Beloved wife

Zhou Song had enough to eat and drink, so he decided to go to the county to trouble the Wei family.

He was holding back his anger, and the anger must have a place to vent, and the Wei family is very good.

Of course, before that, he specially called Wei Lingxiu and asked, "Lingxiu, are you willing to adopt me?"

Wei Lingxiu was taken aback.

Zhou Songdao: "If you stay in the Wei family, the Wei family can take care of you. If you adopt me, there is no need to worry."

If Wei Lingxiu continued to stay at the Wei family, he would always be in the hands of the Wei family from now on.

For example, Wei Lingxiu is going to take the provincial examination in the future, but Mrs. Wei said that she was seriously ill and she had to take care of him. Wei Lingxiu had to agree—if he refused, even if he passed the examination, such an unfilial person would be punished. Cross out the name.

For another example, marrying a wife is the order of the parents and the words of the matchmaker. If the Wei family now arranges a marriage for Wei Lingxiu, Wei Lingxiu can only accept it.

This dynasty ruled the country with filial piety, even if a father killed his son, the government would not care.

"The Zhou family agrees?" Yan Jing asked.He already knew about Zhou Song's situation. With Zhou Song's current status, it was not difficult for the Wei family to let go, but for things like adoption, in addition to getting the consent of the Wei family, the Zhou family also needed to agree.

After all, these days, the adopted son should be treated as his own son.

"I'm in charge of the Zhou family now." Zhou Song said, briefly mentioning the situation of the Zhou family.

Before Zhou Song's father was still there, he decided all the big and small matters of the Zhou family.

He had many women and many children, the Zhou family was really in chaos at that time, and the marriage between Zhou Song and his sister was not as expected.

But last year, Zhou Song's father was first accused of doing something he shouldn't have done, and then fell ill in prison, paralyzing half of his body. Right now, he can't control anything.

As for Zhou Song's wife... Zhou Song and his wife are at odds, and they didn't take their wife with them when they were released. Over the years, they only had two daughters, and they happened to have no son.

In recent years, his wife has probably gotten older, so she stopped fighting with him, and is thinking about adopting a child.Originally, his choice was the young child of the Zhou family who had no parents. He never thought of Wei Lingxiu, but now he thinks Wei Lingxiu is the perfect fit.

"I thought you were the eldest son of Wei. Neither you nor your father would be willing to do so. Now there is no hindrance." Zhou Song said.

"The Wei family..." Wei Lingxiu hesitated.

"They have to agree even if they don't agree!" Zhou Song said.In his twenties, Zhou Song passed the Jinshi examination, and his rank was average. After that, he stayed in the capital for two years, and when there was a vacancy, he was released as a county magistrate.

He has done very well in foreign affairs, and by chance, he even got on board with Imagami's confidant, was able to work for His Majesty, and returned to the capital, but for a long time, he could not make any progress in officialdom, because As a son, he cannot surpass his father in official positions.

And his father, although he couldn't offend a family like the Wei family that didn't even have a Jinshi, but in fact he was just a fifth-rank official.

Zhou Song's own family has been constrained for many years, so he naturally knows that the most urgent task is to help Wei Lingxiu solve the Wei family.

"I will be with Brother Yan in the future, not get married." Wei Lingxiu said.

"It doesn't matter, I may have another child in the future." Zhou Song said, he is only 36 this year, and his wife is only 32, so it may not be impossible to have children.

As for the matter between Yan Jingze and Wei Lingxiu, he naturally disapproved, but Yan Jing was kind to Wei Lingxiu, so he had no position to say anything.

In the future, these two people can adopt a few children, or... if they take in a few more disciples, some people will be able to take care of them for the elderly.

After Wei Lingxiu and Yan Jing thought about it, they finally agreed.

They had talked about the Wei family a long time ago, and felt that the Wei family would probably not let it go... Before they planned to go on a study tour immediately and leave Donggu County temporarily - in this way, the Wei family would not be able to find them either!

But going out to study is not such an easy thing. There are not many people who go out and never come back these days, and they will come back to take the imperial examination sooner or later. What is the Wei family really going to do? Missed the imperial examination.

Yan Jing didn't want Wei Lingxiu to be looked down upon by being inferior.

As for Zhou Song... They didn't know Zhou Song well, but after getting along, they could also know that Zhou Song had no malice towards Wei Lingxiu.

Zhou Song went to Wei's house to trouble him. Wei Lingxiu must not go with him in this matter, and he must not even show his face, so as not to get a reputation for being unfilial. In the end, it was Yan Jing who accompanied Zhou Song to Wei's house.

