This is a carriage, not an ox-cart or a donkey-cart.
Those who can use a carriage are not ordinary people.
Gongsun Yu and his wife, who were still patrolling the fields, looked at the letter in their hands, then at the time it was signed, and finally at the four carriages heading towards Uburg, wondering if this was the nephew.
Son?
only......
"Madam, didn't you say that my uncle from my hometown was from a poor family? I don't look like he is poor..."
In order to save some face for his wife, Gongsun Yu said the last words very quietly.
Besides, the journey from Yanzhou to Youzhou is long, the world is chaotic, and there are all kinds of bandits and wars along the way. How can you get here without some skills?
When the couple was still doubtful, the castle owner actually sent someone over and asked the couple to hurry to the door to pick them up.
Is the castle owner alarmed?
Gongsun Yu, the concubine who had always stayed away from the center of family power and looked at the 500 acres of land allotted to him by his family, had not felt the enthusiasm of being paid attention to by his direct brother for a long time.
The couple urged the coachman to hurry forward. When they arrived at the door, they saw their brother Gongsun Yan already waiting in front of the Wubao gate.
The person standing in front of his brother was an old man they had never seen before. He seemed to be about the same age as him, around fifty, but his spirit was much stronger than his.
The majestic look on his steps made him look like a veteran who had retired from the army.
Behind the old man, there were three other people, three large, six small, and nine others.
Under the leadership of the old man, the nine people first met with their elder brother, and then looked towards the couple.
"Zhongyuan, brothers and sisters, come here!"
The gray-haired Gongsun Yan called softly, and with the serious expression on his face, the majesty of the master was undoubtedly displayed.
Gongsun Yu's biological mother died young, and his father didn't take care of things. He, a bastard, struggled to survive behind his two legitimate brothers since he was a child. Now that he is over fifty, he is still very afraid of his brothers.
Gongsun Yan shouted, without any hesitation, he immediately led Gongsun Xu over.
"Second brother." The couple nodded and greeted Gongsun Yan.
Gongsun Yan waved his hand to excuse the two of them, pointed at the old man in front of him and introduced him politely:
"This is Uncle Fu from the master's house. He has brought a few people here. You and your brothers and sisters can meet them first."
Gongsun Yu and his wife were shocked when they heard that it was from the master's house.
They, the collateral lineage, only dare to guard their own three-thirds of an acre of land and do not dare to overstep even half of it. In addition, the whole family is mediocre and has no outstanding talents. No one recommends them, and there are few opportunities to meet the true direct lineage.
There are very few.
Gongsun Xu looked up behind Uncle Fu in surprise, and saw five bright smiling faces.
These five people are Xu Yue's family of five.
Under the leadership of Xu Da, the five members of the family all bowed down and bowed to their cousin and grandpa, saying in unison:
"Greetings to my aunt! Greetings to my aunt!"
This sudden voice frightened Gongsun Xu so much that her feet under her skirt subconsciously took two small steps back.
"Who are you?" She looked over cautiously.
Xu Da and others raised their heads. The five faces all had healthy complexions and large eyes. They looked like a family of five.
Xu Da took a step forward and introduced himself and his family members. This is his niece-in-law, and that is his grand-nephew and grand-nephew.
There are also four of you, Wang Da. This is your god-nephew, and that is your god-niece and grand-nephew, Balabala.
When a bunch of relatives appeared, Gongsun Xu's already wrinkled face was completely wrinkled into an old chrysanthemum. Her double-lidded eyes, which were exactly the same as those of the Xu family, were filled with confusion and helplessness...
Seeing that the two parties had recognized each other, Uncle Fu nodded to Gongsun Yan, left two carts of gifts, and went back with Shitou.
Gongsun Yan was "very excited and very happy" when he saw his sister-in-law seeing their relatives. He, who was always serious about words and expressions, rarely gave a few gentle words to his concubine to make good arrangements for your relatives.
Immediately afterwards, he ordered his entourage to take away the two carts of gifts left by Uncle Fu, and sent one cart to the old house and the other to Gongsun Yu's home. With the help of his servants, he left leisurely.
Anyway, their brothers have already separated, and this person is not his relative. It can be left to the younger brother's family to make their own arrangements.
On Gongsun Xu's side, the family had already recognized their relatives. Looking at the large and small bags of luggage on their nephews, nieces, daughters-in-law, and grandnephews, they hurriedly asked the coachman Wangcai to help put the things on the oxcart.
The two parties smiled at each other awkwardly but politely, and walked back to their homes while chatting.
Compared with Gongsun Yan's rich brocade clothes, Gongsun Xu's and his wife's clothes are much simpler.
The two of them held in their hands 500 acres of land inherited from their ancestors, a three-bedroom house, several hundred tenants, and more than 20 servants.
The couple's family also had a simple population. Gongsun Yu was a concubine and had been accustomed to keeping a low profile since he was a child. In addition, he had deeply felt the pressure brought by his status as a concubine. The family had two concubines, but neither of them allowed them to conceive a concubine.
There are only two daughters left by the original wife and a son born by the step-wife Xu.
This configuration is perfect for a rural landowner with money and leisure!
Now the two daughters in the family are married, and the only youngest son is also married, and they have two children, a boy and a girl.
These two children are of the same generation as Xu Yue's three siblings. The eldest is a boy, nine years old this year, and the younger is a girl, the same size as Xu Yue, seven years old this year.
Both children were studying at the Gongsun Clan School. I heard from Mrs. Xu that her two grandsons were different from their father and were very smart, so they sent them to the Clan School early, hoping that in the future the family would have talented people and become officials.
Mutually.
evening--
Gongsun Xu prepared sumptuous meals to entertain relatives who came from afar.
Chickens, ducks, fish, and sheep were all served, and good wine was prepared to entertain them warmly.
Xu Yue and Xu Erniang privately gave this cousin a high score of 80 points, thinking that she was a reliable relative.
To be honest, they were actually prepared to be treated coldly at the beginning. After all, relatives who they hadn't contacted for more than ten years suddenly came to visit and took the whole family with them. Most people would definitely not look at it well.
But Gongsun Yu and his wife really gave them a huge surprise.
Although this enthusiasm may be due to the existence of Gongsun Hao, a direct descendant of the family, Xu Yue felt that people who don't have any kind thoughts in their hearts cannot pretend to be this kind of enthusiasm.
In Xu's eyes, she did think that her nephew was here to fight the autumn wind.
But she didn't expect that a direct descendant of the family would personally send them here. This situation was completely different from what she had imagined.
Moreover, she never saw any connection between this relative and the word "poor and vulgar" that her deceased father said back then.
Let’s just talk about the behavior of Xu Da’s family at the dinner table. Faced with a table full of meat and fish, they were not as rude and rude as rural tenants.
On the contrary, the five of them behaved very politely at the dinner table. They knew how to wash their hands before eating, waited for the host to move first before using their chopsticks, and only ate the food in front of them.
