The road from Africa to Europe

Chapter 699 Family Change
But because of the relatively poor life when he was a child, the old man's physical foundation was very weak, and he has been barely alive, just like thousands of ordinary people.

Even though he didn't have any scholars in his family, but he was born smart and had the ability to remember with a long-term memory, so he had the opportunity to be accepted by the master as a disciple, avoiding the possibility of his early death.

After accepting the disciple, the master couldn't see it, so he specially supplemented him, but the most effective period has passed, and his body is actually not too strong.

Later, with the help of his master, he began to study. For a long time, studying was the right of the nobles. Until one day an educator appeared, saying that there is no discrimination in education, and then ordinary people began to have the opportunity to study.

But this kind of opportunity to receive education is extremely rare. If being an official is often hereditary, there will be no upward channels, and more common people will be illiterate.

Mr. Liu was very lucky. He was not despised by his master because of his relationship with the common people. Instead, he got a lot of support. Later, under the protection of his master, he had a very good wife.

This made Mr. Liu have a deep affection for Master, even more than his own parents. But later, Master got old and finally left this world. In the days that followed, he sent away his parents, wife, son-in-law, and daughter successively. is his closest person.

Obviously he is the one who is not in very good health. Many people will say that his life span should not be long, but although he has been living with some illnesses, he has not died early and has been alive.

On the contrary, the relatives around him left him one by one for various reasons, and every time he sent them away, he would be heartbroken and sad again and again, and these situations would affect his life span.

Ling Xiao discovered the problem after traveling over, and secretly adjusted his body. It did not increase his lifespan, but hoped that he would be healthy when he was alive, instead of living sickly. That kind of life is too painful .

The reason why Ling Xiao did this is because it was her early thoughts. As early as in the original world, she once hoped that she would not seek great wealth when she was alive, but she still hoped that she could still have the basic self-care ability when she was old. .

She thinks about her future life: if one day you can't eat well, no matter how much delicious food you eat, you won't be able to get out of bed, you can't handle your personal hygiene, and you will degenerate into a newborn baby. Well, at that time, it was better to leave the aging skin early.

When she found out that Mr. Liu's health was not in good condition, she would secretly supplement Mr. Liu's body, hoping that the old man would live a more comfortable and dignified life, and he would live a relatively stable life for a few years after that.

After talking with his granddaughter, the old man calmed down, no matter how anxious he was, it was useless.There were two other children by his side, and the life was fine later, and finally the old man passed away peacefully in his sleep.

Ling Xiao didn't notice it at first, and it was as if she had cooked a meal and asked someone to find out that the old man had gone. She felt her eyes sore. The old man said that he was going to climb the mountain just yesterday, but now he went to another place.

After thinking about it for a while, she wiped away her tears, and first called Huanlang to eat quickly. The body is stiff now, and she can change clothes after a while.

When the time was up, Ling Xiao began to ask people to change the shroud for the old man. Fortunately, the coffin that the old man needed had been prepared long ago. After the mourning hall was built, they kept their filial piety again.

The death of Mrs. Liu made the old couple of the Yang family a little sad. They sent someone to express their condolences, because Yang Juan was planning to get married during this period, and they couldn't come. Ling Xiao didn't care, but because of the relationship of Rexiao to celebrate.

It wasn't until Ling Xiao had time that he noticed that Yang Juan's marriage was unsuccessful, because something happened suddenly in the man's family, which brought the marriage to an abrupt end.

After learning the news, Ling Xiao didn't say anything, but wanted to comfort his friend instead.After all, Yang Juan was hit because of this, and someone murmured behind her back, but Ling Xiao felt that Yang Juan was still a lucky person. If she married and had an accident, life would be even more difficult.

Even though Ling Xiao comforted Yang Juan so much, the old couple of the Yang family still suffered some blows because of this incident. It was obviously a happy event, but it turned out that their daughter's marriage suffered setbacks.

Coupled with their age, the two were a little angry, and because of their age, they passed away one after another, and Yang's parents also began to observe filial piety.

At this moment, Yang Juan is very sad. After losing her sister-in-law who has always had a good relationship with her, her parents have left, and she will rely on her brother and later sister-in-law to live in the future.

Although the home is still the home she is very familiar with, she doesn't know why the feeling has changed. She soon felt that the later sister-in-law seemed to dislike her.

This caused her to be excluded in her later life, and her servants followed her master. Later, the sister-in-law's confidantes probably wanted to give the servants a blow, and Yang Juan, the aunt of the Yang family, was the best target.

Yang Juan soon understood her situation, and felt that someone was really bad, thinking that after her parents died, her sister-in-law's marriage would be in the hands of the other party.

