Chapter 2 A difference in cloth, a world of difference
Although the Wu family's family background is very noble, Wu Shigong's status in the family is very low. How low is it? That is, it is a little better than the domestic slaves in the family. Even in some aspects of treatment, it is not as good as those who are favored.
Butler and maid.
Wu Shigong and his father Wu Weizhong were handsome, pursued culture, and had an elegant temperament all over their bodies. This was quite in line with the social mainstream of the Ming Dynasty at that time: "Everything is low-grade, only good studies are good". His son
They are basically pretty and handsome, but Wu Shigong looks different, with a thick and strong figure. Of course, this does not mean that he is not his father's race, but that his appearance and figure are mostly similar to his father's.
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In fact, Wu Shigong's appearance was not bad because he had some inheritance from Wu Weizhong. In modern times, he could be considered to have the appearance of a tough boy and an action star, but his appearance and figure did not conform to the aesthetics of the Ming Dynasty. People at that time
He thought that only lowly traffickers and lackeys could look like him. Not to mention the shortcomings in appearance, especially because Wu Shigong's background was very low. As the saying goes, the mother is more valuable than the son, but conversely, the mother's status
Even if he is humbled, his son's status cannot be that high.
One day eighteen years ago, Gongshun Hou Wu Weizhong went to a friend's house as a guest. After getting drunk and staying overnight, he sexually pushed a thick and rough girl in the family's house and knocked her. A few months later, the friend took the pregnant girl.
The girl was brought to Wu Weizhong. Seeing this pregnant woman, Wu Weizhong was shocked. It was not because Wu Weizhong suddenly had a child, Wu Weizhong was quite confident in his firepower, but because the rough girl was too ugly.
, stout in stature and rough in appearance.
According to the social atmosphere at this time, it was normal to treat guests with beautiful maids to serve them at bedtime. This was considered an elegant thing. However, Wu Weizhong's behavior this time could be described as hungry, and his reputation was... Needless to say
You can imagine what happened. Anyway, because of the rapid spread of this incident, Wu Weizhong became a joke among the elite circles in the capital, causing Wu Weizhong to lose face. Only with the passage of time, in recent years, this incident has gradually been
People forget it. But the thorn in Wu Weizhong's heart has already been pierced and cannot be removed.
For nobles, there is no shortage of wealth, power, etc. The most important thing in this circle is face. After being embarrassed, Wu Weizhong did not refuse to admit his debt and took Wu Shigong's mother. But
Wu Weizhong felt as if he had swallowed a fly. Perhaps he also understood what Wu Weizhong thought of him. Wu Shigong's mother was very straightforward. She died of dystocia when giving birth to Wu Shigong, leaving her son behind and closing her eyes without worrying.
But facing Wu Shigong every day, Wu Weizhong couldn't be out of sight and out of mind. Therefore, Wu Weizhong basically turned a blind eye to Wu Shigong's attitude. His attitude also determined the attitude of other people in the Wu family towards Wu Shigong.
In terms of life, Wu Weizhong did not treat Wu Shigong badly. He had enough food and clothing, arranged for maids and servants to serve him, and provided for him to study. But there was basically no other treatment. Wu Shigong's status in the entire Wu family was also very marginalized.
The courtyard where he lived was also closest to where the servants of the Hou Mansion lived. His treatment conditions were not even as good as those of Wu Weizhong's concubines. Needless to say, he was bullied by his family. Even some high-status servants and maids bullied him openly or covertly.
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Therefore, even though Wu Shigong is tall and tall, he is very taciturn and introverted after growing up with neglect and contempt. However, in the face of adversity, Wu Shigong has a fiery fighting heart under his ice-like appearance. Reading -
- Pass the exam and become an official - to honor one's ancestors and stand out, this is Wu Shigong's goal. Especially his eldest brother Wu Shixun, who became a Jinshi, is his idol. Growing up, Wu Shigong gave up all entertainment and time to make friends, and devoted himself to studying hard.
, firmly believe that you can make up for your shortcomings through hard work and realize your dreams.
But Wu Shigong is really not a student. Except for the fact that his family opened a back door for him and gained him the title of scholar, and other than the fact that his family provided him with the qualifications to study in the Imperial College and become a prison student after graduation, there is not much else to say.
You must know that the Wu family is now a scholarly family. Whether it is the family tradition or the teachers and Qingke raised by the Wu family, they can be said to be famous scholars in talking and laughing. The certification of Wu Shigong's reading ability by experts like them must be very authoritative.
. But Wu Shigong didn’t believe in this evil. He didn’t believe in the vision of these experts, and he was paranoid that he would be able to succeed. Maybe, after all, Wu Shigong was only eighteen years old at this time (virtual age), and the road to life is still very long. Maybe in the future,
One day, his brain suddenly enlightened. Therefore, Wu Weizhong continued to support Wu Shigong to study. Of course, they did not expect that Wu Shigong's fate had indeed changed, but not because of the enlightenment of his brain, but because of his brain.
Open the ladle.
But a few days ago, a big thunderbolt came from the clear sky. His father arranged a marriage for him and gave him as a bride-in-law to another wealthy family, the Marquis Xue family of Yangwu. In fact, his father Wu Weizhong also had good intentions.
Hou has only one legitimate daughter, and with Wu Shigong's marriage, he can continue the bloodline inheritance; and Wu Shigong, a bastard with little ability, also has a good home, at least he will not worry about wealth in this life. For both families, it is obviously a good choice.
A win-win result. For Wu Shigong personally, it is also a good destination. But Wu Shigong does not think so.
Wu Shigong always believed that he worked very hard, and if he just worked a little harder, he would have a bright future. But now, his dream was destroyed by his marriage as a son-in-law. Even the status of a son-in-law was barely enough.
