There were guests all around. Although it was too obvious to blatantly move forward to read the gossip, none of them had any intention of leaving. They all listened carefully and were looking for the opportunity.
Jiang Ze stood there with an embarrassed look on his face, his shirt on his chest was wet by Ji Zi. He looked at Yu Nian, then reached out to pull Ji Zi, "Stop making trouble, there are so many people here, you are pregnant." Just stop walking around and go upstairs to rest."
Ji Zi raised her head and stared at him with tearful eyes, "Jiang Ze, she is cursing our children! Don't get the situation wrong! How can you say that I am making trouble? It's her - "
She pointed at Yu Nian, her voice was not small, and her grievance was not small, "She was the one who hurt people with her bad words first. You didn't even know it. Her attitude was very arrogant before you came."
"Okay, don't make trouble——"
"Miss Yu." Ji Zi turned to look at Yu Nian, with tears on her face. The tears she shed were really artistic. "I know you are still worried about Jiang Ze breaking off the engagement with you. I also admit that I am sorry for you, but you have to keep your feelings aside. Jiang Ze's thoughts are not on you, so why should you be unable to let go for so long? What's more? What's more, Jiang Ze and I already have a child..."
His voice was choked as he spoke.
"What's going on?" Jiang Niantai's majestic voice rose.
He noticed that many guests were coming here, so he came to take a look. Tang Hui was also following him, and his face froze when he saw what was going on behind the scenes.
Soon Jiang Xin and Yu Juanzhou came over. Yu Juanzhou walked up to Yu Nian and asked, "What happened?"
Yu Nian was not in a hurry to explain, he didn't even bother to say anything, he just raised his chin towards Ji Zi. Ji Zi's tears were even more exaggerated than before, but she was very smart and did not complain to Jiang Niantai. Instead, she sent a distress signal to Tang Hui.
It was basically the same words she just said, but she added later, "I am pregnant with Jiang Ze's child, and she called my child a scoundrel. Isn't she scolding the Jiang family?"
Jiang Ze's face became more and more unbearable, he pulled Ji Zi and shouted, "Are you done yet? There are so many people, don't you think it's embarrassing?"
Ji Zi cried and cried, "I am the one who is being scolded. Is she the one who should be embarrassed? The Jiang family is not good enough to her? Even grandma wants to recognize her as her granddaughter. It would be better for her to let out all the resentment in her heart. Don’t you just look at me as an outsider and bully me?”
Yu Juanzhou understood what he was going through and frowned, "Jiang Ze, if you don't care about your people, what kind of monster are you letting her out to do?"
Jiang Ze became even more angry after hearing this. He raised his eyes and looked at him, "Why are you talking?"
"Did I say something wrong? You don't know what kind of character Yu Nian is? Don't talk about you. Everyone in the Jiang family knows what kind of temper Yu Nian is. On a day like today, you know who is throwing dirty water on whom. ." Yu Juanzhou already disliked Jiang Ze, so his attitude was quite bad.
Just when Jiang Ze was about to speak, Ji Zi started howling again and threw herself into Jiang Ze's arms, "The Yu family is so bullying. Ah Ze, you have to make the decision for me."
"Jiang Ze." Yu Nian finally spoke. She had finished watching the show and felt that Ji Zi's acting skills were nothing more than that. She sighed, "I suggest you take her away from here. She is a bit paranoid about being persecuted."
"Who did you say——"
"That's enough." Jiang Niantai couldn't stand it any longer and shouted, "Jiang Ze, take her to rest."
Ji Zi naturally didn't dare to do anything in front of Jiang Niantai no matter how unwilling she was. She could only sob and droop her head. Jiang Xin greeted all the guests and friends with a simple cold meal to smooth things over.
Just as Jiang Ze pulled Ji Zi away, he heard a faint sound from the crowd——
"etc."
Everyone looked at the sound.
Including Yu Nian, who was stunned.
It was actually the Jiang Nian Banquet.
She thought he couldn't come today.
But soon he saw the people next to him.
Maura.
Not only did he come, he also brought Maura with him.
Yu Nian glanced away. Although he knew that it was normal to see this scene in this kind of situation, for some reason, his heart felt a little sore, swollen, and a little painful.
Everyone whispered after seeing Jiang Nian’s banquet——
"It's Young Master Yan."
"I didn't expect to see him today."
"Today the Jiang family recognizes their relatives, of course he has to come back."
…
Jiang Ze called out obediently, "Uncle."
Jiang Nianyan nodded slightly, and his eyes seemed to slide across Yu Nian's face inadvertently, and he looked at Jiang Niantai, "Brother, the Jiang family has always had principles in doing things. If something like this was confused, people would criticize it in the past, so it is better to solve it. You have to be clear about it, so that you won’t lose the Jiang family’s reputation.”
