During the Tang and Song dynasties, it was common for women to remarry women, but in the Ming Dynasty, as Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, more and more women were kept up with their rituals. Moreover, when the genealogy was opened, there were examples of which family women who were polite to support their uncles and aunts and raise their children, and who had been keeping their rituals for decades, and more and more valent women who were praised by the court.≥, For example, as Zhu Xi's hometown, Huizhou Prefecture is now vigorously developing its mind and has a great attitude towards Zhu Neo-Confucianism, under the influence of deep-rooted etiquette, it is still very difficult for women to remarry women.

Wang Shangning's mother remarried with her three sons and asked them to change their surnames. It is conceivable how big this is! After all, whether it is the Wang family in Shuchuan or Shukou Cheng family, they are not unknown people.

Since the beginning of the relocation of the ancestor, the relationship with the Cheng family of Shukou was very subtle. One of the sons of the ancestor Wang Sen was to inherit the Cheng family, and then they reproduced and grew up. Many people married and had children in the Cheng family of Shukou, and there were several husbands who kept their rituals and raised orphans. Therefore, by the generation of Wang Shangning's father Wang Hao, the Wang family had been in several generations and had not even had a scholar. To put it nicely, Wang Hao lived in seclusion in the Fushishi and taught many talented people. To put it nicely, he couldn't even pass the exam and could only rely on teaching to others to live. After his death, his wife Huang remarried Cheng Sixun with three sons. At that time, the Wang family and the Cheng family were both in a turmoil. It was not until Cheng Sixun gave Wang Shangning that the situation improved.

Nowadays, Wang Shangning is called Mr. Wang. Cheng Sixun, who is nearly 80 years old, can actually be called Mr. Cheng. However, because his family has no adult descendants, most of the Cheng family in Shukou are called him the old master.

He married a widow back then. The pressure was indeed extraordinary. Not only did the Wang clan clamor for this, but the Cheng clan almost broke off relations with him. You should know that compared to the Wang clan, which was worse than the other generation, the Cheng clan was the largest prominent clan in Suokou, and built countless roads and bridges. For this reason, he had several scattered officials and was also praised by the court to build a Shangyifang. The scholars and students were everywhere, let alone the polite wives. If the widows in the clan did not uphold their integrity, they would attract endless discussions, let alone Cheng Sixun directly married the Huang clan of Wang clan of Suochuan?

However, he really liked Huang, and he didn't care about accepting three stepsons for this, and even tried his best to pay for their studies. However, when Wang Shangning was not yet in his prime and became a scholar, he won the imperial examination all the way. He was a Jinshi all the way and became an official at the age of 20, but later Huang died. After Ding You, he asked Huang and his biological father to be buried together. When the official became a senior, he changed his name back to Wang and donated officials to help his younger brothers. Even if he asked his stepfather for his enthronement, the deputy chief of the seventh-rank rank of the Wang family, the three brothers of the Wang family later built another Wang house. How could he say that his life was more than just lonely?

When Huang married him, he was five years older than him. His eldest son Wang Shangning was seven years old. His other two sons were five years old and the other two years old. Because his family was not well-off, it was already very difficult to support the three sons. So he was not obsessed with having children at first. It was not until several years later that Huang gave birth to a daughter for him. When his daughter got married, his three stepsons Guizong and his wife died again, although he was extremely lonely, he did not marry another. Although the three stepsons Guizong Wang's stepsons came to visit during festivals and holidays, they had discussed choosing one of the sons of the three brothers for him to be his descendant, but after choosing, the matter was put on hold because his family was not well off.

So in the end, the head of the Cheng clan came forward and chose a grandson among his cousins ​​of the same clan and made him a grandson. Although the adoption is not as good as his own, the sorrow is more than death. He was too lonely and focused all his thoughts on this young grandson.

What he likes to do now is to open the "Xin'an Ethnography" that he had compiled when he had time and open the Cheng family's volume incredible. Because Cheng was the first volume, which was compiled earlier than the Wang family's volume. In addition to being the deputy of the Zheng Office, he was mentioned as a deputy of the Shangshi Office, and the stepson of the Shaanxi Provincial Administration Office was also placed at the forefront of the Cheng family's peers. At that time, Wang Shangning had not changed his surname and was still called Cheng Shangning. But by the time he compiled the Wang family, his stepson had already become the governor of Yunnan, and all three brothers changed their surname back to the Wang family and appeared in the Wang family in Shuchuan, but they did not mention the fact that the former surname was Cheng.

"It is better to be kind than to raise grace... Haha, so what if you have been loving for decades? In the end, you can't even do the grace after death... When I wrote a book to do something, I knew to bring me along..."

