Chapter 365: On the Dao
Jiang Chengzi also smiled and didn't speak. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
The eldest lady, who had not spoken, spoke: "I don't have any knowledge, so noisy, and I'm not afraid of the child being scared." ”
"Sister-in-law, you also like this child from the bottom of your heart, right?" the tenth lady spoke, her tone was unusually gentle.
Jiang Chengzi couldn't help but look at the ten ladies. Previously, I heard Yang Ruyu mention that these ten ladies also burn incense and worship the Buddha at home all the year round, and it is unknown whether they really believe in the Buddha or Taoguang and cultivate obscurity.
"This kid is smart, cute, and courageous. This Hongnong Yang has not had such a child for many years, who doesn't like it?" the eldest lady said unhurriedly, holding the rosary.
When everyone agreed, the old lady came out of the back room, and the whole inner hall was suddenly silent, and after the old lady sat down, they all sat down.
As usual, the old lady told everyone about Fangqin with a handful of snot and tears, and also expressed her inner sorrow. The next thing is to thank the six rooms, thank Ah Zhi and the six ladies, and then ask each room to carry out a campaign to rectify the family style and servants in the near future, and be sure to remove the human face and beast heart, the moths, etc., and drive out those who should be driven out, and sell those who should be sold.
"Adultery must not be tolerated. The old lady struck the ground with her cane.
"Yes. Everyone replied in unison, and Jiang Chengzi felt that he was out of place with this atmosphere. Everyone came from the ladies of each room to listen to the admonition, and even if there was a girl there, they were brought from each room. And she is a little girl here in the sixth room, which is very embarrassing.
Therefore, when everyone was expressing their determination and being filled with righteous indignation, Jiang Chengzi sat in his seat and watched the Hongnong Yang Women's Chorus Celestial Troupe sing the old lady in unison without saying a word, in order to show his determination.
It was disgusting to hear, and she listened intently to the conversation of a few plants in the corner. The plants felt that it was too noisy and the air was not good, and they simply couldn't survive.
Maybe you can listen to the sounds from a little further away. She calmed down, knelt on the mat, and sure enough, through the chorus of the Yang Women's Heavenly Troupe, she could hear the plants in the courtyard sighing that it would not rain again, but she couldn't stand it.
Later, another plant was sighing that there was no possibility of rain in the near future, and I was afraid that it would continue to dry.
"It's okay, someone watered it, and the ones outside, I'm afraid I won't be able to survive. "There are cautious flowers and plants lamenting.
Jiang Chengzi's brows furrowed slightly, it seems that in the early years of Zhenguan, this drought in the north was really serious. I don't know if the imperial court has done a good job. If the disaster is underestimated, it is very likely
"Ah Zhi, you have been raised outside since you were a child, and you are not familiar with these aunts, aunts, sisters and sisters-in-law. To call you here today is to familiarize you with the familiarity. As for your eldest sister and A-Niang, they have known each other for a long time, so they didn't bother them. Besides, I know you're travelling. When the old lady had finished admonishing her, she turned the subject to her.
Jiang Chengzi was thinking about the drought, calculating how long the food he hoarded could last and how to deal with it if there were displaced people. The old lady suddenly turned the topic to her.
She was defenseless and startled, but she immediately stood up and bowed to everyone.
The third lady has always liked to speak decently, and this morning's incident made her remember it so deeply that she mentioned it to the people in the sixth room, even if Jiang Chengzi was only present at this time, she was still on guard and did not interject easily throughout the scene.
It's that the ninth lady doesn't understand the depths, except for the third lady, she loves to talk the most and is the most jumping. At this moment, he immediately answered: "The old lady has not come just now, this child is smart and clever, and knows how to be polite, and he has already asked us for peace as soon as he came." ”
"Ah Zhi is polite. She stood up and bowed.
The old lady stepped forward, took her hand affectionately, and introduced Jiang Chengzi to the people present. There were thirty-two people present, and Jiang Chengzi had a unique memory method in the army itself, plus he was smart and unforgettable.
After the old lady's circle of grandmother's loving granddaughter's filial piety, Jiang Chengzi had already recognized the thirty-two people present.
After the old lady finished introducing, she pulled Jiang Chengzi to sit down beside her and said, "Our Hongnong Yang family, a thousand-year-old family, is still standing after several ups and downs. It is not only the Yang clan that abides by the ancestral teachings and strives to innovate. It is the unity of the Yang clan. We're here today, so I'll talk about it here. This Yang family is here, the descendants are here, the Yang family is prosperous, and the children and grandchildren are prosperous. You guys, don't think that if you are a woman, you will have a big palm, a small belly, and short-sightedness. ”
Everyone was silent, and the old lady continued: "This woman manages the family house well, unites her relatives well, disciplines the children well, and keeps the family in good order. Only when a man is outside can he work hard with peace of mind. ”
"Yes. The ladies of the chambers replied in unison.
