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Chapter 283 The wind and snow wrap around Caizhou, and Sanniang enters the Hou Mansion

The new year is approaching, and the Hou family has added a thousand pieces of gold.

On the 28th and 29th of the twelfth lunar month, there was an endless stream of close relatives and friends.

More than ten days ago, Chen Chu had already known about the fact that the people in the city smashed the Junziyan Newspaper Hall.

Qian Chengjin and other imperial students who were injured temporarily retreated to Yancheng in Xuzhou in the north.

According to Chen Jingyan, after the incident, the other party repeatedly asked the Caizhou government office to hand over the perpetrator.

But at that time, there were four to five hundred people who attacked the newspaper office, and most of them were workers from workshops owned by Zhao Renren and Sihai Trading Company.

Nowadays, the possibility of reconciliation between Chen Jingyan and the Wu family is extremely slim. Chen Jingyan naturally knows which one is near and which one is far away. After paying some compensation for the soup and medicine, he just shirks the blame with the other party.

In recent days, Qian Chengjin and others have stopped talking, but the matter will definitely not end there.

Chen Chu, who was still in the joy of having a daughter, put these things aside for the time being, just waiting to see what happened.

What surprised him was that even though there was such a big happy event in the family, Cai Hua never showed up.

On the [-]th and [-]th, Chen Chu asked Mao Dan and Tiedan to invite Cai Hua respectively, but the latter dismissed them with a few words.

On the early morning of New Year's Eve, scattered snowflakes fell from the sky.

By noon, it had turned into heavy snow.

Chen Chu went to the left-behind Siguan Yamen early in the morning to handle some work that had to be completed years ago.

In the late afternoon, after Chen Chu and his colleagues said "Happy New Year" to each other, he stayed at the Siguan Yamen and closed the Yamen, which brought an end to Fuchang's ten years of work.

At the end of the day, Chen Chu went to Caihua Villa on Academy Street.

Like the neighbors, the courtyard was decorated with lights and colorful decorations inside and outside to celebrate the end of the unspeakable decade of Fuchang.

However, the cautiousness of the servants and maids in the courtyard revealed that the master was not in a good mood.

Chen Chu went straight into the back house. After pushing the door open, he saw Cai Hua holding a wine glass and preparing to drink. Seeing Chen Chu come in, she only glanced at Chen Chu briefly, then withdrew her gaze, raised her neck and drank from the glass. liquor.

His expression was cold, but a blush had already appeared on Yaoye's face, and he looked like he was seven to eight points drunk.

"Sanniang of the Cai family, why are you hiding at home alone and drinking alcohol during the Chinese New Year?"

Chen Chu smiled and sat across from him.

Cai Hua glanced at Chen Chu casually, played with the wine glass lazily with one hand, and said calmly: "Who said I was drunk? There are several handsome young men hidden under the bed to accompany me to drink."

Although he was joking, he was obviously emotional. Chen Chu smiled and said warmly: "Let's go, I'll take you home to celebrate the New Year."

"Go home? That's your home, not mine."

"Isn't my home your home?"

"Is there some misunderstanding, Marquis Lu An? The Nu family has been friends with you for several years. They just used the Marquis's influence to earn some money. You and I each get what we need. When will we be able to become a family?"

She said this with great resentment and pretended to be frivolous, but Cai Hua couldn't help but glance at Chen Chu quickly, for fear that the latter would really think that their relationship was average.

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Only then did Chen Chu realize that Cai Hua was definitely not so angry because of her marriage to Mao'er two months ago. After all, she had been mentally prepared for this. Could it be that something else had happened in the past two months that Chen Chu didn't know about? ?

"Hua'er, how did such cold words come out of your 37-degree mouth?" Chen Chu shook his head and smiled bitterly.

"Are you cold? I just told the truth."

Cai Hua tilted her head slightly, stared at the red charcoal in the charcoal basin, and said calmly: "My family is a small official in Tongshan. There are no talented people who can help Lu Anhou. The slave family will be 24 in the next year. How can I compare to that?" A young lady of sixteen or seventeen years old is so delicate? Today is New Year's Eve. If the Marquis doesn't think of ways to please the little goldfish, why are you here with me?"

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What Chen Chu didn't know was that after Cai Yuan discovered that there was something going on between Chen Jinyu and Chen Chu, he came to another hospital to talk about it.

