Queen of Nongmen: Hexagrams determine the universe

Chapter 248

A group of people went to the ancestral hall of the Xu family in a mighty manner. Under the auspices of the elders of the Xu family and the guests watching the ceremony, they completed the important event of paying homage to the ancestors and writing them into the genealogy.

After that, it was natural to serve tea again.

Ye Qiongdan followed the maid, and under the maid's soft reminder, served hot tea to the elders of the Xu family one by one.

Although the elders of the Xu family are highly respected in the clan, they still have to give some face to Master Xu, a third-rank member. Therefore, although the elders of the Xu family are not very enthusiastic about Ye Qiongdan, they do not lose face to her.

After serving tea to the clan elders, it was almost noon, and it was time for lunch.

The host and the guests all left the ancestral hall and returned to the garden where the guests were entertained.

Master Xu looked at the guests, raised a glass of wine, and said solemnly: "I am a righteous daughter, not only do I hate evil, but I also like to do good deeds to accumulate virtue!"

Everyone listened intently.

"Have everyone heard about the fact that she donated [-] taels of silver to the victims of the plague in Qinghe County?"

Everyone nodded, and praised Ye Qiongdan very much.

"Miss Ye is really high-spirited!"

"Miss Ye is really kind-hearted. Master Xu is blessed with such a kind-hearted girl."

"That's right, only a girl like Ms. Ye is worthy to be Mrs. Xu's adoptive daughter. Mrs. Xu really has a pair of discerning eyes!" "In the past few days, my second daughter has been sighing frequently," Mr. Xu also sighed. In one breath, "Then as a father, can I not care about her? I just asked, do you know what she said?"

All the guests shook their heads.

"My second daughter said that she is in good health, but the people in Qinghe County suffer from the plague, which really makes her unable to eat!" Master Xu looked at the guests, "In order to let my second daughter How can I, a father, be reluctant to part with money if I can eat enough? Besides, disaster relief is a good thing! I, Xu Yongnian, donated 4 taels of silver to the people of Qinghe County in front of everyone today. Are you willing? Donate money? Everyone who has money will contribute money, and everyone who is powerful will contribute!"

"It should be." Everyone said one after another.

Although some people are unwilling to donate, Mr. Xu has taken the lead in donating money. Can they not donate?Isn't that slapping Master Xu in the face?
If they want to hang out in Yiling County in the future, they have to rely on Mr. Xu!
You can't offend him!

"I donate 3000 taels of silver!"

"I donate 5000 taels of silver!"

"I donate 6000 taels of silver!"

……

Even, in order to please Mr. Xu, a wealthy businessman even endured the pain and shouted: "I will donate 8 taels of silver!"

"Okay!" Immediately, there was a lot of applause.

Even Mr. Xu glanced here, and raised his hand to applaud.

The others immediately started applauding.

The wealthy businessman chuckled, the more he felt sorry for Yin Zi, the more he pretended to be generous.

It was supposed to be a donation for the "pleasure of the guests and hosts", but someone sang the opposite tune: "Master Xu, is it a bit boring for you to do this?"

The guests fell silent and looked at the speaker.

The person who spoke was Zhou Yumo, the son of the No. [-] family in Guazhou. This week, Zhou Yumo was the legitimate son of the Zhou family.

The Zhou family has a history of more than 300 years. Although it is not as good as the five major families with a history of more than 1000 years, it can be regarded as one of the influential families.

Seeing that Mr. Zhou had spoken, everyone dared not speak again.

"Young Master Zhou, what do you mean by that?" Master Xu asked with a smile.

Master Xu was a little surprised to be able to invite the young master of the Zhou family to the banquet.

In fact, Zhou Yumo didn't plan to come at all, he didn't even look down on a mere third-rank official of the imperial court!
As the saying goes, a family made of iron, a dynasty of flowing water.

Court officials are nothing!
If the Zhou family manages well, it may not be able to prosper for more than 1000 years like the five major families.

However, Zhou Yumo didn't want to come, but the son of the Huo family, who had always been at odds with him, came instead.

In other words, there are two great families in Guazhou, one is the Zhou family and the other is the Huo family.

It's just because the Huo family was a big family that moved into Guazhou 100 years ago, so everyone thinks that the status of the Zhou family should be higher than that of the Huo family.

However, if we want to talk about the level of strength, these two big families are indistinguishable, they are equal to each other.

Zhou Yumo is a playboy who likes to gamble, he is rebellious at home, spoiled by his grandmother to the point of lawlessness, he doesn't even have a bit of respect for his biological parents, he is notorious in the whole Guazhou, everyone regards him as the opposite Educate your children by example, let your children not learn from him!

But Huo Yunsheng is different. He is a handsome young man who gives people a feeling of spring breeze everywhere. The whole Huo family is proud of him, and thinks that if he becomes the head of the Huo family in the future, he will definitely make the Huo family happy. more prosperous.

Mr. Zhou is being compared with Mr. Huo all day long, can he feel at ease?
Therefore, when he heard that Huo Yunsheng was coming to the Xu mansion to attend the marriage recognition banquet of Mr. Xu, he also came over.

He believed that when he saw Huo Yunsheng, he felt panicked, and standing in front of Huo Yunsheng would definitely make him feel uncomfortable.

"What do you mean? You still ask me what I mean? The victims are infected with the plague, what have we to do?" Zhou Yumo sneered, "If you want to donate, donate. Why encourage everyone to donate with you? ? If everyone has the heart, they will naturally donate. If everyone has no heart, they will dare to be angry and dare not speak up in front of you!"

Master Xu was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect that Mr. Zhou would be so shameless as rumored.

He chuckled: "Young master Zhou, as the saying goes, everyone is responsible for the rise and fall of the world."

"Everyone is responsible?" Mr. Zhou spread out his fan and shook it lightly, "Could it be that the strong wind brought our money? Everyone has their own destiny! Besides, the sky is falling, and the imperial court is holding it up. Has the money for disaster relief been distributed?"

"However, if the relief money is peeled off layer by layer, how much is left in the hands of the common people?" Ye Qiongdan asked neither humble nor overbearing.

"Then this is a matter for the imperial court. Natural disasters and man-made disasters, we can't control it. We can only say that the people are unlucky and have met a group of corrupt officials. What has it to do with us? We paid taxes, and the tax money was used by the imperial court as silver for disaster relief." We have already fulfilled our obligations, but there is no additional obligation, and we will donate money to the common people." Mr. Zhou said indifferently.

"That's wrong," Mr. Huo smiled slightly. "As the saying goes, saving a life is better than building a seven-level pagoda. Since Mr. Zhou is capable, why can't you save a few more people? The people are thinking of your kindness." , in the future, I will naturally tell everyone that it will be beneficial to the birth of your Zhou family!"

"Hmph, I can speak nice words when I save you! I won't donate today!"

(End of this chapter)