Chapter 25: The Steps
Liufang has been in the capital for a long time, even if he doesn't care about the affairs of his hometown clan, he is also a prominent family of double marquis, and the clan can't afford to offend, so he can only hold it carefully. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
Moreover, although Qin Song, the head of the sixth room, did not take the clansmen very seriously, but with them, no one dared to bully the Qin family around Jinling, and everyone had to salute for three points. If there is a gap between the sixth room and the sect room, even if the people in the sixth room don't say anything or do anything, there are people who will help them trample the sect house into the mud. Not to mention, not everyone in the clan believes in the clan, and I am afraid that there are also people waiting to take the lead.
The patriarch was careful again, and repeatedly dissuaded Qin Bai from taking the group to the inn: "The village is still some way from the town, how to pass the big night? Besides, your younger siblings and a few children must have been tired all the way here, so why don't you rest as soon as possible?"
While persuading, he scolded his son and reprimanded his daughter-in-law: "Why don't you send someone to clean the house in the six-room ancestral house?" Look what good things you've done! A little thing can do that!"
Xiao Huang got down from the carriage with his head down, he didn't dare to come out, and he didn't dare to speak when he stood aside.
Qin Keyong glanced at her, and saw that his wife's face was pale, and she had always been smiling and welcoming her, but now that she was pitiful, her heart softened, so she knelt down and said: "It's all the son's fault, it's the son who didn't do things well, please forgive my father." He apologized to Qin Bai again, "It turned out that my nephew was thinking about it and didn't do it well, so the third uncle just beat me and scolded me, don't go elsewhere to stay." If you go, how will your nephew explain to your people? All the mistakes are your nephew's fault!"
He took all the responsibility, knelt and kowtowed, looking very sincere, and it seemed that it was really just because he was too young and inconsiderate that such a fork had happened. When Qin Bai saw him behaving like this, he knew that he couldn't pursue it tonight. Although the sect is hateful, they are the clan after all, Qin Keyong is rumored to be the son of the Qin clan, and the sixth room is too aggressive, and it is not easy to explain in front of the clansmen.
Moreover...... Qin Bai turned his head and glanced in the direction of the carriage, his wife Niu was already sick, and she had been on the road for another day, so it was really not good to be tired anymore, so she still had to find a place to rest as soon as possible. Dinner time had already arrived, and the family was tired and hungry, so they couldn't let everyone suffer for the sake of one breath.
Zhao Mo quickly whispered in Qin Jian's ear. Qin Jian stepped forward and said to Qin Bai: "Third Uncle Ancestor, it is indeed too late and too troublesome to go to the inn at this time. Since the main courtyard of the six-room ancestral house has been cleaned, why don't you live in it first? The yard over there is big enough, and it is enough for so many of us to live in. Wait until tomorrow to get up early, let's talk about cleaning the house? Actually, I think it's the main house in the main courtyard, which is enough for us to live in. I am the only one in our long room who has returned to Jiangning, so there is no need to pay too much attention to it. You are also a six-room concubine, so where can you not live in the main house? Even if your grandmother and father and mother knew about it, they would approve of it. ”
Qin Bai was surprised, and turned his head to look at him: "Brother Jian'er, you're not confused, are you?
Qin Jian said with a smile: "The nephew and grandson naturally live with the third uncle and grandmother. The main courtyard of the ancestral house has five entrances, even if the nephew and grandson occupy one courtyard, they can also live. ”
Qin Bai hesitated slightly. If it was when he hadn't separated from the family, he probably wouldn't have thought too much. But now the family is divided, and the long house and the third room are two families, one is Chengenhou Mansion and one Yongjiahou Mansion. They returned to their hometowns to worship their ancestors, but they lived in the mansion of the Chengenhou Mansion, would this not be appropriate? Even if the people in the long house did not say anything, there was still some discord with the etiquette.
Qin Jian's proposal gave everyone a step down, and the patriarch was already so happy that he couldn't kiss him, and hurriedly said: "Brother Jian is now the master of the sixth room, since he said so, don't refuse, right?" Brother Jian is also kind." ”
Qin Bai hesitated for a moment, then agreed. Anyway, he was originally a descendant of the sixth room, and he should live in the ancestral house, and it didn't matter which yard he lived in, it was just one night. When Ming'er is dawning, he will ask people to clean other yards, whether it is a two-bedroom place or not, there will be no shortage of places for his family to live.
The matter was settled, and the patriarch breathed a sigh of relief. He personally led the way for Qin Bai and his party, kicked his son again, asked him to get up, and hurriedly went to help greet the Qin family's subordinates to carry the luggage, and asked his daughter-in-law Xiao Huang to greet the female dependents.
Xiao Huang then jumped into the carriage again. Although she put up that smiling face again, it seemed to be very kind, but neither the Niu family nor Qin Hanzhen wanted to deal with her.
Qin Hanzhen still thought in his heart that the person with smiling eyebrows, smiling eyes and smiling lips on this day was really deceptive. Looking at that face, who knows when she's really smiling, when she's smirking, when she's not smiling at all? Anyway, no matter what her expression actually is, outsiders look like it's a smile. Xiao Huang has such a face, if he hadn't given Sanfang a dismount as soon as he came, they might still treat her as a good person.
