Go back to ancient times to be a royal merchant

Hearing the news, Wang Xiujin was stunned for a long time before he sighed slowly. He is not a woman, he doesn't understand women's thoughts, and he doesn't quite understand why his sister-in-law did this. Is it because of guilt?Or do you want the children to hate the Wang family?No matter which one it is, in his opinion, it is not wise. The death of the sister-in-law is like a leaf falling in the lake, without waves.No one will tell the child the real cause of death, only that he died because of dystocia, and the newly born child may bear the reputation of killing his mother.

Looking coldly at the person who came to report the letter, Wang Xiujin sighed, this person cannot be kept, no matter how strict the mouth is, it cannot compare with the mouth of a dead person.Wang Xiujin never felt that he was such a kind person. For the sake of family harmony, he would rather be a villain than to inform people. If he is smart, he should not say "suicide". Those who live a long time are never smart people.

Putting down the matter at hand, Wang Xiujin went to Wang's house.White banners have been hung at the gate of Wang's house.When Wang Xiujin stepped into the door, the housekeeper immediately handed over the white cloth, and an aunt beside him tied it up for Wang Xiujin. While tying it up, she was chanting a set of words. Wang Xiujin didn't care to listen carefully, so she went inside after tying it up.The mourning hall was set up in the yard prepared for the elder brother, and Wang Xiujin went over to put incense on the elder sister-in-law, and kowtowed before getting up.

The master who was reciting Baili read a few more words. The three sons of the sister-in-law knelt aside and threw burnt paper into the copper. He couldn't say words of consolation, but Zhiyuan and Zhizhuo were better. They spent less time with their mother, and their sadness was much less than that of Zhize, who never stopped crying.

"Did you send a letter to Eldest Brother?" It is estimated that even if the letter is sent, it will take a month for Eldest Brother to come back, and he will be buried early by then.Communication in ancient times was really inconvenient.

"After the accident, people rushed day and night to deliver the letter, hoping to arrive sooner." Wang Xiuyun just sighed to the sister-in-law.

"How is mother?" Wang Xiujin didn't see mother in the mourning hall, so he asked the elder sister.

"I'm not in a good mood, go and have a look." Wang Xiuyun couldn't help but sigh when thinking of her mother's emotions.

"You take good care of the three children. I'll go and see my mother." Wang Xiujin was very worried about his mother and hurried to her yard.After seeing the person, he found that his mother was quite haggard. Wang Xiujin went to kneel in front of his mother, holding her hand, "Mother."

"I'm fine. As I get older, my heart softens and I think too much." Mrs. Wang let out a sigh of relief and patted her son's hand, "Your sister-in-law is really cruel, my little granddaughter didn't get a bite Her milk will carry a bad reputation for the rest of her life."

"Mom, as long as our family is here, what about the bad reputation? When she grows up, there will still be people queuing up to marry her home." Wang Xiujin's words are not words of consolation, but the truth, as long as there is Wang's family Backing up, let alone marrying a prostitute who has a reputation as a Kemu, even marrying a notorious prostitute, some people are happy to come to marry.

Mrs. Wang understands the truth, but she still has some resentment towards the eldest daughter-in-law in her heart. Whether she is guilty or wants to disturb the Wang family, doing so makes people feel uncomfortable.

"Mother, don't do it for others. Think about the three children of the elder brother and the reputation of the Wang family. Even if you feel uncomfortable, you have to go and see. My sister-in-law gave birth to four children for the Wang family." Wang Xiujin persuaded Mother, although no one will say anything about whether mother goes to the mourning hall or not, there is always a difference between saying good things behind your back and saying evil things. "What did the Chun family say?"

"How can I put it, they are not relatives, the face of the two families is good enough, those who are close to each other are sealed, and no gossip will be spread, the risk of a woman having a child is high, and she is premature, which is not normal Mrs. Wang reassured her son, "When the time comes, I will be buried. If your elder brother can come back, he will have a funeral. If he can't, she won't blame anyone." Mrs. Wang said through gritted teeth.

"Send it back to Wangcun, or bury it in the capital?" There must be an explanation for this matter, and the treatment is different where it is buried.

"If it's up to me, I can just find a place to bury in the capital, but I have to think about my grandchildren, so I should send it back to Wangcun!" Mrs. Wang sighed, "Okay, don't bother me here, let I'll be quiet." Mrs. Wang waved her hand and let her son go out, the more she thought about it, the more disturbed she became.If the eldest daughter-in-law does not do it, how can such a thing happen in a good family.

