Walking into the main room, Chen Xi looked at the tablets of the ancestors on the altar in the center of the lobby, and walked to the old lady's room a few steps. Chen Xi looked at her little head and saw her grandmother sitting under the open window, squinting her eyes and slitting something. She didn't dare to disturb her loudly, but just tapped the wooden door gently and said timidly: "Grandmother."

When the old lady saw someone coming, she turned around with some difficulty. Seeing that it was Chen Xi, she greeted happily: "Little grandson, why are you free to come to my grandmother's place? Could it be that you were beaten up by your mother again, come to my grandmother's place to take shelter, right?"

When Chen Xi was mentioned about the previous embarrassing incident, he smiled shyly and shook his head, "No, since then, I dare not disobey. I came here to pay my respects to my grandmother."

The old lady was even happier when she heard this. She put the clothes and needlework in her hand, got up and walked to the door happily, squatted down to pick up Chen Xi, but she felt a little helpless. She immediately patted Chen Xi's butt eggs, and her wrinkled face was a little emotional: "Little thing, it's a lot."

Chen Xi quickly stood on tiptoe and tried to support the old lady's hand, but because she was too short, she could only raise it awkwardly.

The old lady grinned happily, grabbed his little hand and put it down, then touched his little head and walked to the chair. After sitting down, she said with emotion: "Grandma is old, even the little grandson can't be held, alas."

Looking at his grandmother's old look, Chen Xi said against his will: "Grandmother, you don't look old at all. I think you are in good health."

In fact, the old lady is only in her early fifties this year, but she is already gray-haired and wrinkled. Compared with those in later generations, she does look much older.

"The little grandson can say good things, oh, when the grandson grows up, can grandmother be young?"

Chen Xi didn't want to say more about age, so he smiled and said, "Grandmother, grandson thinks you are not old at all, grandmother will live for a hundred years."

The old lady laughed and was very happy. Who wouldn't want to listen to good things? What's more, it's the good things that my grandson said.

"Grandmother, grandson wants to hear you tell your past stories."

"Haha, why did my grandson want to hear about the past? Could it be that he has changed his sexual intercourse? I remember that you didn't like listening to grandmother's nagging the most in the past."

Chen Xi lowered his head a little embarrassedly, then raised his head and looked at the old lady, grinning and showing his snow-white teeth: "Grandma, I was ignorant before. If my grandmother is energetic, I will talk to my grandson."

The old lady nodded with a smile, then lowered her head and sighed, her turbid eyes were a little yearning, and said leisurely: "Little baby, when my grandmother had just married into the Shen family, the Shen family had a great career. In this county, even the county magistrate would bow to us when he saw our Shen family. Although time had changed, the glory of the Shen family was still vivid in my mind."

"It's a pity that your grandfather was idle all day and didn't do serious business. You were still young when you were eating, drinking, gamblers, and you didn't need to know about these things. Then, after all, the four of your grandfather and brothers broke up and broke up. Alas, the Shen family's property, your second grandfather and your grandfather and brothers got only less than a complete inheritance. To put it nicely, it's called separation. To put it badly, it's just that your grandfather was kicked out of the house."

"You younger generations never dreamed that our Shen family was so big back then, but unfortunately, they were all defeated by your grandfather in the end."

When Chen Xi heard this, he tilted his head curiously and bit his little finger and asked, "Grandma, did our family eat meat every day without wild vegetables?"

The old lady looked at Chen Xi’s innocent and cute appearance and smiled kindly: “Not to mention eating meat, it’s all about flying in the sky, swimming in the sea, and not coming out of the ground, and delicacies from mountains and seas, all kinds of delicacies are available.”

Chen Xi was a little greedy when the old lady said it, swallowed her saliva and asked, "Grandma, our family used to have so much money?"

The old lady laughed and touched Chen Xi's little head: "It's not just wealthy, but 300% of the most lively streets in the county town belong to our Shen family, but these are nothing to the Shen family at that time. Do you think our family is rich?"

"Grandma, where did you get those houses?" Chen Xi was very curious.

