[Red Mansion] Adopted daughter and child

Zhao Shishi glanced sideways at the nanny, and after she was too frightened to speak, she slowly said: "We had no contact before, and he didn't know my temperament, so how could he have thought that I would meet you after the first meeting?" To be followed?"

After all, no one would have imagined that she would have someone guard outside the restaurant before they met, and then follow Chen Hu.

After a pause, a trace of sadness flashed in her eyes, "Perhaps she has already noticed it, but she was just worried that Chen Hu would blame himself, so she didn't say it clearly."

Nanny looked at Zhao Shishi, as if she wanted to say something.

Zhao Shishi waved his hand: "Look at Chen Hu's reaction, tell me when the time comes, and I will decide what to do next."

Mammy didn't dare to say much, she hurriedly saluted and left.

Zhao Shishi didn't care about Mammy's departure, but started to close his eyes and meditate, thinking about some issues by the way.

But after a while, the maid from outside knocked on the door and came in: "Madam, the master brought Aunt Gu to greet you, did you see it or not?"

Zhao Shishi raised his eyelids lightly, and glanced at a man and a woman standing respectfully outside the door. Feeling bored, he waved his hand lightly: "Let them go back, I don't have time to see them for now."

The servant girl withdrew immediately, and after talking to a man and a woman standing outside the door, the two men bowed obediently and prepared to leave Zhao Shishi's room.

But before he walked a few steps, he heard Zhao Shishi say: "Zhao Rui, if you spare time in half a month, remember to come to my room at night."

The man and woman looked at each other for a while, and could only nod respectfully.

Zhao Rui was even more obedient: "Madam, I will come over tonight."

Zhao Shishi nodded: "That's it, you can go." So he closed his eyes and ignored the other people's reactions.

The man and woman waited for a while, and after making sure that Zhao Shishi had no other orders, they retreated carefully. They finally breathed a sigh of relief when they left Zhao Shishi's yard.

But for Zhao Shishi's order just now, the two of them didn't say a word.

As Zhao Shishi guessed, Lin Liu had indeed guessed that Zhao Shishi followed Chen Hu on the day they met and found his residence.

This is actually too easy to guess——

When Chen Hu talked to her about the meeting with Zhao Shishi, the deepest impression he had on her, and the most frequently mentioned word was "cautious".And a person who is cautious to the bone will never put herself in any unknown situation, let alone the identity of her real partner?

But she didn't tell Chen Hu, firstly, she was really worried about Chen Hu's self-blame, and secondly, it was because she didn't take this accident to heart.

Because a truly prudent person must be prudent even when investigating others.

Once she does not decide to cooperate with Zhao Shishi, in order to prevent more troubles, Zhao Shishi will definitely not investigate herself again.

Lin Liu sighed, it was just a pity for wasting time on Zhao Shishi.

Soon, she picked another family member of a large grain merchant in Jinling.

Judging from the information given by Chen Hu, this wife of a grain merchant is also a poor person: she has been married for many years and has been infertile, and she has been ridiculed a lot. Accepted.

The servant girl became pregnant shortly after she was favored, so she was so proud of her favor, her eyes grew on top of her head, and she was completely ignored.

Although one of the two servant girls died of illness and the other had dystocia, she still fell ill due to depression and stayed in bed for several months.Her natal family loved her dearly, her parents came to visit her sick one after another, and then even asked her younger sister to come to her sick.

Unexpectedly, within a few days of Shiji, her sister-in-law secretly communicated with her brother-in-law, and later became pregnant with her brother-in-law's child.

Afterwards, her younger sister, relying on her youth and beauty and having children, suppressed her so much that she couldn't hold her head up at all. Even her natal family stood by her sister and turned a blind eye to what happened to her.

……

Lin Liu looked at this information and thought about Zhao Shishi, so she couldn't help being more cautious: "Chen Hu, have you ever talked to this lady in person? What kind of temperament is she like?"

Chen Hu is not a person who remembers eating but not beating. After he suffered a dull loss from Zhao Shishi, he went back and investigated everyone again. After that, he asked people to carefully select the cooperation partners he had selected. The subject checked again, and after confirming that there were no mistakes or omissions, he sent the information after the investigation to Lin Liu.

