Chapter 407 – The Ancestral Hall

This day early in the morning, the day is not yet bright, Song Yixiao got up, their own grooming time, order the maid to go to the Jane Qing Yue also shouted to wake up to clean up. But Lu Zhuoer because it is not Jane’s family, is over as a guest, Song Yixiao called bell to guard her, this day let this sister to stay in the Jiangzhu Pavilion, do not take out.

After the mother and daughter got done, they went to the flower hall, Jian Xubai had already waited here, and the couple casually used some breakfast, and then carried their daughter to the main hall.

They had arrived early, and there was no one in the hall yet.

But we all know what day it is, so it didn’t take long for everyone to gather – Song Yixiao noticed that Jian Li Miao had a joyful look on his face that he couldn’t hide, and looked at his own family, including Lu Zhuo’er, with an extraordinarily kind gaze.

It seems that this uncle, no, after today’s father-in-law, although adhering to the promises for Yi Shui County Lord, after losing his wife and never married again, even a maid did not take, in the end, also hope to have a heir to enjoy the knees.

“We can’t go in later, have you asked the maid to pack snacks to take with you?” Jian Ping Yu was the last to arrive, he didn’t bring that beautiful woman with him today, thinking that it was because it was not appropriate for a concubine to appear on an occasion like today. He didn’t say a few words after arriving and led the way towards the ancestral hall.

Gao led her daughter-in-law and concubine daughter to Song Yixiao and reminded, “I don’t know how long they’ll stay in the ancestral hall, we adults are just fine, Qing Yue is young, I’m afraid he’ll be hungry by then.”

Song Yi smiled and thanked her, saying, “Fang just asked her nursemaid to fill a few pastries already.”

Gao nodded before leading the women to follow the group in front.

Jane’s ancestors are very poor, it is said that only three or five acres of thin land, Jane Ping Yu was young and suffered a chaotic world, the days can be imagined, naturally, is no effort to care about how the ancestral hall.

Later, when he became a successful student, he married Mrs. Yan, who was born in Jinxiu Hall, and only after receiving a generous dowry from Mrs. Yan did he begin to tidy up the ancestral home and the ancestral hall.

Nowadays, this ancestral hall is not very far from the ancestral house of the Jane family so, after leaving the gate and walking outward along the long verdant stone street in the town, the outline of the ancestral hall can be seen at the entrance of the town.

At this time the genius of dawn, the ancestral hall inside and outside the many lights, the door is also clustered a lot of clansmen, three by three talking about – Song Yixiao listen to a few ears, she grew up in the Imperial City, have not been to other places, at this moment listening to the local accent, inevitably difficult to pronounce, but the northern local language change is not as big as the south, even with the estimation of the guessing, and also roughly Can understand, most of them are talking about this day this inheritance.

There are also people talking about her, said “good-looking, no wonder it is the enjoined wife, just do not know the dowry geometry, compared with the year’s Yan dowager, who is more and who is less”.

This sentence Song Yixiao roughly understand, do not feel very speechless: Jane Ping Yu that will be a poor boy, need to count on his wife’s trousseau is just; Jane false white this is a serious royal relatives, marrying a wife still need to count on people dowry?

She for a moment can not help but Jane family people’s impression is a little bad, but then thought of Jian Xubai own life is the first time back to Sangzi, and these people have no friendship, people look at her is also estimated to see a hilarious, speak naturally is also very casual, so it is meaningless to calculate.

It was so that after only glancing at those people, he also held Jian Qingyue without speaking.

But this action had already let them know that while what they were saying was certainly in the vernacular, Song Yixiao might not understand all of it, and couldn’t help but snappily walk away.

“These people have never even been to Liaozhou City a few times in their lives, let alone a nobleman from the imperial capital like you, Shan Mei.” Noticing this, Gao also helped to scold a few clansmen who were still probing towards mother and daughter Song Yixiao, rounding off the conversation by saying, “So please bear with me if I have offended you out of curiosity!”

“Auntie is out of line, we are all family members.” Song Yixiao busily said, “Speaking of which, it’s also because we’re unfilial, we haven’t come back to see grandfather all these years, so we’re rusty with the clan.”

He also said that over the years, thanks to the big house taking care of Jian Ping Yu Yun Yun, Gao Clan listened to the comfort and humility, “We are the big house, this is all should be. Besides, without the second and third houses serving the country in the imperial capital, the family would not have such a reputation now.”

The two of them politely, over there Jian Ping Yu has already talked to several clan elders, and went into the ancestral hall – the rules at this time, the woman, in addition to getting married to say goodbye to the ancestors of the mother’s family, as well as enter the door to console the ancestors of the husband’s family, is not allowed to enter the ancestral hall at all.

So now the men of the clan with status from old to young all followed in, but Gao, Song Yixiao and other women could only wait outside.

Song Yixiao looked at the gradually brightening sky, touched his daughter’s small face cooled by the night dew, suddenly thought of something: the men have gone into the ancestral hall, they can only stay outside these women, then what next?

She asked Gao in a low voice, “Great Auntie, what are we going to do here no?”

Gao sniffed but froze, subconsciously looked to the Jane family’s current daughter-in-law, Jane Yimin’s wife, Miao, “The old master can say what we are doing here?”

Miao sniffed blankly and said, “The old master has been talking to the three lords about things for the past two days, and the daughter-in-law has not been given any orders.”

Well, is that what they’re waiting for?

