Early in the morning of the second day, as soon as Zhao Xiu's family finished breakfast, the girl came to report that Master Zongfang Yu had come over and asked to see Zhang and Zhao Zhuo.

Zhang's mother and son have never been very close to Zongfang because of Aunt Qian's grandmother, and they have settled in Beijing for many years, Zongfang is in Fengxian's hometown, and they can only see each other once in a few years. Therefore, he came to visit today, and Zhang and Zhao Zhuo were very surprised.

Zhang instructed his daughter-in-law: "Take your sister to her brother and let the brother and sister play together." Mi Shi responded, picked up Zhao Xiu and left, and Zhao Xiu's nurse hurriedly followed. Zhao Xiu was very reluctant in his heart, looking at his grandmother with a blank eye, and very much wanted to stay and listen. These adults basically don't shy away from her, she can hear a lot of inside stories, and she won't be blind when she gets into trouble.

It's a pity that Zhang's and Zhao Zhuo's whole attention was on the visiting Master Yu, and they didn't receive the pulse Qiubo handed over by Zhao Xiu at all, and she could only be ruthlessly hugged away from the main room by her mother.

It was the first time she had left the room since she crossed over.

She had seen the situation in the courtyard through the window before, but when she came out, she saw the whole pattern.

This is a slightly dilapidated yard in the Hou Mansion of Jiannan, the place is not small, the whole is not a formal two-box pattern, the north is three main houses, two wings in the east, with a small ear room, but the west is overgrown with weeds, planted with a row of trees, not pruned for a long time, the tree shape is a little unsightly, on the side of the tree, the west is close to the rear position, there are two small houses, is the place where the next person lives. Behind the small house is the fence, and on the other side of the wall, you can see the storehouse building where the miscellaneous items are piled up and the terraced houses where the people live together.

There is a walkway paved with stone slabs in the courtyard, and the aisle is full of yellow mud ground, which was originally overgrown with weeds half a person high, after Zhang moved in with his son, daughter-in-law and grandchildren, he ordered someone to tidy up the yard a little, remove the weeds, pick up the broken bricks and stones, and sweep the ground clean, so that he could barely see people. Zhang's also asked people to move a few pots of beloved flowers and plants from the former residence to the open space under the window of the main house, the autumn is high and cool, the osmanthus flowers are blooming fragrantly, the chrysanthemums are also beginning to bud, and there are several unknown flowers competing to bloom, adding a bit of color to this yard.

What Mi Shi was going to with Zhao Xiu in his arms was Zhao Wei's residence in the East Chamber. They walked down the steps and bowed their heads to Master Yu who came over, but Master Yu looked kind, and reached out to touch Zhao Xiu's little face: "I heard that I was sick a few days ago, but now I look very well, it is really blessed by the county grandfather." Mi lowered his head and was silent, Zhao Xiu shrank his neck to avoid his hand, this is said to be an uncle in his generation, but he looks like an old man from his grandfather's generation, he looks white and fat, the skin on his hands is smooth, and he doesn't even have a cocoon for writing.

Master Yu didn't really want to coax the child to like it, of course he didn't care if the child hid or not, he laughed twice and went into the house. Mi Shi frowned and looked at him a few times, and walked into the east wing with Zhao Xiu in his arms.

Zhao Wei was writing under the east kang window, and when he saw his mother holding his sister over, he was very happy, and he was about to jump off the kang, but his nurse didn't allow it: "Brother's words on this page haven't been written yet, and the second master has instructed that he can play only after writing." ”

Mi Shi was a little unhappy when he heard it: "Why is Brother Wei lazy?" It's just that he knows the number of etiquette, and when he saw that I was here with his sister, he rushed to see him. Isn't it possible that you have to teach him to turn a blind eye to my mother?! ”

The nurse lowered her head and stepped aside: "The little one doesn't dare, the second wife is serious." ”

Mi snorted coldly, then put his daughter on the kang, sat across the kang table from his son, and then laughed softly: "Brother Wei, continue to write, and then accompany my sister to play after writing." The eldest sister should also be obedient and obedient, and don't disturb the elder brother to do business. ”

Zhao Xiu nodded little by little, Mi Shi was not sure whether she understood or did it unintentionally, but he also touched her head with a smile: "Good boy." ”

Zhao Wei was very excited and actively wrote the rest of the words, and after a while, he finished writing, dried the ink, quickly took it aside and put it away, and crawled to his sister's side: "Sister, sister, what do you want to play?" ”

Where does Zhao Xiu want to play? She was not a real one-year-old child, she threw herself on the kang table, pulled the textbook on it, and saw that it was "Kindergarten Qionglin", so she looked at her little brother. Zhao Wei wisely understood what his sister meant, and said with a smile: "Does my sister want to read and write?" I'll teach you! He spread out the first page of the book and taught her to read it: "Book 1, Astronomy." Chaos begins to open, and the world begins to ......"

Zhao Xiu studied very seriously, although she was already a college graduate before she crossed over, but the words of this era are all traditional Chinese characters, and the written language is all classical Chinese.

Mi saw that their brother and sister were friendly, and although the youngest daughter certainly didn't understand what her brother was saying, at least she looked well-behaved and quiet, which was a good thing. She turned around and instructed Zhao Xiu's nurse mother-in-pearl: "You stay and take care of it, and wait carefully." Sister-in-law Pearl was busy, and Mi left the east wing.

What happened when Master Yu came to visit, she has always been concerned about it, and it may be related to sending the spirit back to her hometown to guard filial piety. If my husband wants to take a scientific expedition in the future, he must be in Beijing, what if he returns to his hometown but it is difficult to come back? This matter should not be taken lightly.

