After six months of filial piety in the grass house in front of my grandparents' graves, before the arrival of the Spring Festival in the summer calendar of this year, my mother took me back to my home in Qingfengze. ┏┛

The time that Uncle Su and I spent guarding the tomb added up to only one year, which is still a big gap compared with the three-year period of "Ding Wei" in the Han region.

But my mother insisted that the Western Regions were not as good as the Han Lands, and there was no custom of guarding tombs, and one year was enough.

Even if the grandfather has a spirit in the sky, he does not want to see his eldest grandson waste his good time on such rituals to honor his ancestors.

And the real intention of my mother may be to feel sorry for my son and my hard-working eldest daughter-in-law Kuzhina.

I haven't spent a day at home since I returned from Rome.

My wife, Kurina, is in the prime of her life, but she has been alone in the vacant house for three years.

finally looked forward to my husband, but he could only look at each other but not hug each other.

This torment was about to drain all the affection of the woman, and the whole person withered day by day like an autumn poplar.

Every time she came to see me in the cottage with Su'er, her mother, and Duo'er, Kuzhina hid behind her mother pitifully, her eyes full of grief and helplessness.

Compared with the Loulan girl who was merciful and outstanding in the past, she was like two people.

"Madame, aren't you sick?"

Once, I took Kuzhina's cold hands and asked for warmth.

"Maybe I'm infected with wind chill, it's okay, just get some sleep!" My wife smiled and said.

"Don't come here every day in the future, I don't lack anything here, hehe. Aunt Lu Dan sent someone to deliver three meals a day, and Shamihan also came to accompany them at night! ”

I took out the robe that kept out the cold at night and draped it over Kurina, smiling lightly.

Until then, I didn't understand that what the amorous aunt needed most was my strong hug and a few gentle and intimate soft words.

It's a pity that there is an aunt in front of the grave of the ancestors, and we husband and wife must not have any wrong thoughts.

"The slave doesn't want to come! It's been bumpy all the way! It's the mother-in-law who is afraid that your precious son will be taken away by the evil wolf of the night, so she has to come to see you! ”

Kuzhina finally smiled like a flower and complained, and took Su'er from my arms.

"Sister-in-law! Speak with a conscience! It's me and my grandma who work tirelessly to accompany you every day to get you together as a couple! ”

Gurando sneered at each other, blushing and embarrassed at Kurina.

From the day she stepped into the door of the Qingfengze Inn, Kuzhina was most afraid of this open-mouthed sister-in-law.

Now that Gulanduo has returned from a trip to the rivers and lakes, she is even less of her opponent.

"Your sister-in-law won't let me, an old woman, live a few more days! Pinch when you touch a piece! What a pair of enemies from another world! ”

The mother waved the Nanmu cane in her hand and scolded with a smile, her ears and eyes were clear, and her mind was as good as before, and she did not see the crazy appearance that Kuzhina said.

"Jincheng, what do you want to eat tomorrow? I'll let the kitchen do it! ”

Helping my mother into the carriage, she lovingly turned back to me and asked.

"You don't have to come here tomorrow! Me and Shamihan and Brother Langton went hunting in Kunlun Ranch! Dawn! Don't bully your sister-in-law at home! Be careful that I beat you! ”

I replied with my head tilted, raising my fist in protest towards Gulando.

"Su'er! For my mother, I don't have to be afraid of your aunt anymore! Grandma has a rescue now! Kurina gloated and teased Su'er.

"Grandma! My brother and sister-in-law teamed up to bully me! "Gulandot was so angry that he jumped out of the carriage and fought with me.

"Well deserved! If you want not to be bullied, quickly find a family and marry yourself! For the first time, my mother didn't speak for her precious girl.

With the shouts of the chariot drivers, the carriage slowly ran up the hillside ramp, and soon disappeared into the deep twilight of the wilderness ahead.

Recently, the marriage of the younger sister Gulanduo has become a heart problem for my mother.

Because of the delay of the trip to Rome for several years, Duoer is now eighteen years old, and she has passed the year of talking about marriage.

What's worse is that there is not even a marriage partner.

In this land of the Western Regions, a woman will marry another woman at the age of thirteen or fourteen, and by the age of eighteen, she will have children around her knees.

Because of this, the mother of the family was ruthless, and she must marry off this older girl within the year.

