373、The ancestral portrait
When Fu Fengcheng and others who were visiting the Great Elder came back, Leng Sa and others got up and went back to their room to rest.
The place they lived was in a small building behind, and they arrived in a few steps.
After going back to the room to wash and change his clothes, Leng Sa lay lazily on the bed and looked at Fu Fengcheng who was walking out of the bathroom, "How is the Great Elder?"
Fu Fengcheng frowned slightly and said, "It's not very good, I'm afraid I can't hold on for a few days." Chen Chong said that if they came a few days later, they might not be able to see the Great Elder. It's not a lie.
The elder is already in high spirits and has been sick since last year. It is not easy to survive until now.
Walking to the bed and sitting down, Fu Fengcheng reached out and pulled Leng Sa up and touched her hair, which was still wet, and frowned. He turned around and took the towel she threw on the bedside table casually, wrapped her hair and rubbed it gently.
"Don't always have hair wet, as you will have a headache in the future." Fu Fengcheng reminded.
Leng Sa rested comfortably on his legs and said, "You said to me, aren't you the same?" Mr. Fu was sometimes rougher than her. After washing his hair, he rubbed it with a towel twice without dripping water.
Fu Fengcheng said, "My hair is short and I dry quickly."
Leng Sa opened his eyes and glanced at his hair, a little ready to move, "Then I'll cut my hair short too."
"No." Mr. Fu flatly refused. Leng Sa narrowed his eyes slightly and said unhappily, "No?"
Fu Fengcheng lowered his head and kissed her eyebrows and said, "Madam's long hair looks better."
Leng Sa said: "It's very troublesome." Leng Ye had short hair in his previous life. Except for those who can't win or those who can't beat her, who dares to say she is not good-looking?
Fu Fengcheng said, "I'll help my wife wipe her hair." Seeing his serious look, Master Leng had to reluctantly make it, "Look at your sincerity, then... OK."
Fu Fengcheng chuckled, "Be good."
"..." Be good to you sister.
The two of them were chatting while wiping their hair, Leng Sa talked about Chu Miao's affairs.
Fu Fengcheng was a little surprised, "Madam likes that child?"
He knew that his wife was very interested in Shenyou Island, but he didn't expect that he really got along with that child.
Although Leng Sa likes children very much, in Fu Fengcheng's opinion, the kind of love is no different from the beautiful and well-behaved kittens and dogs. I just saw it and reached out to touch and hug and even kissed her, but if she really wanted her to raise her, she would be troublesome.
Leng Sa nodded and said, "I like it very much. This little girl will be a stunning beauty in the future, and she is smart and cute."
Fu Fengcheng frowned and thought for a while, "Does Madam want to bring her back to Yongcheng?"
Leng Sa was also stunned. He touched his hair, which was almost done, and sat up and looked at him. "Even if An Xia took over by Shenyou Island, Chu Miao should have a lot of private property inherited. Wouldn't it be very troublesome?"
The main problem is the money. If the Fu family wants Chu Miao's custody, others will inevitably doubt whether the Fu family is coveting Chu Miao's property.
Fu Fengcheng shook his head and said, "It's not a big deal. The Chu family has a lot of property, but the last head of the Chu family made a proper plan with the Great Elder before his death."
Leng Sa was a little curious, "How did you plan?"
Fu Fengcheng said, "The Chu family will take out half of the gold accumulated over the years and give it to all those who work for the Chu family over the years. In addition, the residents of the entire Shenyou Island will be exempted from taxes within one year after the official takeover. The Chu family's property on Shenyou Island is donated to the country except this mansion. The overseas industry is managed by the Chu family, and it will not take over until Chu Miao is twenty years old, but the cabinet will send people to check the accounts every year. There are also things accumulated by the Chu family over the years, except for Chu Miao who often uses it, and then recorded the rest and deposited in the Anxia Bank. Chu Miao can only take it out and deal with it by himself at the age of 18."
