When Fang Yingwu returned to Shanghuaxi Village, it was already evening. He greeted the setting sun, dragging a long shadow, and after turning the hillside, what appeared in front of him was a crowd.

More than 100 men, women, and children of the whole clan gathered at the entrance of the village, and there were many of them and one of them, but they were all excited, and they were talking to each other enthusiastically. It's like a festival, and this happens only during the most lively festivals.

The sharp-eyed person saw Fang Yingwu appear on the mountain road and shouted: "Brother Qiu is back!" The crowd was cold, holding their breath and looking at Fang Yingwu together.

They are all in the same village and clan, Fang Yingwu is basically very familiar, and generally knows their own personality, some are gentle, some are impatient, some are generous, some are stingy, some are hardworking, and some are lazy

But at this time, Fang Yingwu found that everyone's expressions towards him seemed to be carved out of a mold, exactly the same, and there was no difference.

There seems to be an invisible liliang, which naturally distinguishes Shanghuaxi Village into two kinds of people, one person is Fang Yingwu, and the others are just the second kind.

It seems that the person who reported the good news has already come, but I am afraid that this will become the norm in the future, Fang Yingwu thought. This is the result of striving for the top, or try to adapt!

The second uncle of the patriarch walked over excitedly, as if reporting work, and the other party responded: "A few messengers came to the room, and reported to Fang Xianggong High School Xie Yuan, and you are also at the top of the case." All the people had gathered together the money and sent them away. ”

Fang Yingwu nodded, "It's so troublesome for Second Uncle Lao." ”

Brother Qiu is still so approachable, and the second uncle seems to be secretly relieved. He also reported: "The doors and windows of your old house have been smashed, and now you can't live in it." So I cleaned up two clean houses at the ancestral hall, and you lived in them first, and then went back and slowly renovated the old house. ”

Smash doors and windows? Fang Yingwu was stunned, and then understood, this is also a custom. If a family is lifted, it is inevitable that someone else will smash the windows, cut down the threshold, and then renovate and repair. It's called changing the doorway, and it symbolizes that the door is different from now on.

The crowd automatically separates and allows the party to pass through. Accompanied by the second uncle of the patriarch and Fang Fengshi, Fang Yingwu took a turn in front of his house. Sure enough, the courtyard was in a mess, the doors and windows were broken, and the fence and courtyard walls were overturned, and it was indeed impossible to live in.

On the yellow mud walls of the house are two big characters of good news - "Good news, the first place in the Zhejiang Dingyouke Township Examination of the High School of the Guifu Master Fang Qingzhi Xie Yuan." Beijing Daily even appeared in Huangjia! "And" good news, your school children should take the first place in the county test! ”

Fang Yingwu looked at the villagers who were still watching him from a distance, felt very helpless, and said to the second uncle: "Let the villagers disperse, otherwise I will really be ashamed of myself, boy." ”

The second uncle smiled: "This is a great joy for the whole family, they all want to see if your family needs help, and they can help." ”

Fang Yingwu said very solemnly: "Actually, what I want to do most now is to pee." ”

The second uncle waved his hand to the crowd, "Disperse, I'll call you again if I have something!" ”

Then Fang Yingwu, the second uncle, and Fang Fengshi walked to the ancestral hall together, and this time Fang Fengshi reported to work: "The bed is new, the bedding is also new, and a set of tables and chairs has been added." It's all my unsuccessful son who is going to use it as a parent, so I'll move it to you first. ”

Fang Yingwu was speechless, and only after a while did he say: "How can the kid be good?"

"It's not worth anything! I'll send you the title deed and change it to your name. Fang said generously.

The second uncle coughed, and the other party was dissatisfied at the right time: "Don't talk about this matter alone, go back and do it together with the whole village." ”

These are all expected, Fang Yingwu, who has read the historical materials, smiled bitterly again and again, how could he not know the meaning?

It is normal for the whole family to come and donate land and take the initiative to become tenants, and it is not uncommon for hundreds of acres of real estate to be added to their names overnight. This is the most realistic person who attains the Tao, the chicken and the dog ascend to heaven.

Suddenly feeling movement behind him, Fang Yingwu turned his head to look, only to find a woman silently following behind his group.

"Sister Lan? Are you here too? Fang Yingwu was surprised. There was a large crowd just now, and he really didn't notice that Sister Lan was also among them.

Wang Lan pinched her handkerchief, bowed her head very shyly and said, "Father said to let the slave family come to greet you"

Second Uncle and Fang Fengshi suddenly had expressions of understanding on their faces, and took the initiative to continue to walk away.

Fang Yingwu looked at the sky, it was almost dark. Let a woman greet another man at such an ambiguous moment, Sima Zhao's heart is known to everyone!

Isn't it time to "go to the willow tops on the moon, and people are about after dusk"? Then Wang Shushi was finally willing to give up his book, was he willing to let Sister Lan come to him at such a time? I'm afraid I don't need her to go back at all.

Seeing the delicate and cowardly woman, Fang Yingwu's heart moved, but he was suppressed by reason.

It's okay today, first, he's too tired, and second, he doesn't want to be watched by the villagers at every turn, and become the protagonist of the public Chun Palace.

So he stepped forward and said, "I'm still me, there's nothing to greet me." There are a lot of things going on at home tonight, and I really can't take care of you, so you can come back tomorrow. ”

Wang Lan nodded lightly, "Then you should rest early, don't get tired." The slave family went back first, and I went to see you in the morning. ”

Seeing off Sister Lan, Fang Yingwu came to the empty room next to the ancestral hall, and the second uncle and Fang Fengshi were waiting outside the door. When I entered the house, it was indeed cleaned clean, and there was a lot of new furniture.

