Rebirth of Okuki Kofuro

People's thinking is not easy to change, but once it changes, it will bring a series of differences.

Zhuang's disappointment and worry towards Zhuang Qingze gradually turned into grievance, and there was a deeper dissatisfaction that she didn't realize, but Father Liang could see her thoughts through her expression.

Regarding this, Father Liang nodded with satisfaction in his heart. The Zhuang family would become more and more disappointed with Zhuang Qingze if it continued like this. By that time, she would also be separated from Zhuang Qingze without telling her what Zhuang Qingze had done.

Just when Liang's father was trying to ignore Zhuang's ears, an important guest came to Liang's family. When Qu Yi heard Liang Duodao, who was temporarily serving as the porter, talk about it, he was stunned for a moment.

The visitor has a special status, he is the young patriarch of the Zhuang clan, Zhuang Qingming.

Ever since Zhuang's parents passed away, Zhuang Qingze had been estranged from the Zhuang clan after she listened to her parents' advice and placed her younger brother's family in Yang'an County. So every year, New Year gifts are sent to the clan to maintain the relationship.

Originally, this matter should be done by Zhuang Qingze. As a man, he is more valued by the clan, but for some reason, after leaving the Zhuang clan, he is unwilling to contact there again and insists on asking the Zhuang clan to help.

Although Zhuang felt that her status was embarrassing, she felt sorry for her younger brother, and the final solution was to use his younger brother's identity to contact the clan. The Zhuang clan knew exactly who sent it.

Probably because of this, the Zhuang clan treated their siblings indifferently. If she sent any New Year gifts, they would just return a similar one, and there was almost no other contact.

On the day of receiving the official report, the Zhuang family did not expect to tell the Zhuang family that it was Liang's father who reminded her, so Liang Mao went to the county to find someone familiar to bring news to the Zhuang family. Anyway, the Zhuang family is still the Zhuang family. It's better for her to pass the news to her natal family than the people over there know from other people's mouths, after all, that's what will really offend the Zhuang family.

The people of the Zhuang people live on the boat and are not at home most of the time. Only some old and weak women and children will be left in the family. The Zhuang family originally thought that the people of the clan might send a gift after hearing about their family, but they did not expect that the young patriarch would in person.

Zhuang Qingming and the Zhuang family belonged to the same generation. When Qu Yi heard about it, she didn't dare to delay, so she immediately went out to meet them. At the same time, she hurriedly sent someone to call Father Liang and the Zhuang family. The first is a status elder in the mother-in-law's family.

Walking into the main hall of the Liang family and taking the upper seat, Zhuang Qingming observed Qu Yi, and drank two sips of tea with just the right temperature. Before he came, he learned about the situation of the Liang family. He nodded secretly with a generous look.

Qu Yi has never met anyone from the Zhuang family. When Zhuang Qingming looked at him, he also secretly glanced at Zhuang Qingming, probably because the other party wanted to manage a family, so he looked much more serious than Liang's father. Even if he is relaxed at the moment, the character pattern is obvious, his eyes are sharp and his expression is serious.

In the previous life, Quyi heard Zhuang's family occasionally mentioning a few words about the Zhuang clan, and she didn't notice her attitude towards the clansman after hearing what she said, but now being scrutinized by Zhuang Qingming covertly and obviously, it made him a little nervous. The feeling of meeting her in-laws is even more nervous than when she first married into the Liang family in her previous life.

After all, the Zhuang family was not expelled from the Zhuang family. In a sense, the Zhuang family can express opinions on behalf of the Zhuang family.

Zhuang Qingming didn't mean to embarrass Qu Yi, seeing that Qu Yi had withstood the pressure from his gaze, he became more accommodating, asked a few questions about Liang Kangsheng and let this junior go, and waited for the clan sister and brother-in-law to come.

In fact, the Zhuang family did not expect the young patriarch to come. If you look at it from the perspective of a big family, Zhuang Qingming's family is the direct branch of the Zhuang family, and the patriarch has always been a member of their family, while the Zhuang family is a side branch. There is nothing in the Zhuang family. She has a sense of existence, so she has no chance to contact Zhuang Qingming. She only remembers that when she saw Zhuang Qingming when she was a child, he was always very serious.

Although Zhuang Qingming's name is still the young patriarch, in fact he is almost the same as the patriarch in the hearts of the Zhuang people. After all, Zhuang Qingming's father is currently in the position of patriarch. Suddenly facing such a person, Zhuang's heart feels like a rabbit.

The power of the clan is powerful. Even the married women and brothers in the clan have some power to deal with them. The Zhuang family's anxiety is not because she has done something wrong but that she will face punishment from the clan. As a side branch, she has a natural fear of patriarchs and young patriarchs.

"Young patriarch." Zhuang looked at the young patriarch sitting at the top of the hall, and stepped forward to bless his body, with a bit of restraint.

Father Liang had been to the Zhuang clan when he was young, and he knew the rules of their clan. Seeing that his wife was still respectful to the young patriarch after being married for so many years, he went up to hold her hand calmly and gave her support.

