In April, the smoke is sparse, and in the hazy mist in the distance, the wet roof tiles loom, like a landscape painting carved between heaven and earth. Raindrops the size of beans fell on the flower branches, as if they were about to break. There was a snap, two sounds, and Bang Yue, who was standing by the window, finally glanced sideways.

Jiang Zhongrong sat at the table and made tea with green leaves, listened to her movements, and then raised his head and said, "Since the last incident, you have always been in a daze, what are you thinking?" ”

"I'm thinking about why people can change so easily."

Knowing that she was thinking about Aunt Lan's affairs, she would always be dull in her heart, if Aunt Lan was ruthless and didn't say that, maybe Bang Yue wouldn't be so entangled.

After all, villains are better to deal with than people who can't help themselves.

So Jiang Zhongrong comforted: "Everyone has their own life, and whichever one she chooses is her life." ”

Bang Yue sat in front of the bay window, supported her chin with both hands, and replied casually: "Maybe, don't talk about these useless things, how is the business talk recently?" ”

"Dad's mobility is inconvenient, and almost all the business is taken care of by me, and a business he has always wanted to win before has also been won by me, so he has been in a good mood for the past two days."

Hearing this, Bang Yue squinted her eyes slightly, like a little fox: "Our little banyan is really powerful, and it is getting more and more powerful, since this is the case, it is time for us to take action." ”

"Huh?"

"How many days will it be clear?"

"Yes, during the Qingming Festival, the Jiang Mansion will first go to the Lingxuanju in the west of the city to worship, and then go to the Jiang family ancestral hall to offer incense, light the lamp for one night, and eat vegetarian for three days."

Bang Yue was a little dumbfounded, how could there be so many rules in this big family, and she could only eat vegetarian for three days, which was too difficult for her to be unhappy without meat.

Looking at her expression, you can know what she is thinking, Jiang Zhongrong couldn't help but laugh, and explained: "Now that the Jiang Mansion is still simple, a big family, it will always be more cumbersome, and the others are the same." ”

Bang Yue nodded as if she didn't understand, and was about to continue to enjoy the beautiful scenery outside the window, when she remembered something, and suddenly asked, "Wait a minute, you said Lingxuanju, what kind of place is this?" Isn't it just a matter of going to the ancestral hall to worship? ”

……

Lingxuanju.

Mrs. Jiang liked an old restaurant in the west of the city before her death, she was uninhibited by nature, bold and righteous, when she was young, she acted chivalrous and righteous, and made a lot of good fate, and finally was forced to marry a concubine by Mr. Jiang's father, and she didn't have to stop, and did a lot of things vigorously, which can be described as a strange woman at that time.

Later, when he got older, he stopped, so he went to the old restaurant every day to drink, which broke Mrs. Jiang's heart, but because of his love, he was helpless, and in the end, he directly promoted Mr. Jiang, who was a concubine, to the position of the head of the family.

The old restaurant that I liked before my death was also rebuilt at the request of Mrs. Jiang, and a lot of wine was buried in it. Until death, they are all free to do as they please.

Bang Yue heard this story for the first time, and sighed, she envied such a person, and at the same time longed for it, hoping that she could do whatever she wanted in the second half of her life.

"She is different from most women, she doesn't mind my mother's background, and even treats me very well, after Xue Wan passed the door, my father rarely paid attention to me, and it was my grandmother who took me to protect me from being bullied, but it's a pity that ......"

Jiang Zhongrong said, the light in his eyes dimmed. The carriage jolted and swayed, causing the beaded curtains to clang.

Bang Yue sat cross-legged in the corner playing chess, listened to him look out the window at the sound of rain and muttered a few words, wondering, "What is a pity?" ”

Jiang Zhongrong was lying on the edge of the window, letting the light and shadow drift away, jumping in the bottom of his eyes: "It's a pity that grandma left early, and Xue Wan obviously intensified, hiss." ”

Bang Yue knew that he remembered the past, so he didn't say anything, followed the silence for a while, and then spoke: "During the Qingming Festival, it rains a lot, and the pedestrians on the road want to break their souls. It's another year of Qingming rain, alas, alas. ”

Jiang Zhongrong smiled: "Moaning that you are disease-free." By the way, we've known each other for a few years, why haven't we seen you go back to visit your relatives, please visit your ancestors, won't your family say anything if you don't go home? ”

"No, it won't." Bang Yue shrugged her shoulders indifferently: "I left home when I was very young and begged for a living independently, and they are used to it. Besides, most people don't want to see me, what am I going to do when I go back and provoke white eyes? ”

"Don't you want to go back?"

"No, maybe I'll go back when I get married in two years."

Jiang Zhongrong asked suspiciously: "Who will marry you?" ”

Bang Yue threw the things in his hand at him: "I won't let you marry anyway." ”

The two of them laughed together, only to hear the sound of horses, and then the wheel ran over the wet earth, and the car shook violently, and finally came to a slow and leisurely stop.