Gao was very embarrassed and smiled with Song Yi, “This is our fault, we didn’t ask the old master clearly earlier – or maybe we didn’t have to come?”

“It’s good to be here, I haven’t seen the Jane Family Ancestral Hall yet.” Song Yi smiled and said, “Besides, for such an important matter, it’s not appropriate for us to stay at the ancestral home and have tea there.”

Gao was relieved to see this and was about to say something, but a woman next to her who was still dressed quite brightly came up and laughed, “Sister-in-law, is this Mrs. Yan?”

The woman asked Gao, but her eyes kept looking at mother and daughter Song Yixiao.

“Exactly A Xu daughter-in-law.” Gao nodded at her and introduced Song Yixiao, “This is the daughter-in-law of Old Master’s cousin, your sixth aunt by all accounts, maiden name Lian.”

Song Yixiao busily blessed toward her and politely said, “So it’s Sixth Auntie!”

He also told Jian Qingyue to greet his aunt as well.

Lian was busy saying, “I’m a folk woman, how can I take up the responsibility?”

She took off the bracelet to give Jane Qing Yue as a meet and greet gift, just looking at Jane Qing Yue all in a peplum given by the Empress Dowager, can’t help but feel that it can’t be taken, “We don’t have many good things in our Zhuang family, so let Missy take it and play with it.”

Song Yi smiled and she exchanged a few pleasantries – finally the sixth aunt perfunctory past, next to a few with the sixth aunt of similar status of the clan may be that she does not look so unattainable, also have surrounded the talk.

This some words said a long time, do not know the ancestral hall are scattered, Jane Ping Yu a little unhappy walk out, looking at the outside chattering female relatives, not lightly said, “Ancestral hall important place, how such a noisy?”

He valued his status, it is impossible to scold a group of late women in public, said so even if.

But immediately following him out of many men will not have this taboo, a time the township cursed all around, have pulled their own daughter-in-law, the side of the counting side with Jane Ping Yu retreat.

Song Yixiao see this situation can not help but feel very embarrassed, Shen Qimo due to the identity of the reason this day did not come over, she gave birth to a son, is to let Jane Yiyu directly carry in.

The only distant visitors that would be out there would be their mother and daughter – though it was the clan that had taken the initiative to come up and talk to her, and now that it had come to this, she was embarrassed in the end.

The good thing is that Jane Li Miao and Jian Xubai this pair of fresh father and son has come out, see this situation, Jane Li Miao negative hand lightly grunted, said, “Father said the ancestral hall important place is not allowed to noisy, your mouth is not clean what? There is no point rules?

Jian Xu Bai then walked over to Song Yixiao and nodded at her, saying, “Tired of waiting? Qing Yue come, daddy hug.”

Song Yixiao saw that they were all relieving themselves as one, which made her sigh in relief, picking up Jian Qingyue and handing him into her husband’s arms.

Returning to the ancestral home in this manner, the re-established Third House once again offered tea to Jian Ping Yu – in the ancestral hall it was in front of the ancestors and clansmen that Jian Xubai was passed on to the Third House, this time it was in the home to re-establish the names of each other once more.

After the tea ceremony, Jian Ping Yu was about to tell the crowd to disperse, Jian Li Kuang was perhaps angry, suddenly spoke up and said, “A Xu is now under the name of the third brother, the third brother is still a good discipline point good! Just when we left the ancestral hall, what a mess outside! Speaking of which, A Xu’s daughter-in-law is still the first daughter of Jiangnan Hall, after the six valves in the sea, the rules in her mother’s home are certainly not a problem. It’s only been a few years since she joined the family, but she’s been spoiled by A Xu into this state!”

Song Yixiao sniffed and changed her face, although she didn’t care about the Song family at all, but Jian Li Kuang’s words were turning the corner to scold her mother’s family for failing to teach her!

She was ashamed and angry, and when she was about to open her mouth to retort, Jian Xubai, who was sitting at the top of her head, turned his head and handed her a wink, signaling her to be at ease.

Sure enough, Jane Li Kuang’s words only fell, Jane Li Miao has put down the tea bowl, not slow, said, “Here and no outsiders, second brother why bluffing? Who does not know that our Jane’s ancestors back in the day, was not even able to eat the food – there is the way to know the etiquette of the Grange solid, our Jane’s family from the clan can eat to now only a total of several decades? In addition to our family, the rest of the clan, not to mention the official, that is not even a Xiucai!”

“Such a lintel is just fooling the common people who live in the same countryside!”

“And talk about rules?!”

“These words of the second brother, but they are too forgetful!”

At the end of the sentence, Jian Li Miao revealed a seemingly smiling face, his slightly sickly brow full of sarcasm.

Looking at Jane Li Kuang’s gloomy face, Song Yixiao lowered her head, hiding the smile at the corner of her mouth: this former father-in-law is afraid that she and the new father-in-law do not get along well? This is the first time I’ve ever seen a woman in my life with a daughter-in-law, and I’ve never seen her with a daughter-in-law.

“The Six Valves of the Sea … Hey!” Jian Li Kuang was blocked by Jian Li Miao and was speechless – in fact, it wasn’t all speechless, it was also because Jian Ping Yu, who was at the top of the table, had been looking at him, with a rather disapproving look in his eyes – after a pause, he turned his head in the end and didn’t make another sound.

Only then did Jian Pingyu act as if nothing had happened and sighed, “Disperse!”

There was a pause, “If there’s anything, let’s talk about it tonight!”