Wen Yi listened to Dongxing's words, tilted her head and thought about it, and said with a smile: "I think...... It's a bit of both, I'm afraid. ”

"Oh?" Liu Dongxing smiled, "What do you say?" ”

"When the second aunt was in the Gu family in the past, she was the eldest daughter of the long house, her father was the patriarch, her brother was the patriarch, and she was the most noble in the Manchu people...... With such an identity, even if it is in the capital, I'm afraid everyone will let her score three points, right? Wen Yi curled the corners of her mouth, "The power of the second uncle and the second aunt's family only declined after last summer, but since the second aunt started to fight at home, she often said that she was sick at home, rarely went out, and rarely saw outsiders. And now, when she returns to Heng'an, she is still the wife of the patriarch, and the same is true. I think that even if the second aunt knows in her heart that her own power is not as good as before, because the people around her still respect her, she doesn't know that she actually has no confidence in the past, right? ”

Liu Dongxing nodded: "That's true." It seems that it may not be a good thing for the second uncle to lock her up at home and not let her see outsiders. At least to this day, she is still arrogant and domineering in the clan, but whenever any family member neglects her, she thinks that I am making trouble, and she doesn't think of the real reason at all. "As for why she thinks I'm a bully...... That's probably because I used to want to take revenge on their family, but I went directly to my second uncle, and in front of her, at most, I just verbally contradicted one or two. Thereupon...... She thought I wasn't going to do anything to her? ”

Wen Yi said: "When the second uncle decided to return to his hometown, the second aunt was very opposed. Maybe she also knew that it was you who persuaded the second uncle to resign, so she held a grudge against you. ”

Liu Dongxing sneered: "If I don't persuade the second uncle to resign, their family will be exiled sooner or later." I saved the lives of her family, and she still only wants to be an official."

Wen Yi sighed, held his hand and said, "Don't pay attention to her, she was a fool." Now that the second uncle has intended to reconcile with you, Brother Ning knows how to be motivated, and he respects and believes in you, why bother to trap himself again for the sake of a foolish person? ”

Liu Dongxing snorted lightly: "She has looked at me unpleasantly since she was a child, whether she speaks coldly or pretends to calculate, it is not worth mentioning to me." I'm just angry that she calculated you, she actually dared to call you over when we were still newly married, and rewarded such two unruly girls to you to accept, our family will not be at peace, if you don't accept it, she will ruin your reputation, if it weren't for your cleverness and blocking her mouth, everything you have done in the clan for most of the past half a month will be in vain. How could I not hate her? ”

Wen Yi pursed her lips and smiled, put her hand on his shoulder, and said softly: "It's okay, I can deal with this little trouble, what do you hate her for?" I didn't have to waste my efforts. ”

Liu Dongxing disagreed: "Don't underestimate her calculations. I've inquired about the situation today, if it weren't for so many aunts standing on your side, she would really ruin your reputation and, don't look at her now, when she looks back and sees outsiders, she will definitely count you down."

Wen Yi said lightly: "As she likes, I am a person, but everyone who knows me has eyes, as for those who don't recognize me...... Let them go. If the so-called good reputation must be praised by everyone to count, wouldn't it be exhausting? For the sake of this false name, I tied my hands and feet, and I couldn't feel comfortable in everything, what was the meaning of those days? ”

She smiled at Liu Dongxing: "According to me, this time it's not so much that the second aunt set a trap for me to drill, but that she was trapped by this kind of false name." How did she ever care about you and me? The reason why the two girls were suddenly rewarded was mostly because the clansmen criticized Brother Ning for accepting two concubines and having a bad reputation for being amorous and lustful. The second aunt wants to get you two concubines too, so that the clansmen can see that if Brother Ning is lustful, you are not strong; If you take two concubines and still have a good reputation, then the people shouldn't laugh at Brother Ning anymore. She invited all the aunts over, firstly, to let them be a witness, and secondly, she also wanted to use the elders to pressure me, if I dared to refuse, I would say that I did not respect the elders and violated the etiquette. ”

Liu Dongxing smiled: "So she's confused, she doesn't know that she has gone now, right?" In addition to the four aunts' families in the clan, who else really respects her? Even the fourth aunt is probably based on the wealth of the long house. A few days ago, the fourth uncle also hinted to me, saying that I am now going to be a foreign official, and there is no reliable and well-known person around me to help the director, and if I want to take him, he can help me run errands, and there is also someone to discuss in case of trouble. The fourth uncle has always only listened to the orders of the long house, and has always been disdainful of me, but I didn't expect that there would be today. ”

Wen Yi was a little surprised: "You didn't agree?" No wonder, I think the fourth aunt seems to be helping me today, and it seems to be a little dissatisfied with me, I just feel strange. ”