Zhou Song left two servants behind, took the remaining two servants and the housekeeper Yan Jingze, and went to the county together.

Most of the people in Xing'an Village didn't know about Zhou Song's visit to the village last night, but today they bought food in the village, but they already let the villagers know about Zhou Song's existence - another rich man came to Yan's family !

Yan Da is really promising now!

At this moment, everyone in Xing'an Village looked at Yan Jingze from a distance.

At this time last year, Yan Jing was still a bastard they were afraid of when they saw him, but now a year has passed...

"I didn't expect Yan Da to be so smart!"

"The county magistrate praises him!"

"I heard that even the magistrate praised him!"

"Old Yan's ancestral grave is smoking!"

……

"Yan Da has been especially good at things since he was a child!"

"He's quite capable. With such an idiot father, I thought he would starve to death, but he just grew up well."

"He never beats people in our village! In fact, he is quite a nice person."

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Of course, they also talked about Wei Lingxiu: "I heard that the young master of the Wei family is having a bad time in the Wei family. His stepmother doesn't want to see him. Now he is finally living a good life!"

"After following Yan Jingze, he even passed the exam as a scholar, how wonderful."

"Yan Jing treated him really well and even sent him to study!"

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Before, they were always worried that Yan Jing would beat Wei Lingxiu, and the villagers who thought Wei Lingxiu was miserable, now envied Wei Lingxiu.

While chatting, someone saw their child running past like a mud monkey, and even grabbed the child: "Stinky boy, why don't you go to school?"

"Father, I don't go to school today!" said the child.

"You can memorize at home even if you don't go to school! You must study hard and learn like Yanda!"

The child who was sent to study by his father because Yan Jing was admitted to a scholar wanted to cry—Yan Da was really scary!

When Yan Jingze and Zhou Song went to the county seat, many people came from Wei's house.

Ever since Wei Lingxiu was admitted as a scholar and Wei Lingyuan failed, the atmosphere in the Wei family has been very bad.

Wei Lingyuan was arrogant and arrogant, and couldn't stand being compared to his brother who had always been inferior to him, so he didn't eat for two days and fell ill.

Old Mrs. Wei and Mrs. Wei were so distressed, but they hadn't coaxed Wei Lingyuan well, and the elders of the Wei family came to the door.

The Wei family is also a big family in Donggu County.

Wei Zhiyuan's branch is the best developed in the clan, but the rest of the Wei family can't be said to be doing badly, and the elders in the clan have great prestige.

"Before you said that Wei Lingxiu was not decent, ignorant and incompetent, what is this now?" An old man from the Wei family glared at the old lady Wei: "Wei Lingyuan didn't pass the exam! He passed the exam!" This person talks about seniority , who is a generation older than Mrs. Wei, so she is very rude to Mrs. Wei.

There are also people who are of the same generation as Mrs. Wei, and it is not easy to blame Mrs. Wei, so they go to Mrs. Wei: "If you are really a stepmother, you don't care about the children. Ling Xiu is so smart, if you teach him well, you may be able to win the Jinshi! You This short-sighted woman actually drives people out!"

The old people in the Wei family clan now only think that Mrs. Wei and Mrs. Wei are too unvirtuous.

For a family, the more talented people there are, the better!Now in Donggu County, the Li family can suppress their Wei family everywhere, isn't it because the Li family has a lot of fame?

They guard their family and work hard to run the ethnology. Isn't it just that they hope that there will be more talents in the clan?

That is, this family didn't know what to think. Such an outstanding child had to go abroad. They asked this family to bring Wei Lingxiu back a few days ago, but this family still pushed back.

They used to hear people say that Wei Lingxiu played with things and lost his mind, but now looking back, Wei Lingxiu actually didn't do anything, he didn't eat, drink, prostitute or gamble, that is to say, young people liked to play a little bit.

It doesn't matter if they have anything to do with Yan Dazhen, at most, when they marry a daughter-in-law, the family status can't be too high, and they can only choose from families that are not as good as the Wei family.

Old Mrs. Wei's expression turned ugly. As for Mrs. Wei, there was no place for her to speak here, so she could only listen from the sidelines.

"Ling Xiu has already returned to Donggu County, Zhiyuan's family, you should prepare some gifts tomorrow, go there yourself, and call him back." Finally, an old man said to Mrs. Wei.

"What if he doesn't want to?" Mrs. Wei frowned, "He's used to push his feet!"

"The mothers have gone in person, can he not?" The Wei family said in an old way.

