wind and rain scissors shop

Chapter 147 II.
Zheng Yuanli's words hit Zheng Zongde's heartache.He was lost in thought.

Zheng Yuanli's daughter-in-law looked around and whispered softly: "Father, Yuan Sheng is also from the Zheng family, and we don't want to be heartless people. But now the family's business is affected, and when we go out to socialize, others also avoid us. It made us very embarrassing."

Zheng Yuanfei's daughter-in-law nodded vigorously: "What the second sister-in-law said is true. We were ridiculed because of Yuan Sheng, and many wives and ladies in the big houses ignored us. If this continues, our family will cut off contact with those big families. The engagement of the young master and the children in the family will be affected. Sister-in-law, your family Yudan is about to reach the age of marriage, don't delay the beautiful marriage because of Yuan Sheng's matter."

Zheng Yuanxin's daughter-in-law lowered her head: "Yes. Originally, there were several good families who came to ask for marriage, but after Yuan Sheng's incident happened, those families no longer proposed marriage, and no matchmaker came to talk about marriage. My husband and I were very worried. Can Yudan find a suitable husband's family?"

Zheng Yuanxin coughed, but she didn't dare to say more.

Zheng Zongde let out a long sigh: "The fourth brother has caused trouble for everyone!"

Zheng Yuanli's daughter-in-law is very calm: "Father, this is not something that can be solved by just adding trouble. If Yuan Sheng's matter needs to be settled with some silver taels, we are all willing to pay. But now, it is useless to spend money, but it is a waste of time." People say that we use wealth to gain power, and the reputation of the Zheng family has declined even more. As the family members, we are looked down upon by others. If we say a few sarcastic words, it doesn't matter except that we feel uncomfortable for a while. The key is that the men in the family have to go out to show their faces and socialize. Business. Now, old customers and partners are also neglecting our family a lot, and rarely come to our door."

Zheng Yuanfei muttered: "It's not just a partner, even close friends on weekdays have also reduced contact."

Zheng Zongde stared: "It's okay for those cronies of yours to lose contact."

Zheng Yuanfei curled his lips: "It's fine if I don't associate with my friends, and I don't care if the mine's business is affected. However, Second Brother's store also lost a lot of regular customers, right? Second Brother?"

"Yes." Zheng Yuanli nodded: "Father, the business of our Longshunhe has dropped a lot these days, and many regular customers have stopped coming. We went out to visit our former partners, and they dismissed us after a few words. We When we leave their place, we always feel that someone is pointing at us from behind. If this continues, our business will be unsustainable.”

Zheng Zongde frowned.

Madam judged the situation, saw the opportunity, and said, "Master, you have to think about the children of the Zheng family. Not only can Zheng Yuansheng fail to contribute to the Zheng family, but he will also discredit the whole family. The whole Zheng family can't ruin their future because of a bastard, right?" !"

"Crack!" The second aunt pushed open the door and barged in with disheveled hair, "What concubine? Ma'am, are you talking about our family's Yuan Sheng? He has been fostered under your name since he was born, and he is the son of the Zheng family. , written in black and white in the genealogy, why do you want to destroy it?"

Madam said coldly: "You are a concubine, the master will promote you tomorrow, and the slaves will call you half master, so you are overwhelmed. You don't know the heights of the world and come to the master's house to discuss the right and wrong. You don't know the rules of the Zheng family. No makeup, disheveled clothes, and disheveled hair rushing into the hall! Master, I think it's better to let the second aunt kneel in the ancestral hall for three days and three nights, so that you can learn some etiquette?"

The second aunt stared at her viciously: "You see, my family Yuan Sheng is in trouble now, he is making trouble, he is narrow-minded, he is not worthy to be the mistress of the main family."

"Master!" Madam stood up with a look of arrogance on her face, "How dare a concubine criticize me, the Mistress of the Zheng family, in front of so many people! Do you really want to turn a blind eye?"

Zheng Zongde hurriedly stood up and comforted him: "Ma'am, don't worry about it. Second Aunt has been worrying recently, lost her mind, and spoke recklessly. Don't be as knowledgeable as her."

The annoyance on Madam's face eased a little: "Master, since that's what I said, it's fine if I don't care about her. Second aunt, the sons of the Zheng family's clan have decided to remove Zheng Yuansheng from my knees, and he is still classified as a child in your name."

"Master?" The second aunt was shocked, grabbed Zheng Zongde's sleeve, and choked: "You love Yuan Sheng the most, and you have to think about his future. For his future, my biological mother endured for 20 years and asked him to call someone else Mother, did you let me suffer all these years for nothing?"

Zheng Yuanfei's daughter-in-law rolled her eyes: "The concubine does not have the right to raise the child. The concubine's child should be mothered by the wife. Some people are arrogant and doted on, and they don't even understand this basic truth."

Zheng Zongde's face was flushed by his daughter-in-law's words, and he became angry with embarrassment. He got angry with his second aunt: "You cry all day, what do you look like? Zheng Yuansheng has enjoyed the prosperity and wealth of Zheng's family for 20 years. He has not contributed to the Zheng family, but has changed. As a prisoner of the imperial court, the Zheng family can no longer be encumbered by him. From now on, his name must not appear in the family tree of the Zheng family. Don't come out to shame your own mother, and reflect on yourself in your yard .”

The second aunt was horrified as if struck by lightning: "Master, you can't be so unfeeling to our mother and child..."

"If you continue to make trouble, you don't even have the qualifications to live in the Zheng family. I'll just leave you in the Zheng family's wilderness."

"Master, I have been a loving couple with you for twenty years, do you really want to be so unfeeling to me?"

Madam's willow eyebrows were on the upside down: "Presumptuous! How dare a concubine mention being a loving couple with the master! It's really lawless. Please remember to me that the concubine is really a slave, and you are just a slave of the Zheng family."

The second aunt saw that Zheng Zongde did not refute, and said in a low voice: "Slave? Master, I have been with you for more than 20 years and have given birth to you. Did I only get the name of a slave?"

Zheng Zongde turned his face away.

The second aunt's tears fell, and she raised her hand to wipe them away: "I heard that Tian Erya came to ask for some money today, and went to find Yuan Sheng. The master and wife disagreed, and she wanted to recruit the whole family of the eldest, second, and third young masters." Let's discuss it. Master, what Tian Erya wants is a few hundred taels of silver, which is a drop in the bucket for the Zheng family's money. Are you not willing to use it for Yuan Sheng?"

Madam said coldly: "This is something that our masters should discuss, you are not qualified to speak up as a concubine."

"Master?" The second aunt threw herself at Zheng Zongde's feet, hugged his thigh tightly, and looked at him imploringly: "Yuan Sheng is your own son, you should save him at all costs!"

Zheng Yuanli and the others also looked at Zheng Zongde eagerly.Zheng Yuanli said: "Father, you have to think about the Zheng family in the long run."

(End of this chapter)