Everyone ate ice bowls at the old lady's place, and they were sent back by the old man to wash and rest. Xu wanted to stay and serve, but was persuaded by the old lady to go back, and told them to eat lunch in their own room, and the family would get together again in the evening.

Xu Shi knows the old lady's temper very well, she said that if she doesn't need it, she doesn't need it, and she never has the intention of tempting. So, happily led the two children to their yard by Xie Fang. The prince Xie Zhong stayed.

Mama Wang sent out all the girls serving in the house, turned around and poured tea for the two masters, and then retreated, and closed the door casually.

The old lady took a sip of tea slowly: "Is that family still making trouble?" ”

Xie Zhong smiled bitterly and said, "Grandmother is undoubtedly missing, as soon as you leave, it will stop." ”

"Something, I'll just say it's for me. I don't want to think that if it wasn't for your grandfather's soft-hearted heart and carrying them, they would be where they are today. It was okay before, careful and respectful, but now it's good, relying on the fact that he has a son who can lead soldiers to fight, and he has won the emperor's appreciation, so he trembles. ”

"It's just grandmother, although your departure has given my father an excuse to get out, it is not a long-term solution after all, and I am afraid that I will have to come to you again when I go back."

"Silly boy, it will take a month for me to go back, and the more than one month that came out is more than two months in total, and they want to make trouble again, so the ...... Can you wait? The old lady gestured with two fingers.

"Father said the same thing, it's the grandson who is too worried." Xie Zhong took a sip of tea.

"It's not that you worry too much, since you got married, you also know the things in the house, so the family is the most kraft candy, since you have made up your mind, it is a road that cannot be turned back. They want to die, but don't pull my grandboys and daughters.

"Your grandfather said when he was alive that since the founding of Taizu, he has been five generations of emperors, and the merits of the ancestors of the Xie family have long been used up, and now all he has is the heart that is still loyal to the emperor with his fame.

"Those are all royal affairs, who will be in charge of the country in the future, what the free emperor says, how can we as courtiers be able to influence. Hmph, this family is just unclear, they think they have pressed the right treasure, and they leaned on it early, how they plan, I can't control the loyal Guogong, although they are all surnamed Xie, there are three generations of blood in your generation.

"But there is one thing that doesn't work, hit the idea on our family, use us to curry favor, and want to pull the Zhongguo Mansion on that boat, dreaming." After the old lady finished speaking, she slammed the table with her hand, and a string of bodhi seeds the size of a small fingernail in her hand slid down her sleeves, round and neat, dark red in color, and it was extraordinary at first glance.

Xie Zhong respectfully picked up the teacup and handed it to the old lady: "Grandmother, don't be angry, my father instructed me when I came, I must let you relax, since you are here to spend summer, don't think about the affairs of the house, as long as we come according to the first discussion, they can't force it, right?" ”

"He dares, but he is just a waiting master, when will it be his turn to argue with Zhongguo Gong. Besides, it's still an empty shell, but I didn't expect this Xie Hai to have such a creation. At the beginning, my younger brother and sister were eager to strangle this concubine, but now they have borrowed the light of others, and she can really call out my son, and I am ashamed of her. ”

Xie Zhong listened to his grandmother talk about the private affairs of the previous generation and did not return the favor, he knew that the old man was just venting the dissatisfaction in his heart. Sure enough, the old lady took a sip of tea and calmed down her feelings a little, and then went back to the topic,

"What else does your father have to explain to you this time?"

Xie Zhong looked at his grandmother and remembered that he had overheard a conversation between his grandmother and his father. It turned out that my grandmother was optimistic about Jing An and Tan Zhong's eldest daughter, that is, her aunt. Because of being a child, she is taught by a sect woman, and she is very capable and spicy.

But because his aunt was older than him, and he had inadvertently seen his mother, for the first time in his life, he went against his grandmother's wishes and was determined to marry the young daughter of Jing Anhou, that is, his mother. The mother and son refused to let anyone, and the father also knelt in the ancestral hall for three days, and then the grandfather persuaded the grandmother to back down.

Because he was only married to Jing Anhou's family, he didn't say which one, and at that time his aunt and mother were at the age of marriage, so although Jing Anhou didn't understand why he abandoned the eldest and married the young, because they were all married families, he happily married his family.

