"Xiaohai, what do you think of Zhan Feiyu?" In the main room, Kou's mother spoke in a low voice and glanced in the direction of the study with a gloomy and eerie look.
Kou Hai looked at Kou's mother blankly, not understanding what she meant.
"You are fourteen years old, and you have reached the age to get engaged." Kou's mother glanced at the dumbfounded Kou Hai with disgust. If it weren't for someone to provide for her in her old age, Kou Hai's stupid and stupid temperament would not be treated by her.
She doesn't even like the young boy.
I only regret that Zhan Feiyu killed that little beast Kou Yuanxing, making it impossible for him to become an old lady and live a life of being served by servants.
After understanding what it meant, Kou Hai blushed suddenly and shook his head in panic to refuse. He lowered his head when he was serving tea, but when Zhan Feiyu followed the clan leader into the yard, Kou Hai could see the person clearly.
Her dazzling white skin is completely different from that of the dark and thin girls in the village, not to mention her noble temperament. At first glance, she looks like a pampered young lady from a rich family. The jewelry on her head and the dress on her body make Kou Hai feel...
I feel ashamed of myself and dare not even think of anything wrong.
"Mom, I'm not good enough for Miss Zhan." Kou Hai quickly refused. Who wouldn't like Yuxue's cute little girl? Not to mention that Miss Zhan is well-read in poetry and books and is the head of the government examination.
But precisely because of the huge gap, one was like a bright star on the horizon, and the other was a mud-legged person with his back facing the sky, so Kou Hai was not tempted at all. He knew that he was not worthy. Even if his cousin Yuan Xing was not dead, he would probably
None of them are worthy of Miss Zhan.
It is true that the mud cannot hold up the wall! Kou's mother continued with a sullen face and suppressed her impatience: "Yuan Xing died because of her. She just married her to you and didn't let Zhan Feiyu pay for it with her life. She should be thankful to God!"
"Mom, it won't work." There was a moment of excitement, but after regaining his sense, Kou Hai still refused. He was just a weakling, relying on his mother to fill his stomach. Miss Zhan's identity should not stay in Kou Village.
Kou Hai just wanted to find a hard-working and honest girl in the village, and the two of them would support her in the future. He had never read a book, so Kou Hai didn't know the words Qi Dafei, but he still understood the meaning.
"Shut up!" The strong and domineering mother Kou snapped, and she was worried about surprising Zhan Feiyu in the study, so she could only lower her voice, "You are my son, you can do whatever I ask you to do! You can do other things as well.
Don’t worry!”
Kou Yuanxing has many books, and it would take at least half an hour to sort them all out.
After hearing that there was no sound in the study, Kou's mother quickly returned to the main room and looked at Kou Hai who was sitting on the stool in distress, "You go into the study now and carry the person back to the study. I'll call the patriarch and the others over to bear witness!"
Without giving Kou Hai a chance to refuse, Kou's mother quickly walked out of the courtyard, her skinny and withered face showing a twisted look of pride, even a little impatient.
Kou Hai in the yard was dumbfounded. He didn't dare to stop Kou's mother, but he didn't want to do what she said. His dark face was tangled. After a long silence, Kou Hai gritted his teeth and walked outside.
In the study, watching Kou Hai leaving through the window, Zhan Feiyu patted Yin Wuyan's arm, "Brother, don't be angry. Not everyone is as selfish and vicious as Mrs. Kou."
If Kou Hai really dared to follow Kou's mother's words and enter the study to be frivolous, with Yin Wuyan's temperament, even if he didn't kill the person on the spot, he would still be close to death. Fortunately, Kou Hai had a simple heart.
Aunt Hua next door did not have a good relationship with Mother Kou. Due to Mother Kou's mean and strong temper and her gloomy talk all day long, there were not many women in Kou's village who were friendly with her.
"You said Zhan Tongsheng just fainted? Did he suffer from heatstroke?" Aunt Hua followed Kou Hai into the courtyard and continued: "The scholars' bodies are weak. I guess I went to the mountain to worship before. The trip up and down the mountain is tiring.
We’re here, Xiaohai, go get a glass of water and put some salt in it, I’ll take a look..."
The door to the study room was pushed open, and Aunt Hua looked at Zhan Feiyu standing by the window in surprise, with red lips and white teeth, "Are you okay?"
"Miss Zhan?" Kou Hai, who was following Aunt Hua, turned pale. He looked at Zhan Feiyu's clear eyes and opened his mouth. Kou Hai suddenly understood that Miss Zhan didn't drink tea at all, and maybe she heard him.
Talk to your mother.
On the other side, Uncle Kou and several clan elders were sitting in the main room of the clan leader's house.
