Chapter 19: The Clan Family
Gan Tang thought about it, put on his hat and got out of the carriage, and talked to Lu Xun in the undisturbed area where the guards came out.
Gan Tang's maids, Lu Xun's little servants, all stood in a place where they could see them but couldn't hear them talking.
"Tang'er, thank you, thank you very much."
Gan Tang wondered, "You have said four words of thanks." ”
Lu Xunyi, his earlobes quietly climbed a little crimson, but he brought his brave demeanor to the extreme, "During this period of turbulence outside, I also miss you and miss you at dusk, and I thought at that time, when I finish my errand outside and return to Yanlong, it will be the greatest reward to see you, and now I know that you want to stay in Yanlong, and the reward will be doubled, I can't help but be happy." ”
"Tang'er, you are willing to marry me, but? You have already made up your mind to marry me, but right? Lu Dayong spoke in a questioning sentence, but the expression on his face was like a fluttering eyebrow, obviously he was very sure that the Bian family was going to withdraw from the marriage.
Gan Tang was ashamed, and said with a stiff neck, "I stayed in Yan Long because I wanted to check the grange shop that the elders of the clan had taken care of for me over the years, and I had to take care of many things personally, so how could I have time to think about you." ”
Lu Xunxiao's eyebrows were amorous and graceful, and he said affectionately, "I heard all the things about the contract between the elders of the Tang'er clan and my grandmother back then. ”
Subtext: Lu Dayong knew Gan Tang's intention to come forward to take care of his family wealth.
Gan Tang "......" mentioned that he was indecent back then, why did he have a proud face? Also, what grandmother, that's her grandmother, not his grandmother.
"Tang'er, to get back to the point, I asked Boss Zhai to watch the shop under your name secretly for you over the years, and he will deal with it in a timely manner if there is any injustice, you can relax and check it slowly."
"No wonder when my fourth uncle and eldest cousin sent people to check secretly, they all said that there was no big problem with the Grange shop under my name, and they thought that my second uncle was so powerful that it was unshakable, and the guards left to me were each one as ten, so it turned out that you had your credit!" Gan Tang was stunned.
Gantang, including the Bian family, did not trust the second uncle Gan, so when they handed over the property, they wanted to take care of it themselves, but the two families were afraid that the other party would swallow Gantang's property, and they had been arguing, and finally the Gan family got full management rights because Gantang was Gan's daughter, and the Bian family took Gantang back to Xichuan to take care of it and let several respected elders of the Gan family manage Gantang's property instead of Gan's second uncle manage Gantang's property.
But in fact, the result set back then was not good, of course, Gan Tang got the best care in Bian's Xichuan, a few years have passed, she has become more and more dexterous and lovely, but it belongs to Gan Tang's property, because the patriarch status of the second uncle Gan has gradually stabilized in recent years, he secretly poked and bought the clan elders who managed Gan Tang's family wealth, and now Gan Tang is very unclear about how many accounts are true and how many are false, how many people have become the minions of Gan Ershu, and how many have become the minions of those clan elders, How many are available for her to drive.
"Tang'er, how long can the guards given to you by your grandfather's family stay in Yan Long? If I arrange it for you, you can go check it out. Lu Xun was worried.
Ignoring Lu Dayong's very familiar title to his grandfather, Gan Tang replied, "They are soldiers of the Bian family, they have not been registered in the army, and they can be driven by me at any time." Mu Li Muxiang next to me also knows martial arts, but he can be guarded closely, and I don't need to worry about my safety. ”
"Tang'er, otherwise, I'll send someone to check the accounts for you, it's about to be winter, and I don't worry about you being alone." Seeing that Gan Tang didn't seem to understand his worries, Lu Xun's words were straightforward again.
Gan Tang really understood, and she didn't want to shake her head, "My fourth uncle said that if I had a close relationship with you during Yan Long's time, he would come and break your legs." ”
Lu Xun "......"
Gan Tang looked at Lu Xunfu and comforted, "Brother Yi, I have more days to support you in the future, let me break through by myself now, you don't want to be a vase for the wife of the Lu family." ”
Nowadays, men and women have a clear division of labor, women cannot be officials and hold power, lead troops to fight, and prosper the country.
But this does not mean that dealing with daily chores and managing the servants in the household is a simple matter, and its contribution can be ignored.
The most complicated thing in this world is to deal with human relations, after the woman is a bride, she must manage the family house well, make the family house peaceful, and communicate with other wives for her husband's career economy.
Therefore, those families that have prospered for generations are all good husbands and wives, and the husband affirms his wife's dedication to the family, rather than arrogantly thinking that he has earned money from outside to support a large family, and is the emperor Laozi, so as to despise his wife's contribution.
Gan Tang is enterprising, and Lu Xun is not such an arrogant person, but he is still not very happy.
People are all greedy, and when they are running around, they think that it would be nice if they come back and see their sweetheart, and now that they know that their sweetheart will always stay in a place not far from him, he wants to see her every day.
It's best for two people to ignore any foreign affairs, and only live lovingly on their own one-third of an acre.
"I listen to Tang'er, but it's good for Tang'er to leave in a few days, I'll go back and give you something, you are going to the field Zhuangzi."
