Chapter 1920: Their respective positions
Chapter 1906: Their respective positions
For some reason, Manbao was hesitant to let her father and Xia Xia be alone in the same carriage, so she glanced over, ran over, pulled Mr. Zhuang over, and introduced him to Xia Xia, "This is my teacher, Mr. Zhuang. I've been studying with him since I was a child."
Then let Mr. Zhuang ride in the car with the two of them.
For this reason, Manbao stopped riding his horse and dragged Bai Shan and Bai Erlang to occupy Mr. Zhuang's car.
Mr. Zhuang: ...
He finally got in the car and sat opposite Xia Xia with Old Zhoutou.
Xia Xia was curious about Zhou Man's life at Old Zhou's house, while Old Zhou asked about Zhou Yin's experience when he was stranded in Shangzhou.
The two exchanged information back and forth in a quite harmonious manner. Only Mr. Zhuang listened quietly, occasionally interrupting with a smile to change the subject when they mentioned sensitive topics.
When they reached the foot of the mountain, Xia Xia was carried up, and Manbao supported Qian Shi and walked behind.
Qian's health was better than before, at least climbing the mountain was no problem. She glanced at Xia Xia being carried in front of her and couldn't help but whispered to Man Bao, "Have you checked him?"
Manbao nodded and whispered, "He's already terminally ill. The best I can do is make his passing less painful."
Qian sighed and comforted her, "After all, one cannot fight against God for life, so don't be sad or blame yourself."
Manbao nodded. Teacher Mo also said that when human power is limited, they as doctors must do their best, but they cannot force it.
The group arrived at the tomb of Xia Yan and his wife. Xia Xia, holding Xia Rui and the servant's hands, tremblingly got off the rattan chair, beckoned Zhou Man over and said, "This is the tomb of your grandparents."
Manbao and his friends had been here yesterday. They just knelt down obediently, burned incense, and kowtowed. Then they asked, "I see the incense ashes are still thick, and the weeds are not growing. Did anyone come to pay respects to our grandparents?"
Xia Xia sat back in the rattan chair, panting, "I used to bring your uncle and cousins to visit the graves, but this year I couldn't get up, so your uncle brought his family to visit during the Qingming Festival."
Manbao looked at Xia Rui, who had been standing quietly beside him, and bowed deeply, saying, "Thank you, Uncle Xia."
Xia Rui quickly extended his hand and said, "Niece, there's no need to do this..."
Now that Zhou Man’s surname is no longer Xia, he doesn’t know whether to call her niece or niece-in-law.
Old Zhou also asked Zhou Dalang and Zhou Wulang to put out the things they brought, and then asked Zhou Dalang and Zhou Wulang to kowtow to the two tombs. He also kowtowed to each of them to thank Xia Yan and his wife for saving Zhou Yin's life.
Seeing that the Zhou family was so thoughtful and did not hesitate to let Zhou Man call Xia Yan grandfather, Xia Xia felt that many words he had prepared in his heart were stuck in his chest.
The grudge between the Xia and Zhou families is probably difficult to explain clearly, but Xia Xia still mentioned what needed to be mentioned after a period of silence.
He said, "Back then, Zhou Yin married into the Xia family, and it was agreed that the child would take the mother's surname..."
Old Zhou's scalp suddenly exploded. He knew that the Xia family's people would definitely bring up this matter. He couldn't help but glance at his wife, suppressing what he was about to say, and said what Mr. Zhuang had taught him last night, "His uncle, we know about this matter. Originally, Manbao was going to have the surname Xia."
He paused before continuing, "But you don't know, when my second brother and sister-in-law's death couldn't be made public, we had to go secretly to pay our respects to her parents, not to mention giving her the surname Xia."
Xia Xia had heard Manbao explain the reason yesterday and nodded in understanding. "So now..."
Old Zhou sighed, "Manbao has always had the surname Zhou. She was listed in our Zhou family tree when she was very young. Later, she used this name when she studied and practiced medicine."
Xia Xia frowned.
Old Zhou continued, "Even now that she's an official, she still uses this name, so it's difficult to change it. Otherwise, what if the emperor calls her by the wrong name in court in the future?"
Xia Xia: ...
Although he felt that what Old Zhou said made sense, he always felt that it was an excuse.
"But I also know that the Xia family now only has Manbao as its daughter. If she doesn't change her surname, the family will be extinct."
Although Xia Xia felt uncomfortable hearing the words "extinct family", he still nodded to indicate that he was right.
"So my in-laws and I agreed when we got engaged that when Manbao and his family have a child, the second one must have the surname Xia." Old Zhou felt that this was a very authentic thing to do, so he looked at Xia Xia proudly.
Xia Xia glanced at Manbao, seeming to want to say something but stopped himself.
When Qian saw this, she said, "Manbao, take Shanbao and Erlang somewhere else so we can talk."
Manbao looked at the adults' faces and saw that they didn't seem to want to keep them, so he could only turn around and pull Bai Shan and Bai Erlang away.
Because they were talking about marriage, Bai Shan felt a little uneasy, so he looked at Daji who was standing under a tree.
Daji, who was about to catch up with them, stopped and continued to stand there without moving.
As soon as the three men left, Xia Xia had no worries. He didn't know that Daji and several guards who stayed behind were servants of the Bai family, and he thought they were from the Zhou family.
After all, it was the Zhou family who came to look for their relatives, so these people were naturally from the Zhou family.
And since Mr. Zhuang was Manbao's master, he did not express any objection, because a master is like a father.
He sighed and said, "My dear, it's not that I'm not choosing a good match for you. Mr. Bai does seem to be a good match, but the eldest lady's situation is unusual. You really shouldn't have arranged a marriage for her so early. I mean, it would be best if you could call it off."
Old Zhou opened his mouth wide and asked, "What's wrong with this marriage?"
Old Zhou was very proud of this marriage for a long time.
Mr. Zhuang and Mrs. Qian also frowned and looked at Xia Xia.
Xia Xia said, "Zhou Yin and Xin Niang only have this one daughter. In my opinion, she can just do the same as Xin Niang and choose someone from a lower-class family. All the children will have the surname Xia. Of course, if the in-laws want to choose one of the children to take Zhou Yin's surname, that's fine too..."
Although this was also Old Zhou's idea, he had already rejected it, so he retorted without hesitation: "What kind of good man or good family background can be able to marry into the family?"
Qian coughed lightly, and Old Zhou said, "Of course, there are also good men who come from poor families, like my second brother. But let me be frank, if the Xia family hadn't saved my second brother's life, he wouldn't have become a son-in-law with his ability."
He said, "Manbao is so powerful now. If you let her choose anyone as her husband, I will feel bad if you don't."
He continued, "I'm only telling you this because you're my elder. If you don't look at the Bai family's background, look at Bai Shan. He's a fair and clean boy, very good at studying, and good-looking. He's already the prince's companion, and he'll definitely have a bright future. The reason such a family is willing to let a child take the Xia surname is because my second brother and sister-in-law saved their family's parents."
"Not to mention that the two children grew up together and have a very good relationship. If we find another one, who knows whether those people will have gods or demons in their hearts?" Old Zhou said, "If my Manbao was a boy, it would be fine, but it's a girl. We have to be careful."
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(End of this chapter)
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