Beautiful woman

Chapter 52 Chapter 52 Li Family Affairs

Li Zhuang, like Qin Guanlan, is a child from a poor family without any foundation.However, Li Zhuang is much older than Qin Guanlan and is already a grandfather.

Li Zhuang was killed and his body was still in Dali Temple. The Li family simply set up a mourning hall and asked their servants to guard it.

Before tonight, Dali Temple had sent several officers to guard it.The police guarded the place for a few days, but probably nothing happened and they withdrew again.

Li Zhuang's wife, Xu, was a distant relative of Li Zhuang's childhood sweethearts. Li Zhuang came to Kyoto from his hometown only after he became an official.Xu doesn't like to go out and socialize, so he doesn't know many people in Kyoto.Now that something happened to her husband, Xu was helpless except crying, leaving all matters to her eldest son Li Feng to take care of.

It was a cold spring night and Mr. Xu was old, so there was still a brazier burning in the house.

Li Zhuang passed away suddenly. Of his three sons, only the eldest son Li Feng was in Kyoto. The other two sons, one was working as an official in Suzhou and Hangzhou, and the other was traveling in South Vietnam.After Li Zhuang passed away, his second son Li Huo, who was an official in Suhang, was bound to come back to Dingyou.The whereabouts of the third son, Li Han, who was traveling in South Vietnam last month, are unknown. He may not be notified of Li Zhuang's death for the time being.

Li Feng is nearly thirty years old and already has two sons aged 11 and [-] years old.The eldest son's name is Li Yunan, and the second son's name is Li Yubei.

Li Zhuang's eldest daughter-in-law and Li Feng's wife Wang Lian'er was from Kyoto, and Li Feng's father-in-law was an old scholar.Wang Lian'er is the only daughter of Wang Xiucai.Wang Lian'er was able to marry Li Feng. Wang Xiucai was very happy and came to Li's house from time to time to enjoy the autumn breeze.

No, when his in-law Li Zhuang was killed, Wang Xiucai came to the Li family to offer condolences. He stayed at the Li family and never left.

Now he doesn't avoid suspicion and is comforting himself in Xu's room.

Li Feng was originally a dispensable official, but now suddenly Ding You was at home, feeling not only sad but also a little irritable.Three years later, Ding You still doesn't know whether he can become an official.

Wang Lian'er poured him tea: "Husband, please have some tea to moisten your throat."

When his father-in-law passed away, whether he was crying for real or fake, Li Feng's voice was already dumb from crying.

Li Huo's wife Gao Yue sat outside the living room with her seven-year-old daughter Li Yuxing in her arms, watching coldly.

Although Wang Lian'er is from Kyoto, she doesn't look like a Central Plains person.She was born with a slender figure, and her movements had the posture of a Jiangnan woman.

Gao Yue doesn't like Wang Lian'er, and Wang Lian'er doesn't like her either.

Gao Yue was from Lin'an Prefecture, and his family moved from Lin'an Prefecture to Kyoto because his father was recommended as a minor official in Kyoto.

She originally followed her husband Li Huo to take office in Suzhou and Hangzhou, but her father suddenly became seriously ill a few years ago and her natal brother was still young. She had to take her daughter back to Beijing to take care of her father's illness.After her careful care, her father recovered from his illness. She originally planned to rush back to Suzhou and Hangzhou in a few days, but she did not expect that her father-in-law, Li Zhuang, was killed.

Mother-in-law Xu is incompetent and relies on her eldest son and daughter-in-law for everything, which is not wrong.But if the eldest brother and sister-in-law are not of good conduct...

Gao Yue and Wang Lian'er usually only maintained superficial peace.

Wang Lian'er was the eldest daughter-in-law, and she took over the power of middle-class husband as soon as she married into the Li family. When Gao Yue married into the Li family, she presided over the marriage.On their wedding night, Gao Yue developed a dislike for Wang Lian'er.

Gao Yue's eyes fell through the screen on Wang Xiucai.

Although Wang Xiucai is old, he has a fair complexion and a short beard. His hair is neatly trimmed and his hair is neatly combed.Although he is not tall, he has a rather romantic attitude.

At this time, he was consoling Mrs. Xu: "Brother Changfu has passed away, but you still have sons and grandsons who are relying on you. You have to cheer up." Changfu is Li Zhuang's cousin.

Mrs. Xu wiped her tears and nodded and shook her head: "I don't have to worry about all this..."

Ah.

Gao Yue turned her gaze back and landed on the green bricks in front of her.

As a mother-in-law, she has always been frugal, and the floor in the house is still made of blue bricks, without marble or carpets.

