Xianyu Infrastructure, I have a lot of troops in my hands

In the heart of the Xie clan, only the direct descendants of the eldest branch of each clan have the privilege of living in the mansion. Needless to say, the first branch, Shuzitang belongs to the first branch. Most of the wooden buildings near the center are very old. The second branch is surrounded by the inkstone pool in a circular shape. Although the third branch is farther away, the eaves are high, the brackets are stacked, and the blue bricks are paved, which makes it more imposing.

Shuzitan is located in the outer courtyard of the clan. Except for the direct descendants of each branch, it is still some distance away from the various districts where people gather. The errand boys from each family can have hot meals if they are diligent. But it is hard for those from the second branch of the clan as they have a low status in the clan and no one can stand out.

It’s no wonder that when my brothers talked about writing to Zitang, their expressions were full of distress.

Now that my own son has returned to his position, even if I cannot lead the Black Stone Guards because of my daughter's status, at least there is a way forward for the affairs of the sect. I think my parents should be happy too.

He was naive and didn't know that there were rumors circulating in the crotch that Second Lady Xie was not easy to deal with. In the morning, he saw a group of slaves and concubines being sent back. They all said that the young lady from Kangjian was too picky and looked down on the clan servants. Now the second house would be despised even more.

"You bunch of lazy bastards, are you itching for trouble again? Where does the eldest son of the second branch of the family live? Why are you stuffing all these slaves worth gold and silver into the house? Aren't you afraid that one day you will run into people from Blackrock Mountain who will kill you? Go down there and reunite with your ancestors." The speaker was a smart old man with a copper ring key on his hand. With just a few words, he silenced all the whispers in the room.

A round-faced servant in blue clothes poked his head out from outside the courtyard and said, "Suotou'er, who really lives in the Inkstone Pool?" He looked around and everyone saw that he looked familiar, but they thought he was the doorman of the main house. When he said the three words "Inkstone Pool", everyone suddenly realized what was going on.

"Tsk~ Who is so rude? Is that a place where slaves can enter?"

The old stewards' faces changed again and again, they looked at each other, and then with stern faces they drove the young slaves to do the work.

The old man in black held up his sleeves and called on people. The keys in his hand jingled, but it couldn't cover his loud voice: "Be more careful, everyone. Keep an eye on your guys. The cuts on your face are for food." There are plenty of people to take over if they are no longer wanted. The old master hasn't been in charge for several years, and now these guys are becoming more and more unruly.

The weight of the word "Xing Jun" is not something that these filthy people can just say casually. He looked down at the gray-clothed men who were crouching on the ground, and after a while he asked carefully, "Old Suo, I just heard Aunt Yin from the side yard cursing!" Seeing that Old Suo looked a little better, he said, "I heard that the red bean bun choked his throat."

Old Suotou hunched his shoulders and smiled, as if the murderous look just now was an illusion of everyone.

"Hehe, that woman only got stuck once after eating so much, it's enough!" Another steward with his hands in his pockets shrugged his shoulders. The gift of blocking the head from his own family was so easy to accept, and it seemed that the eldest son of the second house was capable, and he could get the most slippery old lock to help him speak. He must have something extraordinary.

"Master Yan, don't listen to that," the manager who spoke made a face and sighed, "Niece Qingdai's promotion this time means she will go to the inkstone washing pool." After saying this, he glanced at the old boss intentionally or unintentionally.

But to his disappointment, the old man still looked arrogant: "Humph~ That girl has gone wild after going out. She has only been a maid for a few months. It's all her own fault and I can't stop her."

A maid is only one level higher than a slave girl. Some favored slave girls in the courtyard have a higher status than other maids. It all depends on the master she follows.

Qingdai originally had a good job in the outer courtyard, but she was not satisfied, so she begged Lao Suotou and swore an oath to get the opportunity to be sent abroad.

So the current result is that to outsiders, Qingdai was just transferred from the outer courtyard to the inner courtyard.

Generally, the son of a clan is accompanied by one person wearing black clothes, two people wearing green clothes, and four female servants.

But if she were an ordinary woman, Lao Suotou might be able to become a maid in the black robe house if he tried hard. Qingdai went through a lot of trouble to become a maid in the second house. It was not a big deal.