Facing Lin Liu's question, Chen Hu answered firmly: "I have had someone investigate it, and what happened to this Mrs. Sun Liu is true, and she is also that weak-tempered."

Lin Liu hesitated, always feeling that something was wrong.

But after thinking about it, he still decided to believe Chen Hu's investigation results, so he asked Liang Xia behind him to take out the jade hairpin she had already prepared: "After you sign the contract with Mrs. Sun Liu, just hand over the jade hairpin to her. I won't meet her anymore."

In order to prevent Zhao Shishi's stalking from happening again, the two met this time not directly in the courtyard where Lin Liu lived now, but in a restaurant that was about to close down.

After Lin Liu handed over the jade hairpin to Chen Hu, he took the two servant girls, Bichun and Liangxia, out of the restaurant and returned to his yard.

After Lin Liu left, Chen Hu stayed in the restaurant for another quarter of an hour before leaving the dilapidated restaurant. After walking not far, he turned around and entered the largest restaurant in Jinling. After waiting for less than half an hour, the appointment with Sun Mrs. Liu was taken to the private room by the waiter.

After Chen Hu took out a contract and asked Mrs. Sun to sign it, he handed over the jade hairpin directly to Mrs. Sun.

Sun Liu's eyes were ecstatic, and she couldn't wait to put the jade hairpin on her head, as if she couldn't wait for a moment.

Chen Hu reminded: "It's useless for you to wear hairpins now."

Mrs. Sun Liu didn't care. After wearing the jade hairpin, the whole person's mental state seemed to be much better. The complacency in his eyes also made people feel toothache.

Chen Hu couldn't help frowning: "Mrs. Liu, don't be too flamboyant!"

Sun Liushi was really obedient and restrained a lot because she might still ask him for help in the future, but after Chen Hu left, she couldn't restrain herself anymore, and the expression on her face became a little crazy: "Second sister Ah, Second Sister, when I get pregnant, let's see what else you can fight with me!"

It's just a concubine's room, so what if a son is born?Isn't he a humble son who can only stand aside when he meets his son?

The maid beside Sun Liushi bowed her head, not daring to make a sound.

When she was happy enough, Sun Liushi restrained the expression on her face, and the original complacency disappeared in an instant, and instead became very pitiful, as if she was being bullied by someone.

Putting on this expression, Sun Liu left the restaurant with her maid.

Half a month later, the good news came first from Jiujiu, saying that the jade pendant had shattered into ashes a few days ago.Just to be on the safe side, she waited for another half a month and found a doctor to check that she was really pregnant, and then told Chen Hu the good news.

After Mrs. Xu confirmed that she was pregnant, she paid a lot of attention to the grain shop of the Li family. She no longer acted as a hands-off shopkeeper when it came to matters related to the grain shop. Liu Fang suffered a loss.

She grew up with her father from a young age, and her own business skills are actually better than her half-brother who controls the family business now, but because of her status as a woman, she can only choose to marry.

Now that she has the opportunity, she quickly manages the grain store in an orderly manner.

Because of Mrs. Xu's tricks in doing business, even if those who don't know see Xu's grain shop (Ms. I don't think it's strange--

After all, Mrs. Xu's method seems to be much better than Li Yuke's.

What's more, the Xu family didn't know what the purpose was, but it was reported that Mrs. Xu got married back then, and actually took away most of the Xu family's property.

In the eyes of almost everyone, it is perfectly normal for Mrs. Xu to restore Xu's Grain Shop to its previous prosperous business.

Mrs. Xu has good news here, and the Zhao family is not going to give way—

Zhao Shishi did not let anyone tell Chen Hu, but half a month later, Zhao Rui, the head of the Zhao family, said that he had slipped up, and the whole of Jinling knew that his wife Zhao Shishi was pregnant again.

But from the beginning to the end, Zhao Shishi never asked anyone to contact Lin Liufang again.

Even if Lin Liu and Chen Hu understood her intention of not fulfilling the contract, they could only pretend that such a thing had never happened.

But the strange thing is that although Zhao Shishi didn't plan to act as a puppet in front of the Zhao family's grain business, she didn't take care of the business of the Zhao family's grain shops, as if she didn't care if these grain shops closed down.

