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In fact, Mrs. Tang was thinking about this question as early as when Gu Chengzhi adopted his son.

It's not that he has a problem with Brother Qi, but the child's surname is Gu, and his name is written on the Gu family's genealogy, so it really has nothing to do with Chu Junyi.

It is true that this child was brought up by Chu Junyi, and he will depend on him for his retirement, but what should he do when it comes time to sacrifice?

Marrying a wife and having children, carrying on the family line, offering sacrifices to the ancestors are all things that filial sons and grandsons should do, but the premise of these is to have a son.

How important is the ancestral hall in the family, only men in the family can enter it, even if it is a girl's family, you can only enter the ancestral hall twice in a lifetime, once when you are one year old, and once when you are married, you can go to the family tree of your husband's family.

No matter how much Chu Junyi loves Brother Qi, it can't change the fact that he is a child of the Gu family. Even if Chu Junyi doesn't mind, can the members of the Chu family not mind?

If brother Qi went to the Chu family's ancestral hall to offer sacrifices in the name of the Gu family, he would probably be beaten out before entering the courtyard.

Brother Qi was recorded under Gu Cheng's name, whether it was patriarchal or etiquette, he was Gu Chengzhi's son and heir of the second wife of the Gu family.

Even if Gu Chengzhi and Chu Junyi got married, Brother Qi was still a child of the Gu family, Chu Junyi had nothing under his knees, and the Chu family had no heirs.

Chu Junyi wanted to live with a man, but Mrs. Tang didn't want to care about it, but he couldn't bear it, he couldn't bear it, his daughter, his grandson would have no one to worship in the future, and his death would be bleak.

Chu Junyi has made up his mind not to marry a wife, even if the children are raised by others, but he must have a child under his name, a child who has been on the Chu family tree, and a child who can be married during the sacrifice A child who offers a stick of incense and a bowl of rice for her daughter's family.

Mrs. Tang felt that he was really old, and he thought too much about things. More than once, he dreamed that after his grandson left, the graves of others would be filled with incense every year during the sacrifices, but the graves of his daughter's family were full of fallen leaves and weeds. Overgrown.

Brother Qi now has feelings for Chu Junyi, and maybe he can help burn incense after Chu Junyi passed away, but what about his son?Where is the grandson?After several generations, who can remember his grandson? !

Every time he wakes up at night, Mrs. Tang finds it difficult to fall asleep again. He tosses and turns in bed and cannot sleep. The scenes in his dreams will appear before his eyes from time to time. He is really worried.

The ancestral graves of each family are very repulsive to outsiders from entering. Once or twice is fine, but if there are too many times, not only the Chu family will be unhappy, even the Gu family will not be willing.

Do you want to see your daughter's family lying there so alone, with no one offering sacrifices, offering incense, or sweeping the grave? !

In the past, Mrs. Tang always thought that Chu Junyi was more like his daughter, but after all these years, his grandson became more and more like his father.

It is impossible for Chu Junyi to marry a wife and have children. If he wants a son, he can only adopt him. The direct line of the Chu family lacks sons.

Age, conduct, education, biological parents, all kinds of factors are involved, so it is always said that adopting is the next choice.

In fact, he also thought that if the Chu family did not have a suitable adoptive candidate, he would choose from the Tang family. Chu Junyi had three cousins, and there would be many children under him.

But the matter of adopting seems not difficult. If you want to adopt someone with a different surname, the Chu family must nod. With the relationship between Chu Junyi and the Chu family, the possibility of agreeing is too small.

When his daughter passed away, his son beat the banner and threw the basin. When he came to Chu Junyi, he could only be handled by his nephew. As long as he thought of this, Mrs. Tang would feel sad from his heart.

Even if Brother Qi has the heart, how can those members of the Chu family be willing to throw pots for the childless uncle and inherit most of the family property of the deceased. As long as they are greedy, they will not let go of this opportunity.

After all, Chu Junyi's surname was Chu, and it seemed that there was no one in the Chu family when someone with a foreign surname fell down. The Chu family would definitely not agree.

Old Mrs. Tang pondered for a long time, but he still wanted Chu Junyi to adopt a child, but he didn't want to say these spoiling things for the family reunion today, so he never said it before.

But when he saw Chu Junyi taking care of Brother Qi like that, he suddenly wanted to ask Chu Junyi what he thought. The two of them had been married for so long, didn't they ever think about adopting a child for Chu Junyi?

There was complete silence in the room, and even a needle could be heard. The juniors may not have thought of this, but the elders were worried for a long time, and they had the same thoughts as Mrs. Tang.

Gu Chengzhi's expression didn't change, he tilted his head and looked at Chu Junyi before answering, then patted Brother Qi's head with a smile, and said: "Brother Qi has two wives, and the second son adopted him Jun Yi, follow his surname Chu."

Everyone in the room was taken aback, their eyes slid along Gu Chengzhi's hand to Brother Qi, and then moved their eyes to Chu Junyi.

"You think so too?" Mrs. Tang asked in a deep voice, frowning slightly.

"Yes, I think so too." Chu Junyi took out a handkerchief and wiped the corners of Qi's mouth for the stunned brother Qi, and said with a smile: "Qi is my son, and his son is also mine Grandson, it is enough to raise a son, and when the time comes to adopt a grandson, it will save trouble."

Old Mrs. Tang raised his hand and rubbed the center of his brows, before hesitating for a while, he said, "The Chu family...can you agree?"