The reason why Zhuang Qingming was so serious when he was young was to let others not fool him because of his young age. Now that he is older, he doesn't need to make a bad face on purpose and not be angry. Seeing that the clan sister was very nervous, he smiled first , opened the mouth to break the deadlock: "Qing Rong, since you have married into the Liang family, you don't have to abide by the rules of the house, just call me cousin."

A "cousin" immediately drew the relationship between them closer. Mrs. Zhuang didn't recover, and Father Liang greeted first: "Cousin."

He was not from the Zhuang clan, so it was easy to change his name, and he could tell that Zhuang Qingming came here with good intentions, so there was no need to relax and have such a serious atmosphere, and he was not meeting his elders.

After Liang's father greeted her, Zhuang Qingrong also came back to her senses, and she called out "cousin". This title gradually transformed the black-faced young patriarch in her memory into the kindly smiling patriarch in front of her, and her mood calmed down. down.

After everyone said a few words of friendship, Zhuang Qingming took out the gifts prepared by the family. Father Liang's principle was not to accept gifts exceeding ten taels of silver, but Zhuang Qingming's gift was obviously not light.

There is a box full of pearls as big as a thumb, and there is also a bucket of soybean-sized, round and shiny pearls. Although pearls are not particularly valuable in the eyes of the Zhuang people, the appearance of these pearls they sent Very good, it is worth a lot of money outside.

Under the pearl, there is also a small brush washer, completely white, with elegant bamboo patterns engraved on it. Father Liang didn't see the specific material, but he glanced at Mrs. Zhuang, and saw that there was no confusion in Mrs. Zhuang's expression. , was not surprised, so he smiled and accepted the gift from the Zhuang family.

After all, the Zhuang family is different from those who have business dealings with the Liang family. They are relatives by marriage, so there is no need to calculate too much to make the relationship with the biological father when giving gifts.

Seeing Liang's father accepting the things, Zhuang Qingming's smile deepened a bit, and he took the initiative to talk to Zhuang about the changes in the clan, meaning that in the future, Zhuang could go back to the clan to have a look. where you grew up.

In addition, it is also a statement that although the Zhuang clan is not a big clan, they can somewhat have some face in Daojiang Province, a place where only boats can go. They can't do big things, but they can help with small things.

When the Zhuang family first married into the Liang family, the Liang family was on the verge of ruin. At that time, the Liang family was not worth making friends with the Zhuang family. It was good that they didn't stop the Zhuang family from marrying Liang's father.

Then Zhuang Qingze left the clan after his parents passed away, and the Zhuang clan didn't care, after all, he was insignificant in the clan, one more was not much, and one less was quite a lot.

Today's Liang family is developing better and better, and the son of the Zhuang family has also passed the exam. For the Zhuang family, the Liang family has become a useful contact. Naturally, it needs to re-examine and establish contact. This has nothing to do with personal feelings, but only because of interests. .

The connection of this benefit was clear to Liang's father, so he naturally accepted the olive branch offered by Zhuang Qingming.

Coincidentally, after Zhuang Qingming came, no one else came to Liang's house in the morning, and no one disturbed them. He stayed at Liang's house and had a happy lunch.

However, as the head of the young patriarch, Zhuang Qingming didn't have much time to stay outside because he had to manage the affairs of the entire clan. He still has one more thing to tell Father Liang.

Zhuang Qingming felt that there was no need to tell the female relatives in the back house about the business affairs. He waited for Zhuang Qingrong to leave before he said to Liang's father: "Brother-in-law, I have something to tell you. The children in the clan heard it by accident. We I don’t know if it’s true or not, if we meet again later, I’ll ask the children in the clan to inquire carefully.”

Father Liang took a few deep breaths before suppressing his turbulent emotions, and he tried his best to smile at Zhuang Qingming: "Thank you for reminding me, cousin, I usually stay in Yang'an County and never go out, so I don't know what's going on outside. You have to ask someone carefully about this matter, there is no possibility that there will be problems with the wine sold by my Liang family, it is related to the reputation of my Liang family, and no one can slander it."

Zhuang Qingming saw Father Liang's serious attitude, and he was more concerned than before: "Brother-in-law, don't worry, I will let the children in the clan pay attention when I go back. Maybe they heard it wrong. When there is news, I will let people know." Bring it to you."

Zhuang Qingrong brought back the return gift to Zhuang Qingming, and saw that Father Liang's face was showing a faint anger, and she was startled. Could it be that the two of them quarreled when she was not around.

But looking at her cousin's calm face, and looking carefully at her husband, although he was angry, he was not directed at her cousin, she quickly breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that there might be something else, she will ask in private later.

It is almost their instinct for the children of the family to collect information for the family outside. Although the Zhuang family had a mediocre relationship with the Liang family before, when the children of the Zhuang family heard people talking about the Liang family wine outside, they subconsciously listened more and wrote back. Zhuang Qingming knew about it after the family said it.