After this escape, Zeng Guofan no longer dared to walk on foot. He hired a small sedan chair to carry them. Kang Fu, Jing
Seven was in front of the palanquin, one behind the other. Passing by Xiangxiang County, it was already dusk. In order to avoid further delays in social gatherings, Zeng Guofan specially chose
They chose a small shop outside the south gate to settle down. The next morning, he left quietly and arrived at Xiema Town in the evening.
Jiang Gui.
"Aiya, my grandpa! You're finally back. Great-Grandfather, all the men, and aunties are looking at you with their eyes wide open.”Rest your horse and leave the lotus leaf
The pond was only seventy miles, Jiang Gui did not walk far before he received it, his heart was very happy.
"Is Old Master alright?" Jiang Gui was a distant nephew of Zeng Guofan's mother, the Jiang family. Seeing Jiang Gui, for the past few days I temporarily forgot
The grief of his mother's death immediately surged into his heart. Zeng Guofan felt a stuffy feeling in his chest, and his voice became bitter.
"The Old Master is in good health. He's just looking forward to your old age every day. He hopes that you'll be home soon, and he's afraid that something will happen.”Jiang
After serving Zeng Guofan to rest, Gui said," Grandpa, you can rest here tonight. This is considered as home. I'll go home now."
Hurry back and tell Old Master."
"It's already so dark. You should leave early tomorrow morning!”
"The family has to make preparations early. He was used to walking at night, so what was a few dozen miles?”
Zeng Guofan took out a tael of silver and gave it to Jiang Gui, saying,"You've worked hard these days. You went to Anhui to deliver a letter, and today you're here again.
It's been difficult for you to pick me up."
Country bumpkins usually used hanging money. It was rare to see silver. Jiang Gui took a tael of white silver and happily took two taels.
After eating, he rushed back to Lotus Leaf Pond overnight.
The next evening, Zeng Guofan arrived at Hejiaao. His ninth brother, Guo Quan, and his full brother, Guo Bao, were already waiting for him. See the hemp rope tied around my waist
The eldest brother walked out of the sedan chair, and the two younger brothers cried together. Zeng Guofan also shed tears. Guoquan left home in the twenty-second year of Daoguang
After that, the brothers never met again, and Guobao had been separated for a full twelve years. Zeng Guofan saw that his two younger brothers had grown into adults and was happy.
Sad, after exchanging pleasantries, they walked back to White Poplar Plain hand in hand.
From afar, he saw the white lamp hanging high in front of his house and the soul flag fluttering. Zeng Guofan was extremely sad. He rushed to the door in three steps.
Go. The three gates had been opened long ago, and dozens of people from the Zeng Residence stood on both sides of the middle gate. Zeng Guofan saw his father leaning on his arm.
Standing in the middle with his crutch, he ran forward recklessly and knelt in front of his father. He choked and said,"Unfilial son is late
It's…"
Before he could finish his words, tears were already flowing down his face. The elder sister Guo Lan, the younger sister Guo Hui Guo Zhi, and the younger brother Guo Huang Guo Hua walked together
Come, help him up. Zeng Guofan greeted his father, uncle, and aunt again. After instructing Guobao to take good care of Kang Fu, he went to his siblings.
Surrounded by people, they entered the main door. After passing through the first room, Zeng Guofan saw the white curtains under the candlelight in the Golden Hall.
The sky was spinning, contrary to his usual steady and restrained state, he stumbled towards the mourning hall, panicking so much that Guo Huang and the others followed closely.
In front of his mother's portrait, Zeng Guofan knelt down and shouted,"Mother!" He only felt his eyes turn black and didn't know anything.
It was over. The whole family was in a panic. Uncle Dongyang knew a little about medicine and said to Lin Shu,"It's fine. This was the result of days of toil, plus
It was caused by excessive grief just now. She would slowly wake up.”
He commanded the crowd to carry Zeng Guofan to the bed, pinched his philtrum, put a cold towel on his forehead, then pried open his teeth and poured it down.
A spoonful of ginger soup. Zeng Guofan slowly woke up. With tears all over his face, he struggled to the side of the coffin to see his mother one last time.
Although Madam Jiang had long been buried in a coffin, the lid of the coffin had not been nailed shut because she had to wait for Zeng Guofan to return. Everyone removed the coffin lid. Zeng Guo
Fan looked at his mother one last time under the candlelight. His mother was very thin, her eyes were closed, and her expression was serene. Zeng Guofan's heart was like
Thousands of arrows were shooting. The crowd opened the coffin, and the lid was quickly closed and nailed shut. Zeng Guofan caressed the coffin lid and thought of his mother.
He was born to work hard for his family and love himself. He remembered that when his mother was seriously ill, he actually didn't serve her medicine for a day.
Hearing his mother's last words and recalling the fright he had suffered two days ago, he almost lost his life and went home. For a moment, his heart ached.
The sadness that had been suppressed in his chest for more than a month and the fear of the past few days rushed out at the same time. he could no longer
After controlling it, she simply cried loudly beside the coffin. Zeng Guofan's cry made everyone in the Zeng residence cry, especially
The Guolan sisters were even calling her mother. After a long while, Lin Shu pulled up his son who was on the coffin and said,
" Kuan Yi." Although his son was now an official assistant minister, Lin Shu still used to call him by his childhood name." You've been working hard for days. Don't be too sad."
