Chapter 38 Chapter 38: Soulless Night Run (10)

"I used to be the second person in Shangyang Pass, but I didn't expect to be a small official before." Lu Guichen's heart moved, as if what he wanted to know was seen through by Ye Jin at a glance, "Your family is not the Ye family in the cloud Is it? I've heard of it, one of the seven most famous big families in the Eastern Continent." "Sir, it's not what you think," Ye Jin smiled softly, "Which one of our seven big families in Donglu doesn't have tens of thousands of descendants? My family is a tiny branch in the Ye family, except for inheritance" Ye: "This surname has nothing to do with those important figures in the master's family. If you have to be cheeky to visit relatives, it's nothing more than being given a few gold baht by someone and letting the servants give it out politely."

She straightened her hair at the sideburns: "Then my mother remarried." "Remarry?" Lu Guichen was stunned for a moment. "Chu Weiguo's officials are strict, but corruption is rampant. Because the salaries paid to officials are very small, officials are forced to embezzle. If they are caught, the punishment is extremely severe. Those who embezzle more than five gold baht can be executed But five gold baht is not enough for an official family to give gifts to their superiors during the holidays. The officials below all form gangs and hide from each other in order to protect themselves. My father is a timid person, and it's not that he doesn't want to embezzle , but the law was harsh, he dared not. So whenever it was time to give gifts to the boss, the family was so poor that there was no food left. One year, on the first day of the year, my father exchanged the last rice for a few gold bahts, and he could only buy a few The pig legs were sent to the homes of several bosses. Others gave gold, jade and treasures..." Ye Jin still smiled lightly, "The boss also knows who he is, so he doesn't care about his offerings, just making fun of him So he let him go. But when he came out of the boss's door, he thought that his family was so poor that they didn't even have rice, let alone meat and vegetables, so they couldn't celebrate this festival. So he sneaked to the porch and picked up the pork leg from himself. Shangshou cut off a knife of fat, and ran home with it in his arms."

Lu Guichen listened silently, chewing on the sadness in her words. But Ye Jin's tone was still calm: "My grandfather was also a petty official, and he was a bit cunning, and the family had some money. Usually he hated my father for being cowardly and useless, and he seldom interacted with her, but Yuan Ri had to come and see his daughter. So He came to our house with home-cooked dishes and a few jars of wine. When he entered the door, he saw my father guarding a pot. In the pot was the piece of meat boiled in white water. There was nothing else to eat. My grandfather was angry with him. How could an official's family be so embarrassed that they didn't even enter the door, just left their things behind, and took my mother back to their own home."

"Your father...is he feeling sad?" Lu Guichen said softly. "Fortunately, he is the kind of person who accepts everything. His grandfather took his mother home before." Ye Jin said, "Father took out some of the things my grandfather sent and ate it with me." The New Year’s meal, and the piece of boiled meat. He comforted me that my grandfather would send my mother back when his anger subsides in a few days. I was only four years old that year, and I believed what my father said was right. But it was me The last time I saw my mother..." "What?" Lu Guichen was taken aback.

"When my father cut the pig's leg, he was accidentally seen by the cook of the boss's house, and turned to complain to the boss. The boss didn't blame the father, knowing that his family was poor, so he just left the cut pig's leg intact I sent it back with a sarcastic note. But this matter spread among the officials in the cloud, and everyone regarded it as a joke about the festival. My grandfather has a lot of connections, so it naturally spread to the In his ears. My grandfather felt that there had never been such a disgrace in his life. This time he was really furious and completely desperate for his father. My father waited for my mother to come back, but what he waited for was a letter from my grandfather saying "Break the marriage." "Documents. My grandfather said that he had too little income to support his wife, so he also sent the divorce papers to the official office."

"How...is this possible?" Lu Guichen murmured. He was at a loss for a while, he thought what to do, this is not even facing tens of thousands of enemies on the battlefield, you can draw your sword and rise up, at worst, you will die in a battle, which is also the glory of a warrior.But at that time, Ye Zhengshu had no choice. He couldn't draw his sword, so he could only beg humbly. "Father panicked. He appealed to the government office and wrote a letter to beg his grandfather. But this time he really hurt his grandfather's face. The person who manages the household registration in the government office is an old friend of his grandfather. Soon the government office approved it, saying that he had found out whether his father was alive or not. Ability to support his wife. It’s ridiculous to say that, the official office said that a petty official with official office salary can’t support his wife.”

"Then your mother really... remarried?" Lu Guichen felt that he was asking nonsense. "Remarried." Ye Jin nodded, "In order to get rid of my father's ideas, my grandfather asked many things, and within two months, he ordered a new marriage for my mother. The other party was a subordinate of my grandfather, a very smart young man. At that time, he was promoted very quickly, thanks to his grandfather who supported him a lot. The other party was not married yet, but he was willing to marry his mother. My grandfather felt very happy, so he resolutely refused to let my mother take me, saying that he would forget the past. , don't have anything to do with it."