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Chapter 38 – 037【Shameless】

Chapter 38 037【Shameless】

Xu Ying’s house, in a dilapidated hall.

The whole family is there, frowning, waiting blankly for the end of the world.

Yesterday morning, Fei’s evil slave came once.

Said that Xu Ying broke Young Master Fei and asked to pay ten taels of silver for soup and medicine. The rent owed in previous years was also settled, plus the rolling interest, a total of four taels of silver, two cents and six per cent.

The family lived frugally, and finally raised a few chickens, which were ready to lay eggs. They were all taken away by evil slaves to pay off their debts.

Even, the food in the family was taken away, leaving them without rice to cook in the future.

When the evil slaves left, they said: “My lord is benevolent and righteous, and I allow you to default on the land rent. Even if the young master is broken, I won’t force you to a dead end. Where can I find such a benevolent master on the whole lead mountain? It counts as your eight lifetimes.” Accumulate virtue. The master said, I will give you one more day to collect the remaining money. If not, then prepare the land deed to transfer. Our master is really kind, as long as the bones of the field are left, the skin of the field will remain For your home. From now on, you must remember Master Ende!”

The whole family cried loudly.

According to the classification standard of New China, the Xu family was once rich, and can be rated as a “rich middle peasant”: they have their own land, and their lives are fairly affluent, but they cannot afford to hire long-term and short-term workers.

But ten years ago, there was a catastrophe in Qianshan Mountain, and drought locusts arrived.

Xu Ying’s grandfather and grandmother died of starvation one after another, and her father and brother took the whole family to flee famine to survive.

While fleeing famine, Xu Ying’s eldest brother, eldest sister, and cousin died of starvation, and the cousin was sold to a toothmaid for food. Xu Ying’s second uncle also starved to death, and her aunt remarried later. The third uncle, who is not yet married, went into the mountains and became a bandit, and there is no news of him so far.

Fortunately, he met a good official, Da Jiliang, the county magistrate, took office, set up a stele of cabbage, distributed porridge and food, and provided relief with work. Xu Ying’s family finally survived.

After returning to their hometown, they can only borrow usury to cultivate the land.

The interest rate is rolling, and even the interest cannot be repaid, and most of the land property has been taken away one after another.

All of a sudden, they changed from a “rich middle peasant” to a “lower middle peasant” who earns a living by half-farming and half-tenancy, and has to do part-time labor.

Now that this kind of thing happens again, it seems that the only remaining land will be gone, and the end waiting for them is to become “poor peasants”.

…

“You shouldn’t let your third son study. If you farm honestly, you won’t get into trouble…” Xu’s father had a wound on his face and was beaten yesterday, and he muttered a few words repeatedly.

Xu’s mother wept silently: “I have to think about it, what if I get admitted to the scholar.”

Father Xu did not dare to rebel against the evil slave, so he could only blame his wife: “The scholar did not pass the exam, and caused a catastrophe. The money for the third son to buy books and pens is not as good as marrying Haowa and begging for a wife!”

Haowa is Xu Ying’s cousin Xu Hao.

When the second aunt remarried, it was inconvenient to carry a tow bottle, so she adopted to feed Xu’s father. This year, she is 20 years old and has not married yet.

Xu Hao is honest and friendly, with a dull personality. He said: “The third brother has been smart since he was a child, so he should go to school. If he becomes a scholar, our family will not have to go to the army. I can get married a few years later.”

Mother Xu said in a low voice: “Shall I go to Xun Zhenniang and my uncle for help?”

Zhenniang is Xu Ying’s older sister, Xu Zhen, married to an ordinary farmer in a neighboring village.

Father Xu shook his head and said, “How can Niang Zhen help? She hasn’t confinement yet, so don’t let her know about it.”

The whole family fell into silence again.

Only Xu Ying’s younger brother Xu Mao, a three-year-old kid, was playing with his nose all over the floor, not understanding that the sky at home was about to collapse.

Waiting left and right, Father Xu came out of the main room, squatting at the door with his sleeves folded, watching the evil slave of the Fei family from a distance.

has never appeared, like the executioner’s knife, always held up and not cut down.

The evil slave did not come, but three schoolchildren waited for them.

Fei Ruhe is wearing a luxurious silk robe, and he can tell at a glance that he is the young master of a rich family.

Father Xu was ashamed of his appearance, so he didn’t dare to look directly at him, so he buried his head in greeting and said, “Young master is well!”

No matter which family’s young master it is, it’s always right to greet first anyway.

Mother Xu recognized them and knew they were her son’s classmates, so she hurried back to the house to pour water: “Young masters, please drink water.”

Along the way, Fei Ruhe was indeed thirsty, so he took the clay bowl and poured it. He was looking for an opportunity to come out to play, and he was too lazy to care about this kind of nonsense, so he said to Zhao Han, “Let’s talk about it.”

Zhao Han put down the bowl, cupped his hands and said, “I’ve seen uncle and aunt.”

Father Xu got up quickly, nodded and bowed, and said in fear: “Don’t dare, don’t dare, young master, don’t want to shorten the life of our farmer.”

“Master, you are polite.” Xu’s mother said a blessing.

Mother Xu has seen the world. She worked as a maid in Fei’s family when she was young. Because he intended to seduce the master, he was kicked out by the mistress. First, she was betrothed to a lame old widower. After her husband died of illness, she remarried to Xu Ying’s father.

Mother Xu hurriedly asked after saluting, “Yingwa… Is my Xu Ying okay? He hasn’t been home for two days.”

