"Aunt Li's auntie also folded that knife. My son-in-law was used to eating it before his death, so he would definitely not save six pounds and four ounces."

"Although the Chen family is rich, I think they can save as much as possible. They should not be wasted like this."

"It is said that people die like a lamp is gone. Now they die. What's the use of spending so much money and buying so much tin foil..."

In a blink of an eye, it was Mr. Chen's first seventh. The distant relatives of the third concubine Li Xiangmei and the fourth concubine May Hong have been persisting until today. Perhaps it was really unwilling to eat and live for several days, so they gathered in the flower room, stacking tin foils with one word and one word.

Throughout history, as long as you are a big family, no matter how good you do, there will always be people talking about their shortcomings, especially those elders and old ladies who talk the most. What they say is "six pounds and four liang", that is, the total weight of tin foil is 100 taels, which means 100 taels of silver.

Most of the tin foils on Shanghai were transported from Shaoxing, Zhejiang, and were made of pure tin, which was of great value. Ordinary people incinerated them, but only one or two knives, each knive weighing about half a tael, and they can be stacked into a large basket of paper ingots. Six pounds and four taels can be stacked more than a dozen baskets, and they are folded day and night by relatives and women.

"By the way, the Chen family is too unruly. I wonder if you have heard of Mr. Liu in Nanshi. They are rich and can eat well in Yichang (concession), but after their death, their family will still be able to carry the coffin to Anting ancestral grave for burial."

"Yeah yeah."

An old aunt took over the conversation and described it as if she had seen it with her own eyes: "It is more than 100 miles away from Shanghai, and the steamer can reach directly. The ancestral tombs are vast and the acupuncture points are arranged in level five. It is said that it can bury the descendants of five generations! By the way, there is also an ancestral hall, which is even more majestic than the City God Temple. There are 100 acres of sacrifice fields outside the hall, rented to farmers for farming, and the recovered ancestral rice...all for sacrifice and repair."

She spoke vividly, and she had a bit of envy in her words. Perhaps she was too devoted, and even Master Chen was standing behind her without realizing it.

The third concubine Li Xiangmei, who was sitting on the side, was very embarrassed and quickly coughed twice to make these poor relatives who were rare on weekdays calm down. Chen Bin waved his hand and signaled the fourth concubine who was about to get up to sit down, while whispering: "Uncle Liang, is the elders' supper ready?"

"I'm ready. All four plates and six bowls are ordered from Zhiweiju."

The mother-in-law found out that the eldest young master was coming, so she quickly stood up to say hello, and kept praising the funeral for decent performance, especially the carefully arranged three spiritual gates, which were as grand as possible.

Who doesn’t talk about people behind their backs, and who doesn’t talk about people behind their backs?

Chen Bin was not in the mood to argue with them. He absent-mindedly made a few perfunctory words, turned his head and planned to go back to the study. He never thought that the third concubine and the fourth concubine had chased after him, with a look of wanting to speak but stopping on his face.

"Zu'er, aunt...aunt...aunt knows that it's inappropriate to say these things now, but..."

Even Mayhong was hesitant. It seemed that there was something unspeakable. Chen Bin looked around and said as if nothing had happened: "If you have anything, just say it, there are no outsiders here."

"Then you wait."

Mayhong threw down a sentence without thinking, then ran to the gatehouse quickly, and soon, she brought back two men of twenty-seven or eight. One was skinny but neatly dressed, but not very fit, and looked very awkward; the other was tall and big, but ragged.

"Wu Biao has met the eldest young master."

Before Mayhong could introduce her, the tall and big man bowed to Chen Bin. Maybe she was too big, or maybe her clothes were too old, and she actually tore a big hole in the short shirt with patches. She was already shabby, but now she made such a big fool again. Her face, full of flesh, suddenly turned red. She was not standing or retreating, so embarrassing.

The housekeeper Chen Liang seemed to realize something and quickly introduced: "Brother A Biao is the cousin of the fourth wife, and in terms of seniority or your uncle."

"What uncle is not uncle, don't show shame here," Mayhong glanced at him with a disgust, and then smiled bitterly at Chen Bin: "Abiao originally had a businessman, and he gave the meat in the mansion earlier. Now the Japanese soldiers have collected all the pigs from all over the townships, so they have only brute force but can't even support themselves."

Love is to find a job!

Chen Bin suddenly reacted and was about to speak, but the third concubine pointed to the two White Russian bodyguards swaying by the gate and said, "Zu'er, our family is not peaceful now. For safety reasons, we really need to add some staff. No matter what, brothers A Biao are their own family and know the truth, they are better than those of those with unknown origins. Why don't you give your aunt a face and let your brothers stay for you to run errands."

The Chen family is rich and doesn't care about opening their mouths too much, let alone the third concubine spoke, and she has to give her face no matter what. Chen Bin smiled and nodded, and said to Mayhong beside her: "The third aunt is very reasonable. Since she is here, stay. Fourth aunt, you are really good. Why don't you go and prepare some decent clothes for Brother A Biao... no... to Uncle A Biao."

The eldest young master spoke, and Wu Biao was ecstatic and thanked him repeatedly: "Thank you, thank you, thank you, the eldest young master, just call me A Biao, or Biaozi."

Young Master Chen didn't want to have many "uncles" inexplicably from the bottom of his heart. Seeing that he was a little self-aware, he simply went with the flow, "It's obvious that he is a person with temperament, okay... Then we will make a relationship with each other in the future. The aunt is the aunt and A Biao is the A Biao."

