Chapter 20: Selfishness

"It's just like this, can the other heads of the house agree?" Ruan Shi hesitated, "This afternoon, the fourth sister-in-law made a fuss in front of the spirit, crying and sprinkling, pointing out that the sister-in-law did not treat them as a family, suspicious and suspicious. He said a lot of heart-wrenching things. ”

"Hmph," the old lady snorted from her nose, "your third aunt can't call her daughter-in-law, so she goes to pick up her nephew and daughter-in-law, and it is difficult for the fourth daughter-in-law to cooperate." ”

The third aunt mentioned by the old lady is the third old lady, the one who has a very loud voice in the big old lady's house in the morning, her daughter-in-law is the seventh wife Tang who gave birth to three sons in one go, and the nephew and daughter-in-law mentioned here is the daughter-in-law of Chu Shen, the eldest son of the fourth master, the third master's younger brother, Yu.

If you want to say that the Pukou Chu family has each room, the small three rooms are the most prosperous, but the industry is the thinnest, several brothers are in their teens, pick one to succeed, and the third lady will marry three years later, just to support her.

And now this Chu Xiuyi, who is succeeding, is only ten years old this year, and will be thirteen years old in three years, and she is still a half-old child, how can she take care of her eldest sister. It's better to raise a young person who doesn't recognize people, maybe you can still have the same heart with the eldest wife when you grow up.

Ruan Shi also asked a similar question, and the old lady guessed, "I'm afraid that the child will not be able to support him at a young age, and then this play will be in vain." ”

The corners of her mouth showed a puzzled smile again, "Also," the old lady looked at Ruan's play, "You may not know, the eldest old lady's daughter married into the Huai'an Wen family, she gave birth to a sister in her thirties, and she just turned seven years old this year." ”

Ruan immediately understood, how could the eldest old lady and the eldest lady take such a big matter as picking an heir, and Huai'an happened to be in the middle of Pukou and Lanling, the heir was the eldest old lady's daughter, and the eldest aunt's wife Chu Yi chose it, and it is unknown whether there is selfishness here.

The yard was full of people, and none of them were fuel-efficient lamps.

The old lady sat on the edge of the bed, Shen's mother came in with a basin of hot water, and Ruan took the copper basin with both hands and personally helped the old lady burn her feet.

"Mother, can this thing be good?" Ruan sat on the pedal and asked, if there was a fuss, the face of the whole clan would be lost, and she didn't want to accompany her.

The old lady leaned back on the big pillow and squinted her eyes and affirmed, "It should be possible." ”

Ruan was a little worried, "But now that the genealogy is in the hands of Xiao Sanfang, Xiao Sanfang doesn't agree, even if the child has already knelt in front of the spirit and crossed the Ming Road, he won't be able to enter the genealogy." ”

The ancestor of the long house has been an official outside for many years, and the ancestor of the small second room is a concubine, and the small third room has been presiding over the affairs of the clan, which also includes the compilation of the family tree, the reward and punishment of the children in the clan, and now the ancestor of the small third room Chu Hong is the oldest elder of the Chu family, his health is not very good, and his old eyes are dizzy, and he has remained confused for many years, but the family tree is still in the hands of others.

The old lady was not worried at all, "Don't worry about that, the little second room won't let them make trouble." When we went to the courtyard of the eldest old lady this morning, the third old lady was making a fuss, and she was not held back by the second old lady. ”

"Can the second uncle be so kind?" Nguyen pouted. The small third room of the Chu family in Pukou is the most prosperous, but it looks powerful but it is a showcase, and the small second room is the most powerful, the second old lady Chu Changxun is a person who has been an old man, and he has been suppressing the small second room with the long room, and he always takes advantage of the problems of the concubine and the concubine.

The old lady opened her eyes and looked at Ruan condescendingly, but her eyes were a little childlike, "You say...... If there is a sorghum in front of you with a piece of bread on it, and you are the only one who can climb up the sorghum, but there is a group of people standing next to you who want to eat the bread, do you climb up and take down the bread so that everyone will rush up and eat it, or will you ...... Just guard the bread, bite by bite, little by little...... Monopoly? ”

Cake? Grandmother, you're too childish, why aren't you a lion's head? Bad reviews. Xiusun squinted her eyes and swallowed quietly, she was hungry.

Yes, the former looks very strong and relieving, but it doesn't get the most benefits, Nguyen secretly praised. What's more, if you follow the wish of the little third room and pass the heir from the small third room, then the long room will be returned to the little third room in the future, and what will happen to his little second room.

The old lady didn't open her eyes, as if looking at Xiusun, who was sleeping soundly on the Luohan bed and didn't move, as if looking at somewhere else, she said quietly, "Look, with that old fox here, don't even think about stretching out anyone's hand." You have to be careful, don't get dragged in, just stand on the side and watch the excitement, this matter is estimated to turn around tomorrow. ”

The old lady ordered Ruan to accompany Xiusun to sleep on the Luohan bed, in case Xiusun was scared at night.

So the three grandparents and grandchildren blew out the lamp and rested in the same room and slept without mentioning it.

In the dark night, Xiusun's bright eyes are infinitely clear, and the old lady didn't mention it, she is optimistic about Chu Changxun, maybe even thinks that he can get back into the cabinet again, and when the time comes, there are still many places where the eighth master Chu You needs to be helped.

Thinking of the important staff who came to report the funeral this morning, helping the old fourth room to return to the old house in Jiangpu on the opportunity of the funeral, and the warm and comfortable courtyard full of memories that he lives in now, as well as the kindness of the little second room to the old fourth room more than 20 years ago discussed by the servants, Xiusun feels that Chu Changxun, a thousand-year-old fox, has a pattern that these women in the house can't get a glimpse of the whole picture.

