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"Is Brother Han your master, or am I your master? Why do you listen to him?" Lou asked.

Fei Chun was so frightened that he kowtowed: "Young master is not in the academy, and I don't know who to listen to."

"Go on." Lou was too lazy to be angry with a book boy.

"Yes!"

Fei Chun bowed and stepped back.

When I went to the Little Young Master's courtyard, I saw Fei Ruhe was shooting arrows, and there was an archery teacher standing beside him.

An arrow was fired, barely hitting the target.

Fei Ruhe put down his bow and arrow and said, "When did you come back, brother Han?"

Fei Chun whispered, "Master, Brother Han's name was wiped out by the old man, and his childhood is gone."

Fei Ruhe was immediately amazed: "What did my grandfather think? That's the household registration that my father gave me. I'll go to my mother and tell me!"

"Madam already knows." Fei Chun hurriedly stopped.

"Hi!"

Fei Ruhe threw away the bow and arrow in his hand, upset and didn't know what to do.

Just like Fei Chun, because of the master-slave relationship, Fei Ruhe is always separated by a layer.He couldn't get along with the young master, and instead regarded Zhao Han as a true friend.

Fei Ruhe did the same, and unconsciously despised Fei Chun, and only regarded Zhao Han as a good brother, not as a slave.

However, Zhao Han had really become a slave, which made Fei Ruhe very uncomfortable.

……

Fei Rulan walked quickly into her mother's room: "Why is the mother calling her daughter?"

"Look," Lou handed out the magazine, "the first article was written by Brother Han."

Fei Rulan took it over and read it carefully, and soon smiled happily: "It's really well written, let's help our daughter's family, if only men and women were equal."

Lou suddenly said, "Brother Han's name was checked off by your grandfather, and his childhood fame is gone."

"what?"

Fei Rulan was shocked and lost her smile. She clenched her fists and said, "My grandfather forced me to die for the festival, and this time he removed Brother Han from his name. Did he really want to kill his granddaughter?"

Zhao Han was removed from the household post, but he is still a family slave.

And Lou's original plan was to let Zhao Han be admitted as a scholar, and then dissolve the adoption relationship.With fame and self-employment, Fei Rulan can marry her, and she will neither wrong her daughter nor lose face if she spreads it out.

Now, how about letting your daughter marry a domestic slave?

It is not enough to be married, and the son-in-law must also be a good family!

Lou sighed and said, "Your father wrote to you saying that he has found a poor scholar for you. Although he is only a scholar, he has a good character. It only depends on whether he can be selected next year. She can only be the wife of a scholar in the near future."

"Mother, is there no one who wants a daughter like that? Find a poor scholar from thousands of miles away!" Fei Rulan was a little excited.

Lou said comfortingly, "After all, he is also famous."

Fei Rulan's eyes suddenly became wet, and she roared with suppressed emotions: "What happened to the widow in Wangmen? My daughter is also a virgin, and her daughter is also a famous girl. No one dares to marry in Jiangxi, so she picks up talents from thousands of miles away? After I get married, my husband's family knows about my past, so how can I not provoke disgust? At that time, my daughter will be married far away, and she will be beaten, scolded, and bullied by others.

"Don't think like this, that scholar has a good character, and is not a person who is ruthless." Lou advised.

Fei Rulan wiped away her tears and asked, "Has my mother ever seen that Xiucai? How do you know his details? For my daughter's whole life, I bet on that Xiucai's character? People's hearts will change. , I'm afraid my daughter will be divorced!"

Lou was silent, speechless.

Fei Rulan's eyes became more and more resolute, and she said decisively: "Mother, my daughter has lost her chastity once when she returned home from widowhood. Mother promised me verbally to Brother Han, and now she plans to go back on it, she will lose the first time. The second chastity. If you marry thousands of miles away, and then be humiliated by the husband's family, and then divorced by the husband, what is a daughter? Instead of gambling thousands of miles away, it is better to choose someone who knows the truth. Brother Han, I am married , ask mother to tear up the body contract!"

Zhao Han's household post is in Fei Yuanyi's hands.

Zhao Han's body contract is in Lou's hands.

As long as the deed is torn off, Zhao Han will immediately regain his freedom, but he will become a refugee with no household registration.

"Have you decided?" Lou asked.

"If this is not the case, there is only one way for my daughter to die," Fei Rulan suddenly knelt down and kowtowed, "Please also ask mother to do it!"

Lou sighed and said, "Even if you ruin your deed, you are from a family slave. After you marry him, you will be ridiculed by your neighbors." As he spoke, Lou suddenly laughed, "Your grandfather will be mad at you. Yes, he will definitely be angry and report to the officials, telling Brother Han to kidnap a good daughter."

Fei Rulan said, "I'm not afraid if my parents sign."

In ancient times, a marriage certificate was required.

There are two types of marriage documents, one is reported in the official government, called "official contract"; the other is not reported in the official government, called "private contract".