Wang Xiujin saw that his mother's mood was much better than before, and it was not good to stay in the mother's room all the time, so he retreated, thinking that he hadn't seen his niece, so he asked the servants in the yard, and learned that the niece was in the mother's room. The inner room of the room was taken care of by the mother, so she gave up the idea of ​​seeing her niece and went to the mourning hall.

Before leaving the mother's yard, I saw the housekeeper running over in a hurry, "The city gate sent someone to deliver a letter, the young master has arrived in the capital, and now he is going to the Metropolitan Procuratorate to look for the master."

Wang Xiujin was stunned for a moment, the eldest brother came back quickly enough, and when he thought it was wrong, the eldest brother went to the Metropolitan Procuratorate to find his father first instead of going home, which meant that the eldest brother returned to Beijing not because of the death of his sister-in-law, but because of other things.Wang Xiujin asked the housekeeper to send a letter to the mourning hall, then he turned and walked to the courtyard to talk to his mother about his elder brother.

When Mrs. Wang heard that her eldest son had entered Beijing, her complexion changed again and again, and finally she sighed, "Mr. Chun is really lucky."

Wang Xiujin didn't know much about funerals, but seeing what his mother meant, he didn't seem to want his eldest brother to appear. "Father is still the Metropolitan Procuratorate today?"

"Ms. Chun's death is not a big deal. Master He Lao delayed the business for her." Mrs. Wang gave her son a foolish look, "And there seems to be something important recently, your father is very busy."

Wang Xiujin nodded, "I'll go to the mourning hall to have a look. If the eldest brother rushes back and makes any moves, I can stop him." He really couldn't grasp the current character of the eldest brother.

"With your father here, what can he do?" Mrs. Wang sneered, "However, you have to go and have a look, you can't hide here forever."

When Wang Xiujin returned to the mourning hall, the three children had tears on their faces. Wang Xiuyun wiped the scum from their faces with a handkerchief. In the mourning hall, a woman she had never seen before was burning paper. Wang Xiujin recognized her and let her go to the door.Although the mourning hall can be regarded as a public place, it should be avoided.

After Wang Xiuyun sent the woman away, she spoke to her younger brother about the identity of that person, "The wife of the eldest family of the Chun family."

"Why didn't anyone come over from the Chun family?" Wang Xiujin asked in a low voice, even if it wasn't his own, it was remembered in their family, so he had to do something to save face!

"I came here with you. You were persuaded to go to the back just before you came." Wang Xiuyun thought that her elder brother had also returned to Beijing, and sighed that sister-in-law was lucky. "I asked someone to deliver a letter to your brother-in-law, and asked him to bring the child over to burn two pieces of paper." The cutscenes had to be done to save face, and no one could tell their faults.

Wang Xiujin nodded, Li Sushan was not here, so Yachang had to come over and burn some paper, tomorrow let Lin Fu come over on behalf of the Li family to burn some paper for his sister-in-law, the others didn't need it, the deceased was a young family member, so it would be inconvenient for a man to come over.

"Miss Li from the General's Mansion is here." A low-pitched singing came from the door. Wang Xiujin was taken aback for a moment, but then he understood that the Li family was doing it because of Zhang Xian's importance to him.Wang Xiujin and the eldest sister walked quickly to the door.

Li Linfu looked like a young lady outside, dressed in plain clothes, walked in with the support of a girl, and saluted Wang Xiujin and Wang Xiuyun, then walked to the mourning hall, and after the salute, went to the brazier to burn some paper .Just arrived at the door, "Xiu Jin, elder brother has already returned to the capital, and he will report in the palace right now, and he can come over after returning home."

When Wang Xiujin heard that Li Sushan had returned to the capital, his heart sank. The hearts of his family members were always in suspense when he was outside. Now that he was back, he felt relieved.

Li Linfu didn't stay here for long, and left with someone.Not long after Li Linfu left, people from the Song family also came over, and many of them came one after another, most of them were female relatives, so Wang Xiujin avoided and hid.Thinking of Li Fushan's return to Beijing, Wang Xiujin felt that the military workshop could start experimenting, and there was also the boat workshop. After the new year, he proposed to the emperor to ask Li Tushan to accompany him to the boat workshop. Honest people.

Wang Xiubai came back with his father, except for the sadness on his face, there was no special emotion in his eyes. Mr. Wang did not come to the mourning hall. Wang Xiubai put a stick of incense for Mrs. Chun and stayed with his son. This time he entered Beijing was due to official business, and originally planned to come and go in a hurry, and went to Chun's house to have a good talk with Chun. No matter whether it was reconciliation or separation in the future, he should untie Chun's knot, but he didn't want God's will to trick others, so he rushed to the capital. Then heard such bad news.There is nothing else to think about except lamenting that fate tricks people.

