Chapter 218: The Return
Wu Shaoying arrived at Jinling Wharf two days later. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoAt this time, it is the last day of November, and tomorrow will be the wax moon. He has caught up, and he still has time to take over the affairs of the government before the year, be a few days away, be familiar with the work, and take the opportunity of the New Year to contact his colleagues for a good time. In this way, when the yamen reopens in the next year, he will be able to integrate smoothly into the new environment.
Wu Shaoying himself understands this truth, so when Uncle Hu's father and son transported Guan Rongniang's coffin off the boat and loaded it, he watched the loading process and confirmed that his cousin's coffin was fine, so he rode into the city first and reported to the prefect's yamen.
At this time, because the sky had been clear for two days, Qin Bai, Niu's family, Qin Hanzhen, and Zhao Mo all returned to Qinzhuang to live. They reunited with Brother Qian'er and the clansmen after a long absence, divided the gifts they brought back from the outing, and happily got together to talk and discuss which troupe will be invited to the clan this year and what drama to sing. Suddenly hearing that Uncle Hu's father and son had returned, Qin Hanzhen was busy looking for his grandfather and grandmother, and first braved the cold wind to take the car to the ancestral grave, and stared at the people to unload Guan Rongniang's coffin from the car and send it to the hut at the entrance of the cemetery.
This hut was originally used by the Qin clan to rest when they came to pay tribute to their ancestors, and there was a place to prepare a coffin behind the house. If any of the ancestors of the clan need to be buried in the ground, they will also stop here before the auspicious time comes.
Today is not an auspicious day to enter the earth, Qin Hanzhen first gave incense to his mother, kowtowed, and then saw that the coffin was well sealed, and there was no unpleasant smell, and the outer layer was also clean, and the straw mat and hemp rope were tightly wound.
Uncle Hu said to Qin Baiyu: "In August, we rushed to Mizhi, and when we returned home, we first looked at the house at home, and then asked how the harvest of the fields was this year, and asked the people in the village how they were doing. Everyone was fine, so I asked people to go to the nunnery to see the coffin of the eldest grandmother, and sent someone to greet the in-laws' wife. The in-laws' wife is in good health, and Uncle Guan took over the in-laws' master's school, but the number of students accepted is much smaller than before, and it can barely be supported. Fortunately, there is a field shop where Young Master Wu used to honor his wife, and their family does not have to worry about food and clothing, and they are more abundant than before. I told the Guan family that I wanted to send the coffin of the young grandmother back to Jiangning's hometown for burial, but my in-laws cried so much that they couldn't stop it, saying that they couldn't bear their daughter. Uncle repeatedly persuaded her, but it didn't work. I wanted to load the car quietly, but somehow called the second girl of the Guan family to know, which alarmed the wife of the in-laws, and the mother and daughter went to the nunnery to cry together, and they also lay on the coffin of the eldest and young grandmother without moving. I didn't know what to do, but then Wu Shaoying came over to persuade people to go home. ”
Uncle Hu looked confused, probably because he didn't expect Mrs. Guan to be so disrespectful, right? In the past, when the two families came and wen, Mrs. Guan had always been a talented lady. How did he know that the talented lady would also have a time to sit on the ground and cry? The old Qin family is a well-known scholarly family in Mizhi County, who is disrespectful? It is more decent than in the capital. As a result, when Mrs. Guan made trouble, she attracted many onlookers. Uncle Hu felt that the face of the old Qin family was about to be lost.
Fortunately, although Qin Bai has been away for two years, he still has hope for decades in Mizhi County. When everyone heard about what happened, they all felt that the Qin family was reasonable. However, the Guan family is also reluctant to have a daughter, and it is normal for the old lady to cry, but it is unnecessary to make it too ugly. The Guan family is still running a school now, so who is willing to send their children and grandchildren to his school? What if they teach their own children badly?
