Chapter 157: The Widow's House
When Guo Xing'a saw the background of the banner people in the Yamen, thanks to the welfare order when Guo Xing'a entered the city, Fushun had already returned home in advance. The bannermen of Gu'an finally returned home, and of course Guoxing'a had to give the troops a holiday, and all Gu'an soldiers could have a ten-day vacation after handing in their weapons, go back to reunite with their families, and pay off their family's accounts by the way. The guard platoon had to wait for Guo Xing'a to return home before he began to take turns to rest, but Fu Shun, who was in charge of the baggage and teaching team, could go home early, and he could give Guo Xing'a a forward stop when he went home.
The family has set up a large-scale mourning shed, the ashes of Hui Yang and several sons have been placed properly, and the women of the family are crying in the mourning shed. The servants of the family and the servants of several officials under the leadership of Zuo were busy working outside, and the wives and sons of the family of Saishana and others comforted these tearful people, and only some children were running around without knowing their troubles.
"You're back, the business on the fifth master's side is in order!" Fulai's eyes were also red, and when he saw his little brother coming back, he thought that Guoxing's side was over, so he sent Fushun back to fight the front station.
"Greetings to Big Brother! I don't know about the fifth master! I came back straight from outside the city, are my father and sister-in-law okay? Fushun saluted his eldest brother and then asked about his family.
"Bastard, why don't you serve by the fifth master's side." Fulai was very angry, this younger brother of his was too nonsense, how could he not serve by his master's side, and ran home alone.
"I want to too! The second brother is by the fifth master's side! I'm out of the company. Fushun hurriedly explained to his upright eldest brother, otherwise this father-like eldest brother is really more powerful than his father.
"Bastard boy, it must be that you didn't serve you wholeheartedly, which made the master angry, and the master entrusted you to the outside world." Where did Fu Lai know what the next company meant, but he understood that Fu Shun was not in front of Guo Xing'a, so he raised his hand and beat him when he was angry.
"Big brother, don't do it, I'm an official of the imperial court, you can't beat me anymore! Look at my top, look at my complement! Fu Shun was afraid that his eldest brother would die, so he hurriedly let Fu come to see his plain gold top, and then opened his filial piety clothes to reveal the rhinoceros complement inside.
"Ahh You're a master! Our family is out of the master! Fulai shuddered in shock.
"You can't beat me anymore! I'm a member of the court. "Fushun is a serious way.
"You guys know if it's okay to pick up laughter, send my things to that house, and find your own land to be happy!" Finding that several of his own soldiers who helped him carry things were laughing on the side, Fushun threw them a few pieces of silver.
There was nothing to do in front of him except crying, and Fulai hurriedly led his younger brother into the courtyard to meet their father and his daughter-in-law. The old man of the Zhang family has been serving the master in the yard for a lifetime, and he has cried without the master, and he has been bedridden for some days. Today, the ashes of Hui Yang and others came back, he struggled out and cried, and was gasping in the house, seeing his youngest son come back and have an official position, the old man was full of joy and sorrow and almost didn't get angry.
In the evening, the two sons of the concubines were arranged to keep the spirits, and the Eniang of Goxinga, Sotulu, took the daughters-in-law who had become widows early and returned to the house to rest. Huiyang has a total of seven sons, all of whom were born to the Suotulu clan in Guoxing'a, but the latter two sons were born to the concubine Wang. The Suotulu clan is still good to the Wang family and the two concubine sons, at least they have not been abused, and now the two sisters have helped each other and walked back. Looking at several daughters-in-law and grandchildren, Suotulu's tears fell one by one, Hui Yang is almost sixty years old, and it is not a short life, but his five sons, only one is left, how can she not break her heart. Wang comforted him a few words, and there was a noisy sound outside.
"Go back with Mrs. and the second grandmother, the fifth master's business is over, and he is already on his way back to the house, and he will be there in a while!" The noisy outside was that Fuquan came back to the front station, and everyone was vying to see this famous fifth master. Fulai is a thoughtful person, hurry in and say something, so that the woman and the young grandmother are prepared in their hearts, otherwise the old lady will suddenly see this little son, and she is afraid that something will happen.
"Got it, good life!" Sotulu just sobbed and nodded, unable to speak, and Wang replied.
"Don't move in all rooms, let's welcome the fifth master together!" The Wang family left behind a bunch of sisters-in-law of Guoxing'a.
Amid the mourning music, there was a festive noise, and Guo Xinga rode a large ocean horse back to this home he had never been to. I took a look at the door, the yard was not small, and I thought that when the ancestors came to Gu'an, they also robbed a good house of the eunuchs, but the disrepair has been everywhere and there are traces of dilapidation. In addition to the beautiful gate, the bricks on the fence have fallen a lot, and although there are no weeds on the eaves, there is also a lack of bricks and tiles.
