But Qi Wang didn't bother to listen to his preaching, he just said that I still have something to do, and strode out of the house.
Qi Baotian: "..."
This child was quite obedient before, why did he become like this this time
Qi Baotian was unhappy, but everyone had already left. Even if he was unhappy, there was nothing he could do. He flicked his sleeves, turned and entered the room.
But he said that after Qi Wang left Qi's house, he didn't go anywhere else, but wandered to the river.
There is a small river outside Taohua Village. The women in the village wash their clothes by the small river. At this point, there are quite a few women washing clothes by the river. When they saw Qi Huang coming, everyone immediately became interested and raised their voices. Greet him.
The people of the Great Zhou Dynasty were open, and they were not as harsh on women as in other dynasties. Men and women were not too defensive. As long as they didn't do anything out of the ordinary, women didn't have to be forced to meet men like in the previous dynasty. dodge.
In addition, at this point in time, the people who come to do the laundry are basically elderly women, and they are all Qi Wang's elders. In Taohua Village, a small village, they are related to each other. Naturally, there is also something to avoid.
"Er Zhu, you are back, how many days can you stay at home this time?"
"Erzhu, did your mother say that she would marry you when you came back this time? You are not young this year, has your mother not prepared for it yet?"
As soon as an aunt of the Qi family spoke, the other women also responded.
That's right, Qi Wang is 20 years old this year. Putting it on the other young men in the village, they have given birth to several children, but Qi Wang has not moved here yet.
The fourth and fifth daughters of the Qi family are all married, and the third child of Qi is different from the other children because of his studies and examinations, so what about Qi Huang? He doesn't need to study and test his fame, so why has the marriage been delayed
Everyone looked at Qi Wang together, and couldn't help but murmur in their hearts.
Could it be that the couple in the Qi family don't love Qi Huang? This is not right, the job to go to the county seat was given to Qi Wang, if it wasn’t for loving him, such a good job would not have been given to him, he can learn his skills in the restaurant, and there are two months left in a month. Taking money and silver, if it wasn't for his son's plan, would he be allowed to go to the county seat
Facing everyone's scrutinizing eyes, Qi Wang still had a generous look. He found an empty stone and sat down, looking up with a sad look.
His look of "I have something on my mind to ask quickly" caught everyone's attention, and they couldn't help asking him what happened.
"Erzhu, what's the matter with you? It's hard to go home, why don't you look in a good mood?"
"Yeah, Erzhu, if you have anything to do, please tell us, and we can help you think of a way."
Kindness is hard to come by, everyone is so eager to help, how can Qi Wang not tell them anything
"I'm just a little uncomfortable. My mother told me before that because the family has to support Sanzhu to go to school, there is no money, so there is no way to arrange a marriage for me."
When other people heard the words, although they felt that there was something strange, they could understand it. After all, studying was expensive. Except for Shu Xiu, pens, inks, papers and inkstones were a lot of expenses, not to mention that Qi Qingfeng had to go there next year. Participating in the government examination in Fucheng costs a lot of money, and it is normal for money to be tight.
Either it is often said that it is difficult for a poor family to produce a noble son, and it is because of this reason that there is no money to make trouble.
However, both Qi Baotian and Qi Boss are quite capable, and Qi Lao San also has a stable job, otherwise, he would not be able to support Qi Qingfeng to study.
The fourth aunt who spoke just now said, "Er Zhu, if the family is really in trouble, then it's okay to wait. When San Zhu is admitted to Juren, life will be easier."
Although the difference between a scholar and a Juren is only one level, the treatment is very different. People say that a poor scholar is a rich Juren. If Qi Qingfeng can really be admitted to Juren, he won't have to continue to rely on his family for money in the future.
After hearing Fourth Aunt's words, Qi Huang's face showed a strong bitterness, he sighed, and the expression on his face was a little bit more lonely.
"If it's for the three pillars, then it's fine, but I saw my mother give my uncle a tael of silver today, and I feel very uncomfortable..."
As soon as this remark came out, everyone present couldn't help but gasped.
A tael of silver? That's not a small amount of money, you must know that one mu of paddy fields here is only one tael of silver, if it is a lesser field, it can directly buy two mu.
As soon as Wang Zhaodi made a move, she gave her younger brother a tael of silver. Didn't she make a fortune? Otherwise, can the hands be so loose
But if you are really rich, why don't you arrange a marriage for your second son
Everyone has different expressions, and they don't know what they guessed randomly.
