Chongzhen Undergraduates

"This is the fare." Liu Rushi took out a paper ticket from his bag, with the Arabic numeral 2 printed on it, which was Daming's two-cent bill.

"It's too much." The coachman pushed back, but he was still under his command.In the past, he wouldn't even pay attention to a silver dollar.

Liu Rushi pushed open the door and slowly walked into the yard. She was a little tired, but she still listened to the noises in the yard.This is a habit of life and a way of getting along between husband and wife.From the moment Liu Rushi entered the door, she wanted to hear that Qian Qianyi was still safe, even if it was just a cough, it could make her feel at ease.

"It's an insult to the gentleman, it's an insult to the gentleman!" Just when Liu Rushi was worried, an old man's violent curse suddenly came from inside.Qian Qianyi's temper has not changed at all!

"Fortunately, nothing happened!" Liu Rushi relaxed her shoulders, finally feeling relieved.Being able to swear at others shows that old man Qian can carry on for a few more days.

Qian Qianyi was wearing a pair of presbyopic glasses, sitting under the eaves and reading a newspaper. The name of the newspaper was "Da Ming Daily" and the editor-in-chief of the newspaper was still Jin Shengtan.Liu Rushi bent down and took a closer look. The article Qian Qianyi was reading was the headline written by his nephew Jin Shengtan.

"This is an article written by your good nephew, why don't you care about family affection?" Liu Rushi said while changing clothes.

"I don't have such a nephew. He has already become Zhu Youjian's lackey. I don't know him." Qian Qian said angrily.

"You don't recognize him, but he recognizes you as uncle. A few days ago, he wrote to say that he had asked someone to find you a maid. I guess he should send her here today. You are at home all day, have you seen the maid?" Arriving?" Liu Rushi said while tidying up the house.Now in this family, she is too busy alone.It is very hard for an old man and a daughter to keep a woman busy.

"They're all Japanese girls, and they can't understand what they're saying. I might as well not have them." Qian Qianyi protested.Daming gradually abolished the slavery system and switched to an employment relationship. This is tantamount to making the rich spend a lot of money every month, but it is of great benefit to revitalizing the labor market.However, instead of ordinary servants, it became a new population market like Japanese women.

Qian Qianyi disliked the Japanese woman because he felt that he was alone at home and was too lonely.The Japanese girl can't even speak, so what's the use of him?But the family couldn't afford to hire workers. Fortunately, Jin Shengtan was still filial.

"Dong dong dong!" The couple were arguing, and the door was knocked.

Liu Rushi hurried to open the door, but the moment she opened the courtyard door, she froze.

"Xiangjun, are you out?" The person standing at the door was none other than Liu Ru, a former good sister, Li Xiangjun.

"I, I'm the maid they arranged to come to work." Li Xiangjun's voice was low, but the intention of coming was clearly stated.

Chapter 657 : Qunfang must return home

After Li Xiangjun was captured, he was imprisoned for five years. In terms of his attitude towards the prisoners, Zhu Youjian was the most benevolent in all dynasties.Except for unforgivable traitors like Wu Sangui, most people are just sentenced.And most of them are mainly in labor camps, and they are not persecuted, and they can even be released early if they behave well.

Looking back on his deeds after the entire south crossing, Zhu Youjian actually did a few worthwhile things in total. One was to prevent the Jin soldiers from going south to massacre;I have to say a word: Try to keep everyone from dying, go back to their respective homes, find their own mothers, and live a peaceful life.

Li Xiangjun was sentenced to seven years in prison. He behaved very well and was released early.But the old life can't go back at all, only the yamen can arrange a new life.Being a servant is not a lowly job in the current Ming Dynasty, at most it is a temporary worker, plus she can’t do anything else, her poetry is not as good as Liu Rushi’s, her talent is not as good as Kou Baimen’s, it’s just a conceit It's just an ignorant woman who is full of fantasies about love.

"Come in quickly." Liu Rushi had an open-minded personality, and he was full of joy when he suddenly saw his old friend, and he accepted him warmly.