Yu Nian didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in Jiangnian Banquet Gourd.
How could Jiang Nian Tai attend the Jiang Nian Banquet? The two of them were fighting for each other secretly. If they agreed, wouldn't they just jump into a pit? Jiang Niantai said, "It's a trivial matter to begin with, but what big deal could it be if it's just a quarrel between women? I think we'd better not delay the business."
"It involves the granddaughter that the old lady wants to recognize. Isn't this a small matter?" Jiang Nianyan retorted lightly.
Jiang Niantai was about to speak when Jiang Xin said, "The third child is right. Niannian is about to enter the Jiang family. I look at Miss Ji and feel aggrieved. I can't let this matter go to her." It's unfair to both of them. What's wrong with women's affairs? Brother, you can't be too traditional. Women's affairs are not a big deal?"
Jiang Niantai glanced at Jiang Xin displeasedly. He knew that she was in the same boat as Lao San.
Tang Hui rolled her eyes and was about to speak, but unfortunately Jiang Nian Banquet did not give her a chance. She turned to the person next to her and said, "Tell me what you just saw."
Only then did everyone realize that there was another person beside Jiang Nianyan, and he looked like he was a servant of the Jiang family. The reason why everyone didn't pay attention to this person before was because they thought he was just serving here.
This person was indeed serving in the buffet area, so when Ji Zi saw this person clearly, her expression turned ugly.
Jiang Ze sensitively noticed the change in Ji Zi's expression, and instantly became more certain.
This person stood up and briefly introduced himself to everyone. He said that he was arranged by the butler in the buffet area to serve everyone. He also told how Ji Zi took the initiative to approach Yu Nian just now and how she spewed wild words. Speak up.
"Although I don't know what happened next, because Miss Ji scolded me very unpleasantly at that time, and Miss Yu came to my rescue. But from what I saw, Miss Yu would never curse me in such an unpleasant way. I have been working in the Jiang family for more than ten years, and this is not the first time I have met Miss Yu. She is always polite to everyone when she comes to the house, but it is Miss Ji..."
As Yu Nian said, the servants who can work in the Jiang family are not easy, and they are also people who have been working for many years. They are the best among the best. Just like when no outsiders were around, the servants called Yu Nian "Miss", which showed that the Jiang family accepted Yu Nian, including the servants; but now that there are many outsiders present, the servants continued to call Yu Nian "Miss" Miss Yu said that the rules cannot be messed up and the ceremony is not completed yet.
Those who do things in a relaxed and measured manner are the servants of the Jiang family.
So if Ji Zi doesn't understand, she doesn't understand here. As a movie queen, she was used to being praised by everyone. In her eyes, these servants are as lowly as ants.
Ji Zi exploded when she heard this, "What nonsense are you talking about? How can you testify that you are not at the scene? You -"
"Are you finished?" Jiang Ze shouted coldly, grabbed her wrist and walked out.
"Let go-"
"Shut up."
A farce that enriches spare time.
Jiang Nianyan said to the servant, "Go to work."
"yes."
Jiang Xin hurriedly greeted the guests with some tea and snacks.
Jiang Nianyan looked at Jiang Niantai and Tang Hui and smiled, "Big brother and sister-in-law, it seems that the two of you will not have an easy life in the future. You are worthy of being a movie queen, and you will have a lot of dramas."
Tang Hui's face was red and white, and Jiang Niantai's expression was not much better. He pursed his lips tightly, and his eyes were almost on fire. After a while, he said, "Second brother, we are a family after all, and we have to do things the same way." Is it so awesome?"
Jiang Nian's banquet seemed to have dawned on him, "It seems that today the eldest brother and his family are going to take advantage of the east wind to settle Jiang Ze's affairs. If I had told you earlier, at least I would have saved a few cents for my future niece-in-law."
Jiang Niantai sneered, "How can you be so kind?"
Tang Hui smoothed things over in time, "The ceremony is about to begin. I think we should prepare too."
Maura walked up to Yu Nian and asked softly, "How are you?"
Yu Nian thought of Ji Zi when he saw her. Maura deliberately dragged Ji Zi into the situation. What's the follow-up? Seeing today's scene, does Maura regret her step-by-step approach? She shook her head slightly, "I'm fine."
Jiang Niantai and his wife left.
Jiang Nianyan glanced at Yu Nian and said lightly, "The time is almost here, so get ready."
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Jiang Ze did have a purpose in taking Ji Zi with him today.
It is inevitable that Ji Zi will enter the Jiang family. In this case, she naturally wants to take advantage of today's family recognition ceremony to let Ji Zi enter the Jiang family. Even if the matter is not settled today, the elders of the Jiang family still need to meet each other. Want to see.
Just like Jiang Nianyan said.
Yu Nian is the key point.