Leng Sa thought for a while and nodded, "This is not bad. If an official checks the accounts, it can prevent the people under him from getting rich."
In fact, there are still many omissions in this, but the Chu family obviously understands the principle of protecting the big and letting go of the small. This is fine. If the Chu family really doesn't miss it at all, An Xia official will not be greedy for these things even for the sake of the country's dignity, but the people on the island who are on God Blessing are probably not happy.
Human hearts are always greedy.
Fu Fengcheng said, "Actually, the Chu family's predecessor and the elder meant that they wanted to sell all the industries and exchange them for cash and deposit them into the bank. After all, Chu Miao is a girl and she doesn't necessarily like to go to business when she grows up. Even if she wants to go to business in the future, she can naturally start a new business with a large amount of funds."
Leng Sa was a little surprised, "What...?"
Fu Fengcheng shook his head and said, "That large amount of cash is more troublesome than those industries. If those industries are abroad, the Chu family will naturally choose the people they trust to be responsible. Even if the Chu family has any thoughts in their life, there will be someone to be sent to watch. Wei Changxiu is well-informed and will notify us of any major problems. It is only ten years before Chu Miao becomes an adult, and no major happens. Even if he wants to sell it, he can wait until Chu Miao can make the decision in the future before talking about it."
Leng Sa thought about it and it seemed that the same reason was true. It was self-evident that everyone was staring at the difficult industry to cash out when they were far away from overseas, and which huge amount of wealth was more likely to lead people to take risks.
"So the Chu family has already agreed? Then we can go back as long as we hand over the deal?" Leng Sa said.
Fu Fengcheng said: "It's true."
They just need to hand over the Chu family and then take Chu Miao and Chu family's property back. Of course, some people will be left to deal with the daily affairs of Shenyou Island, and An Xia will soon send someone here.
However, given the mine islands found near Shenyou Island, there will definitely be no only people coming from the capital, and everyone will probably send people here.
Leng Sa was satisfied, "I hope everything goes well, let's go back early."
"Um."
In the evening, the Chu family held a welcome banquet for everyone. Not many of them were famous figures in Cangyun City and subordinates of the Chu family.
Leng Sa could clearly feel that these people seemed to be divided into two factions. One was led by Shen Chong and supported Shenyou Island's return to Anxia, so he was very friendly and kind to them. The other was led by Yuan Cheng, and he was obviously somewhat repulsive to them.
Leng Sa found Chu Miao, who was holding his knees and huddled into a ball on the sofa in the corner of the banquet.
This kind of banquet was originally a flirting between adults. Even though Chu Miao was the real master of the Chu family, at her age, no one would think that he could talk to her about anything serious, so the little girl sent off her entourage and hid alone in the corner without anyone paying attention.
"Why are you here alone?" Leng Sa walked to her and sat down, asking with a smile.
Chu Miao raised his head and looked at her, his eyes a little red, "Sister Sasa."
"What's wrong?" Leng Sa asked softly when she touched her little head.
Chu Miao glanced at the lively banquet not far away and whispered, "The Great Elder...the Great Elder is going to die."
Leng Sa sighed softly in his heart and said softly, "The Great Elder is very old. He is just tired and wants to rest."
Chu Miao reached out and wiped the tears that had fallen to the corners of his eyes and said, "Sister Sasa doesn't need to lie to me. I know what death is. I saw it when my father passed away."
Leng Sa said, "But they all hope you will live well. If you are unhappy, they will worry."
Chu Miao nodded, "I know, last year... the Great Elder told me last year, and I was just a little sad."
"Do you want to go to Anxia?" Leng Sa asked.
Chu Miao thought for a while before saying, "I want to stay at home, but... I will go to Anxia. The Great Elder said, I can't stay on Shenyou Island alone, Uncle Chen, Uncle Chen can't beat the third elder. He also has a hard time, and I don't want to implicate him."
Leng Sa sighed lightly, rubbed her soft hair and said, "Then go to Anxia with us, don't worry... we will protect you."