"Zhan Tongsheng doesn't care about it this time. Dalin, from now on you must be down-to-earth. We are all farmers, and we must not get ill-gotten gains!" the patriarch said seriously.
Knowing that Uncle Kou and the others dared to file a lawsuit against Magistrate Zhang, the clan leader was so frightened that he almost expelled Uncle Kou's clan from the Kou family. They were even giving up their heads for money. He was a fourth-grade magistrate and an official of the imperial court.
, they actually dared to make false accusations.
"Every time you take a bite, you gain wisdom. Uncle Wu, I have remembered it all." Uncle Kou nodded honestly. The money is good, but it is not his own. If he wants it, he can't get it. He still has to serve the people in the field honestly.
Crops, and then let a few grandsons go to school, maybe they will also be able to become talented scholars in the future.
The clan elder with gray hair and beard said: "Zhan Tongsheng doesn't care, that's because she is generous. We still have to show our sincerity to apologize. Maybe Zhan Tongsheng can help the children in the clan study in the future."
"Yes, it's not surprising that there are many people giving gifts." Another clan elder agreed, and glared at Uncle Kou angrily, who admitted his mistake, "It doesn't need to be expensive, we can pool it together and use dried mushrooms and bamboo shoots from my family.
There is also a ham, which is light on courtesy but heavy on affection."
"Is Yuan Xingniang here?" In the yard, the fifth aunt looked at Kou's mother in surprise. This was the first time Kou's mother came to the house after they had a falling out over fertile land.
Ignoring the fifth aunt who greeted her, Kou's mother walked directly into the main room, glanced at Uncle Kou and the others, and said with a gloomy face: "I plan to let Xiao Hai marry Zhan Feiyu."
Ahem...the clan leader spat out a sip of tea and stared at Kou Mu standing at the door in shock. What kind of talk is this!
Uncle Kou also had a look of horror on his face as if he had seen a ghost. He was stunned for a long time before he found his voice and said, "What nonsense are you talking about? Zhan Feiyu is a child, how could she marry Xiaohai!"
Both parents are dead, and he has no permanent wealth. Not to mention Zhan Feiyu's status, even the better-off girls in the village are not willing to marry Kou Hai.
"I put medicine in the tea. Zhan Feiyu has passed out now. I asked Kou Hai to take her back to the room. She will get married if she doesn't want to get married then!" Kou's mother raised her head, and the corners of her dry mouth slowly curled up.
He stood up with a sinister and vicious smile, "Now you can just go over and be a witness, and you are not afraid of Zhan Feiyu's denial!"
"Niu Damei, are you crazy?" The patriarch stood up and glared at the gloomy Kou mother. His voice became unsteady in anger, "Do you know what you are doing? Zhan Feiyu is not one of those girls in the village.
, that is the head of the Nanxuan Prefecture's imperial examination, the future scholar! If you use such despicable means to plot against her, do you think that all the people in Koujia Village will die!"
Several older clan elders were so angry that they were speechless. They were just talking about sending some mushrooms and wild things to Zhan Feiyu to try to make friends. Who would have thought that Kou Mu would break the news without saying a word?
.
Looking at the frightened clan leaders with disdain, Kou's mother sneered and said, "I've done everything, it's too late for you to say anything now! It's better to marry Zhan Feiyu to Kou Hai, and then she becomes a scholar.
, that is also the glory of our Kou Village!"
So what if Zhan Feiyu is talented in reading? He still has to marry well!
When Kou's mother thought that Zhan Feiyu was her daughter-in-law, and she could use her filial piety to force Zhan Feiyu to be filial to her, Kou's mother's expression became even crazier, as the days of glory and wealth seemed to have returned, "Okay, I
The words have been said, you can come or not as you please!"
Seeing Kou's mother turning around and walking away, the clan leader was so angry that he wished he could chop her alive!
"This stupid woman! She thinks that Zhan Tongsheng will give in if she does this? That's Tongsheng, a junior whom Zhang Zhifu values ! If the government tracks down her, she will be beheaded!" The clan leader roared hysterically, but Kou's mother heard it.
didn't hear it,
Everything is low-grade, but reading is good! Kou's mother can firmly hold more than 20 acres of fertile land in her hands. Isn't it because Kou Yuanxing has a talent for reading, and the clan leader suppresses the greedy clan members.
At that time, Kou Yuanxing only had talent, and Zhan Feiyu was the actual head of the government examination. The clan leader knew very well that the head of the government examination was basically a scholar appointed by default.
When he thought of Kou's mother's despicable plot against Zhan Feiyu, the elder felt his chest hurt so much that he couldn't even breathe. This stupid woman was really going to harm the Kou family village!
