The old mansion firmly guarded the filial piety for the late Beiyang Minister Yuan Shikai, the President of the Republic of China Yuan Shikai, and the Emperor of the Chinese Empire Yuan Shikai for three months. Although Xie Daozhong did not ask the outer seven prefectures to follow the filial piety, there were still a few prefectures that quietly complied, Xie Huai'an did not use this move to measure the meaning of people's hearts, but it was indeed a lot of preferential treatment for those prefectures in the days to come.

Others didn't notice the small difference, but Xie Daozhong did. This keen observation even surprised Xie Huai'an, he always thought that he and Xie Daozhong were busy with each other, not disturbing each other, and not caring about each other.

Xie Daozhong wanted to use this excuse to talk to his son, he smoked incense in advance in the study, prepared tea, and sat down on the Huanghuali official hat chair facing the window, feeling that it was not like a father and son chatting, but more like a colleague socializing.

The old father tossed and turned in the study for a long time, preparing for a small talk with his son, and finally had two wenge rocking chairs carried down the porch, a low one in the middle of the two chairs, and a sweet wine and snacks in the kitchen. The window of the study is open, and the incense in the room comes like nothing, making people feel timid and relaxed.

Xie Daozhong lay down on a rocking chair, swaying slightly, thought about it, and ordered someone to bring a candle. This can be a lot of tossing for the little guy, since the old house was electrified, the wooden lampstand was put away, the little guy received his order from Xie Daozhong, and he had to run to Xie Funing to ask for the key to the warehouse.

"What are you tossing about?" Xie Funing took a kerosene lamp and put it on the small table, "Do you have to have a candle?" The wax stored in the library is old. ”

Xie Daozhong lay on the chair and wandered leisurely, which opened his eyes and looked: "Hey, it doesn't have to be wax, it's just a lamp." Confused, when it comes to lights, you can only think of candles. ”

Xie Funing moved the kerosene lamp again, and looked at the formation in Xie Daozhong: "There are guests coming?" ”

"Ah, yes," Xie Daozhong didn't want to tell him that he was tossing such a big set just to talk to his son, "Is it time for dinner?" ”

"The kitchen is already on fire," Xie Funing said, "how can you say that there are guests?" Now I don't know if it's too late to add a feast. ”

Xie Daozhong had no choice but to say: "It's not a distinguished guest, you don't need to add dishes." ”

Xie Funing said: "I know, I'll go talk to the kitchen." ”

"Hey, needless to say." Xie Daozhong called him, "You call Chongrong, I have to give him a few words." ”

But Xie Daozhong miscalculated, he didn't expect Xie Huaian to come back yet. Wu Xinyi personally came over to reply to him, saying that Xie Huaian called back and said that he would not be at home for dinner at night.

Xie Daozhong tossed for a long time, and finally fell through, but he was still a little unwilling to take it back like this, and finally sent Wu Xinyi away angrily, and he lay under the porch for a long time.

After Xie Huai'an returned home in the evening, he heard that Xie Daozhong called him in the evening, and he didn't change his clothes, so he went to the study in a panic: "I heard that my father called me in front of me." ”

Xie Daozhong still lay under the corridor after eating, but the sweet wine and snacks were withdrawn. Xie Huai'an will come over, so he stretched out his hand and pointed to the side: "Sit down." ”

Xie Huai'an sat down as he said, a little trembling, not knowing what Xie Daozhong suddenly asked him to say.

But Xie Daozhong was no longer in the mood to speak, and the topic of father and son that he wanted to talk about before was quite pretentious and ridiculous now.

"Lie down, your father called you, what are you afraid of?" He didn't open his eyes and said in a deep voice, "Or are you doing something wrong out there again?" I'm so nervous now. ”

Xie Huai'an couldn't cry or laugh, but he relaxed a lot. He stretched out his hands and feet and lay down on the rocking chair, and sighed softly: "Father, you don't have to deal with official business tonight?" ”

"I didn't have any official business for a long time," Xie Daozhong said angrily, "The Republic of China has come to an end, and I don't even know who to work for, and what official business is still being handled." ”

"Hasn't the vice president already announced his inauguration?" Xie Huai'an said, "The top is the top, and the people below still have to live." ”

"The top has been collecting taxes, so how can the people below live?" Xie Daozhong was a little upset, but he was calm, so Xie Huai'an couldn't see it.

As a son, he didn't know how to comfort his father, because in the past thirty years, his father had never needed comfort, so he didn't necessarily want Xie Huai'an to comfort him this time.

The atmosphere was cold again, and Xie Huaian didn't know what to say, so he was a little restrained and wanted to sit upright.

Xie Daozhong sighed leisurely: "Does Ah Tian have a letter back?" ”

"Not yet, maybe not yet." Xie Huai'an said, "But Sister Lan told me...... said that Ah Tian said that before she got on the ship, she said that the war was about to start, and told her to make plans early. ”

Xie Daozhong raised a little interest: "Oh? So what did she plan? ”

"Brother Yuji is ready to emigrate." Xie Huai'an said, "Before Ah Tian said this, Brother Yuji had this plan, so Sister Ah talked to me once and asked what the family thought. ”

Xie Daozhong was silent for a long time: "It's going to be a war again, now it's much better to fight than before, there are still foreign countries to run, and you can only run to the northwest before." ”

Xie Huai'an was a little confused: "That'...... What does Father mean? ”

"You can't go back and run, I've already run once." Xie Daozhong laughed slowly, "I have abandoned the city every time, what kind of parents and officials should I be?" ”

He got up from the rocking chair and went back to the study to get his cigarette pouch, Xie Huai'an hurriedly got up and got matches to help him light his cigarette.