After Lin Liu hesitated, he still asked Chen Hu to try to buy Zhaojia Liangpu.

In less than two days, he sent back news that the acquisition went very smoothly without encountering any obstacles at all.

Just when Lin Liu wondered if there was any trap in it, Zhao Shi sent someone to send news to Chen Hu——

"Madam said, the Zhao Family Food Shop is your reward for getting her pregnant. You can do whatever you want, even if you find another puppet from the Zhao Family, she won't care. Of course, if you are willing to believe Madam, she also introduced a good candidate, our master's concubine younger brother."

After the people left, Chen Hu reacted for a while before digesting the news.

He directly told Lin Liu the news.

After Lin Liu found out, he didn't hesitate for long, and asked Chen Hu to investigate who Zhao Rui's concubine brother was, what experience he had, and what kind of personality he was.

Soon, this person's information was delivered to Lin Liu.

She was smart since she was a child, and was very much liked by the old head of the Zhao family, but within a few years, she was bullied, killed and raised by the over-the-top wife. Now, although she still has a bit of cleverness, she is just a good-for-nothing with big eyes and empty hearts.

The key is that this person is the most loyal and keeps his promises, but if you ask him to be a puppet, he is indeed the most suitable candidate.

The reason why Zhao Shishi recommended him is also very simple. Zhao Rui's concubine younger brother has been married for many years, but has only one daughter under his knees.These years, he has been taking his wives and concubines to seek medical advice, and it seems that he really wants to have a son to inherit the incense.

It is indeed a tailor-made candidate for them.

but……

Chen Hu had lingering fears: "Miss Lin, let's buy it directly and let our own people be the shopkeeper of Zhao's grain store? Even if Zhao Rui's younger brother is really the same as the data, we have to consider whether he is related to Mrs. Shi There is a connection. If we use it, we end up making a wedding dress for someone else..."

Lin Liu thought for a while, then nodded: "Then do as you say."

Zhao Shishi is indeed a bit of a villain, what they did can't let the wind leak, it's better to be careful.

After the news was sent back to Zhao's house, the nanny next to Zhao Shishi was a little angry: "This Chen Hu really doesn't know how to flatter her. Madam is so kind, but they refused, what a villain!"

Zhao Shishi glanced at Mammy, and said with a smile: "I just recommend someone casually. If someone doesn't use it, what does it have to do with us?"

After speaking, he lowered his head and stroked his stomach, his eyes were very calm, and he was not angry at all because of Lin Liu's behavior.

Although Zhao Shishi's accident happened, after Sun Liushi, Lin Liu gave two more jade accessories. The process was quite smooth, and the situation like Zhao Shishi's did not appear again.

It is normal for the two to experience such a world. It is all because they have no children. After the husband took a concubine, he was neglected. Afterwards, the husband wanted to hand over the family business to the concubine. In order to protect themselves, the two almost found each other in Chenhu They immediately agreed to cooperate.

After that, the two became pregnant one after the other, and they also took the initiative to take on their own responsibilities.

But at Sun Liu's place, there was a little accident.

Ten days after the news of Zhao Shishi's pregnancy came out, when Lin Liu was about to suspect whether the jade hairpin in Sun Liushi's hand had lost its effect, she became pregnant.

It's just that before Lin Liu and the others could react, the child in her belly disappeared on the third day after the news of her pregnancy came.

The speed was so fast that it almost made Lin Liu and Chen Hu unable to react——

He can't even protect his own children well. With their support, Sun Liu can really win the family business of his husband's family and become their puppet?

Just when the two were hesitating whether to replace Sun Liushi, Sun Liushi's younger sister, Sun Liushi, approached Chen Hu.

After consulting Lin Liu's opinion, Chen Hu agreed to meet her.

Xiaosun Liu was unscrupulous, and directly arranged for the conversation to be at Sun's house.Although Chen Hu was worried about bumping into Sun Liushi, he really wanted to know why the younger Sun Liushi knew of his existence, and was also worried about whether Sun Liushi was in any danger, so he could only go to the appointment.

But as soon as he was ushered into the main room, Chen Hu was caught off guard when he saw Mrs. Sun Liu who was tied up, gagged, and lay half dead on the ground.

