Chapter 69: There is no good feast
The partiality that his father directly placed on the surface made Zhou Song's eyes red all of a sudden, but his body was still as tight as a bowstring, the corners of his mouth were torn into a line, and his eyes flashed with biting light when he looked at Man Yun.
"The son dares to be disrespectful to the father! It's just that I'm afraid that my father will be coaxed by Du Shi and the two little cubs she raised......"
Before Zhou Song's words were finished, Zhou Xian, who got up angrily, raised the crutches in his hand and hit him on the shoulder.
The boxwood crutch that Zhou Xian used to beat his son was covered with copper skin at the foot of the cane, and a piece of white marble was inlaid at the top. Although the elderly Zhou Xian lacked strength, Zhou Song, who was hit, still tilted his body to the side.
Knock down again angrily, but it smashed on the back of Zhou Bai, who was hugging the eldest brother, and made a bang.
Zhou Yang and Zhou Tan also hurriedly got up, rushed to Zhou Xian, knelt down again, pulled their father's sleeve, and persuaded me word by word.
Zhou Bai endured the pain and gasped, walked a few steps on his knees, hugged Zhou Xian's legs, and said bitterly: "Daddy, don't blame only my brother again and again, Mingxia died in vain, and Jing Xuan is also at fault." It was I who inquired about the Liu family and He Juzi and reported it to the eldest brother, if the father wanted to punish him, he would dispose of the child together, and he would never let the elder brother suffer it alone. ”
"Second brother, he just handed me a letter and pointed out to find someone! He didn't know what I was going to do, but I was going to ask the truth about the old things that Sister Fengjinhua went to that day. Zhou Song straightened up again and looked at his fellow brother gratefully. Although the brothers get together less and leave more when they become adults, at this moment, it is still the younger brother of the obvious compatriot who is more reliable.
Zhou Yang and Zhou Tan had vague pleas without any substance. It rang out too.
Zhou Xian, who was surrounded by several sons, raised his head. The old man burst into tears and said, "You are talking about brothers, friends and brothers at this time. But what about Zhe'er? When you wanted to kill him, did you think that he was your brother? ”
"Daddy!" , Zhou Song's tears also fell, he glared fiercely at Man Yun who was standing on the side, and made up his mind: "Father! It's not that the child doesn't care about the flesh and blood of the fifth brother. If the fifth brother leaves his bloodline, I will support him to grow up. Oh, that little bastard
…… The little mongrel should not be the orphan of the fifth brother. ”
"Uncle! You can't talk nonsense! Man Yun, who had been standing quietly on the side, rushed up and looked at Zhou Song coldly. She stood. The uncle is kneeling, and such a height is just right to be at eye level.
Zhou Song snorted coldly and said, "Father! Cheng Dong has always done his own thing, but he doesn't want the ugly things of the Zhou family to be publicized and embarrassed by the world. Look at Sister Yun, she is already six years old this year, but the fifth brother has no children other than her, and the child in the courtyard on the mountain can barely be mentioned according to the month that the fifth brother left before returning to Beijing. You treat that kid as a treasure. But maybe someone saw that the fifth brother was gone, and took the opportunity to make a name for the wild child! ”
Man Yun took a step forward, walked in front of Zhou Song, and glanced at him quietly. Turning around and kneeling down towards Zhou Xian, he said sincerely: "Grandpa! Uncle's statement has insulted the names of his father and mother, and please deal with it impartially. ”
Zhou Bai peeked up at his father's calm face. Anxiously tugged at Zhou Song's sleeve and said, "Big brother! Don't talk nonsense! There must be evidence. ”
Evidence? Manyun's mouth and nose are contemplating. Covering the frustrated air in his chest. The second uncle looked at his brother sincerely, but he was just mentioning words to the uncle. She wanted to see what empirical evidence Zhou Song would say.
Zhou Song was speechless for a while. As the eldest son, he was raised by Mrs. Zhou, and he has always believed in what his mother said. It was also Mrs. Zhou who said a hidden matter categorically, assuring him that Zhou Kai was not the fifth brother's flesh and blood, but he felt that if he said it before his father and several brothers, it would affect Mrs. Zhou's reputation.
As for the rumors about the Du family's stay in Fengjin and those people from the Du family, it makes no sense to say it. When Du stayed in Fengjin, the second brother and sister Gao also stayed with him.
Zhou Song glanced at his second brother Zhou Bai, and replied with a stiff neck: "Although there is no evidence, it should be inappropriate to extrapolate it according to common sense." Father! It is estimated that the patriarch also thinks so, otherwise why bother to make the Xiao Zhou Mansion in Xinan open a branch of the ancestral hall after the Nana kid enters the spectrum, obviously because he is afraid that the child will affect the century-old reputation of the Zhou clan. ”
Zhou Xian laughed angrily, and after laughing a few times, he picked up Man Yun, retreated to the chair, and slammed his cane on the ground, and said desolately: "The temple of Xiao Zhou's mansion is my self-invitation after discussing with the patriarch. It's not for Zhou Kai, but I have self-knowledge, knowing that I have no way to teach my son, so I am afraid of leaving a disaster to the clan. ”
Looking at the sons below who were stupid and pretending to be stupid, Zhou Xian sighed and said, "Sister Yun! You tell Grandpa, why Liu Laoqi just tried his best to clear out that after the death of his eldest daughter, He Ju'er has nothing to do with his family? ”
Man Yun pondered for a moment and said: "Although the daughter of the Liu family has passed away, He Juzi has not married, because he is a son-in-law, so he should still be regarded as the Liu family." Liu Laoqi didn't recognize it, because he was a servant of the Zhou family, and his wife and daughter were all on errands in the house, and the deed was also in the hands of Grandpa. If it is said that he is a slave against his master, his sin is increased. He was afraid of being linked, so he didn't recognize his son-in-law. ”
"What a little girl doll understands, don't you understand?" , Zhou Xian sneered at his sons: "The same is true of the Zhou family. Especially Zhou Song, you ask yourself, the things you participated in in Luojing, if you study it carefully, is it enough to get you out of the clan directly? Expense Shrine? Expenditure Temple, isn't it just to summon the world, you and the Great Zhou Mansion have come out of the five suits, if you want to be punished by the nine clans one day, you won't slaughter a Huo City! ”
Without waiting for a few thoughtful sons to react, Zhou Xian took Man Yun by the hand, and the grandfather and grandson protected and supported each other, and staggered towards the door......
