When the eldest aunt and wife entered the house, it happened to be the time of crying, and the men, women and children of the clan were in the mourning hall. I saw that the aunt and wife were surrounded by a group of maids and daughters-in-law, wrapped in mourning clothes and crying all the way, and everyone was not easy to walk away, so the juniors had to stand aside, and several wives hurriedly stepped forward to comfort them.

When the aunt heard that her sister-in-law had taken in an heir, she was surprised for a long time, and then she was relieved and cried again.

Xiusun stood in the distance to show her disapproval, how could she keep her expression of surprise for so long, unless she was pretending. This aunt's wife looked at it because the living conditions were too good, and she had no chance to hone her acting skills at all.

Up to now, Xiusun found that Changfang's style of acting is very special, and he is very hard-working and sincere, but he always leaves many flaws that can be seen at a glance, and at the same time he has to pretend that nothing has happened, and unceremoniously force the people around him to accompany them to act.

Not long after, it was reported outside that the eldest wife of the Wu family was coming, and the men avoided going to the outer courtyard, and the eldest aunt and wife took a few wives out to greet them, but Mrs. Wu's side was very fast, and Xiusun and they didn't have time to disperse, so she and the eldest aunt and wife went into the mourning hall together.

Everyone had no choice but to accompany Mrs. Wu to mourn again, and then comforted the old and young women who hugged their heads again and were sad, and greeted each other.

The third lady led Wu Keshi to meet the eldest lady and said, "Mrs. Wu has traveled a long way, and she has worked hard along the way. ”

Yes, Yingchuan is far away, and it took a day to arrive, which is indeed very fast, but it is not excluded that the Wu family has known about it for a long time, but it is just counting the time to appear at the Chu family.

Unexpectedly, Wu Keshi deliberately amplified his voice and said, "My sister-in-law and Xiuman suddenly suffered such a change, I was so anxious that I deliberately used the name of my mother's Liangguo Mansion, and came all the way to the official road post station, and was escorted by the guards along the road, so I arrived a ......little early."

Xiusun followed the Li Sijia to the courtyard of the old fourth room, and happened to hear this sentence when she turned the corner and separated.

Hmph, it's still the "mother's" Liangguo Mansion, okay if you go out of the five suits early?

The Yingchuan Ke clan, the maiden family of the Wu Ke clan, is indeed related to the Liangguo Mansion, but the relationship between the two sides is farther than the relationship between the Pukou Chu family and the Lanling Chu family.

Xiusun had seen Wu Ke Shi when she was a child in her previous life, and she lived in the Liangguo Mansion at that time, of course, not to fulfill her filial piety to the old Guogong and the old Duchess of the country, but to climb this relative to marry a good family, and in the end, she basically got her wish, the Wu family was rich, and the five old ladies had been official to Fujian Province.

Why is it called basically as desired, because people originally planned to enter the palace to be a little wife.

Xiusun has lived in a high position since she was a child in her previous life, and she has seen a lot of people who cling, and she doesn't think there is anything wrong with clinging, but she just doesn't like this person very much.

Liangguo Gong Ke Lu, that is, her uncle in her previous life, is now the general soldier of Shaanxi, and the son Ke Ting also followed him as a general in the army.

Xiusun, who has been reincarnated as a human being, is no longer the niece and prospective daughter-in-law of Liangguo, suddenly felt a little powerless, if there are many such things and the impact is very bad, what can I do if I am impeached by the imperial historian, the emperor should be very happy to seize the handle of the Ke family.

Xiusun was worried about the future of the Liangguo Mansion all the way back to the courtyard of the old fourth room, and saw the second old lady holding the maid's hand and walking to the gate, Xiusun gave the second old lady a blessing, and the second old lady asked a few words if she was used to living, Xiusun praised the courtyard with a smile, and then thanked the second old lady for the arrangement.

The second old lady was relieved and relieved, pinched Xiusun's little face and said, "You have to honor your grandmother." ”

Xiusun saw that there seemed to be sentimentality in the depths of her eyes, and thought that maybe she had talked to the old lady about some difficult past.

There was no one in the second courtyard, Xiuguan and Xiuzhi's east and west compartments were also closed and quiet, and the west room where the grandmother lived was wide open, and you could see the grandmother and Shen's mother sitting on the Luohan bed inside.

