Today, on the eighth day of the lunar month, according to the convention, the girls in each house and courtyard, whether they are concubines or concubines, have to go to the ancestors to show their faces.

This is also the old rule of the Zhu family, if you please the ancestors today, her old man opened her mouth and pointed out whose name is good, then the future life in the house is good, or the marriage matters, even if the concubine is out of the girl, everything is done according to the concubine.

To put it bluntly, Laba days are just the hope of the concubines in the house.

When it was dawn, the ladies and aunts and the girls arrived at the Zhutang Courtyard.

Zhutang Courtyard is the largest courtyard of the Zhu family, and the mothers and maids in Zhutang are busy in the morning.

After a while, everyone almost arrived.

The old ancestor will come out, and the ladies and girls of each courtyard recited the old ancestor is good.

The old ancestor waved his hand, showed a kind smile on his face, and said kindly: "It's all right, take a seat!" ”

Everyone nodded, and then took their seats.

Sitting on the left side of the ancestor is the lady of the south courtyard, in order of the lady of the big house, the second lady, the third lady, and the second lady of the south courtyard.

The four courtyards of the east, west, north and south are all called the upper courts.

On the left are the four ladies of the West Courtyard.

On the right, there are four ladies in the north courtyard and four ladies in the east courtyard.

The upper hand of the outer hall is the girls and children of the Zhu family, and the lower hand is the aunts and girls of each courtyard.

The four generations of the Zhu family are in the same house, the old ancestor is over eighty-eight years old, and there are four sons and one daughter under his knees.

Among the four sons, two generals, one was in business, the other was an official, and the daughter married into the royal family.

But all four sons are no longer alive.

The two died on the battlefield in battle, and died of tuberculosis in business, and Congwen's because of his impatience, he was angry and died in the court before returning to his hometown.

What is still alive today is the youngest daughter of the royal concubine, and the mother of the current King of Tomb.

The four sons of the ancestor are full of children and grandchildren, and the eldest son has two sons and one son, and the two daughters and concubines have already married.

This heir is now the second room of the big house in the south courtyard, and the third room is the concubine.

The second son is the West Courtyard, with two sons and one daughter, and two sons. Respectively, the two rooms of the large house in the west courtyard are out of the concubine, and the three rooms and four rooms are all out of the house.

The lords of the north courtyard and the east courtyard were all concubines, just because the concubine was a girl and had already married outside. Therefore, the masters of the two houses in the north and east courtyards did not have the distinction between the concubines and the concubines, and they were listed early.

At this meeting, the ladies talked to the ancestors and asked about the long and short questions.

The old man who was waiting beside the ancestor, Yu Ma, took the roster, pointed out the names of the girls and boys, and called whoever came to the ancestor to say a few words.

I wish the family four courtyards and fifteen rooms, there are many girls and children, and most of the day has to be passed.

I don't eat at noon on the eighth day, and I eat some snacks in between.

After this time, Yu's mother summoned Zhu Ba and Zhu Jiu girls to come to the ancestor to talk.

I called several times in a row, but I didn't see anyone coming in.

The aunt who was waiting in the outer hall took a look, and was about to go into the inner hall to reply that no one had come, when she saw that the curtain of the door of the hall was lifted, and the people outside quickly came in.

Zhu Jiu was hot all over his body at this time, even after the cold outside, it did not subside.

As soon as he came in, he pulled his aunt in charge of the outer hall, stuffed a few corners of broken silver into her hand, and begged for mercy: "Good aunt, Jiu'er is late, and I ask my aunt to be accommodating." ”

The aunt in charge who served in the Zhutang Courtyard, where could she see this little money. However, he looked at the young girl Zhu Jiu in front of her, her body was weak, and her face was blue and purple from the cold, so she said: "Miss Zhu Jiu can go in tightly, just after Yu Yu's mother called twice in a row, no one was seen, and the crutches in the hands of the ancestor were about to be broken." ”

Zhu Jiu didn't say anything when he heard this, took off the eye-dropping cloak on his body and handed it to Zhao's mother, and quickly walked into the inner hall with the pain in the soles of his feet.

Mother Yu saw that people were coming, but she only saw one person, this is Miss Zhu Jiu.

Although I don't know it well, I also know that I wish the eighth girl to be older this year, and her body will naturally be taller.

"I wish Jiu has seen the old ancestor, and the old ancestor is well." Zhu Jiu said and bowed with his legs bent, his legs trembled weakly, even if his eyes were not good.

The ladies who would sit on the left and right couldn't help but raise their eyebrows when they saw that there was no politeness on this little girl.

"Ouch, what kind of girl is this, why is she missing arms and legs, and she doesn't have any courtesy on her body. Didn't you go begging as the housewife? It was the second lady of the West Courtyard who spoke, and her voice was so high that she could hear it inside and outside the hall.

I saw her sitting on the chair, covering her mouth with an embroidered brocade handkerchief, and laughing so much that the brocade jacket with gold silk on her body shook.

Yu's mother saw that Miss Zhu Jiu was wearing a dazzling jacket, and her body was short, especially the shoes on her feet, which were made up with the upper of the shoes and looked particularly eye-catching.

"I'm old, and I'm not blind. The second daughter-in-law of the second family, you have the loudest voice. The crutches in the ancestor's hand poked the mink blanket on the ground, and Yu Mother's heart understood, so she stepped forward to help Zhu Jiuyi.

Then Aunt Jin, who was in charge of the Zhutang Academy, spoke: "The girl is handsome, and it is not good to have no manners on her body." In response to the meaning of the ancestors, the shirts made for the girl this year and the next year must be understood. ”

"Yes, the slave will explain." Aunt Jin got the word and walked out of the inner hall.

As soon as the reward was given, the second lady of the West Courtyard was startled again, pointed to Zhu Jiu's knee and said, "Why do you still see that it is red?" Now that the end of the year has not arrived, I am afraid that it is a little early to see Hong. ”

After everyone heard the words, they glanced at Zhu Jiu's knees again, only to see that her pants had been soaked with blood on her knees.

This will, the three people in the South Courtyard will have to say a few words if they don't speak.

"Zhu Jiu, since you are seeping red, why did you come to the ancestor to collide." After the third lady of the South Courtyard said that, Nan's mother, who was waiting beside her, walked over, grabbed Zhu Jiu's arm and dragged her out.

She was originally a concubine, not a concubine, and if she was injured, she would be injured, how could the ancestor ask about it.

Zhu Jiu immediately took off Nan's mother's hand, and knelt down in front of the ancestor with a pop, and the sturdy pop made the eyelids of all the ladies jump.

"Zhu Jiu begged the ancestors, and let my sister go to Aunt Zhu Jiu's hometown after her death." Zhu Jiu knelt on the ground, his hands clasped tightly together, his eyes were red and there were no tears.

In the previous life, she cried sadly, but how could she cry again in this life.

Although I didn't have time to save my sister, now even if I can have a place to live after my sister dies, it is better than burying it at will.

Today's Laba is a big day for the family, and what happened to the girls on weekdays, such bad things were handled before they spoke to the ancestors.

The old ancestor is old, and he can't hear these things in person.

The third lady of the South Courtyard looked at it, suddenly stood up and walked to Zhu Jiu, and gave Zhu Jiu an angry slap, and slapped her on her back: "You cheap hoof, you haven't studied well on weekdays, but you are rushing against the old ancestor vigorously." Nan Mom, don't hurry up and pull people out for me! ”