Old Lady Xie blew the Wen family out of Jinxuan Hall with a very stinky face, and never said anything about letting them move over to accompany her, nor did she say that they should stay in Jinling City for a few more days.

She always felt that there was a gust of wind behind her, and her heart was cold.

Although she was very bold in selling her property and running away with her son, she knew very well in her heart that all this was against her deceased husband's wishes.

For so many years, she has never returned to her hometown, has not swept the grave of her deceased husband, and has incense, even if it is to worship the ancestors on Chinese New Year's Eve every year, she will try to find excuses, saying that she is not good, sad and so on, and avoid going to the ancestral hall in the corner of the mansion to see the tablet of the deceased husband. She didn't want to face him at all, let alone worship him in person.

She always felt that after her death, if Xie Zehu had not been reincarnated, she would definitely come to her to settle accounts. Therefore, she was able to escape one day at a time.

Xie Mulin talked about Xie Zehu, but she couldn't refute a word. She can deny the Song family in the second room, but she can't ignore her deceased husband. Since she wants to use filial piety to suppress the Wen family and her grandchildren, she can't destroy this banner by herself, except to shut up, as if she hasn't said anything, she hasn't heard anything, she has no choice.

She still regrets that when she asked Wen and his party to move back to the mansion, she shouldn't have suddenly gotten angry. thought that with a few words, he could force a few grandchildren to back down, but unexpectedly, he provoked his niece and granddaughter to sacrifice Xie Zehu. She didn't even know if she would dream of this dead ghost tonight. I'm afraid she will have to call the girl to accompany the bed, and maybe she can also call her third granddaughter Xie Yingrong. If Xie Zehu really came to disturb her dreams, she would push her granddaughter over to deal with it.

Xie Mulin and his siblings followed Wen out of Jinxuan Hall and exchanged glances with each other. Xie Xianzhi seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, there was still a little guilt on his face, Xie Jinzhi remained silent and calm, while Xie Huizhi was secretly laughing and gave Xie Mulin a thumbs up.

Xie Yinghui's eyes were a little excited, and she whispered to Xie Mulin: "Second sister, you have changed a lot now!" I've never seen you so good before! Although Mrs. Xie used to love her very much, but recently she has been a lot colder, and she immediately stamped her grandmother with a snobbish poke, and when she mentioned it in conversation, she didn't have much good feelings: "The old lady just likes to rely on the old and sell the old, and others just let her score three points for the sake of her age, and she doesn't have the same knowledge as her, but she is proud, it's really annoying!" ”

Xie Yingfen and Xie Hanzhi, the two youngest, glanced at each other and nodded with great sympathy.

Wen glanced at everyone helplessly, and sighed: "Let's not say a word, the old lady is our elder after all." ”

Xie Mulin sneered: "There are more of our elders, is it for her that we don't care about other elders?" Uncle and grandfather just left, how did he order? The mother was frightened by the old lady, and she forgot all about it. If I don't intervene, I'm afraid you'll really listen to her, take everyone back to live in the mansion, and then day after day under her orders, stay by her side to flatter and flatter, and never say anything more about going back to your hometown to study. ”

Wen glanced at his daughter: "Where did it get to this point?" I just don't want the old lady to be angry, but I will never forget your father's instructions. ”

So what if there was no Xie Pu's instructions?

Xie Mulin wanted to speak and stopped, looked around, was in the side passage outside the gate of Jinxuantang, the open space in the front yard of the Xie family's mansion, the sun was shining, and there were people from the Xie family cleaning the courtyard not far away. This was not the place to speak, so she resisted the desire to speak, and changed her words: "Let's go home first." I'll talk about it when I have something to say. ”

So they said goodbye to Xie Yinghui, went out again to get on the boat, and returned to Gongyuan West Street.

When he returned to his yard, Wen's room, only Wen and her were left in the house, Xie Mulin said to his mother with a straight face: "I know that my mother was raised by an old lady, and the awe of the old lady in my heart has long been unbreakable, but I still hope that my mother can have her own persistence, even if it is for my brother and me, for my eldest brother and a group of brothers and sisters, for my father's instructions before leaving, don't be intimidated by the old lady at every turn and succumb to her unreasonable demands." You are now the head of our family, not the idler you used to be. You may feel that it doesn't matter if you give in alone and you are wronged alone, but everyone behind us has to retreat and be wronged, do you think it doesn't matter? ”

Wen was terrified by her: "How is it possible? Naturally, I want to protect you. Not only you and your brother, but also Xianzhi, Huizhi, Hanzhi, Sister Hui, Sister Rong, Sister Fen, all of you are my children. When the lord delivers you into my hands, I will protect you completely, how can I make you feel wronged?

"I am indeed weak just now, but even if I am afraid, I will not agree to the old lady and let everyone stay in Jinling City to accompany her. Not to mention that the Cao family is still there, and it is possible to retaliate against us at any time, just for the sake of your brothers' studies, I also have to go back to Huyin! In this matter, it is useless for the old lady to say anything, the old man has long had something to say, and I will never go against his will! ”

When Xie Mulin heard this, his expression suddenly softened: "It's good that my mother can think like this." In fact, I also understand that my mother is always worried that the old lady is my father's biological mother, even if there is a contemporary, the etiquette is not more than blood. The reason why Daddy has been indulging the old lady's willfulness all these years is not due to blood kinship? But things are a little different now. ”

She approached Wen and said in a low voice: "In the past, the old lady had the grace of giving birth to her father, even if the second grandfather taught her father to be meritorious, so that his father could successfully take the imperial examination and embark on a career in office, you are more inclined to the old lady in your heart." But my father was in danger before and almost lost his life, it was the second grandmother who borrowed the connections of her mother's family to save my father's life, and it was my uncle and grandfather who went to Beijing to fight for my father. The two elders rescued Daddy, it can be said that they have the grace of saving Daddy's life and the virtue of recreation!

"Dad is grateful to Dade, so he repeatedly told my mother before going to work that we must take us back to our hometown and be filial to our second grandmother. If you postpone your trip at this time because of the old lady's words, or simply don't leave, wouldn't you become an ungrateful white-eyed wolf?! Will the uncle's grandfather and second grandmother misunderstand their father because of this? Or do you put the blame on the old lady? No matter what kind of idea they have, it can't be the mother's intention, right? ”

Wen shook his head in horror: "Of course not! I am very grateful for the great kindness of the second old lady! I never thought of going against the will of the great master! She touched her little heart, her face still pale, "Of course I won't be a white-eyed wolf." The master is going to go to a foreign office, and he can't repay the kindness of the elders, so I should have done this filial piety instead of him! ”

Xie Mulin nodded: "That's it." So, no matter what the old lady says, you can't let go! No matter how great the grace of life and nurturing is great, we cannot ignore the grace of saving lives. Besides, the old lady is unwilling to go back with us, and it is not that we should leave her. She has always had a knot in her heart for her second grandmother, so she will do everything possible to prevent us from returning to our hometown. Whatever she says, just assume she's deliberately stirring things up. In the minds of all the clansmen of the Xie family, she has long been a sinner, we really don't have to make her crime more serious, otherwise how will she be buried in the ancestral grave after a hundred years? You can't let her be a lonely ghost, can you? Confucius has clouds, and the small is affected by the big go, which is exactly this truth. Daddy would want us to do the same. ”

Wen nodded solemnly: "Yes, even if it is for the good of the old lady, we should not indulge her little temper, otherwise, if the clan blames her, how will her old man bear it?" The old man's face will also be dull. She clenched her fists, as if she had finally made up her mind.

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