Chapter 5 Encountering Divorce
On a small road hundreds of meters away from Dong Dali's house, Liu Hua was being pulled by the ears of a middle-aged scholar with an angry face and walked away: "You stinky boy, how much trouble have you caused me in the past two days?" Old Master Du was scared half to death by you, Longhai was looking for you all over the street, Miss Shen is now waiting from home to withdraw from you, you, you are angry with me.
I sent you to a private school to study, but you skipped school all day, and it took me a lot of effort to get through Master Du and ask him to help you tutor alone, but you didn't know how to cherish it, so you went to the county government to help those arresters and solve cases.
Deciding the case is a matter for the yamen, what are you fooling in? Don't look at those who catch fast in front of people, but they are doing lowly jobs, once they become fast catchers, the descendants are not allowed to participate in the scientific examination among the three generations, do you want to be that kind of person?
Our Liu family is a generation of scholars, the ancestors are all scholars, in the previous dynasty, our Liu family even had an ancestor of the four grades of official residence, of course, although later because of the wrong team, as soon as he took office, he was forced to resign and go home, but this is also the honor of our Liu family.
How many times have I told you these allusions? But you always can't listen, you don't have a sense of honor at all, I was expecting that one day you can take the test to make a name for yourself and glorify your ancestors, but you just don't fight, and you know that you are stubborn all day long, now it's okay, seeing your unproductive appearance, the Shen family has come to withdraw from the family, and this matter is going to spread out, where do you let my face go? ”
At this time, Liu Hua was quite depressed, quite puzzled, quite puzzled, quite helpless, after he finished picking up the stolen goods at Dong Dali's house, he was waiting for the county master to give him a bonus, but at this time, the middle-aged scholar next to him dragged Liu Hua out without saying a word.
After dragging out Dong Dali's house, the scholar twisted Liu Hua's ears and went on the path, and then reprimanded Liu Hua as he walked, which had been trained for hundreds of meters, but the scholar had no intention of stopping.
According to the content of the scholar's reprimand, Liu Hua made a judgment in his heart, and estimated that this scholar was the cheap father in his time. Then, in order to verify whether his judgment was correct or not, he tentatively shouted to the middle-aged scholar: "Big brother." ”
Hearing Liu Hua call himself eldest brother, the scholar finally stopped talking, he was obviously stunned for a moment, and then beat Liu Hua with anger on his face, scolding while beating: "I, I, I beat you to death, this is only a few hours apart?" You actually call your father big brother, it's a big rebellion, a big rebellion. ”
"Don't fight, don't fight, I was just struck by lightning, and then I fell from the tree again, and I just fell on my head, and when I woke up, my head was a little dizzy, and I'm still confused?
There are some things I can't remember, really, I didn't mean to belittle your seniors, I really can't remember. Liu Hua saw that the scholar was trembling with anger, and his attack became more and more ruthless, so he had to find an excuse to defend himself.
Don't say it, this excuse worked, hearing Liu Hua say this, the scholar's movements suddenly stopped, and then looked at Liu Hua with a concerned face: "Son, why did you fall on the head?"
Old Master Du asked someone to send me a message, saying that you fell and asked me to come and pick you up, but he didn't tell me where you fell, I just saw you jumping around there to solve the case, I thought you just fell on your heels, son, are you in serious health? Let's find a Lang Zhong to take a look. ”
Seeing the scholar's anxious eyes, and then hearing his words full of concern, Liu Hua was a little moved in his heart, and he smiled at the scholar: "It's okay, my body is fine, it's just that my head hurts a little, and I can't remember some things clearly." ”
As soon as Liu Hua said this, the scholar finally put his mind at ease, and when he saw Liu Hua's black clothes, a trace of distress fell on the scholar's face, he took off his long shirt, pulled it down, and then draped the long shirt on Liu Hua.
After seeing the scholar's movements, Liu Hua felt even more in his heart, and a warm current welled up in his heart, at this moment, Liu Hua made a decision in his heart, since God let him come here, then he must survive here, if he can't return to his own era, then he must live in this era in style.
Although the man in front of him is not his father, but since he chooses to live from this era, he has to adapt to his new identity, thinking of this, Liu Hua used the excuse that he couldn't remember some things because of the fall, and consulted the scholar for information, through the scholar's answer, Liu Hua has a lot of understanding of the current era and his identity.
