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Liu Fu and his entourage arrived at Heng'an City seven days later. The people of the Liu clan, led by the fourth master of Liu, went to meet each other outside the city gate. However, Liu Dongxing didn't go, he had already done almost everything he had to do when he returned to his hometown, and he was taking Wen Yi around to play while he had spare time.

Although it was early winter at this time, the weather was cold, Heng'an had good mountains and rivers, and they were much more depressed, but he still took Wen Yi to see several places of interest outside the city, as well as the old house of the Liu family, the residence where the old lady of the Rong family lived before losing her father, and the school where he studied when he was a child, and the places where his parents took him to play when he was a child, etc., when passing by the town where his mother's maiden Cai's family was located, he also went to incense his grandparents by the way, but he didn't meet the Cai family. The Cai family also knew that they were at a loss and did not appear in front of them.

The absence of Liu Dongxing and Wen Yi did not make Liu Fusheng unhappy, but as soon as Liu Gu heard about it, he didn't care that he was still outside the gate of the long house, so he immediately scolded: "I know that we are back and only care about playing, why don't you even understand the etiquette?" You's concubine, who has always loved to tie her up, quickly told Liu Dongxing about repairing the tomb and changing the tombstone, and even remembered what words were engraved on the inscription, and Liu Gu couldn't help it anymore: "If you are presumptuous, you can let him come nonsense?" Why don't you stop him? ”

The concubine shrank her head and said with a smile: "He is an official now, what do you want to do, where do I dare to stop him......"

Liu Gu couldn't listen to this kind of words: "Why don't you dare to stop it?" It's just a four-pin, what's the big deal? It's useless that you're still his elder, and you don't even dare to open your mouth for this little thing, right? ”

The concubine can't speak, but she slanders in her heart: You have been a high-ranking official, so you naturally have the confidence to say that there is nothing great about the four products, but we are ordinary people

Mrs. Liu Si, who had been silent since she saw Liu Gu's family, glanced at her coldly and sneered slightly.

Liu Gu scolded here, Liu Fu really couldn't listen to it anymore, and turned around and scolded: "Stop it, what's the big deal?" The holy decree has been issued, Brother Xing'er has also won the official, the glory of the ancestors, it is also human nature to engrave the edict on the tombstone of the ancestors, and it is also worthy of your shouting? Unorthodox"

Liu Gu glared at him: "Master, he also changed his mother-in-law's tombstone"

Liu Fu was unmoved, he had already heard Master Liu Si say: "Since you want to repair the tomb, you will naturally repair it together, could it be that he leaked his mother's, which is a good thing?" He didn't name his ancestors, isn't his mother his father's step-room? ”

He figured it out, the holy decree has been issued, and now he has also given a minister, so what is the concubine, it is meaningless, Liu Dongxing previously reminded him to resign to avoid trouble, so that he will not be harmed in the future, it can be seen that although he has complaints about him in his heart, he still has not forgotten that each other is a family. This time Liu Dongxing repaired the tomb and changed the monument, and did not do anything excessive, and even after his change, his mother Yao became a legitimate house-filler, the elder brother is older than him, and uninformed outsiders will only think that the brother is from the yuan, but the yuanbei died early, and he married into the door to fill the house, and gave birth to their brothers and sisters. Although it was self-deception, it also left face for their room. Reciprocated with peaches, Liu Dongxing showed favor first, he can't be too stingy as an elder.

But Liu Fu's attitude obviously made Liu Gu's unacceptable, and she wanted to say anything more, but she was stopped by her son Liu Dongning: "Mother, the elders of the clan are all present, you can dissipate your anger, why bother others to see the joke?" Liu Gu couldn't help but feel aggrieved, but thinking that what his son said was also right, he reluctantly shut up.

Seeing this, Wen Xian, who was lagging behind, frowned, and only felt that her aunt didn't do anything good except for making jokes. In order not to be teased by the clansmen who met for the first time, she deliberately took a few steps behind, intending to stay away from her mother-in-law, but in the eyes of other clansmen, she inevitably had some ideas.

When they entered the house, Liu Fu and his party were tired, and they didn't bother to say anything to the clansmen, except for Liu Si and his wife, who were left to talk, everyone else was sent away. Wen Xian didn't think much about it when she saw this, and hurriedly took Shiqin and the others, and followed Mrs. Liu Si to the courtyard where Liu Dongning lived. The family was busy and chaotic, and it took a whole day to settle down.

