365 The girl who eats chestnuts (please ask for full order)
If you have a future, others will make friends with you.
Bai Gui understands this very well.
He was from a poor family. When he first entered school, he made friends with very few people. But as his talent for reading emerged, his status gradually became higher and higher. In addition, he was good at handling interpersonal relationships, so he took the initiative to
The number of people I made friends with gradually increased.
When it was his turn, he did the same.
Once you reach a certain status, you will not deliberately make friends with people whose status is much lower than yours. It sounds inhumane and cruel. But it is the fact.
When you are poor in a busy city, you have no one to care about you; when you are rich in the mountains, you have distant relatives.
Therefore, he believes that before making a friendship, it is normal to follow others' influence. The important thing is that after making a friendship and having a relationship, even if a friend is in trouble, it is very important to be willing to lend a helping hand without being cold-blooded.
"My husband is right."
"Wu Huaixian's tendency to follow others' influence has little to do with us. Now... let's see how he handles the relationship between Miss Chen and his wife. If... he divorces his wife and supports the Zhangtai man..."
Bai Xiuzhu first agreed with what Bai Gui said, then said with a cold expression.
"That makes sense."
"If there is nothing wrong with the wife and she is divorced... then Wu Huaixian will definitely not last long."
Bai Gui nodded and said seriously.
Regardless of whether Wu Huaixian divorced his wife or not, it had something to do with him, and there was no room for outsiders to interfere. But on a moral level, if the wife did not make a big mistake, then divorcing her would be a flaw in her own morality.
If Wu Huaixian is not even willing to treat the person next to him kindly, how can there be any brotherhood for his classmate?
As expected, the banquet ended not long after.
Within a few days, about three or four days, news came from the Wu Mansion that Wu Huaixian wanted to divorce his wife, causing an uproar in the whole city of Chang'an.
Under normal circumstances, it would have taken a long time for Miss Chen and Wu Huaixian to get into trouble, but this banquet undoubtedly intensified the conflict between the two.
At this time, Bai Gui learned that the name of the Zhangtai person was Su Lin.
This is not because he deliberately inquired.
But..., this Zhangtai person named Su Lin blocked him once at the door of Bai Zhai.
"Now is the new era after the Qing Dynasty. Everyone pays attention to monogamy and free love. Mr. Bai, you are a great writer and progressive scholar..."
"Now Master Wu and the slave family truly love each other. According to the laws of this dynasty, it should be natural to divorce Mrs. Wu Chen, a shrew. You see, this is Wu Chen's mark of teasing the slave family."
Su Lin forced her way into Bai's house, took off her sleeves halfway, pointed at the scabbed and bleeding scars, and cried, asking Bai Gui to give her justice.
Inside the house, there were also a large number of melon-eating people.
"Hey! This Wu Chen family is really ruthless. I heard that she spent a lot of money and wanted to find the brothel madam to buy this daughter-in-law and then beat Shen Tang to death."
"But this is an internal matter of the Wu family. What does it mean to go to Mr. Bai's house?"
"You don't know this, right? Mr. Bai and Mr. Wu have a close friendship. They are both classmates who studied abroad. Furthermore, Mr. Bai is a progressive scholar and a pioneer in breaking down old ideas. If Mr. Bai publishes an article in a newspaper, Mr. Bai
With support, even if you divorce your wife, it won’t cause much trouble..."
"The impact on Wu Mansion will be minimal."
The onlookers exchanged words in low voices.
No one is a fool.
Su Lin's move to rush into Bai's house and ask Bai Gui to administer "justice" seemed like a foolish move.
After all, according to common sense, as friends, they usually don't help each other. Even if they help, they are helping their wives, and they will never help a concubine.
But who made us now in an era of most intense ideological changes.
The old ideas have no place for Su Lin. But the new ideas will encourage Su Lin and Wu Huai to pursue so-called love first, and then divorce their wives.
At this time, many progressive scholars divorced their wives after studying abroad and returning to China.
"Miss Su, I am not an official presiding over justice, I am just an idle person who occasionally writes a few articles."
"You ask me to administer justice, but I can't administer justice."
"If Miss Su wants to go to court to file a lawsuit, this complaint... I may be able to help you write it, Miss Su, but my price is higher, one silver dollar per word. This is a fair price. If it's less, I won't do it."
Bai Gui sat on the main seat in the living room, looked down at Su Lin who was kneeling in the hall, and said slowly.
"this……"
Su Lin was stunned for a moment.
This is different from the progressive scholars she saw in the newspapers. After studying abroad and returning to China, these progressive scholars basically provide advice and suggestions on all aspects of government affairs. When they encounter the collision of new ideas and old ideas, even in the secular world
In morality, some things that are wrong can be justified by new ideas.
