Although Li Linfu had many descendants, only his legitimate sons and grandsons were eligible to live in the mansion, that is, only his first five sons and their legitimate grandsons were eligible.
The conditions were very strict, otherwise everyone would be dissatisfied. Therefore, although Li Ye was born to his legitimate son Li Dai, he was still designated as a concubine and was not qualified to live in the mansion.
In the fifth courtyard where Li Dai lived, there were only his wife Yuwen and his son Li Huai, as well as a dozen maids and servants.
In the afternoon, Li Huai returned home from school. As soon as he entered the yard, he saw a maid admiring flowers. He walked up quietly and suddenly hugged the maid from behind and reached into her clothes to touch her.
The maid was so frightened that she screamed, "Master, let go! Master, let go quickly!"
"stop!"
There was an angry scolding from behind, and it was his mother's voice.
Li Huai had no choice but to take back his hand and go back to his room angrily. He was not afraid of anything, the only thing he was afraid of was his mother.
"Huai'er, come here, come to my room, my mother has something to say to you!"
Yu Wenluo sat down in his room, and not long after, Li Huai walked in with his head hanging down.
Li Huai was tall and strong, his bloodline was from his mother's side, his appearance was almost the same as his grandfather's, and his character was very strong. Yu Wenjing loved this grandson very much, and he even hinted to Li Linfu several times that he wanted to adopt Li Huai as his grandson.
Li Linfu did not agree, not because he liked Li Huai, but because his fifth son, Li Dai, only had this son. He was adopted by the Yuwen family, and Li Dai became extinct.
Yu Wenluo had nothing to do with his son. When he was a child, he could be said to be naughty, but last winter he actually raped the maid who was waiting for him. The maid jumped into a well and died. Yu Wenluo had to insist that the maid was accidentally slippery because of the ice.
He fell into a well and died, and even his husband Li Dai concealed it.
Yu Wenluo later learned that his son had made a bunch of bad friends and often visited Jiaofang brothels. He stole valuable things from his father's study and sold them just to go drinking and visit the brothels.
Yu Wenluo was angry and had nothing to do. This was the blood of her Yuwen family. Which of her brothers hadn't started drinking and playing with women since the 14th or 5th century?
"Listen carefully. Mom is telling you something important. It involves your dignity and your interests."
Li Huai raised his head and looked at his mother in surprise, "Mom, what happened?"
Yu Wenluo gritted his teeth and said: "That damn father of yours actually raised a woman outside my back and gave birth to a son. Did you know that he returned to the ancestral hall yesterday morning to recognize his family name?"
"I heard from Third Brother that there is a guy who refuses to kneel down and pretend to be dead. Could it be..."
"It's that illegitimate son. I didn't even agree with the good things your father did, so I let him return to the clan. It's simply too much!"
The customs of the Han people and the Xianbei people are slightly different. If the Han eldest wife does not agree, the husband cannot take a concubine. However, whether a son born outside the family can return to the clan is decided by the family.
If the Xianbei people do not agree with it, neither women nor children can enter.
Yu Wenluo was from Xianbei, so of course she had to follow the rules of Xianbei people. Her father-in-law allowed Li Ye to return to the clan without her consent, which really made her extremely angry.
"Huai'er, someone is bullying us now, what do you think we should do?"
Li Huai stood up abruptly and said with murderous intent: "I'm going to kill that bitch and bastard right now!"
After saying that, he turned around and left. Yu Wenluo was startled and quickly grabbed his son, "Don't mess around. Kill them. You will go to jail. Your precious body is not worth it for such a bitch!"
"Then we have to endure the humiliation?" Li Huai said fiercely.
Yu Wenluo snorted, "I'll ask my mother-in-law to come forward to seek justice for me. You go back, pack your things, and follow me to see grandpa!"
Li Ye rode a black horse home. This was not his Mo Jin, but an ordinary black horse. Feng Qunong gave him the legwork.
The big green donkey that King Si Ning gave him for transportation was not taken back. Now their family has three livestock, a horse and two donkeys.
Even Mrs. Mu can ride a donkey when she goes to the temple to burn incense.
Li Ye did not go to his mother's medicine hall, but went home directly. He knocked on the door and said, "Auntie, I'm back!"
The wooden door opened with a creak. The person who opened the door was not Mrs. Mu, but a strange little lady, who looked about twelve or thirteen years old, but was very thick, with dark skin and big hands and feet.
"Who are you looking for?" The young lady looked Li Ye up and down.
Li Ye immediately understood that this was probably the rough maid that his mother had found to share the housework with Aunt Mu.
"This is my home, you just arrived!"
The young lady was startled and quickly backed away, timidly getting out of the way.
At this time, Aunt Mu came out of the kitchen and said with a smile: "Ye'er is back, this is A Zhen, and she will be a part of our family from now on."
