Today is the first day of the new year, a gathering for the clan members. Every year, this day brings a variety of events, and this year, I wonder who will be the next to take center stage? Relatives I've spoken with over the past couple of days have said that the newly returned fourth-born couple from the Jiang family are no pushovers. Let's look forward to it this year.
As soon as nine o'clock in the morning, the Jiang family's door opened to welcome the arrival of the clan members.
After a while, the clan members began to arrive one after another. The second and third wives had spent the past two days urgently filling Professor Dong in on the grudges and hatreds between the clan members. This guy listened like he was listening to a story. How should I put it? It was like an 8 o'clock drama. There was nothing they couldn't do, except what you couldn't imagine.
Professor Dong also felt sorry for the two sisters-in-law. Being daughters-in-law in such a big family, although it looked glamorous on the outside, only they knew what was going on inside.
Jiang Shaoming had been gossiped about behind his back by his family members. His wife was dead, and his son was gone. He hadn't remarried in recent years, and he had no heirs, so the eldest grandson's lineage was effectively cut off.
Now the fourth wife has suddenly found her, and brought back the son that the first wife had lost. It is said that he has been raised by the fourth wife all these years and even trained to be a special forces soldier. Regardless of whether this is true or not, the fact that the first wife now has an heir and has returned so strongly has made many people unable to sleep after hearing the news.
Mr. Jiang's father had only one younger brother. Because the concubines in his grandfather's family were vying for favor and framing the new concubine, the two-year-old brother became a victim and fell into the river and disappeared. In other words, my grandfather was the only one left in the eldest branch of the family.
Later, he married Mr. Jiang's mother, who gave birth to six brothers. All six children were smart. The eldest, Mr. Jiang, could compose poems and couplets at the age of three. Their generation was not peaceful either. The youngest brother disappeared at the age of six.
Unfortunately, the third son of that generation was no good. He did all kinds of bad things, such as stealing children, killing his nephew's wife, embezzling family property, colluding with outsiders, being a traitor, and even trying to kill Mr. Chiang and replace him. In short, he did all kinds of bad things and was expelled from the family.
These things also show that in every generation there are people who are eyeing the family and the family business.
The fifth brother's wife from the previous generation who separated from the family was not a good person either. When Jiang Shaoming's wife and children were lost, the whole family was immersed in pain, but she was the only one who was so arrogant.
Logically speaking, even if she was pretending, she should still pretend, right? But she didn't. When Jiang Shaoming came back from the army to visit his family the following year, she immediately came out and started arranging for him to remarry.
What I'm saying is, Jiang Shaoming's parents are still alive and haven't said anything. So what does your Fifth Aunt, who separated from the family eight hundred years ago, have to do with you? Who do you think you are?
Now not only the missing fourth child has returned, but the eldest son of the next generation has also returned. She is the first one who can't sleep.
So today, Professor Dong, who knew the general situation, planned to have a good "meet" with her and let her know that they were not so easy to bully.
Around half past ten, all the clan members gathered together. Old Master Jiang, dressed in brand new clothes, sat in the hall with the clan members in high spirits, drinking tea, waiting to go to the ancestral hall at eleven o'clock to burn incense and worship the ancestors.
The women were also drinking tea and eating snacks in the side hall, chatting and offering sweet New Year's greetings. But someone couldn't stay idle. This Fifth Aunt, before Professor Dong had a chance to find her, had already "shown up" on her own.
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