Chapter 142 The Eighth Generation
In the next few days, everyone in the imperial capital was talking about the Guangju Tower incident.
Even Xia and Nanny Feng often talked about it, lamenting that they had to break the law instead of living a good life, and that it was a waste of such a huge family fortune.
Neither Chen Heng nor Xie Jian mentioned this to Xia Shi, lest it add to her sadness. Although it had been a long time since the incident, thinking of Min Er's pain, she feared that it would take until Min Er gave birth to a biological child for the pain to heal.
In the middle of the month, good news suddenly came. Xie Jian went to the Imperial College as a clerk, recording the daily routine of the Imperial College. Not only did he receive a salary, but he could also study. For a juren, this opportunity was almost impossible, and no one knew how he did it.
That night, Wu Jin and Meng Xuanlang both came to Xie's house to celebrate.
In the past, Xie Jian always had a calm expression when facing the two of them, but now when he spoke to them, there was warmth in his eyes. Chen Heng could see that Xie Jian also regarded them as good friends.
"If I had known the two young masters were coming, I would have bought more oranges this morning." Xia put some oranges and some golden hooks into a small bamboo basket and handed it to her sister-in-law.
"Sister-in-law, do you still have this golden hook?" Sister-in-law bought it in November, and Chen Heng found it delicious.
"Maybe it's because of the snowstorm last year. The weather has changed a bit this year, so this thing grew late. I bought some when I saw it was for sale. It's a little old, so you should give it to them quickly." Xia said and went into the kitchen to prepare dinner.
When Shen Heng brought the water bottle into the study, she heard Wu Jin say, "Xuan Lang, you haven't even married yet, and you've already thought of names for your descendants?"
"It's not my idea." Meng Xuanlang said proudly, "My ancestors have already thought of names for the next eight generations. My grandparents are in the eighth generation, so my name starts again from the first generation, the Yue character generation, so I'm called Meng Xuanlang."
"Is it really that way?" Wu Jin was surprised. He thought carefully about his ancestors and said, "My family just randomly chose their names. I was born in a city with the word Jin in its name, so there's a Jin in my name."
"Who made my family a 氱 family?" Meng Xuanlang looked smug as he looked at Xie Jian who was drinking tea. "Ah Jian, your given name is just Jian. Is your generation a Ren generation?"
Xie Jian nodded. He, his brother, and everyone in his generation were all born under the character "人" (Ren) in their generation. "Min'er's generation is now the character "㫧" (㫧)."
Chen Heng put down her hairpin and picked up the paper with eight characters written on it. "Mr. Meng, the first generation of your family is named Yue, and the eighth generation is named Qing. What does this mean?"
"The moonlight is pure and flawless. Our ancestors wanted our character to be like the moonlight. If the family continues to exist in the eighth generation, it is something worth celebrating, so we named it 'Celebration'." Meng Xuanlang said proudly.
"That's great." Chen Heng envied such a large family that could maintain its integrity.
"Do you think that by the time our descendants reach the eighth generation, will they still be as close as we are?" Wu Jin suddenly became curious. "I'm afraid they'll have gone their separate ways."
The eighth generation? The descendants of him and Ah Heng? Xie Jian had never considered the question of offspring. He didn't even dare to think about how this life would end. But if it was the descendants of him and Ah Heng...
"We can't make the decision on something so far away. But," Meng Xuanlang smiled, "we can decide their names." We can't let the kids pick random names.
"That's right. When I get home, I'll also choose names for my descendants." Wu Jin said thoughtfully, "I hope the eighth generation of our Wu family will continue to prosper, so let's give them the character 'Ding'."
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