Three thousand miles in exile

In the hall of the Liu family, Widow Li sits on the left, Widow Hu sits on the right, and Liu Xueyi kneels in front of the ancestral tablet in the middle, seemingly drunk or awake.

The Widow Li cried, and the Widow Hu also cried. It was enough to provoke a Widow Li, but now there is a Widow Hu, and the old lady was so angry that she clutched her forehead and kept groping.

This widow Hu is not a cheap lamp, she showed her the marriage letter written by Liu Xueyi as soon as she came.

The marriage letter was a piece of rag, with a few large characters written in charcoal, which roughly meant that Liu Xueyi asked to marry Widow Hu as his wife.

When Widow Li saw that Widow Hu still had the marriage certificate, she immediately felt bad, and cried so much that it shook the world. "Boy, mother will die with you! Your father doesn't care about us, I'm going to throw myself into the river!"

The Liu family rushed to stop her for a good meal, after all, Widow Li was pregnant with Liu Xueyi's child, so she couldn't really drive her to death.

But then again, how to solve the matter, everyone froze there again.

"I'm all married." Liu Zhan chuckled.

Liu Xueyuan glared at Liu Zhan, Liu Zhan shrugged and took a step back without speaking.

Over there, Liu Xueyi didn't respond as if he was a dead person. Liu Xueyuan felt angry and pity for his younger brother in his heart, and he was more helpless. In the end, his full of anger could only be turned into a sigh.

"Mr. Li, I heard that there is still a son in your family who is only thirteen years old. If you remarry the youngest son, what are your plans?" Liu Xueyuan first asked the widow Mrs. Li.

Speaking of the dead husband's son, Widow Li, gradually stopped crying. These days, she was either immersed in Liu Xueyi's gentle hometown, or she was thinking about how to keep Liu Xueyi's prodigal heart, but she put the dead husband's son aside.

Widow Hu sneered, despising Widow Li as a joke.

"My son...my son..." Widow Li was tangled in her heart.

"I heard that your late husband left a few acres of private land for your mother and son. This property should belong to the late husband's son." Liu Xueyuan rubbed his brows wearily.

"Although my Liu family is in trouble, I still have the backbone. I will definitely not do anything to seize the private property of the youngest son. If you remarry and leave the youngest son alone to manage the family, how can the youngest son keep these private properties? If you remarry without hesitation, how can you be worthy of it?" Your deceased husband's spirit in heaven?"

After listening to Liu Xueyuan's words, Widow Li's face turned pale and she couldn't speak.

Widow Hu on the side gloated. "You have sons and property, you can't live a good life, you have to come out and hook up with men, I see how you have the face to see your own son."

The so-called upright official can't decide housework, this is really difficult.

"But I'm pregnant with your Liu family's child, so you can't ignore it!" Widow Li had no idea and could only cry.

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Widow Li cried pitifully, and finally felt irritated.

"You go to the ten miles and eight towns to ask, who has my Li family lived with as a widow all these years? If I hadn't met Brother Yi, I would have sincerely planned to live with my son."

This is the truth. Widow Li has always had a good reputation, much better than Widow Hu.

This Widow Hu has no children, so she just counts on the men who come to her house to help her to get by. Because Widow Hu also has high vision, she always wants to remarry and marry better, so she has been dealing with different men, which is hard to say No different from whores.

Liu Xueyuan was silent, Widow Li was full of sorrow, and Widow Hu was sure of victory.

Outside the walls of the Liu family courtyard are the villagers who listened to the roots of the walls. Issues such as remarriage and inheritance were involved in the ancient villages, and if they were big families, they would even go to the ancestral hall for adjudication.

The matter soon spread to Shangqiao Village next door, and someone with good intentions even brought Widow Li's son over, threatening that his mother would remarry with her family property.

The villages around Tongtian Peak in Qiyun Mountain are almost all composed of refugees who fled the war and prisoners who were exiled in the past two years. There are very few surnames in the village that can be called the upper family.

For example, Li Qitou is a single family. Li Qitou's former friends were afraid that the Liu family would steal Li Qitou's property, so they hurriedly brought Li Qitou's son Li Xiaolian over.

I saw a group of menacing people rushing into the courtyard with a young man in their arms, and shouted as soon as they came. "Li Qitou's only son is here! Widow Li, if you want to remarry, you must get your son's consent! It's even worse if you take the land away!"

Liu Zhan looked at the young man curiously. Li Xiaolian was tall and thin, with neat clothes and hair. It could be seen at a glance that Widow Li took good care of him.

Liu's yard was really bustling like never before, because Liu Xueyuan had already said that he would not corrupt his youngest son's property, so some villagers from Tiancang Village complained about Liu's injustice.