It turned out that he actually traveled to the fifty years of Kangxi, where Liu Hua's hometown is located, is Santunzi Village in Qingshi County, Yangzhou Prefecture, although the Liu family has been studying for generations, but its ancestors can obtain fame, but there are few people, you can count it with a slap, and you have to count it from the Ming Dynasty.
This scholar is Liu Hua's father, named Liu Ziyun, who was admitted to Xiucai at the age of sixteen, which really shocked Qingshi County at that time, and he had a reputation at a young age, and the future must be limitless, and it is precisely for this reason that many rich people want to marry their daughters to Liu Ziyun.
But at that time, Liu Ziyun did not choose those rich ladies as his wife, but chose the Zhao family girl who was married in the same village, this good story was widely circulated in Qingshi County at that time, and everyone was praising Liu Ziyun's morality.
Seeing that Liu Ziyun couldn't remember, many people with vision at that time put the idea on Liu Ziyun's child, as the saying goes, the icing on the cake is not as good as sending charcoal in the snow, if Liu Ziyun flies in the future, it will be too late to beat his child's idea at that time.
Therefore, when Liu Ziyun's wife gave birth to Liu Hua, many people came to Liu Ziyun to marry a baby and marry Liu Ziyun in line with the idea of casting a long line to catch big fish, taking advantage of Liu Ziyun's preoccupation yet.
At that time, Liu Ziyun was addicted to reading and didn't care much about this matter, so everyone found Mrs. Liu, and after some consideration, Mrs. Liu chose to marry the Shen family in the neighboring village.
The Shen family is a big family in Qingshi County, the family made a fortune by doing silk business, and almost all the silk fabrics in Qingshui County are from the Shen family.
When Liu Ziyun was sixteen years old after the examination of Xiucai, Shen Yuanwai took a fancy to Liu Ziyun's potential, and decided to bet on the Liu family, not long after Liu Hua was born, it happened that Shen Yuanwai's eldest son gave birth to a daughter in the side room, so Shen Yuanwai worked hard, and finally became in-laws with the Liu family, and Shen Yuanwai married his granddaughter Shen Jiaolin to Liu Hua.
However, what happened next really made Shen Yuanwai regret his intestines, and he couldn't sleep for several years, I don't know how? Liu Ziyun has not made progress since he was a talent in the examination, he has participated in the imperial examination again and again, and he has failed again and again.
When Liu Hua was eight years old, Mrs. Liu died, Liu Ziyun kept filial piety for his father for three years, and three years later Liu Ziyun wanted to take the exam again, but his wife fell ill again, in order to take care of his wife, and in order to take care of Liu Hua, Liu Ziyun gave up the idea of gaining fame and became a teacher in a nearby private school.
Liu Ziyun became a teacher, and the Shen family was completely dead, and when Shen Laoyuan lamented that he was old and dizzy and couldn't see people accurately, he had to put his hope on Liu Hua, hoping that Liu Hua was a seedling of reading and could be productive when he grew up.
But Liu Hua's performance when he grew up made the Shen family's heart completely dead, and he died again, this thing did not inherit a trace of Liu Ziyun's reading cells at all, he didn't study much since he was a child, and he knew all day long that he climbed trees and caught birds, went down to the river to catch fish, went to the house to uncover tiles, and teased his classmates.
The Qing Dynasty people got married relatively early, men generally got married at the age of fifteen or sixteen, and now Liu Hua and Shen Jiaolin have reached the age of marriage, seeing that the Liu family has completely declined, Liu Ziyun has no hope of gaining fame in the examination, and Liu Hua is unlikely to have a future, so the Shen family decided to come to the Liu family to withdraw from the family.
In the old house of the Liu family in Santunzi Village, Liu Hua sat on the chair next to the living room with Erlang's legs crossed, and he was looking at the furnishings and decorations in the room with curiosity on his face.
Liu Ziyun sat next to the Eight Immortals table in the middle of the living room, enthusiastically letting the people next to him drink tea, on the other side of the Eight Immortals table, a middle-aged man wearing a silk robe jacket and a golden silk vest, took the teacup from Liu Ziyun's hand with a guilty face, this person was none other than Shen Long, the eldest son of Shen Yuanwai.
At the bottom of Shen Long, there were several elderly people, and at the very end, there was a little girl about fourteen or fifteen years old, wearing silk and satin, and looking beautiful, she was Shen Jiaolin, who had a baby kiss with Liu Hua.
