Act 6 Guests
The three brothers of the Guan family, who were eating the sweet candied fruit, were all startled, Guan Kunyu was even more frightened and almost stuck in his throat when the candied fruit slipped, looked behind him in confusion, and then looked at the main seat, when did this old man float over?
Old Man Guan stroked Guan Kunyu's head with a kind face, and smiled. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 Guan Kunyu, who was relieved, hurriedly betrayed Meng Dafa and coquettishly behaved at the old man.
"Don't look at the stupid and silent on weekdays, I didn't expect to be so sensible, the third daughter-in-law, it is really difficult for you to teach such a dull doll to be so polite."
Guan Kunyu suddenly looked unhappy: Is it really good to say in front of me that I am stupid, hey!? I just showed you for free, hey!? Is it necessary for the villagers to slap their faces like this, hey!?
As soon as the old man's voice fell, someone next to him spoke.
"At a young age, I knew that Kong Rong made pears, it can be seen that the tutor is also extraordinary, presumably my sister-in-law must be knowledgeable and reasonable, and she was born in a famous family."
Guan Kunyu looked sideways, and then realized that the guests were not only sister-in-law and her pair of dragons and phoenixes, but also two other people present. One is gorgeously dressed and personable, and the other is reasonably dressed, but there is a lazy atmosphere all over his body.
"Wang Gongzi has passed, it has passed, our military household in the countryside, where do we know how to be knowledgeable, the third daughter-in-law is indeed from a famous family, but she is a famous family for martial arts, and she doesn't know a single big character. I think that at the beginning, a total of five moves knocked down the third child of our family! With the Lu family's knife method in one hand, the thick tree knife with a thick bowl mouth will be folded! ”
The two guests were taken aback, and Guan Kunyu looked at the stupid girl like an alien.
After being beaten for so many years, I now know that my mother has shown mercy!?
Guan Kunyu has always felt that the old lady should not look at the five big and three rough but he is obedient to the old lady, the old lady pretends to raise her hand like a mouse sees a cat, it should be a person who is rough in appearance and delicate in heart, and feels sorry for his wife, although no matter how you look at it, there is no evidence to prove this.
I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it! Why is there no evidence? Because that's not the case at all, it is estimated that my father is also afraid of being beaten!
The stupid girl blushed and asked shyly:
"Kong Rong let the pear ...... What is the meaning? ”
The handsome white-faced guy surnamed Wang was amazed.
"Sister-in-law really doesn't know the allusion of Kong Rong Rang Pear?"
"Allusion...... What is that? ”
Guan Kunyu collapsed, and wiped a cold sweat for the white-faced handsome guy in his heart.
The corners of the white-faced handsome guy's mouth twitched in embarrassment, and he quickly shifted his position and didn't play with the stupid girl, and said loudly:
"Prodigy! What a prodigy! Kun Yu's character is so pure, and he will definitely have an extraordinary future in the future! ”
Doesn't that seem too blunt to the topic......
A group of people were praising Guan Kunyu, but they didn't expect the second aunt to intervene and say dissatisfied:
"With his stupid appearance, why don't I see a great future?"
As the so-called family ugliness should not be publicized, Old Man Guan glared at the second aunt and scolded.
"Wang Gongzi said that the future is extraordinary, that is, the future is extraordinary! What Xiucai Gong said can be fake!? What do you know about a woman's family!? In this way, when I inspected two days ago, I got a high-quality flower cloth, and the third daughter-in-law can use it to make clothes. ”
The stupid mother immediately laughed happily into a flower, she had already fallen in love with the cloth that the old man Guan brought back two days ago, but she didn't dare to think about it at all, but she didn't expect it to fall on her head now, looking at her two sisters-in-law cast a jealous and envious gaze, the stupid girl couldn't help but raise her head high, revealing a smug look.
Look, we are said to be stupid on weekdays, but our family is stupid and serious than anyone else!
Pride!
Pride!
Then hesitated.
After hesitation, his face became firm.
"Dad, that ...... I still don't want this cloth, change it, and get me a fish the next day, okay? I want to let Silly eat more fish heads to replenish my brain. ”
It is true that there are many fields in the Guanjia, it is also true that the fish is cheap by the river, and it is also true that you can see the fish and meat at home, everyone can almost get a piece the size of two fingers, but it is not easy to let the three-room family enjoy a fish alone every other day.
First, the Guan family's fields are all newly cultivated, with high cost and low output, and the old man Guan has to invest a large amount of money every year to continue to reclaim new fields, so the family actually does not have much money left.
Second, in July of the 10th year of Wanli, Suzhou, Songjiang, and Yangzhou were flooded by torrential rains, uprooting trees, destroying more than 100,000 hectares of crops, drifting 100,000 people's houses, and drowning 20,000 people. The Guan family responded in a timely manner, and there was not one person missing, but two houses collapsed, the fields were almost wiped out, and the losses were so great that they have not eased up until now.
"Mother!" Guan Kunyu's eyes were red.
Old Man Guan thought for a moment and then said:
"Stupid mother, you still keep the cloth, you don't know how to cook, the fish will be given to the second daughter-in-law, she will take it with her when she cooks, you go and get it, you agree."
"This ...... How dare you mess around? It's too heavy......"
