The rich and rich family have many rules, which can be seen from the time they eat. Everyone has a maid to serve him. First, they rinse their mouths with purified water and spit them into the bowl. Then they purify their hands and then wipe the water with a dry veil.

In fact, Zhou also taught several children in advance. Therefore, when Ji Wan brought water and a basin, she did not show any timidity or difficulty.

Because there are many children, there are two tables on the table.

Cheng, Lin, Zhou, Ji Wan and others sat at a table, while the girls and young men in the Zhou family sat at another table. Before that, Cheng had introduced the population relationship between the Zhou family. The second house, the third house, the legitimate, and the illegitimate.

Ji Wan was there and wrote down everything.

Children raised by aristocratic families have a very special demeanor since childhood. Even if they are born in vain, they are not a little better than ordinary families. Every move is extremely noble.

Not to mention anything else, the light white jade pendant worn by the six-year-old girl Tong Jie'er on her neck was less than a hundred taels of silver.

It is said that the biological mother of this illegitimate girl was very favored by the third master and gave birth to three children in a row. In addition to the second girl, she also gave birth to the second master and the young master.

No wonder this sister Tong is so high-profile.

Oh, by the way, she is the eldest daughter of the third master.

The wife Lin, who has been in the family for nine years, has only one legitimate son, the second young master, and is eight years old this year. She is five months younger than the eldest son Yungeer born by Cheng.

Ji Wan heard Changfu say that although the third prince who was born in vain was not as good as his own brother, he was also a disciple of the emperor. Because he was born in a noble family, he never gave up, but directly served as the head of the Ministry of Rites.

Logically speaking, it was time to go home now.

Could it be that there is something big in the court?

The Ministry of Rites is in charge of the etiquette of the world, offering sacrifices and tributes.

It was not until evening that Ji Wan realized that His Majesty had planned to enthrone the crown prince. The Ministry of Rites almost moved all the way, and even Mr. Zhou stayed in the palace.

This is what the old man, Zhou's father, said when the dynasty's chief assistant Zhou Yan and Zhou Changru came back.

Ji Wan finally met her second uncle and grandfather as she mentioned.

Zhou Yan is less than fifty years old, and he looks like he is still in his prime. His facial features are a little soft, but his majesty as an official for many years is conveyed through his eyebrows and eyes, which is not to be underestimated.

Zhou Changru stood up before he arrived, and was handsome and handsome. His eyebrows and eyes were somewhat similar to Zhou's, and they both followed his father.

Ji Wan took her younger brother and sister to kneel on the cushion and called her grandfather and uncle.

The name of the Zhou family has been removed from the genealogy, so their family moved into the Zhou Mansion as a branch of the Zhou family. It is equivalent to the relationship between Zhou and Zhou Changru Ming, who is a cousin and Zhou Yan's niece. He married and lost his husband, and his relatives were unable to tolerate him, so he had no choice but to defect to the Zhou Mansion.

When Mr. Zhou drove her granddaughter out of the house, this was what he arranged. He sent her to the side tribes far away from the capital to avoid the heavy damage of rumors. When the stakes pass, he found her own family to marry her. The family was in a difficult life. The couple was nearly fifty years old and had no children, so it was just right to send Zhou.

After the two elders a hundred years, the Beijing family sent someone to take her back.

However, something happened to the Zhou family branch to prevent Zhou from being implicated, so he sent her away overnight. He waited until the situation was calm and then took her back. Who knew that at that time, he felt ashamed and reluctant to live a life of being under someone else's roof, so he begged the wet nurse to take her to Yancheng.

Since childhood, the daughter of a noble family, Jin Zun Yugui, has never experienced the hardships of life and has not even enough money to buy a house. She has to go to Yi Village. When the Zhou family branch solved the problem, she has already married Ji Qing.

This is troublesome.

They hurried to the capital to inform Mr. Zhou and his son.

The old teacher knew that the eldest granddaughter had decided on her marriage without her parents' consent. She was so angry that she directly asked the children in the clan to stop her from being indifferent to her depravity, and let her die in that small mountain village.

Zhou Yan didn't dare to plead for his daughter on the spot, so as not to anger his father even more.

The old teacher hated that mother and daughter had viciously harmed the eldest granddaughter, and also hated that the eldest granddaughter was too stupid and was plotted to this end. In addition, she did not obey the family's arrangements and stayed peacefully at the Zhou family branch, but insisted on relegating herself to marry the farmer.

This really made the old master very angry. He gave the order in anger and felt a little regretful afterwards. But after all, he was an elder and could not bow his head to apologize to his younger generation who disobeyed him, so he didn't let go. Thinking that when his granddaughter could not suffer the hardships, he took the initiative to ask for help from his parents' home, he could pick her up naturally.

