From Shen Xi's point of view, the Shen family is now inseparable, and it does not have much impact on him...... Regardless of whether he divides it or not, he has to go to other places to be an official alone, and in the near future, he will be an official in Beijing, living his own small life, and the Shen family will not follow him out, because no one dares to guarantee when he will be transferred to another place to be an official.

Shen Xi thought very openly, he didn't want to get involved in the industry in Ninghua at all, because fighting with the Shen family was harmful to him, his ambition was not to compete with a group of feudal and conservative clansmen for a while, power and social status were what he wanted to fight for, and he couldn't look down on anything else.

But logically speaking, Shen Xi has to do at least one thing to reorganize the family structure, and that is to help his parents fight for the right to be independent.

Zhou's disapproval of his son's kindness!

That's right, she used to want to get out of the old lady's control earlier, but now she doesn't want to break up. In the future, spending money is justifiable, no matter how much money she makes, it is not as good as her son's official promotion, she has been suppressed by the Shen family for so long, and she is waiting to inherit the position of the old lady in the future and be the head of the Shen family.

The Wang family let out the Shen family's old mansion, and the transfer procedures were not in a hurry, Shen Xi said that he was going to buy the mansion with his own money, but in fact, it was just a disguised way for the old lady to have a way to "launder the silver"...... He himself did not return to Ninghua to live, and he would not use his own Yulu for several years to help the Shen family redeem a big house.

The Li family was very concerned about the redemption of the Shen family's old house, and before going to Peach Blossom Village, she hurriedly called the main line of the Shen family and the people from the side branches to announce it, and then personally took people to the Wang family to sign the redemption contract.

On the seventh day of the third month, after Shen Xi met the enlightenment teacher Su Yunzhong, he set off back to Peach Blossom Village with the Shen family.

On the eighth day of March, the group arrived at Taohua Village.

Knowing that the champion returned to his hometown, the villagers of Peach Blossom Village all came out to greet him, and the Shen family Xiaolang, who didn't look like a little bit before, only came out of the big mountain and valley a few years before he won the champion and came back to worship his ancestors......

I want to see if this is the wild boy who used to run wild all over the mountains and fields outside the village?

Hey!? The small face is similar to when running around in open crotch pants, but it is a little more mature.

How can other people's babies be so promising? My baby is the same age as the Shen family's Xiaolang, and now he still fights with people with a stick, and he is still lazy when he works in the field, and he is not in shape at all......

"Isn't this the elder of the Shen family? Oh no, it's the champion daddy now...... Master Shen. ”

Shen Mingjun was surrounded by a group of male villagers, and they wanted to take Shen Mingjun to the tea shop at the entrance of the village to have a few cups.

This Zhou family is also surrounded by a group of women: "The sister of the Zhou family is really a blessing, I said at the beginning that you are rich and noble, and your son is the champion, when will you go to the city with your son to enjoy happiness?" ”

"Don't talk nonsense, it's Mrs. Shen, and she originally lived in Fucheng."

"Hey, didn't you say that you were in Ninghua, how did you get to Fucheng?"

"Which yamen is the champion currently in?"

Talking nonsense, Zhou almost couldn't pick up the conversation, only the last question made her extremely proud, and she hurriedly replied: "In Zhan Shifu." ”

A few women who have never even been to the county seat know that it is good to have the prefect's yamen and the prefect's yamen, where have they heard of such an awkward name as Zhan Shifu?

However, Zhou himself explained, "Zhan Shifu is in the capital, which is to do things for the people in the palace, and my son is currently a lecturer in the East Palace, teaching the prince to read on weekdays." ”

The women looked wonderful, and someone asked, "What is the prince?" ”

"The crown prince is the son of the emperor's old son, and he will be the emperor's ...... in the future"

As for the old lady, after returning to her familiar home, she personally took the Shen family to clean up the yard, put the food and drink brought over from the carriage in the courtyard, boiled the boiling water to make tea, put snacks, and then put some pickled brine pieces prepared in advance, so that the villagers could come and enjoy them at will.

As for Shen Xi wearing official uniforms, the villagers don't dare to get close easily, what the people are most afraid of is the official errand, Shen Xi is an official, and his status is still above the official errand, and others can only stay away from him. Only an uncle came over and looked at Shen Xi curiously, as if he didn't quite believe that the little fart doll was in front of him.

"Uncle Liu...... Luckily? ”

Facing the familiar villagers, Shen Xi spoke as plainly as possible.

This person is none other than Uncle Liu, who I often saw in the village when I was a child, and I always say a few words to him on weekdays, in these **** people who work hard for food and clothing in Peach Blossom Village, few people pay attention to a little doll who is nothing at the age of five or six, let alone stubble with him.

"It's really the little Langjun of the Shen family, how old is he when he grows so big?" Uncle Liu put the hoe down.

"Fourteen." Shen Xi replied.

Uncle Liu smiled: "Okay, it's good, I won the champion, it is the star in the sky, but it can descend to a small place like Peach Blossom Village." In the future, you will have to be filial to your grandmother and parents, they raised you in the first place, and it is not easy...... When you were five years old, you fell from a tree and thought you were dead. ”

Uncle Liu is a little older, so he is easy to talk, and he can't stop talking as soon as he opens the chatterbox. Shen Xi personally handed over the tea, Uncle Liu didn't have much knowledge, so he took it and drank it until someone else came to remind him...... This is the tea of the champion, and it is necessary to kowtow and thank you before drinking it.

"There are not so many rules, they are all from the villagers, so it doesn't matter." Shen Xi scratched his head and smiled.

Uncle Liu said happily: "It's still the same as when I was a child, I look stupid, but my little head is very smart, and I still remember that you caught loaches in the village, and you had thin arms and legs......"

