Originally, Fu Shi promised to lead the women comrades to conquer the men of the entire street, and vigorously do a big job, so that the feminist movement could develop and grow in the Ming Dynasty.

When he received the letter, Fu's dead husband had to be restrained, and he was not in the mood to make a big deal, so he began to keep his own door behind closed doors, and declared to the outside world that he wanted to be an idle cloud and wild crane who was not shocked by honor and disgrace, which made the majority of women comrades very dissatisfied.

For a few days, Fu Shi, who saw things and thinking about people, missed her husband and cried at home all day long, crying sadly and sincerely. When Xu Jiang heard this, he relented for a while and began to regret it, and he had the intention of going home.

Zheng Tang stopped him and said: "Although your bones are itchy, and you are bent on going back to suffer, in the words of the third master, you are called a cheap!" But your two beauties shouldn't accompany you to death, this is my home, and I can't help you leave. ”

Xu Jiang was put under house arrest in this way, and the two concubines persuaded him bitterly, Xu Jiang hesitated again, and sighed all day long.

Who knew that only three days later, Fu's attitude suddenly changed, not only was he no longer grateful to his husband, but gritted his teeth and became angry, and he screamed the heavens and the earth in the mourning hall all day long.

Xu Jiang listened to the Fu family over there scolding, "What kind of sin did I create in my previous life, and punish me for suffering in this life." If I marry a loving and righteous husband, and now keep the festival for him, I am willing. But he repeatedly took a concubine behind my back during his lifetime, and thought of countless traps to manipulate me, but when he died, he couldn't go up or down, and I was homeless, God! Why widow such a ruthless person? Do you want me to have no children or daughters, and I can't live my life on a few domestic servants? ”

Xu Jiang panicked, he didn't care if the Fu family was willing to be widowed, the question was that once he remarried, wouldn't he have to wear a hat?

Hurriedly found Zheng Tang and said, "It's amazing, listening to her tone, it's clear that she is going to get married." With her temperament, she can say and do. In case the fake comes true, when she does something unruly, what face will I have to meet people? ”

Zheng Tang said unhurriedly: "Don't worry, in fact, this is a good thing, and the reason for the reconciliation of your husband and wife in the future lies in this." Do you want me to let you fake your death, isn't it for today? ”

Xu Jiang hurriedly asked, "Please give me advice." ”

Zheng Tang chuckled and said: "My intention is to use widowhood to attract her desire to be a child, and then use 'out of line' to block her jealousy."

Why won't she allow you to take a concubine? It's because I've never been a widow that I don't know the suffering of the future. blindly wants to dominate your exclusive pet, and if you have no heirs, you don't care about the future. Thinking that she has a husband at a young age, a wealthy family, and stretches out her hands to eat and clothes, why do she have to have a son? Now that you are a widow, you have to think about the future, what about wealth? When you are sick, someone must take care of you, and who will send you to the old when you are dying? To whom will this property be given? ”

Speaking of this in one breath, don't say that Xu Jiang listened to it with relish. Even Xu Hao, who had just arrived, nodded frequently, people will regret it when they lose, and they will only grow wise after eating a trench.

Zheng Tang continued: "When she thinks of the scene of her family property being robbed and scattered after her death, can she not feel cold? Who cares about her benefits? Who will grave her every year? Naturally, there will be remorse. It can be seen that the world has children, no matter whether they are born or born, they are always indispensable. Now she will definitely think about waiting for her to remarry, and she will focus on having a child first. It is light to take possession of the husband.

I think she was originally holding you hostage and torturing the concubine, that's because she prides herself on standing upright. has a good family background, and is already invincible as a wife, as long as she doesn't stop misbehaving, she is not afraid to divorce her, so she dares to act boldly and is unwilling to swallow her anger. So why don't we wait patiently, and when she finds someone to remarry, she will pinch the handle in your hands, and she will have great ability, and she will have to bow down to you. ”

Xu Jiangmao suddenly opened, and couldn't help but applaud, Xu Hao was secretly frightened, and secretly said that this ancient literati was really bad, fighting with them, waiting for death to be unknown.

Zheng Tang said with a smile: "Wait patiently, when the time comes, I will find someone to go and say that I want to marry her as a continuation." You marry her back and ask her face to face, at that time, who will say that she will be out of moderation, will you dare to eat a little vinegar in this life? ”

Xu Jiang suddenly danced happily, and said with admiration: "My lord is really the reincarnation of Zhuge , I am convinced." Then please send someone over immediately and say, don't go too late, someone else will preempt you. ”

Zheng Tang said smugly: "I have married dozens of concubines, which matchmaker in Jinling is not familiar with me?" Don't worry, she won't have to remarry in a year and a half. ”

After speaking, seeing Xu Hao standing not far away, Zheng Tang hurriedly stepped forward to salute, Xu Hao stared at him, and said with a smile: "Lord Zheng is really smart." ”

"Where, where." Zheng Tang smiled embarrassedly and said, "The third master is coming to the cold house, it is shining, please take a seat." ”

Xu Hao drank some wine at Zheng's house, and when he returned home in the evening, Yuan was waiting for him, and said a few words to make his intentions clear: "Xiangyue's age is not young, I want to book her family first, her affairs are not high, and then Master Yao said that she should marry her aunt, I am skeptical about it, and I don't want to be a real miracle." ”

Xu Hao asked, "Why did it work?" Aren't your sister's children unwilling? ”

It turned out that the Yuan family also had an older sister and a younger sister, the elder sister was married to the commander Xue Zhenwei, and the only son was named Xue Shangwen, who was a few years older than Xiangyue.

