"This time there are Japanese pirates rampant in Guangnan, and Xitong County, which is not rich, is also rampant. The safety of the people in Xitong County depends on you!"
"yes!"
Outside the Xitong County government office, many government officials gathered together, waiting for orders.
As for Sun Chunxu, who has just joined the team, this is a new beginning for him.
In the early morning, the Xitong County government officials had already patrolled the streets of Xitong County.
However, today is also a brand new day for Ziyuan, because a teacher can come to his home to teach in person, and it is the first time that he has been treated like this.
"A scholar cannot be without great perseverance. The road ahead is long and arduous." The teacher held a book in his hand and wandered in front of Ziyuan while reading.
I saw that the teacher had gray hair, his face was a bit old, and his eyebrows and beard were already white.
"A scholar cannot be without great perseverance. The task is long and the road is long. Is benevolence no longer important? Isn't it just after death?" Ziyuan repeated.
I don't know whether it was because he got up too early or was influenced by Zheng Zhui beside him, but Zi Yuan already lowered his head on the table while reading.
"Isn't it important? Isn't it far away after death?" The teacher continued to read.
This time, Zi Yuan's reading could not be heard, and the teacher just turned around.
He saw that Ziyuan Yuan was already lying on the table and fast asleep, as was Zheng Zhui beside him.
"Eh." The teacher shook his head and walked up helplessly.
He picked up the ruler and knocked it on the table.
Perhaps, because of this sound, Zi Yuan just woke up and stared at the teacher with a confused and frightened face.
"You must study seriously, don't do this. If it happens next time, I will beat you." The teacher said kindly.
Listening to what his husband said, Ziyuan already knew that he was wrong: "Sir, I'm sorry."
"Come on, let's continue." The gentleman glanced at the book and started reading again: "Isn't it important? Isn't it so far to die?"
"Isn't it important? Isn't it just after death? Isn't it far away?" Ziyuan tried his best to keep his eyes open and read along.
He quietly peeked at Li Xiran at the back door. He was very pleased to see this, and then turned around and left.
I saw Xi Ran walking to the woodshed, bending her lithe body to pick up the vegetable basket, and going out with a happy face.
"Xi Ran, are you going out?" said a woman from a neighbor's house.
Xi Ran nodded with a smile: "Go to the fields to get some vegetables."
"I heard that Japanese pirates are everywhere recently. Do you dare to go out?" said the neighbor's woman.
After hearing this, Xi Ran smiled slightly: "There is a patrol, what are you afraid of?"
"I heard that some people in the patrol team were also raped by Japanese pirates..." The woman became a little scared in the middle of her sentence: "Forget it, let's not talk about it."
"It's okay, then I'll go?"
"Eh, eh, eh. Wait, wait." After saying that, he saw Xi Ran stop, and then he started to speak: "The Japanese pirates are running rampant, and the men in my family don't dare to go. There is no food at home. How about you help me bring it?" Come back?"
She had to go get the food anyway, so Xi Ran quickly agreed: "Okay."
"Um, is your vegetable basket enough? If it's not enough, I'll give you a vegetable basket." After saying that, before Xi Ran could reply, the woman next door had already gone to get the vegetable basket.
After a while, he saw the woman coming out and handing the vegetable basket to Xi Ran.
"There are many pirates, please be careful on the road."
"Hey." Xi Ran responded.
"In this case, get more when you go. I don't know when to get rid of these Japanese pirates."
"good."
Seeing Xi Ran pick up the two baskets, the neighbor started to give instructions again, just like the parents at home kept giving instructions when the children left.
"Be careful on the road."
"knew."
Xi Ran was wearing a white waxy top, a green jacket and skirt, and a lotus sachet tied around her waist. She was heading out of the city with a vegetable basket in her left and right hands.
Xitong County is surrounded by mountains, and the only river flows from outside the city wall.
Many ancestors have planted rice fields outside the city for generations. Only with river irrigation can these people survive.
Therefore, this only river is very important to the people. Many people call it the mother of Xitong County.
Xi Ran happily walked out of the city carrying the basket and headed towards the rice fields.
The owners of these rice fields belong to the landlord's family. The landlord's family is located in the east of Xitong County. The family is very wealthy, and the local government also relies on this landlord.
Just as Xi Ran was bending her lithe body and happily stepping on the vegetables and humming a song, a strange man had already stood behind her.
"Girl, if you go out to pick vegetables in broad daylight, aren't you afraid that Japanese pirates will snatch the basket in your hand?"
After hearing the sound, Xi Ran raised his head and said with a smile: "Are you afraid? There are Japanese pirates, and we common people are still alive?"