Mi left, Zhao Xiu and Zhao Wei brothers and sisters one taught, one learned, seemed to be very serious, sister-in-law Pearl sat down next to her, took out her sewing purse and wanted to make a plain yarn, ready to be used by Zhao Xiu, Zhao Wei's nurse gave her a look, motioned her to go out to talk. Sister-in-law Pearl was puzzled, but the relationship between the two was okay, she saw that the little masters were okay here, so she went out.

There was no one in the yard, Zhao Wei's nurse glanced around, turned around and whispered to Sister-in-law Pearl: "I heard that our old lady and second master are going to send the spirit back to their hometown in the south, aren't they?" ”

Sister-in-law Pearl didn't dare to talk about the master's family casually: "How do I know about this kind of thing?" If so, we'll know sooner or later. ”

Zhao Wei's nurse pouted: "I know you have a tight mouth, but everyone knows about it outside, what's the use of you hiding it?" I won't ask much, just one thing to ask you, if the old lady and the second master want to go back to the south, what are the arrangements for us subordinates? ”

Sister-in-law Pearl didn't understand: "What arrangement?" "What else can the subordinates arrange? Naturally, follow the master?

Zhao Wei's nurse was so angry that she stomped her feet: "What are you pretending to be confused?" We are all born and raised in Beijing, although we have been slaves and maids, but there is also a large family of relatives and friends here, if we really follow the master's family back to the south, wouldn't it be to separate flesh and blood? Naturally, plan ahead! ”

Sister-in-law Pearl hesitated, in fact, she was also worried about this matter, her mother-in-law's family must follow the master, but her mother's family is difficult to say, maybe the father and mother are fine, but what about the brothers, sisters-in-law and nephews? What about uncles, aunts, aunts, and uncles? If the masters are just separated and still live in Beijing, it is not difficult for them to meet, but now Hou Ye wants them to go back to their hometown to guard filial piety, look at Hou Ye's formation, I am afraid that it will be difficult to come back.

Zhao Wei's nurse is already talking about her plans: "I don't care about any loyalty or disloyalty, my family is here, and I can't go with it." I've already thought about it, my brother is five years old, and he doesn't need to eat my milk anymore, and the second master and the second wife are a little annoyed with me these days, so I simply found an excuse to resign, and asked the boss to arrange another errand. ”

Sister-in-law Pearl was taken aback: "Where did it come to this?" You have to think clearly, your grandmother is older, brother, in the future, your brother will have a future, you are a rare decent, if you resign now, everyone will scold you in the future! ”

Zhao Wei's nurse sneered: "I don't know if my brother can be promising, I only know that when he has promising, life will be long." I advise you not to give up, the eldest sister is almost ready to quit breastfeeding, you should make plans early! ”

Sister-in-law Pearl didn't know what to say. It's just that the Hou Ye said a few words, and the old lady and the second master haven't agreed yet, and the people are already scattered here. It's been less than four months since Grandpa Jun went, how could things have completely changed?

In the main room, Master Yu had just finished a tirade, and finally had time to take a breath and drink tea to moisten his throat, this lobbyist's errand was really not easy to do.

What he said is actually not difficult to understand, and there are three main points:

First, the new Jiannan Marquis Zhao Jiong's approach was too much, he couldn't agree as a clan, so he came forward to persuade Zhao Jiong to take a step back, and the coffin of the old county prince was still sent back to his hometown in the south for burial, and Aunt Qian's grandmother could also be buried with him, but he could not be buried in the main room, and he had to be buried as a concubine.

Second, the Zhang family and Zhao Zhuo's family are to keep filial piety, in Beijing or in their hometown, there is not much difference, it is better to go back to the south, first, they have not seen the clansmen for many years, contact each other, and by the way, give the two children a family tree; Second, they don't look at this room with the past, what if Zhao Jiong agrees, but changes his hexagram when he gets to the grave? None of the Zhao clan can suppress Zhao Jiong, the marquis, and with Zhang's stepmother, he doesn't dare to mess around.

The third is the meaning of Master Yu himself, he thinks that Zhao Jiong's division of the family is unfair, according to the law of this dynasty, in addition to the ancestral property, the division of the family is to be divided equally among all the sons, not to mention that Zhao Jiong's background is not right, Zhao Zhuo is the heir. However, it is also unrealistic to ask Zhao Jiong to divide all the property equally, it is better to take a step back and only ask for half of the 10,000 acres of fertile land in his hometown, even if the industry in Beijing is in the family property, it will not be moved, so that outsiders can explain it when they ask. Zhao Jiong has verbally agreed, and let the Zhang family and Zhao Zhuo's family go back, just to implement this matter, and to prevent Zhao Jiong from prevaricating with some inferior fields.

Zhang's and Zhao Zhuo's mother and son were very surprised after hearing this, Master Yu should have been closer to Zhao Jiong's side, why did he suddenly think about them today? Zhao Zhuo hesitated and asked, "Brother Lobby's idea is certainly good, but I don't know ...... Why are you so zealous? ”

Master Yu smiled bitterly: "I also have to do this." Our clan has always been weak, and everything depends on the face of your second room, but since I am the patriarch of the clan, I can't pretend to be deaf and dumb for some things. It doesn't matter if you mess up your stepmother, or if you don't respect your brother, it's a big crime to say everything, Zhao Jiong is in a high position, so you don't care, but the clansmen see it in their eyes, in case they all learn from each other in the future, isn't our Zhao family a mess? I can't forget my duty for the sake of selfishness, and leave a disaster to my descendants! ”

These words caused Zhang and Zhao Zhuo to sigh, and they all remembered the big mistake made by the father of Lord Yu, the old lady of the sect.