It was past midnight, and my daughter Li Yuxing was so sleepy that she couldn't even open her eyes: "Mom, when can we go back to the room?"

Gao Yue also wanted to go back to her room. Although she didn't have to stay in the mourning hall these days, she had to sit with these people in her mother-in-law's room day and night. She felt it was better to stay in the mourning hall.What these people have been discussing most these days is not how to find the murderer for their father-in-law, but whether Li Feng can still keep his official position after three years of Ding You.

Of course, she also mentioned her husband Li Huo.

Although Li Huo's official position was higher than that of Li Feng, he was still a foreign official and could not count.No matter how low the rank of a Beijing official is, he is still a Beijing official.

There is no need to mention the third brother Li Han.After all, a person who has not obtained any academic qualifications, is not good at reading, and likes to travel around the world, in the eyes of the Li family, his future is even more worrying.

Gao Yue coaxed her daughter in a low voice: "I'll go back later."

Wang Lian'er's ears still heard the whispers of Gao Yue and her daughter.She immediately smiled and said: "Xing'er, don't be impatient, your two brothers are not as impatient as you."

The two brothers Li and Nan, Li and Bei, were indeed in high spirits and were playing the Nine Links.

Gao Yue remained silent. Li Yuxing wanted to speak. Gao Yue pulled his daughter's hand, and her daughter pouted and glanced at the two cousins ​​dissatisfied.These two cousins ​​get sleepy when they are studying, but they are full of energy when they play.

When the adults weren't paying attention, Li Yunan and Li Yubei stuck out their tongues at their cousin Li Yuxing.

Gao Yue could see clearly.But Li and Nan Li and Bei are not afraid of her.

As the night progresses, adults also become sleepy.

Li Feng said: "Brothers, sisters and children should go back to their rooms to rest first."

Gao Yue immediately stood up and led her daughter out.

The second roommate lives in the west cross courtyard. Gao Yue and her daughter had just walked through the hanging flower door when the voices of Li Yunan and Li Yubei sounded from behind: "You are the second roommate. Your grandfather is dead. We are the eldest members of the entire Li family. Why don't you be happy?" move out!"

Gao Yue turned around, and Li Yunan and Li Yubei stood behind them carefree, with no fear on their faces.

Gao Yue smiled and said to Li Yubei: "You are also the second son. If your father dies in the future, you will also be kicked out by your eldest brother." After saying this, she ignored the two of them and just pulled her daughter away tightly. .

Li Yubei sighed and said to his brother, "Brother, you will definitely not kick me out in the future, right?"

Li Yunan chuckled: "How could it be? We are the best brothers. I will protect you."

The two brothers ran away laughing and playing.

The people and children in the second room were gone. Wang Xiucai coughed and winked at his daughter.

Wang Lian'er then poured tea for her mother-in-law, Mrs. Xu: "Mother-in-law, since my father-in-law has left, it's time for our Li family to separate."

Mrs. Xu was wiping her tears when she heard the words and was stunned for a moment: "Lian'er, what did you say?"

"Separate the family. It's time for our Li family to separate." Wang Lian'er's tone was soft, as if she was talking about what to eat for the next meal. "Although the eldest son is the eldest son, his younger brothers and sisters often take advantage of the fact that the second brother's official position is higher than that of the eldest son. It's disrespectful to me, the eldest sister-in-law. Today, my daughter-in-law heard from Brother Nan that the younger siblings often scolded him and Brother Bei when no one was around."

Mrs. Xu was a little confused: "Is such a thing really possible?" She was not sociable, and even at home, she rarely left the house.Wang Lian'er is the eldest daughter-in-law, she is also in charge of the middle school, and she is the most common person at home.As for the second daughter-in-law, she really didn't know much about her.

"Why not?" Li Feng added with jealousy, "My mother-in-law is not spared. Gao Yue relies on her father to be a Beijing official, but my father-in-law has no official position, and he also looks down on my father-in-law."

Wang Xiucai hurriedly argued: "You, you, don't talk nonsense, it's nothing." Although he was talking nonsense, the look on his face was different.

No matter how stupid Mr. Xu is, he still understands that his second daughter-in-law, Gao Yue, is a very powerful person.In fact, Wang Lian'er had told her implicitly before, but she didn't take it to heart.

"In that case, let's divide the family after your father is buried." Ms. Xu was not a strong woman. She relied on her husband when she was alive, and she relied on her son when she died.Although I think the second son is good, he is not as good as the eldest son and daughter-in-law who are in front of him every day.

(End of this chapter)