"Quick, let's all go over! We must not let this happen!" Uncle Kou hurriedly spoke. Zhan Feiyu is still young, and Kou Hai is only half a boy. It won't really matter if the two of them live in the same room.
At least covering it up won't cause a big disaster.
The fifth aunt and her eldest daughter-in-law were also called over by the clan leader. Zhan Feiyu was a girl, so it was inconvenient for them, so they happened to be able to help.
Hearing the hurried footsteps behind her, Kou's mother looked back and smiled proudly. This is not the case. That's right. Zhan Feiyu was a child. If the future scholar married Kou Hai, what an honor it would be.
Still from Koujiazhuang Village.
Just when Kou's mother was about to enter the courtyard, the clan leader and the others finally caught up and shouted to the eldest daughter-in-law, panting, "Old man, please hurry up!"
The fifth aunt and the eldest daughter-in-law knew the seriousness of the matter, so they quickly stepped forward and caught Kou's mother.
"What are you going to do..." Before he could finish speaking, his mouth was covered by the fifth aunt.
Even though the fifth aunt is the same age as the clan leader, she is already sixty this year, but the farm woman is very strong in farm work. She and the eldest daughter-in-law worked together to pin down the skinny mother Kou until she could not move.
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu" Kou Mu's eyes widened in shock, finally realizing that the clan leader and the others were not here to be witnesses, but to stop her.
After realizing this, Kou Mu struggled fiercely. Seeing the clan leader and the others entering the courtyard past her and calling Kou Hai's name, Kou Mu struggled even more like crazy.
"Ah!" The fifth aunt accidentally bit her hand by Kou's mother, and she hissed in pain. As soon as her hand was released, Kou's mother stretched her neck and shouted in a sharp voice, "Someone is coming! Someone is coming quickly!"
My Xiaohai fainted in the room...help..."
Because Zhan Feiyu came to pay homage to Kou Yuanxing, everyone in the Kou Village paid attention to what was going on here. Kou's mother's shout was naturally heard by the neighbors, especially many villagers who wanted to join in the fun and sat in the homes of acquaintances.
, more than twenty people rushed out at once.
"Niu Damei, shut up!" The fifth aunt didn't care about her bitten and bloody right hand, and raised her hand to cover her mouth again.
"What's going on?" The villagers who rushed over looked at the scene in front of them in shock.
Several villagers with foreign surnames even slipped into the yard. As soon as they saw someone entering, other villagers also followed, and the scene was completely chaotic.
The clan leader saw that Kou Hai didn't come out of the bedroom with the door closed even after he shouted several times. He was shaking with anger. If Uncle Kou hadn't supported him, he would have fallen to the ground.
"Head of the clan, who are you?" asked the woman who was standing in the yard with something to do.
And a fat aunt who had a conflict with Mr. Kou took the opportunity to bump into the eldest daughter-in-law of the patriarch's family, "Oh, who tripped me, Xiuzhen, please help me!"
Seeing that the eldest daughter-in-law was staggered by the fat aunt, Kou's mother pushed the fifth aunt away and ran directly to the bedroom with the door closed, banging the wooden door with both hands, "Ahai, what are you doing?
What's going on? I didn't mean to let Miss Zhan take a rest. Why are you in the room with the door closed in broad daylight?"
The villagers in the yard were all stunned when they heard this. If this were young men and girls in the village, it would be a "catch an adulterer" drama!
But one of them was Kou Hai, who was still a teenager, and the other was Zhan Tongsheng, the chief prosecutor of the government, who said that she and Kou Hai had an "adultery". Even though Kou's mother screamed at the top of her voice, the villagers who looked at each other didn't say anything.
Even the fat aunt who was mischievous at the beginning shrank into the crowd. People in Koujia Village knew about Zhan Feiyu because of Kou Yuanxing's death. He was a child, and he would be a scholar in the future.
Today, many villagers have seen Zhan Feiyu. Not only is she beautiful, but her clothes are also gorgeous. It is said that the hairpin on her head is worth dozens of taels of silver. The pearls inlaid with her are so big and round that they don’t look white in the sunlight.
It's pink instead.
Zhan Tongsheng, who is of high status, will probably only marry young men from aristocratic families in Fucheng. No matter how much Kou's mother shouts, the fat aunt will not dare to blindly agree, otherwise she will be imprisoned.
Whether it's the clan leader or Uncle Kou, they all want to strangle Kou's mother to death. Now that the matter has come to this, they just hope that Zhan Feiyu won't take his anger to Kou's village.
