He paused and said, "I remember you still have 20 days of family leave, isn't that enough?"
Bai Shan immediately said: "Not only back to Longzhou, but also to Mianzhou."
He said: "Master Zhou and I have not returned to our hometown for many years, and we have not been able to offer sacrifices to our parents and relatives, so I plan to take them back to worship their ancestors next year when the children are older, and do our best to be filial."
Old Master Tang didn't ask any more questions, and waved his hand to make him retreat.
As the head of the former censor, what old lord Tang can do to make the rumors disappear as soon as possible, so when the emperor was not here at a court meeting, old lord Tang called Cui Shangshu to complain about Bai Shan's way of accumulating vacations, and urged him Said: "There is still a shortage of people in the court, which makes the officials so busy. It takes a year to accumulate vacations even to visit relatives."
Cui Shangshu didn't even move his eyebrows, and said as calmly as a mountain: "Every official's family leave is calculated according to the distance from his hometown. Some officials have to visit relatives far away even though their homes are close. What do I have to do?" The solution? The imperial court only distributes salaries for twelve months a year, so we can’t spend two or three months every year to visit relatives, can we?”
Regardless of the opinions of Mr. Tang and Cui Shangshu, anyway, when Bai Shan's intention of accumulating holidays spread, the rumors gradually died down.
When Yin Or went to see Zhou Man, he smiled and said, "Everyone is a little disappointed to see that your husband and wife are still in love."
Zhou Man dissatisfied: "Is our relationship so easily destroyed?"
"The matter of inheriting the family is not a small matter," Yin said with a smile: "How many couples will have a estrangement because they eat a bowl of porridge or a bowl of rice, let alone such a big event as passing on the family."
Zhou Man looked at him in surprise, "Since when did you become proficient in these sophistication?"
"See a lot, and think about it for a while."
Zhou Man: "Where are you looking?"
"Xuandu Temple and Huguo Temple," Yin said with a smile, "People who pray to gods and worship Buddha in Shangxuandu Temple and Huguo Temple will understand when they hear their troubles and requests in front of the statues and altars."
Zhou Man clicked his tongue and said, "Now you like going to Xuandu Temple and Huguo Temple more and more now."
Yin Ju smiled and said, "Because those two places are quiet."
Zhou Man thought for a while, then nodded, "That's true."
Both Xuandu Temple and Huguo Temple are now full of incense, and there are a lot of pilgrims coming and going, so the front hall is naturally unclean.
But Yin or a distinguished guest, no matter in Xuandu Temple or Huguo Temple, there are quiet guest courtyards to rest, and even because he goes there a lot, there are dedicated guest courtyards for him on both sides.
In Xuandu Temple, he can talk with Taoist and Xuan; when he goes to Huguo Temple, Master Zhiren, who rarely sees guests, will also discuss Buddhism with him, and sometimes the three of them get together to play chess and drink tea. It's so easy.
The more Zhou Man thought about it, the more he envied him, and asked, "The Ghost Moon is coming soon, will there be any activities at Huguo Temple and Xuandu Temple?"
Yin looked at her suspiciously and asked, "What, you want to go out?"
Zhou Man said: "I'll be out of confinement then, I can go out for a walk."
Yin Ju shook his hand and said, "Don't, you should go to Bai Shan, I haven't heard of any activities."
Zhou Man: "Bai Shan will return to Longzhou next month."
Bai Shan was also afraid that Zhou Man would be bored, and she was able to take a walk in the yard recently, the weather was getting hotter, and even a hair dryer became a luxury, so Bai Shan couldn't refuse when she looked at her eagerly, so he took the initiative to find Yin Or He Bai Erlang.
"Ghost Moon next month, can we sit in the Shangxuandu temple?"
Yin or asked, "Aren't you going to Longzhou?"
"Yes, but it doesn't matter if my family lacks me. Man Bao and my daughter will accompany you."
Yin or: "..."
Bai Erlang was very happy, "Okay, okay, I heard that the whole ghost moon in Xuandu Temple will save the souls of the dead in the temple, and there are discounts for doing things. We can also do some merit."
Bai Shan set a date for them to go out and went back to Longzhou by himself to cultivate relationship with the clan.
Regarding Longzhou, Bai Shan doesn't have many good memories, maybe because the memory of good things is relatively shallow, so he can't remember those happy things; but because the bad things are too deep, so he remembers them very clearly.
Especially when he left Longzhou back then, he was too angry and sad, so every time he returned to Longzhou, he was not in a particularly good mood.
But it's a good mood to pay homage to my father.
As soon as Bai Shan returned to Longzhou, he went to visit his father's grave first, knelt in front of the grave and gave a general account of their life in the past few years, asking him to rest assured that he would take good care of his grandmother and mother, and he did not get up until after the sacrifice.
When Bai Shan strolled back to the clan, it was already dark, and there were few people on the street under the dark night. Some people hung up lanterns at the door, and some people went shopping and saw Bai Shan riding a horse. Most people don't recognize the horse passing by, so they watch it curiously.
But there are also people who know him, and greet him: "Is it the good boy from Sifang?"
Bai Shan then reined in his horse, and said yes with a smile.
As soon as they heard that it belonged to the fourth house, someone immediately asked, "Is it the one who is a high-ranking official in Beijing?"
"Sifang only has one son, who else is he?"
With the help of the dim light, someone saw Bai Shan's face clearly, and praised: "You are so handsome, even more handsome than his father."
"That's right, I heard that his wife is also good-looking, and the child she will give birth to may be more handsome than him in the future."
"Everyone in the fourth room can read, and his great-grandfather, grandfather and father are all good at reading."
"He read better, and passed the Jinshi exam before reaching the crown."
Bai Shan strolled back to the front of his house, the porter immediately came forward to hold the horse, and said in a low voice: "Master, someone from the big house invited the master over, saying that he was going to clean up the master. "
Bai Shan stopped in his tracks, "Where's the person?"
"Sitting in the inner hall, it's Mr. Dalang from the big house."
Bai Shan then went to the hall first, and seeing a strange middle-aged man sitting inside, Bai Shan raised his smiling face, bowed his hands and said, "Cousin Shen has been waiting for a long time."
Bai Shen immediately returned the salute and said with a smile: "You are welcome, good cousin. I heard that you went to the ancestral grave as soon as you came back. You must be tired today. I was supposed to invite you to the house tomorrow, but the elders are waiting for you." so..."
"Shan knows, how dare you let the elders wait in vain. Cousin Shen wait a moment, I'll come after changing clothes." Now that he has decided to build a good relationship with the tribe, Bai Shan must try his best to do it well.
Although he can't do what his grandmother said, he can be self-reliant and flexible, but he won't add trouble, and try his best to be gentle and friendly.
Seeing that he came back this time, he was much gentler than before, the indifference and arrogance he used to have dissipated a lot, and he felt more at ease, with less secret hostility.
Bai Shan met the elders of the clan that night, and went to study the clan the next day.
The ethnology is still the same. It seems that nothing has changed in twenty years, not even the house. Bai Shan stopped at the gate and asked with a smile, "Who is the gentleman in the ethnology now?"
"Oh, it's the third cousin of the second room, the second cousin of the fifth room, and the first cousin of the sixth room."
The gentleman who pushed Bai Shan out of the ethnology back then is no longer in the ethnology, Bai Shan smiled, and walked into the ethnology calmly with everyone.
written request for leave
I wrote more than half of the chapter, and I feel unsatisfied, so I deleted it again. It feels a bit wrong. I won’t update it tonight. I will update it tomorrow. Good night