Chapter Twenty-Four: Destiny and Destiny (I)

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When the old lady returned to the city, it was already dinner time. On a hot day, when he went out of the city, the old man also felt tired, and ordered people to beat his waist and legs. However, thinking that the old monk was in a hurry, it was not good to go directly to the outer nine rooms to pick up people tomorrow, and he always had to be a prophet, so he ordered Wang Zhen to go to the outer nine rooms to pick up Wang Ning's family.

Although there are many people in the Wang family, there are few who may earn a chaste archway for the Wang family. The Wang family has been scattered in Anlu for one hundred and fifty years, although there are four chaste archways, which are the head of the Anlu gentry, but the virgin and martyr of the Wang family are now alive only Wang Ning's eye. Because of this, even if the outer nine rooms are side branches and the children and grandchildren are withered, no one dares to bully them.

Although Wang Zhen knew that the matter of taking over Wang Ning's family was mostly related to his grandfather's trip to Xishan Temple today, he could not think of inheriting it.

With a little bit of wonder, Wang Zhen took two stewards and set up a carriage to pick up people in the outer nine rooms.

Most of the people of the Wang family live in the north of the city, the clan mansion and the ancestral hall are in the north, the northwest is where the inner house is located, and the northeast is the outer house and in-laws who live together.

Different from the mansions with three entrances and four entrances in the northwest, these houses located in the three alleys in the northeast corner of the state city are much smaller, mostly miscellaneous courtyards and one courtyard, and there are few courtyards in the second courtyard.

The courtyard of the outer nine rooms, which is the penultimate house in East Lane, is a broken courtyard.

The so-called one breaks two, that is, in the place where one enters the hospital, two small ones come in. The south room in the front yard, the weeping flower door was repaired in the middle, the inner courtyard is a three-in-one house, only the main house, the east and west compartments, and the south side is the wall of the weeping flower door.

Only scholarly people, who pay attention to the distinction between inside and outside, will repair the yard like this. After all, the courtyard with a depth of ten zhang, except for the north and south rooms, the left and right compartments, there is not much open space in the middle, so that the layout is more cramped.

It was an old servant who opened the door, and when he heard that it was the eldest young master of the sect, he took a closer look at Wang Zhen a few times, said "slack", and turned around to go.

After a while, the old servant opened the door again, and even respectfully welcomed Wang Zhen in, but did not lead to the second door, but directly led to the inverted hall to watch tea.

Wang Zhen has been to the outer nine rooms, once ten years ago when Wang Ning's family won the imperial court, and once when Wang Dalang died of illness the year before last.

Wang Zhen is no stranger to these two small nine-foot rooms with a depth of half a foot. Looking around, there are still a few old chairs, the calligraphy and paintings on the wall are becoming more and more yellow, and the walls and window lattices are abrupt and dilapidated.

However, the chairs are wiped cleanly, and the faded window screens do not have any floating dust, which shows that the owner loves to be clean.

After waiting for about half a cup of tea, footsteps sounded outside the door.

Wang Zhen stood up and saw Wang Ning walking in with an old woman.

"My grandson has seen my uncle and grandmother." Wang Zhen bowed and saluted.

Wang Ning is in his sixties, with gray hair, and is wearing a cyan muslin trimmed gown, which looks quite tough.

She nodded in return, raised her arm to support her, and then sat down with Wang Zhen again.

Seeing that the sky was getting darker outside, Wang Zhen did not delay his efforts, and directly explained his intentions, and said: "The nephew took the liberty of disturbing because of the instructions of his grandfather, and he asked his uncle and grandmother to discuss something, and sent his nephew and grandson to pick up his uncle and grandmother in a car. ”

Hearing that the patriarch had something to discuss with him, and had already sent a car over, Wang Ning pondered for a while, and instructed the old lady: "You stay at home with the eldest sister, and I will come with the eldest brother." ”

The old lady answered, but did not leave immediately, but helped Wang Ning out, got into the carriage, and then turned back.

Wang Ning in the carriage was not as calm as he appeared. The patriarch asked her to come over and speak, and he waited in such a hurry, which was too hasty.

The outer nine rooms have been cut off, and the only thing that can be called a big deal is the discussion of the heir. But all the property of the outer nine rooms is just an old house, more than a dozen acres of land. Because the granddaughter wants to be recalled, even if the clan refers to the heir, the family property must be divided equally with the granddaughter and grandson-in-law. As a result, half of the family property that the heirs can share is even less, and they have to provide for their own retirement.

Except for those families in the clan who have no permanent property, who will look at the outer nine houses? But how can the outer nine rooms let those idle prodigals inherit the incense? The innocence of several lifetimes could not be destroyed in her hands, so she gritted her teeth and did not let go. But no one dared to force her, so that the matter of the heir was delayed.

Seeing that the granddaughter is about to die, is there anyone who can't wait and walk around the sect's house?

