Putting aside the small sentiment of remembering the bitter and sweet, Fang Yingwu just curled his lips in disdain when faced with a few neighbors who laughed at him for being lazy. Although he didn't say anything, he secretly muttered, "A sparrow knows the ambition of a swan."
He frowned and looked at the paddy fields and mud, but still couldn't make up his mind, so he threw the seedlings into the basket and prepared to make further calculations.
"Master Fang, I would like to say hello to you." Suddenly someone spoke behind him. Fang Yingwu turned his head and saw an old man in his fifties or sixties. He was obviously different from a farmer. Although he was also in a short coat, the hem was two inches longer.
inches, the sleeves are two inches wide, and they are clean and tidy, unlike ordinary villagers.
Then Fang Yingwu remembered that he should know this person. He seemed to be an old servant of the king's family in the neighboring village. However, the old man's words made Fang Yingwu dumbfounded. If there was no malice in his tone, he would have thought it was irony.
Already.
The young master of the Fang family? Fang Yingwu couldn't help but lower his head and look at his shabby clothes. Apart from being a pretty boy who can eat all the food in the world, how does he look like a young master?
Although Fang Yingwu has no sense of identity as a farmer and has never felt that he is equal to a villager, in his current state, he has no shame to say that he is a young man.
"What do you do for me, old man?" Fang Yingwu asked.
The old man respectfully invited: "My lady is over there, and I would like to invite Mr. Fang to come over and meet." When the neighbors who had not gone far heard this, they laughed kindly and left one after another.
Is this the young lady from the royal family that everyone said? Just when Fang Yingwu thought of this, his head started to hurt again, as if his subconscious was desperately trying to prevent him from digging up his memory, and there was also a strong sense of shame.
Fang Yingwu slapped his forehead hard, very puzzled by this. He really wanted to ask his predecessor, what on earth did this eldest lady do to you?
The old servant of the Wang family led the way and led Fang Yingwu around a slope. Sure enough, he saw a tall and slim woman standing under the shade of a tree. She wore a peach red gauze shirt and an apricot yellow pleated skirt. It was pleasing to the eye when paired with the lush greenery.
.
As he got closer, he saw that this little lady was about fifteen or sixteen years old, with fair skin, an oval face, light makeup, cherry-dot lips, big eyes, and two ruby earrings swaying slightly in the wind.
Although she is not the scourge of the country, she is still pretty, and Fang Yingwu applauds in his heart. In the mountains and countryside, most of the working people are unkempt, so it is possible to see such a beautiful and fashionable girl who is different from ordinary people.
A lady is extremely rare. As the saying goes, she is beautiful and beautiful, and is very eye-catching.
In fact, Fang Yingwu didn't know that in the eyes of others, his pretty face with no fingers on his fingers was also considered "non-mainstream" in the village. So he hesitated at the edge of the field, and the villagers only responded with kindness when they saw it.
He was a joke and did not criticize him. Of course, this was also because his father was the only scholar in the nearby countryside.
The young lady saw that Fang Yingwu was not looking away from her, and she felt secretly proud. When Fang Yingwu approached her, she quickly frowned, with a look of sadness and bitterness on her face.
When Fang Yingwu was thinking about how to greet and address him, the young lady of the Wang family said nonchalantly: "Brother Qiu! Things are not going well. The father of the slave family does not agree with you and me, life and death. The slave family is very sad, so there is really no way.
Another way is to ask Brother Qiu to understand the pain in the slave family's heart."
Damn it! Fang Yingwu felt indescribably weird. Although his subconscious mind tried hard to prevent him from recalling things about the Wang family's young lady, judging from her tone, they seemed to be very familiar with each other and had at least some hookups in the past.
.Then now...
Immediately, he couldn't help but rant about the beginning of his first day of time travel - his father disappeared, his mother died early, he was expelled from school, he was bullied and tortured by his uncle, etc. This was not fantasy enough, it had to be
Is it possible to just break off the engagement or break up? Does this mean that art comes from life and is higher than life?
Forget it, a tough melon is not sweet. A man can pick it up and let it go. He looks down on people who cry and hate each other over such a trivial matter. Fang Yingwu calmed down and bowed his hands in a bow. It was very routine.
