Chapter 36: Little Brother
Ning Chen nodded. Then Ning Shijing led the way in front, and Ning Xun followed behind Ning Chen. The three of them walked towards the Osmanthus Temple.
When he came to the Osmanthus Courtyard, there was an old man in the courtyard who was watering some flowers, and when he saw Ning Shijing and others coming in, he said, "Shijing, you are here, hey, Xiao Xun'er is back, it's okay, it's okay!"
"Third grandfather!" Ning Xun shouted respectfully to the old man.
Ning Xun stuck out his tongue and ran over, took the old man's hand and shook it, and said coquettishly, "Third grandfather, Xun'er misses you!"
The old man smiled dotingly, "You little clever ghost, you are reckless and run to find some immortals, which frightens your third grandfather! Are you afraid that your parents will ban you and want the third grandfather to intercede for you? This time, the third grandfather will not intercede with you, you need to be grounded for a while." ”
"Hehe!" Ning Xun smiled slyly, then left the old man, ran to Ning Chen, hugged his arm, and said to the old man demonstratively, "Third grandfather, Xun'er has a big backer, if you force Xun'er like forcing your sister to marry in the future, Xun'er will ask Grandpa Gaozu to beat your ass!"
"What?" the old man didn't seem to understand, but when he saw Ning Xun holding a young man's arm, he couldn't help asking, "Who is this young man?"
When Ning Shijing heard this, he was sweating, and he really wanted to say, "Third uncle, this young man may be your grandfather!"
Ning Xun chuckled, she felt that she was so lucky to meet her grandfather.
Ning Chen kept smiling lightly and didn't interject.
At this time, an old voice came from the room, "Ning Rong, who are you talking to?"
Ning Rong is the old man who watered the flowers, and he immediately responded loudly to the house, "Grandpa, it's Shijing and Xun'er who have come to see you!"
"Oh, come on in. I haven't seen Xiao Xun'er for more than ten days! Xiao Xun'er has forgotten about me, an old immortal!"
"Why? Grandpa Gao, Xiao Xun'er misses you!" Ning Xun shouted and ran towards the house.
After opening the door, a gray-haired, wrinkled, eyebrow-lowered, cloudy old man sat in a rocking chair and looked out.
"Grandpa Gao, Xiao Xun misses you. Ning Xun walked over and squatted on the ground with tears in his eyes, holding Ning Fan's thin hand. suddenly thought that he was willful to find immortals, but he forgot that there was a grandfather at home who had loved him since he was a child. If you really want to succeed in finding immortals, I'm afraid that I won't even be able to send my grandfather to the end.
"Xiao Xun'er don't cry. Tell you grandpa, is there someone in the family who bullied you?"
Ning Rong, Ning Shijing, and Ning Chen all entered this house at this time. Ning Fan was about to scold Ning Rong and Ning Shijing to coax Ning Xun, but he gave up when he saw Ning Chen, a strange young man, present. He looked at Ning Chen and asked, "Which son are you?"
Ning Chen saw Ning Fan's appearance at this time, and his heart was sad. He still remembers the last time he hugged Ning Fan, and the little guy grabbed his fingers and sucked Yun's cute appearance. In the blink of an eye, the little guy is already a trembling twilight man.
"Perhaps, this is the greatest punishment for the monk for going against the sky!" Ning Chen sighed.
He didn't speak, he stepped forward and held Ning Fan's hands, and spiritual power poured into his body and worked.
"This?" Ning Rong wanted to step forward to stop Ning Chen's behavior, but was stopped by Ning Shijing.
Ning Shijing said to him softly, "Third Uncle, this young man may be the eldest brother of the great-grandfather, the great-grandfather Ning Chen who went to search for immortals a hundred years ago!"
"What did you say?" Ning Shijing was taken aback, his eyes widened, and his heart was filled with turbulence.
When Ning Shijing was about to say more, he only heard Ning Chen speak.
"Little brother, a hundred years are gone in a hurry. I still remember that my eldest brother hugged you in the yard to bask in the sun, it's really embarrassing!"
He used his spiritual power to dredge Ning Fan's body, which could play a little role in prolonging life, and could also alleviate Ning Fan's current sickness.
