farmer's struggle

In the spring of the 28th year of Jingping, a major event happened in the capital of Daqi State.

Overnight, almost all the common people in the capital heard the news, and people talked about it.

"The Wen family in the prime minister's mansion committed a crime. The emperor confiscated the Wen family. I heard that two or three hundred people in the prime minister's mansion, large and small, have been sent to prison and will only be executed after the fall." preached.

"Prime Minister Wen has always kept himself safe, how could he suddenly suffer such a disaster? Do you know what the crime is?"

"It's said that he was in contact with enemies from inside and outside, and the evidence of the crime is conclusive."

"How is it possible? I'm afraid someone framed it? Three years ago, the private soldiers of the grassland Tartars entered the customs and went straight to the capital. They burned, killed and looted all the way. If the prime minister hadn't turned the tide and personally defeated the enemy, the people in the capital would have suffered. Ah!" Some people shuddered when they remembered what happened three years ago, and they still didn't believe that the prime minister would do such a thing.

"It's unbelievable. Not long ago, I heard that the Wen family betrothed their elder brother, the Ninth Young Master. Then, wouldn't the Ninth Young Master also suffer?"

"Isn't it? Who is the Ninth Young Master? One of the Four Young Masters in the capital, his talent and appearance are all the top choices. Now that this has happened, how can this marriage be counted?"

"How do you calculate it? I'm not in a hurry to get rid of the relationship. It's good not to make trouble. Thinking back to when the Fan family married the Wen family, the Fan family was a high-ranking man. Now the face is really contemptible." This person seems to know this person very well. Regarding the relationship between Fan and Wen, this matter was revealed with a look of indignation.

"People's hearts are changeable, what is impossible?" Someone said with emotion.

"Don't make sarcastic remarks here, the Wen family is so loyal, how could it be possible to have internal and external enemies? I don't believe it."

"Hey! The notice has already been posted, how can it be fake? If you don't believe me, go and see for yourself."

The people gathered around heard the words and dispersed, whether they believed it or not, they were all ready to go and have a look.

At the edge of the corner, there was a beggar reclined to bask in the sun, but the dark clouds overwhelmed him, and the beggar cursed a few words and shrank back to the dark shelter.

It was a good story in the beginning that the literary family in the capital had a double Jinshi. Wen Han, the master of the Wen family, from Jinshiguan to prime minister, set an example of honesty and integrity. Who in this world does not praise the literary family?Prime Minister Wen is a rare good official?

Now that such a catastrophe is suddenly encountered, the world is full of sighs, the sky has no eyes, and it doesn't care about good people no matter what.What a pity, what a pity!

well!Things have changed, watch it!This world has long been turbid, and villains are in power inside and outside the court. If there are not so many loyal ministers, the life of the common people will be even more difficult. Now that Prime Minister Wen has fallen, those treacherous villains are afraid that they will become more unscrupulous and do evil. Days, when will there be hope!

In the south of Daqi Kingdom, there are many mountains and roads, which is why the news here is blocked. People don't hear anything outside the window, and they can live comfortably on their own one-acre three-point land.

This is a small village called Shuanghe Village, which got its name because two rivers converge here.

Shuanghe Village is not big, only twenty or thirty households, tens of hundreds of people, most of the people in the village have the surname of Li, and there are also a few families with the surname of Outer. Getting along is relatively harmonious.

Today, Li Wencai's house at the east end of the village is quite a bit of a mess.

"Father, you are also critical, how could this little uncle do such a thing?" The loud voice was Li Wang, the eldest daughter-in-law of the Li family. She is from the Wang family village next door. There is no sand in it.

She went to the field early this morning and came back, and found that the door of her room was wide open, and there were traces of being turned inside. She felt a little bit in her heart, and quickly checked her dowry, only to find that a silver hairpin was missing. This is something more valuable for her dowry, but now it's gone, how can she not be in a hurry?

People at this time, as long as there is no separation of families, everyone lives in the same yard, and all income and expenses of the family are unified by the head of the family. However, the dowry of daughter-in-laws is generally not included, which belongs to the daughter-in-law The private house, whether it is saved by oneself or subsidized the family, is arranged by the daughter-in-law herself. If it is not the case, rumors spread that the husband’s family even eats up the dowry of the daughter-in-law. coming.This has always been a custom in the Great Qi Dynasty, so the disappearance of Li Wang's silver hairpin is also a major event.

These days, when the farming is busy, everyone in the family went to work in the field early in the morning. The only one who was at home was his uncle Li Yu, and Li Yu was famous in the whole village for being lazy. I just idle around, and petty theft is not a problem. Needless to say, this is what Wensang did.

Sure enough, after asking, a younger son who was playing at home said that he saw his uncle entering the room.This time it will be terrible, Li Wang's family will immediately make a fuss.