It's a pity that after walking down the rivers and lakes, the vision of the little sister of Gulanduo has long been different from that of the past, and the young man of ordinary people can't enter her eyes at all.

Therefore, my mother asked me to hastily end the "Ding Wei" gift and return to Qingfengze Home, and another important reason was for Duo'er's marriage.

The first exam is not there, and the eldest brother is the father.

And Duo'er has always been the most trusted, and the closest relationship is my eldest brother, and she may be able to listen to my words.

The business of the inn is still very busy, and there are few merchants who go south and north.

Fortunately, the family business is rich, and it is not a problem to support dozens of family members for ten or twenty years, otherwise the inn would have closed down a long time ago.

Mr. Lonely Yuanyi is still in the academy, although the grand occasion of merchants from all walks of life practicing Chinese and elegant dialect is no longer what it used to be, and the children of several families who have received enlightenment are still in the prime of success.

But the middle-aged master couldn't bear to leave, so he chose another good tree to live in.

When I put a bundle of twenty gold coins? When he gave it to his master, Mr. Lonely thanked him politely: "Yuan Yi has lived in your mansion for a long time and does not say goodbye, he can't bear to leave these 10,000 ancient books of scriptures without saying goodbye, he can't bear to leave these 10,000 ancient books of scriptures!" Today, the young master returns, and Yuan Yi can go east with peace of mind! ”

After that, Master Yuan Yi began to pack his clothes and bags, preparing to quit and return home.

He may have seen the gold coins I gave me as a kind of food, a kind act of repelling customers.

"Sir, please stay, in the past few years, my family has neglected Mr., and it is Jincheng's sin that Mr. has not been able to display his full stomach!"

I respectfully bowed to the lonely Yuan Yi master, and my earnest feelings were overflowing.

"I implore Mr. to give Jincheng another two years, the children in the family still need Mr.'s teachings, and the business in front of the door will definitely restore the atmosphere of the year! In Chinese language, the way of governing the country and self-cultivation of the ancient sages of the Eastern Soil will definitely blossom and bear fruit in this wild land in the Western Regions! Jincheng can't do without Mr.! The master was in the academy for a day, and I was still a scholarly family who pursued the way of a gentleman, and once the master returned here, it was a wild place with only the smell of money and copper! Usually trivial matters are riddled with poor service, please forgive me! ”

Our Yi family has always respected teachers, pursued Sinology, and regarded ourselves as Han people.

If in my generation, let Mr. Lonely resign and return to his hometown, and fall into the notoriety of being stingy and insulting Sven, I will be a sinner for the whole family through the ages, and my grandfather will not forgive me if he knows it.

"Thank you for the sincerity of the young master, Yuan Yi is better than obeying his fate if he is respectful! To be honest, if you really leave Qingfengze, you still don't know where the road is, where your home is! ”

Mr. Lonely smiled bitterly with emotion, and returned the salute.

"Mr. Kaneshiro thanks!" I looked at Mr. Lonely with a sigh of relief and smiled.

Finally left my husband behind, and before I was "worried" about my grandfather, I specially set a house rule for all the guys and maids in the inn.

From now on, everyone who meets a gentleman in the courtyard must bow and salute.

In his spare time, he can go to the academy to learn Chinese calligraphy and elegant dialects with his husband to relieve his loneliness.

Therefore, the first thing I did after returning home to bathe and change clothes today was to invite Shamihan, Brother Langton and others, bring two cans of sake, and ten catties of yellow sheep barbecue to Mr. Lone.

Accompany him to drink and recite poems to relieve the homesickness of Mr. at the end of the year.

By the time I returned to the hall drunk, my mother, Do'er, and my wife, Kuzhina, had been waiting there for a long time.

"Jin Cheng, as a brother, let's see what to do with Duo'er's marriage! Wang's relatives, giant businessmen, and unmarried teenagers from the old home of relatives and friends, she can't look down on any of them! ”

My mother, smoking the Canaanite hookah as if she were asleep, threw the problem at me.

Kuzhina also introduced all the alternative children of the family to me one by one.

Gulandot was carelessly embroidered with the stamen of a mandala on a piece of cotton cloth brought back from Beloea.

