Chapter Eighty-Five: Concubinage
"If you don't make the list, you won't be on the list, there are more people in the world who have fallen off the list."
Li Luan'er took Li Feng'er to the backyard: "Didn't you see that there is a white-haired man with children and grandchildren who still go to the scientific examination, how old is he, and he has only taken the exam twice." ”
Having said that, the corners of Li Luan'er's lips showed that she was very happy now, very happy.
"I think he has wanted to pass the exam all his life." Li Feng'er smiled and said: "His character is not good, even if he passes the exam, he can't be a good official, it's better not to be successful, at least there is one less corrupt official in the world." ”
"Okay, don't talk about the Cui family, how their family is, it's okay with us." Li Luan'er interrupted Li Feng'er's words.
If it was usual, Li Feng'er would have gotten off the donkey down the slope and stopped mentioning it, but today I don't know why, Xu is evil breath in his heart must come out, and he can't stop talking about Cui Zhenggong: "Sister, he only doesn't go well in the scientific examination, the key is that this time he came out of the examination room, the goods are sick again, and the illness is not light, I heard that the Cui family's Yanzhi side sent him medicine to extend the doctor, so he had no choice but to send someone to send him back, what he was afraid of was ......"
Li Feng'er leaned closer and whispered: "I'm afraid that he will die in the capital, and the bones will have to be transported back." ”
"Oh?" Li Luan'er raised her eyebrows, thinking of the ancient scientific examination system, she couldn't help but sigh: "There are many people who are carried out of the Gongyuan in the spring and autumn every year, and I don't know how many people die in order to advance the exam. ”
Li Feng'er pouted: "He deserves to be unlucky, he wants to be motivated, and he doesn't see if he has the ability." ”
Speaking of this, the sisters stopped the topic and didn't talk about the Cui family, but went to the backyard to take the account book and began to settle the accounts, and discussed the matter of entering Beijing.
It's just that they don't know that the Cui family's father and son are now talking about Li Luan'er.
Cui Zhenggong was lying on the bed, his face was a little pale, coughing for a while, and he looked really sick.
Cui Qian, the old man of the Cui family, and his wife Song looked at Cui Zhenggong with a heartbroken face, and Song comforted his son with a smile: "Son, it's nothing if you don't pass the exam this time, let's have a next time, that is, you don't want to take the test, and you don't say anything for your mother, after all, we are not the same kind of Zhuang family, just rely on your fame to support the family, although we are not as powerful as Changzhi, but our family is never short of money and food, and it is not bad for you to be a rich man with peace of mind." ”
"That's what your mother said." Although Cui Qian said that he had high hopes for his son, he couldn't bear to persecute his son: "After all, you already have a reputation for raising people, wherever you go, people have to look up to you, if you want to be an official, your father will plan with you, if you want to be idle, our family has a house, land and a shop, and we can't starve you." ”
Song nodded busily.
Cui Zhenggong coughed a few times, and reached out to hold Song's hand: "My father and mother understand what my son meant, but my son, my son is unwilling." ”
Speaking of this, Cui Zhenggong's cough couldn't stop, Song hurriedly patted him, Cui Qian brought him water to drink, and it was easy for him to lie down, and he saw Cui Zhenggong's cheeks coughing red, panting and saying: "My son is enlightened at the age of five, and he has read books for so many years, and he thinks that he is rich and rich and five cars are also a belly of poetry and book etiquette, how, how is it that he has failed many times, and his son is unwilling......"
"Son, it's all fate." Song turned his back and wiped his tears: "We are unwilling, let's accept our fate." ”
Speaking of life, Cui Zhenggong suddenly remembered something, his hands were even harder, and the hands of the Song family who grabbed them hurt, but she had to endure it because of her son.
Cui Zhenggong turned his head to look at Cui Qian, and suddenly, his already lifeless face glowed with dazzling brilliance, which frightened Cui Qian.
"Father, mother, son remembered something."
"My son, if you have something, you can tell me." Song helped Cui Zhenggong sit up and leaned on a pillow behind him.
Cui Zhenggong stared at Cui Qian and invited him to Tongfu Building, and then Daoist Zhang met the sisters of the Li family and Daoist Zhang's words: "Originally, the son did not go to his heart, that Li Luan'er's family background was poor, his parents died early, where is the blessing, coupled with her appearance, nine out of ten people want to say that she is blessed and short-lived, but the more the son thinks about it, the more he feels that Daoist Zhang's words are true." ”
Speaking of this, Cui Zhenggong coughed again, and the frightened Song family hurriedly comforted him: "Don't listen to that Taoist nonsense, I can't say it, he was bought by that little slut of the Li family." ”
At this time, Cui Qian glared at the Song family, and the frightened Song family didn't dare to say anything.
"I know Zhang Daochang, he is a descendant of Longhu Mountain, but not a little girl can buy it, besides, Zhang Daochang has a very good set of fortune-telling, but it is not comparable to such a warlock."
"So, Daoist Zhang's words are credible, how can this be good?" When Song heard this, his face immediately changed color.
