"She is, when she died, her father wanted to keep the system, and now that her father is gone, in the future, you have to keep the system for her!" Zeng Zhixian turned around and saw that Aunt Wu had already walked out of the room, looking at their sister and brother, Zeng Zhixian whispered to his younger brother.

"Guarding? Doesn't that mean she's daddy's? Zeng Zhiwu's eyes widened at first, and then asked in surprise: "I never knew that my father was a concubine!" ”

"You'll find out later!" Zeng Zhixian squatted down, straightened his brother's clothes again, and said calmly in his voice: "Brother, we don't have a father and mother anymore, and we will only rely on our grandmother and aunt in the future, we only have our hearts to remember!" ”

Aunt Wu was already heartbroken, but when she heard Zeng Zhixian speak like this, she covered her mouth with a handkerchief and cried silently. But Zeng Zhixian's words, she couldn't object, and she couldn't object, after all, she was just an aunt, and she couldn't shelter the two sisters and brothers!

"I know, sister, I will honor my grandmother in the future, and I will remember my old aunt in my heart!" Zeng Zhiwu nodded solemnly to his sister, but Aunt Wu couldn't hold back any longer, and stepped forward to touch Zeng Zhiwu's face: "Good brother, good boy, with your words, my heart is enough!" ”

Maybe it was the nature of blood relationship, Zeng Zhiwu leaned on Aunt Wu's side, then stood up straight, and leaned on like this, Aunt Wu had been greatly satisfied. Zeng Zhixian looked at his own grandmother and curtsied: "Daddy, he has been thinking about you, saying that when his term expires this time, he will find another foreign appointment, and he will take you to the post and let you live a good life for a few years!" ”

The tears in Aunt Wu's eyes had already fallen on Zeng Zhiwu's face, and she choked up. After a long time, he said: "With this sentence, I am content, content." Heaven may have punished me for what I did in the first place. Brother, you have to study hard, you have to honor your grandmother, respect your sister, get along well with your brothers, and in the future, you have to marry a good daughter-in-law, you know? ”

Zeng Zhiwu nodded, and then said: "Sister said the same thing, old aunt, I remember you, I will remember you!" Zeng Zhixian held his brother's hand and said softly: "Old aunt, we will leave, you will take care of yourself in the future!" ”

Take care, Aunt Wu watched her grandchildren go forward, only to lift her heart and dig up a piece of it, from then on, perhaps, there will be no more from this. This day, just like the ancient well, makes people's hearts palpitate without waves.

"It's nothing for you to talk to your old aunt for a while." When Zeng Zhixian's sister and brother returned to Mrs. Zeng's room, the tears on their faces were not dry. When Mrs. Zeng saw it, she said to Zeng Zhixian.

"Thank you grandmother, it's just that the rules are here, if there are any good things for my granddaughter in the future, when I send them to my grandmother, I won't forget my old aunt!" For the biological mother and grandmother who are concubines, this scale must always be taken care of, neither can make the grandmother or grandmother feel too affectionate over there, but also cannot make them feel too ruthless, after all, it is also appropriate to have some filial piety when giving birth to a child.

Zeng Zhixian had already thought about this sentence all the way, and said it at the right time at this time, which really made Mrs. Zeng's face relax: "Sure enough, you are a good boy like your father." Go and rest in the night. Yanran is used by my side, I will give her to you from now on, you can ask her if you have something in the future! ”

This is to officially give Yanran to Zeng Zhixian, not to borrow it for a few days as originally said, Yanran came over to kowtow to Zeng Zhixian when she heard this, Zeng Zhixian hurriedly grabbed her: "Sister Yanran is polite, you are the person who needs to be used by your grandmother's side, in the future, you have to mention me more!" ”

"It's my blessing to serve the eldest lady, how dare I mention the word!" Yan Ran's words made Old Madam Zeng's face happy, so she asked Yan Ran to serve them to go down and rest. Zeng Zhixian looked at the Hou Mansion in the dark when he walked out of the door, the first day of this return to the mansion was finally over, and the days to come were probably like this, carefully pleasing his grandmother and raising his younger brother well. The Shi family's relatives will get married three years later, and the younger brother will be ten years old at that time, and he will understand some things.

The coffin of the second old man and his wife arrived half a month later, and the coffin was still in the nunnery outside the city, waiting for the auspicious day to mourn. Zeng Zhixian's sister and brother went to the nunnery to keep a watch, and Yin and Yang Sheng chose the day of April 28 to be buried. There are also many relatives and friends who came to mourn the funeral, and Shi An, as a half-son, also ran before and after, and did his duty as a half-son. This added a little comfort to Zeng Zhixian's anxious heart, and when the wake was kept, although they were secretive, they also saw each other's faces clearly.

Shi An felt that Zeng Zhixian was a delicate and gentle woman, Zeng Zhixian saw that Shi An was a handsome and steady young man, and he was not that ugly-looking, which was enough, enough for them to miss the night of the candles in the cave room, and when they unveiled their hijabs, they looked at each other and smiled, and became husband and wife.

