Chapter 287: Family Arrives
"Daddy, you ... Why did you come so soon? Didn't you say that it would arrive after the New Year? After Fu Erniang saw Fu Gui leading a large family into the door, she asked happily.
"You kid, you've been in the Han place for a long time, and your name has changed?" Fu Gui, who was dressed as a Li person and was dusty, said to Fu Erniang with a smile.
"It's thanks to my grandson's reputation that we were able to get there so quickly." Fu Gui then said.
Li Sanjian's maternal grandmother died early, and Fu Gui lived with his sons Fu Mo and Fu Scale.
Fu Mo got married early, has a son and a daughter, and Fu Liang has just taken over the doorman, is a native of Qiongtaili, and has no children.
Fu Gui and others received Li Sanjian's letter in September, and it was December when they arrived in Kaifeng Mansion in Tokyo.
Although Fu Gui and the others were fishermen, their families were poor, and they didn't have many belongings, it took a whole month to pack them up, and the road was far away, so it took more than three months to arrive at Kaifeng Mansion.
In fact, this is quite good, the reason is that the current name of the Great Song Dynasty Champion Lang, who doesn't know, who doesn't know? In addition, Li Sanjian was a six-rank Beijing official of the imperial court at this time, so along the way, all the post houses took good care of Fu Gui and others, at least they did not embarrass them, and Fu Gui and others were relatively smooth along the way.
But even so, it was already dusk when Fu Gui and others arrived at Kaifeng Mansion, and the clothes on their bodies were relatively simple, so they were almost treated as homeless people by the guards and officials at the city gate of Kaifeng Mansion, but fortunately, Fu Gui and others reported the name of Li Sanjian, so the officials hurriedly sent Fu Gui and others to Li Sanjian's residence.
The family of the judge of the Kaifeng Prefecture, which one of them ate the bear's heart and leopard gall and dared to embarrass them?
"Abba, look at what you said." Fu Erniang hugged Fu Gui and said, "Abba, second brother, third brother, come in quickly, haven't you eaten yet?" I'll tell the kitchen to make it for you. ”
Fu Erniang was so happy, she was so happy.
No matter how prosperous Kaifeng Mansion is, how can it reach its hometown? When Fu Erniang saw Fu Gui and other relatives, it was like returning to Qiongtai, which made Fu Erniang very happy.
Since Fu Erniang followed Li Sanjian to Beijing, it has been several years since she parted with Fu Gui and others, how could Fu Erniang not miss them?
"Jian'er, Xue'er and Wen'er came to meet Abba and uncles." Fu Erniang then beckoned to Li Sanjian, Cai Rongxue, and Wang Wen.
Li Sanjian, who had already gone out, heard the words and walked to Fu Gui and the others with Cai Rongxue and Wang Wen, knelt down and kowtowed: "Grandchildren and granddaughters-in-law kowtow to their grandfather and uncle." ”
The arrival of Fu Gui and others will definitely add a lot of trouble to Li Sanjian, but as long as his mother Fu Erniang is happy, Li Sanjian is willing to do anything.
At this time, Li Sanjian saw his mother's happy appearance, and he was also very happy in his heart.
When Fu Gui saw Li Sanjian kneeling down and kowtowing to make a big salute, he was immediately frightened, and he didn't know what to do, so he hurriedly helped Li Sanjian up and said: "Good grandson, don't be like this, you are a big official now, a small country citizen, you can't deserve it." ”
Li Sanjian is Fu Gui's grandson, but at this time, Li Sanjian is a dignified Song Dynasty official, and in the eyes of Fu Gui and others, it is like heaven.
In the past, when I was in the small fishing village of Danzhou, Qiongtai, not to mention the six-rank official of the imperial court, he was a small official, and he would make Fu Gui and others respectful.
"What did Grandpa say?" Li Sanjian stood up, helped Fu Gui and said with a smile: "Sun Er is no matter how big an official is, but he is also the grandson of his grandfather, isn't he?" The so-called elders are like the sky, and grandchildren should also be shared. ”
After his father Li Qing died, Fu Erniang dragged Li Sanjian alone, it wasn't for Fu Gui and others to take more care of Fu Erniang, maybe Fu Erniang wouldn't be able to survive this day at all, Li Sanjian was very clear about this, so Li Sanjian was still grateful to Fu Gui and others in his heart.
"Jian'er, you also know that we are very poor there, and there are no rare things." At this moment, Li Sanjian's second uncle Fu Mo took out a red silk cloth bag from his arms and said: "But we can't come empty-handed, these are some beads picked by your grandfather and uncle on weekdays, just... Uncle can't speak, so let's take it as a greeting gift. ”
"A greeting gift? Second uncle... Grandfather... What are you doing? What other greeting gifts do you need for your loved ones? Do relatives still need such rituals? Li Sanjian took the pearl bag that was stuffed by Fu Gong and said in amazement.
Fu Gui and others picked up real pearls, completely exchanging their lives for pearls, and they were still counting on these pearls to live, for these Li Sanjian had long known that Li Sanjian's uncle died in the pearl diving pool.
But they were actually brought a bag of pearls by themselves at this time?
Therefore, Li Sanjian is extremely difficult to accept at this time.
"Jian'er is right." Fu Erniang took the pearl bag and stuffed it into Fu Mo's arms and said, "Second brother, what are you doing here?" What else do you need to bring to my sister's place? Take it back quickly, or my sister will be angry. ”
"Sister... Fu Gui, Fu Liang looked at Fu Gui, looked at Fu Erniang, and then looked at Li Sanjian, and said hesitantly.