A handful of old Cheng Sixun held the book that was almost almost broken, and muttered to himself, and there was also a water light in his turbid eyes. He had thought that he would die like this, but he was still uneasy. In addition, when he was choosing his descendants, he wanted the children to be younger and so close. Therefore, Cheng Xiangyuan, who was poor and young, was still only twelve years old and was still young.

Just as he was in a daze as usual, he suddenly felt that someone was pushing him next to him. When he turned his head and looked over, he realized that it was Cheng Xiangyuan, the grandson who should have studied in the study, had come. Seeing that he had woken up, Cheng Xiangyuan hurriedly said, "Grandpa, someone is here to visit you, saying that it was Wang Fulin, Songming Mountain, She County."

"Wang Fulin, Songming Mountain, She County?"

Even Cheng Sixun, who hasn't gone out for many years, is completely familiar with this name. You know, Wang Fulin and the Wang family in Shuchuan have deep hatred. It's fine, Wang Shangning will not ask such shame in front of him, but Wang Shangxuan is different. Once, when he talked about Wang Fulin in front of several important people in Shukou Cheng's family, he almost cursed. Because someone from Shukou Cheng's family said to protect Wang Fulin a few words, Wang Shangxuan was so angry that he had been ill that he had never come to him for a whole year. If Wang Shangxuan knew that Wang Fulin actually came to visit him at this time, what would that look like?

Thinking of this in his heart, Cheng Sixun, who was already old, had no intention of keeping anyone out of the door. He narrowed his eyes slightly, looked at Cheng Xiangyuan beside him kindly, and said with a smile: "Grandpa can't walk anymore, go outside to greet them on behalf of his grandpa. Remember, you must not be careless in etiquette. That young master Wang is a Jinshi."

"Grandpa Don't worry. I know. I'm a Jinshi like my uncle." Cheng Xiangyuan smiled and showed his dimples. He didn't notice the gloom on Cheng Sixun's face when he heard the title of uncle. He turned around and ran out.

When the twelve-year-old Cheng Xiangyuan came back again, Cheng Sixun found that it was not Wang Fulin alone, but several people following him. If Wang Fulin came to visit him alone, it would be reasonable, but so many young and old came together. He was really surprised. After meeting each other, he saw that Wang Fulin was very polite, but he was old but thoughtful, and then he smiled and said with a smile: "I usually have few customers in my family, but I didn't expect that there were so many customers coming all at once. Let me ask, "Young Master Wang is bringing the whole family together?"

"Yes, I originally brought the whole family to recognize my relatives, but things changed a little. I couldn't help but run away in vain when I returned home like this. Therefore, I passed by outside the Cheng Family Ancestral Hall and learned that it was actually converted from the Guanye County Office in the Tang Dynasty. I wanted to visit the respected elders of the Cheng family, Shukou, so I took the liberty. I didn't know in advance. Please don't blame me for being abrupt." Wang Fulin said this and introduced the others who came with me today. First of all, it was his uncle Wu Tianbao, then Xiaobei, and then Ye Xiaopang and Jin Bao Qiufeng.

Cheng Sixun didn't expect that Wang Fulin was really coming together, and he became even more confused. Especially when he saw Xiaobei, he looked at the men's outfit and couldn't help but think of his tortuous experience of begging Huang when he was young. He didn't care about the fact that the young couple went out so unscrupulously. Of course, what he was more interested in was the rumored three little guys who were taught and studied together, especially Wang Fulin's Jinbao, who was about the same age as his descendant Cheng Xiangyuan. After looking at it for a while, he sighed: "The twelve-year-old case leader is really unparalleled. Mr. Wang has such a good eye."

"There is no good eyesight. In fact, it was just a bad person who had a personality attack at that time." Wang Fulin said, looking at Qiu Feng who was standing on the other side of the chair, and smiled, "There is Qiu Feng. The old man has also heard about Qiu Feng? Otherwise, why did we say that studying in Huizhou Prefecture has become a trend, and he actually learned a lot of things by doing odd jobs in the She County Academy and listening to Ziyang Academy. When I accepted Jin Bao and him one after another, thanks to my father-in-law who was the magistrate of She County, he loved talents and kept them to study with my brother-in-law, otherwise I would be in debt. I really don't know where to go to find famous teachers to teach them."

"Yes, it's really not easy for a scholar at home. After all, it's not a matter of one day or a night to take the exam. I have to study hard day and night, and I can't take my shoulders and I can't help with the chores at home. Shuangmu's mother went to another place to take care of his sick father. Shuangmu was taken care of by his two sisters, and later two more people were added. Even after I heard about it, I didn't say anything in person, but I still worried for him secretly." This time, the person who answered the conversation was Wu Tianbao. Although he was not used to being together like Xiaobei and Wang Fulin, he had discussed it on the way, so he naturally knew what to say, "After all, Shuangmu is really a privation of talent."

