Return to the Qing Dynasty(80)

It is said that the ten fingers are connected to the heart, but the eleven fingers are also connected to the heart. The pain was overwhelming. Xie Qian couldn't stop ejaculating from his mouth, and his body arched up like a shrimp. What did the woman say?

, can you be an official?

I didn't know how long I passed out, but when I woke up, the woman's words were still in my mind.

He raised his hand and looked at it uncertainly. His hand was wrapped in thick gauze. There was a faint trace of blood in the gauze, and a faint blood mixed with the smell of medicine spread to the tip of his nose.

Suddenly, his tears flowed down his wrinkled cheeks, and the ditches were filled with tears, which made people feel more and more sad.

The stump that had been with him for most of his life was gone, and it was simply removed.

"Is it that easy?" He murmured softly like a nightmare, as if he couldn't believe it.

"How hard can that be?" Lin Yutong walked out of the shadows, asked someone to turn on the lights, and sat down where Xie Qian could see.

"You..." Xie Qian looked up and down at Lin Yutong, who was dressed in women's clothing, "Who are you?"

"Someone who can cure your disease." Lin Yutong replied lightly.

Cure my disease?

Xie Qian looked at his hands, and then touched his chest. In addition to his broken fingers, his biggest problem was coughing. He had it all year round and felt unbearable chest tightness.

Now that I have been awake for such a long time, I haven’t coughed at all, and I don’t feel any tightness or discomfort in my chest.

Taking a deep breath, the cool and moist air flowed down the nose and into the lungs. It turns out that breathing comfortably is such a comfortable thing.

He closed his eyes and enjoyed it for a while. The sound of ticking came in his ears, and the corners of his mouth turned up involuntarily, "It's raining..." He had never known that rain at night sounded so touching.

"The Xie family is considered a big family in Gusu. Our ancestors were quite prominent in the previous dynasty. They once produced twelve Jinshi, twenty-three Juren, and forty-five scholars. Later, the Ming Dynasty fell and the Manchu Qing invaded.

The situation of the Xie family is not as good as it used to be." Xie Qian lay down and spoke quietly. Lin Yutong did not rush him, but just listened quietly.

What Sanniang said before revealed that Xie Qian is a person who loves to talk about the past. Anyone who has the patience to listen can easily win his favor. Just like Sanniang, who is obviously more capable than Magu, but he only values ​​​​him.

And trusting Magu is a truth.

Therefore, she didn't speak, she just regarded herself as a listener and listened patiently to what he said.

He was relatively satisfied with Lin Yutong who did not interrupt him at will. Even when he said "Ming Dynasty" and "Manchu Qing Dynasty", he did not show an uncomfortable expression, and he was even more satisfied.

His voice became clearer as he spoke, "My father is a direct descendant of the Xie family. When it was handed down to him, the family only had a hundred acres of paddy fields left. It was more than enough to be a small landowner and to support my wife, children, and children. But unfortunately

My father grew up listening to his grandfather's stories about the Xie family's past, and was strictly educated by his grandfather. He studied hard, but was not allowed to take the imperial examination, so he worked for the Manchu Tatars today."

"My father also read poetry and books, and the rules at home followed the rules of the Xie family in the previous dynasty, which were extremely strict. But strictness also came at a price. At that time, the big family had many servants, but now

Later, how could the Xie family's life be compared to the past? If they strictly followed those rules, life would be unbearable. For example, when eating, the servants had to serve the dishes, while the master could only focus on what was on the plate in front of him...

Rules are good, but you must first have servants. Just like that, even though the family was still not rich, my father still bought servants for the family. Everything was done according to the Xie family of the previous dynasty."

"Within a few years, the family's situation became worse year by year. Half of the 100-acre paddy field was sold, and when it was about to be sold again, my mother stopped me. Thinking about the family's livelihood, my mother stole the money and turned it around.

The remaining fifty acres of land were exchanged for fifty acres of middle land, and the remaining money was given to my father. This was not a big deal, but my father was furious about it. He felt that his mother, a woman, had disgraced the head of his family. He was angry.

I’m going to divorce my mother.”

"My mother gave birth to three daughters in succession at that time, and I was not born yet. Hugh's mother's name was already established. After all, she did not carry on the Xie family lineage. How could this be done? My mother cried and begged, but my father refused.

There is no reason to take back the water that was thrown out when she said it. My mother knelt down and prayed. She knelt for three days and three nights, until she fainted, but my father did not relent. It happened that after my mother fainted, my sister used her hair on her head.

