Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 36 The Struggle of the Honest Man
Fan Ning came to the pier with a cloth bag on his back, and saw his father's boat at a glance, but he was not on the boat.

He looked around, and there was a rush of people around, but he didn't see his father.

"Dumb!" Someone called Fan Ning by his nickname.

It turned out to be Zhang Shuigen from the same village, "Grandpa Shuigen, where is my father?" Fan Ning ran down the steps and asked.

"Your father has gone to Fan's house, he asked you to wait for him for a while."

Zhang Shuigen smiled and waved to Fan Ning, "Come and drink a bowl of ginger tea on my boat!"

Fan Ning's mother, Zhang Sanniang, was Zhang Shuigen's cousin, so she was not an outsider.

Fan Ning jumped onto his passenger boat and sat cross-legged on the bow. Zhang Shuigen scooped up a bowl of hot ginger tea with honey from an iron pot and handed it to him, "Drink it while it's hot! Ginger tea is a good thing to drive away the cold." !"

Fan Ning quickly took the small bowl, "Thank you, Mr. Shuigen."

Fan Ning drank a few sips of ginger tea and felt warm all over.

"What is my father going to the Fan family hall for?"

Fan Ning was a little curious. Ever since his grandfather Fan Dachuan went to the clan to make a fuss in order to ask for ten pennies, their family has basically been at loggerheads with the Fan clan.

"Your family has a little trouble!"

Fan Ning was taken aback, "What's the trouble?"

Zhang Shuigen hesitated, but still told Fan Ning, "Something happened to your third uncle."

"what!"

Fan Ning was taken aback, and quickly asked, "What happened to my third uncle? Grandpa, tell me quickly."

"I don't know exactly what happened. I just heard from your father that your third uncle ran away with his daughter in his arms. This morning, the Lu family came to your grandfather's house to ask for someone."

"and then?"

"Then your father spent a whole day on this matter, here! Here he is."

Fanning turned to see his father walking sullenly towards the pier.

Fan Ning quickly stood up and waved his hand. Fan Tiezhou nodded, but there was no smile on his face.

"Grandpa Shuigen, I'm over."

"Go! Advise your father, don't be impatient, this kind of housework will eventually be resolved."

"I know!"

When Fan Ning returned to his father's boat, Fan Tiezhou sighed and said, "I'll take you home first!"

The boat left the pier and headed towards Xujiang.

"Daddy, what happened to Third Uncle?"

Fan Tiezhou said for a while: "It's my fault too, I trust the Lu family too much."

Fanning did not interrupt his father's train of thought, and waited for him to continue.

"The last time I sent you to school, I went directly to Lu's house. I proposed a divorce. Lu Yuanwai promised me that he would never bully your third uncle again. It turned out that only a few days later, he took your third uncle away yesterday. A beating, your third uncle couldn't take it anymore, and ran away overnight with Niuniu in his arms, but this time he didn't go home and disappeared."

"How does Daddy know so clearly?"

"I have an acquaintance in Ziabaiwan Village, he told me."

"Then what is dad going to Fan's main hall for?"

Fan Tiezhou held back his anger and said, "Early this morning Lu Yuanwai brought a large group of relatives to your grandpa's house to ask for someone. Food and drink expenses total 200 taels of money, plus the bride price of 500 taels of silver, if your grandfather pays [-] taels of silver at a time, this marriage will be considered over."

"It's too dark!"

Fan Ning said angrily: "How could it be possible for them to eat 300 taels of silver in four years? Besides, how much land and housework did Third Uncle give them, why don't they count it?"

"This kind of thing is justified by the public, and it is reasonable by the mother-in-law. The Lu family has found many famous squires. Your grandfather also hopes that the patriarch of the hall will come out to help judge."

"Will the patriarch of the church be willing to help?"

"I promised. I just said to help as much as possible. The main reason is that we usually don't have much contact with the church, and we had a bad quarrel last time. Now that something happened, we asked them for help. Their attitude is also expected."

Fan Ning thought for a while and said, "The most urgent thing is to find Third Uncle. Does Daddy know where he will be?"

Fan Tiezhou nodded, "I think he's probably hiding with your second uncle. I'll take you home first, and I'll look for him later."

"Why don't we go together now!"

"No! Your mother has repeatedly told you that you must go home."

Fanning was out of the loop, his mother was always right in such matters.

Fan Tiezhou sent his son home, and then sailed away again.

Zhang Sanniang was also in a bad mood. While making lunch for her son in the kitchen, she scolded her father-in-law, Fan Dachuan, for pushing his son into the pit of fire when he saw that Qian was blind.