Qi Wang didn't seem to notice the change in their expressions, his mood became more and more depressed, and the words he said became more and more pitiful.
"I have paid too much for this family. I only keep a dozen copper coins for my monthly wages, and the rest will be given to my mother. My mother also said that the money will be saved for me. I will marry you in the future. Use it for my wife... If the money is given to my third brother, I won't have any ideas, but why do you give my uncle so much money?"
Qi Wang didn't take the money himself, but gave it all to that woman Wang Zhaodi? This is not right, how did they remember that Wang Zhaodi said that she only took half of it, and Qi Wang took all the rest
Wang Zhaodi probably never thought that her second son would go to the crowd of women to complain. Perhaps it was because she was sure that the second boy would be obedient and would not talk nonsense among the women, so she spoke forcefully and shaped herself into a She became a good mother who didn't covet her children's money, but now that Qi Wang came over, her Western view would naturally be exposed.
"Hey, Er Zhu, didn't your mother say that she took half of your salary? Why did she take it all away? Since when did she start taking your money?"
Qi Wang replied honestly: "When I went to work, I knew that the restaurant provided food and accommodation, so my mother asked me to hand over all the money to her."
The people also forgot to do laundry, so they silently calculated that Qi Wang had been working in the restaurant in the county town for four years, calculated at two taels of silver a year, after four years, it was almost nine taels of silver, more Not to mention that there will be various rewards in the restaurant during the New Year and holidays, the money she can get is far more than this amount.
Tsk tsk tsk, I originally thought that Wang Zhaodi loved Qi Wang, the second kid, the most, but I didn't expect that she would be so ruthless. She took all the wages of the man, but didn't give him a marriage, and it's fine if she doesn't. She has become a grandmother, but she still subsidizes her younger brother. The amount is as large as a tael of silver, so how much money did she subsidize when they didn't see it
There were all kinds of speculations in everyone's mind, but in front of Qi Wang, naturally they wouldn't say it out to make him feel hurt, instead everyone spoke to comfort Qi Wang, telling him not to think wildly.
"Well, your mother didn't mean to come here. He still loves you. If he didn't love you, he wouldn't let you work in a restaurant."
"Yes, yes, maybe your mother is thinking about finding a better wife for you after Sanzhu is admitted to Juren, so don't worry."
The big guy has everything to say, and someone asked Qi Huang to be more careful, not to be as muddle-headed as before, and to give all the money to his mother.
"Money is a man's guts. You should go back and discuss with your parents. You should keep some for yourself. There are so many places to use money for such a big person. Don't be so honest."
Everyone persuaded Qi Wang to nod, and it seemed that he had listened to the big guy's persuasion.
Seeing him like this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, seeing that it was getting late, and they had to cook when they went back, so they hurriedly cleaned up the rest of their clothes, and after finishing everything, they all beat Qi Huang After saying hello, they left the river in groups of three and four.
But because Qi Wang was in a bad mood, he wanted to relieve his depression here, so he didn't go back with them.
After all the people had left, Qi Wang let out a long breath, and his face looked better than before.
The original owner was illiterate, and his character was a bit vulgar due to the intentional feeding of someone with a heart. It is not an easy task to maintain such a person's personality.
Except for Wang Zhaodi, no one else in the family knew the identity of the original owner, and no one in the village suspected that Qi Erzhu, who was exceptionally good-looking, was not the kind of Qi Baotian and Wang Zhaodi.
After all, not all children look exactly like their parents these days, and it is not uncommon in rural areas that both parents are good-looking but the children are ugly, or that the parents are ugly but the children are good-looking.
Although the original owner was outstanding in appearance, he was illiterate and behaved vulgarly, which made his original good looks a little bit, and he didn't look so outstanding.
The original owner always thought that he was a child of the Qi family, and he always felt that besides Qi Laosan, he was the most favored in the family. After all, he was the only one who worked in the county, and his parents had always treated him very well. good.
The original owner's accident happened when Qi Qingfeng passed the examination and was preparing to go to the capital to take the examination.
At that time, Qi Qingfeng had passed the Juren examination, so he was preparing to go to Beijing to catch the examination. Because the journey was far away, the Qi family was afraid that he might make a mistake, so they asked the original owner to accompany him to the capital for the examination.
However, on their way to Beijing by boat, the original owner accidentally fell into the water. Because the river was so fast that the boatman could not rescue him in time, the original owner drowned to death, and even the bones were not salvaged.
If that was the case, the original owner might take all of this as an accident, and think that everything was due to his bad luck, but all of this was not an accident.
