In the blink of an eye, Qian Jin was ten years old, and his stature gradually increased. Maybe it's because he often runs, he eats a lot of food, and he learned some rough boxing and foot kung fu from Lao Qian, and he looks taller than children of the same age.

On this day, the Mid-Autumn Festival, the private school has a three-day holiday. There was nothing to do left and right, and Qian Jin called Luo San to hang out in Guanhai City. Since the Wang Lun incident, several of them have become the hardcore of Qian Jin.

Guanhai City is not big, but the prosperity is not inferior to a prefecture city. Directly north is the county office, Guanhaiwei, post station and other yamen errand places, take the meaning of looking north to Kyoto; From the southeast to the southwest of the city, there is a long row of shops, and it is also the most prosperous place in Guanhai City; To the west of the city are various workshops, from a large anchor to a rivet.

Walking out of the south of the city to the sea, there is the largest seaport in the country of Chen, Moon Port. There are large and small shipyards along the coast, and many of the ships of the Chen State are from here. Tea, porcelain, silk, cotton, ironware and other materials produced in the interior were continuously loaded and transported from here to the capital and other places, and some were also transported to Nanyang and other places by smuggling fleets.

In addition to studying, Qian Jin also occasionally went out to hang out, and had a general understanding of some of the products and customs of Chen Guo. According to his previous experience, the fastest way to get to know a city quickly is to wander around the streets.

A few of them stopped and stopped along the way, and they would enter every store, but they only asked and didn't buy. Those merchants saw that they were just a few teenagers, and they didn't pay much attention to it. In the end, Qian Jin bought a silver beaded flower in a small shop and bought a few mung bean cakes, which he planned to take back to his mother and Bao'er.

After a morning, Luo San's stomach began to drum early, and he begged several times to find a place to eat. It seems that shopping is really a manual job, and I don't know why those girls in their previous lives were always happy.

A few people found a shop in an alley and sat down, ordered a few dishes to fill their stomachs, and most of the meals went into the fat man's stomach.

"Fatty, it's time to lose weight, being too fat is not good for your health." Qian Jin couldn't help but persuade.

"Boss, I just have a good appetite and eat everything deliciously."

"You just have to listen honestly to what the boss says." This Sun Leopard has been the best at things since he was a child, and he has been perfected in kung fu, and I don't know if he is familiar with it or if he can play small.

"Okay, leopard, it's a blessing to be able to eat, and don't bully the fat man." When Qian Jin was in his previous life, he caught a leopard and had a very deep memory, so he usually likes to call Sun Leopard a leopard.

Seeing that several people had finished eating, Qian Jin smiled and asked, "What are your plans for the future?" You can't just hang out in a private school all the time, can you? ”

"Boss, in a few years, I guess I'll go on a boat with my family." As soon as it came to running a boat, Sun Bao became excited, with a look of fascination in his eyes, and said: "Actually, running a boat is also quite interesting, to be a conqueror of the sea, how can you be comfortable in this line of work." ”

"Be careful that the government catches you for smuggling and clicks you off." The fat man teased on the sidelines.

"What are you afraid of, as soon as the government comes, I will flee to the sea and let them eat my fart." The leopard said disapprovingly.

"What about you, Kuroko, what do you want to do in the future?" Because Hu Jizhong looked dark, Qian Jin gave him the nickname Heizi. Of the three, he is the most honest.

"I want to be the same as the boss, and I will be named on the gold list in the future." Kuroko smiled shyly.

"Uh...... Why do you think I want to be an official? Qian Jin said with a smile.

"Boss, why shouldn't you be an official?" The fat man leaned over with a big face.

Qian Jin looked at the expectant eyes of the three of them and sighed in his heart. In his previous life, he was just a small clerk, with a small salary every month, and he couldn't survive or starve. If you do it all over again, not to mention that you want to be rich in the world, at least you can't be poor anymore. So he laughed and said, "Actually...... I want to be a rich man, and in the future, I will travel all over the world, see all over the world, and eat all over the world. ”

When the fat man heard this, he said excitedly: "Then the boss will remember to take me with you in the future." "Since Qian Jin joined this small group, he has become the backbone of several people, and the fat man is a diehard.

Sun Bao next to him said with a disdainful face: "You know how to eat ......."

Watching these brothers who grew up fooling around together, Qian Jin felt extremely peaceful in his heart. Who can say what will happen in the future, and enjoy the peace of this moment.

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The next day, Qian Jin took a leave of absence with the county school to visit home.

As soon as he arrived at the door, he saw Bao'er running out of the yard crying, and Wen chasing after her. When Bao'er saw that he had met Guanyin Bodhisattva, she ran to him and shouted, "Brother save me." ”

Qian Jin protected Bao'er behind him and asked, "Mother, but Bao'er is naughty?" ”

Wen sighed and said, "Now that Bao'er has turned seven years old, if she doesn't wrap her feet, her feet will grow. If this woman doesn't bind her feet...... I can't get married in the future. ”

Qian Jin couldn't help but be a little angry when he heard this, but it wasn't aimed at his mother.

