As a gentleman, Second Master Fei is competent.

Under his teaching, the little guy can not only memorize the "Three Character Classic" and "Hundred Family Names" backwards, but also write more than 80 words. The initiation lesson I am learning is the Book of Filial Piety, and I have learned the third chapter, the princes.

But the method taught by his old man seems to be debatable, the little guy can't read it well, let him read a few more articles, if he recalls it wrong once, he will be punished for reciting it five or even ten times, and the same is true for writing mistakes, and if he dares to be disobedient, he will quit and serve. I don't know if it's because he's too young, and the little guy always makes mistakes, so he's always punished.

Every time she sees her son's little hands being beaten red or even swollen, Qin'er doesn't know how distressed she is, but she thinks that if her son doesn't work hard now, he will be useless in the future, so he can only be a strict mother, and sometimes even teach a lesson with Fei Erye.

Han Xiufeng also realized that his son was not as lively as before, and was worried that pulling out the seedlings would backfire, so he always wanted to find an opportunity to talk to Second Master Fei, but he didn't know how to speak. As a result, the little guy who had slept well just now had nightmares again, talked in his dreams again, and hugged his mother and cried as he spoke.

It's not so much a dream talk, it's better to call someone to save him, and it's his aunt who shouts!

Thinking that his son was forced to memorize so many books, write so many words and even be punished at such a young age, and then thought that the first thing that came to mind after his son was wronged was not his mother, but Ren Yu'er, who had not been together for a few months, Qin'er didn't know how uncomfortable it was, and she burst into tears, and her tears wet her pillow.

"Don't cry, it's okay." Han Xiufeng stroked her hair and comforted: "Don't look at the scenery of scholars, in fact, reading is a very hard thing, so it is said that only by suffering can you become a master." Our baby is not sensible now, I don't know the good intentions of you and me, and when he grows up, he will know that we are for his good. ”

"I know this, I'm not crying because of this." Qin'er burrowed into his arms and choked up.

"What's that?"

"It's not like you didn't hear it, the dog misses Yu'er."

"What's wrong with Yu'er?"

"If Yu'er doesn't leave, Yu'er will teach the baby. The baby likes Yu'er, and she learns quickly with Yu'er, and she doesn't have to be punished. ”

Although it is clear that Yu'er teaches better than Fei Erye, Han Xiufeng still said lightly: "Yu'er is taught, she is playing with the baby, and the baby naturally likes her." ”

Qin'er couldn't hold back any longer, hugged his arm tightly and asked, "Fourth brother, do you blame me?" ”

"What do you blame? Why should I blame you? ”

"Blame me...... Blame me for letting Yu'er go, fourth brother, do you think I look like a jealous woman? ”

"What are you talking about, don't think nonsense, and don't talk nonsense anymore."

Qin'er didn't want to hide things in her heart, so she felt that it was better to say it, so she poked her head out and asked: "Fourth brother, Yu'er is literate and knowledgeable, and she looks good, and she is still going south and north with you, I can see it......"

Han Xiufeng realized that if she didn't make it clear, she would be cranky again, and couldn't help laughing: "You see something, and you talk nonsense again." ”

Qin'er Lihua said with rain: "I'm not talking nonsense, I can't find a few women like Yu'er with lanterns, as long as it's a man, they will like it......"

"The more you talk about it, the farther it goes!" Han Xiufeng simply sat up, gently held her in his arms, stroked her slightly bulging belly, and said like a child: "Yu'er is literate and knowledgeable, but in terms of appearance, she really can't compare with you!" What's more, you are my Han Si's bad wife, and I keep your goodness in my heart bit by bit, how can I think of other women. ”

"Really?" Jean asked, leaning on his chest like a docile rabbit.

"What are you lying to do, I really treat her as a sister, I really don't have any other ideas. What's more, she is not an ordinary woman, she was born in a family of eunuchs, and her father died for serving the court. Not to mention that I am a counselor of the five-grade political secretary, even the princes and ministers dare not easily accept her as a concubine. ”

"If her father hadn't been martyred, what if she had been an ordinary woman?"