It's not that he wants to slander the Chu family, but that the Chu family really doesn't care about personnel. Chu Junyi never complains to them, but they are not fools. They can find out what kind of life Chu Junyi lived in the Chu family by sending someone to inquire.

But Chu Junyi's surname is Chu after all, and his son must go through the Ming Road and enter the genealogy to inherit the third house. Can the Chu family agree?

"They can only agree." Gu Chengzhi said lightly.

Chu Junyi also nodded with a smile.

The future of the Chu family is worrisome. Even if he can destroy the evidence of the Chu family's rebellion, he will not bother them too much. It is almost certain to seize the title and confiscate the family. There will be many opportunities to ask him in the future. If you want to offend them, you can't do it with the temperament of the Chu family.

But what Gu Chengzhi thought was that it would be fine if he disagreed, at worst, he would set up another ancestral hall, and it would not cause much gossip on the grounds that the Chu family did not allow adoption.

Old Mrs. Tang looked at the two children with a little surprise. Judging from their tone, could they suppress the Chu family?

But think about it, Gu Chengzhi has won the Sacred Heart, and has a bright future in the future. Now that the Chu family's reputation has been greatly damaged, there is no way to compare with Gu Chengzhi.

On the other hand, Chu Junyi, who hadn't seen him for many years, actually had such confidence. After all, he had grown up and become sensible.

Surprise flashed across the faces of other people in the room, but it disappeared quickly. The elders were both relieved and sad when they saw what they said affirmatively, but it is always good to have a child, so that there will be no desolation behind them. .

Brother Qi understood what they were talking about after listening to them, and took Chu Junyi's hand to express that he was willing to let his son's surname be Chu.

Chu Junyi smiled and patted Brother Qi's head, Gu Chengzhi raised his eyebrows, and gave his son another dish with chopsticks.

Old Mr. Tang looked at his grandson's family of three, and his expression gradually relaxed.

What he asked for was not much, but he hoped that his grandson would have a son to die, so that his daughter's family's incense would not be cut off, and the blood would not be able to connect, but he could have heirs dressed in linen and filial piety, throwing flags and throwing basins, offering sacrifices, burning paper and sweeping graves, so that That's enough.

After the meal, Mrs. Tang called Brother Qi over again, took out a pair of bracelets and stuffed them into Brother Qi's arms.

Chu Junyi wanted to decline, but Mrs. Tang put on a straight face and said bluntly that the bracelet was for Brother Qi's daughter-in-law and had nothing to do with Chu Junyi.

In desperation, Chu Junyi took Qi brother to accept it, and led Qi brother to say goodbye to the Tang family, and then drove back to the house.

The children and grandchildren returned to the house one after another, and when only the old couple were left in the house, Mrs. Tang burst into tears again.

Feeling helpless, Mrs. Tang took the handkerchief and handed it to his wife, comforting in a low voice.

"I'm happy...I'm happy..." Mrs. Tang smiled while wiping her tears, but the smile was full of bitterness and bitterness, "Brother Qi will get married in a few years, and by then Brother Yi My son will have a grandson, and my daughter... my daughter can be regarded as a successor..." Tears fell again before he finished speaking.

"Don't cry if you're happy. I think Brother Yi is living a good life. He has suffered for so many years...Gu boy is not like a heartless person. If something happens, don't you still have us?" Old Mrs. Tang's eyes brightened Hong raised his head and blinked.

Old Madam Tang was so crying that she couldn't speak, she could only keep nodding her head.

On the way back to the house, Brother Qi lay in Chu Junyi's arms, Chu Junyi leaned on Gu Chengzhi, and Gu Chengzhi held the father and son in his arms, with an extremely gentle expression.

"Grandmother must be crying again." Chu Junyi said suddenly.

Gu Chengzhi was silent for a moment, and said, "Grandfather will comfort her."

"En..." Chu Junyi looked down at the sleeping son in his arms, and said again: "I made my grandmother sad."

"You live well, and grandma can feel more comfortable." Gu Chengzhi comforted.

Chu Junyi nodded, turned his head to look at Gu Chengzhi, his gaze started from his forehead, moved down inch by inch, and finally fell on his lips.

Gu Chengzhi only felt that his gaze seemed to have substance, his Adam's apple moved slightly, he swallowed, and leaned over to kiss his lips, which gradually deepened, with infinite affection.

"It's already come to this point, do you still want to regret it?" Gu Chengzhi's voice was low and hoarse, which made Chu Junyi lose his mind for a while.

After regaining consciousness, Chu Junyi slowly shook his head, lowering his eyes back to Gu Chengzhi's arms.

From that day on, when Chu Junyi went to Tang's house, he always brought Brother Qi with him. Mrs. Tang liked Brother Qi very much, but now she treats him even better.

Brother Qi is very sensible, and he knows the purpose of Chu Junyi's bringing him here, and when he arrives at the Tang's house, he tries to please Mrs. Tang in different ways.

Chu Junyi also felt quite guilty, but as Gu Chengzhi said, they have reached this point, once they quit, they will feel sorry for no one.

Seeing the sadness between the old lady Tang's brows gradually fade away, Chu Junyi's heart also settled down.

Mrs. Tang was begging for bones and would no longer hold an official position, but Mr. Tang wanted to stay in Beijing. Gu Chengzhi helped him to make connections. He was basically sure to be a Beijing official, and the exact grade was hard to say.

Chu Junyi saw it, thought for a while and asked: "The matter of your release has been finalized, and the location of the release is not sure, but there is always a scope, probably where?"