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On the morning of the twenty-ninth day of the lunar month, the children of the side branches in the Xie family's Beppu came to the house one after another, Xie Huai'an helped to receive his uncle and brother in the outer courtyard, Wanlan and Wantian talked to the wives and ladies of each house in the inner garden, both of them carried a heart, and from time to time they were distracted to pay attention to the movements outside, and they were a little absent-minded when they spoke, but they were not out of shape. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Others don't care about these, but someone came out to pick a thorn, that is, Mrs. Ming in the three mansions of the Xie family, two days before Wanlan and Huaichang followed Xie Daoyong to the capital, this lady was still thinking about the six Zhuangzi left behind after the death of the old man in the Seven Mansions, but no one inherited them, and when she saw the sky running into the old mansion, Mrs. Qin looked down on her the most, and immediately inherited a son from the knee of Mrs. Wang of the Five Mansions to receive the incense of the Seven Mansions, so as to teach her to completely abandon this thought.

Mrs. Ming has a grudge against Mrs. Qin like this, but she is a daughter-in-law of the side line, no matter how much she holds a grudge, she can't spread the fire in front of Mrs. Qin, so she has to use this excuse to say two yin and yang weird words: "Why do I see that Miss Lan is absent-minded, do you think about someone outside?"

Wanlan immediately focused her eyes on her face and smiled apologetically: "It's listening to the movement outside, when the time comes, we will have to go to the ancestral hall, my niece is afraid that she will make a mistake." ”

Mrs. Ming smiled: "It turns out that because of this, I thought it was your Uncle Ming and I who were not enough to distract the eldest lady." As she spoke, she took a sip of tea from the teacup, and called out again: "This tea today is much better than the last time I came, and it is really a blessing to your wives, I didn't know that there was such good tea in the old house." Then he pretended to complain to Mrs. Qin in a joking manner: "Sister-in-law is really, such good things are still hidden, and they are not used until they are used for a big feast, is it possible that the old mansion is still short of this one or two tea dollars?"

Mrs. Qin was being pulled by Mrs. Ding of the Second Mansion to look at the handkerchief embroidered by Miss Wanwan in the Second Mansion, and after listening to Mrs. Ming's words, she didn't even raise her eyelashes, and followed her words and turned back: "It's all your own family, do you still have to be picky about daily tea? The old man in the front hall came to drink that on weekdays." Speaking of this, she raised her head and glanced at Mrs. Ming with a smile: "Thanks to the blessings of all the ladies and gentlemen here, the old man is drinking this kind of good tea today." ”

Mrs. Ming's face was a little unbearable, and she smiled with a strong smile: "Don't blame me for being troublesome, I am a member of the Xie family in the end, and I have to be responsible for the Xie family." ”

Mrs. Qin smiled again: "Mrs. Sanfu is right, all sisters-in-law and brothers and sisters have also learned, Sanfu is now prosperous, and several children have their own talents, it is thanks to the responsibility of the third wife." ”

Now everyone laughed, and there were those who went to compliment Mrs. Ming, and there was a sense of ridicule in the field. When the old man Daoshun was still there, he was shrewd and capable, and the Sanfu could indeed be called prosperous, but since he died, the Sanfu was handed over to Mrs. Ming, and it was not as good as a day, Mrs. Qin often warned Wanlan that women governing the family are as important as men governing the country, and this should be not bad at all in Mrs. Ming.

This lady is the person personally selected by the lady in front of the three mansions, the daughter of a prefect, and she is also a feudal official, just to be able to overpower Mrs. Qin in the old mansion. knows how to be an official in the house, how this Mrs. Ming governs the house, and the one at the other end is a pro-Yu Yuanxian. Mrs. Ming has intimate contacts with several wealthy wives in Zhenjiang, and she listens to the drama today and has a banquet tomorrow, and the topics they talk about are just to praise each other, and they may also talk bad things about Mrs. Qin behind their backs.

Mrs. Qin looked down on the daughter of this donor, and naturally she would not listen to the words muttered behind her back into her ears, nobles have their own noble laws, and they can't be called "expensive" just by being born in money. Mrs. Qin was too lazy to worry about her, but Wanlan was completely absent from here, fortunately, Mrs. Ming didn't have any ability to govern the family, but Yuanchang was a good hand, which resolved a dispute on lips and tongues.

Not long after it was cleaned, there was a small servant in the front yard to pass the word, inviting the ladies of all provinces to go through the ancestral hall together, Wanlan's heart immediately rose to her throat, and when she met Xie Huai'an, she glanced at him with anxiety.

Xie Huai'an calmed down, Heng Zhu's decision was good, what they were afraid of was only the thunder and anger in Xie Dao, but thinking about the great changes and achievements that the Xie family was about to make in the future, this reprimand was nothing, he thought so, and gave birth to a sense of pride, just like a far-sighted courtier admonishing a stubborn old emperor, although he was scolded, it was a feat worthy of being recorded in the history books.

He gave Wanlan a comforting look, but the latter obviously didn't think about it as much as he did, his eyes were still full of anxiety, but the starting point was very different from Xie Huai'an, she was afraid that Xie Daozhong would dismantle the lamp in anger, so what would they want to do in the future, but it would be difficult.

The southern winter is wet and cold, standing outside for a while, I feel the chill drilling into the cracks of the bones along the layers of clothes, the people of the Xie family gathered in front of the ancestral hall, arranged according to the generations, after the ceremony, Xie Daozhong took out the ancestral hall key and opened the copper lock on the door, Wanlan immediately closed her eyes, waiting for a roar in Xie Daozhong.

