Chapter 5 The Decision of Wang Xiaoguan

After the old merchant Songbo sold the sugar gourd and spent half an hour in Wang's house, he crossed the bridge and returned to Xixinan Village, opposite the Fengle River, which did not attract any attention from the villagers at all

And Wang Fulin didn't seem to be unexpectedly boiling rumors, and began to exercise actively.

Every morning, he began to go out for a walk with the support of Jinbao, and when he met others to greet him, he would reply with a smile. Although some wealthy and well-to-do clansmen saw him, they just nodded casually, and did not take his precarious little show talent in their eyes, and he did not take it to heart. In his opinion, the best progress is the attitude of ordinary farmers in Songmingshan Village towards him.

Sometimes, when Wang Fulin finished his walk and did all kinds of strange movements under the trees at the entrance of the village, some farmers would come forward and ask a question or two with concern.

"There is Lao care, lying in bed for too long, the whole body is like falling apart, this is the method seen in the book, practice it, and it is good to strengthen the body."

Most of the time, Wang Fulin replied like this. However, in more than ten days, walking has become a brisk walk, and brisk walking has become a jogging, and Jinbao has followed closely every time, and the master and servant have become a beautiful scenery in Songming Mountain Village. And by taking advantage of the two being alone, Wang Fulin said to Jinbao that after he was seriously injured, he couldn't remember a lot of past personnel, so Jinbao reminded himself a lot when he saw people and things, but don't tell his two sisters. Jinbao did not doubt him, so he naturally agreed.

As for the rest of the time, Wang Fulin was in the study to look through the four books and five classics, so as not to reveal the flaws when the great grandmaster killed the carbine, and then practiced the words for an hour every day to prevent the danger of being subdued and demons eliminated. He had also learned calligraphy before, but he had left it for too long, and at first, he burned all those words, and he didn't dare to show them to his two sisters, but soon, as if it was the instinct of his body, he gradually regained his senses. Compared with the calligraphy he has practiced in the past, it is a bit similar to the words he writes now, according to his estimates, it will be almost the same after practicing for another month or two, during this period, the sequelae of the sedan chair man's injury can be covered up in the past.

Early in the morning, he and Jinbao were jogging in the village as usual, and had just greeted two early farmers, and when they turned a corner, he heard someone call out to his uncle behind him, and when he looked back, he found that it was a young man with a smile on his face, small eyes and a long face, and about twenty or so, but he had never seen it when he got up early in the morning before. He was wondering who this man was, when he saw Campbell rush behind him as if frightened.

"Dad, it's my brother."

The sound was like a mosquito calling, and Wang Fulin's heart immediately moved. This is the Wang Qiu who ruthlessly sold his biological brother to others as a slave?

"Oh, it's you."

Wang Fulin bowed his head slightly, and then ignored Wang Qiu, and continued to run forward with Jinbao. Jinbao was scared by his brother since he was a child, and he couldn't wait to leave far away, so he hurriedly started to follow. But the master and servant had just run out not far away, but they saw that Wang Qiu strode after them again, and a dodge stopped in front of them.

"Uncle, I know you complain that I haven't seen anyone for so many days. Actually, after I made a deed with my uncle in the city, I walked back to the village first, delivered Jinbao to your house, and then went into the city again, I really didn't know that my uncle was injured, and I just came back from the city. Wang Qiu, who was full of smiles, saw that Wang Fulin only kept silent, but he was not discouraged, and said earnestly after bowing, "It is his blessing that Jinbao can follow his uncle, if he makes any mistakes, please ask your uncle to discipline him strictly!" I'm here today because my uncle and your nephew are on the full moon, and I'm going to set up two tables of wine, so please be sure to appreciate your face......"

"I appreciate the kindness, my injuries have not healed yet, and I dare not drink according to the doctor's instructions."

Seeing that Wang Fulin said something coldly, he called Jinbao and continued to run out, and after a while, he stopped under the big locust tree at the entrance of the village in the distance, and began to move his hands and feet to make some strange movements. He stood there for a long time before he sneered and turned to leave.

What kind of shelf, if it weren't for the fact that your family is still a little cheap, just this handle in my hand, your show will come to an end!