After listening to the woman's words, the man smiled slightly, weighed Xi Ran's body, and felt a little happy.
"What the girl said is absolutely true." The man smiled.
Looking at the man in front of him, he was wearing a tung-colored robe, an emerald green bracelet on his left hand, and a light yellow ring on his right hand. Looking at his appearance, he should be a wealthy man.
Looking at him with a beard and a smile on his face, Xi Ran asked curiously: "Who are you?"
"I am the landowner here." The landowner said with a smile.
"Oh." Xi Ran said and continued to bend down, trying to pick vegetables.
"This land that the girl planted, including the land in Xitong County, belongs to me alone." The landowner muttered to himself.
Looking at the woman in front of him without saying anything, the landlord smiled happily and walked in front of Xi Ran.
"How old is the girl?" the landlord asked with a smile.
"Twenty-four."
After hearing this, the landowner became even more excited: "Is the girl getting married?"
Xi Ran shook his head: "No." After saying that, he continued to pick vegetables, completely ignoring the landlord.
"Looking at the girl being so beautiful, I wonder..." As he spoke, the landowner put his hand on Xi Ran's body unconsciously.
After seeing this, Xi Ran hurriedly pushed down the hand and continued to pick vegetables.
"Girl? How about?" As he said that, the landlord unconsciously put his hand on Xi Ran's hand again.
"Please respect yourself." After saying that, Xi Ran picked vegetables again.
If it weren't for the support of her neighbors, Xi Ran would have gone back long ago.
Seeing how beautiful the girl in front of him was, the landowner on the side couldn't help it and started to move his hands.
"what are you doing?"
"What for? Of course I want to marry a woman as beautiful as you." The landlord said with a smile.
"There's no one like you!" Xi Ran wanted to escape, but couldn't.
"Since the girl is difficult to get along with, only in this way can the girl be my woman." The landlord said while moving his hands.
Looking at the land with no people around, Xi Ran was a little disappointed, but faced with the landlord's move, he had to shout: "Come here! Help! Help!"
"It's no use shouting that your throat is broken." As he said that, the landlord violently tore his clothes.
No matter how loud Xi Ran roared, this was outside the city, and because of the recent rampage of Japanese pirates, many people did not dare to go out, let alone rescue them.
…
"Girl, I will propose marriage tomorrow."
"Girl, no matter how much you explain, if I don't marry this defiled body, you won't be able to survive."
On the way back, Xi Ran's eyes turned red unknowingly as she recalled what happened just now.
The clothes that were once clean and bright were now torn here and there and stained with mud.
Although there was no one on the street, Xi Ran regretted going out even more.
Unknowingly, as she got closer and closer to home, Xi Ran's heart beat harder and harder.
At this moment, she wanted to escape from this place and live in seclusion.
But thinking about Zi Yuan, Xi Ran had no choice but to go home.
"Xi Ran!" After seeing Xi Ran coming back, the neighbor woman came over with a smile on her face.
After seeing Xi Ran's appearance, the neighbor woman didn't know how to express herself.
"Xi Ran, you... why are your clothes torn?" the neighbor asked.
Xi Ran turned around and looked at the neighbor in front of her with hatred in her heart. She lied: "I just met a Japanese pirate."
"That's it. Are you okay?" the neighbor asked again.
Xi Ran shook his head as if he was not in the mood, handed the vegetable basket in his hand to the neighbor, and walked directly into the house.
After the neighbor picked him up, he looked at Xi Ran walking into the house and then went back.
Xi Ran walked into the house, put down the vegetable basket in a hurry, ran to her room, lay down on the table, and began to suffer.
As I cried, the sky outside the window had already shown the scene of dusk.
While crying, Xi Ran wished she could bite her hand tightly and die, but she couldn't let go of Zi Yuan who was still studying in the backyard.
"The beauty of Tang Di is the opposite. Don't you think about it? The room is far away." Confucius said: "If you don't think about it, why is it so far away?"
"The beauty of Tang Di is the opposite. Don't you think about it? The house is far away." Confucius said: "If you don't think about it, why is it so far away?" Ziyuan followed and read.
At this time, the teacher put down the book in his hand, looked up at the sky, looked at Ziyuan, and said: "I will learn here first today, and I will teach you the rest tomorrow."
"Okay." Ziyuan responded.
"That's it, I'll take my leave."
Ziyuan stood up quickly and saluted: "Sir, walk slowly."
As soon as the husband walked to the door, he met Chunxu who had just returned.
"Sir, have you finished teaching?" Chunxu said with a slight smile.
