The fifth
Let's say that Zhou Caiwei, Yizhi and Yihui went to the back garden to enjoy the spring scenery, and the two of them saw that Yihui was worried and worried, knowing that she missed her mother, so she had to deliberately lead her to talk and watch the scenery to distract her.
The capital is inch-rich, Anyuanbo's mansion is not very big, only a small piece of open space is left behind, a lotus pond is dug with living water, a few twists and turns of the covered bridge are built on the top, a few rockeries are piled up on the side, and some fragrant flowers and green trees are planted, although it is not very big, but because of some ingenuity, it is also chic and interesting.
The three of them walked to the edge of the pool, and were leaning on the railing to watch the goldfish in the pond playing, when they saw two people coming from the east, one tall and one short, both wearing white filial piety clothes. The three of them were about to avoid it, when they heard one of them shouting, "Big sister, third sister!" β
Yizhi and Yihui both stopped and smiled: "Who did we think, it turned out to be the two of you." β
It turned out that these two people were the two sons of the fifth master, the third young master Zhao Yiming and the fourth young master Zhao Yirui of the Bofu. The two of them walked up to him and said, "Hello big sister." The fourth young master, Zhao Yirui, shouted again, "The third sister is good, and Cousin Zhou is good." β
Zhao Yiming looked at Zhou Caiwei and said: "I heard that Sister Zhou arrived yesterday, but unfortunately our brother was punished for copying books yesterday, and he couldn't go to meet his sister in time, and I asked my sister not to be surprised." My sister gave us the gift of our brother has received, those pen, ink, paper, inkstone are all good, we like it very much, it's hard for my sister to still think about us! β
Zhou Caiwei gave a salute, only pursed her lips and smiled, but didn't say anything, but Yihui asked him, "Since I had to go to school yesterday and didn't have time, why did I have time to visit the garden this time?" β
Zhao Yirui smiled and said, "Mr. is sick today, and if we take a day off, the third brother will take me to visit the garden." β
Yi Hui saw that her third brother's eyes were only staring at Zhou Caiwei, and said with a smile: "Third brother, are you here to visit the garden or to see Sister Zhou, when she lived in our mansion, you were the best to be stubborn with her, and if there is anything new and interesting in the future, you will be the first to hold it in front of Sister Zhou, and leave us sisters aside, I will remember it for you!" β
Zhao Yiming hurriedly turned his eyes back and said with a smile: "It's just that I happened to see you in the garden, and I don't want Sister Zhou to be with you." I haven't seen you for more than three years, Sister Zhou is getting better and better, the snowball I gave you is still in my house, and one day I will hold it for you to play. β
Zhou Caiwei first had a fever on her face, and then when she heard him talk about Snowball, she remembered the cute appearance of the white cat when she was young, and she couldn't help but miss and feel sad, "I'm afraid that Snowball is now older and has forgotten me." β
"I won't forget it," Zhao Yirui suddenly said with a hippie smile, "The third brother has to talk to Sister Wei every day, and the snowball will never forget it." β
Zhao Yiming's face turned red, and he raised his hand to arrest his younger brother and beat him, but he didn't want Yirui to sneak behind Zhou Caiwei early, grabbed her sleeve and said, "Sister Wei save me, my brother wants to kill people." β
Zhou Caiwei pulled her sleeves out of Zhao Yirui's hands without a trace, she lived in the five-room courtyard with the brothers when she was a child, and she was very familiar with playing, but now that they are older than each other, she is already ......, and the fifth aunt is estranged from herself, and the two of them are so unobtrusive, pulling and pulling, I am only afraid-
Yizhi still opened his mouth and reprimanded: "At first, everyone was still young, these jokes are okay, now they are several years older, where can they be like when they were children, fourth brother, if you don't talk nonsense like this again, see if I don't tell Aunt SΓΉ Five."
Zhao Yirui stuck out his tongue, and was about to say something more, when he saw a maid running over and shouting: "Third young master, fourth young master, fifth master is looking for you, go back quickly!" β
The brothers hurriedly said goodbye to the three sisters, hurried back to the courtyard where the five rooms lived, and when they arrived at the main room, they saw their parents sitting on the kang, looking at the two of them with a smile on their eyes.
Then Zhao Yiming heard his father and mother say that they would pass him on to his second uncle and second aunt as sons.
He immediately knelt down, "Father, mother, but children are not filial, otherwise why would you give them to others?" β
The fifth master glared, "That's your second uncle, who is someone else?" Mrs. Tai can pick you, that is your blessing. β
"The son is the eldest son in our house, how can there be a reason to give up the eldest son, why don't you pass on your younger brother to the second uncle?" Zhao Yiming still said with his neck stalked.
