Seeing that there were firecracker crumbs at the gate, the matchmaker hesitated a little, stood there and didn't move, but said tentatively: "I'm from Minghu City, and I propose to Miss Qian for Liao Sangongzi, do you know?" Liao's Mansion is the governor's mansion of the first family in Liangzhong Province. ”

Pomegranate's face turned pale with fright, she didn't know that Liao Chengtian knew that Wen Jin was a woman: "You wait here." ”

Wen Jin had already heard it, she walked out quickly, and whispered to the matchmaker: "You also saw it, my brother has just been named the magistrate of the seventh grade, you tell the third son, I won't be a concubine if I kill him, and I don't have my brother to be promoted to an official based on his ability, which makes people misunderstand that it is by nepotism." ”

"Oh, Miss Qian, don't make a mistake-"

"Shut up! If you say anything more, I'll throw you directly into the fish pond over there, if Liao Sangongzi asks, I'll say I haven't seen it. ”

Wen Jin's eyes could almost kill people, and the matchmaker's face turned pale with fright, and she retreated again and again, tripped over the threshold in a hurry, and fell backwards.

"Get out! Tell Liao Chengtian that even if I, Qian Wenjin, am a monk, I will never be that kind of indiscriminate woman! ”

"You, you, wait!" The matchmaker was also angry, stood outside the gate, patted the dirt on her body, turned around and walked out of the village, where there was an ox cart, judging by the simplicity, probably hired by her.

Fortunately, there was a commotion at home at this time, and no one paid attention to the scene at the gate, so Wen Jin took the pomegranate and went home.

Wen Han invited Lord Wang to sit in the upper room, but he hurriedly ran to change his clothes, his wife was crying miserably just now, and he couldn't take care of it for a while.

Seeing that Wen Han was red, and changed into filial piety clothes in a blink of an eye, Lord Wang was also a little gloomy, and patted Wen Han on the shoulder: "Lord Qian, the festival mourns and changes!" ”

"Thank you for your care! Uncle Yue's health has not been good, I didn't expect to hold on to a happy event for us, so I went, I really couldn't stand this blow, just now the family was very busy, and I was slow to treat adults. ”

"It's okay, it's okay!"

"Please also invite the adults to enter Beijing, and say more good things for you, Qian doesn't want to do his best for the court, but loyalty and filial piety can't be both......"

"Understood, understood!"

Wen Han went out, took a burden and a rattan box from Wen Jin's hand, and carried it in: "Lord Wang has worked hard all the way, this is a little gift prepared by my father, please don't be vulgar, please smile." ”

"How dare you, how dare you, courtesy is light, Lord Qian is too modest."

Wang Zhongren accepted the gift, Wen Han breathed a sigh of relief, he asked others to lay out the paper and polish the ink later, and wrote a note asking Ding Wei to bring it.

"Lord Qian is busy with affairs, so Wang will leave,"

"How can this be done, please have lunch before leaving." Wen Han is sincerely retaining.

"No, no." Wang Zhongren saw that Wen Han personally took the gift, and the house was also narrow and dilapidated, so he was afraid that the food would not be good, so he would leave if he said anything, anyway, he went back and forth, staying and eating, all in the post station, and there was a court around.

Wen Han had no choice but to send the guests out.

When Wang Zhongren arrived at the post station, he opened the baggage given by Wen Han, a fox fur hood, a cyan satin mouseskin coat, a pair of high-waisted sheepskin boots, and a dark black leather gold lock belt, and in the rattan box were lotus seeds, mountain mushrooms, walnuts, jujubes and other mountain goods.

If it is according to the selling price of the capital, the gift is no less than 100 taels of silver, Wang Zhongren is happy, and he secretly thinks in his heart: "I didn't expect this Qian Wenhan to be subtle and not exposed, his own life is average, and he doesn't even have a small servant to take advantage of, so he is so generous." ”

The Ministry of Rites is a poor yamen, local officials can't make a stammer, he ran outside, although he received a lot of gifts, but they are all local soil instruments, nothing more than walnuts, jujubes, bacon, etc., not worth anything, only Wen Han gave him a dress, which is the most valuable all the way, after Wang Zhongren returned to Beijing, he praised Wen Han and praised it, the emperor was already sick and fragmented, often confused, Liu Guoshi, who was in power, did not have time to be angry with Wen Han, a seven-grade petty official, and the matter passed like this.