He said: "The past is still vivid in my mind. If we are destined to be separated, I hope I will treasure it after we say goodbye!"
However, the face of the young lady of the Wang family changed drastically. Her eyebrows immediately stood up, and her aura suddenly rose ten feet high. She scolded her in an unladylike manner: "Fang Yingwu! Do you want to be unkind and unjust? Is this what you think?"
Fang Yingwu looked at her in astonishment, wondering what she was thinking when she was alternately yin and yang. Could it be that he had met that kind of legendary top-notch woman who dumped him while still trying to keep her in pain and to satisfy herself with it?
Her base vanity?
The young lady of the Wang family did not let Fang Yingwu continue to guess, and said directly: "The father of the slave family does not agree with the marriage of the slave family, so what's wrong with you coming to my family? It's just a name, and you are indispensable. Is that all?
Is it difficult?"
What? Getting married? How is this possible! Fang Yingwu felt that the valve of memory in his mind was opened, and all kinds of relevant information poured out like a tide.
It turns out that Wang Dahu from the neighboring village and Fang Yingwu's father, Fang Qingzhi, have known each other since they were young and have a fairly good relationship. They both studied in the social school of Zhonghuaxi Village and are considered classmates.
However, Wang Dahu did not realize any achievements, but Fang Qingzhi got lucky and became a scholar, and stepped into the scholar class from a peasant family. Therefore, Wang Dahu had some intention of getting married at that time, not to mention the young lady of the Wang family and the Fang family
The young men are all very rare in appearance, and are hailed as golden boys and girls by those who do good things.
But Fang Qingzhi is obsessed with studying and is obsessed with seeking fame, so he doesn't care about family affairs and will not use his status as a scholar to run his business. He only uses the reputation of being a scholar and husband. After failing the provincial examination twice, he is still poor. Moreover, he has disappeared recently.
More than two years.
Therefore, Wang Dahu's thoughts about getting married stopped. At this time, he no longer thought much of the Fang family. He only had such an only daughter, so he had to be very cautious. How could he marry the wrong person casually? He wanted to expand his selection of a son-in-law.
Within the scope, go to other villages to find some well-matched and well-off families.
However, although Wang Dahu looked down on the Fang family from a family perspective, the young lady of the Wang family had identified Brother Qiu. Brother Qiu's gentleness and elegance, and Brother Qiu's handsomeness, really stood out among the rough and tumble people in the countryside.
She couldn't find the second one either. She had seen these things in her eyes and remembered them in her heart since she was a child, and she really couldn't imagine accepting other vulgar people as her husband.
After the father and daughter had a few fights, the imaginative young lady of the Wang family came up with a "best of both worlds" compromise idea, which was to let Fang Yingwu marry into the Wang family.
Wang Dahu had no objection to this, and even somewhat agreed with it. He had no son, so it would be great if he could find a son-in-law with excellent genes like Fang Yingwu. Nothing could be better, so he acquiesced in his daughter's idea.
It is a dishonorable thing to be someone else's son-in-law. Fang Yingwu was deeply humiliated when he heard this request, and of course he refused to obey!
And now Fang Yingwu, if he could not die, he would not obey! He immediately refuted: "What is the difference between forcing someone to marry into a wife like this and forcing a good girl to become a prostitute? It is simply whimsical and absolutely unreasonable. Don't think that I will agree!"
However, Miss Wang was confident and said with a smile as if she had everything under control: "Don't forget that your father owes my Wang family thirty taels of silver. It's okay to catch you and sell yourself to my family to pay off the debt! If you still refuse to agree, you will be yours in the future.
Eat the hard way!"
What? Fang Yingwu was shocked again. Just now he had some doubts about why the Wang family dared to be so unscrupulous, but now the mystery was solved.
It turns out that when Fang Qingzhi went out on a study tour, he borrowed thirty taels of silver from Wang Dahu as payment, thus leaving a clue for Fang Yingwu. It should be noted that a father's debt is repaid to his son, and as long as the Wang family uses their strength, Fang Yingwu can be freed.
It is not impossible to sell oneself to pay off debts. Even if you file a lawsuit, it will be legally recognized. It all depends on whether the Wang family wants it or not.
