Chapter 1366: Top beam
When Mrs. Lu gave birth to a son, Xia Shiming was the happiest person.
Although Xia Shiming didn't like Xia Zijiang, the son of Mrs. Xu, Xia Zijiang was his eldest son and his blood relative, so he hoped that Mrs. Lu could give birth to a son for Xia Zijiang.
I cannot be taught, but Xia Shiming hopes that his grandson can be taught.
In the Xia family in Beicheng, he hoped to have a grandson who could afford the family.
Now that his eldest grandson was born, Xia Shiming was so happy that he asked Mrs. Xia Er to send a personal nanny to the Xia family in Beicheng to take care of his eldest grandson.
When Xia Shiming and Mrs. Xia Er went to visit Mrs. Lu, Xia Shiming was not allowed to enter her room because she was a man. Mrs. Xia Er went in. Mrs. Lu said bluntly in front of Mrs. Xia Er that when the child grows to three years old, Xia Shiming will be allowed to live in her room. Ming personally taught him how to read.
Lu also said, "Mother, a child's temperament will be gradually formed from birth. I am a rough person, and I am not afraid of being laughed at by my mother. I don't know how to take care of the child. If the mother feels sorry for her child, when the child is one month old, I will How about sending the children to your place and being taught by the parents themselves?”
When the child was still in her belly, Lu made a plan to place the child next to her father-in-law Xia Shiming for instruction.
Neither she nor Xia Zijiang are people who know how to teach children. If the children grow up with them, they will probably be abandoned like Xia Zijiang in the future.
Mrs. Xia Er was stunned for a moment, but considering that the Lu family was pretty good, she still agreed.
In any case, this child is the eldest grandson of the Xia family, so it makes sense for him to be raised by his grandfather.
"Thank you, mother. After mother returns, she will also tell father on my behalf, thank you very much." Mrs. Lu happily thanked her repeatedly.
When Mrs. Lu's child was one month old, Mrs. Lu really didn't even look at the child and asked the wet nurse to carry the child to Xia's house.
Mrs. Xia Er had already prepared a room for her child, which was very large. She even placed a long wooden couch under the window sill so that she and the maid could stay there at night.
After her son moved into Xia's house, Mrs. Lu came to Xia's house frequently. She would come to Xia's house to visit her son twice a month.
Every time she comes, Mrs. Lu will bring some food sent by her parents' family, or she will buy some famous snacks herself. Every time she brings food, all the Xia family's masters will share.
In this way, the Lu family and the Xia family got much closer. As for Xia Zijiang, he would go out to eat and drink all day long, and he lost a lot of face.
In the end, he made his group of friends hide away as soon as they saw him.
After hiding for several times, Xia Zijiang could no longer get any advantage, and he had no money. In the end, he was dejected and droopy at home, either rummaging through boxes or cabinets, or being sneaky, which made all the servants in the house feel frightened when they saw him. .
Finally, after irritating Mr. Lu, he pushed him to the ground and beat him severely.
In pain, Xia Zijiang cried for his father and mother, crying bitterly. From then on, he never dared to dig things around again.
Not long after the Xia family's eldest grandson was full moon, May entered, and Dongfang Xuan also held a haircut ceremony in Qi Mei's courtyard.
Xia Zihan did not go to watch the ceremony, but he learned from Mrs. Zhuo who came back that Dongfang Xuan invited Mrs. Zhuo to be the guest of honor and a little girl from Qi Lan's mother-in-law's family to be the congratulator.
"Next, it's the wedding of the third child." Zhuo said with a smile, and then complained to Xia Zihan, "The third child also went to another courtyard today, and that brat secretly bought a hair for Dongfang Xuan. It’s a hairpin.”
Xia Zihan covered her mouth and joked, "The men of the Chu family are so devoted to their wives."
Mrs. Zhuo thought about how Chu Xuanyu had doted on her over the past decades, and she smiled and agreed with her daughter-in-law.
In the evening, Chu Jingqi came back from the palace and told Xia Zihan some bad news.
"A letter came from Jiangning City, saying that the old lady is dying."
As soon as Chu Jingqi entered the door, after asking about her daughter-in-law's stomach, she told the news. Xia Zihan was shocked, "Is this really possible?"
Xia Shiming had only taken office a few months ago. If the old lady died suddenly at this time, wouldn't Xia Shiming have to memorialize Ding You again?
"My father-in-law has already rushed over. He asked me to tell you." Chu Jingqi whispered.
"Where is mother? She passed too?"
"No."
"That's good, we still have children to take care of at home." Xia Zihan muttered.
Xia Zihan originally wanted to send someone to Jiangning City to have a look, but Chu Jingqi said, "It's better to wait. When the mourners arrive, it won't be too late for you to send someone again."
Xia Zihan thought about it and felt that what Chu Jingqi said was right.
Unexpectedly, before they could finish their words, someone came to announce the funeral at the gate.
"So fast?" Xia Zihan was shocked, "It seems that my father arrived too late."
Then, she thought of Mr. Xia and Mr. Xia who were transferred to the south, and she added, "The only ones with the old lady this time are the second brother and the eldest aunt."
"Isn't there someone from the third house?" Chu Jingqi said with a smile, "I heard that the old lady doted on the third master the most when she was alive."
Xia Zihan chuckled and said nothing.
Because she promised Mrs. Zeng, she would not go to Jiangning City to attend Mrs. Xia's wedding. Now it happened that she was pregnant, so she didn't even need to make excuses, it was ready.
Xia Zihan immediately called Nanny Yu, gave her some instructions, and sent her to Jiangning City to burn incense and kowtow on her behalf in front of the old lady's mourning hall.
"Princess Princess, Chu Lin is back and said she has something to tell you." Chu Qing came in to report.
"Let her in." Xia Zihan said.
As soon as she finished speaking, Chu Lin hurriedly came in and said, "Master, the house will be completed in a few days. The fox said that before it is completed, it needs to get good luck and scatter thousands of fruits on the roof. ”
It's such a big house with a small house, so we have to work quickly and slowly. Now, it's finally done, except for the last main building, which has its beams put up.
However, the fox said that you need to scatter thousands of fruits and five grains to get luck.
"The fox asked this slave to come back specially to ask the master for a good and auspicious day." Chu Lin sat down, poured two cups of tea into her mouth, and then said.
"Let Chuan Qiong take Aqi's post and go to Xiangguo Temple to ask a master to come down the mountain." Xia Zihan thought for a while and said.
When building a house, installing beams is a big deal and should not be done carelessly.
"My slave met Chuan Qiong in the front yard. I'll tell her immediately." Chu Lin came in a hurry and left in a hurry.
Xia Zihan touched her belly, which was about to show her pregnancy, and murmured, "It's a big event, I want to see it too."
"There must be a lot of people that day. If you go, if you are crowded... Ayu, you'd better not go. If you feel bored, how about my husband accompany you for a walk in the yard?" Chu Jingqi thought for a while, but still felt that Don't worry about letting Xia Zihan go.
(End of chapter)