Of course, although the actions of these progressive scholars are suspected of gesticulating, those who seek the best will get it. This is Brother Xun's theory of opening a skylight. When it comes to opening a skylight, no one will allow it, because the Chinese people's temperament is to be harmonious.
It's a compromise, but if you advocate removing the roof, they will mediate and be willing to open skylights.
It's just that... the theory of opening the skylight has infinite benefits for national affairs. But for individuals, a grain of ashes of the times is like a big mountain when it falls on an individual's head.
There is no such thing as a perfect thing!
Just like this moment.
If a progressive scholar is asked to judge this matter, don't they know that Su Lin is wrong? But free love and embracing freedom are major events that tear down the feudal roof. To deny it is to deny the general direction. Su Lin's "wrong" is actually
Correct and in line with the trend of the times at this time.
"Mr. Bai..."
"The slave family had a poor life. He sold his body to bury his father when he was five years old. He entered a brothel at a young age and did hard work. He didn't have enough to eat or wear warm clothes every day. He finally met a good family and secretly agreed to it for the rest of his life. Little did he know that this was a dangerous thing.
It became the reason for the death of the slave family..."
"The slave family's life is miserable!"
Su Lin fell to the ground, crying with pear blossoms and rain.
When many people saw this scene, they felt a little soft-hearted and spoke up for Su Lin, hoping that Bai Gui would help this poor brothel girl.
"Before agreeing for life, did Miss Su know that Brother Huai had a wife?"
Bai Gui frowned slightly, thought for a moment, and asked.
He originally planned to just say nothing and just let the matter go. After all, this was an internal matter of the Wu family and it was not easy for him to get involved. But now that these idle people are helping him and Su Lin deliberately created a miserable persona, if he continues to ignore it, he will
It is inevitable that some things cannot be justified.
Once he turns around and leaves, the bad guys will make arrangements to slander his reputation to a certain extent. If it were elsewhere, that would be fine with him, but now he is in his hometown, and it is necessary to maintain his reputation.
"The slave family doesn't know."
Su Lin sobbed.
In the brothel business, she got to know all kinds of people. The Wu family was a local gentry. How could she not know the eldest son of the Wu family? She was just trying to hide it at this moment.
"What happens after you agree?"
Bai Gui asked again.
"The Nujia... The Nujia found out about Master Wu's identity about a month ago, yes, exactly a month ago."
Su Lin affirmed.
"I just heard someone next to me say that Miss Chen wants to buy your deed of prostitution and beat you to death in Shen Tang. I don't know if this is true. She has been gone for seven years. If Miss Chen is jealous and has such a vicious heart, she really deserves to be killed.
Divorce your wife..."
Bai Gui pretended to be deep in thought and looked at Su Lin, seeming to encourage her to continue speaking.
"Mr. Bai is right. Wu Chen really wants to buy the slave family and sink the slave family into the pond... If Master Wu hadn't been kind and bought the sale deed earlier, now the slave family...the slave family might have sunk to the bottom of the river and become a
That's a lonely ghost."
Su Lin was secretly happy and hurriedly followed Bai Gui's words.
She was not lying when she said this. There is no smoke without fire. When Wu Huaixian and Wu Chen were at odds, Wu Chen had indeed said such harsh words.
"When I was taking the imperial examination, Chen Xuezheng was my tutor, and we had a master-student relationship. It was he and Governor Fang Zhu Yi who counted my foreheads and ranked me at the top of the list, and I became Xiao Sanyuan. Wu Chen is the daughter of Chen Xuezheng...
…, I couldn’t just ignore it, so I wrote to Chen Xuezheng and asked him to take more care of him and give him strict family training…”
"By the way, I have already written a petition for you, accusing Wu Chen, Wu Huaixian's wife, of being jealous and intending to kill someone. Come over and sign it, and I will submit it to the government right now."
"Don't worry, although you were born with a poor life and are as humble as an ant, I will help you..."
Bai Gui picked up the pen and wrote with smooth movements. While writing, he muttered a few words.
He dried the ink on the paper and prepared to hand it to Su Lin.
"The slave family..., the slave family..."
Su Lin turned pale with fright and did not dare to accept the letter.
At this time, the punishment for the crime of false accusation was basically to sit down. "Everyone who makes a false accusation will stand up, that is, the official who corrects the accusation will use his own power to accuse the matter. The same goes for those who make false accusations."
In the early years of the Republic of China, the laws of the former Qing Dynasty were also used, but they were deleted, deleted, and modified in earlier places.
She heard clearly just now that Chen Xuezheng, Wu Chen's biological father, was Bai Gui's original examiner for the imperial examination. He had a teacher-teacher relationship. Although the relationship was not very strong, with this relationship, it was impossible for Bai Gui to molest Miss Chen.