But what they don’t know is that Qingdai herself has no idea about Xuanyi from the second room.

Although the eldest daughter who is in charge of punishment in the second house is a girl, the black clothes around her are good at both literature and martial arts.

Her goal was just to stay with her wife and learn more. She would be content if she could become a housekeeper in the future. It would be better than living a boring life in a big crotch with a foreseeable end.

Xie Xian didn't have many requirements for her subordinates. In an era when the average person was at the kindergarten level, having someone who could read and write was already one in a thousand. She only prayed that there would be fewer illiterate people in the black market guards she had not taken over. However, after watching the clan members for a few days, she knew that not everyone could enter the Shuzitang. The Xie clan had a population of over a thousand, and not everyone could afford to go to the school.

Only direct descendants of the clan or those who have made great contributions to the clan are eligible. If they are outsiders, they may just be auditors at a high price.

Regardless of the rumors outside, Xie Xian spent two days in the recliner. She didn't care about the meals during these two days. The main reason was that Tu Zhen came here once. The Xiangxia Fairy became famous. Although Xie Jia Yushu suppressed it, there were too many people who saw it at that time. Everyone was just guessing, but the Cui family and Wang family still knew about it.

Tu Zhen could only sigh. Although Xie Xian thought she was low-key, her identity meant that every move she made would be watched closely.

Xie Xian was a little annoyed. Too many people was indeed troublesome. What about the heir arranged by the clan? Xie Xian was waiting for a powerful one to take over the title of the eldest son of the second branch.

On the third day, the ancestral hall was opened.

Wearing the black stone ring, Xie Xian moved her steps and looked down at the clogs on her feet. She was filled with admiration for the ancient people who could wear these clogs as if they were flying on the grass.

I'm really used to soft-soled shoes, and suddenly I found that the jade hairpins and pendants I have to wear with formal wear weigh more than a pound, not to mention that most of them are made of bronze, although they are all hand-polished and carefully carved by masters.

But the ancients were realistic. Each one of them adhered to the principles of big, thick, and high quality without any adulteration. Not only did they have weight, but they also gave people a sense of security, ensuring that one wheel could knock out a row of teeth.

Xie Xian walked forward with a heavy burden. When she entered the banquet room, she saw a sea of ​​heads in front of her, which almost made her face blindness flare up.

The Xie family's ancestral hall and the houses are all made of wood, mostly nanmu and pear trees. The dotted columns and the faint fragrance make it really hard to move. If she could go back to the modern times, she would definitely get one.

The maid who led the way was puzzled as to why the second lady, who was not surprised to see the exotic flowers and plants in the garden, was so fascinated by the wooden pillars.

Xie Xian was included in the family tree, kowtowed three times and nine times to acknowledge her ancestors, and finally her status was determined. According to the ranking of the second branch of the family, Xie Xian was the second.

The difficulties that had been imagined did not occur. Instead, when the old people saw Xie Xian, they all sighed at her face. It was another day when they could only smile awkwardly.

Xie Xian finally let go of the worry in her heart. With that sweet smile on her face, she won a lot of favor from the elders, and she no longer had to worry about being suddenly thrown into some corner to fend for herself.

Xie Xian felt that her face was almost rubbed red by the sleeves of her aunts, and she had just escaped. She was thinking about getting some cotton and cotton cloth to wear. In the corridor, she ran into a few girls who were as beautiful as flowers.

Subconsciously straightening up, Xie Xian adhered to the principle of talking less and watching more, and a group of fifteen or sixteen-year-old girls opposite bowed and saluted. "Second sister?" As if asking, a petite girl looked at her with wide eyes.

Xie Xian smiled and nodded, and before she could speak, the little girl came up to her, "Come on, we've been waiting so long, the old ancestor said you've been tired from the journey, and they don't want us to disturb you."

The lady who was speaking had a string of brass beads tied around her waist. "I am Huanlang Xingliu, and those over there are Jiuniang and Shisanniang." They were all young ladies from the third room, and because of the instructions of their elders, Liuniang was a little more enthusiastic towards Xie Xian.

Xie Huanlang is the eldest daughter of the third branch of the Xie family. Her mother's family is a merchant family in Jiangnan. She is small in stature and has a gentle appearance like a Jiangnan girl, but she can't stop talking once she starts.