Shen Xi suddenly remembered that he was going to catch loaches to improve his food, and eight years passed in a blink of an eye, and eight years later, he was no longer a little doll who didn't adapt to anything when he first arrived, but more and more like an indigenous person during the Hongzhi period of the Ming Dynasty.

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There are many rules for going up the mountain to worship.

After the Shen family went up the mountain, they needed to open the mountain to clear the grave and remove the weeds around the ancestral grave of the Shen family.

This time, whether it is the main vein or the side branch, the Shen family gathers in Taohua Village to worship their ancestors, and if one is counted as one, they all have to go up the mountain, and even Shen Xi has to symbolically pull out a handful of grass.

Daughters-in-law like Xie Yuner and Lin Dai, who are just getting started, have to subcontract a small area.

In these years, women are not allowed to enter the ancestral hall, but they still have to attend the ancestors, but they can only follow behind the men, although Shen Xi and Xie Yun'er are husband and wife, they can't walk together.

If you want to talk about the ancestral tomb of the Shen family, Shen Xi has only been here once, at that time he did not pay much attention to this mountain without peach trees, and now he understands a little, according to the local concept of the people of this era, one day he will return to old age, I am afraid that he will also be buried here, but the grave is bigger than others.

"Lord Shen, here's a letter from you." Just as Shen Xi sent a bunch of weeds to the side, the official who came with him came over and respectfully handed over a letter.

It was the second letter that Yu Niang wrote to him from Quanzhou Mansion.

There were only four days left before and after the first letter, maybe Yu Niang had no good solution, and the previous letter forgot to mention something, so she hurriedly added a letter.

The main content of the second letter is that Yu Niang "asked for medicine", saying that "my father and brother are terminally ill" and asked Shen Xi to give medicine, but in fact, I still asked Shen Xi to help find a way.

In the letter, Yu Niang specifically mentioned that "my uncle had a letter to entrust him, if his father and brother could not recover from his illness, he would be buried and returned as soon as possible after his death."

This was said quite vaguely, and Shen Xi thought about it for a while before he roughly figured out that the "uncle" mentioned by Yu Niang in the letter should be Liu Daxia who sent her to handle the case, and as for the "letter entrustment", it may be to give Yu Niang a certain authority, and it may be a warrant to arrest Zhang Lian when there is empirical evidence.

is "return to the burial as soon as possible after his death", which is literally urging him to leave for Beijing as soon as possible, but it may be that Yu Niang hinted to him that Zhang Lian can implement the policy of "cutting first and then playing".

"Han Wa'er, hurry up, it's time to worship your ancestors, you have to go up and burn a stick of incense." Zhou came over to remind.

Shen Xi took the letter written by Yu Niang into his arms and walked in front, followed by the Li family, Shen Mingwen and the male heads of the other rooms of the Shen family.

Further back is Shen Mingjun's family, including his husband and wife, children and two daughters-in-law, representing their status in the Shen family second only to the heads of each family.

followed by the men of Shen Mingwen's generation and the third generation of men of the Shen family.

Then there is the fourth generation of the Shen family.

The Li family is not thin, but after all, the ancestors belong to the eldest, and the eldest of the other fourth generations in the same clan has married and had children, which is older than the eldest grandson of the Li family, Shen Yongzhuo.

As for the woman and the infant who had just learned to walk, they were left last.

The chief personally presided over the ancestor worship ceremony, and there were many people in Peach Blossom Village and the surrounding villages who were watching next to him, and the villagers thought that the Shen family was so thin that only the widow of the Li family was left with a few children and grandchildren, and others did not know if they did not worship their ancestors, but the Shen family was such a big family.

"On the Jiazi Day of March in the year of Gengshen, the champion of the new department, the right Chunfang of the Zhan Shifu, the right Zhongyun, the Hanlin Academy, and the lecturer of the East Palace, Shen Xi, returned to his hometown to worship his ancestors, and the sky was clear on that day......"

The champion returned to his hometown and province, which is the top priority in Ninghua County at present, and some of the people sent by the county government have specially recorded this matter.

Although the Shen family is a poor family, after all, the ancestors have been generous, and among all the ancestral graves, the most conspicuous is the tomb of Shen Xi's great-grandfather, who is nicknamed "Zhongzhi".

Shen Xi worships his ancestors, first of all, he must tell the ancestors and ancestors the news that he is the champion, kowtow to the incense, and then divide the money and sprinkle wine, and then burn paper money in the brazier, and then he will stand aside, and wait for the Shen family to come up in turn to worship and then retreat.

Since it is not a funeral, it is logically said that there is no need to cry for sacrifices, but when the women worship later, there will always be a cry.

As for the Li family, the Zhou family, Xie Yun'er and others, they will not make a sound for the sake of face, but they will wipe their tears to show their respect for the ancestors of the Shen family.

Shen Xi's grandfather's grave was originally the outermost, but with Shen Xizhong's champion, the grave will be moved to the most conspicuous position later, which is nothing to the dead, but for a widow like Li, it is a great honor, after all, she will be buried with her husband after death.

Shen Xi was the first to finish worshipping, standing aside, watching the Shen family come up and worship in turn, and the person in charge of shouting was Li Zheng, who was standing behind him.

When the worship is almost over, some people start to set off firecrackers and throw paper money into the sky, if the villagers of Peach Blossom Village and the surrounding villages want to come to worship, they are all welcome, and after going down the mountain, the Shen family's old house will put out filthy wine.

The people in the other houses of the Shen family will not spend the night in Peach Blossom Village, and even if there are enough houses and beds and bedding, most of them still have to go back to the inn in Shuangxi Town to rest and sleep. (To be continued)). If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point () to vote, your support is my biggest motivation. For mobile phone users, please go to read. )