Traveling through ancient times to escape famine, the prince led me to rebel

"what happened?"

Luo Xiaoran turned her head and saw Aunt Qian wiping her muddy hands on both sides of her clothes.

Her face, which was as dark as Zhao Tangming's, showed a somewhat flattering expression:

“Zhao Tangming has a stubborn temper. He will keep things in his heart and won’t say them out loud, but he will persist.

He was obsessed with studying and getting an imperial degree, and he was stubborn for most of his life. I supported him at the beginning.

But when I first married into the Zhao family, my parents-in-law passed away early and Zhao Tangming's younger brothers and sisters were too young, so all the burdens of the family fell on me alone.

Later, Zhao Tangming saw that it was too hard for me to work alone, so he divided his time into two parts, half for reading and the other half for working in the fields with me.

Therefore, while other scholars were all fair-skinned, he was tanned into charcoal and was often ridiculed by other scholars.

I actually hoped that he could pass the exam, even if he could just pass and become a scholar. Then my family wouldn't have to pay land taxes and he wouldn't have to do corvee labor.

But he spent most of his life supporting his family and studying at the same time, and never passed the exam.

I also supported his studies from the beginning, but gradually began to complain about his spending on pens, ink, paper and inkstone.

However, he was familiar with "Three Character Classic" and "Hundred Family Names", and he raised all his younger brothers and sisters.

I think if he were to become a teacher, he would be a good teacher.”

Aunt Qian looked directly at Luo Xiaoran, her eyes containing a meaning that both of them knew well.

Luo Xiaoran paused for three seconds before slowly uttering four words:

"I feel so too."

Then, he left.

Looking at the river in front of Zhao Tangming's house, Luo Xiaoran finally laughed wickedly.

I originally wanted to tease Zhao Tangming, so I deliberately said that there were other teachers, so we might not hire him.

Unexpectedly, Aunt Qian was so perceptive that she could see Zhao Tangming's frustration at a glance, and guessed that maybe the teacher's business was going to fail.

So she spoke up decisively to plead his case. She is really a very smart woman.

This also indirectly shows Aunt Qian's understanding of Zhao Tangming, otherwise she would not have been able to guess so much based on just one expression of Zhao Tangming.

Today, Luo Xiaoran has a deeper understanding of Zhao Tangming.

First, it can be seen from those books that Zhao Tangming did study poetry and books hard.

Secondly, in ancient times when men were superior to women, Zhao Tangming was willing to give up half of his study time and take the initiative to share the burden of life with his wife, which is a big plus.

Zhao Tangming could both study at home and work on the farm. As for why he failed the imperial examinations year after year, Luo Xiaoran didn't know either.

Maybe the competition is too fierce?

Maybe Zhao Tangming is just studying hard?

Maybe bad luck?

Maybe, there are all kinds of maybes...

Walking along the river, the bridge back to Hexi Village is not far away, but there seems to be something strange happening on the bridge again.

A man was lying on the bridge with his upper body and under the bridge with his lower body. His legs were caught in the iron chain of the bridge so he did not fall off.

Luo Xiaoran took two steps at a time and did not drag the man up first. Instead, she placed her fingers on his carotid artery.

There was a pulse and the man was still alive, so Luo Xiaoran began to drag him off the bridge.

He was an elderly man with gray hair, a face full of wrinkles, and eyebrows that could kill a fly.

"Breathing is normal, pulse is steady, why isn't he waking up yet?"

Luo Xiaoran also learned some basic Chinese medicine and pulse diagnosis from Du Kongqing, so she was able to judge the basic condition of this person.

"Miss Luo!"

Aunt Qian chased out, carrying a large bamboo basket in her hand.

"Miss Luo, these are persimmons from my tree. They are very sweet. Take them home and try them."

When she got closer, she found a person lying on the ground. Aunt Qian was horrified: "Isn't this old man Li?"

"Aunt Qian, do you know him?" Luo Xiaoran asked.

Aunt Qian put down the bamboo basket and replied tremblingly, "This is Old Man Li from our village. His daughter Li Xinghua has married to your Hexi Village!"

"Oh?" It turned out to be Li Xinghua's father, but why was he here?

"Aunt Qian, don't worry. He should be fine. Do you know where his home is? Call his family over." Luo Xiaoran said.

"Okay, okay, I'll call his son over right away!"

After saying that, Aunt Qian got up and strode towards the village.

Soon, a thin man followed Aunt Qian over.

As soon as he reached the bridge, he knelt down beside Old Li and cried out loudly:

"Dad, why are you so depressed? What will I do if something happens to you?"

……

The thin man thanked Luo Xiaoran repeatedly, then borrowed a cart from Aunt Qian, moved Old Man Li onto the cart and took him away.

Aunt Qian looked at their receding backs and sighed:

"This Li Tun is also pitiful. His father had a serious illness some time ago, and the medicine and medical treatment cost several taels of silver!

He couldn't afford it, and he became so thin in just a few days.

Later, somehow, this old man Li's illness was cured. Who knew he would cause such a scene again today? "

……

After dinner in the evening, Luo Xiaoran took Du Kongqing to visit Li Xinghua's home for the second time.

Before I knocked on the door, I could hear a loud quarrel from inside.

"Father and I didn't think highly of Zhang Erhe in the first place, and wanted you to marry someone from our village.

It was you who was so arrogant that you said Hexi Village was richer than Hedong Village and insisted on marrying him.

He also said that he and his parents have separated, and that you are an honest and introverted man, so you will be the head of the family once you marry into the family.

But the result?

Ever since Zhang Erhe got into trouble, Dad couldn’t sleep every day, which led to his serious illness.

Don't think that everything will be alright just because you paid five taels of silver to buy medicine for your father. Let me tell you, your father was so depressed today that he wanted to jump into the river!

Come home with me and persuade Dad. If anything happens to Dad, I won’t forgive you!"

"Brother, I can't go. I have to ask you to take care of Hu Zi for me."

"What do you mean?"

"She means she's going to be taken to the police."

Luo Xiaoran pushed open the door of Li Xinghua's house, wanting to walk in coolly and stylishly, making a very pretentious appearance, but... she didn't push the door open.

Du Kongqing next to him: Hold back your laughter, please don’t disturb me.

But these words reached Li Tun's ears clearly, and he hurriedly opened the door.

"It's you?"

Li Tun recognized at a glance that the girl in front of him was the one who rescued his old father from the bridge in the afternoon, but he didn't know why this lifesaver said those words just now.

Luo Xiaoran asked Li Xinghua to choose between opening an ancestral hall and being sent to an official position. However, Li Xinghua cared so much about what others thought of her that she would definitely not want to enter the ancestral hall under the gaze of the entire village.

Therefore, she would most likely let Luo Xiaoran secretly hand her over to the authorities.

As for escaping?

At first, Zhang Erhe and Wang Xiaofeng also wanted to elope, but in the end they were easily stopped by Luo Xiaoran.

Li Xinghua is a person who appears rough on the outside but is actually delicate on the inside. She would not have failed to think of this.