"I just talked about him, but I forgot to introduce it."

With the clerk's life, Mayhong smiled like a flower, turned around and smiled and said, "This is the nephew of my third sister, but she is knowledgeable! She has been to a foreign school and worked in a British foreign company. She can speak fluent English. If it weren't for the foreign company's senior class, she would have returned to the UK early, and the noble brothers would not know what would be like!"

"Singqin, have you seen the eldest young master?"

The third concubine was a little disgusted. Seeing that her nephew was still stunned, she quickly turned her eyes. Li Xiangui recovered and immediately bowed, "Hello, eldest young master, younger brother Xiangui, I have been busy with trivial matters and have not been able to come to visit her. I hope the eldest young master will forgive me."

What a big deal...as for protecting each other like this?

Chen Bin was ridiculous by these two cheap aunts. Before they could express their true intentions, he laughed and said, "It's a coincidence. My master and Mr. Qian mentioned to me yesterday that there was a lack of a gentleman on the cabinet that could negotiate with foreign companies. Today, the noble brothers are here. Uncle Liang, please arrange it so that they can avoid nagging in my ears all day long."

It’s really a matter of being a scholar who has been separated for three days.

If it were in the past, these poor relatives would never have been able to enter the Chen Mansion. Even if they came in, they would have been coaxed out by the little ancestor in front of them. So no matter what happened to the third concubine and the fourth concubine had to go outside to talk.

Now, on the contrary, not only did they give them food in an abnormal manner, but they didn't even have any airs in their conversation. Chen Liang felt relieved and said with a smile: "No problem, I'll call the old master now, ah... Seeing that I was confused, I forgot to ask the noble brothers if they would be willing to surrender?"

The Chen family pharmacy has a very high treatment. After nearly two years of unemployment, Li Xiangui, who had been in trouble for the past two years, wouldn’t he refuse? He kept saying: “I’m willing, I’m willing, Xiangui is willing to work hard for the eldest son.”

The livelihoods of the poor relatives have been settled, and it can be said that everyone is happy. The relationship between the "mother and son" of the Chen family has reached a higher level and has reached unprecedented harmony. It is convenient for others to be convenient for themselves. Looking at the smiling faces of the third and fourth concubines, Chen Bin's mood has improved a lot. However, the doorman's notice drove away the short joy, and the master and servant had to cheer up and go to receive the Japanese Ishikawa who had just arrived two days ago.

"Jizujun, your complexion is much better than the day before yesterday."

It is inconvenient and unsafe to enter and enter the checkpoints of the police in the military uniforms. Ishikawa is the same as usual, still wearing a white suit. Seeing that he greeted him first, Chen Bin cleared his throat and made a gesture to invite him inside, while whispering: "Today is my father's seventh. Ishikawa is here just right, so I'll have dinner together later."

"The rice at Chen Gongguan tastes great! It's hard to refuse the kindness. Jizujun, then I'm disrespectful."

I thought you would say "I feel guilty", Chen Bin cursed inwardly, and then asked knowingly: "Old classmate, I know how busy your official business is. If it's okay, then even if the food in Chen Mansion is delicious, it will be difficult to invite your big car."

"I know me, the one who succeeds to the suzu-kun," Ishikawa looked at him, then leaned into his ear and asked meaningfully, "I heard that two uninvited guests came to your residence yesterday?"

"It seems that everything can't be hidden from Ishikawa's eyes."

"Don't give me a sloppy eye," Ishikawa asked anxiously: "Did Chu Minyi and Chen Changzu come to mobilize you to join?"

It is impossible to hide it, not to mention that it is useless to hide it. Chen Bin nodded, looking puzzled, and murmured to himself: "I don't know if they took the wrong medicine. They actually value me so much. They have no influence on this. They have to learn but not learn, and they have nothing to learn."

"Justice Zujun, you don't have to belittle yourself." The authorities were confused by the bystander, and Ishikawa pondered for a moment and said incisively: "If you guess correctly, they are drunk without wine."

"What's the meaning?"

He is such a fool who can't help but stick to the wall! He is a hundred times better than his family than himself, but his behavior is ten thousand times worse. He looks down on him when he was in school. Ishikawa's sense of superiority suddenly swelled up, and he asked back with a mysterious look: "Jizu Jun, can you tell me which god is worshipped in the Buddhist tile of your mansion?"

"Caizhang Saint King Chen Yuanguang."

"Then do you know who else would worship that holy king besides Chen Mansion?"

I have to admit that this belief is indeed quite strange. Whether it is Chen Bin or Chen Jizu, they have only seen the strange statue of the god in the mansion. When Ishikawa thought of him, he would never be aimless, Chen Bin suddenly remembered the words of his second wife, and immediately understood it with enlightenment, and blurted out: "Chen's Yingchuan Hall! The Chen Company surnamed Chen!"

"Yaxi," Ishikawa patted his shoulder and said with a smile: "Jizujun, as the future director of the Chen company and the future deacon of the Penang Fujian company, your future future is unlimited."

This company is not that company. The five major surname companies in Penang can definitely be called a blood-related organization with a gangster nature. It has a long history, a deep foundation, and a strong strength. It has a huge influence and appeal for Penang and even the Chinese and overseas Chinese in Nanyang. In contrast, the famous patriotic overseas Chinese such as Tan Ka-geng and Hu Wenhu can only be regarded as nouveau riche.
Chapter completed!