Chapter 3 Where Did the Second Uncle Go?

"Is the prince's name what you can call?"

Wei Jinde didn't know what the name of King Fu was, but he knew that King Fu's name was not something that ordinary people could call directly.

Liangchen didn't speak, but his heart was turbulent. He never dreamed that his family would be able to hook up with the most famous prince in the late Ming Dynasty.

Fu Wang Zhu Changxun, Wei Liangchen, who wrote a lot of novels in the late Ming Dynasty in his previous life, is no stranger.

This prince is the third son of Emperor Wanli, his mother is Emperor Wanli's favorite concubine Zheng, and his son Zhu Yousong is Emperor Hongguang of the Southern Ming Dynasty. However, the fate of this Fu King was not good, Li Zicheng broke through Luoyang during the Chongzhen period and cooked him alive. But now there are still more than ten years before the Chongzhen Dynasty, if the good minister is not mistaken, now the Fu King Zhu Changxun is the favorite son of the Wanli Emperor.

For this son, the Wanli Emperor fought with the civil official group for decades, and the struggle for the "national capital" can be said to have lasted for the entire Wanli Dynasty, and even affected the situation at the end of the Ming Dynasty. Everything that happened next in the Apocalypse and Chongzhen Dynasty was inseparable from this blessed king.

It's just that how the little Lishu Village got involved with the Fu King Zhu Changxun, the good minister is really confused. In the face of his son's inquiry, Wei Jinde said some information.

It turns out that Suning County, where Lishu Village is located, belongs to Beizhili Hejian Prefecture, which is very close to Jingshi, so the royal family and nobles are willing to enclose land here. More than half of the fields in the entire Hejian Province have been accounted for, and most of the remaining private fields belong to wealthy households. Therefore, if the imperial court requisitioned land, it could only start from ordinary people. A well-informed person in the village inquired from the county and brought another definite news, this time the land was directly ordered by the emperor.

The emperor directly ordered the requisition of land to his son, and it seems that the matter of land requisition cannot be avoided no matter what.

For a few days in a row, Lishu Village seemed to be lifeless, and the third master of the Wei family was also listless as if he had been cramped. Wei Jinde and Liangqing felt sorry for the two acres of good land left by their ancestors, but Liangchen was worried that without these two acres of good land, what would the family have for him to continue to study for the imperial examination, although he might not be able to participate in the government examination again.

Wei Liangqing accompanied his father around the fields every day, and the father and son were really reluctant to ask the public to requisition these two acres. The two of them just went back and forth, sighing from time to time. In the field, there are really many villagers who are exactly the same as the Wei family.

So far, Liangchen really has no way at all, he is not even a Xiucai now, and he is no different from the ordinary people, so it is impossible to stop this big event. Hugh said that the palace and the imperial court are blessed, even the people in the six rooms in the county will not look at him squarely. However, this matter strengthened his mind to participate in the imperial examination, but it was not easy to say this matter in front of him, so he thought about waiting for a few days to discuss with his father, and asked his father to help him go to intercede with Wu Fuzi.

No matter what, Liangchen is determined to participate in this year's government examination. No way, this is the only way he can get ahead.

On this day, Liangqing, like the previous two days, accompanied his father to the field. Liangchen also followed, and the third man stood in the field for half an hour, and Liangchen persuaded him a few words to make his father want to open some, but this kind of thing can be said to be open.

A few days ago, Liangqing said that the eldest sister was going to come to see Liangchen in the next few days, so Liangchen brought up this matter, and wanted to ask when the eldest sister would come over, but when the words came to his mouth, he asked another thing: "Dad, where is the second uncle?" ”

Hearing this, Wei Jinde was stunned, and then said angrily: "How do I know where the person who killed a thousand knives went, this bastard thing, don't mention him to me in the future, my old Wei family doesn't have this person." ”

Wei Jinde's words made Liangchen stunned, listening to his father's words, his second uncle was even more of a bastard than himself back then?

When the second uncle left home in his early years, Wei Liangqing was only five years old and didn't remember much, so he didn't know much about the second uncle, but he knew a little about the situation, so he signaled his younger brother not to ask more. Just as they were about to ask Liangchen to go back now, someone in the field called them, saying that his family had come to relatives.

"Dad, I'm afraid the eldest sister is here."

Wei Liangqing looked at his father, and Liangchen also stood up from the ground.

Wei Jinde waved his hand at the brothers: "You go back first." ”

"Hey!"

Liangqing agreed, helped Liangchen and rushed home. When he walked to the river, Liangqing deliberately washed his hands, wiped his face, and dusted off the dirt on his body. Because of the poor conditions at home, Liangqing was still wearing clothes made a few years ago, and her elbows and knees were sewn. Although the clothes on Liangchen are not very good, they are much better than those of the eldest brother, at least they are clean and have no patches. On the way, he bumped into his neighbor Zhang's sister-in-law, saying that his relatives were waiting outside the door, and told the brothers to hurry back.

When the brothers arrived home, they saw an ox cart parked outside the door, and the driver was leaning against the cart smoking a dry cigarette. When Liangchen saw it, he didn't care, he knew that the dry tobacco was introduced to the Ming Dynasty during the Wanli period. Over the past few decades, dry tobacco has become a pastime for the poor after tea and dinner.

"Big sister, big brother-in-law!"

Wei Liangqing called out to a pair of young men and women very enthusiastically. The woman looks not much older than Liangqing, twenty-six or seventeen, medium height, thin figure, ordinary appearance, not beautiful but attractive. The men are older, afraid to be in their early thirties, wearing a silk shirt, quite magnificent, but they have a little white head, and half of their head is white.

