Inside the courtyard of Honghai. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The woman's cry floated out along the crack in the door, even if Hong Hai scolded twice, he couldn't suppress the cry, but the more he cried, the more fierce he became. Hong Hai, who was bursting with green muscles, found a stick and was about to rush in to fight, but was stopped by Hong Chengen.

After only half a day's work, the old man's appearance changed greatly, his originally ruddy face became sallow, and there were many more ravines on it. The straighten back collapsed, and the shining eyes became cloudy.

The original black and white hair was already as pale as snow, and the whole person on his face seemed to have aged dozens of years in this half-day, and even his voice became low and hoarse. Several members of the Hong clan have a feeling that the patriarch who used to be decisive in the past seems to have died in the county office, and now he is just an old and useless old man.

"It's useless to beat people, and now that your house is suddenly said to be for other people to live in, no one will be happy. What's the use of you embarrassing her? ”

Hong Hai threw the wooden stick in his hand and smashed it on the table with a fist, the teapot and tea bowl on the table made a ping pong, and the overflowing tea flowed to the ground along the wood grain. A few drops of hot water fell on Hong Chengen, but he didn't realize it, as if even the sense of touch had been lost.

"Wretch, what a wreck! Li Sanzai of Panyu, I remember him! Dare to fall into the well and ask for Lao Tzu's house. I'll give it to him! I'll give it all to him! Let's see if he lives here! ”

"The house...... If it's just a house, it's easy to do. Hong Dagui cried with a sad face, sighed beside him: "Not only Uncle Hai, your house, but also our few shops in the city, I'm afraid they won't be able to keep it." Aren't these yamen dukes very kind to Uncle Hai on weekdays, why is there an accident now, no one is willing to help, but they all come to us to slash us, this friend is too unrighteous! ”

Hong Chengen sighed: "Yamen's friends, that's what they look like, what do you think they will do?" Lecture on righteousness, stick a knife in both ribs? What kind of husband is that? As long as this catastrophe can be resolved, a few houses and shops are trivial, and what matters is our field. The field is the foundation of our crops, as long as there is land, everything has hope, without the field, we are all finished. ”

Buying Gao Jiangong is only the beginning of the Hong family's efforts and is far from the end. The state of Panyu and the government was still in the hands of the commissioner, and it was not given to Shangguan. If the South China Sea can't do it, then naturally this state of affairs will not be effective. Now that the issue of household registration has been settled in the South China Sea, these public officials can take the opportunity to fall into the well and reap the spoils of war.

In fact, even the officials of the Nanhai Benya began to take action, asking the Hong family for a large sum of money before they were willing to suppress this matter. Even the officials who had some friendship with the Hong family in the past, at this time, they only recognized silver and rarely talked about friendship, not to mention that there were very few people in the yamen who really had friendships, and most of them were united because of profit, and when they saw profit, they naturally gave up righteousness.

The appetite of the neighboring counties and the public in the house is even more surprising, and the secretary of the Panyu household house wants Honghai to be the house, otherwise he will poke the matter up, and ask the Hong family to pay off the tax arrears for more than 100 years.

The Hong family knows that the number proposed by these people is just the beginning, and when things get out, there will only be more and more people cutting meat from the family. For more than 100 years, the little foundation that has been established in the city is destined to be uprooted, and the question now is how much the foundation of the countryside can be preserved, and whether the people can be safe.

Although a solution has been found, the unblocked door has also begun to operate, but it is still far from being completed. The relevant personnel in the yamen will also deliberately get stuck to prevent things from being done smoothly, in order to squeeze a few more documents out of the Hong family.

Fan Jin's attitude is an extremely important joint at the moment, if he can raise his noble hand, with his connections and identity, it will be easier for the Hong family to pass the test. On the other hand, if he insists on nailing the Hong family to death, the price paid by the Hong family now will not be of much use.

Hong Bo's uncle and nephew came back from outside at this time, and after listening to the words of the two, Hong Dagui was the first to jump. has always had a psychological advantage over the Fan family, so he can't accept the fact that his family is now being manipulated by Fan Jin. Rolled up his sleeves and scolded:

"In the past, when their Fan family saw our Hong family, they didn't nod their heads and pretend to be grandsons, for fear that we would be unhappy, so they smashed his village's rice bowl. It was Fan Jin, the bastard, who supported their village that caused us so badly. Now he still wants to come to our bridge and shake his majesty with us, I think he is tired of it! Take our surname Hong, and let's go and kill that bastard first! Anyway, it's already like this, and it's not bad for this life! ”

"Bastard thing...... Sit down. Hong Chengen's hands and feet were not as convenient as usual, and he was a little anxious, and he almost fell on his heels, but thanks to the support of his nephews on the side, he didn't fall. He shook his head and said:

"You...... You look like this, how can grandpa rest assured that he will hand over the family business to you. Don't be so hot in case of trouble, think about the consequences before you act. Fan Jin is now working in the governor's yamen, if you touch his finger, you are not afraid of recruiting officers and soldiers in the village? At this time, I still want to use force, unless I think I don't die fast enough! ”

After eating grandpa's meal, Hong Dagui also felt very bored, bowed his head and said: "This is not good, that is not good, what should I do?" Fan Jin's words are so dead, they are clearly trying to force us to death, what can we do? ”

Hong Chengen said: "If he really doesn't want to leave us leeway, as long as he politely sends your Uncle Bo out of the door and turns around and doesn't do anything, what can we do?" He was willing to talk like this, in fact, telling us that we could talk, but we just needed someone with enough status to come and talk to him. I mislooked at him, thinking that I could talk to him about the deal by relying on Bo Zai Da'an, but now that I think about it, I think he is too low, and I have to make a trip to this matter. ”

Hong Haidao: "This can't be done! He is a junior, what qualifications does he have to let your old man come to the door in person? In terms of seniority, he should come to worship you. ”

"When is it, and are you still talking about seniority? Let's go, I'll go now, the sooner this thing is done, the better, the more we delay, the worse it will be for us. ”

Hong Chengen is in good health, and his steps are very vigorous on weekdays, but since he left the county office, he feels that his head is dizzy, not only his thoughts are not as agile as usual, but even his steps have become very heavy. The brain could not control the body effectively, and his steps became slow and clumsy, and he almost stumbled when he stepped out of the threshold.

Hong Dagui hurriedly found a cane for his grandfather, and he and Hong Da'an supported him left and right, and walked effortfully towards Fan Jin's residence. The weather in Guangzhou is hot and damp, and the sweat on my head is layer after layer, and I can't wipe it with a handkerchief.

Hong Chengen only felt that his chest was churning, and the food he had eaten in the morning was tumbling in his stomach and wanted to vomit. The skull seemed to be getting bigger and heavier, and my mind was in a state of confusion, and I just wanted to close my eyes and lie down for a while. The left hand is faintly numb, and even the left leg is not as dexterous as before.

Probably heat stroke, this weather is too hot, and it has been hit again, and heat stroke is also a reasonable thing. I can't rest now, and the people of the Hong family still need their own patriarch to shelter them from the wind and rain, and they must hold on...... Hong Chengen trembled and touched a few of the usual summer medicine from his body and ate them, barely supported himself to come to the door of Fan Jin's house, and knocked on the courtyard door vigorously.

Compared with the embarrassment of the Hong family, Fan Jin seemed much more leisurely, drinking tea in the courtyard, watching the sweaty Sister Hu practice writing stroke by stroke. Seeing Hong Chengen coming in, he didn't move, but only made a gesture and motioned for Hong Chengen to sit down.

"Into the ...... I and your father are also old acquaintances. He was a very kind farmer, and he was willing to help anyone in the village who was in trouble. In the eighteen villages of Jinsha Township, he is also a well-known loyal person. The old decay and him are considered equals, but they are older than him, and they have always regarded him as a junior, and you see him the same as Da'an. Our Jinsha Township is a poor place, no richer than those villages. One side of the water and soil can't support the other side, and if you want to eat enough, others have to go hungry. I am surnamed Hong, of course, for the sake of the surname Hong, in order to let the Hong family eat and not be bullied, I have done some wrong things, I dare not expect you to forgive, I just hope you understand that whoever is in my position will do the same thing. Because we are poor, we don't have much to go, and if we want to live, we can only rely on fighting with heaven and people, and we can't live in harmony. ”

"It's useless to just fight for victory in the township, and our entire township is also bullied in the county. Therefore, I hope that there will be a few scholars in Jinsha Township, so that our whole township will have a way to go. You and Da'an are both very good at studying, and you are fellow villagers. I hope you can go to the exam together, and you can raise people and jinshi together. Build a few archways in the township, so that the county magistrate can see our Jinsha people and think that there are Jinshi and people here, and they will not send any service to our heads. But now look at ...... It can't be done. ”

"Hong Lao, don't talk too much, Panyu is as talented. As long as you have knowledge in your belly, what difference does it make if you take the test? ”

Hong Chengen felt that his mouth was a little dry and wanted to drink water, but he found that Fan Jin didn't mean to give him tea, so he had to swallow his saliva. Pick up the handkerchief, wipe the sweat on your head, and look around again. Sister Hu has already returned to the room with interest, except for the two third-generation grandchildren of the Hong family in the courtyard, there is only Fan Jin.

