Crossing the green wheat ears

On this day, after dinner at Xiyuan's house, the family was busy around the oil lamp, chatting while working.As soon as the courtyard door slammed, the tiger cub barked.

Xi Mingwen hurried out, and after a while, Li Zheng followed him in.When Xiyuan saw it, he vaguely knew why Lizheng came to the house.In the past few days, Wei's second son went around telling people that he wanted Wei Cheng to go back, but the Xi's family kept silent. It seems that now they have found Li Zheng.

Xiyuan took his two children to Westinghouse, he couldn't let Wei Cheng hear this.Li was sitting on the edge of the kang, and Niang Xiyuan poured a bowl of hot water for her to drink.The old man also handed over the cigarette pouch.Lizheng smoked a cigarette for a long time, thinking about how to speak.It's not easy for him to tell the Xi family about this, but as Li Zhenghe's witness back then, he can't ignore it.

"It's the fault of Wei's second child that reasoning is wrong." Li Zheng opened his mouth with difficulty, but no one from the Xi family in the room said anything, Li Zheng had nothing to do, so he had to continue talking.

"I won't beat around the bush with you anymore. You probably heard what Wei Laoer told whoever he caught in the village a few days ago. He came to me again yesterday, saying that he wanted his boss back, no? The reason why my child should be supported by others. I have been thinking about it all night and all day long, and I don’t know how to tell you this, but I can’t ignore it. You can see how to deal with this matter.” Li Zheng said for a long time, and the Xi family No one responded, and I felt a little embarrassed, hating Wei's second son to death.

"Then you just leave this matter alone and let him take the child back to spoil it?" the old lady asked.

"Hey, old aunt, there's nothing I can do about it. Everyone in the village knows what's going on, but we can't insist on not giving them children, can we?" Li Zheng said, although he knew it was the Wei family's fault, but Xi He didn't take his family seriously. The Xi family is honest. Only the second son Xi Mingwu has some skills and doesn't live in the village. The remaining brothers are not in harmony, so the villagers have no taboo against this family. It is the same.

"Whether you will take care of it or not, our family has to discuss it. We can't just guard the second child for everything." The old lady's voice was not happy.

"Okay, discuss it with your family, and let me know if you have anything to say." Lizheng also felt guilty.This kind-hearted person is not necessarily a good thing, just look at the Xi's family. For a child who has nothing to do with his family, let alone spend money, it's better not to make a fuss when he arrives.

"Okay, we'll find Lizheng after we've discussed it." The old man knocked on the cigarette pot.

Having said that, Li Zheng didn't stay long, got up and went home.

No one in the east room spoke again.

The next day, Xi Mingwen got up and went to Yangjiazhuang, fifteen miles away. Ximingwu's father-in-law's home belonged to Yangjiazhuang.On the third day, Xi Mingwen was going to deliver food to Yansui City, and Xi Yuan wrapped himself up like a ball and got into the donkey cart.

A few days later, Xi Mingwen came back from Yansui City and brought Dong Dong's words to Xiyuan. Xiyuan nodded and asked his father to drive the donkey cart to Yangjia Village to bring back the second uncle and the two boys.

It has been more than three months since Xiyang and Xiyong left grandma's house, and they have long been looking forward to the Chinese New Year. My brother said, come to pick them up during the Chinese New Year.Now going back to grandma's house ahead of schedule, the two little guys who don't know how to worry are very happy.

Xiyuan asked a few young ones to play in the backyard after eating, while the adults in the family sat in the house to discuss matters.

Ximingwu went to Ximing's family that day, and went to Wei's second family with Ximingquan the next day.Wei's second child is on the kang at home, trying to figure out what is on his mind.

As soon as Xi Mingwu and Xi Mingquan entered the room, the second Wei was stunned. He never thought that the boss of the Xi family and the old man of the Xi family did not come, but these two brothers came.Isn't Xi Mingwu in Yangjiazhuang? Why are you back?Also, isn't Xi Mingquan not dealing with his elder brother, why is he here?

