"At the end of July, I took your little cousin and little cousin to your father's and mother's grave to offer incense, and I had a feeling that this year would be different, and I couldn't say why this feeling came suddenly, but now I understand."

Gan Tang suddenly reacted, and went to worship the incense and candle tribute she saw that day, she apologized, "Fourth uncle, I'm sorry, I thought someone was acting coy and raising those incense and candles." ”

The fourth uncle understood and expressed his understanding, when the fourth uncle ran to the Taoist priest to settle the account, the Taoist priest had already run away, and they did not think that Gan Tang was abducted and sold by the grandmother at that time, and was slandered by the Taoist priest There was a hidden secret, until soon after the family was a thief, and the big family did not lose anyone's things, only the dowry of Gan Tang's mother Tingyi Township Lord was lost, and then it was found out that the initiator was the son and nephew of the housekeeper of the second uncle's concubine room, and then he realized that it was inappropriate.

Originally, the fourth uncle's family settled in Linxian County and had their own business, except for the New Year's holidays and the big and small things at home, they were not very kind

The clan came and went, and later Gan Tang went to Xichuan, and the fourth uncle was not angry that the second uncle had the possibility of murdering Gan Tang, but there was no evidence to make him deserve it, and even the daily greetings were faint.

"Then after the birthday banquet, let's go to Qimang Mountain again." The fourth uncle said softly.

"The tribute incense candles in front of the graves of Yang's father and mother, where has Tang'er's upbringing grown over the years?" The tribute in front of the grave of Gan Tangyang's father and mother is indeed inappropriate, but the sour number of them is particularly uncomfortable.

"Just you can talk!" Another stern voice followed.

Gan Tang turned around and saluted the two according to his impression, "The third uncle and aunt, the eighth uncle and aunt are fine." ”

The stern voice is the third uncle, the wife of the eldest son of the second grandfather, and the wife of the second grandfather and the fourth son of the second grandfather.

After Gan Tang finished saluting the two women of the same age, the third uncle and mother looked at the boys and girls behind her, "Auntie, Sanniang, Wuniang, Lang, Erlang come over to greet your eldest sister." "A group of boys and girls in their early teens who are about to take care of the women's Wanfu ceremony, and the men who are Confucian rites, all of them salute Gantang in style.

Gantang returned the gift.

The eighth uncle and mother wanted to be bitter and mean when she saw this harmonious scene, and she didn't know if she had a brain when she spoke, she disdainfully said, "As the eldest daughter of the Gan family, she has not been filial to her parents in her clan for many years, how can she be worthy of being the eldest sister of this group of younger brothers and sisters!" ”

Gan Tang saw that the third uncle and aunt were holding back.

After Gantang's grandfather split the family, although the second grandfather's family was divided into small sects, and the children and grandchildren were sorted separately, the third uncle and aunt were the eldest daughter-in-law of the second grandfather.

"Eighth uncle, Tang'er's name is on the Gan clan genealogy, why don't you attend the birthday banquet and go back to the house to ask the Gan clan elders?" Gantang fought back.

To be honest, Gan Tang has never been so sharp for so many years, but her counterattack is very good, just like Lu Xun said, he is only afraid that she will be reluctant to step on an ant when she comes back this time, and she will be bullied at will.

The relatives of the Gan family saw that Gantang was a woman, since Gantang's parents died, there were many people who wanted to eat out of the household, if Gantang was not tough, she would suffer more.

The eighth uncle sneered, "You still know that you are the daughter of the Gan family, so your second aunt arranged a residence for you after knowing that you came to Yanlong, why don't you go?" Haven't you learned the truth that the elders give indispensable? ”

"Back to the eighth uncle's words, Tang'er has learned from herself, so I have been living in the house that my grandparents gave me."

It's funny, is she only one elder?

The eighth uncle's mother tongue is sluggish, on the degree of intimacy, Gan Tang is Gan's daughter, and the etiquette requires her to be closer to the second uncle's family, and the foreign family is a relative, but Gantang's foreign family is not a broken household, but a military general's family that is very favored today, and the eighth uncle and aunt dare not put their beaks at will.

"Then to get back to the original words, what is the reason for you to wantonly raise the incense and candle tributes sent by your elders to your ancestors and mothers?"

"This matter is Tang'er's mistake, Tang'er has already pleaded guilty to the fourth uncle, and the fourth uncle and aunt have also forgiven Tang'er, and made an appointment to go to see Tang'er's father and mother after the birthday banquet, I don't know what else the eighth uncle wants to ask?"

Gan Tang subtext, the parties to this matter are her and the fourth uncle, they have already apologized and forgiven, why is the eighth uncle and a bystander talking so much?

The eighth uncle and mother glanced at Gan Tang, and the fourth uncle and mother stood up, like a cub, "Eighth brother and sister, please talk less, Tang'er is the daughter of the Gan family's long house, and she has a royal marriage contract with the prince of Yanguo, and she is not doing things properly and has someone to teach her." ”

The Gan family is an absolute branch of the descendants, and the status is lower than that of the descendants, although the eighth uncle and mother are the elders of Gantang, but it is really not her turn to teach Gantang a lesson.

"Yes, yes, they are all golden nobles, and they can't be said to be elders, eh! Eh! ”

After the eighth uncle and mother finished Gantang's eyes, she suddenly covered her head and stomach and kept babbling.