Cui Qian nodded: "It should be credible." ”
Cui Zhenggong looked at Cui Qian, and then looked at Song: "My son also thinks his words are credible, mother, think about it, when my son was sick like that, my father asked famous doctors all over the place and said that my son was afraid that it would not happen, and he also said that his family would prepare for the future. ”
"But." Song was still a little hesitant: "If she is blessed, how can she ...... her father and mother?"
Cui Qian thought for a long time and sighed: "This is a long story, when Li Luan'er's father died, Li Luan'er was not at home at that time, her father went to the mountains to hunt and was gone, what happened to her mother's death, let's think about it, when she married into our family, her mother's illness worsened little by little, and it was ...... later."
Song thought about it: "In this way, this Li Luan'er is really blessed." ”
Cui Zhenggong has been thinking about this for a long time, and now that he has persuaded his parents, he quickly nodded: "Mother, think about it again, when our family divorced her, what was the Li family like, the poor were almost unable to open the pot, and now what the Li family is like, she returned to her parents' house for less than a year, and the Li family has become a big family in our Phoenix County, and the son also heard that the small restaurant in Li Chun is a good business, and she has made a lot of money in the past half a year, and Li Luan'er is also capable, taking her brother and sister to buy a house and buy a property, who said that she doesn't pick a thumbs up." ”
"The point is." Seeing that the Song family was a little moved, Cui Zhenggong made persistent efforts: "That Daoist Zhang can say that Li Feng'er's life is more expensive, what is it expensive." ”
"My son, don't talk nonsense." Cui Qian and Song spoke at the same time.
The Song family hurriedly covered Cui Zhenggong's mouth: "What is unspeakably expensive, can she still marry an official family and become a queen?" If she is the daughter of an official, she can't say that she can do it, but she is a country girl without a father and mother, this, how is this possible. ”
Cui Zhenggong thought that Song's words were right, so he didn't mention Li Feng'er anymore.
Cui Qian looked at Cui Zhenggong and thought for a while: "According to what you say, if Li Luan'er is really lucky, do you still plan to let her re-enter our house." ”
"This can't be done, this can't be done." Song waved his hand again and again: "If you don't marry a wife, but now, ...... That Zhang family is not easy to get along with, we can't make enemies with the Zhang family. ”
Cui Zhenggong smiled and pulled down Song's hand: "Mother, who said that I want to marry a wife, what I want is for her to enter our house, this concubine, isn't it also for her to enter the door." ”
Cui Qian couldn't help but nod when he heard this: "This is a good idea, not to offend the Zhang family, but also to see if she is as lucky as Zhang Daochang said." ”
Song lowered his head: "This, is she willing?" At the beginning, she entered the door in the name of the main room, and now she is a concubine......"
"How she didn't want to." Cui Qian immediately lowered his face: "What kind of family does she want to find as an abandoned woman, instead of marrying those rough men in the countryside, it is better to be a concubine for our gong'er, at least, she will never be wronged in eating and drinking, madam, think about it, in terms of her family background, in addition to our family, what kind of family else does she want to find." ”
In a word, the Song family no longer spoke.
Cui Zhenggong bowed to Cui Qian on the bed: "This matter is up to Lao's father, my son wants to quickly admit her into the door, and my son's illness will be cured soon......"
The family of three was discussing in the house, but they didn't want to, their words had already been heard.
But it turned out that Zhang Ying was also anxious about Cui Zhenggong's illness, and went to her parents' house early today to ask her father to help find a good doctor.
As soon as she returned to the courtyard, she saw that there was no one around, and it was quiet everywhere, so she was a little puzzled, it turned out that Zhang Ying wanted to call someone, and then she thought about it, maybe Cui Zhenggong fell asleep, so she didn't dare to make a move, and she turned back to give her girls a look, telling them to slow down.
When she walked under the porch, Zhang Ying happened to hear the Cui family's father and son discussing the matter of taking a concubine, and when she heard this, Zhang Ying's face changed on the spot.
It has only been how long she has been married to the Cui family, and the family wants to take a concubine, and it is not a cheap concubine with a deed of sale, but a good citizen with a free identity, this is the rhythm of accepting a noble concubine.
Zhang Ying hated it on the spot and wanted to lift the curtain and enter the house to ask, where did she not live with the Cui family, but Liu Er dragged behind her and whispered: "Lady is angry, it's useless for you to go in and make trouble, you will only end up with a bad reputation." ”
Zhang Ying took a deep breath, only then did she suppress the anger in her heart, and she didn't want to listen to what the Cui family father and son said anymore, so she turned around and left with a few girls.
When she arrived in the hall in front of her, the more she thought about it, the more angry she became, and she couldn't sit still anymore, so she only asked someone to prepare a sedan chair and said that she was going out.
Liu Er's persuasion was useless, so she had to ask someone to prepare a sedan chair by Zhang Ying, Zhang Ying got on the sedan chair, and wanted to go back to her parents' house, but she thought about it before she came out of her mother's house, and it was a little wrong to go back, and she thought of Li Luan'er, thinking that she had already called the Cui family to take a break, and she was still restless, and hooked Cui Zhenggong with what kind of fateful thing, so that Cui Zhenggong was thinking about her when she was sick, and she was really angry, so she wanted to go to Li's house to make a scene, and also asked Li Luan'er to see that her Zhang family's lady was not so weak. RS