After the whole family was swept away, I lay down flat

Chapter 521 Exile

After arriving home, Hai Xiya and his wife went back to the upper room to rest on their own, while Haitang followed her brother Hai Jiao to the east wing and exchanged the information they collected in the third room of the Zhou family.

Hai Jiao listened to his younger sister retelling what his grandfather said in the car. He pondered for a while and then said: "It can be seen that children from military families like us must act cautiously in order to live the good life we ​​want. We can neither be like horses" The old lady took the wrong path for selfish reasons, and she couldn't be like Cousin Zhilan's uncle, who was still unsatisfied after taking advantage of her, and wanted everything, but could only count on others. Where could anything be so cheap in the world? In the military, we don’t want to take risks, but we also want to be high-ranking and well-paid. Even if there is such a way, it’s not our turn to get what we want.”

Haitang said: "The descendants of Zhen Guo Gongfu are the direct descendants of the Zhou family. If you want to be promoted, you have to go to the frontiers to endure the wind and sand for a few years. It is best to fight a few more battles and make some achievements. In the process, you will be injured and die." It's normal. Let's not count on this. Even if there is a war on the border, grandpa and grandma will not let you go. "

It's not like the whole family is staying in the border city. The enemy troops are approaching the city and there are no defenders. The military family members in the city have no choice. Hai Jiao is the only one in the Hai family. How can the elders be willing to let him risk his life? The Hai family has sacrificed their own city for the country and the people, and they don’t want to lose the reefs as well. It doesn't matter even if the official position is low, the family is not short of money, they would rather let the children stay at home and live in peace for the rest of their lives, that is better than anything else.

Haijiao also knows this.

However, he relived his life, and he had already suffered enough from being oppressed at the bottom in his previous life. He suffered so much at that time that he couldn't even struggle even if he wanted to. He wants to change his way of life in this life.

Even if you don't seek to be a high-ranking official, you should at least have power and dignity. You can no longer let others bully you, but you are unable to resist and can only be manipulated.

Hai Jiao pursed her lips: "Although it's still early now, there are some things I should consider first. If I have made up my mind not to fight on the front line or go to a remote border town to suffer, but I want to be promoted higher. , to live a good life, then I have to find another way to get ahead. The only way to achieve success in the military is to fight. I can find another way."

Haitang blinked: "What method? Didn't grandpa teach you how to settle accounts? If you do accounts in the military and take the route of technical talents, it would be safe. If you have business talents and can help the guards make money legally, then You are more respected. It’s just that it’s difficult for you to get promoted to the seventh level like grandpa, but it’s not all about your ability to settle accounts.” Because of the promotion of new grains.

Hai Jiao raised the corner of his mouth: "I already have an idea in my mind, but I just don't know if it can work. Let's wait and see, little sister. In the future, I may have to find a way to persuade grandpa to support me, and then I will need your help, little sister. Love."

Haitang raised an eyebrow: "What's your idea? Brother, please tell me!"

Hai Jiao, however, pretended to be secretive and said with a smile: "You will know when the time comes."

Hai Jiao refused to reveal his plan, so the brother and sister laughed and didn't mention it. On the third floor of the Zhou family, the funeral was only held for Mrs. Ma for three days. When most of the relatives and friends of the clan had come to complete the ceremony, they announced that there would be a funeral and the coffin was sent out of the city and buried.

Some relatives and friends who lived further away or the old man from the third room of the Zhou family came to Chang'an to express their condolences after hearing about the death. The third room of the Zhou family had even demolished the mourning hall. Their reason was that the weather was hot and they were afraid that the body would decompose too quickly and smell bad, making it difficult for others to find fault with them. Neither Mrs. Ma’s biological son Zhou Shicheng nor her nominal natal Ma family raised any objections, and the dowry family did not come forward. What can outsiders say? Zhou Shicheng, wearing hemp and mourning, personally carried his mother's coffin into the mountains and buried it in the tomb that his eldest brother Zhou Shigong had chosen in advance from Mr. Yin and Yang. Servants from the family were sent over in advance and built a thatched cottage next to the tomb for him. You can live in a cottage next to your mother's tomb for three days, and then come down the mountain to live in a newly built small village nearby and continue to observe filial piety.

