The ancestors of the Rong family were ordinary cultivators and scholars, who had shown off their talents and lifted people, but they had never been out of Jinshi. Those who have become officials have only been taught at the highest level. Rong Zheng's great-grandfather read until he was thirty years old, and he was still a talent. Disheartened, he followed the merchant and did exactly the cloth business. I heard that I have walked through Quanzhou in the south, Suzhou and Hangzhou in the east, and Guanwai in the north. I heard that he was an old man with a very good mind, and although he didn't read well, his business was doing well. Gradually, he saved a thick family business.

When the family's cloth shop arrived in the capital, there was no shortage of silver in his pocket, so he wanted to support the children who could enter the office. Under the careful cultivation of his great-grandfather, his great-grandfather became the first Jinshi of the Rong family, and he was tired of being a scholar of the Criminal Department. Later, when I came to my grandfather's generation, I didn't have to worry about my livelihood, and I opened a family school, and this generation produced three jinshi. Grandfather is still from a good background, but he can earn enough face for the Rong family. Later, my grandfather was admitted to the Shu Jishi and entered the Hanlin Dynasty, and he was a famous Confucian, but my grandfather was only a Hanlin ruler in the end, and he died at the age of fifty-three before he really entered the cabinet. After my grandmother's death, only the lady's seal was written on the tablet.

Rong Zheng's father's generation has a total of three brothers, and his father has two brothers. The eldest uncle, Rong Hai, was born in two Jinshi, and now he is in command of all affairs. 's father, Rongjiang, whose name is Qinghe, was born in the same Jinshi, and only then did he order the county order of a county under Suzhou. Although he is only a seven-grade petty official, he is an upright official, has a good reputation, and is a capable official. Now that his term of office is about to expire, he was waiting for the promotion from above, but he met the death of his grandmother, sued Ding Wei, and returned to his hometown to guard the system for his grandmother. Uncle Rong Yu did not take a career in office, but took over the family's chores and took care of the Rong family's business.

In Rong Zheng's memory, his father waited until his grandmother's filial piety expired, and was recommended by his uncle in Beijing, and later got the official position of Tongzhi. From Tongzhi to the prefect, it took my father a year and a half, and then before Rong Zheng died, my father had been appointed as an envoy. At one time, she was very faceable in the Liao family, and her mother-in-law and husband would be a little jealous of her.

But the good times didn't last long, and before my father could go any further, bad news came from the Rong family, my father and younger brother were imprisoned, and I heard that my eldest uncle Rong Hai was also dismissed. At that time, the eldest uncle was a member of the second grade.

How did the Rong family fall? She didn't know if her father had offended someone, or if she had fallen into some trap. There are still seventeen years before the death of her family, Rong Zheng thinks that these seventeen years are enough for her to find the original truth. My father had been smooth sailing before, so I didn't have much to worry about.

Rong Zheng went to say hello to his aunt.

The eldest aunt left her for tea.

"Sister Zheng is so old, time flies so fast. The last time I came back, your mother just left. You kneel behind the filial piety curtain, your little white face, but your slap is big, but you are unusually quiet and don't cry or make trouble. ”

That is when she is almost five years old, she can know things, Rong Zheng naturally remembers, thinking of her mother's death, she felt like she was pricked by a needle, and she forced a smile and said: "The eldest aunt lives in Beijing, and she is not light to come back." ”

The eldest aunt, Mrs. Fang, nodded and said, "When your eldest uncle is in office, I have to preside over the middle feed of the family, and I also have to discipline a few children, and I really can't leave." Your eldest uncle also said that he would take your grandmother to Beijing at the beginning of spring next year, who would have thought that her old man would not wait for the beginning of spring in the end. ”

As Mrs. Fang spoke, the corners of her eyes became wet, she pinched her handkerchief and wiped the corners of her eyes in front of Rong Zheng.

