Chapter 211: The Eleventh Task Ah Q wants to be surnamed Zhao 3
Although it is still under the rule of the Qing court, the movement of population in Jiangsu and Zhejiang is not so strictly controlled. However, out of prudence, Lu Renbing still decided to go for a road. Save the trouble, as for saying that there is no letter of introduction or something. Not a problem at all.
In Shaoxing County, which is rich in masters, there is no broker who can deal with such a trivial matter, isn't that a joke? Again, as long as Nong is rich, it doesn't matter what matters.
This is indeed the case, Lu Renbing only spent five silver dollars, and it was done. He gave himself the name, Zhao Guiren, a person from Weizhuang. En officially certified, his Agui is surnamed Zhao.
The broker who helped him handle the business was Zhao Maocai, who knew Weizhuang, and seeing that Lu Renbing was dressed appropriately, he thought that he was the same clan looking for Maocai, and carefully asked him what his relationship was with Maocai.
Lu Renbing didn't think about it and said, "Well, I am the same family as the ancestor of that family, and I can be regarded as the same clan, but I have already come out of the five suits, and according to the generation, I am barely two generations higher than Zhao Mao." ”
Well, Lu Renbing found out from Ah Gui's memory that he may indeed be Zhao Maocai's grandfather. But if you are poor, your clan will not look down on you, maybe Zhao Maocai's family is also ashamed of having a broken clan like Agui.
Maybe the reason why Agui insists on having the surname Zhao is to fight for a breath, mother, don't let Lao Tzu's surname Zhao, the surname Zhao is your grandfather. Lao Tzu's sons and grandsons are all wider than your family.
Well, it's the Spiritual Victory Method again. But Lu Renbing doesn't care, Agui has whatever surname he likes. Now that he has been officially recognized as surnamed Zhao, he has basically completed Agui's task. However, in the future, when he made a fortune outside, and then returned to Weizhuang with great fanfare, officially opened the ancestral hall of the Zhao family, and added his name to the family tree, he could really complete the task.
To be honest, the fact that Agui is surnamed Zhao is almost certain. Because the old lady Zhao himself did not deny that Agui might be surnamed Zhao, did he just scold Agui for being surnamed Zhao? Do you dare to have the surname Zhao? Perhaps it was because the ancestors of Agui's family were broken and they lost the face of the Zhao family, so they were deprived of the surname Zhao.
But in this era, the countrymen all repair genealogy, and no matter how broken the family tree with the same surname is, if there is a man, it will always be written into the family tree.
Of course, it is not excluded that some families who repair genealogy need to pay some money or something to enter the genealogy. Maybe it was because Agui's ancestors didn't pay the money, so Mrs. Zhao's family didn't record them in the family tree, which is not uncommon. Therefore, Agui is not worthy of the surname Zhao, and he does not dare to be surnamed Zhao.
To be honest, this kind of thing is not uncommon in the countryside. Well, as long as you are broad and powerful, you can fix a score by spending some money. Well, Lu Renbing plans to go back to Weizhuang in the future, if Zhao Maocai's family does not give him a family tree, he will ask someone to compile a genealogy, and trace the ancestor directly back to Zhao Kuangyin, anyway, there are not a few clans surnamed Zhao scattered in Jiangsu and Zhejiang in the Southern Song Dynasty.
The point is that in his genealogy, Zhao Maocai's family must be a branch of the family, or a side branch of the house slave who was given the surname by his Zhao Agui family. However, it was Zhao Maocai's family who betrayed his righteousness and stole his family business from Zhao Agui's ancestor, and then persecuted the family of the old family to death. Only Zhao Agui was left alone, well, anyway, how to make up the blood, and then invite ten or eight storytellers and singers to spread this story throughout Lu Town.
Let's see who is surnamed Zhao in the end, well, Meidi is very.
Anyway, the broker is not enough to take a rich country man in his eyes. A talented man who has no power is not enough to make him awe-inspired, let alone a fellow of his clan, and earning money is the king's way.
With the road strip, Lu Renbing, who has a household license, can legally go to other places. In fact, the investigation is not so strict in this era. It's not an exaggeration to be prepared.