Chu Miao blinked and said, "Sister Sasa, I'll take you to a place."
Leng Sa raised her eyebrows and said with great interest, "Okay."
Chu Miao stood up, took Leng Sa's hand and ran outside, "Come with me."
The servants not far away wanted to follow them immediately when they saw that they were about to go out. Chu Miao turned around and said to them, "Don't follow them, I want to take Sister Sasa to play!"
Several servants looked at Leng Sa and felt that there was nothing to worry about, so they nodded respectfully and retreated back to their original position.
Chu Miao pulled Leng Sa through the garden and ran to the small building in the middle of the entire mansion. "Sister Sasa, this is where I live."
He pulled Leng Sa into the door and waved the servant who wanted to come forward to greet him. The two of them walked into the study on the second floor.
Leng Sa was a little curious about what Chu Miao wanted to take her to see. This study room should have been used by Chu Miao's father and grandfather during his lifetime, and the area was quite large. The three walls were neatly filled with various books, like a small library.
"Sister Sasa, come." Chu Miao ran to the back of the desk, climbed up the chair, stood on the chair, took out a thick hardcover book from the wall behind him.
"Miaomiao wants me to read a book?" After taking the book in Chu Miao's hand, Lengsa found something wrong. The weight of the book was wrong.
Leng Sa put the book on the table and opened it. Sure enough, it was not a thick book, but a box disguised as a book. In other words, it was the shell of a set of books.
Of course, Chu Miao did not want to invite her to read a book, but took out a painting from several books in the box and handed it to Leng Sa, "Sister Sasa, look!"
It was a painting that was slightly smaller than a book. Leng Sa took it and saw his hands trembled slightly.
That is not the traditional painting method, but the hand-drawn style that Leng Sa is more familiar with in his previous life.
There are five beautiful girls on it. The painter is obviously very serious and draws everyone's expressions to life.
There were beautiful women wearing red clothes and swords around their waists, and there were women wearing blue shirts and fiddling with a little fox with a lazy expression, and there was also a girl in blue who was sitting on the ground with a cute smile on her cheek.
Two women in white were standing next to the girl in blue, but looking carefully, the color of the white was actually not exactly the same. One of the two women looked cold and looked down at the girl in blue, and the gentler smile was talking to the woman in blue on the other side.
However, the imagination of the painter is obviously very limited. The clothes of the first three women are completely different, and you can tell at a glance that it is not the same dynasty.
The two women behind were dressed the same as the girl in blue.
Leng Sa stared at the painting and was silent for a long time before asking, "Who did this paint it?"
Chu Miao said, "This is what my mother said, but... she also painted according to the past. The original painting is much larger than this and placed in the collection library. My father said that this painting was originally from Anxia... No, it was given to our ancestors by a distinguished guest from Dasheng Dynasty."
Leng Sa was a little puzzled, "Then why did you show it to me?"
The person in the portrait does not look like her. The person in this portrait has a look based on her previous life.
Chu Miao said, "Dad said that the people in this painting are all very powerful and very good people. This... is the ancestor of our Chu family." Chu Miao pointed to the woman in red in the painting.
Leng Sa raised her eyebrows slightly, pointed to the girl in blue in her words and asked, "Who is she?"
Chu Miao shook his head blankly, "I don't know, my father said he didn't know either. Maybe he was a good friend of the ancestor, after all, it happened a long time ago. But of course, the friends of the ancestor are all good people."
Her father probably didn't think so. After all, the clothes of the three women can be seen at a glance that they are not from the same era at all.
Leng Sa couldn't help but chuckled, "So Miaomiao showed me this because..."
Chu Miao said, "Because I think... Sister Sasa is very similar to this sister." Chu Miao pointed to Leng Sa in the portrait accurately.
Leng Sa was stunned and after a while, he said, "Do you look like it?"
Chu Miao nodded and said, "I don't look like it, but I feel like it."
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Second update in the afternoon~Mumbo, and, dear, Merry Christmas~
Chapter completed!