After greeting Shen Long, Liu Ziyun chatted with each other, but did not ask the purpose of Shen Long and his party, and Shen Long was not in a hurry to say what he meant, but pretended to have a guilty expression and chatted with Liu Ziyun.
At this time, Shen Jiaolin, who was sitting below, couldn't hold her breath, she stood up, first greeted Liu Ziyun, and then said unceremoniously: "Uncle Liu, my father asked someone to convey our intention to you before, I guess you also know the purpose of your niece's trip?" So I hope you don't go around in circles with your father,
Today, the niece followed her father to her uncle, not to reminisce about the past, but to get rid of the family affair fifteen years ago, the niece knew that she and Ling Lang had no husband and wife relationship, and she had no intention of entering the life of the Liu family, and asked Uncle Liu to discern the matter and agree to the niece's request to withdraw in front of these guarantors. ”
"Presumptuous, in front of all the elders, how can you have the right to speak? Don't give me back yet. When Shen Jiaolin's words fell, Shen Long, who was sitting at the top, suddenly slapped the table, and then scolded Shen Jiaolin a few words.
After scolding Shen Jiaolin, Shen Long looked at Liu Ziyun next to him, and the expression on his face became even more guilty: "Brother Ziyun, the younger brother has no way to teach her daughter, so that she has no way to hide her mouth, and I hope that Brother Ziyun will not blame, the little brother is ashamed, when she goes home, the little brother will definitely discipline this girl well, lest she not know the height of the sky." ”
After saying this, Shen Long paused, and then continued: "However, since the little girl has made her words clear, I will tell you the truth, the purpose of my brother's coming here is indeed just like the little girl just now, but to withdraw from the family."
Liu Huaxian's nephew is lively by nature, likes to catch fish and walk birds, and the little girl has been partial to poetry and songs since she was a child. ”
When Shen Long said this, he glanced down, and saw Shen Long's hint, and the old men who came here with the Shen family's father and daughter all spoke out to persuade Liu Ziyun to let the Liu family give up this family affair.
Hearing that Shen Long's father and daughter made their words clear, Liu Ziyun also said bluntly: "Since Brother Shen Xian has made it clear, I won't hide it, this marriage was made between my father and Shen Lao when he was alive, and the foolish brother didn't dare to change it without permission."
Although my Liu family is now broken, but it also wants to be face-saving, how can you let you decide to marry if you want to, and withdraw if you want to quit? But if the virtuous brother and the virtuous niece insist on quitting this family business, yes, after I die, go to the Huangquan Prefecture to ask my father, if the father agrees, I will come up and drag a dream, and let the dog and the virtuous niece withdraw from the family, how about it? ”
After hearing Liu Ziyun's words, Shen Long was almost angry, and said in his heart: "What do you mean? After you die, go to the underworld and ask Mrs. Liu if you agree? How old is that boy? At that time, my daughters will be called old ladies, who will want them after they quit? ”
Seeing that Liu Ziyun was unwilling to quit this family business, Shen Long frowned slightly, and after thinking for a moment, his brows gradually relaxed: "Hehe...... Brother Ziyun, just now the younger brother said that the little girl likes poetry and singing since she was a child, and she has said many times that her future husband must be better than her in poetry, otherwise, she would rather die than marry.
The Liu family is a scholarly family, a family of Confucianism, I heard that literati advocate meeting friends with literature, so let's do this, today let's have a "marriage with literature", let the little girl test Liu Huaxian's nephew with three questions.
If Liu Huaxian's nephew can answer the little girl's exam questions, this family affair will continue, if Liu Huaxian's nephew can't answer? I also hope that Brother Ziyun will open Chrysostom and agree to the younger brother's retreat.
Brother Ziyun is also a literati, I believe he should support this proposal of the younger brother, right? Unless? Brother Ziyun was disdainful of Sage Kong's "Confucian Dao", thinking that it was all false Taoism, and if this was the case, the younger brother would withdraw the proposal just now. ”
Seeing that Shen Long used Sage Kong's "Confucian way" to generalize his army, Liu Ziyun was a little hesitant for a while, he knew his son's knowledge too well, and he couldn't recognize half of the characters in Douda, and looked at Liu Hua who was sitting there hanging Erlangdang, he didn't know how to decide?
"No problem, I promise, let this girl make a question." In everyone's stunned expressions, Liu Hua sat on the chair and spoke lazily.