The Tian family entertained guests, the theater troupe helped out, and the guests and hosts had a great time. Even until dark, people still couldn't bear to leave, talking with gusto about the great plays and the grandeur of the Tian family.
Tian Minyan saw off the last guest and was so tired that she just wanted to sleep with her head covered, but Jixiang said: "Miss, Jiqing just said that there was a commotion in the front yard."
Tian Minyan's pretty face sank, her red lips pursed slightly, and she didn't stop for even a moment.
A wedding banquet was held in the ancestral hall, which was to entertain the neighbors and people. Naturally, some female relatives were arranged in the house. Even the male guests also set up several tables, and one table was occupied at the old house.
Tian Minyan came to the front yard, and before she even entered the door, she heard Tian Huaixiao's sound of banging the table and roaring. As soon as she stepped into the door, the strong smell of alcohol penetrated straight into the tip of her nose.
When he saw it, Tian Huaixiao had one foot on the chair and one hand on the table. His square face was flushed red either because he was angry or because he had eaten too much wine.
Tian Huairen, sitting at the table, was very embarrassed and helpless. Tian Huairen shrugged his head, and the old man was smoking a cigarette. When he saw her coming in, he frowned.
"Jixiang, go and open the window. I saw that my second uncle drank too much rice wine and was a little confused, so I opened a window to let him sober up." Tian Minyan turned a blind eye to the old man's frown, only tilting his head slightly and giving instructions calmly.
Ji Xiang responded with a crisp voice, and quickly walked to the window and opened it. The cold winter wind blew in, making people shiver.
Tian Huaixiao was also blown away and his mind was a little clearer. Seeing Tian Minyan's face under the light was frosty, he couldn't help but swallow his saliva and put his feet down, like a mouse seeing a cat, and it was a little chatty.
"I heard the sound of my second uncle banging the table all the way here, but what's the point of dissatisfaction? Is it because we dislike our family's poor greetings?" Tian Minyan sat down, took a sip of the hot tea handed over by Grandma Rong, and said,
He closed the teacup lid with a click, changed the topic sharply, looked at Ji Qing who was waiting on the side and scolded: "Jiqing, how do you serve you? You are a guest when you walk in. To make the guest so dissatisfied, it seems that Mrs.
I'm so used to you."
Ji Qing hurriedly knelt down and said, "It's my servant who failed to serve me well. I beg the county king to punish me."
"Second uncle, look, what's the punishment for this? These slaves blame me for being too indulgent. They don't know the heights of heaven and earth. They don't know who they are or what kind of place they are. They dare to take Qiao as their own.
Where is the master?" Tian Minyan's tone was cold, she looked at Tian Huaixiao indifferently and said coldly.
No matter how stupid Tian Huaixiao is, he still knows that Tian Minyan's words mean something. He is referring to Sang and scolding Huai. This is obviously a roundabout way of scolding him. He can't help but turn blue and white, and hesitates to speak.
The old man also understood. He looked at Tian Minyan and saw that her expression was indifferent and there was a hint of sarcasm in the corner of her mouth. Could it be that identity can really determine a person's temperament? This granddaughter is becoming more and more feared.
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"Why is Yan Yatou here? All the guests have left? These are all men. The room smells of alcohol. You are tired after working for a day. Go and have a rest." The old man said with a smile. The deep meaning of his words was that there are all men here. You
It's really inappropriate to come here. Let's go.
Tian Minyan laughed and said: "How can the host rest before this guest leaves? This is not the etiquette that should be done, mama, but is this like this?"
"Returning to Mr. Huimin County, that's right. Although the old man is my father, since the old man has separated his family and lived separately, and the old man and his two uncles are here, they are just guests, and the host should entertain them.
This does not violate the rules and etiquette." Aunt Rong said calmly.
The old man and the others looked slightly embarrassed, and said sarcastically: "This is enough as long as your father is here. You don't need a girl to accompany you."
"Speaking of which, I also have something to say to the old man." Tian Minyan said, taking a sip of tea.
"Oh?" The old man suddenly felt something bad, and he intuitively felt that Tian Minyan's next words were very bad.
"I think the old man has heard the emperor's imperial edict. The emperor's grace is so great that he gave us a Zhong County uncle's mansion in Kyoto. This spring, our family will move to Kyoto. The old man and his wife have worked hard for most of their lives.
It's time to enjoy peace and happiness. We have discussed it and thought about letting the old man and the old lady go to Kyoto with us so that we can see the world and enjoy our old age in peace. What do you think, old man?"
"What?"
As soon as Tian Minyan finished speaking, the faces of everyone present changed drastically. Tian Huaixiao and Erlang jumped up, their voices became shrill, while Tian Huaide looked at the old man eagerly.