I'm afraid that in the eyes of Yu's sister-in-law, Yang Juan should bow her head to her.As long as Yang Juan bowed her head to her, she would have an extra knife in her hand.Yang Juan really guessed what the other party was thinking. After marrying in, the Yu family wanted to live a better life.

The reason why she thinks this way is because she didn't know how arrogant the life of the wealthy family is until she became a stepmother. As a concubine daughter before, she didn't know that she was still so rich.

After living a good life, Mrs. Yu drifted away. Before she got married, she knew that she was going to be the stepmother. She even had to take good care of the children left by her original spouse. If she reluctantly agreed at the beginning, she would regret it half a year after she got married. .

You must know the eldest son inheritance system implemented by the big family, which means that the eldest son will inherit most of the family's property, and the child she gave birth to is also the eldest son, but the property he can get is limited.

Although she and her husband are still innocent due to the fact that her original partner died not long ago, she still feels wronged for her future child. Why?
They are all the sons of the husband, originally they were divided into concubine and concubine, but now they are all sons of concubine, why her son can only get such a small amount of property, she does not agree.

It's just that she is not stupid, if she plots against her stepson, her family will not agree, so she wants to find someone to suppress her stepson, and after much deliberation, the most suitable person is sister-in-law Yang Juan.

In this case, she hinted that her confidants started to run on Yang Juan's people and waited for Yang Juan to come to her. She didn't believe that sister-in-law was not afraid that she would not have a good husband's family in the future.

Yang Juan is such a smart person, she quickly noticed Yu Shi's thoughts, she was a little speechless about it, you must know that the dead sister-in-law Da Yu Shi was smarter when she was around, and never confronted her sister-in-law.

Ha ha!Yu Shi was thinking about calculations before she got a firm footing, Yang Juan didn't bother to talk to her, and she didn't want to make troubles during the years when she was a filial piety for her parents. Let's talk about it later, and I don't believe that her brother will be confused by the pillow wind.

In addition, she also understood Yu Shi's implication, and it's really funny to want to manipulate her marriage!Marriage is required among wealthy families, so she is not afraid.

In addition, her dowry had already been prepared, and it was specially placed by her side when her parents were still there, probably to guard against Mrs Yu, what if she wanted to secretly change the dowry, Mrs Yu himself dared to do so.

If it wasn't for the fear that divorcing his wife immediately would make her brother's reputation bad, she would have complained to him a long time ago, but because of this, she still felt that she was not her family.Whoooo!Father, mother, after you left, someone bullied me.

Yang Juan returned to normal after crying for a while. Although she is very smart, she has always been cared for by her family. This is the first time she has encountered such a blow. She doesn't understand why some people are so stupid and think they can suppress themselves.

Naturally, she would not bow her head, anyway, she has confidantes by her side, so she didn't care about Yu Shi's attitude at all. Later, she didn't see Yu Shi at all in the name of keeping filial piety, which made Yu Shi angry and annoyed.

And the two elder brothers also started to keep their filial piety at home, so Yu didn't dare to do too much, and could only curse in his heart, his angry face changed several times, only to realize that he was thinking too simple.

Although Yang Dalang, who is keeping filial piety, is conscious of keeping filial piety, he is actually more concerned about the situation outside. At this time, many rebels, large and small, appeared outside. It is said that many people rose up to resist if they could not survive.

He also saw that the imperial court didn't have many days to live, because people's hearts were scattered and the land annexed to the point of no return, so he secretly paid attention to the outside situation, and would never focus on keeping his filial piety, regardless of other situations.

It is precisely because Yang Dalang sits in the house that Yu, who likes to sit wax, does not dare to play tricks. There is also a sister-in-law. If she makes a mistake, the sister-in-law will find her husband, and she dare not be harsh on her sister-in-law.

Yang Juan soon sensed the change, and couldn't help but feel that the wife married by her eldest brother was very unreliable. The family is harmonious and everything is going well, and this family needs the efforts of the whole family.

But if there is a shit-stirring stick in the middle, it is impossible for Jiahe to exist, and Yang Juan feels that the Yu family at home is a shit-stirring stick, because she can see that Yu's eyes are not right when she looks at her niece and nephew.

It's just that Yu Shi still knows how to hide her emotions, and Yang Juan has no evidence in hand, so she can only secretly raise her vigilance to prevent Yu Shi from taking action on the child.

All these things made Yang Juan feel uncomfortable. Sometimes when she looked back, she realized that she had lived a foolish life and didn't know Yu's thoughts at all.

Maybe it was the death of her parents that made her grow up, and the more she grew up, the more bad things she found, which made her feel a little depressed, but she was very smart, and quickly adjusted her mentality, trying to make herself live Get comfortable.

She couldn't change the fact that her parents died, so she just faced the reality honestly instead of complaining about herself, because the more she cried and lived her life, the more bitter her life would become.