When he arrived in Shaoxing, Lu Renbing decided to stop for a while, save some money, and then go to Dashang Beach. If you want to make a fortune in this era, you still have to go to the beach.
When he arrived in Shaoxing, Lu Renbing met someone who knew the foreign calendar, and he knew exactly the current era, which is now December 26, 1906, the first day of the first lunar month. The Chinese New Year is approaching, and Lu Renbing still decided to go to Shanghai Beach after the New Year.
It's not good to leave your hometown for the Chinese New Year, and Shaoxing Mansion still has a lot of opportunities to make a fortune before the year. I don't know why, after he came to this world, he was used to going off the rails to make money.
Maybe he inherited Agui, the bad root of the idea in the heart of his soul? But the original Agui is indeed a capable person. He is good at all kinds of work in the fields, doing chores in other people's homes, and he is also a good hand at rice cooking. It must not be said that he is a lazy person.
Ah Gui also used to be complacent for a long time because others praised him for his ability. The self-esteem of such a small person as him comes entirely from his good style. The reason why he is poor and does not even have a house of his own is entirely caused by this cannibalistic era. The rich have no place to stand, and the poor have no place to stand, which is no joke.
However, it seems that after Lu Renbing came through, he did not inherit Agui's capable side, but instead magnified his gambling personality. I always want to go off the rails, and I don't want to do serious work.
But fortunately, he really didn't have the intention of farming. In any case, this is also a turbulent era. There aren't too many opportunities to get rich, so why bother digging in the soil?
Because he wanted to stay in Shaoxing for a while, Lu Renbing wanted to find a house in Shanyin County and lived there. The Shaoxing city is composed of two counties of Shanyin and Huiji, and the two county towns are divided by a river that runs through the north and south of the city. San'in County is on the west side of the river, and Huiji County is on the east side of the river.
There are mountains and rivers in the city of Shaoxing, and the scenery is beautiful. Since ancient times, the literary style in this city has been prosperous, and the gentry have gathered, but it is very prosperous. According to Lu Renbing's money, he couldn't find a good place in the city, but he didn't pay attention to anything, and finally he found an attic near Gugong Courtyard and lived there.
The houses here are cramped, and his attic is very dilapidated, but fortunately, it is quite tidy, and the landlord asks him for 200 yuan a month. Lu Renbing grinded for a long time before it dropped to 150 yuan. The old man reluctantly agreed.
But soon Lu Renbing knew that he had fallen for the old man, because he soon came from next door to inquire about the news, and the tenant learned that the rent of the family was only 60 sons. He was so angry that he jumped violently, knocked down the stairs, pulled out the old man, and wanted to theorize.
However, the old man was obviously prepared, and he didn't plan to return the money at all, Lu Renbing didn't care about the money, but this was a matter of personal dignity, and he couldn't be played with as a fool.
But no matter how much he spitted, the old man said that he couldn't get the money back, and that the price was the price. Lu Renbing also got on the bar with him, of course he wouldn't beat him if he beat him, but this old man didn't want to please him. Wherever the old man went, he followed.
While following, he muttered that the old man should return the money. Regardless of the old man's eating, drinking, and walking on the street, Lu Renbing followed him to death, anyway, he had time. In the end, the old man couldn't stand it anymore, because he was blocked in the toilet by Lu Renbing, and he couldn't get out at all.
In the end, there was no way, and the cure was refunded to Lu Renbing's excess room money. When the old man returned the money, he gritted his teeth and said, I see that you are also a person who wears a long shirt, why don't you talk about decency at all? For dozens of dollars, more than a scoundrel.
Lu Renbing, who got what he wanted, held the big money with one hand and pulled back and forth with the other. "It turns out that you, the old man, are looking at my long shirt, like a trick on me, and I am not afraid to tell you that this long shirt was won by Lao Tzu from a gambler, and Lao Tzu was originally a scoundrel. Old man, you have to keep your eyes open in the future, and next time Lao Tzu will not be so polite. ”
After saying that, he put the copper in his money bag and stuffed it into his arms. Swaggered back to the residence.
The old man lifted his pants, and then remembered that he hadn't wiped his buttocks yet, and hurriedly went back to the bathroom. When he was about to leave, he didn't forget to scold Lu Renbing's distant figure for lacking morality.