Chapter 5 The old lady is back
The head of the third room of the Xue Mansion is the old lady Xue Linbei, who is in the court and is the fourth product of Dali Temple Shaoqing, the wife of the head of the family is Mrs. He, Mrs. He is the stepfamily, and the old lady's original wife Xia died in childbirth. The old lady and the Xia family have two sons and a daughter, namely the sixth master Xue Qixuan, the eighth master Xue Zhengxuan and the tenth sister Xue Linxuan. The old lady and the He family also have two sons and a daughter, namely the eleventh master Xue Haoxuan, the twelfth master Xue Chunxuan and the thirteenth sister Xue Qixuan.
The sixth master, Xue Qixuan, is currently nineteen years old, studying in Guozijian, and is unmarried.
The eighth master, Xue Zhengxuan, is currently fifteen years old and is studying in Class A of the Xue clan.
The tenth sister, Xue Linxuan, is currently twelve years old and is studying Class B in the Xue clan.
The eleventh master, Xue Haoxuan, is currently seven years old and is in Class C of Xue's Mengxue.
The twelfth master, Xue Chunxuan, is currently five years old and is in the Xue family's Mengxue Ding class.
The thirteenth sister, Xue Qixuan, is currently one year old.
Eight years ago, the birth of Xue Huaiyuan's great-grandson, represented the beginning of the great-grandchildren, at the same time, the sixty-year-old lady Zhishi, passed the position of the patriarch of the Yanjing Xue clan to his grandfather, and he had nothing to do, and after a year of recuperation in the Southern Courtyard, he traveled around the world, and he was not ready to go home until recently.
The contemporary descendants of the Yanjing Xue clan are counted from the old lady, but the family is counted from the patriarch. Because of the existence of the old lady, everyone still lives in Xue Mansion and has no separate family, and there is no difference between the two at present, but in order to avoid contradictions, the daily life of the three rooms in Xue Mansion is independent, each has an industry to provide expenses, and there will be a dinner party once a month.
Zhou Huiyun gave her daughter a general explanation of the situation in the Xue Mansion, and then said: "The Xue Family Academy is nominally managed by your grandfather and the elders of the clan, but they only appear in important matters, and the actual manager is the head of the second house of the Xue Mansion, that is, the grandfather of the fourth son, Xue Huaizhen, your uncle and grandfather are very powerful, you have to be respected!"
"Yes, Mother!" Xue Huaijin and Xue Huaijun nodded in unison.
"As for the situation you said, this ......" Zhou Huiyun hesitated a little.
"Mother~" Xue Huaijin hurriedly pulled her mother's sleeve and coquettishly.
"Well, well, tell you, you can't say it." Zhou Huiyun warned solemnly.
"I promise!" The brother and sister replied solemnly.
It is said that Xue Linfeng, the head of the second house, was the second son of the patriarch back then, although the resource treatment was worse than that of the eldest brother, but he himself was really outstanding, with outstanding appearance and talent, he could be called the first person of the Xue family's generation, and he was also like a fish in water in officialdom. But his father suddenly gave office, usually not as good as his eldest brother, but after taking over the performance is very good, he can't guarantee that he will do better than the eldest brother, after experiencing some things, he found that although in terms of learning, the eldest brother is not as good as himself, but in the overall situation, in terms of overall planning, he is not as good as the eldest brother, this is to let go of the obsession of competitiveness, there is a mind to pay attention to the family, a look is unbearable, he has been in the officialdom all these years, neglected the growth of the eldest son, the eldest son is not crooked, but mediocre, although in other families are also excellent, But in the Xue family, it can't be ranked, not to mention that the eldest brother is the patriarch for a day, his family is still the Xue Mansion's descendants, and he doesn't have to worry about all aspects; Even if you have your own ability, you can also hold up your own lintel. But the eldest son is different from himself, he doesn't have a father or brother who is the patriarch, and when he is in charge of his own family, it is estimated that the family has also been divided into a side branch, and whether the side branch is doing well or not depends on his own ability. But the eldest son is already fifteen years old, and it is a little late to teach, so he simply resigned and went home to manage the clan studies, and by the way, he cultivated his own children and grandchildren, anyway, he was a little tired of staying in the officialdom.