But what she was waiting for was the sound of everyone's footsteps and the friction of clothes entering the ancestral hall, and she couldn't help but open her eyes in confusion - it turned out that when Xie Huai'an was installing the electric light, he put all the bulbs into a palace lamp, and hung the palace lamp on the beam, which made people unable to distinguish for a while, and Xie Daozhong's attention was all on the tablet in front of him.

She breathed a sigh of relief and began to bow down to the tablet with everyone in the clan, and saluted the pepper wine in turn, but when it came to Xie Huai'an, he stopped in front of the tablet.

Wanlan knew what he wanted to do, and her heart tugged at her throat again, and she watched Xie Huai'an present pepper wine, knelt down in front of the tablet, and said, "The ancestors and the ancestors are above." ”

Everyone didn't know what he meant, and all eyes flocked to him, curiously waiting for his next step.

Xie Huai'an paused for a moment and continued: "Thanks to the blessing of the ancestors, in the thirty-second year of Guangxu, except for the death of Uncle Daoyin in the Seven Mansions, the entire Xie family is safe and there is no disaster. ”

The people from all over the ancestral hall looked at each other, still confused.

Xie Huai'an didn't let them wonder for too long, and quickly continued: "In the junior, Huaichang was recommended by his uncle and was selected by the imperial court as a foreign student, and went to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to study military affairs, and only after completing his studies in the coming day, he came back to serve the motherland; Talking with him, Huai'an benefited a lot, he had been living in a corner of Zhenjiang before, not knowing the Spring and Autumn Wei and Jin Dynasties, and not knowing that the world had changed drastically, and its degree was no less profound than the chaotic times of the late Ming and early Qing dynasties in the past. ”

Whispers sounded in the ancestral hall, Wanlan peeked at Xie Daozhong, and saw that his brows were slightly furrowed, still waiting for Xie Huai'an's next words.

So Xie Huai'an continued: "After the defeat of Japan in the first year of the First Wu Dynasty, the imperial court ceded land and paid compensation, and the treasury still had surplus wealth, and when it was defeated again in the year of Xin Chou, the European powers occupied the capital, threatened each other by force, and demanded 140,000 taels of silver. ”

These words were already disrespectful, and the whispers in the ancestral hall were louder, and countless pairs of eyes frequently glanced at Xie Daozhong, but he still pursed the corners of his lips and said nothing, but his face was more serious.

Xie Daozhong's silence greatly increased Xie Huai'an's confidence, he was encouraged, and continued: "The ancestral residence of the Xie family is in Chen County, and the eunuch lives in Zhenjiang, and he has suffered a great change in the country, and he has changed his residence here in order to protect a corner of Zhenjiang. The ancestors are above, the Xie family has been in politics for a hundred years, and they are loyal to the Qing Dynasty, but there are no eggs under the nest? Nanming died, and many of his ministers were slaughtered, and if the Qing Dynasty died at the hands of a foreign race today......"

"Huai'an!" Xie Daozhong finally interrupted him: "You dare to say these rebellious words in front of your ancestors?"

"If it is in front of a certain adult in the imperial court, Huai'an really doesn't dare, but in front of his ancestor's tablet, Huai'an is full of sincerity, He Hua doesn't dare to speak? Xie Huai'an didn't look back, he straightened up and raised his head: "A few days ago, I was ordered by my father to install electric lights in the house, which are as bright as day, and when you press them, I don't know how much better than candles. ”

Xie Daozhong was taken aback, and immediately looked up, only to see the palace lamp hanging on the beam. He wanted to be angry, but in front of everyone's eyes, it was at the major ceremony of worshipping his ancestors, so he couldn't help it again, and only said: "It's over, don't waste time, get up." ”

Xie Huaian kowtowed to the tablet, stood up again, kowtowed to Xie Daozhong, and said, "Thank you, father." ”

He was called to the outer study by Xie Daozhong after the evening feast, and when he pushed the door, Xie Daozhong was smoking a bag of cigarettes and standing in front of the window waiting for him.

Xie Daozhong took one, nodded it under Xie Huai'an's service, and tried to take a puff: "Where did it come from?"

"I gave it to Brother Yuji when he came over, but my son didn't smoke, so he didn't move," Xie Huai'an said: "Compared with the cigarette pouch, what does my father think of cigars?"

"It's a little fresh, but it's not much different," Xie Daozhong took a puff, puffed out a puff of green smoke, and glanced at Xie Huai'an again: "You are very bold today, tell me, what is your idea?"

Xie Huai'an was surprised by his attitude, and couldn't help but say, "I thought you would be furious." ”

"I've already been thundering, but you still did it," Xie Daozhong sat down after turning back to the bookcase, and he didn't know where to put the cigar on his fingertips, so he had to continue to hold it in his hand: "It can be seen that there is a reason to do it." ”

Xie Huai'an nodded: "Yes, father, I plan to use that electric light to test your attitude." ”

Xie Daozhong said "hmm": "If I get angry again, you will have to continue to hide from me those things you are planning, right?"

Xie Huai'an smiled: "Yes." ”

Xie Daozhong took another puff of his cigar and sighed with the action of spitting out the smoke: "You are right, there are eggs under the nest." Your grandfather abandoned the city and fled for his life during the long-haired chaos, which should have been a felony that lost his head, but it was suppressed by his relationship, how many more years can there be in this Qing court, I am afraid that only God knows, but the Xie family does not have to give them Aixin Jueluo to accompany the funeral. ”

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