Even though Xie Xian didn't say a word for a long time, she chattered on and on for a long time without seeming thirsty.

Xie Xian looked at Xie Huanlang with a distant gaze. Her former best friend was also such a social nerd. His familiarity made him an ideal best friend for people with social phobia.

"Sixth Lady has finished her words. Let Second Sister say something." A young girl with a face as bright as the moon and a gentle voice interrupted slowly.

"Seventeenth Lady has finally put down the book in her hand." Xie Huanlang was not annoyed when she heard it. She filled Seventeenth Lady's cup with boiling water in a familiar manner, "Seventeenth Lady is the eldest wife's darling, she is proficient in music, chess, calligraphy and painting. She is not like us vulgar people." Well, this is the eldest wife's daughter who is on the list.

Shiqi Niang was not angry after hearing this, she just glared at Xie Liu Niang, but she couldn't resist her shameless laughter and let it go. This love-hate plot, one seemed cold but was actually arrogant, and the other was smooth and tactful and arranged the sisterhood of these people clearly.

This house is full of young people from different families, and there is a clear distinction between legitimate and illegitimate children. The patterns on the lapels of each family are also unique. From a broad perspective, the illegitimate children only have better clothes, but they don't wear any gold, silver or jade ornaments. The class division in a large family is very obvious, especially on the day of opening the ancestral temple.

But one thing is clear, only Zongzi can be used to make up the Zi Gua. Today, there is a spotted deer on Xie Xian's back, looming under the green gauze, causing the little sisters to secretly look at her several times.

The girl in front of them was smiling, as if she was listening to them, but her eyes were misty. Xie Xian had gotten up too early in the morning and was already feeling sleepy.

In the pavilion opposite, the gentlemen were clearly divided into the main and the secondary. A man in white sat in the middle, while the others bowed their heads but no sound was heard. Tsk tsk~ Xie Xian turned her head and saw the scene of the dean scolding her. It made her teeth ache.

Seeing that Sixth Lady was tired of talking, she peeled an orange and handed it to her. Everyone was a little surprised, thinking that the second lady was really as humble as the rumors said. Sixth Lady was stunned for a moment, then took it with a smile, and the expression on her face became more sincere.

In just a moment, Liu Niang had introduced everyone to the various groups, even those who were not present. The children of the Xie family could only be considered as heirs at the age of twelve.

Only the main branch of the family has single-character names. The rest have double names. So she has 17 brothers and sisters in this generation alone.

She knew that this was the third room trying to show her good will, so she patted Liu Niang's hand and nodded with a smile, "Thank you for your hard work, Liu Niang."

Shiqi Niang loosened her grip on the book, and Xie Xian sighed. As expected, several women were making a big show. The young ladies were obviously impatient to listen to this. They just sat upright, and the youngest one was already swaying slightly.

Half an hour passed. Xie Xian admired the upbringing of the rich family, but she didn't know that the little girls could hardly hold on any longer.

Liu Niang was relieved. Her father had asked her to make friends with him before she came, saying that it would be beneficial to the family business. She was also a well-known figure among the girls in the Xie family. Since the third house had no legitimate daughter, she took the first place. She knew her own weight because of her status as a merchant's daughter.

On weekdays, she carefully maintains the relationship with Xie Yao, and relies on her clever words to secure her position as the second most important lady among the young masters.

Xie Liuniang boasted that she still had some face in the clan. Her father said, "Even if Xie Erniang cannot lead the Black Stone Guard, she is not a simple person."

She didn't take it seriously at the time. She had seen noble ladies from aristocratic families before. Apart from being delicate and arrogant, there was nothing special about them. She never expected that the news she heard from her younger brother would shock her.

Master Xian met the second wife's concubine on the road, and tried to persuade them to separate instead of reconcile, and ended up crippling her.

Although the sisters were noisy, they never showed it in public, let alone fighting. The news spread among the sect and the situation changed. Such a fierce girl is worthy of being the Queen of the Xing Sect.

Before Xie Xian came, they were talking about this matter, feeling anxious. Liu Niang's warning had made her usually coquettish temper subdued. They didn't know what kind of temper Xie Er had, but he was really brave enough to take action.