Chen Hu: "!!!"

Don't make it so scary, okay?

Looking up again, I saw a younger and more beautiful woman with similar facial features to Sun Liu's, sitting at the head, looking at him indifferently.

Chen Hu's heart skipped a beat, and he whispered, "Hi Ma'am, I don't know why you asked me to come here today?"

Xiao Sun Liu sneered: "Why are you pretending to be stupid? Isn't it because you are making trouble behind your back that Sun Liu has been acting so frequently? Are you still pregnant? I don't want to see if I have this blessing."

Speaking of this, Xiaosun Liu's eyes flashed a trace of hostility, which was quite frightening.

Chen Hu could only feel his heart skip a beat. These women all looked weak and weak. How could one be more ruthless and scarier than the other in private?

He swallowed, and comforted him in a low voice: "Mrs. Sun is your own sister after all. Isn't it good for you to throw her on the ground in such a mess?"

After all, he is his partner, and he really can't bear to see how miserable he is now.

Xiaosun Liu sneered, "It's fine if I didn't kill her."

Chen Hu wanted to persuade him again, but he had no choice but to shut up when he met Xiaosun Liu's angry eyes.

He was worried that if he persuaded him again, not only would he not be able to save Sun Liushi, but he would have to get himself involved.

Even if it was on someone else's territory, he didn't dare to be presumptuous.

Seeing his understanding, the hostility in Xiaosun Liu's eyes dissipated a lot.She chuckled: "You don't have to regard her as a partner, and you don't have to think about how to keep her from me. After all, she has already told me about all the cooperation between you."

Chen Hu's scalp tightened, and he was about to deny it, but he saw Xiaosun Liu picked up a contract from the table.

She pinched it with two fingers and shook it in front of Chen Hu: "Mr. Chen, you won't tell me that you don't recognize this contract, do you?"

Chen Hu turned his head abruptly, but he didn't feel guilty about his grandson Liu Shi, instead his eyes were full of pleading.

Xiaosun Liu smiled lightly: "Mr. Chen doesn't need to look at my sister, she has always been selfish and would give up everything for self-protection. Let alone you, an ordinary partner, even my sister, she Back then, he betrayed without hesitation."

Chen Hu was stunned: "Betrayal?"

Little Sun Liu smiled and said, "I can't blame you. After all, I only feel ashamed of what happened back then, and I was worried about affecting the reputation of my natal girl, so I never told anyone else. If you are willing to choose Sun Liu, it should be Because, have you investigated the fact that I hooked up with my brother-in-law while my sister was pregnant?"

"Sounds miserable, doesn't it? Unfortunately, the truth is completely opposite to the clues you found."

Chen Hu looked at Mrs. Sun Liu, and then at Mrs. Sun Liu: "What do you mean by that?"

Xiaosun Liu raised his hand, asked someone to bring a brazier, and threw the deed in his hand into the brazier. After a while, the flames rose up, and the deed was completely burned without leaving a trace.

"I can tell you the truth, but the premise is that you must cooperate with me." Xiao Sun Liu glanced at Sun Liu who was lying on the ground like a dead dog, and sneered, "I want to grab everything she wants Take it for yourself."

Whether it is her beloved husband, eccentric parents, or this huge family business.

She won't let go of any of them!

Chen Hu stabilized his mind, and replied in a low voice: "When we choose a partner, we must investigate the other party's experience and personality, and most of the selected partners have needs for us. You..."

Pregnancy is neither required, nor is the personality experience at all in line with their requirements.

"With your temper, are you willing to be a string puppet in the hands of others?"

Xiaosun Liu was stunned for a moment, and then burst into laughter: "You don't think that my sister is willing to be a puppet in the hands of others, do you? If you cooperate with her, you may be bitten by her in the end, and the family business may also It fell into her hands completely. You said I was not suitable, but didn't you also investigate all her experiences and personality?"

Perhaps Chen Hu's dazed and shocked eyes pleased Xiaosun Liu Shi, and she suddenly became interested, and told Chen Hu the truth of the year, "Most of the news that is spreading outside today is that my sister is lingering and sick because of infertility. Seeing that it was about to die, that's why I was admitted to the Sun's family in advance, and wanted me to fill in the house for my brother-in-law. It's just that my sister recovered from her illness and my reputation was ruined, so I could only become my brother-in-law's concubine."

