PS: Thanks to book friends Post-90s Obsession and Dead House 1 for their tips.
"You are really useless." The woman angrily tapped her man in the air with her hand, and then quickly chased her daughter back into the house.
Kong Yinfan smiled awkwardly at Kong Yinjing.
Kong Yueqing returned to her boudoir, and the woman followed her in.
"You said how could you agree? This is not a marriage, it's basically selling your daughter. He, Kong Yinjing, is not at ease at first sight." The woman said angrily, and at the same time complained that her daughter should not agree randomly.
Kong Yueqing stepped forward and stopped the woman's arm, leaning against her and saying, "Mom, after all, he is also my daughter's second uncle. There is no way he could push her into the fire pit. Besides, didn't the second uncle also say that my daughter's marriage is It was decided by the clan elders.”
While talking, he helped the woman to sit down in front of the bed.
"But you are marrying to Datong. Once you leave, our mother and daughter may never see each other again in our lives." The woman's eyes were filled with tears.
She felt extremely reluctant to give up when she thought that her daughter, who had never left her side since childhood, was suddenly married to a place as far away as Datong.
"Okay, okay, mother." Kong Yueqing put her arm around the woman's shoulders and said comfortingly, "Didn't the clan promise to give our family five acres of irrigated land in the west valley? With these acres of land, my brother will I will be able to collect all the necessary repairs. Then study hard and become an official in the future. I can go to Datong to see your daughter for my mother."
"Mom, I'm sorry for you!"
The woman hugged Kong Yueqing and cried.
Kong Yueqing gently patted the woman's back with her hand to calm her emotions.
After a while, the woman who had had enough crying wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes with her hands, and said with a choked voice: "Mom, I remember your father once said that there was a rebellion in Datong a few years ago, and I don't know what's happening there now." Have the thieves been wiped out? This time when you go to Datong, you must be careful. If you encounter any danger, take your uncle back to Qufu quickly. Although my mother has not read any books, she also knows that the Kong family is famous. As long as she escapes, In Qufu, few people dare to come to Qufu to provoke people from the Kong family."
"My daughter has taken note of it." Kong Yueqing nodded lightly.
It was a few years ago that there were bandits in Datong. After so many years, the bandits who wanted to come to Datong had already been wiped out by the court.
The curtain at the door was opened, and Kong Yinfan walked in from the outside.
When the woman saw him, she immediately said with neither nose nor face, "You still have the nerve to come in. Qing'er was sold to Datong by your brother. It's useless for you to tell me how I could marry a man like you. I can’t even protect my own daughter.”
"Me!" Kong Yinfan opened his mouth, but he didn't know how to explain it, so he closed his mouth in a daze.
Kong Yueqing, who was on the side, put her arms around the woman's shoulders and said comfortingly: "Mom, don't blame dad. Second uncle is the master of the clan. Our family cannot afford to offend him. I will never complain about second uncle again."
"It's my mother who has no ability and married a good-for-nothing like your father."
The clan members were also divided into three, six, and nine grades. The woman knew that she could not afford to offend Kong Yinjing, the master of the clan, so she could only vent her anger on her husband.
Kong Yinfan, who had lived together for so many years, knew the woman very well, so he simply lowered his head and said nothing, allowing the woman to complain and scold him. When he got tired of talking, he naturally stopped.
"Sister, I don't want you to marry to Datong, I don't want you to marry to Datong." The woman and Kong Yinfan's son Kong Shangyun came in from outside crying.
Kong Yueqing forced a smile and said to her brother: "It's a good thing for my sister to get married. Do you want your sister to stay at home and be an old aunt for the rest of her life?"
"But, I don't want my sister to never come back after she gets married." Kong Shangyun said while sniffing his nose.
He didn't know where Datong was, but he heard his parents mention that Datong was far away from where they lived.
Kong Yueqing looked at Kong Shangyun with a smile and said: "Even if my sister gets married, she will still come back to see you. In the future, if you don't have your sister at home, you will be the adult of the family. You must take good care of your father and mother."
"Sister, are you really going to come back to see me?" Kong Shangyun's eyes shined.
Not knowing where Datong was, he thought his sister could go home whenever she wanted.
Kong Yueqing nodded with a smile and said, "Sister, I will definitely come back to see you."
"I also promise sister that I will take good care of my parents." Kong Shangyun also quickly promised.
Kong Yueqing smiled after hearing this.
At this time, the woman said to her son: "Second son, you go outside and play for a while. Mom has something to say to your father and your sister."
The reason why he was called Erzi was because Kong Shangyun was the second eldest child in his family, so his nickname was Erzi.
Kong Shangyun reluctantly left his sister's room.
"Mom, do you and dad have anything else to do?" Kong Yueqing looked at her mother in confusion.
The woman patted the back of Kong Yueqing's hand, then looked at her husband and said: "A few years ago, there was a banditry in Datong. Now Qing'er is about to get married. As a mother, I am always a little uneasy. You are my father." Let’s go out and find out if there are any bandits causing trouble in Shanxi.”
Several years have passed since the banditry in Datong. Although she felt that the court should have solved the banditry problem long ago, she was willing to spend more energy to find out more about her daughter's safety.
"Mom, after so many years, even if there was banditry in Datong, the court would have solved it long ago." Kong Yueqing felt that her mother was too worried.
How could the imperial court tolerate bandits continuing in one place for many years?
A few years ago, there was religious rebellion in Shandong, which was still very strong. In the end, it was not wiped out by the imperial court and peace was restored.
The woman took Kong Yueqing's hand and said, "I heard that the troubled thieves in Henan have all been beaten to Kaifeng. I'd better ask your father to inquire about the situation in Datong, so that my mother can rest assured."
"Listen to me, mother." Kong Yueqing told her mother to say this, and it was hard to persuade her. She was just asking for peace of mind.
The woman looked at her husband Kong Yinfan again and said, "Why are you still standing here? Why don't you go find someone to inquire about the situation in Datong?"
"Who can I ask? Datong is so far away. Who can know the situation there? I'm not the boss of the county." Kong Yinfan said with a helpless expression.
A poor man like him has spent his whole life working in his own one-third of an acre of land. He has very few means of obtaining information from the outside world. In many cases, it is difficult to even understand things within a hundred miles, let alone things as far away as Datong. things.
The woman frowned and scolded: "You are really stubborn. You don't know and you won't ask people who know. There are so many masters in the clan. Since the clan elders have promised our Qing'er to go to a place as far away as Datong, I must be familiar with the situation in Datong."
"Even if the clan master knew the situation in Datong, how could he tell me about it?" Kong Yinfan spread his hands and said helplessly.