The fifth wife hurriedly said: "My son, there are some difficulties in our family's affairs now, and it is precisely because you are older than your brother that you were chosen. Now I am not afraid that you will know that your second uncle has an outer room outside, and gave birth to a son and a daughter, for the sake of that son, your grandmother will recognize them, if they do not follow a big past, then they are the eldest son, and your grandmother is the most disgusted eldest son. β
Although his parents didn't tell him, the two brothers had already heard the rumors in the house, and when they saw that their parents didn't hide it from them, they were surprised: "Grandmother really wants to recognize the three of them?" β
"Well, the day is set, the day after tomorrow is a good day, first do your succession, and then let the Hu family give tea to the second sister-in-law the day after tomorrow."
In a small courtyard on the west side of Bofu, Hu Shi couldn't help crying with joy when he looked at a few dresses and jewelry sent by Mama Wang.
Waited, she finally arrived!
The grandmother beside Mrs. Tai said that she would let her give Mrs. Bo tea in three days, and after this procedure, she would be a serious aunt in the Bofu in the future, and her children would be famous and shared.
Fortunately, she was clever enough, and she wrote a letter explaining her identity in the morning, in case of an accident, she didn't think about it, and it really came in handy, but she was afraid that the sword and gun would have no eyes, and the uncle died on the battlefield, but she didn't expect that in the end, it was a sudden heart disease that killed the uncle.
"Mother, why are you crying, those people just came to measure us, but do you want to make us new clothes to wear?" Her daughter asked, tugging at her sleeve.
Hu Shi hurriedly wiped his tears with his sleeve and said with a smile: "Mother is happy, let's finally get out, my mother's Sister Fen will be the young lady of Bofu in the future!" β
"Mother, what about me, my sister is the young lady of Bofu, then I am the young master of Bofu!" Her son Zhao Yixuan also shouted.
Hu touched his son's little face with pity, "My son, I'm afraid that your creation is greater, and I can't say that this title is all yours!" β
Zhao Yicheng looked incredulous, "Mother, can I really be a little uncle?" But I ...... "He hasn't been carried away yet, and he still remembers his origins somewhat."
Hu Shi poked his forehead and said, "What's wrong with your background?" Now sitting on the dragon chair, the one who was not from the same background as you back then, and later got the title of a concubine, and when the sister-in-law died, this dragon chair was not given to anyone, isn't it the same as your current situation? Didn't my mother tell you earlier, your father's eldest son died when he was two years old, and now he has only one son, and your father also told me that he would recognize your ancestors and return to his ancestors to inherit this title. β
This Hu Shi is really full of ambition now, and he is full of joy and excitement, and he just hates that he has nowhere to tear his throat and sing so many songs. I hate it even more for the sun to be so grinding, it took a long time to go from the east to the west, and it took a long time to rise again from the east.
For the Hu family, these three days can really be said to be like a year, and it is easy to look forward to it, and finally look forward to the day of tea for the main mother.
On that day, Hu got up early in the morning, cleaned himself up first, and then dressed the two children. Someone had already come to take her to Mrs. Lu's place in the main courtyard. At this time, Hu Shi looked at every grass and tree, brick and tile in this mansion, and there was no trace of apprehension when he first entered the Bofu, and there was only one thought in his heart, all these family businesses will be my son's in the future!
Hu Shi held his son in his left hand and his daughter in his right hand, and walked to the main room with great ambition, and saw that Mrs. Tai and several ladies were there, and several young ladies were standing behind him.
Mrs. Tai motioned to a big girl named Cuiyun beside her to hold a piece of paper and handed it to Hu, and said: "This is the deed that I accepted you as a concubine on behalf of Shuo'er, you take a look, if there is no objection, then press a handprint, and you will be my aunt in the second room of Zhao Mansion in the future." β
The Hu family was born in a prostitute family, and although he could sing a hundred and ten sets of small songs such as "dew drops and peonies open, fish and water are harmonious", he didn't know a single big word, so he asked her son to read it for her, and when he saw that there was nothing wrong, he dipped his thumb in the ink and pressed a red handprint under the page.
Mrs. Tai said again: "I don't want to give you a tea ceremony for your mother." β
A maid had already handed over the tea, Hu took it with both hands, walked up to Mrs. Lu with a curling smile, kowtowed three respectfully, handed over the tea, and said: "Concubine Hu, please use the tea!" β
Mrs. Lu paused for a moment before reaching out to take it, skimming the tea leaves floating on it with a covered bowl, and pushed the tea bowl aside as soon as she lowered her head slightly and made a gesture of drinking tea, but in fact, the tea did not even touch her lips.
