Chapter 9: Excuses

According to common sense, the old lady's spiritual position should be enshrined by his son, but the adult was not at home at that time, so this spiritual position was placed by others. Now that the adults have returned, the old lady has appeared under the nine springs, which means that the adults will re-place the spiritual position. He has fulfilled his duty as a son of man. ”

As soon as Jiang Jie's words came out, everyone in the mourning hall suddenly became enlightened, and the old lady hurriedly said, "Yes, yes...... I think your father is like this, and that's what it means. Son, it is not yet your father's spiritual throne restored. ”

In fact, people are like this, and when they encounter such things, they always like to find an excuse to reassure themselves. Jiang Jie is like this, it is nothing more than a round field, but it can make everyone feel at ease.

"Yes, Mother." Yue Su stood up, strode to the front of the spiritual platform, respectfully rearranged the spiritual position, and then knelt down on the spot, snorting three times in a row. "It is the child's unfilial piety, which makes it difficult for the father to sleep peacefully under the nine springs, but please rest assured that the child will be more filial to his mother in the future and glorify the lintel for the Yue family."

The spiritual position was placed again, this time it was standing steadily on the spiritual position, and there was no more news.

According to common sense, the three daughters-in-law also have to take turns to kowtow to their father-in-law, Ruan Aoyue, Mu Tianjiao, and Li Qiongying kowtow in order and enter the incense, but the old lady became suspicious, who is the girl who is supporting her by her side? Even if she is not a wife, does a concubine have to kowtow? At that moment, he asked, "Son, this girl is ...... with you."

"Her name is Du Niang, and she is the child's ......" The relationship between Du Niang and Du Niang, Yue Su really can't understand it very well. She is neither a wife, nor a concubine, nor a maid.

"The woman is the master's girl." Du Niang was clever and made up for Yue Su directly.

"It turned out to be my son's maid, this girl is clever and cute, and she likes it for her mother." The old lady said.

It's over, how do you look at your mother, how do you feel happy. Everything has a preconceived idea, Du Niang gave her a good impression as soon as she came, and she stole the limelight from her three daughters-in-law at once.

"Since my mother likes my mother, it's better to let my mother ......" Yue Su thought to let her take care of her mother. But halfway through, I reacted again, how could I put my mother to do things.

When Du Niang heard this, she immediately understood Yue Su's thoughts, and said, "Master, it doesn't matter if you have any advice. Her meaning was already obvious, she was willing to take care of Yue Su's mother.

Yue Su saw that she was so sensible, so he said, "Then there is Lao Niang, who will take care of my mother on my behalf." ”

This is also polite, which is like the words of the main family and the maid. The old lady also wondered when she heard this, but she didn't say anything to ask, only planned to wait for the opportunity in the future to ask her mother in private. She is a person from the past, from her mother's eyes, how can she not say that this maid likes her son, but I don't know how long they have been together, what kind of relationship it is.

The old lady held her mother's hand and said, "Girl, I don't know if you are willing to serve me, an old woman." ”

"Mother is willing." Du Niang said softly.

"Good, good......" The old lady was even more happy, and held her mother's hand tightly.

He had just returned home, and Yue Su naturally wanted to know something about the affairs at home, and in the end, he had to place a place for his men and horses to live. Now he didn't know the situation at home, so he asked: "Mother, when we used to communicate, we only rebuilt the house at home, but I didn't think about how to make it so big. ”

"This is all Jing'er's idea, all these years, Jing'er has been taking care of us, busy and busy. He is a big official in the imperial court, and if the house in the family is gone, you will lose your identity, so the house has been expanded to such a big one. The old lady said.

"It takes a lot of silver to build such a big house, can the child send back the silver?" Yue Su asked again. I once sent home some silver, which could build a house, but if it was built like this, it would definitely not be enough.

"It's not that the family used the silver you sent back to build a house as soon as they came, but Jing'er first took the silver to do some business, and after more than a year, he made a lot of money, so he built such a big mansion." The old lady said.

"Oh." Yue Su nodded his head and asked again: "The child just went to many people outside the hospital to bring filial piety to his father, I don't know what they do?" ”

"Among these people are some distant relatives of your father, and some relatives of your mother's family, who have come not far to join, and our family has such a big yard, and it is empty, and your father will take them all in. In addition to relatives, that is, the descendants of the family, originally your father and I didn't want so many people, but Jing'er, if there are fewer people in the family, it is very inconsistent with your identity as a child, and you will be laughed at by outsiders, and among those people, many of them are people who can't eat, Jing'er and they are pitiful, so they will be included in the family and kept as a servant. The emperor has given my son so much land, and he also needs someone to take care of it. The old lady said truthfully.

"I see." Yue Su bowed his head again and said, "Then the affairs of the family are all taken care of by Yue Jing now." ”

"Yes, he is responsible for everything inside and outside the house. He was very attentive and attentive to us, and thanks to him all these years, even when your father died, he was all busy here. Son, don't treat him badly, thank them well. The old lady said.

