Although the Xu family has not had any famous people for a long time, the house in the northeast of Taipingli has been renovated several times and still has the grandeur and majesty of the patriarch's main house. The house of Sijin was purchased by the ancestor who had been the county magistrate when he returned to his hometown, as for how many people were fat and people's ointment, it is now very unexaminable, but the blue bricks in the deepest courtyard have been worn by water drops for many years, and they have long since lost their original smoothness like a mirror, and the potholes are very uneven.

Although Master Xu has also been ridiculous outside and has accepted girls, there is no serious concubine in the family, and Mrs. Xu takes care of the housekeeping of the entire family. She is shrewd and capable, when she got married, there was only an empty shell left in the Xu family's house, thanks to her over the years, she has taken the dowry to put money, bought land, and looked at the industry to share dividends, and took advantage of the famine to buy and sell, and today's long house is naturally a good prosperity.

Seeing that he is almost fifty years old, the former flower and moon appearance has been eroded by the years, leaving only those unconcealable traces on the forehead, the corners of the eyes and the corners of the mouth; In the past, only the waist like a bucket remained; The red, red, green and green clothes that I used to love have to spend year after year at the bottom of the box; Mrs. Xu naturally regarded Master Xu more and more tightly, and regarded the responsibilities of the clan wife more and more seriously, coupled with the preference for the young son, she urged Master Xu to work hard behind her back all the time, and sought all the belongings in the second room for Xu Jin.

At this time, it was reported that Xu Jin was back, and Mrs. Xu, who was still looking at a mother beside her with a nonchalant face, immediately smiled, and immediately called someone to call Xu Jin. When Xu Jin rushed into the house, she sat down beside him without waiting for anyone to salute on the soft couch, while urgently ordering someone to bring tea, while smiling and asking for warmth, when Xu Jin drank a cup of herbal tea, she was so smiling that her eyes narrowed.

"Where did you go today? Your sixth uncle's banquet is only a few days away, can you find a congratulatory gift? ”

"Of course!" Xu Jin remembered that Xu Xun was deflated in front of him today, and suddenly became even more proud, and waved his hand to send away all the idle people, so he carefully unfolded the picture scroll in his hand and showed it to Mrs. Xu, "Mother, look, this is what I got by chance today, the authentic work of the famous Li Tang in the Song Dynasty, this is just for me, otherwise I can't buy it!" ”

Mrs. Xu comes from a rich family, she doesn't know a few big characters, let alone reading calligraphy and painting, her favorite young son said this, she naturally believed it, and immediately nodded again and again: "Okay, my son, you have the ability!" Let me tell you, I promised your father to make the scene so big this time, where is it to promote your sixth uncle, that is to let you and your eldest brother show their ability, especially you! I think that your second uncle was a well-known and good person in the clan back then, and he helped countless people, and almost compared your father, but now if you drive out the loser, you will enter the second room, and the good foundation laid by his old son back then will all belong to you. ”

"Mother, how can you push your son out like this!" Xu Jin frowned, and said angrily, "I have entered the second room, and my father and mother will be replaced by someone else." Besides, that family property has been squandered by the loser, how much is left? ”

"How much?" Mrs. Xu snorted lightly and shook her head, and on the plump and white earlobe, a golden lilac suddenly appeared, "Do you think the second room is really so poor?" They still have at least hundreds of acres of good paddy fields in the countryside of Jurong, and a shrewd person like Xu Lao'er, there may be something hidden under the house! That loser may not know about it, but he doesn't have to care about him, whether he knows it or not, after he gets out, these will be yours! ”

Xu Jin learned that the property of the second room actually included hundreds of acres of paddy fields, and he was extremely enthusiastic for a while, and he actually remembered the Xiao lady who had a glimpse of a building on the bank of the Qinhuai River last time. Thinking of her snake-like waist and the expensive head-wrapping assets that made people feel painful, he only felt that his whole heart was itchy, and he unconsciously clenched Mrs. Xu's hand.