Wei Lingxiu is a scholar, and Mrs. Wei went to find him in person, but he refused to come back... Does he want to be famous?

Mrs. Wei and Mrs. Wei looked at each other, but finally suppressed their displeasure and agreed.

"Tell him about a daughter-in-law again. Although the big words have been changed now, and you have been admitted to the scholar and become a farm student, but two big men are together. After all, it doesn't sound good. Ling Xiu must get married quickly!" Another clan Sophisticated.

Mrs. Wei was a little unhappy when she heard this.

Although the Wei family has some property, none of their ancestors passed the Jinshi examination, so the family property is just like that.

In the early years, Wei Zhiyuan wanted to be a Jinshi, so he went to the capital once every two or three years... The expenses on the road and in the capital were quite a lot!

If Wei Lingxiu's mother hadn't left a lot of dowry, and Wei Lingxiu's uncle would still give New Year's gifts every year, their family might have to sell the land, then it would be really... shameful!

If Wei Lingxiu wanted to get married now, how much would it cost?The family still needs to repair the yard for him... She wants to leave all the money to her son.

Although Mrs. Wei was depressed, she didn't dare to speak, but Mrs. Wei said: "You also know that the family has been sad these few years..."

"Then choose a girl from a merchant's family." The old Wei family said: "Ling Xiu is young, there must be someone willing!"

The merchant's status is low, if he can't rely on a certain official, his family property will be swallowed by someone if he is not careful.

However, ordinary merchants have yet to find anyone to attach to.

They will think of some heresy ways, such as letting their daughter bring a lot of money to be an official's concubine, or marrying their daughter to a potential scholar-if this scholar achieves something in the future, their family will also be able to get a lot. benefit.

At this moment, Mrs. Wei turned the corner.

Thinking about it carefully, this is not bad.

When Wei Lingxiu returned to Wei's house, she naturally let her decide. As for Wei Lingxiu's wife... a daughter-in-law, mother-in-law, she always listened to her.

There are not many people like Wei Lingxiu's mother in this world!

The old lady Wei felt proud for a moment.

While they were talking, someone suddenly came in from outside: "Old lady! The magistrate is here!"

The county magistrate was just a small official, but no one in the Wei family dared to underestimate him, so they rushed out to greet him, but as soon as they greeted him, they saw someone walking in front of county magistrate Zhu.

The man was in his thirties, and looked very gentle, but when the Wei family saw him, their hearts skipped a beat, and the old lady Wei, who was smiling all over her face, almost didn't come up.

This person came here more than ten years ago, and there was a lot of trouble at that time. Mrs. Wei always remembered this grudge, and never thought that he would come again!

Moreover, this person was just released more than ten years ago, just to be a county magistrate, but now...

Magistrate Zhu was actually behind this man!

Doesn't this mean that this person was demoted?And why does it appear here?

Old Madam Wei's face was pale, and she suddenly remembered that this person had sent someone to deliver a letter a few days ago.

She was illiterate and didn't want to talk to this person, so she just burned the letter, and now...

When old lady Wei saw Zhou Song, her face turned livid.

Zhou Song looked at the old lady Wei, but let out a light sigh.

Yan Jing immediately noticed that Mrs. Wei's face was not only green, but even black, which was very interesting.

What's more interesting is that when Zhou Song explained his identity, no matter it was the elders of the Wei family or the old lady Wei, they all had to smile to greet him.

Of course, Mrs. Wei's smiling face... was almost distorted.

Mrs. Wei was in a hurry when someone came again, this time it was Wei Zhiyuan.

Wei Zhiyuan has been teaching in Fucheng. It takes a long time to go home even by boat, and it takes a long time to go back and forth. It's very inconvenient to go back and forth, so he doesn't come back often.

And this time he came back because of Zhou Song's affairs.

Before Wei Lingxiu passed the examination of a scholar, everyone around him congratulated him. Some people heard that Wei Lingxiu and Yan Jing were good friends, and asked him to ask for Yan Jingze's words...

He was irritated by these people and wanted to go home, but when he accidentally heard a piece of news, he was even more frightened and rushed home immediately - he learned that Zhou Song had become a student in the Nanzhou government next door.

Nowadays, Xuezheng is usually appointed in July and August, and then Xuezheng will immediately go to various prefectures to preside over the college examination.

He already knew who the Xuezheng in their prefecture was, but he didn't get any news about who the Xuezheng was in the nearby Fucheng.

In the end, Zhou Song was the student administrator of Nanzhou Prefecture?

Didn't something happen to the Zhou family?Why did Zhou Song become a student politician?Still out of Beijing?