In the house, Ning Rong and Ning Shijing didn't dare to speak, so they could only look at Ning Chen blankly. Ning Xun pulled Ning Fan's arm and said, "Grandpa Gaozu, this is the elder brother of Shangxian Gaozu's aunt and grandmother, Grandpa Gaozu!"
Under the influence of spiritual power, Ning Fan's physical condition was much better at this time. Hearing Ning Chen's words, and Ning Xun's words, he suddenly said with a trembling mouth, "You, you said that you are the son of my uncle?
Ning Chen nodded, and could only cry in his heart. He said, "It's me." I wasn't killed. It's just that something happened and I was cut off from the world. ”
"You, are you really my eldest brother Ning Chen?" Ning Fan still couldn't believe it, a hundred years had passed, and the eldest brother who had been thought to be dead suddenly appeared in front of him, and it was really unbelievable at this moment.
"Back then, the Mu family and the Wang family suppressed our Ning family repeatedly, and my grandfather died of illness. As the head of the family, my father ordered the second and third uncles to leave Tiannan City with their families and a large amount of belongings, but to the outside world, the second and third uncles robbed the family property and left Tiannan City, but in fact, this was for the purpose of our Ning family's comeback in the future. Little brother, you were only three months old at the time!" Ning Chen recalled, also to confirm his identity.
Ning Fan suddenly burst into tears, he stood up tremblingly, his voice hoarse and choked, "Big brother!
"Little brother, big brother, big brother, I'm sorry for our ancestors!" Ning Chen's expression was sad, but there were no tears in his eyes, only tears in his heart.
"Big brother, don't say that. It is the luck of my Ning family that you can be well, and the ancestors and ancestors will be relieved to know it. ”
"Little brother, the eldest brother is not filial, and my father expects me to revive the family. Not only did I fail to do it, but I didn't even know that my parents had been dead for decades. I'm so useless!"
"Uncle and aunt know that you are still alive, and they will only be happy to know you. ”
Ning Fan kept comforting Ning Chen, who blamed himself. And Ning Rong and Ning Shijing by the door were completely stunned.
"Ning Rong, go and call all the direct juniors of our Ning family home, no matter what is in your hands, let me go first. Ning Fan suddenly said loudly to Ning Rong, who was in a daze.
"Huh?" Ning Fan's expression was shocked, and he immediately said, "Yes, yes, grandpa, I am here to gather everyone." ”
Then he respectfully shouted to Ning Chen: "Nephew Ning Rong, say hello to grandpa." ”
Ning Shijing also hurriedly said: "Great-nephew Ning Shijing, say hello to great-grandfather." ”
Ning Chen put away his emotions, looked at them with a kind face, nodded and said a few words in a row, "Okay." ”
After that, Ning Rong hurriedly went out to gather the children of the Ning family. And Ning Fan, with the support of Ning Shijing and Ning Xun, took Ning Chen to the ancestral ancestral hall of the Ning family.
After Ning Fan and the three of them finished offering incense to the ancestral spiritual seat, they walked out of the big house, leaving Lingchen alone in the ancestral ancestral house.
Three hours later, more than 20 people had gathered in the courtyard in front of the ancestral hall.
Ning Fan sat on a chair. Behind him were his nephews and nephews, and there were only three of them. Then there are Ning Rong's generation, including Ning Rong, there are seven people. There were eleven people in Ning Shijing's generation. There were six people in Ning Xun's generation.
These are the direct children of Ning Chen's second and third uncles, and a few of them can't come back for a while because they are in the field. As for the wives and concubines of these children, they are not qualified to enter the ancestral hall compound, so they can only wait outside, and the number of people outside is even larger, there are more than 100 people.
When Ning Chen walked out of the ancestral hall house, everyone's eyes were focused on him.
Suddenly, shock, surprise, excitement and other different expressions appeared on people's faces. Some people even questioned it in their hearts, but no one dared to speak.
Ning Fan stood up tremblingly, bowed deeply, and said loudly, "Little brother, welcome the eldest brother home!"
Suddenly, various voices sounded behind him.
"Nephew... ”
"Nephews ... ”
"Great-nephews ... ”
"Great-great-granddaughter... ”
"Great-nephews and great-great-grandchildren... ”
"Great-great-nephew... ”