She babbled and quarreled Fanning uneasy.

"Mom, don't complain, I can't concentrate on writing."

Fan Ning yelled, and Zhang Sanniang calmed down.

Not long after, she came over with a bowl of hot noodles, "Let's eat first!"

Fan Ning quickly packed up his pen and ink, grabbed a bowl and started to eat. He didn't eat at noon, and he was really hungry.

Zhang Sanniang sat aside and watched her son eat deliciously, and she felt a little better.

"Mother, have the Lu family left?" Fan Ning asked vaguely, chewing on an egg.

"Leave early, and make an appointment to settle it tomorrow afternoon. You don't need to worry about this matter, study hard, and adults will take care of this matter."

However, Fan Ning knew very well that this kind of housework might not be so easy to solve.

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After eating, Fan Ning took the book bag to Zhou Yuanwai's residence to return the book.

The butler welcomed him into the mansion with a smile, "Is the old man back?" Fanning asked.

"Tomorrow we will offer sacrifices to the water officials, so the master can't come back, but in the morning he sent someone to bring a book, saying it's for the little officials."

The housekeeper handed Fan Ning a wooden box, and Fan Ning opened the wooden box, and it was Ding Wei's "Pingjiang Collection" that had been restored.

Fan Ning flipped through it, and couldn't help admiring the craftsmen's superb repairing skills. If you don't look carefully, you can't tell that it has been repaired at all. The cracks on it are very small, and I'm afraid you need a magnifying glass to see them.

Fan Ning put the book back into the box, and asked again: "Did the old man bring me any message?"

"Just to let you return it to the original owner as soon as possible. In addition, if you have time, let you go to Qishi Lane again. The master said that your stone caused a sensation in Changzhou County last time."

It turned out that Mr. Zhou had gone back to Changzhou County to dry the treasures. Fan Ning secretly despised him, causing a sensation without asking for more money.

Fan Ning originally wanted to ask Mr. Zhou to help his third uncle, but since he was not in the mansion, Fan Ning had no choice but to go home.

In the middle of the night, Fanning fell into a drowsy sleep, and was awakened by a burst of voices in the courtyard.

He put on a sheepskin jacket and walked out of the room, only to see a few people standing in the yard, which could be clearly seen in the moonlight.

The tallest one was his father, and he recognized the other two as third uncle Fan Tieniu, who was sleeping soundly on his shoulder with a little girl in his arms.

There was another person who was slightly fatter and looked more like his father. Fan Ning deduced that this person should be his second uncle Fan Tiege. He was wearing a long woolen sweater and Futou. He really looked like a businessman.

Zhang Sanniang said to her husband: "Lao Si came here in the afternoon, and I told you to go directly to father's place when you come back, no matter how late you are!"

Fan Tiezhou nodded, and said to the two brothers: "Since Dad left a message, let's go there!"

Fan Tieniu handed his sleeping daughter to Zhang Sanniang, "Sister-in-law, help me take care of Niuniu."

Zhang Sanniang took the little girl, "Go!"

The three brothers left the yard and walked away quickly.

Taking advantage of his mother's unpreparedness, Fan Ning quickly slipped out of the yard and followed her.

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The hall was brightly lit. Fan Tieniu bowed his head and knelt on the ground, with several brothers standing beside him.

Fan Dachuan sat on the wide chair and slapped the table heavily, "Okay, why did you escape?"

"Daddy, they not only beat me, they also called me a white-eyed wolf who eats and drinks from the Lu family and doesn't know how to be grateful!"

"Your skin is rough, and you get beaten every time. I asked why you ran away and took Niuer away?"

Fan Tieniu suddenly burst into tears, "My father-in-law insulted and beat me in front of the villagers, and even children came to spit on me. I really can't go on!"

Fan Tiezhou was furious, and slammed his fist on the table, "Too much bullying!"

Fan Tieniu wiped away his tears and said, "I won't go back to Lu's house, at worst I'll take Niu Niu away and live incognito!"

"Bullshit!"

Fan Dachuan slapped the table again, "You run away, what shall we do?"

The lobby suddenly fell silent.

Fan Tiezhou sighed and said, "Since the Lu family wants to divorce, let's get divorced! We definitely don't recognize 500 taels of silver, and we must argue with reason. I don't believe that the reason is here. They can still turn black and white?"

At this time, Fan Ning came in from the door and said slowly, "Father, the Lu family doesn't want a divorce!"

(End of this chapter)