Chapter 260 A lifetime of fame
Later, Jiang Sanlang personally delivered rice, flour, food, salt, pepper, etc. to Li Xu.
He also sent two quilts and several pieces of cotton cloth to his mother and son. He also told him that he could use whatever he wanted from the vegetable garden behind the school because it was left by the previous gentleman.
The cotton cloth and bedding were all made of cotton. They were white and soft, and Li Xu was stunned.
This was the first time he had seen such white and soft cloth.
Anshi touched the cloth and said to her son: "Xu'er, it seems that we have come to the right place. The folk customs here are simple and the people are very kind. Although you are teaching here, you can also find time to study. It is much better than at home." "
Li Xu nodded: "You are right. With you by my side, my son will feel at ease. No matter what happens in the future, we will stay here."
If possible, he would like to live happily here with his mother for the rest of his life.
Before, Li Xu finished cleaning up the house and went out for a walk. He saw that every house in this small village was made of green bricks and tiles, and they looked very wealthy.
The adults and children were all gentle and polite, well-dressed, and showed no trace of hunger or poverty.
Li Xu was very curious as to how this village collectively became rich.
This is not the case in his hometown. There are naturally rich and poor people in a village. The rich and the poor do not interact very much. Even children living in the same village do not play together because of the gap between rich and poor.
It was like there was an invisible gap dividing them into two classes.
In the evening, the patriarch's family finally returned.
Everyone got off the carriage, all wilted like leaves beaten by frost.
They had been in the county jail for over two months. Although they had not been sentenced, they were all disheveled, haggard, and all of them had lost a lot of weight, like refugees who had fled.
Chen Zhu supported his pregnant wife as she walked home, and my mother Tang followed closely behind, holding Xiaoyao in her arms.
The patriarch looked at his wife's back, then at his eldest son and his second son's family, sighed, and said to his two sons: "Jia Xing, Jiazhen, you guys are staying at your uncle's house for now, and you can go back to the old village tomorrow. .”
The two sons don't have a house in Nanpo. They could have stayed temporarily with their younger brother Chen Zhu, but judging from the younger son's attitude towards his two older brothers, it might not be possible.
Chen Jiaxing was speechless and went to his house at the invitation of his cousin Chen Shu.
However, Chen Shu said to the patriarch: "Uncle, my house is limited and I can only take in my eldest brother's family."
As for the second cousin's family, we can only ask him to find another place.
The patriarch looked at his nephew Chen Ting again.
Chen Ting immediately averted his eyes, turned around and got into the crowd.
Just kidding, his own family still relies on my mother to take care of food and drink, how can he entertain his second cousin's family?
Seeing that his younger brother had escaped, Chen Yin had to say: "How about my second cousin come to my house? I can still free up a room in my house, and you can stay here for one night."
Chen Jiazhen had no objection, and Han Miaoniang didn't dare to say anything, so the family of four went to her cousin Chen Yin's house.
Patriarch Chen settled his two sons, breathed a sigh of relief, and then returned to his younger son Chen Zhu's home, hands behind his back.
His wife Tang ignored her husband and went to the kitchen to boil water to wash away bad luck for her son, daughter-in-law and grandson.
Chen Fu coughed lightly and said to his old wife, "I'll light the stove, and you can go mix the noodles and make some noodles for them."
Mrs. Tang threw down the fire fork and stood up to make noodles.
Chen Fu stole a glance at his old wife and sat silently at the stove to add wood to the fire.
Due to the trouble caused by the second daughter-in-law and the eldest daughter-in-law, the younger son Chen Zhu's family was implicated, and the younger daughter-in-law Shao Shi almost had a miscarriage, so Chen Fu did not dare to say a word in response to his old wife's anger.
From beginning to end, the youngest son Chen Zhu's family is the most innocent. They know nothing, but they are forced to experience an unreasonable disaster.
Shao and Xiaoyao stayed in prison for more than two months. From fear and hunger, mother and son were reduced to a handful of bones.
If Jiang Sanlang hadn't gone to catch Agent Jin Wu for some advice and given Ying Bao some pills, it's unclear whether Shao and Xiaoyao would have survived to this day.
In the evening, Chen Zhu, his wife and children washed up and ate something, and asked Mr. Shao to take his son Xiaoyao to rest first. Then he came to his father's house and said coldly: "Dad, let's divide the households!"
Of his three brothers, only the second brother was separated because he opened a cloth shop in the town.
However, the household registrations of himself and his eldest brother have always been under his father's account, even though the households were separated but not yet divided, so he was tricked by his eldest brother and the others one after another.
First they tricked him into serving in the military, and this time they tricked his family directly into prison.
If it weren't for Brother Jiang San and Xiao Yingbao, I don't even know how my family died.
Patriarch Chen was silent for a moment, then opened the box and took out the household registration, "Okay, tomorrow morning I will take you to Li Zheng's place to register again."
The younger son's family suffered a great injustice this time. No matter how dissatisfied Chen Fu was with his younger son's attitude, he did not dare to say anything. He took out five ingots of silver from the box and pushed it to him.
"Take this money, take Shao and Xiao Yao to Ying Bao's place to have a good look at it, and then buy some medicine."
The youngest daughter-in-law, Shao, has been pregnant for a long time, and she should be more than seven months old now. This time she was imprisoned, almost killing two of her.
This is one of the reasons why the younger son hates his elder and second brothers.
Alas, having too many sons is a debt. When I am approaching old age, I still have to deal with them.
After this, I am afraid that my position as patriarch can no longer be passed on to my eldest son.
Neither can the second son and the youngest son. They have both been in prison. Although they have not been sentenced, they will be criticized.
Then, the only choice is to let the eldest nephew Chen Shu take over.
Chen Fu touched the thick and yellowed Chen family tree and couldn't help crying.
Unexpectedly, his great reputation throughout his life would be ruined by his son's family in his later years.
When he enters the underworld one day, how will he look when he meets his father and grandfather?
Xiao Mansion in Luzhou.
Xiao Mo asked someone to call his younger brother Xiao Chengjun.
He slapped a letter on the table and asked coldly: "Chengjun! What's wrong with you? Why did you leave the Jiang family and daughter halfway?"
Xiao Chengjun was stunned for a moment, and then asked nonchalantly: "What? Did they complain to you?"
"Xiao Chengjun! Your book has been read into the dog's belly? Do you know what it means to repay one's original work? Not to mention that the Jiang family's child once saved your life, let's just say that she was personally told by the king that she must be returned safely. You should not leave them halfway."
Xiao Chengjun lowered his face, lowered his eyes and stopped talking.
But there are many questions in my heart.
Did that country girl write a letter to her elder brother?
How dare she?
Xiao Mo stared at his younger brother coldly and continued to ask, "Where did you take all five of her boxes?"
Xiao Chengjun frowned and subconsciously denied: "What box?"
Xiao Mo slapped the table and shouted sternly: "Xiao Chengjun! Fortunately, you are the son of a noble family, and you did such a heinous act! Tell me! Where are all the Jiang family's suitcases?"
Xiao Chengjun's face turned red, and he rubbed his neck and said, "It's just a few broken boxes. Why are you yelling, brother?"
"What do I want to ask you? Xiao Chengjun, where is the box? It contains not only the Jiang family's belongings, but also the gold, silver and cloth given by the emperor. If you can't take it out, just compensate the Jiang family!"
"Why should I pay compensation?"
Xiao Chengjun was angry: "How can she, a pariah from the Jiang family, use gold and silver silk and satin? I threw those boxes into the river. If they want them, they can just go and fish them out of the river!"