In mid-August, it rained incessantly for seven days, causing flooding of rivers and fields, and even in the lower towns.

Several children of the Mo family stood in the ancestral house, Xu Qingfeng was one of them, he was the son of the head of the Mo family, but because he was a concubine, his mother was a low-status maidservant, and he had not been recognized by the Mo family's bloodline, so he was not qualified to follow his father's surname, and could only follow his mother's surname.

The mother's surname is Xu, and she named her son Qingfeng, which means Qingfeng Xulai.

"I saw that it was time for the autumn harvest, but I didn't expect the rain to be non-stop, and I am afraid that this year it will be lost......"

Mo Jizu, the patriarch of the Mo family, looked at the continuous heavy rain outside, sighed with a sad face, and the relatives in the houses below also echoed the sighs, and for a while, the house was full of lamentations, and the clouds were full of sorrow.

After Mo Jizu saw that he had successfully provoked everyone's emotions, he coughed a few more times, and after the whole house was quiet again, he said slowly: "This year must be a year of catastrophe, maybe it will affect next year, our Mo family has a large population, we must prepare for the disaster year in advance, today I summoned the elders and brothers and sisters of each house to come over, just to discuss with you how to survive this year of catastrophe." ”

"What do you mean, Patriarch?"

"Step-ancestor, you are the patriarch of the Mo family, if you have any ideas, speak out and listen to them first. ”

"yes, yes, big brother doesn't have any good ideas. ”

......

After Mo Jizu saw everyone's hopeful eyes, he nodded with satisfaction before continuing: "My idea is to start cutting everyone's usual money and food from now on, and wait until the famine years have passed, and then return to normal......

Before the words were finished, the following fried pot, some resolutely disagreed, some complained, and some asked what kind of reduction method was made.

"I know that everyone has all kinds of difficulties, but in this year of great disaster, which family has no difficulties? If we don't prepare early and get through the difficulties together, will our Mo family's family still be able to pass it on? I'm thinking about the whole family......

"Patriarch, how much will the money and food be cut?"

"Cut it all in half. Mo Jizu waved his hand, and then without waiting for the people below to react, he continued: "In order to set an example, the monthly money of my family's concubines and children has been reduced, and the food has been cut by eighty. ”

"Ahh

Just as everyone was shocked by this decision, there was a sobbing voice from the back of the crowd.

"Who's crying. Mo Jizu frowned and asked.

"It's a concubine. A woman with a delicate face squeezed out from behind and knelt in front of the crowd.

When Mo Jizu saw the woman in front of him, he was furious and scolded: "You, what are you wailing here?"

"Master, is it okay for the concubine to cut only half of Feng'er's food? He is only eight years old! It is when he is growing his body, and the concubine voluntarily cuts his food to ninety percent. ”

Everyone suddenly reacted, Mo Jizu, the old fox, said righteous and awe-inspiring words on his face, but he actually only had two children, which is equivalent to saying that only one of his many concubines had children, that is to say, in addition to the concubine in the main house, only the son named Xu Qingfeng born to this begging Mo Xu family, and this Mo Xu family is still a maid who does not even have the identity of a concubine.

It is very, very cost-effective to sacrifice a son who has never been recognized in exchange for cutting half of the money and food of the entire family, and it is difficult to say whether the money and food cut by half will end up in the family.

"You, where is there a place for you to talk here, get out of here. ”

The ignorant Xu Qingfeng saw his mother kneeling on the ground crying, and subconsciously followed, kneeling beside his mother, seeing his father angry, he hurriedly asked: "Master, why do you want to cut my mother's money and food, why don't you cut the money and food of Young Master Qilin?"

"Evil obstacles, don't you know that you were born of a cheap maid? How can you compare with my son Qilin, open your dog eyes and see clearly, Qilin is the eldest son of my Mo family, and when I hear such rebellious words in the future, beware that I have picked your skin. In order to make your mother and son remember for a long time, I have decided to cut your food to ninety percent from now on, so that you can remember that slaves and maids are slaves and maids, and that the master's family will let you live if you are born, and you will have to die if you die, and you are not qualified to bargain with the master's family. ”

At night, Mo Jizu stepped into the house where Xu and Xu Qingfeng lived, this house was in his memory, since Xu gave birth to Xu Qingfeng and was given this small wing, he had never been here.

Of course, he didn't come here to care for Mo Xu and Xu Qingfeng, but to warn the mother and son, what is a concubine and what is obedience.

"Xu, don't say that the unicorn is a son-in-law, even if there is no unicorn, your son can't get a name from me, give up your wishful thinking, to be a slave and maid, you must have the duty to be a slave, by the way, educate your son, what is the son of a maidservant girl, don't think that if you are stained with the blood of the old man, you can get involved with the old man, tell him what it means to be obedient, as a slave and maid, only by obeying and obeying the master without regrets can you live, otherwise, there is only one end, that is, death. ”

Mo Jizu's last few words were said very harshly, and Xu Qingfeng and his mother, who were kneeling on the ground, waited until Mo Jizu brushed his sleeves away for a long time before they dared to get up from the ground.