The ancestral house of the sixth room is not far away, although it is not clear at night, but Qin Hanzhen looked through the dim moonlight, and he could also see a large white high wall, which showed that this house was indeed very large. She estimated in her heart that she was afraid that it would be bigger than the Chengenhou Mansion in the capital. Of course, there is an inch of land in the inner city of the capital, but Qinzhuang in Jiangning has land, and the ancestral house is built a little bigger, which is not surprising, and this is still after the recovery of the Qin family, Qin Song brought people to renovate it, and even the scope must have expanded.
The original subordinates in the ancestral house who were watching the house had already received the letter and knew that Qin Jian was coming, so they lit the lamp in the front yard and waited. Although the number of people who came now was more than ten times higher than originally expected, they were surprised and coping. Qin Jian personally opened his mouth to invite the third room to live in the main courtyard, and even Zhao Mo was invited to live with him, so naturally no one dared to object.
The main courtyard is very large, it has been cleaned and sorted out a long time ago, and you can move in with your bag. The people in the third room are also well-trained, and Zhou Xiangnian, Uncle Hu, and Mama Hu take the lead in commanding, but after a few hours, they put all the luggage together. During the period when they were cleaning up, the people in the kitchen cooked hot meals early and sent them up, and the patriarch had to come to accompany the meal, Qin Bai's family simply used it, and after the meal, Qin Bai stayed to drink tea and talk with the patriarch, although Qin Jian was so tired that he could only accompany him. The Niu family and Qin Hanzhen were able to go back to the backyard early to rest, and even Zhao Mo hid and went to leisure.
This night, the six-room ancestral house was quiet until the third watch.
The sixth room is quiet, but the sect room is not peaceful.
When the patriarch returned to his house, he counted his son again. This time, his tone was a little softer, and he hated more of iron: "What did I say at the beginning? Let you treat your third uncle and third aunt carefully." It is very inappropriate to arrange for them to live in other houses. You also packed the ticket and said that your third uncle would not be angry. Don't think he's not angry at you tonight?! Don't think that if he doesn't get angry at you, you can rest easy. He can't be angry with you, because he doesn't have to do anything to teach you a lesson!"
Qin Ke knew in his heart that his father had acquiesced to this matter a long time ago, but now he pretended not to know and only blindly blamed him. But now is not the time to refute his father, he can only bow his head and hang his hand: "The son knows that he is wrong." This time, it was the son who was not thoughtful. After admitting his mistake, he defended himself again, "But his son can't help it." Although the ancestral house of the sixth room is large, except for the main courtyard where the small long house lives, it occupies the largest area, the courtyard on the east road is the place where the small second room is, and the west road is full of gardens, theaters and guest rooms. How did the son know that they were separated? I thought it was just a rumor......
The patriarch sighed: "Who would have thought that your third uncle would have died in the northwest a long time ago, but I didn't expect that after thirty years, he would live again, and he dragged his family back to the capital and recognized his relatives." The emperor didn't even blame him, and let him attack the old marquis's lord, this holy family is not comparable to ordinary people. Although Qin Bofu and his wife always said in the letter that he was just an idle marquis, he had no real power to do anything, and his words were useless, but God knows what the truth is? We can't underestimate him too much. If this incident happened today, you have already offended your third uncle, and you will have to make amends in the future and erase tonight's incident. ”
After admonishing his son, he glanced at Qin Keyong again, and angrily reprimanded: "What are you doing here stupidly? Why don't you hurry up and go back to the room for me?! In the future, you will work hard and listen less to your daughter-in-law's instigation! Her sister-in-law is the Xue family, and she is naturally partial to the Xue family, but your surname is Qin, and you will have to take on this big mess in the clan in the future." You can't be at the mercy of your daughter-in-law for everything!"
Qin Ke shrank his head, and retreated cautiously. Seeing his wife Xiao Huang standing at the foot of the steps outside the door, with a panicked face, his heart softened again, walked over and took her hand, and comforted in a low voice: "It's okay." Father just lost his temper and won't blame you. It's all with me. ”
Xiao Huang said in a low voice: "After all, I am the one who has caused you." If I hadn't believed my sister-in-law's words, I thought that the third uncle was really an idle man who couldn't bear to swallow his anger and didn't care, how could he dare to make an assertion and move them out of the six-room ancestral house?"
"What's your fault for this?" Qin Ke said, "It's Chengenhou who is domineering, and the little second room is ...... They didn't tell the truth in the letter, and even said that Xiao Changfang and Xiao Sanfang were not in harmony and had enmity, looking at Brother Jian's respectful appearance towards the third uncle, where did it seem that there was a grudge? Your sister-in-law is biased towards her mother's family, thinking that this is good for us. In the future, we will pay attention to it, and don't offend the third uncle again. Even if the third uncle is really like the second aunt said, he has the name of the marquis, but in fact, he is just a broken household, then he has the name of Yongjiahou. Which of the table are we?"
Xiao Huang responded softly, followed Qin Keyong softly, and returned to his courtyard.