The old man shook his head and smiled: "We are all members of the Xie family. If the master family calls us back, of course we have to go back. Moreover, this matter is a great thing in the eyes of others. After all, the side branches have to rely on the master family. Moreover, after arriving at the master family, our family will also have an independent courtyard."
"That's not as good as our own home." Xie Yutang said, and stopped talking. He lowered his head, thinking about something.
"Grandpa, we are a branch of the Xie family. Will the main family's direct descendants look down on us? Will they bully us?" Xie Shisi asked worriedly.
Hearing this, the old man said, "No, grandpa said that we are all family. What's more, we have to be reasonable when we are outside. Internal fighting is not allowed among family members. You can rest assured about this."
"But what if they bully us?" she asked worriedly.
“Haha, then you come and tell grandpa, and grandpa will take care of it. However, you are not young anymore, and I have protected you too well at home. You also have to learn to get along with others properly.” The old man said meaningfully.
The carriage was running on the road. Fengjiu fell asleep leaning against the carriage because she had not rested all night. She didn't know how much time had passed until the carriage stopped and the voice of the secret guard driving outside was heard.
"Old Master, we have arrived at the main gate of the house."
The old man in the carriage got off first, followed by Feng Jiu and the others. The middle-aged man and the beautiful woman in the carriage behind also came to the old man.
"Go knock on the door!" The old man motioned for a secret guard to come forward.
"Yes." The secret guard responded, went forward and knocked on the door, then introduced himself.
When the old man who opened the door heard that they were from the side branch of the Xie family, he looked outside, then invited them in and asked someone to go inside quickly to report.
When the head of the Xie family heard the report from his servant, he asked someone to call everyone in the house to go to the front hall together.
In the front hall, the old man and others were sitting, while Fengjiu stood behind Xie Yutang, with her eyes slightly lowered. She didn't raise her eyes until she heard laughter coming from outside.
"Hehe, as soon as I heard that Uncle Tokugawa had arrived, I rushed over immediately." A middle-aged man dressed in a brocade robe walked in with a smile on his face, his eyes falling on the old man.
"Uncle Tokugawa, thank you for not seeing you for a long time." He bowed to the old man.
"Master." The old man stood up after he came in, bowed to him, and then said to the middle-aged man and the beautiful woman, "Come and meet the master."
"We are all family, so there is no need for formalities. This must be Brother Yan and his wife!" Patriarch Xie said with a smile, his eyes fixed on the middle-aged man in front of him and the beautiful woman beside him.
"Greetings, Master." Both of them bowed. Xie Yan smiled and said, "This is my wife, and these two are my children."
"Head of the family." Xie Yutang and Xie Shisi also stepped forward and bowed.
"What are your names?" Patriarch Xie asked with a smile, his eyes falling on the young boy and girl.
"Master, my name is Xie Yutang."
"My name is Xie Shisi, which means "poetry" and "si" which means "missing." She said with a smile.
"Haha, okay, okay, this is our first meeting. Here, this is a gift for both of you." He reached into his sleeve, took out two jade pendants and handed them to them.