"Yo, light, your hands are so strong!" Mrs. Xu complained angrily, and when she saw that Xu Jin suddenly came back to her senses, and then apologized repeatedly, she said unhurriedly, "If you follow your father's surname and take the excuse of his misdeeds to drive him out, but there are so many people in the clan, what if someone stands up because of your second uncle's good karma back then?" So I plan to let someone find a midwife, and tell her about the birthmark on the ruined son, etc., and even the swaddling clothes and other old things are also ready one by one, just say that your second uncle held a few people's abandoned babies as his own children, and the clan bloodline is the most important thing in these years, as long as it is confirmed that the bloodline is confused, the loser will not be able to pass this level even if he has a thousand skills! ”

"Mother, you really have no last resort!"

Xu Jin heard his mother's words and immediately gave a thumbs up in admiration. Mrs. Xu was also proud, and gently stroked her son's forehead with her hand, and then said with a smile: "You were born in my belly, even if you enter another family, you are still my son, and you can come back if you want to come back, no elders can control you, and you are afraid of other people's gossip?" Don't learn from your father to be a bitch and set up an archway, and don't learn from your eldest brother, it's all his daughter-in-law who seduces, and Cheng is cowering! ”

"Madam, the third young master, the eldest young master is here!"

As he spoke, a mother's voice suddenly came from outside. Mrs. Xu frowned, and immediately stopped the more vulgar the words she spoke, and Xu Jin turned her head to see that it was a young man in his early twenties with thick eyebrows and opened the curtain and entered the room, and suddenly saw the painting spread out on the soft couch, and hurriedly rolled it up and put it aside. When the young man saluted Mrs. Xu respectfully, he had to get up and call the eldest brother, but when he was about to salute, Mrs. Xu stopped him.

"My own brother, why are you making so many false articles?"

"That's what my mother said."

Xu Dong glanced at his younger brother who was sitting next to his mother with a smile, and quickly looked away calmly, after Mrs. Xu pointed to the chair next to him, he took a step back and sat down, and then said, "Mother, I just came back from the tent, and I heard that the third brother ......."

Before he finished speaking, Xu Jin immediately grabbed the front, but he held Mrs. Xu's shoulder and said affectionately: "Mother, I have spent a lot of money in the past few days, and the gifts of the sixth uncle need money to buy, and there are some messy expenses, so I ......"

"Isn't it just spending some money, what's the big deal!" Mrs. Xu lowered her face and glanced at Xu Dong, and said a little unhappily, "You are the elder brother, what do you care about the trivial things that your younger brother spends money?" Your daughter-in-law has just made several sets of clothes, and there is no reason why your sister-in-law can spend money, but she doesn't allow her brother-in-law to spend! ”

Before the reason was said, after eating such a row, Xu Dong's face suddenly darkened, but he didn't distinguish it, he only owed it. After a few more words, he withdrew, and as soon as he left, Mrs. Xu patted the bed board of the soft couch angrily.

"Look, I married my daughter-in-law and forgot my mother, and I sat for a while and left in a hurry. If it weren't for the thorns in you, I wouldn't even have the heart to come here to sit! ”

"Mother, how can the eldest brother think so, you are too careful......"

Although they were out of the house, the mother and son in the room spoke in a very loud voice, Xu Dong could hear it clearly, his eyes were suddenly even more gloomy, and his right hand hidden in his sleeve couldn't help but clench into a fist. When he reached his father's study, he stood outside the door, and after the boy had made an announcement, he stepped into the door. Seeing that his father was talking to a scribe with a smile on his face, the resentment that he couldn't hide just now suddenly restrained tightly, but he stepped forward with a spring breeze on his face.

"Mr. Luo."

"I haven't seen you for a long time, but the eldest prince is still personable, congratulations!"

The middle-aged scribe known as Mr. Luo was dressed in a green shirt and held a goose feather fan in his hand, although his temples were slightly white, but the corners of his mouth were smiling and his demeanor was good. After seeing him, he saw Xu Dong standing beside Master Xu, so Mr. Luo said lightly: "I came today for the marriage of your Xu family's second room." ”