Ninghua County.

After more than ten days of handling, the Shen family finally divided the family and returned to peace with a rare opportunity.

The Shen family's house and the old house fell into the hands of Zhou and Shen Mingjun from abnormal channels. Zhou was so happy that he didn't fall asleep for several nights.

A house is a small matter, and a face is a big matter.

Zhou's struggle was just to fight for a breath. She wanted to compare Shen Mingwen and his wife so that everyone in Ninghua County would know that the Shen family was her, Shen Zhou, not Shen Mingwen, who was the eldest wife. She was the successor designated by the old lady Li, and the Shen family will be revived in the future.

"...My husband, the house has finally returned to the Shen family. My mother has a spirit in the sky, so she will definitely be very pleased. The future rise and fall of our family depends on our lineage. My husband, are you happy?"

After Zhou had good news, he naturally wanted to share it with the people he was closest to.

His son is an official outside and cannot be with him all the time. The only person Zhou can trust is his husband, but when she told her husband this "good news", Shen Mingjun's face was obviously a little unhappy, and even a hint of sadness made Zhou's heart a little more gloomy.

As a wife, she knew very well what her husband was thinking, but she didn't want Shen Mingjun to "success".

Shen Mingjun said earnestly: "Madam, didn't you say that you wouldn't let the Shen family separate before leaving? Why are you..."

Shen Mingjun wanted to speak but stopped, which made Zhou realize that her husband's heart was always with his brothers. She wanted to curse her, but she couldn't bear it, and she couldn't do it. In this era, the Three Bonds and Five Constant Virtues are iron laws. If the husband is the wife's leader, the consequences will be very serious.

Zhou has tried her best to restrain herself and make herself look more like a lady. With the imperial decree issued in the middle of this month, she, like her daughter-in-law Xie Yuner, is now a third-rank imperial edict and a noble official wife, rather than a woman in the family of ordinary people. She has to take care of her son's face.

The role model that Zhou learned was naturally his daughter-in-law. Even Xie Yuner tried her best to imitate the tone and habits of speaking and doing things, but unfortunately she always imitated her.

Zhou sighed: "My husband, the account is not settled like this. My mother said she would not let the family separate before leaving, but look at the reactions of her uncle and sister-in-law, and she wished she could not assign both houses to their names and drive away the other couples... The matter of family division was originally proposed by the big house, and it has nothing to do with us. We did our part and protected the Shen family's house. This is what my mother was most worried about when she left!"

Shen Mingjun nodded, and he also admitted that the house was the thing Li cared about the most before his death, but he felt that the couple took the house for themselves, and this was unfair to his brothers.

After hesitating for a moment, Shen Mingjun said, "Madam, but the house is always owned by our Shen family. How can we take it for ourselves? From now on, Xiao Lang is an official in another place, and we don't often come back to Ninghua. Instead of leaving it empty there, leave it for the eldest brother and the third brother. Isn't it good for the fourth brother and the others to live?"

"no!"

This time, Zhou's attitude was extremely firm, "I have no objection to let the third and fourth uncles move in, but the eldest uncle... can't do anything. How did their family treat us in the past? Have you forgotten?"

"When we were eating braised vegetables, my sister-in-law still tried her best to bully us. How did the silly kid look so thin at that time? Later, when our lives were a little better, they came to make trouble, and they still remained in disarray. Both houses were bought by our fifth house, so the property should be returned to the original owner. How could we afford the big house?"

Shen Mingjun looked ugly. He had no opinion. His biggest feature was that he liked to listen to my mother and his wife. In terms of priority, he listened to my mother first and then to Zhou's. This left a gap between the couple until Chen Xi won the top scorer, and the gap was gradually eliminated.

Seeing her husband's face look ugly, Zhou said, "My husband, the old house and the big house are already in our name. Don't spread it, otherwise your brothers will say that we will join forces with outsiders to steal the Shen family's property. In the future, we will move out of Ninghua County. Even if this house is rotten, it cannot be left to the big house..."

"I know you are in a difficult situation. I will have a chance in the future to make the third and fourth bedrooms think that we asked someone to redeem them, and turn around to live there for them, and then bring the second bedroom people... My husband, will you be satisfied with this?"

Shen Mingjun looked at his wife with a little hesitant expression: "He'er, don't forget, brother, sister-in-law and his family are living in a dilapidated temple on the outskirts of the city, we... cannot forget our roots!"

Hearing this, Zhou Shi simply wanted to beat her husband. She was anxious. Whoever went against her would be anxious and even broke up. Unfortunately, Shen Mingjun was her husband, and she did not dare to act recklessly in the future. In this case, she said a little annoyed:

"If you keep it confidential, you must not tell it. My mother left it to us. We must protect it well. No matter how hard we can't let the big house come and take advantage of it!"

