Chapter 17: Family History
As soon as Xiaoyu saw that Xiao Xia was awake, she hurriedly handed over the tea bowl in her hand flatteringly, and looked at Xiao Xia with great affection.
Xiao Xia took two sips of water, looked at Xia Xiucai and said, "Have you slept for half an hour?"
Xia Xiucai nodded: "Almost, it's much more comfortable now." Would you like to have some more tea? ”
Mrs. Xiao Xia shook her head: "Old man, this little road was a problem in the past." ”
Xiaoyu's head shook like a rattle, looking at Xiao Xia Pozi and then Xia Xiucai, looking back and forth a few times, and no two people mentioned Xiao Xia's life experience.
Xiaoyu was anxious, and he was afraid that his father and mother would find out that he was pretending to be asleep and restless, so he would let Xiao Xia Pozi use snacks for a while, and let Xiao Xia Po see the scenery for a while.
After tossing for a long time, he said: "Mother, look, is it appropriate for Huang Jianye and Li Ming to follow you? What if he holds a grudge?"
Originally, it was a conversation, and as soon as the words came out, I was annoyed in my heart, and this beating was quite relieving, but now my heart is a little hanging.
"Mother, did you say that I was a little reckless just now. Xiaoyu was going to say to Mrs. Xiaoxia next: "You see that your background is from a family family, why don't you tell me about it, I am your daughter-in-law." "I have a good plan in my heart, and I feel that I am so together, Xiao Xia Pozi must have taken the opportunity to talk about it.
She thought well, but forgot about Xia Xiucai. Xia Xiucai heard this, for fear that her daughter would be timid from now on, so she immediately said: "Don't be reckless, Xiaoyu, you did a good job." Don't be afraid, your second brother, fifth brother, seventh brother and Rushan nephew can help you beat people. ”
Xiaoyu just wanted to bring back the topic of his father's abduction, but Xia Xiucai continued: "Mencius said, the rich and the rich cannot be lewd, the poor and the lowly cannot be moved, and the mighty cannot be bent. Xiaoyu, dad is so happy today, Xiaoyu is the youngest, and you already have this mighty and unyielding. Then he quoted the scriptures, and the people who had solar terms for three or four thousand years were all recited by him.
Xiaoyu listened for a while, and was finally taken into the ditch by her father: "Dad, those people don't end well!"
Xia Xiucai shook his head and said: "How can a husband judge a hero by success or failure." ”
Xiaoyu argued with her father with her head held high: "Dad, I don't want to be a big hero." What's so good about a big hero, abandoning his wife and children, you see Liu Bei has killed several wives, and the children have also fallen to the ground. ”
Xia Xiucai glared and refuted: "What kind of hero is he, besides, you, where are you reading idle books." ”
Xiaoyu was stunned by her father's words, and looked at her mother for help, and Xiao Xia's mother-in-law pursed her lips and smiled on the side.
Xiaoyu suddenly remembered the overheard words, and hurriedly changed the topic: "Mother, I was confused by my father." Didn't you say you were going to tell me about your life experience?" As soon as the words came out, Xiaoyu's eyes began to roll around with bones, thinking: Oh no, it's exposed.
Sure enough, Mrs. Xiao Xia asked, "When will I tell you about those old sesame seeds and rotten grain?" ”
Xiaoyu sighed, helplessly fell to the side and sighed and said, "This must be me thinking about this every day, and I am ill." ”
Even Xia Xiucai was not happy now: "Nonsense!"
Xiaoyu stuck out his tongue, spit a few mouthfuls of saliva on the bottom panel of the car, and said reverently: "Passing gods, what I just said doesn't count, I'll say it again now, you must listen well." After that, he looked at his parents left and right, and then said to Mrs. Xiaoxia: "This must be what I worry about every day, thinking about it every day and dreaming at night." I dreamed that you were going to sue me. ”
Xiao Xia Pozi was also amused, nodded at Xiaoyu's forehead and said, "Just count you smart." After that, he leaned behind him: "It's not that I won't tell you, I really don't know how to talk about it." ”
"Speaking of which, my mother's family is also a big family in the northwest, and my surname is Lu, which is only slightly worse than my grandfather's family. But my father is smart and does a good job, no one in the city knows, and that doesn't know. Later, my father became a Beijing official, and I remember when I was eight or nine years old, I went back to worship my ancestors, and the house was lively. Xiao Xia Pozi squinted her eyes and said slowly.
"My father has four or five aunts, all of whom are fat and thin. The most heartfelt thing about him is the big girl in his room, named Yujin. My father's favorite eldest son was born in Zhuangzi by Yujin. ”
"My mother is beautiful and powerful, but it's a pity that her brothers are not angry, and all careers rely on my father. Mrs. Xiao Xia let out a long sigh: "Alas, my mother's life is not going well, but fortunately, she has good friends with many women in the capital." The grange shops that accompanied the marriage were all running well, and later my mother found me a good family. Xiao Xia looked at Xia Xiucai with a smile.
Xia Xiucai didn't seem to hear it, tilted his head and looked at the roof of the car, and could see it.
Xiaoyu looked at Xia Xiucai, thought about it, and felt that what her mother said about a good family thing must not be her father.
