Chapter 202 Incense and Inheritance
The Double Ninth Festival of Gui is very unexpected, but there is no worry about Mei.
Mei Tong had a father and son who had been plotting before, and Mei was too cautious when she saw her relatives, she was first wary, and then thought about the worst possible, so she had such a guess, and she was also confused when she was concerned.
"Aunt, Mei Sheng is not a fool. If he really wants to take revenge on the Gui family, he will be dormant. He doesn't have to come to the door to alert the enemy!" Gui Chongyang thought for a while and said, "If what he expected is not bad, he should have come to form an alliance. Even if he doesn't form an alliance, he will show goodwill."
Death is like a lamp extinguishing. If Gui Yuan is still alive, it would be said that Gui Yuan, Du Lizheng and Mei Xiucai are enemies in Mei Sheng's eyes; but Gui Yuan is already dead, and the hatred between the two families cannot be achieved by "cutting the roots".
Both are orphans who have lost their father and mother, Mei Sheng is not as lucky as Gui Chongyang. Having relatives is like having no relatives, fighting alone. He realizes the unusualness of the Gui family and has the idea of forming an alliance.
Mei Shi was a little confused: "Even if she doesn't hold grudges, she won't be in the world. What kind of alliance is it? This... is unlikely, right?"
Gui Chongyang pondered: "Mei Sheng is 14 years old this year, and Du Liujie is one year older. The two families have already engaged in marriage, which can be delayed until after the provincial examination in the following year. With Mei Sheng's resentment towards the Du family and his uncle, how could he really marry Du Liujie? But if he regrets his marriage after the provincial examination, no matter what the reason is, he is suspected of traitor and climbing up a higher level. It is easy to be criticized in the scholarly forest. Only when the Du family changes before the provincial examination, the impact of the two families will be the least if the marriage is terminated."
When Mei heard this, she frowned and said, "If he doesn't want this marriage, he will object as soon as possible. He has made a decision and regrets the marriage? Men are not afraid of this, how innocent Sister Du Liu is!"
Gui Chongyang said: "The benefits of having a marriage back on the back on the back. Mei Sheng is in the limelight in the county. He is thinking about not only one or two families who are marrying. But it has been more than a year since he became a scholar and has not made a reservation. Obviously, there is no family that has attracted attention. But dragging it like this can offend people, and it seems much more innocent when he is engaged by his elders to marry him.
No matter how disgusted the Du family and being a woman, Mei Shi could not agree with Mei Sheng's approach and said seriously to Gui Chongyang: "Marriage is not a joke. You can't learn from Mei Sheng in the future. No one forces you to get engaged. What kind of wife you want to marry in the future is as you wish, but you just need to know how to love others and have the responsibility to be a husband!"
Gui Chongyang has always been a mature person, but now he is a little shy and squeezes his nose and says, "It's been a few years. What's the matter of my aunt saying that I'm not going to be like this?"
Mei shook her head and said, "You will be filial to you this year and you will be almost done in the next year."
Gui Chongyang waved his hand and said, "No, no, my nephew starts his career and starts his family!"
Mei frowned and said, "Didn't you say you want to be the head of the Gui family before? But the family lineage is still waiting for you to reproduce bloodlines. This is the most important thing."
Gui Chongyang disagreed and said, "Why are there Brother Chun and Brother Qiu's second brother?"
As for the long house, what is the relationship between the second house? We are brothers of the great-grandfather and are also in line with each other.
Mei's eyes were red and said, "How can it be the same? You not only want to worship your father and your grandfather's incense, but also your uncle and third uncle are both small branches of successors, and there is no incense. In fact, in our family, it is best that you are a family member of the third wife and marry a wife of the third wife. It's just that the legitimate wife is difficult to separate, and the family will be in chaos. It's better to wait for you to have more sons in the future, and you will live with your uncle and third brother, and you will have two successors."
Gui Chongyang opened his mouth, but couldn't say anything to refuse.
There are three kinds of unfilial piety, and there is no descendant.
Gui Chongyang is still young and cannot involve filial piety or not. However, thinking about the future, the family will have a lot of sons, Gui Chongyang couldn't help but remember what happened to his father before his death.
His biological mother died in birth control, and his father had been a widower for more than ten years. Wen Hanlin had intended to be a matchmaker several times before, trying to help his father re-invigorate and take care of their father and son's daily life, but his father refused.
My father said he was worried about himself, afraid of being bullied by his stepmother, and also afraid that he would neglect Gui Chongyang if he had other children in the future.
