not respond.

You and her mother-in-law looked at each other and suddenly said, "Hua'er, it's hard for us to come to your house once. Please take my mother and I to your place to have a look."

Cai Hua, who was walking in front, looked back at Youshi, then at her mother who pretended not to care, and sighed: "Okay."

Several people turned around and went to Qingpu Garden.

Qingpu Garden is also divided into two parts: inside and outside. Although the area is not large, it is equally quiet, elegant and unique with its winding paths.

Youshi praised her all the way. When the three of them entered Cai Hua's bedroom, Youshi saw the luxurious hair and face carelessly thrown beside the dowry. Her eyes couldn't help but shine, and she walked forward and picked up a dragonfly with petals inlaid with gems. He looked in the mirror with the golden hairpin on his head and said enviously: "Hua'er, the material and workmanship of this hairpin are probably not items that were found in the harem of the Great Zhou Dynasty during the Ding Wei Dynasty!"

"Second sister-in-law knows the goods."

Cai Hua helped her mother sit down, and she leaned on the bed tiredly.

"It's really good." You took off the gold hairpin and tried another golden walking wave inlaid with garnets. She said casually: "Other ladies may not have seen such a precious head and face, but I do love you. I'll give it to you." I love you so much, baby”

"Second sister-in-law, if you want to say something, just say it directly, don't beat around the bush."

From the fact that Youshi repeatedly emphasized 'your family', Caihua guessed what the second sister-in-law wanted to say. The reason why she was patient was because Caihua could tell that her mother was also concerned about this matter.

Sure enough, Youshi glanced at Mother Cai again and lowered her voice subconsciously, "Hua'er, my second sister-in-law didn't tell you that you are seriously ill now. You need to make plans for yourself!"

"Second sister-in-law, what do you want me to do?" Cai Hua pretended to be confused, pretending to understand.

"Tsk! You and your second sister-in-law are still pretending to be stupid! If Zhao Ren goes, you need to figure out how to get the Dutong to marry you in a sedan chair! This matter cannot be delayed. With the current situation of the Dutong, I don't know how many families Staring."

Cai Hua was very irritable, but she also knew that her family was thinking about her and the entire Cai family, so she finally suppressed her temper and said: "The little wild cat is not dead! Now, I only think about how to save her. Other things, I still have not thought."

"Oh! Hua'er is confused! In the past few days, you have invited famous doctors to treat her, and you have also invited her family to accompany you. Even if they all come back, they can't tell you anything wrong! You can just pretend, are you too into a show? She really considers her a sister!"

Naturally, Mrs. You wanted her sister-in-law to be the wife of Dutong, so it would be very grand to say so.

I don’t think so, ‘Is she so involved in the drama that I think she is a sister?’ These sincere words annoyed Cai Hua for some reason, but she heard her say in her unique sarcastic tone: “Second sister-in-law is used to working in the camp all day long, look who Are you all Jiji Yingying people? If you want glory and face, you go home and encourage my second brother to become an official to earn a living for you and use your strength on me? I just did it. Madam Tutong, what does it have to do with you?"

"you!"

Youshi felt angry that her good intentions were being treated like a donkey. She turned to look at her mother-in-law, "Mom! I was kind enough to help the family persuade Hua'er, but she treated her like an outsider! I can no longer be a lobbyist!"

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Hearing this, Mother Cai looked at her daughter awkwardly.

What You said actually meant that she was a family. It was just that as the mother, Mother Cai couldn't open her mouth, so she invited her daughter-in-law to come with her.

Just imagine, if Cai Hua becomes Mrs. Chen, the ambitious Cai Yuan, Cai Yun, who is still working as an official in Tongshan, and even Cai Kun, who manages the family business, will have unlimited possibilities in the future.

In addition to these, Cai's mother's sincere care for her daughter also accounts for a large part.

My daughter is already 24 years old. It is scary for young women to be unmarried at this age. It is absolutely difficult for young women to marry at this age.

