Not long after Jiang Chutao left home, the Jiang Mansion was not peaceful again. Everyone knows that after General Zhenyuan drove to the west, none of the three sons left by the Jiang family, Jiang Liangzheng, Jiang Liangkai and Jiang Liangduan, practiced martial arts, and the general's mansion was not worthy of its name.

Only Jiang Liangkai's son Jiang Chengyun can be regarded as inheriting his grandfather's military demeanor, and he received a seven-rank official who was a captain in the imperial court, except for Jiang Chutao's father Jiang Liangzheng's hereditary title, Jiang Liangduan and Jiang Liangkai both have other official positions.

According to the rules of Jinling, once General Zhenyuan died, the Jiang family could be separated. But Jiang's mother likes to be lively, and she gets along well with her husband's two concubines, and she does not separate the family in time.

Moreover, the separation of the family is not beneficial to the Jiang family, the three brothers have made some achievements in their respective fields, take care of each other, and are quite united.

In the long run, the separation is inevitable, but the arrival of Zeng Yuxin has accelerated the process of separation. Zeng Yuxin was not stupid enough to directly mention the separation of the family with her father-in-law Jiang Liangduan, she just happened to know that Jiang Liangduan had the idea of splitting the family in a casual conversation with her mother-in-law Cao, so she had the idea of pushing the boat along the river.

Zeng Yuxin knocked on the side, expressing his dissatisfaction with the head of the family, Jiang Liangzheng, in a very tactful way. She said to her husband Jiang Chengjin: "Xianggong, everyone says that the title is good, so what is the good about the title?" ”

Jiang Chengjin said: "It's really a country woman, with long hair and short knowledge. The dukes and uncles have a food estate, as well as a fief, and more importantly, if they have a title, they are nobles, which is different from ordinary people. Take my second uncle as an example, he is the hereditary founder of the second grade, with 2,000 households, which is a great honor given by the emperor. ”

"But Xianggong, I think you look like a nobleman, everyone says that I married a noble son!" Zeng Yu said pretendically.

Jiang Chengjin was very fond of this kind of words, and pinched the nose of his little wife: "What nonsense, my father is not a descendant, of course the title is inherited by my second uncle, and the second uncle's family is the real noble." ”

"No wonder, the second uncle's family is cold." Zeng Yuxin said: "The second uncle has no son, who will this title pass on?" ”

Jiang Chengjin also thought about this problem, the age of the second sister-in-law is not too big, the second uncle still has the possibility of taking a concubine, the two of them do not have a male now does not mean that there will be no in the future, not to mention that there is Jiang Chutao's crazy girl, she can also summon a son-in-law, no matter how bad Jiang Chuju is going to get married, these two people can give birth to a baby boy casually and give it to the ancestors to raise, so that the title can also be passed on.

If there is really no boy in the second uncle's lineage, he will consider himself and his eldest brother Jiang Chengyun, two nephews, who have the bloodline to inherit the title, but I don't know if they have that luck. Jiang Chengjin told Yuxin everything he thought in his heart.

Yuxin said: "The second aunt has always continued the tradition of the Liu family and does not allow her husband to take concubines, for this reason, our Jiang family is so thin." ”

Jiang Chengjin said: "The second aunt is a housekeeper who works hard and is very good to our juniors, so you can talk about her in the future." ”

Yuxin pressed a little harder on Jiang Chengjin's head, and said coquettishly: "My good father-in-law, how can you be so kind-hearted!" Is it jealous and not allowed others to say it? Chu Ju and Chu Tao are always going to get married, and the children born are also children with foreign surnames, how can there be pure blood between you and Brother Cheng Yun? If you want me to say, this title might as well be passed on to you. ”

Jiang Chengjin was amused by Yuxin's serious appearance: "Even if it is passed on to my nephew, the second uncle will never choose me." I don't want to daydream anymore. ”

Yuxin leaned on her husband's shoulder and said, "Fool, I don't think my eldest brother is as good as you." My mother always said that you can't read the eldest brother, I don't think so, the eldest brother didn't read anything famous, and he didn't go to the martial arts test, and he made the family happy when he earned a seven-grade petty official, and I have never seen such eccentricity. When you come to us, there are a hundred people who are not as good as others? Xianggong is smart! ”

Jiang Chengjin has never heard others say that he is stronger than Jiang Chengyun since he was a child, so he kissed Yuxin excitedly at this moment, and said happily: "It's still the lady who understands me best!" Why am I worse than my eldest brother, don't I just know how to play with guns and dance sticks, who wouldn't! I'll tell my mother, I don't study anymore, I want to practice martial arts! ”

Jiang Chengjin didn't agree with Yuxin's idea of inheriting the title on the surface, but he secretly thought about it carefully and felt that there was some truth, if the blind cat met a dead mouse and picked up a title, then what was he afraid of, so he served Jiang Liangzheng, the second uncle, as his own father in three days, and his father Jiang Liang was half angry, scolding the unfilial son and the white-eyed wolf.

Not only that, Zeng Yuxin's ability is also very strong, as a daughter-in-law, she is deeply loved by her in-laws, and from time to time she personally made pigeon soup, red dates, bird's nest, peach gum soup, etc. to Cao's family, and she is for her mother-in-law to make new clothes for her mother-in-law, and she is more filial to Cao than to her father. The only fly in the ointment is that Yuxin's stomach has not moved since she got married, and Cao half-jokingly asked her if she wanted to have a boy or a girl for her first child.