So when the time came, several elders of the Jiang family filed into the ancestral training hall and sat down in order of seniority.
You cannot enter the Ancestral Training Hall at will. It is located in the deepest part of the old house of the Jiang family. It is an independent two-story building. There is a small courtyard in front of the building. There is running water in the small courtyard. The koi in the water is said to be old, and the largest one is It's still a seedling that the old man would put in when he was young.
Either there was a major incident, or the descendants of the Jiang family made a mistake. For example, Jiang Ze was punished in the Ancestral Training Hall last time. Once he was punished, he would not be able to get out by just thinking.
In the past, the Jiang family had family laws, and many people with the Jiang family name lived in such a large house, so the more rules there were, the more punishments there would be.
Nowadays, everyone has abandoned the traditional concept and tries not to live together, so there are not so many things to do, and the family tradition gradually disappears.
But today, it's quite like the ancient big family discussing matters together.
Mrs. Jiang is the elder of the Jiang family, and the group is dominated by the eldest family, so she has the highest status among the elders, so she takes the main seat, flanked by other elders of the Jiang family. them.
Since ancient times, the ceremony of recognizing relatives has been relatively complicated. Although the Jiang family has cut out some red tape before, it is still a major event, such as worshiping heaven, earth and ancestors.
Before the marriage recognition ceremony, Yu Nian had already moved the Jiang family's ancestor tablets according to the rules.
However, the Jiang family has no ancestral tablets, only portraits of their ancestors, which hang in the center of the ancestral training hall. On ancestor worship days, Mrs. Jiang leads the children of the Jiang family to burn incense and pay homage.
That's right, it's not the men of the Jiang family, but the children of the Jiang family. For example, Jiang Xin also goes to the ancestral training hall to worship on the day of ancestor worship.
The ancestors of the Jiang family are from the north, so the idea of preferring boys over girls is not important, and there is even a tendency to favor girls over boys. This is especially obvious during the ancestor worship ceremony.
Yu Nian first wanted to "invite" the portraits of the ancestors of the Jiang family to his home, perform sacrifices and worship them, and then send someone to personally escort the portraits back to the Jiang family. This step was indispensable.
The first thing to do in the Jiang family's old house is to worship the gods.
Incense is burned in the shrine.
Yu Nian followed several elders and knelt down to the shrine, praying for the gods' protection and blessings.
This is followed by ancestor worship.
This link is extremely important, especially in large families.
After bowing, offerings such as glutinous rice, chicken, duck, and fish are placed on the table. The steward of the Jiang family reads the prayers from the ancestral temple, which means praying for peace and blessings to the ancestors.
Offer tea, incense, incense, candles, wine, flowers, etc. to the ancestors. Finally, there will be a memorial text to express gratitude to the ancestors.
All the offerings at this stage must be kept for human consumption the next day, and the candles must be kept until they are burned out.
The butler will then read out the documents. This part is mainly stranger to stranger.
Yu Nian wanted to offer tea to Mrs. Jiang first.
Kneel on the futon and serve tea with both hands.
She changed her name to "Grandma".
Mrs. Jiang was so happy that she couldn't help but give Yu Nian a big red envelope and put a jade bracelet on her wrist. The old lady has loved jade all her life, and any jade that can come into her hands is of the best quality.
After drinking tea, she is her granddaughter.
Next, Yu Nian will serve a round of tea. Although she no longer has to kneel on the futon, she will have to offer tea to the elders of the Jiang family one by one. Similarly, the elders who drink tea will also have to return the gift to the younger generation.
Among the elders of the Jiang family, Jiang Nianyan is included.
Although he sits at the end of the elders' table, he is still an elder.
Yu Nian needs to offer him tea.
The other elders were also kind, some of whom Yu Nian had met since she was a child. When Yu Nian came up to offer tea, he couldn't help but say a few words, and asked her to come home and see if she had nothing to do.
Soon Yu Nian could no longer handle the gifts he received, so he could only put them aside for the time being.
There are actually quite a few uncles and aunts of this generation, and Yu Nian doesn’t know many of them, so naturally they don’t talk much. After serving tea and receiving the greeting gifts and saying thank you, there may be no chance of meeting them again in this life.
Yu Nian felt much more relaxed when he paid respect to Jiang Xin and called her aunt.
Jiang Xin smiled and took the tea, "Be good, be good." He leaned forward and said to her, "You can only call me aunt today, and you can call me whatever you want from now on. I don't want to be called old." As he drank, After drinking tea, he gave Yu Nian a red envelope and said bluntly, "It's not money, it's a discount coupon. I will be responsible for your wedding dress from now on. I will design it for you myself and give you the lowest discount."
Yu Nian couldn't help but feel happy.
Mrs. Jiang frowned, "It's really out of shape."
The last one left was Jiang Nianyan, and Yu Nian suddenly raised his mind.