Liu Gu's family is used to being big in the clan, and the patriarch's wife has been doing it for a long time, so she didn't think about greeting the other elders after she came back, but she just ordered someone to prepare a few similar gifts and asked her to send them to each room. As for the newly married daughter-in-law, it was Liu Dongning who reminded her that she remembered that Wen Xian had not officially met her elders, but she had only been ill before, and she had traveled so far, how could she have the spirit? Then he said, "Just wait for the day of worship in the ancestral hall to see each other, what's the matter?" ”

Liu Dong was not so naïve: "Although she is not good, she is also married by her son Ming Media, so she must meet the elders of the clan." This is a courtesy, if she doesn't do it, won't it make people laugh at her mother for not knowing how to train her daughter-in-law? ”

Liu Gu said dryly: "Then let your fourth aunt take her there, I don't want to see those people." They know that your father has resigned, and they don't know how to laugh at us behind their backs."

Liu Dongning had no choice but to respond, and when he turned around, he instructed Wen Xian to ask Mrs. Liu Si to lead and meet the elders of each room. Wen Xian saw that he refused to accompany him, so she cried again, and then asked Shiqin to invite Mrs. Liu Si to come over and talk.

Mrs. Liu Si had already asked her subordinates to inquire with the mother-in-law beside Liu Gu's side, and confirmed that Liu Fu had really resigned, and there were some details that were no different from what Liu Dongxing had said before, and her heart was suddenly half cold. At this time, she received Wen Xian's invitation again, and she was a little unhappy. She is an elder, Wen Xian has something to entrust her, she should take the initiative to come to the door, why do you want her to go by herself? Unhurriedly, she said that she was busy, and she didn't go until the next day, and in the face of Wen Xian's request, she also half-pushed and half-done, and it took a long time before she agreed, but she didn't specifically ask for anything else.

So, under the leadership of Mrs. Liu Si, when Wen Xian went to visit the uncles, grandmothers, aunts, and sisters, she acted according to her usual habits.

When others asked, she smiled and responded with two sentences, and when others said something wrong, she corrected the other party seriously, and someone wanted to mix it up, but she had to continue to finish speaking. In addition, she never took the initiative to bring up the topic, nor did she participate in the jokes and chats of the aunts, and there were two aunts who had the heart to praise her cousin Wen Yi and wanted to please her, but she seemed very uncomfortable: "How can the ninth sister be so good? Aunts, don't hold her up too much. ”

If it were a simple sister, it would be nothing, but it was just modesty, but Wen Yi was already her concubine, and she was still a sister-in-law, she seemed sour when she said this, plus her temperament was unsociable, and she liked to preach, and the young ladies of the Liu family were not happy to be close to her. After a long time, she felt depressed, and others also felt uncomfortable.

When Wen Xian and Mrs. Liu Si left, several Mrs. Liu got together and discussed: "Why is Brother Ning's daughter-in-law such a character?" It's so blind, I just misremember an old saying, she has to keep an eye on it, show off her knowledge, okay? ”

"Isn't it? Aren't she sisters with her brother and daughter-in-law? Why is there so much difference in temperament? Brother Xing's daughter-in-law is also everyone's daughter and knowledgeable, but she has always been polite and respectful to us."

"Don't talk about the eyes, just mention the heart, the two sisters are too far apart. Who in the clan doesn't know that I never wear clothes made of green material? Brother Ning's daughter-in-law wants to give me two green materials, what does this mean? ”

"My share too, who in the clan doesn't know that my mother-in-law has been widowed for many years, and her family has never been allowed to wear flowers and satin? Our whole family only wears monochrome materials, but she gave me two large flowers and told me how to take them home. You only need to inquire about this kind of thing, right? She doesn't even want to use this little bit of thought, doesn't she take us seriously? ”

"The old 2 family is a fate, we don't dare to see her in general, what is Brother Ning's daughter-in-law? It's just a junior, and it's the first time I've gone back to my hometown to see my relatives, so I dare to take it like this, and she will become a clan wife in the future, and I don't know how she will treat us."

The ladies of the Liu clan talked about it in private, but Wen Xian didn't know it at all. When she got home, she thanked Mrs. Liu Si, gave another thank-you gift, and returned to the room, remembering that when she saw the elders today, everyone's attitude was very kind, and she didn't make any mistakes, she only felt that she had done a good job today, so that the matter she had discussed with Shiqin before was halfway. When Dong Ning came to ask about the results, she said the same thing.

Liu Dongning was skeptical, he was not a fool, his father resigned, and the attitude of the people in the capital towards his family changed, and even his dearest grandfather's family had a different attitude from before. After all kinds of shocks, he no longer knows as much about human relations and other things as before. He noticed that after his father returned to his hometown this time, there were many fewer clansmen who came to visit him, and there were always discordant clansmen who did not come to talk about it, and even many of the elders of the clan who had rushed to tie up their family in the past were also absent. He wanted to ask his cousins why, but the others just laughed and changed the subject. He could only guess that it was probably because the clansmen saw that his father had resigned, so they changed their faces.

Not only the clansmen, but even other families in Heng'an City, when they heard that he and his mother were back, they were all in a hurry to visit and give gifts, but now they haven't seen anyone come to the door after two days. People are warm and cold, but that's it.