The old man frowned, but before he spoke, Tian Minyan smiled again and said: "I know what the old man means. I feel that it is not good to follow the uncle's family when we separate. We are not trying to steal people from the uncle, we just try our best.
Xiao, take the old man and the old lady to live with us for a while. If you are not comfortable living in Kyoto, it will be fine to come back and spend time with the uncle and the others as a family. What do you think, old man?"
Tian Minyan made everything clear. Their family will move to Kyoto soon and they will take the two elders with them, but it will be awkward for them to live in a big house with two bedrooms.
The old man's face sank slightly, and he looked at Tian Minyan. Her eyes were clear and her smile was faint, but with unquestionable determination.
"Lao San, what do you mean, leaving us to enjoy the happiness alone? Lao San, you are forgetting your roots." Hearing Tian Minyan's words about leaving the second bedroom of their big house behind, Tian Huaixiao couldn't calm down anymore and couldn't care less.
Tian Minyan's expression changed as she shouted: "Third brother, you are not afraid of being poked in the back and scolded."
"What are you talking about, second uncle?" Tian Minyan put the teacup heavily on the table, piercing her eyes towards Tian Huaixiao, and said in a deep voice: "What do you mean by enjoying happiness alone and forgetting your roots? Second uncle, please explain clearly.
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"You go to Kyoto on your own and don't care about the life and death of our first and second bedrooms. Isn't this forgetting your roots?" Erlang stood up and shouted.
"This is really funny. We didn't steal or rob the three houses, and we didn't take advantage of anyone. When we were separated, our family only had six acres of land, a shabby house, and didn't get a cent of money. Uncle
When we were officials, we didn't shamelessly rely on it to enjoy any wealth." Tian Minyan stood up, pointed at the house and said coldly: "These bricks and tiles, this so-called wealth, are all earned by our family's hard work.
No matter who we depended on, there was no one to help us, so we did it ourselves, got up early to slander, and racked our brains to achieve the wealth we have today. The second uncle said that our third family had forgotten our roots. May I ask which of our roots we have forgotten?"
"This, this..."
"If the second uncle said that the old man gave birth to us, we were deprived of the old man and his wife's food and drink? You ask the old man, it means that the family is separated, and we should support the old man and the two of them. We have not lost a penny. In the past, my mother had to have a baby.
At that time, we still asked the old man for the money we borrowed, but later we paid back the money we filial piety, and we also gave it to those who were filial piety. Second uncle, which book did we forget? Did the second uncle help us cut crops or sow crops?
land?"
As the old man listened, his hands clenched into fists and his face turned dark. Tian Minyan's words were harsh, but they were true.
Tian Huaixiao's and others' faces were as dark as the bottom of a pot. Facing Tian Minyan's questioning, they were a little unable to resist.
Tian Minyan smiled coldly and said: "The emperor's imperial edict is also clearly written. The names given are my father's name, mine and my mother's names, and the awards are for our whole family. I really don't know.
Granting a title alone must benefit the brothers who have separated. When we move, we have to bring our brothers with us, otherwise it is not allowed by God. Aunt Rong, is there such a rule? "
"Returning to the county master, according to the laws of the Southern Kingdom, if the old man is still alive and the family has not been divided, if the old man is still alive and the family is granted a title, the whole family will benefit. In other words, the Lord has given the house to the old man, and the first old man and the second old man can also live in the rewarded house together.
Go to the house. If the family has been separated, it is only from the same clan. I have never heard of brothers who have been separated from the family and shamelessly come back to live when they have a family and a room." Aunt Rong felt blessed and said with disdain: "
Unless you are desperate and run away."
"This, this..." Erlang stammered.
"Don't talk to me about the rules. I'm just a rough guy. Tell me, third brother, are you going to leave us behind?" Tian Huaixiao shouted angrily: "Are you going to stop recognizing us as brothers now that you are rich?"
Tian Huairen blinked and looked at Tian Minyan asking for help.
Tian Minyan said with a cold face: "Second uncle, is this a threat?"
"Shut up, adults are talking, why are you, a girl, interrupting?" Tian Huaixiao yelled.
"How dare you offend Mr. Huimin County." Aunt Rong shouted coldly and took a step forward.
Tian Huaixiao shrank his neck, took a step back, looked at Aunt Rong's majestic face and swallowed.
"That's enough." The old man suddenly slammed the table, looked at Tian Huairen and said, "Third brother, dad knows that you are filial, but dad has lived in Yangmei Village for most of his life. In a place as wealthy as Kyoto, a rough guy like dad can't get used to it. We
I won’t go.”
