Chapter 1310: Bai Family (September Monthly Ticket Plus 2)
Manbao celebrated her thirteenth birthday on the road, but since she was young, there was no need to celebrate it in a big way. Zhou Silang just made her a bowl of noodles early in the morning and beat two eggs into it, just like in previous years.
However, she felt that she had grown one year older and was very happy, so she rode her horse with Bai Shanbai Jilang and ran to the front of the team.
Daji followed them on horseback with two guards.
Since they had already run away, they might as well stop in the county town ahead, where they could book an inn for themselves and stroll around the local streets.
Because a carriage is always slower than a horse, this time when I return home I have more time to travel than the last time I went to Beijing.
They first went to the Bai family in Longzhou to worship their ancestors. Old Madam Liu had no intention of staying in Longzhou for long, so she sent her servants back early to inform them to clean up the room. After they arrived, they didn't even unload their luggage. They asked someone to prepare the sacrificial items that day, and took Bai Shan to visit the ancestral tomb the next day.
Bai Erlang went along, and because Manbao was Zhou Yin's daughter, Mrs. Liu invited her to go along as well. Zhou Silang and Zhou Wulang, together with the Bai family's steward, got to know several local merchants, and after some bargaining, they sold a batch of furs.
On the third day, they took a rest. Madam Liu just asked someone to send a New Year gift to her family as usual, and then apologized that she could not visit them on the grounds that she had to travel.
When the relatives came to visit the next day, they had already left the city and were on their way again.
Manbao was confused and asked Baishan quietly, "Grandmother Liu seems to be hiding from your family."
Bai Shan said, "When we left, there was some bad blood between my grandmother and the clan. When we left, my grandmother said that unless I brought honor to our family, she would never have close ties with anyone in the clan again."
He said, "In previous years, when we returned to our hometown to worship our ancestors, the people in our clan would either come to our homes to cause trouble or give us the cold shoulder. We were used to being ignored, so we didn't want to spend too much energy dealing with them."
Manbao frowned, "Why are they so mean?"
Bai Erlang said, "My father said that money can move people's hearts."
Bai Shan nodded. "My family is a branch of the family. Our ancestors were quite successful and had few descendants. They accumulated wealth over the years. If they were weaker, they would have been swallowed up by the people in the family. But my family has always had people who can become officials. The people in the main family dare not go too far, so the wealth has continued to accumulate."
Bai Shan had memorized the family tree a long time ago, and Bai Erlang had also memorized part of it, but they had almost forgotten it by now, so he told them the story.
How to say it, although the Baishan branch has had a tragic fate, there is at least one person in each generation who has entered officialdom.
Regardless of the distant past, just looking at the past hundred years, his direct great-uncle was the governor of the previous dynasty, and their two families had a good relationship, so after his great-grandfather died in the war, he temporarily sheltered their branch.
Unfortunately, his great-uncle's family also died in the war.
As for his grandfather, he was walking on the line between the previous dynasty and the current one. He had just been appointed as an official in the previous dynasty, but within two years, the previous dynasty was over. He then became an official in the Jin Dynasty, but he caught a cold and died.
However, it was the time when the world was just beginning to settle down, and Grandmother Liu's family was very powerful. Although the Bai family was jealous of the wealth accumulated by their branch, they did not dare to go too far.
Grandmother Liu was also very strong-willed and managed most of the assets well, so her assets increased.
Originally, after Bai Qi showed his talent and passed the imperial examination, the clan became even more polite to their family. Some of the farms and shops that they had previously occupied by various means were even bought back.
Who knew that Bai Qi would die suddenly after only two years in office.
The last time Bai Qi's father died, he was at least a few years old and had already shown a talent for reading. This time, Bai Shanke was just over one year old and could barely walk by holding onto the wall. It was impossible to tell whether he was good or bad.
Therefore, if he died, their branch would be extinct, and according to the clan rules, their family property would be collected and redistributed within the clan.
No one knew how much property Bai Shan's branch had at the time, but when everyone calculated it privately, they felt that it was almost as much as the other branches of the family.
Because their family property has not been divided for four generations.
It’s the accumulation of four generations, plus the dowry of the daughter-in-law.
So there are many people who are attracted to her openly or secretly.
However, Bai Shan was well protected by Grandmother Liu. At least those sinister means like poison could not be used on him, but it was very stressful for Grandmother Liu.
After she blocked the poisonous snack on the plate again, Bai Shan was pushed onto the rockery in front of the teacher in the school, and a hole was hit on her head, causing a lot of bleeding.
This completely angered Old Lady Liu, and it was also from this time that she began to consider moving out of Longzhou.
She chose and chose again, and finally chose Mr. Bai's place in Mianzhou.
There was no way. Her father and brothers had passed away, and now her nephew was in charge of her mother's family, which was already a level of separation. Moreover, her mother's family was too close to Longzhou, and could not be separated from the Bai family at all.
Not to mention Zheng, her stepmother is the head of the family, and a daughter who is married off is like spilled water, so after choosing and choosing, she found that Bai Li is the most suitable one.
The two families had a good relationship, and Bai Qi and Bai Li studied together since childhood until Bai Qi decided to go to Beijing to study and take exams.
The second reason is that Mianzhou is far away enough, and the clansmen from Longzhou have no roots there at all.
When Bai Shan was young, he felt unhappy in Longzhou. His classmates all targeted him, his teacher didn't like him, and when he went out to visit friends, everyone treated him in a sarcastic way...
But after the case of King Yizhou was solved, Mrs. Liu talked to Bai Shan in detail about the clan affairs, and he realized that the water he drank, the snacks and meals he ate when he was a child had to go through so many procedures before they reached his mouth. This made him dislike Longzhou even more.
Old Lady Liu didn't like it either, so this time she decided not to stay in Longzhou for long and left after three days. She sent invitations and New Year gifts to her family on the last day just to avoid meeting them.
Bai Erlang and Manbao were stunned. Bai Erlang said, "Your family's stories could almost be written into a storybook."
Bai Shan glanced at him and said, "This is also your family."
Bai Erlang thought about it and realized that it was true. Although their branch moved to Mianzhou and had a separate family tree, they were still connected to Longzhou. After all, they were only three generations apart and were still very close.
Manbao asked, "Have you ever thought about dividing your own clan?"
Bai Shan peeked out and whispered, "I thought so, but my grandmother doesn't think so."
Manbao and Bai Erlang asked in unison: "Why?"
Bai Shan said, "Grandmother said that if the world is peaceful, then we can separate, but if the world is not peaceful, then it is better to unite than to separate."
Manbao said: "But the world is peaceful now."
Bai Shan lowered his voice and said, "Let's wait until the next emperor ascends the throne. The previous dynasty only lasted two generations. Who knows if they will start fighting again?"
See you tomorrow
(End of this chapter)
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