"Your great-grandfather was once a fifth-rank official in the court. Although he was not finally a fourth-rank prefect, you think about it, he was a fifth-rank official, in charge of the salt, grain, clean up military status, and pacify the people and the barbarians. How can the officials in our county not be afraid of our family? Therefore, if we want to buy houses and land, it is naturally convenient for big businesses. In fact, this is nothing. As long as you become an official, you can turn yi liang silver into yi 100 taels. This will be repeated. Money and other external things will naturally come naturally. You are still young and don't understand these things very well. When you grow up, you will naturally understand."

"At that time, our Shen family was so grand that we had seven private ingredients. We harvested grain in a good year, and did not raise the grain prices in a disaster year, and provided relief to the villagers. We also set up porridge shops. The county magistrates often came to our house, saying that it was a family conversation, but in fact, we wanted our family to help more and pave the way for their careers. There were many senior officials in the court who came out of our county."

"It's a pity that your grandfather was not good enough to offend all these people. Now he has stopped dealing with each other. Oh, let alone the county town, just our vein, except for dozens of acres of land, it's just this big mansion. Your father even went to other homes to work. Look, what's the point of being in a downturn?"

Chen Xi knew that the world was about orderly and orderly, and it was natural for the eldest son to inherit the family business, so he had no doubts, but felt that this was normal.

"The huge family business of the Shen family is truly ruined in the hands of your grandfather. Now, although our Shen family still has some industries, it can be considered as a declining place compared to the past. There are only a few people studying in the four rooms, and no one has passed the imperial examination. This is why we are in the current situation."

"The lobby uncle of your grandfather's house is kind. In the past ten years, he has worked hard to revitalize the Shen family. It's a pity that he is so honest that the Shen family has not improved much. But this is not your lobby uncle. He has the spirit of an elder. The Shen family is more than twice as good as when it is in your grandfather's hands."

Seeing the old lady in the past, Chen Xi felt a little sighed. His eyes turned and said with a smile: "Grandmother, when my grandson grows up, I will definitely help my elder brother revitalize his family business."

The old lady didn't react when she heard this. After a while, she laughed happily and said, "Good child, good child, you have ambition, and grandmother feels relieved."

Chen Xi's words really made the old lady look at him with admiration. What surprised the old lady the most was that Chen Xi did not directly say that he wanted to revive his family business, but helped the eldest son in his family to revive his family business. This meant that it was exactly what the old lady wanted.

In the Taohua Village of Shen Family, since the grandfather did not want to separate the family, the grandmother naturally inherited her husband's ambition and wanted to turn the Shen family into a group. The youngest son, the eldest grandson, and the old lady's life. Unfortunately, Li's youngest son, Shen Mingjun, the father of Chen Xi, is a stern and upright person. Before the old lady likes him, the eldest son and the eldest grandson became the lifeblood of Li's life.

Then she might think of the grandfather again and said with a smile: "Little grandson, when you grow up, if your elder brother doesn't do anything badly, you don't have to be polite, just lock him in the attic and let him reflect. When someone asks, it's said that it was my grandmother's order. Back then, if your grandfather hadn't spoiled your grandfather too much, he wouldn't have fallen to such absurd level."

After chatting with the old lady for half an hour, Chen Xi saw that she was sleepy when she yawned a few times, so she stood up and said goodbye.

Li watched Chen Xi's back disappear through the curtain, then turned to look at the altar in the main hall and muttered: "The old and the young are orderly, but they are all grandchildren. As long as they are for the sake of the Shen family, what's wrong with it?"

"The Shen family has not produced any decent talents for three generations. If this continues, I'm afraid the eldest house will not last for a few years. Old man, if you were fighting for some time back then, why would I be like this?"

The tablets of ancestors are presented on the table, which are also the shackles of Li's life.

After Chen Xi walked out of the old lady's main room, he went straight back to the southwest corner courtyard where he lived. Seeing Zhou's cleaning in the courtyard, he smiled and walked forward: "My mother, it's not good."

Seeing him coming back, Zhou raised his head and glared at him fiercely, and said fiercely: "Where are you going to make a fuss? You're yelling when you come back."

Chen Xi smiled, stepped forward and pulled Zhou's sleeve, and said, "Mom, uncle was locked in the attic, and I can't read my book."

When Zhou heard this, he was stunned at first, and then threw away the broom in his hand. His face had not changed, but his voice became faster: "How did you know?"

