After touching the fire folder on the stove and re-lighting the oil lamp, Shao Yunan opened the kitchen door and went back to the house. As soon as the door was pushed open, someone said: "It's late, go to sleep."
With the help of the dim light, Shao Yun'an saw that Wang Shijing was already lying down. Another quilt was neatly spread one person's width away from him. The red quilt was one of Shao Yun'an's dowry. Wang Shijing also washed it well. He was disliked by others in the morning and the family was completely separated. He also felt in the mood to clean himself up.
Shao Yunan was quite satisfied with Wang Shijing's self-awareness. Although he is a pure zero, it doesn't mean that he wants to be a man. He's not in the mood for romance right now. After closing the door and putting the oil lamp on the broken wooden table, Shao Yunan blew out the oil lamp and climbed into bed in the dark.
After drinking the Lingquan water, Shao Yun'an was not so sleepy. The dark, dilapidated house has a musty smell that has not been lived in for a long time, and the beds are also very hard. Fortunately, the beds are clean and new. After all, they were getting married, so Mrs. Wang still prepared two new quilts. Regardless of whether Wang Shijing was asleep or not, Shao Yunan said, "Go to the county seat tomorrow, do you have money?"
After a few seconds, the response rings.
"Yes. Go through this year first, save money, and buy this land next year to build a new house."
Wang Shijing had no land, and Shao Yun'an didn't ask him how to make money, but only said: "You and I don't know each other well. If you want me to treat you as my husband, I can't do it. You and I get along as brothers first." Well. You and I are also in the same boat, I will help you share the burden of this family, and I will help you take care of the children, but you have to promise me and not force me. "
Wang Shijing's voice was very flat: "If you have someone you like, I will write and leave the book for you. I also used you in this marriage."
Wang Shijing's answer was really beyond Shao Yun'an's expectation. He turned over to face the black shadow and became interested: "Hey, I don't understand, your parents, oh, why did your parents treat you so badly? You Wouldn't it be the same as me, bought it?"
In the darkness, Wang Shijing turned his head slightly and asked, "Did you buy it?" He did not forget what Shao Yunan said during the day.
Shao Yunan said: "It should be bought. Anyway, I didn't get it through a serious channel. Whose family am I, I don't remember how I fell into Shao's house. But I have secretly heard Mrs. Shao complaining to Mrs. Shao However, she said that she shouldn’t have brought me back, that she should have sold me early. Listening to what they said, I didn’t get me here in a serious way. Mrs. Wang was right about one thing, my horoscope was fake, it was Shao It was made up by my family. It was just done wrongly, and the horoscope made up just met the needs of your third child."
Wang Shijing frowned in the dark, he didn't mind Shao Yun'an calling his own mother. The state of Yan imposed heavy penalties on the sale of Liangjiazi. Even during the famine years, buying and selling good family sons is not allowed, only dare to buy and sell in private, once found out, they will be exiled or beheaded. Yuan Shao Yun'an knew that he was not a serious adopter, but because of his personality and environment, he didn't think so much, so far. Mr. Shao, who integrated the memory of the original owner, easily thought of this level. He is not familiar with the laws of the Yan Kingdom, but he still knew this through the original owner, so he revealed this matter, Mr. Shao Taihe Shao Dahu was afraid, and also explained from the side that there was indeed a problem with the origin of the original owner. It's just that the original owner doesn't remember where he came from, and Shao Yun'an is powerless to help the original owner get justice. It is still unknown whether he can gain a stable foothold in this world.
"Do you want to find your real parents?" Wang Shijing asked.
"I don't have that plan. Let's talk about it if we meet in the future. Who knows what happened back then. I don't want to make a big deal about this matter. Anyway, the troubles of the Shao family this time will not be small. If this matter is brought to the Yamen side, how much impact will it have?"
Wang Shijing said truthfully: "The Shao family must at least be exiled, and the patriarch of the Shao family cannot escape. At least five years in prison. You can sue them."
In ancient times, the population was not prosperous. The Great Yan Kingdom has been in corvée for several years, and has been fighting for years. The population gap is even greater, so the punishment for buying and selling good families is very heavy.
Shao Yun'an said: "It's enough to be able to handle them. If they don't have a good eye to provoke me again, I will teach them a lesson. I don't remember where I came from. Even if I win, my own Life is also a mess. As long as they are smart enough, I will let them go temporarily." After a pause, he couldn't help asking, "What about you, you haven't said what's going on with you yet. You are their relative Son?"
Wang Shijing was silent. Shao Yun'an didn't expect the other party to confide in him immediately, so he turned over and lay down. After a long time, just as Shao Yun'an was about to fall asleep, a deep voice sounded: "I also want to know if I am their own."
