Qiming Hall is the main courtyard of Nangong Mansion and the residence of Nangong Dingkang and his wife. After Yanzhou returned, Nangong Dingkang rarely returned to the main courtyard, and usually rested in the outer study.

As soon as Zhou Tang entered the front yard, he saw Nangong Dingkang, who was carefully cultivating soil for a tree, looked up and saw Zhou Tang, and smiled: "I'm back, I'm waiting for you." As he spoke, he put the flower hoe aside and walked to Zhou Tang's side.

"What's the matter?" Zhou Tang looked at him like a stranger.

"It's something, I want to discuss it with you. Go to the room and say. Nangong Dingkang always kept smiling.

Zhou Tang smiled coldly: "Discuss? You've arranged it all and let me know. As she spoke, she walked towards the house, and Ren Nangong Dingkang followed behind her.

The two entered the room and closed the door. For a while, Nangong Dingkang didn't seem to know what to say: "In the past few days, are you helping Du Ling open a medical center?" ”

"Ah Jin never bullies the weak, even if he usually fights with Du Ling, he is really helping Du Ling, just like he has never bullied Song Ran." Zhou Tang didn't care what Nangong Dingkang said, he directly defended Nangong Jin.

"I know, I didn't mean that. Ah Jin is very soft-hearted, he actually just wants to save face and behave harderly. Nangong Dingkang waited for her to finish speaking, and explained with a smile.

Zhou Tang sneered: "You don't have to be so duplicitous. ”

"Nope. It's just that I didn't know him before, so I made random conclusions. ”

"Really? Don't know? Zhou Tang smiled and shook his head: "I don't understand, will you give him the general account for ten years?" ”

"I just don't want you to go, so I'll try. He can think of gathering everyone's resources in Quanzhou and how to manage it later. Those accounts, he should also know more about ...... family. Nangong Dingkang carefully observed Zhou Tang's expression, and then said, "I think that many things will be handed over to him in the future." Songran is older, and it is not easy to be a good head of the family, and he can't always keep him in Pingyang. I know that you have been slowly handing it over to Xue Ying. So, I think the affairs of the clan, let's discuss it together. I hope you can help me. Nangong Dingkang paused, looked at Zhou Tang, saw that she was noncommittal, and continued: "We are also old, and I don't want to do many dangerous things anymore. The affairs of the north, and the four families also proposed to withdraw, and the capital will have opinions, and then see the move. The four halls in the north, I asked them to break them into pieces, and I haven't figured out how to deal with them for the time being, so if it doesn't work, I'll hand them over to Ah Pu and let him deal with them. ”

"You don't have to tell me that." Zhou Tang didn't seem to care.

"No, I think I should tell you that I want to discuss everything with you in the future. The eldest lady of the Zhou family in Beizhili is not an ordinary woman, and it is my blessing to marry you....... Nangong Dingkang said very sincerely.

"We are just the words of the matchmaker and the life of our parents."

Nangong Dingkang laughed: "Yes, I don't know how Lord Taishan took a fancy to me back then." Do you still remember the Wu Xin you saw in Yanzhou? I have been telling you what year he entered Beijing to take the exam, hehe, looking at his expression, I think he was also the minister under your skirt back then. “

"What nonsense!" Zhou Tang frowned angrily.

"Among the four major families, the baby of the Wang family has a broken hand and will not be able to participate in officialdom in the future; The eldest son of the Guo family is crazy; As for the Fan family and the Yang family, I don't want to let them go so easily. ”

"What do you want to do?"

"Do you know*?"

Zhou Tang was shocked: "This thing, you?" ”

"There are too many descendants of the Fan family, and one or two less will not hit at all. It is also the blessing of today's saints to cultivate immortals, and at present, except for those who are too young, they are basically hooked. They have the closest relationship with the Yang family, but the Yang family is very strict and it will take some time. After thinking about it, he added: "After all, this thing is very ...... Negative damage. If you think it's too much, I'll stop it. Nangong Dingkang asked for her opinion.

"Since you've decided, just do what you do, there's nothing wrong with it." Zhou Tang knew that he was for Nangong Jin, so he said it without thinking about it.

"Recently, we seem to have been targeted by Jinyiwei, and Ah Pu was also invited by them to go to Taiyuan this time. At that time in Yanzhou, there were also people staring at Ah Jin. "Since Nangong Dingkang decided to discuss the family matter with Zhou Tang, he won't hide anything.

"Something to do with the people in Kyozato?" Zhou Tang guessed.

"It's hard to say. They were in Binh Duong and took so many of our things. Coupled with the 200,000 in Quanzhou, nearly half of the belongings are gone, it is really fake to say that it is not heartbroken. Look at Zhou Tang again: "I can only say this to you, hehe." ”

Zhou Tang also smiled: "I will say hello to Xue Ying, it's always good to save some." ”

"I want to open an ancestral hall." Nangong Dingkang said the idea that he had been thinking about for a long time.

"The ancestral hall that is not a year or a festival?"

"Recorded Ah Jin's name in the family tree, and said at that time that it would be okay, and he would wait for him to come back to make up for the crown ceremony. I don't want to wait until the Chinese New Year, it's too late. Nangong Dingkang said it as a matter of course: "I mentioned it to my second brother, and he said that he would wait for Ah Jin to come back to make up for it." ”

"Second brother has always been towards you. It's just that the ceremony was too cumbersome, and Ah Pu was tired enough back then, and I was afraid that Ah Jin would not be able to bear it. And he's so old, will he agree to the crown ceremony? Zhou Tang was worried.