In the place of death.
Even if there is no such relationship, Ms. Chen is just talking quickly and saying harsh words, so killing someone out of jealousy is not justified. On the contrary, if she is making a false accusation and it is true... Sitting back is a capital crime.
In order to fight for the position of the main wife, it is okay to risk your life, but if you only risk her life, it is not worth it.
The head wife was jealous and paid for the murder. Even if the evidence was conclusive, the crime was attempted and it was not even an execution. Furthermore, with Miss Chen's family background to help, there would be basically no big punishment.
All she wanted was for Bai Gui to publish an article in the newspaper in support of Wu Huai's divorce.
As for face, brothel women are more shameless than ordinary people when they are exposed to the public.
"Miss Su, I have already written the petition for you."
Bai Gui frowned and asked.
His actions may seem a little unkind, unkind, and insulting to those above him, but he is not an official, just a socialite.
To be fair, it's not his turn to deal with it.
If there are corrupt officials in Qin Province, then there is no need. There are still a few honest officials in the entire officialdom. There are not many but not few officials who are willing to stand up for Su Lin, as long as what she says is indeed true.
In addition, Su Lin broke into Bai's house and forced him to express his position through words and deeds.
With Bai Gui's knowledge, he had already judged that this person was not a kind person.
Even if he took a step back and said that what Su Lin said was not lies, she was just a kind-hearted woman with a little bit of scheming, then he had already written this letter of petition for Su Lin. She only needed to sign and post it before she could go to court and file a lawsuit.
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As for the threats, he just told the truth about his relationship with Chen Xuezheng, which was better than letting Su Lin know about it afterwards.
"The slave family came in a hurry this time..."
"I never knew that Mr. Bai had such a relationship with Miss Chen's biological father, which made Mr. Bai laugh."
Su Lin covered her face with her sleeves and cried.
After saying that, she bowed to Bai Gui Yingying and left straight away.
After Su Lin left, the passers-by who broke into the white house also dispersed.
It didn't take long.
The Wu Mansion learned about this.
Wu Huaixian took Ms. Chen to the door to apologize.
"Brother Meihe, I was confused and mistakenly believed in the brothel girl."
"Ashamed to say that!"
"Su Lin has always wanted me to divorce my wife. I once made a mistake while drunk and agreed. Of course, this matter does not count. How can I really marry my wife."
"She had a bad temper yesterday. I didn't pay much attention to it. I didn't expect that she would actually come to your mansion to cause trouble, Meihe."
Wu Huaixian looked apologetic and apologized.
As for divorcing Miss Chen, he really had this idea. But he was very afraid and never dared to do it. After all, it is not easy to divorce a wife. Not to mention Zhou Ying's test, and the test of secular public opinion and morality, he also
Can't get past it.
It was only because Su Lin kept being angry and Miss Chen refused to admit defeat that the rumors about this useless wife became more and more widespread.
"I would also like to thank Mr. Bai for speaking up."
Miss Chen expressed her gratitude to Bai Gui.
Although Bai Gui did not contribute much in this matter, Bai Gui's status is there, and one sentence may change the current situation.
If Bai Gui supports Su Lin as a progressive person, the outcome may be uncertain.
Now Bai Gui asked Su Lin to retreat before the difficulties, which was a great help to her.
"This is a trivial matter. Brother Huai and Miss Chen don't need to say thank you."
Bai Gui nodded and said.
Although this incident delayed him for some time and made him feel a little unhappy. But now that this incident is over, the Wu family owes him a favor, and they will do their best when dealing with the Bai family in the future.
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That being said, it's polite to be polite.
The Wu family came to send a lot of apology gifts this time, including treasures, antiques and other items, at least a thousand silver dollars.
afterwards.
After Wu Huaixian experienced this battle, he calmed down his temper.
And Miss Chen also turned a blind eye to Wu Huaixian. As long as it did not threaten her position as the head wife, it would be a good thing.
In addition, during this period, Bai Gui not only made friends with classmates such as Wu Huaixian and Liu Mingda, but also made friends with some local gentry in Qin Province, asking them to take care of the Bai family, so as to relieve him of worries about his death.
Similarly, he also asked Bai Youde and Aunt Wang to do more good deeds, accumulate more merits, and not to be evil gentry or powerful people.
No matter how much he adds, he won't be able to help much.
And during this period.
Baigui received a reply from Satomi Naoko again.
She suffered from consumption.
He said that he wanted to see the scenery of the world, because the scenery of various countries written by Bai Gui in "The Rise of Great Powers" was very beautiful.
She wanted to see it for the rest of her life.
"What a pity..."
Bai Gui thought of the girl eating chestnuts on the train and sighed.