Fang Yingwu could only arch his hand and said: "I have suffered it, I have suffered it." ”

Seeing that Fang Yingwu accepted the kindness, Fang Fengshi was completely relieved, and said with a smile: "I'll go urge the wine and food, and the second uncle and Brother Qiu will stay for a while." ”

Waiting for Fang to go out at the right time, the second uncle invited Fang Yingwu to sit down, "There are two hundred and forty acres of land in the village, I will make a decision, as long as you are willing, how about entrusting all the land to your family?" ”

Fang Yingwu shook his head and said: "This is all the property of the clan, won't it become the property of my family to take the clansmen if it is passed on?" ”

"Why is Brother Qiu so pedantic, it's just borrowing your family's name, and between relatives, don't you want to help each other?"

Of course, Fang Yingwu knows that this is called "trickery", which is a means of tax evasion, although it is not recognized by the government, but it is also one of the unspoken rules of the people. Of course, the land registration is not clear, and there are many disputes and lawsuits arising from this.

But Fang Yingwu was a little resistant, how could he, who was familiar with the history of the Ming Dynasty, not know that it was precisely because of this rule that the country's finances and taxes became more and more difficult in the late Ming Dynasty, and Zuihou had a chain reaction that led to a major collapse. At that time, as a researcher, he had always despised this method of tax evasion.

So he still refused: "Second uncle listen to me." The head of the family is my father, and he must be invited to be the master of major matters. ”

"The autumn tax is about to begin, but your father doesn't know when to return to his hometown, and when there is an extraordinary strategy in extraordinary times, you will agree!"

Fang Yingwu sighed, "Taking away the inheritance of other families is not the work of benevolence." ”

The second uncle got up suddenly, knelt on the ground with a puff, and said urgently: "My Huaxi Fang clan has only been successful in this trip for hundreds of years, if you don't collect the fields, the old man won't be able to get up!" ”

Fang Yingwu, who was originally sitting firmly, was so frightened that he jumped three feet high, and hurriedly knelt down in front of the second uncle, and reached out to help him, and said in a loud voice: "Take it, take it, don't kill the kid from the second uncle!" ”

He knew very well in his heart that in this way, at least 100 acres of land would be added to their family's name, and this was still when their village was too poor.

No wonder I often hear that the poor show is sour and sour, but who has ever heard of the poor and sour? There are no poor people, but there is a saying that gold lifts people, silver jinshi. In front of me is a living example, some people cry and shout to send Tian to the door, this is the true meaning of the book's own golden house.

But Fang Yingwu still tried his best to keep his heart immortal, he didn't want to sink completely, he didn't want to be the kind of national moth that he had despised on the research materials. "Second uncle, I also have a word first. My family only accepts the land of the same clan, and no one with a foreign surname is accepted! And my family only collects land, not slaves of the same surname! ”

After a night without words, Fang Yingwu had a lot of ups and downs today, his mind was tired, and he went to bed early after eating. The next day, he woke up, not naturally, but by the sound outside the window.

Fang Yingwu impatiently put on his clothes and went out to see who was disturbing people's dreams. There was a person standing outside the door, probing his brain, but after a closer look, it was Mr. Wang, the teacher of the Wang School.

Mr. Wang's smile turned away from the other party's object, and he arched his hand and said, "The old man can see that your father and son are not things in the pool!" ”

Then he stuffed a silver ingot into Fang Yingwu's hand, "It's not a respect, congratulations on this thin gift!" ”

Fang Yingwu looked down at the silver in his hand, very speechless. Isn't this ingot of silver the five taels of small ingots that he threw to the Wang family for Sister Lan in a fit of anger? This Mr. Wang will settle the account, and today he sent it back as a congratulatory gift.

Master Wang Shushi reminded: "The agreement made a few months ago, don't forget it. The agreement in his mouth was, of course, Fang Yingwu's agreement to give ten taels of silver to Sister Nalan as a concubine.

Fang Yingwu looked at the gains and losses of Wang Shushi, felt funny, and teased: "There is still a difference in silver, didn't your old man say that he would talk about it after the silver was replenished?" I can't make up this bride price right now. ”

"What is this saying, what is silver! Don't you want to admit it? You can't be too Chen Shimei! Wang Shushi said as he beckoned back.

But I saw Sister Lan holding a package, squirming and flashing out from behind the tree, her face was already red like the glow of the sky at this time.

Fang Yingwu could guess that this package was only afraid that it was her clothes and often used to look at this jiashi, and today Wang Shushi was determined to let her stay in his room.

Wang Shushi gently shouted to his daughter: "Don't stand and be lazy, don't go into the house to clean up, be diligent at your husband's house!" ”

Fang Yingwu was afraid that Sister Lan would be embarrassed, so he waved his hand and said, "Go quickly!" The house was very messy. Wang Lan was pardoned and hid in the house with small steps.

Looking at the beautiful and graceful back, pinching the silver in his hand, and thinking of the land property that was about to be included in his name, as well as the house that was about to be renovated, Fang Yingwu sighed.

Silver, women, rents, houses, and a sedan chair are missing, and they will become the legendary "Five Sons Dengke". However, this person in the middle is not himself, it is all based on his father's shadow, and it doesn't matter if he has one less subject.

Thinking of this, Fang Yingwu's heart was very literate, and he felt a strong sense of emptiness, is this all his own?

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