Seeing that there were no outsiders, he said: "Nanhai County is the mentor of Jinzai, and you yourself listen to it under the governor's curtain, if you are willing to open the golden mouth, we will definitely be able to pass this pass." Everyone drinks the water of a river, now is the time to take care of each other, if you have to watch the Hong family die, the Fan family may not be very happy. ”

Fan Jin opened the folding fan unhurriedly and shook it, "Old Hong, I don't understand what you are saying." How should the younger generation speak, to whom should they speak, and what should they say? Or would you teach me? In fact, your Hong family's friendship is not very extensive, whether it is a county school or a yamen, you have your own relationship everywhere, now go find someone and see if anyone is willing to help you. Maybe we find a way, and we don't know if it's done. ”

"I know that a debt is to be paid. They went too far and killed you all at the beginning, and now they want you to let us go, which is really not easy to do. Chrysostom ...... It's expensive, but I'll do my best. ”

Hong Chengen swallowed two more mouthfuls of saliva, and said with all his might: "If the Hong family's field returns to Panyu, it will not be good for the Fan family, so it is better to send the field to the Fan family's name, so that the fertilizer and water will not fall into the field of outsiders." Of course, this part of the rent is still ours. You only need the land, and you don't pay rent. There is also the Hong family in the county seat, there are two grocery stores and a stall selling food, these three stores are limited, not a big business, I will hand it over to your Fan family to operate, even the goods inside are at the disposal of your Fan family. ”

Fan Jin didn't say anything, but said coldly: "Don't talk about this first, you guys will definitely spend a lot of money on the lawsuit this time." Even if the Hong family has a big business, cash silver may not be convenient. If you have food, I can put you in touch with a buyer. I am now helping Zhongcheng with military rations, it is when you need food, for the sake of your age, if the food is gone, the price will not make you suffer. ”

It turned out that he still needed food...... Hong Chengen felt that his head was even more uncomfortable, his energy was almost too much to support such a negotiation, and he even felt that he might faint at any time. This time the heat stroke seemed to be worse than ever, and the feeling of the world spinning made him want to gause.

Can't pour ...... You can't fall down in front of the Fan family, and once you fall, you can't stand up anymore. He warned himself, twisted his leg desperately, and then said:

"Thank you for your kindness, I will prepare a hundred and ten stones of grain to transport to the city and hand it over to you at your disposal. As for the silver from selling grain, even if it is our apology, and I will ask Bo Zai to send thirty taels of silver, which can be regarded as our compensation to the Fan family. Bo Zai and Da An, the two of them will not end up. Our Hong family will not use the identity of Xiucai to make it difficult for the new grain chief. As for the inside of the yamen, if you want to protect whoever is a servant, just say, I will let the children of the family return to the eldest master. Please see that we drink the water of the same river, the two surnames of Fan Hong intermarry each other, and there are many relatives in the clan, raise your noble hand and leave a way to live. ”

Fan Jin finally saw a smile on his face, "Elder Hong, this is far away." The younger generation is just a white ding, and he has never even had fame, so what can he do? I can only say that I can help say a few good words, and as for whether I can succeed, I don't dare to guarantee it, I can only say that I will do my best. ”

Hong Chengen struggled to stand up, but his left leg was weak, and he knelt in front of Fan Jin. Hong Dagui Hong Da'an just wanted to help, but he pushed him away.

"You don't have to help, that's fine. Jin Zai, I know that our two families have had many festivals in the past, but I have lived at this age, and for the sake of my kneeling for you, I hope you will forget all these festivals. Jinsha Township has five surnames and eighteen villages, and we can get along well in the future, and we should stop fighting in the nest. You have the ability, you should look outside and get more benefits for the whole township. As long as our township is rich, we will no longer fight back and forth for a mouthful of food. Eighteen villages are connected into a line, which is beneficial to you and me. ”

"Elder Hong, you make me embarrassed like this, if you have something to say, what are you doing here. Hurry up and help them up. I will write the letter, as for the result...... I can't guarantee it. ”

This promise was enough to reassure him, and the two grandsons of the Hong family hurriedly helped Hong Chengen and walked out. As soon as he walked out of Fan Jin's house, the wooden door behind him closed firmly with a muffled sound.

That's probably all right, right? Hong Chengen thought that a heavy burden could finally be put down, which made his whole person feel much more relaxed, and the strength around him disappeared at this moment. His gaze looked into the distance, his eyes became scattered and unfocused, he exhaled sharply, and said something that he didn't know what to do, "Little Seventh Sister-in-law? What are you doing here? Then the man went limp like mud.