Traveling to Daliang Kingdom starts from falling into the water

Although Zhou Qi knew that Li was a straightforward person, she was still stunned when she heard Li's heartfelt words that showed she treated her as her own family.

Then, she smiled, and she held Li's hand tightly, saying that she understood. In her heart, she couldn't help but think of the Princess Fu'an in her memory.

Although she was still young when she first met Princess Fu'an, she had the opportunity to meet Princess Fu'an quite a few times because her eldest sister was her eldest cousin.

It can be seen that the saying that a child will look like the person who raised him is not a lie. Whether in terms of facial features or temperament, Xia'er does not look like her biological mother, but rather like the county lady.

This fate is just that the eldest daughter of my younger brother's sister-in-law looks like someone else. It is said that her appearance is extraordinary and even better than Xia Er's. "I also want to tell you that only we two sisters can talk privately. There is really no need for my sister-in-law to come. If she comes in person, it will make Madam Kong embarrassed."

Li knew that the Madam Kong she was talking about was Madam Kong, the mother-in-law of her eldest nephew. "Yes, not to mention that our eldest nephew's wife is still in confinement after childbirth, and her daughter-in-law just happened to be pregnant.

Just like my eldest sister-in-law, I wanted to come over with her before I came back, but why should I come? My eldest niece-in-law just gave birth to a baby, and how could she, as her mother-in-law, leave?

Mrs. Kong felt the same way. Her daughter had finally had the chance to recuperate during the confinement period and have more children for her husband's family. Isn't that better than anything else?

My third daughter said that if it wasn't such a coincidence, she would have wanted to stay with her eldest sister-in-law a long time ago. When she heard that her eldest sister-in-law had given birth to a nephew for her, she laughed and cried.

Even if San Ya didn't say anything, I could tell why she was laughing so happily. Not only was she happy for her uncle having a legitimate grandson, she was also thinking about her aunt.

You said how great it would be if her aunt was still alive, how happy she would be to see how San Ya is living now, such a good person, why doesn't she get a good reward——"

Zhou Qi quickly patted Li's hand and said, "Let's not talk about these things on such a happy day. Just remember her in your heart. Why can't we see our eldest sister today?"

Ah, can't we say that San Ya's aunt is a good person but gets no reward? Li thought quickly and blinked, "The elder sister you are talking about, is it Daya?"

Zhou Qi nodded with amusement.

"Oh, Daya, she is pregnant. We don't have a rule that pregnant women can't go to the confinement room. I'm afraid she won't be able to resist going to Sanya's place when she comes.

It just so happens that my eldest brother-in-law is here today, so the child's father asked her to rest at home. After you have a good night's rest, I will bring the child to pay my respects to you tomorrow."

No wonder even the youngest He Ge'er came, but his younger brother and sister-in-law and eldest daughter were not seen in the inner courtyard. Zhou Qi held her forehead with her hand and laughed, thinking that she almost forgot that Zhou Daya was pregnant.

"Is there something urgent that you need to find Daya?" Li didn't know what she meant. Seeing this, she asked and wanted to stand up and said with a smile, "Daya is not far from here. I'll send someone to call her. She's very close."

Zhou Qi quickly grabbed her and said, "Don't worry, it's nothing. It's just that of your four children, only the eldest one has not been seen yet. It will be the same tomorrow."

Is there really nothing urgent that you need to find Daya for?
Li looked at her sister-in-law with disbelief, and as she sat firmly with her strength, she added with concern, "We are not outsiders, we must speak frankly if there is anything to say.

You know me well, if you don't tell me straight, I won't understand. Is it the custom that my mother's family will ask Da Ya to do something after tomorrow's third day of the new year?"

"No, no matter how different the villages are, or how different the customs are, we are all descendants of the same ancestor. There is no big difference, even if we are separated by thousands of miles."

Is that so? Li thought about it and thought that Zhou Qi was not being polite. If it was the custom for her daughter to do something on the third day of the third month, then Aunt Lan would have told her earlier.

After all, Aunt Lan is familiar with the Zhou family's rules, and she values ​​San Ya so much that it is San Ya's third birthday tomorrow, so why didn't she make arrangements early?

"The main family, unlike our two branches, has many more rules. When Brother Jiang returns from his study, you will know how big the difference is."

"..." When Li thought of the family tree that Zhou Sishun had told her about, as well as the patriarchs and elders of the Yangzhou clan, she felt so overwhelmed that she just wanted to say that she didn't want to understand any of this.

"Don't be afraid." Zhou Qi looked at Li's expression, which showed everything she was thinking, and couldn't help but pat her on the shoulder. "These will be Hui Jie'er's business from now on."

"Yes." Li was relieved. "Luckily I have Hui Jie'er, otherwise I would not be able to remember how many families there are in Yangzhou.

I am not as smart as the child's father. He has a much better memory. He remembers clearly who the clan leaders and elders are and which branch they are from."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Qi was not surprised that Zhou Sishun could remember all this. Even if his memory was ordinary, men were different from women and they would memorize who their relatives were.

Especially since Zhou Sishun came from the Qinghe Zhou branch, unlike the Dingzhou Zhou which was truly a branch of the Yangzhou Zhou, the Qinghe Zhou had some intention of establishing its own sect.

It was also because the ancestors of the Qinghe Zhou branch had not returned to their clan for three generations, which was contrary to the Zhou family's upright style. The Yangzhou Zhou side did not acknowledge that the Qinghe Zhou branch had been separated.

It is said that in the genealogy of Zhou in Yangzhou, the page about the ancestors of Zhou in Qinghe records the very first thing, which is why he left the clan in a certain year and month and became his son-in-law.

Likewise, the genealogy of the Qinghe Zhou is definitely not like that of the Dingzhou Zhou, which can be traced back to the Shang and Zhou dynasties. In all likelihood, there is no record of their ancestors.

Now there is such a good opportunity to make the Yangzhou clan recognize the branch clan. Even if Xia'er's father is not the patriarch of the Qinghe Zhou clan, he will want to restore the reputation of his ancestors for the sake of his children and grandchildren.

If one wants to clear the name of the ancestors, the first thing to do is undoubtedly to let the clan leaders and elders over there give in. How could one not know who the clan leaders and elders over there are?
Yes, my sister-in-law seems to be unaware that the Yangzhou clan has also sent people to congratulate us. "Do you know that besides your sister-in-law's family, the clan over there has also sent people to come with us?"

what?
Li was a little slow to react, and asked uncertainly, "Second sister-in-law, are you talking about the clan in Yangzhou? Someone has arrived today too?"

Zhou Qi nodded, and after giving Li enough time to look at her expression, she smiled and said, "It's the second son of the eldest uncle's family in the eldest house. He came in person."

Li understood. If she remembered correctly, the child's father seemed to have said that the patriarch over there was the eldest uncle from the main house. In other words, the patriarch's son was here?

"He came alone? Did he come from Beijing before? Why didn't I see anyone coming on the third-day bathing day of my child in Beijing?
I won't remember it wrongly. I went to my eldest sister-in-law's parents' home that day. I also asked the child's father, who lived in Yangzhou Prefecture, whether anyone from the family had come.

The eldest brother was not at home that day, and it was the child's father and Qing'er and his three brothers who met the guests in the outer courtyard. The child's father would not have been unaware that no one was coming over there.

What's going on? He didn't come that day, so why is he here again? Is it because he can't catch up with the other one, or is there something he wants to talk to the tribe on this side by taking advantage of San Ya's child's third birthday celebration?" (End of this chapter)