Chapter 18: A Father's Heart
Shu Xiuhe's voice interrupted the suspicion in Shu Hongxuan's heart, Shu Hongxuan looked at his father and stepmother with a smile on his face, said a few words, and walked up a few steps to his sister. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
Jiang let go of Shu Yanhua's little hand and gently pushed her forward a few steps.
Shu Xiuhe's big palm was placed on Shu Yanhua's head, and he asked with concern: "I received news that you are sick, and now you are well?" Why don't you wear a few more clothes to come out, it's not good to get sick again. ”
Shu Yanhua's body tensed, and she realized that she was not reacting right, so she immediately relaxed herself, raised her head, and looked at Shu Xiuhe's worried eyes, and slowly showed a soft smile on her face,
"Daddy, I'm almost fine, don't worry, Grandma is waiting to see you at home, let's go in quickly."
Shu Xiuhe rubbed his daughter's head and advised: "Before the big day, don't go out of the house to blow the wind, remember to wear a few more clothes, if you lack any medicinal materials, tell your father, and tell your father what you want to eat." ”
Shu Xiuhe's instructions perfectly interpret the good image of a father who loves his children, and Mei, as a stepmother, also has a little worry and guilt on her face.
Shu Yanyu lowered her head, her little feet kept drawing circles on the ground, and her head hung down like a quail.
Shu Hongwen is only ten years old after all, and he has not yet been able to be happy and angry, and a touch of anger and disdain in his eyes is seen by some people.
Shu Yanhua put her hands in her sleeves, listened to Shu Xiuhe's words obediently, and nodded from time to time, the silk scarf in her hand had already been kneaded by her.
Shu Xiuhe walked to the inner courtyard as he spoke, and only stopped telling Shu Yanhua when he walked to the door of Fushoutang, and saw that there was a girl ring at the door of Fushoutang who was looking forward to it, and strode towards Fushoutang.
A group of people followed him in.
Shu Yanhua walked in unhurriedly with the flow of people, and when she came to the main hall, she saw that Shu Xiuhe had already knelt to the end, and respectfully kowtowed to Guan, and listened to his calm and low voice in her ears.
"The child is back, kowtow to his mother, and say goodbye."
Guan Shi pulled his son up, looked at his son carefully, and said with distress: "I have lost weight, my face is a lot haggard, look at you in the dust, go back to your yard to wash up first, and then come to me to reply." ”
Indeed, as Guan said, Shu Xiu and this trip out, it was a great crime, it was a cold winter, the river was frozen when he set off, and he could only go all the way by land, and when he came back, the river had been dug up, and he also took a section of land before turning to the waterway.
Because I had to hurry back to sell the holiday, I didn't stop all the way, how can I compare with my home when I go out, I can't eat and sleep as well as at home, and I work hard again, my chin still has unshaved stubble, my eyes are blue, my face is full of exhaustion, and my clothes are a little wrinkled.
This appearance naturally caused Guan's distress, no matter how much he cared about the ancestral land, it was not as important as his son, anyway, his son was back, and he could ask whenever he wanted, so he urged him to freshen up first and relieve his fatigue.
"Eldest daughter-in-law, you should also go and serve, and then you need the kitchen to prepare wine and good food, but you can't be hungry Master Hou." Guan Shi also instructed Mei Shi.
Mei Shi blessed her body, "The daughter-in-law knows." After speaking, he walked out with Shu Xiuhe and went back to Zilan Courtyard to serve her husband to freshen up.
Shu Hongxuan saw that his father and stepmother were gone, the second uncle sat on the top and talked to his grandmother, and slowly walked to his sister by himself and sat down.
"Hua'er, are you unwell?" Shu Hongxuan asked worriedly.
Shu Yanhua was stunned for a moment, raised a smile, and whispered: "No, brother, I'm in good health." ”
Shu Hongxuan sighed helplessly, "You have torn the silk scarf in your hand, and you still say it's okay?" ”
He has been paying attention to his sister from the second gate just now, others may ignore her because of his father's return home, but in this world, the person closest to him is not his father but his sister, the father has a stepmother and more children, and his sister is the only one he can rely on wholeheartedly, and his attention is naturally divided among his sister.
Then he saw her hand in the sleeve of her shirt turn in a big curvature, and when he just sat down, he saw a tear in the sleeve, so he was worried that something had happened to her.
Shu Yanhua stiffened, and quickly stuffed the silk scarf into her sleeve, her face still had an innocent expression, trying to fool her by, "Brother must have been dazzled by the mistake, I have nothing to do." ”
Shu Hongxuan naturally didn't want to get to the bottom because of this little thing, and asked his sister to take out the silk scarf and handkerchief to see it clearly on the spot.
He looked at his sister fixedly, and almost couldn't hold the disguised expression on Shu Yanhua's face, so he pinched her face, "Remember to tell my brother if you have something." ”
Shu Yanhua slowly exhaled a breath of turbidity and responded softly: "Hmm." ”
At this time, Shu Xiuhe returned to Fushoutang with Mei after freshening up.
Shu Xiuhe changed his clothes, the beard on his chin was shaved, his face was also bright, and the fatigue of the journey was also washed away by the hot water, and the whole person was full of steady majesty, and at this time he had a little Hou Ye's momentum.
When Shu Xiuru saw that the eldest brother was coming, he got up and gave up his seat, Shu Xiuhe unceremoniously sat on the Luohan bed next to Guan's, and the juniors in the family began to salute.
First, Shu Hongxuan of the big house took the lead, and Shu Yanhua, Shu Hongwen, Shu Yanyu, and Shu Yanqiao all stepped forward to salute one by one.
followed by Shu Hongbo and Shu Hongda in the second room, and after the juniors finished the ceremony, everyone sat down.
After the juniors had seen the head of the family, the Guan family had already asked urgently: "How about it, can the ancestral land be solved?" ”
A strange thing happened to the ancestral tomb of the ancestral land a few years ago, the tomb of an old ancestor suddenly collapsed, and even the coffin inside was exposed.
Frightened, the patriarch and the old clans stationed in the ancestral land were all dying, and they were afraid that the ancestors would appear to warn them, and the whole clan would be in big trouble, and they didn't dare to deal with it, so they had to send people to guard the ancestral tomb day and night, and burn paper money for the ancestors at all times, and sent someone to send a letter to the Guangping Hou Shu family overnight, asking the Hou Ye to show it.
The letter was delivered on the third day of the Lunar New Year, and the Guan family was also pale with fright when he received the letter, and he was afraid that the ancestral tomb would have an impact on the Shangjing lineage, especially for fear that the bizarre thing like the collapse of the ancestral tomb would have an impact on the eldest son's official position and even his future.
It is said that the son is silent and the power is chaotic, but the people of the time are actually extremely superstitious, and you don't see that even Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, also used the mythical anecdote of "Jiaolong Pan in the mother's body, and then conceived, and gave birth to the Han Gaozu".
Therefore, for a clan, the accident in the ancestral tomb is a major event, for fear that the descendants of the ancestors will be in great trouble, or the descendants will neglect the ancestors and make the ancestors dissatisfied, so the ancestors will show it angrily.
Guan has always remembered this in his heart, and he didn't have a good time even for the New Year, Shu Yanhua didn't visit in person when he was sick during the New Year, and even blamed him in his heart, thinking that Shu Yanhua's illness during the New Year was too unlucky, and when he contacted the ancestral grave, he was full of only unkindness to her.