Not long after, the old lady came out holding Jiang Yingxue's hand.
The juniors began to come forward to greet the old lady one by one. The old lady ordered Nanny Zhu to distribute red envelopes to everyone, and then led everyone towards the ancestral hall.
The ancestral hall of Wu'an Marquis Mansion is said to be an ancestral hall, but in fact there are only a few scattered tablets enshrined in it.
This is one of the reasons why other famous nobles look down on Wu Anhou.
Xie Yu, the old man of the Xie family, was born as an orphan in the army. He can no longer be traced back to his grandfather's generation. It is said that the Xie family brothers suffered a disaster in their hometown, so the two brothers escaped and joined the army. One of the elder brothers married a soldier.
There was a cook there, but before they could see the child being born, both brothers died on the battlefield, and the cook also died in childbirth when she gave birth to Xie Yu.
It can be said that Xie Yu, the Marquis of Wu'an, was raised by the soldiers in the military camp by saving a morsel of food from between his teeth. However, when he showed his prominence in the military camp and was finally granted the title of Marquis of Wu'an, the soldiers who raised him
Those soldiers had died long ago and were scattered, and in many cases even their bodies were not found.
It is said that when the ancestral hall was being built in the Wu'an Marquis Mansion, someone once suggested that Mr. Xie make some fake memorial tablets and put them at the back, which would look more impressive. Unexpectedly, Mr. Xie refused without thinking and used Xie.
The old Marquis said that no matter how stupid I am, I can't get some fake ancestors for myself. Instead of doing this, it is better to worship the veterans who gave me food.
Xie Laohou kept his word, and soon he erected several memorial tablets in the ancestral hall, such as Uncle Niu, Uncle Ergou...
This incident once became a joke in the capital, but Mr. Xie didn't care at all. After the ancestral hall was built, he put a stick of incense on his butt and went to Ningxia with an order, leaving only Mrs. Xie with a livid face.
He endured the ridicule and ridicule from everyone, openly and secretly.
After worshiping the ancestors, firecrackers sounded one after another outside.
The old lady also smiled and asked people to go out and light firecrackers, and ordered Aunt Zhu to distribute rewards to the servants of the Hou Mansion. In this joyous atmosphere, the new year began.
After breakfast, Mrs. Chen resigned and went out to organize things.
Xie Zheng and Xie Feng were both going out. Xie Zheng was going to pay New Year's greetings to General Zuoyiwei Song Mubian, while Xie Feng was going to pay New Year's greetings. There were even more people walking around. In addition to his colleagues in the official department, there were also many close friends to visit.
Move around.
The female relatives also had no time to spare. They had to take their children to Chao'an Temple to offer incense and pray for blessings.
With the whole family going out, there was naturally a lot to prepare. Although Mrs. Chen had been preparing it for a long time, she was afraid of making any mistakes when it came to the end, so as soon as she finished her breakfast, she took the turnips out to pack them.
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Seeing the wind blowing on the soles of Chen's feet, as if she were the mistress of the house, Yang felt as if she had eaten an underripe apricot, and her sore teeth ached.
Perhaps it was because she had eaten in the morning, Xie Yuan's face was dull and silent, and Xie Xian, who was sitting next to her, was naturally too sensible to talk too much. Therefore, the fourth girl, Xie Ru, was the only one in the room who kept asking for candied fruits from the old lady.
The sound of eating.
She was naturally lovely, and when she spoke, her voice was like a layer of honey, which made the old lady laugh. However, the old lady was old, and she felt a little tired after hugging her for a while.
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Xie Feng was keenly aware of this, so he smiled and stretched out his hand to Xie Ru, "Sister Ru, stop pestering your grandmother and come to father."
Xie Ru blinked his eyes and was about to climb out of the old lady's arms when a soft voice rang out.
"Fourth girl, would you like my aunt to give you a hug?"
Xie Ru tilted her head and looked at Jiang Yingxue for a while. Suddenly, she grinned and stretched out her arms towards her, "Auntie, give me a hug."
Jiang Yingxue's slender almond-shaped eyes immediately revealed a smile. She stood up and walked quickly towards Xie Ru, then smiled and stretched out her arms to hug her.