"These two children in your family are indeed lucky." Cheng Sixun was mixed with emotion, but he remembered more and more the past when he was offering to study for three stepsons, and he became a little lost for a moment.

But at this moment, he could only hear Xiaobei say, "What's the use of cherishing talent? I can't resist someone making trouble behind the back again and again! Jinbao is already pitiful enough. Not only is he sold by his biological brother, he also wants to frame Fulin. Qiufeng has provoked him again. First, he was regarded as a money tree by his family. Finally, Fulin used money to distribute those greedy guys. Now he saw that he had become a scholar, fearing that he would be implicated by his family, so he wanted to find a family of good character among his tribes. After choosing, he picked up the eldest aunt Cheng, the Cheng family, who was the one who helped him out, but even such good things that helped him be badly done behind his back!"

Cheng Sixun listened absent-mindedly, but when he caught the word "bad" in his ear, he woke up in shock. However, he missed several sentences before, so he could only look at Cheng Xiangyuan who was aside. Cheng Xiangyuan, who was used to doing such things, quickly put his mouth on his ear and repeated Xiaobei's words as it was. Now, Cheng Sixun immediately widened his eyes, and there was no fatigue and loss of mind just now!

"The person who is just talking about evil things is not from the Wang family of Chuanchuan?" Seeing that Wang Fulin sneered, he stared at the person for a long time, and then he smiled and said, "It turns out that Mr. Wang is here today, is he asking for punishment?"

"It's time for this, I can't force it. How dare I come and ask for a crime? What's more, if I want to ask for a crime, it's just going to the Wang family and the Cheng family to find the old man. Wouldn't I find the wrong person?"

Wang Fulin looked at Cheng Sixun without evasion and owed her body, saying, "Don't do to others what you do not want others to do to you. I just thought that the old man raised three stepsons with great difficulty, but now it is someone else who is in love with Qiu Feng. In addition, Qiu Feng's incident, he felt a little emotional. Cheng and Wang family in Sukou have married each other, and there have been several generations of people. The old man married and raised his stepson when he first raised his stepson, but in the end, the stepson returned to his hometown, which can be said to be a ritual, but whether it is a joint burial or a support, it is all human nature. Since some people don't think about their source of water, it's no wonder that even Qiu Feng has to interfere with this little thing."

Cheng Sixun didn't expect that Wang Fulin would reveal the old scar, and his expression changed for a moment. But when he was about to speak, he was not careful that Wang Fulin said something that he had completely unexpected.

"As far as I know, the old man married at the age of twenty, and then when you were less than forty, Mrs. Huang died. After that, the old man was too sad and never married again. He was only seventy years old. According to the rules of the court, although his age was different, he was very qualified to honor his husband. You must know that the old man had previously appointed the deputy of the pedestrians and deputy ministers, who were given by his step-son, was helpless and not qualified to give him the favor. But if a archway to honor his husband, not to mention anything else, it would be relatively easy to ask Sun to fight for a kind and tribute student in the future!"

The so-called Yifu, opposite to a wise woman, refers to an extremely rare situation where a man will not marry or take a concubine after losing his wife in his prime, and will not remarry or take a concubine for his life. Although Yifu's proposal was made in the Yuan Dynasty and was even written into the play, it is rare for the imperial court to officially honor Yifu. Wang Fulin once had an impression when reading the Huizhou Prefecture Chronicles, which was his killer move to meet Cheng Sixun now.

He was not just here to provoke a gang, or to go here to criticize the people of the Wang family, who disgusted the people of the Chuanchuan Wang family. Although Cheng Sixun was not young when he was vigilant, it has been forty years so far. Even if the controversy of this righteous man in the end, he might not be able to get out of here, but so what? As long as there is corresponding public opinion, he would not believe that Cheng Sixun does not want to vent his anger. As for Cheng Sixun's grandson, of course he would not break the bridge across the river.

Seeing Cheng Sixun's struggled expression on his face, Wang Fulin said word by word: "For more than ten years of hard work, and forty years of upholding righteousness and not marrying another person, which one is more important than blood relationship? I just want the world to think about whether it is better to raise grace than to raise grace, or is it better to raise grace than to raise grace?"

Cheng Xiangyuan seemed to understand, but everyone else in the room was stunned. After all, Wang Fulin had never revealed any words about commending the good man just now. Is it really because of a momentary inspiration?

Cheng Xiangyuan was still young and couldn't understand what everyone was saying. At this moment, he suddenly saw a servant outside gaze out. He glanced at Cheng Sixun and rushed out quickly. When he ran back, he didn't care about the other people in the hall. He said unhappily: "Grandpa, I heard that the old patriarch took a few people to his uncle's house!"
Chapter completed!