Chapter 346: Succession
The old house of the Wang family has expanded a lot now, and it is also a lot more generous, and the two stone lions are squatting at the door, which is bigger than the stone lions in the yamen of Yangzhou Mansion, highlighting the style of the Wang family. At the door of the www.biquge.info pen & fun & pavilion stood eight soldiers in military uniforms and a dozen or so plainclothes guards, gathered together to smoke cigarettes or chat and talk, and the people who came and went looked at the palace cautiously, and then bowed their heads and left quickly, for fear of being broken by the dog's leg of the Wang family.
Wang Yongan has never liked this kind of bullying behavior, so after the car arrived at the palace, he frowned, and the lead guard of the guard was actually Wang Yongan's former subordinate Wang Sanpao. Seeing Wang Yongan coming back, he immediately greeted him with a smile, and hurriedly asked, "The fourth young master is back, why don't you say hello in advance?" ”
"It's too much trouble, so you don't have to." Wang Yongan smiled, and then asked, "Do you need such a big formation at home?" ”
Wang Sanpao hurriedly said: "You don't know, how many people outside are worried about our family, and they all say that we have gold and silver mountains in our house, what kind of thief, Jiangyang thief, all run to our house fuckingly." In the last month alone, I have killed six Jiangyang thieves. ”
Wang Yongan patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Tell the bookkeeper to go and get a hundred taels of silver, just say what I said." ”
"Thank you Fourth Young Master, thank you Fourth Young Master." Wang Sanpao's mouth cracked open with joy.
Knowing that Wang Yongan was back, there was a burst of jubilation in the house, especially Sister Cao must arrange the wine, and she must not make do with it. Wang Yongan said that I am going home, not visiting outsiders, as for arranging so many politeness for me? He didn't feel very comfortable in his heart, but he didn't say it, and immediately after sitting down, he asked someone to bring Xiaotian.
Sister Cao said embarrassedly: "Xiaotian is asleep." ”
"Sleep, the sun hasn't set yet, is this kid a pig?" Wang Yongan frowned and said unhappily.
Sister Cao's eyes rolled and said with a smile: "Fourth Young Master, I have something I want to discuss with you, do you think it's okay?" ”
Wang Yongan asked, "What's the matter?" ”
Sister Cao said: "You see that you don't go home for more than a year and half a year as soon as you go out, Xiaotian can't see you for so long, and there is no one to take care of you, why don't you put it next to me and your brother, what do you think?" ”
Wang Yongan laughed and said, "Isn't this said all the time when you take care of it?" Nianzhen's funeral was still organized by you, and I would like to thank the second brother and Sister Cao for this. ”
Sister Cao hurriedly shook her head and said, "It's not this care, it's ...... Be...... It was to take care of him all the time. Speaking of this sentence, Sister Cao felt that a stone in her heart fell, and finally said the most difficult words, but whether she could persuade Wang Yongan to pass Wang Cunyi to their husband and wife, she still needed to persuade her skillfully.
Wang Yongan frowned and asked, "Have you been taking care of it?" ”
Sister Cao bowed her head and said, "Fourth Young Master, do you know why I was sold into the kiln since I was a child?" Wang Yongan shook his head, and Sister Cao recalled with a bitter face: "When I was five years old, my mother died, and my father gave me a bride. Although I was unhappy in every way, my father couldn't be left without someone to take care of him, and I tried to call the woman a mother. My stepmother was very good to me at first, my father was a small businessman, and he traveled between Yangzhou and Suzhou, and when he saw that my stepmother regarded me as his own, he put his mind at ease and did business. But I didn't expect that as soon as my father left, my stepmother beat me and scolded me, saying that I was a broom Xingke family and my parents, that my mother was killed by me, and that I was a money-loser. Since I was five years old, my father married my stepmother, she only used to beat me all day while my father was out on business, and once I was hungry and ate a steamed bun, she almost beat me to death. Later, my father somehow became addicted to smoking, and the family became poorer and poorer, and when my stepmother beat me, she was unscrupulous and beat me in front of my father. When the family had no money, she clamored for my father to sell me, and my father was naturally not happy, but my stepmother controlled the family's money, and my father was an opium ghost, so when I was seven years old, I was sold to Tianyue Lou for twenty taels of silver. I cried on the day I was sold to Tianyue Tower, not because I was sold to the kiln, because I was finally able to eat enough, and finally I would not be beaten, and I finally saw that my father cared about me, and when I was taken away by the turtle slave of Tianyue Tower, my father howled and cried. Fourth Young Master, do you know what it means to be a stepmother? The stepmother is not a mother, the stepmother is a wolf. ”
Wang Yongan touched his beard and said, "Sister Cao, you tell me your story, which means that let me carefully tell Xiaotian to find a stepmother, you can rest assured, I will definitely find someone who takes care of him and treats him as my own." ”
Sister Cao immediately asked: "Who can treat Nianzhen's child as their own after having their own child?" If you marry a woman with children, will you treat her son the same as your son? ”
Wang Yongan said confidently: "I can." ”
Sister Cao sneered: "That's because you haven't experienced it, you think you can, but to tell the truth, no one can." Sister, I've seen a lot in Tianyue Building, do you think all the girls in our Tianyue Building are kidnapped? No, all of them were sold by their own families, some of them couldn't survive, but more of them were disgusted by their families. There is a little turtle slave in Tianyue Building, called Eryuzi, because when he first came to Tianyuelou, he ate the elbows left over from two tables of guests, so everyone named him Eryuzi. The second elbow was only eight years old when he came, and he was also bought by his stepmother, so he bought three taels of silver, do you know why? Because Eryuzi's stepmother gave birth to two children, he was afraid that Eryuzi would inherit the family business when he grew up, so he bought Eryuzi. Do you think two elbows are too much for his stepmother? ”
Wang Yongan nodded, thinking about Sister Cao's intentions in his heart, and he thought that Sister Cao wanted them to take the big and small days, after all, he had promised his second brother to pass on his first child to them four years ago, but later because he married Yuan Shikai's daughter, he and his second brother had a dislike because of Huang Bo's provocation, and this matter was just a matter of stepchildren. And now that the second brother has obviously handed over power to himself, he has given up all power to support himself, maybe he just wants to get Xiaotian. Thinking of this, he felt very sorry for Xiaotian in his heart, he had no mother since he was a child, and his father had no time to take care of him, so what if he was born in a rich family? He asked himself if he didn't want to be such a father, but he really kept Xiaotian by his side, but he couldn't take care of it all the time.