"You guys are more capable. You also found out that I hooked up with my brother-in-law when my sister was sick."

Xiao Sun Liu got up, walked in front of Sun Liu, and stepped on her face, "It's a pity, you know it's not true. The real truth is that this woman was not allowed to consolidate her status back then. The woman gave birth to the heir of the Sun family, and together with her husband and parents, she tricked me into the house and let that bastard Sun Qiang rape me."

"They have a good plan, but it's a pity that it doesn't depend on whether I want to listen to them. They want me to get pregnant, and want to take my child away after I get pregnant?" Xiaosun Liu sneered, "Even want to go to The mother keeps the child? Sister, do you think you are worthy of a pig's brain?"

Chen Hu blinked, and was almost overwhelmed by the huge amount of information in Xiaosun Liu's words.

All the little Sun Liu's attention fell on Sun Liu, and he didn't notice his expression at all, otherwise he would be even happier, and maybe some of the Sun family's secrets would be revealed.

Under her sister's long-term revenge, Sun Liushi was already terribly afraid of this sister, and had never dared to resist before.

But now, with his face on the ground and his face being trampled under the soles of his feet by little Sun Liushi, a wave of anger arose in Sun Liushi's heart.

It's a pity that she is now a fish on a sticky board, and can only be slaughtered without any power to fight back.

Xiao Sun Liu was amused by her reaction, bent down and squatted in front of Sun Liu: "Why, are you so angry now that you really want to scratch my proud face and peel me off? It's a pity, You can't do anything."

"Looking at your current situation, do you regret 'leading wolves into your house'?"

"You are so pitiful. My beloved husband is now doting on my little sister, and my eccentric parents have abandoned you for money. Even the huge family business is already dilapidated. I don't know when it will go bankrupt. You can only shake your head and beg for mercy at the person who caused you to lose your family business, hoping to get a chance to stand up."

"It's a pity, your chance to stand up was gone yesterday." Xiao Sun Liu patted Sun Liu's face indifferently, "Want to give birth to a son-in-law to seize the family business? You deserve it too!"

It's the most pitiful thing to say, but listening to Xiao Sun Liu's words, it only makes people feel that Sun Liu's is too hateful, and everything that has happened now is just karma, and they are to blame.

……

Chen Hu stayed at Sun's house for most of the day, but Sun Qiang, the man who caused the two sisters to turn against each other, never showed his face.

He didn't know whether he was running around for his own family business outside, or if he knew what happened in the main house and had already hid.

Lin Liu fell into deep thought: "You mean, the little Sun Liu wants to cooperate with us? The reason is that because we have approached Sun Liu before, she wants to snatch this opportunity and make Sun Liu regret it even more?"

Chen Hu has calmed down: "It shouldn't be just because of this. From what I heard from her, she seems to have a bad relationship with her natal family. If something happens to the Sun family, she and the child will end up badly."

So I want to find a shelter.

Lin Liu looked hesitant, a little undecided.

According to Lin Liu's own thinking, if she has other options, she definitely doesn't want to cooperate with other people's concubines——

Although not all the concubine rooms in ancient times were voluntary, and many women were forced to be concubines for their own livelihood, or for other reasons, but as a modern person, the existence of concubine rooms still makes her feel Diaphragm response.

But Sun Liu's experience was really tragic. She was deceived by her own sister and brother-in-law's joint parents, and her sister wanted to leave her mother and keep her son...

Under such circumstances, Xiaosun Liu can still earn a living, and let the culprit who cheated him in the first place suffer a lot.

Lin Liu admired this spirit of not admitting defeat.

But she was choosing a partner, not a friend. Xiaosun Liu's temperament was too uncontrollable.

Just when the two were hesitating, something happened to the Sun family——

Mrs. Sun Liu begged for many years before she became pregnant, but she lost the child as soon as she found out. She couldn't bear the blow, and chose to jump into the lake while the servants were not paying attention.

Now people are gone.

