Fair Lady

The errands were fixed, and the social banquet was also held. Mother Liu, Uncle Kui and others began to prepare for the three brothers and sisters of Shujie to "return to their hometown to worship their ancestors".The emperor not only allowed Shujie a one-month vacation according to the usual regulations, but also appointed an official from the Ministry of Rites to preside over the sacrificial ceremony, and he would return home with Shujie at that time.

Although the Emperor is not interested in the Xia family, he loves and respects Shujie as a talent. He is grateful to Zhen Zirou for completely curing the queen mother's diabetes, and for the wonderful medicine Shujie brother and sister gave to him and the queen... In addition, Xia Linxuan is still on the southwest border Help Jin Xida.

The news that Xia Shujie, the number one scholar in civil and military affairs, returned to his hometown to worship his ancestors spread throughout Yulin County, causing a sensation in Yulin and surrounding counties.Sanyuan Jidi, Civil and Military Double Champion, such a peerless talent unexpectedly appeared in their small county, a blessed place, what a blessed place!

The head of the Xia family and several clan elders trembled with excitement, their mouths were so sloppy, they almost looked up to the sky and laughed, the Xia family was finally going to be revived again!

The patriarch was about to send his grandson to Xia Zhai to confirm with Hongmei, but Hongmei brought Xia Zhai's chief manager, Uncle Rong, to the door. Uncle Rong has been assisting Uncle Kui in handling foreign affairs. This time, he specially brought two people to Yulin as an outpost. , And assist the patriarch and others to arrange the preparations for the opening of the temple to worship the ancestors.

Uncle Rong brought Shujie's letter to the patriarch, and 3000 taels of silver notes, which he said were sent back by the three brothers and sisters of Shujie to build temples and run schools.

Hongmei asked Grandpa Fifth and other clan elders who were not present to come over.Many clansmen heard that Shujie sent people from Beijing to send money for the temple, and they all crowded over to watch and join in the fun.

Uncle Rong, the chief steward, spoke and saluted with arrogance: "Our young master said that the silver is entrusted to the fifth grandpa. It will be used by the patriarch and the clan elders. Today's imperial court advocates frugality, and our Xia family is not a big one. For aristocratic families, the ancestral hall does not need to be built too extravagantly. Most of the remaining money will be used to re-run the ethnology. To revitalize the family, the most important thing is to cultivate the children of the family. In addition to repairing the houses of the ethnology, buying tables and chairs, and buying some The fertile field, the production of the fertile field is used to pay for the expenses of the husband and the daily expenses of the ethnology.

The young master also said that building temples and running ethnology studies are important events for the whole clan.Every household should be responsible for what they can.If the Xia family wants to rejuvenate, it cannot rely on our three young masters and girls alone.I also ask the patriarch to arrange a person to be responsible for the accounts of the income and expenditure of the clan, so that the clan can check it easily, so as to avoid injustice and criticism. "

The patriarch was slightly taken aback, and quickly responded: "That's natural, Jie Geer and his family only have three children. Now that they have just stood up, they can think about the major events of building temples and reviving ethnology, which is really rare. The old man is ashamed to be the patriarch, but he has been unable to do anything these years, which is really worrying. Now that Brother Jie is taking the lead, the old man’s family can’t lag behind. Just pay 1000 taels.”

Before the patriarch's father, the former old patriarch, passed away, he wanted to give 500 taels of silver to the shaky family school that was about to close.At that time, the patriarch's family was against it, and there was no way to support it alone. 500 taels of silver could save it for a while, but it couldn't last long.Now Shujie took the lead in donating 3000 taels, and also proposed such a good idea as buying land to support the clan. The patriarch naturally thought of his father's last wish and added another [-] taels.

Fifth Grandpa also said: "Our family pays 500 taels."

Several clan elders present and clan members with better conditions at home all responded more or less.The patriarch appointed a child from a poor family who had just passed the examination as a scholar to be in charge of keeping accounts, and agreed that the clan would give him half a tael of silver every month.

