Patriarch, he doesn't want to take the imperial examinations

In fact, it’s no wonder that everyone doesn’t understand, it’s because what Meng Qing said involves the grievances of two generations of the Meng family, Meng Zhen came here through time travel, and the other sons are young and young, and they don’t have any problems on weekdays. It's normal for someone to mention this in their ears.

This matter has to start from the generation of Meng Qing's grandfather.Mengqing's grandfather is the eldest son of the family, and after Mengqing's great-grandfather passed away, the grain farm business was handed over to Mengqing's grandfather.

Meng Qing's grandfather had a younger brother, who was lazy and ignorant.Not long after the younger brother got married, he followed his elder brother to learn business, but he was always ignorant of business, and he lost the other by doing one.For this reason, my brother did not teach him much.

The younger brother is narrow-minded, because he feels that his face has been swept away by his elder brother's lecture, so he holds a grudge against his elder brother.The wife who gave birth to this younger brother is a goof-spinner, and she actually advises the younger brother to take his brother's business and take it for herself.

How to win.asked the younger brother.The wife said that she stole the store deed of the Liangzhuang and converted it into a bank note, and then they ran away secretly, looking for a place that no one knew to live a good life quietly.

The younger brother was in a daze for a while, and he believed his wife's words. While his elder brother was out to do business, he resold the store deeds of several grain farms to others, and he took the bank notes and ran away with his wife.

The two went south all the way, and finally ran to the Lingnan area.But the two of them didn't have much brains. They were plotted against on the way, and most of the bank notes were thrown away. When they arrived in Lingnan, there was not much left in their hands.

Because they were not familiar with the place, the husband and wife had no skills, so they started some small businesses with the little money left in their hands.However, if the business does not make a profit, it loses, and in the end even the capital is lost.

It's really not going well, drinking water can get stuck between teeth.In the end, they had no choice but to work for a wealthy family to earn some income.

Later, the couple gave birth to two sons. When the eldest son became an adult, the couple used their little savings to marry a housewife. When the youngest son was born, the family really couldn't afford the extra money to marry him.

Just at this time, the rich family where the couple worked was looking for a son-in-law for their daughter, and they fell in love with their youngest son.

However, the rich family where the youngest son broke the door is only temporarily living in Lingnan, and his hometown is in the south of the Yangtze River.After the daughter and son-in-law got married, the wealthy family moved to the south of the Yangtze River.

It's just that they didn't take the couple and their eldest son with them when they left.The couple's family was in a difficult situation, and they had no extra money to go north, let alone the shame to go back to their hometown.

The couple looked in the direction of their hometown, wanting to see through their eyes, wanting to cry without tears, and the intestines of regret were about to break.

But he said that after the youngest son returned to the south of the Yangtze River with the rich family, he was not welcomed at home.The wife is a shrewd wife, and her temper is not very good. She loses her temper with her youngest son every now and then. The youngest son is cautious at home, walking on thin ice, for fear of accidentally offending this evil star.

The youngest son and his shrewd wife have two sons and a daughter. The eldest son inherits the family business and the second son studies for the imperial examination.It was the eldest son who did business with Mengqing this time.

The two chatted happily, and the eldest son invited Meng Qing to sit at home.When Meng Qing came to talk with the eldest son's father, he found out that the father's surname was Meng.After talking further, they talked about the eight generations of their ancestors, and they were shocked for a while, that the two were actually a family.

This father is exactly Meng Qing's cousin.After Uncle Tang told Meng Qing what had happened to him, Meng Qing not only showed no sympathy, but also cursed secretly, "You deserve it".

At the beginning, his cousin turned the grain farm that his great-grandfather had brought down into banknotes and escaped, causing his grandfather to search everywhere, one lawsuit after another, but he couldn't find it.

Now the grandfather's family is living a miserable life, this is the retribution given to them by God.Meng Qing only clapped his hands and said, "Heaven is good for reincarnation, how can I sympathize with them."

Uncle Tang's eldest son was overjoyed when he learned that they were uncles and nephews, and called Meng Qing "cousin". Regardless of whether Meng Qingle was happy or not, he stayed in their house for a year before releasing him. .

Now sitting in his own home, Meng Qing told what happened to his uncle and grandfather together.Everyone was speechless for a long while, not knowing whether it was sighing or what.