"Second, sit down, are you living a leisurely life?" Xi Mingwu asked with a half-smile.Wei's second wife, also Wei Cheng's stepmother, saw the attitude of the brothers from the Xi family, and she was so frightened that she didn't dare to say a word. She was discussing with Wei's second brother just now. When the time comes, you can take the opportunity to ask for some more silver, or you can bring the donkey over.The couple were having a sweet dream when brother Xi Mingwu came in.

"Hey, here, people in village households live like this." Wei Laoer said with a guilty conscience, he was not afraid of Xi Mingwen, but he was still afraid of the second and third sons of the Xi family.When Xi Lao Er was young, because someone bullied his brother, but he used a hoe to chop people (it seems that Xiyuan also has a family history of chopping people with an ax), he chopped people's face with blood, he still remembers it Woolen cloth.The third son of the Xi family is also arrogant and dares to fight.This really wanted to fight against the little ghost, but it attracted two Lords of the Underworld.

"It's okay for our brothers to come. Didn't you go to Lizheng a few days ago, saying that you wanted to get your boss back, and my brother and I found out that it's a good thing." Ximing Wudao .

"That's right, you said that our old Xi's family has no shortage of children to support, so why do you have to support that outsider from your family? My second brother and I have long felt that something wrong happened to my elder brother." Xi Ming said, what he said It's from the bottom of my heart.He was fooled by the second brother, Xi Mingwu told him, and taking advantage of Wei's second repentance, they quietly went to Wei's second's house to settle the matter, so as not to ask the eldest brother's family to raise a child. Irrelevant children, how nice it is to have delicious food, drink and flowers for my nephew.Xi Mingwu's words reached Xi Mingquan's heart, and he followed his second brother without saying a word.

"Yes, second child, I brought back the two boys from my family, and the elder brother's house has no place to live. Let's see if you go to my elder brother's house to bring the children back. We will set a date today." Xi Mingwu Urging the second child.

Wei's second son and his wife were taken aback, they never thought it would happen like this.Last winter, when Wei Cheng cried, the Xi family gave him five taels of silver. Why is it like this this year?

"Big brother, listen to me. My eldest, I mean, I want to take him home to raise him..." Second Wei thought about how to make sense of this.

"By the way, your boss didn't go to my elder brother's house for nothing. Didn't he give you back five taels of silver? And this year, we found a doctor and gave you food and drink. We didn't ask you for more. A total of ten taels of silver is enough. I heard my old lady say that it took ten taels to take medicine in the first month alone, but since your family is not rich, you should give me less." Xi Mingwu didn't wait for Wei's second son to say Then he continued.

"What? Ten taels of silver? Hey, kill me!" Wei's second wife cried.

"What's the matter, why don't you want to give me the money you owe someone? My elder brother's money for buying medicine is recorded in one stroke, and there are five taels of silver. Isn't it written in the contract?" Xi Mingquan road.

"That's right, how can you let someone raise your own child and ask for money from others, what are you trying to do?" Xi Mingwu also looked annoyed.

"No, no, you have to allow me some time." Wei Er Er saw that the two brothers were impatient, and quickly covered his wife's mouth.

"Okay, a few days is fine, just five days, and the money will be paid after five days." After Xi Mingwu finished speaking, he took Xi Mingquan away.

Back at Xi's house, the two of them didn't mention this matter, Xiyuan and the others pretended not to know, and made a delicious meal for the second uncle at night, and of course Xi Mingquan was there, Xi Mingquan remembered the second brother's words Asked, didn't mention Wei Cheng at all.

The five days passed quickly, there was a lot of trouble at Wei's second family these few days, Wei's wife cried and shouted every day, she finally got rid of the thorn in her flesh, she never wanted Wei Cheng to come back home Come on, this family will belong to her son in the future, how can I let that brat share a share.What's more, it takes so much money to lead people.