Xiusun waved her hand to the little magpie at the gate of the courtyard, and the little magpie consciously turned around and went up the sandwich on both sides of the hall.

Xiusun slowed down alone, she was small, she was not conspicuous in linen, the cat bent her waist to the door of the bright room, her small ears will be attached to the door, and the old lady happened to float in the room, sighing abruptly, "Nuan Yu, you say, she is so stupid, why did I lose in her hands back then......" Nuan Yu is Shen's mother's name when she was young.

It seems that the conversation between the grandmother and the second old lady touched both of them.

Mother Shen saw that the old lady was sad and comforted, "Miss, you moved out out of desperation back then, and you didn't lose to anyone. As if recalling the difficult days of the year, Shen's mother also used the title of her youth.

The old lady seemed to wave her hand, and said helplessly, "In the end, it's all because of ......."

Xiusun was pricking up her ears, but she heard the sound of the door slowly opening behind her, the door shaft was rotating very slowly, hoarse and depressed, Xiusun knew that someone had secretly opened the door, the east or the west.

Xiusun didn't have time to distinguish the direction, so she quickly straightened up and pushed open the door in front of her, and said in a loud voice, "Grandmother, are you there, why is there no one in the yard." ”

Mother Shen came out in response, a little surprised but not suspicious, and said with a smile, "Your grandmother is in the house, why did Miss come back so late today, Miss Fourth and Miss Six have already returned." ”

Xiusun smiled and walked inside, and when she reached the floor cover, she caught a glimpse of the partition door in the east chamber closed all of a sudden.

She breathed a sigh of relief, Xiuguan should also want to eavesdrop, but the people in the yard were driven out by the old lady, she didn't dare to come over rashly, but she didn't want to find Xiusun lying on the door and eavesdropping as soon as she opened the door, if Xiusun didn't expose herself again, she would be exposed by Xiuguan.

She just pretended to be very naïve and asked in a simple voice, Seventh Sister, where are you doing.

Because of the arrival of Mrs. Wu, the ladies always have to socialize, but the Ruan family was also stumped, and Xiusun fell asleep and did not come back.

The old lady leaned on the head of the bed, looking at Xiusun's thin and weak figure, with a sad face.

Mother Shen brought a glass of water to the old lady and comforted, "The old lady relaxes, Miss Seven is a blessed one, and if she raises it slowly in the future, she will definitely be able to build it well." ”

The old lady waved her hand and glanced out the window, Shen's mother understood, so she went to the outside to take a look, and told the maid to guard, it was already dark at this time, the house was brighter than the courtyard, and she could no longer open the door to talk like in the afternoon.

When Shen's mother came back, the old lady motioned for her to come closer, and said, "I have thought about it carefully, why I was forced into such a situation more than 20 years ago, and why I have today's long house predicament, it is still because of that old problem. ”

Mother Shen's heart sank, and she looked at the old lady and said, "You mean ......?"

The old lady seemed to know what Mother Shen was talking about, and nodded, "Boy." ”

She looked at Xiusun who was sleeping soundly on the bed again, if she looked closely at Xiusun's face at the moment, she could find that Xiusun's eyelashes were trembling slightly, wouldn't it, the old lady couldn't wait?

I only heard the old lady continue, "I thought that Brother You and his daughter-in-law were both young and vigorous, and they would wait for a few years, but now I see the long house...... I'm scared. At the end, she bit her lip.

Mother Shen gasped and held the old lady's hand, "Old lady, don't think nonsense, the eighth master has his own natural appearance, how can it be!" ”

The old lady looked at Shen's mother hard, as if she had received some assurance from Shen's mother, and then felt that her idea was too naïve, and sighed abruptly.

continued, "There must be a man in the fourth room," she stopped Shen's mother's questioning with her eyes, and said, "You don't have to worry, I don't want to send the girl over again." ”

"No matter how many concubines there are, what's the use of having an uneven heart." The implication is that it still depends on the Nguyen family.

Xiusun's little hand, clenched into a fist in the quilt, loosened.

I only heard the old lady hesitate for a moment, and then lowered her voice again, "Tomorrow during the day, you choose a moment where no one is paying attention, go to the third begonia tree in the west of this backyard, and try to dig out a jar." Is that...... That's my dowry. ”

Mother Shen was stunned by the old lady's order, but she still bowed her head and didn't ask more.

Shen's mother has been the old lady's personal maid since she was seven years old, and she didn't know that there was such a dowry.

