What is a concubine? It is a woman who makes a living under the hands of the mistress. If the mistress wants to plot against the concubine, it will only happen in a matter of minutes. In a big family, it is natural for the mistress to train the concubine, and there is no way to resist.
Ling Xiao naturally didn't know what the old man was thinking. If he knew it, he would have raised his thumbs and nodded repeatedly, saying that it was really right. According to etiquette, the mistress has the absolute right to deal with the concubine. She can kill the concubine just because she doesn't like it.
room, and did not break the law.
At most, the mistress is said to be jealous and her temper is a bit irritable, but if the mistress is prepared to clear her name, it will be easy to give her husband a few beauties, and the mistress will be a kind, generous and good mistress.
The concubine who was executed was definitely at fault, and her death was in vain.
This system of mistress suppressing concubines lasted for many years, and it was not until the Republic of China that it collapsed. Many powerful people in the Republic of China still loved three wives and four concubines.
Of course, at that time, concubines were called concubines. The concubines did not care about the size of the concubine. They only looked at who was favored. The favored concubine could outshine the original wife. This should be the so-called collapse of rituals and music.
Naturally, the old man didn't know the situation in the Republic of China, but he understood human nature very well. Once his granddaughter fell into the hands of He Wuniang and his wife, he would be able to rub her as much as he wanted.
Even if you kill your granddaughter, you can still pour some dirty water on it. Then you will have to go to the graveyard to find your granddaughter's body, which is a good idea.
The old man has seen a lot of things. Many of the noble-looking and elegant ladies in big families have many lives in their hands. He has seen too many frame-ups. He understands the problems.
He had been thinking about it for the past few days. If he left the two children at He's house, it would be equivalent to receiving the bad news that the children were dead! He was old, and he would not live if he heard such news again.
What should we do? Normally, they are from the He family. If they are minors, they should stay in the He family. They will have to be married to the He family in the future. However, the He family has too little human touch. Staying in the He family may become a stepping stone.
After thinking about it for a while, the old man decided to take away the two children. Originally, he did not dare to take them away because it would mean that his grandchildren would lose the protection of the family.
But after knowing that the world was about to be in chaos, the old man had a new idea. Every time a chaos came, many people would die in the war, and there was never a shortage of so-called wealthy families among them.
The He family? A family that doesn't even care about its members really doesn't have many people who can see far. Once danger comes, they will only think about how to escape, right? This family can't go far.
In this case, the old man decided to take his granddaughter away after she was well. He wanted to take his two children to start a new life somewhere else.
He must try to live a few more years, and it is best to find a stable place for his granddaughter before he dies. Even if the two children have no family, there will be others who can support them and live a good life.
It can be said that because the old man was in charge, the He family did not do anything even though they had thousands of ideas. Ling Xiao was naturally recovering from her injuries, and generally no one disturbed her rest.
Master Liu could see that his granddaughter became quieter after waking up, so he started to let Ling Xiao study. Of course, due to his weak body, he did not have much time to study, and spent more time resting.
Another reason is that most of the books today are bamboo slips. A book consumes too many bamboo slips and is still heavy. If you move, you have to use a special car to pull the book. Fortunately, now we have brushes and ink.
Otherwise, engraving will be even slower.
Even so, Master Liu could see that his granddaughter was very talented in reading, and he was very happy. You must know that he likes children who are willing to learn. This time, it was worthwhile to save the flesh and blood of his daughter and son-in-law.
On this day, Ling Xiao's wounds were basically healed, and he was able to get out of bed and walk a few steps. After checking his pulse, Liao Ji doctor told the old man that he was almost fine, just wait and recover slowly.
The old man could finally relax. As an elder, he naturally did not need to keep filial piety to his younger generation. He remembered that he had not drank for a long time, so he had some food prepared and drank happily.
Ling Xiao looked at the wine he drank. He really didn't know what it was? Is this wine? It's not very clear, and there are some grain residues, emmmmm! Is this ancient wine?
Looking at Mr. Liu happily drinking the wine, Ling Xiao didn't know what to say. He thought it was the wine from later generations. Of course, there were fewer particles in it, but there were still a lot. It was far less powerful than the white wine from later generations. The alcohol content was very low.
