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That night, the family gathered in Lan's Sanchuntang to prepare dinner.

After Lan's drastic rectification, the ancestral house has become orderly.

The servants in the ancestral house have returned to their respective positions.Lan Shi also made an agreement with them that she would not stop her if she had a new place to go, and went with her new master.She also welcomes those who want to stay in the ancestral home.Starting from this month, the monthly money will be distributed by their house.

The servants of the ancestral house naturally had some considerations, except for those who were originally with Fang and Liu, the rest who were originally in the ancestral house stayed.

It's just that the people from the two rooms haven't moved out yet, and Mrs. Lan doesn't want to share the big kitchen with them.

Fortunately, the original Sanchun Hall had a kitchen, including the main courtyard where Qiao's father and Qiao's mother lived. The family cleaned up the small kitchens in each courtyard.The whole family ate together as before, and today they all gathered in Lan's Sanchun Hall.

With the care of Ding Er, his wife and the patriarch, everything was ready quickly when purchasing.In the evening, a table of sumptuous Yizhou local dishes has been cooked.

The family was very happy to see them, and when they were sitting at the table to enjoy, they heard Xiangxiu come in to report that several masters had come to pay their respects to Mrs. Lan.

Mrs. Lan took a look at Xiangxiu. This girl came to Qiao's residence with her as a dowry at the beginning. She has suffered a lot these years because of her. Now that she is back, she wants Xiangxiu to be her mother in charge.

Xiangxiu's real surname is He, so she calls her mother He.

Seeing Mrs. Lan looking over, Mother He whispered, "Madam, it's the second master, the fourth master and the fifth master who have arrived with their families."

The second and fourth masters are Jingcang and Jingya brothers from the Fang family.The fifth master is Qiao Jingshan, who came from the Liu family.

Including Qiao Jing'an, the third master of Aunt Xia's son, and Qiao Jingkun, the first son of the Lan family, Qiao Xingcun has five sons in total.

Just now Qiao Jing'an and his wife came to pay their respects, Lan stayed with them for a chat, then sent their family to have dinner.

Lan's glanced at Mama He and said, "Please come in."

After Qiao Mingjin and the others heard this, they also moved from the dining room to the flower hall.

After their family sat down, the curtain was lifted, and a group of people filed in from outside.

Qiao Jingcang and Xiao Fang led the way, followed by Qiao Jingya and Qiao Jingshan.

Many adults and children came.

Qiao Jingcang was expressionless.On the contrary, Qiao Jingya and Qiao Jingshan smiled.

"Greetings to my mother. I have met my elder brother and sister-in-law."

in unison.

The juniors following behind also knelt down and kowtowed.

Father Qiao had been watching them since they came in, and when they knelt down, he hurriedly got off his seat to help them.

"Brother is back, I've suffered a lot these years." Qiao Jingya looked official, supporting Qiao's father to make his heart ache.

Qiao Jingshan also echoed.

Joe's father took them to talk about their brotherly relationship.

Qiao Jingcang's face sank like water, and he occasionally glanced at Lan Shi and the others.

Lan received his gaze.He glanced back at him lightly.Qiao Jingcang was startled, and hurriedly lowered his head.

Qiao Jingya's wife, Mrs. Yang, took her son and daughter to salute Mrs. Lan: "Come and see your grandmother. You have not been feeling well for the past two days, and you have never visited your grandmother when she came back. Come and apologize to your grandmother."

Lan didn't want to argue with the children, so after they saluted, she asked, "What's your name? How old are you?"

The older girl said, "Go back to grandma. My granddaughter's name is Ru Lan, and she is sixteen years old."

The boy standing next to her also said after her words: "The grandson's name is Ming Fang. He is fourteen."

Lan glanced at the two of them, Ru Lan was beautiful, and Ming Fang was a handsome young man. She nodded and motioned for Mother He to give the two children red envelopes.

After the two children took over and thanked them, Lan asked Ming Jue, Ming Yu and others to get to know them.

A soft-looking woman standing behind Yang Shi also pushed a son and a daughter beside her to greet Lan Shi.

Yang cast her a glance.He also called a girl next to another woman and two other boys who were slightly younger, pulled them and said to Mrs. Lan, "These are also the children of my daughter-in-law." Introduce who is who.

Qiao Mingjin looked at it.These four children are probably Qiao Jingya's four concubines.The older ones are only thirteen or fourteen years old, and the younger ones are only seven or eight years old.

After meeting Qiao Jingya's family with Lilan's, the Xiaofang's was not far behind, her two daughters were already married, but she still had two bastards to support her.Seeing that the red envelope sent by Lan's is not light, naturally he doesn't want to lag behind.

There are two children, Ming Yi, who is 14 years old, and Zhi Zhi, who is only ten years old.

The younger one was thick-headed, Lan Shi even touched him with a smile, and gave him an extra purse.He was so happy that he grinned at Mrs. Lan.

Then came Qiao Jingshan's children.

Qiao Jingshan has two sons and two daughters.Because he was born late, he was only in his early thirties, and his children were also young.The oldest is only ten years old, and the youngest is only six or seven years old.

The eldest son Mingli and the eldest daughter Rulan are the sons of the main wife Zhang, the concubine Mingzhi is nine years old, and the concubine Rushi is only seven years old.

The Lan family gave everyone the same purse.

The younger ones are considered polite, but Qiao Jingcang's two bastards showed some disdain on their faces.He held the purse in his hand and squeezed it.

Mrs. Lan didn't care too much, talked to them a few words, and then sent them away.

Liu Shi and Fang Shi have not come yet.Lan Shi didn't care at all.Anyway, we can't live together for long.Everyone lives in their own courtyard, and they are still quiet.

The next day, the family got up early in the morning.