Participating in the scientific examination, but after high school, he will definitely become a joke among the scholars and a shame in the officialdom. He never thought that based on his ability and the judgment of the scholars around his father, Wu Shigong would never become a
A member of the Shilin community, he became a Qingliu official. He was a bit too sentimental.
But in marriage matters, what matters is the orders of the parents and the words of the matchmaker. According to Wu Shigong's status in the family, it is even more impossible to overturn Wu Weizhong's decision. Wu Shigong, who was full of grievances, could only accept it silently. But yesterday, Wu Shigong went to the Imperial College to study.
Sometimes, there were a few classmates who were fellow nobles and had a mean personality and laughed at him for getting married. Wasn't this adding salt to Wu Shigong's wounds?
Normally, because of his introverted personality, Wu Shigong was bullied by them. Most of the time, he kept silent and avoided silently. But at this time, as if adding fuel to the fire, the honest man lost his temper. There
In an instant, it was as if the soul of the ancestor was possessed, and the bloody nature of the Mongolian man came up. Wu Shigong raised his fist and started to fight. Unfortunately, the soul of the ancestor was only half possessed, and the bloody nature of the Mongolian man was possessed. The fighting and wrestling of the Mongolian man
Although he had a relatively strong body, he was beaten to the ground by those classmates. In the chaos, someone kicked him in the head, and Wu Shigong was unconscious and got into trouble.
The classmates dispersed in a hurry, and Wu Shigong, who was in a coma, was brought back to the Imperial College by teachers and servants.
Maybe the injury was too serious; maybe the grief and anger were excessive; maybe not maybe... Anyway, it just happened to be a bargain for the modern Wu Shigong, and he was possessed by time travel. As a result, except for some memories of the current Wu Shigong, everything else has been time traveled.
That control completely transformed me into a brand new Wu Shigong.
After thinking about all this, Wu Shigong (Wu Shigong from the beginning of the article is completely the thinking and behavior of a later time traveler) couldn't help but curled his lips and thought: "It seems that the unlucky guy has a very low IQ - he has no success in reading; his emotional intelligence is very low -
I don’t know how to socialize and my financial intelligence is very low - I am a young man with basically no property. Just like this, what’s wrong with being a son-in-law? At least I will have enough food and clothing for the rest of my life. If it were me, I would have cried and shouted.
Going to be a son-in-law."
After despising the unlucky guy, Wu Shigong then thought: "You know, among all the marriages a man can have, being a son-in-law is the most cost-effective one. There is no one. It is better than marrying a rich woman or the daughter of a wealthy family.
You have to understand that to marry a rich woman or a wealthy daughter, you have to wear a pair of shorts to get married. But to marry a son-in-law, you only need to get married with a newspaper! It can be said that a difference of one piece of cloth makes a world of difference! The only loss is
It’s just a little face. But what kind of face does that unlucky man have? He is looked down upon at home and punched outside. Wu Shigong has always believed that a man’s face is only worth protecting if it is tied to interests. If there are no interests, how much is face worth? No.
It is said that you can gain benefits by giving up face. If you lose face by becoming a son-in-law, you can gain too many benefits. The only real loss is the naming rights of your son, but if you are stupid, you will not go out and have sex with other women.
Raise? There was no bigamy crime in the Ming Dynasty. As long as you have the ability, you can raise ten or eight women outside and no one will care about you."
"As for that unlucky guy who is afraid of being angry at his father-in-law's family, he doesn't even think about it. Isn't it enough that he will be angry at his own family? Since he doesn't want to, let me accept the glorious job of the son-in-law.
!What kind of job is not to survive in the cracks?" Wu Shigong thought proudly. Then he thought about it carefully: "Being a son-in-law, isn't the nature of this job essentially the same as being a prostitute? I like being a prostitute! That's the real deal.
The only thing is... to survive in the cracks!" Wu Shigong was a little proud of the witticism he suddenly came up with, and couldn't help but laugh out loud "hehe".
The laughter startled the little maid who was dozing on the bench beside the bed. A little head quickly slipped through the curtain beside the bed and came close to Wu Shigong.
"Master, you're awake." The little maid, with fluffy hair and red eyes, asked nervously, "Are you okay? Are you feeling better?" As she said this, she kept looking up and down at Wu Shigong, and found that Wu Shigong seemed to be fine.
, a smile bloomed on his face. This joy was fully displayed from the inside out, making this little maid look extraordinarily beautiful.
Wu Shigong recognized this little maid as the only maid he served, named Xiuzhu. In the entire Hou family, this little maid had the best relationship with him. They could be said to be dependent on each other amidst heavy oppression. They looked at each other with cute expressions on their faces.
Wu Shigong also felt very cordial and happy about the embroidered bamboo. He couldn't help but smile and tease her: "Everything else is fine, but one thing is not good. Master, I realize that I don't know who you are now."
Xiuzhu's face suddenly became panicked and she was nervous for a while, but when she saw Wu Shigong's evil smile, she knew that Wu Shigong was teasing her. She rolled her eyes at Wu Shigong and said in a disgusted voice: "
Master, you are lying, you are the worst."
Wu Shigong was shocked by Xiuzhu's flying eyes. He was only fifteen or six years old. Although he was a beautiful woman, he still had a charming look. He sighed in his heart that this little girl from the Ming Dynasty was really precocious.
.In an instant, Wu Shigong's heart was filled with joy. He was reincarnated as a human being, had a stable life, a wealthy future, and a beautiful maid...all of this made Wu Shigong unable to bear it any longer.
If you can't bear it anymore, you don't need to bear it anymore. Wu Shigong exhausted all his lung capacity and shouted to Xiuzhu loudly: "Xiuzhu, I love you so much!" Then he laughed heartily.