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  Chapter 51 050【Why not die? 】

   Chongzhen five years autumn.

  The drought in Jiangxi two years ago seems to have eased, but the bandits in the mountains have not been wiped out.

  Ehu Town, full of business and travel, is still so prosperous.

  Fei Yinghuan had bid farewell to his parents and brothers at home, but his wife and children sent him to the pier all the way.

  Wei Jianxiong was carrying a wrought iron rod on his back, and stood quietly beside the young master.

  Farewell is imminent, Fei Yinghuan looked at his seventeen-year-old daughter, and told his wife: "You should pay more attention to Ru Lan's marriage. It doesn't have to be the same family, as long as you have a good character, don't worry about others' gossip."

  Mr. Lou sighed, "I'm afraid the old man won't."

   "Leave him alone, if he refuses to cook raw rice and cooked rice, he has to admit it!" Fei Yinghuan still spoke so casually.

   "Daddy, don't talk nonsense, what are you cooking with raw rice..."

  Fei Rulan blushed a little, but also complained a little: "It's about the style of Fei's family. It's just that the daughter doesn't marry. Anyway, I can't let Sangzi laugh at me."

   "Nonsense!" Fei Yinghuan reprimanded immediately, "You are young, so is it possible that you will be a widow all your life? After I take office, I will also pay attention to young talents. I must find you a good husband!"

  Fei Rulan's fiancé died, and she planned to return to her hometown to get married as soon as her term of office expired, but she died last year under the knife of the peasant army.

   Fei Yinghuan had always disagreed with this marriage, and it was arranged by the old man of the Fei family forcibly.

  After listening to her father's words, Fei Rulan was quite moved. She only hoped to marry a good husband and leave this suffocating lead mountain far away.

  After talking about his daughter, Fei Yinghuan looked at his son again.

  Fei Ruhe was already fifteen years old, he was born tall and big, and he didn't look so fat, but he still looked very burly.

   "You..." Fei Yinghuan had thousands of words in his heart, and finally turned into a sigh, "You should practice martial arts well, and I will donate a martial arts post to you in the future."

  After the Tartars broke through, due to financial constraints, buying officials has been legalized.

  The imperial court allows donations to be an official, but generally, if you have quality but no job, you just buy an official body.

   "Really?" Fei Ruhe was overjoyed, "Daddy, I really don't need to study anymore?"

  Fei Yinghuan said with a stern face: "The book has to continue to study, even if it is a martial arts exam, the essay must be passable!"

   "Oh." Fei Ruhe bowed his head unhappy.

  Fei Yinghuan touched the top of the little daughter's head again, and said softly: "Rumei, Daddy is not at home, you have to listen to what mother says. Do you understand?"

   "Yes, I know." Fei Rumei nodded heavily.

  Fei Yinghuan looked at Zhao Han again: "I urged you left and right, you finally won the Tongsheng, are you sure you don't want to take the scholar exam anymore?"

   "Let's try it." Zhao Han replied with a smile. Anyway, he can take the test at any time, and if he can pass, he will pass.

  Finally, Fei Yinghuan said to his wife: "I finished what I wanted to say last night. You can take care of yourself at home. I will send someone to pick you up when I am settled in my post."

   "Take care." Lou wiped away tears.

  Fei Yinghuan turned and boarded the boat, and Wei Jianxiong quickly followed.

  Fei Yinghuan and Hu Mengtai failed again last year. Instead, Zhan Zhaoheng, who borrowed from Hanzhu Academy, was only 18 years old and won the gold list in one fell swoop!

   There is no comparison between people.

  After failing the ranking, Fei Yinghuan did not return to his hometown immediately, but went to Jiangsu and Zhejiang to search for books.

  Visiting the libraries of aristocratic families, Fei Yinghuan not only collected all the articles, but also selected more than 30 articles by himself, compiled them into "Ancient Essays" and published them in Jiangnan.

  The "Selected Ancient Prose" compiled by Fei Yinghuan contains 147 pieces of ancient prose.

  It's a pity that he published books at his own expense, and he lacked fame. He lost money on his pants, and few people bought them at all.

  Unexpectedly, when the time came, Qian Qianyi, who was dismissed from office and was at home, got this book from a friend. For a while, he was introduced as a fellow, and took the initiative to make friends with Fei Yinghuan. He also recommended big bosses for Fei Yinghuan, and only spent five thousand taels of silver to get the real shortage of the magistrate of Suqian County.