Yuxin's eyes immediately turned red, but she still forcibly said that it was good to have a boy and a girl, and said that she was sorry for the Jiang family. Whenever it comes to giving birth to a child, Yuxin always looks preoccupied, and after a long time, Cao's family also has questions, and secretly calls Yuxin's personal girl to know the cause and effect of the matter.

Yuxin's personal maid has the same wit as Yuxin, and she made it clear in a few words, saying that one day Yuxin and her sister-in-law Chuju said a few words, Chuju said that Yuxin's maiden family was shabby, and there was no dowry, and she also said that her stomach was not angry and there was no movement until now.

Cao Shi said angrily: "How is it possible, how could such a sensible girl as Chu Ju say such a thing." ”

The little girl said, "If the lady doesn't believe it, she will be a slave and don't say anything." ”

The more Cao thought about it, the more angry she felt, this was her own daughter-in-law, and she was too lenient.

After a few days, Yuxin ran over and cried for a long time, asking her mother-in-law to take a concubine for her husband to extend the offspring, and the Cao family suspected who was despising the daughter-in-law in front of her, and coaxed: "You have only been married for a few months, and the blessing is still to come, our Jiang family has never had the habit of taking concubines, but what is the benefit of having an eldest son for you." Take good care of your body, there will always be children. ”

Cao really felt sorry for his daughter-in-law, took a lot of good things from the treasury as comfort, and said, "If anyone comes to you and chews the root of your tongue, you can tell your mother." ”

Yuxin would never tell her mother-in-law that she had been wronged, and all the words came out of the maid's mouth.

Cao's more than forty people have always been lenient and gentle, and rarely have a tongue with people, but the matter of Yuxin and Chuju has become a knot in her heart.

Isn't looking down on Yuxin equivalent to looking down on his son Jiang Chengjin, the Jiang family did spend a lot of money to marry Yuxin's daughter-in-law, but even if there is more money, it is the willingness of the ancestors, and eighty percent of people are not used to seeing Jiang Chengjin being favored.

Liu's insistence on disobeying Jiang's mother's wishes, and not allowing Guo Ding to have any dealings with Chuju, has angered Jiang's mother, and the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law is very bad, often saying that Liu's family has no son, and he can't raise his daughter well, so that his son will be the last one.

Just when the atmosphere in Jiangfu became very strange, another white incident happened - Aunt Wu died suddenly. Aunt Wu is not very old and healthy, and it should have been a good time to enjoy her old age, but her sudden death caught people off guard.

The people who served around him said that they had no appetite that night, and they rested early after eating a few rice balls with rose sesame seeds, but they couldn't wake up the next day. When Aunt Wu was young, she relied on her own beauty and pampering, and she really wanted to encroach on her, and as she grew older, her children were very mediocre, so she settled down.

The people in the house can't say what they feel, Aunt Wu's sense of existence is not high, but she is really an old man in the house, this feeling is like a beautiful utensil that is treasured in the treasury but no one cares about it, and suddenly one day it was blown to the ground by the wind and was torn apart. She is the old man and a witness to the glory of the past.

Jiang's mother said: "It's okay to go like this, there is no pain at all, and it will pass after a sleep." ”

Now the Liu family, as a housekeeper, is going to be busy again, and after a white affair, the person is much older again. The weather is getting colder, and people can't help but think of the days when Jiang Guangshi died three years ago. Liu couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "The world is impermanent, and I don't know if anyone will die for me in the future." ”

Cao knew that Liu was lamenting that he had no son, and according to his own temperament in the past, he had to persuade for a while, but today he acted as if he hadn't heard it. Chu Ju knelt on the ground, as the eldest daughter in the family, compared with herself three years ago, she had grown a lot taller, and her face seemed more determined.

The last time I knelt here was three years ago, and there was Jiang Chutao with the same radish head by her side, she and Chu Ying had no marriage contract, and in the blink of an eye, Jiang Chengjin married a wife, and she was going to marry a woman, time is like this, and a lot of things have changed unconsciously. The face of the person does not know where to go, and the peach blossoms are still smiling in the spring breeze. Hatsuju recited these two lines of poetry in her heart, Hatsuju didn't go to see Hatsuzakura, she felt that the two of them were thinking the same thing at the moment.

After the funeral, Jiang Liangduan proposed to divide the family, he had made up his mind, separated the family but did not live separately, from then on, each family affairs were managed, and Jiang Guangshi had already distributed the property title deed when he was alive, and everyone had no opinion.

Jiang's mother invited a few old people of the Jiang family to testify, and in this way, the family was divided, although they still lived together, bowed their heads and did not look up, but the Jiang Mansion no longer had the time when the family was together as harmoniously as in the past.

The separation of the family is what Jiang Liangduan and Jiang Chengjin's father and son insist on doing, Chu Ying has no chance to interject at all, she and Chu Tao have been close like sisters since childhood, and she also respects Liu's aunt very much, taking advantage of Cao's absence one day, she went to Liu's place and kowtowed respectfully a few times.

Liu looked at Chu Ying, her eyes were full of tears, her life's hard work was dedicated to the Jiang family, in the end, only Chu Ying was a girl who was a bright-eyed person, grateful for her own efforts, she sighed and said: "Chu Ying, my aunt doesn't hurt you in vain on weekdays." ”