Qin Bai also had a look on his face that was indescribable. Although he had long expected that the Guan family would not accept this matter so readily, he also did not expect that Mrs. Guan would make such a fuss. Although Guan Rongniang is her biological daughter, she has been married into the Qin family for many years and is the daughter-in-law of the Qin family. Isn't it a good thing that the daughter-in-law of the Qin family died and was sent back to the ancestral grave for burial and the tablet into the ancestral hall? Now that the Qin family has entered Beijing as a family, it is impossible for them to return to Mizhi to settle down if there is no accident. If Guan Rongniang's coffin is not moved, will it be difficult for her to be left alone in Mizhi? In the future, if Qin Han really wants to worship and sweep the tomb, it is inconvenient, so the servants left behind in the old house of Mizhi can only worship on the time and festival, and the treatment is much worse. The Guan family is a mother's family, and it is also a little unjustifiable to come forward to take care of these future events. Mrs. Guan just cried and cried, crying and stopping people, refusing to ask people to move the coffin, what is the reason?
Niu couldn't help but say: "Is the in-law wife confused? I haven't seen how much she loves this girl before, why is she reluctant to be reluctant now that she has been dead for two years? If the in-laws are still there, she will not care about it like this?"
Guan Laoxiu has a good face, if he is still here, he will never watch his wife make such a fool.
Qin Hanzhen whispered: "My grandmother is probably just reluctant to give up her mother, right? Because once my mother's coffin is moved, she can really only miss my mother in front of the tablet." When she said this, she felt a little ashamed. Now that she was no longer a child who had been kept in the dark, what she overheard under the back window of the study had already given her a new understanding of the personality of the grandmother of the Guan family. Mrs. Guan is not so much reluctant to give up her daughter, but rather worried that after the Qin family moves the coffin, the in-law relationship between the two families will be even more estranged, and the Guan family will not be able to borrow the power of the Qin family, and it will not be able to benefit.
But there is no need to say these words, just know it in your heart. Qin Hanzhen looked around and persuaded Niu: "Grandmother, let's go home and talk about these words, let's settle my mother first." ”
As soon as she finished speaking, the Feng family of the sect room arrived. Seeing this, Niu Shi hurriedly closed his mouth. Some things are just said by oneself, so that outsiders can hear them, and they will be embarrassed.
After Feng came over, he first gave incense to the deceased, and then greeted Uncle Hu's father and son for their hard work all the way, and then asked where Wu Shaoying was, and learned that he went to the prefect's yamen to report, so he didn't mention it. She instructed people to take care of Guan Rongniang's coffin, and the things that should be prepared are complete, and the rest is to choose an auspicious day to be buried. Since it is the moon soon, there will be many things to do, and if you want to be buried before the Chinese New Year's Eve ceremony, it is best to set an auspicious day as soon as possible.
Qin Bai has already invited someone to see the auspicious day, there are good days in the first and middle months of the lunar month, and he only needs to choose a suitable one among them. When Feng Shi heard this, he also took care of the matter happily, saying that she would prepare properly, and the sixth room only needed someone to come at a later date.
The Feng family is quite capable, and he is not as empty as Xiao Huang's, there is a sentence that is a sentence. She said that it would be done properly, and others could rest assured.
Qin Bai's family returned to the six-room ancestral house and sat down, first asked Uncle Hu and his son to freshen up and eat, and then called someone to ask about the details of Mi Zhi and his party. The Niu family originally wanted to send Qin Hanzhen away, but felt that the children's family was not suitable for listening to the various strange performances of the grandfather's family. Qin Hanzhen insisted on staying: "It's good or not, you have to let me know it in my heart." It was always my mother's mother's brother's house. ”
Qin Bai also said: "Just let Hanzhen stay." Now that she's older, she doesn't have to be as taboo as she was when she was a child. "Niu's is just that, but it is absolutely impossible for Brother Qian to be present to listen, Zhao Mo is an outsider, so naturally he avoided it early.
