"Second uncle, third uncle, and four aunts. I have ten cousins. Among the girls, I am the tallest. There are eleven aunts and cousins, and I am also the tallest.
Among them, only the third aunt is a direct relative, and the others are concubines..." The more Shan Yuping said, the lower her mood became, and tears started to flow from her eyes. It had been so many days since Zhu Biao had been married to her, if he had known that she had lived in the old house.
Very unsatisfactory and slandered by others.
Because the fate is in her parents, it is in her heart.
The Shan family in Guangping has been a family member for generations of scholars and scholars. None of their ancestors has ever had a high-ranking official. However, over the past two hundred years, his scholarly reputation has been loud and clear, and his family status is extremely high. All his neighbors respect him. His family wealth and property are not ranked high in Guangping County, and his reputation is
But it is very resounding. As his family has been educated for a long time, he is respected by others, and his reputation is valued more and more with each generation. The efforts of several generations are worth it. Chapter 366: Guangping Shan Family, Family Grudges
It almost pushed the Shan family to the position of being the leader of Guangping County. The capital accumulated by this generation was almost completely destroyed by Shan Yuping's father's generation.
Shan's father ranked third in Yijia, and he was wearing a red coat to explore the huālang. The sensation caused by the news back to Guangping was unimaginable. It can be said that as long as Shan's father can be the head of a county in the future, the Shan family will definitely be unbeatable.
This is the first store in Guangping.
In the examination hall and high school, he is favored by nobles, matched with ladies, and proud in officialdom.
In the next five years, everything was very proud for Shan, and everyone felt like their hairs were all gone.
However, as the news spread that Shan Yuping's inner palace was damaged after giving birth to a single mother, and she could no longer have children. As three years passed, the single father still refused to take a concubine, leaving him still childless. Conflicts broke out and slanders also emerged.
Erupted.
First, the Shan family forced Shan's father to take a concubine, but Shan's father flatly refused and said that he wanted to live with his wife and daughter for the rest of his life. Then some people in Guangping County secretly took action. In the past few years, the Shan family has been prosperous, but they are very jealous.
Seriously. How could they let go of such a great opportunity?
Guangping County So a joke about the Shan family began to spread among the neighbors in the county and township, saying that the Shan family has not produced talents for a hundred years. The original Shan family in Chapter 366 Guangping, Family Grudges was just a weakling who was afraid of hendom and power.
He has been a scholar for two hundred years, and yet such a talented but virtuous person has emerged?
The common people did not know the true relationship between Shan's father and Shan's mother, and even Shan's family was opposed to it. The people of Guangping County only choked after seeing Shan's mother giving birth to a child without a baby. But for three years, Shan's father was stunned.
Dare to take a concubine.
Isn't it clear that Shan's father is henpecked? Why is Shan's father afraid of henpecks? Isn't it because Shan's mother is from a noble family and Shan's father doesn't dare to offend his own in-laws? If he offends his own in-laws, wouldn't it be that his future is not guaranteed...
There are three kinds of unfilial piety, the worst is not having an heir. For the sake of his own future, he even gave up his ancestral family lineage. Shan father, who was the pride of Guangping people at the time, suddenly fell off the throne and fell into the quagmire.
Corrupt officials, greedy for power, greedy for glory and wealth, and for this reason do not even want to continue the family lineage. This kind of people are naked, naked, naked, there is something wrong with their character.
The common people are simple, but they are easily deceived. When the news came out that a single mother could no longer be pregnant, it was no longer a problem for her to have yellow mud rotting in her crotch.
"When I was seven years old, I returned to my old house..." Tears kept flowing from the corners of Shan Yuping's eyes. But she thought about the pain of her relatives being indifferent and turning a blind eye to her own family.
Should we say it is the misfortune of one parent and one parent, or should we say it is the misfortune of the entire Shan family. When Shan Yuping was seven years old, first her grandfather died of illness and then her grandmother also died.
At that time, rumors spread throughout Guangping that he was an old man with a single father and a single mother who died of anger.
Shan's brand is completely ruined!
Shan Yuping lived in the old house with her parents for three years after her father Ding You was born. The feeling must have made her cry countless times when she was young.
With the Houfu of Yibei here, Shan's father, Ding You, will certainly not worry about job vacancies after his death. But at this time, Shan's father, who has experienced the bitterness of human kindness, no longer cares about his official career. Shan's mother has left an indelible mark in her three years in Guangping.
The root cause of the disease was poked in the spine by countless people. The so-called target of thousands of people ended without a cure!
It can be said that the young and early death of a single father and a single mother are closely related to the three years of life in the old house in Guangping.
So Shan Yuping told Zhu Biao about the past, but the more she talked, the sadder she became. When she mentioned that both her parents died of illness, the Shan clan was already crying when they refused to allow both parents to be buried in the ancestral grave.
For Guangping, the only thing she cares about is the tomb of her parents at the foot of the hill. But for the old house, she doesn't miss her relatives at all, and even has boundless fear.
Zhu Biao hugged her tightly, and Shan Yuping also hugged Zhu Biao with both hands, shrinking into Zhu Biao's arms, as if this would make her safer.
Zhu Biao didn't say a word, and nothing could offset the pain in Shan Yuping's heart. Thinking about the pain and loneliness in Shan Yuping's heart during the days when her mother-in-law, especially her father-in-law, died of illness, during the days when Qi Qi observed her filial piety, she was afraid that she would even
I have thought about death.
Looking at his wife who was still choking in his arms, Zhu Biao held her closer to his heart, but an unspeakable complexity flashed in his eyes.
If those people in the Shan family are really like the Jia family in "Dream of Red Mansions" who treated Lin Daiyu, greedy for the orphan girl's property and unscrupulous at all costs, it would be easy to say that Zhu Biao will never bypass them.