Xue Shangwen has been studying since he was a child, and he can't help but be proud at a young age, and he is unwilling to marry his cousin, for fear of being ridiculed for clinging to the Xu family, which is also human nature. However, he often comes to Xu's Mansion, recently studied with Xu Ye and Ma Yu, and went to the East Palace to accompany him from time to time.

Xu Ye's attainments in the Four Books and Five Classics are average, Xu Hao never expected him to take the imperial examination, and took the road of both civil and military skills. As Ma Yu grew older, he gradually became famous in the capital, and was known as the first rising star in Jiangbei, and many ministers in the north pinned their hopes on him, just because the northern Shilin had not produced a champion since the founding of the Ming Dynasty.

However, because of the relationship between Ma Yu and the Xu family, as well as being born in the northern Shilin, in recent years, he has not even been admitted to the examination, Xu Hao is not in a hurry about this, as the saying goes, jade is not a weapon, and it is not a good thing for a young man to be proud, so he didn't do anything, and let some civil officials join forces to suppress him.

Therefore, Xue Shangwen came for Ma Yu, and Xue Zhenwei himself is Xu Hao's subordinate, plus there are layers of kinship, so it is normal to move around frequently.

The Yuan family was optimistic about his nephew very early, but this kid was unwilling, so there was no way. Her sister-in-law married Lai Daguan, a wealthy man in her hometown, and she is also an only son, named Lai Yuanchu.

Lai's family was very wealthy, and later due to various reasons such as disasters, the family affairs gradually withered, and in less than a few years, the family property was sold out, and the couple died of illness one after another, leaving the only son Lai Yuanchu with no place to live, so he had to go to the second uncle of his clan.

Second Uncle Lai's family is not wealthy, he is a craftsman with skills, and he is unwilling to support his nephew in vain, so he wants to teach him to learn crafts.

Lai Yuanchu is a scholar, so he naturally refuses to learn a craft, and Second Uncle Lai thinks to himself that since he doesn't want to inherit my mantle, I can't afford to support him, so I just send him to his mother's aunt's house. The dignified national mansion, let alone the nephew, don't worry about anything.

In this way, Second Uncle Lai wrote a letter, and the Yuan family immediately sent someone to take Lai Yuanchu to the capital.

In advance, the Yuan family asked Xu Song what he meant, and Xu Song smiled: "Other relatives can come to join, not to mention your mother's family." What's more, if you are alone, we don't care about it. ”

Yuan was overjoyed when he heard this, and said: "It's that there are too many people in the family who come to fight the autumn breeze, even if I have the intention, I have to ask you, it's a big deal to send it to my brother and sister's house, and my Yuan family is not much worse than your Xu family." ”

"Here we go again, here we go again." Xu Song smiled helplessly, "Madame, just leave the child, since he is interested in studying, I will simply accept him as a righteous son, so as not to feel under the fence, our son is still young, let him study with Ye'er Shangwen." ”

The Yuan family became more and more happy, and immediately asked for the consent of Xu Zengfu and his wife, chose an auspicious day, let Lai Yuanchu bathe and change clothes, and received the inner house to meet the elders, and recognized the righteous son in public.

Lai Yuanchu was also very happy, and immediately called his uncle-in-law his father, his mother's aunt his mother, and Xiangyue his sister.

People are in Beijing in November, these days Xu Song sees that he looks good, he is a scholar, he is very respectful, he is cautious, he doesn't talk much, and he has a little more love.

Yuan also thought about it, and discussed with her husband at night: "We have adopted our nephew as an adopted son, why don't we add him as an adopted son-in-law?" Master Yao has a prophecy, according to me, he is a good match for Xiangyue, marry him, Xiangyue doesn't have to leave us, how good is it to live by his side? ”

Xu Song felt good and said, "Then I'll ask the master tomorrow what he means, you go and ask the third brother, if they say okay, then we will be more at ease." ”

After listening to his younger sibling's words, Xu Hao frowned and said, "It's too hasty, have you asked Xiangyue your opinion?" Don't stare, if Ripple and Lanxiang are unhappy in the future, I won't let them marry, marriage is a big event for a lifetime, you have to be willing. ”

Yuan smiled: "Wronged! How dare I stare at it? I just have a meaning, and then let Xiangyue and Yuan Chu get closer and closer, hoping to be interested in each other. ”

"That's it." Xu Hao nodded, and said sternly: "Don't spread this matter to anyone, let it be natural." ”

On Xu Song's side, Xu Zengfu muttered: "I have to see how his writing is, if he can really be motivated, he will not miss Xiangyue's life, otherwise I will not agree." ”

Xu Song knew that Xiangyue was born because of his concubine, because his father was not at ease, and he thought that Xu Xiangyue was the eldest granddaughter of Xu Zengfu, and the relationship between the grandparents and grandchildren was very different. What's more, Xiangyue is more and more favored by Xu Hao, and her status in the family has skyrocketed, Xu Zengfu knows the temper of the third child too well, and he doesn't want to act rashly, which angers Xu Hao.

Now Xue Shangwen and Lai Yuanchu live in the third room, the two of them are treated the same, the Xu family treats them equally, Xu Ye and Ma Yu often come over.

Xu Zengfu officially applied for retirement this year and began to be responsible for teaching his children and nephews at home. (To be continued......)