"Who wants Li Qitou's family property? It's the widow Li from your village who begged to come to marry me. Mr. Liu, who you gave away for nothing, doesn't like it either!"

"That's right, the Liu family is a big clan, even if it falls into trouble, it's not just a widow who can climb up to the top."

"I heard that the second uncle of the Liu family has a reputation as a scholar, and Mr. Liu's family background is a master of the family. If there were no accidents..."

All kinds of discussions among the onlookers.

Liu Xueyuan didn't want to make a big deal at first, but now he can't do it if he doesn't come forward to give an explanation to the folks.

"Everyone, please listen to me." Liu Xueyuan stood up and bowed to everyone. "My second brother's stupidity has brought trouble to the villagers. This matter started because of my Liu family. My Liu family will definitely give everyone an explanation."

The villagers gradually quieted down.

Liu Xueyuan came to Li Xiaolian. "Your mother is going to remarry, did you know beforehand?"

Li Xiaolian lowered his head and whispered for a moment: "I know."

"How did your mother tell you?" Liu Xueyuan asked again.

Li Xiaolian glanced at Widow Li who was crying into tears. "My mother said she would take me with her..."

Liu Xueyuan secretly breathed a sigh of relief. "Then are you willing to remarry with your mother?"

For a moment, everyone present held their breath, and all eyes were on Li Xiaolian.

"I only have one mother, so naturally I want to go with my mother, but I can't change my surname, nor can I transfer the property under my name to others."

Liu Xueyuan was a little surprised. "Has anyone taught you to say that?"

"It's what my mother meant." Li Xiaolian lowered his head.

"Okay, okay." Liu Xueyuan nodded again and again, already having an idea in his mind.

"Your mother is pregnant with my Liu family's child, so she must marry into the Liu family. Although my Liu family is in trouble and life is difficult, and three meals a day are only enough to make ends meet, I will definitely not treat you mother and child badly."

Some villagers in Shangqiao Village wanted to interrupt and were immediately stopped, and Liu Xueyuan ignored those troublemakers.

"As for the land left by your father, it is naturally yours. My Liu family will not use any of the harvest from the private field. Your mother will keep it for you. After you get married, it will be yours to deal with. That's great. ?”

A villager from Shangqiao Village said anxiously: "Xiao Lian, you should think about it. If you enter someone else's house, you will be dealt with by others. Who knows if they will cheat on your field behind your back?"

On the side, Cao Zhuang's father, Cao Tie, almost threw a fist at him. "Mr. Liu will take a liking to the private land of the Li family? Pooh!"

Another villager from Shangqiao Village said, "Who can say for sure what will happen in the future?"

The villagers in Tiancang Village were excited and cursed at each other.

"There are so many people here who can testify for Widow Li's son, who can hide their private land under the eyes of the whole village? Liu's family is a big clan, are you a bird?"

Seeing that there was going to be another quarrel, Liu Xueyuan was busy smoothing things over. "Let's see it this way. For the sake of justice, how about I write a document and ask Chen Baihu to testify?"

Once the document is written, it cannot be falsified. The villagers feel very fair for a while, and they also admire Liu Xueyuan's character very much.

Everyone in Widow Li's family was very happy to have this ending, and Widow Li wept with joy on the sidelines.

But Widow Hu's complexion was very ugly. Widow Li's status has been confirmed, so what about her?

At this time, Liu Xueyuan bowed his hands to see off the guests, without mentioning Widow Hu.

"My second brother and Li Qitou's son will have Chen Baihu testify on a separate date, and I will also invite fellow villagers to testify together. Today, my Liu family still has some unfinished housework. I would like to send you off here respectfully."

Brother Cao Tie, Cao Ma, and Zhang Fusheng helped drive away the people, and finally invited the people inside and outside the Liu family courtyard away.

"Master Liu, you have decided on Li's title, so what about my title?" Widow Hu asked impatiently.

Now Liu Xueyi went back to bed as if nothing happened, the old lady was dizzy and dizzy from anger, and was accompanied by the third-bedroom couple to go back to the room to rest, now only Liu Xueyuan and Mrs. Zhao are in the main room.

Facing widow Hu Liu Xueyuan, he didn't have such a good face. "My second brother wrote the marriage letter with you. First, there are no witnesses. Second, there are no parents' orders and matchmaker's words. It doesn't count."

Widow Hu's complexion immediately changed drastically and she raised her voice, "Are you trying to deny the marriage?!"

Liu Xueyuan didn't speak, and Widow Hu immediately became anxious.

"If you guys renege on your marriage, I'll bump my head to death here! Me! Me, ah! My life is so miserable!" Suddenly Widow Hu sat down on the ground and threw a tantrum, crying and shouting unbearably.

