Do you know: I’m Xu Jiazi

The sun sets in the west,

Xu Zaijing led Qingyun and followed Zai Duan on horseback as they walked on Quyuan Street.

The direction of everyone is facing west,

Xu Zaijing stretched out his hand to block the glare of the oncoming sunlight from time to time. It was not until everyone turned into the gate of the Hou Mansion that it felt better.

Arriving at the second gate,

Xu Zaijing and others dismounted, and their mounts were led to the stables by the servants. The three brothers went directly into Sun's courtyard.

When I entered the courtyard, I happened to see a maid bringing out some jewelry made of materials from the house.

He lowered his head and walked through the curtain into the hall. Zai Duan, who was walking in front, said, "Mother, is this a guest?"

While speaking, Zai Duan nodded towards Hua Lan, who stood up and saluted him, and sat on the chair at the front.

Xu Zaijing sat under his eldest brother,

Zai Zhang sat opposite Zai Duan, very close to Hua Lan who was standing beside him.

Mrs. Sun smiled and said, "Yes, your cousin from the Sheng family just left!"

Zai Zhang walked to Hua Lan and whispered, "Has mother-in-law been here?"

Hua Lan nodded with some embarrassment on his face.

Zai Duan nodded: "Mom, what's the matter? Otherwise, my cousin wouldn't come to our house to visit relatives at this time."

Mrs. Sun, who was in charge, nodded: "Yes, something happened to the female envoy of the Kang family, a relative. Your uncle used the name of the Marquis Mansion to persuade the suffering owner and reconciled the matter, paying a lot of money."

Xu Zaijing, who was sitting at the back, heard this and looked at Mrs. Sun in surprise: "Mother, it's not a big deal to be able to use our family's name. It's probably a life-threatening lawsuit! Those materials and jewelry were all given by the Sheng family. ?We don’t”

Xu Zaijing said it later.

Sun shook her head: "You are the only one who knows so much! Your mother and I are just an idiot!"

Looking at his mother's appearance, Xu Zaijing remained silent. According to Sun's temperament, she would not want such things.

Zai Duan glanced at his little brother and said, "Mother, that thing just now belongs to our family. Mother, did you let your cousin pick it out?"

Mrs. Sun smiled and nodded: "Yes, your cousin sent it to your great-aunt."

Zai Zhang on the side patted Hua Lan's hand reassuringly, turned his head and said to Mrs. Sun, "Mother, why don't we also give some money to the poor owner?"

Zai Duan, who was sitting opposite Zai Zhang, shook his head.

Mrs. Sun picked up the tea cup and took a sip of tea. While drinking tea, she used the tea cup to block her and gave her son a rollicking look.

Xu Zaijing looked at Zai Zhang and said, "Third brother, this is inappropriate! Let's not talk about anything else. Our family has done nothing, why should we give money to the suffering owner?"

Zai Zhang: "They say he is the one who suffers. He must have suffered some grievances. Let's just express our feelings."

Xu Zaijing shook his head: "Third brother, you have good intentions, but the recipient of the money may not think so."

Zai Zhang was stunned. After thinking for a moment, he slapped his forehead and said with some annoyance: "Yes, yes, yes! Don't talk about giving money, just tell the owner that our family doesn't care about this matter, and the owner will protest if he sees it."

Sun, who was sitting on the Arhat chair, glanced at Hua Lan and said, "Okay! Stop talking, both of you! It's not like the master of suffering will give up until he finds out about our family!"

The Kang family, the Wang family, the Li family, and the Sheng family still have their functions.

"Hua Lan, don't feel uncomfortable! This matter has already been dealt with, and the name will be used as long as it is used. This will not happen again." Sun said looking at Hua Lan.

Hua Lan nodded quickly.

"I just told my mother-in-law, it's not that we don't help our relatives! We won't stand idly by when our relatives are wronged! But, the Kang family only needs to help once for this kind of thing. If we help any more, it will damage our morality."

After Mrs. Sun finished speaking, she sighed and said, "How was it at your aunt's house today?"

Zai Duan, who was sitting in front, said: "Mother, except that there are more people going, everything else is fine! By the way, madam!"

Zai Duan looked at Mrs. Xie and said, "Today I want to write a letter and send it to the Yi family."

Mrs. Xie nodded: "Don't worry, sir. I will call the servant who often goes to Zhending later. After the officer has written it, he will send it to you today!"

"Duan'er, why did I write to your brother-in-law for no reason?" asked Sun.

Zai Duan talked about the Huang family brother and the reason for their friendship. After hearing this, Mrs. Sun smiled and nodded: "This is a good job!"

Zaiduan smiled.

Shengjia

Shouantang

In the hall, Mother Fang and Mother Cui were sorting out the materials Wang Ruofu brought back.

On the Arhat bed in the middle,

The old lady was leaning on a big pillow and looking at the two mothers Fang and Cui.

On the chair at the bottom,

Sheng Hong sat at the front, followed by Wang Ruofu.