"I don't think anything wrong."

"Really?" Jean got up and asked.

Han Xiufeng knew very well that after she was pregnant, she would often have some strange thoughts, so she took her into her arms again, and said with emotion: "You can't forget your roots, I, Han Si, have only lived a few good days, how can I have the idea of having three wives and four concubines." Don't say that there is no now, and there will be no in the future, when the baby grows up, I will write a "Han Family Motto", in the future, my Han family descendants will not be allowed to take concubines, if anyone dares to violate this discipline, they are not worthy of being my Han family! ”

"Why are you not allowed to take concubines, I see that many officials and masters take concubines, and some even accept several rooms."

"There are many officials who don't take concubines."

"But what if there is no queen?"

"Adoptive."

Qin'er muttered: "How can the adoptive be better than his own son." ”

Han Xiufeng muttered: "The successor is a relative who is not born by himself, but the successor is my Han family, and the same is our descendant." It's better than taking a concubine to cause discord and cause trouble. What's more, as soon as this precedent is opened, the little family business we have worked so hard to save will be almost over. ”

"Won't it?"

"Why not, don't believe it, think about those big families in our Ba County, how many concubines did they have when they made a fortune? When there are unscrupulous descendants who take concubines, it will not be far from the middle of the family. ”

Qin'er tilted her head and thought for a while, and muttered, "It's really true to think about it!" ”

"Actually, you don't have to think about it, we have it all around us, Old Master Ji has not accepted concubines for several generations, and Old Master Huang has been the same for several generations, I still think of a person."

"Who?"

"I also heard from Master Guo when I was in Taizhou, I don't know that person, but he is very famous."

"Who the hell is it, have I heard of it?" Qin'er asked eagerly.

"You shouldn't have heard of it, but nowadays, as long as you are an official, everyone is like thunder." Han Xiufeng smiled and continued: "He is Lord Zeng of Zeng Guofan, who was the same year as Lord Duan and Lord Guo, and is now quelling the chaos in Hubei. ”

"Lord Zeng plans to take a concubine?"

"Lord Zeng no, I'm talking about his family's business, he has a younger brother named Zeng Guohua, because his uncle has no children, Zeng's father passed him on to his uncle as an heir. And this Zeng Guohua is quite talented, his adoptive father, biological father, including Zeng Daren's brother, have high expectations for him, but when he and his other brother Zeng Guobao went to the provincial capital to take the exam, he fell in love with a Qinglou woman and wrote a letter to his family saying that he wanted to take a concubine. ”

"Yes?" Qin'er asked curiously.

"How easy is it, his biological father, uncle and several brothers were surprised when they saw the letter, because they moved to Xiangxiang for so many years, and there was no precedent for several generations to take concubines, and they all felt that this was a 'great misfortune for the family', and the family discussed it, first asked several brothers of the same generation to persuade them, and found that it was useless to persuade them, and his biological father, that is, the father of Zeng Adult, personally went to persuade them."

"Did you persuade you in the end?"

"I couldn't persuade him, and I heard Lord Guo say that the main reason was that Lord Zeng's father felt that he had passed on to that room, and it was hard to say a lot of things. And his uncle, who is also his adoptive father, is a little afraid of him, and the wife he is marrying is timid and small, anyway, it is difficult for a Qing official to cut off family affairs, and he can only accept it after nearly a year. But it's not the Qinglou woman, it's another woman in the township. ”

"It's not a matter of acceptance!"

"I mean, taking a concubine is not a good thing, it will only make the family restless."

Qin'er thought about it and found that there was indeed some truth, and asked: "As the saying goes, the ugliness of the family should not be publicized, how did Master Guo know about this?" ”

"Lord Guo and Lord Zeng are in-laws, and Lord Guo promised his family's daughter to the little son of Zeng's family as early as when he was in Hanlin Academy. It is said that the daughter of Lord Guo's family was only two years old at that time, and the little son of Zeng's family was just one year old at that time. ”

"This family is so good, Master Guo is really discerning!" Qin'er said enviously.

