Traveling through ancient times, I led my family to prosperity

Sheng Xuan sighed.

"Dad, Mom, I see my grandpa has been sending messages to our family more frequently recently than before. But why didn't he tell us about Xiaoliang's marriage to another woman, my grandma's plan to divorce my uncle's wife and remarry him, my second uncle's family accepting 100 taels of silver from Miss Wang's family, and the Pang family finding a legal advisor for my uncle? We have to hear about it from others." Xiao Lan asked with a puzzled look on her face.

"The matter of your uncle divorcing his wife and remarrying and your brother Xiaoliang marrying into the family is not a good thing to be proud of. Your grandfather feels ashamed, so naturally he doesn't want to reveal it in his heart." Sheng Xuan said, "As for the Pang family finding a legal advisor for your uncle, these are all official matters. Why did your grandfather mention these to us?"

Xiao Lan smiled and glanced at Sheng Xuan and said, "My grandfather can clearly distinguish between inside and outside." She deliberately emphasized the words inside and outside.

Sheng Xuan seemed to be thinking about something.

"Dad, I don't see this matter as clearly as I do. It seems that you also see it very clearly." Xiao Lan said again.

Sheng Xuan sat there in a daze, silent for a long time. Xiao Lan's seemingly joking words were like a bolt of lightning that struck through his mind, illuminating his originally confused brain. There were some things that he was just deceiving himself and not wanting to face, but in fact, deep in his heart, he already understood them very well.

"Dad, the fact that my uncle divorced his wife and remarried cannot be kept secret. I'm afraid some families in the village already know about it. It was my grandma who made the decision on this matter. Tell me, my uncle's family in Hejian County doesn't care about anything we do, and we still have to live in Shengjiatun. Can we still be considered human beings in the village?" Xiao Lan said.

"My grandfather always taught us to be particular in how we behave and do things. What about now? Have they ever been particular about this in Hejian County?" Zhang said.

Sheng Xuan was speechless for a while. This was something done by his own parents and elder brother, so he could only sigh.

"Our family is our family, and their family is their family." Sheng Xuan said helplessly at last, "We have separated and are living separately now. We are leaving the house with nothing. From now on, we should stay away from them and not let these people influence us."

Xiao Lan was very satisfied with Sheng Xuan's words, but no matter how nice his words sounded, it was useless. She still had to see his actual actions. However, she was already very satisfied that Sheng Xuan had come to this realization.

"Let's solve the current problems first, shall we? If we really don't give anything to the old man and the old lady during the New Year this year, it won't look good from the outside." Sheng Xuan said.

"Dad, when my grandfather and my uncle left, we signed a document. It clearly stated in it that the six acres of land we divided up were for us to support my grandfather and grandmother. How much steamed buns and dumplings would my grandfather and grandmother, just two old couples, eat with the annual output of these six acres of land?" Xiao Lan said.

"Now they eat delicacies from land and sea every day, but they don't lack such food. If you send it to them, they might even reject it. The Zheng family is on the list, so if they want to eat something, someone will flatter them and send it to them every day. The child's grandfather only keeps in touch with our family through letters, but with the Pang family and the Lanhua family, he always sends big and small bags of food." Zhang said.

"Last time when we came back from Hejian County, several of my classmates saw our carriage and asked me if the things on the carriage were given by Hejian County," Xiaowen said while holding the teacup. "I said no, we bought them with our own money. My classmate also asked me what my grandfather, grandmother, and my uncle who was an official had given me. I thought about it for a long time and didn't know how to answer. Later I said that we stayed there for a few days, and my grandfather, grandmother, and uncle gave us food and a place to live."

"Let's just say whatever we want to say. The day we came back, the old man said he wanted to give us something, but I didn't want it." Zhang said.

"Mom, my grandma's face looks so bad, no one would want her." Xiao Lan said.

Uh......

"Then shouldn't we prepare New Year gifts?" Sheng Xuan asked.

"Get ready..."

Then the whole family looked at Xiaolan together.

Xiao Lan smiled and said, "Doesn't our grandfather have a lot of saintly teachings? He usually teaches us how to behave in society. This time, let Xiao Wen, the educated grandson, copy some saintly words for me... so that my grandfather can know that his grandson is working so hard now. We all remember what he said every day."

"Dad, you have to write too. Even though your handwriting is not as beautiful as Xiaowen's, you have to let Grandpa feel your sincerity."

"Forget about me, my sister and my mother." Xiao Lan said.

"This is good." Xiaowen and Xiaolan looked at each other, blinked at her, and then laughed.

They did what they said. Xiaowen, Xiaoting and Xiaolan immediately placed writing brushes, ink, paper and inkstone on the table and discussed which famous quotes they should copy down.

Xiao Lan then placed the writing brush, ink, paper and inkstone in front of Sheng Xuan, the meaning of which was self-evident.

"My handwriting is not very good, so I'd better give up." Sheng Xuan said.

"Even if it's not well written, we have to write it because we want to convey our feelings." Xiao Lan said.

Sheng Xuan had no choice but to bite the bullet and pick up the pen to start writing.

Xiaowen wrote in his heart that his family took the old man and Shengnuo as role models, being kind and morally flawless.

However, at the end of the letter, Xiaolan asked Xiaowen to add a paragraph, saying that there were some rumors about the old Sheng family in the village and town recently, involving some people in the old Sheng family, and some of the rumors were even unbearable to hear, which troubled their family and even affected their grandson's studies. Now his father and mother dared not go out to see people or go to the market, and even his eldest sister and second sister did not dare to go out. He had nothing to say to his classmates' inquiries and jokes all day long, so he asked his grandfather to write back to clarify when he was free.

Xiaowen didn't mention what the rumors were in his mind, because he wanted to save face for Mr. Sheng.

I just don't know what kind of mentality the old man would have when he received such a New Year's gift? Xiao Lan really hopes that this letter can be sent out quickly and reach the old man's hands as soon as possible.

The old man's New Year gift is ready, and it is the wedding gift for Xiaoliang from the Sheng family and Miss Wang San. Zhang has selected two pieces of high-quality cloth and will ask someone to send them to the Heping Inn.

"From now on, Xiaoliang is no longer a member of the Sheng family. These two pieces of cloth, one is for making clothes for him, and the other is for making clothes for his wife." Zhang told her plan.

She did not intend to send this gift to Sheng Kai and his wife, but directly to the Peace Inn. Since it was a son-in-law recruitment, the banquet was also organized by the Wang family. And Zhang was also worried that if this gift passed through Sheng Kai and Shen, it might not end up in Xiao Liang and Miss Wang San's hands.