Xiusun remembered what she had overheard last night the next morning, but she didn't remember it here, she should have fallen asleep too sleepy, what a pity.

She made up her mind to find out what had buried her grandmother in the yard more than twenty years ago, but she never got up.

——There was only one sentence about the funeral in the original outline, but I accidentally wrote more than 20,000 words, woo-

In the next few days, Mrs. Wu and Mrs. Aunt went to the east and west, shuttling between the ladies and relatives of each house, first crying about the tragic experience of the long house, and then offering a killer weapon, what to allocate from the ancestral property how much income for the children of the clan to study, and how much silver to allocate for the children who entered Beijing to take the exam as travel expenses, and even set aside a yard from the old house of the Chu family to build a boudoir school to recruit girls in the clan to raise well, etc.

Of course, the main purpose of this boudoir is to attract the old fourth room, and the old fourth room is not bad for money, but there are too many girls.

The ancestral property is still in the hands of the long house, if this heir can't be inherited, it will have to be handed over to others, and if there is no blood at this time, I am afraid that there will be no chance of bleeding in the future.

When the old lady heard about it, she snorted mockingly, "I'm not afraid of being embarrassed, I found two outsiders to talk about the ancestral property of the Chu family, it's just too smart and clever." ”

This is said harshly, but it is also reasonable, one is the sister-in-law of the eldest wife, the other is the eldest aunt's wife who has been married for many years, both of them are outsiders, and the people who go to discuss are also female dependents, so even if it is decided, it is also under the table.

Even if everyone knows about it and hasn't turned it over to the table, it's still a secret, and it won't be counted until the final word is made in the ancestral hall.

The third room fell into a comprehensive contraction, and the fourth wife, who was the happiest in the original jump, was persuaded by her daughter, and she had two sons, which one is the successor? If the son is born, he can't be called a mother after he is born, if he is a concubine, wouldn't it be a wedding dress for that little?

Even if it is one of the three sons of the seventh wife Tang, what does it have to do with you, not to mention that the Tang family is not so enthusiastic, and in the end, they will not thank you if they take advantage of this, so don't listen to people's pouts.

The seventh old man and the seventh wife are trying their best to watch the third old lady and the third old lady, their husband and wife have the right idea, although the small third room is now thin and the population is large, but as long as there is a good life among their three sons, they will always get better in the future, and the imperial examination will depend on the second old lady of the small second room to mention more, and the road in the future is still long.

When the second old lady was an official in the capital, the seventh old man Chu Dan once followed the past to read and see the world, and he knew the second old lady who walked in the officialdom better than anyone else in the clan.

Definitely not as gentle, so kind, so amiable as it seems now.

The two of them knew that even if Xiao Sanfang got all the ancestral property for a while, they were afraid that they would pay a greater price in the future.

Which is more important, the future or the money, of course, is the future, otherwise how much money will be ruined one day.

In this way, the long house gradually reversed the situation, and also received the secret support of each room, only to open the ancestral hall after the funeral to write Chu Xiuyi in the family tree.

In the next few days, Xiusun gradually got used to the pure natural tofu rice, although she didn't have to go to the spirit to cry, she would still feel the nasal swelling regularly, and the people who were busy jumping some time ago gradually stopped, and everyone was waiting for the day of the funeral, and when it was over, they could go back to their respective homes to wash and sleep.

On the day of the funeral, it rained lightly in the morning, and when the hour came, it was cloudless, and the relatives in the clan said that God blessed, which was the blessing of the old man.

Along the way, the paper money flies, like snowflakes, the funeral procession stretches and winds, there are many people on the road sacrifice, the female dependents are in the car, the children of the clan get off the car one by one and kowtow to thank them, Chu Xiuyi, as the heir, walks in the front, and the whole Jiangpu City also knows that the eldest master of the Chu family has a queen.

After a series of ceremonies, the old man finally entered the ground for peace, the heavy coffin was buried in the ancestral grave, I don't know how many layers of paint were brushed, the eldest lady lay on the side of the grave and cried almost out of breath, this is her life's dependence, many things in the future, she can only rely on herself to maneuver.

People are such complex animals, and when the old lady saw this scene, she was also touched and shed tears.

Coming down from the mountain, everyone was planning to rest in the temple next to it, and a family member came to report, and an obituary came from the capital, and the queen mother drove it.