Until his brother disappeared, Jinbao was immediately relieved, but he lowered his head and remembered what was on his mind. Suddenly, he only heard a voice in his ear: "Your brother has the money to make a full moon wine for your nephew, but he wants to sell you, so you haven't thought about finding the elders of the clan or even the patriarch to administer justice?" ”

Jin Bao suddenly snorted, and when he raised his head, he found that Wang Fulin was doing that set of exercises in front of him without looking back. He bit his lip tightly and didn't speak. It took a long time for him to see Wang Fulin end his antics-looking moves, turn around and look at him seriously.

"Since you keep calling me daddy, tell me the truth. How many words do you know, how many Analects can you memorize, and how many words can you write? ”

Seeing that Jinbao was still silent, Wang Fulin said unhurriedly: "If you tell the truth, I will give you a pen and paper in the future, so that you can write and practice openly, and the books in the study will also be read by you." If you don't tell the truth, I'll send you back! ”

Jinbao was stunned for a moment. He raised his head to look at Wang Fulin, shook his head vigorously, for fear that he was hallucinating, and finally pinched his palm. When he finally made sure that Wang Fulin didn't mean to joke at all, he turned his heart on the side and said honestly: "When I have time, I quietly went to the school to eavesdrop, and I listened to it intermittently for two years, and I can memorize all four books." But because I couldn't touch the book, I only saw my husband teach me to write, and I picked up some paper discarded by others and learned to write on the mud ground with branches, and only half of the words I could write. Later, my brother found out, was beaten several times, and starved me for two days, so I didn't dare to go to school secretly. ”

Ever since that time he heard Jinbao's reciting words, Wang Fulin has been secretly paying attention. Because he was still recuperating from his injuries, every night, Jinbao slept on a bamboo couch next to his bed in kimono, in case he had a call for the third watch in the middle of the night, so he had heard the dreams of the little ones more than once when he woke up from his dreams, a few of them missed his mother, most of them memorized the Analects, memorized the middle university, and interspersed a few sentences of Mencius from time to time. It's just that the meaning of a few sentences and the whole article is completely different, only relying on eavesdropping and picking up words and paper in school, but being able to memorize all four books, what kind of demon qualification is this!

But such a sensible child just met such a vicious and ruthless brother. It seems that he did the right thing when he asked Somber before!

"Jinbao, I still underestimate you!" Wang Fulin beckoned the little guy to come closer, and when the others hesitated to move to him, he suddenly flicked his finger on the door of his head.

"Huh?"

"Don't worry, I mean what I say!"

Jin Bao was ecstatic, and was about to lie down and kowtow to thank him, when he suddenly saw the smiling old merchant Songbo walking briskly towards here, so he stopped his movements for the time being.

"Brother Lin!"

The last time I sat at Wang's house for half an hour, Songbo, at Wang Fulin's resolute request, put away the petty official and changed his name like other elders in the village these days. At this moment, he put down the burden in his hand full of red sugar gourds, wiped a handful of sweat, looked left and right, and found that there was only one Jinbao, and then said: "You ask me about it, I entered the city yesterday and tried to mention it in front of people." It's just that it seems that before me, someone was already rumoring that you were buying a nephew as a slave, and I was afraid that if you continue to spread it according to your instructions, it will hurt your reputation even more, and then I will be unhelpful. ”

Someone has already started to spread it? It's such a fast action, could it be that Jinbao's thing itself is a trap?

"When it comes to this, even if it's self-defeating, it's all my own fault. Songbo, you're just gossiping, it's already helped me a lot, and I'm grateful. ”

Wang Fulin thought about it, but still sincerely gave the old man a deep look, and seeing that he was in a hurry and polite, he smiled again and said: "The second sister and the younger sister have calculated that Songbo, you will come back today, thinking about your sugar gourd, they steamed hibiscus cake in the kitchen early in the morning, and when you go back to the village after selling the sugar gourd, bring a little back and give it to the family to taste, which is also a little bit of my family's heart." ”

promised to help before, but Songbo couldn't look past it because of his soft heart, and he was kind when he saw Wang Xiaoxiu, but now when he heard that the second mother and third mother of the Wang family had deliberately prepared such a return, the old man only felt warm in his heart. The kind of pride that is respected by the scholars is far happier than when he sells sugar gourds and meets a rich and noble family who wants to try it.

After resigning from Songbo, Wang Fulin left under the big locust tree with Jinbao. If he asked Songbo to help him at first, he only had that idea at first, and now it was his turn to make a decision. He didn't go far before he stopped and said to Jinbao, "You should know the patriarch's family, right?" Take me there. ”

When asked why he didn't go to the elders of the clan or even the patriarch to ask for justice, Jin Bao was silent, and when he saw that Wang Fulin was suddenly going to the patriarch's house, he suddenly froze there. But thinking that he had now been sold by his brother with a death contract, and the status of master and servant had been decided, and he must not disobey his master, he could only bite his lip tightly and lead the way without saying a word.

