Chapter 1353: Kiss
Qian was also talking to Old Zhou about Manbao and Baishan. She whispered what Old Madam Liu had said today and said, "From what she said, she wants to marry into our family."
Old Zhou frowned and looked for fault, "Isn't their family too small?"
Qian glanced at him and said, "I want to ask Manbao's opinion tomorrow. If you want to talk about family background, our family is still not as good as theirs. But what is commendable is that they are senior apprentice sister and brother, and they grew up together. Their relationship is extraordinary. Madam Liu and Madam Bai also like Manbao..."
In fact, when Old Lady Liu brought it up, Qian was already 80% willing.
She is a daughter-in-law, and she knows how difficult it is for a woman to marry into a strange family.
Bai Shan and Man Bao were senior and junior sisters, having grown up together and being very familiar with each other. Needless to say, she was also very familiar with the Bai family.
Old Lady Liu and Zheng also liked Manbao. As soon as she entered the house, she solved two major problems - she was not familiar with her husband and her mother-in-law.
Old Zhou had his own thoughts. He hesitated and said, "The Bai family is too wealthy. Would they be willing to give up a child with the surname Xia?"
Qian raised her eyebrows and asked, "Isn't your surname Zhou?"
Old Zhou sat up from the bed, scratched his head, and sighed, "I've been looking at so many people in my family lately, and I've figured it out. The second son and his wife should be buried next to my parents, and we should be buried there when we die. I've already discussed this with the eldest son and his family, and we'll buy that piece of land and use it specifically as our family cemetery."
He said, "When the time comes, our family will be buried there, and it will only be the Qingming Festival when we need people to sweep the tombs and offer sacrifices. But the Xia family is extinct. Since the second son married into the family, we can't let the family's lineage end."
Now it was Qian's turn to be surprised, "Aren't you absolutely unwilling to let Manbao change his last name?"
Old Zhou said, "Of course Manbao can't change her surname. We raised her for the second son, so she must have the surname Zhou. But we can't cut off the Xia family's lineage, right? Otherwise, how will the second son explain to his father-in-law and mother-in-law in the afterlife? It won't be easy for me to see him in the afterlife either."
It was only when Manbao went away that Old Zhou finally understood that now that Zhou Yin had been cleared of his grievances, he could visit the grave openly and not be afraid of mentioning the past.
In the past two months, he visited the couple's graves one after another and gradually came to his senses.
Manbao is not at home, and they have always been the ones to visit the tombs of Zhou Yin and his wife. Therefore, as long as it is done in a legitimate way, the Zhou family will have no shortage of people to do it.
Since the incense can continue to burn, he is no longer obsessed with whether Manbao's child has the surname Zhou, so he starts to think about other things.
Qian also understood.
To put it bluntly, Old Zhou just couldn't bear to see Manbao change his surname. After all, he was the one who brought him up. Even if he had figured out the matter of the next generation, he still hadn't figured it out when it came to Manbao.
But he was also afraid that Zhou Yin would break his promise and not be able to rest in peace in the underworld, and it would be difficult for him to see Zhou Yin in the future, so he wanted Manbao to give birth to a child with the surname Xia, so that everything would be solved.
Qian looked at him and asked, "So what do you mean?"
"Let's pick someone who's a little weaker in the family," Old Zhou said, "so we can talk about this."
Given the status of the Bai family, Old Zhou doesn't feel very confident.
Qian Shi was not very confident either, but she did not make a conclusion directly. Instead, she said, "Let's ask Manbao tomorrow."
The dead are important, but the living are also important. She always felt that the Bai family would treat Manbao very well, and she was reluctant to let him go.
If I choose again, who knows if that person can be so good?
Old Zhou stopped talking and lay down to sleep, but he did not sleep well the whole night. He dreamed of Zhou Yin, not the Zhou Yin who returned home in glory as an adult, nor the Zhou Yin covered in blood, but the Zhou Yin who was thirteen or fourteen years old and whose face was pale due to hunger.
He tightened his belt and stood in front of the gate and said to him, "Brother, we must keep our promise. I said I would return to serve the master after I brought back the food, so I must return. I agreed to marry into the family, so I must pass on the Xia family's incense. You said you would let Manbao's child have the surname Xia..."
As he spoke, blood began to appear on Zhou Yin's body. He suddenly turned into the same person he was when he was carried back that year, his body covered in blood and knife marks. There was a woman standing next to him, also covered in blood, looking at Old Zhou.
Old Zhou kicked his legs and woke up in shock.
He breathed heavily, got up and looked out. It was already dawn, and Qian, who was sleeping inside, had disappeared at some point.
He wiped the sweat from his forehead and thought that he must have drunk too much yesterday, which was why he had such a dream.
But Old Zhou was a very superstitious person. Even though he was comforting himself in his heart, he still went to worship in front of the portrait of Lord Tianzun after he got up, and silently confessed in his heart that he would not forget.
Outside the house, the adults in the Zhou family had all gotten up and were cleaning up yesterday's mess. Even though they had already cleaned up most of it yesterday, there was still a lot to do today.
The dishes and chopsticks that had been collected needed to be washed and returned to their respective households. The tables, chairs, and benches also needed to be returned. Most of the remaining dishes that could be divided up yesterday were divided up, but there were still some left over that needed to be sorted out as well...
Qian was sitting in Manbao's room at this time, combing her hair and talking to her.
Qian hadn't combed Manbao's hair for a long time. She changed her hairstyle, picked two pearl flowers from her box and put them on, and said with a smile: "Our Manbao has really grown up."
Manbao smiled and turned to look at his mother, "Mom, do you have something to tell me?"
Otherwise, I wouldn't have come to see her so early in the morning.
Qian didn't know how to start the conversation, but when she met her clear gaze, all the hints she had prepared all night were useless.
She smiled, pulled a chair over and sat opposite her, patted her head and said, "Manbao, Madam Liu mentioned you and Bai Shan to me yesterday."
Manbao blinked in confusion.
Qian said, "She said that you are not young anymore, so she wanted to ask you for Bai Shan's help."
Manbao reacted immediately and his face turned slightly red.
Qian looked at the reaction on her face and had already made up her mind, but she still asked, "What do you mean?"
Manbao was about to say that she would listen to her parents, but when she saw Qian's serious expression, she couldn't help but ask, "What do you think, mother?"
Qian smiled and said, "The Bai family is naturally good. We know each other well. Your biological parents and Bai Shan's father have such a deep connection. You and Bai Shan grew up together. It's just..."
She paused and said, "It's just that your father felt that the Bai family was too small and your maternal grandfather's family had no descendants. He was reluctant to let you change your surname. He only wanted your child to take your maternal grandfather's surname, which would also fulfill your parents' wishes and trust."
Manbao was stunned: "My father still wants me to marry a son-in-law?"
"There's no need to marry into the family. Just like your sixth brother, one of the children can take your surname."
The reason why Old Zhoutou came up with this idea instead of insisting on marrying a daughter-in-law was because of Zhou Liulang's incident.
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