The old lady seems to have made a judgment, and it is not good to dwell on this topic in front of other people's spirits.

The eldest lady happened to pull the boy who was kneeling in front of the spirit in front of the old lady to the old lady, "Sixth aunt, this is the heir of the uncle, named Chu Xiuyi, ranking eleven." ”

Yo, the names have been chosen, the rankings have been continued, and the action is really fast.

In the past, this kind of urgent funeral was discussed by the clan, which meant that a suitable nephew in the future would first act as a son to complete the funeral and then make plans, and they were so efficient.

Xiusun glanced at the boy, he looked very good, he could already see the upright and upright style at a young age, his already big eyes were big because of his thin sunken cheeks, and there were still chilblain scars on his originally white hands, patches, mottled, and scarlet.

Xiusun suddenly wondered if this child was really picked up by Lanling? The clansmen of Lanling are not doing badly, the clan has been farming and studying for generations, and there are also children and nephews who are officials, why does this little child look so down.

The eldest lady and the eldest lady should not be so bold to buy a child from outside and come back as a child in Lanling's hometown.

Xiusun was puzzled, and suddenly found that the child also looked up at her, and his clear eyes made people dare not look directly, and it was not good to laugh in the mourning hall, so she blessed him, saying, "Brother Eleven is good." ”

The eldest lady was very satisfied to see Xiusun like this, and praised Xiusun again. Xiuguan also saluted and greeted.

Chu Xiuyi returned the salute one by one.

The old lady patted Chu Xiuyi on the shoulder, and even said, "In the future, you must be filial to your grandmother and mother, take care of your sister, and hold up the lintel." ”

It was not good to give a meeting gift on such an occasion, so I had to comfort each other a few words, and the eldest lady led her children to kowtow to the old lady and her party to thank them, and the old lady and they went out of the mourning hall and went to the eldest old lady.

——I'm not afraid of the dividing line of the stage when watching the show——

The old lady and her entourage took their own personal service, plus a few daughters-in-law who were responsible for guiding the way, and swept out of Yezhi Garden, walked a distance south on the west side of the road, and then turned east into a courtyard, which was the Quanfu Courtyard where the old lady lived.

The location of this courtyard is roughly to the west of the Chu family's old mansion, just a glance at this plaque, Xiusun suddenly felt as if he had seen a cold joke.

Quanfu is naturally that both parents and children are complete, but this old lady is a young widow who lost her father, a middle-aged widow and a widow and a son in her later years.

The old lady seemed to feel sarcastic, and raised her eyes for a lot of the plaque before stepping into the courtyard first.

Entering the courtyard is the cloister, the pillars are towering, the finches are intricately carved on them, and the pink wall is surrounded by a square blue sky.

The patio is also boxy, made of wide blue-striped stones, filled with green moss between the cracks, and occasionally a fresh grass or two with small flowers appearing.

Today's sky is beautiful, shining on the pine wood of the years, some places are black and shiny, some places are slightly yellow, and the texture of the wood is winding among them, and it is delicate.

As he walked, he seemed to pass by the feet of a sleeping male lion, and for a moment he thought that he might be able to leave safely even if he stepped on his long hair, and at the same time he was afraid that the male lion would jump up all at once.

Passing along the corridor from the front of the hall house, turn into the second courtyard, and see the cloister, the center of the courtyard is no longer a solemn stone, but a pebble paving, almost the same size of smooth stones form a regular begonia pattern, only in the center of the courtyard to put a crane pattern. There are stalagmites in the four corners of the yard, there are Taihu Lake stones, moss is mottled, and the grass is overgrown, which is a little more vibrant.

This is the daily living place of the old lady, quiet and simple, full of clumsy fun, but today, it is a bit lively.

There seems to be a heated discussion in the house, from time to time there are one or two high-pitched and sharp voices floating into the courtyard from the partition door, I can't really hear it, a maid goes in to report, the people inside stop, the maid opens the bamboo curtain of the Xiangfei concubine, the old lady takes them in, and the people who serve with them are standing under the corridor.

Xiusun followed the adults into the threshold and quickly glanced at the furnishings in the house, this is a three-open room, and most of the Hui-style buildings are laid out like this.

