Child Bride’s Peaches and Plums Are All Over the World

"My niece and daughter-in-law just came from my grandfather. As you know, my husband and I are poor, and now we are going to be separated from the mansion, but we don't even have a waiter around us." Li Baolu put down his teacup and said with a smile: "So I beg Grandpa, let my husband and I take away the people who serve us and their families."

"I remember that Hongtao's younger sister, Qingling, is here with the second aunt. Although the first aunt will give me their deeds later, I think it's better to talk to the second aunt about this. I have something to ask Ask Second Aunt."

Jiang's face was slightly dark, and she looked deeply at the heart behind Li Baolu.

Hongtao lowered her head and clenched her sleeves tightly, and she heard the third grandma laughing and saying: "You also know that there is only one heart beside me and I have to use it. We will move out of Gu's house after branching out, and we will be in a hurry, so My niece and daughter-in-law came to ask my second aunt to lend me Qingling in advance."

Jiang put down her teacup, pursed her lips and said with a faint smile, "You are impatient."

"I'm young," Li Baolu said confidently, "I can't wait to get the little things done right away, unlike my eldest aunt and second aunt who have many things to say, so they can calm down."

Jiang Shi was choked to death.

She lowered her eyes and touched the tea wall, and said with a faint smile: "Qingling's parents are the children of the Gu family, and she grew up in the Gu family. Although you are kind, she may not be willing to leave the Gu family. How about Ask her, if she doesn't want to, then don't force her to do anything."

Li Baolu shook her head with a serious face, "Second auntie is not wrong, but she shouldn't indulge them like this, and even break the rules. They are servants, and they will do what the master tells them to do, and they are not If you want to kill them, what are you doing so coyly?"

Jiang's heart froze, looking at Li Baolu's tight face, she couldn't help but think of Qin Wenyin, she was indeed her daughter-in-law, and she was just as annoying.

She raised her eyelids and glanced at Hong Tao, sneered in her heart, then turned her head and told Hong Xing, "Go and call Qing Ling."

Qing Ling is the third-class maid in the Jiang family's courtyard. She is only nine years old this year. Originally, she only helped wash rice and vegetables in the kitchen, she was the last-class maid.

But her own sister, Hongtao, is the big girl beside Jiang's. Although she is not as good as Hongxing, she can protect her from being bullied.

But since her sister was sent to Wutongyuan, Qingling's life has changed. Some people please her, but some people bully her.

She was promoted from the lowest class to the third class, and the little girl who washed rice and vegetables in the small kitchen became the third-class girl who boiled water in the tea room. After seeing and hearing a lot, she vaguely knew that she was promoted because of her My sister went to Wutongyuan to be a spy.

Although she is only nine years old, she is not stupid. How can a spy be so easy to do?

The first thing Mammy taught them when she was on errand was to be faithful and serve only one master.

Her elder sister is the second wife's eyeliner, so she should belong to her, but the second wife gave her to the third grandma, and her sister served the third grandma, and the master was the third grandma.

Such a body with two masters must not end well, so when she heard that Li Baolu was going to take her away, she knelt down and kowtowed farewell to Jiang Shi without thinking about it.

As long as she leaves with the third mistress, then her elder sister won't need to be a spy for the second madam anymore, and her elder sister only needs to recognize one master, and there will be no danger anymore.

Jiang's face was really green with anger, and Hong Xing also gave Qing Ling a dark look, knowing that you guys want to leave, but at least you put on an air, so you can't wait to slap the second lady in the face?

Li Baolu took Qingling away contentedly, and said after returning to Wutong Courtyard: "Go and pack your things, we will leave in two days."

Hongtao was stunned, "But the third master is still taking the exam, shouldn't we wait for him?"

"Let's move to the small courtyard and wait," Li Baolu said with a smile, "If we pack up the house in advance, wouldn't it be better for him to live in a comfortable home as soon as he comes out?"

But moving is a big deal, how can the host not be here?

But seeing the third grandma's high spirits, thinking about such things as branching, the third grandma can replace the third master, so moving is not a big deal in her opinion.

Li Baolu and Gu Jingyun didn't bring many things into the Gu family, but they added a lot later.

In addition to the ones they bought themselves, there were also gifts from other people in the Gu residence.

As long as there is no poison, Li Baolu will accept it, and naturally she will take it away. Even if she doesn't use it, she can get a lot of money if she sells it.

Although they have divided a lot of property, they don't have any cash in hand. There are more than 600 taels left from the 800 taels when they came to the capital. Maybe they will need it at any time.

Li Baolu carefully planned for their future, and the eighth day of the lunar new year came soon.

Li Baolu got up before dawn, first put on a bunt and punched a set in the courtyard, sweated all over, took a shower, then changed into the dress she had prepared earlier, put on light makeup, and went to bed after breakfast. Go to the main courtyard.

There were three masters, big and small, gathered in the main courtyard, and everyone looked at Li Baolu who was slowly walking towards this side.

Li Baolu, who came dressed up, had a serious expression on her face, so that people could see the majesty on her childish face.

Mrs. Gu raised her eyelids and glanced at her, then turned to Master Gu and said slowly, "I don't feel well, so I won't go, you can take the children with you."

Master Gu Hou nodded, and said: "You should rest more."

Madam Gu nodded with a sullen face.