It's over." Lin Shu advised his son, his tears already flowing freely.
Since the spring of the twenty-first year of Daoguang, Zeng Guofan sent off his father who escorted his family to Beijing, twelve years had passed.
They never met again. Tonight, Zeng Guofan looked at his white-haired and cowardly father, and his heart was filled with pity.
"Father, what illness did mother get this time?”
"My heart hurts, and I'm dizzy.”
"Why didn't you and your younger brothers mention her illness in your past letters?”Zeng Guofan was puzzled.
He asked.
" I wanted to tell you, but your mother refused. She was afraid that it would affect your work for the emperor…" Lin Shu seemed to have a stomach full of bitterness.
He poured it out to his son, but he was slow to speak and his heart was very sad. For a moment, he was speechless and could not continue. guolan
Lin Shu quickly brought a water pipe for his father. After taking two puffs, he wiped the mouth of the pipe with his hand and handed it to his son. Zeng Guofan waved his hand.
I've been sober for eight years." Hearing his father's words and knowing that his mother was so considerate to him even though she was seriously ill, Zeng Guofan felt even more anxious.
Uncomfortable. He looked at the black coffin that stuck its head out of the curtain, and tears flowed out again. The old man's few longevity items were his.
He had specially paid back the money from the capital and asked his uncle to buy them. At that time, he had made a total of four of them. He also asked him to paint one of them every year.
The next time, and on time to send back the paint silver. He also specifically told his brother that Xiangtan paint was good, but he had to ask more people in the industry, because it was difficult to tell whether the national paint was real or fake.
Distinguish, do not buy with others, in order to prevent fraud; When adding paint, do not use porcelain ash, summer cloth, I am afraid it will not stick with the paint.
After a long time, it shed its shell. He also told his younger brother not to call Huang Er to paint. This person was treacherous and unreliable. He knew that the elders in the family
He would use it sooner or later, so he put in extra effort. But now that he thought of his mother who was lying inside forever, he could not help but feel sad again.
Guo Hui, who had always been good with words, saw her father smoking and knew that her father's old habit was acting up again. The more I have to say
The more he spoke, the more he didn't know what to say. In the end, he just smoked silently. So she continued her father's words and said to her brother,"Three months.
A while ago, I received a letter from my brother. I learned that my brother had released the Jiangxi examiner and was rewarded by the emperor for a month of vacation to visit relatives. The whole family was happy.
She was even happier. Her illness had improved a little and she could get out of bed and walk around now and then. She instructed the family to prepare to welcome her brother back. Painting again
The house, and new clothes--one set for each of the family. When his grandchildren did not improve in their studies, he scolded them,'Uncle will be back in a few days.
Come, let's see if you have the face to meet him. Whenever his sons did something wrong, he would lecture them.'When your big brother comes back, I'm going to tell him!'
After half a month, he was too excited and lay on the bed, muttering all day,'Don't let me go, I'll take it if you're lenient
I'm back, let me see Kuanyi again!'”Zeng Guofan couldn't help but sob again, and Guo Hui was too sad to continue.
The siblings received two cups of hot tea from their family. After taking a sip of tea, Guo Hui continued,""On the morning of the 10th day of the sixth month, mother's illness suddenly broke out.
However, the situation worsened, phlegm rushed up his throat, unable to speak, full brother hurriedly went to the town to invite Jin Taiye. Jin Taiye had no choice but to let him drink ginseng.
Soup. After drinking a bowl of ginseng soup, he dragged it on for another two days. On the 12th, when the lights were lit, seeing that it was not good, Father called the whole family to Mother.
His mother looked around, her eyes wide open as she pointed at the cabinet. No one understood what she meant.
I miss you. I thought that Mother wanted to see the clothes she usually liked to wear, so I quickly took out a few of Mother's good clothes from the cabinet and sent them to her.
In front of his mother. His mother gently pushed it away. Fourth Sister-in-law thought that her mother was going to personally hand the house key to a daughter-in-law and hurriedly took it from the cabinet.
She took out a bunch of keys and shook her head desperately. Father understood Mother's thoughts. He knew that the whole family was here, but they were missing
Brother, mother can't see brother, so she wants to touch the letter that brother sent back. Father personally took out the big bundle that brother had sent back over the years from the cabinet
The letter was placed beside mother's pillow. Mother touched it with both hands and slowly swallowed her breath…"
Zeng Guofan couldn't hold it in anymore. He covered his face with his hands and cried again. He remembered his last words with his mother
On another day-
It was the 2nd day of November, the 19th year of Daoguang, when Zeng Guofan left his residence and entered the capital. The sky was still dark, and amidst the wails,
Zeng Guofan was extremely happy that his second son, Ji Ze, had come to this world. The eldest son Zhen died in the second month due to acne, and his wife Ouyang Shi had been in a difficult position.