Now Cai's mother's biggest wish is to see her daughter get married and have children before she dies. But Cai's mother knows that her daughter has a perverse temper, and after the fire in Caiwei Pavilion, her daughter and Chen Chu were in front of hundreds of people. Kissed each other passionately.
Not to mention letting her marry someone else, even if Cai Hua is willing, who would dare to marry a woman who is entangled with Chen Dutong!
Thinking of her daughter's fate that worries her, Mother Cai couldn't help but wipe the corners of her eyes and said softly: "Hua'er, don't be rude to your second sister-in-law. Your father and I are also worried about this matter. Now that you are old You're not young anymore, there must be an outcome with Chen Dutong, right? If you continue like this, my mother won't be able to close her eyes even if she dies!"

"mother"

"Listen to mother first. We are not harming anyone. You just have to take good care of Zhao Ren while he is alive. But if she passes away, this lady of the Chen family must not be left behind by others!"

After Cai's mother finished speaking, Cai Hua stared at the darkening sky outside the window, speechless for a long time.

"Hua'er, what do you mean?" Cai's mother couldn't help but worry.

Cai Hua then looked away and whispered: "Mom, I really don't want to think about this right now. I don't want the little wild cat to die just like that."

"Why?" Cai's mother was puzzled.

Cai Hua sighed quietly, Yaoye Guazi had a complicated expression on her face, but her tone was mixed with loneliness and sentimentality, "Mom, you know, no matter how good a living person is, he can't compete with a dead person. If the little wild cat goes away like this, the puppy I can't let go in my heart for the rest of my life. From now on, even if I become Mrs. Chen in name only, the wife in his heart will always be her."

"婳儿ah"

"Mom, please listen to me first this time. I want the puppy to love me and respect me, just because I am worthy of him treating me like this, not for the title of Mrs. Tutong. Now that the little wild cat is seriously ill in bed, I I really don’t have the heart to think about that, otherwise I would feel sorry for him. If your mother and second sister-in-law want to help me, when they go back, they can make more vows to Bodhisattva and Sanqing on my behalf to protect the little wild cat from this situation."

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Mother Cai was silent for a long time, and finally sighed, stood up silently, and warned her with red eyes, "My son, please take care of yourself and don't ruin your own health."

You immediately stepped forward, helped Cai's mother and prepared to leave.

To be honest, what You just said to persuade Cai Hua to make plans early was for the Cai family. Even if she had some small thoughts of wanting to follow suit, she was really worried about her sister-in-law's lifelong events.

But Cai Hua didn't care about anything and scolded her, so she was naturally not in a good mood.

When he went out, he had a dark face and didn't even say hello.

"Second sister-in-law."

Cai Hua called out warmly.

"What's wrong?" Youshi replied with a cold face.

However, Cai Hua bowed and said, "Because the kitten has been ill these past two days, Hua'er has been depressed and angry when speaking. I know that the second sister-in-law is thinking about me, so she just spoke abruptly. Hua'er is here to express her anger to the second sister-in-law." My sister-in-law apologizes, but I hope my second sister-in-law won’t blame me.”

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Mother Cai and Youshi stared at Cai Hua with wide eyes at the same time, as if they had seen a ghost.

Is this my daughter who fights whomever she sees?
Is this my sister-in-law who is covered in thorns?

Oh my god, will she admit her mistake?

"Pfft~" Youshi couldn't help but laugh, and joked: "The sun is rising in the west today. When did my girl become so gentle?"

The tired Cai Hua forced out a smile and said: "Now the world treats me gently, and people in this world treat me gently, so naturally I will be gentle."

"Haha, Hua'er's words are somewhat Zen-like. If my second sister-in-law comes back to vent her anger on you, she would have been angry to death long ago after marrying into the family. Okay, my mother and I are going back. If you If you have anything, just come to me."

"Thank you, Second Sister-in-law, for your generosity. However, before you leave, can you give me back the pomegranate gemstone golden walking stick on your head?"

"., ugh, second sister-in-law almost forgot."

"Haha." Cai Hua, who had seen through everything, sneered like a goddess.

Seeing that Cai Hua had no intention of giving it to her politely, Youshi groped for a long time on her head and had no choice but to pull it off and give it to Cai Hua, "You are so stingy. You have so many exquisite heads and faces, and my second sister-in-law can't even take one of them."

Cai Hua took it, put a hairpin on her bun with her backhand, raised her fox eyes and said with a smile: "If I give the others to my second sister-in-law, I will give them to my second sister-in-law, but these won't work. These are all given to me by the puppy. In the future, I will pass them on to me." "Children of the Chen family"

(End of this chapter)