"Erniang, this is Abba's gift to his granddaughter-in-law, it's always okay, right?" Seeing this, Fu Gui said to Fu Erniang.
"Daughter-in-law granddaughter doesn't dare." Cai Rongxue smiled after hearing the blessing: "My grandfather can come here, and my granddaughter-in-law is very happy, how dare I accept my grandfather's gift?" ”
Li Sanjian nodded approvingly to Cai Rongxue when he heard this.
Sure enough, she was born in a big family, and her words and deeds are extremely decent.
"Look, my daughter-in-law has said so, Abba, take it back, what are you doing here?" Fu Erniang said.
"Sister, are you looking down on us?" Fu Liang said with his cheeks puffed out when he heard this.
"Poof!" With a bang, Fu Erniang bent her index finger and struck Fu Scale, glared at Fu Scale and said, "Is your sister this kind of person?" ”
"Ouch, sister... Fu Liang hugged his head and shouted aggrievedly.
Five big and three rough men, in front of a petite woman, like a wronged child, made everyone laugh.
Although Fu Liang is Li Sanjian's third uncle, he is only four or five years older than Li Sanjian, and he is in his twenties this year, and he has been close to his second sister Fu Erniang since he was a child, so when they met again at this time, both of them felt happy, and at the same time, the two of them have been fighting since childhood, and they have long been used to it.
However, at this time, Fu Gui and others still refused to give up, and still wanted to give Fu Erniang and Li Sanjian real pearl bags.
So Li Sanjian smiled and said, "That's good, isn't the jewelry store about to open?" How about this pearl as a shareholder of my grandfather and uncle? ”
"What to invest in? What is it? Fu Mo asked in amazement when he heard this.
"It's the cost of doing business." Li Sanjian said with a smile.
"Oh, that's fine, right?" Fu Gui said after glancing at Fu Gui helplessly.
"What won't work? Just do what Jian'er says. Fu Erniang then smiled at Fu Gui: "Abba, don't you know, now Jian'er has a lot of money every month, and there is nothing lacking at home, okay, don't stand here, come into the house and talk." ”
"Okay, okay, come in, come in." Fu Gui said with a smile.
So Fu Erniang helped Fu Gui to her hall on the second floor.
Fu Gui is old, and he goes to the pearl pond to pick real pearls all the year round, and he falls ill, but he gritted his teeth and insisted on living a life.
However, the years are not forgiving, and in recent years, Fu Gui has become more and more aware that his body is not as tough as before, and he is becoming more and more incapacitated.
This is also the reason why Fu Erniang wants to bring Fu Gui and others to the capital.
"You two children come and kowtow to your aunt and cousin." After entering the house, Fu Gui said to Fu Bing, the son of Fu Scale, and Fu Ling'er, the daughter of Fu Scale.
Fu Bing has just turned five years old this year, but Fu Ling'er has reached the age of sixteen, and she has grown into a slim girl, just like the Li family's landscape, Zhong Lingyu is beautiful.
"Is this Ling'er? Growing so tall? I almost didn't even recognize it. After Fu Bing and Fu Ling'er kowtowed, Fu Erniang helped Fu Ling'er up and said with a smile.
Fu Erniang then pulled Fu Ling'er to sit on the bed and asked, "I've grown into a big girl, are you looking for your mother-in-law?" ”
"Auntie..." Fu Ling'er blushed, glanced at Li Sanjian and lowered her head and said.
When he was in Brother Tai Danzhou, Fu Linger almost said that Li Sanjian had become a "kiss and a kiss", not that Fu Liang was not very happy, and Li Sanjian was unwilling, maybe this matter would be done.
In this world, cousins and sisters can get married, this so-called "kiss and kiss", but Li Sanjian is Han, and Fu Linger is a Li person, subject to the restrictions of Song inter-ethnic marriage, it is impossible to become husband and wife, but Fu Linger can be Li Sanjian's concubine.
The world can accept it, but Li Sanjian can't accept it no matter what.
Fu Erniang also asked Li Sanjian about this matter, so Li Sanjian pretended to be stupid and vague about the matter, and after a long time, Fu Erniang also understood that Li Sanjian was unwilling from the bottom of his heart, so he didn't mention it again.
"Not yet." Fu Liang replied with a smile for Fu Ling'er: "This kid has a high eye, and he said a few relatives, she... She just doesn't want to. ”
"Oh, in this way, when I get to my aunt's place, I will definitely find you a good mother-in-law." Fu Erniang sighed secretly in her heart and said.
At this point, how could Fu Erniang not understand what was going on? It must be that Fu Linger has had Li Sanjian in her heart since she was a child, and she has her third brother.
But at this time, Li Sanjian was already married, and there was more than one, so how could Fu Erniang mention this matter again? Besides, Li Sanjian is also unwilling.
"Okay, let's not talk about the children." Fu Gui then spoke: "Jian'er, this kid is filial piety, and he still doesn't forget his hometown as an official, but this time he came to make trouble for Erniang and Jian'er." ”
"What do you say, Abba? This is what the daughter and Jian'er should be. Fu Erniang then asked Li Sanjian with a smile, "Jian'er, has it been arranged?" ”
"Mother, the residence of my grandfather, uncle and others has been arranged." Li Sanjian replied when he heard this.
"Okay, Abba, you will squeeze here all night today, and tomorrow Jian'er will take you to your new home." Fu Erniang nodded.
Li Sanjian's house is too small to accommodate so many people, so Li Sanjian has already rented a few rooms for Fu Gui and others in Kaifeng Mansion.