Delicate Flower Chapter 236: Mother and son

While Pei Yan was sitting absentmindedly in the meeting hall, Pei Tong had already walked to the wing where he lived.

Before he entered the courtyard gate, he heard a burst of laughter.

Pei Tong, his younger brother Pei Fei, his second uncle Pei Xuan, and his younger cousin Pei Hong lived in this courtyard.

His second uncle and third uncle are two completely different types of people. If his third uncle is the day of summer, then his second uncle is the day of winter. When my grandfather left, the second uncle not only did not argue with the third uncle, but also maintained the friendship between brothers at all times. Even their eldest brother received a lot of care from the second uncle, otherwise he and his younger brothers would definitely have a much harder time than they do now. .

Hearing the sound, he knew that it was probably six-year-old Pei Hong playing with the boys in the yard.

Pei Tong felt agitated.

When his father passed away, Pei Fei was just twelve years old. He was also a child who was inexperienced in the world. However, he already knew that they had no father. He knew how to comfort his mother who cried all night, knew how to study hard and help others. He did something.

The innocence and ignorance of the past are no longer there.

Thinking of this, his eyes couldn't help but get slightly wet.

Thinking of his third uncle's attitude toward their orphans and widowed mothers, he sneered a few times in his heart, put on a smiling face, and then opened the door and walked in.

"Young Master!" Several boys who were playing with Pei Hong immediately stepped forward to salute him when they saw him. Pei Hong also happily shouted "Big Brother" to him.

Pei Tong smiled gently and touched Pei Hong's head and said, "Why are you still playing in the yard at this time? Where is your wet nurse? Are you sweating? Be careful of catching a cold. This is on the mountain, so if you catch a cold, It's not easy to find a doctor." The last sentence was directed at the boys who were playing with Pei Hong.

The boys lowered their heads in awe and all agreed.

The scene that was full of laughter and laughter just now suddenly became solemn and dull.

Pei Hong's face flushed red, and the corner of his mouth was twitching. Just as he was about to say something, the second master, Pei Xuan, walked out of the hall with a smile, holding a half-opened book, and said, "A Tong is back! Don't be angry. I agreed to let Ah Hong play for a while. I was watching from the hall, and nothing will happen."

Pei Tong smiled sheepishly and said, "I was reckless!"

"It's okay! It's okay!" Pei Xuan laughed, patted Pei Tong on the shoulder, and said, "You are the eldest brother, and that's exactly how you should be. Your father also took care of me in the same way back then."

As soon as he finished speaking, both of them looked slightly gloomy.

After a long while, Pei Xuancai sighed softly and said: "Don't think too much about it. Your third uncle is arrogant and doesn't bother to explain to others, but he definitely doesn't have bad intentions. He is the head of the family and can't just look after us. Looking at the overall situation, you are his biological nephew, so you should understand him and support him."

"I know!" Pei Tong whispered, his mood obviously very low, "So even if my uncle wrote to ask me, I didn't say anything." After saying that, he seemed to have remembered something, and suddenly Cheer up, smile brightly at Pei Xuan, and say loudly, "Heaven is going to entrust this man with a great responsibility, and he must first work hard for his mind and body. Don't worry, second uncle, I will not be knocked down by this small ordeal." Yes. I will definitely study hard, be named on the gold medal list, and be appointed as the prime minister like my father."

"Yeah!" Pei Xuan smiled at him encouragingly, but if you look closely, you will find that his smile is a little stiff. It's a pity that Pei Tong also has different thoughts and thoughts at the moment. How can he observe Pei Xuan carefully? He only heard Pei Xuan say to him, "Where have you been? Why are you back so late?"

Pei Tong smiled and said: "Master Gu is here and asked me to come over and talk for a while, so I came back late."

Pei Xuan was very happy to hear this and said: "Master Gu is very good both in knowledge and as a person. Now that you have the opportunity, you should ask him for more advice." Having said this, he pondered for a moment and said, "I still have a fine Duan Inkstone here. When I have someone bring it to you, you can give it to Mr. Gu. He is your eldest brother-in-law. You will have to deal with him in the future. Don't be surprised if there are many people. Let's take the initiative. , I can feel more at ease by marrying my sister over."

His second uncle is such an honest man!

Pei Tong couldn't help but chuckle and said: "Second uncle, no wonder others say that you value Aunt II. It seems that I will have to learn more from you in the future."

Pei Xuan smiled, patted Pei Tong on the back hard, and said with a smile: "You brat, you dare to make fun of your uncle, just write 10,000 characters for me later!"

Pei Tong smiled and begged for mercy: "I don't dare anymore!"

The uncle and nephew joked for a while. Pei Xuan hugged his sweaty son back to the house, and Pei Tong also went back to the west wing where he and his brother were located behind the main house.

But before he could push the door open, the door creaked open, revealing Pei Fei's childish but somewhat heroic face.

"Brother, you are back!" He said happily, "I have been listening to the noise outside. If you don't come back, I will go find you."

Pei Tong affectionately hugged his younger brother, who only reached his shoulders, and said, "Am I back now? Have you finished your homework? Why didn't you go out to play with Ah Hong?"