Wang Xiuyun and Wang Xiujin glanced at each other, neither of them went over to say words of comfort.

Not long after, Song Hongyi brought his son over, and after offering incense sticks, he asked his servants to send his son back to the mansion, while he accompanied his daughter-in-law to accompany the spirit at Wang's house.Wang Xiujin saw that it was getting dark outside, so he asked the servants around him to go to Li's house, if it was dark, don't let Yachang come over, it would be fine to come back at dawn tomorrow.At this moment Li Sushan has not come yet, he is probably still in the palace, and it is unknown when he will leave the palace.

Just as Wang Xiujin guessed, just as he sent his servants to deliver the letter, someone came from the palace and escorted Mr. Wang into the palace.

Wang Xiubai walked up to his younger siblings and asked them to take care of the children. He was going to visit his mother and his daughter by the way.Wang Xiubai stayed with his mother until after dinner, and no one would come over at this moment, so Wang Xiujin accompanied the three children and sat on the bench beside him, looking at the coffin quietly.Normally, I wouldn’t feel how cold the night is, but today, even with the earth dragons in the room, I still feel chilly in the room. Wang Xiujin asked someone to fetch a small blanket to wrap around the three children, and he still watched quietly. Holding the coffin, the sister-in-law still has two words on the label above her head...Death.

Zhiyuan and Zhizhuo sat next to my uncle, pulling his skirt, Zhize looked pitifully at the coffin, weeping silently, Wang Xiuyun didn't like his nephew, but he couldn't look at him He kept crying, so he sat over and coaxed him softly, this coaxing made Zhize cry out, and fell into his aunt's arms, wet his aunt's skirt after a while.Wang Xiuyun was heartbroken by her nephew crying, and couldn't help but recall the scene when they left the capital.

The two younger brothers also sniffled when they heard the younger brother crying. Wang Xiujin patted the two children gently. He suddenly remembered a song he had heard in his previous life when he was a child, and his heart felt a little sore. Red eye circles.When they were young and innocent, even when they endured hardship together, their hearts were twisted together. Now that they all have a small family, each of them puts their minds on the small family, so they unknowingly ignore their close relatives, and may even directly Or if you hurt your close relatives indirectly, you will feel a small pimple in your heart because of a little thing. Slowly, the pimple will become bigger and bigger, and the relationship between the family will be polished, and you may even become an enemy who will never get in touch with each other. It's a superficial exchange, and they might say some nasty things behind their backs.

"I didn't expect Eldest Sister to remember." Listening to Eldest Sister counting the past events one by one, scenes of scenes appeared in Wang Xiujin's mind. "The eldest sister has held grudges for a long time because of her father's slap."

"I still hold grudges now." Wang Xiuyun didn't hide the emotions in her heart at all, "I was really angry with my father at that time, and I still can't understand what my father did."

"Probably not reconciled!" Wang Xiubai, who had been listening all the time, opened his mouth, and then smiled wryly, "Father used to go too smoothly. At that time, I also had problems. As the eldest son, I couldn't support my family, which made you suffer." Recalling Thinking of the past, Wang Xiubo felt ashamed, all the money in their family was earned by his younger brother, no matter how easy it was, without his younger brother's ideas, how could their family fall into the eyes of the emperor again.In fact, my younger brother doesn't need to give him money every year, but since he became an official, he has never had to worry about giving gifts, and his younger brother has set up workshops in Wu County again and again, just to give him some achievements.His younger brother's sacrifices for him, at some point, were taken for granted by him.

Speaking of which, without the guidance of his younger brother, his road to the imperial examination may not have been smooth.Wang Xiubo looked at his younger brother, he was still the same as before, whether it was for the Wang family or the Li family, he treated his relatives without reservation, but he, on the contrary, changed at some point and became ungrateful.

"It's good that elder brother knows, now the family still needs elder brother to support us, so we can't let Zhiyuan take up the heavy burden early." Wang Xiuyun didn't say anything, and directly poked at elder brother's pain point.

Wang Xiujin didn't speak, but still looked down at his nephew. Although he still bears the name of the young master of the Wang family, in the eyes of outsiders, he already bears the surname Li. The rise and fall of the Wang family is not up to him. He needs to worry about it. .

"Be yourself." Wang Xiubai said very firmly.

Song Hongyi, who had been doing the background all the time, felt emotional in his heart, and was a little envious.