Uncle Rong and Aunt Mei smiled at each other.Nodding secretly, the members of the Xia family, especially the patriarch and the few elders in charge of the clan are considered reasonable, and the painstaking efforts of the young master and the girl are not in vain.When the family grows, there are all kinds of people. The key is the attitude of the backbone of the family and the speaker.

Xia Linang, who had just arrived upon hearing the sound, curled her lips: "I heard that their tofu shop and dim sum shop are doing very well, and now they are some kind of civil and military champion. Since you want to repay the family, you should do it yourself. Let everyone come out, what is it?"

Fifth Grandpa said coldly: "When you were still in the Hou's mansion, you were all in the limelight, and you were never generous. When did you ever give out 3000 taels? Speaking of which, you have never given out 3000 taels in all these years. Right? Take 300 taels and be arrogant in front of the tribe."

Another clansman also glanced at Xia Linang contemptuously: "Isn't it? Brother Jie didn't get any benefits from the clan. If you want to talk about repaying him, he didn't line up so quickly. Back then, he was an orphan It’s so difficult, and I have never won a copper coin from the clan, and I was almost framed by some clan relatives for stealing the secret recipe when I started a small business. Now they are willing to spend 3000 taels to build temples and run schools, let’s laugh!"

Everyone echoed:

"That's right, that's right, our Xia family has been aggrieved for more than 20 or [-] years, and now we finally stand up again, don't we all rely on their branch?"

"Who said it wasn't? First, the Zhen family earned face for the daughter-in-law of the Xia family, and now brother Jie has soared into the sky, and even let the emperor send a ceremony officer to preside over the ceremony. How many years has our Xia family not had this kind of glory?"

"Isn't it? Now that the ancestral hall is being repaired and the family study is reopened, the Xia family has hope again. Brother Jie values ​​love and righteousness. As long as the children in the family are up to date, they will help out if they have the opportunity in the future."

"Hehe, it shouldn't be as difficult for our Xia family's Erlang to talk about marriage now as it was a few years ago, right?"

……

Xia Lin'ang's face was red. Not only did his provocation not get the expected positive response, but he was also despised and ignored, and even caused people to "sing praises" to Shu Jie. Xia Lin'ang has always been self-righteous and shameless. I can't stand anymore.

The patriarch and the others didn't have time to pay attention to Xia Lin'ang, and began to discuss with Uncle Rong about building the temple, which had to be completed before Shujie and the others came back, that is, within a month.

Xia Lin'ang returned to Xia's mansion disheartened. Xia Ruoxue was talking about moving with Mrs. Xia.

Xia Ruoxue returned to Yulin ten days ago. Seeing that she brought back three carriages, Xia Linyu's brothers thought she had come back to visit relatives and deliver things as before, but when they heard that she had been "abandoned" (threatened and Leaving, isn't that just giving up?), immediately changed his face, and scolded her for being ignorant, why did she sign and leave the letter without discussing it with her natal family?He also blamed her for her bad idea, which hurt himself and made them lose face at the banquet at the patriarch's house.

After being reprimanded by Mrs. Xia, the two brothers couldn't wait to ask about the dowry.

Xia Ruoxue saw that her biological brother was so ruthless towards her, and she changed face faster than turning the pages of a book. She was very disappointed. She only said that many dowry had been sold in the early years. Otherwise, where would the generous gifts sent back to Yulin every year for more than ten years come from?Now I only leave some antique calligraphy and paintings for my son and jewelry for my daughter.The three carts brought back to Yulin this time, more than 3000 taels of silver, and a Zhuangzi in the suburbs of Beijing are already her entire net worth.She plans to use half of the money to buy a house and a shop for business, and keep the other half for self-defense for the elderly. The output of the village in the suburbs of Beijing will be used as a subsidy, so as to help her mother's family.

Of course, Brother Xia Linyu knew that this sister was not easy to deal with, and with Mrs. Xia around, he didn't dare to force her to take out all the money, but just happened to increase the price of the small courtyard on Xitang Street, and then sold it to her.Xia Ruoxue didn't refuse either, and agreed without hesitation.Today, the small courtyard has been basically tidied up, and Xia Ruoxue is going to move there. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation.) (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations , monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation.)

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