Jewelry asked the maid to go outside and call a doctor, and the mother was diagnosed with pregnancy." At this point, he smiled bitterly, "Yes, I was the one who was pregnant at this time. And these things that happened before I was born were the eldest sister's.

She told me. She was nine years old at that time and could remember things long ago."

"I fainted, so we couldn't divorce for the time being. But my mother's suffering did not end. My father stubbornly locked my mother in the nunnery. At the same time, he married his second wife in a serious manner, and she was a concubine.

"

"This concubine is young, from a good background, as stubborn as my father, and I also like this concubine very much. After a month of living in the house, this concubine has also been diagnosed with pregnancy."

"At that time, my mother was three months pregnant, which means I should be two months older than the concubine in that concubine's belly. She was pregnant for ten months, and once she gave birth, my mother started to give birth. But unfortunately, that concubine

She also complained that she had a stomachache and that she was about to give birth. Her belly was so big that it turned out to be twins. It was reasonable to give birth to twins at eight months. However, she gave birth ahead of her mother and suffered a lot.

I gave birth to twins, a dragon and a phoenix. An hour later, I was born at full term, but I was born with a disability and an extra deformed finger."

"When my father found out, he was furious. He hugged me and put me directly in the basin, trying to drown me. My cough has been with me all my life. This is how I got it. Children in the winter months are soaked in cold water right after they are born.

My mother snatched me back like crazy, and then I had a high fever. She took care of me without sleep for three months. I survived, but my mother, who had stayed up day and night just after giving birth, fell ill.

, the disease never came back. No one went out to see a doctor. During these three months, my father married off his eldest sister. The ten-year-old sister married the nephew of the concubine’s natal family.

My nephew is only five years old, and my sister used to be a child bride. My mother was shocked and angry when she found out, and her illness became even more serious. Knowing that her illness could not be cured, my mother compromised with the concubine for the sake of us siblings. The rules of the Xie family

Big, a concubine is a concubine, and it is basically impossible to straighten things out. The mother just talked with the concubine, and no one knows how they discussed it. It must have been a tacit understanding between the two.

Mother is responsible for persuading the clan to organize the concubine’s house, and the concubine’s house must ensure that all four of us, my sister and my brother, are alive and well.”

"Judging from what happened later, my mother must have had a handle on that person and handed over the handle to a reliable person. Only then could she frighten the concubine, who later became my stepmother."

"Subsequently, not long after, my mother died of illness. After seventy-seven years, my father officially straightened the concubine. After the straightening, I was supposed to be the eldest son of my original wife, but now I have become the legitimate son.

Second son."

"God's will brings trouble to people. There's nothing to complain about. It's been like this for a few years. Even though I'm not in good health and coughing non-stop, I still survived. My father didn't tell me to call a doctor, and my stepmother just thought it was okay.

I am a person who will never die of hunger if I have a bowl of rice to eat. The second and third sisters are at home, occasionally doing some sewing in exchange for some money, and buying me some lung-moistening meatballs to eat, so that I can survive."

"That year, I was five years old and my eldest sister was fifteen. My eldest brother-in-law, who had just turned ten, died unexpectedly. My stepmother was in charge of the family, so she naturally turned to her natal family. Her natal family was a run-down family, so she insisted on asking my sister to be buried. Later, she became the patriarch of the clan.

I came to the house and found out that the eldest sister’s life was saved, but she had to remain a widow in her husband’s house. The second sister said that her mother saved the eldest sister. When I thought about it later, I thought that maybe the patriarch had something against his stepmother, and she

I had to compromise and persuade my mother's family. Women who can remarry will do so only if their family loves their daughter. In my family, they still hope that the eldest sister will stay with her for the rest of her life and bring glory to the Xie family. This is the life of the eldest sister. First,

At first, she was still at home. After all, the government went to the court to commend chastity women and built a chastity arch. This trapped the eldest sister even more. She was just like her husband's mules, horses, cattle and sheep. She served her parents-in-law, doing the most and eating the least.

After a lifetime of hard work, she got old, her parents-in-law passed away, and it was her brother-in-law’s turn to be the head of the house. Naturally, the widowed sister-in-law could no longer live there, so she took the initiative to become a monk." After saying that, she sneered again, "Chastity.

Archway? Ha!"

Lin Yutong understood what he meant. He hated the people in his family, but he also hated the court who gave his sister the chastity arch. He said "ha" in a very mocking way. This was a mockery of the court. How could they have the nerve to give this to them?