Xie Ru tilted his head and sniffed her body, and then said cheerfully, "Wow, my aunt smells so good! It smells better than my aunt!"
Jiang Yingxue couldn't help but blush.
Looking at Jiang Yingxue's almond-shaped eyes and pink cheeks, with a longing look on her face, a few poems suddenly appeared in Xie Feng's mind - her face is as red as the peach blossoms, and her brows are as green as the willow leaves. She is delicate and silent, prone to anger. Stand in front of her It's still a wonderful time. A deep cup, a hundred punishments and a lot of hard work, only to get drunk for the demon.
Yang's side was depressed because of Chen's, so when she turned around, she saw her husband looking at Jiang Yingxue with burning eyes. His eyes were a bit flirty, which made her feel evil. Climb upward.
"Sister Ru, please don't behave yourself. Go back to your wet nurse." Yang said coldly, looking at Xie Ru.
Xie Ru was startled. She glanced at Ms. Yang, then she immediately smiled, lowered her head and whispered to Jiang Yingxue, "Aunt, let me go, I have to go back to the wet nurse."
Jiang Yingxue smiled and touched Xie Ru's face, then looked at Yang with a smile and said, "Second cousin, it's okay! Sister Ru is as cute as Yuxue, just like the jade girl in front of Guanyin Bodhisattva, I look at it I just like her and want to hug her more and get some blessings."
"Look at what my cousin said. If I hadn't known that you were still unmarried, cousin, I would have thought that you were only looking for a girl, so you wanted to get lucky by hugging Sister Ru." Yang raised the corner of her mouth, half sarcastically and half sarcastically. He looked at Jiang Yingxue and said.
"Second cousin, I don't, I don't mean that, I just think Sister Ru is cute..." Jiang Yingxue's pretty face turned pale. She put down Xie Wu, bit her lip and looked at Yang, who said a little embarrassed.
"Okay, if you can't speak, then stop talking." Seeing Jiang Yingxue's embarrassment, Xie Feng frowned and glanced at Yang with some displeasure.
"What did I say? I just kindly reminded my cousin. My cousin hasn't said anything yet, so why are you so anxious and angry?" Yang glared back at Xie Feng with a fierce look and said in a loud voice.
"Second cousin, second cousin, please stop arguing. I just said the wrong thing." Seeing the two of them arguing, Jiang Yingxue hurriedly said with a trembling voice. Her eyes were red, like a frightened little rabbit. .
"Shut up! There is no place for you to talk here!" Yang was filled with anger and had no place to vent. Seeing Jiang Yingxue bumping into him, she would not give her any face.
"Second cousin sister-in-law..." Jiang Yingxue bit her lip, with tears filling her eyes. She looked indescribably weak and helpless.
"Yang Qinrui, you, you are really unreasonable!" Xie Feng frowned and glanced at Yang with disgust. Then, he simply stood up and raised his hands to the old lady and said, "Mom, my sister-in-law has already placed the horse. Come on, my son will leave first." After that, without even looking at Yang, he flicked his long sleeves, turned around and strode out of the house.
"Mother..." Yang didn't expect Xie Feng to slap her in the face. For a moment, she couldn't tell whether she felt more wronged or regretful.
The old lady didn't even look at her.
Although she didn't think much of her cousin, her disdain didn't mean Yang could reprimand and ridicule her in front of her. Wasn't this a slap in her face?
"Mom, since my second brother is gone, I will also take my leave." As soon as Xie Feng left, Xie Zheng was too lazy to stay and watch the performance of this group of women and children, so he stood up and bowed his hands to the old lady.
"Go." The old lady smiled at Xie Zheng in a dignified manner.
After Xie Zheng left, the old lady closed her eyes again and began to look up to God.
"Mother..." Seeing that the old lady refused to pay attention to her, Yang shouted again without giving up.
She didn't believe that the old lady would embarrass her in public on the first day of the new year.
"By the way, have you prepared all the things you need to go back to your parents' house tomorrow?" Sure enough, the old lady seemed unable to withstand Yang's call, and finally raised her eyelids and spoke.
Yang's face finally softened a little. She hurriedly squeezed out a smile, looked at the old lady respectfully and said, "If you want to reply to mother, I have prepared the things to go back to my parents' house early in the morning."