"Dad..." Tian Huaixiao and others exclaimed in unison.
Tian Huairen also had a complicated face. He looked at Tian Minyan and hesitated to speak.
However, Tian Minyan calmly picked up the tea cup again without looking at them. They might be able to discuss it with others, but she would not give in even one step on the matter of taking them to Kyoto.
As a small farmer, their family has become a new noble at a rocket speed. This has made many people jealous. Except for Prince Xian, they are powerless in a land of wolves and tigers like Kyoto.
You still have to walk on thin ice step by step.
It would be fine if these relatives were peaceful, but who are Tian Huaixiao and the others? They are scoundrels, hot-tempered and impulsive, and they open a dyeing shop just for some color. In a place like Kyoto, where noble people gather together, no one can be offended by them. If they really want to cause trouble
If things go wrong, what can a Zhongxian uncle do to save their lives?
To put it bluntly, if there was another greedy person and they were encouraged to break the law, would they still be able to escape with their lives? She didn't dare to bet.
Even if she was selfish, she didn't want to have to clean up their mess all day long. She also had to leave some room for Brother Rui and Xiao Wu, who would take the imperial examination in the future.
The old man stood up, took a deep look at Tian Minyan, and said: "Third son, the banquet was very well done today. We had good food and drink. Dad accepts this and will go back first."
"Dad..." Tian Huairen frowned.
"Go back with me." The old man shouted at Tian Huaixiao and the others, and walked out. Seeing that there was no movement behind him, he turned around and cursed: "Don't you even listen to my words?"
Tian Huaixiao and the others followed reluctantly. Tian Huairen was worried and kept sending them out.
When Tian Minyan returned to the main room, Luo Shi was talking to Gao Shi and others in a low voice. When he saw her coming back, he sat her down and asked about the situation there.
Tian Minyan said roughly, and Luo Shi said with a stern face: "I knew it, and I won't stop at all."
Mrs. Gao frowned and said, "This man is so shameless. This is the first time I have seen him."
Tian Minyan sneered and said: "The most humble people are invincible. It would be strange if they didn't fight for anything."
"Then what do you want? Seeing what you said, the old man may feel uncomfortable in his heart." asked Mr. Gao.
"Auntie, give a sweet date a slap in the face. This is necessary. I have a sense of propriety." Tian Minyan said with a faint smile. If the old man wants to make a family rich, he has to figure out whether wealth or life is more important, she said
It’s clear, the old man still wants a big house and a second bedroom, so just take it and don’t regret it.
The old man returned to his old house filled with anger. Tian Huaifang and the others were talking to Mr. Jiang about personal matters. When they saw the old man and the others coming back, they were all stunned.
"Dad, what's going on? Who has made you angry?" Tian Huaifang is the best at observing facial expressions, so she asked flatteringly when she saw the old man's face.
"Who else is it? It's not the third child, but also that stinky girl. Huh, now that you are rich, you don't recognize your poor relatives, and they all put on airs." Tian Huai said filially: "The third child wants to leave us, there is no way.
Son."
"Shut up." The old man sat down on the kang, glared at him and said coldly: "With your virtues, how can you be so violent that you go to Kyoto to pretend to be an uncle and cause trouble?"
"father..."
"If you keep talking, get out of here. I don't care about the wealth and honor." The old man knocked the kang table hard with his pipe.
Seeing that something was wrong, Tian Huaifang persuaded her nicely: "Dad, don't get angry. If you have something to say, please speak it up. Brother, you should also say less." She winked at Tian Huaixiao and said with a smile.
: "Dad, the third child has always been a filial person, so you and my mother can go to Kyoto to enjoy the blessings. If you miss my eldest brother and us after staying here for a long time, tell the third child and the others, can they still come over and spend time together as a family?
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"If they really dare to be unfilial, I will report it to the emperor to see if he can still hold the title." Jiang, who had long been brainwashed by Tian Huaifang, said coldly.
"Mother, you are the same. The third child and the others are the most filial. The emperor also rules the world with benevolence and filial piety. How can they be unfilial?" Tian Huaifang said angrily.
Tian Huaixiao stopped making trouble and looked at his eldest sister with admiration. He used retreat to advance. This was a great move.
The old man is dissatisfied with the attitude of the third son and his family not to care about the big house and the second house. In his heart, he hopes that every son can live a good life. That is the real prosperity. But the third son and the others are trying to make things right, and he can't refute it.
, Now what the eldest daughter said is reasonable. After going to Kyoto, it will be different when she comes back. Will the third child still refute it?
Thinking of this, the old man's depression was half gone, but he didn't know that in this world, there is a saying that things go against his wishes.