Han Xiufeng was happy, and couldn't help laughing: "Where do you want to go, Lord Guo is not so snobbish, didn't you say it just now, Lord Guo and Lord Zeng were originally in the same year, and they were selected as the Jishi of the Hanlin Academy together." If it is really about family background, Lord Guo was born in a famous family, and his family background is better than that of Zeng's family. ”

"So you say that Lord Zeng's family has climbed high?"

"It's not about Gao Pan, Lord Guo and Lord Zeng are both Jinshi, and the two families are a good match."

Thinking that the baby's father not only had no other thoughts about Ren Yuer, but even planned to write a family motto to prevent future generations from taking concubines, Qin'er was sweet in her heart, and then thought of the previous cranky thoughts and nonsense and was a little embarrassed, and hurriedly followed the words of the doll's relatives and said: "Fourth brother, if there is a right person, will we also help the dog to marry the doll?" ”

"It's okay if you really meet the right one, but first you have to look at the other party's character and the other party's family style. If the character is not good, this parent can't get married, and if the family style is not right, this family can't be married. ”

"Fourth brother, our family's family style is like this, I think it's almost enough."

"What do you mean by our family's family style?" Han Xiufeng asked rhetorically, and said in high spirits: "Qin'er, do you know why I continue to be this official even after making money?" Not for anything else, but for our family! Righteous people first correct themselves, first start with ourselves, and then teach the baby well, and then pass on poems and books, cultivate and read heirlooms, and in a few decades, our Han family will be a famous family by then! ”

"By then, we will no longer be there." Qin'er sneered.

"We're not at home, and we're still here, and people live for a lifetime, isn't that what we're doing."

……

Just when Han Xiufeng was full of pride and wanted to turn the Han family into a famous family, Ren Yu'er took advantage of the fact that everyone else was asleep, and took Lian'er, who did not dare to go out of the cabin during the day, to the deck, looking at the faintly visible coastline, and said with a smile: "Lian'er, listen to the boatman's explanation that you can get to Jiaojiao in the afternoon, and then go ashore with me, go to Hai'an for two days, and then hire a car with Mr. Gu to find Mr. Wang in Shanghai." ”

"Oh......" Lian'er's words were not clear, so he said very little, either "oh" or "um", or nodded.

Ren Yu'er knew that she was not perfunctory, and then thought that although she had a father and a mother, she had lived like a prisoner for more than ten years, she couldn't help but hold Lian'er's arm, looked back at the endless sea in the night, and faced the sea breeze, and said with a little heroism and excitement: "Lian'er, you know that you have been wronged all these years, but at least you still have a mother's pain." My father died, and my mother died earlier, but I don't think I'm so bitter, just like the fourth master said, I'm the luckiest woman in the world now, I can do whatever I want, and I can go wherever I want. You're the luckiest woman in the world now, just like me! ”

Lian'er never felt how lucky she was, and subconsciously looked up at Ren Yu'er like a madman.

Ren Yu'er let go of her hand and brushed her hair that was blown by the sea breeze, looked down at Lian'er with a smile and said with a smile: "In a few days, I will take you to Shanghai to find a foreign doctor for treatment, and when your mouth is healed, it will become beautiful." Your mother entrusted you to me, and you will follow me in the future, and it doesn't matter if you don't go back to that home in the capital. I want to teach you to read and write, take you to places where your father and mother have never been, and walk all the roads that you haven't traveled in the past ten years. If you want to marry someone in the future, you can choose a wishful husband by yourself, and when the time comes, I will help you propose marriage, and I will help you decide! ”

Lian'er has never seen such a woman, in fact, she has never seen anyone else except her mother and eldest sister until now, thinking that the official ladies are like this, and she was stunned for a while.

"Really, I won't lie to you." Qin'er stroked Lian'er's head, and snickered: "Your mother gave you so much silver, as long as you are frugal and spend, not to mention that you don't have to worry about your livelihood in the next ten or eight years, and you even have a dowry." Don't worry, I won't be greedy for your silver, I still have silver, and it's enough for me to spend ten or eight years. ”