Painting Tang Jiao

Chapter 4 Yan Family
Qing Huan's ancestors were not from Kyoto.

The Yan family is not a big family in Beijing, even a few decades ago, there was not a single Jinshi in the family, but the master Juren did.And the first Jinshi in the clan came from Qing Huan's great-grandfather's generation, and after he became an official, he opened the ancestral school in the Yan's Ancestral Hall, and gradually the Yan's clan has developed in the capital.Speaking of the Yan family in Kyoto, the Yan's ancestral hall elsewhere also recognized their family.Some old people in the clan still vaguely remember that the old man Yan's branch first came from Wucheng.

Decades ago, Qinghuan's Tianzu found the Yan clan in Kyoto alone, and knocked on the door of the clan head at that time on a drizzly night.After leaving the patriarch's house, Tianzu also lived in Kyoto.Someone with a heart inquired about the news, and learned that Qing Huan's ancestor was originally the bastard son of a family of the Wucheng Yan family who couldn't be in the bastard's branch.For some reason, he had to leave his hometown and come to Kyoto, but the reason was kept as a secret and was not allowed to spread.

Tianzu settled down in Kyoto. He was originally a bastard, his father was also a bastard, and the grandfather of the previous generation was also a bastard.Naturally, all the status money and silver were lost along the way, and even the travel expenses to the capital were raised by Tianzu who sold Wu Cheng's fields and small courtyards.Fortunately, the patriarch of the Yan family in Kyoto at that time gave Tianzu a helping hand and helped him find a job in Kyoto, so he would not starve to death.

Tianzu is also a hardworking and capable person. At the beginning, he worked as a waiter in the store. Because of his sweet and pleasing mouth, he later won the favor of the boss and even became the shopkeeper's assistant.A few years later, he saved a considerable amount of furniture, and married Li Shi, the youngest daughter of the owner of the store, under the lead of the Zongzhang's wife.Mrs. Li, the youngest daughter of the family, brought a considerable dowry, and relied on these heavenly ancestors to open a rice shop on Donghua Street.

It was also luck that the rice store business opened all the way into a chain of rice stores.The quality of this rice is good, the price is cheap, more people buy it, and it has money and reputation.After getting the money and silver, Tianzu put it into the store again, and gradually became a wealthy household on Donghua Street in this cycle.

Donghua Street is a street in the east city of Kyoto. The people who live in the west city of Kyoto are all rich and powerful, and Donghua Street is a place for merchants to buy and sell.

After having the money, Tianzu bought a small courtyard on Chonghua Street in the outskirts of Xicheng, which was considered a complete home.

The only shortcoming is that his wife, Li Shi, was sick and weak in the womb, and she has not been pregnant for five years after marriage.Just when Mrs. Li was about to buy a concubine for Tianzu to leave behind, she found out that she was pregnant, but the doctor said that this might be the only one.After being careful for ten months, luckily she gave birth to a son. Li wept with joy on the spot, and her husband's son could pass on.

This Li family was born to Qing Huan's Gao Zu, who was clever and well-behaved, and knew how to please others since he was a child.At the age of seven, he entered a private school to pay homage to his teacher, and at the age of 13, he passed the examination of scholar, but he failed in further attempts.The teacher who taught him persuaded him for a long time, letting him start a family first and then start a career.Afterwards, Gaozu married Mr. Na's daughter, Kong Shi. The two had known each other since they were young.

It's just that I don't know if it's a feng shui problem, or if it's because of a young child.Gao Zu, who went to catch up for the exam for the second time, failed again, and was devastated after returning.Kong Shi went to comfort him, but was pushed by the upset Gao Zu, who accidentally fell down and caused a miscarriage.Kong was sad, but after all, he was thinking of being young, and he also regretted seeing Gaozu again.It's just that Kong became popular again two years later without knowing that he was pregnant.

Gao Zu was in a hurry to find a doctor, but the doctor only said that it was the first miscarriage and he failed to take care of it, and he lost his body.After raising her for several years, Kong finally conceived in October and gave birth to a daughter.Gao Zu thought about the blossoming and fruiting, so he also happily served the full moon wine and asked someone to catch the week.It's just that the child still didn't live past the age of six, and Kong didn't give birth to a child.After these few times, Gao Zu was already in his thirties, and took over the private school teaching of Kong's father, but he had no children.Li Shi is easy-going and did not push Kong Shi.It's just that Kong took traditional Chinese medicine every day, and when Gaozu was 34 years old, he finally kept the clouds open and saw the moon, Kong became healthy again, and finally left a healthy son.Gaozu was so happy that he read the Book of Songs for a few days and took Yan Chong's name.A few years later, Kong gave birth to another son, Yan Yan, but Kong's body was almost ruined, and the youngest son died when he was two years old.

Tianzu and Li also passed away within a few years after Kong's departure.After Gao Zu was hit one after another, he supported himself until his eldest son Yan Chong died of illness when he was ten years old, and Yan Yan was only four years old at that time.

Three years after his father's death, Yan Chong gave up continuing his studies, learned business knowledge, took care of the family property left behind, and raised his younger brother.Yan Chong didn't marry a daughter of a wealthy family until he was 20 years old because of his younger brother, and Yan Yu was also promising. He liked to read since he was a child. At the age of four, he followed Yan Chong to learn the names of hundreds of families.All the way from a scholar to a Jinshi, and then a Shujishi, and then entered the Imperial Academy.

Non-jinshi do not enter the Hanlin, and non-Hanlin do not enter the cabinet.Since then, the official road of Yan'an has been smooth and straight up.Of course, this is something.

It was also at this time that Qing Huan's ancestors officially connected with the Yan clan in Kyoto. Brothers Yan Chong and Yan An were grateful for the kindness of the old patriarch, and in addition, Yan Yan's entry into an official position required the help of the clan, and they found a day to formally worship the ancestral hall.The tablets from the great-grandfather's generation were enshrined in the ancestral hall and officially included in the genealogy.