The maids around the eighth uncle and mother were busy supporting her, and the eighth uncle and mother suddenly looked at her eldest sister-in-law, Gan Tang's third uncle and aunt, and said with an unhappy face, "Third sister-in-law, the doctor said that I was pregnant with a male fetus in my belly, and now I am not feeling well, what are you doing with the pestle?" ”

The eighth uncle and aunt scolded Gan Tang for not knowing the number of etiquette, but her etiquette was also scattered, and she yelled at the sister-in-law in the palm of her own hand in front of a group of juniors, which was also shameless.

The third uncle's lips were pale with blood, and she beckoned her eldest daughter and second daughter to wait for the eighth uncle, and got into her carriage without looking back.

In fact, there were originally many Gan family members gathered at the entrance of Weiyangfang Street, such as Gan Tang's second aunt and her children and other three, four, five, six or seven aunts and their children.

But because the eighth uncle, the youngest bride of the Gan family, choked Gantang as soon as she came, the scene that originally required their respective salutes was interrupted.

After all, this is the entrance of the street, and it has been delayed for a long time, so the steps of the ceremony are directly omitted, and Gan Tang went to take the carriage of the fourth uncle and mother to the Wen family to celebrate his birthday.

The fourth uncle and aunt brought their cousins this time, one is one year younger than Gantang, and the other is four years younger than Gantang, among which the older sister is called Sui'er, and the younger brother is called Dingtao.

Since Gan Tang sat down, Sui'er said, "Big sister, you are too mighty, the eighth uncle and mother relied on herself to give birth to several cousins in a row, disrespected the eldest sister-in-law, and yelled at the third aunt every day, and even took Yan'er and Si'er to be sent by her like a maid at home." Now Yan'er and Si'er are going to talk about their family affairs, but whenever someone inquires, she will come out to lay out the genealogy of the elders, so that the matchmaker will not dare to come to the door. ”

Gan Tang smiled and saw that Sui'er didn't say anything, in fact, she was very curious, the fourth uncle's family lived in Linxian, and the third uncle's family lived in Yanlong, these two places were not far apart, but each family had their own affairs, and the frequency of meeting would not be higher than that of those who lived in the same city, why did Sui'er know so much about the affairs of the third uncle's family.

The fourth uncle glared at her daughter, "Criticize the elders, go home and copy the book." ”

Sui'er is not afraid of being punished, "Mother, you can't change my worship of my big sister if you punish me for copying books." You always tell me that the eighth uncle is the elder, and we and they are all small sects of the Gan family, so it is not good to come forward to talk about the family affairs of the third uncle and the eighth uncle, and now the eldest sister is here, she is the eldest daughter of our Gan family, and the power is big, so you can take care of the eighth uncle's disrespect for the third aunt. ”

"Big sister, you don't know, I went to my second aunt in private to tell me about it, and after she knocked on two menstrual periods, she let me go home, which made me angry."

"Sui'er, the more you talk about it, the more unreasonable it becomes, and the patriarch's wife is also what you said." The fourth uncle frowned, obviously displeased.

Sui'er died down and said, "Eh, in fact, it's not that I don't know that the eldest sister is still not good at asking the eighth uncle about disrespecting the third aunt as a junior, but I can't see Yan'er and Si'er crying in front of me." ”

Gan Tang listened the whole time, but still did not speak.

The convoy staggered for more than half an hour, and finally heard a noise that was different from the bustle of the market.

The small servants of the Wenfu orderly and safely came and went to the carriages and horses of the guests, and Gan Tang and a group of Gan's female relatives entered the women's table under the reception of the main family.

Gan Tang has not participated in such a banquet for many years, although there are many familiar faces on the table, but Gan Tang suddenly found that many people she doesn't remember the name and surname.

Although there are many people from the Gan family, in fact, only the second aunt Gan and the children she brought were warmly entertained by the owner of the Wenfu, and the others all got an average of two words of greeting, and the host said politely, "Please have fun with the ladies and little ladies first, and there will be a singer to perform later." Then the host went to greet the new guests.

Gan Tang has been following the fourth uncle and aunt, so he is also among the people who get an average of two polite words.

In this regard, she seemed to be leisurely and complacent, she didn't recognize those ladies and little ladies, and they couldn't remember her, how fair she was.

Sui'er was surprised, as if something had broken in her heart, and she was not so enthusiastic when she talked to Gan Tang later.

stayed with the fourth uncle and aunt for a while, fed the fish in the Wenfu pond for a while, and suddenly a maid came to greet Gan Tang and the fourth uncle.

Gan Tang recognized this as Lu Shangyin's maid at a glance, and she showed the most relaxed smile since entering the Wen Mansion.

Lu Shangyin's maid knows etiquette very well, and after she greeted the fourth uncle and Gan Tang and Sui'er, she said to the fourth uncle, an elder who obviously carried Gan Tang, "Madam, where is my girl, I want to invite Miss Gan to come over and talk." ”

The fourth uncle and aunt naturally wouldn't stop it, and let Gan Tang pass after explaining two sentences.

After Gan Tang left, Sui'er became lively again, "Mother, that's the eldest girl of the Yanguo Mansion, is it that the Yanguo Mansion saw that the eldest sister was alone, so he led her to meet someone?" ”

The fourth uncle and mother glanced at their daughter deeply, lowered their voice and asked, "Sui'er, what's wrong with you today?" Your eldest sister is still the daughter of the Gan family, just to lead her to meet people is also the business of the Gan family, what is the matter with the Guanyan Mansion? ”

Sui'er was just about to answer, but the fourth uncle waved her hand, "Don't speak, just follow me for a while." ”

Sui'er should be aggrieved, but her eyes turned to Gan Tang and Lu Shangyin from time to time.