There are seven sections of the Shengchao Grand Canal, of which Jining is the largest wharf along the Lu Canal. Therefore, Jining Mansion, which is more than 1,000 miles away from the capital, is extremely fast to enter Beijing. Less than ten days after Fu Zhenyu gave birth to twin sons, the Li clan had already received the news.

Li Ge only has two sons-in-law, the eldest son with average talent, and his children and grandchildren have better luck. Today, there are eleven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. The original eldest master, because he got a great-grandson, has been promoted to the old lady. In contrast, the second room is weak. In this generation, only Li Zijian is not the only one, before this, a twenty-seven-year-old person has only one daughter.

Now that he has two sons at once, the patriarch smiled and paced leisurely, heading towards Li Zijian's uncle's room.

Three years ago, Li Zijian promised not to pursue the fault of the eldest lady, provided that he must be honored.

The eldest lady should inherit it, and before Zhishi, the eldest son, who failed in the three examinations, was brought to Jiangxi to be the magistrate. After that, the old man devoted himself to raising his children and grandchildren in the old house. In this year's township examination, the second master Li and Li Lang, the eldest grandson of the eldest lady, will participate.

Now that the township test is imminent, the three grandparents are very nervous.

Yes, seeing that the patriarch who had only taken five hundred taels of silver from the big house in a few days came again, the eldest lady immediately lost his face: "The fifth cousin came to ask for silver again?" ”

"How?" Denied that it was the patriarch's trick, he said with a smile, "I came here today to tell you a happy event." Gu's nephew and daughter-in-law, I just gave birth to two sons at the beginning of the month, and I came to you to discuss the full moon ceremony. ”

The eldest old lady sneered in his heart.

What to discuss? It's just that I imagined that like Li Xingzhuo's full moon ceremony last year, the part of the sect house that was left by his own family together, asked the big house to pay for it, and made a face for the sect! Again and again, when is this day a head!

There are more than a dozen heads of the Li family, and before Li Ge Lao, there is only one grandfather and grandfather of the current patriarch. Li Ge lost his father in old age and young age, and his widowed mother, and survived with the help of the clan. Because of his outstanding performance in ethnology, he was raised by his uncle. Later events proved that the old patriarch had an excellent vision. The first is that Li Ge Lao has become a talent, and the second is Li Ge Lao, who will return to the clan for a day when he lives.

For decades, the clan has long lost the demeanor of the old patriarch, and it is all based on the affection of Li Ge's old acquaintance and kindness. Li Ge was grateful to his uncle for his kindness, but the descendants of the old patriarch were not angry. Li Ge has lived in Beijing for more than ten years, in addition to adding 1,000 acres of sacrificial fields, the silver sent to the clan every year is never too late. However, except for Li Gelao's room, there has not been a single person in the first 20 years of the other rooms.

Li Ge Lao did not raise the children of the family, but he raised the sect to become a greedy snake. After the death of Li Ge's father and son, the eldest lady became the most prominent person in the Li family, and the patriarch continued to benefit while stammering. After the eldest lady reacted, it was time for Li Zijian to counterattack. As a last resort, he took a large sum of silver and stabilized the patriarch.

Then, after less than half a year of fighting alone, Li Zijian suddenly changed his words, claiming that he would no longer pursue his faults, and only let him be a leader to protect the reputation of the Li family.

The eldest lady was fifty-five at that time, and it was only later that he realized that without his "righteous annihilation" action, and without the help of his father and brothers, his career would be difficult to tighten. The eldest lady knew that his career had no prospects, and he thought that although he had many heirs, he was not as motivated as Li Zijian in the second room, so he should teach him well.

Because of this thought, the eldest lady agreed.

Now that I think about it, it was Li Zijian's move to retreat into advance, so that he retreated to the point where there was no way to retreat, and he lost all the games! This nephew, like his father, is an extremely ruthless person! But after so many years, the eldest lady has become accustomed to the ruthlessness of his father and brother, and his nephew can stand this little fight.

In contrast, Zongfang is disgusting. No one from top to bottom will only gnaw on the flesh of their house and suck their blood. And what the patriarch took was just the mistake he made back then.

was extremely angry, and the old lady, who had been hiding for two years, suddenly had an idea. Immediately cleaned up his dissatisfaction, and said directly to the patriarch: "It is indeed a happy event, this is my brother's first grandson, just catch up with the third wash, the full moon must be present in person." Fifth cousin here, or someone else, if you need to bring a gift, just let someone send it, and I will bring it to Beijing by the way. ”

The patriarch, who doesn't read much and has a lot of flowers, understands what he means at once. was not annoyed, but reminded with a kind face: "Nephew Gu, I don't like to see you as the eleventh brother." ”

He wasn't annoyed, and the eldest lady wasn't even more annoyed, so he didn't care and said: "I'm his own uncle, as long as he's still an official, you have to respect me." Besides, I'm his own uncle, so what can't I say? ”

The patriarch is not as familiar with Li Zijian as the old lady, and his complexion changed when he heard the words.

The eldest old lady seized the opportunity to discuss with the old lady one by one, and the eldest old lady said: "There is a four-entry dowry house in Caochang Hutong. It just so happened that my sister-in-law wrote a letter the day before yesterday that their family would also enter Beijing in August. After the second child and Brother Lang have tried, we might as well go to Beijing to live for a few years, and the two relatives will get close. ”

Most of Li Ge's property is in the hands of the eldest lady, not to mention, he has been a prefect for more than ten years, and I don't know how much he has made. It was the imperial court that took over the original mansion of the Li family, and the eldest lady did not need to live in the daughter-in-law's marriage, because he said: "The house that my father prepared for the second child was in Kaidao Street, in the northeast of Fucheng; Caochang Hutong is in the southwest, and the two places are really far away, regardless of where in the east city, take the 20,000 taels that were prepared a few days ago to buy a house. ”

There are no concubines in the long house, only three concubines, and they are married early. Whether it's buying a house or what, theoretically it's all the grandchildren of the old lady. But in the past two years, I have seen that I have only been in and out of the house, and I am very anxious. She wasted her tongue for a lot before she said that the old lady had pooled money to buy land.

It's good now, it's all for the house.

The eldest lady saw that his wife was unhappy and knew what she was thinking, so he said: "Your dowry house will not be used for a while, so if you sell it and add some land, your dowry will also be paid." ”

The old lady thought about it too, and then she responded.

The eldest lady said again: "I will stay with the two children to take the township test, you first take the steward and the Hu family into Beijing first, and take advantage of the full moon ceremony to go to the nephew and daughter-in-law to find out the situation, and deal with the affairs of the house by the way." When the township test is over, I will bring the others into Beijing to meet you. ”

The two of them have been separated for a long time, and the eldest old lady trusts his wife, and the eldest old lady is also accustomed to it. While picking someone to pack her bags, the old lady sent a letter to her sister-in-law, telling her that her family was also going to Beijing. As soon as the two old sisters put together, they simply put the two houses together, not to mention taking care of each other, and it is convenient to get close.

In August, when the autumn breeze rises and the bamboo leaves begin to yellow, the twins are full moon.