Fanning soaked comfortably in a large wooden barrel, the boiling hot water washed away the fatigue of his journey, and in the outhouse living room, there were constant disputes between his parents.

"Lady, I'm going to go to my parents later, and find a few books for Ning'er to review, but it's not good to go empty-handed!"

"I knew there was a little bit of something good at home, and you were going to send it over!"

"It's not for outsiders!"

"Humph! I'd rather give it to outsiders. ”

After a pause, the mother said again: "Those pairs of cloth shoes are good, the deer tendon soles, the old man will be very comfortable to wear, or send a pair to my mother-in-law." ”

"Then what do you want from the fourth? After all, I asked him to borrow books. ”

"The fourth child doesn't have to give it, send a bottle of perfume to his wife, if it weren't for Ning'er to borrow a book, I wouldn't be reluctant!"

"Lady, this ..... I've not been in good health lately, and I may not be able to drink so much wine, you see, ......"

"No one tells you to drink it all in a day, you can keep it and drink it slowly, but you are not allowed to give it to the old man."

"He's my father after all, okay with just one bottle?"

"You have to send yourself to buy it, these wines were carried back by Ning'er from the capital all the way, and I won't allow you to send them!"

The mother's non-negotiable attitude ended the short conversation, and as the mother's footsteps walked away, the heavy sigh of his father, Fan Tiezhou, came from the outhouse.

For the first time, Fanning realized that the family was in charge of the mother.

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After taking a bath, Fanning changed into a clean dress, although it was a coarse cloth short coat made by her mother herself, but the pulp was very clean, and it was extremely warm and comfortable to wear.

"Ning'er, go to Grandpa with Daddy first, and then Daddy will take you to the school when you go back."

"Got it!"

What Fanning hopes for most now is to get into the bed and get a good night's sleep, but it seems that he can't escape, so he has to say yes.

The father and son went out, Fan Tiezhou carried a few colored snacks in his hands, a pair of cloth shoes and a bottle of perfume in his pocket.

Fan Ning shook his head secretly, the pair of cloth shoes were from Li Baitai Shoe Store in the capital, the first brand of the Great Song Dynasty, which was originally wrapped in paper and placed in a beautiful cloth bag.

But now the exquisite bag is gone, and the layer of fine linen paper on the outer bread is gone, so it is directly in the pocket, what is the difference between this and the shoes sold by the little merchant for a few pennies a pair?

And the carved box of the perfume is gone, it is an ancient perfume!

His father didn't pay attention to his gifts at all, and expensive luxury goods became stalls in his hands.

At this time, Fanning unexpectedly discovered that his father still had a bottle of wine tucked in his waistband.

Fan Tiezhou's old face turned red, and he hurriedly whispered: "Don't tell your mother!" ”

"Mother will find that there is a bottle missing."

"I know, if your mother finds out, you say that you gave it to your grandfather, and she will have nothing to say."

Fanning rolled his eyes, his father had a good plan.

Fanning knew that the conflict between his mother and grandfather originated from the separation of the family, but in fact, they had not yet separated in name, and the laws of the Great Song Dynasty clearly stipulated that the parents were not allowed to separate the family.

But the law is the law, the reality is the reality, there are many sons in the family, there are many contradictions, and the separation of the family is inevitable, and it is enough not to go to the government for the record, which abounds in the countryside.

A year ago, the matchmaker introduced a family affair to the fourth uncle, the woman is from Wujiang County, surnamed Liu, fair-skinned and watery, very blessed, and her father is an old man, working as a sticker in the county government, the family has a lot of land, and the dowry for his daughter is also very rich.

The Liu family is much stronger than the Fan family in terms of fame and property, and the grandfather divided the eldest Fan Tiezhou in order to climb into this family business, so that the real estate and land under his name were left to the fourth child.

The other party also agreed to this marriage, but this is obviously unfair to the boss Fan Tiezhou, Fan Tiezhou is filial, he will not take it to heart, but Zhang Sanniang has always been obsessed.

Fanning always listened to her mother talk about it, and her ears were calloused.

As for after getting married, the Fan family knew what it meant to be very blessed, but it was too late.

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My grandfather's house is in the east of the village, the terrain is relatively high, on a small hill, it is actually a mountain col, behind it is Yuanbao Mountain, surrounded by lush trees, the clear water at the foot of the mountain is like a belt, the scenery is very good.

The two walked up the hill along the path, and a flat land appeared in front of them, about two acres or so, where their grandfather's house was.

Two rows of blue brick and large tile houses, in the shape of '𠃍', one row facing south, one row facing east, the courtyard in the middle is one acre large, and the surrounding walls are about one person high, which looks pretty good.

When I walked into the yard, I saw dozens of chickens in the yard, and an old lady from the countryside was sitting in front of the kitchen to pick vegetables.

"Mother!" Fan Tiezhou hurriedly ran up.

It turned out that this old lady was his grandmother, Fan Ning was suddenly in a trance, he had replaced Fan Du for two or three months, and his grandmother seemed to never exist.

It wasn't until today, when her mother offered to give her mother-in-law a pair of shoes, that Fanning realized that she still had a grandmother.

Fanning looked at his grandmother carefully, and saw that she was no different from the old country lady she usually saw, with a veil wrapped around her head, wearing a short cloth coat with white dots on a blue background, and a black cloth belt around her waist.

She was estimated to be less than sixty years old, but her back was already visibly rickety, and the hard work of life had scratched countless wrinkles on her face, but her cloudy eyes were full of kindness and kindness.