After a clan sacrifice, the Xiaozhou Mansion in Xinan turned the world upside down.
Whether you like it or not, you have to move back to your ancestral house in Xinan from the relatively relaxed Mid-Levels Villa for a while.
With Xiao Man's support, Man Yun slowly got out of the carriage, looked at the mother who came down from the car almost at the same time, and smiled faintly.
Du Shi was able to move freely, and she was holding Zhou Kai in her arms.
Letting Zhou Kai return to the ancestral house was Zhou Huai, the patriarch of the Zhou clan, who suggested to Zhou Xian. He said that a child who is already a little peculiar, and if people have less doubts about his identity, he should stay in his own house in a dignified manner, not hide in the mountains. In connection with a bunch of recent events, Man Yun felt that this was also reasonable.
"Actually, the Mid-Levels Annexes are pretty good! The uncle wants to stay next to the ancestral grave in Huoshan to keep filial piety on behalf of his father, and it will be harder. Manyun only dared to whisper in the ear of the little cat who didn't know what was going on, if it was loud, he would definitely be treated as a schadenfreude.
Because Zhou Song did not go up the mountain voluntarily, but on the second day of the clan sacrifice, Zhou Xian publicly announced it to the clansmen who were still gathered in Zeting, and he learned about it.
In the fifteenth year of Yongde, Xinan's Xiao Zhou Mansion had frequent disasters, thinking that it was because the ancestral land feng shui needed to be taken care of, so the sons of Zhou Xian's family did not go out again, and devoted themselves to farming and self-cultivation in the township, and the sons of the Zhou family even asked themselves to guard the grave.
There was no decision in the previous life at all, which means that the uncles' careers have been blocked in order to keep filial piety, and the uncle's grave period is not clear, if the grandfather does not speak again, he will not be able to come back at all. But judging from the experience of his previous life, Grandpa's decision was not a kind of protection for several uncles.
Xinan Xiaozhou Mansion opened the ancestral hall, returned to the house in five rooms, and Zhou Song went up the mountain...... A few things are piled up in one place, and the Zhou family should be very busy.
But as soon as Man Yun, who lived in Yingyuan, packed up and stopped, he received the news that the whole family was going to have dinner together.
Thinking about this meal, many people are tasteless, but Mrs. Zhou personally arranged the arrangement early, and even Zhou Xian was not good at directly making the old wife lose face in front of the servant. After the person sent by Mrs. Zhou walked by, Zhou Xian also sent the servant woman to inform him again.
The banquet was set up in the Xili Hall, and a Qibao Yingxian screen was pulled up in the hall, and the men and women of the house sat inside and outside.
A large round table was crowded with more than a dozen people, Mrs. Zhou sat at the top, and the four daughters-in-law were on both sides.
Except for the kitten, who is still a milk doll, Manyun's cousins are all on the table and sit in rows, while the aunts in each room stand aside and serve with the maids.
Because it is still in the mourning period, there is no wine on each table, and the delicate side dishes on the plate are all vegetarian, the color is bright, and the vegetarian chicken and vegetarian meat that imitates meat are also very delicious.
Man Yun is very glad at the moment that there is a rule in the world that he does not eat and sleep, and he can only concentrate on the green vegetables in the bowl. Occasionally, she raised her eyes to look at her mother and second uncle, and when she was sure that the maid who had served the vegetables to Mrs. Zhou and Xie in turn according to the rules, she gave them a meal, so she was relieved, and she was anxious for the long dinner to end early.
"Lily sweet date soup!" With the girl's brisk and soft voice, a small white porcelain bowl rested in front of Man Yun.
Fingers touched the edge of the bowl, Man Yun quickly looked sideways, just in time to see Yinxia, who was holding a large tray of red paint, putting an identical small bowl in front of Zhou Manjing.
Man Yun took a deep breath and slowly spit it out again, raising his eyebrows imperceptibly. In the room, it seems that only the bowl in front of her is sweeter.
Her nose is stronger than that of ordinary people, but the ability of the silver on her body to distinguish poison is even stronger than her by a hundred times and a thousand times. Man Yun whispered to soothe the silver that he also felt he had earned again, lowered his head, and moved the spoon lightly. After a while, the bottom of the bowl was emptied.
Then, Man Yun rubbed in front of his mother, and let Du Shi feed her a small mouthful before slowly climbing back to the chair. Not surprisingly, I harvested a few secret white eyes from my cousins along the way.
The things to be done should be done, and the people should be able to be released back, right? Watching the tables and pans being brought down one by one, Man Yun lazily leaned back in his chair and yawned slightly.
Mrs. Zhou's eyes flashed with coldness, and she beckoned Mrs. Yu who was standing behind her, and after a while, the servants waiting in the hall were completely withdrawn.
At the same time, the screen that stood in the hall was removed.
For a while, everyone in the Zhou family, who was confused by the sudden situation, showed different expressions. (To be continued......)