The old lady sighed again and said, "You must remember: the Yang family is both prosperous and lossy. ”
"We keep in mind. Again, the crowd spoke in unison.
The old lady glanced at everyone, stopped talking, only clapped her hands, asked the maids to take out the tea sets to make tea, and put the newly baked refreshments from the kitchen on the table one by one.
Jiang Chengzi saw that the tea-making skills of these maids were all imitations of the tea-making method at the Yang family's banquet, and the tea leaves were a congratulatory gift sent back to the ancestral house before the sixth room. As for those refreshments, they were just ordinary Yang's dim sum.
However, even this kind of ordinary specifications that are common every day in the Yang family's six rooms are already rare for the Yang family, which is ruined by the gold and jade. Therefore, each room is also as restrained as possible, eating tea and eating quite reservedly, but it can't hide the enjoyment and pride.
While drinking tea, the second room let his granddaughter talk about the guzheng to help the fun, and then the seventh room was not to be outdone and asked his daughter-in-law to play the piano. For a while, the tea party was quite elegant.
The old lady sat on the main seat, just drank tea, looked at everyone, and said nothing. Jiang Chengzi sat on the side, looking at everyone boredly, wondering when the old fox next to him would act.
After sitting for about half an hour, the tea was light, and the old lady ordered someone to make another pot for each room. Taking advantage of the gap between boiling water, the old lady said: "Everyone knows that what is the most fashionable thing in the world in the past half a year?"
It was Mrs. Nine who took the lead in standing up and said, "The most fashionable thing in the past half a year is to point emerald jewelry, and second, to drink tea." ”
"Nowadays, the most popular among the aristocracy is to drink tea and order emerald jewelry. Second, these two are from our Yang family's six rooms. This tea is pondered by Jiu Yatou and Qing Rang, and this bit of emerald jewelry is pondered by A Ning and Xiuhong. Look, where do you usually look at your eyes?" the old lady immediately began to admonish everyone when she introduced this piece of emerald jewelry and drank tea.
Everyone was silent, receiving the old lady's admonition.
The old lady continued: "If you look farther, the family will be united and harmonious, and the Yang family will prosper. I'm old, and I'm afraid I won't be able to shade you for long. ”
"Old lady, what are you talking about? You're still very strong. The Ninth Lady seized the opportunity to interject immediately.
The old lady waved her hand and said, "Life is in the world, and the moment you are born, you are doomed to die." I have nothing to shy away from about death, and you don't have to say such things to comfort me. Now, it happens that the sixth room is back, although only Ah Zhi is here in the sixth room today, but Ah Zhi is also extremely assertive. In this way, I watched the king's room, and the ladies were all there. What you have just said, be sure to take it to heart. ”
"Yes. Again, the crowd spoke in unison.
Jiang Chengzi still didn't speak, she faintly felt that the old lady's painting style was wrong, as if she had a big understanding.
"You guys, if you really listen. The old lady sighed again.
"What the old lady said, we all remember closely. The Ninth Lady was still in a delicate voice.
The old lady glanced at her, waved her hand, and said, "You guys disperse, I'll talk to Ah Zhi." ”
After she finished speaking, she stood up and instructed Jiang Chengzi to help her and talk to her in the small hall.
The small hall is not so much a hall as a small room with a view from the window, with a couch, a tea set, a small stove, and a bamboo lounger.
The old lady sat down with Jiang Chengzi, Jiang Chengzi didn't want to continue to speculate, so he went straight to the point: "Old lady, Ming people don't say secret words, why are you calling me in such a hurry?"
The old lady looked at it, but smiled, and said, "Presumably, even your mother would not dare to say this to me." Looking at the Yang family, you are the only one who can talk to me like this. ”
"Does the old lady regret it?" Jiang Chengzi asked with a smile.
"Becoming a king or losing, raising your hands and falling, losing is losing, why regret it?" the old lady paced slowly in the hall.
"For example, I regret that I was not killed as a demon that day. For another example, I regret not killing our mother and son at Luoshui Grange. Jiang Chengzi was merciless and straightforwardly dissected the old lady.
The old lady was not angry, but just sneered and said, "I have no regrets when I raise my hand, and it has been like this for decades." ”
"Then the old lady will not summon me to catch up with me, and express the deep affection of my ancestors and grandchildren, right?" Jiang Chengzi asked directly.
