History of the Great Zhou Dynasty

Chapter 12 The inheritance system of the eldest son
"Brother-in-law, what's going on?" In the courtyard, Feng Yun arrived late today, and the children were waiting quietly in the courtyard.

When the sister-in-law heard the noise outside the house, she thought it was Feng Yun who was back, so she opened the door and saw a wheelbarrow with Feng Yun and a guard standing next to the car.

My sister-in-law knows the clothes of the guards.

Then he looked at Feng Yun in panic, fearing that something bad had happened to Feng Yun.

"Sister-in-law, this is the guard of the Palace of Classics. I got a promotion. This time it is to supplement my monthly salary. The guard brother was kind enough to send it to me."

"Oh, the extra monthly salary... a promotion!"

My sister-in-law knows that if Feng Yun does well, he will be promoted to corporal, right?

"But I'm... a corporal!" The sister-in-law was so excited that she looked at Feng Yun with satisfaction and expectation.

Corporal, this is not what common people like them who only know how to mend and wash clothes in the fields dare to think.

The guard hurriedly explained: "I am a gentleman of etiquette, my concubine."

Concubine, a courtesy title.

"Serious?" The sister-in-law stared.

Feng Yun nodded to him and said: "Because the sergeant in charge of important affairs left, and I happened to have merit, I caught Zong Bo's eyes and immediately became a sergeant."

It is inconvenient to say more about what happened today. Uncle Zong has already issued a hush order. The guards and Feng Yun both kept silent and only said that they had obtained a righteous man.

"Oh my god, Sergeant, that's a big shot."

My sister-in-law almost lost her footing, but Feng Yun hurriedly held her steady.

"Mother!"

The black dog poked his head around and saw his mother was unstable, so he hurriedly came to help her.

Seeing the guard, he shouted angrily: "What are you going to do!"

In his early years, people dressed like this took his father away and joined the army. He was naturally resistant to people dressed like this.

"Black dog, don't be rude!"

"Pa!" The sister-in-law slapped the black dog on the back.

"Mother?"

The sister-in-law ignored him and said to the guard: "Brother, don't blame me..."

"No, it doesn't matter. I'll push the salary of the civil servant into the courtyard first."

"Oh, okay." Sister-in-law gave way.

With Feng Yun and her help, the truck was quickly unloaded.

When she saw the silk, the sister-in-law was trembling in her heart again.

Silk, a thing of the nobles, was difficult for ordinary people to see, but at this moment, there was one in front of her.

unbelievable!

He looked at the group of furry children who came over to take a look, especially his eldest son, whose hands and feet were thick and black.

The sister-in-law hurriedly brought these pieces of cloth into the house in three steps and two steps at a time.

"Take a good look. If you are literate, educated, and have a property, you may not be able to get this monthly salary like Master Yun."

After putting the valuables away, the guard said goodbye and left.

"The Palace of Classics has heavy affairs today, and I have to take the first step... By the way, Mr. Li, the inner chamber is busy. One key is with you, and the other is with Mr. Wu Zhengshi under Zongbo."

"You have to work at midnight every day and get off work at the right time. While Uncle Zong is writing the biography, there is no need for you to close the door."

On time and on time, no shift replacement, this is the rule.

but……

"Who will take care of it tonight?" Feng Yun went to the inner room, naturally he wanted to know what was going on in the inner room.

The guard replied: "That's the warrior. Uncle Zong always goes to the inner room to read in the evening. Even if he didn't come to the Palace of Classics during the day some time ago, he would still come in the evening."

"I think Uncle Zong has reached the Wen Dao level, that's why it's like this."

"If a gentleman of etiquette buys an inner room, he must not stay late, so as not to disturb Uncle Zong's practice."

"When Uncle Zong finishes his practice and leaves, he will not stay in the Palace of Classics for a long time. On the contrary, the Li Zhengshi only needs to close the door at the time of Shen."

Hearing this, Feng Yun nodded and said, "That's it. Thank you for telling me, brother."

"Gentlemen, please pay your respects. The young man will leave first."

Pushing the cart, the escort left.

When Feng Yun looked up at the sky, he first said to the children: "When I buy a house in the future, I will always give lectures at Youshi. Do you understand?" "I understand, Master."

"Well, let's all sit down. Let's go over yesterday's words first. I'll ask questions later."

"promise."

The sister-in-law seemed to have something to say, and Feng Yun approached.

The sister-in-law said: "Brother-in-law, now that you have become a gentleman, you can no longer live here... I mean, how can a small mud house accommodate a scholar."