The old lady looked away from the two mothers, looked at Sheng Hong and his wife and said, "Brother Hong, did you hear clearly what the eldest lady brought back from the Xu family?"

Sheng Hong sat and leaned forward slightly and said: "Mother, I heard you clearly, I will definitely not follow suit next time!"

The old lady nodded: "Don't be jealous of the Xu family. Now the Xu family is in the limelight and is favored by the saints! Whether they are jealous or the admonishers at the Yushitai, they are all trying to find fault with the Xu family."

"That's all for this time. Let you go talk to the Xu family so that you can understand the Xu family's attitude."

After the old lady finished speaking, she glanced at Wang Ruofu, who had an angry look on his face.

Wang Ruofu glanced at the old lady and said: "Mother, isn't it the case in Bianjing that relatives help relatives! If the Kang family has something to do, we will help. When our family has something to do, we will help."

"cough!"

Sheng Hong glared at Wang Ruofu.

"Madam, when relatives are in trouble, we should help! But things like the Kang family's disregard for human life should not happen to this kind of hairpin family!"

"Do you know how many favors your officer has done for this matter? If the Liu family has something to ask us for in the future, will your officer be too embarrassed not to help?"

Wang Ruofu still said stubbornly: "What's the matter that we can't help you with?"

The old lady breathed out: "What if the Liu family asks their nephew to marry Ru Lan?"

When Wang Ruofu heard this, he stood up immediately: "How can that be done! Rulan is still young and her sister is married to the Hou Mansion!"

Halfway through, he slowly sat back down.

"From now on, the Lord and Madam must think more carefully about their actions, otherwise it will be Hua Lan's reputation that will suffer! It will also determine how Hua Lan lives in the Xu family!"

"I'm tired, old lady. Master and Madam, please go on your own!"

"Yes, mother!"

Sheng Hong bowed and left the hall with Wang Ruofu.

Turn around,

The sky is getting brighter,

Youyang

The ancestral home of the Sheng family

in the bedroom,

"Old Madam! Old Madam, wake up!"

The eldest lady of the Sheng family room felt the shaking of her arms and woke up from her dream.

The eldest lady who was serving on the side helped the eldest lady wipe the tears from her eyes and said softly: "Old lady, what's wrong with you! Are you haunted by a dream?"

The eldest lady shook her head with reluctance in her eyes and said, "No, it's just that I don't want to wake up."

Mammy looked at the eldest lady and asked with pity in her tone: "You don't even want to wake up? Are you dreaming about the eldest lady?"

The eldest lady glanced at the old servant who had been with her for many years, and nodded: "Yes, it was Shu'er who gave me another dream, saying that she was feeling uncomfortable."

As the eldest lady spoke, her eyes filled with tears again as she thought of the unforgettable sadness.

The grandma hurriedly helped the eldest lady wipe her tears and said: "Old lady, everything is over, and we have avenged our revenge!"

Hearing the word revenge, the eldest lady nodded happily with hatred in her eyes.

"grandmother!"

"grandmother!"

Two shouts from outside reached the bedroom,

Soon the two girls, one young and one young, entered the bedroom with a cold air.

"Shulan, Pinlan, why are you here?" The eldest lady immediately straightened her mood and said to her two granddaughters with a smile.

Shulan, who was older and taller, said anxiously: "Grandma, we heard that you couldn't wake up from your sleep, so we hurriedly came to take a look!"

Seeing the anxious look of the two granddaughters, the eldest lady smiled and waved her hand: "Grandma is fine! Where is your brother Changwu?"

Before the two Lans could answer, another cry came from outside: "Mother!"

Sheng Wei's eldest wife, Mrs. Li, held her handkerchief and walked in hurriedly. Seeing the eldest lady sitting peacefully on the bed, Mrs. Li breathed a sigh of relief and walked towards the bed.

"Mother, you have frightened your wife!" Ms. Li said standing beside the bed.

The eldest lady smiled: "I worry you! Where is Chang Wu?"

"Chang Wu is practicing his martial arts outside the house!" Mrs. Li replied.

The eldest lady nodded and said, "Ask him to come in. I have something to tell him."

Mrs. Li glanced at the eldest lady and said yes.

After a while, a young man older than Xu Zaijing walked in quickly.

Sheng Changwu, dressed in smart clothes, walked to the bedroom and bowed to Madam Li and Mrs. Li.

"Grandma! Mother!"

Mrs. Li looked at the eldest lady: "Mother, please talk to Changwu, and your wife will go out first! Girl Shu, let's go."

"No, you all stay here! It has something to do with you," the eldest lady said.

Li Shi and the two Lans stopped.

The eldest lady looked at the family members in the room and said, "I couldn't go to my sister's birthday two years ago because of poor health."

Li shook her head and said: "Mom, my aunt both wrote to me and told you not to take it to heart. In previous years, my aunt didn't hold birthdays either. It was very urgent that year and I couldn't keep you busy!"

The eldest lady looked at Mrs. Li and said, "My sister, I know she has no grudges in her heart."

"But you have read and re-read Changwu's marriage, and it's already twenty years old and it hasn't been decided yet!"