Therefore, Wang Dahu and the young lady of the Wang family forced Brother Qiu to get married, which was absolutely justified and inevitable! But Fang Yingwu was still determined to die!
However, this sense of shame of being forced into a wife was deeply engraved in the heart of the former Fang Yingwu, and even now he still has the subconscious mind to try hard to stop it.
In a blink of an eye, the stalemate reached this point. Remembering the cause and effect, Fang Yingwu let out a long and distressed sigh. Everyone else was cheating, but his family was the cheat!
Can a son-in-law do it? No! He also has ambitions, and he is eager to try for fame. When he came to the Ming Dynasty, if he didn't go to the examination hall to try his luck, wouldn't it be in vain?
In this world's concept, a new son-in-law is regarded as inferior to others, and is often compared with advocating for excellence. He doesn't know whether the new son-in-law is qualified to take the imperial examination and join the government, but he knows that if someone makes an argument based on this, he will be killed.
There is no doubt that no one will defend him for this.
But he said that Fang Yingwu had been thinking about it for a long time, and his expression was not good-looking. Mrs. Wang secretly took a look at Brother Qiu's extremely dark complexion, and realized that her visit today was probably in vain, and she did not "convince" Brother Qiu.
The young lady couldn't help but said angrily: "My Wang family is so kind to you. Thirty taels of silver is by no means a small amount. If you don't want it, you don't want it. But how can you be such a heartless person?"
Feeling short of breath due to debt, Fang Yingwu explained sarcastically: "This is not a matter of bad conscience, and I will find a way to get the money..."
Mrs. Wang didn't want to hear him talk about repaying the money, so she quickly grabbed the topic and said, "It's just a marriage. Is it that the slave family is so unsightly that it would be more uncomfortable than killing you? Is it true that I have to ask you to sell yourself to pay off the debt? You just
Do you really want to be a house slave?"
A beautiful woman's slight anger but little anger is a particularly moving sight. Fang Yingwu's mind was shaken for a moment, and he quickly guarded his heart. He came up with a loophole he found in Mrs. Wang's words: "You just said you deserved my suffering? Could it be that
Are these weird things today all your fault?"
Mrs. Wang angrily admitted: "Yes, you are about to betray your relatives! Please take care of yourself and turn around! I will give Brother Qiu another month to think carefully!" After that, she twisted her small waist like a willow and held her head high.
Started to leave.
She was the instigator of social science and uncle? He is really a big dog... Fang Yingwu looked at the pretty back and murmured to himself.
Wang Dahu donated a large portion of the donations received by social studies. His family wanted to collude with the tutor, and it was really easy for his uncle to prevent him from studying. His uncle's refusal to support him was just a pretense. Could social studies really be impatient? Are you missing this part of your training?
As for his uncle's various petty thoughts that could not be put on the table, he had guessed a lot, and some of them were too dirty to be listed in detail. Perhaps his uncle was still hesitant about some things before, but with the temptation and support of the Wang family, Just dare to do it!
In fact, with Fang Yingwu's big-picture perspective, which is used to looking at historical materials, the Wang family has only a hundred acres of paddy fields and thousands of mulberry trees. Looking at the Ming Dynasty, how can it meet the standards of a large household? But in this mountain village on both sides of the Huaxi River, where each household only has a few acres of land, there are hundreds of households. The acres of land are enough to be considered a wealthy family, and they are also enough to do things that ordinary villagers cannot do.
Then Fang Yingwu said with emotion that although the remote mountains and remote areas do not have to be as strict with ethics as the deep houses in the city, this young lady from the Wang family is too cunning and spicy. When other people were poor and destitute, all they encountered was annulled engagements, so why did he encounter this? How can it be so embarrassing to be forced into marriage without mercy?
Although Mrs. Wang left today, these troubles are far from over. She has been out for a month, so where will she go?
The debt of thirty taels of silver is at least equivalent to the harvest of twenty acres of land here. Fang Yingwu looked worried. How could he afford it in a short while? If he could not repay the debt, he would never be able to straighten his back and face the forced marriage of Mrs. Wang. .If there is a complete falling out, and there is no doubt that he will be captured as a slave to pay off his debts, then it will be completely over.
Thinking of this, Fang Yingwu shuddered and complained again about his father who had been missing for more than two years. He really cheated his son to death!