851, the mother of the unjust death of the son twenty-one
In the past, there was only a verbal agreement between the Yuan family and Mrs. Chen. Over the years, she has gradually changed all the property deeds in the Yuan family's name to her own name.
She took out 70% of it, thought about it, and divided most of it to send to the restaurant. When she put it in the box, she couldn't bear to part with it, so she took out some more, almost only half of it.
There is only about 30% of the Yuan family's total wealth here, but there are already more than 20 shops and two villages in the suburbs. Although it is still painful, it is much better after all. Mrs. Chen sneered, thinking to herself: I am just a country person. Who have I seen before?
So many good things? If the Zhou family knew that these things were theirs and didn't happily put them away, how could they care about it?
In the evening of that day, Mrs. Chen made another trip to deliver the house deed.
Chu Yunli smiled half-heartedly: "These are 70%?"
"Yes!" Mrs. Chen was not false at all: "The Yuan family is just famous. At that time, many people in the city were suffering from colds. The Yuan family was very charitable and spent a lot of money on giving porridge and medicine. In addition, they were all sick, and medicinal materials were expensive at that time.
, and spent a lot of money. That’s all that’s left of the seven achievements.”
Chu Yunli hummed and took out a deed written in the morning and gave it to her: "You have to keep it."
Mrs. Chen heard these strange words and was unwilling to be outdone: "We have settled the matter, so you should keep it."
Mrs. Chen went downstairs with the papers in her arms briskly, and greeted an acquaintance first when she met them.
The next half month was uneventful. Gradually it was approaching Li Xiangyu's wedding date.
Mrs. Chen didn't like this daughter. Last time she pretended to prepare her for marriage, but this time she handed everything over to the housekeeper without him asking.
Li Xiangyu has also been thinking about it recently. The dowry Mrs. Chen prepared for her seems to be a lot, but most of it is bulky furniture, and the rest are all kinds of books. Those books are very old, and she knows that books are good things.
, but she can’t read, so what are she doing with books?
Besides, people nowadays value scholars very much. If you pawn books or other things, you will be ridiculed. In other words, those boxes of books can only be kept for collection and cannot be exchanged for money.
She felt a little unhappy because so many things were not as useful as money. With money, what couldn't be bought?
But the Chen family didn't seem to have any intention of giving her a hard time.
During these days, when she went to greet her, she tried her best to be well-behaved. Mrs. Chen had some changes in her, but she only stopped being sarcastic and didn't get closer to her. It might be a little difficult to get her to stay under the radar.
Furthermore, the relatives of the Chen family had already helped her add makeup once last time, so this time they would be limited in their ability to come to the house to add makeup. Or they might not come at all.
Originally, who would bother relatives to pay twice as dowry when marrying their daughter?
Mr. Chen hasn't come back recently, and Li Xiangyu is planning to wait for him to come back to cry for his mother again... There is no money to buy anything.
Zhou Xingxin didn't know what happened between his family and the Chen family. After thinking for a long time, he said seriously to his mother: "Mom, let's not ask."
"Oh?" Chu Yunli was relieved.
Zhou Xingxin lowered his head: "He was in Room C before, and I met him several times. If he was interested, he should talk to me or find a matchmaker to find out about you. Since he didn't, it proves that he has never let me go.
In my eyes. In this case, there is no need for me to get close to you." She was silent for a moment: "It doesn't matter if I am embarrassed, I don't want you and your eldest brother and sister-in-law to be criticized because of me."
Knowing that she took care of her family, Hu Qingtao’s daughter was not raised in vain.
Chu Yunli nodded with a smile: "Then I won't ask."
Zhou Xingxin lowered his head: "You and your eldest brother should have made the decision on marriage matters. I was wrong before."
Chu Yunli smiled: "Maybe in a few days he will find someone to come to propose marriage."
Zhou Xingxin blushed: "That's up to you."
In March, the sky is just right.
Dozens of government officials armed with swords blocked the front and back doors of Chen's house, and Li Xiangyu's maid hurried in.
Li Xiangyu was overjoyed when he saw this: "Dad is back, right? Where is he?"
As he spoke, he got up and straightened his clothes. He took off the hairpin on his head and tied it with a plain ribbon. He threw away the pink shawl on his body and wiped off the makeup on his face. Suddenly, his features were haggard and pitiful.
The maid looked at her master's series of actions and was so anxious that she almost wanted to cry: "Girl, the master has not come back, the official has arrived."
Li Xiangyu turned around in confusion: "What kind of official?"
The maid's eyes were so horrified that her eyes were red: "It's just the yamen's servants who blocked the front and side entrances of our house."
This is a big deal.
At least Li Xiangyu has never seen a government official since she was a child, especially when she saw someone from the Chen family being unkind.
She was flustered: "Why? Did dad commit a crime outside?"
The maid was in a panic. She didn't know what was going on and didn't dare to answer.
Just at this moment, a man's shout was heard in the distance.
There are really no men who dare to make such a fuss in the Chen family. Even Mr. Chen himself never makes loud noises at home.
Li Xiangyu was both scared and curious. After the initial panic, she also figured out that as long as it was not a serious crime of confiscating a family and exterminating a clan, the person who made the mistake would usually be arrested.
The Chen family is just a merchant, and generally cannot commit such a big crime. Then only the latter is left. Someone in the Chen family committed the crime... Mr. Chen is not here, and neither is his brother. The only ones who are still in the house now are her.
That's the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.
My sister-in-law, Mrs. Lin, is a quiet and gentle person who never goes out. She shouldn’t have committed the crime, so is Mrs. Chen the only one left?
Thinking of this, Li Xiangyu suddenly felt relieved and filled with joy. It would be great if Mrs. Chen was really captured.