Cai Hua knew some things much better than Cai Yuan, and she didn't take it to heart at first, but Cai Yuan analyzed it based on her family background and age, and now Cai Hua felt unconfident.

In short, Cai Yuan has a central idea and cannot let other women take the lead.

Cai Hua became even more angry after hearing this. It didn't matter that she couldn't compete with the Little Wild Cats, but why should others!
This anger was held in my heart for more than ten days, and finally a complex emotion mixed with sadness, grievance, and resentment brewed.

Today, Chen Chu took the initiative to send him to his door, so Cai Hua naturally didn't look good.

Knowing the cause, Chen Chu naturally knew how to prescribe the right medicine. He stood up and walked behind Cai Hua, putting his hand on her shoulder. Before she could speak, Cai Hua shook her shoulder and shook off Chen Chu's hand.

Chen Chu hit on him again, Cai Hua dumped him again, and after doing this again and again, Cai Hua finally followed him with a cold face.

"Hua'er, do you still remember the fire last winter?"

"Of course I remember. I burned my family's property, compensated my daughter, and helped Marquis Lu An achieve great things."

'My family's property' refers to Caiwei Pavilion, and 'my daughter' naturally refers to herself.
"Yeah. To this day, I still think about it. If you hadn't taken the initiative and forced my father-in-law to get on the boat, the outcome of that night would have been particularly obvious."

Speaking of this, Cai Hua's thoughts couldn't help but go back to the night when orange sparks were flying in the sky, and she was slightly distracted.

Chen Chu added: "Afterwards, you were locked up in the ancestral hall for a month. On the day the confinement was lifted, we went to Langshan to buy bedding and furniture. On the way, we met Guo Liang from Qingfengling Baofeng Village. Hua'er told me again The Zheng family of Langshan Yinma Village analyzed the situation in surrounding prefectures and counties, which will be of great help to me in the future."

Cai Hua was smart and knew that Chen Chu's words were due to what she just said, "My family is a small official in Tongshan, and there are no talented children who can help Lu Anhou".

Even though he understood, he still stubbornly looked sideways at the charcoal basin.

Chen Chu listened to the whining north wind outside the window, paused for a moment, and continued: "Later, we stayed in Langshan County for two days. I accompanied you to visit Shangqing Temple outside the city. It was probably the twelfth lunar month."

Cai Hua, who had been silent all this time, suddenly said in a low voice, "The fourth day of the twelfth lunar month in the eighth year of Fuchang."

"Oh? Hua'er still remembers it clearly." Chen Chu smiled and continued: "Kneel on the futon, close your eyes and make a wish to Sanqing. The weather was very good that day, and the afternoon sun was shining all over Hua'er, which was very beautiful. .At that time, I thought to myself, how lucky am I, Chen Chu, to be favored by Hua'er?"

"So what? In the end, the new man is better than the old man."

Cai Hua said sadly, raising her hand to hold another glass of wine, but Chen Chu snatched it away halfway, and the latter put it directly into her mouth. After entering the mouth, she couldn't help but scream, "Why do you like strong liquor so much? Eat some. Wouldn’t it be good to make sweet and sour wine?”

Cai Hua didn't answer. She took the cup from Chen Chu's hand with her backhand, added another cup, and drank it persistently.

Chen Chu stopped trying to persuade him and said: "I know that Hua'er has a proud temperament. He has done the most things and suffered the most injustices, but he never took the initiative to speak out. Originally, I thought that when I help Hua'er kill him If I take revenge on Dan Ninggui, or if I am lucky enough to be granted the title of duke and king, then I can marry Hua'er, then I won't be wronging you."

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Cai Hua turned around in shock, with mixed feelings in her heart. In the past year or so, she had rarely mentioned Dan Ninggui's name.

Back then, Chen Chu was a young boss, and it was completely impossible for him to help her get revenge. Cai Hua only said it to express her pleasure.

But now, Chen Chu has gradually gained the strength to compete with Tan Ninggui, and she didn't mention it. Just like when some poor and humble couples see Cartier's big diamond ring when they go to the mall, their wives will probably murmur, " When you get rich in the future, you must give me this ring."

Two years later, the young couple really got rich. When the husband had the ability to buy a ring, the wife changed her mind again, "What are you buying these for? Diamond rings don't keep their value, they are all a scam."

After all, Dan Ninggui was a handsome man, so it would be unwise to encourage his lover to fight him to the death because of old things.

