Mo Yanliang

Chapter 30 Grandmother's Sorrow

Shen's father was a well-known Confucian in Fengguo. Although he had never been an official in the court in his life, there were many famous ministers in Fengguo among his disciples.

Taishi Xia studied in the Shen family when he was young, and was chosen by Mr. Shen as his son-in-law.

According to Shen's family training, a man can take a concubine only when he is forty and childless.But for his son-in-law, who was born in a noble family, Mr. Shen was not easy to force.

Taishi Xia did not make any promises in front of his father-in-law and mother-in-law, but he has abided by the Shen family precepts for decades and treated his wife wholeheartedly.

Not only that, but he asked the same for his sons.

Even Xia Huaiyu, who is the most incompetent, only had affairs outside the mansion, and his son and daughter were all from Luo's family.

In this way, the brothers of the Xia family are all born from the same mother, and their relationship is naturally closer than that of brothers from other families, and there are much fewer fights in the inner house.

But there are pros and cons to everything, life is comfortable, and Shen feels that there are too few grandchildren, and the house is always not lively enough.

Especially after Xia Lingyan got married and Xia Mulang went to Shuocheng with his father, she felt more and more deserted around her, and the huge mansion became more and more empty.

This time, the eldest grandson was seriously injured, which further highlighted the shortcomings of the Xia family's lack of prosperity.

"Sister Liang..." Shen sighed, "It would be great if there were more people in our house."

From ancient times to the present, the ideas of the elders are actually the same, and they all look forward to a prosperous population and a full house of children and grandchildren.

At this point, Xia Yueliang especially understood her grandmother.

Grandfather has never taken concubines, and it is also one of the important reasons why grandmother can bear children.

The second elder must have never thought that their grandchildren would be so thin, and there were only five grandchildren in total.

She smiled and comforted her and said, "Big brother is going to get married at the end of the year. When sister-in-law comes in, grandma will be able to hug her great-grandson soon. I'm afraid you will be too noisy again."

Shen said: "Now that you are grown up, grandmother doesn't hide some words.

Your eldest aunt and second aunt obviously look strong and healthy, much stronger than when I was young, but after giving birth to two children, there is no movement.

Don't mention your father, he hasn't been close to women for so many years, where can he add grandchildren to me.

If your third uncle is still here..."

Her eyes dimmed a lot, and her mood became very depressed.

The third master of the Xia family is named Xia Huaijin, and Xia Huaixun is a pair of twins.

Because the eldest son doesn't like to study, and the second son is not good enough, Xia Taishi pinned all his hopes on the twins.

The two brothers lived up to his expectations. They were smart and eager to learn since they were young, and they had already spoken out when they were six or seven years old.

In particular, Xia Huaijin, who has a stable personality, is the most valued by Xia Taishi. She grew up step by step according to his plan and successfully embarked on an official career.

The rebellious Xia Huaixun hated being restrained, and was even more unwilling to live according to his father's wishes. He went out to study early, and even got angry with his father because of this, and didn't go home for several years.

Had it not been for Xia Huaijin's sudden death 13 years ago, it would have been difficult for Xia Huaixun to make peace with his father, let alone step into officialdom.

At that time, Xia Yueliang was just full moon, and although she could understand everything, she had no chance to touch many things.

Over the next ten years, the name Xia Huaijin became a taboo in the Xia family, and no one dared to mention it easily.

Therefore, she didn't know much about the third uncle who died young, she only knew that what happened back then had something to do with Wen Laohu.

Therefore, the Xia and Wen families are not just fighting for power, but have a deep blood feud that cannot be resolved, and will never end.

"Grandma, third uncle was only 20 years old, why did he suddenly..."

Xia Yueliang didn't want to miss this rare opportunity to ask about the past.

Shen said sadly: "Your grandfather promised me that in this life, you will find out the truth about your third uncle's murder, and let those who murdered him pay with their blood.

In fact, he suffers no less than me. Among the four sons, the one he values ​​most is your third uncle, and he has spent the most effort.

After that incident, he has aged a lot and even talked less..."

Xia Yueliang didn't dare to ask any more, and hurriedly comforted her: "Grandma, don't be sad, grandpa has always followed his word.

Besides, there are my uncle and my father. We work together as a family, and there is nothing that cannot be solved. "

Shen sniffed: "Well, it's not sad, we have to live a good life, and we must see what happens to those people who have betrayed their hearts."

Xia Yueliang wiped her tears for her: "After dinner later, grandma will go to bed early, and we will go home early tomorrow morning."

Shen's mouth pouted again when she heard that she had dinner.

"It's green vegetable tofu again, can I not eat tonight?"

"Grandmother won't eat dinner today, and won't eat breakfast tomorrow, is she waiting to go to the small restaurant closest to here to have a big meal?"

"It's better to eat green vegetables and tofu. At most, I will eat less."

What a joke, that little restaurant is dirty and shabby, and there are blowflies everywhere, you can spit it out just by looking at it.

Xia Yueliang poured her a cup of tea, walked out of the meditation room and ordered Hongliu to go to the kitchen to get food.

Early the next morning, the grandfather and grandson bid farewell to Mrs. Huixin and boarded the carriage back to Beijing.

Shen was concerned about his eldest grandson's injury, and urged the coachman all the way, returning to the capital an hour earlier than expected.

The carriage drove into the street where the Grand Master's Mansion was located, and met another carriage head-on.

This street was very wide, enough for four carriages to drive side by side, but the carriage on the opposite side stopped slowly.

A woman in charge of dressing her mother jumped out of the carriage and saluted in their direction.

The coachman didn't dare to neglect, and hastily pulled the rein of the horse.

"Madam, someone is blocking the way ahead."

Hong Liao lifted the curtain of the car and poked out half of its head to look, then turned around and said, "Old lady, she is the mother in charge next to Mrs. Huang."

Shen said: "I think Mrs. Huang came here to visit when she heard that Brother Lang was injured."

After finishing speaking, she told Nanny Cheng: "Ah Cheng personally went to say hello to Mrs. Huang, and said that I am really tired today, and I will invite her to come to my house to talk another day."

Mother Cheng responded and got out of the car.

About a quarter of an hour later, Mother Cheng with a dark face came back.

Shen asked: "What's the matter?"

"Back to the old lady, Mrs. Huang probably got angry with the old lady, and her tone was very aggressive."

Xia Yueliang turned her head to look out the window, only to see the Huang family's carriage turned in a different direction, and soon disappeared.

When Xia Fanshuang was practicing the piano the night before last, she mentioned a few words about Xia Mulang's marriage, saying that the second aunt seemed to be a little bit pessimistic about the Huang family's marriage.

Now it seems that these words are not alarmist. There is indeed a problem with the Huang family.

The official position of Guozijian Jijiu is neither big nor small, and it is a position with more reputation than real power.

The Huang family should be very satisfied with being able to climb up to the Xia family. This can be seen from Madam Huang's previous attitude.

Now they have suddenly changed their attitude. Is it because they are worried that the eldest brother will not be able to stand up and delay Huang Wanyin, or is there something else hidden?
Mrs. Shen snorted coldly: "It's a good way to throw face at us, but I'm going to ask the eldest daughter-in-law what kind of anger she received!"

(End of this chapter)