"If you take it, you will take it! When did you learn to be verbose? ”
"That'...... Thank you Dad. ”
Old Man Guan sighed and said, "Alas, the most worried of my four children is your third child." The boss will take over my class in the future, and he will eat and drink without worrying about it when he is safe; The second child has a good brain and can read, and he can survive by guarding the shop at home; Xiaosi has scared me for many years, and I finally married a good man.
There is only the third child, and his brain is tendoned, in addition to practicing martial arts or practicing martial arts, you can't shade my hundred households, how good is the practice? Are you going to be your eldest brother's own soldier? In addition, your family is stupid again, the child's character is the best, but it's a pity that you are stupid, if you don't have a chance to be a third, how can you say a daughter-in-law for a stupid person in a few years? After all, our family is still a military household! ”
The stupid father twisted and muttered in a low voice: "After practicing martial arts, kill a few more widows, maybe I can also break through the merits of Qi Shaobao!" ”
Old man Guan's ears were sharp, and he slapped him after his dazed father finished speaking.
"Qi Shaobao? There are millions of military households in the Ming Dynasty, and Qi Shaobao is only one, you don't look in the mirror to see, do you have that blessing!? Don't you like boats? I'll go find a few old brothers in two days, and get you to patrol the river, and I can't suffer you with my old brother taking care of you. ”
"Patrol the river!?"
As soon as he heard these two words, Guan Kunyu's ears pricked up, and he was even more concerned than the father of the person concerned.
There is no way, others don't know what will happen in the future, but Guan Kunyu, who turned over "Five Thousand Years Up and Down" some time ago, knows very well that if everything moves forward according to the normal historical trajectory, it is difficult to say whether he can survive until the Qing army crosses the river, and if he is lucky to live longer, he may suffer a lot when he is about seventy years old.
Although he is not used to this kind of bun at the moment, he doesn't want to shave his head and keep braids for others to be a slave, if the situation really collapses to that extent, it has something to do with the sea, at least it is much easier to escape.
Troubled times are coming, save your life first.
As for why he didn't just rely on his identity as a traverser to turn the tide and change his life for the Ming Dynasty, the reason is very simple - he can't do it!
At least with his current status, it is absolutely not possible.
The problem of the Ming Dynasty is not that the Qing soldiers are too strong at all, but that they are too bad! Termites have been hollowed out up and down, and this moth-eaten termite, that is the vast number of gentry class!
That's right, it's Guan Kunyu and them.
Although the Guan family, as a military household, is not the most typical Confucian gentry who "cultivates and reads heirlooms", it can also be regarded as a member of this class, and they all use their privileges to occupy a large amount of land and population, and belong to the vested interests of the current political (beep) governance structure.
In Guan Kunyu's view, if you want to save the Ming Dynasty, it is useless to bulldoze the peasant army to overthrow the Qing Dynasty, as long as their moths are still digging the corners of the Ming Dynasty, the collapse of the Ming Dynasty is inevitable. The class that controls the most wealth in the country hardly has to pay taxes, not only does it not pay taxes, but in turn it eats the royal family and eats the small people.
But, let him take the lead in digging his own corners and handing over his property to the state? He Guan Kunyu is not stupid! The ass decides the head, he's not that saint yet!
What's more, Guan Kunyu is just a mere military household, and he is a child of three rooms, and he can't even inherit a hundred households, and he is an ordinary big-headed soldier when he becomes an adult! At most, he is a big-headed soldier with a relationship, and he can rely on blood relations to avoid errands and make some oil and water, no matter how he thinks about this kind of national event, he will eat radishes and worry about it.
So, it's better to focus on more practical issues! For example, now, once my dad has contacts at sea, it would be good to bring some people to immigrate to Australia and America in the future.
As soon as Old Man Guan finished speaking, the old lady interjected.
"Patrolling the river? Just Xu Laosi and their two broken boats!? Old man, are you pushing the three of us into the fire pit? It's not that there is no land at home, and it's better to give him some land to rent out than to go to Xu Laosi's side! ”
Old Man Guan glared at the old lady.
"You're just going to worry about it! Can I not know what is going on? How could he let him go to Xu Laosi's side. I'm talking about the newly established Zhenjiang Patrol Yamen a few years ago, which is the fat and poor yamen under the nose of the General Military Office, and it is full of oil and water! ”
"Even if your old man has a conscience, okay, then it's decided."
"Dad, mother, I don't want to go to the river, I want to go to sea."
Old Man Guan opened his eyes angrily and said, "Bastard boy, do you want to be angry with your father and mother!?" What is the difference between patrolling the sea and patrolling the river, isn't it both running on the water? Our Songjiang is not on the side of Yuegang, there is not so much oil and water on the sea, where can it be compared to Zhenjiang patrolling the river and barricade the river to ask for money? That's really called sitting on the ground and making money! ”
The old lady also interjected: "San'er, Daddy is for your good, look at Xu Laosi, his two broken boats are patrolling the sea, and they only earn a hard life of three melons and two dates all year round, how will you let the two of you live in the future?" ”
When it came to money, the stupid father didn't say anything anymore, so he could only nod and sigh as if resigned to his fate.
Seeing that the stupid father agreed, Old Man Guan said: "Okay, okay, let a few little ones go out to play, let's talk again." ”