At this moment, she became bolder. Anyway, she had done nothing. As long as the whole family was not implicated, she would be fine. She opened the door and went to the main courtyard.
Along the way, he didn't meet the servants that the maid said, but there was movement from the main courtyard. Li Xiangyu felt relieved, and he increasingly felt that something was wrong with Mrs. Chen.
As soon as she walked outside the main courtyard, she saw Mrs. Chen jumping off the courtyard wall in plain clothes. Because it was too high, she fell to the ground and rolled around. Li Xiangyu's heart moved and she shouted: "Mom, how did you climb over the wall? You fell down."
Are you on fire?"
The next moment, a dozen government officials armed with swords rushed out of the main courtyard. Following Li Xiangyu's line of sight, they saw a plump middle-aged woman. The government officials grabbed the maid and said, "Honestly, is she Chen?"
lady?"
The maid didn't dare to lie, so she nodded hurriedly.
Li Xiangyu looked scared: "What are you doing? Why are you looking for my mother?"
He even ran towards Mrs. Chen: "Mom, go quickly! I'll help you stop them!"
Mrs. Chen, who was already planning to run away: "..."
I have never felt that my daughter was so annoying. At this moment, I almost ate her heart out!
The officer rushed forward, pulled out a big knife and put it on Mrs. Chen's neck. He said in a cold voice: "The young lady Chen Shi Wanhua of Meiyaolou is suing you for embezzling her Yuan family's property. The evidence is conclusive. Your Excellency has ordered me to let me
I will take you back for questioning. If you resist, the crime will be increased."
Mrs. Chen's face was ashen.
When she heard that a government official came to her door, Mrs. Chen subconsciously thought of the Zhou family, who must have gone to complain. Thinking that Mrs. Yao was in the hands of the Zhou family, she felt no luck at all.
The Zhou family obviously took advantage of her, but they still wanted to complain. I don’t know how they arranged it... She cursed the Zhou family over and over in her heart. Mrs. Chen was not slow and immediately went to find the hidden box.
, put on the mother-in-law’s clothes.
It only took ten breaths in total. Unfortunately, the office staff arrived before leaving the main hospital, so I had no choice but to climb over the wall.
As soon as I jumped down, my legs were still hurting. I heard this debt collector yelling.
Before Mrs. Chen was taken away, she glared at Li Xiangyu so hard that she wanted to burn holes all over her body.
The look in his eyes was so penetrating that Li Xiangyu was filled with fear.
Fortunately, the government official did take Mrs. Chen away with him. It is said that they had already taken Mr. Chen to the government office in a small courtyard.
As for the Yuan family... Li Xiangyu has lived in the Chen family for so long and knows a little bit about it.
The reason was that a few days ago, a mother-in-law accidentally talked about the once wealthy Yuan family. At that time, Mrs. Chen's eyes looked wrong. The next day, the mother-in-law disappeared.
This person is just a bitch. The more you don't let someone know something, the more you want to know. Li Xiangyu quietly inquired for a long time before she learned about Mrs. Chen's life experience and her entanglement with the Yuan family.
It turns out that what Mr. Chen said was true. Most of the Chen family's property came from Mrs. Chen's dowry, or in other words, it was due to her good fortune.
Who would have thought that the huge Yuan family would die?
She recalled what the official said before: Chen Wanhua sued Mrs. Chen for embezzling the Yuan family's property... Why did she sue?
Could it be that she is a daughter of the Yuan family?
I have to say that Li Xiangyu was a little jealous of Chen Wanhua. She was obviously an adopted daughter who was rejected by the Chen family, but after leaving the Chen family, she actually lived a better life than she, a serious daughter of the Chen family.
Now...is she actually the daughter of the Yuan family?
The yamen does not accept all cases. Since they arrest people after receiving the warrant, there must be evidence.
Somehow, Li Xiangyu didn't dare to think deeply, she thought something bad would happen, something very bad!
Mrs. Chen was escorted to the Yamen. When she saw Chu Yunli's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, her eyes were filled with hatred. To be precise, she hated Chu Yunli. She gritted her teeth and said, "We have clearly written the deed and we are clear about it. Why are you doing this?"
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Chu Yunli smiled: "You just paid back the Yuan family's wealth, and we haven't even settled the accounts with you for your harsh treatment of Wanhua. You raised the Yuan family's daughter as an adopted daughter, how can you get the honor of asking for 30%? What's more,
You said that those things are 70% of the Yuan family's wealth and I believe you?"
She came closer and said, "Mrs. Chen, let me remind you that all the modified deeds here in the Yamen are kept on file. Which ones belong to the Yuan family, you can tell by checking them!"
Mrs. Chen was willing to keep it private before, but she was sure that the Zhou family were from the countryside and did not dare to go to the Yamen. How did you know that they would really dare to report to the government?
When he saw that the handwriting written by her was also evidence and was the irrefutable proof that Chen Wanhua was the daughter of the Yuan family, he immediately fainted.
There was a case to be tried, and it was impossible to pass out. The magistrate immediately asked someone to bring a bucket of water and splash the person awake.
The weather in March was not very hot yet, but a splash of ice-cold water made Mrs. Chen shiver, and she was completely chilled from the inside out.
Looking around again, everyone looked indifferent, which was good. There were some people who showed their emotions, with faces full of contempt and disgust, and some people spat at her.
Mrs. Chen has been beautiful for more than ten years, how can she bear this? She wishes she was dreaming and fainted again.
But I heard a female voice beside me saying casually: "If you faint again, you will still get splashed!"
The sound was cold, like a cold wind going straight into the bones. Mrs. Chen was so frightened that she woke up.