After dinner on the fifth day, there was really no other way, Wei Er went to Li Zheng's house again, bowed to Li Zheng for a long time, begged Li Zheng to go to Xi's house and send a message, saying that Wei Cheng didn't want him anymore.

Li Zheng couldn't help it, so he came to Xi's house again.After hearing what Li Zheng had said, Xi Mingwu spoke up and asked Li Zheng what to do with Wei Cheng, but Li Zheng didn't do anything. No one in the village knew what Wei's second son was like. What's more, asking him to pay ten taels of silver is not like killing him.

"We'll let Wei Er Er play around with our family, right?" Xi Mingwu said angrily.

"Then there's no way, what can you do with such an idiot! I won't stop you if you want to." Lizheng said helplessly, hating Siwei's second child in his heart, making it difficult for him to be a man.

"Okay, if you say so, we will think of other ways, and we won't make things difficult for you, but don't feel that we have passed you by then, just don't take you seriously." Xi Mingwu smiled.

"Look at what you said, I don't know how capable I am here, Wei Cheng's situation is difficult, and it's not that I don't want to solve it." Li Zheng also laughed.

What the Xi family wanted was Lizheng's words.The next day Xi Mingwu and Xi Mingquan went to Yansui County.On the third day, the county yamen came to the yamen and took Wei's second son away.

The whole Lianhua Village was a sensation. It was said that the second and third sons of the Xi family had sued the second son Wei, accusing him of not raising a son, and extorting money from others.

In fact, this is all planned by Xiyuan.Since he brought Wei Cheng home last year, Xiyuan had no idea. He remembered that ancient China was a patriarchal society, and the clan had very strict requirements on adopting sons. Generally, they could only adopt when they had no sons, and only those with the same surname and clan could be adopted. Junior, Xi Mingwen has a son himself, and Wei Cheng and the Xi family have different surnames, how can Wei Cheng be raised by the Xi family in a legitimate manner?

Although it is located in the north, most of the people here are exiled, or because they can't live in their hometown, they migrated with their parents and brothers, so there are no big families like those in the Central Plains, and the clan power is not obvious, but some principled things still can't be done. Offended.

It took Xiyuan nearly a year to understand that the book on the grandma's cabinet in the east room, which she used to show off to the women in the village, was not at all the medicine book that Xiyuan borrowed from Dr. Li, but The Law of the Great Yan was borrowed from Sun Dong’s family. Xiyuan’s current dynasty is called Dayan, which does not belong to any dynasty in Chinese history, but there are many places that are similar to ancient China, such as the “Law of the Great Yan” about There are clear regulations on the issue of adoption, which is very similar to the Tang Dynasty in history.

The "Dayan Law" clearly stipulates that it is illegal to adopt a male child of the opposite sex who is not of the same clan: "A male with a different surname is not of the same race. It is illegal to adopt, so he will be moved for one year; if he violates the law, he will be punished by fifty floggings. The adopted daughter will not sit down." The child is under the age of three, and the original parents abandoned him. If he does not accept adoption, his life will die. Therefore, even though he has a different surname, he still accepts adoption and follows his surname. If the parents are lost, they will recognize them later and return to their original life together; The home of the lost children, the amount of rewards and breastfeeding. If the grandparents or parents let the children and grandchildren do not belong to the family, or the children and grandchildren succeed the latter, they will have to move for two years, and the children and grandchildren will not sit." ① That is to say, only children under three years old are Only those abandoned by their parents can be adopted and changed their surnames, and once the biological parents are found, the adoptive parents must return the child to their original family.From this point of view, Wei Cheng does not have the conditions to adopt Xi Mingwen in terms of age and surname, and Wei's second child has the right to ask Wei Cheng back at any time.In addition, the adopted son is called the adopted son here, and the adopted son has no right to inherit the property of the adoptive father's family, and even if the adopted son can change his surname, he and his descendants are not allowed to act as clan leaders and interfere in clan affairs.This makes Xiyuan a headache, he doesn't worry about money, he will buy enough private property for Wei Cheng to live on before Wei grows up, what he wants now is to raise Wei Cheng to Xi's family and get rid of Wei's second child With regard to Wei Cheng's influence, he didn't want Wei Cheng to be successful in the future because it was the issue of his adopted son that would delay his future.