The vicissitudes and sorrow revealed in this sentence made Shao Yunan's heart tremble inexplicably, sniffing, he muttered: "You regret it now, maybe it's too late."
"I don't regret it." Wang Shijing turned over and turned his back to Shao Yun'an, "Go to sleep, I have to get up early tomorrow."
"oh."
Shao Yun'an also turned over, turned his back to him as well, and said in his heart: [It's happiness not to have such a family.]
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At dawn the next day, Shao Yun'an, who was still sound asleep, was woken up by Wang Shijing. Getting up from the bed, he rubbed his sore back, the bed was too hard.
Wang Shijing got up without knowing what time it was. He had already boiled hot water and cooked breakfast. Breakfast is very simple, corn batter with flatbread and pickles. The flatbread and pickles were delivered by kind villagers yesterday. After washing, Shao Yun'an sat down to eat. Yesterday, he made a rule with the other three people in the family. They should wash their hands before and after meals, brush their teeth and face in the morning and evening, wash their feet before going to bed at night, and take a bath at least once every three days. None of the three objected to this, but it was true that the two children were even more afraid of this "stepmother".
While eating, Shao Yun'an said to Wang Shijing, "Remember who gave the things yesterday. If you have a chance, you will have to repay them back. They are sending charcoal in a timely manner. Well, this pickle is very fragrant. I don't know whose family it is."
Wang Shijing said: "I remember the person who delivered the things. Aunt Wang Liu brought the pickles. She is Wang Xing's mother. Wang Xing was the man who asked me if I wanted to help. People with the surname Wang in the village are all relatives. Yes. Wang Xing’s family and my family have a fifth service. Uncle Gui ranks fourth among them. If you meet him in the future, you can just call him uncle and aunt. Wang Xing is one year younger than me. I’ll tell you when I meet other people .”
Shao Yun'an nodded, he had an impression of that young man. As long as you are married here, no matter whether you are a man or a woman, you must bear your husband's family name. Sometimes, in order to facilitate the distinction, the original surname is specially added when introducing, especially in rural areas where there are many people of the same clan.
Shao Yun'an was depressed: "Then, have I changed to Wang Shao's now?"
Wang Shijing said: "You haven't entered the genealogy yet, so you don't need to change it. If you don't like it, I'll write your name on the genealogy, but you still have to use my surname. Neither Brother Qing nor Nizi have entered the genealogy, and when we finish our work, we will write your name on the genealogy. I will go to the patriarch."
In view of the rigidity and feudalism of the ancients, what Wang Shijing said was relatively enlightened, and Shao Yun'an also knew that he could not ask for too much. Think about it, if he really "married" Wang Zhisong, he might force Wang Zhisong to write him a divorce letter with a knife the next day. Although I have never met Wang Zhisong, I can tell that the guy is not very good. Otherwise, the whole family would be like this, and he would not show up. In this day and age, a 15-year-old can be a father.
Wang Shijing then said to the two children: "From now on, I will call you Daddy."
Wang Qing and Wang Ni immediately called out politely: "Daddy."
Well, Shao Yunan is quite satisfied with this title. Immediately afterwards, the other party said: "From now on, you can call me Brother Shijing. Shall I call you Yun Ancheng?"
This body is ten years younger than Wang Shijing, so it stands to reason that he should be called brother. Shao Yun'an's actual age is 26, as old as Wang Shijing, but definitely looks "fresh" than Wang Shijing of the same age. Wang Shijing not only has vicissitudes on his face, but also has sporadic white hair on his temples. From the experience point of view, Wang Shijing can be regarded as bumpy. Two years of corvee service, three years of military service, and the precocity of the ancients, Wang Shijing couldn't do without showing his age. For example, Mrs. Wang is only in her forties, but she looks like a person in her sixties. The average life expectancy of people here is only fifty or sixty years old, and rich people can live longer. Wang Shijing's face is definitely above 35 in modern times.
Facing this old face, Shao Yun'an was not at all awkward, and said, "Okay. But I think Xiao Nizi's name should be changed. From now on, the nickname will be Nizi, and the first name should be nice."
Wang Ni's eyes lit up suddenly.
Wang Shijing saw what his daughter was thinking, and said, "You can name Nizi, I don't know many words, and I learned it from others after I joined the army."
Shao Yunan said: "Then let me think about it."
Wang Ni lowered her head, her little heart beating loudly. She was very afraid that her "mother" would abuse her. Everyone in the village said so, as did the second aunt, sister-in-law and cousin, but now it seems that the little father is not so scary.