Thinking of this, Wang Ning shook his head again.

If those few dilapidated households really had such a big face, they would not be in the same situation as they are now, let alone staring at the family resources of the outer nine houses.

After thinking about it all the way, Wang Ning still couldn't guess the reason, so he didn't want to put it down.

The carriage traveled for nearly a quarter of an hour, and the Zongfang mansion arrived.

The gate is not open all year round, and the carriage enters directly through the side door and stops outside the second gate.

Wang Zhen's mother, Wang Zheng, got the news, took her daughter-in-law and maids out to welcome her, and introduced Wang Ning's into the hall. Looking at this posture, it doesn't look like treating the relatives and elders of the side branches in the clan who are in distress, but like treating distinguished guests. This kind of treatment was not ordered by Mrs. Wang, but because of Wang Ning's status as a lady.

When Wang Ning entered the hall, Wang Qian's wife Wang Zhang came out to meet the guests, she admired Wang Ning's character, and did not put on the shelf of Mrs. Tai, but only acted like an old woman, gossiping and homely, and her tone was very peaceful.

After estimating the effort of touching half a cup of tea, after the greetings, the old lady Wang came over, waved his hand to send his daughter-in-law and granddaughter-in-law down, leaving only the old wife present, and then talked to Wang Ning about the old monk asking her to go to Xishan Temple tomorrow, and instructed: "The master who presides over Xishan Temple is the elder of the clan, a generation older than you and me, and the younger brothers and sisters need to be respectful." ”

Although Wang Ning had heard the name of Xishan Temple, he had only heard of it and had never seen it, so now he only felt inexplicable, hesitated, and asked: "Uncle, I really can't think of anything else that can be eye-catching in the outer nine rooms except for the undecided heirs." I wonder if the master called me over for this reason? ”

Old lady Wang nodded and said, "Exactly." It's just that my brother and sister don't need to ask more now, and it's not convenient for me to tell you the details, anyway, my brother and sister will know tomorrow, in short, it's a good thing. ”

It was already dark outside, and the hall had already been lit up, and the old lady Wang had no intention of saying it in detail, and Wang Ning knew that he had no intention of sitting down again, so he excused himself and couldn't go home, and he didn't wait for the old lady Wang and his wife to order soup, so he got up and said goodbye first.

The old lady made an appointment with her to leave the city the next day, and instructed Wang Zhen to send Wang Ning back......

Wang Zhang's listened to her husband at dinner, and knew that Xishan invited Wang Ning's to come over, which was a matter of succession.

She knew the inside story, and couldn't help sighing: "Cui's is round on the outside and square on the inside, and his temperament is too stubborn." is a good grandson, she is willing to take it out. If you can't see how good it is when you're young, it's a good thing to see. Good students teach, even if they are not as brilliant as Saburo, but they are not necessarily worse. This time it's really cheaper for the Ning family, and there is still a great blessing to come. ”

Hearing the words of the old wife, the old lady Wang couldn't help but be surprised: "You only saw Shiro a few days ago, and you can see so much?" When did you look at people like this? ”

Wang Zhangshi pursed his lips and smiled: "I can't see it, isn't there still an old lady?" If it is really an ordinary child, can the old lady take care of the arrangement like this? In the eyes of the old lady, it can be seen that it is an excellent one. ”

Old lady Wang smiled and didn't say that she also wanted to be a grandson. He somewhat understood the old monk's concerns, even if he wanted the grandson of the Taoist idiot for the sake of the sect, the children and grandchildren may not be able to sympathize with his painstaking efforts, and the old wife may not be able to calmly accept outsiders as new grandsons.

Even if he tries his best to call the shots and reluctantly succeeds the Taoist idiot to the name of the clan, this big family may not be able to be kind to him, let alone a family member, and maybe become an enemy.

Like the outer nine rooms, the people are withered, and the Taoist idiot is the head of the family when he enters the door, and there are no constraints, maybe it is better......

*

Outside the city, Xishan Temple.

The old monk lay on his side on the couch and fell into a deep sleep. The Taoist idiot gently pulled up the thin quilt, covered the old monk, and tiptoed out of the abbot's room.

*

The northwest corner of the state city, the royal residence, the Tongyuan.

Wang Sanlang breathed a sigh of relief, bent the corners of his mouth, and lay on the bed.

After dinner, his father called him to the study and told him to go to Xishan Temple tomorrow to see Shiro. Although his father didn't say anything about bringing people back, he promised him to go out to see Shiro, and his anger at Shiro "saying goodbye without saying goodbye" was almost gone.

*

The outer nine rooms, the main house is the west house.

Wang Ning lit three incense sticks, inserted them in the incense burner in front of her husband's tablet, and whispered to herself: "Whether it is the elders of the clan or the patriarch of the clan, if the heir and grandson are good, if the character is flawed, I will not respond to the ...... no matter what";