Literary Heroes of the Republic of China

The Mu family clan is located in the countryside of Suzhou.

The people in the entire village here are almost all surnamed Mu. They built ancestral halls, established ethnology, helped each other and united together, and gradually grew. Up to now, there are nearly [-] families.

The original patriarch and core of the Mu family was Mu Yongxue's father, Mu Daoming.

Mu Daoming's father is a Juren, he is also a scholar, and he has many farms and shops, and his family has a big business.Most of the other members of the Mu family have been farming all their lives, and the rest are just doing small businesses or being small landlords, without much ability, so they have always followed Mu Daoming's lead.

After Mu Daoming passed away, they started to listen to Mu Yongxue again, but in the end they did something wrong.

Before Qingming, many members of the Mu family who were working or studying abroad came back. Mu Daoqi, who had just taken over as patriarch for a few years, was in the ancestral hall of the Mu family, calling some members of the family to discuss matters.

In the early years, when Mu Daoming, and even Mu Daoming's father was still alive, he would spend money to build the ancestral hall every few years, making the ancestral hall look like new.

but now……

Before Mu Daoming passed away, the ancestral hall hadn't been built for two years. When he passed away, no one was willing to spend money to build the ancestral hall. Now, the ancestral hall looks a bit dilapidated. Not popular.

"At the beginning, Uncle Daoming asked us to take care of Chang Qiong, but look at what you have done?" A middle-aged man with a beard said angrily, "It's fine if you don't help him, but you even turned him over to him?" Get out!"

"We didn't want to drive him away. Changqiong was a child we watched and grew up. How could we drive him away? Isn't this Yongxue who came back with a letter saying that Mrs. Zhu treated her mother-in-law harshly and asked us not to help her... " Mu Daoqi coughed lightly.

Mu Daoqi is Mu Daoming's cousin. Like Mu Daoming, he ranks in the "Dao" generation in the Mu family's "Family Dao Yongchang", but he has no skills himself.

He couldn't study well, and he was losing money in business. If his ancestors didn't leave some family property, he might have to go to the fields to farm.

As for being the head of the Mu family, he never dared to hope for it before.

Even if Mu Daoming is gone, the position of patriarch should be taken by Mu Daoming's son or grandson...

As a result, Mu Yongxue actually wanted to sell his ancestral property and move to Beijing, and then not only sold the ancestral house to him at a low price, but also made him the head of the clan, who had the right to manage the sacrificed land in the clan.

Mu Daoqi could be said to be ecstatic, and he became a little closer to Mu Yongxue. Because of this, when a letter from Beijing asked him to drive Zhu Wanwan away, he would agree.

As a result, the child Mu Changqiong had a bad temper and went away with him, so many people in the clan blamed him.

Now it's a troubled time, he has no ability and no money, the situation of the clan has been getting worse every year in recent years, and the opinion of him as the clan leader is getting bigger and bigger.

He wanted to ask Mu Yongxue for help, but Mu Yongxue didn't care about them at all. At the same time, they also heard that Mu Changqiong was promising now, and even Mu Yongxue couldn't compare to him.

After all, Mu Daoqi got something cheap, so he won't regret it, but the rest of the Mu family regret it very much at this moment.

"It's not that we don't understand Zhu's temperament. How could she treat her mother-in-law harshly? I think it's clearly because Mu Yongxue likes the new and dislikes the old, and forced her to accuse her."

"That's right, if you really want to treat your mother-in-law harshly, it will definitely not be done by Mrs. Zhu, but by Mu Yongxue's newly married woman. When that woman came to our place, she looked at us with arrogance. Well, eyes are not eyes, and noses are not noses."

"I heard that Changqiong is now in Shanghai. He runs a newspaper and publishes books. He is very famous... He could have helped the village."

"Your news is out of date. Changqiong, this child, has not only done these things. I got the news that he is running a school, and he is very close to the lady of the Huo family in Shanxi."