"Young master, it's time ahead."

Lingxuanju has arrived.

Bang Yue couldn't wait to open the curtain, looked at the past, and saw a two-story restaurant standing in front, surrounded by bamboo trees, fences, green fruits and red flowers, if she didn't know that it was a mourning hall, at first glance she thought who was living in seclusion here.

"People often come to clean, Mrs. Jiang's favorite place during her lifetime, no one dares to slack off."

Jiang Zhongrong said, jumped out of the carriage first, and then stretched out his hand: "At least you can't go back at night, if you are hungry, you can take the fruit on the table to eat, grandma will not blame you." ”

"Am I that kind of person?" Bang Yue gave him a roll of the eyes.

In the rainy season of the Qingming Festival, Master Jiang took the relatives of the Jiang family, and then brought a few slaves and four carriages with him, and came to Lingxuanju to worship.

The annual worship process is a bit complicated, adults are okay, and children will feel boring, so they generally don't bring Jiang Xiaoxiao to save her from being noisy.

The move is indeed sensible.

At least it was very wise for Jiang Zhongrong, and when everyone followed Master Jiang to push the door in, Bang Yue suddenly asked for some reason: "Beiping Hou's injury has been getting better recently?" ”

"It's better."

"I heard Jiang Xiaoxiao yesterday and still ask her mother why Hou Ye didn't come recently, guess what her mother said?"

Jiang Zhongrong walked beside her without raising his eyes: "What do you say?" ”

"Said that Jiang Xiaoxiao will be able to see her every day when she marries in the future, but she is so noisy, it is difficult to say when she marries, not to mention who is marrying, fortunately she didn't come today, that little girl's voice is really chattering."

Pipe dream. The temperature in Jiang Zhongrong's eyes dropped a little, but he said, "Yes, fortunately, I didn't come." ”

Come and see if he doesn't crush her neck.

Bang Yue didn't hear the gloom in his words, and then patted him on the shoulder: "Don't forget what I told you, success or failure is in these two days, I don't have the heart to continue to consume with that Xue Wan, waste my youth in vain, since she tried her best to frame me, then let her frame me enough." ”

Both of them knew that this Xue Wan would definitely not let go of this opportunity, and what small actions would he make.

Sure enough, after taking turns to worship, Master Jiang ran all the way, and his legs began to hurt a little again, so Jiang Zhongrong asked the little servants to clean a few rooms and come out for a while.

"There is another worship in the afternoon, and the ladies are now going to copy the scriptures and put them on the mourning platform, the tablet is just a copy of the carving, and the real one must be placed in the ancestral hall of the Jiang family."

Jiang Zhongrong explained while pinching Bang Yue's shoulder.

Bang Yue nodded thoughtfully: "But I don't feel that everyone's mood is very good." ”

"Dad is affectionate and likes grandma very much. As for the others, oh, maybe it's because they have to copy the scriptures and take turns guarding the soul lamp to prevent it from going out, so they feel troublesome. ”

Bang Yue stood up: "Since that's the case, then I'll go out for a walk, and you can go to Master Jiang to have a look." ”

As soon as I opened the door, I saw Aunt Lan standing outside with Jiang Nian in her arms, which was really scary.

Jiang Nian saw that it was Bang Yue, and jumped out of his mother's arms with a smile, staggered to Bang Yue's legs, and hugged her legs: "Sister." ”

The child does not have full teeth, and speaks in a dewy manner, and is cute and tight.

Bang Yue's heart softened suddenly, and she squatted down and touched his head: "What kind of wind, blow Aunt Lan here." ”

Aunt Lan sighed helplessly: "Xiao Nian likes you, I want to copy the scriptures, no one takes him, can I trouble you to do me a favor?" ”

Even if it's a trap, she can't refuse. First, there is no reason, and second, Aunt Lan is also the master of the Jiang family. But she also knew that how could Aunt Lan send her child to her unscrupulous hands.

Bang Yue thought about it, her eyes fell, and she didn't know what Aunt Lan wanted to do, but after a few glances, she didn't see anything wrong with Jiang Nian.

Could it be that I am too careful? If you want to frame her again, you won't be able to take advantage of the child.

Bang Yue immediately vetoed this idea, tiger poison does not eat children, but it cannot be taken lightly. Thinking so, a person slowly appeared in the afterglow.

She had a bottom in her heart, and nodded: "Okay, Aunt Lan, let's go, I will take care of it in the new year." ”

Aunt Lan didn't say much, smiled, and turned around and walked over there.

Master Jiang slowly pushed the wheelchair over, looked at Aunt Lan's back, and Jiang Nian in front of him, and asked, "Bang Yue." What did Lan'er come to you for? ”

"It's nothing, Aunt Lan wants to copy the scriptures, and Xiao Nian is crying again, so she hugged me and let me bring it."