Uncle Hu began to recount in detail how they returned to Mizhi and moved the coffin this time.
The mother and daughter of the Guan family cried and refused to let the Qin family remove Guan Rongniang's coffin, and scolded the Qin family and Uncle Hu's father and son a lot, saying that the Qin family bullied their Guan family's orphans and widows. Such unreasonable words, Uncle Tiger was angry when he heard it. Fortunately, the people in the villages in the county who knew the matter were reasonable and knew that what the Qin family did was reasonable, and it would not be good for Guan Rongniang not to move the coffin, so they persuaded Mrs. Guan in turn. Mrs. Guan just didn't listen, Uncle Guan and his wife stepped forward to persuade them, and they were scolded back by her. Especially Uncle Guan, after receiving a few ugly words from her mother-in-law, she was so angry that she almost took her son back to her parents' house, and Uncle Guan tried her best to persuade her.
Later, Wu Shaoying worshiped his ancestors in Wubao, and the things that should be done were done, and when he rushed to Mizhi to help, he saw that things were so troublesome, so he personally went to persuade his aunt and Mrs. Guan.
I don't know what he and Mrs. Guan said behind closed doors, but after reopening the door, both of them cried and swollen their eyes. Mrs. Guan finally relented, saying that it was okay to move the coffin, her daughter was a Qin family wife, and she would naturally enter the Qin family's grave after her death, and her son-in-law Qin Ping would marry again in the future, and she also needed to kneel in front of her daughter's tablet.
However, she was really reluctant to be separated from her daughter from now on, and wanted it to be more convenient to see her daughter in the future, so she asked Uncle Hu for a kiss, hoping that when they moved the coffin, they could bring Uncle Guan's family over by the way. Her son is still young, her grandson is also young, and he is just a teacher who stays in Mizhi County, and he has no interest, if he enters the capital, he can still see the world. Moreover, Qin Ping is still young and has no son, and now he is also the son of the Hou Mansion, and he will definitely marry again in the future. The prince of the Hou Mansion remarried, and he didn't know what kind of official lady this house was, and he might not be able to accommodate the daughter left in the front room. Mrs. Guan is worried that Qin Hanzhen, her granddaughter, will be wronged in the future, if Uncle Guan can go to the capital, if she can get out of the way, she can also support Qin Hanzhen, so she can be bullied casually.
Uncle Tiger really felt ridiculous about this kind of request. First, they moved the coffin to send Guan Rongniang's coffin to Jiangning's hometown for burial, and Uncle Guan followed, also in Jiangning, not in the capital; second, Uncle Guan relied on his deceased father's legacy in Mizhi, and he could still be a teacher, and he had a family and a business, even if he was not very rich, he would not have to worry about food and clothing. Moreover, even if the Qin family does not come back, there is still an industry in the local area, and Mizhi County will take care of the Guan family more or less in the face of Qin Bai, and will not let them suffer. Once he goes to the capital, how can he gain a foothold with Uncle Guan's ability? That is, he wants to open a school to accept a few Mengtong, and people may even dislike him for having no merit. In the end, it is not necessary to rely on the Yongjiahou Mansion to receive help?
Although Qin Hanzhen has no mother, if her future stepmother wants to bully her, and her grandparents are there, her father is also an understanding person, and she doesn't need to rely on the support of her uncle's family who can gain a foothold in the capital by relying on the Hou Mansion.
Not to mention......
Uncle Hu said to Qin Bai: "I look at what my in-laws' wife means, although I only mention that my uncle's family of three went to Beijing, but in fact she only has this one son, she is also old, and her daughter will marry out sooner or later. That's not all, the most important thing is the second girl of the Guan family, she is still guarding her filial piety, and it is inconvenient to talk about family affairs, but listening to the tone of her voice, it seems that she also wants to marry someone in Beijing, and she has not given up on Wu Shaoying......"