Sister Cao didn't pay attention to Wang Yongan's expression, she continued to say to herself: "Actually, his stepmother was very good to him, after all, he didn't kill Eryu, because later I heard a news that Eryu's stepmother also died of illness, leaving two younger sons." But the year after his father married his third wife, the two younger sons fell into the well and drowned. With your cleverness, you should know why these two children died, so the stepmother of the second elbow is still a good person, at least she will not want to kill the second elbow with a femme fatale. ”
Wang Yongan raised his head and said with a smile: "Sister Cao, don't say it, I understand what you mean, you want me to pass Xiaotian to you." Don't worry, I once promised my second brother that I would never forget it, and I would not let his room be cut off from incense. ”
Sister Cao was so grateful that she was about to cry, and she choked up and said, "Fourth Young Master, don't worry, we will be closer to Xiaotian than to our own son." ”
"I want to see Xiaotian." Wang Yongan interrupted.
Sister Cao nodded, and took Wang Yongan to Xiaotian's room, the maid at the door said that the second master was coaxing Xiaotian to sleep, and the two quietly pushed the door in, but saw that Xiaotian was already able to speak, hugged Wang Yongtai and didn't sleep, let him tell a story, his eyes were so sleepy that he couldn't open his mouth and said: "Dad, tell another story, tell another story." ”
Wang Yongan felt uncomfortable for a while, and tears almost fell.
Wang Yongtai raised his head and saw that Wang Yongan was a little embarrassed, Wang Yongan then forced a smile, nodded and retreated. At this time, Fang saw Yuxiu standing aside with a complicated expression, and Wang Yongan whispered, "Follow me." The two came to Wang Yongan's room, Yuxiu hurriedly fetched water and served him to wash, Wang Yongan waved his hand and said that he was not busy, and sat down.
Yuxiu lowered her head, looked left and right, Wang Yongan said: "Tomorrow I will go to the grave of my wife to pay tribute, and you will let the next person prepare later." ”
"Okay." Yuxiu responded.
Wang Yongan asked: "When is it?" ”
"The second master personally went to Henan Province to retrieve the corpses of the little master and his wife, and put the corpses of the lady into the ancestral grave, and personally raised the little master, saying that the little master is the only root of the Wang family, and he will take it personally. Later, I don't know why, the little master called the second old man's father, and the second lady's mother. Yuxiu said with a dark face, "I have also corrected it a few times, but ...... But I was transferred to another place by Sister Cao, although I never neglected me, but I didn't take care of the little master anymore. ”
Wang Yongan sighed and nodded.
Yuxiu said: "I inquired about the people around the second master and the second lady, they doted on the little master very much, and the little master ate lychees again, so he yelled to eat lychees, but now where is the season for lychees to go to the market, some people in the house say that Guangdong produces lychees, so the second master and the second lady spent a lot of money to let people go to Guangzhou to buy lychees for the little young master to come back." ”
Wang Yongan smiled bitterly: "They are more suitable to be Xiaotian's parents than me, I am not suitable, I am not worthy." ”
"Auntie, don't say that." Yuxiu hurriedly persuaded, "No matter how you say that you are also the father of Young Master Xiaotian, no matter how good the second master and the second lady are to him, they are not his father." ”
Wang Yongan said: "Just because I am my father, I am not good to him, I will be more away in the future, and it is rare to take care of Xiaotian, and now it is also his blessing to pass on to the second brother and Sister Cao." So be it, you go down. ”
"Yes, aunt." Yuxiu said.
Wang Yongan suddenly thought of Nianzhen's advice and said, "Yuxiu, I'll accept you next year, but you need to be the fourth lady in the back, are you willing?" ”
Yuxiu was surprised, and hurriedly knelt on the ground and said, "Thank you for your favor, slave maid...... Slaves...... The slave is willing. ”
Wang Yongan said: "That's good, go and prepare, tomorrow we will go to pay tribute to the eldest lady." ”
"Yes." Yuxiu went down happily.
Wang Yongan couldn't help sighing, not only for his own irresponsibility, but also for his own indecision, as well as for his guilt for Xiaotian, all kinds of complex thoughts poured into his mind, which suddenly made him have a headache, and hurriedly asked the doctor to come over and prescribe a prescription, and only fell asleep after taking some medicine.