"Where is my mother, still in the medicine hall?"
"Your mother is very busy today. She visited more than a dozen houses in one day. Come here to eat first and I will tell you later."
Li Ye led the horse into the shed and saw Azhen carrying a bucket of water and pouring it into the stone trough. The three animals drank the water together.
Li Ye always felt a little strange, how could this rough maid be a member of his family? Didn't she have a family?
Sitting at the dinner table, Li Ye asked Aunt Mu while eating.
"Auntie, where does Azhen's family come from? Will she stay with us at night?"
Aunt Mu smiled and said, "She is different from Xiao Cui before. Your mother bought her for twenty guan."
Li Ye's eyes widened, "She is a domestic slave?"
Li Ye was no longer ignorant at first. He knew that slave-keeping was very common in the Tang Dynasty. Ordinary families had servants, including hired workers like Xiaocui who paid for them, or they bought slaves directly.
Aunt Mu nodded, "Your mother originally wanted to hire a hired worker, but seeing that she was pitiful, no one wanted her, and she had to be beaten, she bought her."
"easy to use?"
"Fortunately, apart from being a little clumsy, she is very diligent, quick and strong, and can endure hardships. Her previous owner sold her because she thought she ate too much."
Eating too much is not a problem, Li Ye is most afraid of buying a lazy maid and making his aunt suffer.
"Auntie, let her do all the rough work from now on. You can just cook and do needlework."
"I know, now I have time to chant sutras."
An unexpected guest came to Pei Sanniang's medicine hall, which really made her unprepared.
"What are you doing here?" Pei Sanniang glared at the visitor.
Li Dai was a little embarrassed and handed the house deed to Pei Sanniang, "It has been transferred. Ye'er, you and aunt have all moved under the house. The Yonghefang side is for sale, so it does not count as a quota."
Li Dai was a cautious person, and he was afraid of causing trouble for his father, so he tried his best to comply with the rules and registered Li Ye, Pei Sanniang and Mu Auntie as betrothed persons. A family of three betrothed persons could get a house of one acre, and the house in Yonghefang was transferred.
If it is for sale, it will not affect the purchase of a house here. This is actually a loophole, but it is not illegal."
Pei Sanniang took the land deed and said coldly: "I will handle it in Yonghefang. I don't want you to worry about it. What else is there?"
"Also, my grandfather has made arrangements for Ye'er to study. This is his student status!"
Pei Sanniang agreed to let her son go to school, so that he would not have to wander around all day long with nothing to do.
She took the student status paper and it said: Mingde Academy.
Pei Sanniang originally wanted to ask how this school was, but when the words came to her lips, she changed her mind and said, "I know, I won't stop coming here if I have nothing to do in the future!"
"Sanniang, me."
"Stop talking nonsense and leave quickly to avoid scratching your right cheek again and losing your official status." Pei Sanniang said sarcastically.
Li Dai sighed and had to turn around and leave.
Watching Li Dai walk away, Pei Sanniang snorted angrily, "It's really useless!"
Yu Wenluo took her son back to her parents' home. She was her father's youngest daughter and had been doted on since she was a child. Even after she got married, she still kept her family's yard. She often went back to live with her parents' parents. The Yuwen family had long been used to it.
Yu Wenjing flatly refused his daughter's request to interfere with the Li family. He could have warned him beforehand, but the illegitimate son had returned to the family. If he interfered again, it would not only be ineffective, but he would also fall out with Li Linfu.
Yu Wenluo was sitting in the living room of her small courtyard drinking tea. Her father's attitude made her extremely angry. This time, even her parents refused to help her. Could it be that she was being humiliated before her eyes?
At this time, his son Li Huai and his cousin Yuwen Siwu walked into the inner hall.
"Mom, Xiao Wu wants to ask about the Li family!"
Yuwen Siwu is the third grandson of the Yuwen family. He is seventeen years old and is also studying at Mingde Academy. He inherited the martial arts gene of the Yuwen family. He is not only highly skilled in martial arts, but also has a violent and ruthless personality.
Yu Wenluo rolled his eyes. His father refused to stand up for him, so he encouraged Yuwen Siwu to come forward and kill the mother and son for him.
Yu Wenluo knew very well how to encourage his nephew.
She rubbed her eyes, and tears immediately flowed down. She cried and said to her nephew: "Xiao Wu, my aunt is a woman. It's okay to be bullied. But what makes her sad is that the dignity of our Yuwen family has been trampled on. You
He is a direct grandson and a bloodline of the Northern Zhou royal family. He must stand up like a man and safeguard the dignity of the Yuwen family!"
Regarding Mingde Academy, Lao Gao wrote earlier that when someone came to complain, Li Huai was studying at Mingde Academy.