Xiyuan was at a loss for what to do until he saw Sun Ye drinking with Shi Cheng, who was in charge of the market. He seemed to be very familiar with him. After a while, I didn't expect Sun Ye to agree.

Xiyuan originally wanted to wait a little longer, after all, the family didn't have much money now, but Wei's second son refused to stop.Xiyuan didn't know what excuse to find to settle the old dispute with Wei's second son. Unexpectedly, someone handed him a pillow when he had a headache, and Wei's second son delivered it to his door. How could Xiyuan not take advantage of such a great opportunity.Therefore, I asked my father to invite my second uncle back.Xiyuan thought about it, the grandfather in the family is old, he is too young, his father is honest, and the old uncle is a man he can't trust, the only one who can help with this matter is the second uncle.

Sure enough, Xi Mingwu lived up to expectations. He came back and dragged Xi Mingquan to shock Wei Er Er with a few words, making Wei Er Er repent, and then went to the county government to sue Wei Er Er for not raising a son. Not only did they not provide support, but they also extorted money from others.

This is also planned by Xiyuan, but the people in the yamen are not ordinary people, and they will not be ordered around for nothing. The only solution is money.The food sold at home has just started to make money, and Xiyuan has less than 50 taels in his hand, so he has no choice but to borrow 200 taels from Sun Ye, and it will be deducted from the dividend after an agreement.Sun Ye also agreed, and it was Sun Ye's help to move around according to the relationship.

Wei Lao Er was taken away by the people in the yamen, Wei Lao Er's wife panicked, ran to the gate of Xiyuan's house crying and making trouble, but was robbed by grandma, she felt ashamed and went back to her home.The villagers were also dumbfounded by Xi's actions.Only then did I realize that the Xi family was no longer the Xi family who let people rub it like a mud ball.

In the lobby, Wei Er Er shrank into a ball in fright. Many arrogant people in the village are frightened when they come to the yamen these days; Open the mouth to the south, don’t come in if you have a reason and no money.” Entering the yamen once is equivalent to being skinned, so any conflicts are usually resolved in the village or with the people in charge of the clan. The third child would sue him in court, and he was so frightened that he piled up ashes.

As soon as the county magistrate slapped the gavel, Wei's second son kept bowing his head, claiming that he was wronged, and that Wei Cheng was brought up by the Xi family because of his family's poverty.

Because the relationship has been established in advance, finally, after the trial by the county magistrate, the two parties negotiated, Wei Cai (the second child of Wei) was too poor to raise the eldest son, and Wei made a deal to be raised by the Xi family. Five taels of silver from the West family.From today onwards, Wei becomes Ximingwen's adopted son, and enters the Xi family tree and household registration. He does not change his name or surname. The Xi family raises Wei Cheng until he is 16 years old. The adoptive son of the Xi family still lives in another household, and from now on, he will not interfere with Wei Cai. Because he has not fulfilled his duty of support, Wei Cai will not be allowed to interfere in Wei Cheng's life in the name of his biological father from now on. Inherit the land, houses and other property of Wei Cai's family.

In the end, the two parties were judged by the county magistrate, signed a contract, signed and pledged, and the master book was affixed with the official seal of the yamen, and the matter was settled.

The author has something to say: ① (Excerpt from "Tang Lv Shuyi" sourced from the Internet)

There may be some omissions in the ancient laws and patriarchal clans involved in the article, which is why Jin Yao chose overhead history instead of a certain ancient dynasty!

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