The teacher nodded: "I taught you a lot today. Ziyuan is very smart. I guess that if you are so serious every day in the future, you can safely participate in the provincial examination."
Hearing his words, Chunxu was very pleased: "Thank you for your hard work today, sir."
"It's out of question," the gentleman said modestly. Seeing that Chunxu didn't have any questions, the gentleman said, "In that case, I'll take my leave."
"Sir, walk slowly." Chunxu saluted.
After seeing her husband leave, Chunxu returned home happily. Seeing Ziyuan coming towards him, he unconsciously stretched out his hands and picked up the nine-year-old Ziyuan: "How is it? Did you learn well today? "
Ziyuan nodded.
"I knew it wouldn't be a problem for you." Chunxu smiled and then put Zi Yuan down.
Looking around, there was no sign of Xi Ran. Chunxu asked Ziyuan, "Where is your mother?"
Ziyuan shook his head: "I don't know."
"What about Zheng Chui?" Chunxu asked again.
Seeing this, Ziyuan looked towards the backyard and pointed.
Chun Xu hurriedly walked away after seeing him, while Zi Yuan kept saying bad things about Zheng Zhui.
"Uncle Xu, he is so useless. He can't even sharpen ink, and he always sleeps. It affects me." Zi Yuan felt a little aggrieved.
Walking to Zheng Zhui's side, Chunxu looked at the sleeping Zheng Zhui and grabbed his ears.
Zheng Chui stood up hurriedly in pain, looked at the two people who appeared in front of him unconsciously with a blank look on his face, and asked, "What's wrong? Is this?"
"Where is Xi Ran?" Chun Xu asked.
Perhaps because he had just arrived, Zheng Zhui didn't know who he was.
Seeing this, Chunxu had to change his question: "Where is Ziyuan's mother?"
After understanding, Zheng Zhui shook his head: "I don't know. Brother Chunxu, if you hadn't shouted, I might be at home, but I didn't know you were back."
Listening to Zheng Chui's words, which seemed very reasonable, Chunxu walked into the room and shouted: "Xi Ran! Xi Ran!"
After hearing this, Xi Ran in the bedroom upstairs hurriedly wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, changed into another set of clothes, and hid the torn clothes at the bottom of her clothes.
After changing, Xi Ran patted both sides of his face listlessly and quickly returned to his normal state.
"coming!"
After shouting, Xi Ran hurriedly walked downstairs.
"Where have you been? It took you so long to answer the call?" Chunxu said with a smile.
"Today Ziyuan was studying, so I didn't want to disturb him, so I just stayed upstairs and fell asleep." Xi Ran said with a fake smile.
"Oh, that's how it is."
"Are you hungry?" Xi Ran looked at the three people in front of him.
Before he could reply, Zheng Zhui's stomach growled.
After hearing his stomach growling, Ziyuan smiled and said, "Mom, look at him."
Xi Ran smirked: "Okay. I'll make some food right now."
After that, he went to make food.
While cooking, I saw the vegetables in the basket, and suddenly I remembered what happened in the vegetable field, and tears of dissatisfaction fell down.
This scene happened to be seen by Ziyuan: "Mom, why are you crying?"
Xi Ran hurriedly wiped her tears.
After hearing Zi Yuan's words, Chun Xu rushed into the fire room and asked with a confused look on his face: "Xi Ran, what's wrong?"
Xi Ran looked at the chili peppers on the side and smiled: "It's smoked chili peppers. Go back and wait, it will be ready soon."
"Okay." Chunxu went back and continued to wait.
While eating, unknowingly, Xi Ran's tears of dissatisfaction fell again.
While Chun Xu and Zheng Chui were drinking and talking happily, Xi Ran turned around and wiped away her tears.
Looking at the unfinished food in the bowl, Xi Ran stood up: "I'm full, you eat slowly."
After saying that, he took the bowl to the fire room.
There was nothing to do, but Xi Ran insisted on finding something to do.
I don’t know how many times I have washed this cutting board.
In the dead of night, the family had already fallen asleep, but Xi Ran was still recalling the events of the day:
"If you don't marry me, you will be the laughing stock of others for the rest of your life."
"Your body is no longer clean. Tomorrow, I will come to propose marriage."
"Only in this way can you survive. Only then will you not become the laughing stock of others."
"A person who has lost his reputation would be better off dead than living in this world of being reviled. If you really want to do that, go ahead."
"By the way, I forgot to tell you. I am the landlord of Xitong County, and all the people's fields belong to me. Even this yamen, without me, there would be no yamen today."
Thinking of these words, Li Xiran clenched his hands again, and tears kept dripping from the corners of his eyes, soaking the pillow.