Besides, Wen Han took Yanran to Lijiazhuang for funeral, the ox cart walked to the gate, Sun Xiaoping stepped forward to call the door, but was stopped by the subordinates arranged by the Zhen family: "Mrs. said that the Li family has no relatives in this family." ”

Yan Ran's face turned red with anger, and Wen Han comforted his wife: "What is expected, don't be angry with your body." ”

"But I can't help but mourn my father, can I?" Yanran's tears flowed like a river.

Wen Han was also very anxious, he thought about it again and again, and asked his wife carefully: "Do you have a good relationship with your brother-in-law?" ”

"Hmm!" Yanran looked up suspiciously, and suddenly understood what her husband meant, asked the coachman to turn the bull's head, quit the village, and asked the uncle of the village head to go to the house to deliver a letter to the younger brother Haoran.

Zhen hated her daughter Yanran in the front room, and her daughter Qiaoran was not close to this sister, but her son Haoran didn't like his mother and sister, but he liked to be with his father and eldest sister.

Maybe it's because Zhen doesn't understand literature and science, and he is very stupid when he reads, but Haoran is like his father, like Yanran, he is very open in reading, since he was enlightened, he has gradually become less and less common to his mother at home, but he has nothing to do, he likes to be tired of being by his father's side, Li Xiucai is not in good health, and Yanran takes on the responsibility of raising his younger brother, which makes Zhen even more annoyed with Yanran, and always thinks that Yanran is provoking their mother-son relationship behind his back.

Haoran was only ten years old, his father died, he was very frightened, crying in front of the spirit, his mother and second sister were not less comforted, but these two spoke, very unpleasant, what "my father died, this family is the world of their mothers and sons", what "Haoran from now on, it is the Li family in charge, this Wanguan family wealth, is his".

He Li Haoran is so rare money? Without his father, Haoran's heart has been hollowed out, and he really can't figure out why his mother and second sister are still sad and happy.

"Young master, the eldest girl is blocked out and is not allowed to come in to offer condolences." The son of the nurse, the little maid Huan Nian took advantage of the unpreparedness of others and quietly said to Haoran.

His father died suddenly, and Haoran grew old all of a sudden, he didn't shout out because of anger, just nodded slightly, and asked, "Is the eldest brother-in-law here?" ”

"Say it's coming."

"At the gate?"

"No, at the entrance of the village."

"Okay, I'll take someone to greet you." Li Haoran solemnly kowtowed to his father a few times, stood up and straightened his clothes, and walked out of the mourning hall.

"Young master, young master, why did you come out?" Butler Wang He ran over.

"Can you arrange someone to welcome guests at home?" Li Haoran said majestically.

"It's arranged, it's arranged."

"Arranged? So why is the door closed? How do you let the condolences guests through the door? Is it difficult to knock on the door one by one? Saying that, Haoran couldn't help but be furious, holding the funeral schedule in his hand, and smashed it into Wang He's face, "Do you understand?" I don't understand, get out of here! ”

Wang He did not dare to say anything, but stood still.

The former housekeeper of the Li family was called Li Yulin, Li Xiucai was sick, Zhen called his distant cousin Wang He of his mother's family, and drove Li Yulin to Zhuangzi, a few days ago, Li Xiucai drove Wang He away and let Li Yulin take charge of the house, as soon as this person left, Zhen immediately drove Li Yulin away.

"Go, bring my mother!"

Wang He naturally wanted to come to support him, so he turned around and hurried away.

The courtyard of the Li family was built by Li Xiucai's grandfather, when the family was big, the yard was naturally big and magnificent, Zhen came over, and it took a while, she saw her son from afar, and asked loudly and exaggeratedly: "Hao'er, what's wrong?" How did Steward Wang you off? ”

Li Haoran didn't speak, and when his mother approached, he pulled her sleeve and entered the mourning hall: "Mother, Daddy said that he misses you." ”

scared Zhen into a cold sweat: "This kid, what are you talking nonsense." ”

"Mother, let me ask you, is this called Daddy's corpse and bones?"

Zhen didn't dare to say anything.

"Mother, let me ask you, do women have three obedience and four virtues?"

"Do you have a fever, kid?" Zhen stretched out his hand and wanted to touch his son's forehead, but was dodged by Haoran.