The four quickly finished their meal, and Wang Shijing went out first to borrow a car. It takes less than half an hour to travel from the village to the county seat by bullock cart. Shao Yunan dug out two bolts of cotton cloth from his dowry box. His dowry looks like a lot, but it is actually worthless. The five boxes were not full, but two mattresses, two quilts, two cotton cloths, three coarse cloths, two lacquer boxes, five new and old clothes, dishes, combs, etc. were loosely placed. , As for the money at the bottom of the press box, it is a thousand copper coins per hanging, which is one tael of silver. It was beyond Shao Yun'an's expectation that Shao Jia was willing to give Shao Yun'an a tael of silver.
Wang Shijing came back soon, and Shao Yunan came out with two cotton cloths in his arms: "Is there someone who makes clothes in the city? Make these two cloths."
Wang Shijing said: "It's expensive to make clothes in the county. Let's ask the aunt in the village to make them. It's cheap and can bring some income to others."
Although he has the memory of the original owner, Shao Yun'an is still very unfamiliar with this world. After Wang Shijing said this, he turned around and went back to put the cloth away.
There are ox carts and donkey carts in the village to take people to the county every day, which can be regarded as a living. Wang Shijing didn't want to take a ride with the villagers, so he went to Wang Xing's house to borrow an ox cart. People in the village usually pay one copper coin for a one-way trip, and two copper coins for a round trip. Wang Shijing gave ten copper coins to Wang Xing's family to rent a car. Wang Xing's family refused to ask for anything, so Wang Shijing insisted.
Wang Shijing drove the car, and Shao Yunan sat in the "convertible car" to protect the two children from left to right. The two children always seem very reserved, not at all innocent and innocent as a child of this age should be. It is not difficult for Shao Yun'an to guess that the two children's personalities are caused by the family environment, but they don't know what the two children have experienced, which made them so cautious even in front of their own father.
The bullock cart is not easy to ride, the weather is a bit cold, and the road is uneven. Shao Yun'an swore in his heart that he must buy a comfortable carriage in the future, otherwise the trip "into the city" would be fatal.
After walking for almost half an hour, he finally saw the gate of the county seat. Shao Yun'an couldn't help but feel his ass was almost numb. For non-county residents, each person who enters the city gets a penny, not counting children. Wang Shijing gave two copper coins, and pulled the ox cart into the city. As soon as you enter the city, there are lively sounds from all directions. Shao Yun'an has already developed a psychological construction for the city here, it is not as dilapidated as he imagined, but it is not much better. From time to time, there are livestock entering and leaving the city, so the ground will naturally not be very clean. The tallest houses on both sides of the street are only two floors. There are vendors setting up stalls and shops open for business. The flags of various shops are fluttering in the wind.
As soon as he entered the city, Shao Yun'an got down, leaving the two children still in the car, and he followed Wang Shijing to the place where the livestock and cars were kept. The two children went to the city for the first time, put aside their timidity and restraint, and looked around, feeling extremely novel. After Wang Shijing deposited the ox cart, Shao Yunan carried the blushing Wang Ni out of the cart, and Wang Qing jumped out of the cart by himself.
Shao Yunan said: "Brother Shijing, I want to visit the county first, and we will have lunch here at noon. You can buy whatever you want."
"What do you want to buy?" Wang Shijing asked.
Shao Yunan looked around and said, "I don't know, I want to go shopping first." After thinking for a while, he asked, "How is the security here?"
"Security?"
"It's just whether it's safe, whether there will be local ruffians, hooligans and so on."
Wang Shijing said after a while: "It shouldn't be bad. Yongxiu County is a big county, and there are many people traveling from south to north. Now the world is not so chaotic, and there are not so many bad people. Just pay attention to yourself."
That's easy. Shao Yun'an immediately said: "Then you take Qing Geer and Xiao Nizi to go shopping, I will go around first, come back here and wait for me after you finish shopping, and I will come back to wait for you after shopping first."
Wang Shijing disagreed: "Let me accompany you, what do you want to see? I can't make it today, so I will accompany you tomorrow."
Shao Yun'an said: "No need. I'll tell you when I get back. That's it. You and I will divide into two groups."
Shao Yun'an was very persistent, and Wang Shijing didn't force him. He took out a money bag from his arms and prepared to give Shao Yun'an some money. Shao Yunan patted the cloth pocket in front of him and said, "I have money on me, so I probably won't buy anything. If it's not enough, I'll ask you for it when I come back."
Wang Shijing nodded and put away the money bag.
"I'm going to buy food first."
"Okay, then I'm leaving."
"When you encounter unkind people, you should avoid them."
"good."
After waving to the three of them, Shao Yun'an left first. Wang Shijing put his back on his back, looked at his back for a while, then lowered his head and said to the two children, "Let's go." Then he bent over and picked up Wang Ni, who hurriedly said, "Father, I'll go by myself."
"Father can't carry you anymore and you can go by yourself. Brother Qing, you are pulling on Daddy's clothes."