Chapter 223: Double Happiness is Coming
The Xia family patriarch and the clan elders discussed for a long time, and finally let Xia Ruoxue bear all the blame and expelled him from the Xia family. Xia Linyu and the brothers were each punished with a rod for thirty years in front of a group of clansmen to set an example.
Xia Zhihan's grandfather, that is, the great-grandfather of Xia Linyu's brothers, won the title by virtue of his military merits, so that the Xia family family would get ahead, Xia Zhihan's grandfather and father had made great contributions to the family, and the current Xia family ancestral hall was built by Xia Zhihan's grandfather with money, and the Xia family study was also donated by Xia Zhihan's father.
For the sake of Xia Zhihan's ancestors' merits and contributions to the family, and for the sake of Xia Linyu's brother being the grandson of the Xia family's descendants, the Xia family gave them the last chance this time.
However, after this public "list of crimes" in Xiafu, and the eldest daughter Xia Ruoxue was first abandoned by her husband's family, and then driven out of the clan by her mother's family, it completely stinks.
The first thing to bear the brunt of is Xia Shuwan's family affairs, the cloth merchant arrived in Xia Mansion two days later, and proposed two choices, one is to withdraw from the family, and the other is to change the marriage book, Shuwan changed from a wife to a concubine. The cloth merchant said that he was also helpless, beware that the notoriousness of the Xia family would affect the future relatives of his sons and daughters, after all, if Shu Wan was a "wife", he would be the rightful "mother" of his children after entering the door.
How could Xia Linang be willing to return the shop members as a dowry? And with the current predicament of Xia Mansion, if Shuwan withdraws from her family, I am afraid that there will really be no one to come to the door to propose marriage.
Yu felt that he would not be mistaken, the cloth merchant really liked Shuwan, but it was just a matter of reputation. Therefore. Even if it is to be a concubine. He will also be kind to Shuwan, since this is the case, the noble concubine will be the noble concubine!
After finding various excuses for themselves "for the good of their daughter", Xia Linang and his wife finally chose the marriage change letter.
And Shuwan is now only thinking about leaving the Xia Mansion, especially after Zhilu Dao changed from a wife to a concubine, her fiancΓ© would still give a dowry of two thousand taels of silver, and she had no objection, this man should not treat her badly.
Shuwan's change in marriage contract made Shuqing also worried. Although the Guo family is now down, it is a real scholarly family, a "family" that is unacceptable to medium-sized merchants, and the Guo family is even more reluctant, right? What's more, Guo Jinnan is also a talented man, if he is named on the gold list three years later, how can he have a wife who is so embarrassed? Isn't Aunt Xia Ruoxue a living example? No matter how capable it is? Without saying a word, he wanted to carry his wife into the door. Why? Isn't it just a mother's nest and has no support. Otherwise, Xia Ruoxue would not have persistently wanted to tie the Xia Mansion and the Xia Mansion together, and in the end, she was forced to reconcile and even be expelled from the family.
Fortunately, Xia Ruoxue is still rich, and there is no problem in worrying about food and clothing and having plenty of money in the second half of her life. Shuqing believes that Xia Ruoxue's property is not just what she told Mrs. Xia and Brother Xia Linyu. Shuqing was absolutely sure that those were only a small part of it.
As for herself, Xia Mansion is so embarrassed now. It's no longer a question of whether they want Guo Jinnan's son-in-law, but whether the Guo family will come to the door to withdraw from their relatives.
Shuqing's worries are not unreasonable, and at this moment, the mother and son of the Guo family are discussing this topic.
Guo's mother: "I heard that Shuqing has the best relationship with her aunt, doesn't her mother always tell people that she is often taken to the capital to live in Anguo Mansion?" Niece Aunt Xiao, who has been exposed to it since she was a child, Nan'er, her mother is worried! β
Guo Jinnan: "Mother, her aunt is her aunt, she is her, our family is down, come to Yulin, Shuqing's father and mother are lukewarm, didn't she propose to withdraw from her family?" Shuqing also asked people to bring some snacks and food and pen, ink, paper and inkstone from time to time. Mother, we can't be the people who are treacherous and fall into the ground. β
Guo's mother: "This ...... The truth is understood. But...... Their family's reputation is now ...... Mother is worried that it will not be good for you in the future. Our family doesn't want the help or funding of our in-laws, but this reputation ...... "Isn't the most important thing for scholars to be famous?"
Guo Jinnan: "Mother, that's what her parents did, how did she stop a 14-year-old girl?" Mother, it's not fair to her like this. And... We are marrying in, not marrying. β
Guo's mother sighed, in fact, she is a soft-hearted person, and her image of Shuqing is also good, which is also a psychological struggle, mainly because she is worried about her son's reputation, not that she has made up her mind to withdraw from her family. The woman who quit her family suffered a lot, especially Shuqing had a notorious maiden family like Xia Fu.
Guo's mother suddenly thought that it was really not possible, so she married Shuqing into the door early, and she personally taught that the round house could wait until next year after Shuqing and Lu. Anyway, at the beginning of last month, Guo Jinnan's three-year filial piety period had expired and he could get married, and their family's life was much more comfortable now.
In the past two or three years, although the Guo family is not rich, it can be regarded as worry-free, Guo's mother is diligent and good at housekeeping, and the married mother is both good at female popularity, there is no big money, but there is constantly a small amount of money in the account, and the three masters and servants can be regarded as a safe and secure household.
