Chapter 27: The Rite of Succession
Jiang Ling took his wife and daughter to Dongshi to relax, in order to facilitate travel, Jiang Ling and Shen Qin both changed into civilian clothes, and their faces were also retouched, looking like ordinary civilian couples with slightly wealthy families, and they only brought a few guards behind them. It has been almost a hundred years since the founding of the Great Qin, after three emperors, the world was initially decided, the development of Kyoto was extremely prosperous, and the people of all ethnic groups in the East City were mixed, and there were more than a dozen foreigners of different hair colors passing by in front of Jiang Wei, and there were orchids dancing in many shops. It was the first time Jiang Wei saw so many people, such a pure ancient market style, and straightened up with excitement, and his eyes were almost busy.
When it was getting late and the three of them went home, she was in good spirits, and her little face was red with excitement.
Mrs. Wang waited for her granddaughter for a day, but she didn't want the couple to bring her daughter back so late, and after the two entered the door, they reprimanded Jiang Ling and said: "The bigger you are, the more you don't know how to measure!" The weather is cold, how can she come back so late! ”
Jiang Ling and Shen Qin obediently stood under the corridor to listen to the training.
"Grandma." Jiang Wei stretched out his hand and threw himself into Mrs. Wang's arms, "Ah Zhi has a doll." ”
"Hey, what kind of doll is my little girl?" Mrs. Wang hugged her little granddaughter and asked lovingly.
"Little doll." Jiang Wei said, "Grandpa, Grandma, Waiweng, Dayaye......" The little girl counted all the relatives she remembered with her fingers.
Mrs. Wang saw the clay doll handed over by the maid and suddenly realized that the little granddaughter bought a doll for everyone, and she couldn't help but hug her granddaughter and kiss her several times, "Ah Zhi is really good, much better than you." After speaking, she deliberately glared at her son and daughter-in-law, but she still saved face for Shen Qin.
"Tomorrow Saburo and Gorou will be succeeded, you guys are still so nonsense!" Mrs. Wang taught the two of them a lesson, did the couple treat San Lang and Goro as their own children? Isn't there a little reluctance? Mrs. Wang was both pleased and annoyed that the two of them looked away.
Jiang Ling said: "It's not a big deal to pass through, A-Niang, you're too worried." ”
"Not a big deal?" Mrs. Wang's voice rose a level higher.
"It's not a big deal." Jiang Ling said in a steady tone, "Just like the eldest brother said, it's just that San Lang and Goro are recorded in the family tree under his and second brother's names, and the others are different from before?" ”
Jiang Ling's words, Jiang Lu and Jiang Heng, who had just come in, looked inexplicable, the corners of their lips trembled, and they looked at Jiang Ling without saying anything.
"Could it be that the eldest brother has made up his mind to let San Lang ignore us after he passes?" Jiang Ling teased.
"The mouth is not covered!" Mrs. Wang reprimanded angrily.
"In that case, what do you have to worry about, Auntie, are you still worried that your father is old and will be unstable when he writes his name-" Before Jiang Ling's words fell, a gust of wind struck, his body flashed, and he saw Jiang Ke standing behind him with a condensed face, Jiang Ling laughed twice, "Father." ”
Mrs. Wang and Shen Qin could barely help laughing, and when Jiang Ling stirred it up like this, the inexplicable depressing atmosphere that had been permeating the big room these days gradually dissipated, and even Jiang Lu and Jiang Heng looked much more cheerful. Although they knew from childhood that they would be passed on to the name of the eldest uncle and the second uncle, but something happened to Zhen Zhen, and both of them were a little dazed, especially when they saw Jiang Ling and Shen Qin's casual appearance, the two of them were even more unhappy, didn't Ye Ye and Ah Niang have any reluctance? But now that Yeye said this, the two felt that they were in love again, as Yaye said, the succession is just a genealogical matter, aren't they the children of Yeye?
Jiang Ling and Shen Qin glanced at each other, if it weren't for the last resort, how could they be willing to pass on their biological son. Things are not as easy as they say, once they are adopted, these two children are their nephews instead of sons, even if the eldest brother does not let them change their names, they are actually different. The two deliberately made this gesture to make their son feel relieved, they are now half a year old, their minds are the most sensitive, and they need to be guided well, and they will know their difficulties when they are older in the future. Their big house is so thin that they can't afford to toss more.
Mrs. Wang looked at her young son and sighed softly, this child usually acts uninhibitedly, but he still has a good grasp of the balance in major matters, and only San Lang and Goro can be comforted by them.
Jiang Wei felt that the atmosphere of the scene was different, and she walked to Jiang Ke's side with her little short legs, "Ah Weng." ”
Jiang Ke was originally angry by his son's words, what this kid meant was that he was old? But when he saw the flimpy little granddaughter walking towards him, his momentum suddenly softened a lot, he sat down and touched Jiang Wei's head, didn't speak, but also hugged her on his knees.
