Xiangye

Chapter 73

"Change back to what?" Gao's mother didn't understand for a moment.

Gao Wen: "Mother, didn't our Gao family have been servants in the yamen since our father's generation, and entered the humble status? I mean, if I can find a way to change this household registration to a civilian household, do you agree?" Do not?"

He explained: "However, if you want to do this, you need to spend a lot of money to go through the door. Also, if you return to good status, you will not be able to do the errands in the yamen. What the son currently has will be completely destroyed. Abandon, everything has to start from the beginning. Mother, do you understand, do you think this is good... Mother, mother, what's wrong with you?"

Seeing her mother suddenly crying softly, Shi Youyi hurriedly took out a handkerchief and handed it over in a panic, then looked at Gao Wen with reproachful eyes.However, there was an inexplicable surprise in that gaze.

Gao's mother cried for a long time, and she couldn't stop persuading her, which made Gao Wen at a loss.

After a long time, under the comfort of Shi Youyi, Gao's mother gradually calmed down, and asked: "Wen'er, you want to spend all the money in the family, but in order to change your nationality. Tell me, what is going on?" , don’t make mother worry.”

"Yes, mother. Just now, Miss Shi's father, Master Shi Linsheng, came to look for his son."

"Ah!" Shi Youyi cried out in shock.

Gao Wen hurriedly repeated what Shi Linsheng had said before, and then said: "Mother, the matter is probably like this. Master Shi means that if my son marries Miss Shi as his wife, he will take money to do things for me. My son thinks this matter The relationship is very important, you need to discuss it with your mother first, and wait until your old man nods, and then the son can go back to other people's words."

Gao's mother: "Wen'er, you just said that you want to marry Miss Shi, and you must have agreed in your heart. Although my mother can't see her eyes, her heart is not confused. Is it possible that instead of being a decent person, your son wants to marry her?" Going to be a yamen servant, and being called by the villagers like doglegs? The reason why your father entered the yamen back then was because his hometown was in trouble, so he couldn’t do it for it. In fact, your mother was able to see it back then, and your father was also very uncomfortable. .If you can become an ordinary person, your father's spirit in heaven will also be gratified. Besides..." As she spoke, tears welled up.

Stretching out his hand to touch the back of Shi Youyi's hand: "Poor my Youyi, a good lady from a scholarly family has suffered so much. Could it be possible that after following you, Wen'er, you became a slave? Wen'er, You are right to do this, mother supports you, no matter how much money you spend, mother will agree."

"Mother... Daddy..." Shi Youyi heard Gao's mother say this, and thought of her father again.Although my father didn't recognize himself in the yamen that day, on the surface he looked like a rock, but he still cared about his daughter in his heart.For his own sake, he did not hesitate to lower his status to discuss with Gao Wen, and even took huge risks.Thinking of this, the resentment towards my father in my heart completely dissipated, turning into tears.

Gao Wen: "Don't cry, don't cry. Mother, if you have nothing else to do, my son will take the money and hand it over to Master Shi tomorrow morning. It's just, mother, you managed to live a good life for a few days. My son took all the money this time, but made your old man suffer again."

Gao's mother smiled and said: "Fool, mother has suffered all her life, and she has come here for so many years, so it's nothing. Although Wen'er, you brought home a lot of gold and silver recently, but how much money is an old blind mother made?" .After all, it’s just three meals a day, and there’s only one place to rest at night. You are doing business, and you should spend more money. Girl.”

Shi Youyi: "Mother."

Gao's mother: "Go and give Wen'er all the money in the family!"

"Yes, mother."

Soon, Shi Youyi took off the key hanging on her waist, took out all the gold hidden in the house, counted it one by one, and put it in a small package and handed it to Gao Wen.It can be seen that since the incident, this little girl has completely taken charge of the Gao family and served Gao Wen's mother, looking like a good wife and mother.

Gao Wen's family had a total of three hundred taels of gold, which was about forty catties, and it was quite heavy to carry on his back.At this moment, Gao Wen couldn't help thinking, fortunately he asked Boss Yu to convert everything into gold, if it was all silver, about three hundred catties, he would have to call a bullock cart to pick it up, that would be too much noise.

Carrying the gold on his back, he was about to go out when Gao Wen remembered something and said in a low voice: "Mother, Miss Shi, if this matter goes wrong in the future, many people will be involved. Once the Dong Chuang incident happens, it will involve a lot of people, so this matter must not be told to outsiders." Once the matter is completed, if someone from outside asks, you didn’t just say that my Gao family moved from other provinces to Pingliang Prefecture more than 40 years ago, and later moved to Hancheng. If you ask again, just say that my grandfather and father have passed away After passing away for many years, many things are not clear."

Both Gao Mu and Shi Youyi nodded at the same time, saying that I can reflect on myself.

That night, both Gao Mu and Shi Youyi suffered from insomnia.

……

Early the next morning, Gao Wen met Shi Xianzhu and Shi Linsheng at the inn where he was staying, and handed over all the gold to him.

Shi Linsheng saw that Gao Wen was pleasing to the eye today, and then thought of his future son-in-law, once he left the lowly family, with his excellent articles, his future future would naturally be read.Nodded: "Gao Wen, I really admire the way you make money. Without further ado, I will leave for Pingliang Mansion immediately, and I will stay there for a while. If you need anything, you can find me at the inn in Zhuanglang County .”

Finally, Shi Linsheng straightened his waist and said proudly: "Don't worry, boy, I have studied in Xi'an Prefecture for decades. Nothing else, this classmate can be said to be all over Shaanxi in the same year. I'll give this old man a bit of a nudge. It's just a matter of little effort for you to do this."

Indeed, apart from other things, this old man has been a student of the government for decades, and he has become familiar with Shaanxi scholars and officials, and he has a lot of energy.No wonder the county government paid so much attention to the case of Shi Youyi's disappearance when Duzhi went to the countryside to inspect the country and was stopped by old man Shi to sue.

An old intellectual like Shi Linsheng, a veteran in the cultural circle, may not be able to help you Duzhi County, but if he wants to make trouble with you, it will be enough for you to drink a pot.

When we parted from Gao Wen, Shi Linsheng told Gao Wen again: "It is already the middle of January, and the county examination in Zhuanglang County is at the end of February. At that time, no matter whether I have news or not, you have to be on February [-]th." I went to Zhuanglang to meet the old man before, so I can sign up for reference."

Gao Wen nodded: "Yes, old man, don't worry, you will arrive soon." Indeed, the communication and transportation conditions in ancient times were horribly backward.It is hundreds of kilometers from Pingliang Mansion to Hancheng on one side. If there is news, it will take at least ten days to go back and forth.Unlike later generations, if something needs to be done with a phone call, you have to wait.

(End of this chapter)