Zhang Yun's ancient life

That's why there was a family meeting in the Guan family ancestral hall.

The old patriarch of the Guan family listened to Guan Rong's cry with a smile on his face, and then said to the old lady of the Xu family with a smile on his face: "Mother-in-law, look, this is a big deal, it's just that the child is too young Sensible, just picked up some acid and ate some vinegar, why do you have to make such a big fuss, let it go after the matter is over, ask Ronger to go over and make a match for your family, right, the young couple still have to live Go down there, the days to come are still long."

The old lady of the Xu family returned with a smile on her face: "Forget it in the past, old man, what you said is really light. It's not your old man who is pointed at his nose and scolded for his feelings. Of course, you can just say it in the past." past."

The old lady of the Xu family made it clear that she didn't show face, but the old patriarch of the Guan family was not angry when he heard the words, and still smiled and said: "Then mother-in-law, in your opinion, how should this matter be resolved?"

The old lady of Xu's family heard the words and said angrily: "Old man, it's not that our Xu family is not honest, but that the girls in your family are too tempered, and our family can't afford to take care of them. This is just right, and your Guan family is also here." If you're dead, take your girls back, our family can't afford this big Buddha."

The old patriarch of the Guan family stopped the furious nephew and grandnephew when he heard the words, and said with a smile, "Listen to what your mother said, is your Xu family going to divorce their wives?"

After hearing this, Mrs. Xu looked at Uncle Guan and the people in power of the Guan family who were standing behind Mr. Guan with angry faces. She was afraid that they would come towards her if they disagreed.

But thinking about the identity of her son, the old lady of the Xu family regained her confidence. Her son is now a juror, a man of fame, and a person who the gentlemen in the county government always greet when they meet. The Guan family These country rough men dare not do anything with their own family, or they will ask their son to make their family unable to eat.

So the old lady of the Xu family put on airs and said slowly: "Old man, if you think so, then let it go, and take your girl back quickly."

Mr. Guan heard the words and said: "The girl from our family is the one from your Xu family who carried a sedan chair to usher in the door. She is the first wife who is married to the genealogy. It's just a maid, it's a matter for the wife in charge to teach her a lesson, even if my uncle can't see it, just tell me, because of a maid, I want to divorce my first wife, which family taught me this The old lady, my uncle is a scholar, and he will be an official in the court in the future. If such a stupid thing gets out, it will hurt his reputation. The old lady should be more careful. Is my uncle young? , don’t accidentally follow other people’s ways.”

Mrs. Xu was startled when she heard the words, and then she thought of the charming maid brought back by her son. Yuan thought it was a gift from someone else, so she wanted to stay to relieve her son's boredom. Now think about it, this woman just Entering the house, the house is restless just because of her, which shows that he is not a worry-free master. If his son who is being fooled has no intention of studying, wouldn't that be leading wolves into the house? This kind of thing can't be done.

Thinking about it this way, Mrs. Xu made up her mind to find Ren Yazi as soon as she returned to the house, and sell the flirtatious one in the house, so as not to cause trouble because of her in the future.

As for the woman who relieved the son, the woman in the room is still very good-looking, and she will definitely sell for a good price. After selling her, just buy one. When the time comes, choose one that you know the bottom line, so you can feel more at ease when using it.

But Mrs. Xu really doesn't intend to stay with this Guan family. She was really blind before, only seeing the Guan family's dowry, and thinking about the children from rich families, she was so confused. The etiquette should always be known.

But looking at her current behavior, she doesn't have the demeanor of the wife of the main family. If she waits until the day when her son is in high school, if she is accompanied by such a woman, it will be a shameful thing in front of his colleagues.

How much painstaking effort she had spent in cultivating her son, how could it be destroyed in the hands of this kind of woman, so even if she knew that divorcing his wife was an extremely offensive thing, she couldn't care less about it.

Some people have to ask, since this is the case, why not choose to reconcile? Although this is not a very pleasant thing, it is better than divorce, and it will not offend the in-laws to death. In the face of the two families They all look better.

But you need to know that Heli and Li are usually separated by their own personalities due to disagreements, and the man has to return all the dowry.But divorce is different. The fault lies with the woman, and the man only needs to return half of the dowry.

The Xu family didn't have much wealth in the first place. After Guan Rong got married, all food and clothing came from her dowry. Now Guan Rong's dowry, except for the [-] acres of land that has not been touched, the rest is brought here. The things she had had were almost sold off, and even Guan Rong's dowry girl was sold by Mrs. Xu on the grounds that she had no money to support her.

The Xu family is just looking very beautiful on the surface. In fact, without Guan Rong's dowry, Xu Juren would not even be able to pay for the exams in Beijing, so the old lady had no choice but to grit her teeth and try her best to offend the Guan family. , but also to keep some of Guan Rong's dowry, otherwise they can't let them borrow money to rush for the exam, that's really a joke.

But Mrs. Xu didn't really pay attention to the Guan family. Her son is a real official. Even if the Guan family is dissatisfied with their Xu family, what can they do? They dare to offend the master no.

Seeing that the jealousy can't do anything to Guan Rong, the old lady Xu stared at the old patriarch of the Guan family and said: "She disrespects her mother-in-law and makes me angry all the time. If you don't believe me, You can go to the neighbors' homes and ask the old lady if what I said is true, and based on this, our Xu family can divorce her."

