After wandering on the bank of the river for a while, Han Gang, who had made up her mind, wanted to go back home to continue studying, and Han Yunniang also wanted to go back to clean up the housework, so she helped Han Gang to walk towards the village.

The two had just walked to the entrance of the village, when a person came from the downstream ferry, and when he saw him, Han Gang's footsteps couldn't help but stop, and the little girl suddenly hid behind him timidly for some reason.

The man's face was full of pimples, his eyes were bulging, his mouth was protruding, and the brown silk cloth could not cover his belly. At first glance, it looks like a fat toad that is about to hibernate after autumn. It's also rare for people to look like this. Han Gang recognized him through the memories of his predecessor, and it was Li Lezi, who was constantly prying on the Han family to sell his fields.

Li Lezi is the No. 1 family in the village, and the pimples on his face are like a flipped pomegranate peel, like a toad, so with this nickname, how many years have he called, and few people even know his real name. His reputation in the village is not good, but he married Huang Deyong, the head of the county government, nicknamed Huang Da Mao, and through Huang Deyong, he got acquainted with Chen Ju, who has been passed down from three generations to his ancestors and grandchildren in Chengji County!

This Chen Ju is a well-known extravagant figure in the rivers and lakes of Kansai, and has a reputation for squandering his wealth - although all his sparse wealth is exploited from the people of Chengji County.

Chen Ju inherited the business of his father and ancestors, and controlled the government affairs of Chengji County for 30 years, and once let the two magistrates, seven or eight chief bookkeepers, and county lieutenants disgrace from Chengji County to resign for crimes, and one of them was also robbed of his official body, 'chasing down the words since he was born' - that is to say, the unlucky magistrate was stripped of his official skin, and his name was removed from the official court and the court of judges, which made the officials more afraid than taking the official office, after all, there is still a chance to recover from the official position. Another, more unlucky, took part in a lifelong tour of Qiongzhou [now Haikou, Hainan], and never returned from crossing the sea.

Since then, none of the subsequent county magistrates, chief secretaries and other Chengji County officials have dared to provoke Chen Ju. And Chen Ju also knows that as long as the officials on his head are honest, he will not bully the officials too much, so the two are at peace.

Li Lezi climbed the great god Chen Ju, and since four years ago, he has become the Lizheng of Ha Long Bay Village. He relied on Chen Ju and his in-laws, and passed on many taxes to others, causing harm to many families in the village. However, if it weren't for the fact that the Han family was seriously ill and urgently needed money, with the Han family's background, he would not have been bullied by Li Lezi.

Maybe it was due to the influence of the original owner of the body, or maybe there was also the reason why he had learned the inside story in the past few days, Han Gang had no good impression of Li Lezi at all. For the sake of a piece of land, I want to kill people and set fires, no matter what era of the previous life and the next life, there are always such people. If it hadn't fallen on his head, Han Gang wouldn't have cared about it. But Li Lezi used almost deceptive means to loot the Han family's farm house into his own hands little by little. Han Gang had already sworn in his heart that he would definitely repay it in the future.

In front of the enemy, Han Gang was even more polite, he arched his hand at Li Lezi and saluted: "Li Lizheng, I haven't seen you for many days, it's always good?" ”

Han ...... The third brother of the Han family! Good, good, all good. Li Lezi replied with some embarrassment. His voice was as hoarse as a duck, and the look in his eyes was for some reason very resentful.

Li Lezi's expression, Han Gang saw it in his eyes. He was a little puzzled, Li Lezi had already scraped off the family's farmhouse as he wished, and it was natural for him to hate him, but he hated himself, but where did he start? …… Is it really because he is worried that his family will redeem the land?

Han Gang arched his hand at Li Lezi and put on a sincere look: "The little nephew has been sick for half a year, and during this time, the family is taking care of it. When he has a free day, he will give thanks with wine. I hope that Li Zheng will not shirk at that time. ”

"Well said, well said!" Li Lezi frowned, the third child of the Han family was originally a talented man who could write and martial arts, but he was a little arrogant and didn't like to deal with people very much. I didn't expect to travel abroad for two years, but now I have become sharp.

In his eyes, the third child of the Han family has emaciation after a long illness, and he is empty under a shirt with a blue pigment cloth and a round neck and big sleeves, and he is too weak to wear. But its wide skeleton is still there, and its six-foot-tall figure still gives Li Lezi a great sense of depression. The complexion was pale that had not seen the light for a long time, the cheeks were almost exhausted by the pain, and the protruding cheekbones cast a deep shadow on the cheeks, except for a pair of sunken eyes lined with eyebrows that were as black as ink and slender as knives, which became more and more unfathomable, making Li Lezi uncomfortable.

Li Lezi's impatient appearance Han Gang saw clearly, he had always been happy to do things that could make the enemy unhappy, and there was another thing he also wanted to figure out.

"Lizheng, that vegetable field on the river bay ......" Han Gang just raised his head straight to the point, and saw the fierce light in Li Lezi's eyes suddenly ruthless, and he had a number in his heart, and it was obvious that he had poked at the crux of the problem.

"I'll talk about this in a few days!" The risotan of Halong Bay roared outright, turned his head, turned around and walked towards the village. He secretly hated in his heart, why did this serious illness get better so quickly? If he is sick for another month and a half, let the Han family spend all the money on the pawn land, how can he worry about anything.

