Farmer's Cannon Fodder: Listen to me, the whole family, change the plot

After Song Liwu and Song Lihu heard Song Rending's thoughts, their eyes rolled around, as if they had some ideas.

But Song Rending's attention was not on the two of them and he didn't see it at all.

After changing the last few words about Mu Han, Song Rending forgot about this unlucky guy who was transformed from a lovesick second male lead to a male cannon fodder.

After all, after his third uncle passed the imperial examination, the family became really lively.

In addition to relatives and friends, various wealthy businessmen and gentry came to visit. Especially after they heard that Third Uncle Song Daan had not said anything bad about them, and even planned to continue studying, these people came more frequently.

Because they have their eyes on the marriage of their third uncle Song Daan.

Especially the wealthy businessmen with daughters in the town, they regarded the marriage of Third Uncle Song Da'an as a piece of fat meat. If it weren't for the excuse that Old Lady Song found an excuse that Third Uncle's marriage needed the consent of his master, Mr. Qiu, the matchmaker would have already stepped in to open the door to the Song family.

But it’s understandable.

In this feudal era, among the four classes of scholars, farmers, merchants and artisans, merchants were at the bottom of the social hierarchy. The previous dynasty even did not allow the sons of merchants to take part in the imperial examinations.

Although this dynasty allows merchants to take part in imperial examinations, the invisible chain of contempt still exists.

Scholars who come from merchant families will always be despised by some people with ulterior motives in this circle of scholars.

Some people even think that businessmen are profit-oriented, and that no matter how well educated a scholar from a merchant family is, he will never be an honest official.

In order to change the reputation of their descendants, many businessmen would choose to marry into farming and scholarly families or officials.

Marry the daughter off to a husband, and when the family has children or grandchildren who are old enough to go to school, they will use the connections of the in-laws to send the children to school under the guise of being a member of the in-laws' family.

This is equivalent to declaring to the outside world that the child is not educated by the family, which can reduce some invisible contempt to a certain extent.

Song Rending actually didn't understand this behavior, but she treated it with respect.

Because she is a person of later generations, her perspective on many things will always be influenced by many views of later generations.

Just like she didn't think that being born a scholar would affect him in any way, she didn't think that a scholar born into a merchant family would necessarily be profit-oriented, nor did she think that a scholar born into a poor family would necessarily be a good official who cares about the people.

But now, the society she lives in is like this, and it is not something he can judge with the eyes of future generations.

So she expressed respect for these phenomena.

The reason why Third Uncle Song Da'an is so popular in the eyes of this group of wealthy businessmen is that if they marry their daughter to him, she will directly become his legal wife. Even if Song Da'an becomes rich in the future, she will still be his wife who will never be abandoned.

According to the laws of this dynasty, anyone who abandons his wife will be deprived of his official title, beaten with 30 sticks, and sentenced to three years of imprisonment.

This is a serious crime.

These wealthy businessmen were able to send their daughters to the county magistrate's backyard as mistresses in order to gain connections with the official family. Now, seeing a family with the potential to become in-laws, how could they not go crazy?

Old Lady Song borrowed Master Qiu's name, but Master Qiu was not angry. He even made a special visit to her.

"An Zhu is down-to-earth and talented. He is incomparable to my previous disciples." Master Qiu came here specifically for the sake of Song Da'an and Song Liwen's studies and future. "It's a good thing that he hasn't got a marriage yet. This small academy in town can no longer broaden his horizons. An old friend of mine, the principal of Fanxi Academy, wrote to me and invited me to be the principal. Fanxi Academy is one of the four major academies in my dynasty. It would be great for An Zhu and Liwen to study there. I thought that since they are my last disciples, I would like to bring them both with me. That's why I came to ask for your opinions."

Master Qiu spoke sincerely, and had already analyzed all the benefits and laid them out clearly for the Song family to see.

Although Song Sanfu and Old Lady Song were not educated, they understood that the opinions of their teachers were extremely important.

Since Mr. Qiu can propose to take Song Daan and Song Liwen away, it will definitely be of great benefit to their future studies.

In addition, the Song family had no intention of marrying into a wealthy family in the town, so Song Sanfu and Old Lady Song looked at each other and agreed:

"We old couple naturally have no objection to Daan following you. But Liwen is still young, so we have to see what his parents think."

Master Qiu nodded.

Old Lady Song called Song Dafu and Li Taohua over and said, "Dafu, Taohua, Master Qiu wants to take Daan and Liwen to Fanxi Academy to study. Fanxi Academy is far from here, what do you think?"

This is to directly seek the opinions of the parents, Song Dafu and Li Taohua.

Song Dafu and Li Taohua were naturally reluctant, but they were not the kind of people who couldn't make up their minds. They knew what choice would be better for their son Song Liwen, so they didn't hesitate at all and agreed directly.

"We are peasants who work in the fields. We don't have the talent for studying. Liwen has a good talent for studying, and he has his uncle as a role model. He loves going to school the most. As his parents, we naturally have no reason to stop him."

Song Dafu and Li Taohua both agreed to this matter, and Song Sanfu and Old Lady Song also supported it, so it was easily decided that Song Daan and Song Liwen would follow Master Qiu to Fanxi Academy.

After this matter was settled, Master Qiu took the initiative to publicize it.

It was also announced that the future marriages of the two children would be decided by Master Qiu.

Not long after the announcement was made, the master and his two disciples set out on their journey to Fanxi Academy.

Seeing that there was no hope for this marriage, as all the candidates they wanted to marry had already left, these wealthy businessmen set their sights on other children of the Song family.

Except for the third uncle Song Da'an, the other children in the Song family are of the younger generation. Among the younger generation, the eldest is Song Liwen, who also followed.

Now, the oldest in the family are the twin brother and sister Song Liwu and Song Jinxue.

Song Liwu and Song Jinxue are not yet of marriageable age. Even if they are, Old Lady Song and her family have no intention of marrying into these families with ulterior motives.

Those wealthy businessmen invited the matchmaker to come to their door several times. At first, Old Lady Song politely sent them away, but some of them seemed not to notice being rejected and continued to come.

In the end, the originally polite Old Lady Song disappeared, and the matchmakers who came to the door were either turned away or beaten with a broom.

Although the broom did not fall on him, the touching atmosphere was enough to make people around laugh at him.

Old Lady Song's behavior caused all her close friends to come and persuade her.

Because in this area, the person who you should never offend the most is the matchmaker.

If you offend the matchmaker, it will be difficult for your children to find a partner in the future.

Old Mrs. Song expressed her gratitude for those people's advice, but she continued to do as she pleased.

There was no way, because she had known from Song Rending's thoughts a long time ago that in a few years, three years would come.

We will leave Songjia Village eventually, so there is no need to worry about offending a matchmaker or something.