Good son-in-law of the Ming Dynasty

Seeing that Xiaodie was about to suffer, Su Mu waved his hand: "Wait."

"What's wrong?" Fourth Master Su's expression was dark.

Su Mu waved to Xiaodie, signaling her not to worry.Then he said to Master Su San: "Uncle, you are the patriarch, and you are the only one who has the right to use the family law. Xiaodie is my servant girl, so even if she wants to punish her, she should come to me first. Besides, she was talking to me just now. It's not about offending the elders in the family, if you use the family law, how can you convince them?"

Master Su San was very satisfied with Su Mu's performance today, and he also felt that it was unnecessary for the fourth younger brother to get angry with a maidservant, it would be better to get the property earlier, as for the rest, we will talk about it later.It's not easy for the dignified fourth master of the Su family to punish a little girl, there are plenty of opportunities, so why rush for a while.

He nodded: "Forget it, don't pursue it, let's start!"

Now that the patriarch had spoken, Master Su Si couldn't say anything more, he just stared at Xiaodie fiercely and closed his mouth.

Soon, the paperwork for Su Ruisheng's adoption to Dafang was completed.

Then, Su Ruisheng lit three sticks of incense and kowtowed in front of Su Mu's father's spirit tablet.

Everything was in order, and after the ceremony was over, he brought the paperwork to the county government office to register in the yellow book of household registration, and he officially entered the door of the big house and became Su Mu's younger brother.

Soon, the ceremony was about to end, Xiaodie became more and more nervous, and couldn't help whispering beside Su Mu: "Young Master, what should I do, what should I do?" Tears kept falling down .

Su Mu squeezed her hand, and said softly, "Don't worry, I'm here, don't worry."

When Su Rui finished knocking and stood up, Master Su's dead face finally stretched out: "Brother in the sky, if he knows that he has another son, I don't know how happy he will be."

"That is, that is." The fourth master echoed a few words, but still couldn't help saying to Su Mu: "Su Mu, since Ruisheng has entered the door of your big room, you have to prop up the facade. And you are a fool , can’t accomplish anything. The land deed you have in hand should be handed over to AAC for safekeeping, so as not to be deceived by outsiders.”

Su Mu sneered in his heart: Sure enough, I want to see you, I can't wait!

He said softly: "Fourth Uncle is indeed right. In the future, when Ruisheng enters the big house, he will naturally have to entrust the affairs of the family to him. In this way, my nephew can also be lazy and don't have to worry about daily necessities. However, I have already given away the sixty acres of land."

Although the voice was small, it shocked everyone in the room.

After a long time, Xiaodie finally called out "Ah!"

"What, sent... people!" Master Su Si couldn't believe his ears, he stood up abruptly, pointed at Su Mu's father's spiritual tablet and yelled, "Bastard, brute, look at the bastard you taught me, brother!" , To give away the ancestral property without the consent of the elders without the consent of the elders, such a prodigal family is worse than an animal.

In the blink of an eye, his [-] acres of fine paddy fields disappeared, and Fourth Master Su was so distressed that he trembled all over.

"Oh, Fourth Uncle, originally from the same root, I can't write two Su characters in one stroke. Fourth Master Su, when Su Mu's life was difficult and he couldn't make a living, he couldn't see you. Now you want to take the land out, you have to Pointing at his father's spiritual seat to put on airs of elders. It is really rare in the world to be so shameless. I can't afford elders like you." Su Mu said lightly: "The sixty acres of paddy fields belonged to me. The private property of the house, whether it is given away or not, is ruined by eating, drinking, whoring and gambling, and has nothing to do with others, do you think this is the truth, my fourth uncle?"

"You, what a little bastard!" Master Su Si roared in his throat, and was about to pounce on Su Mu.

Master Su San, who was already livid, pulled his younger brother back.

He was willing to give up a son today to gain some capital for his son Su Ruisheng to settle down in the future.Otherwise, with his status as a concubine, he would not have the right to inherit his own family business.But after making a fuss for a long time, it was nothing to fetch water from the bamboo basket, and it turned into a living farce.

Master Su San was originally a scholar, and scholars pay attention to nourishing energy, but at this time, he couldn't bear the anger in his chest no matter what.

If Su Mu is not severely punished today, what prestige will he have as the patriarch in the future?

But he didn't talk to Su Mu, but asked those gray-haired elders: "Uncles, I adopted my youngest son to my eldest brother today out of good intentions, not because I was greedy for the big house and some land. It was Su Mu's nephew who was so stupid that he had no means of living and needed someone to support him. That's right, the sixty acres of paddy fields were originally the private property of Dafang, and no matter how Su Mu got the land rent, no one else could say anything about it. But the land But it is the ancestral property of the Su family, how can he lose in his hands? You are all elders in the clan, you should talk about it at this time, otherwise it will spread and let others know that my Su family has a prodigal son, and even the whole family They will all be reduced to a laughing stock.”

Fourth Master Su hated Su Mu deeply, and shouted: "Third brother is right, for these unfilial children, you should ask for monkhood."

A few elders of the uncle generation had already benefited from the third and fourth masters when they came, why didn't they understand, they glanced at each other, and said slowly: "It's time to ask you to become a monk and use the right way."

Although the Su family has already divided houses, in the clan society, each house has the responsibility of supervising and supporting each other. If there is someone who disobeys or corrupts the family style in other houses, it will naturally take care of it. This is the patriarchal law of feudal society.

At this time, Su Ruisheng, who was completely stunned by the news, came to his senses and roared, "Kill him, kill him!"

Seeing that none of the elders objected, Third Master Su said solemnly: "Please ask for family law!"

A few servants came up with a sneer, Su Mu couldn't help being startled, and suddenly became anxious, why didn't Mr. Shao and the county magistrate come?If it was late, wouldn't the beating be in vain!

