Chapter 118
My sister-in-law was pregnant and needed a good rest in the first three months, so Chen Jiao took over the errand of sewing a summer robe for Wang Shen.
Yue Niang became the one who started the fight. Compared with Wang Shen’s size in the past two years, Yue Niang sighed: “Sir, I’m losing weight.”
Chen Jiao leaned over and looked at it and found that Wang Shen was a little thinner than last winter.
"It's good that adults are willing to marry. There is a person who knows the cold and the hot around you to take care of you, and you can eat more food." Yue Niang is a gentle and virtuous little woman. She is harmonious with Chen Jixiao and his wife, so she feels that after Wang Shen gets married, his life will definitely be very different. Now Wang Shen is alone, and the quiet needles in the room can be heard. Yue Niang is very sympathetic.
Chen Jiao sat back to her position and threaded her needle.
It’s not that Wang Shen cannot marry a wife, but that he has his own concerns and does not want to marry her. She wants to marry a Ruyi husband, but she is just a daughter in charge in this life. She may not be able to give birth to children, and she is afraid that she will not meet a Ruyi husband. Although Chen Jiao had the idea of finding an honest person to live a life of casual life in despair in the past few lives, deep down, Chen Jiao still hopes to marry a talented, beautiful and virtuous person.
Forget it, there is no hurry. The Bodhisattva will give her several years every time. She will slowly choose while enjoying the ease she has now. Maybe fate will come to her door automatically.
Wang Shen lives a simple life and does not like complicated and fancy embroidery patterns in his clothes, so he made clothes for him very quickly. At the end of March, both summer robes were ready.
"Jiaojiao sends it here, I won't go." Yue Niang said with a smile. She felt a little sore in her waist and wanted to lie down for a while.
Chen Jiao agreed happily and carried two summer robes to the main courtyard.
Today happened to be Wang Shenximu, who was in the study.
Chen Jiao stood in the yard, watched Changfu enter the study, and soon came out, and smiled and said to her, "Get in."
There is a father in charge, and Chen Jiao is also a lady-like figure in the eyes of the servants of the Shangshu Mansion.
Chen Jiao smiled at Changfu and stepped into the study.
Wang Shen's study was particularly wide, with rows of bookshelves filled with books, and the desk was set by the window. Wang Shen was sitting at the table and writing something.
Chen Jiao stood at the door and whispered: "Sir, the summer robe is ready. Do you want to try it on now?"
Wang Shen responded without raising his head, and wrote a few more lines before putting down his pen and standing up.
Chen Jiao first put two robes on the table, then spread one out to serve him in the dress.
"I'll do it myself." Wang Shen took the robe, but didn't even look at Chen Jiao, so he went to the screen to change his clothes.
While avoiding suspicion, Chen Jiao turned around and couldn't help looking at what Wang Shen had just written. After reading a few lines, Chen Jiao understood that Wang Shen was writing the case, and this page described the autopsy part. Chen Jiao was a little creepy when she imagined the situation, but she was afraid, and she also felt a strong curiosity.
Chen Jiao liked reading when she was a lady of the Duke's Mansion. In the past five generations, Han Yue raised pigs and had no books at home. Yu Jingyao collected most of the business legends. Chen Jiao read a lot when she was bored. Huo Ying collected some lion dance-related books, and Chen Jiao also read them. Lu Yu and Li Mu's collection overlapped with those of the Duke's Mansion, but Chen Jiao also found many of them that she had never read before.
After reading so many books, Chen Jiao has never read the Ministry of Justice files or related contents for solving cases.
As footsteps sounded, Chen Jiao turned around and saw Wang Shen walking out from behind the screen in her newly made stone green round neck robe. The man had a long figure, wide shoulders and narrow waist, and a belt. He only looked at his figure and not his majestic face. He actually had the charm of a handsome young man.
Chen Jiao circled around him and felt that she fit very well. Then she returned to Wang Shen and asked with a smile: "How do you feel by sir? Do you need to change it?"
Wang Shen looked at his body and said, "No, your sister-in-law has always done it well."