"Okay."
In the past 15 years, whether it is by her parents' side or her grandfather's house, she has been taught to be diligent when she is diligent, self-reliant when she is self-reliant, and ask for help when she asks for help.
Lu Xun is her future husband, and she will accept Lu Xun's help, but she must also insist on her independence.
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After Gan Tang made the decision to leave a few days later, on September 18, she received an invitation post.
The invitation was sent to her by the Gan clan.
Immediately afterwards, Lu Shangyin also sent a letter to Gan Tang, and after reading the content of the letter, Gan Tang, who originally wanted to decline the invitation, chose to go to the appointment.
"Mama Li, you take a little girl to Ganfu to spread the word, saying that I will go to the birthday banquet in five days, but I don't need them to set a car to pick me up, just meet at the entrance of Weiyangfang Street."
Nowadays, people live in a clan unit, like going to other people's houses to be guests to a banquet, and unmarried girls still have to be led by the daughters of the family, and now Gan Tang lives alone in the Bian family's mansion in Yan Long, so if she wants to participate in the banquet, she has to deal with the daughters of the Gan family.
The second uncle and second aunt, Gan Tang was disgusted when she saw her, so she specially named the fourth uncle and four aunts in her hall to lead her to the banquet.
Now that she has a marriage contract with the prince of the Yanguo Mansion, the Gan family will not refuse to agree to Gan Tang.
Sure enough, in the evening, Gan Tang replied to the message, according to the arrangement of the eldest girl.
On September 24, Wen Lao Thorn Shi celebrated his 60th birthday.
and the Gan family agreed to meet at the entrance of Weiyangfang Street, and Gan Tang went to the entrance of Weiyangfang Street first.
At the time of the incense, the carriages and horses of Ganfu also came.
From the carriage and horse, Xun'er murmured, "Girl, there are a lot of people from the Gan family." ”
Gan Tang looked at the convoy, but he was afraid that the descendants of the Gan family, who had branched out since his grandfather, had come to congratulate Wen Tingshi on his birthday.
Gan Tang recalled the branch of the Xia Gan clan.
In her generation, it is only a major lineage, regardless of the descendants, there are four boys and three girls in the family, except for Gan Tang, who is the child of the former patriarch, the other four boys and two girls are the children of the second uncle's family.
These seven children who grew up alive, Gan Tang has a marriage contract, and the cousin who went to the Fifty Mile Post Station to pick up Gan Tang has just gotten married, and the cousin who was thrown into the river by Gan Tang also has a marriage contract.
It also happens that these people are the children of the Gan family's generation, and the other two boys and a girl were born to the concubine of the second uncle of Gan.
Several of them are around ten years old, and they are just the age when they can take out their palms.
If in the previous generation, Gan Tang's grandfather had two brothers and a few brothers, the brothers were more connected with the Gan family's main lineage, and after the separation, they lived near the Gan family's ancestral house, and the brothers were far away, which was negligible.
Of these three brothers-in-law, the grandfather gave birth to two sons-in-law, and the two sons-in-law each gave birth to and successfully grew up seven children.
The second grandfather gave birth to four sons-in-law, and each of the four sons-in-law gave birth to and successfully raised thirteen children.
The third grandfather gave birth to a son-in-law, and a son-in-law gave birth to and raised three children.
The fourth uncle and the fourth aunt of the hall that Gan Tang said that day were the only sons of the third grandfather.
When Gan Tang was abducted, the second uncle Gan was busy scourging Gan Tang and fighting for the family property left by the eldest brother, and the Gan family branched from his grandfather to several rooms also intended to fight, only the fourth uncle and the fourth uncle and the fourth uncle could not come back in office at that time, and when he came back, it was just in time for the second uncle to slander Gantang's reputation with Taoist fortune telling, and after the fourth uncle learned about it, he led his eldest son who was only ten years old with a sword and several powerful family members to kill the Taoist priest who was talking nonsense and lost his conscience.
The fourth uncle and aunt took care of Gantang, who didn't talk much at that time and couldn't even cry.
Later, if it weren't for the Bian family, Gan Tang would have to be taken to Xichuan, and the fourth uncle and four aunts would be the first people to take Gan Tang to live by their side.
I still remember that when the fourth uncle and the fourth uncle and mother made this request, they were slandered by the Gan clan because they were greedy for Gantang's property, and they were angry, but they always stood on Gantang's side and gave Gantang strength.
Gan's carriage gradually stopped at Weiyangfang.
Of the seven or eight carriages, the one in the middle was the first to lift the curtain.
"Tang'er, let's share a car."
Gan Tang happily walked over and saluted the woman, "Fourth uncle Wan'an." ”
The woman's eyes were red, "Okay, good, good Tang'er, you have grown up well in the past few years, and the fourth uncle and aunt are happy for you." ”
The family of the fourth uncle and the fourth aunt worked as officials in Linxian County and opened a small academy, and they rarely contacted their own clan, so they never knew that Gan Tang had come back from Xichuan, or a few days ago, the second aunt Gan wrote to say that the Wen family's birthday banquet would be held a few days later, and Gan Tang would be with them, and the fourth uncle and mother knew that Gan Tang had returned from Xichuan.