"Yes, Mother, the child will not be unkind to him." Although Yue Su knew that Yue Jing's idea of taking care of his parents was impure and belonged to the trend of inflammation, he also thanked him for helping him take care of his parents for so many years. No matter what he thinks, he must always be kind. At that moment, he turned to a maid and said, "Call Yue Jing in." ”

The maid hurriedly received the order and went out to greet Yue Jing. Yue Jing was waiting outside the door, and he could vaguely hear the words in the mourning hall, and when he saw the maid calling, he hurriedly followed in. When he came to Yue Su's mother and son, he first bowed down to say goodbye, "Auntie, cousin ......"

"Son, this is your cousin Yue Jing, I'm worried that he is still a little similar to you. When you are not at home, he takes care of me and your father like a son, and I have always treated him like a son for the past few years. The old lady said.

"The child has already seen his cousin when he enters the door, and the child has also found that Yue Jing and I do have some similarities." With that, Yue Su arched his hand at Yue Jing and said, "Thank you Brother Xian for being my brother in these years, I have done my filial piety and taken care of my parents." ”

Yue Su and Yue Jing look similar, it's pure nonsense, this Yue Jing looks like a sharp-beaked monkey gill, thin and dry, horizontal and vertical, and there is no similarity. But his mother was like this, and Yue Su didn't have a good rebuttal, so he had to follow his mother's words.

Yue Jing hurriedly arched his hand and said, "Brother, your parents are also your brother's uncle and aunt, serving the second elder and doing filial piety in front of your knees is your brother's duty." ”

"Listen to your mother, you will manage the affairs of the house, mother, you do a good job on weekdays, you will continue to take care of it in the future." Yue Su said.

"Thank you, brother, my brother will definitely do more in the future." Yue Jing said.

"For my brother to be at home, I want my father (mother) to be mourned for three years, and those who come back with me must live in the house. It's just a place to live, and you need to put it as soon as possible. "Carpenter Zhu only rewarded the family with a thousand acres of fertile land, although it was a lot, but the government had already raised more than 200 people, and the cost of a year was really a lot, and there were more people who came back with him. Lord Beiyue is incorruptible, but the silver that Carpenter Zhu has rewarded before and after is tens of thousands of taels, which is enough for these people.

At that time, one acre of land could make two stones of grain, which was equivalent to two taels of silver, and it was only two thousand taels a year. Supporting such a large family can be regarded as breaking even. Just now, his mother was Yue Jing doing some business, but how could Lord Yue care about his few dollars, it should all be rewarded to him by himself.

"Brother, you are too polite, you go home now, everything naturally has to be placed at home. Don't hide it from my brother, my brother has used the silver you sent back in the past to do some business over the years, and he has obtained a lot, and now he continues to do business, and his annual income is also a thousand taels, which is enough for the expenses of a big guy. In addition, the house needed by the elder brother, sister-in-law and the honor guard, the younger brother had already packed up and stopped waiting for the elder brother to come back. Yue Jing was sincere, and directly told Yue Su about the business.

Yue Su saw that he handled things and answered them decently, and he was satisfied with the address, and said, "Then please lead the way and set up these subordinates of mine." By the way, before returning to his hometown for his brother, the emperor gave 5,000 taels of silver for his father's funeral and a beautiful funeral. In a moment I will order the money to be delivered to you, and I will give you full authority as to what to do with it. ”

"The funeral matters, the younger brother has already placed it, taking care of the scenery, and echoing the identity of the elder brother. As for the silver given by the emperor, my brother would not dare to accept it. Yue Jing said.

"Where is this, the silver given by the emperor is for my father's funeral, if I stay, it is to resist the decree, where is this. Brother Xian should not refrain any more. Yue Su said.

"Since the elder brother is like this, the younger brother will accept it and use it all for his uncle's funeral."

After learning about the situation at home, Yue Su then handed over the five thousand taels of silver to Yue Jing, and asked Yue Jing to lead the way and take everyone to the place where they lived. Now the mansion is really big enough, just the courtyard on the east side is enough for Yue Su's people to live. Because Yue Su has not been at home for many years, his room is placed next door to his mother, and his three daughters-in-law also live here.

He kept vigil in the mourning hall for three days, and on the fourth day, he mourned. Originally, many of the officials in Huguang wanted to come over, especially those promoted by Yue Su, but when Lord Yue greeted them, he said in advance, and there was no need to come here, so there were many people missing. But even so, there were a lot of people who participated. The prefect of De'an Province or something, that's all here.

At the time of the funeral, Yue Su was too busy to make friends, so naturally he would not pay attention to many things, but Jiang Jie watched coldly and found that Yue Jing and the officials of De'an Mansion seemed to be very familiar with each other.