"Many people in Suzhou are reading his book, and they all say that he has learned a lot. Maybe the Huo family will recruit him as a son-in-law!"

……

People other than Mu Daoqi talked about it, all of them were full of envy.

Mu Qiong is so capable, why didn't they treat him well in the first place?

Seeing the expressions of these people, Mu Daoqi knew that they were regretting, but now is not the time to regret: "You have no time to think about this, so why not think about it, what should we do if Mu Qiong comes to trouble us."

At the beginning, they drove Mu Qiong away together.

Mu Daoqi said again: "You should have seen "My These Two Years" written by him. He must have hated us."

For a while, everyone was silent.

"We're all a family. If we apologize to him, he probably won't do anything to us?" Someone asked.

"How to make amends?" Mu Daoqi said again, if Mu Qiong came to trouble them, he would definitely be the first to find him!

"Patriarch, why don't you return the house to him?"

"This is a house I bought with money!" Mu Daoqi was unwilling.

In the end, everyone discussed for a whole morning, but there was no result.

But at this time, Mu Qiong and his party had already landed in Suzhou.

After sitting on the boat for a long time, when he landed, Mu Qiong felt as if he was stepping on the clouds, and always felt that the ground under his feet seemed to be fluttering.

He had never been on a boat for such a long time before, and this was the first time.

In contrast, Zhu Wanwan and the others are used to it.

Zhu Wanwan paid the boatman two silver dollars, and gave the boatman their leftover food, and the boatman said thank you happily.

They came to Suzhou City and planned to live here in the next few days.

"There should be a hotel here, let's find a hotel to stay for a few days." Mu Qiong said, now there are hotels in big cities, and they are quite comfortable to live in.

"You don't need to stay in a hotel, I have a house here." Fu Yun'an said, "We can just go there."

After he finished speaking, someone immediately came with a smile: "Third Young Master, the house has been cleaned."

Mu Qiong: "..." The life of the rich is really unimaginable.

What surprised Mu Qiong even more was that Fu Yun'an's house was actually a beautiful garden.

The house is not big, but the design is very exquisite. There are all kinds of rockeries and ponds. Let’s say there is a yard for the lady in the family. A small stone bridge was also built on the stream, and there was a small earth slope next to it, with a gazebo built on it, and a Go board was carved on the stone table of the gazebo.

It's a pity that they only know the simple rules of Go and can't play it.

Zhu Yu fell in love with this small courtyard at first glance, and lived there directly. Zhu Wanwan chose to live in the courtyard next door. As for Mu Qiong and Fu Yun'an, they chose the room where the owner of the house lived.

After putting down their luggage, the group went out to eat first.

Mu Qiong once inquired about a famous restaurant in Suzhou and planned to take Fu Yun'an to eat, but he didn't even open his mouth. The people in the house here arranged a carriage and sent them there. Serve them.

Some cold dishes and cakes were served first, followed by a goose palm for each person. The goose feet should have been stewed for a long time, and the bones and skin would separate after a light sip, which was extremely delicious.

When Mu Qiong was in modern times, when he read books like Red Mansions, he wondered if the recipes for cooking in them would be too complicated. After being with Fu Yun'an these days, he realized that people at this time really know how to do this. Dry.

He thinks he can already write food articles...

Both Zhu Wanwan and Zhu Yu don't like to waste. After eating a meal, their bellies are round in the end!

After dinner, they were planning to go back to rest, but they were stopped by someone downstairs in the restaurant: "Chang Qiong! It's really you!"

Mu Qiong turned his head, and saw an exceptionally well-dressed young man, who was one of the original owner's former friends, Fei Kangyu.

"Kang Yu." Mu Qiong said, and then took a look at Fu Yun'an - he remembered that Fu Yun'an hit him up because of his good looks, but now... Fei Kangyu's appearance is better than his.

Not to mention that Fei Kangyu paid attention to dressing up since he was a child.