This incident made him depressed and wanted to tell his father Liu Fu, but Liu Fu only cared about seeing guests, checking the homework of the two concubines, and arranging for them to study in the annex hall.

Liu Dongning was even more uncomfortable, his father didn't like it, his mother was noisy, his wife didn't like it, and his brothers were estranged, he only felt that although his family was big, he had nowhere to go, so he had to nest in the study and let the little guy smuggle in the wine to drink and drown his sorrows.

It was only at this time that Liu Dongxing came back with Wen Yi and was in a good mood. The couple had a few days of leisure time, touring the mountains and rivers, and had a lot of fun. Even if the cold wind is cold, it can't reduce the joy in their hearts by half a point. Until the moment before getting off the carriage, Wen Yi was still intertwined with the eastbound ten fingers in the carriage, grinding her ears and temples, only feeling that she was like being in a warm spring, and the tenderness and sweetness in her heart did not need to be mentioned.

got out of the car and entered the house, and there were already clever family members who came up to say hello to Ann and report that Liu Fu's family had returned. Liu Dongxing nodded very calmly: "I know." Then he turned back to Wen Yi and said, "I'll go to see the second uncle, you can say hello to the second aunt." After a while, we will go back to the room to sort out the gifts we brought back, and try to distribute them to each room in the next two days. The hand quietly pinched Wen Yi's fingers under his sleeve.

Wen Yi's face was slightly red, but her face did not show any different color, and she responded obediently, so she ordered Qiu Guo to lead someone to send the luggage back to the guest house, and she took Runxin to see Liu Gu's family. She was in a good mood, even if she knew that it was Liu Gu who she was going to meet, she still had a smile on her face.

When I arrived at the upper room, it happened that Wen Xian, Liu Su, Mrs. Liu Si and the other two Mrs. Liu were all there. Wen Yi first greeted Liu Gu's family, and then visited several elders one by one, greeting them for their physical well-being, and then smiled at Wen Xian: "The second brother and sister look good, they have worked hard along the way, they are not seasick, right?" ”

Wen Xian was a little entangled, for so many days, the only one who remembered that she would be seasick was Wen Yi, and even her aunt and husband only knew that they blamed her for staying in the room all day on the boat and not going out, but they refused to listen to her defense. It's just that she has always had a little knot in her heart for Wen Yi, Liu Gu and a few aunts were present again, she didn't laugh, she didn't pay attention to it, for a while, she didn't know how to react, so she had to answer with a straight face: "I'm fine." "It's very stiff.

Wen Yi was in a good mood, and she didn't take her attitude seriously, turned to Liu Su with a smile, and talked about homely things. Liu Su replied with a smile, glanced at her grandmother carefully, and took a few steps back. Wen Yi knew her difficulties, so she didn't say much, so she talked to a few Mrs. Liu.

Liu Gu sat in the front seat with a straight face, refusing to pay attention to Wen Yi at all, just blindly asking Wen Xian. Wen Xian wanted to concentrate on answering her, so she couldn't take care of Wen Yi. In the eyes of the clansmen, they naturally feel that the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law of the long house are very cold to Wen Yi's mother's family. Several Mrs. Liu looked at each other, their faces were not revealed, and they stayed away from the house of the long house before they gathered together to discuss: "Didn't they say that they are a family?" Why are the old 2 families so cold to Brother Ning's daughter-in-law to Brother Xing's daughter-in-law? ”

"Isn't it? It's hard to think that Brother Xing's daughter-in-law is still respectful and polite to them, but if it were me, I would have left with a cold face."

"So Brother Xing's daughter-in-law is so self-contained, no wonder Brother Xing said that his second aunt was unwilling to help him get married. What is the character of the old 2 family? We all know in our hearts, what good can she do with the person she can fancy? Just looking at Brother Ning's daughter-in-law's actions, you know that her vision is unreliable."

"I see, although everyone says that the three of them are a family, in fact, they are just the daughters of the Gu family in Pingyang, the daughter-in-law of the old two families and Brother Ning is in the Gu family's room, but the daughter-in-law of Brother Xing is in the sixth room, and they are not a family at all, not the same family education, no wonder there is such a big difference in temperament and behavior. In the past, we only said that the daughter of the Gu family was not good, but in fact, it was only the daughter of the Gu family's room that was not good. Since the Pingyang Gu family has such a big reputation, it is naturally not false, which clan does not have black sheep? ”

Everyone nodded in agreement, and even Mrs. Liu Si said: "I have seen the two old ladies in the Gu family's room and the sixth room in the capital, they are really two people, no wonder they will raise different daughters." ”

Their comments soon spread among the clan, and the attitude of the Liu clan towards Wen Yi and Wen Xian gradually changed. And this change, as well as related remarks, soon reached Wen Xian's ears.