Liu Zhan leaned against the wall with his arms folded and watched with a sneer. If he would beat the shrew out without hesitation, but because Liu Xueyuan was around, he still had to restrain himself.

"My second brother has already decided to be a second wife. If you are willing to stay as a concubine, you can stay if you want to cry or make trouble." Liu Xueyuan said with a cold face.

In the end, the farce ended with Widow Hu leaving in despair.

Liu Xueyi had nothing to do with this result.

The wedding of Suxian was very simple. The Liu family chose an auspicious day to pick up Li's mother and son from the next village. They performed a simple ceremony of worshiping heaven and earth, and the whole family had a meal to complete the ceremony.

The second room originally had a son and a daughter, but now that there is another stepson and an unborn child in the womb, the Liu family's house suddenly became insufficient.

Liu Zhan suggested that Che'er and Li Xiaolian share a room with him, and Xin'er sleep with the old lady, so the house problem is temporarily resolved.

At first Liu Xueyi stayed at home for a few days, but he returned to the prototype after a while. The Liu family had nothing to do with him, and the Li family had nothing to do with him.

Speaking of Mrs. Li, because Mrs. Li was a humble old lady from a military family, she looked down on her from the bottom of her heart, and her attitude towards Mrs. Li was just ignoring her. The old lady was still taken care of by Mrs. Fang, the third bedroom.

However, Liu Zhan expressed his sincere welcome to Mrs. Zhao. Finally, someone came to help Mrs. Zhao with housework. Mrs. Li is a diligent person, even though she was pregnant, she did not slack off, and cleaned the house cleanly.

In this way, another month passed, and Li Xiaolian also practiced calligraphy with Liu Zhan and the others every day. The teenagers quickly became familiar with each other, and Liu Zhan also had a younger brother.

The days that followed did not change much from day to day.

Occasionally, Liu Zhan followed Liu Xueyuan down the mountain to learn about the battle between Great Chu and Xixia. The Great Chu army did not quickly conquer the Xixia army as Emperor Xuan wanted, but instead showed a weak state. Liu Xueyuan often shook his head and sighed, and he could only sigh.

Life in the Liu family was no different until half a year later a man came to the house with his son begging.

The man's name is Lu Shuiqiao, from Wuyuan County. He runs a grocery business with [-] acres of private land and a shop. The Lu family can be considered a wealthy family in Wuyuan County.

Lu Shuiqiao entrusted his eldest son, Lu Shusheng, to study in a private school. Now that Lu Shusheng is 24 years old, he has only achieved fame as a child.

It is really not easy to provide a student, so Lu Shuiqiao naturally refused to accept it, and took his son to study everywhere. Whoever heard someone mentioned that there was a master Juren in Tiancang Village came here admiringly.

Lu Shuiqiao's trip was full of sincerity, he brought two stones of refined grains and five pieces of cloth as a meeting gift, and said that it was a formal apprenticeship, and there was also a bundle of repairs to offer, and he brought his own books and lesson plans, Liu Xueyuan just guided.

The Liu family is so poor that there is no room for Liu Xueyuan to refuse?Regardless of whether Lu Shusheng is an idiot or not, it's hard to refuse for the sake of the meeting ceremony.

So the Liu family had another student. In order to accommodate Lu Shusheng, Liu Xueyuan cleared out the warehouse next to Liu Zhan's room, and the Lu family bought the furniture.

The house was shabby but Lu Shusheng didn't complain a word, nor did he neglect anyone in the Liu family. Liu Xueyuan saw that this child was really good-natured, so he naturally put his heart into teaching him.

"Boss, that group is here again!" A boy from the village hurried over.

In the afternoon of this day, Liu Xueyuan was teaching Lu Shusheng alone in the room, while Liu Zhan and several teenagers were practicing calligraphy in the main room, and his stepson Li Xiaolian was among them.

"Who's here again?" Liu Zhan threw away the calligraphy branch.

The boy lay on the window and whispered: "It's Fat Tiger from Dongliu Village, and he brought a dozen people with him."

Ever since Liu Zhan beat the young bully of Shangqiao Village away, his reputation as the leader of Tiancang Village has spread, and with the addition of his deeds of fighting wild boars, Liu Zhan's reputation has been widely spread among the young people. .

As a result, the young village tyrants from other villages refused to accept it, and things like this brought younger brothers to provoke him from time to time.

In ancient times, teenagers also suffered from secondary illness, and the illness was not serious. Liu Zhan was very disdainful, but he was bullied by others and refused to go. Wouldn't he lose face as the leader of Tiancang Village?

Liu Zhan gave Cao Zhuang and the others a wink, Cao Zhuang, Cao Ming, Li Xiaolian, and Zhang Xiaoman followed immediately, while Che'er and Wen Qingshan stayed behind to endorse and cover.