The west room should be the place where the old lady rests daily, at this moment the bead curtain hangs low, and there are twelve Suzhou embroidery screens in the hanging of the carvings of the hundred sons and thousands of grandchildren, and the embroidery is the pine map.

They entered the west room, and there was an arhat bed by the window, there was a kang table in the center of the arhat bed, two large cabinets with black lacquer square corners stood side by side against the wall on the west side, and a pair of circle chairs were placed opposite the arhat bed, and several circle chairs made of varnished wenge wood with blue and white floral embroidered piers were placed in the house, apparently temporarily moved from elsewhere.

There was a circle of old ladies sitting in the room, and only a slightly younger woman stood beside her, also dressed in linen and wearing a mourning bun, which should be the same generation as the Ruan family.

The eldest old lady has a son and a daughter, and the daughter married into the Huai'an Wen family, the road is far, I am afraid it will take two days to arrive, the old ladies are naturally here to accompany the eldest sister-in-law to share the pain, it is really a warm and harmonious family.

Sitting on the bed of the first arhat should be the eldest old lady, she is fifty-six years old this year, her expression is sad at the moment, her face is haggard, her face is full of folds hanging on her face, her temples are gray, and she seems to be a new bloom of hair.

But her cloudy eyes shone brightly, so stubborn, so bewitching, and her sharp teeth bit her lower lip.

The old lady stepped forward with a serene expression and made a blessing in a dignified manner, "Sister-in-law's Day mourning." "You can't smile at times like this.

Then he ignored the old lady's sudden and electric gaze, turned around and saluted the old woman sitting opposite the big old lady on the Luohan bed, "Hello second sister-in-law." ”

The second old lady hurriedly stood up and saluted the old lady in return, "Tell me about you, we are all old, and you still talk about so many false courtesies." ”

She was dressed plainly, without hairpin rings, and was said to be a year older than the old lady, but her hair was still black, and she was neatly curled into a bun. She had a white complexion, a pointed chin, and although her eyelids were a little slumped, you could still see that she must have had big talking eyes when she was young. At first glance, she is a cool old lady.

The old lady saluted to the third old lady Zheng sitting in the chair in the next circle, and the third old lady also got up to return the salute, and said in a loud voice, "I said old sister, you are too polite, let us see who this is." She pointed to the children behind the old lady. I think it was the third old lady who spoke before I came in.

Ruan stepped forward to salute the eldest old lady, the second old lady, and the third old lady.

The daughter-in-law of the third old lady, the wife of Chu Dan, the seventh wife, Tang also stepped forward to salute the old lady, and then greeted each other with the Ruan family.

The ancestor of the Chu family, Chu Zhike, married the daughter of the Tang family, and after the rebellion broke out, he led the family to resign and return to his hometown, and later let his youngest son, who is now the ancestor of the third room, marry the daughter of the Tang family in Fengyang, and then Chu Hong's eldest grandson, Chu Dan, married the daughter of the Tang family again, that is, the current seventh wife.

This is the third marriage of the Pukou Chu family and the Fengyang Tang family, and because of these three marriages, the Pukou Chu family has left an impression of affection and righteousness in Shilin, how many people have written a letter of divorce because of the guilt of their daughter-in-law's mother's family, the Chu family not only protected the daughter-in-law but also married with the in-laws many times to show help, and the Gao Feng Liang Festival is nothing more than that.

This seventh wife is a cool person and has three sons, which is simply the goal of the Ruan family, so the two are very deed.

Xiusun stood in several rows, kowtowing to several old ladies and wives one by one, answering the questions of the elders.

At this time, a maid came in to pass the ceremony, and the seventh old lady Wang arrived.

The figure flashed, and a woman in her thirties came in, and her bright colors could not be concealed by plain clothes, but she was indeed the same generation as the old lady, and was called the seventh old lady here, but in fact she was only twenty-nine this year.

Chu Zhu, the ancestor of the second house, had a son when he was about forty years old and married the distant niece of the old bridesmaid's family, that is, this Wang.

