Xia Mu didn't realize that he was different from his sister and brother until he was seven years old. Well, actually there wasn't much difference.
In addition to the different surnames, in the words of his parents, "You inherited the surname of Xia's grandmother, and your sister and brother inherited the surname of your grandfather Bai. Apart from the different surnames and the people who sacrificed them, you
It’s actually no different.”
事实也如此,他爹不会因为他姓夏就少揍他一点儿,他娘也不会因为他姓夏就少爱他一点儿.
And because their parents have the same attitude, except for the differences between the Xia family and the Bai family when facing their siblings, the attitudes of people outside towards them are also the same.
Since he was seven years old, he has been officiating every year, reciting and copying the deeds of his great-grandparents and grandparents...
He once felt it was boring, but as time went by, the older he got, the more he realized why his parents asked him to do this.
These people are just names and stories in the genealogy, but when they were alive, they were lives.
In his mother's words, they all lived too hard when they were young, especially Grandfather Zhou Yin. He spent his whole life in misery, so as future generations, we must also live out his share of happiness.
Forgetting his kindness and inheriting his character is the only way to live up to our ancestors.
Xia Mu felt that his mother was right, so he weighed it up. After taking the Jinshi examination, he went to Jiannan Road to become a hermit. With the title of Jinshi, he recruited many students and took them here and there every year.
It's a great thing to go shopping, teach students, and at the same time visit the landscape and praise the character of your ancestors...
His father and mother also thought it was good, so they resigned from the capital and left the capital out of envy. Then they said they wanted to see the four seasons of Jiangnan for the emperor. After going there for many years, they, their children, were almost
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Of course, this is a story for later. What’s more, after he married a wife and had children, their descendants, the Xia family and the Bai family, had a close relationship, especially after his father finally separated their clan.
After the ancestral hall was also located in Chang'an, the two sects became closely related.
Ahem, they can't help but be close. After all, he and the Chang'an branch of the Bai family are brothers, right?
Although Bai Changsong looks more serious, he is still his younger brother. As an elder brother, he can still be on top of him temporarily.
Xia Mu spent ten years moving all the ancestral graves in Shangzhou and Mianzhou to Chang'an. To this end, he spent all the New Year's money he had saved for eighteen years to buy a Feng Shui treasure land in the suburbs of Beijing.
He placed his ancestral grave on a geomantic treasure land. There were also 20 acres of paddy field and 30 acres of dry land on the treasure land, all of which he used as sacrificial land.
When he did these things, his mother was so moved that she took him to pay homage to his grandparents, then she hugged him and cried, then with a wave of her hand, she gave him half of her private money in advance.
"You can use it to buy land and a house," Zhou Man said, "This will be your family business from now on."
Bai Changsong on the side looked hot and quickly moved closer, "Mom, look at me, look at me."
Zhou Man reached out and pushed his head away, "You are still young, I will keep your share for you first."
Bai Changsong was unwilling to give in, "Last time my sister got married, you said you gave her half of your private house, and now you gave half to your eldest brother. How much do I have left?"
Zhou Man: "Don't worry, I've got it all. It's not like my private house won't increase if I give it away. Your brother's is no less than your sister's. Naturally, your share will not be less than your brother and sister's in the future."
Bai Changsong felt slightly relieved, but he tilted his head and asked curiously, "Then I will also be assigned your private room..."
"Of course it will only be my private house. If you want to share it with me, you will probably have to wait a hundred years from now." Zhou Man stroked his chin thoughtfully, "But if I don't like you anymore by then, I can share it with others."
It’s not impossible.”
Xia Mu asked anxiously: "For example?"
"For example, other people's children..."
Bai Changsong rolled his eyes and asked, "Mother, does dad know you have so many private houses?"
"He knows I have a private house."
"Then does he know there are so many?"
Zhou Man had a serious look on his face and threatened him with clenched fists, "If you dare to talk to each other, your private room will be cut in half from now on."
Bai Changsong covered his mouth.
Xia Mu chuckled at the side. What he didn't tell his brother was that he not only got a private house from his mother, but also a private house from his father. His great-grandmother also left a lot for him before she passed away. A few days ago, she learned that he had given him a private house.
After he spent all his New Year's money, his grandmother also gave him a lot.
So Xia Mu is very rich now, so rich that whenever he sees his younger brother, he smiles lovingly, which makes Bai Changsong shiver a lot.
Xia Mu patted his shoulder to comfort him and said, "When the New Year comes, I will give you lucky money."
Bai Changsong was very tough, "Who wants your lucky money? You are not much older than me."
Xia Mu directly ignored his words and said to Zhou Man: "Mom, when I went back to move the grave, I found that someone in Jiannan Road had set up an immortal tablet for my grandfather, so I plan to spend money to build a temple in Mianzhou and Luojiang County, with the names of my grandfather and me.
Grandma’s statue gives people a place to go when they want to pay homage.”
Zhou Man was stunned for a while and then nodded, "Okay, I'll pay for it, just go ahead and do it."
"By the way, build more roads," Zhou Man said, "Let's build them in the names of your grandfather and grandmother, and build some in Mianzhou and Shangzhou."
Bai Shan came in from outside the house and heard the words: "Our family will pay for this money."
He said to Zhou Man: "It just so happens that the death anniversary of my father-in-law and mother-in-law is coming soon. In previous years, we only performed rituals in Xuandu Temple. This year we moved the graves and Wuyuan grew up and built an ancestral hall, so let's hold a big one."
Zhou Man nodded, "It's fine if we keep it to ourselves. Don't spread the word to outsiders. It won't be good if it alarms outsiders."
Bai Changsong couldn't help but raise his hand, "Father, mother, when I become the clan leader, can I also build a temple for my grandfather? Then you can help me in the same way."
Zhou Man looked at Bai Shan and said with a half-smile: "It depends on whether your father can separate the clan. Otherwise, if you want to be the eldest son and the clan, you have to defeat the direct clan."
Bai Changsong took back his hand and said, "Forget it, I just want to be the leader of my own clan, not the leader of such a big clan."
By the time Bai Changsong finally realized that he had been wronged, Xia Mu had been the sect leader for many years.
For this reason, he specially brought his group of children to Bai Changsong and kept passing them in front of his eyes. "Did you see that from now on these children will all be branches of our Xia family? What about yours?"
Bai Changsong felt that he was too much of an eyesore, so he simply stood up and said, "I have become the clan leader. When will you open an ancestral hall for me to go in and worship my grandfather and grandmother?"
Xia Mu waved his hand generously and said, "You can do it at any time. I am the clan leader and I have the final say."
So the next day, the two brothers took their children and knelt in Xia's ancestral hall.
Bai Changsong bowed deeply, looked up at the names of his maternal grandparents on the tablet and said, "Grandpa, grandma, I have become the clan leader. In the future, my eldest brother and I will help each other, support each other, and carry forward our Bai and Xia families."
Xia Mu on the side said: "Oh, there is also the Zhou family, but we don't need to worry about that. My uncle and cousin are so good at giving birth. There are so many nephews and grandnephews born now that I can't even recognize them all. They don't need us to carry them forward at all.
That’s great.”
Bai Changsong gave his unreliable brother a slap in the face and told him to be more honest.
Xia Mu touched his chest and muttered twice, but he still endured it temporarily and said to his grandparents: "Originally, my father and mother should have come back for such a big thing, but they went to sea, and they were also seen in Longzhou.
As we walked further and further away, we could hardly see the clan, so we agreed to split the clan. When they come back from overseas, they will definitely come to pay homage to their grandfather and grandmother, oh, and their great-grandfather and great-grandmother..."