A while ago, I happened to meet a fellow who urgently needed money to sell the shop and yard back to his hometown, the shop and yard are not big, and the location is not very good, but the price is very favorable when tied together, and the hand without the tooth line is less than the price difference, which is indeed very tempting. Guo's mother gritted her teeth, took out all her savings, a few valuable dowry jewelry that she was going to keep as a dowry, and the silver she had just gotten from selling a huge embroidery and bought it.
Unexpectedly, just after the transfer procedures were completed, the housing prices in the entire Yulin Town swished upward, and now only the monthly rent of the yard and shop is enough for the family to spend more relaxed, and even have to be retained.
How is Xia Fu doing? Is it tragic or wishful? Xia Linxuan's father and son will not pay attention to it, nor will they care. Xia Linxuan's body has obviously become more and more unbearable in the past few days, like an oil lamp, the lamp oil has burned out bit by bit, and now what is burning is a wick without the protection of lamp oil......
Shu Yao knew that his father was already looking forward to the meeting with his mother, and he was just waiting for the last news that made him blind: the eldest brother arrived in Beijing safely.
Today is the tenth day of the eldest brother's departure. It stands to reason that there should be news. The father-in-law has been waiting for the pigeons for the past two days. I was worried that the enemy was too strong, and I didn't dare to show a little nervousness in front of my father.
No one dared to show a little worry and uneasiness in front of Xia Linxuan, nor did they dare to mention that Shujie had been away for a few days, especially Shuwen, who had always been full of confidence in the eldest brother, kept saying, "Where are those bad guys the opponents of the eldest brother?" β
But how could Xia Linxuan not count in his heart? I'm counting the days every day. From the first day he returned to Yulin, there was no man in black to come, and he knew that his opponent reacted quickly, and he stared at Shujie. Although Shujie has high martial arts, he still carries those poison hidden weapons. However, it is difficult to ensure that the opponent has a large number, and the book is in the open, and the enemy is in the dark, and it is impossible to prevent it.
Xia Linxuan leaned on the recliner placed in front of Donnie Yen's tomb, closed his eyes and muttered: "Rou'er, you have to bless Jie'er safely, Rou'er, Jie'er is back, I'll come to you, I miss you so much......"
That's when it happened. Two rays of light and shadow flickered by, and the guards waiting to be guarded reacted. I have heard a choked and hoarse voice: "Dad, Jie'er is back, what you explained is done", those two lights and shadows are the dusty martial arts champion Xia Shujie and the book that went down the mountain early in the morning to pick up the eldest brother.
The guards couldn't help but blush, the guards with swords in front of the emperor were naturally not comparable to them, but even a ten-year-old child had such skills, the Xia family was really ...... Not to be underestimated.
Xia Linxuan opened his eyes suddenly, and looked at the kneeling person in front of him in disbelief, it was indeed the eldest son Shujie.
Shujie really had a face covered in dust, and the clothes on his body also had two or three long cuts that were obviously scratched by the sword, and ...... Bloodstain......
Xia Linxuan's pupils shrank, panic immediately appeared on his face, and his right hand was raised tremblingly, as if he wanted to see where Shujie was injured.
Shujie hurriedly held his father's hand: "Dad, I'm not injured, these are other people's blood, I'll change it in a while." He secretly blamed himself, he should have gone back to the house to change into a clean robe just now, which made his father worry.
Xia Linxuan exhaled, and saw that although Shujie's demeanor was haggard due to fatigue, he still had obvious energy, not like an injured look. It's good that you're not injured, you can't eat or sleep well, you can't hurry, and you have to fight the enemy, it's too normal to be tired. In such a situation, the time for returning to and from the future is shortened to the time it takes for someone to walk, did he sleep on the way? Xia Linxuan looked at the bloodshot in his son's eyes distressedly.
Father and son connected, Shujie laughed softly: "Dad, don't worry, I'm fine." Later, I will go to wash and wash, change my clothes, and sleep well by my father's side at night. β
Shuwen muttered eagerly: "I want it too, I want it too, I want to sleep with my father and eldest brother." β
Shu Yao came over with a bowl of bird's nest porridge to Shu Jie, and smiled at Shu Wen: "I don't know who Lu Dao is saying that he is an adult every day, and he is clearly still a milk baby." β
Shuwen blushed, and said unconvinced: "Didn't the eldest brother also say that he wanted to sleep with his father?" β
Shu Yao snorted: "The eldest brother wants to take care of his father and talk to his father." As for you, you also said that you would talk to your father the night you first moved in, but your father didn't fall asleep yet, and you fell asleep by yourself. Shuwen is still a child, he sleeps very well, he runs up and down the mountain during the day, helping to carry things, but at night he hit the pillow on his head, and he fell asleep before he could say a word to Xia Linxuan.
"Ha Lu Ha" Shujie laughed happily, the fatigue of ten days dissipated at once, like this, the three brothers and sisters accompanied their father to laugh, and he was willing to do whatever he wanted.
Xia Linxuan was also very happy, looked at the three children softly, and then turned his head to look at Donnie Yen's tombstone, his heart was full of happiness: Rou'er, I will be here soon, and we will watch the three children in the sky together in the future.
When Kim Heeda walked with a piece of paper in his hand and a smile on his face, he saw such a warm scene. However, his first reaction was to be stunned: Is it Shujie? How can it be faster than a flying pigeon?
"Tingwei, double happiness is coming" Jin Xida shook the paper in his hand excitedly. (To be continued......)
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