Now, she had comfort. Especially the mother, who was eager to carry her grandson. When she saw that it was another grandson, she couldn't stop smiling. eat
After breakfast, the whole family sent Zeng Guofan on his way. His mother ignored his advice and insisted on sending him off. The old man held his hand and walked along the mountain road.
They were sent out ten miles away against the north wind. He was already twenty-nine years old and a father, but his mother still treated him like a child.
Just like how she sent him to study in Hengzhou City every year, she kept reminding him along the way. His mother held back her tears and told him to take care of himself.
If there was a chance in the future, he would come home to visit his parents. Zeng Guofan walked two or three miles away and returned.
When he looked up, he saw his mother still standing on a small hill by the roadside. The northern wind blew her white hair as she stared straight ahead...
For many years, this scene had always lingered in Zeng Guofan's mind, affecting his endless homesickness. Today, my son specially
He came back to see his mother, but his mother could no longer open her eyes to see her son, who had become a high official. Heavens! How can you be so cruel
His heart couldn't extend his mother's life by another three or four months, and he couldn't accompany her in the last part of her life.
What about the days? For a moment, Zeng Guofan seemed to feel that the honor of being a minister and the prosperity of the nine cities of the capital were like dust and ashes.
It was worthless. In this world, only the loved ones between flesh and blood were worth cherishing forever. His tears are like fountains
Surging, he was in so much pain that he wanted to die. He threw himself at the coffin and shouted,"Mother! His son was late! My son has let you down
Ah!"
The entire mourning hall was filled with cries again. Zeng Guofan's siblings cried and fell beside the coffin. Everyone misses the grandeur of the old lady when she was alive
Virtue, even more moved by Guofan's pure filial piety. Extreme grief covered the mourning hall of the Zeng residence like dark clouds. Large drops of tears rained down.
It was sprinkled beside the coffin and in front of the portrait…
Uncle Jiyun came over and helped Zeng Guofan up. Everyone stood up and stopped crying. The cook came in to report that dinner was over.
Get ready. Everyone crowded Zeng Guofan to a hall called the White Jade Hall. After he sat down, the family rejoined.
He bowed.
Lin Shu invited everyone to sit down and have a reunion dinner. Zeng Guofan had just sat down when he suddenly thought of Kang Fulai and quickly sent Jing Qi away.
Please. Kangfu came in and saw that it was Guofan's family reunion, so he refused to sit down. Zeng Guofan pulled him and said,"My dear brother, today's meal
I'll definitely treat you to a meal with my entire family.”
After Kang Fu sat down, how Zeng Guofan met him in Yuezhou City and how he was captured by Long Hair, it was all thanks to him that he saved him.
After a simple explanation, the family members sighed with emotion. The ninth brother, Guo Quan, filled his glass with wine and walked to Kang Fu, saying,""Hero, you
In the name of the entire Zeng family, I toast you with this cup of wine.”
"I dare not!" Kang Fu hurriedly stood up and said repeatedly. This is going to cost me my life!"
As he spoke, he downed the wine in his glass.
After dinner, everyone advised Guofan to rest. Zeng Guofan said,"For more than ten years, I haven't been filial to my mother for a day.
I haven't served medicine for a day. You've been working hard for the past two months. I'm coming back tonight, how can I go without a wake?
Sleeping! Where do you put me? Aren't you afraid that the villagers will laugh at you?"
Everyone saw that what he said made sense. It was already the third watch, so they left Man Di and several other servants in the mourning hall.
They all went to sleep.
When he reappeared in the mourning hall, Zeng Guofan had already changed into mourning clothes. He was wrapped in white cloth and his entire body was white. He said respectfully,
He kowtowed three times in front of his mother's portrait, then washed his hands, put incense in each incense burner, cut the wick from each candle, and then
He walked around the four walls of the mourning hall to see who had sent these mourning scrolls and carefully looked at the materials of the scrolls.
How about touching it with your hands? After looking at it, he called Guo Bao over and asked him to command the servants to bring him back to Jiangxi Province.
Governor Lu Yuanzhen, Jiangxi's Xuezheng Shen Zhaolin, and Hubei's Governor Chang Dachun's elegiac couplet hung high in conspicuous places.
Zeng Guofan twirled his beard and seriously appreciated the elegiac couplets sent by the three people with the highest status.
At the front, especially Chang Dachun's, it was written in the vigorous Wei stele style. The ink was smooth and the pen was full. Zeng Guofan looked at him.
He could not help but recite," The Star Envoy returned from Chaisang. She heard the smile of her loving mother and ascended to heaven. She missed the mountains and mountains, and her soul was in the vast sky. The imperial edict comes from the palace
After the decree was issued, I remembered that my family had received many strange things. I was sad that the clouds were thousands of miles away and looked at the broken green mountains.”
"As expected of a Hengyang scholar. Good intentions and good handwriting.”He praised her in his heart.
He sat down at the spirit table and looked at his mother's portrait in front of him. He thought in a daze, as if his mother was sitting opposite him, and he was still
It was a little scholar from thirty years ago. He was tired of working in the study and ran to the kitchen to help his mother pick beans while listening to his mother's story.
Things. His mother's favorite story was the night she gave birth to him.
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