Jiang Wei handed a white-bearded old man's doll in his hand to Jiang Ke, and a faint smile appeared on Jiang Ke's face, "Good." ”
"Isn't there a big yes?" Jiang Rin walked in slowly with a smile, took her niece from her father's arms, and nodded with satisfaction, "Fat." ”
I'm fat, obviously I've grown taller, okay, Jiang Wei turned his head and ignored the uncle, and didn't even give the doll.
Jiang Rin smiled, "This cautious girl." He smiled and took out a delicate butterfly ivory carving from his sleeve, "But Dayye still remembers Ah Zhi." As he spoke, he shook it in front of Jiang Wei.
Jiang Wei turned her head again with disdain, she was not a child, where could she be bought with a tooth carving, and put the doll in her hand into the hands of the eldest aunt.
Puff - Jiang Che couldn't help laughing, Jiang Lu and Jiang Heng couldn't stop laughing in their eyes, it was the first time they had seen their uncle so deflated.
Jiang Rin shook his head helplessly, hung the ivory carving on the little girl's belt, raised his head and smiled at Mrs. Wang: "Ah Niang, Ah Qi is right, it's not a big deal, you don't have to pay too much attention, I still want to wait for the family tree to be changed, and take San Lang, Wu Lang, Liu Lang and Ah Shi out to have fun." ”
"Where are you going?" Mrs. Wang asked.
"Just go to the East and West Market, Ah Zhi only visited the East Market today, not the West Market, right?" Jiang Rin looked up at his niece teasingly, "Ah Zhi is good, I just teased you with Dayaye, Ah Chi is the most beautiful little lady, not fat at all." ”
Mrs. Wang laughed, "Where can she understand what you say?" ”
"How can you not understand?" Jiang Rin smiled, "Ah Niang, you forgot, Ah Ning started to play with your rouge when she was one year old, and she painted herself red." ”
Mrs. Wang pursed her lips, "You can't say this in front of Ah Ning." "Jiang Changhui, the person with the best face, is willing to listen to the stupid things he did when he was young.
It turned out that my aunt loved beauty at such a young age, Jiang Wei was a little dumbfounded, but after the uncle apologized, she still generously gave the uncle a small doll, and then grabbed three dolls and stuffed them into her purse, dragging the purse to the eldest brother, second brother, and third brother. Don't look at Jiang Wei's side at any time, there are a lot of purses, in fact, most of the purses with toys are held by subordinates, and the purses on her body are hung for decoration.
Jiang Lu was busy hugging his sister, the three brothers looked at the doll that the little sister gave him, thinking that tomorrow the uncle would take everyone on a trip together, and there was a trace of expectation in his eyes. ”
"We?" Mrs. Wang was stunned.
Jiang Ke said: "We won't walk around outside." ”
Jiang Che also regretted it after finishing speaking, what is the identity of his grandfather and grandmother, how can he go to Fang City at will.
"Let's just sit upstairs and watch the excitement." Jiang Ke continued.
Jiang Ke stunned everyone, Jiang Ke said to his wife: "Speaking of which, we haven't been out for a long time, so we just went to see how Dongshi is doing." ”
Mrs. Wang nodded with a smile, "Okay." ”
Jiang Ke's words not only made Jiang Che jump excitedly, but also Jiang Lu and Jiang Heng grinned. Jiang Che hugged his little sister around the room, and for a while laughter filled the entire room, and the faint layer of haze in Jiang Lu and Jiang Heng's hearts also dissipated in the laughter of the family. As the uncle said, the Jiang family will rely on the concerted efforts of the three brothers in the future, they just have one more pair of fathers and mothers, not less fathers and mothers.
Early the next morning, Jiang Wei was picked up from the warm quilt early, and followed everyone to the Jiang ancestral temple, of course, as the daughter of the Jiang family, she was not qualified to enter the private temple, but stood outside with A-Niang. There were many people who came to participate in the succession ceremony, but all the Jiang clan members were not present, among them, there were several years old clan elders after seeing Jiang Ke write the names of Jiang Lu and Jiang Heng under the names of Jiang Rin and Jiang Qian, one by one the old tears were in tears, and the appearance of being out of breath made Jiang Wei worry when he looked at it, saying that such an old man is not suitable for being too emotional.
"Great, our Jiang family finally has a queen!" A clan elder shook his white beard and said with a cry.
Jiang Wei glanced at the various men surnamed Jiang standing in the ancestral hall under the black pressure, this is not counted, what should I do if the people are in a single line?
"Finally, the Song State Mansion is not in our hands!" The other clan elder whimpered.
Obviously, it's my father and brother who are making contributions, okay, why do you all look like you're working hard? Jiang pouted slightly unpleasantly, okay! She was just unhappy in her heart, because these clan elders reminded her of some bad memories. It seems that they can't live without their sons.