   This is a lucrative job. Suqian is located on the north-south commercial route. If you want to buy a magistrate, you have to pay tens of thousands of taels of silver!

   That is to say, the ancient prose entries provided by Zhao Han saved Fei Yinghuan at least 5,000 taels, and also helped him open up contacts with the Donglin Party.

  Just this one thing is enough to make Fei Yinghuan pay more attention to Zhao Han!

  …

  Watching the passenger ship go away, Fei Ruhe felt relaxed, and said with a smile: "Finally gone."

   "What did you say?" Lou frowned and glared.

  Fei Ruhe quickly changed his words: "The child is reluctant to leave his father."

"go home!"

  Mr. Lou really wanted to beat his son.

  Fei Ruhe didn't sit on the sliding pole anymore, but walked side by side with Zhao Han, and asked in a low voice, "You haven't finished writing "The Legend of the Condor Heroes?"

   "It's almost over." Zhao Han said.

  Fei Ruhe scratched his head and scratched his head: "You have been writing for three years, and I have been studying for three years. Seeing that it is almost finished, you have been procrastinating. I am so anxious!"

   "That's right," Fei Chun popped out suddenly, "Then Guo Jing and Huang Rong are married? I'm still waiting to see, brother, please finish writing quickly."

  Zhao Han said with a smile: "It's just a few days."

  In addition to drawing on the general plot, "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" is almost equal to a rewrite.

  The decent families in it all have a dirty side, especially the gang of beggars is written very darkly.

  Especially the role of Hong Qigong, who is even suspected of alluding to Emperor Wanli. They all hide and ignore political affairs (helping affairs), only know that they are enjoying themselves, and indulge their subordinates to play party disputes (the dirty clothes faction and the clean clothes faction).

  Lake Taihu Lujiazhuang was simply described by Zhao Han as a den of water bandits, and Lu Chengfeng was a ferocious leader of water bandits.

   It can be understood as the dark version of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", which has a bit of "Water Margin".

  Guo Jing finally came to his senses, and realized the true meaning of "a great chivalrous man serves the country and the people". He spent all his money to organize a rebel army, but was cheated by the court and almost died in an ambush. In the end, he was disheartened and chose to live in seclusion on Peach Blossom Island with Huang Rong.

  Fei Ruhe and Fei Chun inquired about the finale, Zhao Han smiled without saying a word, and went all the way back to Fei's mansion.

  As soon as he entered Zhongqinyuan, a servant shouted repeatedly: "Brother Han is well, brother Chun is well."

  Zhao Han smiled all the way back, while Fei Chun accepted the greeting with peace of mind.

  Mrs. Ling heard the news and said enthusiastically, "Oh, brother Han is back, hurry up and drink tea in the house."

  Zhao Han smiled and said, "No need, thank you for your kindness."

  Mrs. Ling said again: "Chun'er, don't invite Brother Han to come in and sit down."

   "Brother, go in and have a cup of tea at my house." Fei Chun said hastily.

   "I'll go back to my room and write a novel." Zhao Han declined.

  When you are frustrated, the world is full of villains.

  When you are proud, the whole world is a good person.

  With red top and white, hold high and step down, that's all.

  Zhao Han was appreciated by the young master, and Zhao Zhenfang became a girl in the inner court again, and the status of the siblings rose in a straight line.

  The high-spirited Mrs. Ling originally harbored malice towards Zhao Han, but her attitude has completely changed now. Every time Zhao Han returned to Fei's House in Ehu Lake, Mrs. Ling greeted him with a smile, offering her every kind of hospitality.

  Back in the room, Zhao Han continued to write novels, and he had already written about the rebel army formed by Guo Jing, who was betrayed by treacherous ministers and fell into an ambush.

  Among them, borrowing from the story of King Qin in the second year of Chongzhen, Guo Jing’s rebel army changed defenses in three places in three days, but did not receive a grain of rations...

  Before the chapter was finished, Fei Ruhe sent Fei Chun over and urged him several times.

  The next day, Mrs. Lou went back to her natal home to visit relatives.

   Actually, I asked my natal family to find someone for my eldest daughter.