Zhou Jinpu was also sent to a small village to observe filial piety by his father Zhou Shigong, in the name of Mrs. Ma's kindness in raising him.

However, Zhou Shicheng only planned to stay for a hundred days before returning to the city. His wife and children then rushed to Chang'an and would come to the village to keep him company; while Zhou Jinpu was ordered by his father to study at the village for a year. If he still fails to pass the scholar examination after one year, he will have to come back and continue studying until he passes the scholar examination.

As for whether he will be ordered by his father to continue studying in Zhuangshang to prepare for the exam and work hard for the provincial exam after he is admitted as a scholar, that is another story.

Zhou Jinpu was banished in disguise. Although Zhou Shigong did not explicitly announce that he had lost his inheritance rights, everyone knew it, and he himself also understood it. However, no matter how unconvinced he is, no matter how much he wants to cause trouble, no one in his family will support him, and no one in the clan will make decisions for him. This was his own doing, and he had no one to blame.

The butcher family of his biological mother's mother-in-law was taken advantage of by Mrs. Ma and helped to do some bad things, and now they have too much time to take care of themselves. That is a serious crime of being suspected of collaborating with the enemy and treason! The head of the Tu family was almost scared to death. I originally expected Uncle Ma to help him, but Uncle Ma is from the Chang'an Vanguard. Du Boqin, the former commander of the Chang'an Vanguard, committed an offense. Now a new commander has taken office, and the new officer has taken office with three firepowers. The old people's Face doesn't work anymore. The Tu family can't count on Uncle Ma, so they can only please the Zhou family for fear of getting into trouble. Nephew Zhou Jinpu was stupid himself, what could they say? I just went to Zhuangzi to study for the sake of his future. If I complained again, I would be ignorant.

Zhou Jinpu was incompetent and furious, but after venting his anger, he was still sent to the carriage to go to Zhuangzi to observe filial piety and study. He refused to leave, and veteran and strong servants tied him up on the road. There were countless hardships waiting for him when he arrived at the village. After his wife Chen persuaded him hard for a long time, he reluctantly obeyed his father's arrangements in order to avoid suffering.

But before he left, he couldn't help but speak rudely to his stepmother Zhou Ma: "Don't think that just because you slandered me in front of my father and got me out of this house, you will be satisfied! Now I am unlucky and I have eaten this Damn it. When I stand up in the future, I will definitely be like this! How dare you think about your family business? Zhou Jinlin will never get over me in this life!"

Zhou Ma was stunned, and Zhou Shigong was furious. He ordered his servants to escort his eldest son to the car. He already believed that Zhou Jinpu's words were directed at him. His wife never interfered with his arrangements for his eldest son. The eldest son only threatened his stepmother when he disobeyed his father's orders.

Zhou Shigong was angry, thinking that he had doted on his eldest son too much in the past, so that the eldest son lost his sense of proportion and didn't know who he was. The third room in the Zhou family is now his, but he has two sons, who says that the eldest son will inherit the family business?
The Zhou family's generals have always been superior to those who are capable and inferior to those who are mediocre. If the eldest son is incompetent and unable to support the family business, he can only be reduced to a side branch and the most outstanding one among the brothers will support the family. Even though he, the head of the family, had been studying since he was a child and chose to take the imperial examination instead of joining the army, he did not intend to change the family rules. What kind of evil did the stepmother teach her eldest son in the past? So much so that the eldest son even forgot about the Zhou family's court rules? !

Zhou Shigong was even more resentful towards his stepmother and even more dissatisfied with his eldest son. After sending the person away, he looked back at Zhou Lianghou, who looked frightened, and narrowed his eyes, determined to personally teach his grandson and correct his distorted temperament.

The descendants of the third family of the Zhou family may not be mediocre and downcast, but they must not let another evil obstacle like Zhou Jinpu lead the family to death!
(End of this chapter)