"There, many people in the capital know about this family business. At that time, the daughter of Wang Shangshu of the Ministry of Officials was friendly with my sister-in-law, and her mother told Yujin that she wanted her daughter to marry my brother-in-law. Mrs. Xiao Xia giggled, as if she was saying something funny.
"Yujin's son, his qualifications can't be considered bad. It's nothing compared to your grandfather, but it's still okay to be a magistrate with your father. ”
Xiaoyu cleared her throat and asked carefully: "What kind of official is the magistrate, the county official is also a magistrate, and the prefect and the prefecture are also magistrates." In fact, when she talked about Jingguan just now, she wanted to ask, but she didn't dare to ask for fear of interrupting her mother's thoughts.
Xiao Xia Pozi clapped her hands and smiled disdainfully: "Your grandfather thinks that he can be a magistrate of Zhizhou, his talent, that is, the magistrate of the county." "Xiaoyu is a little bit, my grandfather, this Beijing official, must be a very big Beijing official.
Xiao Xia continued: "She is also self-aware, and she knows that her son is not worthy of others. I don't know how I heard that Wang Shangshu's son died that year, and I heard that the preparation was not good, so I looked for Shiwen everywhere. I don't know where she got the idea, so she gave birth to such a mind. ”
She took advantage of the snack to send my father and secretly copied the exam questions in the autumn of that year. ”
Xiaoyu couldn't help but exclaim, "Ah!"
Xiao Xia Pozi smiled and squinted: "You also think it's incredible, don't you?" ”
"My mother didn't wait for the incident to know, so she sent Wang Quan to escort me out of the capital, and she died of an emergency a few days after I left. Xiaoyu couldn't help but exclaim again: "Ah! No wonder you hate your aunt so much." ”
Xiao Xia Pozi shook her head and said: "By the time my father knows, it's too late, Emperor Xian, you also know, but they were all imprisoned in a few days, and they were sentenced in a few months, and the whole family was decided, and I was already in the northwest at that time, and I didn't dare to go back to my grandfather's house, and my two uncles were not resistant." ”
"On the day of the execution, the executioner first started from the servants of the palace and the side branches. My father watched as his aunts, concubines, and concubines were beheaded one by one. Xiao Xia said calmly and calmly.
Xiaoyu heard that her hair was about to stand on end.
"Later, the people in the clan couldn't tolerate me, and my mother asked Xingji and Wang Quan to bring someone to rescue me. Xiaoyu was stunned for a moment: "Didn't your mother have an emergency?"
Mrs. Xiao Xia smiled: "My mother, she is really a strange woman, she fell in love with your father for me." Then I got married, and she didn't know what happened, and I thought, maybe I hoped, somewhere a good person was waiting for her. ”
Xiaoyu thought for a while and asked, "Did the person surnamed Wang rob your marriage?"
Xiao Xia nodded: "She and I worshiped the heaven and earth on the same day, and entered the cave room." ”
Xiaoyu asked unwillingly, "Then how is she doing?"
Xiao Xia Pozi laughed: "I'm so busy every day, where can I have spare time to care if she is good or not." ”
"Still, I know she's gone. ”
"Hmph, that's a bad time. Xiaoyu said with relief.
Xiaoyu thought for a while and asked, "Mother, do you think if I enter the capital, will I see this Wang girl?"
Mrs. Xiao Xia laughed again: "That's not necessarily, but several of her sisters are also married in Beijing." You need to be on your guard. ”
Xiaoyu nodded hurriedly: "I can save it, you can rest assured." ”
"Mother, what kind of Beijing official did my grandfather be?
Xiao Xia Pozi said vaguely: "Almost." There is a Luo family shop selling pen and ink on the edge of the southern city, and the shopkeeper's daughter-in-law is called Xuanfang, who is also my eldest girl. In the future, if you go to the capital, you can go to her for anything. ”
Xiaoyu listened to it and came to the spirit again: "Mother, your girl has Xingji and Xuanyu, is there still a birthday star, a fire, a beam, a real Shen ......" Xiaoyu counted the names of the stars with his hands.
Xiao Xia Pozi laughed: "Your father is right, you read some idle books all day long." ”
Xiao Yuqi said: "Why don't you read the same book with me?"
Xiao Xia's mother-in-law nodded her head and looked at Xia Xiucai and said, "Look at the good girl you raised." ”
Xia Xiucai grinned, holding Xiao Xia's wife in one hand and Xiaoyu in the other, and muttered, "This life is enough!"
The family laughed and went to Licheng, found the largest inn in the city, and everyone settled down. Xiaoyu didn't move around like before, except for going to Yang Baochen to take a look, and then went back to his room to talk to Zhong Min.
Looking at the mother's room who ran away at about the same time, Zhong Min's worries were said. Mrs. Xiao Xia was greatly moved when she heard this: "Miss Zhong is a solid girl, and I don't know who will marry her in the future." You go and tell her, don't worry, the Lu family came to our house to ask for relatives. ”
When Xiaoyu heard this, he hurriedly asked, "Isn't it for the seventh brother?" Seeing that Xiao Xia shook her head, she guessed again: "Could it be the eighth brother." No wonder you want him to come with us. ”
Xiao Xia Pozi still looked at her with a smile and didn't speak, Xiao Yu suddenly realized: "Ah!" and shouted angrily: "There is no good person!" ran out with a gust of wind.