"If Yuji leaves, Ah Lan will have to follow." Xie Daozhong puffed out a puff of green smoke and returned to the rocking chair, but this time he was just sitting, not lying down, and pointed to the opposite side, "Discuss with your mother and start Huaichang's marriage." ”

Xie Daozhong and his wife went to Beijing together, which was at the end of the sixth year of the Republic of China. The house left by Xie Daoyong is still there, Xie Huai'an arranged for Xie Huaichang to find someone to clean it half a month in advance, and when Xie Daozhong and his wife arrived, they lived in that house.

The capital Xie Mansion still maintains the same old state, but those electrical appliances have not been used for a long time, and most of them have been broken, and even half of the chandelier in the living room exploded on the night they moved in.

Mrs. Qin said that this was a family member who had summoned Xie Daoyong's soul back and was welcoming them, because Mrs. Feng and Ah Xin had come with them.

The big media master invited was still Lu Zhengxiang, Xie Daozhong personally visited him and showed him the dowry list. Xie Huaichang spent as much money as Xie Huai'an to marry a daughter-in-law, and even the dowry was exactly the same, which was Mrs. Qin's showing her tolerance as the mother of the long house.

The decision was very smooth, because Xie Daozhong and his wife were old and inconvenient to travel, so this time they made a direct decision, and the Wei family was very satisfied with the Xie family's family business, and they didn't even find fault with Xie Huaichang's identity as a concubine.

Xie Huaichang secretly went to the ancestral hall one night to worship Xie Daoyong, he went after dinner, and chattered in it for a long time, just like when Xie Daoyong was still alive before, at that time he always loved to ask Xie Huaichang about the itinerary of the whole day.

Xie Huai'an stood outside the ancestral hall and didn't bother him, but it was also the first time that this brother found that Xie Huaichang, a younger brother who didn't seem to be very talkative, was so talkative. He was originally kneeling on the ground, but gradually his legs were sore, so he simply sat cross-legged on the futon, and thanked Daoyong horizontally and vertically for being a kind elder who was not polite.

When Xie Huaian threw the cigarette butt on the ground, Xie Huaichang finally ended his chatter. At that time, the moonlight was just right, and it was sprinkled in the yard, illuminating all the details of the yard clearly.

"Speaking of which, many years ago, I used to go to the ancestral hall in the middle of the night." Xie Huai'an turned his back to Xie Huaichang and said to himself, "At that time, I colluded with Sister Lan to install electric lights in the ancestral hall, so I wanted to go in first and report to the ancestors." ”

He laughed deeply and took another puff of paper cigarette: "At that time, I felt a little scared, the ancestral hall was gloomy at night. ”

"You still have such great achievements?" Xie Huaichang walked out and locked the door of the ancestral hall carefully, "I don't think this place is terrible. ”

"Because you're not weak now, I don't think there's anything to be afraid of now." Xie Huaichang turned his head and put the cigarette on the sole of his shoe and stepped on it, "You're getting married, and the second uncle must be very happy to know it." ”

Xie Huaichang smiled faintly, his expression was relaxed, and he said to Xie Huai'an: "Does my mother have a plan for my new sister's marriage?" ”

"My uncle wants to marry her back to Beijing." Xie Huai'an said, "My uncle is from Beijing. ”

Xie Huaichang nodded: "It's okay, Hengzhi and I will be here in the future, and I can take care of their mother and daughter." ”

Xie Huai'an chatted with Xie Huaichang again, as if he was waiting in front of the ancestral hall for half a day, just to chat with him about this gossip, and in the end Xie Huaichang couldn't hold it back, covered his mouth with his hand and yawned, Xie Huai'an said: "Not long ago, my father-in-law called and asked you how you plan to arrange it in the future. ”

Xie Huaichang was surprised: "How to arrange it?" Naturally, he continued to be the vice principal of the Military Academy. ”

"Yuan Shikai died and Li Yuanhong succeeded him, and he couldn't suppress the soldiers left by Yuan Shikai." Xie Huai'an made it clear to him, "Duan Qirui doesn't take Li Yuanhong seriously, there will be a battle between the two of them, and it's a good thing that the rest of the provinces are overseen from the wall, but I'm afraid that they won't be able to hold it back and want to take advantage of the fire to rob." ”

Xie Huaichang asked directly: "So what does Wu Ziyu mean?" ”

"He wants you to go to his command." Xie Huai'an smiled, "But I refused for you." ”

"Big brother knows me!" Xie Huaichang praised, "There is turmoil outside, I have no intention of serving any side, I just want to teach honestly in the school." ”

Xie Huai'an asked, "Your future old father-in-law also agrees?" ”

"If you want to teach him to be satisfied, then you can only support the restoration of the Qing Dynasty," Xie Huaichang said with a smile, "He doesn't care about me." ”

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