Rong Zheng heard what the eldest aunt said, and hurriedly said: "Uncle and aunt are filial. It's a pity that my grandmother didn't have this blessing to share. ”

"Who's to say it isn't. I haven't seen each other for a few years, and Sister Zheng also knows that it is comforting. ”

Rong Zheng remembers hearing his mother say when he was a child, the eldest aunt and grandmother are not harmonious, and the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law have some big contradictions, and it is often the mother who comes forward to reconcile, so when the eldest uncle goes to the capital to take office, the grandmother does not go with him, but lives with the younger son. Now when I heard my aunt's words, I sneered twice in my heart. It's really a lifetime of people, they all wear masks, and see who is better at acting.

While they were talking, Rong Yun and Rong Di sisters came.

"Where are you two going, my sister won't accompany me when she comes." Mrs. Fang was disgusted.

The sisters greeted each other.

Rong Yun took Rong Zheng's hand and said with a smile: "Mother said that she would go back to Beijing after the New Year, but I am afraid that if I leave, it will be difficult for the sisters to meet again." ”

Rong Zheng said: "It's not, why don't I ask my two sisters to go to Daxiangguo Temple tomorrow?" ”

Mrs. Fang smiled: "It's just that the weather is too cold, and there is nothing to see these days, it would be nice if I went in spring." ”

"It's almost there, and there are still ten days to go before the New Year." Rong Zheng pursed his lips and smiled, thinking that after the New Year, the eldest aunt would take her cousins back to Beijing to prepare for Rong Yun's draft next fall.

Sure enough, Mrs. Fang said, "Hey, I'm afraid I don't have that time to spare." Your uncle said that he couldn't afford to delay, and that it was time to leave after the Festival of Lights. There are a lot of things in Beijing that have to be dealt with. When do you come to the capital with your mother, the eldest aunt asks your sisters to take you around. ”

Rong Zheng said: "Sisters, where can you go out, I'm afraid you can't go shopping if you want to." ”

Mrs. Fang smiled and did not mention to Rong Zheng that her lobby sister was going to prepare for the election.

Rong Xiao came over with the maid.

"The sisters are all gathered."

Rong Xiao is the only daughter of her uncle's family, she is the eldest daughter, and the two younger brothers below are very favored at home. Aunt Du's love is like a treasure. In the past, he was also very harmonious with Rong Zheng.

"You're missing. I haven't seen you for a day or two, have you ever been sick? Rong Di looked at her with a grin.

Rong Xiao said: "Hey, it's cold, and I don't want to go out." I came from the third sister's house. When I heard you were here, I rushed over. Rong Xiao is frail, and she always hides in her warm pavilion in such weather. Du Shi loved his daughter and was afraid that she would freeze and get sick, so he even avoided morning and dusk.

"You're looking for me?"

Rong Xiao smiled: "What can I do, I know that you're good, I'll play with you." ”

Mrs. Fang saw that their sisters were smiling and smiling, and when she looked closely, Rong Yun's appearance was the most outstanding, and her heart was happy. Fortunately, the Dragon Boat Festival filial piety period will be full next year, and Rongyun will not be delayed. She wants to make her daughter rich, and it would be nice if her heart was smooth.

"Daddy said that the Lantern Festival allows me to go out, and when the time comes, a few of us sisters will go to Bianliang City for a good time."

Rong Di listened to it and looked at Mrs. Fang.

Mrs. Fang said: "I promised to let you out, but don't make trouble for me, don't run around." ”

Rong Di agreed when she saw her mother so easily, and she was so happy that she went up and hugged Mrs. Fang's neck and was coquettish.

Rong Yun smiled and said to her sisters: "Look at her frivolous appearance, you don't know how ashamed she is, and she still thinks she is a child and asks for candy." ”

Rong Zheng looked at it coldly, thinking that her mother was still there, and she was also coquettish with her mother like this. She remembered the past in her previous life, and secretly wished that her mother was still there, and she would have taken many fewer detours. Thinking of himself, his eyes were a little sour, and he was too busy.

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