"It's because the old lady really can't rest in peace. According to common sense, the old lady's memorial tablet should be enshrined by his son with his own hands, but you were not at home at the time, so the memorial tablet was placed by someone else. Now that you have returned, the old lady appeared under Jiuquan, which means that you can

Replace the spiritual throne. You have fulfilled your responsibilities as the Son of Man."

As soon as Jiang Jie said these words, everyone in the mourning hall suddenly became enlightened. The old lady quickly said: "Yes, yes... I think your father just did this, and that's what he meant. My son, why don't you put your father's memorial seat again?"

.”

In fact, people are like this. When encountering such things, they always like to find an excuse to make themselves feel at ease. Jiang Jie said this, not just to smooth things over, but it can make everyone feel at ease.

"Yes, mother." Yue Su stood up, stepped to the coffin platform, respectfully placed the coffin seat again, then knelt down on the spot and clicked his head three times. "It's because the child is unfilial, so his father is here."

It’s hard to rest under the nine springs, but please rest assured, father, the child will definitely be more filial to his mother in the future and bring glory to the Yue family.”

The spiritual throne was placed again. This time, he stood firmly on the spiritual throne and made no movement again.

According to common sense, the three daughters-in-law should take turns to kowtow to their father-in-law. Ruan Aoyue, Mu Tianjiao, and Li Qiongying kowtowed in order. After offering incense, the old lady became suspicious. Who was the girl supporting her? Even if she was not his wife, the little girl

Did I also want to kowtow? Then I asked: "Son, this girl and you..."

"Her name is Du Shiniang, she is a child..." Yue Su really can't explain clearly his relationship with Du Shiniang. She is neither a wife, nor a concubine, nor a maid.

"My little girl is the master's girl." Du Shiniang was smart and directly complemented Yue Su.

"It turns out she is my son's maid. This girl is very smart and lovely. She is very fond of her mother," the old lady said.

After saying that, she looked at Shiniang and felt happy. Everyone has a preconception, and Du Shiniang gave her a good impression as soon as she came up, and she immediately stole the limelight from the three daughters-in-law.

"Since mother likes Shiniang, why not let Shiniang..." Yue Su then wanted to say, let Shiniang take care of mother. But halfway through, he realized how he could arrange Shiniang to do things.

When Du Shiniang heard this, she immediately understood Yue Su's thoughts and said, "Master, please let me know if you have any orders." Her intention was obvious, she was willing to take care of Yue Su's mother.

Seeing that she was so knowledgeable, Yue Su said, "Then Lao Shiniang will take care of my mother on my behalf."

This was said in a polite manner, and it didn't sound like the master was talking to the maid. The old lady felt puzzled after hearing this, but she did not ask any questions. She only planned to ask Shi Niang in private when she had the opportunity in the future. She was from Shi Niang.

How could I not see in my mother's eyes that this maid likes her son, but I don't know how long they have been together and what kind of relationship they have.

The old lady held Shiniang's hand and said, "Girl, I wonder if you are willing to serve me, an old lady."

"Shi Niang is willing." Du Shiniang said softly.

"Okay, okay..." The old lady became even more happy and held Shiniang's hand tighter.

He had just returned home. Yue Su naturally wanted to know more about the affairs at home. After all, he had to arrange accommodation for his people. He didn't know the situation at home now, so he asked: "Mother, when we corresponded in the past, we only talked about the generals at home.

The house was rebuilt, but I didn’t expect it to become so big.”

"This is all Jing'er's idea. All these years, thanks to Jing'er taking care of us, we have been busy. He said that you have become a high official in the court and if the house at home is too small, you will lose your status, so that's why

Expand the house to this size," the old lady said.

"Building such a big house requires a lot of money. Can the money sent back by my son be enough?" Yue Su asked again. He had sent home some money. Although the money could be used to build a large house, it still needed a lot of money.

If it were built like this, it would definitely not be enough.

"It's not that the family just used the money you sent back to build a house right away, but Jing'er first used the money to do some business. After more than a year, he made a lot of money, and then he built such a big house.

House." The old lady said.

Su nodded and asked again: "My child just saw many people paying tribute to their father outside the hospital. I wonder what they do?"

"These people include some distant relatives of your father, and some relatives from your mother's family. They came not far away to seek refuge. Our house has such a big yard and it is empty, so your father took them all in.

Come down. In addition to relatives, there are also servants in the family. Originally, your father and I didn't want so many servants, but Jing'er said that if there are fewer servants in the family, it is very inconsistent with your status, my child.

They would be laughed at by outsiders, and many of those people were people who had no money to eat. Jing'er saw that they were pitiful, so he took them into his home and kept them as his servants. The emperor gave my son so much land, and he also needed someone to take care of it.

Reasonable." The old lady said truthfully.

"So that's it." Yue Su nodded again and said, "Now Yue Jing is taking care of all the family affairs."

"Yes, he is responsible for everything inside and outside the house. He is careful and serves us very attentively. Thanks to him these years, even your father's death was all because of his busy work here. Son.