Li glanced at Sheng Changwu with some embarrassment and said, "Mother, there aren't many good families in a remote country like Youyang!"

The eldest lady looked at Mrs. Li and said: "The Zhang family in Youyang is also well-known. I heard that it has some relationship with the British government in Beijing! Moreover, the second girl of the Zhang family is not very old, and she has a polo field under her name. I came to my door but you refused."

Mrs. Li held her handkerchief and looked at the eldest lady: "My wife has inquired about my relationship with the British father-in-law, but he is far away! Chang Wu is wronged to marry a girl from such a family!"

Listening to the conversation between their grandmother and mother, neither Lan nor Changwu dared to interrupt.

The eldest lady was silent for a while and then said: "Yes, based on our eldest brother's property and the official position of our second brother Hong, Hua Lan is the eldest wife of the Hou Mansion, and Chang Wu is going to look higher."

"So, old lady, I'm thinking of going to Bianjing to have a rest!"

Upon hearing this,

Everyone in the room looked surprised.

Chang Wu looked at the eldest lady anxiously and said:

"Grandma! It's a long way from Youyang to Bianjing. You are old."

The eldest lady waved her hand and said: "I was introduced by my old sister and asked Mrs. He to diagnose my pulse and prescribe a prescription. My body is much better now!"

"I know my own health, and going to Bianjing is just a slow boat ride, so it's not that tiring, it's nothing!"

"Besides, going to Bianjing is to see my old sister, and to find a good marriage for Changwu."

As she said this, the eldest lady looked at Shulan and Pinlan standing by the bed with her eyes full of thoughts.

Shulan was happy, and Pinlan was a little excited.

Hearing about finding a marriage for Changwu, Li looked at Changwu with some longing.

But thinking about going to Bianjing, she would have to face Wang Ruofu, the sister-in-law, and Li hesitated and said, "Then the daughter-in-law will write a letter to the official, asking him to prepare a house in Beijing."

The eldest lady thought about it and nodded, "Okay, so that Yu Ge'er and Du Ge'er will have a place to stay when they go to Bianjing to take the exam in the future! I also need to write a letter to my old sister."

Hearing this, Li responded with joy in her eyes.

Li's family was also from a business background like the Sheng family's eldest branch, and they have also supported scholars in the family over the years.

Li Yu and Li Du are the most outstanding young people of this generation!

They are very close to Li.

Time flies

It is already the fourteenth day of the first lunar month,

Only one day away from the Lantern Festival.

There are still two days before the opening of Sheng's school.

This morning,

The sun was shining brightly,

The gatekeeper of Sheng's family also moved a bench to sit in the sun in a sheltered place.

Although it was comfortable to bask in the sun, the gatekeeper still scanned the various people near the gate of Sheng's family.

When he saw a man dressed as a soldier in a hurry coming towards the Sheng family, the gatekeeper stood up and asked a few questions as usual.

When he knew it was a letter from the Sheng family, the gatekeeper hurried back to the gate and sent a servant to the inner courtyard to report, and almost forgot to move the bench back.

The soldiers who received the reward had left,

and the letter had already arrived outside Shou'an Hall.

In the hall,

"Old lady, a letter from Youyang!" Fang Mama said at the door holding the letter.

The old lady who was making incense on the Luohan chair trembled, and the charcoal in the copper tweezers fell into the incense burner.

"Suqin, is there any bad news?"

The old lady frowned slightly and asked.

Fang Mama smiled and shook her head: "Old lady, if there is any bad news, it will be sent by Wei Geer, it's just a letter!"

The old lady smiled self-deprecatingly, shook her head slightly and stretched out her hand to Fang Mama.

Fang Mama walked up to help the old lady open the letter tube and took out the rolled letter paper from it and handed it out.

The old lady took a deep breath and unfolded the letter to read.

After a while, the old lady smiled and said: "Suqin, Ru'an, the elder sister of Youyang's eldest house is coming to Bianjing!"

Hearing the old lady's words, Fang Mama and Cui Mama smiled and looked at each other.

The old lady and the elder old lady, both sisters-in-law, had their husbands favor concubines over wives. The death of Sheng Shu and Sheng Zhen caused both sisters-in-law to suffer heartache.

The two sisters-in-law supported each other and helped each other through that extremely difficult time.

Their feelings were naturally extraordinary and very close.

Sheng Hong was on duty at the Ministry of Personnel today.

When he returned to the Sheng family and went to Shou'an Hall to pay his respects to the old lady, he also saw the letter.

Seeing that the date on the letter was the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, Sheng Hong put the letter away and said to the old lady: "Mother, my aunt is coming to Bian Jing, and I must entertain her well! And when did our Da Zhou's delivery shop deliver letters so quickly?"

The housekeeper on the side glanced at the old lady, and after getting a nod of approval, she said: "My lord, the delivery shop soldier said that the Yangzhou Tongpan heard that it was our family sending a letter, so he sent this letter along with the official documents."

Hearing this, Sheng Hong nodded. He had done this before.