Liangchen had never seen this eldest sister before, but when the eldest brother called him like this, he naturally knew that this woman was Wei Chunhua, the daughter of the second uncle, who was sold to the Yang family as a child daughter-in-law when she was six years old, and the man was probably Wei Chunhua's husband Yang Liuqi. I heard that Yang Liuqi also went to school in his early years, but he didn't pass the government examination for children's students, so he didn't pass the Xiucai exam, and now he helps his family take care of the fields at home.

"Big brother, third brother!"

Wei Chunhua, who was waiting for the anxious to see the brothers, was very happy, stepped forward to hug Liangchen, and asked about his injuries with great concern.

Since being sold to the Yang family as a child daughter-in-law, Wei Chunhua has only returned to the Wei family twice in the past 20 years, once when her aunt Zhao died, and once when she gave birth to a son to send red eggs to her mother's family. In addition, she has been in the Yang family all day long, and she has never even gone far away. Because she is a child daughter-in-law, even if she gave birth to a son to the Yang family, her status in the family is still low, and the Yang family uses her as a servant on weekdays.

After hearing that Liangchen was injured, Wei Chunhua wanted to come back and have a look, and she also hid some money in private, knowing that the uncle's family was poor, for fear that she would delay the treatment of her third brother because of lack of money, but she proposed to her husband and mother-in-law several times to go home to visit, but she was refused. This time, she took advantage of her mother-in-law's absence, and finally begged, and her husband Yang Liuqi agreed to accompany her back to Wei's house to have a look.

"Liangqing, Liangchen."

Yang Liuqi also stepped forward to greet the brothers, but Liangchen saw it in his eyes and found that this brother-in-law was a little lukewarm, and his attitude was not as close as that of the eldest sister, especially when he didn't look at himself. I was relieved that the eldest sister Wei Chunhua was sold to the Yang family as a child daughter-in-law, this Yang family is a small family, but the Wei family is a family with four walls, and the rich relatives look at the poor relatives, and a few will be happy. Coupled with his notoriety, it is strange that Yang Liuqi can see that he is happy.

"Big sister, big brother-in-law, quick, sit in the house."

Liangqing was simple-hearted, and happily beckoned Wei Chunhua and his wife into the house. Wei Chunhua hurriedly said yes, and was about to enter the courtyard with Liangchen, but Yang Liuqi grabbed her, and then smiled at Liangqing: "Your eldest sister heard that Liangchen was injured, and she was so anxious that she always wanted to come and see him, but there were many things at home, and she couldn't leave." It's rare to take time to come over today, but I still have something to do at home, so I won't sit down. After saying that, he instructed the coachman, "Bring the things in." ”

The coachman hurriedly knocked on the tobacco pouch, and then brought a few gifts wrapped in brown paper from the carriage into the courtyard.

Liangqing was stunned for a moment, and Liangchen's mouth also pouted.

Wei Chunhua was a little embarrassed, but she didn't dare to speak, lowered her head and silently held Liangchen's hand.

Liangchen can clearly feel that the eldest sister's hands are full of calluses, and if you look closely, there are many wrinkles on her face, which can be imagined how low the status of the eldest sister is in the Yang family. It's no wonder that the Yang family, there are a few child daughters-in-law who have had a good time these years. When you meet the evil mother-in-law, you will be forced to die.

Wei Liangqing also felt a kind of indifference from his brother-in-law Yang Liuqi's attitude, he was simple by nature, but he was not a fool, he really had a fire in his heart, but he forcibly suppressed it, and still said to Yang Liuqi with a smile on his face: "Since the eldest brother-in-law's family still has something to do, then the eldest brother-in-law and eldest sister should go back as soon as possible." ”

Yang Liuqi chuckled, nodded slightly, and then looked at his wife Wei Chunhua. Wei Chunhua hurriedly said that she would go back, and then when her husband was not paying attention, she secretly stuffed a purse into Liangchen's hand, and whispered: "Take care of yourself, you can't play anymore." ”

Liangchen held the purse in his hand, not knowing what to say.

"Spring flowers, let's go."

Yang Liuqi urged in the car, and Wei Chunhua had no choice but to reluctantly get into the ox cart. The coachman drove slowly towards the outside of the village. The brothers just stood outside the door, staring fixedly at the ox cart in the distance.

After a long time, Liangqing sighed and said, "The eldest sister is really guilty in the Yang family. ”

Liangchen shook his head and said, "You can't blame the Yang family, if you want to blame, you can only blame our Wei family for not being able to live with the eldest sister, oh, and the second uncle." ”

Hearing this, Liangqing was silent for a moment and said: "The second uncle became a family before our father, and our father married our mother when the eldest sister was born. Speaking of which, our second uncle is really a bastard, I heard that he is a good gambler, in order to gamble money, not only made the master angry to death, but also forced the aunt to remarry, sold the eldest sister to the Yang family, and finally he was forced to run away from home by other people's loans, and I don't know where to go. ”

"Second Uncle was so mixed up back then?"

Liangchen was a little surprised, although he knew that his second uncle would definitely not learn well, but he didn't expect that he would be so unbearable that he was angry with his father, forced his wife to remarry, and sold his own daughter. In this world, there are very few people who can do this level.

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Brothers, steady waves, collect and recommend a package of rewards, bones catch up, please three or five bottles, by the way, what two punches.

One sentence in the story of this book: Don't bully the poor young man, my uncle Wei Zhongxian!