"Yes," Mei Ya hurried over and knelt side by side with Zhong Mingwei. She knew who Ding Yunwen was, so her heart was beating out of her throat with nervousness, and she stuttered badly. "I, Mei Ya, greet the Grand Tutor."
As soon as she said this, she felt that what she said was inappropriate. But in front of Ding Yunwen, she really couldn't speak.
"Master, this is my wife. Her name is Meiya," Zhong Mingwei was busy introducing her to Ding Yunwen, while turning his head to whisper to Meiya. "Girl, don't be nervous. Master is just like my father."
"Oh." Mei Ya nodded hurriedly, feeling a little uncomfortable. Zhong Mingwei was right. Ding Yunwen was not only his master, but also his father-in-law, although Ding was no longer around. But the relationship between father-in-law and son-in-law was probably gone in this life, and of course it was the same as being his biological father.
"Get up quickly. We are all family, why should we meet outsiders? Stop kneeling and talking all the time." Gu Changlin said hurriedly.
At that moment, Zhong Mingwei and Mei Ya got up, and the four of them sat around the fire and started talking.
"Sir, where have you been for the past two years?" As soon as he sat down, Zhong Mingwei couldn't wait to ask Ding Yunwen, "How did you get to Ningguta?"
"I'll tell you about this later," Ding Yunwen said, taking out a stack of land deeds, house deeds, and banknotes from his arms and handing them to Meiya. Seeing Meiya's frightened expression, Ding Yunwen immediately smiled, "Girl, these are all the things I bought for Mingwei privately in the past two years. At that time, I thought that he was demoted to a commoner and his health was not good. I was afraid that he would have no place to stay for the rest of his life. With my status, even if I resigned from my official position, I couldn't come to Ningguta to take care of him, and I didn't even dare to write him a letter. At that time, I thought that it would be most practical to buy him some property, so in the past two years, I have been running around, busy with these things. There are a total of 27 properties here, 320,000 taels of silver, and 230 hectares of land."
"Sir, we can't take this..." Mei Ya looked at the thick stack of papers in front of her, and then at Ding Yunwen's kind and charitable smile. She felt really bad. A man of such an old age still had to consider so much for Ming Wei and did so much. She was really grateful to Ding Yunwen. "Sir, you are so good to me and Ming Wei, but..."
"Girl, I only have one daughter in my life, but she died young. Now there is only a junior like Ming Wei left. If I don't think about him, who else can I think about? Everything I have belongs to Ming Wei," Ding Yunwen interrupted Mei Ya's words and stuffed the stack of papers into Mei Ya's hands without saying anything. He patted Mei Ya's hands gently and said softly, "Ming Wei has married again and his life is better. I am very happy to see this, and I know that this is all your credit. Girl, I like you and I am grateful to you. If you don't mind, just follow Ming Wei and call me Taifu, or just call me dad. No one has called me dad for many years."
"Call you dad?" Before Mei Ya could speak, Gu Changlin spoke instead. He tilted his head and looked at Ding Yunwen with a hidden smirk, "This girl usually calls me grandpa. If she really listens to you and calls you dad, then what will happen to our generation relationship? Are we going to become father and son?"
Ding Yunwen was stunned at first, then he shook his head and laughed: "I will never be able to argue with you in my lifetime with your sharp tongue."
"You just found out! I thought you knew everything forty years ago!" Gu Changlin laughed loudly. He handed a cup of tea to Ding Yunwen and held a cup of tea in his own hand. He said to Mei Ya, "Girl, just take what he gives you. Don't be intimidated by this stack of papers. For the Ding family, this is just a dime!"
Gu Changlin was right. The Ding family was a famous family in the Great Zhou Dynasty. Their ancestors had produced several imperial tutors, which was quite prominent. Compared with the Zhao family and the Cui family, although the Ding family did not get involved in government affairs much, they were more noble. After a hundred years of accumulation, the family background was naturally rich. As for Ding Yunwen, he had only one daughter, Ding. Since Ding married into the Eastern Palace, Ding Yunwen had devoted all his attention to Zhong Mingwei. He really loved Zhong Mingwei as if he were his own son. Naturally, he wanted to leave his family property to Zhong Mingwei.
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