Hexi

Chapter 205 An Unexpected Person Arrives
The Su Family Ancestral Hall at the southwest corner gate occupies the entire courtyard, because this place is closed on weekdays except for New Year's sacrifices, weddings and funerals.Therefore, there are few people on the road, from Yinfangzhai to the ancestral hall, except for the gardeners working in the garden, Madam Bao didn't see a single person.

Jujube trees and pomegranate trees are planted at the gate of the ancestral hall, and the fiery red pomegranate flowers are already in bloom, spreading all over the tips like kindling.

The woman guarding the door poked her head out from the small room on the side, and came out after seeing someone: "You are here."

Nanny Bao smiled at her, and took out a handful of copper coins from her sleeve: "I just received the monthly payment today, and my mother-in-law used it to buy some wine."

"You are always so polite!" The old woman laughed out her chrysanthemum, took the copper coins, and pointed to the closed courtyard door: "You go, first, I clean the memorial tablet of my wife very carefully every day."

Nanny Bao nodded: "Thank you very much. Please go out for a walk, and I will talk to our wife outside the door."

The mother-in-law said hello and walked out the door quickly.

Nanny Bao opened the gate, and walked through the middle of the courtyard to a row of five ancestral halls.

The yard was kept very clean, there was not even a single weed, and the door of the ancestral hall was also closed. Madam Bao stood outside the door, but stretched out her hand to push them away. All the tablets of the ancestors of the direct branch are here.There is still a [-]% new tablet in the front of the tablet, which is engraved with the name of Su Wei's mother, Xie Shi.

At this moment, Madam Bao, who is a servant of the Su family, was kneeling down in front of the tablet, kowtowed three times, then took the folded paper money next to her, and lit it in the brazier.

The light of the fire illuminated the gloomy room, and also made Mammy Bao's face red.She threw papers into the brazier one by one, and said: "Today, my servant boiled fish maw for Mrs. Xu. Mrs. Xu ate it. The two packs of fish maw were left by you, madam. The servant should have stewed it for my sister." She can eat it, but she doesn't like the smell of fish.

"The fish glue that has been harvested for several years is not bad at all, but the wife in the loess is already cold."

The deep voice drifted into the empty room, making the room even more empty.

But she didn't care at all. She knelt on the futon and continued: "Before returning to the house, Master Wu Sheng and I went to sweep the grave for my wife. Well done. We removed a few grasses that grew up in the crevices of the rocks in spring, but this is the time when the vegetation is flourishing. After a while, I will ask the girl to take us back to Zhuangzi."

The flames flickered, and the lights and shadows all over the room were like swaying illusions.

Behind the embroidered curtain embroidered with auspicious patterns such as magpies ascending branches and five blessings coming to the door, Su Luo stared intently at Madam Bao who was mumbling, her lips were already tightly pursed.Aji, who was snuggling beside her, also held his breath, clutching Su Luo's sleeves tightly with both hands, not daring to make any movement.

"Girl, I don't know what I'm busy with these days..."

After this sentence, the rest could not be heard clearly, but her expression was indifferent, and the fire reflected in her eyes, making her look extraordinarily sharp.

It wasn't until the paper in the brazier was burnt out that Mammy Bao stood up. Suddenly, she looked around, took out something from her belt, lifted the carved wooden cover covering Xie's coffin, and quickly put the Put the object inside, then put the cover back, straighten the spiritual seat, return to the original place and stand.He bent down again and moved the brazier to the innermost part of a row of more than ten basins.

She did this series of movements so smoothly that no one doubts that she has done it too many times and is too familiar.

Blood rushed to Su Luo's throat, she held on to the embroidered curtain tightly, and tried her best to restrain herself to wait until Nanny Bao walked out, then quickly walked to the desk table, paid respects to Xie's tablet, and took out the things hidden inside. out!

——It’s a piece of paper folded in half!And it's still a piece of paper with content!

"girl."

Aji walked to her side, "It's almost hiding, it seems that someone is coming outside again!"

The Su family does not allow girls to enter the ancestral hall casually, it will be troublesome if people see it.

Su Luo listened carefully, and sure enough, she heard footsteps outside the door again, so she quickly grabbed the paper into her palm, and pulled Aji to hide behind a wooden shelf for sacrificial utensils behind the curtain.

Footsteps entered the threshold, and a familiar voice came: "Why does it smell like burning paper?"

Su Wei narrowed her eyebrows and looked out cautiously. It was Wu Cong who was talking, Su Shou's confidant Fa Xiao who grew up together, and it was Su Shou himself who came in behind him!
Su Luo was terrified.Just because she doesn't care about this father doesn't mean she is willing to let him catch her breaking the house rules again and deal with him!
"Returning to the master, it was the servants who burned some paper money when they were cleaning."

The old lady at the door bowed and said.

Su Shou glanced at her, didn't say anything, waved her off, then walked in slowly, and stood before the queue.

Su Luo withdrew her gaze, her brows were tightly frowned, and her heart, which was still pounding before, became calmer now.

The ancestral hall, which was originally quiet, turned out to be so lively today, and Madam Bao just left, and Su Shou came again.

It's justifiable for Mammy Bao to come to offer sacrifices to the Xie family.But what is Su Shou doing here at this time?Right now, it's neither a year nor a festival, nor is it anyone's memorial day, who is he going to sacrifice to?

She swallowed her saliva carefully, and cast her gaze through the gap in the shelf again.

When Su Shou came to the step-shaped altar, he prostrated himself three times in an upright manner, then knelt on the futon, lowered his head slightly, and frowned, facing the ground silently.

Coming out of the Zhongjun Yamen, Su Shou didn't even go to his own Yamen, and went back to the mansion directly.After just sitting in the study for a while, he called Wu Zong and walked here together.

The ancestral hall on non-worship days is very quiet.It was as quiet as being in a cemetery full of tombs.

Wu Zong dragged the brazier and lit the paper money.

When the flames lit up, Su Shou said, "Go out and stand."

Wu Zong backed away.

Su Shou raised his head, and the sad expression that did not dissipate was matched with the tablets of the ancestors. He looked up at the names on the tablets of the ancestors one by one. Every time he looked at a bottle, the sadness between his eyebrows became stronger. one cent.

Su Luo, who was behind the shelf, had a panoramic view of all this.

In Su Luo's eyes, Su Shou is serious and rigid, and indeed often looks like he is shouldering a huge responsibility.But it was the first time that he was sad like this.

Counting it, it is still time for him to go to the Yamen to govern, but I don't know why he appears here and kneels down to worship his ancestors?
She was puzzled, but suddenly out of the corner of her eye she saw his body move again.Looking intently, I saw Su Shou who regarded the former Xie family as an enemy, but now his eyes were fixed on Xie's ranking. He had already moved half a step forward and knelt down, stretched out his right hand, and As if he was afraid of offending something, he stroked Xie's name on the tablet very gently! ...

　If nothing else, there will be more today.Students chasing after shifts can squat down.Oh, by the way, put the lid on the pot and ask for a little monthly pass.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)