The common people don't care about the affairs of the court. They can't care about it even if they want to. Instead of wanting to know things they can't know, it's better to look at the life in front of them.
After the imperial meeting, there are only three days left before the Chinese New Year. Officials living in Changjing can comfortably enjoy the atmosphere of the upcoming festival, while those officials who come from other places and those who live far away also choose to travel to Changjing.
If we stay, we can't go back in time, and the weather is not good today. A heavy snow seems to be brewing. It has been some days since the last snowfall.
In fact, those officials don't care too much about going back to celebrate the New Year and reunite with their families. For them, reunions are not an everyday thing. And they only go to Changjing two or three times a year.
People always like to feel happy in an environment they have never experienced before.
Besides, where is this place? It's Changjing, the most prosperous place in the Tang Dynasty. Wine and beauty are better than those at home. Ahem, I made a mistake. Come again. This is the residence of dignitaries. If you don't plan to pay a visit with generous gifts at this time,
How long you wait, whether your future will be bright or not depends on whether your gift is rich enough.
Therefore, at this time, carriages were often seen at the gates of some large mansions, and then the housekeepers of the courtyards who smiled from ear to ear received these people warmly, accepting gifts blatantly, and did not mind the eyes of others at all.
However, most of these other people's eyes are envious.
The entrance of Wu Mansion was relatively deserted, with only some servants in the mansion busy decorating the house for the upcoming New Year. Chen Mo has also been living in seclusion recently. Although he couldn't visit all of Changjing City, he saw a lot.
, I originally planned to go to those martial arts schools to find people to compete with, but seeing that everyone was busy, I didn’t bother. After all, why can’t you force others to come? This is Changjing, not the Garden of Red Dust.
A well-behaved place.
When Wu Kou had his spare time, he found Chen Mo again. In this family, only Chen Mo could relieve his boredom. As a young man, he already liked quiet people, so he often told him that he didn't need to accompany him, so he might as well use this time to get to know each other more.
A few girls, and then when they were chatting, they would get involved in those women who were related to the martial bandits. Recently, Jiu'er from Zuixianlou was regarded as one of the candidates.
"You really don't need to buy anything?" Wu Kou asked while drinking tea in Chen Mo's room. It's almost the Chinese New Year, and every household, adults and children, are buying new things for themselves. Even the servants of Wu Mansion are also buying new things for themselves.
After receiving a good reward from the housekeeper, I traveled in groups to Changjing in the evening and bought the things I needed.
In the whole house, only Chen Mo seemed not to take it seriously. He meditated like a piece of wood in different places in the yard every day.
"I already have enough to eat and drink, what else do I need?" Chen Mo looked like he had no desire for anything.
"Women." Wu Kou replied casually.
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On New Year's Eve, the Wu Mansion became lively, and Wu Feifei's family, who had not seen each other much for the past few days, was also busy at home.
There is a rule in the Wu Mansion. Starting from the old man, the Wu family must return to the Wu Mansion during the New Year period to offer sacrifices. And this old man is the first generation head of the Wu family in the Tang Dynasty. Now more than a hundred years have passed, but it can
This generation of warriors is only the fourth generation, and it is rare for a family to be able to stand in Changjing for a hundred years without falling. M.
The Four Families in Changjing are such families. They all arose as vassals of the royal family and continue to this day. Even now, they are inseparable from the royal family. People from the four families are more or less officials in the court, and they all need positions.
It's not a job.
Carriages of various sizes appeared at the gate of Wu Mansion one after another. People of all ages got off the carriages and looked at the huge gate of Wu Mansion. Some were emotional, some were curious, some were unwilling, and some were indifferent.
The housekeeper of the first mansion has been waiting at the door of the mansion for a long time, blurting out various titles and being extremely polite.
For these people who have dispersed and started their own families, Wufu can still arrange their residences. This is the foundation of a wealthy family, and ordinary people cannot afford it.
Everyone entered the Wu Mansion, and most of them gathered in the front hall. Fruits, cakes, and tea were all available. The maids of the Wu Mansion patiently served the uncles of the young family master or these brothers and sisters who were only related by blood and did not have much affection.
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Most of these people of the same generation as Wu Kou could not sit still. After chatting with various uncles in the hall, they started wandering around the Wu Mansion in twos and threes. Although it was not the first time for them to come here, it had happened every year.
You can't come here too many times, even though they live in Changjing, which is actually not far away at all. Some of them have their own businesses and rented courtyards in Changjing.
"Third brother, why don't you see Wu Kou? The elders don't even entertain them when they come. When did they become so arrogant?" asked a man who looked exactly like Wu Shuping, Wu Kou's biological father.
"Brother, you know that Wukou will not listen to me. He alone has the final say in this family." Wu Shuping sighed and said.