She kept her filial piety at home and once again insisted on studying hard and practicing Wu Qinxi, because she could see from Ling Xiao's letter that the outside situation was not very good.

During this period of time, Ling Xiao had already cultivated carrier pigeons, which made the connection between her and Yang Juan very fast. Later, when Yang Dalang found out, he insisted on asking his sister to find a few pairs for him, because he was useful.

Yang Dalang is naturally not a fool. He understands the importance of information. Now he knows that the speed of news is too slow, and often the news is very lagging. If there are carrier pigeons, it will be much faster.

After confirming that the chaos started, he was looking for opportunities everywhere, because in many cases, the big family would also be attacked by the rebels, so he had to get ready early.

After he knew that the imperial court was failing, he planned to choose a Ming lord to defect to. This was an opportunity to ensure that the Yang family could live well, and he had to find the right person to invest in.

Yang Juan knew very well what her brother wanted to do after he asked for pigeons, and she agreed with this. On the one hand, his brother wanted to protect the Yang family, and on the other hand, he wanted to make it better.

Don’t think it’s dangerous to choose a team, but the story of rare goods can live tells people that once the investment is right, there will be great benefits. If Lu Buwei didn’t invest in strange goods, he would be just a businessman all his life. How could he become the prime minister of a country?
Ling Xiao received a letter from Yang Juan, saying that she wanted Ling Xiao to train carrier pigeons for her. There was nothing more to say in it, but Ling Xiao and her had been classmates, so he naturally knew her thoughts and the Yang family's. idea.

Unexpectedly, she might witness the beginning of a dynasty again. She was very calm about it, but she was still a little interested, and could observe the situation of other people at close range.

In particular, you can observe the situation of the aristocratic family at a close distance. Don't look at the aristocratic family in these years. There are a lot of people, there are many books, and there are special armed forces. However, some aristocratic families have always fallen.

The big reason is because of civil unrest, because after a large amount of land was annexed, the common people had no other way of life, either becoming slaves or refugees.

The court can collect less and less taxes, and fewer and fewer people can serve as soldiers. Eventually, the situation deteriorates again and again, and people can't survive and naturally rebel.

Many people are bound to die during this process, and the so-called aristocratic families are more likely to become targets. After all, many lands have been annexed by the aristocratic families, and many children of the aristocratic families will treat the common people as people, and there will always be grievances.

However, after Chen Sheng shouted out that princes, generals, and generals, Xiang Ning had kindness, the common people were not all servile people in their hearts. At this time, there was revenge for revenge, and grudges for grudges. This caused many families to be destroyed in civil unrest, or were robbed empty.

However, the government that was originally responsible for protecting the dignitaries has come to a standstill in the whole world, and all laws and morals have disappeared. If they want to live, they will always think about robbing. become the target of anger.

And at this time, once the armed forces of the aristocratic family can't stand it, it will naturally be a mess, because later on, the rioters have experienced more robberies, and more people dare to do anything to survive, and there is really no moral standard.

In addition, apart from some riot groups composed of rioters, there were also some former officials or people from wealthy families who came out and took the opportunity to expand their territory.

Ling Xiao knew very well that once the imperial power fell, not only the oppressed people in various places would revolt, but even the officials wanted to replace the emperor.

There is also a situation where the emperor is coerced to order the princes. At this time, if there are northern nomads staring at the north, it can be said that internal and external troubles broke out together.

People who live in troubled times are too sad. There are so-called rebels moving around inside. They know a little bit about etiquette, justice and shame. Slaughtered cattle and sheep.

In this process, people like heroes are bound to appear, and many problems will also arise. For example, Dong Zhuo at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty directly set fire to Luoyang City for his own interests. Countless people died in the process.

Ling Xiao felt a little headache when she thought of this situation. This is another troubled world, and all she can do is to live here and live with more innocent people.

Fortunately, she started to make preparations early. One year after the old man passed away, she started to let Huanlang learn how to survive in the wild, and let everyone in the village prepare dry food, so that they can leave if they have something to do.

During this process, Huanlang changed little by little, and Ling Xiao knew that he couldn't hide his clumsiness when he saw the general trend of the world, let alone thinking about salted fish, but still thinking about how to survive in troubled times.

In the era of chaos, it is possible to preserve this body with one person's strength, but it is difficult to preserve Huanlang. This is derived from the experience of Ling Xiao's later generations.

Now Huanlang is quite obedient, but when he grows up, he will have his own little friend, and he should prefer to listen to his little friend instead of her sister.

Ling Xiao naturally wouldn't force him not to do this, because the more he ordered, the more likely it would be counterproductive. It's better to establish a stronger impression first, let him obey her, and let's talk about it after a while.

Of course, she doesn't want the other party to become a thoughtless person. He should also have his own ideas when he grows up, instead of forcing him to follow his own opinions.

(End of this chapter)