Chapter 31: Gifts for the Elderly
Listening to Mrs. Yang's nagging, Helan Minzhi suddenly had a feeling that she was going to see the principal for the exam. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 Info's heart suddenly jumped a few times. However, he is not at all averse to this kind of nagging. In the past, I wanted to find someone to talk to about myself, but no one said!
Leaning gently on the soft pillows that had been prepared, Mrs. Yang closed her eyes as she spoke. Slowly, the sound became quieter and quieter, and finally it turned into a slight snoring. In a swaying moment, the old man who had not slept well fell asleep in this sedan chair.
Looking at the sleeping old man, Helan Minzhi also leaned back gently and closed his eyes. When he woke up again, Ah San outside had already shouted: "Get off the sedan chair!" ”
Rubbing his sleepy eyes, he gently helped Mrs. Yang, who had just woken up. He rubbed her shoulders to sober her up. Then he said, "Grandmother, it's here." ”
"Ah, well, let's go down then!"
The grandfather and grandson walked down the sedan chair together, and what caught their eyes was the golden plaque. Shimmering in the sun.
The huge Yang character was hung high in front of the mansion gate, and he didn't come, looking at this big character, Helan Minzhi actually felt a trace of heaviness and precipitation.
He knew that there was nothing surprising about this word, but it was the huge family represented behind this Yang character that made Helan Minzhi feel dignified. The precipitation of thousands of years of history represented by this word made him feel a trace of majesty.
Throughout ancient Chinese history, dynasties were as short as tens of hundreds of years and as long as 5600 to 800 years. But no dynasty has ever ruled for thousands of years. But the genealogy of these families bears the glory of thousands of years of history.
These families carry the dust of rolling history, like giant beasts across the plains of the Tang Empire, looking at the Li family dynasty with fierce eyes.
Every person at the helm of the Li family dynasty is like floating in the boundless sea. Tang Taizong once said that water can carry a boat or capsize a boat. Rather, he is describing the lives of the people of the whole world. It is better to say more accurately that he is describing these countless families.
The Li dynasty was established, raised, and used them to control the world. But at the same time, they also have the heart that one day they will have a huge reaction to the dynasty and one day overthrow the entire dynasty.
What is a family? Is it a family? No.
At least to reach the terrifying level of a thousand-year-old family like the Yang family, they are not just a family, nor are they just the family members of the official eunuchs. They were the landlords who held a lot of land, and they were the granaries with an innumerable amount of grain.
, can affect the dynamics of the court.
can induce and control the people's hearts.
Standing under this huge plaque, Helan Minzhi saw not the unpretentious mansion in front of him, but a giant beast, a giant beast that could eat people.
After seeing the two of them get out of the sedan chair, the family who was standing guard outside the gate of the house ran over.
As they ran, Helan Minzhi saw that there were not only family members standing guard at the door of this mansion. And there are also soldiers in armor, holding spears in their hands, standing straight outside the gate of the mansion, guarding the mansion.
The Tang Dynasty stipulated that only senior officers above the third rank were qualified to use soldiers and soldiers to guard their homes. Although the Guozi is only a third-grade official, almost all the children of the court, from the pro-Wang Guogong to the small officials, are studying in the Guozijian. Many of the high-ranking officials currently in the court have been personally cultivated by this wine lord. It can be said that it is peach and plum all over the world. This official position is robbed by many people, but they can't ask for it. It is both noble and respected. Often, no one will offend the prince of the country to supervise the sacrificial wine, even the emperor will give the sacrificial wine a little thin noodles.
The family trotted over, and every move was in order. Seeing Mrs. Yang, she immediately bent down and bowed her hand: "Old lady, I don't know that you came today, the old man went to the court, please allow me to report to the palace." ”
Today is just in time for the court meeting, and the high-ranking officials in Beijing have gone to attend the court meeting, so it is normal not to be at home.
Mrs. Yang smiled slightly: "It's okay, you can go in and pass it on." ”
"Please wait a moment." With that, he took two steps back, bent down and ran straight into the gate.
He didn't have to wait long, and in less than a quarter of an hour someone came out.
Helan Minzhi looked up and saw an old woman walking out with the support of several maidservants. The old man looked a little older than Mrs. Yang, and his hair was also silvery, but it was not shiny. There are also a lot of wrinkles on the face, the eyelids are slightly drooping downward, and there are one or two small age spots on the face. Hair common in the Tang Dynasty, plain homely clothes, eyes full of gentleness, and a smile at the corners of his mouth. He looks very kind and kind, and he is a gentle old man. If it is not bad as expected, this should be his aunt and uncle, that is, the younger sibling of Mrs. Yang.
As soon as I went out, I saw the smile in Mrs. Yang's eyes deeper, and the corners of her mouth rose: "Old sister, why do you have time to come to the house today, come in, come in." He stepped forward and grabbed Yang's hand and pulled it towards Fuzhong.
"It's okay today, so I brought our kid to visit you." Mrs. Yang also responded with a smile. It seems that the relationship between the two should be very good, and there should be no suspicion between them.
"Oh?" The lady looked a little surprised, because after all, she had never heard of anyone in the martial arts family giving birth to such a big boy.
"Don't be confused, this is the eldest son of my big girl Shun'er, called Helan Minzhi." Whisper to her questions.
"Ah, it's Shun girl, she's back? Why didn't you come here today? "The old lady should know her mother.
"When I first arrived in Chang'an, she also had a lot of things, so I brought her son to visit you today. Son, hurry, salute your uncle and grandmother. Touching Helan Minzhi's head, he said.
After speaking, Helan Minzhi respectfully saluted the old lady, and shouted: "Uncle, grandma." ”
"Hahaha, isn't it? That's good! The son is really good-looking, better and better looking than the boy in our family. After speaking, he touched his body, took down a piece of jade pendant and handed it to Helan Minzhi: "This is a meeting gift from my uncle and grandmother, the gentleman is as warm as jade, and the child takes it!" ”
Mrs. Yang did not talk, it seems that it should be a custom among nobles. When meeting for the first time, the elders should give a small gift. Being able to tear off the jade ornaments he carried at will and hand them to Helan Minzhi shows that the relationship between Mrs. Yang and their husband and wife is really very close.
"The elder gave it, I didn't dare to resign, and my son thanked my uncle and grandmother." He took the jade pendant with both hands and gently put it in his chest pocket.
At this moment, the old lady looked at Helan Minzhi with a look of love in her eyes.