The old lady glanced at her, sat down in her chair, and said, "Can you really go down in that place with such a sharp edge?" ”
Jiang Chengzi chuckled and said: "Being able to bend and stretch can also be explained as: when you don't need to act, you can get straight to the point, and when you need to act, you have to act with fake and real." ”
"Well, I won't talk to you too much. Since you are straight to the point, I am also refreshing. Today, for Fang Qin, you are in charge, right?" the old lady asked directly.
Jiang Chengzi smiled and said, "Old lady, what if I take the lead, what if I don't lead it? The most important thing is who this means." ”
The old lady's face sank, and she said, "Is it really still the meaning of that one?"
Jiang Chengzi was noncommittal, but also smiled, and said: "Old lady, as the saying goes, when will the sun set?" The way of the world has changed, and the days when the family covered the sky with one hand have passed. ”
"Presumptuous. I don't allow you to say this. The old lady shouted angrily.
"Old lady, it's just you and me, why do you need to do this. Now that you are tired of running for your life, do you feel that the house is full of holes, blocking this and leaking that one?" Jiang Chengzi said sarcastically.
The old lady snorted coldly and said, "You don't need to be sarcastic, you have something to say." ”
"Why do I have to say it bluntly? The old lady invited me here today, but I didn't want to come. Jiang Chengzi directly took the words and threw them to her,
The old lady frowned, then stretched out and said with a smile: "That's it, that's it." I came to you today to ask about the future of the Yang family. ”
"Old lady, the Yang family has an elders' council. You still have a bunch of sons and grandchildren, why do you need to ask me this little girl?" Jiang Chengzi asked.
The old lady lowered her eyes and said, "The Elders' Council, if you don't mention it, it's all for your own interests, how could you really be for the Yang family? Yang Minzhi, to be honest, I don't like you very much, but I also have to admire you, and even envy you. is so smart that he is close to a demon, and he has no last resort. ”
"Thank you, old lady, for the compliment. Jiang Chengzi was very happy to accept the old woman's praise.
The old lady looked at her and said, "Therefore, I came to you to ask about the future of the Yang family and the plans of the sixth room." ”
Jiang Chengzi knew that the old lady wanted to ask if the sixth room would break away from the Yang family and stand at the door on its own.
"Liufang's surname is Yang, this can't be changed. As for the plan of the sixth room, if it is quite meritorious in the future, the emperor loves it, and gives it a fief title or something, it is natural to settle down independently. As for the future of the Yang family, it depends on the old lady and the people of the Yang family, not my Yang family's six rooms. Jiang Chengzi replied clearly.
"It's natural that you have to separate your six rooms and be independent. What I'm asking is whether your sixth room will be divorced from the Hongnong Yang family. The old lady was afraid that Jiang Chengzi would not answer, so she directly explained the words.
Jiang Chengzi looked at her and immediately felt funny, in the past, this old woman wished that the sixth room would disappear, and that the sixth room had nothing to do with the Yang family. Now, she is so afraid of the independence of the six rooms. It's really this time, that time.
"I just said, whether the sixth room will be divorced from the Hongnong Yang family is all up to you, not the sixth room. Of course, the principle of the six rooms is very clear' others respect me for a foot, and I respect others for a zhang', but if others dare to be rude or scheming against the six rooms, don't care about me Yang Minzhi, ruthless. Jiang Chengzi said coldly, word by word.
"What a ruthless one. Ah Zhi, you really dare to admit it. The old lady looked at this girl and was a little envious of her.
Undoubtedly, she Xiao Jinse is the same kind of person as this girl, but as a concubine and a side room, she is too low-brow and pleasing to the eye, so that she is aggrieved and uneasy.
She is insidious and cunning, whether she likes others or hates others, she is cautious, for fear that she will lose everything if she is not careful.
"Why don't I dare admit it?" Jiang Chengzi asked rhetorically, seeing that the old lady's expression turned out to be very loving.
She smiled and said, "Aren't you afraid that it will be too rampant and lose everything?"
"Old lady, what's the point of winning in life? Besides, you can just don't lose the overall situation. Moreover, the definition of winning and losing is very vague, and sometimes, if you look at it from a different angle, it is a loss, and then you look at it from another angle, but you win. As long as it has nothing to do with life and death, what does it matter if you lose or lose? Jiang Chengzi said slowly.
She has never been a Taoist, but her long-term lonely life and the profession she later engaged in have given her a long time to think about life. In the days when she was the captain of the special team, she silently played Go with herself for a period of time, and realized whether she won or lost. (To be continued.) )