Gu family ancestors in the Huguang area, great-grandfather was the former dynasty three products, after the establishment of the dynasty, vowed never to enter the dynasty into the office, only to move to Zhenjiang, bought a house hundreds of acres of land, since then and the land has been dealt with, the small fragrant rice brought by FJ, through intensive farming, made into a year old and three cropping, not only to feed hundreds of tenant farmers, but also to become the largest rice household in Zhenjiang, in Jiangsu and Zhejiang is also famous. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info It's a pity that the heirs withered in my grandfather's generation, first there was no second uncle, and then my father died early, and my grandmother has been in charge of this family's middle field. In the past few years, my grandmother has gradually lost energy due to illness, so she simply separated from the clansmen, and the second grandfather lived in Jintan County, and their branch lived in Dantu County.

The Gu family and the Lu family are world friends, the ancestors were officials in the same dynasty, and they agreed to resign together to escape the world, Mrs. Lu is the grandmother's own sister, more than 30 years ago, the Lu family broke the rules of not entering the office, began to train children to participate in the imperial examination, and several children have entered the court. According to the words of the Lu family, the Lu family has been taking care of the Gu family for the past 30 years, otherwise the Gu family would not be able to take a corner of peace, but she knew in her heart that the two families could be together and interdependent for decades by constantly cutting off the relationship of interests, and the Lu family's fields were all taken care of by the Gu family, which was the return of the Gu family to the Lu family.

Langhua pulled back her drifting thoughts, and here Mrs. Lu drank some tea to moisten her throat, and obviously began to get down to business, "Our old lady, let me ask my aunt if the old lady has made up her mind to follow us to Hangzhou." ”

Langhua's heart couldn't help but beat wildly twice.

It was this trip to Hangzhou, and since then she has lived in the Lu family.

And the grandmother and the clansmen will also die tragically in Zhenjiang.

After this time, she never had a home again.

Langhua felt her grandmother's hand rubbing back and forth, thinking that she hadn't made up her mind yet.

Mrs. Gu San coughed, "Mother, the second uncle has already moved away from Jintan County, saying that he will not come back until the situation stabilizes next year." ”

Old Lady Gu sneered when she heard this, "That old fox, he got the news a long time ago but didn't tell us, and only sent the news before he pretended to send the news after the family moved away, just to see our jokes." ”

Although the second grandfather moved his family, the second uncle who stayed behind had a conflict with the court officials, and the land in Jintan County was confiscated.

Langhua felt her grandmother's gaze fall on her, and her grandmother let out a long sigh, which was full of too much helplessness and sadness.

Grandmother's voice was a little older than before, "My old bones can't walk, we are no more than the men in Jintan County, who will take care of the ancestral house when I leave?"

Mrs. Gu San quickly lowered her head, and said in a dazzled manner: "I heard that there is going to be a war, our master is so scared that I can't do it, let me persuade my mother, it is better to leave some tenants to take care of it, at most, we will come back the year after tomorrow." ”

The third aunt means that she will not stay in Zhenjiang no matter what.

"Let's go?" Old Lady Gu glanced at Mother Jiang beside her, Mother Jiang immediately set up the pillow, and Old Lady Gu leaned in and took a long breath, "In less than three days, you will be on the way to do a funeral for me." ”

Mrs. Gusan's face changed immediately, and she hurriedly said: "Mother, don't be angry, my daughter-in-law just heard that the rebels, she had already killed her red eyes, and she was afraid that they would really break in, how could our tenants be able to fight against it, and there were old and young people in this courtyard...... Isn't it...... Isn't it ......?"

"What the third lady said is," said the second Mrs. Lu took the opportunity, "The old lady of our family also heard about this, so she had to leave temporarily to avoid trouble, and my father and brother will also try to transfer some manpower and send us to Hangzhou first." ”

Hearing this, Old Lady Gu frowned and looked at Second Mrs. Lu, "So, unlike what the imperial court said, 50,000 troops have been sent to support Zhenjiang City?"

Mrs. Lu pursed her lips, "It stands to reason that my daughter-in-law can't say this." ”

Old Mrs. Gu looked at Mother Jiang, who immediately took the people in the house out, and then carefully closed the door.

Mrs. Lu put down the tea bowl in her hand, wiped the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief and said: "My daughter-in-law can only say that it is the army of Lingbei that is mobilized, and now my father and brother are guarding Zhenjiang, and I don't know what to do......

Mrs. Gu San gasped, "Lingbei is so far away from Zhenjiang, what if the rebels are allowed to take the lead?"

Old Madam Gu closed her eyes as if she was tired, and the wrinkles at the corners of her eyes were like branches covered by heavy snow, and they were cold. Leaving the ancestral industry is the last thing she wants to do, and her body really can't withstand the slightest bump, after careful calculation, the entire Gu family, old and young, dozens of people, without calculating in advance, it is impossible to leave Zhenjiang with their families. The Lu family is different, the land is not as much as the Gu family, and the tenants and family members in the family are also half less than the Gu family......

Thinking of this, Old Lady Gu felt sour in her heart.

A catastrophe is coming, who doesn't want to go, but she will definitely die on the way, she is not afraid of death, she is facing hundreds of tenants of the Gu family, and the family business established for more than 80 years.

If you don't take care of these industries and return from disaster, what livelihood will the Gu family rely on?

The second old lady can still leave the second child to take care of the house, but she can't find someone who can be trusted.

Old Lady Gu felt sad in her heart, she seemed to have smelled the decay of the Gu family, and the Gu family would be devastated from now on.

No one can do it back.

The only thing she can do now is to entrust the family wealth to the Lu family, ask the Lu family to take care of her unfortunate son and daughter-in-law, as well as her poor granddaughter and widowed eldest daughter-in-law, and take them out of Zhenjiang to avoid trouble.

The fate of the Gu family and the descendants can only ask the Lu family for alms.

From then on, the balance between the Gu and Lu families will be completely broken.

Without the exchange of interests, what is the difference between the Lu family and begging for food.

She has to be strong for a lifetime, even if she knows that it is a dead end, she has to fight for herself, so let her, a half-dead old lady, stay here and live and die with the Gu family.

Mrs. Gu looked at her granddaughter on the bed, wanting to find some comfort, but her granddaughter's clear eyes suddenly met her, with longing and comfort in her eyes, as well as a stubbornness and strength, which suddenly seemed to light a bright light in her decadent heart.

Those eyes seemed to remind her not to make this decision lightly.

Old Lady Gu was stunned, but immediately overturned her thoughts.

An eight-year-old child, no matter how smart he is, cannot have the wisdom to make any ideas in such a time of crisis.

Old Lady Gu patted Langhua's hand gently, and was about to open her mouth to announce her decision, but she heard a clear children's voice, "Zhenjiang is my home, why should we go? ”