In the end, Fu Yun'an was also looking at Mu Qiong... Their eyes collided, and they went to look at Fei Kangyu together.

"Mu Qiong, I haven't seen you for a few years. You seem to be doing well... Are you here to sweep the grave?" Fei Kangyu said.

"Yes." Mu Qiong nodded.

Fei Kangyu was very talkative, and immediately chatted with Mu Qiong about the Qingming Festival, and even complained about the recent rise in the price of paper money with a smile.

Finally, Fei Kangyu said: "It will take many days to come here from Beijing, right? Where do you live now? Do you want to live with me?"

"No, I already have a place to stay." Mu Qiong said with a smile: "I didn't come from Beijing, I have been staying in Shanghai for the past two years."

"Are you in Shanghai?" Fei Kangyu was a little surprised: "Did you go to Shanghai to study?"

Dazhong Daily is now on sale in Suzhou, and Lou Yuyu's various books have sold a lot in Suzhou, but not many people here know about the fact that Mu Qiong is Lou Yuyu.

After all, he used a pseudonym to publish articles, so everyone naturally only knew his pseudonym, not his real name.

The Mu family would know, but it's because "My These Two Years" and the like are all about real people and real things, not to mention that they still have a connection with Mu Yongxue.

"I went to Shanghai to make a living." Mu Qiong said with a smile.

"So you went to Shanghai, no wonder you didn't reply when I sent you a letter... You didn't receive it, did you?"

"I haven't received it." Mu Qiong nodded.

It was getting late, so Fei Kangyu didn't talk to Mu Qiong, but he asked Mu Qiong for the address.

Mu Qiong gave Fei Kangyu the address, and said, "I will live here for the few days before Qingming."

The original owner's hometown is not far from Suzhou, and it takes less than an hour to take a carriage, so they will live in Suzhou, and go to the village on the day of grave sweeping.

"Okay! Many students are thinking about you, and we will come to play with you when the time comes." Fei Kangyu said.

"Okay." Mu Qiong agreed.

On the way home, Fu Yun'an asked about Fei Kangyu.

The memory of the original owner, Mu Qiong, is there, but he did not inherit the feelings of the original owner, and he does not have a deep impression of Fei Kangyu: "He is my middle school classmate, and his father is a famous master of Kunqu opera in Suzhou, and his favorite It is Kunqu opera, not only can compose music, but also perform on stage."

"Do you like Kunqu opera?" Fu Yun'an asked.

Mu Qiong shook his head without hesitation.

He is not an artistic person. Since he was obsessed with writing since he was a child, he has no time to study opera, and he doesn't know much about opera.

Fu Yun'an chatted about something else.

Early the next morning, Zhu Wanwan took Zhu Yu back to her hometown.

She is going to meet some of her friends, and she plans to ask someone to repair her parents' graves.

When her parents passed away, she had already been married, Zhu Boyuan organized her parents' funeral, and the banquet was very decent, but the grave was barely repaired, just buried in the soil, and a stone-like tombstone was placed on it.

As for other people's homes, many of them would buy some bricks and build a circle around the grave.

It is not necessary for everyone to go to this matter. On this day, Mu Qiong, together with Fu Yun'an, visited a few very famous people in Suzhou.

Many literati who shined during the Republic of China are only in their twenties or even teens now, and Mu Qiong doesn’t know much about the literati of the previous generation. The few literati he plans to visit this time, he I hadn't heard of them in modern times, but after time travelling, I've heard of them.

At the end of the day, Mu Qiong visited three people, two of them, Mu Qiong felt that the visit was worthwhile, but there was one, he actually regretted visiting - as soon as that person saw him, he told him not to be addicted to women, He also said that women should keep themselves safe, and told him not to write things that would teach bad women...

Faced with such a person, Mu Qiong was really speechless, and finally left without talking a few words.

Fortunately, Mu Qiong learned a lot from chatting with the other two people, and also realized some shortcomings in himself.