Shen Qin noticed that her daughter was lying in the nurse's arms, touched her forehead with concern, and motioned for Shisu to take her down, but Jiang Wei struggled down and grabbed Shen Qin's clothes. Jiang Wei was reluctant to leave A-Niang at this time, and insisted on being with A-Niang. Shen Qin touched her daughter's little head and asked her to lean on herself.
The Lu family looked at this scene with a complicated expression, even if Jiang Lu is already Jiang Rin's son at present, but Jiang Lu is so old, and Jiang Rin has not taken advantage of it, will Jiang Lu still not recognize his biological father? Everything in the future of the long house can be imagined to be in the hands of Jiang Ling but Jiang Rin, even if Jiang Rin and Jiang Ling have a deep brotherhood, but Jiang Jue is not so respectful to Jiang Zhun, Lu Shi bit her lower lip, she still needs to think about it, even if she succeeds, she must choose a good one, she doesn't want to be like Xie Ze, in the end to help others raise their sons.
Jiang Yuanyi quietly held Lu's hand, her thoughts were the same as Lu's, even if she wanted to pass the adoptive child, she would have to pass the ignorant child, not the adult child.
After Jiang Ke closed the family tree, the ceremony was almost completed, and all that remained was the patriarch's instruction to Jiang Lu and Jiang Heng, and by the time the old men finished speaking, Jiang Wei had already fallen asleep in Zisu's arms. After Jiang Ling came out, regardless of the clan elder's glare, he took his daughter and let her change to a comfortable position and sleep in her arms.
The old clan elder looked at Jiang Ling's spoiled face, frowned and said to Jiang Ke: "Da Lang, you have a granddaughter in the long house, you should be spoiled, but what should be taught must also be taught, and the education of girls can't be wrong at all!" ”
Mrs. Wang's face pulled down suddenly, are they talking about Ah Ning? What's wrong with Ah Ning! Without Ah Ning, you can still live so moisturizing?
Jiang Ke glanced at his little granddaughter who was sleeping soundly, and said lightly: "If you are pet, I will deal with the aftermath if something happens." "He even admits his daughter's adoptive sister-in-law, Ah Zhi will do this at most in the future, right? He was not ready to let his granddaughter be the queen, and changed to a grandson-in-law with another identity, not to mention raising his sister-in-law, even if he openly raised his face, he could suppress it.
"You ......" the clan elder jumped to his feet angrily.
Jiang Rin said with a smile: "Uncle, it's not early, I'll help you go back to the house for lunch, right?" ”
The clan elder looked at Jiang Rin and said hatefully: "If you can't remember the lesson, you will regret it sooner or later!" After saying that, he threw up his sleeves and left! It's not that their Jiang family has never had a queen, but which queen is not dignified and virtuous, and the mother is in the world? Only Jiang Changhui is arrogant and willful, if she is willing to get along with the saint well, will the harem still be the only one in the concubine's family? It's really their Jiang woman's reputation has been ruined! As soon as the clan elder heard that Changfang had given birth to a daughter this time, he secretly screamed that it was not good, and when he saw Jiang Ling, he knew that if this little girl was not disciplined, she would definitely be the second Jiang Changhui in the future! When he saw Jiang Yuanyi standing beside Mrs. Guo, he sighed in his heart, thinking regretfully how good it would be if this child could be born in the long house. There are really fewer concubines in the lineage, and there is only one in one room.
After Jiang Lu and Jiang Heng passed each other, the Jiang family was busy again, first the family went on a trip after the succession, Jiang Wei took turns sitting on the necks of his father and eldest brother that day, and Meimei looked at Dongshi all over the city, and came back excited until midnight before falling asleep. After that, everyone began to prepare for Jiang Ling's release, Mrs. Wang and Jiang Ke were not too reluctant, Jiang Ling had studied when he was young, he was good at hand, they were very relieved along the way, but the two of them had a request, to leave their granddaughter behind, Ah Zhi was still too young, not suitable to be released together.
Jiang Ling and Shen Qin naturally refused, the Jiang family was noisy again, which made Jiang Wei start to worry, she had no shadow of her parents on every memorable day, and after the eldest brother began to be busy at work, she spent her birthday every year since she was fourteen years old and even lived alone, they were busy with work, she understood, but she was really tired of living this kind of day, so Jiang Wei enjoyed the days with her father and mother, she was immersed in her father's mother's surrounding her, full of happiness with only her, she completely substituted for her role as a child, She just wants to enjoy this happiness now, and it is easy to do it all over again, and she never wants to live a childhood without parents again.
But it's a pity that things often backfire, in the middle of the night, Jiang Wei suddenly felt a jolt in her body, she woke up from her sleep in a daze, and felt that there was darkness in front of her, she seemed to be walking with a person, what happened? Jiang Wei subconsciously moved her head, and after feeling that the person who came seemed to stop because of her actions, she immediately closed her eyes and pretended to be sleeping.