However, from the information he received from his nanny, and from the Zhuangzi and three shops in Shangping County that Shan Yuping saw at home, he knew that there was nothing like what he imagined.
Generally speaking, the two uncles born from Shan Yuping's concubine are very strong in character. This makes Zhu Biao feel really difficult to handle.
After resting on the way last night, he would definitely be able to reach Guangping County before noon today. Early in the morning, he sent a cavalry to report the news to Shan's old residence.
At present, the people staying in the old house are the wife and son of Shan Yuping. The harvests in summer and autumn are reported every year. Before the new year, they have not yet sent two carts of local goods as gifts to the Elbei Marquis. They are also conscientious. Although.
Zhu Biao, who always thinks the worst of people, didn't believe that the family didn't bring anything into his house, but he didn't see the dirt. Before, he just muttered to himself.
Sure enough, they arrived at Guangping County before noon. More than 30 elite cavalry made the gatekeeper Du Bo almost sound the alarm.
After their identities were verified, Zhu Biao and his party were sent into the city with nods and bows. These soldiers guarding the gate did not have the spirit of the border troops, and were no different from the police officers in the government office.
Walking from the west gate to the east city, Zhu Biao's carriage and horses had not even reached the gate of the Shan family when a gust of mocking wind quickly spread from the west gate to every corner of the city. The daughter of the Shan family said, 'Come back!
There is a small courtyard in front of you. It can only be considered medium-sized in terms of size. However, the house has a good appearance, is quiet and rigorous, and shows a kind of elegance and tranquility that is different from others. The location is suitable, and the neighbors look good.
The people who live here are not high-ranking officials and rich nobles, but they all have courtyards with flowers and grass. It is a place where the literary talents of Guangping County gather.
It is neither close to the busy city nor far away from the street. It closes the door and isolates itself from the world. It is quiet in the bustle. When you go out, it is connected in all directions with busy traffic. It has a bit of a combination of movement and stillness. Especially for those who want to run around in the world and seek their own tranquility.
Scholars. Shan's wealth is not much, far less than that of a rich and powerful businessman. It is supported by reputation. It is suitable to live here without sacrificing social status. It is neither visible nor exposed. It is also in line with the "big hermit is hidden in the city, small hermit is hidden in the wild".
''Scholars are noble.
At first, there were ** houses in the immediate and side branches of the Shan family located nearby, but now, either the houses have been sold or the whole family has moved away. For example, his third uncle, Shan Yuping's grandfather, took his mother in as soon as he passed away in Q7.
It has been eleven or twelve years since the whole family moved to their own village in the suburbs of the city.
Shan Yuping got out of the car with the help of Zhu Biao. Zhu Biao took a closer look and saw the courtyard wall and gatehouse of gray brick walls with polished bricks and seams. On both sides of the gate of the house, there were a pair of stone drums painted
The dark red door. The thick door leaf is inlaid with a pair of brass door openings the size of a bowl, and the door knocker is hanging. The door is ordinary, just like the others around it, and unlike the Hou Mansion, there is no concierge at the door.
, it is always closed all year round.
Feng Enjiang jumped off the carriage and went to knock on the door. There was a bang, and the people inside who had already received the news quickly responded.
Zhu Biao wondered if the people who stayed at the Shan family's old house were afraid to go out on weekdays. This young lady and uncle came back and didn't even send anyone to guard the door.
After stepping on the five bluestone steps and crossing the high threshold, a group of people walked through the door. Zhu Biao looked at his wife, his expression obviously a little wrong. But outsiders were present, so he could only keep his fingers clasped tightly.
Walking in step by step, I looked over bit by bit. As I walked in, I saw a screen wall surrounded by green reliefs of pines, orchids, bamboos and chrysanthemums. In the center was a picture of the rising sun on the sea, mountains in the east, and flowing water rising, blocking the outside view. The screen wall
At the bottom of the ground, thick grape vines twist up like horned dragons, clinging to several bamboo poles and climbing along the grape trellis of the gravel-filled road in the middle. The green leaves are like a cover, forming a shade on the stone road.
Shan Yuping once said that the first time she could remember returning to her old home was just when the grapes were ripe. At that time, she was young and the conflicts had not intensified, so she lived a very happy life. However, less than two years later, everything fell apart.
changed.
The front yard is full of flowers and trees. Although they are just ordinary varieties, they can make the yard full of vitality. The stone path leads to the front hall, with huge vermilion pillars and green rafters, which is quite simple. Passing through the front hall, there is a row of blue bricks.
Uva's house has a row of side rooms on both sides, which are where the front yard servants live and the outer living room is located. There is a long corridor in front of the main house, which is connected to a courtyard in the west. There is a door in the southeast for people to enter and exit the house on weekdays.
There is a hexagonal door diagonally opposite the southeast door, which is the throat connecting the front and backyard. There is a peach tree on both sides of the door. There is a pool inside the door. In the middle of the pool is a rockery with rugged rocks and a base that is more than eight feet above the ground.
, comparable to a screen wall, just blocking the view from outside the door.
The backyard is different from the simplicity of the front yard. After all, it is where the residence is, so it has some small and exquisite features, showing charm everywhere. However, the decoration materials are very ordinary, and small and exquisite is just a relative term. There are three stone steps leading to the corridor, which can be accessed from
The small door on the west side leads into the front yard.
The main hall is connected to three small houses. The house opens to the south, and there is a corridor to the east that leads to the servant's room. The servant's room is to the west, isolated from the main house. Against the south wall, there is a thin and sparse bamboo bush, and there are also
There are several almond trees planted with vines winding up.