Who knew that Zhou had a stubborn temper and felt deeply that he was abandoned by his family. Even if his husband died, he would not want to write to his parents' family for a peaceful place.

Zhou Yan knew that his old father was stubborn and soft-hearted, so he revealed some news to his son and asked his son to pick up his eldest daughter, which would be a step for each other. Otherwise, the files from the Ministry of Personnel more than ten years ago would allow Zhou Changru, who had just taken office, to be so quick to find out?

Zhou never told his children about this history before entering Yi Village after leaving Beijing.

This time when her younger brother sent someone to pick her up, she could vaguely guess the painstaking efforts of her father and grandfather. When she called her father "Uncle" to her father, the father and daughter were indescribable.

Zhou Yan looked at the eldest daughter who had been away from home for many years and did not see the wind and frost and sadness that had been tortured by the world, but his eyes were no longer clear and pure, but a touch of desolation.

Looking at the kneeling grandchildren, their expressions softened unconsciously.

"Get up."

Ji Wan and his brother stood up, stood obediently beside their mother, and listened to their elders' words.

Zhou Yan looked at the children.

The eldest granddaughter is beautiful and quiet, but looks like his mother but is obviously firm and steady, not as weak as his daughter. The second granddaughter is smaller, a little nervous and cowardly. The young granddaughter is simple and cute, with big eyes clearly distinguished from black and white to look at him curiously, making people feel happy at first sight.

Zhou Yan showed a smile on his face and waved to him.

"Brother Heng, come here."

Ji Heng did not go over immediately, but looked up at his mother.

Zhou nodded to him, and then walked to Zhou Yan with his short legs.

Zhou Yan asked him, "How old is Brother Heng? Have you ever read a book?"

Zhou replied: "I am five years old this year. I haven't officially started yet, so I can only recognize a few words. I have always been a bit naughty."

"It's okay if you're a little fun."

Zhou Yan obviously liked this young grandson very much, "At the age of five, it's time to start enlightenment. Let him and Yun Ge'er and others go to a private school together in the future."

Zhou said 'Yes'.

Zhou Yan said again: "The mansion has invited a female master. From tomorrow on, Sister Wan and Sister Rong will also go to class with the girls in the mansion."

Zhou still nodded and said, "Yes".

Zhou Yan looked at the eldest daughter who was respectfully lowering her eyes and sighed.

"Your grandfather has been living in the palace these days. When he comes back, you can come to visit Sister Wan and the others."

"yes."

The eldest daughter has always been taciturn, and the father and daughter have been separated for many years, so it is normal that it is a bit unfamiliar with each other for a while, so Zhou Yan never said anything more.

"It's getting late, please take Sister Wan back and rest."

Zhou gave a junior gift and took the children away.

After a few people disappeared into the night, Zhou Yan said to his son next to him: "Your sister has suffered a lot over the years. If you ask Sufen to restrain the servants in the mansion, you should not neglect them."

After that incident, all the maids around the two legitimate girls in the mansion were sent to the outer courtyard to do rough work. In the early days, the old lady was rigorous in management of the inner courtyard, and Cheng was also a powerful person. Now, there are few servants in the inner courtyard who know the inner affairs that year.

Not many people even know Zhou's family, but they are all confidants around the men and their mouths are tight-lipped and will not spread the word.

It is also because of the stranger that some ignorant servants are inevitably worried about serving them.

Zhou Changrudao: "Don't worry, father. The elder sister is the one who is carefully selected by Sufen, so she will never be despised."

Zhou Yan nodded.

“That’s good.”

The eldest daughter was the only blood of his original wife, Guan. When the Guan family was defeated, in order to avoid the humiliation of the Guan family's daughter tribe, his father came to propose marriage himself. When Guan married him, he was only thirteen years old. At that time, he had just turned sixteen.

Zhou was born two years later.

It was his eldest daughter, and his wife exchanged her life for her. He loved her very much. As his wife asked her, he married her husband and moved into the Zhou Mansion a year later. She was personally educated by the old lady. She was gentle and well-educated.

Unexpectedly, Xiao Guan was a fool. He was so instigated by his daughter who had little eyes and did such a scandal that he was humiliated and lost his family, and also brought himself in.

If it weren't for the sake of giving birth to children for the Zhou family and the reputation of the legitimate son, he would have sent the woman to Zhuangzi for this life.

Now that the eldest daughter is back, it is not very suitable to live in her parents' home like this.

In fact, Zhou Yan had an idea, neither told his father nor the legitimate son. That is, he wanted to find another marriage for the eldest daughter. Although the widow remarried, it was not very nice to say, but at least it could give the eldest daughter a support for the rest of her life.

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In fact, most of the experiences in Zhou's first half of his life were made by himself! Well, it's just a little bit of a jelly purple.
Chapter completed!