"Welcome the fifth master back home!" A group of family servants knelt down and kowtowed to Guo Xing'a. Goxinga, who was sitting on the horse, froze at that time, and he didn't know any of these people.
"Reward!" Saishana was afraid that something would happen to Guo Xing'a, so he deliberately followed him without returning home. Only two of these servants belonged to Guoxing's family, and the others came to help from other families, but the first time they entered the door, Guoxing'a was rewarded. A few of Cezanne's own soldiers had already exchanged the broken silver and threw it away.
"Thank you, Fifth Master!" The pleasing people thanked them in unison, and they all went to grab the money from the ground.
"Fifth master, let's go in!" Goxinga had been sitting on his horse, not even thinking of dismounting, but was looking up at his home, and Sezanne knew that he had no impression of this place at all.
"Oh!" Guo Xing'a dismounted with a hesitant face and followed Sai Shang'a into the mansion.
"Fifth Master!" As soon as Guo Xing'a entered the courtyard, a miserable howl suddenly came out of the dark light, and several figures rushed over.
"What people!" Outside there was mourning and paper people, the atmosphere was not good, and Guo Xing'a was thinking about how to face the so-called relatives, and was almost scared to death by this sudden voice, so he directly touched his hand on the pistol. A group of guards also rushed out in a hurry, and stopped several figures with guns.
"Fifth master, it's me, this is my father and my eldest brother!" When Fuquan saw the guards rushing over, he knew that Guo Xing'a was frightened, and hurriedly protected his brother and father behind him. The guards in the platoon brought these people out single-handedly, and they were prepared for the worst if anything happened, they could really shoot.
"Dad, don't mess with the rules, you have to let the fifth master go to see Mrs. first!" Fushun and Fulai also complained about their father.
"The slave is shocked by the fifth master, and the slave is guilty!" Daddy Zhang Guangcai couldn't stop making amends to Guo Xing'a.
"Blessings! It's okay, it's okay! It's so dark for you! Goxinga could only hear voices, and couldn't see anything clearly.
"Fuquan, ask someone to light the fire, it's too dark in the yard!" Guo Xing'a confessed, and was pulled by Saishan and continued to walk inside.
"The yard is lit up, how much does that cost! You can't spend it like that! "Zhang Guangcai has been an old housekeeper all his life, but he knows the family background in the house, and he can't see such a spending.
"Don't worry about it, the fifth master has money now, I will arrange it, you go inside to meet the fifth master!" After Guo Xing'a crossed over, a few fires were set up everywhere he went, and the lights were bright, and at that time, it didn't cost money to use candles and firewood. Fuquan followed Guo Xing'a, and he had long been accustomed to being bright, and he was not used to this black pitch.
After entering the main hall, although Saishana was leading, Goxinga still didn't even know the leg that should be taken. A room full of women dressed in heavy filial piety, and a few big-eyed children, this scene is really not something that Guo Xing'a can adapt to. After standing in the middle of the room, Guo Xing's sweat was pouring out, and his eyes kept glancing back and forth in the room, these women really made him more nervous than Li Xiucheng.
"Old sister-in-law, I'm sorry for you, I'll bring the fifth master back for you!" Saishana hit a thousand, and began to cry, completely ignoring the extremely embarrassed Guoxinga in the back.
Guo Xing'a looked at the two women on the throne, one was in his fifties and looked a little serious, and the other was about forty years old, so he had a kind face. Is this one a mom and one a grandma? Guo Xing'a didn't know anyone, and he couldn't talk about feelings with them, but he stood in the middle like a stake.
"My meat!" Sotulu, who was in her fifties, trembled and pounced on her forty-year-old son, hugged Guoxinga in his arms, and cried bitterly. She cried not only Goxinga, but also her other four unfortunate sons. When she cried, the whole room of miserable people cried, and only the children looked at them innocently.
"Feelings are not milk but mother!" Guo Xing's heart is thinking about his mother in his previous life, and he really doesn't have any feelings for these people. was hugged and patted for a while, and he was like a scarecrow, standing silently without expression.
"O my son! Why don't you know each other? (The Manchu mother is Eniang, and the more widely circulated misinformation is Eniang.) Just like most people call mom instead of mom, Manchu people are actually generally called foreheads. It's not an old lady here! Suotulu lifted Goxing's face, looking at her son's confused face, and the old lady was even more heartbroken.
