Chapter 30: Helplessness

Han Shifeng was expecting good news, but when he met Sun Hao three days later, he returned home with a sad face.

"Master, what about the previous thing?"

Han Shifeng shook his head,

"I'm afraid it won't work!"

It took a lot of effort to get those two places in front of him, and now Sun Hao went to ask the mountain chief again, but he got an iron-faced selfless reply at all!

Wang also frowned when he heard this,

"How's that going to be? Why don't you ask someone to go to the mountain chief and talk about it? ”

Han Shifeng shook his head and said,

"Guan Shanchang has never followed personal feelings, it is a special case to be able to give two places in the past, and now the boss still wants to study in the academy, it is not good to annoy the mountain chief, if it is not good to make his old man angry, the two places will be withdrawn, but it will be self-defeating!"

Wang was so worried when he heard this,

"What is going to be done? Really let Qi'er come home? ”

Han Shifeng sighed,

"That's all there is to it!"

After dinner, the Han family called the family to the study to talk, and the four daughters and the aunt Miao were all sitting, leaving only the little girl to guard the door outside.

Han Shifeng saw his daughters looking at him with blank eyes, but the words he had thought of in his stomach couldn't come out, and he sat on top and hesitated for a long time before he spoke,

"Third child, when I went to your uncle's mansion before, I think you knew what Aunt Lei said?"

Han Qi had already guessed that today's battle was only for that day, but in fact, she had also thought about it repeatedly in the past few days, and she had already made up her mind in her heart, so she responded at the moment,

"Father, what Aunt Lei said that day, the daughter knows, I think that the father and mother are sad in the past few days must be for this matter, the daughter does not want her parents to be embarrassed, so she will not go to the Chengsheng Academy in the future, let this place out!"

As soon as this remark came out, everyone had different expressions, Aunt Miao was shocked, but she didn't know the reason, and hurriedly reached out and pulled Han Qi's sleeve,

"Why don't you go, but the third lady was scolded by Mr.?"

When Han Jun heard this, he shouted angrily,

"Auntie, the third sister is doing well in the academy, the gentlemen like her, it's the clan uncle and the family who want to force us to give up the quota!"

Turning his head and shouting at Han Shifeng again,

"Father, why do you let others bully us, the third sister is so good at learning, you can't bear to let her be wasted halfway?"

"This ......"

Han Shifeng was in a dilemma, and he didn't know how to respond to his daughter's question for a while.

"Han Jun, how can you make such a mistake, if you still have no rules like this, go back to the room and stay!"

Han Shifeng sighed slightly and was just about to speak, when Han Xiu on the side said,

"Father, mother, and the third sister are doing well in their studies, and they are not much better than me, it's a pity to drop out of school like this, it's better for my daughter to retire, and my daughter will get married next year!"

"This ......"

Han Shifeng glanced at each other when he heard this, and he actually thought the same thing in his heart, but Han Xiu was the eldest daughter, he couldn't ignore his eldest daughter, and he had to take care of his wife, this thought was spinning in his mind but he couldn't say it, Wang shook his head immediately when he heard it,

"It's precisely because you're going to get married that you can't drop out of the academy!"

The Xu family had already known that their daughter was in Chengsheng Academy, and they retired for no reason, and when the in-laws asked, they were not good at publicizing family affairs, which made people suspicious!

What's more important is that Wang's heart is still different, that is, no matter how well Han Qi's books are read, he can't go past his daughter, if the eldest daughter is allowed to retire, there is only one place for Han Qi to occupy, she is younger, and the second daughter will not be able to enter the academy again until she gets married, and she can't let her have a concubine under her knees!

Han Shifeng also understood this, nodded no, shook his head no, turned his head to avoid the begging look cast by Aunt Miao, and said to the eldest daughter,

"Your mother is right, she quit rashly, causing the Xu family to suspect that your marriage is not good!"

"But ......"

Han Xiu turned her head to look at Han Qi and reached out to hold her hand

"Three Sisters......

Han Qi stretched out her other hand and patted the back of her hand, and replied softly,

"Father, mother, you don't have to give in to your big sister, my daughter has made up her mind, and I will go to my husband tomorrow to ask for my resignation!"

Although Han Shifeng and Wang were relieved when they heard this, they felt unbearable.

"Third Sister ......"

Han Qi said with a smile,

"The daughter's family is not studying for the imperial examination, not for governing the country and the country, knowing some words, understanding some truths, the daughter is a concubine who does not have this blessing, and now it is the parents who have mercy to let their daughter enter school to be taught by the Master, although it is only a few months, but it has benefited a lot, the daughter is very satisfied, this time, according to the daughter's opinion, it is a good thing, about a place to let out, won the favor of the uncle, and the father will also have a little more help in the officialdom in the future, and it is also very beneficial to the father to our family!"

When she said this, Han Shifeng nodded and said with relief,

"Sure enough, it's still our little third child who understands things!"

Wang also sighed when he heard this,

"Good boy!"