Chen Xi pouted and said, "I saw it with my own eyes."

Zhou lowered his head and frowned for a long time, finally sighed, picked up the broom again, and said, "I have no good fortune, I have no books to study, are you still so happy? Don't tell me that you don't want to study, I must beat you to death."

"Mom, I have some good news to tell you."

Zhou turned his eyes white, squatted down viciously, pinched Chen Xi's face, and threatened: "Little bastard, how old is this? I dare to catch my appetite and explain it to me!"

Chen Xi cried out a few times in pain, and Zhou stopped. Chen Xi then covered her face and said, "Mom, grandmother said she wanted to choose a baby from our four rooms and send it to a private school in the county to study."

Zhou was very surprised when he heard this. He was happy for a long time before asking, "Baby, are you saying true?"

Chen Xi nodded and said, "Well, I've just gone to see my grandmother. Grandma said a lot of things to me and praised me for being ambitious."

Zhou nodded heavily and said, "That's a private school in the county, a child, and mother in this life. She bought a dowry before getting married and went to the county town. Later, she went to the Wang family to see your father again. There were only two times in total. You must be successful. You go to the county to study. In the future, I can often go to the county town to see you in the name of going to see you."

The Wang family where Shen Mingjun's father works is in the county town. When Chen Xi heard this, he mercilessly exposes: "Mom, do you want to go to the city to see my father?"

Zhou stared at him again and said, "You stupid baby, you are quite a bit of care. Isn't you itchy?"

Seeing Zhou's fierce look, Chen Xi took a step back and said with a smile: "Where can it be? Mom, don't worry, I will study well in the future. After becoming an official, let alone the county town, our family will move to the provincial capital."

Seeing Chen Xi's smug look, Zhou sneered: "Even reading is gone, you really dare to think about it. Mom has no other thoughts in her life. If you really have such a prospect, you will take your father and mother to the provincial capital to see what the provincial capital is like. I will burn incense and worship Buddha."

Chen Xi said firmly in a tone: "Mom, don't worry, I'm sure."

"I have to go find your grandmother and please Yi Er."

Looking at the extremely awkward and flattering smile on Zhou's face, Chen Xi shook her head, grabbed her, and said, "Mom, you'd better stop going, the old lady can't stand you like this."

After hearing this, Zhou stopped, looked at Chen Xi with some suspicion, and asked, "When did you become so smart?"

Chen Xi was shocked when he heard this, but his face was confused: "I'm so smart, I'll tell you a secret, I'm the Wenqu Star in the sky descending to earth."

Before he finished speaking, Zhou took Chen Xi's ear and said angrily: "Little bastard wants to scare me? Wenquxing has descended to earth from ancient times to the present, and he has always been the top scholar. You guy didn't learn well at such a young age, but he dared to talk nonsense. Let me see how I deal with you."

Chen Xi was so painful that he quickly raised his feet, tilted his head, held his small ear that was being pinched by Zhou's hands, and shouted, "Mom, don't twist it, it hurts."

"Do you dare to talk nonsense?"

"Mom, I'm really Wenquxing descending to earth, it hurts so much."

"Boy, if you are Wenquxing, I will be Wenquxing's mother! You don't even make drafts if you brag. If you have the ability, you can go to a juren for me to see, and you will know nonsense."

Chen Xi's mouth hurts continuously. Seeing that Zhou had no intention of letting go, he raised his hands and surrendered: "Mom, I was wrong, I will never dare to talk nonsense again. You can let go quickly. If your ears are twisted, you will not be the top scholar. Who is the top scholar is not handsome? Don't beat me up and beat me up. When your son's palace examination is in the palace examination, the emperor sees my face so ugly, so how can he ask me to be the top scholar?"

When Zhou heard this, he let go of his hand and cursed at Chen Xi: "You stupid guy, you can criticize the emperor. Don't you want to live?"

Chen Xi was stunned, then shrank his head and said with a plea: "Mom, I said the wrong thing just now, and I will never dare to do it again."

"It's good to know, otherwise I won't tear your mouth apart."

Looking at Zhou's serious expression, which had never been seen before, Chen Xi also felt that he was too presumptuous just now and did not dare to stop for more time. He ran to the room happily.
Chapter completed!