Old Mrs. Guan did not quarrel with Mrs. Xu when she heard the words, but glanced at Guan Rong who was kneeling on the ground and asked her, "Where are the maids who came to marry you at home? Why didn't you see them come out? They called you in hot weather." Your old lady is standing alone in the yard without a single waiter. It’s really outrageous. How did you teach you at home, why did you forget all about it when you arrived at your husband’s house? Your grandmother was also a sensible person when she was alive. , how did you teach you to be such a fool?"

Guan Rong cried even harder when she heard that, and she returned with tears: "Old ancestor, it's not that the great-granddaughter doesn't want people to serve her mother-in-law, it's because the mother-in-law said that there are too many people in the family and the expenses are too high, so she sent my dowry maid They were all sold."

The old patriarch of the Guan family nodded and returned: "At least you still have filial piety, knowing that you must listen to your mother-in-law. It is also a good thing to be diligent and thrifty in managing the family. Mother-in-law, look how obedient our girl is, and she has been by my side for more than ten years. My girl, what a deep feeling that must be, just because of what your mother-in-law said, you sold it, how could such an obedient child disrespect her mother-in-law, something must have happened to make your mother-in-law misunderstand gone."

The meaning in the words of the old patriarch of the Guan family is very obvious. Your Xu family used and used the dowry of our girl, ate it, ate it, and sold it. I just want to cross the river and demolish the bridge, and kick our girl. It's a beautiful idea, and it's not that cheap.

The old lady of the Xu family is not an idiot either, and she can understand the meaning of the Guan family's words, so she raised her eyebrows and said in a bad tone: "Why do you Guan family dare to threaten me? I can tell you. You, my son is a master of Juren, you better weigh yourself and see if you are worthy enough."

The old patriarch of the Guan family heard the words and replied: "Mother-in-law, you don't have to carry your son out to scare people. I have lived to this age, and I really haven't been afraid of anything. To put it bluntly, when I was an official, Not to mention adding a niece and son-in-law, even if you are a mother-in-law, you may not have been born yet, the old man has seen a lot, your son is really nothing."

This sentence is not nonsense. The old patriarch of the Guan family is eighty-nine this year. The local government selects talents. At that time, the old patriarch Guan was young, quick-witted and knew some simple characters, so he was selected by the then Li County Yamen to be a knife and pen official.

Mrs. Guan is willing to endure hardships and work. More importantly, he is self-motivated. He knows that if he wants to go further, the things he has now are definitely not enough.

So he bought back a lot of books, worked during the day and studied at night, learned what he didn't understand, and asked people for advice during the day until he understood it.

There was no one who didn't like motivated children. The magistrate of Li County at that time was a good teacher. He admired the eagerness of the old patriarch of the Guan family to learn, and he was willing to entrust him with any matters.

In this way, during the six years of the county magistrate's reign, the old patriarch of the Guan family has accumulated a lot of knowledge and contacts by virtue of his diligence and the appreciation of his superiors. When the county magistrate was promoted, he did not forget In order to raise his rank, he became a person with rank, rank and official status.

In this way, the old patriarch of the Guan family has been an official in Li County for 45 years. Until he became an official in his old age, he achieved the position of Zhengbapin County Prime Minister with a white body. This is absolutely unprecedented in Dayong. up.

Although he has been away from the officialdom in Li County for many years now, there are still many juniors in the yamen who were promoted by him back then. With such a smooth sailing in the county, it can be said that the prosperity of this family started with Mrs. Guan, so he can have an indisputable and lofty status in the family.

Now the Xu family is suppressing him as a Juren, which seems to him a very ridiculous thing, if it is not about the honor of the family, he would not bother to talk to this family.

The Xu family moved to Qingshi Town later, but the town where their family lived was also under the jurisdiction of Li County. Mrs. Xu looked at the old man of the Guan family and thought about it carefully, and finally remembered who this old man was up.

She took a deep breath, suppressed the fear in her heart and said: "What's the matter, are you Guan family still thinking of using power to overwhelm others, your girl is indeed at fault, can't I just say a few words as a mother-in-law? "

The old patriarch of the Guan family heard the words and replied: "Old lady, although Guan Rong is a girl from our Guan family, she will become the daughter-in-law of your Xu family after she joins your Xu family. She has done something wrong, old lady, what do you want?" We, the Guan family, don't have any objections to being beaten or scolded, but there is only one thing, our Guan family must never have a divorced girl, old lady, do you understand?"

The old lady Xu looked at Guan Rong who was kneeling on the ground. She was really worried about letting such a woman by her son's side. She might accidentally cause some trouble to their family.

But her natal family is not something that the Xu family can provoke now. The unwilling old lady Xu said to the old patriarch of the Guan family: "Master, it's not that I'm mean, you know your girl's temper even if I don't tell you. If something really happens in the future..."

Mrs. Xu didn't finish her sentence, but the old patriarch already knew what she meant. He glanced at Guan Rong, and didn't want to take on the Xu family's feud because of such a thing, so he said: "Since the girl is married Your family is your family, her dowry is enough for her to eat and wear, as long as the girl of our Guan family is still safe and sound as your Xu family's wife, that's enough."

Mrs. Xu was relieved when she heard the words, and said with satisfaction: "Of course, our two families are relatives anyway."

The old patriarch of the Guan family heard the words and replied: "Rong'er married into your family, of course we are in-laws."

Then he looked at Guan Rong who was kneeling on the ground and said, "Girl, that's all the family can help you with. From now on, you can do it yourself."