But there is no doubt that Chu Changxun is in the next big game.

In addition, hehe, this is the first time that grandmother has spoken so much to Ruan, and Xiusun is looking forward to seeing this pair of mother-in-law and daughter-in-law with their own unique skills as soon as possible. What if the grandmother knew that her mother had prepared such a good gift for her precious son? Xiusun couldn't help but think evilly.

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When Xiusun ate the next day, she didn't feel as hard to swallow as she did yesterday, not because she had gotten used to the taste of pure natural tofu with lightning speed, but because her mind was thinking about things next to her.

Grandmother said that there would be a turnaround, so what was the turnaround?

When I went to kowtow to the eldest man in the morning and cry, Xiao Sanfang still carried the ancestor who had not gotten out of bed for many days to the mourning hall in front of the whole clan.

The old ancestor was confused, and in a trance saw the big word in the center of the mourning hall, and he was dizzy and didn't see the words on the ranking, and thought it was his father, so he trembled and crawled to the spirit and cried, crying while crying.

Fortunately, several masters were beside him, and when they saw that the situation was wrong, they hurriedly lifted the old ancestor and put it back on his shoulders and transported it back to the small third room.

The third old lady, Chu Changshi, sat cross-legged on the ground and cried, saying that grandfather, if you go to this family, you will break off your relationship, and people don't take us seriously.

He was crying Chu Zhike, the champion of the Chu family, and the old ladies in the long room, the small second room, and the small third room belonged to a grandfather.

In this way, the family of the third room lives in Yangzhou and has not yet come, and the second and fourth rooms present are not close to each other, and no one is old, so it is difficult to manage; Relatives from Lanling's hometown stood awkwardly awkwardly; The heir of the long house is not legal, and no man can stand up for the time being, although Chu Changxun is the elder brother, his father is a concubine, and he is not very tough; The son of the third old lady, the seventh old man, just followed to see off his grandfather, and he hasn't come back yet.

As a result, dozens of people in a large family could only stand in place and watch the third old lady cry.

Xiusun stood behind, her calves were short and she couldn't see, but listening to the cry, she preliminarily judged that the third old lady should be a good ticket holder, the cry was long, the tone was frustrated, and there was a poignant and smooth turn.

She suddenly remembered that when she was a child, she was naughty with a princess, and slipped into the court to watch a group of old men who were only eight buckets tall quarreling, scolding people to spit and fly, which could almost collapse the roof of the main hall, and when she was in a hurry, she was like this, kneeling and crying for the first emperor, which was more professional than the crying and mourning team in the market, or lined up to hit the pillar, and several royal forest soldiers couldn't pull it.

Who said that the scholarly door is Sven, who said that the scholars are powerless, this is completely a stereotype, a stereotype.

This third old lady did not go to be a spokesperson, crying for the people of Li and scolding for the people, it is simply a great loss for our dynasty.

In the end, this farce ended with the appearance of another person, in this family, in addition to the fact that he had already said that he was not good at saying anything, he almost regarded the ranking of the eldest nephew as the eldest father's third-room ancestor, and there was only one person whose identity could suppress him, that is, the eldest sister-in-law.

The eldest old lady took out the posture of the eldest sister-in-law like a mother, and turned into a poor old white flower who was bullied by the clansmen but still believed in justice and freedom, and cried bitterly beside her son's coffin, crying while counting how the long house used to take care of the clansmen, and carry her children and nephews, because the woman's cry was already sharp, listening to the pitch high, and spreading far, she quickly took the advantage, and then the eldest lady joined in with her two daughters and the newly adopted heir, and the harmony was also very beautiful.

Xiusun secretly thought, I don't know if this little boy Chu Xiuyi will be interested in the imperial envoy industry in the future with today's exercise.

In fact, although Chu Changxun's father in the second room is a concubine, he has achieved the position of the elder of the pavilion with his personal struggle, which is also the supreme glory of the Chu family. He came out and said something to the people, who would not listen.

But he didn't, from beginning to end he stood calmly and watched the whole book in the best position of vision, Xiusun wanted to know his inner activities.

It wasn't until both sides were tired of crying that he came out calmly, comforted this and blamed that, and then gracefully persuaded the clansmen not to look at each other, and ordered his nephews and nephews and daughters-in-law to send the three old ladies and the eldest old lady back respectively, while the eldest lady and others continued to keep vigil.

Seventh Mrs. Tang's face was very ugly, she desperately dragged the third old lady during the whole process, and she had no energy to care about anything else. Nguyen gave her a reassuring look, and the two of them followed their mother-in-law separately.

Xiusun and the others went back to Baizitang again, and the second lady Xiurui was also very helpless, and Xiusun didn't know how to comfort her, so she only pulled Xiuzhi to continue to talk about Baimen recipes.

In the afternoon, the turning point really appeared, first Ying Tianfu Yin Ju personally came to condole, and then the Jinling Household Department, the Jinling Military Department, the Jinling Metropolitan Procuratorate and other old adults also sent the couplet.

Then the old lady Chu Changfeng personally took the old wife, son, daughter-in-law, and two grandsons to the funeral, and the family saw the old lady pulled the sleeve of the eldest sister-in-law and cried violently, thanking the family when they split up the family when the long house did not favor one over the other because the old third room is a house, and then counted the kindness of the long house many times in the process of starting a business in Yangzhou, and the old lady also shed a lot of tears.

Look at it, look at it, how much conscience we have in the third room, the conscience of your little third room has been taken to cut the skewers.

When Caixia was red through the western sky, the eldest aunt's wife Chu Wen and the eldest lady's sister-in-law Wu Keshi entered the old Jiangpu mansion with their front and back feet.

Since then, all the foreign aid has arrived.