"Mu Zhai, look who is here?" Liu Rushi's attitude warmed Li Xiangjun's heart. She thought she would be ridiculed by others, but she didn't expect such warm treatment.

Qian Qianyi took off his reading glasses and took a look, and immediately showed a kind expression.In front of this group of Fangyan, he has always acted more like a life mentor, otherwise he would not have combined with Liu Rushi.Perhaps, in the eyes of the "Qinhuai Eight Beauty" who are used to seeing talented men and women, "confidantes" are their last sustenance.

A pot of fragrant tea, a furnace of agarwood; in terms of the taste of life, Liu Rushi and others never left it behind.

"Have you ever met Sister Dong?" Li Xiangjun sat down, and the youngest Dong Xiaowan was the first to be asked.She is the same Geng as Dong Xiaowan and Kou Baimen, Kou Baimen is older than Li Xiangjun, and Li Xiangjun is slightly older than Dong Xiaowan.But among them, because Kou Baimen married the prince Zhu Guobi, naturally his status is different from theirs.

In Qinhuai Bayan, Ma Xianglan is actually a senior, and the seven people behind have never met, and died in 1604.If anyone can chat with Li Xiangjun the most, it is naturally Liu Rushi and Dong Xiaowan.

"She, she has passed away." Liu Rushi didn't sigh lightly, but just uttered a few words lightly.

The scene was silent, and no one could have imagined this result.Li Xiangjun frowned slightly, and picked up the tea bowl to cover up his inner grievances, but his chest continued to rise and fall.

"How did she die?" Li Xiangjun's words clearly contained resentment, as if all this was caused by unspoken reasons.

"It was a good thing that the imperial court recruited Mao Xiang to teach in Nanjing Literary Academy, but Mao Xiang was seriously ill. Sister Xiaowan took good care of her for a whole year, and eventually she broke down. That's how Liu Rushi described it. Brief, with a little regret in the words.

"There is no imperial court." Li Xiangjun said something, and suddenly felt something was wrong.First, Qian Qianyi, who should always have resentment towards the imperial court and the emperor, has never said a word;

"Maoxiang's illness is thanks to the emperor. The emperor sent an imperial doctor to cure his dysentery with overseas medicine. But the imperial doctor got Maoxiang, but failed to save Miss Dong." Qian Qianyi finally spoke, but it was It's rare to say good things for Zhu Youjian.At least what Qian Qianyi said was the truth, Zhu Youjian took special care of Maoxiang.

Li Xiangjun has no way to refute, she is also a good match for a talented man and a beautiful woman, she knows best what Hou Fangyu has done.It is also the destination of a woman. Compared with Dong Xiaowan personally, Li Xiangjun is really no match for her, and Dong Xiaowan can be called virtuous and virtuous.

"I heard that the emperor didn't ask the rest of the family, why did you come to Suzhou?" This is what Liu Rushi asked.According to the news she got, although Hou Fangyu was sentenced to death, Hou Xun did not pursue the crime, and the Hou family is a big family in Henan, so they were not too implicated.What Liu Rushi meant was that you, Li Xiangjun, are supposed to be the daughter-in-law of the Hou family, so why did you come to Suzhou?Didn't Hou Jia ask a question?

"I never went through the door at all. The Hou family disliked my background in a brothel and refused to accept me. And Hou Fangyu had a wife in Henan long ago, and he kicked me out." Li Xiangjun smiled bleakly. Her dream of love, now in retrospect, what she said The dream of love is but an illusion.

"Tell me about the other sisters!" After five years of reeducation through labor, Li Xiangjun's thoughts floating in the air finally fell to the ground. She has seen clearly the cruelty of the world. , Ridiculous, lamentable.

Speaking of the fate of other people, Hengbo, the "No. [-] in Nanqu", is now Huang Daozhou's confidante, and also a visiting professor of the Quyi Department of the Faculty of Arts, and one of the most famous masters in Ming Dynasty; He followed Bao Guogong to Nanyang to enjoy Qingfu; Bian Yujing was still a monk, and he often kept in touch with Chen Yuanyuan.

As a result, Qinhuai Bayan half followed the fate of history, and half changed her own destiny.