Zhao Han didn’t tell the truth, but smiled and comforted him: “Xu Ying is fine, Master Shan pities him for being smart, and he will live in the academy from now on.”

“That’s good, that’s good.” Mother Xu finally felt relieved.

Although Xu’s father complained that he shouldn’t send his son to study, he only talked about it verbally, and still hoped that his son would be successful.

Even facing the oppression of evil slaves, the only land that was about to be confiscated, the whole family dared not let their son know, so as not to affect his son’s mood to study. They didn’t go to Hanzhu Mountain either, thinking that it would be better for their son to hide in the academy than to be bullied at home.

Zhao Han said again: “Uncle, aunt, the rent and interest owed by the Xu family will no longer have to be paid back.”

“Really?” The Xu family couldn’t believe it.

Zhao Han explained: “Grandpa Fei has died of illness, and they have no time to press for the rent. There may be major changes in the future. The acres you rented will also be collected as school fields in the future. The head of the mountain promised to give you a few more acres.”

Father Xu knelt down with a thud, and said frantically on his forehead: “Thank you, Master, thank you, thank you, Master. From now on, we will be like cows and horses, and we will repay your kindness. Thank you, thank you…”

Others also kowtowed, hula la knelt down.

Even three-year-olds are kneeling and seem to find it particularly funny.

Zhao Han saw that all the men of the Xu family were wounded, so he must have been robbed of his family. He didn’t stop the other party from kowtowing, but left a piece of silver and asked Fei Ruhe and Fei Chun to leave silently.

The Xu family kowtowed for a long time, only to realize that the three young masters had all left, and there were still broken silver on the ground.

Father Xu burst into tears, wiped his tears and said: “Good people, they are all good people, I met a good person today!”

…

Fei’s involution has lasted for twenty or thirty years.

The main reason is that there are too many branched clans to form a single rope, and the nearby land and business have almost been occupied by the Fei family.

If you want to continue to expand, you have to attack the same family!

The news of Fei Songnian’s death from anger came out, and the nearby clansmen took the lead.

Zhao Han has witnessed several good scenes on the way back and forth.

“Don’t move, this is my master’s field!”

“Your lord? Your lord is so mad. Your wife has done a good job, and she has disgraced us, Fei!”

“If you dare to pick Tian Ji again, we will do it!”

“You still do it? Copy guys, kill them!”

“…”

The two groups of house slaves fought at the edge of the field. Tian Ji, who belonged to Fei Songnian’s family, was stripped off by his clansmen and moved more than ten feet away.

Just grab it hard, it’s completely shameless.

After Fei Songnian’s death, only orphans and widows are left. Several daughters have already been married.

Not only that, nephews and grandnephews who are closer to Fei Songnian also came to collect debts. He said that the old man (Fei Songnian’s father) had an uneven family division, that a certain shop should belong to me, and a certain house should belong to him. He also said that Fei Songnian took over the calligraphy and paintings of celebrities left by the old man.

Ms. Zhang wore mourning clothes and took her son to the ancestral house to cry. Unfortunately, the patriarch fell ill.

Therefore, Zhang sent someone back to her natal family for help. Her brothers were filled with righteous indignation and led hundreds of slaves to seek justice.

This action aroused the public outrage of the Fei family: how can outsiders be allowed to intervene in the affairs of the Fei family? Is the Zhang family trying to **** the property of the Fei family?

The two clans were in a quarrel, and they had already decided to file a lawsuit, which made Feng Xun, the county magistrate, very anxious.

As the chief official of a county, if you encounter a family property lawsuit, you can eat the first family and then the next family.

But it also depends on who the sufferer is. Only Fei and Zhang, Feng Zhixian dare not eat any of them, so Feng Zhixian also fell ill.

The two clans fought with weapons, and several people were killed.

The Fei family had a lot of people, but the Zhang family couldn’t beat them, so they sent people directly to Nanchang to hand over the certificate to the inspector censor.

The inspector censor came over quickly, asked for a card, turned around and disappeared, saying that he was going to Weifu to investigate the case.

Hanzhu Academy.

Hu Mengtai sarcastically said: “Brother Dazhao, Fei’s family style really opened my eyes.”

Fei Yinghuan was actually able to laugh: “Make trouble, let them make trouble, it’s already rotten anyway, so just take off your clothes so outsiders can see clearly.”

Hu Mengtai was stunned and was speechless.

Fei Yinghuan shook his head and sighed: “Let’s go, go to Brother Zhan to study. I figured it out, Fei is hopeless, I just want to see if I can pass the Jinshi exam and jump out. Retreat, study hard, three After the next year, I will go to Beijing for a test, and if I fail the exam, I will donate an official to be a county magistrate.”

Fei Yinghuan and Hu Mengtai went to Zhan Zhaoheng to study art together.

The three aspired to the imperial examination, and they competed with each other in normal times, and lived a very fulfilling life.

Especially Zhan Zhaoheng, although he was only fifteen years old and hadn’t even won the exam yet, his stereotyped essays were able to crush Fei Yinghuan and Hu Mengtai.

Jiangxi Township Examination belongs to the difficulty of hell, but for Zhan Zhaoheng, it is like getting something out of a bag. If he wins the examination in two years, Chongzhen will be able to enter the Beijing examination in four years, and maybe he will be admitted to the Jinshi first.

The three of them encouraged each other without asking about complicated matters.

As for helping to rectify the academy, Fei Yinghuan only needs to show his position at critical moments as an only child, and he can easily pick up a shop in Hekou Town.

(end of this chapter)