Whether an official contract or a private contract, as long as both parents agree, it will have legal effect.

The marriage certificate does not need to be signed by both parties, but the officiant and the matchmaker do.

"it is good!"

Lou suddenly stood up: "This marriage certificate, my mother is the officiant, and my mother will sign it for you!"

After pacing back and forth for a while, Mr. Lou wondered again: "I am afraid that your grandfather will stop you when you are passing the door, and you must find a day when he is not at home. Well, forget it. Even if your grandfather is not at home, your two Uncle and third uncle will also stop the sedan chair, unless you marry through the side door!"

If you go in and out from the side door, then it is not called Ming media is married.

Fei Rulan said, "Second Uncle, Third Uncle, I can't wait to see our jokes, how could they stop me?"

"No, no," Lou said distraught, "how many people will pay attention to the wedding party, beating and beating? If someone stops you, how can you still face people in the future? Even if you get married, you will be punished. People are ridiculed. Your grandfather loses face, and he will definitely make things difficult for you. How will you live in peace after your marriage? "

Fei Rulan sat paralyzed on the spot, her face filled with confusion, not knowing where her hope in life was.

Lou's mind was also in a mess, no matter what he thought, he could only persuade: "Rulan, trust your father's vision once, he should not be wrong when he sees people, isn't he the one who brought Brother Han home? You are happily married out of town, as long as you keep your mouth shut, your husband's family won't know about your past."

"I won't do it," Fei Rulan shook her head again and again, "married thousands of miles away, without her mother's family to look after her, and was only buried by her husband's family after being beaten to death."

"They dare!" Lou was furious.

Fei Rulan said, "Why don't you dare? You said that I died of illness. After such a long journey, I brought the body back to show you?"

Lou frowned, thought about it and said, "I'll marry you a few more servants."

Fei Rulan said: "It is said that the husband's family is a poor scholar, and if the daughter brings many servants, wouldn't it make her husband and in-laws unhappy? They must think that the daughter is being pretentious, and they must think that the daughter is domineering, and then the husband and wife will definitely not get along. !"

Lou shi couldn't do anything after thinking about it, suddenly burst out laughing and said jokingly, "I think you have identified Brother Han, and you are trying to find some crooked reasons to deal with your parents."

Fei Rulan asked back, "What's wrong with Brother Han? Although he was from humble beginnings, he was capable. Although he didn't come back often, all the servants in the family obeyed him. Shut up Brother Han. He still has knowledge, he can write such articles, and he also says that men and women are equal, so he will not fail his daughter. With this good man in front of him, why go thousands of miles away to gamble on luck?"

Lou sighed: "Oh, you've become eloquent, why were you so stupid to seek short-term views?"

Fei Rulan replied: "There are some truths that my daughter didn't understand before, but now she has completely figured it out. The gossip is said by others, and it is serious when you are comfortable."

"If the matchmaker is getting married, you won't be able to get out of the Fei family's gate." Lou was also worried.

Fei Rulan muttered, "My daughter is going out through the side door."

Lou's anger instantly burned: "The concubine sneaked out the side door, and my daughter must be married. I think you are a talented person and a beautiful woman, and you have read too many novels! If you say that, then you will sneak out through the side door, and you will be able to live in the future. Do you have peace? Your grandfather is afraid that he will send someone every day to find fault!"

"Mother calm down," Fei Rulan actually smiled, "Daughter has a way."

"Speak quickly." Lou said.

Fei Rulan said: "First destroy the life deed, let Brother Han be free, and then help him settle down as a good citizen. After another year or two, when he grows older, let him go to Jiujiang to make a living. My daughter excused herself and returned to Jiujiang to visit relatives, but she encountered bandits on the way and jumped to her death in order to preserve her virginity. In this way, we can secretly get married in Jiujiang.”

After speaking, Fei Rulan's tone changed: "When the grandfather returns to the west, the father will be the master of the family, and the daughter will bring her husband back to her mother's house to visit relatives. It is only necessary to say to the outside world that the daughter was rescued by her husband, and she promised each other and tied the knot. !"

Lou pondered: "This is a useful method, and she deserves to be my daughter. It's just that old... Your grandfather is very tough, and I don't know how to live for ten or eight years."

Fei Rulan smiled and said, "I can't wait ten or eight years for my daughter's life? When the time comes, I will bring my grandson back to my parents."

Lou was both angry and funny: "You really can speak such shameless words!"

"Mother agreed?" Fei Rulan was overjoyed.

Lou sighed: "Oh, you've already made up your mind, so what if the mother doesn't agree?"

Chapter 075 [Eat the home and eat the next home]

No matter how open-minded Fei Yinghuan was, no matter how resourceful Lou was, they couldn't make decisions in Fei's family.

The father is the son, the real big thing, the old man has the final say!

You can't take the initiative to ask for family separation. If your parents are alive, it is unfilial to divide the family and divide the property.