Afraid that Feng Yun would misunderstand, the sister-in-law hurriedly made amends.

Feng Yun nodded.

"You really shouldn't live here."

It's not that Feng Yun is vain, it's just that the houses here are made of mud and grass, and the construction technology is crude, making it troublesome and inconvenient to live in. Now that the conditions are available, he should make some changes to make himself feel comfortable.

At this time, the sister-in-law said again: "My brother-in-law is already sixteen. Now that he has bought a house, he should also consider marriage. The so-called starting a family first and then establishing a career is because we, brothers and sisters-in-law, are incompetent and failed to find a daughter to be engaged to for our brother-in-law." .”

Feng Yun looked helpless.

It's not that his brother and sister-in-law didn't find him a betrothed, but that he was handsome and someone came to marry him early. But before his mother and he regained their memories, they were both arrogant people. Although they didn't realize it on the surface, But they all tacitly rejected those ambiguous marriage proposals.

According to his grandmother, with his appearance, he should join the gentry, become a gentleman, and marry the daughter of a gentry, not a commoner.

Then he turned sixteen, and there was no kiss.

As for now, if his mother were still alive, she would definitely treat him as a noble girl, but since her mother is gone, and he is a modern visitor, he will naturally not get married at this age.

This is a world of spiritual practice.

If you marry a woman with a conflicting nature, their marriage will only be a bond between each other that will ruin your life.

It is better to have nothing than nothing.

"Sister-in-law, I haven't reached the crown yet, and it's the beginning of my career. I really can't tell the difference. Let's talk about it now."

When my sister-in-law heard about it, she thought about it and said, "That's right. My brother-in-law became a knight in just one month. I don't know what his status will be when he reaches the crown. It won't be too late to tell him then."

When the elder dies, the eldest brother becomes the father and the eldest sister-in-law becomes the mother.

Originally, there was a younger brother after Fengyun, but he died because of poor discipline. This made the sister-in-law and the eldest brother blame themselves. In addition, the death of the mother a few years ago was also due to the death of the youngest son.

This made them take great care of their only remaining brother, Feng Yun, even if they were not as good as their parents.

Now that Feng Yun has a way out, it only makes my sister-in-law happy.

"Tomorrow I will write a letter home with your brother and send it to the border. You must talk about it carefully."

Letters from home. If there is a soldier in the family, you can write a letter from home and send it to the border every month.

Of course, this requires shell coins, and the number of words is limited.

"As long as my sister-in-law decides."

Thinking that he will be promoted to sergeant in the future, Feng Yun will have a land and a piece of land in the city as a house.

Then he said: "I won't talk about my residence for now, I have my own plans..."

"Sister-in-law, I need these pieces of cloth. Could you please make me two more suits, one with a curved train and one with a straight train... Sister-in-law will also make a few more clothes for myself and my nephew. If my younger brother can have a fortune in the future, , I will not separate from my eldest brother, my sister-in-law will be decent, and my nephew will be a scholar."

"Enrolled as a scholar?" Sister-in-law couldn't hear anything, only the voice of her own black dog that could become a scholar could be heard in her mind.

"Brother-in-law..." By the time the sister-in-law came to her senses, Feng Yun had already started her lecture.

"Lutian...it's not that easy, a nobleman..."

The gentry does not mean that Feng Yun is not divided into families. The elder sister-in-law and the eldest brother belong to the gentry.

In the class of scholar-bureaucrats, the eldest son of the emperor can be the emperor, and the next is the princes; the eldest son of the princes can be the princes, and the second son is the official. According to this, among the gentry, only the eldest son is the gentry and the successor, and the rest The sons are all common people.

What's more, he is just the son of his brother-in-law. Unless Feng Yun adopts him as his eldest son, otherwise, he just has some relationship with him.

But this relationship is enough for ordinary people to look up to.

"But I have to rely on my brother-in-law."

After that, the elder sister-in-law also went into the house. Xuanduan had washed the people of the noble family before and also wrote down the rules.

This Xuan Duan is the daily dress of scholar-bureaucrats, which is what they wear when going to court.

Moreover, Xuan Duan has a crown, which is the dress worn by the nobles when they wear the crown, and it is also the wedding dress among the nobles.

It was favored by the scholar-bureaucrats, and people like Zongbo wore Xuan Duan every day.

Wearing a crown, black clothes on top, yellow clothes on the bottom, a large belt and leather belt around the waist, with bare knees at the waist to cover the front part of the body, and a white singlet under the skirt to reveal the outside of the skirt...

(End of this chapter)