When Wang came in, he saluted a few old ladies, and greeted his two sisters-in-law, and Xiusun kowtowed to Wang, calling them seven grandmothers.

Wang seemed to have long been accustomed to all kinds of old names, joked to himself, he was really blessed, and then held Xiusun's hand and praised her from head to toe.

Xiusun suddenly felt that the daughter-in-law of the Chu family was very eloquent, and she felt that her eloquence could not achieve the icing on the cake, so she had to lower her head slightly, hold her breath and count twenty times in her heart, and then breathe slowly, so as to achieve the effect of reddish skin, indicating that I am very modest and very shy.

The eldest old lady has been gloomy, and she didn't say a word on the side, at this time, seeing that Xiusun was praised by several old ladies in turn, her face changed several times, and when she saw that the seventh old lady was over, she seemed to think of something, and beckoned to Xiusun friendlyly, "Xiusun, come over and ask your uncle and grandmother." ”

Xiusun glanced at her grandmother and walked over in a daze, "Uncle and grandmother, excuse me." Xiusun bowed and blessed.

A trace of arrogance and contempt flashed in the old lady's cloudy and dry eyes, "Xiusun came to the old mansion in Jiangpu for the first time today, are you envious?" ”

The room gradually fell silent, and there was no movement.

The second old lady sat next to her, and Xiusun could catch a glimpse of her frowning.

Xiusun also tried to suppress her eyebrows, don't frown, how disrespectful it is to frown in front of the elders.

If the old lady just asked her if she liked it or not, then she could put on the most innocent, pure, cutest and innocent smile, nod vigorously, and then replied loudly, "I like it!" "That's it.

The eldest old lady just asked whether she was envious or not, with Xiusun's ingenuity, she knew with her sweat pores that the eldest old lady was using her as a gun to make her grandmother shameless.

The people in this room must have been looking forward to her answer, she didn't know much about what happened back then, but most of the women in this room were first-hand experiencers.

What is the best answer?

Answering envy is equivalent to affirming the old lady and denying the grandmother; To answer is not to envy is to deny the old house in Jiangpu, and to look down on the ancestors.

Xiusun scolded this big old lady 20,000 times in her heart, why put such a heavy topic on her weak little shoulders, I am still so young, I am still so stupid, hum.

Then, Xiusun raised her little face, looked at the old lady with a harmless, timid, and expectant expression, and said, "The old mansion is simple and majestic, beautiful, and it is indeed the first grand scene in Pukou." ”

The old lady's eyes were a little disappointed but a little satisfied, after all, Xiusun said that the old house was the first in Pukou, and she never thought that Xiusun continued, "But my grandmother has been raising her face since she was a child, as a member of the Chu family, you need to remember the teachings of the ancestors, the ancestors built a hall called the Harmony Hall, that is, I hope that my Chu family will love each other and be intimate, Xiusun thinks that this is a more important thing than the old mansions and fields left by the ancestors." ”

Then, Xiusun stood there obediently and skillfully, watching the old lady's gaze change back to sharp and unwilling, waiting for the big old lady to praise her.

What happened more than 20 years ago, so many people in the house were clear, and the eldest old lady tried to rob the sixth old lady's dowry and the property of the old fourth room, almost forcing people to death.

Later, the sixth old lady took her son to live elsewhere, and it seemed that the eldest old lady had won, and yes, she stayed in the old house in Jiangpu, as if she had won.

And the world has changed, and now her only son is gone, but the sixth old lady is back.

One of their sons is gone, and one of their sons is alive and well.

The only advantage in the eldest lady's heart seems to be her possession of this house, and the truth is like Xiusun said, this is nothing, and in a few years, this old house will have nothing to do with her.

The old lady shrunk in her sleeves and clenched her fists with her thin hands, raised her eyes and saw Xiuguan behind Xiusun, standing there gracefully, a hundred times more beautiful than the concubine Xiusun in front of her, so she beckoned to Xiuguan and pulled Xiuguan to her side and praised her.

As soon as she praised her talent and appearance, the second old lady spoke, "The sisters are all playing in the garden, so go too." ”

Xiuguan has never been so noticed, although he is reluctant, he and Xiusun salute and retire.