The Yan family in Kyoto also slowly began to enter the upper class circle.

Later, Yan Yan won the favor of his mentor and married his daughter, Yang Shi. His life was very happy. The only thing he was dissatisfied with was that his brother and sister-in-law had no children all their lives.But Yan Chong was also unwilling to take concubines because of his mother, Kong, let alone force his wife.Yan Yan was helpless, he didn't want his elder brother to die in the future, and no one would throw a pot at him. After discussing with his wife, Yang Shi, he planned to adopt a son to his elder brother.It's just that Yang only gave birth to two daughters and one son in his whole life, and that son was Mrs. Yan.

When Mrs. Yan was 14 years old, Yan Chong suffered a severe physical loss and was completely hollowed out inside. He didn't have many days left.Yan Yan was raised by Yan Chong since he was a child, and the two are more like father and son than brothers.Yan Yan consulted with the clan, and finally decided to let the old man Yan take care of both.

At this time, Yan Yan had already graduated from the cabinet university of the second rank, and also had the title of servant, and at this time, the old man Yan had already passed the examination of Juren.

My colleague Liu Tao got the news and wanted to be a matchmaker for his granddaughter. .

Liu Tao has many sons, and even more granddaughters, but the only ones who are of the right age are the direct granddaughter Daliu and the concubine Xiaoliu.Because the old lady Yan has two concubines, Yan Yi doesn't mind a concubine and a concubine.Although it is a concubine, the status of this backward person is always lower. If it is a concubine and a concubine, it will solve this problem.But here comes the problem again, Yan Chong's wife is a merchant, while Yan Yu's wife, Yang Shi, is a lady of great family.Mrs. Daliu didn't want to ask a merchant to be her mother-in-law, and Mrs. Yang didn't want to send out half of her son to marry a daughter-in-law who was a concubine, and she wanted to be inferior to others.

At this time, someone proposed a compromise method to Yan Yan, whoever entered the door first would be the wife of the big house.Da Liushi was still unwilling, but Liu Tao had spoken.Half a year later, Mrs. Xiao Liu came in first, and Mrs. Da Liu followed after a month.The two are sisters and sisters-in-law, and share a husband.

It stands to reason that it should be a pleasure for the two wives of Mrs. Yan to hug each other from left to right.It's just that Daliu's family has always been proud and arrogant, and when they first got married, they could barely show a gentle and considerate appearance, serving Old Master Yan carelessly.But after a long time, the true nature is exposed.In addition, Xiao Liu was born as bright as an autumn moon, elegant and refined, and there is a gentle breath in his bones that Da Liu doesn't have.Gradually, Mrs. Yan's heart gradually turned to Xiaoliu's.For most of January, I went to Xiao Liu's side, and Da Liu's side rarely went, and stayed in the study more often.

After several years of marriage, Mrs. Xiaoliu has not conceived, and Mrs. Yang put pressure on Mrs. Yan.Daliu slapped the dowry maid Lu shi by her side again, and raised her concubine's room.Reluctantly suppressing the word filial piety, Da Liu's family and Lu's family gave birth to the first master and the second master successively.Seeing envy in her heart, Xiao Liushi secretly invited the imperial physician over. Not long after the imperial physician left, Mrs. Yan was invited to Xiaoliu's room.Since then, the traditional Chinese medicine in Xiaoliu's house has not been cut off, until a few years later, Xiaoliu became pregnant, and this is Qing Huan's father, the third master.

The childlessness of Xiaoliu's family has always been the heart disease of Mrs. Yan, after having the third master, the spirit is refreshed on happy occasions, Mrs. Yan's face is flushed, and the spring breeze has been proud for a while.

The third master was born of a proud person, so it was natural that Old Master Yan was biased.Seeing this, Mrs. Da Liu felt even more resentful towards Mrs. Xiao Liu, but because of her father-in-law Yan Yan's warning, she just suppressed it and didn't mention it.

When Master Yan San was 16 years old, the mothers-in-law of the Kong family and the Xiao Liu family passed away successively.After observing the filial piety, Mrs. Yan was going to separate the two households.It's just that the wealth of the big house represented by the Xiaoliu family made the Daliu family greedy.Originally, Mrs. Yan was wary of Mrs. Da Liu because of Mrs. Xiao Liu's pregnancy, but more than ten years have passed.Due to an oversight, Xiaoliu was seriously ill, but the imperial doctor was invited to say that there was toxin in his body when he was young, and he passed away soon.Because Mr. Yan San needed Daliu's help in his marriage, the two rooms were still not separated.At that time, Mrs. Yan, who had been an official for more than ten years, gave Mrs. Yan San the daughter of the Minister of Rites, Mrs. Cheng.

The central power of the Yan Mansion in Kyoto is held by the Daliu family.Master Yan San came out of filial piety, so he brought Cheng's family to Yuhang.It was not until the old man Yan passed away that he returned to Kyoto.After three years of keeping filial piety in the capital, Mrs. Cheng often went to Mrs. Yan, that is, Mrs. Daliu, to pay her respects.Except for Yahuan, the elder sister of Qinghuan, who lived in Kyoto for a period of time.Qing Huan, who was born later, never returned to Beijing until her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Yan San, died inexplicably, and her sister had an accident.Qing Huan returned to the capital with her younger brother Yan Jun who was four years younger than herself.

So speaking of it, the relationship between Qing Huan's room is not as close as that of the Elder Master, and the relationship between the two rooms of the Second Master.Old Madam Yan is just Qing Huan's great-uncle.But because of Mrs. Yan, the relationship between them is not easy to define.

(End of this chapter)