Pei Fei welcomed her brother into the house and signaled the servant to fetch water for Pei Tong to change. She muttered in a low voice: "I don't like playing with A Hong. He doesn't understand anything. I have to let him." !"

Pei Tong's hand holding the handkerchief froze, and then he smiled nonchalantly and said, "Then just stay in the wing and do your homework. As a man, studies are the most important thing."

Pei Fei nodded in agreement.

Pei Tong freshened up, changed some clothes, and told his brother to stay in the house: "I'll go say hello to my mother."

Because Pei You and the abbot of Zhaoming Temple were friends from outside the country, Mrs. Pei received special treatment from the abbot of Zhaoming Temple. She neither lived with her son in the west monastery nor lived with Pei Laoan in the east. Instead of a Zen room, he lived in a quiet room not far from here vacated by the abbot of Zhaoming Temple.

This is why Yu Tang has been here for several days but has not seen Mrs. Pei.

Pei Fei said happily after hearing this: "I want to go too."

Pei Tong did not stop him and took his brother to his mother's residence.

Mrs. Pei was copying Buddhist scriptures under the lamp. When she saw her two sons coming together, she put down her pen with a smile, accepted their courtesy, and asked them: "It's so late, why are you two here? Are you there?" Is it something important?"

Pei Tong smiled and shook his head, but the corner of his eye accidentally glanced at his mother's temples and saw a flash of silver light.

He suddenly forgot to answer his mother's words.

If he read it correctly, mother...she had white hair sprouting from nowhere on her head.

His nose was sore.

My mother is less than forty years old!

If my father was still alive and my mother was held in his palm like a pearl, how could she grow white hair?

He murmured: "Auntie, I went to see Gu Chaoyang today."

Mrs. Pei glanced at the eldest son, hinting him not to say this in front of Pei Fei.

Pei Tong obediently stopped the topic and chatted with her mother and brother for a while. When the eldest lady found an excuse to send Pei Fei away to get them snacks, her face sank. Said: "Gu Chaoyang came to Lin'an? What does he want from you?"

"He said that his third uncle told him that his father had left last words before his death..." Pei Tong told the eldest wife about the meeting between the two.

The eldest lady immediately jumped up, slapped the table and said: "Pei Yan is talking nonsense! When your father passed away, although I was not at the bedside, I knew exactly what happened before your father died. . He didn't even have time to say a word... He didn't even have time to say a word..." As she said that, thinking of the scene that day, she couldn't help crying sadly, "Your father, how unwilling he is! You are not in front of him. , your brother is not in front of him, and I am not in front of him..."

Pei Tong asked a question that he had always doubted: "When my father passed away, I happened to be in the academy. Ah Fei was sent by my grandfather to deliver things to my third uncle. Why were you not with my father? Although my father was seriously ill. Yes, but he should have felt uncomfortable before he died. If he wasn't feeling well, shouldn't he have gone to his mother? Why did he go to his grandfather instead?"

Even at this time, there was one thing he didn't dare to ask.

His grandfather is the patriarch of the clan and will not leave Lin'an anytime soon. His father has just been promoted to Minister of the Ministry of Industry and is about to join the cabinet. Just when the spring breeze is triumphant and the horse's hoof is broken, his grandfather suddenly and quietly comes to Beijing. Even my third uncle didn't know. Moreover, after his father passed away, his grandfather did not send his father's coffin south. He could understand that it was because it was unlucky for Chang Pei to bury the younger generation, but his grandfather moved into the temple the day after his father died~IndoMTL.com~Also The third uncle was ordered to carry the coffin and go south, and the second uncle returned to his hometown for the funeral, but my grandfather returned to Lin'an as quietly as he had come.

In the past, he just felt that his grandfather's white-haired man sent a black-and-white man, and he couldn't stand it, and he couldn't bear to see his father's coffin, but now it seems that there is something fishy everywhere.

Especially his third uncle, who actually said that it was his father's last wish to let him study at home for ten years before taking the imperial examination.

In this case, why didn't he say it in front of the clan when her mother wanted to send him back to his grandfather's house to study?

Pei Tong felt like a big stone was pressing on his chest, looking at his mother with burning eyes.

The eldest lady was stunned, and it took her a while to come back to her senses. There was a bit of panic in her eyes, and she stuttered: "Yes, yes! Your father is not feeling well, why don't you look for me? You want to look for your grandfather. You Dad has been promoted and may become the highest-ranking person in the Pei family. Your father and I were very happy. But when your grandfather came, he was not happy at all. He must have thought that your father was disobedient and bad. According to the rules of the ancestors. If your father no longer becomes the eldest son, the Pei family will either have to re-elect the eldest son, or they will have to choose one of your second uncle or third uncle to inherit the family business. But your second uncle cannot, He had no idea; your third uncle was having a great fight with Jiang Hua at that time, and a small seventh-rank man could actually become a third-rank official. They said that your third uncle has a bright future and will surpass your father in the future, and his career will be unlimited. Your grandfather But without saying a word, he asked your third uncle to take leave and carry the coffin south... Besides, it’s not like your father has no sons? Where does he have a son like yours? If your grandfather wants to favor your third uncle, he should let him stay. The capital is..."

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