The old lady nodded, "That's good. Don't miss anything. I still have ginseng in the house. When you go back tomorrow, remember to bring it to your mother for me. It can be considered as a little thought from me."
"Go back tomorrow? Mother, what do you mean by this?" Yang looked at the old lady and her throat became inexplicably tight.
But the old lady didn't even move her eyebrows. She said slowly in a low voice, "In the past, your sister-in-law was away and I was getting older. Every year on the second day of the first lunar month, I could only help you greet the guests who came to the house to pay New Year's greetings.
But now that your sister-in-law is back, there is no need to wrong you any more, and it just so happens that your sister-in-law doesn’t have to go back to her parents’ home to pay New Year greetings, so I can just leave all these matters to her."
"Mom, my brother-in-law and my aunt will come back tomorrow to celebrate Grandma's New Year, and my sister-in-law hasn't taken care of it. What if..."
"Without any chance, I wouldn't still be sitting like this!" The old lady interrupted Yang's words in a deep voice with her eyes closed.
"Mother..." Yang was particularly unwilling and wanted to struggle again.
"That's it." The old lady didn't even think about it, and just said a sentence to completely stop Yang's thoughts.
Looking at the old lady's slightly closed eyes, Yang knew that she was powerless to turn things around, although her heart was filled with grievances.
She really didn't expect that on the first day of the new year, her husband and mother-in-law would slander her one after another. How would she live in the future? She originally wanted to suppress Chen's limelight tomorrow and take advantage of the situation to brag in front of Xie Min.
Let's blow the wind and see if we can take back the master of the Hou Mansion from the Chen family, but who would have thought that the old lady would suddenly do something like this?
So, does the old lady really want to hand over the middle money of the Hou Mansion to the Chen family now?
Hasn't she always regarded Mrs. Chen as a thorn in her side? How come she has changed her view of Mrs. Chen in just a few days? Is it because of Xie Wu?
At this moment, countless thoughts flashed through Yang's mind.
"Mom, everything has been taken care of, we can leave." At this time, Mrs. Chen walked in with a smile and said to the old lady.
The old lady smiled and nodded, "Thank you for your hard work."
Mrs. Chen looked at the old lady in surprise.
This was the first time she heard such words from the old lady.
"Old madam, since the prince and his wife have taken care of everything, let's set off!" Nanny Zhu said to the old madam with a smile.
The old lady smiled and nodded, then stretched out her hand to help Grandma Zhu stand up.
If it were normal, Jiang Yingxue would have already stepped forward to help the old lady with her other hand, but this time she lowered her head and did not move. However, when Mrs. Chen received Xie Wu's eyes, she suddenly woke up and walked towards the old lady in a few steps.
People ran over.
The old lady glanced sideways at Mr. Chen, curled her lips slightly, and said nothing, letting her help her out the door.
Although Ms. Yang felt aggrieved and angry, she really didn't have the guts to trouble the old lady at this time on the first day of the new year, so she had no choice but to hold back her sadness and drag Xie Yuan along with her.
Xie Wu slowed down her pace and reached the end without leaving any trace.
"Sure enough, I was right about my aunt!" Xie Wulian's phoenix eyes raised slightly, and she looked at Jiang Yingxue with a sweet smile.
Jiang Yingxue raised her head. The grievances and embarrassments she had just seen on her beautiful face were gone. Instead, she was filled with a smile like the spring breeze. "Young lady is too modest. In terms of intelligence and beauty, Yingxue is not as good as you."
She really admired Xie Wu.
She really had everything figured out. Xie Feng, Yang, the old lady, everyone was following the path she had set.
Therefore, in front of Xie Wu, she really didn't dare to regard herself as her elder.
After listening to Jiang Yingxue's words, Xie Wu smiled again and said, "I still have to thank my aunt for the help."
Jiang Yingxue also smiled and said in a soft voice, "Yingxue has already done what the eldest lady asked Yingxue to do. Yingxue hopes that the eldest lady can keep her promise."
Xie Wu raised her eyebrows and smiled, and said pointedly, "Don't worry, aunt, I will only be more anxious than you about your marriage."