"I really envy my sister, who lives so comfortably!" Li Xiangjun said with a sigh of relief and a smile.

"Cough cough..." Qian Qianyi was choked on a mouthful of tea and coughed non-stop.Liu Rushi was slightly embarrassed, her face flushed slightly.

In terms of destination, Liu Rushi felt that she was not as good as Li Xiangjun, and even more incomparable to other people.Chen Yuanyuan's marriage was due to public opinion. At least she was favored by the emperor, and she was a lady after all; A good name through the ages; Gu Hengbo is now so prosperous that it is enviable; Kou Baimen is a fairy couple, happy and happy.

Even Li Xiangjun in front of him can be said to be reborn from Nirvana, but looking at himself, he will almost become a country woman after playing.

"Mu Zhai, sit down with your sister, and I'll cook." Liu Rushi got up, quickly put on her apron, and changed from an elegant and intellectual lady to a townswoman, so startled that Li Xiangjun almost bit the tip of his tongue.She thought it would be embarrassing for her to put down her dignity to be a servant, but when she looked at her eyes, Liu Rushi had already started to work as a servant, and she was still very quick.

"Mother, big brother said he wants to drive us away and won't let us live here anymore." Before Liu Rushi started to work, a delicate and beautiful little girl blinked her big flickering eyes, and pushed her away from the outside with a little panic. The door came in in a panic, and closed the courtyard door behind his backhand.

"Qian Sunrui, come to meet Aunt Li." Qian Qianyi seemed to have not heard what his daughter said, and was very calm.

Li Xiangjun, on the other hand, clearly heard what the little girl said, but seeing that Liu Rushi and Qian Qianyi didn't mention it on purpose, they couldn't care less about other people's family.It's just that she has seen the girl in front of her before. This is the only daughter of Liu Rushi and Qian Qianyi, named Qian Sunrui.

It should be noted that in this era, the daughters of many families only have nicknames and no big names, but Liu Rushi's daughter still left a name, but it still sounds good, which is really not easy.

Chapter 659: The Awakening of Feminism

Although Qian Qianyi and Liu Rushi didn't mention it, Li Xiangjun also guessed that this was their family affair, and it was an unspeakable scandal.

"Mother, why did big brother say he wants to kick us out?"

Although the adults were unwilling to mention it, the children insisted on asking clearly, which made the atmosphere tense again.

"If so, I..." Qian Qianyi felt powerless, and swallowed the words again.

"Sanggong, I can't blame you for this, but I can only blame me for not being able to keep boys." Liu Rushi sighed.

Li Xiangjun understood instantly. According to the Ming law, only men can inherit the inheritance, unless they bring in a son-in-law.Qian Qianyi is actually a family man, but Liu Rushi is now at most a concubine and a daughter, no matter what, this house will not fall into Liu Rushi's obvious sooner or later.As the child in front of him said, once Qian Qianyi hung up, his son will drive Liu Rushi, mother and daughter out of the house sooner or later.

This is the limitation of the times. Women cannot have the legal and moral basis of independent sects at all, and can only be attached to men.In other words, if she, Liu Ru, wanted to keep the chastity, she had to be the wife of the main house, and no one cared about the concubines.

Life was very difficult, and Liu Rushi could only support it alone. Now that Li Xiangjun is added, there will be more gossip. Who would care about the name of an old man who is nearly eighty.

Finally, one month after Li Xiangjun moved into the house, Qian Qianyi's son led someone to block Liu Rushi and the coachman in the middle of the road, claiming that the two were having an affair.And it was rumored that the old man Qian Qianyi still played the game of two girls serving one husband every night.

"It's not good, big brother led people to arrest mother."

When Qian Qianyi heard the news, he was trembling with a crutch and went to rescue Liu Rushi.Seeing the old man's unsteady walking, Li Xiangjun had no choice but to step forward to help him.

On the street, more and more Qian family members gathered, blocking half of the street.The coachman and Liu Rushi had already been stripped half naked, their hair disheveled, and their upper bodies covered with hemp ropes.

"Kill the adulterers and invade the pig cage."