Only after the death of the original owner did he realize that he was not a child of the Qi family, but the youngest son of the current prime minister.
Twenty years ago, the world was far from being as peaceful as it is now. When the prime minister's wife returned home, she met refugees. By coincidence, she drifted to Sanhe Village and was rescued by the village women there.
At the beginning, the prime minister's wife was pregnant, but because of the fright, the fetus was born prematurely, and the person who delivered the baby was precisely the village woman who saved her.
The prime minister's wife had been raised in the village woman's house for half a month, but was finally found by her family and took them away.
At that time, the prime minister's wife did not disclose her identity, but she still left a sum of money in order to thank the village woman who saved her.
But at that time, the prime minister was only a county magistrate, and the money was limited, and the amount given was not too much, but for the farmers, the money was not a lot.
A vulgar story that cannot be vulgar just happened.
The village woman who saved the prime minister's wife was Wang Zhaodi's mother, and the person who helped her deliver the baby was also Wang Zhaodi's mother.
But by coincidence, Wang Zhaodi, who went home to visit her parents at that time, also became pregnant, and gave birth to a baby boy with the prime minister's wife one after the other.
Perhaps because of being obsessed with ghosts, or because of some other reasons, Wang Zhaodi secretly replaced the two children while no one was prepared.
Her child became the official wife's child, and the official wife's child became Qi Erzhu.
Probably because of a guilty conscience, Wang Zhaodi was pretty good to the original owner, but these good things were before Qi Qingfeng's talent for reading was discovered, and after the discovery, the goodness also changed.
Later, the original owner died, and Qi Qingfeng successfully entered the capital to participate in the scientific examination. By chance, he met the youngest son of the current prime minister.
There is a two-year age difference between the two, but their appearance is very similar, and some people believe that they are twin brothers.
The appearance is so similar that it has nothing to do with it, and someone has to believe it.
The prime minister's connections were beyond the imagination of ordinary people, and it didn't take long for the truth to be revealed.
All the findings show that everything was just an accident.
The prime minister's youngest son is very talented in reading, and won the first prize at the age of seventeen. For this reason, the prime minister has always liked this youngest son.
Later, even if the truth came to light, knowing that the youngest son he liked was not of his blood, the prime minister's affection for him did not weaken much.
However, after he knew that he was not the son of the prime minister's mansion, he did not choose to stay in the prime minister's mansion, but left the prime minister's mansion, and took his parents and relatives back to the capital.
The original owner was dead, and everything that happened back then was just an accident, plus the prime minister's family loved the house and Wu, so it was natural to treat the Qi family very well.
Because of the help of the prime minister, no matter whether it is the real second child Qi or the third child Qi Qingfeng, their official careers have gone very smoothly. He became a high-ranking nobleman.
Everyone is fine, except for the original owner who died early.
His life was completely destroyed because of Wang Zhaodi's selfishness, but his biological parents gave the Qi family countless compensations, almost supporting them to a high position hand in hand.
No one remembered the dead Qi Erzhu, he was naturally forgotten by everyone like an insignificant thing.
Qi Huang slowly opened his eyes, looking at the blue sky above his head, a hint of hostility appeared in his eyes.
Are there so many coincidences in this world
Qi Wang doesn't think so, the original owner is not very courageous, because of a drowning experience when he was a child, he is very afraid of water, and he rarely goes to the river, how can he lose sight of the scenery when he is on a boat? disembark
His death was no accident, and it was obvious who did it to him.
No one doubted that Wang Zhaodi, a village woman, dared to exchange the two children. She kept the matter secret at the beginning, and no one except her knew that the original owner was not her own son.
What's even more tricky is that Wang Zhaodi didn't even tell her bedside person about changing the child.
However, Qi Wang felt that Wang Zhaodi should have told Qi Qingfeng about the life experience of the original owner. Besides, she should have said something else. Perhaps Wang Zhaodi had no intention of letting the original owner die, but Qi Qingfeng wanted to prevent the In case, the original owner was still resolved.
It's no wonder that the original owner's resentment is hard to dispel. After all, he is the biggest victim. As a result, the person who harmed him can live happily because of him. It would be strange if he didn't resent.
It was a long way from Taohua Village to the capital, and if he wanted to recognize his relatives, he had to get the capital, but before that, he didn't mind asking for some interest to come back.
Wang Zhaodi portrayed herself as a good mother, making everyone think that she was very kind to the original owner, but he just let her do what she wanted.
Wang Zhaodi's mask should also be revealed.