Since coming to this world, the people around me have opened and closed their mouths to the "Three Principles and Five Constants", especially the "Husband as Wife". Men marry wives who like women with small feet entangled. If a woman has a pair of golden lotuses from three villages, it goes without saying that she will marry a good family, and she will also receive rave reviews in the future. To put it bluntly, women are just vassals of men.

Other people's money can't be controlled, but his sister definitely can't be poisoned by this, so he diverted the topic and said: "Mother, I'll talk about this later." I'm dying of hunger. ”

Wen hurried to prepare the meal. Bao'er pulled Qian Jin to intercede, telling her not to entangle the rags that hurt the dead man.

Now Bao'er's stature has also begun to rise, with two pigtails and a small dimple on her round face. At this moment, her cherry mouth was extremely aggrieved, and the two lines of tears on her face had not yet dried.

Qian Jin took out the mung bean cake and shook it, and Bao'er finally broke into tears and laughed and snatched it from his hand. Looking at Bao'er's feast, Qian Jin's face was filled with a satisfied smile, and at the same time, he began to think about ways to persuade his mother.

After lunch, Qian Jin moved a stool and asked his mother to sit down, and then glanced at Bao'er. Bao'er understood, so she went to the stove room to clean up the dishes and chopsticks.

Qian Jin took out the bead flower he bought yesterday and gently pinned it to his mother's head, and deliberately walked to his mother to take a closer look, and praised again and again: "Mother is really dignified and beautiful, and now I finally know why Lao Qian wanted to marry you." ”

When the scribe heard this, his heart was very useful, but he still smiled and scolded: "Don't think that I don't know what you think in your heart, you alone as a man about this foot-binding matter." ”

"Mother, how about listening to my story?" Qian Jin said with a smile. My mother has always liked to watch dramas, and she loves the dramas of talented and beautiful women the most. Just after a while, he had already thought of the subject.

Wen glanced back at his son suspiciously, but did not refuse. Qian Jin gently put a pair of thumbs on his mother's temples and gently rubbed them, and when she relaxed, he opened the conversation.

"Once upon a time, there was a poor boy named Zhu Chongba, who gave cattle to the landlord's family, went to the temple to be a monk, and suffered all kinds of hardships. It happened that the world was in turmoil, and the rebels from all over the country rose up one after another. Zhu Chongba found an opportunity to work as a clerk for a rebel leader, and he worked very hard. ”

"The daughter of this chief's family is surnamed Ma, and she is very beautiful. Miss Ma saw that Zhu Chongba was motivated and talented, so she fell in love with him. The leader also wanted to keep Zhu Chongba in service, so he allowed the two of them to get married. ”

"What's going on in the end?" Wen asked.

The drama of the talented and beautiful woman really worked, and Qian Jin saw that his mother had already entered the play, so he continued: "Once, the rebel army suffered a defeat and fled in all directions. Zhu Chongba was also seriously injured, and if he didn't escape in time, he would be caught and killed. Miss Ma immediately rolled up her sleeves, rolled up her trousers, and carried Zhu Chongba out of the battlefield. At this time, everyone found out that this Miss Ma had a pair of big feet, so they laughed at her. ”

"What happened later......"

"Later, this Zhu Chongba became the emperor, and he named Miss Ma the queen, so that her mother would be the world."

"You can't make this story up, do you?"

"Real People and Real Stories......"

The story cited by Qian Jin is the story of Zhu Yuanzhang and Queen Ma. In later generations, there was a saying of "exposing the horse's feet", which was the big feet of Queen Ma.

Wen was silent for a while. Of course she understood her son's intentions. The daughter cried with her feet in pain, of course she was distressed as a mother. But the women of Chen Guo are bound to their feet, and if they don't wrap their feet, others will laugh at them and say nothing, and it will be difficult to marry when they grow up.

"Jin'er, how can a mother not feel sorry for her daughter. It's just that if Bao'er can't get married in the future, won't it hurt her for the rest of her life? ”

"Mother, it's all harmful old customs. If Bao'er can't get married, what if I, as a brother, will support her for the rest of my life? ”

Wen was silent for a long time. When she encountered a bandit, her mother was robbed and killed by the bandits because her little feet couldn't run fast and she had to protect her to escape. Every time she thinks of old things, she can't help but feel uncomfortable. After half a ring, Wen sighed: "When your father comes back, you can go and tell him yourself." ”

Qian Jin thought to himself, Old Qian doesn't listen to you, it seems that this matter is basically settled. Bao'er naturally cheered when she heard the news.

Now that Bao'er is growing up, she has to start thinking about her education. It's just that Chen Guo's private school never accepts women, and the reason is because a certain saint said: "A woman is virtuous if she is not talented." ”

A woman from a large family usually asks her husband to come to her home to teach, but it is only a little better than being blind. Lao Qian and he are usually not at home, and there are only female dependents at home, so it will not work to ask Mr. to come to the house to teach.

"Looks like we're going to have to go into battle myself." Qian Jinxin said.