"Mother, answer my words, do you know that at home from the father, married from the husband, and from the husband to the son?"

Zhen looked at her son's serious face, as if facing her husband, she didn't understand why a ten-year-old child had such great power.

"Mother, let me ask you, who counts when it comes to our family now? If you don't say anything again, I will, I'll open an ancestral hall and ask the family law to come out! ”

"You dare to use family law on your mother!" Zhen jumped up in anger.

"Dad——, look at my mother, she's disobedient—" Haoran suddenly burst into tears, he had studied for several years, and although he understood some truths, he didn't know how to deal with unreasonable people.

Zhen was frightened, her husband's bones were not cold, if she was too much, she would be so angry that the ghost would be young, but if she was going to be in big trouble, she covered her son's mouth: "Haoran, Haoran, what are you going to do?" ”

Haoran easily pulled away his mother's hand: "My father is newly mourned, why are you closing the door?" What do you let the guests who come to mourn think of us? ”

"Not that slut—"

"That's my eldest sister, you dare to say that, I, I'm ,——" Haoran was so angry that he circled around the house, "Mother, if you don't want the eldest sister, I won't stay in this house anymore, in the future, you are not my mother, I am not your son." ”

"Woo-" Zhen cried, "Haoran, you have no conscience, I'm not here for your good, Li Yanran is wolf-hearted, your father gave her a dowry of our family's property!" ”

"Shut up! Mother, it's not that you stole the eldest mother's dowry, so my father had to make up for our things. ”

As soon as Zhen heard such a confidential matter, his son actually knew, and his face turned white with fright for a while, and then he was angry: "Did Li Yanran's slut tell you that?" ”

Haoran was also angry: "You have a dirty talk, how can you have the demeanor of a housewife?" Look at the eldest sister, I was bullied like that by you, and I didn't say a word ugly. Hmph, you and the second sister are just a small family woman who can't get on the stage, and your uncle, it's a shame to ask you to steal things! ”

Only then did Zhen realize that when he had a private conversation with his younger brother and let his son overhear it, his face couldn't help but turn white and red.

"Mother, the eldest sister is not the person who is short-sighted, even if she is poor, she will never do anything unseemly, you can rest assured, she will never take a stitch from you. Open the door and let the eldest sister and the eldest brother-in-law come and salute your father. Our family is also a big family, look at you, what do you do, it's not a shame, I will be in the future, if I read well in the future, take the test of talent, test people, no matter how promising, I will let others laugh at it for a lifetime. ”

Zhen didn't speak, but her son's sentence moved her.

"Then, let Li Yanran, a little slut, come in!"

Haoran glared at his mother fiercely: "Don't say that again, you still think I'm not ashamed!" Stomping his feet fiercely, Haoran walked out of the mourning hall and went to the gate to pick up his sister and brother-in-law in person.

Because of this farce, Yanran arrived at the mourning hall, becoming more and more sad and unbearable, crying to death.

The door of Li's house was opened, and there was an endless stream of people who came to mourn, and in front of the female dependents, a curtain was hung to cover it, Wen Han heard his wife's voice, and felt sorry in his heart, but because he avoided the suspicion of men and women, he couldn't go over to comfort him.

Zhen married, at the beginning of the rules and regulations, until the birth of Haoran, Li Xiucai's body became more and more unbearable, she thought that she had a firm foothold, and she often acted unreasonably, Li Xiucai did not teach her a lesson, ten years later, there was not much left of the relationship between husband and wife, she took advantage of the complicated affairs of the family, and did not guard in the mourning hall, but sat in the upper room of the main courtyard, listening to the servants to report the family affairs, if a particularly decent person arrived, such as an old mother sent by the Shen family, the younger brother and sister-in-law of the mother's family, she went to greet in person, and the rest of the guests ignored it.

The local people stopped the spirit, generally only three or five days, the auspicious time of Li Xiucai's burial, at the tenth hour of the first month, although Zhen's life is ridiculously bad, Li Xiucai is alive, or accumulated a lot of good karma, and the funeral went very smoothly.

The next day, Yanran cried not so much, which was still thanks to Haoran's words: "Eldest sister, my father is gone, Haoran will be pitiful in the future, it's better to follow my brother-in-law to study." ”

This is like a head-on drink, Yan Ran suddenly remembered that she not only has a husband who loves her and pities her, but also a young brother who relies on her support, crying does not solve the problem, she must be strong, cheer up, and deal with the wind and waves that will come in the future.