"Why don't you talk anymore, did I not explain clearly?" Seeing that everyone was silent, Meng Qing asked.

Meng Hong hurriedly answered: "No, brother made it very clear, but we don't know what to say."

Meng Qing then said: "Speak freely, just say whatever you want." Suddenly remembering Uncle Tang's submissive and cautious look in that family, he couldn't help feeling angry, and suddenly felt that the food in front of him was not delicious.

Putting the chopsticks on the table heavily: "It's really useless for a well-behaved Meng family son to be the son-in-law of someone else's family. The son born with someone else's surname. I understand that if I don't have a son in this life, it's fine. I will not let my son step in and be someone else's son-in-law." This is not only useless, but also embarrassing to the ancestors.

Seeing that Meng Qing's anger was inexplicable and menacing, everyone lowered their heads to eat their own food, and no one paid any attention to him for a while.

Only Meng Hong bared his lips: "Brother is right. How can a good seven-foot man wrong himself to go into someone else's house? Wouldn't that hurt his dignity and be ridiculed by others?" Just big brother, don't keep staring at him Just look at me, it's as if he's stuck in the door of someone else's house.

Meng Qing suppressed the anger in his heart, and said calmly: "I remember I told you before I left that I want you to pay more attention to a few girls, and when I come back, I will go to the girl's house to propose marriage for you. I have been away for half a year now, How are things going with you?"

Meng Hong was fine at first, but after hearing Meng Qing's words, his whole body became bad immediately.He originally thought that Meng Qing was talking about his great-grandfather, Tang-Uncle, and Tang-Grandpa, and he had forgotten about it long ago. It turned out that he didn't mention it, but put it aside for the time being, just sooner or later.

But he didn't want to answer this question, so he hurriedly lowered his head to eat, pretending that he didn't hear.

Unexpectedly, Ah Qing, who was standing by the table at this time, didn't look long, and insisted on rushing to speak: "During the absence of the eldest young master, the second young master only had contact with Deng Zhaozhao, a girl from Deng Yuming's family. The other Ah Qing have never seen each other again."

Just such a sentence, everyone looked at Ah Qing in unison, and Meng Hong gave him a fierce look, thinking that Ah Qing was baffled, where did this come from, why did it have something to do with Deng Zhaozhao.

Ah Qing was watched closely by everyone, knowing that she had made a slip of the tongue, she covered her mouth and ran away quickly.

But Meng Qing snorted and looked at Meng Hong: "I just said that you are so weird when you talk to me. It turned out to be to cover up something. What's so good about that daughter of Deng Yuming's family? She cries all day long and listens to it." I'm bored. You want to be a door-to-door son-in-law for someone else, and I won't need your father to do anything, I will break your leg first."

On the way here, Meng Hong told him everything that happened to the people around him in the past six months, including Deng Yuming's death.When Deng Yuming was alive, he intentionally matched his family Deng Zhaozhao and Meng Hong, but Meng Hong was not happy and kept avoiding it.

Deng Yuming had no choice but to turn around and find another son-in-law for his daughter, and he was a door-to-door son-in-law.

But no matter whether he came to the door or not, Meng Qing was not very optimistic about Deng Zhaozhao from the beginning to the end. He thought that Deng Zhaozhao was too weak and would cry at every turn.

Moreover, to marry Deng Zhaozhao is to be a door-to-door son-in-law. Meng Hong of his family is such a good-looking man, how could he stoop to let someone walk in the door.Meng Qing was also annoyed by Ah Qing's words, he didn't care whether it was true or not, so he scolded Meng Hong head and face first.

Meng Hong was also very angry, but it was not because of Ah Qing, but because of him.Meng Qing was out of his mind when things went wrong, so he scolded him indiscriminately.

This made him very angry, and he said angrily: "If I have the idea of ​​being a door-to-door son-in-law for others, I don't need brother to do it, I will cut off my own leg first."

The two were at odds with each other in words, and they were tit for tat. There was a moment of silence at the dinner table, everyone's mouths seemed to be sewn with needles, and no one said a word.

With a "snap", Meng Zhen slapped his chopsticks on the table.From eating to now, the noise in his ears has never stopped, and he has a headache from the noise, which is really unbearable.