Qiao Jing'an's family also came early, saying that they would also go to the ancestral grave to worship together, and the Lan family agreed.

Masters, servants and servants, mighty seven or eight chariots.Go in the direction of the ancestral grave.

After traveling outside the city for more than an hour, we arrived.

The ancestral tomb covers a very large area.There are green trees, luxuriant grass, earth slopes and streams.

It is said that a Fengshui master was invited to see this place, and it is a real treasure land of yin houses.It can bless the descendants of future generations to be safe and prosperous.

After the Qiao family made a fortune, they bought land next to the ancestral grave at a high price, and got someone to repair it.Truly scenic.Those who didn't know it thought they had arrived at a scenic spot.

On the central axis of the ancestral tombs are the tombs of the direct line, on both sides are the side branches of the lineage, and further away are the side branches of the side line.

All the tombs of the direct line are arched with blue bricks and stones, and they are circled with blue stones, paved with ground, stone steps are set up, and stone tables for offerings are built in front of adult-high tombstones.

Pines and cypresses were planted in front of the grave, one left and one right.

There is no such thing as side branches and common branches.Some of them are just rounded with soil.Even the inscriptions on the inscriptions are so shallow that they cannot be read clearly.

Ever since Wan'er arrived at this place, she was a little scared.He held Qiao Mingjin's hand tightly and refused to let go.

Qiao Mingjin led her and walked slowly.

Father Qiao's eyes were flushed since he got out of the car.When he found Qiao Xingcun's tomb, he fell down on the steps and choked up.

Lan just walked around the tomb silently, staring at the tombstone higher than her for a long time without saying a word.

Qiao Mingjin and the others helped to arrange the offerings, and followed the instructions of the slaves guarding the tomb to kneel and worship.

Finally, Ming Jue and Ming Heng were instructed to add soil to Qiao Xingcun's tomb and paint the tombstone red.Qiao Mingjin, Ming Yu, Ming Qi, and Mother Qiao helped burn paper money.

When the paper money was burned to ashes, Father Qiao still knelt in front of the grave and whispered mournfully.

Qiao Mingjin looked over at Mrs. Lan and Father Qiao.Then he pulled the family back and retreated.

It wasn't until they turned a corner that they couldn't see them that they heard Father Qiao's mournful voice...

Half an hour later, Lan called them hoarsely to throw wine and collect offerings.

Pointing to the open space next to Qiao Xingcun's tomb to Qiao Mingjin: "That place is reserved for grandma."

Qiao Mingjin's throat choked.

A person lives for a lifetime, but in the end, ashes return to ashes, and dust returns to dust.

Cherish when you are alive.

Then he stepped forward to help Lan Shi.

The family visited Qiao Xiangyou and Fang's graves again.

According to the custom, the meal and the meat were divided in front of the tomb.After resting for a while, he boarded the car and left.

Another day.It was early in the morning, and the whole family went to Baoxiang Temple outside the city to do a three-day ashram.

Because Qiao Jing'an's family went to worship with him yesterday and received praise from the family, they went to Baoxiang Temple today, Fang and Liu also brought their wives and bags with them.

All of a sudden, there were not enough carriages in the ancestral house.I also temporarily borrowed a few cars from the patriarch and the hometown of several clans.

Because I have to stay at Baoxiang Temple for two nights, I have a lot of packages along with me.There are also many entourages.

Qiao Mingjin went out to take a look at the people in the two rooms, and found that the people in the two rooms had even brought their makeup boxes.

Ming Qi rolled his eyes when he saw it.She only brought a change of clothes with her.Putting it together with Ming Yu's clothes, a single furoshiki can't hold it all.I don't know who to bring a makeup box to dress up for.

The trip of the family naturally attracted the attention of every household in Yizhou City.

Within half a day, almost everyone in Yizhou City knew that the eldest son of the Qiao family had returned.This is to do a dojo for my deceased father.

The Qiao family's concubine's house is empty, and the head of the family has not rectified the house for more than 20 years. Those who know the inside story are paying attention.As soon as the concubine returned, there were quite a few people who came to inquire about the news.

The Lan family has already moved out of Yizhou City since they fell into poverty many years ago, and lived in Zhuangzi on the outskirts of the city.

With such a big fight in the Qiao family today, they naturally knew the news.

In the Lan family, Lan Antai's wife, Shi Shi, rushed to her husband's study excitedly after hearing the news from her eldest son.

"Have you heard? Your eldest sister is back!" Shi's face was full of joy.

The child's aunt came back, and brought the whole family with her.The head of the Qiao family is naturally the son of the great aunt.Their Lan family has hope, and they can go back to the original Lan family mansion!

She is really tired of living in this country.

Lan Antai glanced at his wife indifferently, and then cast his eyes on the scroll in his hand.

"Did you hear what I said to you? Look at it, you can't leave your book all day long. I haven't seen you pass the Jinshi examination or confer an official title in so many years. But you buy pens and ink every month, and your grandsons haven't been cut for a long time. Clothes?"

Lan Antai's book was taken away, and he shouted angrily: "Don't mess around there! I haven't bought pens and inks for several months! If you didn't take the money from the family to usher usury, our family would not be in this state. !"

Shi Shi was out of breath, and rushed to scratch him.

Lan Antai had been treated like this before, so he turned his body and dodged it.

Shi couldn't catch it, and cursed angrily: "You'd be ashamed to blame me! If it weren't for your repeated failures, our family would be ruined? If you had been appointed as an official like your elder brother, our family is still enjoying the fame and drink. Woolen cloth!"

"You have the nerve to mention my elder brother!"

"Why didn't I dare to mention it?"

Lan Antai was so angry that his chest heaved violently.Excited by his wife to think of the past, he was in a trance. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation.)

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