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The low alcohol content of wine is actually good, as it makes it less likely to get drunk. This is the benefit of low alcohol alcohol. Moreover, drinking alcohol can make people feel warmer, which is a favorite among men.
But according to later research, drinking alcohol is not good, and this wine does not only refer to liquor, but also includes wine, because alcohol needs to be excreted by the liver and damages the liver.
Fortunately, Master Liu didn't drink much, so Ling Xiao didn't care, because he couldn't explain these things to him, and Ling Xiao remembered that in his early years, he said that a glass of wine a day was good for health. Forget it, don't stop it.
Living in the world always requires some entertainment. Usually, Master Liu is holding bamboo slips and wooden slips and reading books. He is too tired. It is perfectly fine to drink some wine and relax.
It’s just that Ling Xiao saw that the current cooking methods are chopping vegetables, steaming, and iron pots have not appeared yet. There is no cooking yet. Even the so-called oil is mostly animal fat. It is better to look for vegetable fat and make vegetable oil.
Of course, these were all things that happened slowly, and she would wait until her body recovered first. In fact, it was not bad to be able to eat animal fat, as most ancient people were very short of oil and water.
In addition, Ling Xiao would come to talk to her uncle from time to time, because she didn't know what the situation was like outside. After some conversations, she was sure that there were aristocratic families in this era.
For example, the He family is like a local bully in this place, but this family has never produced any top figures. That is to say, the father of the original owner had some real abilities, but he died due to civil strife.
Why is the He family considered an aristocratic family? That's because the He family still has a few officials, but their official positions are very low, and they are the kind of officials who are not very popular.
Despite the He family's reputation in this place, it is a very small family in the family, because their children are all low-level officials, and there is basically not much room for promotion, because the official positions above are occupied by other larger families.
Members take charge.
But it is much better than a poor family. Even if a poor family has some land, belongs to a small or medium-sized landowner, and has studied some books, a poor family has little chance to become an official, not even the smallest official position.
Unless there is something particularly outstanding, it is possible for a person from a poor family to rise up and become a member of the noble family, and he will be despised by the established family. The chain of contempt has existed since ancient times.
The people who accounted for the largest number in the entire dynasty were common people. In the eyes of the emperor, royal family, nobles, and poor families, they were just tiny ants. They could be crushed to death with just a little finger.
After Ling Xiao learned about this situation, he didn't know what to say. The aristocratic family may have had a role in promoting culture, but later it became a cancer.
The children of aristocratic families are only thinking about how their own families are doing. In their opinion, it doesn't matter who becomes the emperor, even those murderous aliens. They just want their families to be proud.
emmmmmmm! It feels bad no matter how you look at it. Later, the aristocratic family continued to last for hundreds of years. When the aristocratic family was the most proud, even the emperor didn't like it much. It wasn't until the Queen ascended the throne and suppressed the aristocratic family that the aristocratic family gradually declined in the Tang Dynasty.
Go down.
Judging from the situation of the Tang family, the aristocratic family is a small world. Even if the people in it have the same surname, they will be divided into three, six or nine grades. The more direct the family, the more prosperous life will be.
For example, the original owner was born in the He family and is considered a member of the He family, but she belongs to a branch of the branch, which means that her relationship with the direct branch is very ordinary.
His father was a posthumous son, and his mother was depressed after giving birth and did not live long in the end. There was only an old grandmother in the family, and the grandparents and grandchildren depended on each other.
It is said that the property of the original owner's father's family was not much, and the grandfather and grandson were barely alive, but they could no longer support their education. At that time, the original owner's eldest father happened to meet the original owner's father, and seeing that the child was smart, he accepted him as his disciple.
Later, the old man liked this disciple very much. After seeing the situation of the He family, he wanted the disciple to be his son-in-law. However, the He family knew that the situation in the family was very bad.
You must know that as a member of the He family, he is very aware of his own situation. He is unable to find any more recommenders, so he feels like giving up. The He family also has various situations, and some people make a living by hunting in the autumn wind all year round in order to live a better life.
The original owner's father knew very well that his family had several acres of thin farmland, but he could not continue to have the opportunity to study. Without Mrs. Liu's family, he would be a farmer because he happily married Mrs. Liu's only daughter.