Now it seems that the mother's temperament is really not suitable to be the mistress of the Zhongguo Mansion. The mother is the youngest daughter, who was raised at home, chanting poems and paintings, and adding fragrance to the red sleeves, but it is impossible to take care of the affairs of the house and deal with the intrigue between relatives. So before he got married, his father had to discuss with his grandmother when he was in trouble, and he was so tired that his grandmother had to worry about the affairs of the house.

Fortunately, the Xu family he married was a good one, and after getting married, he took over the feed from his grandmother, and in the past six years, he has taken care of it in an orderly manner.

Hearing his grandmother ask himself, Xie Zhong pulled back his thoughts and said slowly: "Father means that since he came out, he will go to Beiting, his arms and Songzhou, after all, this matter is not trivial, and several clan relatives do not live in the capital for a long time, so they know very little about the news and specific situation here, and it will be worth the loss if they are exploited by their uncles and grandfathers." ”

"Your father is right, I think the same way, what do you say to the outside world?"

"I said to go to the Zhuangzi near the capital to check, I haven't taken a good look at our family industry since I became a parent, which is also a good statement. Besides, I always have to pass by these Zhuangzi along the way, but it's just a matter of passing by. ”

"That's going to be hard for you," the old lady patted her eldest grandson's hand lovingly.

"Grandmother, that's what grandchildren should do. It will take more than a month to come back from this circle, and I will pick you up and go back to Beijing at that time. ”

"Yes, that's great, but you have to figure out what to say to those clansmen, and you can't understand it too much but you have to make them understand. You can't ask Huai'en Houfu to deceive you, and then our Zhongguo Mansion will really be inseparable. ”

"Yes, my grandson understands the importance of this matter, and has already made a statement with my father, grandmother, don't worry, these clansmen have relied on our family to have enough food and clothing all these years, I don't think they can coax them to go in a few words."

"Okay, you're tired too, go wash up and get some sleep, and come back to your grandmother at night to have fun." Xie Zhong looked at his grandmother's tired face, and got up to say goodbye.

After Xie Zhong left, Mama Wang walked in, holding a tea tray in her hand with a small blue and white porcelain bowl on it, and a reddish-brown potion in it.

The old lady smiled when she saw it, "I really let Brother Lang say, you really don't forget to get me this drink every day!" ”

"Say something that is not afraid of your scolding, let you eat it, this potion is never daring, the doctor has instructed that it will take half a year to take effect, you don't know how scary it was last time, and the slave doesn't dare to think about it now." Mama Wang waited for the old lady to drink the potion, and turned around to help the old lady to lie down.

"Although the taste is strangely tight, but it is still useful, I have been coming to Zhuangzi for more than a month, and the strength on my feet is a lot greater, and I didn't feel uncomfortable when I went back to the vegetable garden for so long."

"No, Imperial Physician Wu has really made a great contribution this time."

The old lady shook her head and signaled not to eat the candied fruit handed by Mama Wang, "It's hard to believe that my brother Lang is still worried." If I were talking about other children, I would have thought that my father had taught me, but Longgo would have said whatever he thought. ”

"Who said it wasn't, Young Master Lang is really smart and tight, it's not in vain that you love him."

Because once the old lady was seen by Brother Lang drinking the potion, she had to help her great-grandmother test the medicine, who dared to give him this medicine to try, fortunately, the winter pattern was clever, and brought a bowl of loquat sweet water for him to try. Mama Wang still remembers Brother Lang'er's little appearance, and said with her little hands behind her back and in an old-fashioned manner:

"If the medicine tasted like this last time I was sick, why not let my father tell me that I couldn't take the medicine well. Grandmother, you don't have to worry about others reprimanding you", even the old lady who was in a bad situation at that time laughed out loud.

"You don't have to guard me, you go to the kitchen and keep an eye on it, the dishes they like to eat must be fine, and then let Lixia go to the vegetable garden to pick some fresh vegetables."

"Hey, slave and maid, go and watch, you go to sleep first." The old lady has a calming effect on this medicine, and she always sleeps for half an hour after taking it.

Mama Wang put down the curtain, watched Dongwen walk by with a sewing box in her hand, sat on the foot pedal of the old lady's stepping bed, and nodded with satisfaction.