Fanning's grandmother's surname is Yang, who is from this village, she looked up at her eldest son, but when she saw Fanning, her eyes suddenly lit up, and a big smile bloomed on her face covered with walnut lines.

"My house is coming!"

She patted off the vegetable leaves on her body, walked forward quickly, held Fan Ning with a pair of warm and rough hands, and touched Fan Ning's headache, "I'm here to see Grandma!" ”

Fanning's heart was suddenly melted by his grandmother's love, and he hurriedly saluted respectfully, "Grandma is good!" ”

"My grandmother is sensible, come on, grandma will give you an egg!"

She pulled Fanning to sit down, went into the kitchen and got a freshly boiled egg, and stuffed it to Fanning, "Eat slowly!" Don't choke. ”

Fan Ning hurriedly took out the cloth shoes from his father's pocket and handed them to his grandmother, "This is the best cloth shoes I bought for my grandmother in the capital." ”

Yang Shi was stunned for a moment, her cloudy eyes were a little moist, she stroked Fan Ning's head, and smiled so much that her mouth couldn't close, "My grandmother is sensible, and I bought shoes for Grandma." ”

"Why is this little red guy here?"

An incongruous voice came from the side, and I saw Fan Dachuan coming out of the guest hall with his hands behind his back, staring at Fan Ning with a pair of white and black eyes, looking at Fan Ning with disgust.

He learned from his youngest son in the morning that his grandson was going to be a little tea boy for Fan Zhongyan, not to worship Fan Zhongyan as a teacher, so he felt a little more comfortable.

Otherwise, Fanning wouldn't even be able to enter this door today.

But even so, in his heart, he was still very dissatisfied with his eldest son, and he didn't leave the opportunity for Fan Zhongyan to his brother, but gave it to his stupid son.

I was driven back after only a month, and I was right! What can this little fool do?

Fan Tiezhou hurriedly stepped forward and handed the wine to his father, "This is Ning'er's good wine to honor his father!" ”

"Good wine?"

Fan Dachuan snorted, he took the wine bottle and looked at it, Fan Dachuan was disdainful, but he was extremely shrewd in his heart.

This bottle is a good thing! It's actually Cizhou white glaze, and my best teapot doesn't have this glaze color.

The wine bottle reads 'Thousand Days Spring', which is the famous wine of Zhongshan Garden in Beijing, Fan Dachuan has heard of the name for a long time, but it is the first time he has seen it.

The next time you're going to get out on town, you'll have to take it with you and show the old guys.

Fan Dachuan suddenly understood in his heart that this must have been sent by Fan Zhongyan.

Looking at the face of the wine, Fan Dachuan's face was a little better, and he nodded and said, "Then let's leave after lunch!" ”

At this time, Fan Tongzhong walked out of the opposite room and said with an unhappy face: "Daddy, what do you say about that incident?" ”

Rao is Fan Dachuan usually dotes on his youngest son very much, but today he is also a little annoyed with him.

"If you are admitted to the exam, don't say five taels of silver, even if I sell my land and house, I will make up one hundred taels of silver for you, but you still fail this time, you are embarrassed to ask me for money!"

The word 'off the list' was like stepping on Fan Tongzhong's tail, and he suddenly jumped up and shouted, "I didn't fall off the list, I was admitted this time, just because my family had no money and no power, so the quota was topped by others." ”

Fan Tiezhou frowned, "What's the matter?" ”

Fan Tongzhong looked down on his eldest brother from the bottom of his heart, and he usually didn't say a word, but today he was a little short of breath and wanted his eldest brother to support him.

"Big brother, I went to the state to check the papers a few days ago, and people said that I played well this time and should be admitted, but unfortunately I was topped by the children of the powerful, so I fell off the list."

Fan Tiezhou was furious, "There is still this kind of thing, so why don't you complain?" ”

"Of course I complained, but it costs money to check the papers, otherwise who will pay attention to you, I had to ask my classmates to borrow five taels of silver, and I checked the school superintendent in the state, and they checked the papers for me, which is borrowed from my classmates, and I want to return it to others."

Fan Ning really admired his uncle, he obviously fell off the list, and he confidently pulled the children of the powerful out to blame, and that's it, and he actually used the list to make another amount of money.

With this mouth, he is talking nonsense seriously, saying that the dead can be alive, and it is really condescending not to be a lawyer.

Fan Dachuan glared at his son fiercely, "You said before that you wanted to check the papers, and I have already given you five times the money, why do you still need money?" ”

"The child has to eat, drink, and stay in the state, and it costs money to take a boat on the way, and the county school administration also went with us, so don't you spend money to invite guests to dinner? I also have to have a good relationship with Xuezheng and buy some gifts or something, where is the money enough?

I still save money, live in the cheapest foot shop, people take the boat, I can only walk, just to save a few pennies to take the boat, you look at my feet, are grinding out blisters, am I easy? ”

In the end, Fan Tongzhong's eyes were red, and tears rolled down.

Yang sighed and said to her husband: "His father, don't complain about Shiro, it's not easy for him!" ”

Fan Dachuan had no choice but to say helplessly: "You are not the only one who has failed the list, you review well and strive to pass the next exam, as for the five taels of silver, I don't have it in my hand for the time being, let's talk about it after a while!" ”

Fan Tongzhong suddenly became anxious, "That's borrowing other people's money, I have to pay it back!" ”

Fan Dachuan was stumped, although he still had a sum of silver at the bottom of the box, but he didn't want to move that silver, Fan Dachuan rolled his eyes and looked at his eldest son Fan Tiezhou.