Master Gu took them to the ancestral hall, and other members of the clan, including the elders from other offshoots, also waited outside the ancestral hall, and they all looked at Li Baolu complicatedly.

This is the first branch of the Gu family since its establishment.

Branching is not the same as branching.

Now the so-called offshoots of the Gu family are the descendants of the concubine and the offspring from the past dynasties, because the title has always been inherited by the head of the house, and the other heads of the house will become offshoots if they continue to reproduce.

But they are still on the genealogy, and they have to stand outside the ancestral hall to worship their ancestors every year on Qingming Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, Chongyang Festival and New Year's Eve.

But the branches are different, which means that a family tree must be separated from the family tree, and the branch that is separated will have its own family tree, and Gu Jingyun and Li Baolu will be the ancestors of their branch in the future.

For the Gu family, they can come back to worship their ancestors on Qingming and New Year's Eve, but they can also ask someone to send a gift.

Although Gu Jingyun is still a descendant of the Gu family by blood, in fact, the Gu family no longer has much binding force on him.

They didn't know whether the branch was Gu Jingyun's original intention or forced, but they knew that after today, the Gu family would become the center of the topic in the capital again, and they would lose a good talent. Thinking of this, everyone looked at Gu Houye disagree.

This dissatisfaction reached its peak when Li Baolu wanted to enter the ancestral hall on behalf of Gu Jingyun.

An old man said displeasedly: "Aside from serving dishes on New Year's Eve, when can women enter the ancestral hall? It's not a bride or a funeral, let alone such a big event as a branch, cultivating energy, you guys have gone too far this time."

Gu Houye seemed to be very respectful to him, and lowered his head to admit his mistake, "Fourth Uncle taught me, but the best day of this year is the eighth day of February, and it just so happens that there will be an exam, Jing Yun is not there, so his wife can only take the place. .”

The old man looked critically at Li Baolu.

Li Baolu stood in front of the ancestral hall, looked down at him, and nodded with a smile when he saw him looking over, "Don't worry, fourth great-grandfather, I have learned the etiquette carefully and repeatedly before coming here, and I won't be rude in front of the ancestors."

The old man hummed lightly and remained silent.

"Fourth Uncle, the auspicious time has come, let's start."

Whether Li Baolu can do it or not is not just a matter of words. The etiquette of the branch is seven times more complicated than that of the ancestor worship during the Chinese New Year. Staring at him brightly, not to mention that Li Baolu is just a girl of twelve or thirteen years old, even an adult man in his tens of years may lose his composure or make mistakes under such circumstances.

This is also Master Gu's conspiracy. If Li Baolu makes a mistake here, even if his branch is split, it will become a joke.

He didn't need to embarrass her especially in this ceremony, because this branch ceremony was a big test for her or for Gu Jingyun.

Li Baolu was indeed nervous, but she didn't lose her composure. After all, she had experienced life and death, and she had practiced martial arts since she was a child. With her inner strength stretched, her aura was not weak to anyone present, so she walked into the ancestral hall calmly.

She walked to the center of the ancestral hall step by step, walked forward according to the footwork she had memorized, knelt down quietly in the middle, and recited the sacrificial oration that Gu Jingyun had written in advance.

The crowd outside who were still whispering fell silent when her voice sounded, and many people raised their heads to look at the figure kneeling in the ancestral hall.

Everyone's hearts gradually calmed down, and they began to lower their heads to listen carefully to the sacrificial oration read by Li Baolu.

Sacrifice is nothing more than remembering the ancestors and praising their achievements, but few people can write well, so there are very few outstanding sacrificial texts in history.

Every year, the sacrificial rites of the Gu family ask the staff to help catch the knife, but Li Baolu’s reading is obviously not, because the rhetoric is gorgeous, but he is familiar with the achievements of the ancestors of the Gu family. Arrogant, he said that he would try his best to follow in the footsteps of his ancestors and let the Gu family go one step further in his hands.

Besides Gu Jingyun, who else could speak such nonsense in front of the ancestor's spiritual seat?

But whether it was Gu Hou Ye and the old people in the ancestral hall, or the young and middle-aged people standing outside, they looked much better.

They had always been worried that Gu Jingyun would destroy the Gu family because of his resentment towards the Gu family, but after hearing the sacrificial oration he wrote today, everyone was relieved. There was resentment, but that child also admired the ancestors of the Gu family, so he probably wouldn't do anything to the Gu family.

Because of this eloquent and sincere sacrificial oration, no one would embarrass Li Baolu any more, watching her complete all the steps step by step.

After reading the sacrificial rites, Li Baolu still had to pay respects to the ancestors. After a set of etiquette was finished, the sun outside had already risen into the sky. It was obviously cold in spring, but Li Baolu was covered in cold, down to her knees.

Li Baolu knelt and knelt today, she felt that her knees must be bruised, she couldn't help but feel lucky, fortunately Gu Houye chose today's day, Jing Yun couldn't participate, otherwise if he did it, he would get sick afterwards.

Li Baolu looked up at Lin Li's ranking, then knelt down and raised his arms together and knelt down again, Gu Houye took a booklet from the case, handed it to her with both hands, and admonished in a deep voice: "Although you are separated from Gu The main branch of the clan is also my bloodline of the Gu clan, so we must remember the admonitions of our ancestors, avoid greed and arrogance, be humble and respectful, and never lose loyalty."

Li Baolu took the booklet with both hands, and replied respectfully: "Yes!"