After a while, a woman in her fifties came out from behind, and now she was here to receive Li Qinglin. From Mu Jinshan's introduction, he learned that this was Chen Shide's eldest wife, Mu Jinshan's eldest sister Mu.

Mu's figure is slightly fat and has a round face, and is well maintained. As the hostess of this family, she is extremely experienced in her speech and conversation, and obviously she has been in charge of this family for a long time.

Li Qinglin expressed his intention to the hostess. Mu was not in a hurry. She verbally expressed her support for the Kuomintang army and supported the War of Resistance, but immediately started to complain again, saying that the war has been plagued by many years, the weather is not good, the crops are not harvested, Mr. Chen has to spend a lot of money to treat the disease, the village has a large population and a lot of expenses, etc. In short, it is difficult to make Chenjiazhai take out the money anymore.

Li Qinglin attaches great importance to the hostess’ complaints, but he doesn’t take them seriously, because in this era, as long as the male host Chen Shide is still alive, the final decision will be Mr. Chen.

After a long time, Chen Shide, who was addicted to smoking, was helped out again. This time he became much more energetic.

But when Li Qinglin contacted him again, he found that good spirits were just a superficial phenomenon. Chen Shide's speech was a mess and kept saying repetitive words. Li Qinglin had to admit that Chen Shide was really not good, and this family might be really controlled by his eldest wife.

Just as Li Qinglin asked Chen Shide to express his support for the third team and Mu changed his topic around the corner, a woman in her forties standing beside Chen Shide suggested: "Master, Jin Bao will be back tomorrow. Should we keep Chief Li for one night so that Jin Bao will be familiar with the Chief?"

Another woman in her thirties around Chen Shide said, "Yes, yes, Jinbao often goes out now, and he will definitely need the care of his superiors in the future. I think this suggestion from my second sister."

Since entering the house, Chen Shide and Mu were talking. Now other women speak, which means that this woman must be of high status. Li Qinglin looked at the two women who were talking and found that both of them were fair and plump. They were all wearing silk clothes, and they were obviously Chen Shide's little wife.

Chen Shide pursed and said, "Then please ask Chief Li to rest in the humble house for one night. I wonder if Chief Li is willing to give him a favor?"

According to the current situation, Li Qinglin must now have a good relationship with Chen Jinbao. With the invitation of the male owner, Li Qinglin naturally agreed.

The purpose of Li Qinglin's trip was to ask the Chen family to give more support in the future, but Chen Shide was too confused and seemed to be in a lifetime. His eldest wife was talking around and just refused to agree directly, which made Li Qinglin very annoyed. But Li Qinglin had no choice now, after all, she was a wife.

Now the next generation of the Chen family, Chen Jinbao, is also a male member of the Chen family, is about to go home, so Li Qinglin naturally hopes to have a good relationship with him. In this era, although Chen Jinbao is born in a villain, he is a male member of the Chen family after all. As the only male member in front of Chen Shide, Chen Jinbao may really play a role.

Seeing that Li Qinglin agreed without any refusal, Mu's face changed, but he said nothing. However, Mu Jinshan, who was standing behind him, had a big change in his face.

In order to entertain the local officials, the Chen family's dinner was very rich. Because it is located in the mountainous area, the dishes at night were full of mountain delicacies and wild game, and the wine on it was also the so-called "monkey wine" brewed by the village folks using wild fruits from mountainous areas.

The dinner was set up in the reception hall, and tonight's host and guest was only Li Qinglin. He sat in the guest seat with his will. Of course, Han Jizhong and Ding Goudan could not attend the chairman as entourage. They were invited to the side room where there were two tables of meals, but there was no drink.

The Chen family accompanied the guests were Chen Shide, his eldest and second wives, and the third wives stood aside with another 24 or 25-year-old woman. They held wine pots in their hands and served with food at any time.

The 24 or 25-year-old woman has an oval face, a slightly dark skin and a tall figure. Although she is not wearing silk and satin, she is dressed neatly, with gold and silver jewelry on her head and hands, and flowers are embroidered on her cuffs. Li Qinglin guessed that she might be Chen Shide's fourth wife.

The delicious food of the Chen family came up like flowing water. Chen Shide looked like a hospitality person. He often invited Li Qinglin to eat and drink with sluts. The third and fourth wives were also very quick. As long as someone's cup on the table was empty, the wine pot would immediately reach over and fill it with the empty cup.

Chenjiazhai is located in the mountainous area, and the dishes he made are also very oily and rich in flavor, which is exactly what Li Qinglin has currently tasted. He thought that he was a soldier now and did not need to be gentle or not, so he held the chopsticks in his hand and scattered his cheeks and ate and drank.

Eating also requires an atmosphere. When someone on the table has a particularly good appetite and eats with you, you will also be infected and your appetite will naturally be better than before.

Chen Shide now has a very poor appetite. He drank a small bowl of chicken soup, ate a few chopsticks of fried eggs, fried tofu and other soft dishes, and then didn't want to eat them. When he saw Li Qinglin holding chopsticks in his hand and eating very deliciously, Chen Shide couldn't help but have a big appetite. He ate another chicken wing that was stewed sour.

The third wife, who was standing behind Li Qinglin, pouring wine and laughing, "Sir Li, you are here, the master likes it. I ate a lot of more today."

The second wife immediately responded, "Yes, yes. It seems that Chief Li and the Master are very close. Please invite Chief Li to come and go in the future."

Chen Shide was chewing chicken wings in his mouth, and he also expressed his agreement with a few "mmm".

Although the eldest wife sitting next to Chen Shide didn't say anything, Li Qinglin could feel that she actually didn't want Li Qinglin to come often.

Through the past half afternoon contact with the Chen family, Li Qinglin discovered that the relationship between the male and female hostess of the Chen family was actually very subtle.

Although Chen Shide is old, in extremely poor health, and is a little confused, he is still the last person to decide the Chen family, and everything else is centered on him.

Because the eldest wife is a main house and her brother is a housekeeper, she has great power and has become half of the head of the family. However, the second wife uses her son Chen Jinbao as a bargaining chip. She reminds Chen Shide from time to time that there is the only male in the family who cares for Chen Shide to see him off.

Because the third wife and the fourth wife had no descendants, they seemed to have a decent status. But the actual situation was not the case. The third wife had already secretly helped the second wife twice. On the surface, the second wife and the third wife seemed to be on the same front, but after careful analysis, their goals seemed to be inconsistent.

The food was delicious, and the "monkey wine" was also delicious. Li Qinglin naturally ate enough to eat this meal and drank enough wine. In order to get closer to Chen Shide's family and to revitalize the atmosphere, Li Qinglin told everyone what happened in the army in the same way as interesting stories. The women of the Chen family rarely went out, and the stories told by Li Qinglin were generally unheard of, so they became very popular.

The Chen family seems to have not been so lively for a long time. Li Qinglin's story has been told one after another, and dinner has lasted for a long time.

The atmosphere of dinner was very good, but Li Qinglin noticed that there was a person in the room with a very unnatural expression. This person seemed a little absent-minded from the beginning, and his face showed an anxious look from time to time. This person was Mu Jinshan, the butler of the Chen family.

Li Qinglin was guessing in his heart, what exactly did Mu Jinshan seem so anxious because of it?...
Chapter completed!