I was amazed that the techniques of embroidery in the south of the Yangtze River in the East Tujiang, the cloth of Rome, and the plants of the poisonous Buddha country could all be perfectly integrated into one in Duo'er's hands.

To tell the truth, marrying such a smart little sister to someone else must be a painful and sad thing for me.

"The eldest son of Prince Yuchi's family is good, my young old friend, he is generous and generous, and he is a royal family, so he is more than enough for us!"

According to my own standards, I chose this teenager for my little sister as her wishful husband.

"If I want to marry you, I won't do it!" Gulando, still slowly, replied.

"This doesn't work, that doesn't work, do you still want to stay in your mother's house for the rest of your life!" I was enraged by my little sister's disdain and yelled loudly.

"Yi Jincheng, don't force me! I forced Miss Ben to rely on no one! Back to Rome tomorrow! There's my pasture right under the Golan! ”

Do'er didn't show any weakness, and she also took up the case against me, so frightened that both my mother and Kuzhina stood up.

"Grandma! Dor's crazy! I'll lock her up tonight, and I'll marry Yu Chi Gongzi within the year! ”

I've always liked to fight violence with violence, and Doer's threat of running away from home made me angry.

"You dare! Yi Jincheng, if you dare to lock me up, Miss Ben will die for you! Duo'er sneered murderously.

This strong woman, she can really do what she says.

"Duo'er, when a man gets married, a woman gets married, you won't never marry for the rest of your life, right? Big brother is also for your good. ”

I was frightened by my sister's death threats, so I had to give in and persuade me.

"I'd rather never marry or leave this family for the rest of my life! Unless you're willing to marry me, brother! Hehe, sister-in-law, you won't blame me, right? ”

When Gurandot said this, he looked at Kurina with tears and smiled bitterly.

"Bastard! How can there be a reason to marry your own family! No shame! ”

I slammed the tea bowl on the table, and the outrageous thoughts of the Gulandos drove me mad or triggered the guilt that existed in my heart.

"The people of Khotan know that I am the princess Ronglu who my grandmother bought back from the Wangcheng market, and my brother is an Oriental Han from his ancestral hometown of Longdi, and we are originally a relationship that cannot be beaten by eight poles!"

Gurandot began to cry heartbreakingly, the quarrel between our siblings that might have reminded her of the past, the days of slavery that she had been trying to forget.

Kurina looked at me and Do'er in amazement, not knowing what to do, this was the first time she had heard that Gulando was not my own sister.

"You brothers and sisters don't quarrel! Jincheng, after the New Year, you will go to Jiankang in Dongtu, bring back your third brother in Chang'an, and let him marry Gulando! ”

Our quarrel was a great inspiration to my mother, who turned around and gave me this unquestionable order.

"Duo'er, if I really want to marry you, I'm also ripping off my mother's heart! In this way, our mother and daughter each give way, and your three brothers are only Chang'an who has not yet completed their marriage, so you can choose him. Chang'an, my son has been generous and kind since he was a child, and he will be a good husband, and you can get what you want, and you will never leave us. ”

Seeing that Duo'er had suffered such a big grievance, the mother of the family held the little girl like a knife and begged bitterly.

Gulandot stopped crying, and hugged her mother tightly, leaning her chin against her shoulder and smirking at me, endlessly giggling.

I laughed so hard that I quickly pulled Kuzhna to greet my mother and then returned to my room.

Su'er had already fallen asleep at his aunt's side, leaving the whole night to me and my beloved wife.

In the dead of night, the moonlight flowed into the house like water.

"Husband, what's wrong?"

My wife, who was snuggling up to me, woke up from her sleep and sighed deeply in the darkness with my eyes open, and asked curiously.

"It's nothing, I just can't sleep!" I rubbed her smooth back and chuckled.

"Hehe, can't you bear it?"

Kuzhina smiled understandingly, and grabbed my neck tightly as if she was afraid that I would fly away.

"You're just speculating! Go to bed! ”

I kissed my beloved wife the chest and closed my heavy eyes.

In fact, Kurina guessed half right, I am reluctant to marry anyone in Gulandot.

In today's business, she and her god bird Blue Bird have become my irreplaceable right-hand man and the most reliable confidant.

In the future, Duoer Ruzhen and the third brother of Chang'an will marry and become my brother-in-law, so our fate of walking all over the rivers and lakes hand in hand will be broken.