Wei Zhiyuan turned pale with fright, and hurried home, but as soon as he got home, he saw Zhou Song, and immediately stayed on the spot, trembling all over.

All right, everyone, here you go.

Although Yan Jing had contacted several officials before, he only talked about calligraphy and knowledge with others, and never talked about other things. Today, after following Zhou Song, he realized that being an official is really not easy.

Of course it is not difficult.

He even liked the feeling of being in power.

Yan Jingze and Wei Lingxiu were both scholars, and there was nothing they could do to take the Wei family, but Zhou Song was different. He suppressed the Wei family completely, and the matter of Wei Lingxiu's adoption was quickly settled.

At this time, there was a regulation that a woman's dowry belonged to the woman, and the husband's family could not use it without the woman's consent. If they divorced, the woman could still take the dowry.

But if a woman dies, her natal family cannot pursue the dowry—the law clearly stipulates that even if the wife dies, all property and slaves, the wife's family will not be able to pursue it.

But even so, there are regulations, that is, a woman's dowry is to be inherited by her children, or her chosen heirs.

The Wei family spent Wei Lingxiu's mother's dowry, and Zhou Song took advantage of it.

Of course, the most important thing is Zhou Song's power.

Yan Jing actually thinks that the Wei family is too cheap, but at this moment, he can't do too much... If he wants to make the Wei family unlucky, it's better to become stronger himself.

When he becomes stronger, he doesn't need to make a move, and the Wei family will naturally get worse.

The matter of Wei Lingxiu's adoption was completed in a very short period of time. Of course, because the Zhou family's ancestral hall is in the capital, he has not been included in the Zhou family's genealogy for the time being.

Zhou Song had an official position, so he couldn't stay in Donggu County for a long time, so he left soon, but Wei Lingxiu and Yan Jing didn't follow him to Nanzhou Prefecture.

They were born and raised here, and decided to live here—they had just made love, and living together would be a fairy life.

They sent Zhou Song away, there were no outsiders in the house, Yan Jingze and Wei Lingxiu had to close the door, chatted with each other, went to the neighbors to buy some food and went home.

Yan Jing even went out to meet his mother.

The original owner's mother has remarried. At this time, in a legal sense, she has nothing to do with him and does not need him to support her. But who is the person who gave birth to this body? Yan Jing still hopes that this woman If he can live well, he gave this woman some money when he went this time, and asked the woman to send the children of the family to study and learn a few words.

It is not easy for an ordinary peasant family to confess a scholar, but learning to read and learn to settle accounts, and working as a bookkeeper in the future can also make their lives better.

After dealing with his mother's affairs, Yan Jing continued to study, and began to read books on the law.

After going to Wei's house with Zhou Song, he felt that legal knowledge was very useful, so he went to the Wei's bookstore to borrow books to read.

Yan Jing read all the law books, and he has memorized them fluently, and he likes them very much, so...

Wei Lingxiu woke up this morning, kissed Yan Jing, and said, "May I be like a star king like the moon, and the night and night stream be bright and clean."

Yan Jing kissed him back, but also subconsciously asked: "What is the punishment for someone who breaks a tooth and a hand and a foot and a finger and an eye?" Compared with those poems, he really thinks that the law should be learned... ...It will come in handy in the future to be an official or something.

Wei Lingxiu: "..." He endured it!

At noon, Wei Lingxiu was cooking and hid a red bean in the rice. As a result, Yan Jing ate half a bowl of rice in one bite. He didn't find it at all, and asked while eating: "Whoever demolished the house in Shenmingting And for those who destroy the board list, how much is the staff?"

Wei Lingxiu: "..." He still endured it!

After dinner, the two of them were reading together, and Wei Lingxiu suddenly became interested: "Brother Yan, may I draw a picture for you?" He has learned to draw, and although his skills are not very good, it's okay to draw casually.

"Okay, when you are painting, I will recite it to you, so you can familiarize yourself with the law... All civil and military lawsuits that have something to do should be filed and not filed..." Even if there is no sentence in the law book, he will Can carry!

Wei Lingxiu: "..." He suddenly wanted to hit someone!

However, Wei Lingxiu still endured it.

However, what he didn't expect was that that night, when the two of them were lying in the same quilt, Yan Jing asked him: "How many times will anyone who curses be beaten? Really... I didn't expect that the punishment for cursing is so severe."

Wei Lingxiu couldn't bear it anymore, he didn't need to bear it anymore, he immediately grasped Yan Jingze's vital point, and said with a sneer, "I'll scold you now, do you want to beat me?"