At the end of the Han Dynasty: a stingy husband from his hometown

Chapter 9
The girl is only 15 years old, so Zhou Qi doesn't have much psychological burden on her.

As the saying goes, Zhou Qi will not do that kind of unconventional and unconventional thing.

Food and sex, sex also.The matter of husband and wife is a great gift of human relations. Zhou Qi is not a hungry ghost, but he will not deliberately avoid these things.

Seeing that his grandson didn't show any resistance, the grandfather continued, "As for the second thing, it's two things."

Having said this, the Taigong pointed to the outside of the courtyard and said: "According to the law, abandoning an infant and killing an infant are indeed the same as killing someone. Although killing these two people is unbearable, it is consistent with the law. I can't do anything to the country because of this." The Prime Minister has too many responsibilities. However, the deceased is already dead. It would be inappropriate to kill two people and leave their bodies exposed for three days. I hope you can collect the bones of the couple and the baby so that they can be buried alive."

"I sent someone to take care of the orphans in their family yesterday, but this is not a long-term solution. The big families in the village are unwilling to adopt them. The rest of them are living in a difficult life, and they are not able to adopt two people."

"The Shi family in Xiao County has a lot of wealth, and there is also an old practice of raising domestic slaves since childhood, so I hope you will send the two children to the Shi family, so as not to starve to death. In the first letter, I will tell Shi Gong about this matter."

Having said this, Tai Gong said with great sincerity: "The granddaughter of Mr. Shi is already old enough. Seeing that I asked you to deliver the letter alone, you must have understood my intention. You can decide whether to send out a second letter based on his words and deeds, and there is no need to force it too much. "

Two things, one happy and one sad.

Zhou Qi did not feel unlucky, but frowned and said: "The Prime Minister has a strong temper and enforces the law very strictly. My father did not obey his order and collected the couple's bones in advance. What if the Prime Minister blames me?"

The Taigong waved his hand and said: "This is easy. There was a great epidemic in various places this spring, and countless people died. Now that the weather is getting warmer, in order to prevent the corpses from rotting and spreading the disease, I ordered the collection of the couple's bones. I didn't expect that the Prime Minister would also Dare to be too harsh."

Zhou Qi nodded slightly upon hearing this.

There is indeed a pandemic this year, and the current Situ Yuan Pang was dismissed from office because of this.If the Grand Duke really wanted to use the epidemic as an excuse, he expected Prime Minister Pei to have nothing to say.

But soon, Zhou Qi said with a worried face: "Although this matter can be deceived, how should the water conservancy donation be resolved?"

The Grand Duke waved his hand and said, "I have my own concerns about this matter, so you don't need to worry about it."

Zhou Qi said: "Whether I send the two children to the Shi family or go to test the marriage contract, I am not in a hurry. If I don't wait for the water conservancy donation issue to be resolved, my grandson will go to the Shi family again. I don't know what my father will think." ?”

The Taigong's face darkened when he heard the words, and he shouted: "There are three unfilial acts, and having no descendants is the greatest. Family inheritance is more important than anything else. My Zhou family has four generations of single inheritance. In your generation, there must be no mistakes. And even if there is a change in the water donation However, it cannot be resolved in the short term.”

"You should go to Shi's first to test whether the marriage contract is valid. If it is valid, you will prepare for the wedding according to the contract and spread the branches and leaves for my Zhou family as soon as possible. If it is invalid, I will not force it. I will find another lover for you."

"Anything can be delayed, but this matter is related to the family inheritance plan, so there can't be any mistakes!"

Listening to his grandfather's stern reprimand, Zhou Qi still felt that something was not right, but he did not dare to say anything more.

As Taigong said, family inheritance is greater than anything else, not to mention that the Zhou family is still a single generation of four generations, and the slightest carelessness may cut off the incense, so Zhou Qi cannot delay marrying a wife and having children.

Zhou Qi took the order and left, asking Zhou Gu to call Xiang Hong. The three of them found the baby's body, and then they were hastily buried together.

After the incident was over, Xiang Hong returned home to take care of his mother, but Zhou Qi asked Zhou Gu to drive an ox cart, take the two children from the dead couple's family, and slowly head towards Xiao County.

Horses in this era were valuable, especially those of high quality, which were difficult to obtain except from wealthy families.The good horses of the Han Dynasty are like those luxury cars that are limited in the world in later generations. Even if you have money, you may not be able to buy them.

Zhou Qi's family was of average means. Although he had no worries about food and clothing and had plenty of money, he could not afford to buy horses, so he mostly traveled by bullock cart when traveling far away.

Although Xiao County is adjacent to Xiang County, it is nearly a hundred miles apart. Moreover, there are children on the bus, which greatly slows down the progress, so it takes about two days to reach Xiao County.

Now the world is not in great chaos, although the people live in a difficult situation, there are not many bandits, and it is very safe for bullock carts to drive on the official roads.

On the way, Zhou Qi often saw refugees in ragged clothes. Their faces were yellow and thin, their eyes were numb, and they were extremely miserable.

On both sides of the official road, you can occasionally see the corpses of refugees who died of starvation.

It won't be long before the officials who get the news will take the corpse away and bury it, lest the rotten odor will bring plague over time.

Since Situ Yuanpang was dismissed due to the epidemic, officials all over the country began to pay attention to the epidemic, so as not to be affected and lose their official positions.

In addition, Zhou Qi could see some people wearing yellow scarves on their heads claiming to be Taiping Taoists from time to time, distributing porridge, giving talismans, treating diseases and saving people on the roadside.Many people who could not survive also joined Taiping Road.

"Troubled times are about to begin, and this surging trend is like a torrential flood, no one can resist it!"

Thinking of the Yellow Turban Uprising that was about to break out, and thinking of the future scene where wars were everywhere and ten rooms were empty, Zhou Qi sighed, and then felt a deep sense of powerlessness.

So what if he knows history?

At least in the face of this general trend of the world, Zhou Qi's current power can't change anything at all.

"There are still a few years before the Yellow Turban Uprising, and it is still too far away from me after all. What I worry about is the elder father of the family. He sent me to the Shi family in Xiao County at this juncture, as if deliberately dismissing me."

Pei Guoxiang Wang Ji only gave the old grandpa three days, but it took Zhou Qi more than four days to go to Xiao County and back, just missed the deadline given by Wang Ji, and there was no guarantee that something bad would happen.

Thinking of this, Zhou Qi couldn't help but feel a little worried.

"No, I'm going back!"

Zhou Qi always felt uneasy in his heart, struggling for a long time, and finally told Zhou Gu: "I still have some things to finish, I need to go home first, and the two of you will be sent to Zhou's in Xiao County by you."

Speaking of this, Zhou Qi took out the two letters that Taigong had given him and put them in Zhou Gu's hands. After explaining the things that need to be paid attention to, he hurried towards home.

(End of this chapter)