"Uh......" Guo Xing'a wanted to smile at the old lady, but in the face of this stranger in the dim light, he really couldn't laugh, and only a strange expression appeared on his face.
"My son!" The old lady cried even harder.
"Old sister-in-law, didn't you say it before you sent the letter! The fifth master was shot in the head and got a soul disorder, and he forgot about the people and things in the past, don't force him anymore! Saishan'a noticed that the expression on Goxinga's face was getting stranger and stranger, for fear that Goxinga would be stimulated and fall ill again. How did he know that Guo Xing'a wanted to give the old lady a comforting expression, but the muscles on his face were not very controlled, so he kept grimacing.
"Madam, don't be embarrassed for the fifth master!" Wang came over and persuaded Suotulu to go back, but Suotulu kept holding Guo Xing's hand and refused to let go, and in the end, Guo Xing'a could only accompany her back to her seat and stand next to her.
The etiquette of the banner people is great, and there are rules everywhere, so the Suotulu clan was unable to go to the city gate to pick up Hui Yang's coffin and Guoxinga. Hui Yang is the second in line, there is an eldest brother who died early, and he also has a younger brother Hui Teng. I've been busy here just now, but there is no reason for my uncle to visit my nephew, so as soon as Guo Xing'a comes back, Huiteng's family will go back. Saishana stayed for another conversation, and then took his leave and went home, leaving only the closest relatives of the Goxinga family in the house.
"Come and give your fifth uncle a gift!" Guo Xing'a was pulled by the Suotulu clan and couldn't move, so naturally he couldn't go to salute his sisters-in-law, so he could only bring his son over, and while his nephew saluted his uncle, his brother-in-law also got to know his sisters-in-law.
"Nephew Amba Lingwu asks the fifth uncle for peace!" The sister-in-law came over with her son first, and the son of the eldest brother of Guoxing'a gave Guoxing'a a thousand salutes, and Guoxing'a was pulled by the Suotulu clan, so he could only bow to the sister-in-law. Amba Lingwu is already eleven or twelve years old, not much younger than Guoxinga.
"Nephew Anahu greets the fifth uncle!" The second sister-in-law didn't move because she didn't have a son, and the third sister-in-law came over with her son. Anahu is seven or eight years old and looks very cute.
"Nephew Hakata Hengao asks for peace to the fifth uncle!" The fourth sister-in-law also came over with her son, and Hakata Hengao was only four or five years old, and he spoke with a milky voice.
Guo Xing'a listened to it and strengthened his belief that his name could not be changed, and he must change the names of the next generation, and they were all called messy.
"Let the sixth and seventh also come in and meet his fifth brother!" Sotulu didn't know if he forgot it, or on purpose, he never arranged for two guards to come in, Wang could only speak by himself, and Suotulu didn't say anything.
"Qi Buchen and Erdenbu greet the fifth brother!" Two young men about ten years old walked in with filial piety and saluted Guo Xing'a, who just didn't notice his two younger brothers, who were looking at Suotulu who was weeping in the candlelight.
"Fifth brother!" Qi Buchen was a little older and bolder, and when he saw that Guo Xing'a didn't react for a long time, he screamed.
"Ahh Oh! Oh! Guo Xing'a's eyes were also wet, and as soon as Sotulu's hand was loosened, he stepped forward to help his two younger brothers.
Erdenbu didn't feel anything, but Qi Buchen was uncomfortable, he was older, and he had more thoughts. At first, it was rumored that Hui Yang and all his brothers had died in battle, and he had heard people talk that he might be the next leader. Although it was just a gust of wind blowing, there was still a shadow in his heart. Today, Guo Xing'a slowed down this beat, and he felt that his brother was beating him.
Of course, Guo Xing'a didn't think about this, and now he only had the person in the candlelight, the person with white temples and tearful eyes. This image became clear and blurry in Guo Xing's mind, it was in his previous life a long time ago, and his mother was like this, crying for herself and breaking her heart for herself. But time can't go back, he can't go back, he can't see that bitter person again, he can no longer feel the warmth in her arms, and Guo Xing's eyes have blurred.
"My son......" Sotulu found that Goxinga had left his hand, and hurried over after a few steps, hugging Goxinga tightly.
"Mom!" There was some warmth in that embrace, and Guo Xing'a found the feeling of being a mother, and she also cried in Sotulu's arms.
"Husband!" The women in the room also cried about their husbands, and cried about their miserable lives.
"Sir! ......" The father and son of the Zhang family cried their master.
"Woo woo woo woo ......" The whole room was crying, and the children were crying inexplicably.
"Amma......" The whole room was crying, and Qi Buchen could only find a reason for himself.