Volume 1: A sound on Wall Street, Xinxiang City is busy copying books Chapter 189 Old Yuan Family
Subtitle of this chapter: Is this "The Fortress Besieged" or "The Golden...Fan Family"?
I understand, I really understand. Secretary, we can’t talk about this later, we need it now!
When our Master Yuan entered the house and saw the overwhelming telegrams and letters, he immediately made up his mind to find a secretary, a real secretary.
Fortunately, his lawyer had already helped him with a preliminary classification, so Yuan Yan was able to pick out the most important ones to look at first.
Of course, the first thing he looked at was the telegrams and letters from his own home.
Fortunately, Yuan Yanshu had sent a telegram to Shanghai early in the morning to say hello, so the reaction at home was just a slight disturbance. Along with a telegram of greeting, the 3,200 US dollars he requested was also remitted.
This touched Master Yuan deeply. He knew that Mr. Yuan, who was building a "financial empire", must have gone through a lot of trouble to squeeze out this money.
Don't worry, your son and great-grandson have paved the way for you. When you go bankrupt , the money I earn will be enough for you two to spend your old age in peace. Not only that, it will not be difficult to revive the family business. If I operate cleverly enough, it is not impossible for Mr. Yuan to join the Jiangsu and Zhejiang financial group.
After reading the telegram, Yuan Yan suddenly opened a letter from home. However, this letter was a bit strange. It was not from his father and great-grandfather, nor from his second brother and great-grandfather, but from his mother and great-grandmother, Yuan Gu, who wrote it two months ago..
Why did she write to me? Why didn't she write to my father?
After reading this family letter written in beautiful hairpin-shaped regular script, our Master Yuan couldn't help but feel furious and ready to commit evil.
He jumped up from the sofa and ran around the room...
Is there any justice in this world? ? ? ? ! ! !
Why is it that a time traveler like me, a young handsome man with a PhD from the United States, a rich and handsome bachelor, doesn't even have a proper girlfriend? But my father actually, actually, actually, actually wants to take a concubine. And this is already his fourth concubine. He has really made up a mahjong table with his concubines!
This time, his father went to find Mr. Changsan from the bookstore on Simalu Road.
As a son, he understood that the letter written by his mum (mother in Wu dialect), who was also the eldest wife of the Yuan family, was apparently chatting with him about family matters, but in fact, she was complaining to her beloved and caring eldest son.
Well, after traveling through time for two months, the eldest prince of the Eastern Palace of the Yuan family had to search his memory and sort out his family situation.
This memory takes us back to the Three Kingdoms, Sima usurping Wei, the Nanfeng chaos, the Eight Kings Rebellion, the Five Barbarians' Invasion of China, and the migration of the elite to the south...
As we all know, the Wei and Jin dynasties attached great importance to family background, and the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, which was based in the south of the Yangtze River, even more highly valued big surnames. The foreign scholars in the north were called Wusheng, among which Wang, Xie, Yuan, and Xiao were big surnames; the indigenous scholars in the southeast were called Wuxing, among which Zhu, Zhang, Gu, and Lu were big surnames. These eight families, plus Cui, Lu, Li, and Zheng in the north, were the twelve aristocratic families of the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties.
Until the 21st century, these surnames were all big surnames in Jiangnan. So the Yuan and Gu families were really two families with a long history. Yuan Yanshu's mother, Mrs. Gu, was the descendant of Gu Xiancheng, the leader of the Donglin Party, and was also a lady from a noble family.
Our Master Yuan can proudly declare that the genetic information of family background and bad mouthing is engraved in his genes.
So the time he traveled to this time is really too late. If he traveled back to the Wei and Jin Dynasties, just because of his surname Yuan, he would be a high-ranking official, destined to be a famous scholar, and his farts would have the aura of Wushisan. He took the powder, drank alcohol, started filming, streaked, forged iron, and imitated the bray of a donkey, so why would he copy books?
If he were to travel back to my Da Meng, just because he was the son of the Gu family's son-in-law, he was born with a Donglin Party stamp on his forehead, he ignored officials in the wild and ignored the emperor in the court, and he was drunk and dreaming on the Qinhuai River every day, so why would he copy books? If my Qing Dynasty's imperial army went south, I would just say "the water is too cold" and "my scalp is itchy", which would be a contribution to the great cause of national integration.
What can I do if I wear the wrong clothes at the wrong time?
Well, Mr. Yuan and Mrs. Gu are not actually old. Their eldest son is only 26 years old. How old can this couple who must have married and had children early be? They are only in their 40s now.
Mrs. Gu was quite capable and gave birth to the eldest son, the second son and the second daughter for the Yuan family. The second wife, who was Mrs. Gu's maid during her dowry, gave birth to the eldest daughter and the third son, who are already married. The third wife, who was the daughter of a poor scholar, gave birth to the third daughter. The fourth wife, who was a Kunqu opera singer, has no children yet. The fifth wife, who was found in the Magic City, just got married.
Yuan Hongjian, an only child, traveled back in time with both his parents, two brothers and three sisters for free, and four stepmothers. His father violated the family planning law, not to mention the marriage law.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel confused. Is this considered a male-oriented plagiarism or a female-oriented palace fighting style?
Wait, am I not the real protagonist, and the real protagonist is one of my brothers or sisters? !
Wait, this is not impossible. According to the common settings of romantic novels in the Republic of China, the eldest brother is a kind and weak supporting role, while the eldest sister-in-law is a vicious and hateful villain.
Alas, with our Yuan family's family background, it is impossible for us to produce a Jin Yanxi, but we may produce a Leng Qingqiu..
Our Master Yuan put aside this difficult problem for the time being. He changed his mind and thought that Old Man Yuan was the richest man in the county and was about to become the founding emperor of a financial empire. Having four concubines did not seem to be a big deal.
According to the standard of filial piety in this era, I have to write a letter back to congratulate my father (father in Wu dialect), and ask my mother to fulfill her wifely duties, remain calm, and be tolerant to others, so that I can be the top five with Xiao Si Xi...
And I really have no say in this matter. When he returns to his country, he will have to marry someone... He can't be worse than other time travelers.
What? They already have a class!
As we are all time travelers, why is there such a huge difference between us?
Forget it, why should I care about other people’s affairs? I should just think about my family affairs.
As the saying goes, if it rains, it will rain, and if it rains, it will get married. There is nothing we can do about it, so let it be!
“Pika Pika!”
"Master Ball, stop messing around!"
I can only write a letter to Mom to make her feel more positive. At worst, I can bring my second sister to the United States to relax for a while. By the way, my second sister will soon graduate from the church school, right?
I remember my father said in the letter that she was getting engaged.