"Nothing strange." Liu Dongxing said lightly, "There are many obedient and well-behaved little brothers in the Manchus, I want to find someone to help run errands, why bother looking for the fourth uncle?" The second uncle doesn't know, but there have been rumors in the clan for a long time, the fourth uncle has helped the long house to take care of the clan affairs for many years, and I don't know how much benefit he has made from it. If I take him with me, will I not add power to his wealth? In case he gets into trouble outside, he is an elder, I can't scold him, and I have to help him clean up the mess, why bother? It's just that I didn't explicitly refuse, I only said that the military position is not as good as the civilian position, and I didn't know the details before I took office, so it was not good to bring many people. ”

Wen Yi thought for a while: "If you want me to say, if you really want to choose someone from the clan to be a helper, it is better to find the children of the third uncle's family." First, the fourth old lady was kind to you in the past, and second, the third uncle's temperament is sincere, although the third aunt is a little high, but she is not bad, and the son they taught is at least trustworthy. Xianggong is an official outside, no better than at home, the helper around him, clever and secondary, the most important thing is reliable"

Liu Dongxing smiled: "Whether it's the fourth grandfather, or the third uncle and third aunt, you didn't have a good face in the past, and it's rare that you still think about their good." ”

Wen Yi said: "That's because they don't know who I am, and they only infer from the temperament of the second aunt, and they misunderstand that I am also that kind of character, so they will be prejudiced against me." We've been back for more than half a month, how was it at the beginning? What about today? Has the fourth old lady ever scolded me again? I was at the second aunt's place, and the third aunt was still talking to me. ”

Liu Dongxing sighed, a little lacking in interest: "It's really a good thing that they can be kind to you." ”

Fourth Master Liu's attitude towards Wen Yi has indeed improved, but at first he just ignored it and didn't have a good face, but he no longer asked Liu Dongxing to marry another wife. In contrast, his sons, daughters-in-law, and grandchildren are a little kinder to Wen Yi.

Not long ago, Wen Yi just asked someone to find a family for Rong Shuang, that is, Mrs. Liu San's distant cousin, who lives in a relatively wealthy Zhuangzi outside the city, and it is a coincidence that he is also a teacher. He is also a good-looking, stable person, only in his early twenties, he had previously ordered a family affair, but because his parents died one after another, he had to keep filial piety, so he retired in order not to delay the woman's flowering period. As a native of Heng'an, he has long heard of the virtuous name of Mrs. Rong's wife, and he is also very satisfied with this family business.

After this marriage was engaged, Mrs. Liu San's attitude towards Wen Yi really changed, and she was even willing to say a few good words for Wen Yi in front of her father-in-law. As Wen Yi promised to buy the dowry for Rong Shuang became more and more complete, and it was sent to Mrs. Liu's house as soon as possible, Mrs. Liu would occasionally show an imperceptible smile to Wen Yi.

Although there are still shortcomings, Wen Yi is already very satisfied. She didn't plan to be too aggrieved to slap the patriarch. It's just that Liu Dongxing has rarely been cared for by the clansmen since he was a child, and even if he has a grudge in his heart, it is still difficult to give up on these elders. Even so, she is also happy to be a generous and considerate wife.

Seeing Liu Dongxing's depressed appearance, she smiled and said, "What's wrong with you?" Are you still angry that the elders were dissatisfied with me that day? I'm the master, I'm not annoyed, why are you still angry with me? Okay, let's be happy."

Liu Dongxing looked up at her, smiled, held her hand, lowered his head and kissed the back of his hand: "Good lady, you are not annoyed, and I am not annoyed." I'm just afraid you'll be wronged. ”

Wen Yi blushed slightly, put his head on his shoulder socket again, and said softly: "To be serious, the people in the clan, if you don't bring it, if you want to bring it, then you must choose a reliable person who is not only reliable yourself, but also the family must be on your side." Otherwise, we went to Kangnan, who is not familiar with the place, and it is not easy to shoulder the heavy responsibility entrusted by His Royal Highness the Prince, where is the strength to be careful of the people around us? I have also told a few aunts that if they are willing to hand over the child to us, then send someone over, and if there are concerns, we will not force it. To put it bluntly, this is because you, as the eldest brother, want to do a little bit for the clansmen and pull the younger brothers, but you are not the patriarch, why force the clansmen to move forward? It's thankless, if the younger brothers go to Cannes and don't study well, you will be blamed for delaying them in the end. ”

Liu Dongxing sighed and shook her hand: "I know." That's what I'm saying, who has time to force them? Love doesn't come or not" paused, suddenly remembered something, and a weird smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "It's just that other people in the clan are down, but on the second aunt's side, I'm still unwilling to give up." ”