Out of the funeral, the third master of Zeng also transported all the salvaged property of the second master back to Beijing, the second master of Zeng was a fat place, even if it was a Qing official, there were more than 10,000 taels of eunuchs, plus all kinds of gifts obtained along the way, just enough 20,000 taels.

Zeng San did what he said, opened the account, deducted thirty percent, and handed over the rest to Zeng Zhixian. This made Zeng Zhixian not know what to say. When Mrs. Zeng saw that her third son had done such a thing, she angrily called him to scold: "This matter is also for the public, those local uses did not let you pay the silver, I looked at the accounts, they all went to the public, and also went to nearly 10,000 taels, you are good, you took the money in the public and spent it, and swallowed your brother's property in 30% and passed it out, how do you let the family look at us?" ”

"Mother, what you said is wrong, who doesn't know that I love silver, I took 30% fairly and justly, if there is anything at that time, my niece's dowry can also be less......" Without waiting for the third master Zeng to finish speaking, the old lady Zeng picked up the pillow and hit him: "Full of Hu Qin, your niece's engagement is also the right family, can she still be without her dowry?" Where will our family put their faces then? If you are like this again, your second brother will be gone, I will find your eldest brother, separate the three parts of this business, you live your own life, and save me a mouth! ”

"Mother, I am a gentleman who loves money, and I take it in a good way, and I don't learn from those hypocrites, and I say that I don't love money, but what I did behind my back, genius knows!" Hearing that he wanted to separate the three parts of the family, the third master Zeng drew a comparison of the abacus beads, even if he went out of his family, how much more silver would he spend, and the food, clothing and housing of the family at this time were all in the public middle school, not to mention that he could save three or four thousand silver, and the savings were earned, and when he divided the family, his own private house may not be less than the property of the eldest brother's family, and then he could barely leave to live his own life.

"You, who did you learn from, good Master Houfu, just learn this!" Old Mrs. Zeng was angrily covered by her son's chest, and the third old man Zeng grinned: "Mother, since your son has made you angry, he will leave first!" After speaking, the third master Zeng slipped away and left.

Mrs. Zeng stroked her heart, thought about it carefully, and had no choice, she had to supply her granddaughter by herself, otherwise, she really didn't want to be a person if she spread it out. Mrs. Zeng asked the maid to invite Zeng Zhixian to come over, but the maid just went out, and her mother-in-law came to report: "Master Hou is here!" ”

This is a bit unfortunate, but there is no need to avoid seeing her niece, Mrs. Zeng asked the Hou Ye to come in. Hou Ye is less than forty this year, his face is white, his literary quality is polite, more like a scribe than his ancestor because of his military exploits, he saw Mrs. Zeng, Hou Ye saluted and said after greeting: "Mother can you hear rumors in Beijing recently?" ”

"What did you ask? Not to mention the existing funerals in our family, even if I didn't like to socialize before, where can I listen to the rumors? Besides, even if it is a rumor, those words do not have to pollute the ears. ”

"What my mother said was that my son originally thought the same way, but when I came out of the court today, I heard a few words, and I always felt that I should discuss with my mother!" When his younger brother was killed, the Marquis Zeng also asked for a month's leave to take care of the funeral, and when the funeral was completed, he went back to cancel the leave.

"Could it be that this rumor has something to do with our family?" The son was so solemn, Mrs. Zeng had already guessed it, and hurriedly asked the maid to tell Zeng Zhixian that she didn't have to come.

"My mother is very worried, and it has something to do with our family. If you want to say, it should have something to do with the eldest niece! The words of the Marquis Zeng made the old lady Zeng's brows furrow: "Your eldest niece is filial piety at home, where did the rumors come from?" ”

"It's because of filial piety, now some people say that they are afraid that the eldest niece will have a hard life, and the father and mother will be defeated, and some people even say that the eldest niece's chin is sharpened, and it is not a blessed appearance, and Shifu will marry the eldest niece, and it will also be ......"

"Where did all this nonsense come from? Your eldest niece, you've seen it too, where is the chin pointed? Old Madam Zeng tried to restrain herself, but she couldn't help but scold.

"What the mother said is very true, and the son also said the same, but the son is worried that he is afraid that Shifu will want to take advantage of this to withdraw from the family, and once the family affairs are withdrawn, it will be difficult for the eldest niece to find a good one in the future." The name is good, the daughter of the Hou Mansion, but her parents died, and her grandfather is not a very powerful family. Zeng Zhixian held the handkerchief tightly in his hand, and when he heard the words of Mrs. Zeng to let her go back, Zeng Zhixian wanted to turn around, but who knew that when he heard these words, these rumors were simply pouring salt on people's wounds.

Seeing Zeng Zhixian's pale face, she hurriedly helped her to leave, and waited for a while before she said: "Miss, Master Hou and the old lady are also good for you!" ”

This sentence made Zeng Zhixian's eyes tear again, and Yanran hurriedly persuaded: "Miss, the mouth of this world can eat anything, of course you can say anything." As long as the Shi family doesn't care, why should you care? ”