Jiang Zhongrong always stood behind Bang Yue, and when he heard Master Jiang's voice, he leaned out half of his body and called: "Dad, you don't have an uncomfortable leg, why did you come over, just call the child over if there is anything." ”

"Fang Shangxiang saw that you were a little sad, so I came to take a look, do you miss your grandma?"

"Hmm." Jiang Zhongrong glanced at Bang Yue, even if he was sad, he would not show his emotions casually. But at this moment, he deliberately put those sorrows on his face, and his voice was a little low: "Grandma used to treat me best, but unfortunately I didn't wait for me to grow up, and I didn't enjoy the filial piety of my grandchildren, so I was gone." ”

Mrs. Jiang's favorite thing before her death was Jiang Zhongrong, and she didn't talk much in her mouth, he was the first male heir of Jiang's mansion, rich and noble, and obedient and sensible, so Master Jiang must treat Jiang Zhongrong well in the future.

But later, Mrs. Jiang passed away, and Mr. Jiang forgot those words.

Thinking of this, Master Jiang couldn't help but feel a little ashamed.

Jiang Zhongrong pulled Bang Yue's sleeve, Bang Yue turned sideways, and hugged Jiang Nian to his hand: "Come in, master, it's okay now, I have learned a new set of leg pinching methods, which can relieve leg pain." ”

The fall is silent, and the fragrance of tea in the room is overflowing.

The father and son were playing chess, and after pinching the legs, they hugged Xiao Nian and played for a while, and when they played in the back, the little guy couldn't help but doze off and fell asleep on Master Jiang's lap.

Bang Yue was about to hug him, but Master Jiang waved his hand: "It's okay, his leg doesn't hurt anymore, just let him lie on his stomach like this." Bang Yue, it's your turn. This little banyan chess skills are becoming less and less proficient, and he is not as smart as you. ”

Jiang Zhongrong smiled slightly, gave up his position, and nodded slowly under Bang Yue's gaze.

The two of them looked at each other, and they knew it for a moment.

"Dad, at this hour, the ladies have gone to offer incense, I'll go down and have a look."

"There you go."

Jiang Zhongrong went down the wooden ladder, and in the center was the mourning platform of Mrs. Jiang. What's interesting is that in the middle of the table is a tribute, but there is a lot of wine around it, which shows how much the owner who has been sleeping underground for a long time loves to drink during his lifetime.

Xue Wan was kneeling on the tuanpu in front of the spiritual platform.

After calculating the time, Xue Wan came to offer incense at this time, so even if Master Jiang didn't let him get up, he would find a reason to come down.

Jiang Zhongrong glanced at Xue Wan deeply, and then walked down casually, deliberately walking very quietly, but passing her without squinting, and then knelt down next to her and kowtowed.

Xue Wan heard the movement and opened her eyes: "Now it's the ladies who come to offer incense, what are you doing?" ”

Jiang Zhongrong ignored her, knocked three times, and then spoke: "The soul-attracting lamp is going out." ”

It is a taboo to extinguish it, Xue Wan hurriedly looked back, and sure enough, she saw that there was only a little bit of flame in the oil, so she hurriedly picked up the fire fold next to her and blew up the continuous fire.

Jiang Zhongrong was a little funny, kneeling straight, and smiling awe-inspiringly: "Grandma used to hate the eldest mother the most, does the eldest mother know why?" ”

Worship, the rules are not to wear bright clothes, Xue Wan, who is plain and white, can hardly hide her old color, and she is a little hideous: "Why? ”

"Because the eldest mother, as a mother, does not discriminate equally, as a wife, she does not worry about her husband, and as the mother of the Jiang family, she is not magnanimous, how can grandma like you."

Xue Wan smiled, and then grinned angrily: "Don't you forget what your identity is, are you qualified to say this?" ”

Jiang Zhongrong didn't look at her, his eyes always fell on the tablet, and he said word by word: "Just like this, grandma hates you very much, if grandma is still here, you will definitely not become the head mother of the Jiang family." ”

As soon as Xue Wan's body moved, she was about to rush over and hit him, and remembered that Jiang Zhongrong was now old, and he was no longer the child who couldn't fight back and scolded him when he was a child, so he had to cut it, and lowered his head and twisted the handkerchief in his hand: "What can she do if she hates it, she can't jump up and beat me now, what's the use of you saying this now?" ”

Jiang Zhongrong said lightly: "It's useless, I just want to say." ”

Xue Wan didn't take him seriously at all: "Then what else do you want to say, listen to it." ”

"Since the eldest mother wants to listen, the younger generation will definitely say seriously that Jiang Xiaoxiao will not be able to marry into Beiping. Beiping Hou can't look down on her, Jiang Nian naturally can't be the head of the family, and the eldest mother's calculation is afraid that the bamboo basket will be empty. ”

Xue Wan was stunned and looked at him sideways: "You, what nonsense are you talking about?" ”