After returning home that night, Mu Qiong was told by the concierge that Fei Kangyu was here, and sent an invitation card.

The invitation sent by Fei Kangyu was to invite Mu Qiong to attend tomorrow's literary meeting.

This essay meeting was organized by a former classmate of Mu Qiong. Coincidentally, the father of Mu Qiong's classmate was one of the people Mu Qiong wanted to visit.

So the next day, Mu Qiong and Fu Yun'an went to the literary meeting.

Mu Qiong's classmate who held the literary meeting was surnamed Fang, and his name was Fang Tianfang. In the memory of the original owner, this Fang Tianfang could be regarded as his best friend.

When Mu Qiong and Fu Yun'an set off for Fang's house, several of Mu Qiong's former classmates had already arrived early, including Fei Kangyu.

Knowing from Fei Kangyu that Mu Qiong will come, these people are very curious: "Have you seen Mu Changqiong? What is he doing now?"

"How is he doing?"

These people asked one after another, Fei Kangyu said: "I saw Mu Changqiong at Da'an Restaurant yesterday, he seems to be doing well."

"Heh... had a good life, but just ignored our old friend..." Fang Tianjian suddenly sneered.

"God, Mu Changqiong didn't mean not to reply, he went to Shanghai." Fei Kangyu said, "He probably didn't receive our letter."

"His address has changed, but our address hasn't changed." Fang Tianjian said, "I think he just doesn't like us anymore, and he doesn't want to contact us."

Fang Tianjian had a lot of opinions on Mu Qiong, and Fei Kangyu felt a little embarrassed when he saw this scene.

However, he also felt that Fang Tianjian could not be blamed for this.

After Mu Changqiong went to Beijing, they all wrote him letters, and Fang Tianjian wrote more than one letter, but Mu Changqiong didn't even reply a single letter.

Fang Tianfeng was very worried for a while, and even went to the Mu family to inquire, fearing that something might happen to Mu Changqiong, but they said that Mu Changqiong is fine.

"God, maybe there is some misunderstanding." Fei Kangyu said.

Fang Tianjian didn't speak, but at this time, someone came in from outside again: "Old Fang, I'm here!"

Hearing that man's voice, Fang Tianjian's face showed disgust, and Fei Kangyu and the others also had a bad look on their faces.

The one who came this time was also their classmate.

What they attended was one of the best middle schools in Suzhou. Although the quality of education was not as good as that in Beijing and Shanghai, the powerful families in Suzhou basically attended this school.

Most of the students in the school work hard and have a good relationship with everyone, but there are also some annoying people among them. Unfortunately, this one is here.

When this person was in school, he didn't think about studying every day, and he couldn't graduate after studying for many years. Instead, he made friends with this and that all day long. Probably because he was young, when he did this, his deeds were still obvious.

But even so, everyone didn't hate him very much, until a classmate who had a good relationship with him at that time had an accident at home.

There was an accident at that classmate's home, Fang Tianjian and other people who had a normal relationship with him all helped out, but this one with the best relationship with him turned his head and completely ignored him, and even laughed at him in private.

This approach is really chilling.

After graduating from middle school, everyone didn't want to pay attention to this person, but this person has some skills, and he even flattered the young master of the warlord surnamed Lin who was entrenched nearby. By eating, drinking and having fun with the young master, he even became a police station Secretary.

Relying on this status, he did many evil things, Fang Tianfang and others hated him even more, but they couldn't offend him.

They can't hurt their family members for a moment of pleasure.

Don't say anything else, let's talk about today... Fang Tianfang didn't actually send him an invitation, but when he came, Fang Tianfang couldn't drive him out, and even welcomed him.

Fang Tianjian took a deep breath and said, "Director Liao, welcome."

The original owner, Mu Changqiong, skipped a grade to study. Fang Tianfang and others are older than him, and they are already in their early twenties. As for Director Liao named Liao Wei, he is already in his twenties.

In addition, he is blessed with a bulging belly, which means that he is already in his 30s, and everyone must believe it.