"Zhan Feiyu, even if you are a child, you are still from a girl's family. Now you are a member of my Kou Hai family!" Tired of shouting, Kou's mother leaned against the door and took a few breaths, then threatened sternly: "If you don't get married,
Give it to my Kou Hai, this matter is over today, we are all one family! But if you don’t admit it, don’t blame me, an old woman, for going to the government office to beat drums and complain. I want to ask the prefect Zhang and the scholars of Nanxuan Prefecture.
, how can a shameless and despicable girl be the head of the case!"
With a creak, the bedroom door opened from the inside, and everyone in the yard looked towards the slowly opened door.
Kou Hai walked out of it, looked at Kou's mother with a ferocious face and whispered: "Mom, what are you shouting? I have a bit of heatstroke and just fell asleep."
"Where's that bitch Zhan Feiyu?" Kou's mother pulled open Kou Hai who was blocking the door. Just as she was about to go in to find someone and confirm the crime of catching someone in bed, the door to the study room on the east side opened with a creak.
When everyone looked back, they saw Aunt Hua walking out of the study first, holding two books in her hand, and thanked Zhan Feiyu with tears in her eyes, "Thank you so much for giving birth to Zhan Tong. My little son said that he wanted to be born a few days ago."
Go buy these two books."
Zhan Feiyu didn't seem to see the dark group of people in the yard, and smiled and replied, "Auntie, you're welcome, this is Kou Yuanxing's book. Now that he is gone, it is best to give this book to others."
Yin Wuyan still stood by Zhan Feiyu's side, looking at Kou Mu who looked pale as a dead person with his cold phoenix eyes.
Zhan Feiyu opened the door of the study room completely and said to the shocked clan leader: "I have sorted these books into categories, and put all the pens, inks, papers and inkstones on the table. Chief Kou, if the people in the village will remember their kindness, I will
During the Chinese New Year, I will burn a few more pieces of paper money for Kou Yuanxing."
Suddenly coming back to his senses, the patriarch nodded, "Okay, thank you Zhan Tongsheng. Don't worry, Yuan Xing is a member of our Kou family. We all remember his kindness. Xiao Hai will get married in a few years, and he will have a son."
, just pick one to adopt and pass it to Yuan Xing’s name.”
Kou Yuanxing died early, and the ancients believed in ghosts and gods. If he has no descendants to worship him, he is a lonely ghost! Now the clan leaders remember Kou Yuanxing well, but it will be more than ten or twenty years later, so it is best to give him an adopted child.
method.
Kou Hai nodded quickly when he heard this, "I agree."
"This is impossible! Didn't you drink tea?" Kou Mu yelled hysterically. She was so crazy and proud when she plotted against Zhan Feiyu. Now Kou Mu is so scared. Unfortunately, it's too late to regret.
Zhan Feiyu looked at Kou's mother indifferently and said word by word: "Why do you think Kou Yuanxing committed suicide by hitting the wall?"
As soon as these words came out, not only did Kou's mother stop going crazy, the clan leader and the villagers suddenly became quiet. They still don't know about Kou Yuanxing's death, and no one dared to go to Fucheng to inquire.
"Zhang Zhifu canceled Kou Yuanxing's ranking in the imperial examination, but it was only a small punishment and a big warning. He can continue to participate in the imperial examination next year." Zhan Feiyu also said this to the people of Koujia Village, at least not to let Zhang Zhifu carry it on his back.
The notoriety of forcing Kou Yuanxing to death.
"Master Xiao also knew about this, but before Magistrate Zhang released Kou Yuanxing from prison, someone sneaked into the prison, forced Kou Yuanxing to use your life, and made him write a blood letter to frame Magistrate Zhang, so that he had to hit the wall and commit suicide! He
He died to protect you, my mother!"
No one spoke. Everyone looked at Kou's mother. After Kou Yuanxing was buried, Kou's mother didn't even go to the tomb to take a look. Everyone in the village knew how simple the tomb was. Who would have thought that the truth behind Kou Yuanxing's death was for protection.
Kou Mu.
"You're talking nonsense! You're talking nonsense!" Kou's mother shook her head, unwilling to accept the truth! "That little beast was useless! It was because he failed the imperial examination and he had no face to see others, so he hit the wall and committed suicide! His
Death has nothing to do with me!"
Kou's mother screamed crazily, grabbed her hair with both hands, and screamed at Kou Yuanxing's study, "Yuanxing, why don't you study? Why don't you go study quickly!"
"Yuanxing, the government has tried."
"Yuan Xing, I am mother. Mother has stewed eggs for you. I will bring them to the study for you to eat."
The patriarch and the others were stunned for a moment, looking at Kou's mother talking to the study. They were all dumbfounded, and then they realized that Kou's mother was crazy?