In the early morning of the tenth day of the first lunar month, the filial sons and grandsons who came to mourn, as well as the younger generations of the Li family, hugged the coffin and went to the ancestral grave.

Wen Han's mood is really not calm, his mother-in-law's behavior is too bad, Ned is not repaired, external troubles are coming, especially the Li family, the pillar of the family has fallen, the son is young, and he can't catch up with the force, three generations of single transmission, the only family, the blood relationship is too far apart, and when things happen, people may not help each other.

The funeral procession will soon arrive at the ancestral grave of the Li family, Wen Han's mood is slightly relaxed, as long as his father-in-law is buried smoothly, there will be no trouble.

The team in front turned a corner and came to a high-lying mountain bag, judging from the knowledge that Wen Han mastered, it faces southeast, the scenery is beautiful, and it should indeed be a treasure of feng shui, but why is it not the ancestral tomb of the Li family? There is not a single tomb bare.

Wen Han didn't know anything about this, he looked around blankly, and found that his father-in-law really wanted to be buried here alone, instead of entering the ancestral grave of the Li family.

There were also people in front who were puzzled, and Wen Han heard someone explain: "The ancestral tomb is full, and when the family is alive, they bought this hillside ......"

Wen Han breathed a sigh of relief.

But the funeral procession stopped, Wen Han didn't know why, stood in place and waited, but unexpectedly, the people in front of him quarreled, and the sound became louder and louder.

"What's going on?" Wen Han asked.

The funeral procession is first of all the descendants of the Li family, Wen Han, as his son-in-law, is at the back of the line, most of them are relatives who can't be beaten, and they all have blank expressions, and no one answers.

Wen Han walked forward, Li Haoran's face turned red, and he confronted a group of peasants with hoes and shovels and coarse cloth clothes.

"Haoran, what's wrong?" Although Wen Han and his brother-in-law had only met and had not been close, when he saw the little boy with a look of grievance and anger, he couldn't stand aside and stand by.

"They, they said, this hillside was bought by their Wang family first, and my father bullied the weak and forced them to sell it."

"Isn't that easy? Send someone to bring the title deed and you'll know. As soon as Wen Han's words fell, the big man on the opposite side stepped forward, and his index finger was almost to his nose: "Who are you?" Irrelevant get out of the way! ”

"The road is uneven, everyone step on it! It doesn't matter who I am, the point is, what the facts are! ”

"This is the cemetery of our Wang family, my father was buried here last year, Li Xiucai bullied people and forced my uncle to sell land to him, you are too bullying, other land is just enough, this is a cemetery, we will never back down!"

Jurong's land was resold and there were procedures for transferring ownership at the county office, Wen Han frowned slightly: "If it was a forced purchase and forced sale, why didn't you come forward to stop it earlier, but now, you want to miss the good day of the deceased's burial?" ”

"We just knew!"

"The deceased has been gone for three days, and you didn't know it before, but don't you know that someone is digging a tomb here? What did you do two days ago? ”

"Two days ago? Two days ago, did you let in the door of your house? ”

Li Haoran said angrily: "Let! There are a lot of people who come to mourn, and most of the entire Lijiazhuang have come, why do you say that? ”

The people on the other side seemed to be a little surprised, they received the news, but the door of the Li family was closed, and they wanted to stop the eldest girl who had just married.

Wen Han looked around: "Where is your father's tomb?" ”

"It was you who dug here, and Li Xiucai forcibly bought this land and forced us to move the grave."

Wen Han felt that this was really incredible, could this cemetery have such good feng shui, was it worth the father-in-law's great effort?

After a quarter of an hour of confrontation, someone rushed to deliver the title deed, Wen Han took it in his hand and looked at it carefully, this is simply a wasteland, Li Xiucai bought it directly from the government, how can there be any such thing as buying and selling? "If you think that the Li family is doing something wrong, and the yamen is facing that side, you must also know, go and beat the drum to avenge your grievances, don't delay the auspicious time for burial here." Wen Han waved his hand impatiently. Just now, the faces of these people were not angry, only fierce, and when they spoke, they revealed some secrets of the Li family, Wen Han suspected that they were colluding with the subordinates of the Li family and deliberately making trouble, maybe they wanted to extort some money, such a little trick, he didn't pay attention to it.

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