?Then how can the Manchu and Qing royal families talk about chastity?

That's right! Not to mention that half of Huang Taiji's harem were widows, but to say that Xiaozhuang remarried Dorgon, and that Shunzhi took in his own sister-in-law.

These things are very dirty in the eyes of Han people.

Of course, in the early days of the Kangxi Dynasty, in fact, these things were not a big deal. The Manchus were not that far into Chinese. The customs were still inherent in the grasslands. No one really valued whether a widow was a widow or not.

But judging by her age, his eldest sister must have lived in the early years of the Kangxi Dynasty.

Lin Yutong said: "I have no excuses, I can only promise you that the court will abolish the chastity arch and encourage widows to remarry. I can promise you. As for your eldest sister... It was the early years of the Kangxi Dynasty.

The late emperor was still young, and the four ministers controlled the government. But the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang was still alive at that time. The chastity memorial arch would not be sent to the emperor, let alone the Queen Mother Xiaozhuang. It could only be sent to the four ministers.

The minister handled it. They obviously don’t care about chastity, but why do they still make a fuss about it? You are a smart person, you can understand it as soon as you think about it. This is a slap in the face of the Queen Mother Xiaozhuang from a distance. At that time, the imperial court

The situation is complicated and cannot be explained in a sentence or two. It can only be said that it is a fight between gods and mortals suffer. Hate it if you want. There has never been a shortage of such innocent people in the world. Your eldest sister is just one of them. But

In other words, the culprit of this matter is not in the imperial court, and without the support of the Xie family, this matter would not have been possible."

Xie Qian didn't speak, only silently thinking about what Lin Yutong said just now, abolishing the chastity arch.

This is not an easy matter, but she can make it happen with just one word.

Who is this woman?

Thinking about such things in his mind, he habitually raised his hand to cover his mouth. Feeling the clear pain, his thinking became clearer. He turned around and looked at Lin Yutong seriously, "Can you really fulfill your promise?"

Lin Yutong took something out of his purse and threw it over, "Take a look."

It is a seal made of chicken blood stone. What is engraved on this seal is not exactly the word "Yong".

In fact, there are some small characters on the side of the Yong character, hidden in the pattern of the border.

But just this one word was enough to frighten Xie Qian. Such an important thing was just hanging on his waist and in his purse. What if it was lost?

His whole body trembled, and he handed over the seal in his hand. When he raised his head again, his eyes were bright. Before he could speak, he burst into laughter. Not only did he laugh, he also beat it with his hands while laughing.

On the bed, his injured hand seemed not to know the pain, and he was still mumbling, "...My son is not a waste...No..."

As he spoke, he wiped away his tears with sadness in his eyes, "...I'm not crazy. Not only am I not crazy, I'm also very sane. My father didn't want to see me. When I reached the age of school, he looked at my stepmother.

How can I not be envious of my biological ‘brother’ who went to school? I was so envious that I secretly crawled out of the dog hole alone and secretly followed him to school. That bastard was not material for studying at all. The Three-Character Classic

It took me two months to learn it, but I could learn to recite it in two days. I went home excitedly to find my father. It was just before the Qingming Festival, and the clan leader came to the house to discuss the sacrifice. I thought that there were outsiders here.

He was the team leader who could check his father and stepmother, so he ran over and told Baba's story to his father. The patriarch said it was a pity that if it weren't for the disability in his hand, there would be no chance that there would be another student in the family. He also suggested that the doctor should invite

A doctor wanted to take care of the thing in his hand. The young child would be fine as long as he grows up. But the father refused, saying that the mother made a big mistake when she was pregnant at the time. I took it with me

Those who were born with original sin must bear the punishment given by God, otherwise, I am afraid that the sin will not be limited to one person, but will harm the whole family or even the entire clan."

"So, the patriarch said nothing. At first, I didn't know how powerful my father's words would be. Later, when I tried to chop up the eyesore again and again, someone always came to stop me. There were even some people.

To say I'm evil is because I don't want to bear the trouble and want to kill the whole clan."

"I was caught again and again, and I despaired, and the people in the clan became angry. I was imprisoned in the clan's ancestral hall. Separated by a wall was the clan's clan school, and the only thing that didn't make people feel lonely was Lang Lang's

The sound of reading. Across the wall, I listened to classes under the wall for three years. Until that year it rained heavily and the ancestral hall was flooded. I had no place to go for the time being. The family didn't want a scoundrel like me, and my two sisters were also married.
To be continued...