"When you're not here, the house is very clean. Why do you go crazy when you come back? You eat when you eat, and you don't make any noise. It makes people feel uneasy."

Although this remark was not mentioned by name, everyone knew it well and knew that it was for Meng Qing.Meng Qing knew that his father was eccentric, and always favored Meng Hong, and he couldn't win a fight by himself, so he took a breather, buried his head in silently picking up the rice in the bowl.

"You must be very tired after traveling on the road for several days, so you can rest after eating." The dinner table became quiet, Mengzhen's ears stopped being noisy, and his heart also calmed down, he said to Mengqing in a soft voice .

Meng Qing nodded: "Understood Dad." Suddenly remembered something, raised his head and said, "I forgot to tell Dad, the youngest son of my uncle's family also passed the examination last year as a scholar. My family said, When we have a test in the future, let that boy from his family come to live with us for a period of time. I have also lived in his house for ten and a half months, thinking of reciprocity, it is not easy to refuse, so I agreed."

Meng Zhen let out a "huh" and said nothing more.

"And dad," Meng Qing continued, "I think starting from this year, we will first set up two schools in our county for children who can't afford to go to school. If the school goes well, we will expand to surrounding villages and towns in the future." , strive to have at least one school in every village and town, and children can go to school. If ability permits, not only the school, but I will also fund the construction of several shelters in our county for the homeless and poor. .”

When he said this, there was a star-like light in his eyes, everyone couldn't help being stunned when they heard this, they had never seen Meng Qing say such a thing before.What happened to Meng Qing? Why did the descendants feel abnormal after going to the south of the Yangtze River?

Meng Hong was even more shocked, his eyes were fixed on his brother, and he forgot for a moment that the two of them had an unpleasant quarrel just now.I thought to myself, what happened to Mengqing in the south of the Yangtze River, why did he seem to be a different person when he came back, and started doing charity instead.

Since this trip to the south of the Yangtze River, Meng Qing has seen what happened to his grandfather and uncle, and he has become even more convinced that the Buddhist saying "karma retribution, karma reincarnation, good will be rewarded with good, and evil will be rewarded with evil" is absolutely true.

People live for a lifetime, money and appearance are all foreign objects, if you don't bring it with you, you don't take it with you when you die.That being the case, why doesn't he use his extra money to those in need, and enjoy helping others, and helping him is helping himself, and it should be considered as doing good deeds for his family.If there is an afterlife, he must be reborn in a good family.

When he said these words, everyone stared at him and praised his words.Meng Zhen was full of praise: "You have such a high level, which makes me admire you." Their Taoists have always paid attention to personal cultivation, unlike Buddhism, Taoists pursue themselves, self-forgetfulness from the inside out, This is how to find longevity.

"Okay, let's eat quickly. When you're full, go back to your room to rest. Let's talk about tomorrow." After a moment of silence in the room, Meng Zhen said again.

Meng Hong looked at his father, then at his brother, and thought, only someone in this family practiced Taoism, and now there is another Buddha, one Buddha after another, and the family will be lively now.

Soon everyone finished their meal, and then got up and went back to their own rooms.Before going out, Meng Zhen heard Meng Hong Meng Che whispering behind him.

Meng Che: "Second brother, I haven't seen you for half a year, how did I find that big brother is different from before."

Meng Hong: "What's different?"

Meng Che: "Why is elder brother becoming more and more like a father, even scarier than our father. Now when I see him, my scalp tingles, afraid that he will teach me."

Meng Hong smiled: "Yes, your feeling is right, Meng Qing's daddy smell is getting stronger and stronger. You should not go to him in the future, and be careful when he preaches to you, just like Tang Seng chanting scriptures to Monkey King. You have a headache and fear, your heart is terrified, and you want to die."

Meng Che was so frightened that he quickly shrank back on his brother: "It's too late for me to hide, how dare I go to him, I'm afraid I'm crazy, I think my life is too long."

Meng Hong rubbed his head: "Yes, just hide, can't afford to provoke us?"

The muttering became farther and farther away until it disappeared.Meng really thought, why didn't he find out when did Meng Qing smell like a father?His father is still alive, can Meng Qing surpass him and take his place?

These two tongue-twisters, who speak right and wrong behind their backs, should be punished!