Yeah, don't treat him badly, thank him properly." said the old lady.

"Yes, mother, the child will not treat him badly." Although Yue Su knew that Yue Jing's motives for taking care of his parents were impure and that he was following others' influence, he still thanked him for helping him take care of his parents for so many years. No matter what his thoughts were, he would eventually do it.

Treat him kindly. At that moment, he turned to a maid and said, "Call Yue Jing in."

The little maid quickly accepted the order and went out to greet Yue Jing. Yue Jing was waiting outside the door. He could vaguely hear the words in the mourning hall clearly. When he saw the maid calling, he quickly followed in. When he came to Yue Su's mother and son, he first bowed to say hello.

, "Aunt, cousin..."

"My child, this is your cousin Yue Jing. I'm afraid he is somewhat similar to you. When you are not at home, he takes care of me and your father like his own son. In the past few years, I have always taken care of you.

They all treat him like a son," the old lady said.

"My child has already met my cousin when he came in. As my mother said, my child also discovered that Yue Jing and I do have some similarities." After saying that, Yue Su cupped his hands to Yue Jing and said, "Thank you dear brother for being here."

During these years, I have been filial and taken care of my parents."

It is sheer nonsense to say that Yue Su and Yue Jing look similar. This Yue Jing has a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks, is thin and withered, and there is no similarity between them when viewed horizontally or vertically. But when his mother said this, Yue Su couldn't reply, so he had to go along with it.

Mother's words.

Yue Jing quickly held up his hands and said: "What did you say, brother? Your parents are also my uncles and aunts. It is my duty to serve the two elders and to be filial to my knees."

"I just heard from my mother that you will be responsible for managing all the affairs of the house. My mother said that you do a good job on weekdays, and you will continue to take care of it from now on," Yue Su said.

"Thank you, brother. I will definitely work harder in the future." Yue Jing said.

"As my brother, I want Ding You to stay at home for three years. Those who come back with me will stay in the house. You don't have to worry about their food and drink. I will take care of them. I just need a place to live."

You arrange it as soon as possible." Carpenter Zhu only gave his family a thousand acres of fertile land. Although it is not a lot, after all, the family already supports more than 200 people, and the cost for a year is really quite a lot. Even more people will come back with him. If

He was also afraid that the family expenses would be insufficient, so he decided to bear all the expenses of his subordinates. Although Lord Yue was incorruptible, Carpenter Zhu had given tens of thousands of taels of silver in rewards, which was enough for these people.

At that time, one acre of land could produce two stones of grain, which was equivalent to two taels of silver. In one year, the amount was only two thousand taels. Supporting such a large family was considered a balance of payments. Just now, my mother said that Yue Jing did some business.

But how could Mr. Yue care about his few dollars? He regarded them all as rewards given to him by himself.

"Brother, you are too polite. Now that you are back home, everything will naturally be arranged by your family. To be honest, brother, I have done some business with the money you sent back in recent years, and I have made a lot of money. I am still doing business now.

Now, my annual income is over a thousand taels, which is enough for the big guy’s expenses. In addition, I have already packed up the houses needed by my elder brother, sister-in-law and the ceremonial guards, and I’m just waiting for my elder brother to come back.” Yue Jing was honest and directly transferred the house to the business owner.

Tell Yue Su about it.

Yue Su saw that he was handling things and answering questions appropriately, so he nodded with satisfaction and said: "Then please lead the way and resettle these subordinates of mine. By the way, before returning to his hometown for his brother, the emperor gave him five thousand taels of silver.

Regarding my father's funeral, I told him to have a grand funeral. I will order someone to deliver the money to you shortly, and I will leave it to you to decide how to deal with it."

"My little brother has already arranged the funeral arrangements to ensure the scenery and to support my brother's identity. As for the money given by the emperor, I will never dare to accept it," Yue Jing said.

"What are you talking about? The money given by the emperor is for father's funeral. If I stay, I will be disobeying the decree. This is not good. My dear brother, please don't resign." Yue Su said.

"Since my elder brother said so, I will accept it and use it all for my uncle's funeral."

After understanding the situation at home, Yue Su then handed over the five thousand taels of silver to Yue Jing, and asked Yue Jing to lead the way to where they lived. The mansion is indeed big enough now, and only the east courtyard is enough for Yue Jing.

Su's people lived there. Since Yue Su had not been at home for many years, his room was arranged next to his mother's, and his three daughters-in-law also lived here.

They stayed in the mourning hall for three days, and on the fourth day, the funeral was held. Originally, many officials from Huguang wanted to come, especially those promoted by Yue Su, but when Master Yue greeted them, he said in advance that there was no need to come here.

, so there were a lot of people missing. But even so, there were still a lot of people present. The prefect of De'an Prefecture, etc., all came.

During the funeral, Yue Su was so busy that he naturally didn't pay attention to many things. However, Jiang Jie watched with cold eyes and found that Yue Jing and the officials of De'an Mansion seemed to be very familiar with each other.
Chapter completed!