Wen Yi was a little surprised: "What are you going to do?" The second aunt loves to make trouble for nothing, you have to stop her from being confused again, just talk to the second uncle. I think that the second uncle is getting more and more tired of the second aunt now, and even Brother Ning is affected by his **, so he can't be valued by the second uncle. ”

Liu Dongxing sneered: "Lady, do you know that the second aunt's bad reputation in the clan is something she has accumulated over time?" In the early years, when Mrs. Yao was not dead, she also had a good name, and the people of the tribe now hate her as a person, not only because she is arrogant and domineering, but also because she is jealous and vicious. Originally, there were not only Aunt Bai and Aunt Gui around the second uncle, but also three or four concubines who had sex with each other, all of whom died and sold, and one of them was still a corpse with two lives."

Wen Yi was taken aback, and couldn't believe it: "If the second aunt is such a person, then Aunt Bai and their mother and son are ......."

Liu Dongxing laughed even more weirdly: "Is this...... The rumors are so, and no one knows whether it was the second aunt's hand. In short, these charges are all counted on the second aunt's head. At that time, Aunt Bai also lived here, and she was not less angry with the second aunt, and was even driven out of the gate by the second aunt in front of the whole street in broad daylight, no matter who interceded in the clan, she ignored it, and then the fourth uncle quietly took people home to support, and sent a letter to Beijing, as soon as the second uncle received the letter, he sent someone back to pick up Aunt Bai, and never let her leave his side again. People in the clan say that Aunt Bai is a blessed person, she and another Tongfang were pregnant at the time, her month was smaller, but because she made a small mistake, she was beaten to death by the second aunt's order, one corpse and two lives, and several other girls, but all those who were a little unclear with the second uncle were also sold, only her, who escaped after being kicked out of the house, gave birth to the second uncle's second son soon after entering Beijing. ”

Wen Yi heard a clue: "Xianggong suddenly talked about old things, could it be ...... What is the reason? "Since it is something that the whole clan knows, even if it is taken out at this time, it is meaningless, Liu Fu wants to dispose of his wife, and he has already disposed of it.

Liu Dongxing smiled: "Actually...... One of the girls who was sold at that time was also pregnant. ”

Wen Yi gasped: "How do you know?" ”

"Because the little brother has come to the door now." Liu Dongxing blinked, "This was a few days ago. A businessman brought a thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy to me and introduced me to a classmate when I was young. When the businessman's father passed by Heng'an, bought the girl, and learned that she was pregnant with the blood of the second uncle in front of the round house, so he changed the concubine ceremony to the knot ceremony, recognized the girl as a sister, and wanted to send her to Beijing to reunite with the second uncle, but unexpectedly contracted illness on the way, and died of illness. The girl Fu Ling went to his hometown, saw that his family only had a widow and a weak son, because of his kindness, he helped to support the family business, originally planned to send a letter to the second uncle after giving birth to the child, so that the child recognized the ancestors and returned to the ancestors, the family struggled to keep, plus the person who sent someone to Beijing to inquire about the news said that the second uncle treated the second aunt with respect, and favored Aunt Bai alone, but did not ask the people who were killed and sold, the girl was discouraged, so she simply settled down, until she passed away last year, and then asked her son to go home to recognize his father. ”

Wen Yi hurriedly said: "Why didn't you say such a big thing earlier?" ”

Liu Dongxing said nonchalantly: "This thing was said by that person, but the girl is dead, and there is no proof of death, God knows if it is true or false?" Although the young man does look a little like the second uncle between his eyebrows and eyes, who in Hengan doesn't know that I am at odds with the second uncle? He wants to recognize his relatives, how did he recognize me? Besides, the young man skimmed books for two years, and now he is a second shopkeeper under his brother-in-law, and he doesn't have to worry about food or clothing, whether he recognizes his father or not, and he can live the same life. Therefore, I will listen to the story as a story, there is no need to help him pass on this word, if he has the heart to recognize his father, the second uncle is here, he just recognizes it. Lest I pass the word, and the second uncle finds out that it is fake, wouldn't that be an extraneous branch? ”

"If he is really the son of the second uncle, he is the blood of the Liu family, how can you be so distracted? I want to mention it to the clan elders," Wen Yi glanced at him and asked again, "Then you are planning to help now?" But ......"

Liu Dongxing smiled: "I originally planned to do this, but now I have decided to change my mind, the status of the eldest son of Brother Ning can be shaken, and it is good for me to add some disgust to the second aunt and Aunt Bai." He smiled mischievously, "Didn't the second aunt always spread rumors that I was an adulterer?" How about giving her back a real adulterous child today? ”。.。

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