Before Lin Liu and the others could react, something happened to the Sun family——

After his wife died, Sun Qiang, the patriarch of the Sun family, deeply felt sorry for his wife all these years, and even wanted to jump into the lake to die in love.Although he was rescued, he suffered a stroke and became paralyzed, and now he can't even speak a complete sentence.

Lin Liu: "..."

This woman is really cruel!

Lin Liu was very skeptical that if she did not agree to Xiaosun Liu's request for cooperation, would she directly "die" after she chose someone else.

She also had the idea of ​​cooperating. Xiaosun Liu has already reached this point. If she refuses to agree, it seems inappropriate.

What's more, besides Xiaosun Liu's uncontrollable personality, he is actually quite suitable for cooperation.

Lin Liu let go of her entanglement and asked Chen Hu to sign a contract with someone.

After this matter was over, the affairs on Jinling's side were almost dealt with. Lin Liu calculated the time and decided to leave for Yangzhou to finish dealing with the affairs in Yangzhou.

Yangzhou is on the edge of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal. After the affairs over there are settled, the time should be about the same. She will be able to go down the river immediately and return to Gusu directly, and accompany Guiling to take the provincial examination.

It's just that Xu Jiu took a woman to find Chen Hu before he remembered to set off.

This woman is Xu Jiu's good friend. She has been with her and comforted her during the most difficult period after her parents passed away. If she hadn't had this friend, with her mental state at that time, she might not have been able to persist until Lin Liu came. .

Xu Jiu brought her here for a simple reason. One is that her friend's husband is also in the grain business, but he has only been in this business for a short time, and without any accumulation, he was attacked by Lin Liu. B.

The second reason is that this year is already the third year of her friend's marriage, but her stomach has not moved.In order to seek a child, her friend prayed to gods and worshiped Buddha everywhere during this time, and even began to look for folk remedies, which is really worrying.

Because he wanted to repay his friend and felt that the other party's conditions met the requirements of Lin Liu and others, so he brought him to Chen Hu.

But after Chen Hu met, he recognized the identity of the person at a glance——

The only daughter of Wang's eldest son, Wang Zisheng, the wife of Jia Lian in Rongguo Mansion, Xiaojia Wangshi.

Even if Chen Hu has been staying in Jiangnan for these years, he has heard of the news of the marriage between the Rongguo Mansion and the Wang family again.

When the two got married three years ago, Chen Hu went to the capital once for business, and just received an invitation, so he simply followed the gift and had a banquet at Wang's house.

It was also during that time that Chen Hu accidentally met Wang Xifeng.

Because the couple's looks are very good, Chen Hu's impression of them is quite deep.

So when they first met, Chen Hu recognized Wang Xifeng.

Wang Xifeng did not recognize Chen Hu.

In order to get pregnant, Wang Xifeng suffered enough during this time, that is to say, Jia Lian was able to hold on and did not take the opportunity to take a concubine, otherwise she would have already started taking folk remedies.

If it was before, Wang Xifeng would not be so anxious about having an heir.

But now Jia Lian is so busy with her own business that she is not very interested in female sex, and knowing that she is jealous, she simply stays away from other women. She reciprocates, naturally she wants to give Jia Lian a big fat boy as soon as possible .

Unexpectedly, this is the third year of marriage, and her stomach still hasn't moved.

At this time, Xu Jiu became pregnant suddenly, and said that there was a way to make her pregnant. Wang Xifeng believed in her friend, so she naturally followed her.

Chen Hu originally wanted to reject Wang Xifeng——

After all, both of them have said before that the grain shops opened by Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng have closed down, so there is no need for him to cooperate with others, is there?

But thinking about the relationship between Miss Lin and Jia Lian, he still didn't say anything dead, but said he would go back and ask his master.

The two also knew that Chen Hu could not decide this matter alone, and they didn't force it. They just said a lot of good things, and hoped that Chen Hu could give Wang Xifeng a few good words in front of his master, and it would be best to promote a cooperative relationship.

Chen Hu nodded in response, then turned around and told Lin Liu about it.

"Jia Lian and his wife are in the grain business, and they closed down because they didn't survive our price war?" Lin Liu looked at Chen Hu in surprise, "Are you sure that person is really Jia Lian's wife Xiao Jia Wang, not Jinling?" The other girls of the Wang family?"