Chen Jiao pursed her lips and smiled, explaining: "I made these two pieces."
Wang Shen saw her bright smile again, and today he smiled frivolously.
He looked away and looked at the other set and said, "Since that's the case, you don't need to try that one, go down."
Chen Jiao glanced at the book collection in the study and was a little reluctant to leave. Thinking of Wang Shenshang's two Shu embroidery pieces, Chen Jiao looked at him and tried to say, "Sir, I actually have something I don't know. I always want to ask you, I wonder if you can solve my doubts for me?"
Wang Shen had just finished his seat and was about to reach out to hold the pen. Hearing this, he looked at her unexpectedly: "What's the matter?"
Chen Jiao asked seriously: "I heard from my brother that the doctor in the Fang family have been tried at night, and the doctor in the Jianghu family confessed. I want to know what method the adults used to make him tell the truth."
She was the person in the case and was curious about this. Wang Shen lowered his eyes and raised his pen to continue writing the case. He explained: "If your confession is true, you did not buy arsenic, but the doctor in the Jianghu said that he sold you, and he would be suspected of framed you. The doctor in the Jianghu could not go to your room to poison the Lantern Festival, which means that the Fang Mansion had his accomplice. People's hearts are changeable, and there will be suspicion among brothers. I saw that the doctor in the Jianghu was not like a person with a firm mind, so I put arsenic in his tea, pretending that someone wanted to kill someone to silence him. He was angry for a moment and confessed his accomplice truthfully."
Chen Jiao suddenly realized and praised her sincerely: "Sir, wise!"
Wang Shen looked as usual: "If the doctor in the rivers and lakes trusts a co-conspirator, this method will be useless."
Chen Jiao was already fascinated and continued to ask: "If that were the case, what would the adults do?"
Wang Shen wrote and said: "Send someone to investigate whether the doctor in the Jianghu family has any relationship with everyone in the Fang family, especially Aunt Wan. This method takes time. Or torture the doctor in the Jianghu and those who entered your room that night. This method is the fastest, but it may hurt innocent people, including you."
Speaking of this, Wang Shen glanced at Chen Jiao warningly: "You must not have the intention to harm others, and you must be careful of others. Don't trust any warlocks in the future, so that you can take advantage of the opportunity."
Chen Jiao was originally a story-listening person, and she only had admiration for Wang Shen. Unexpectedly, she was taught a lesson in the end and couldn't help but feel embarrassed.
"Go down." Wang Shen expelled guests again.
Chen Jiao bit her lip. Anyway, she had been scolded once, so she was not afraid of doing it again. She lowered her head and asked, "Sir, can I borrow the book you have here?"
Wang Shen's expression was a little slow. Reading was a good habit. She had this intention and he was willing to support her.
Wang Shen looked up and pointed to the two rows of bookshelf far away from him and said, "Go to search there, maybe there is something you like."
"Thank you, sir." He was easy to speak, Chen Jiao breathed a sigh of relief and went to find the book happily.
Wang Shen lowered his head and continued to work on his own.
Chen Jiao came to the two rows of bookshelves he introduced and walked around. She found that they were all books about women's ethics, or travel notes from all over the country, purely used to pass the time.
Looking at those female virtues, heroic legends, etc., Chen Jiao was a little depressed. Is it true that women only deserve to see these in Wang Shen’s eyes?
Chen Jiao turned around and saw that Wang Shen was writing the case sect attentively. She tiptoed to other bookshelfs and turned around. After that, she found that Wang Shen had collected many books related to cases, including from all dynasties and generations, and of course there were also laws and regulations, which were all over the past and present. Chen Jiao was not interested in the law, so she picked three thick strange and unsolved cases in succession, hugged them behind her back, and nervously moved to Wang Shen’s table.
"Sir, I'll choose it. You can continue to work hard. I'll leave first and send it back immediately after watching it." Chen Jiao said almost flatteringly.
Wang Shen said "yes" lightly, without looking up.
Chen Jiao immediately turned around and quickly carried the book in front.