Mrs. Tai didn't care, Hengzhi just went through the motions, and when she saw that these two procedures were ready, she said, "Let the two children come and say hello to their mother." β
These two children have been taught to call Mrs. Lu their mother these days, although they are reluctant to do so, they still kowtow and say awkwardly, "The child asks for his mother!" β
Mrs. Lu nodded slightly, took a gold collar from the side and handed it to Zhao Yixuan, and a pair of gold silk beaded bracelets were given to Zhao Yifen, "This is my gift to you, since you call me mother, you must listen to my teachings in the future, love brothers, and get along with sisters." Her mother-in-law was also thoughtful, and had prepared a meeting gift for the two siblings.
After the two thanked them, Mrs. Lu pulled Zhao Yiming to her side and said with a smile: "This is your brother Yiming, who is the third in the family, but he is the eldest son of our house. β
The Hu family was originally smiling, but after hearing this, the smile on his face immediately disappeared, and he opened his eyes wide and said, "What did Mrs. say?" Isn't there only one seedling in our room? "Where is the eldest son?
Mrs. Lu said unhurriedly: "Ming'er was originally the fifth uncle's son-in-law, because the fifth uncle couldn't bear to see that his second brother didn't even have an heir to inherit the ancestry, so he passed Ming'er to me and my uncle. β
Hu Shi was immediately anxious, and pounced on him and shouted: "Madam, uncle obviously has his own biological son, why should he step someone else's son?" Wife! You are your mother-in-law, and he is also your son? What's more, my uncle promised me that day, saying that his younger brothers wanted to give him a stepson, but he didn't agree, because he already had Cheng'er, and he also said that he would give this title to Cheng'er, wife? β
Before Mrs. Lu could speak, Mrs. Tai had already reprimanded: "What kind of person are you, dare to yell at your mistress like this?" In the end, I came in from outside, I don't understand the rules at all, Mama Wang, why don't you bring a few mothers-in-law to teach Aunt Hu the rules of our house. β
Immediately, several mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law rushed up, some dragged her by the arm, some pulled her sleeve, and dragged her out.
While struggling, Aunt Hu shouted: "What are you going to do, let go of me, don't let go of me quickly!" Madam, I'd rather not have my name on the family tree, you can record Brother Cheng in your name, let him be your biological son, he is the uncle's biological flesh and blood! He didn't shout twice, but he was stuffed with a sweat towel and couldn't say a word.
When her two children saw that their mother was being bullied, they screamed and rushed up to protect her, and several other adoptive mothers had already watched and pulled to prevent them from passing.
Mrs. Tai said: "Since your aunt has signed the deed, she is a person from my Zhao Mansion, so she naturally has to abide by the rules of our Zhao Mansion, and when she learns the rules, you can naturally go to see her, if you continue to make trouble like this, I will not allow you to see her for the rest of your life." β
Eating her bluff, the two children shouted harder, sat on the ground like a splash, couldn't stop wiping their eyes, and tore their throats and screamed for their mother.
Mrs. Tai's face sank, "You are all dead, why don't you take the two brothers and sisters down quickly, one person and four to raise the grandmother, first learn the rules of the school, if you don't learn well, you will not allow them to eat, only give them white water." β
On the one hand, I was angry in my heart, that Hu Shi was a lowly woman who only knew foxy men, and such two good children had taught her such a vulgar appearance, and I don't know if I could ask someone to discipline these two crooked saplings again?
Mrs. Tai rubbed her eyebrows and said with a tired face: "I thought that I would ask his brother and sister to recognize all the relatives of Hefu today, but I didn't think about ......it, alas! Let's wait a few days for them to learn the rules and then let them out to recognize their relatives. β
I waited for more than half a month, and it was not until the deceased uncle Zhao Mingshuo came out of the funeral and entered the earth that everyone saw the pair of brothers and sisters in the second room again.
At this time, Zhao Mingxiang, the second aunt and wife of Bofu, had already finished paying tribute to her deceased husband and returned to Bofu with several children, and it happened that on this day, Zhao Mingxiu, the eldest aunt's wife, also came back to visit her mother, Mrs. Luo.
Mrs. Tai ordered someone to bring out the pair of brothers and sisters who finally understood some rules, and saw everyone one by one, and redefined the tooth order of the young master and miss in the house, Zhao Yixuan was fourteen years old and ranked fourth among the brothers, Zhao Yirui in the fifth room became the fifth young master, Zhao Yifen was also ranked fourth among the sisters at the age of twelve, and the original fourth lady Zhao Yifei became the fifth miss.
A group of juniors were here with aunts, aunts, brothers, sisters, and sisters shouting hello, when they suddenly heard a maid come in and say, "Old lady, dozens of carriages suddenly came in front of our uncle's mansion, and a gentleman said that he wanted to see the old lady, saying that he had come to give a dowry to the girl in our mansion." β