"God, you held a literary meeting and invited all your old classmates, but you just didn't invite me. That's not very kind." Liao Wei said.

"Director Liao is busy with personnel, and I didn't invite you here because I was afraid of disturbing Director Liao." Fang Tianjian smiled, but that smile was superficial no matter how you look at it.

But Liao Wei didn't care, he actually liked seeing how these people hated him but didn't dare to offend him.

"No matter how busy I am, if my old classmate has something to do, I will take the time to take a look!" Liao Wei laughed, and asked again: "What were you talking about just now?"

"Nothing." Fang Tianjian said.

"It's really nothing?" Liao Wei said, "Fang Tianjian, it's not kind of you to hide it from me. Fortunately, I still want to tell you a piece of good news."

Fang Tianjian didn't want to say anything, so he simply asked, "What good news?"

"Third Young Master Huo is here." Liao Wei said: "I got the news that the third young master of the Huo family has come to Suzhou. Young Master Lin has already posted a post for him, and asked me to accompany him." When Liao Wei said this , full of complacency.

What kind of good news is this? Liao Wei is obviously trying to show off.

The Huo family has become famous recently because of Xilin and many other things. Liao Wei is showing off that he is going to climb up to the Huo family.

Liao Wei spoke happily and eloquently, Fei Kangyu couldn't listen anymore, and said: "Chang Qiong is probably coming soon, I'll go outside and wait for him."

"Changqiong? Mu Changqiong?" Liao Wei asked, "He will come too?"

"Yes." Fei Kangyu said.

"Tsk tsk, I didn't expect him to have the face to come back." Liao Wei chuckled, "I thought he might never come back."

"What do you mean?" Fang Tianjian asked.

Liao Wei said: "It's not interesting, I just learned something by accident." Liao Wei has always disliked Mu Changqiong.

He tried his best at that time, but he couldn't establish a good relationship with Fang Tianjian and the others. As a result, Mu Changqiong, who could only read, had a group of friends soon after he jumped up a grade.

He is also very popular with teachers.

How could Liao Wei like such a person?

However, this person is no longer promising.

"Mu Changqiong, I heard that after he went to Beijing, he didn't even pass the junior high school entrance examination, so he could only go to primary school! He was also kicked out of the house because he didn't have a good relationship with his father!" Liao Wei clicked his tongue twice: "This happened two or three years ago. I was afraid that you would feel uncomfortable if you knew it, so I didn't tell you."

Liao Wei was not afraid that these people would feel uncomfortable if they knew it, so he didn't say anything.

He didn't say it purely because of this, he himself did some inappropriate things.

At that time, he was not the chief of the police station, and suddenly someone from above was looking for someone to rob a woman with a pair of children. He followed and recognized Mu Changqiong.

After he robbed, he paid attention to Mu Changqiong, and learned that Mu Changqiong was driven away by the Mu family, he couldn't help being secretly happy.

But he didn't say anything, but it was because the person who ordered him to do things paid him a hush money.

But now he doesn't need to be afraid of that person anymore.

After Liao Wei finished talking triumphantly, Fang Tianfang and the others were startled.

Mu Changqiong unexpectedly encountered such a thing!

However, this plot development, why does it look familiar?This is a bit like "My These Two Years" written by Lou Yuyu...

Everyone was curious, and the servants from outside came: "Master, there is Mr. Mu and Mr. Fu here."

The flow of information is not smooth these days. Fu Yunan is Huo Sanshao. Many people in Shanghai know about it, but when they arrive in Suzhou, people here only know that there is a third young master from the Huo family, Huo Sanshao. , but I don't understand it at all, and I don't even know what Huo Sanshao's name is.

So, when Mu Qiong came in with Fu Yun'an, Liao Wei said: "Mu Qiong, you seem to be doing well, you have been kicked out of the house, and you still look like a young master."

Mu Qiong didn't recognize the changed Liao Wei at all: Who is this?