It's not that Cai Hua suddenly became generous, it's just that she didn't want Chen Chu to take this risk for herself.Revenge or not is one thing, but Chen Chu's attitude is another. Cai Hua raised her head and looked at the face whose youthfulness had completely faded, and couldn't help but murmured: "Puppy, do you still remember? "

"Of course I remember. Hua'er, you are you, and you and I have nothing to do with my father-in-law being an official. It was like this before, and it will still be like this in the future. Come on, come home with me to celebrate the New Year, and our family will get together. Let’s discuss together how we can welcome you in after the new year. Whether you want to play gongs or drums, or whether you want to carry a sedan chair, it’s all up to you.”

Cai Hua, who had been twisting her body and raising her head, suddenly felt a sore nose. However, her proud temper did not allow her to shed tears easily in front of others, so she said against her will, "Who agreed to marry you?"

"Hey! Didn't I leave you a message before I left? When I come back, I will marry you and go home. The weavers in the mansion have made more than ten small mattresses in advance and put them in the closet of your Qingpuyuan. In the future, if any mattress gets wet, it can be changed immediately, so there is no need to call Ruer into the room in the middle of the night to change the mattress."

"Go to hell!"

Cai Huasu punched Chen Chu in the chest with her hands. The latter did not dodge or avoid, but instead laughed mischievously, prompting Cai Sanniang to punch Chen Chu again and again.

The beatings continued, but Chen Chu was still fine after being beaten, but Cai Hua's tears fell down when she started.

This was the first time Chen Chu had seen her cry in the years he had known her.

Cai Hua's crying style was very unique. She didn't want Mao'er's body to twitch when she cried bitterly, nor did she want Yu Nong to look up and perform for others when she cried loudly.

Cai Hua cried without making any sound, just shedding tears one after another.

Seeing this, Chen Chu hugged Cai Hua and said warmly: "Let's go home."

Cai Hua put her arms around Chen Chu's waist, nodded silently, but said in a nasal voice: "I don't need you beating gongs and drums to marry me, and I don't need you to marry me in a sedan chair. Anyway, there is nothing better than the pomp. Just a little wild cat. As long as you promise me two things, I will let you go."

"Hua'er, please speak."

"One, I will enter your family's ancestral hall when I am alive, and two, I will share the same cave with you after my death."

"Well, it's up to you."

After hearing Chen Chu's agreement, Cai Hua gradually stopped crying and picked up Chen Chu's clothes to blow her nose.

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However, Cai Hua quickly washed her face, sat back in front of the dressing room and quickly touched up her makeup, then took out a treasure box and took out the jewelry that Chen Chu gave her, the head and face passed down to her by her mother, and the profits from the iron smelting factory. The book, the interest certificate of Sihai Trading Company, the land deed of the farm in his name, the store certificate, the house deed of Yunxiu Pavilion, and the deed of Sai Diaochan were all stuffed into the treasure box.

Chen Chu was puzzled by what he saw. After finishing cleaning up, Cai Hua called out, "Ru'er~"

When Ru'er entered, Cai Hua held the treasure box to her. Ru'er's arms dropped due to the pressure, and she couldn't help but wonder: "Sanniang, what is this? It's so heavy."

"It contains all my net worth, as well as the dowry I brought myself! Ru'er has taken it, I'm getting married today!"

The drunken Cai Hua looked arrogant.

But Chen Chu and Ru'er looked surprised. They looked at each other and Ru'er asked, "Sister, are you drunk?"

Chen Chu also said: "Hua'er? Isn't it an auspicious day for us? The house didn't make any preparations today."

"What are you ready for?"

Cai Hua looked around and suddenly took out the hairpin from her bun with her backhand. She walked to the bedside and made a sharp slash on the red curtain. Then she held the hairpin in Tan's mouth and used both hands to exert force. With a "stab" sound, a piece of red yarn was torn off.

Just when Chen Chu and Ru'er were confused, Cai Hua deftly rolled the red gauze into a ball of red hydrangeas.

Then, he narrowed his fox eyes and looked at Chen Chu, stepped forward with a smile, and tied the red hydrangea on Chen Chu's chest.

"Hehe, isn't the groom already here?" Cai Hua clapped her hands proudly and took a few steps back to appreciate it carefully.