Unfilial piety is a grave sin, much more serious than corruption.If you are impeached, you can be dismissed directly, but you can't justify yourself.

Without the old man nodding, Fei Rulan didn't even think about marrying Zhao Han seriously.

Then it can only be dark Chencang.

The mother and daughter reached a consensus and the matter was settled.

Fei Rulan felt relaxed all over, like a bird drying its feathers, fluttering its wings and flying high into the clouds.She knelt upright, leaned over and kowtowed, "Please, Mother, give Brother Han five acres of land."

"Have you figured out how the refugees settled down?" Lou said with a smile, "It's all said that girls are outgoing, and you haven't married yet."

"Please mother be the master!"

With a bright smile, Fei Rulan kowtowed again.

There are relevant laws in Daming. If refugees have fields in other places, they can go to the local government to apply for household registration.

Periods when there was a large number of refugees, such as the beginning of the Chenghua emperor's ascension to the throne.In order to solve the problem of millions of refugees, the government does not even need to show the land deeds. As long as there is actually reclaimed wasteland, the government will apply for the household registration of the refugees.

In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, most of the tyrants went to other places with money to buy property, and then bribed the government to obtain household registration status.However, once the old owner finds out and slaps the deed of prostitution to the county magistrate, the new status of this tyrannical slave will be immediately voided.

Lou's donated five acres of land, and Zhao Han could take the land deed and go to the county government to establish his own business.

Lou took some documents and handed them to Fei Rulan: "This is Brother Han's body contract, you can take it."

Fei Rulan took it with both hands, folded it and put it in her arms.

Lou handed out a few more land deeds: "My married fields are all in Jiujiang. This is the land in your father's name. They are all donated by the neighbors when they were admitted to the exam. There are only the bones of the fields, no skins, and the rented sons are also available. If the charge is low, you can give it to Brother Han. I will send a slave to accompany him to bribe the master and get the household registration of the good people."

Contribution means that farmers give their land to nobles, officials and gentry on their own initiative, and then make them tenants themselves.

The fundamental reason is that after the "one whip law", the corvee service was changed to the small service and the silver was handed over.More and more people are escaping from the army, and the money for Ding service is concentrated on a few farmers. As a result, the money for Ding service that needs to be handed over every year actually exceeds the amount of land tax that needs to be handed in.

As for officials and scholars, they can be exempted from the small service. Don't the two sides hit it off?

A Beijing official of the first rank can only be free of [-] shi of grain, but [-] mu of farmland.It does not mean that there is no tax on [-] mu of land, but the corvée relationship attached to [-] mu of land can be directly exempted!

Fei Yinghuan, as a judge, could only be exempted from grain and two stones, but he could be exempted from corvee service on [-] mu of land.

Therefore, many farmers donated land to Fei Yinghuan for free, in order to escape the heavy labor.However, these lands cannot be seized at will, and can only be rented to the original landowners for cultivation, otherwise, they will be shameless and lose their reputation!

It doesn't matter if the ten acres of land are transferred to Zhao Han, the government will not change the fish scale book, and those who should escape can still escape.

Fei Rulan took Tian Qi with both hands and carefully placed it in her arms.

Lou took another 20 taels of silver and said: "Refugees need enough to settle down, and the master will definitely agree. Don't disturb the county magistrate. The county magistrate has a bigger appetite, so he must make things difficult."

Fei Rulan accepted the money and kowtowed three times to her mother.

Lou said with a smile: "When this is done, when you get married in Jiujiang, I will give you a lot of makeup fields as dowry, and you will not be hungry."

Fei Rulan was shy and happy, blushing and said, "Mother is so nice."

Lou said with a smile: "If you ask your younger brother to escort you and send your body deed in person, Brother Han will definitely be moved, and will hold you as a treasure in his hand from now on."

"Well, my daughter is going to Hekou." Fei Rulan turned around and ran.

Lou shouted, "it's almost night, can't wait for tomorrow?"

"Go early and return early." Fei Rulan said.

Lou smiled and stopped: "Go tomorrow, you are so urgent, you will be looked down upon, and you think you can't get married!"

Fei Rulan could only go back to her room obediently, tossing and turning all night, but she couldn't sleep.

She will die in the next year, and if she was replaced by another woman, she would have already married a woman.For such an older leftover woman, even if she is not a widow, it is difficult to find a suitable husband, and most of them can only be married to a decent family.

If so, why not find one that you like?Whatever his origins.

Dreaming of leaving the family and living a happy life in Jiujiang, Fei Rulan was still smiling when she fell asleep.

The next morning.

Fei Rulan called her maid Xiyue and ran to the next door to find her younger brother: "Ruhe, come with me to Hekou Town."

Fei Ruhe asked, "Sister, do you know about Brother Han?"

"I know that my mother already has an idea. Come with me to find him." Fei Rulan said.