"Humph, you are his father. Even if he has been adopted by Shu Ming, he is still your son. How can any son disobey me? Call him out. As his uncle, I will teach him a lesson for you."
"Wu Shuding, he was whipped by you a lot when he was a child, right? What is his status now? You have this qualification just because you are his uncle?" Another man in the hall sneered.
"Wu Shuqi, can't you do that?" Wu Shuding asked back, and he was still very polite to this man named Wu Shuqi. After all, he was from the uncle's family.
"When I was little, I didn't even call you uncle, but now I'm acting like an uncle. Do you think this attitude is bigger than that of a father like Shuping?" Wu Shuqi said calmly while drinking a cup of hot tea.
"Oh, it's so lively." At this time, an old man walking on crutches walked into the hall and looked at everyone with a smile.
A group of middle-aged men quickly stood up to greet the old man and called him "Uncle Four."
"Long Sheng, you're here." In the hall, an old man who came earlier than this old man said slowly. He listened quietly to the noise in the hall before and did not interrupt. After all, it was all
Matters for future generations.
As soon as the old man on crutches arrived, everyone from the Wu family basically gathered together.
The first head of the Wu family, Mrs. Wu, had a total of eight children. Today, only two sons are alive in the world, the eldest son Wu Longen who greeted the old man with a walking stick, and the fourth son Wu Longsheng who greeted the old man with a walking stick.
The grandchildren are the middle-aged people in the hall, Wu Longen's two sons, Wu Shuqi and Wu Shuju. The other three are after the old man's late third son, namely Wu Shuding, Wu Shukang and Wu Shuping. Wu Longsheng has no descendants.
As for the great-grandson generation, they are people like Wu Ling'er, Wu Feifei, and Wu Kou.
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So many people came to the Wu Mansion today, but Wu Kou still had no intention of welcoming them, and hid with Chen Mo again. Chen Mo got a general understanding of their Wu family's messy family background from Wu Ling'er, and Wu Kou really didn't like it very much.
Those people.
It can be roughly said that there are four people in the Wu family. From the perspective of the military bandits, they are the uncle Wu Longen who has one room, Wu Ling'er's grandfather Wu Longci who has one room, and his own blood grandfather Wu Longchang who has no descendants.
Sifang Wu Longsheng.
Wu Kou's grandfather died before he was born, and Wu Ling'er's grandfather, Wu Longci, the second generation head of the Wu family, also passed away. The only remaining grandfathers were Wu Longen and Wu Longci.
Among the parents at this time, only Wu Ling'er's father was his godfather. The third generation head of the family, Wu Shuming, also died of illness a few years ago. In this environment, he was pushed by Wu Ling'er.
The position of the head of the household.
For many people in the Wu family, Wu Kou's identity is that of a "bastard". He was not welcomed at all when he was a child. If Wu Shuming hadn't adopted him into his own name, Wu Kou might not be able to survive now.
For other members of the Wu family, the reason for the adoption was that Wu Shuming had only one daughter, Wu Ling'er, and no son, so he had no choice but to do so. However, Wu Kou knew that a big reason for this was Wu Ling'er's doing.
He knew Wu Ling'er when he was in that cold home, and Wu Ling'er was the first person in the Wu family who did not reject his identity. He also told him a lot of things, and finally brought him out of that cold home.
Pull it out and enter the Wu Mansion.
When he was at Liusu Mountain, Wu Kou had begged Wu Ling'er not to go home for the New Year, but he just didn't want to face them as the head of the family. Wu Ling'er's father used to guard the Wu family, so he didn't have to worry. Since he became the head of the family,
The head of the family, Wu Ling'er, has many demands on him. Under many restrictions, it is not the time to break up with them.
"Are you just hiding like this?" Chen Mo glanced at him.
"This is not just hiding, this is called strategic retreat." Wu Kou explained for himself, suddenly exclaimed, looked outside the house and said: "Look, it's snowing again."
The sky had been gloomy for several days, and on New Year's Eve, it finally started to snow, seeming to urge people still on the streets to go home quickly and stop wandering around for the New Year.
The two maids who were waiting for Chen Mo in the yard ran to the yard excitedly, opening their arms to welcome the snowflakes. On this day in the Wu Mansion, only the few servants in Chen Mo's yard were the most relaxed, and they did not have to receive the young masters.
Bored relatives.
Chen Mo looked at their figures running and cheering in the snow, which reminded him of a person. He unconsciously walked to the corridor outside the house and looked at their two cheerful figures.
Wukou also followed him out and looked at the two carefree maids together. He didn't know where he was wrong and said, "Have you taken a liking to my two maids?"
"Do you think your other eye doesn't have a black circle?"
"No, no, no." Wu Kou shook his head quickly, and even distanced himself from Chen Mo. "Just a joke, just a joke. I'm just trying to liven up the atmosphere. Don't take it too seriously."