The Book of Heaven

Chapter 267 Reading and being in charge

As soon as the date of Ma Zheng's engagement with Zhuge Mingyue was announced, the whole Zhuge's family immediately became lively.

Although Zhuge is a standard big family, it doesn't mean that a big family has everything prepared. Some things that are needed for the ceremony have to be purchased first, including the clothes worn by the bride and groom, so you need to hurry up custom made.

Because this marriage was facilitated by Mr. Zhang himself, no one in the Zhuge family dared to express objection, let alone procrastinate and sabotage work.

Of course, Ma Zheng and Ma Zhao were relatively relaxed.Ma Zheng is the groom's official. Apart from coordinating with measuring the clothes, he basically just learns the etiquette that needs to be paid attention to in the engagement process. In addition, he learns more about the composition of Zhuge's family, and there is nothing more.

As for Ma Zhao, at first Ma Zheng planned to let him be the best man, but later he found out that there is no such thing as a best man in this era, and thinking about it, if Ma Zhao's appearance really appeared at the wedding, I'm afraid it would only bring pressure to everyone. So in the end, he decided to let this kid do what suits him best - guarding the goal.

In fact, Ma Zhao also thought this arrangement was good, it was simple and clear without using his brain.

"Zhuge's family is really a big family!"

It was Zhuge Mingxin who was responsible for explaining the situation of Zhuge's family members to Ma Zheng.This job itself does not need Zhuge Mingxin to do it himself, he is just willing to fight for it.

"Yeah, a big family business is not necessarily a good thing. Others don't understand this, but you must be able to understand it?"

"En." Ma Zheng flipped through the list of Zhuge's family members in his hand, "Should I call you brother-in-law soon?"

"You don't mind calling me now."

Compared with many children from wealthy families, Zhuge Mingxin is actually a good person. After all, he is a technical person, and his mind is relatively simpler.It's just that sometimes a simple-minded person like Zhuge Mingxin may not be suitable to live in such a wealthy family, especially when he is the eldest son of the eldest son, it is easy to cause chaos within the family.

This confusion stems from people's pursuit of power and money.

Zhuge Yashan has five sons and four daughters in total, so many sons are blessed, but his eldest son, Zhuge Mingxin's father, kicked his legs and closed his eyes before he took the position of Patriarch , It's a pity to say.

What's even more regrettable is that, as the head of the family, although Zhuge Mingxin's father had three wives, he only left one son and one daughter in the end. The male is Zhuge Mingxin, and the female is Zhuge Mingyue.The difference between Zhuge Mingxin and Zhuge Mingyue is that they have the same father but different mother.

It's just that this kind of thing is very common in a big family, and with Zhuge Mingxin's simple mind, he never had the slightest prejudice against Zhuge Mingyue, a little sister, on the contrary, it was very good.

Now Zhuge Mingxin still has three uncles and three aunts who are still alive. As for cousins ​​and cousins, there are a lot of them. Together, these people of the same generation can sit at least three tables. "This old saying.

If the eldest son of the long house has a good future and can control the brothers and sisters below, then the variety of offspring is naturally an excellent thing.But on the other hand, once the eldest son of the eldest son is not strong enough, he will attract the covetousness of others, and even lead to vicious competition among many brothers.

Originally, when Mr. Zhuge was in good health, no one in Zhuge Mingxin's generation dared to think about it. However, as the old man got older, Zhuge Mingxin had no achievements except in the workshop, so he couldn't help others Don't worry.

You must know that once you win the position of Patriarch, the benefits are not only for the contemporary people, it can be said that the merits of the present age will benefit the future. If there is a chance, who would not want to try it?
The engagement ceremony between Ma Zheng and Zhuge Mingyue also changed unconsciously.

As one of the parties involved, Zhuge Mingxin was not aware of this. He came to Ma Zheng either to introduce the situation of the family members, or because there was something in the workshop that Ma Zheng needed to point out.I have to say that Ma Zheng admired Zhuge Mingxin's dedication to technology, but from the standpoint of "brother-in-law", Ma Zheng felt that he had to remind Zhuge Mingxin.

"Brother-in-law, is it really good for you to stay in the workshop for five or six hours every day?"

"what?"

Zhuge Mingxin, who had just picked up the bowl and chopsticks, was taken aback for a moment, and said, "What's wrong? Isn't our Zhuge family's biggest reliance on the workshop to this day? As long as we can continue to manufacture the ordnance needed by the empire, Then the status of the Zhuge family in the empire will never change."

Theoretically speaking, Zhuge Mingxin's words were correct, but Ma Zheng rubbed his forehead and said, "Brother-in-law, I'm not talking about you. Whether a family can be strong or not is actually not something that everyone in the family cares about."

"Ah? Is that so? But since you are a member of the family, shouldn't you care about the strength of the family? As long as the family is strong, everyone in the family should be able to benefit from it, right?"

"Yes, you are right to say that, but in fact there are not many people as smart as you, and they often choose another direction."

"What direction?"

Zhuge Mingxin's question once again gave Ma Zheng the urge to collapse, God, since you have such a smart younger sister, how can you be so indifferent in this regard?Alas, fortunately Zhuge Mingyue is your younger sister, otherwise, the old man might have already appointed Zhuge Mingyue as the heir and kicked you into the workshop to be a mechanic for the rest of your life!
"Say it quickly."

Zhuge Mingxin couldn't feel Ma Zheng's "pain" at all, and he urged Ma Zheng instead.

"You really don't understand?"

"not understand."

"What most people like in this matter is power. They can do anything for power, and they can even give up a lot of things as long as they can gain power for themselves."

"Like?"

"For example, loyalty to the family and the head of the family."

Having said that, Ma Zheng has nothing to say anymore, after all, if he said too much, it would be words of condemnation. Even the relationship between Yi Mazheng and Zhuge Mingxin at this time is inconvenient to say.

After all, this is a family affair. If Ma Zheng intervenes too much, he will definitely find the whole family of Zhuge's family. This alone makes Ma Zheng very encouraging.

Zhuge Mingxin finally understood. After all, he is not a fool, but he is used to forgetting many things and vacating his head to accept the new ideas that Ma Zheng said.

"Actually, I don't care who controls Zhuge's family. It's fine in the hands of grandpa. If grandpa can live for another 20 years, my son will grow up by then. Have you seen some naughty little guys in my family?" Well, hey, the oldest one is more than ten years old now, the husband said he is very hardworking and is a material for studying."

Generally speaking of a son, a father would be very proud, just like Zhuge Mingxin at this time.

Ma Zheng, a few children of Zhuge Mingxin's family, has also met, perhaps inherited the genes of Zhuge's family, all of them are very smart, and they are indeed the material for studying.

But if you can read, you must be suitable for being the head of the family?

Ma Zheng didn't think so.

(End of this chapter)