Just as she was about to step out of the study, Wang Shen wrote a complete sentence and was distracted. He suddenly turned around and called her: "Come here."
Chen Jiao paused, subconsciously hid the book behind, turned sideways, and asked as calmly as possible: "What are the instructions of sir?"
Wang Shen was not blind. Seeing her guilty actions, he simply stood up and walked towards her: "What have you borrowed?"
Chen Jiao had no choice but to hide, lowered her head and moved the book to the front.
Wang Shen's face darkened, and he took back three books that could block her face and scolded him, "These are not what you should read." After a woman got married, she should learn the three obediences and four virtues. The cooking skills of a woman is meaningless. She is no longer as steady as before. Looking at these, she will only deviate from the female virtues more and more.
Chen Jiao was dissatisfied and raised her head and asked, "If you don't want to lend me books, I won't read it, but since you are willing to lend me the collection of books, why do you limit what I can and can't read it?"
Her eyes were bright, and this was the first time that Wang Shen had been questioned by her like this.
"A woman has no talent, virtue." Wang Shen said coldly.
After Chen Jiao was aware of the truth, she was the most disliked by this sentence. She couldn't help but show sarcasm: "Adults are so sensible when they decide cases, but they didn't expect that they are so pedantic in their hearts. Just as just now, adults taught me that they must be guarded against others. But female virtue advised women to be kind and virtuous and not to be suspicious easily. I don't doubt the doctor of the martial arts world because I believe in female virtue. If adults teach me these things early or allow me to read other books in the study, I might not have fallen into the trap of others by learning the lessons of the people in the book."
Wang Shen moved his lips. Before he could speak, Chen Jiao said again: "What's more, the ancients said that if a woman is proficient in literature and literacy, she is also a virtuous person. However, such women are rare. They are afraid that a woman will go astray because she is worried that a woman will go astray, and she will say that a woman has no talent is virtue. Lord, I don't allow me to read these books. Is these books leading me astray, or do you think I am stupid and can't understand the great meaning after reading your collection?"
She was so angry that she said so much in one breath, her little face was full of peach blossoms.
Wang Shen has examined countless cases. When it comes to verbal disputes, he is not afraid of anyone, but at this moment, she is asked so much that she doesn't know how to deal with it.
His books will definitely not take people to the wrong path, but can he say that he thinks she is stupid?
He just didn't allow her to read these books, so she became so angry that she really said that she was stupid and she didn't cry anymore.
Wang Shen had a headache. This girl had been in the Fang family for three years and her temperament changed drastically. She was not as obedient as before she left the house.
He pursed his lips and frowned. Chen Jiao finally remembered her identity. The books belonged to him. He didn't lend them. No matter what the reason, she could do nothing. If you want to blame her, she would blame her for her low status in this life and she didn't have a big study.
"Chen Jiao is rude, please forgive me." Reducing his anger, Chen Jiao bowed and turned around and left.
Wang Shen watched her leave, watched the curtain fall down again, and then looked at the three books in his hand, feeling inexplicably upset.
It was shown to her, it was inappropriate, and she was angry if she didn't give it to her.
If it were an ordinary servant's daughter, he wouldn't care whether she was angry or not, and they wouldn't dare to do so, but it was this girl.
Forget it, let Manager Chen go and reason with her.
Wang Shen let this go for the time being.
After writing the file all morning, Wang Shen left the house alone and walked towards the bookstore. The bookstore regularly included new books, which might be the ones that could be taken eye-catching.
But Wang Shen did not expect that as soon as he stepped into the bookstore, he recognized two familiar figures among the few bookmakers.
Of course, it was Chen Jiao's brother and sister. Chen Jiao couldn't borrow books, so she simply took her brother to buy it with her.
There are many books in the bookstore. Chen Jiao picked it for a long time before she took a fancy to two books. She was about to check out the bill, but when she turned around, she found that there was someone in front of her.
Chen Jiao looked up.
Wang Shen looked at the book in her hand, snatched it, and put it back.
"What do you want to see? Go to my study to get it."
No matter how you look at it, why waste money?
Chapter completed!