  It's really hard to get married, Fei Rulan is already seventeen years old, and her fiancé died, so a serious and wealthy family is not happy.

  As soon as Mrs. Lou left, Fei Rulan was called away by the old man of the Fei family.

   Come to the main hall.

  Fei Rulan knelt down and kowtowed: "Grandson pays respects to grandfather, grandson pays respects to grandmother."

  The old lady seemed to be ashamed. She closed her eyes and did not speak. She just fiddled with the rosary in her hand and kept reciting Buddhist scriptures in a low voice.

  Old man Fei Yuanyi, who is nearly seventy years old, said with a blank expression at this moment: "Get up."

  Fei Rulan stood up straight: "I don't know my grandparents, so what's the warning for calling my grandson?"

  Fei Yuanyi went around the corner and asked, "Your husband-in-law, has he been dead for a year and two months?"

   "Yes." Fei Rulan replied.

Fei Yuanyi added: "In the past three months since your father came back, he has been looking for another husband's family for you. I know he is eager to love his daughter, but he must also take into account the reputation of the Fei family. Since he has changed his horoscope, and After agreeing on the date of marriage, you will be counted as a member of your in-law's family. After the husband-in-law is dead, what's the point of continuing to live in your mother's house?"

  Fei Rulan turned pale, bit her lip and said, "My grandson has been there, and my father-in-law and mother-in-law asked me to come back, and let me choose another husband to marry."

   "That's the benevolence of your in-laws, and I can't bear to see you young and widowed," Fei Yuanyi said, "But my dignified Ehu Fei family, the married daughter, has been living in her mother's house, what's wrong with that!"

  Fei Rulan already understood, but she didn't want to die, so she said with tears: "The grandson will find a daughter-in-law and tie her hair up to be a sister-in-law."

   "Nonsense!"

  Fei Yuanyi was furious immediately, and stood up leaning on a cane: "I, Fei's daughter, have never been an aunt. It's a disgrace to the family!"

  Fei Rulan looked at the old lady: "Does grandma let her grandson die too?"

  The old lady shrank all over, closed her eyes tightly, and said repeatedly: "Namo Amitabha, Namo Amitabha..."

   "Grandson resigns." Fei Rulan smiled with tears in her eyes.

  If you marry and then become a widow, that is the business of your in-laws, whether you are a martyr or not has nothing to do with Fei.

   But the fiancé died, and the husband's family refused to accept it, so that was the matter of the Fei family!

   It’s good to be able to remarry quickly, but if you still can’t get married, you will be widowed in your natal family forever. This must have been ridiculed by people, and the villagers in the village discussed: "Look at the eldest daughter of the Fei family, her husband is not filial to her in-laws after her husband dies, and she has been staying at her mother's house waiting to remarry. She has no family education at all. How can she know what chastity is? Sichun's wife!"

  Seeing that his granddaughter was about to step out of the room, Fei Yuanyi said in a deep voice, "You can do it yourself, don't humiliate your ancestors!"

  Fei Rulan froze, staggered, and burst into tears.

   All the way back to her room, the servant girl Xiyue saw that her face was ugly, and couldn't help asking: "Miss, did you have menstruation? I asked someone to cook brown sugar **** soup."

   "No need." Fei Rulan sat down blankly.

   Xiyue didn't dare to ask more questions, but just stood aside and waited.

   After an unknown amount of time, Fei Rulan secretly wiped away her tears and said to the servant girl, "Go get a bowl of brown sugar **** soup."

   "Oh." Xiyue trotted out.

  Fei Rulan got up and opened the closet, and found a silk that was going to be used to make clothes.

   After trying several times, Hong Ling finally passed through the beam, and tied it firmly into a knot.

  Fei Rulan hung her neck on it, feeling terrified, hesitated again and again, and finally kicked over the stool.

   Xiyue ordered her mother-in-law to cook brown sugar **** soup, and met a maid in the inner courtyard on the way, and chatted for a while while being lazy. She walked back slowly, and suddenly saw a person hanging in the room, she was so frightened that she hurried in and hugged him.

   "Cough cough cough!"

  Fei Rulan coughed crazily and almost suffocated.

  Xiyue held Fei Rulan in her arms and dared not walk away, she shouted in horror: "Someone is here, miss is committing suicide! Someone is here..."

  (end of this chapter)