"If it's not a crown ceremony, then follow the ceremony of recognizing the ancestors and returning to the ancestors." Nangong Dingkang said while thinking.

"Can you handle those clan elders? If you open an ancestral hall on a non-annual or non-festival basis, they will make trouble with you. Recognizing the ancestors and returning to the ancestors, that is equivalent to Ah Jin's identity and asking them to agree. Zhou Tang disagreed.

Nangong Dingkang thought for a while: "Let's make up for the crown." I checked, and there are three people in the clan who are sixteen years old this year. If they are allowed to be with Ah Jin, I will be considered a concession to open the ancestral hall like this. If they want to make trouble again, then I, the patriarch, can only insist on going my own way. It doesn't matter if they can come, it doesn't matter if they don't, the key is that I want to record Ah Jin's name in the family tree as soon as possible to correct his name. Nangong Dingkang looked at Zhou Tang in embarrassment: "Ah Jin here, why don't you persuade Ah Pu?" It's a little embarrassing, but this ceremony can't be without. ”

"When do you want to?" Zhou Tang asked.

"Two months later. I asked Dr. Du, and he is recovering well and should be able to persevere in two months. There's still a lot to prepare, and time to do. Also, there is one more thing ....... Nangong Dingkang stopped and looked at Zhou Tang. Zhou Tang just waited quietly for him to speak, so he smiled and said, "I know you don't like to be too lively." But it's your birthday in two months, and I want to make a big deal about it. ”

"Wait, big deal? It's not a big birthday. Zhou Tang objected again.

"I know, I understand, don't be angry. The main thing is to find a reason to feast the guests and introduce Ah Jin to everyone, the second son of the Nangong family can't say it, no one knows. If you don't agree, I'll think of another way. Having said that, Nangong Dingkang still hopes that Zhou Tang can support it.

"This ...... is always a little unkind to let people give gifts." Zhou Tang felt that it was still embarrassing to really do this.

Nangong Dingkang smiled a little slyly, and said softly: "Anyway, you didn't do it before, and no one knows how old you should be, so let's make it up so that you will be older." ”

"You," Zhou Tang was speechless by this idea: "The clan knows it, if it spreads......

"So what, let's just say it to Xiaoli, and we'll do it later, that's because they remembered it wrong." Nangong Dingkang's idea is really a scoundrel.

"You just said that the expenses have been too big and tight lately." Zhou Tang was worried about the money again.

"Yes, anyway, if you have a birthday, people will give you a gift and make up for it. So these two things, you see? "Nangong Dingkang does not deny that he has no money, nor does he deny that he wants to give gifts, of course, the key is to grandly launch the second son Nangong Jin.

Zhou Tang thought for a while and asked, "Do you want to connect?" ”

"That's what I think, but it mainly depends on Ah Jin's situation. No, let's go to the family tree first. ”

"To make a big dress, find dozens of tailors, needlework, and the simplest one takes more than a month. Also, those rituals, Ah Pu practiced intensively for several months. Zhou Tang was worried that the time was too tight.

"When Pu comes back, we'll discuss how to simplify. However, at that time, Ah Pu was actually only fifteen years old, and those rituals were difficult for him, and now Ah Jin is in his twenties, and the set of conscience swords is not very difficult for Ah Jin, and everything else is a matter of etiquette, and it is estimated that it will be practiced for more than a month. "These, Nangong Dingkang has already thought about it, no matter what, he just wants to do it as soon as possible.

"There are a lot of sacrifices to prepare for opening the ancestral hall, of course, the problem is not too big, and it can be prepared in more than a month at most." Zhou Tang thought about it carefully and calculated: "I have no problem here, it is not easy for you to deal with those clan elders." ”

"Okay, that's fine. When Pu comes back, we'll discuss a date. In the past few days, you and Ah Jin have been breathable, lest he feel too sudden when he gets it. Nangong Dingkang laughed.

Zhou Tang nodded.

"Also" Nangong Dingkang said casually: "Ah Pu and Song Ran are not at home, and those two boys will come back for three days a month." There are just a few of us at home, and everyone is deserted when we eat separately. According to what Ah Pu said, it will be more lively to eat together at night. They were all in the West Courtyard before, right? ”

Zhou Tang was a little surprised by Nangong Dingkang's decision, nodded and said: "However, Ah Jin is full of things now, and the table in the living room of the main room is the size of a zhang, and he still closes the door to prevent people from entering." Eating at his place can only be in the pavilion in the backyard, or Ah Pu asked people to install flowers to block the wind. ”

Nangong Dingkang seemed to have thought about this question a long time ago, and said directly: "It's still Fuqin Xuan, it's close to Luting Pavilion, and it's convenient for Xiaowan." From tonight onwards, it will be like this from now on, and if anyone doesn't come, they will have to talk to their families. By the way, you have something here, let Xiao Wan also help. She didn't mention going back to Fenzhou recently? ”

"After Ah Jin came back, he didn't make much trouble. Xiaowan is very cold, but fortunately, I still care about Ah Jin, and I will also let Ah Jin accompany her more. Zhou Tang nodded, thinking that he would sort out Fuqin Xuan immediately.