Although Aunt Miao didn't know what was going on, she understood that her daughter could no longer enter the academy to study, and her tears rolled down, but she didn't dare to cry in front of the old lady, so she only took a handkerchief to cover her face.

"My poor Qi'er......"

Han Xiu and Han Jun are unhappy for their third sister,

"They're so deceitful!"

"A dignified fourth-grade official, or an elder in the clan, oppressed us like this!"

Han Qi turned around to comfort her aunt and said with a smile,

"Sisters, don't be angry, I can read and write at home, and with my father and big sister, I don't have to go to the academy to be worse than others!"

In this way, Han Qi finally calmed down his family after several words, and Han Shifeng said only when he saw that the matter had been decided,

"Today's matter has been decided, although you are dissatisfied, you must not tell outsiders!"

Wang Shi replied,

"Don't worry, sir, although the daughters are young, they also know the importance of proportion, so they naturally won't say anything to the outside world!"

"Hmm!"

Han Shifeng nodded and sent everyone back to rest, leaving Han Qi alone in the study, but he sighed at her and said,

"Qi'er, it's my father who can't stand you!"

Han Qi said with a smile,

"The father said that, what the daughter said before was not a lie, this place will be given up, but it must be worth it, so that the father can earn a few more benefits in front of her uncle, but the daughter feels that she has no loss!"

Han Shifeng smiled and sighed,

"If you are a man, you will definitely have a better future as a father than if you are an official in the imperial examination!"

Being able to bend and stretch, being able to give up and gain, but making a decision on the spot is the most important thing in officialdom!

Alas! It's a pity that it's a daughter!

Thinking of this, Han Shifeng thought of his son again, and sighed,

"I don't know what kind of charter Shiro will follow his father-in-law and his old man's house in the future!"

That is, he made up his mind, Han Shifeng went to Han Hui's house in person the next day, as the third daughter said, and the two were locked in the study and talked for half an hour, and then the two came out with smiles on their faces, Han Hui left Han Shifeng to eat in the house, and Han Shifeng did not return until dark.

Wang welcomed Han Shifeng, who was full of alcohol, back to the room, and took a handkerchief to wipe his face.

"Master, what's the matter?"

Han Shifeng lay on the couch and sighed and nodded,

"It's over!"

"That'...... So what did Han Hui say? ”

Han Shifeng sneered and said,

"The old fox also pretended to excuse himself, and said that it was the woman of the back house who said it casually, so I don't have to take it seriously......"

Wang also sneered when he heard it,

"That'...... How does the lord reply? ”

Han Shifeng responded,

"Naturally, I sincerely let him accept it, but I just said that the little girl was dull and didn't grow in the academy, so it was better to give him that distant relative......"

Wang listened to the airway,

"Our third sister is really wronged!"

Han Shifeng sighed,

"That's it! This time I was also forced to be helpless, and I would have the opportunity to give her another idea to enter the academy in the future! ”

Wang just sighed when she heard this, she knew that these words were just Han Shifeng's words of comfort, Han Qi is twelve years old this year, and she is not much different from the second child, when the second child is married, her marriage is approaching, then there is still a chance to enter the academy again!

I had to ask hatefully,

"That'...... What good does the old fox do you? ”

Han Shifeng responded,

"Humph! You should be his slippery old fox so easy to promise, but it's just perfunctory! ”

Wang hated even more when he heard it,

"Is this trying to take advantage of us for nothing?"

Han Shifeng snorted,

"It's good to just want to take advantage, and I don't expect him to give me anything, as long as I don't offend him, it's good!"

Although the husband and wife are indignant, only the situation is stronger than others, and they can only endure this tone, but they don't mention it at all in front of the children.

Han Shifeng and Han Hui have already said that when August passes, Han Qi will leave the academy and let the Miss Feng family transfer to the academy, and on the day of August 26, Han Qi followed Han Xiu into the academy early in the morning, and planned to ask Mr. to resign, Han Xiu sat on the carriage and watched the academy approaching, but her eyes gradually turned red, and she burst into tears, Han Qi sat opposite her and hurriedly asked,

"Why is the big sister sad?"

Han Xiu took a handkerchief to wipe her tears,

"I'm not worth it for you, I hate them for taking it by force, the third sister is going to school and recruiting whoever provokes someone, and she is replaced by someone!"

As he spoke, he wiped the tears on his face,

"I've already thought about it, today I went to talk to my husband, and I said that I was going to get married next year, and I needed to prepare for marriage at home, and I went to drop out of school!"

Han Qi was shocked when he heard this,

"Big sister can't, the parents have already decided on this matter, if the big sister makes her own opinion, it will ruin her father's business!"

"What can be bad, the left and right is to vacate a place for them, my learning is not as good as you, and it is only right for me to quit!"

Han Qi just smiled bitterly when she heard this, if she really wanted to do this, her mother was afraid that she would be dissatisfied with her!

Just about to think of persuading Han Xiu to dispel this thought, Fangcao spoke outside,

"Two young ladies, we're here!"

Han Qi hurriedly helped Han Xiu get out of the car,

"Big sister, don't be reckless, we'd better follow our parents' orders!"