"Don't, don't!" Xiaodie screamed and jumped on Su Mu, crying loudly: "Don't hit him, third master, fourth master, young master is weak, how can he stand up to the family law?"

Su Mu patted Xiaodie's shoulder, with a calm face on the surface: "Who dares to hit me?"

Su Rui jumped and shouted: "It's you who hit me, do it, do it, do it!"

At this time, there was a sound of beating gongs and drums outside, and a junior of the Su family ran in quickly, knelt down in front of the third master Su, with a look of joy on his face: "Master Su, great joy, great joy, the magistrate of our county The master came to pay a visit, and said that he was ordered by the county lord to come to pay respects to you, the master."

"Jing me?" The third master Su was confused by this meaningless sentence, but Tang Tang came to pay a visit from Qipin county magistrate, which still surprised him greatly. Take a wooden look: "I'll talk about your business later."

He took everyone in the clan and opened the middle door to welcome him. .

As soon as he left, the others followed.

Su Mu secretly breathed a sigh of relief, it was better to come early than coincidentally, and finally escaped a catastrophe.

He tugged Xiaodie's sleeve, smiled and said: "Don't cry, let's go, let's have a look."

"I, I, I..." Xiaodie was still crying softly.

Su Mu comforted her for a moment, and said: "It's okay, I can't stand the family law today, not only that, but the third and fourth masters have to praise me for bringing honor to the family!"

Xiao Die was stunned, and cried again: "Young master is really stunned again. Seeing that he has recovered for a day, why are you talking nonsense again?"

Su Mu laughed, "Just follow me and you'll know."

After such a delay between the two, when they arrived at the door, the county magistrate had finished reading the letter, then put it away with a smile, stuffed it into the hands of the third master Su, and said: "You are a local gentry, and this time you can come up with six The county lord is very pleased to use ten acres of land rent to set up culture and education, saying that our county has produced righteous people, so I would like to reward you."

As soon as the words were finished, some yamen servants lit firecrackers.

It was full of people outside, neighbors all came over, applauded and cheered loudly.

In the smoke of firecrackers, the faces of the Su family were ashen, but they had to pretend to be happy in front of the government, and even spent a few strings of money to reward the errand servants.

Later, it is inevitable to set up a banquet to entertain the county magistrate and his party.

Master Su San laughed, his smile was uglier than crying, but he still maintained his demeanor of a scholar: "The late students are also born as scholars, and it is also their duty to establish culture and education, and donate to county schools. I can't afford to be a sign of the county's elders, and the banquet has been prepared. Come on, please."

The county magistrate waved his hand: "The Su family has already spent a lot of money on subsidizing the county school this time, so how dare you bother me, let me leave. By the way, which one is Su Mu?"

Su Mu hastily stepped forward to salute: "Su Mu, born late, has met the magistrate of the county."

The county magistrate laughed and helped him up, and saw that the young man in front of him was neither humble nor overbearing, and had a good temperament.When he came, he had already read the seven-character poem written by Su Mu in Shaotai Hehe Gao Shiye, and he loved it very much.

I also thought that such a talented person does not know what kind of demeanor it is, but now that he sees it, he must be someone in the future, and he likes it very much.

He looked at Master Su San and said: "Although this land was donated by Su Mu, you still have to give your clan a nod. The Su family has such a talented person, yes, yes, this son must be the one who will be honored in the future."

Master Su San was very angry, but on the surface he still said insincerely: "Yes, yes, yes, Su Mu is the best among the young generation of my Su family, and he is praised by adults. We elders are also proud."

The county magistrate laughed, and left with his subordinates, leaving the stunned Su family aside.

Once the people from the county government left, the rest of the Su family lost their interest and bid farewell to Master Su and Fourth Master Su one after another.

Today, the third and fourth masters of the Su family wanted to seize the land in Su Mu's hands, but they didn't want to end up cooking raw rice. The situation was so embarrassing, it would be pointless to stay here any longer.

Su Mu pretended to be very respectful and saluted to the third master Su: "Uncle third, you were in a hurry just now, and you didn't listen to my nephew to finish. My nephew didn't give away the land, but sent it under the name of the county school. Rent it to donate to the famous teacher. If the third uncle is unwilling, the younger nephew can ask Shao Jiaoyu to come back."

"You bastard thing, donated it, and got a letter, how could you want to come back!" Third Master Su felt impetuous if he looked at Su Mu more, so he turned back to the yard with a wave of his sleeves.

The other Su family also dispersed.

"Daddy, Daddy." Su Ruisheng also turned around.

Su Mu refused to let him go, grabbed him, and deliberately asked loudly in front of the neighbors who were watching: "Second brother, you have adopted us in our eldest room, we are blood brothers. I don't know what to say when I am a brother." It’s not appropriate to say that you will be a member of the big house in the future, you can’t call your father when you see the third uncle, you have to call him uncle. Otherwise, it won’t break the rules.”

Not only the neighbors burst into laughter, but even the servants of the Su family couldn't help laughing.

"I won't come if anyone adopts to the eldest room!" Su Ruisheng was ashamed and thrown to his grandma's house today, blushing so much that he was about to bleed, buried his head, and fled in quickly.

Su Mu looked at his back with a harmless smile on his face.

Then Xiaodie secretly threw the tiles in her sleeves aside, and shouted in surprise: "Master!"

Su Mu was still smiling, and said in a voice that Xiaodie could only hear: "This matter is not over yet. I am a good-tempered person, you can tolerate insulting me and hurting me, but you can't touch people in my house."

Xiaodie's pretty face blushed: "Who is in your room?"

Su Mu laughed out loud, and the people in the laughter had gone away.

"Master, where are you going?"

"Shopping, a day trip in classical style."