"Hmph! You said that something disappeared and then it disappeared? There is no evidence, and you can say whatever you want." The mother-in-law Li Zhao put down the sewing basket in her hand, and looked at the eldest daughter-in-law dissatisfied. It's not about protecting the third son, it's just that the eldest daughter-in-law's noisy and intransigent attitude makes her impatient.

Li Wang was in a hurry. She looked at her father-in-law Li Wencai and ignored her mother-in-law Li Zhao. She also knew that Li Wencai was in charge of the family affairs, "Father, you should say something!"

Sitting under the eaves of the main room, Li Wencai frowned, smoking a pipe in a "bababada" manner, and when he heard what the eldest daughter-in-law said, he remained silent.

The boss, Li Cheng, was an honest man. Seeing this, he looked around, gently tugged on his wife's sleeve, and said in a low voice, "Keep your voice down, all the neighbors will know about your trouble."

Li Wang was naturally unconvinced, he had never seen such a useless person, and his things were stolen, so why not let others say it?He flicked his sleeves fiercely, and glared at Li Cheng, "Since you dare to do it, are you still afraid of people talking about it? I don't care so much today, I just leave the words here, my silver hairpin is my dowry, and it was stolen Now, dad, if you don't decide, I will sue the yamen, and I will be justified."

"Enough!" Li Wencai opened his mouth, but his brows were furrowed even tighter, and he said to his second son Li Shun, "Second son, go get me the bastard third son immediately, and see if I won't interrupt you." his legs."

Go find it now, maybe you can get the thing back, otherwise, I don't know if the thing will fall on the gambling table or on which woman's head, so it will be difficult to get it back.

The second son, Li Shun, is the smarter and more cunning member of the Li family. He has been working as a helper in Qinghe Town, and he just came home to help with the wheat harvest these few days during the busy farming season. He never expected this kind of thing to happen.

Li Shun promised to go out, but was stopped by his wife when he was at the door, "Don't meddle in this kind of thing, just do what father ordered, and leave the rest alone!"

The second daughter-in-law, Li Heshi, is a smart woman. At this time, she was afraid that Li Shun would not be able to please her, so she specially mentioned a few words. Li Shun usually listened to his wife's words, and now she listened to her heart, nodded, I ran out to find someone.

Li Wencai, the current head of the Li family, is usually dull and taciturn, but very dignified. No one dares to disobey his words. His mother-in-law, Li Zhaoshi, is a bit mean and petty, and she dislikes everyone except the eldest grandson in the family.

There are three brothers in the Li family, the eldest Li Cheng, and his daughter-in-law Li Wangshi. They have two sons and a daughter. The eldest son Li Xingyan is 12 years old. He has now become the hope of the whole family in the entrance examination for children, and the whole family saves food and money just to pay for his education.The youngest son, Li Xingchang, was six years old. He was the one who saw the third uncle go to their room this morning.Daughter Li Xiuer is eight years old this year, and she is already very sensible and able to help the family with things.

The second son, Li Shun, and his daughter-in-law, Li Heshi, are the daughters of a small family in the town, and because Li Shun is smart, they married their daughter. There are only two daughters under her knees. The eldest daughter Li Qiaoer is ten years old and has already started to learn embroidery. The second daughter Li Huier is five years old. Li He is now pregnant with another child. It is not known whether this child is a boy or a girl.

The third child is Li Yu, who is almost 20 years old. It stands to reason that he has already reached the age of marriage. However, his idleness, stealing chickens and dogs, and loves to gamble. His notoriety has long been spread all over the world. Married here to make him a disaster?So I'm still single.

The fourth child, Li E, is the only daughter of the Li family and is only 14 years old.

Li Wencai smoked dry tobacco non-stop, and the smoke was lingering. His face was faintly visible in the smoke, and the expression on his face could not be seen clearly.

Seeing the dull atmosphere at the moment, Li He said with a smile: "My uncle is not too young at this age, I don't think it's a good idea for him to hang around like this."

Mrs. Li sneered, "In my opinion, a dog can't get rid of eating shit. If he doesn't mess around, I'm afraid the sun will come out from the west."

Li Zhaoshi glared at her, then turned to look at the eldest son, "Look, what is your wife talking about? Don't you care about it?"

Li Cheng was submissive, his mother said so, but he didn't care anymore, he went to pull Li Wang's again, but was slapped away by Li Wang's, Li Cheng didn't dare to move anymore, seeing this In the first scene, Li Zhao was so angry that she gave birth to such a useless son. It really doesn't make people worry about one or two.

Li He quickly smoothed things over, "In my opinion, shouldn't this little uncle find someone to take care of him? Maybe after we get married and someone takes care of him, he can live a good life."

A single word awakened the dreamer, and everyone at the scene changed their minds after hearing these words.