Chapter 15: Funeral
But Fan Li didn't go back to the funeral directly, but took a business trip first, why is this? Because Fan Li is still very poor!
My mother died, do I need some money to take care of it, but where does this money come from? Who to borrow? Can you open this mouth? As soon as "Dangdangdang" knocked on the door, people asked: Ouch, Fan Li, what are you doing here?
Fan Li said: Big brother, I'll borrow some money!
The person asked again: Oh Mom, didn't I just borrow you?
Fan Liang said: My mother is dead!
Can you say that? And at this time, Fan Li's choice and this route are the result of a trade-off between left and right.
First: If Fan Li goes back halfway, it means that I didn't complete the examiner's task, how can you explain to the emperor when you go back!
Second: I don't have any money, if I get to that place, it means that I am in office, I will stay for a day or two and then go back to the funeral, anyway, it is not bad for one or two days, my task is in place, and then I will go back, this nature is completely different from the halfway you go back, there is no way to have an accident in my family!
Third: Will I be idle when I take office? I've got to hurry up! I don't remember what Fan Li did before he went to the capital to take up his post: it was to visit guests! What do you do? Make hay!
So when he arrived, he could get a sum of money, and then I said that I was leaving, and someone must have asked: My lord, why are you leaving?
Fan Li can say at this time: Mom, my mother is gone!
Who said that anyone who heard this could be embarrassed to give two dollars, not with a white envelope, isn't it all money!
So Fan Li went to the local government first, and then went home. At this time, Fan Li temporarily ended his career in officialdom for several years, and he didn't know what the future would be.
Secondly, he really wants to take advantage of his mother's funeral to go home and rest well, as for what will happen after the end of the three-year filial piety, we will see later.
Someone once said that no matter how old you are or how successful your career is, as long as you still have a mother, then you still have a home!
This is especially true for people who work hard outside, and the same is true for Fan Li, who grew up beside his mother, but after he became a Beijing official, he hasn't been home for more than ten years. His father and younger brothers went to the capital to see him, but he had not seen his mother for more than ten years.
So Fan Li misses his mother in his heart, and he also feels guilty about his mother in his heart, I talked about the situation of Fan Li's family before, and the situation at home is not very good, so it is limited to being able to eat enough.
He is equivalent to a poor student, when he becomes a big official, his income is not enough to ensure that the family lives a life of fine clothes and fine food, and the slightly better life is only that his father is helping others outside, and he must be dressed and eat and drink from time to time.
Speaking of which, let's talk about his father's situation first, this old man has cultivated a big official like Fan Li, so he played the role of a squire in the countryside.
There are also some lawsuits in the yamen, and some people take money to this old man to ask him to help, and this old man also chats with the magistrates, and these magistrates also give him some face, so he can also help everyone settle some things, as for public injustice, you have to rely on money.
So this old man is also beautiful outside, and those who begged him to do things have also invited him to eat and drink a lot, and he also wears a streamer and slippery clothes on weekdays.
But what about Fan Li's mother, as a working woman who is diligent and thrifty, what kind of light can she touch Fan Li. Usually eat something good, wear something good may not be reluctant, don't look at him Old Man Fan everywhere to help people talk about things, things look very beautiful, but they are all full of big heads, and the family is actually very thrifty.
So when Fan Li returned home, learned about the situation at home and his mother's daily life, he was full of guilt.
He originally thought that through his own efforts, he would glorify the family and make a career, and then I would ascend to heaven by myself, so that my family would enjoy happiness and glory.
However, the son wants to raise but does not wait, his mother went early, he didn't expect his mother to leave so early, in fact, his grandfather was still alive at this time, so his mother died very early, but it has become a fact, so he can only accept it.
So, Fan Li returned to his hometown with such a mentality, and along the way he thought about a lot of memories of his youth, recalling all kinds of mother's love for him when he was a child, including the time when he was studying, his mother took the initiative to help him grab the job in order to let him have more time to study.
It also includes every time he goes to catch the exam, every time his mother helps him pack up the things, and he explains a lot in a wordy manner, saying that he should take care of his body, pay more attention to rest or something, and eat more good food on the road...... Before leaving, he was sent out to the entrance of the village!
And the last time, when Fan Liang entered Beijing to take office, this was the last time he said goodbye to his mother, but he didn't expect it to be a farewell, at that time, it was also his mother who helped him clean up, and he explained a lot of things while packing his luggage, like what usually pay more attention to his body at work, be an official, get along with colleagues, don't fight with the emperor, don't mess with colleagues, etc.......
These things seem to have happened yesterday in the blink of an eye, and this feeling is actually very sad, and this kind of scene is hovering in Fan Li's mind day and night.
I won't say much about that, but let's talk about what happened when Fan Li was born. It is said that on the night Fan Liang was born, his mother was sleeping, and that night he dreamed that there was a giant python in the sky and suddenly rushed to his house, and directly drilled into Fan Li's mother's room from the roof, and then in the blink of an eye, it actually got into Fan Li's mother's stomach, and Fan Li's mother gave birth to Fan Li that night.
Afterwards, Fan Li's mother told the family about this, and everyone thought it was incredible, if this is really the case, then isn't this child the womb of the python fairy?
Is this a good thing or a bad thing? As soon as the family discussed, Fan Li's grandfather said: This is a good thing! This is really unusual, I heard that ancient generals and celebrities had visions when they were born, didn't Guo Ziyi in history also hear that it was a python reincarnated? Maybe our family will be developed in the future, and we have to be kind to this child.
So after this, the people in the family are not the same to Fan Li, and they let him come with any good things!