In Liu's village, Zhao Qikun was writing. He was about to dip his sleeves in ink when he realized that he had run out of ink. He coughed heavily, but no one came in to serve him.
Zhao Qikun frowned. Recently, Mrs. Liu has become more and more uninterested in him. Yesterday, there was no paper at home, so he could not write a word for a whole day. This has never happened before. You know that he married
After Yang, no matter how poor his family was, Yang would never stop writing.
As long as he wants to buy books, Yang can always come up with money. The money bag tied around her waist always seems to have endless money. Although they are all copper coins, he doesn't like them very much, but... they can be used for...
She didn't feel bad about him. Of course, this was Yang's only benefit.
Zhao Qikun sighed. He was worthy of the Yang family. He had been a farmer with her for so many years and left several sons to support her in her old age. When the Yang family rescued him before, they probably did not expect to get such a reward.
Thinking of this, Zhao Qikun was about to go to the main house to take a rest. He gently tapped his back. How many months has it been? The errand promised by the Liu family has not arrived yet, and he doesn't know if there was something wrong in the middle. He obviously told the county magistrate
When the adults were having a banquet, they admired his literary talent very much.
Zhao Qikun slowly walked towards the main house. As soon as he entered the courtyard, he heard Mrs. Liu's sweet smile coming from the house. Zhao Qikun frowned slightly. Why didn't Mr. Liu go to his study at home? While he was thinking about it, there was a faint sound of voices.
Come.
"I don't know why I refused to give him the job. Maybe I thought his article wasn't good enough."
"I thought I had found a good candidate for an official, but I didn't expect that he was useless."
Zhao Qikun's heart sank inexplicably. The Liu family was obviously talking about him, and every word was filled with contempt, as if he was looking down on him at all. He was about to get angry, but he remembered that this was not the same farmer's house before. Every brick and tile was given by the Liu family.
Yes, I finally suppressed my anger. Just as I was about to turn around and leave, I heard another man's voice.
"Auntie, you might as well follow me..."
"Don't try to trick me. If your family can agree, why would I bother to come?"
The blood all over Zhao Qikun's body suddenly rushed up to the Tianling Cap, as if it was about to overturn his head. There was actually a man in the Liu family's house. Zhao Qikun had never thought that such a thing would happen. He actually froze there for a long time before he recovered, and he was spinning around on the floor.
After searching for it, I finally saw a wooden stick. I picked it up and walked towards the main house.
He opened the curtain angrily. He wanted to see the adulterer and adulterer today and expose their faces. Zhao Qikun thought this, and his anger also followed his voice: "What a shameless thing."
As he spoke, Zhao Qikun had already entered the house. He looked up and saw Mrs. Liu and a man sitting next to each other. The two seemed to be holding hands, and they hurriedly let go when they heard a movement.
Zhao Qikun had never suffered such grievances. He just felt that the Zhao family that he had worked so hard to support suddenly collapsed. He had to regain his face, teach this woman a lesson, let her kneel down to beg for mercy, and let the Liu family pray to
He pleads guilty and wants to beat the adulterer to death, at least half to death.
Zhao Qikun thought like this, raised the wooden stick in his hand high and hit Mrs. Liu. He seemed to hear Mrs. Liu's screams.
However... the stick suddenly sank but did not fall down. A strong force came from the other end of the stick, which hurt Zhao Qikun's jaw.
The man next to Liu suddenly stood up and snatched the stick away without waiting for Zhao Qikun to speak. Zhao Qikun was caught off guard and fell forward. He struggled to stabilize his body but failed because the man lifted his head.
He raised his legs and kicked him in the stomach. Zhao Qikun fell to the ground and even slipped some distance away.
All this happened very quickly. When Zhao Qikun curled up in a ball in pain, he had not yet recovered. It was not until he took a breath that he raised his tearful eyes and looked at Mrs. Liu and the man.
"You..." Zhao Qikun said in a trembling voice, "How dare you..."
Mrs. Liu's eyebrows raised: "What's wrong with us? This is my nephew from my natal family, he's not my nephew, so we can't talk together?"
"It's in vain that you are a scholar, but you are so mean-spirited that you hit us without saying a word. How can you have the face if you tell us? My nephew stopped you all for your own good. You must know that you are a stick
Beat it down..."
A fierce look appeared on Madam Liu's face: "How can the Liu family spare you? Don't forget whose food you are eating and whose house you live in. If it weren't for my aunt, you would be worse than the homeless people begging for food under the city wall."
Mrs. Liu said as she took a few steps forward and spat in Zhao Qikun's face: "My aunt can like you, you have to cherish your blessing. You are a useless person who doesn't make a penny, and you still want to make trouble at home?"
Mrs. Liu looked at the man next to her: "My mother-in-law is here, and you dare to do something. Why do I fall in love with a beast like you?"
Zhao Qikun listened to Liu's confusion of right and wrong, and his lips trembled with anger: "I didn't give you a betrothal gift? Haven't all the money I brought been spent on you?"
"How much money?" Mrs. Liu said, "I can't even buy a house, and I don't even have an acre of land. I'm sorry to say that even if you had the little betrothal gift, you and your son's family would eat it up."
Zhao Qikun said: "Don't talk nonsense."
When there was such a commotion in the main house, Zhao Xuewen also heard the noise and hurriedly came to check the situation. When he heard his father's voice, he immediately entered the door. Zhao Xuewen saw his father lying on the ground at a glance, and Mrs. Liu was holding a handkerchief and pointing at him.
Dad is abusive.
Zhao Xuewen hurriedly said: "Father, mother, what's wrong with you?"
Mrs. Liu snorted coldly: "Ask your father, if I say a few words to my nephew, he would come in and beat me. Is it easy for me to manage the house and the outside every day? How can I let him humiliate me like this?"
Zhao Xuewen looked at the man next to him. He knew that this man often came to the Liu family's house, but he didn't dare to say it, for no other reason. They were really making trouble under the roof of the Liu family. Where would their father and son stay?
?If he fails to pass the exam this year, he still expects the Liu family to help him find an errand.
"Dad," Zhao Xuewen said after thinking of this, "you have wronged your mother. This is really your mother's nephew. The son has seen him before."
Zhao Qikun held Zhao Xuewen tightly. He originally wanted his son to say this for him, but he didn't expect Zhao Xuewen to say this. He opened his eyes wide.
Zhao Xuewen looked natural: "It's true, Dad, can my son still lie to you?"
A sarcastic smile appeared on the man's face: "What are we going to do about this? You insulted my aunt and even injured me. What are you and your son going to do?"
Zhao Qikun's chest felt as if a big stone had been pressed down on him, and he couldn't breathe for a moment: "You guys..." He pointed at Liu, then at the man, and finally looked at Zhao Xuewen.
Zhao Xuewen gritted his teeth and said: "Dad, my son will apologize to your mother and the Liu brothers for you. You must not be so reckless in the future. It is not easy for your mother to run the family. You must take good care of her."
After speaking, Zhao Xuewen knelt down to Mrs. Liu and said, "Mother, it's all the fault of the father and the son. Don't get angry and take care of yourself."
In normal times, Zhao Xuewen might still fight, but now he can't. He just heard the news from the academy that the court in Taozhou was defeated. His mother and several brothers were not sure what to do. Anyway, there was no hope.
The only people he can rely on are the Liu family.