"Hahaha~"

Only then did Chen Chu know Cai Hua's determination, and he couldn't help laughing. Then he walked to the bed, took another piece of red gauze from the torn curtain, and came to Cai Hua.

Cai Hua saw what Chen Chu wanted to do, so she smiled and closed her eyes.

Chen Chu raised his hand and covered Cai Hua's head with a red gauze.

"Miss Sansan, Lord Marquis, are you serious?" Ru'er said in disbelief.

At the end of Youshi, the city was covered with snow and wind, and the sky was completely dark.

This year, the people in Caizhou are much better off than in previous years. It’s New Year’s Eve, and even the heavy snowfall can’t stop the people in the city from welcoming the new year with enthusiasm.

In the streets and alleys, the sound of "咻~Duang" was sometimes heard, and sometimes the sound of intensive explosions of whole firecrackers was heard.

The children wearing new clothes filled their pockets with walnuts, water chestnuts and other snacks, and looked for unburned firecrackers among the firecracker debris in small groups.

The door of a courtyard somewhere on Academy Street suddenly opened wide.

After a while, Maodan and Baoxi were leading the way. Behind them, Lu Anhou, who had a big red flower tied on his chest, walked out carrying a woman with a red gauze on his back, followed by a group of confused maids. son.

Bao Qinqin, who lives in the same street, had a few drinks from a friend and was about to go home to watch the night when he encountered this strange scene.

Bao asked to borrow the lantern outside the neighbor's yard to take a closer look. Oops!Isn’t this Lu Anhou!

Looking at the woman covered with a red gauze on his back, Bao Wentan suddenly thought of the rumors among the neighbors that a big shot lived in an outhouse on the street. It seemed that the lady named Cai was indeed Lu Anhou's woman!
"Master Hou, congratulations!"

Bao was a lively person, so he stood on the roadside and congratulated loudly.

Chen Chu laughed, and ordered Mao Dan to take a piece of silver and give it to Bao for questioning, and said: "Today's wedding is in a hurry, and I don't have time to entertain all the virtuous neighbors, so I asked this gentleman to buy some wine and meat to have fun with the neighbors."

"It's easy to say. I guarantee that Buwen will live up to the trust of the Marquis! I wish the Marquis and Madam Cai a hundred years of reconciliation and the birth of a precious son soon."

Bao Wenzhen took the opportunity to become familiar with Chen Chu.

Chen Chu continued to move forward.

The wind and snow covered the whole city.

As if to inform everyone, Chen Chu specifically found the long and busy street and walked all the way back to Sajin Alley.

In just a quarter of an hour, the news that Marquis Lu An had married Cai Sanniang spread throughout the city.

In Chief Cai's house, the Cai family who were having a reunion dinner were shocked when they heard the news.

After Cai's mother, Wang, was silent for a moment, she couldn't help but wet her sleeves with tears. She only said: Even if my daughter can't become the main wife, Marquis Lu An shouldn't be so careless. Even if you go back, there is no way you can walk back.
But after Cai Yuan heard this, he drank three cups in a row and retorted to Wang: "Hua'er is the meat that fell off your body, but you are not half as smart as my daughter!"

Wang was naturally dissatisfied, but Cai Yuan, who was in a happy mood, said: In terms of ostentation, can Hua'er be better than Zhao Ren?On the contrary, it was rare to be carried through the streets by Yuan Zhang like this tonight!After this, who will dare to treat our Hua'er as an ordinary concubine in the future?
This makes sense. No matter how many female relatives there are in the Anhou Mansion, Cai Hua is probably the only one who can be carried back by him personally.

Cai Yuan, who was very relieved, finally concluded: "What Hua'er did was not to steal the limelight from Zhao Ren. It did not embarrass Yuan Zhang, but also seemed to consider Yuan Zhang in every aspect. But he was carried around the city by Yuan Zhang. , who dares to say that she is not beautiful? She does not steal the limelight, but she still has the glory. Now that she has gained face, our daughter does not need to worry about her anymore."

At the end of the sentence, Lao Cai's eyes turned slightly red.

The city is covered with white snow, but it is dotted with festive red cannon dust.

Some things seem to be destined.

In the Anhou Mansion on Sajin Lane Road, at midnight, the middle door is wide open, and the hastily laid red carpet extends all the way to the backyard of the deep house.

On New Year's Eve of the tenth year of Fuchang, Cai Hua entered Chen's house.
(End of this chapter)