To Wang Fulin's surprise, the patriarch's house was not the magnificent courtyard he saw in the distance when he walked out of the house for the first time, but just a Hui-style building in the west of the village that looked a little old.

Wang Fulin's visit was sudden, and the patriarch Wang Daohan was very surprised. Wang's branch migrated from Xiuning County to Songming Mountain, more than ten generations before and after, and now this village has ten surnames and nine Wang, and there are hundreds of people surnamed Wang, even if he is the patriarch, not everyone can be named, especially the younger generations. Of course, after all, Wang Fulin has been committed to his career since he was a child, and he is a student who has entered the school this year, so he will not fail to recognize it.

But Wang Fulin's father was stubborn, and he offended several close relatives in the original incident, and Wang Fulin himself was also withdrawn and ignorant of human feelings, and he couldn't get close to him, so although he had heard some rumors, thinking was only in the category of rumors, and the richest people in the clan didn't speak, and he, the patriarch, had no such thing.

At this moment, he asked casually: "Brother Lin'er was not lightly injured before, but now he is better?" ”

Wang Fulin has been practicing and rehabilitating in the morning these days, seeing people greeting, occasionally chatting and probing, and he already knows that it is the fourth year of Longqing, but ordinary villagers use the honorific title for the upper echelons of the Wang family, and he can't always stare at and ask, who is Mr. Nanming, so more information can't be discussed. The only gain is that he is more integrated into Songming Mountain Village than Wang Fulin, who has lived for more than ten years before. He knew that his father and son had the virtue of not being close to people in the past, so he didn't care about the patriarch's unfamiliar and cold attitude.

"Thank you uncle for your concern, it's almost better. I'm here today because I want to ask my uncle to make the decision. Wang Fulin turned his head to look at Jinbao, and when he saw that he immediately came to his senses, he hurriedly quit the house, and he said to Wang Daohan, who was a little puzzled, "Does uncle recognize him?" ”

Wang Daohan didn't know why, so he simply said perfunctorily: "Look at some familiar ......"

"He is Wang Qiu's own brother." Wang Fulin said as he took out a neatly folded piece of paper and pushed it towards Wang Daohan, "Please take a look at this, uncle." ”

As soon as Wang Daohan heard the name Wang Qiu, his brows immediately furrowed. Although he is the patriarch, he is not the richest, let alone extremely expensive, and there has only been one talent in the family over the years. It is only because of his own expenditure that he can be in charge of clan affairs and genealogical rules. Unfolding the paper, he saw that it was a deed, and after reading the contents of it by dividing it by two, he had a headache even more.

That Wang Qiu is a famous hob meat, and I heard that he also has some dealings with many six-room officials in the county government. Now that Mr. Nan Ming is at home in the clan, the Wang clan of Songming Mountain naturally has a low schedule, and does not want to have extraneous branches. In addition, Wang Qiu is a side branch of the clan, even if he heard that he abused his younger brother in the past, he would at most remind people to blame, after all, this is a family matter, and he has to turn a blind eye, but this time it is too outrageous!

It is not surprising that the clansmen threw their fields to their relatives of the same clan who had made a name for themselves; It is not surprising that he recommended himself as a servant and went forward; But after all, it is the same sect, when did you really write a deed of sale?

"This matter is not in accordance with the rules of etiquette, it's just ......" I'm afraid he can't suppress Wang Qiu, but do you really want to ask those people above to come forward to stop such a trivial matter? So where does his patriarch's face go?

Without waiting for Wang Daohan to finish speaking, Wang Fulin said with a 100,000-strong sincere attitude: "I also know that people like Wang Qiu are not easy to get along with, and my uncle also has difficulties as a patriarch. At that time, I saw that Wang Qiutie was determined to sell his younger brother, and thought that if I didn't agree, the bloodline of the same sect would flow outside in the future, and I couldn't bear it for a while, so I made a deed, but how wrong I think about it these days. That's why I'm here today to ask my uncle for one more thing. As long as this matter is completed, there will be no hidden dangers. ”

After leaving the patriarch's house with Jinbao, Wang Fulin was in a very good mood with the two things in his arms. Now that Wang Daohan has passed this level, the next thing to do is just wait!

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