After several years of teaching, he was still not satisfied with the performance of his eldest son, and the other three children made great progress, but they still did not meet their expectations, and with the birth of their grandchildren, their eyes shifted.
Then Xue Huaizhen was sad, as the eldest grandson of the second room of Xue Mansion, he was placed on high hopes by his grandfather, grandmother, father and mother from birth, just like the matter of Shangzu Xue, that is, his grandmother told his mother to supervise him to come early every day. It means "no matter what your academic performance is, you must first have a good attitude".
A month later, at noon, in front of the Xue Mansion, someone stepped forward to say something to the doorman, and the doorman immediately sent someone back to the house to report.
"Say it again, where is the old lady?" Mrs. Yan subconsciously stood up and asked.
"When my subordinates set off early in the morning, the old lady was preparing to set off in Meridian Town, thirty miles away from Yanjing." The guard bowed his head and quickly replied.
Mrs. Tai hurriedly instructed the maids around her to inform the steward, and let the arranger inform the people to inform the Xue Mansion of the news as soon as possible.
Then he instructed the maid to greet the big kitchen, and the old lady will come back in the afternoon, and the Xue Mansion will have a banquet tonight, so that they can prepare.
Mrs. Tai finished arranging, and only then did she have time to inquire in detail.
But everyone else in the Xue Mansion who received the notice was taken aback, calculating the time, it was still too late, and they hurriedly sent someone to find someone who was not at home and asked him to go home quickly. Then call all the children in the clan school back for leave, bathe and change clothes, and prepare to go outside the gate in the afternoon to greet the old lady.
After the Mrs. Tai of the second and third rooms cleaned up, they all went to Mrs. Yan of the long room to inquire about the news.
Most of those who went to school, went to relatives, visited friends, and those who were on duty and socialized received two waves of notices, and hurried to hand over and say goodbye, and go home as soon as possible.
The old lady in the long room, the second room, and the third room all took the eldest son to the gate of Yanjing City to wait for the old lady, and everyone else was waiting at home.
In the afternoon, Mrs. Changfang, who was sitting at home, received the news from the city gate that she had received the old lady, and told everyone to go to the gate of the house to greet her.
Soon after gathering in front of the house, I saw a convoy coming, the first to ride a horse is the uncle, the third master and the sixth master, behind the three is a simple carriage, the carriage is followed by the old lady of the second room and the old lady of the third room, there is a carriage and three cars pulling goods behind the carriage, and the rest of the entourage is more than 40 people.
When the convoy arrived, the entourage in front of the carriage was separated on both sides, and the old lady in the second room helped the old lady get out of the car.
"Welcome home!"
"Welcome home grandfather!"
"Welcome great-grandfather home!"
"Welcome home!"
Standing in front of the salute here are the three ladies of the third room of the Xue Mansion and the seventh grandmother, the daughter of the old lady. Behind the three ladies stood the eldest son and daughter-in-law, and then the heirs of each room. The daughters-in-law of each house followed the husband, and the children stood behind the husband and wife. Behind the Seventh Grandaunt stood her own children and grandchildren.
After that, there were the members of the Xue clan who came all the way.
After the old lady got out of the car, she looked up and saw that the old man had not changed much, that is, the children had grown up, there was a daughter-in-law by her side, and a baby behind her, this is the continuation of the family...
"Get up quickly, your family doesn't need to be polite!" The old lady took a few steps forward, raised her hand to help her, and motioned for everyone to get up.
After a few words of conversation between the two sides, the old lady went back to the courtyard to rest first, and then continued the old one after the banquet in the evening.