This night, Xu Qingfeng suddenly became much more sensible and understood many things, including the distinction between concubines and concubines, including what is a slave and what is obedience, but in terms of obedience, his mother has another interpretation, and Xu Qingfeng also knows that his mother has never revealed his family history.

Mother's family is the descendant of the world called the ancient Great Witch Punishment Heaven, the great hero who has no head, takes milk as his eye, uses his navel as his mouth, holds a battle axe, and never gives in.

Since ancient times, in addition to the mother's descendants, I still remember that Xingtian is a great hero who stands up to the sky, other deeds have long been annihilated in the dust of history, and the god of war has been tampered with into a great witch.

Xingtian has become a great witch, certainly not tolerated by the world, originally the mother family of the official eunuch, just worshipping ancestors at home, it was falsely accused of worshipping witches, and the family was destroyed overnight, and the mother was also sold to the Mo family as a slave.

Xu Qingfeng now finally understands why his mother can teach him to read and write, it turns out that his mother also had a noble identity, but his mother taught him to read and write just in the hope that he can support himself when he grows up, find an opportunity to break away from the Mo family, and stop being a slave to the Mo family.

So, the mother's interpretation of obedience is that the body can give in, but the heart cannot. In order to survive, the body can be temporarily submissive, but the mind can never compromise.

Hungry all night, and the noisy sound of rain outside the house, Xu Qingfeng woke up from the night several times, knowing that his mother beside him had also stayed awake all night, although he didn't know why the distinction between concubines and concubines was so important, but he secretly vowed to let his mother live a good life.

Although Mo Xu is a concubine, it is actually similar to a maid, and she has to get up early in the dark every day to do the housework that can never be done, and Xu Qingfeng has also been getting up with her mother every day since she was five years old, and then going out to herd cattle and feed sheep, even if it rains heavily these days, you can't take the cattle and sheep out to eat grass, but you still have to go out in the rain to cut grass for the cattle and sheep locked up at home.

As soon as the Mo family had breakfast, they suddenly ushered in a Taoist in Tsing Yi wearing a feather crown, claiming to be a red lotus real person from Lingtai Cave, about thirty or forty years old, and it was raining heavily outside, but the Taoist was not covered with any rain.

"Master Mo, does your family have a unicorn that showed visions at birth?"

As soon as the Red Lotus real person sat down, he asked impatiently.

Mo Jizu thought about it for a long time before he replied with some uncertainty: "I didn't pay much attention to this, but my son was named Qilin." ”

"Why is it called Kirin?"

Because the night before he was born, Uchiko had dreamed that a golden unicorn threw herself into her arms. ”

"Hah...... Ha ......"

Red Lotus Zhenren laughed excitedly and said, "Dreaming of a unicorn in your arms, isn't it a vision, what is it?"

Mo Jizu asked puzzledly: "Real person, ...... are you?"

"Poor Dao is in cultivation, and on an occasional whim, he will start divination, and he will count that there is a unicorn in your mansion, and he will definitely list the immortal class in the mortal dust and the ninefold heaven in the future. When I visited today, I learned that there was indeed a unicorn born, and the name was also a unicorn, which is to verify the magic of the hexagram, ha...... Ha ......"

When Mo Jizu heard this, he trembled with excitement, and asked in disbelief: "Real person, is this matter serious?"

"The spiritual hexagram of the poor path will never make mistakes, and besides, how dare you talk about such an important thing so easily. ”

Mo Jiaxi descended from the sky, because Mo Qilin's fate was destined to be unspeakably expensive, Lingtai Zhenren decided to accept Mo Qilin as a disciple and bring him back to Xianshan to practice.

Mo Qilin is four years older than Xu Qingfeng, he has been like a crown of jade since he was a child, with sword eyebrows and starry eyes, and his appearance is very handsome, but his body is relatively thin, and when he was a child, he was often bullied by children from other families.

Whenever she saw Mo Qilin crying and running home, her mother would pull Xu Qingfeng from afar and tell her that this was his brother, and he should be respected, although he couldn't tell what a concubine was at that time, but under his mother's education, he knew in his heart since he was a child that there was a difference between the identity of the eldest brother and the younger brother, and he had to respect the eldest brother, but until yesterday, he understood that this was not only the difference between the identity of the elder brother, but also the difference between the concubine, and he understood that the identity of the original mother and himself in the Mo family was not as good as a servant.

When Mo Qilin left home, he originally wanted to take a servant, this servant needs to read and write, and when necessary, he can also serve as a scholar, only Xu Qingfeng has this ability, although Xu Qingfeng is still relatively young, but his mother has taught him to read and write since he was a child.

Mother had nothing to give Xu Qingfeng who was far away, except for the blessing of peace, that is, the only wooden hairpin on his head, tied it with hemp rope, and hung it around Xu Qingfeng's neck.

"My son, when I miss my mother, I look at this hairpin and touch this hairpin. ”

This wooden hairpin, without any ornamentation, is a simple wooden strip, but cut into a thick end and a thin end, from the ancestors to the present, because it is worthless, it was preserved when raiding the house.

Xu Qingfeng held the wooden hairpin, tears kept rolling in his eyes.

"Mother, I miss you now......"