The sky was dark, and the Ji Shouye brothers returned home with their front and back feet, and as soon as they entered the side courtyard door, they were directly invited to the backyard by the people sent by Mrs. Ji to talk. The candles in Old Lady Ji's room were dim, shrouding everyone in shadows. After the Ji Shouye brothers entered the door one after another, they saw the old lady Ji sitting in the shadows, and neither of them said anything superfluous.

Old lady Ji waited until the Ji Shouye brothers came, and when they sat down, he looked at the expressions of his two sons, and saw that they were all listening, so he put on a formal appearance and said, "Boss, second, I want you to come here today, I want to talk to you about the children's upbringing." ”

Ji Shouye listened to his words, and after he looked at the expression on Old Lady Ji's face in surprise, he quickly lowered his brows slightly as if he was thinking deeply. Ji Shoucheng looked at Mrs. Ji with a very surprised expression and asked, "Father, do you want to tell us about the children's upbringing?" ”

Old Lady Ji nodded at him with great certainty, and said, "Boss, second, you can no longer let women discipline their children as before, recently, I see that the rules of An Ning and Jieyue have been much looser." The two of them often go out and wander. ”

Ji Shouye raised his eyes and looked at Mrs. Ji, and said directly: "Father, if you have something to say, you don't have to use the matter of the two children to talk to us around the corner." Hurry up and get down to business, I want to go back and rest early. Old lady Ji glared at him with some anger and said, "I'll talk to you right now, the two of them misbehaved outside, which will affect Baohua's reputation." ”

"Hey, father, I see that Baohua is also a person who goes out every day, why have I never listened to you, worried that she will misbehave outside and affect the reputation of the unmarried woman in the family?" Ji Shoucheng spoke to Mrs. Ji very unceremoniously: "Father, Ning'er and Yue'er are both upright, I believe they won't do anything that will affect their reputation."

Father. I haven't had dinner yet, I'm hungry right now, so if you have something to say, speak quickly. Old lady Ji looked at the look on the second son's face, and he looked extremely angry. said: "Baohua goes out every day to meet her classmates and friends to participate in the poetry party, and those two little women are people who have no friends outside. ”

Ji Shouye stretched out his hand to hold down Ji Shoucheng, who was still anxious to argue, he was looking at Old Lady Ji and said, "Father, what do you want to tell us?" Old lady Ji looked at Ji Shouye and said, "When Baosheng is born, you organize a birthday party for her." Introduce her to friends and family. ”

The Ji Shouye brothers all looked at Mrs. Ji with a sluggish expression, and both of them couldn't react for a while, they looked at each other again and again, knowing that what Mrs. Ji said just now was not what they heard in a trance, but that he did say such a request. After a while, Ji Shouye slowly shook his head and said, "Father, forgive my son for not being able to meet your requirements in this matter."

The daughters of our family, and we, as elders, have never held any birthday banquets for them. Now I won't hold any banquet for a concubine like Baohua. Ji Shoucheng directly mocked and said to Mrs. Ji: "Father, if you want to hold a banquet for her, then you can use your name." ”

Mrs. Ji looked at Ji Shoucheng with sad eyes and said, "Second child, I am old now, I am a useless person, I have the heart to do something for my daughter, and I have to ask my two sons to fulfill it." Second, don't look down on me, one day, you will be old. I don't want to wait until then for you to regret treating me so indifferently now. ”

Ji Shoucheng directly raised his chin. said: "Father, I am different from you, I will never give up my wife and children for the sake of outside women and concubines. I'm just getting old. I can also look up and talk in front of my two sisters-in-law. Old lady Ji looked at Ji Shouye directly and said, "Boss, Baohua has a reputation as a talented woman outside, and she will add glory to you for your birthday party." ”

Ji Shouye shook his head gently, Old Lady Ji is confused now. He's not confused. With Ji Baohua's identity, the Ji family wanted to hold a birthday banquet for her, which directly slapped the face of all the children of the Ji family. Ji Shoucheng sneered and said: "Father, you don't have to pester your brother to make things happen, we won't let you step on the Ji family's reputation like this."

You never think about your children, but we have to think about the reputation of the children in the family, so don't say that we can't get through it here, even if your sister-in-law and Ning's can't do it. Ji Shoucheng stood up, he directly pulled Ji Shouye and said: "Brother go, my father is old, he is not thoughtful, we have to think about it clearly." ”

The two brothers walked to the door, and Mrs. Ji sighed leisurely and said, "I am guarding a courtyard by myself, the yard is empty, I have sons and daughters, I just thought you could often come and talk to me." Your cousins came every few days, and I saw that their hearts were on fire, and they were not angry one by one, and the boss provided them with education, and none of them could make a difference.

Boss, they're so wasted on your thoughts, and now they have to come here every few days to eat and have fun. Second, you know a lot of people outside, so you can think of some good errands for them. Old lady Ji's topic was completely crooked, Ji Shouye became irritated in his heart, turned his head and said: "Father, you gave birth to them and never raised them, and now you still want to provoke our brotherhood with them?" ”

Ji Shoucheng stretched out his hand and pulled Ji Shouye and said, "Brother, you go back first, I want to have a good talk with my father." Ji Shouye looked at him with some unease, and he said funny: "Don't worry, no matter what, he is the one who gave birth to me, and I just have a good talk to him." ”

After Ji Shouye raised his legs and left, Ji Shoucheng retreated and sat opposite Mrs. Ji, he stared at Mrs. Ji and said, "Father, grandfather and grandmother, after they don't have it, will your heart be lost?" Old lady Ji said angrily: "Second child, what nonsense are you talking about? Your grandfather and grandmother have been gone for so many years, do you still want to talk about them? ”

Ji Shoucheng shook his head lightly and said, "Father, I still remember when my grandfather and grandmother were there, and our family lived a happy life. My father at that time was completely different from my father later, and I often wondered if someone had secretly replaced my father with someone else when we weren't paying attention.

But then I thought, my father was just a small official at that time, and you couldn't hinder other people's future careers. And my grandfather and grandmother have always been kind to others, and when they were alive, they never offended anyone, so someone would replace their father with someone else. Father, you are old.

As my mother said, you will always see your grandfather and grandmother one day, and at that time, how do you tell them, say goodbye to everything. Her mother said that because of her father's later efforts, she had no face to meet her grandfather and grandmother, and she would return to her parents' home after her death. Uncle's family has prepared a place for her mother to grow old, and she doesn't need to see the ancestors of the Ji family.

Father, are you still confused? What kind of person is Baohua? Is she worthy of our brothers and family to hold her in the palm of their hands? After Ji Shoucheng finished saying this, he looked at Old Lady Ji's dark face, he smiled mockingly, and got up and left directly. (To be continued.) )