After getting married, it was his father-in-law's connections that allowed him to go further, and he felt very happy. He was really happy to become a family with his master. After all, the He family did not pay much in his growth.
And the He family didn't care after knowing it. It would be better not to take up the resources of the He family. Anyway, if the He family is killed, the He family can go further, which is very good for the He family. And he is a very remote side branch, so the He family naturally does not have it.
Care about whose daughter he marries.
Later, when He Jialang became a somewhat famous person, the family members also made some efforts to make him an official. Unfortunately, the He family also had enemies. Naturally, they did not want to watch the He family rise, so they secretly took action.
hands and feet.
In this way, He Jialang was assigned to a wild area. The He family saw that it was useless and stopped helping. With the help of his father-in-law, He Jialang took his family to take office. He actually lived well there.
He was a real man and still had some prestige among the barbarians, but some people couldn't bear it and finally took action during an outing. It looked like he died at the hands of the mob.
His wife was shocked and angry when she saw her husband's body. She had to prepare for her husband's wake. She couldn't sleep for several days and was on the verge of a mental breakdown. She accidentally fell to death while going out.
It was really miserable to leave the original owner and his younger brother behind. Fortunately, He Jialang's men were pretty good, and the natives in the wilderness still liked this Han official very much, so they sent him a special farewell when he went out.
After that, they sent this group of people to the gathering place of Han people before returning. The original owner and his group returned to He's house relatively safely and started to keep vigil. However, they met another naughty child.
After Ling Xiao waited for his health to recover, he met the original owner's younger brother, a child named Huanlang, and found that this child had lost a lot of weight.
When he saw his little sister, he wanted to go forward, but he didn't dare to go forward because he knew that her sister was injured. He had been very scared these days, even fearing that her sister would disappear.
Ling Xiao looked at the tearful child and laughed. This smile made Huanlang couldn't help it. He ran to his sister, climbed up, threw himself over and burst into tears.
This is sincere crying, the kind of crying that makes tears run down your nose. It expresses your inner uneasiness and fear with your crying. He is really scared!
Ling Xiao gently hugged Xiao Huanlang, her eyes slightly red. She understood that Xiao Huanlang's fear was caused by the fact that his closest family members left one by one.
The death of both the father and the mother was a heavy blow to the child. Huanlang was so scared that he just disappeared without saying anything and could never come back again!
In addition, my grandfather has aged a lot, and his face is a bit sad, which makes Xiao Huanlang feel very bad. He always feels that his sister is somewhere he doesn't know.
Now he is really happy to see his sister. She is still alive and well. He is a little scared in his heart. Although he is still young, he knows a lot of things. He is really afraid that his sister will never get up again.
He was afraid that A Niang would never get up after lying down for too long! He would be very scared when he saw A Niang lying down all the time. If his uncle hadn't stopped him, he would have wanted to run in. His uncle wouldn't let him in.
, saying that my sister needs to rest more in order to be in good health.
He was very happy to see that his sister could sit up today. Waiting for her to wave to him, it was such an inexplicable surprise that he was so excited. He was so excited that he could not speak and just cried loudly.
The old man on the side felt sad when he heard this, and he gently wiped away his tears. If his granddaughter couldn't resist this time, he was afraid that his grandson wouldn't be able to bear it either. Alas! Fortunately, he survived.
Ling Xiao resisted the tearing feeling from his soul and Huanlang's wails. He wanted Huanlang to shut up, but after thinking about it, he couldn't! He softly comforted Huanlang who was frightened.
Xiao Huanlang cried and gradually stopped crying. His eyes would hurt if he cried too much. Ling Xiao quickly wiped his tears and nose clean and saw Huanlang yawn.
He wanted to sleep at the moment. You must know that he hadn't had a good sleep in the past few days, and he had been feeling uneasy. Now that he saw his sister waking up, he finally felt relieved and could have a good sleep, so he cuddled up.
The sister fell asleep, her hands still holding Ling Xiao's clothes.
Ling Xiao felt that the bed was big enough, so he didn't let Huanlang go back to his room to sleep, and covered the child up. He was still weak, so he also slept there.