boyutpedia Chapter 1100 Living in Nanfu 1
Chapter 1100 Living in Nanfu 1
"My dear wife, when we get to Yuzhou Prefecture, you can go and take a look at the mansion over there. This is the ancestral home of the Nan family a hundred years ago. At that time, His Majesty only sealed off the Nan Mansion and Feng Mansion in Yuzhou Prefecture, and left this place untouched. Perhaps it's because the ancestral hall enshrines the ancestors of the Nan family who died fighting for the country!" Nanfeng explained.
Su Yueyao suddenly thought of something and immediately asked, "Your second uncle specifically asked you to come to the ancestral hall. Is he planning to attack you? Otherwise, how did the secret guard get injured?"
Nan Feng sighed when he heard Su Yueyao's words, and explained with a somewhat sad tone: "Second Uncle's weakness spread on the incense I offered to my ancestors. When I realized something was wrong, Second Uncle took out an agreement and tried to force me to sign it. I disagreed, so I made a slight noise, and the secret guards appeared to protect me from the injuries I suffered."
"Wife, I never thought that my second uncle would hurt me. He loved me very much since I was a child. When I was under house arrest in the mansion, it was my second uncle who brought me my favorite food every day. He cared about me very much and always stood by me."
"I didn't know he wanted the position of Patriarch so badly. If I had known... I, my wife, have never wanted to be the Patriarch of the Nanfeng Family. I just want to be by your side for the rest of my life."
Listening to Nanfeng's indescribable sadness, she finally understood the whole process. Second Uncle Nan wanted Nanfeng to agree to give a child to each of the Feng and Nan families. He wanted to raise the Nan family's child and become the head of the Nan family.
But he didn't expect that his father had never considered him, and when he knew about it, he would do such a desperate thing.
He forced Nanfeng to agree to give her two children, and wanted to create a rift between her and Nanfeng, but he didn't seem to consider that it wasn't that she didn't want to give them, it was that Nanfeng didn't want a second child...
No matter what, Second Uncle Nan is already dead, and Nan Feng also told his grandfather clearly today that he would give one child to both the Feng and Nan families, so let it be!
Su Yueyao, who had come to terms with it, asked, "Nanfeng, wasn't Minghe with the secret guards at the time? Didn't he enter the ancestral hall?"
"I think Minghe sensed something was wrong when he entered the mansion and went to investigate. He wasn't with the secret guards. When I returned to the Nan Mansion, not just me, but everyone else felt that my grandfather and the others would not attack me at this critical juncture."
"So we only arranged two secret guards and asked Ming He to come along and take a general look."
"But none of us expected that my second uncle would steal my grandfather's family head order and mobilize the secret guards to force me to submit in the ancestral hall."
"Nanfeng, you underestimated the enemy this time. Next time..."
"Let's not talk about it anymore. It's all in the past. Nanfeng, you should be more open-minded. Sometimes people get themselves into a dead end and no one can save them."
"Wife, I understand. I... just feel a little uncomfortable."
"Of course you feel bad. He's your family, an elder who has cared for you since you were a child. Everyone has emotions. I feel bad for him treating you like that. If I had known he would treat you like that, I wouldn't have let you come back today."
"My dear wife..." Nanfeng was so moved that he hugged Su Yueyao tightly.
The two hugged each other for a while, and Su Yueyao thought of General Nan who had begged them at that time, and spoke out.
"Nanfeng, your grandfather let us stay here for two days. He won't do anything secretly, right?"
"No, my grandfather has always been upright. Besides, he has no intention of plotting against us now." Nanfeng said without hesitation.
"That's good. We'll stay in the mansion for two days and then leave." Su Yueyao said with a sigh of relief.
On the other side, there is a small kitchen next to the Nanfeng yard.
Mo Rongjin and Xu Minghe were in the small kitchen, checking the ingredients to prepare dinner for Su Yueyao.
"My two gentlemen, the master has specially ordered fresh vegetables and meats. Please see what the lady likes to eat. We are good at cooking many dishes."
"Okay, let's see. Lady Jun prefers spicy dishes. Does anyone among you know how to cook?"
"My dear, my hometown prefers spicy food. I can make some."
"Okay, we'll check the dishes we need and you can cook them," said Mo Rongjin.
"Okay sir."
Xu Minghe and Mo Rongjin checked all the dishes and found they were all very fresh, with nothing inappropriate added.
Afterwards, the two of them went to the well in the yard to take a few more looks, and even pulled up a bucket of water and tasted it themselves.
"Rong Jin, try this water. It tastes a little sweeter than water from other places!" Xu Minghe said as he drank it.
"Really? Let me try it."
"It does taste a bit sweet. Does your water always taste like this?"
"Yes, my lord. I've been working in the small kitchen, and the water in this well tastes just like this. I've also tried water from other places in the Southern Mansion, and they all taste the same."
"Rong Jin, the water in Nanfu is indeed sweeter than the water in the inn we stay in. How strange!" Xu Minghe said casually.
"My two gentlemen, don't worry. Although the water is a little sweet, there is no problem. It is said that the water in Nanfu used to be a little sweeter than the water outside. This is because some spring water from the green mountains behind Nanfu has seeped into the groundwater, so it is a little sweeter than the water in other places." The servant explained.
"I see. Mountain spring water does taste sweeter."
"I've selected the dishes, you can cook them as you like!" said Mo Rongjin.
After hearing this, the servants began to work in their respective positions, while Xu Minghe and Mo Rongjin watched from the side.
They were actually skeptical about General Nan's insistence that Nan Feng stay here for two days. If Nan Feng had a grudge against them, it would be useless for him to stay here for a few nights.
So they should supervise more to avoid any accidents.
In the evening, when Su Yueyao was eating, especially when she was drinking soup, she clearly felt that there was a sweetness in the soup. Before she asked, Xu Minghe spoke up.
"Nanfeng, the water from your Nanfu well is a little sweet, much sweeter than the water in our inn. Do you know what's going on?"
"The water here is a little sweet. I discovered it when I came back from Fengdu. My grandfather said that the well water in Nanfu is connected to the spring water on the green hills over there, so it is sweeter."
Su Yueyao heard this and drank the soup, smiling and said: "Nanfeng, your ancestors chose to start their business here, and they haven't let them move here for all these years. Is it because the water is sweet?"
"Maybe! My grandfather told me that before the Nan family moved into Yuzhou Prefecture, the Nan family was very prosperous. My grandfather's father and above all his ancestors had more than 20 children, and most of them had three or four daughters. They were all wealthy families in Qingzhou Prefecture. This old house was completely full at the time, and some daughters even lived in separate houses."
"But because they were all born into military families, and there was a war on the border at that time, the whole family moved to Yuzhou Prefecture. After moving there, many members of the Nan family died in the battles, some of them branched out and formed side branches, and some moved out of Qingzhou Prefecture and went to other places. After my grandfather and grandmother were left behind in our direct lineage, the number of children we had gradually decreased."
"It seems that this house is quite prosperous." Su Yueyao said with a smile after hearing this.
"Grandfather said that the old house is indeed very prosperous. It has been repaired every year for a hundred years, but he has never thought of abandoning it. Grandfather and his family also want to cultivate themselves here and not move back to Yuzhou Prefecture."
"This courtyard is well-arranged and it's really comfortable to live in."