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After Shen Mingjun and his wife held Li's funeral, they were about to leave for Wuchang Prefecture in Huguang.

In late September, Zhou and Xie Yuner arranged for people to pack up their things. The Imperial Army, who had previously protected Chen Xi's family's family, had already left Ninghua with the imperial envoy who had been proclaimed. The remaining brothers of the carriage and horse gang prepared their things and prepared their way. Follow them, there were also Mrs. Xu Lian, the wife of Song Xiaocheng who came back from Wuchang Mansion to visit relatives.

Xu Lian was with her children. Because Song Xiaocheng helped Chenxi transport grain in Fujian and Guangdong, he had no time to take care of his wife and children, so he simply asked Xu Lian to return to Ninghua. First, he could let Xu Lian visit his parents and go back to his parents' home, and second, he would help the Shen family to take care of the funeral, so he would take care of him when he left.

Xu Lian has always had a harmonious relationship with Zhou and Xie Yuner, and even the Shen family has a good relationship with her. The maids in the family, including Xiaoyu, Hong'er, Lu'er, etc., are all commensurate with the Xu Lian sisters.

In order to avoid suspicion, the Shen family has always lived in the Guanyi Office in Ninghua County. Because there are too many people, some of them are divided into nearby inns.

Although the Tingzhou Chamber of Commerce no longer exists, the remaining power remains. Many shops in Ninghua County have joined the Tingzhou Chamber of Commerce. Xie Yuner and Zhou were both half of the heads of the Tingzhou Chamber of Commerce. When they arrived in Ninghua County, people in the business community provided great support to them.

Zhou did not dare to let people know that the two houses of the Shen family fell into her hands. She lived in the Guanyi every day. Since there were not many foreign officials in Ninghua County, the entire Guanyi was almost conquered by the Shen family.

On September 24th, Zhou and Xie Yuner briefly discussed it and the departure date was set until three days later.

Zhou explained some things to Xie Yuner... No matter how you look at it, it seemed that Xie Yuner was dealing with all the troubles in the Shen family. Zhou was just a nominal leader. Because she didn't know how to start many things, she could only seek help from Xie Yuner.

"...Daughter-in-law, it's about to leave. Do you see if you go back to Tingzhou Prefecture? Your family is watching over there!"

Zhou suddenly expressed concern for her daughter-in-law. She knew that it would not take long to see her son. She would be happy to make her son closer to her.

Zhou is a woman who knows the times. She knows that her abilities are not as good as Xie Yuner. She has always bullied the weak and feared the strong. When she gets along with Xie Yuner, she looks like a daughter-in-law, while Xie Yuner looks like a mother-in-law.

Xie Yuner said: "I have already gone to Xin Tingzhou Prefecture before and reported my safety to my family. We go north mainly to Shicheng and Ningdu, so we don't have to detour to Tingzhou Prefecture. If you want to meet someone in the future, you can only wait for the next time!"

Zhou smiled and said, "Yun'er knows my temperament. Now we are a noble family. It's rare to come back. My mother wants to go back to Changting County and show off in front of the neighbors in the past... Since you said that time is too late, then we won't go. It's still important to see the naive baby. Oh, by the way, didn't he say that he was still leading troops in the south? Has he won a battle? Did the emperor promote him again?"

Xie Yuner shook her head: "Mom, many things are not as easy as you think. It's not so easy for me to get promoted even if my husband goes up!"

Zhou said angrily: "Look at what you said, the court will always have bigger officials. He has only been an official for a few days and his future promotion is still long. He may be able to become a minister, a minister...what official is he now?"

"The Censor of the Left Capital, Minister of War!" Xie Yuner said solemnly.

Zhou thought about it: "He is already the Minister of the Court. Isn't he still the Minister of War? Then he, the Minister of War, is the Deputy Minister of War for others? No, he must be the official in the future so that we can honor our ancestors... Good daughter-in-law, after seeing the naive baby, you must be his good wife and support you for your mother. In the future, the Shen family will rely on you. Mom is old!"

Xie Yuner felt that Zhou's words had something in her words, but she didn't want to ask her mother-in-law what she wanted to do, so she could only pretend that she couldn't understand and nodded, and said "yes".

Zhou and Xie Yuner had a family chat for a long time, and finally blushed and said, "Daughter-in-law, I want to discuss things with you if I have something to do with my mother!"

Xie Yuner said: "What's the matter? Mom will tell you directly!"

Zhou lowered his head and felt a little embarrassed: "My mother's family, that is, the Zhou family, is not a good life now. My mother didn't help the family at the beginning. This time, the money was almost gone. Can you... borrow some money and ask my mother to ask someone to send it to the Zhou family? My mother rarely comes back, and I don't want to let her face be saved..."

Xie Yuner smiled and nodded: "Since my mother said it, there is naturally no problem with this matter... I don't know if two hundred taels of silver is enough?"
Chapter completed!