Staring at Li Lezi's distant back, Han Gang snorted coldly, he also saw the fierce light in Li Lezi's eyes, but he was already sick, no matter what tricks Li Lezi could play, he had the ability to deal with it.

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In the evening, Han Gang's parents, Han Qianliu and Han Ah Li [Note 1], also came back tired with empty baskets. Han Qianliu was holding a jar in his hand, and he smelled of wine, but it was filled with wine lees; Han Ah Li put half a leg of lamb in the basket, wrapped in lotus leaves, and handed it to the little girl who greeted him to cook after entering the door. Listening to the sound of Langlang books coming out of their son's room, the husband and wife looked at each other and smiled, and they both felt that it was worth it no matter how hard and tired they were.

Han Yunniang's dinner was prepared quickly, she handled the leg of mutton very quickly, cut the meat to make porridge, and cut out the bones to make soup. Swinging the dishes and chopsticks, he went in and called Han Gang out, and the family sat around the table.

Han Qianliu and Han Ah Li are both in their forties. Probably because of the perennial work, both of them look a little old, older than their actual age. Han Qianliu and Han Gang are about the same height, they are both about six feet tall, and they are also tall in Kansai, and their appearance and outline are also very similar, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a strong square face, which can be called dignified.

Compared with Han Qianliu's height, Han Gang's mother is shorter, and her appearance is not outstanding, but she is a good hand inside and out, and she is also the backbone of the Han family. Because Han Gang's grandfather used to be the head of the capital, and his uncle is now also the head of the capital in Fengxiang Mansion, which is more than 100 miles away, and the big axe that has cut dozens of thieves is hung on the wall of the house all the year round, and the temper of Han Ah Li, who was born in a martial family, is far tougher than that of Han Qianliu, who is always smiling. She lifted the rolling pin in her hand, and no one in Ha Long Wan Village dared to gasp.

Han Qianliu sat at the east end, Han Ah Li sat opposite, Han Gang was at the bottom, and the little girl could only stand aside and serve, and then go to the kitchen to fill her stomach after everyone had eaten. Although the Han family is a poor family, they abide by the rules of the world, if outsiders come to visit, even Han Ah Li has to hide in the kitchen to eat.

The three of them sat around the big table, looking empty and deserted. Originally, it was connected to Han Gang's sister-in-law, and this was a family of seven. When Han Gang didn't go out to study, and his second brother was still at home. The three sons of the Han family and their parents were a total of five people crowded around a table, while the sister-in-law and Han Yunniang were serving on the side, and the meal was also lively.

However, only three months after Han Gang's eldest brother and second brother died in battle at the same time, his sister-in-law was called back by her mother's family, and she also took away 20 acres of dowry fields [Note 2]. According to the etiquette system, there should be a three-year filial piety period after the death of the husband, but there are not so many stinky rules in the northwest border. Han Gang only heard from Yun Niang that the original sister-in-law was going to remarry after the New Year.

Han Gang might have been surprised if he hadn't integrated the memories of the original owner, but since he had already integrated the memories, he only took them for granted. Science is still a school that cannot be put on the table, and there is no such thing as starvation and death in the world. After the death of her husband, it is extremely common for widows who are still of childbearing age to remarry, and even if they do not want to, their mothers will force them to leave.

If a widow can marry with a large fortune, the suitor can even cross the threshold. In the Zhenzong Dynasty, there were two prime ministers, Zhang Xianqi and Xiang Minzhong, who fought for a widow with a dowry of 100,000 yuan, and brought the lawsuit to the Son of Heaven, causing a lot of trouble. The world is like this, and it is a shadowless thing to be committed to keeping festivals.

Han Gang picked up his chopsticks and lowered his head to eat his sick meal, just like the mutton porridge and side dishes in the past. There are three meals a day, morning, lunch and dinner, and the patterns are the same, and Han Gang has no complaints. He knows the hard work of his parents, and he knows how difficult it is for him to come by.

Han Qianliu and Han Ah Li eat much simpler than their son. Like the ordinary peasants of this era, the Han family's daily recipes were very simple and monotonous, with a bowl full of vegetarian soup cakes with no traces of oil - in fact, noodles, but all foods related to noodles in the Song Dynasty had to be decorated with the word 'cake' - plus a few cooking cakes.

Note 1: In ancient China, it was customary for serious women to not disclose their maiden names, and outsiders were mostly referred to by their maiden names. Add an A in front, or follow a clan, and then give your husband's surname after marriage. Generally speaking, private households use the former title, while official households use the latter. For example, in the text, Han Gang's mother, whose maiden name is Li, and her husband's family is surnamed Han, is called Han Ah Li. Another example is He Xiangu in the legend of the Eight Immortals, who was a native of the Northern Song Dynasty. At that time, there was a movement that mentioned her, in which she was called 'Yongzhou Minnu Ah He'.

Note 2: In the Song Dynasty, women's property rights were protected by law, and the dowry of marriage could be taken with them when they left their husband's house.

PS: I am afraid that no one who appears in the annotation does not know the Tao of He, Uncle Cao Guo and He Xiangu in the Eight Immortals of Shangdong appeared in this era. And Lu Dongbin and Tie Guan Li were also famous at this time. Are there any brothers who would like to see them in this book? If you want to see it, vote for it!

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