Even in front of Gui Chongyang, Gui Yuan never hides his terrifying stories of stepmother bullying his stepson, some of whom were raising and pursuing, some of whom were either beating or scolding, and some were directly killed.
Gui Yuan said at that time: "Women are weak, but their mothers are strong, so they naturally protect the children they gave birth to. Ordinary people, brothers compete for a few acres of land, and they will be full if they pay more, and they will be evil if they pay less. Rich and gentlemen compete for fame and fortune; noble families compete for titles. People and animals are not different from nature, and they are willing to occupy territory and grab territory. Stepmothers enter the house late and give birth to children late. The sons and stepsons born later are at least two or three years old.
There are seven or eight years old or even dozens of years old. Whether it is status or age, the younger ones cannot compete for the bigger ones, so naturally the stepmother follows you. No matter how good a woman is, she will make a lot of calculations every day and her heart will be broken. Our family is an ordinary family, and the main industries in the family are dowry brought by your mother, so they are naturally yours. Try outsiders in, and don’t say what you eat, wear and chew, and you still have to worry about your industry. Why bother?"
Gui Chongyang relied on his father since childhood, so he naturally felt unhappy with his stepmother entering the door, and he complained that Wen Hanlin was troublesome.
Unexpectedly, two years later, Senior Brother Xu also mentioned this matter and said that he would take a concubine to take a wife, but his father also rejected him.
Thinking about it now, Wen Hanlin and Senior Brother Xu are not meddling in other people's business, but they both mentioned Xu Xian's childbirth, and they didn't agree with him after his father refused, so they thought it was for the sake of his offspring.
I was weak and grew up with medicine. It was difficult to raise it at that time. My father’s most important choice was to have healthy offspring and inherit his bloodline.
Wen Hanlin and Senior Brother Xu did treat their father as their own, and they only worried about this back then.
Gui Chongyang understood this truth, but he felt a little nervous. He was almost given up. It was his father who did not give up.
Gui Chongyang clenched his fists and finally had the idea of becoming a child.
My father chose himself, and he could not let his father down, and he wanted to pass on the blood of the Gui family.
"Aunt, my nephew will think carefully about what kind of wife you want to marry into the house. At that time, you must not bother me." Gui Chongyang said seriously.
Mei brought some expectations and said, "Okay, aunt is waiting!"
Mei Duo happened to enter the door and heard the conversation between aunts and nephews, and couldn't help but smile and said, "Before weaning, I'm thinking about getting married?"
A few days ago, Gui Chongyang was uncomfortable, so Zhang Liang asked someone to get two boxes of milk from Beijing to come back. This was melted with hot water, which was a cup of milk. It was reported from the palace during the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty, mainly for regulating the body.
After drinking Gui Chongyang for a few days, she had a milky smell on her body, and Mei Duo made fun of it.
Gui Chongyang snorted: "There is no little daughter growing up with my childhood sweetheart. When I grow up, I have to marry me alive. Of course, I have to think about it carefully!"
Mei Duo hit Gui Chongyang hard and said angrily: "What are you talking about? Let's take it seriously and see if I can forgive you!"
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Du family, study room.
"Master..." Li stood at the desk with a little bit of crampedness.
Although it is at home, the couple has always lived in separate rooms for a long time. This study is where Mr. Du lives on a daily basis, and Li rarely set foot on it.
Today, Du Li was calling Li to the study. Li was not flattered, but instead brought uneasiness.
"Sit!" Du Lizheng pointed to the stool in front of the desk and said.
Li sat obediently: "The master asked me to come, but what are the instructions?"
Du Li was taking out a box from under the desk and pushing it to Li: "You put away these first, I left them for Lao Qi."
Li was surprised instead of being happy and spoke with a tremolo: "The master is leaving?"
Du Lizheng shook his head and said, "If you don't leave, you just think something is wrong recently. Someone went to the shop to check it out just in case. You gave birth to Lao Qi, and you are a hero of the Du family. However, Lao Qi is still young, so you, the one who is your biological mother, will have to worry about him for a few years."
Li still didn't dare to accept it, and hesitated: "Auntie, Si Niang is fine. She married far away, but Liu Niang has not gotten married yet. Even if she got married, she was still in the village, and there was also Er Niang's side..."
Du Lizheng had six daughters, but only four of them stood there. Du Erniang married into the Mei family, the aunt and the fourth lady were both far away to Du Lizheng's old friend, and they were not in Tongzhou.
Du Lizheng shook his head and said, "Married daughters cannot splash water, pull them to grow up, and prepare a decent dowry for them. I am worthy of them. Lao Qi inherited the Du family's incense, and she deserved them."
Chapter completed!