Liu Yun was surprised and happy when he reacted, and he felt that it was not so coincidental. Who is Xu Hao? The most trusted hero of the emperor today, how could he come to Hangzhou if he didn't enjoy his fortune in the capital?

He quickly sent his servants to inquire, but the people who came back all said that Xu Hao was not the other person, but from Liaodong. He brought his family to Hangzhou for a trip, and there was a road issued by the government as evidence.

Liu Yun quickly explained his doubts and secretly cursed that Zhu Boqing and Jiang Dengyun would meet the powerful governor Xu. If they knew each other, how could there be no movement in the officialdom? It was because he had been at home for a long time that he had been in a state of closure. He didn't know that Xue Wen came to Hangzhou, nor did he know that the Jiang family was from Xiaojia Village.

In the main room of the Xu family at the foot of Wushan, Mrs. Xia and Mrs. Mu were talking about their worries. Mrs. Xia sighed: "I regret not returning to Hangzhou to settle down. If I stay in the capital, my husband and son will definitely be alive. It's all my fault that I only want to reorganize the family business, neglect to take care of my husband and discipline my son. Alas! In the end, it almost became a waste."

"Let's go over what's past, at least you've left your bloodline, so there's no need to worry about the Xia family's successor."

Mrs. Mu was deeply moved. She said that the Xia family was ordered to move to Beijing by force. Although it was a famous family in Hangzhou, what was it worth in the capital of 100,000 rich families and princes and nobles? It happened that she gave birth to Ningxue that year, and was introduced by someone to hire Xia to become a wet nurse.

Xia's knowledgeable and well-educated conversation was highly respected by Mu Ying and his wife. Mu Ningxue was enlightened when she was one year old. Mrs. Mu thought she was a sister in the boudoir. Later, when Mu Ningxue was eight years old, the Mu family helped the Xia family return to Hangzhou to settle down and reorganize the family business.

Who would have thought that both of them had a happy and loving life, but they became widows one after another in middle age. The suffering of being a widow is hard to describe in one word.

In the early years, the two ladies talked about everything and lived a long life of luxury. Naturally, the topic quickly turned to the secrets of the boudoir.

Mrs. Mu smiled bitterly and said, "I'm not to hide it. Every time I can't sleep at night, I can't sleep with acupoints and relish spring. I rub my heart and feel passionate. Sometimes I really want to hook up a man to satisfy my cravings. Fortunately, there are some utensils that are barely available. I didn't do shameful things. Finally, I will have the honor to meet the ancestors of the Mu family in the future."

Mrs. Xia said: "Who said it was not? Empress Wu sighed that life cannot be a hundred years old, and happiness should be timely. This is similar to "A real man cannot be remembered for a hundred years, but he should be infamous for thousands of years". The so-called chastity is nothing more than putting a layer of shackles on a woman. If it weren't for the rats around me, I would have been a slut."

Mrs. Mu smiled and said, "Your views back then were different, otherwise you wouldn't have let you go back to Hangzhou. I'm afraid that Ningxue would be arbitrary by you. I always feel that my son-in-law's thoughts are very similar to you. Speaking of which, this kid has nothing to say about Ningxue, and he will never be polite as a concubine, but there are many girls left behind at the same time. Sometimes I really can't see through him."

Mrs. Xia said disapprovingly: "They are all maids. What qualifications are they comparable to Ningxue? No matter how many there are, it's nothing. As a son-in-law, who can raise a hundred concubines? What can anyone say?"

"He dares!" Mrs. Mu snorted coldly and turned to laugh, "I won't mention them and my husband. Both children have great ideas. It's not our elders' turn to worry about it. By the way, you mentioned Zetian Martial Empress. I still remember reading a Turtle Sutra, which is rumored to be written by Empress Wu."

Mrs. Xia smiled and said, "It's probably just a rumor, and it's not true. But putting aside the mysterious yin and yang theory and absurdity. There are thousands of people, and there are naturally thousands of turtles. Only prostitutes can be more knowledgeable. At most, we just guess out of thin air."

"I'm idle, I'm idle, let's talk about it and pass the time." Mrs. Mu was intrigued.

Mrs. Xia said: "Women are most afraid of marrying paralyzed turtles in the turtle scripture. I have a wife at home. Her man is strong and burly. She has strength. Who doesn't envy her when she gets married? But after three months of marriage, she came to cry and said that she was short and sluggish. Even if she had baited her with hundreds of medicines, she would never be able to lift her firmly. She turned out to be a ferocious man. She wanted me to say that this kind of man is really hateful. She couldn't tell her that she wanted to marry her wife without telling her. Later, I simply found a stone girl for him and lived with her own family. Don't blame anyone else. The wife remarried to someone else."

Mrs. Mu clapped her hands and said, "That's it. Secondly, probably the most annoying thing is the rotten turtle. Although she can be angry, she will be defeated in just a few breaths. Marrying such a man is really disappointing, and it is almost equivalent to marrying a castration. Since ancient times, many women would rather be ruined than stealing people? It is because they cannot bear the long-term endurance. This kind of dispute in my family is often the most difficult to deal with."

Mrs. Xia sighed: "A husband has a husband's grievance and a wife's unwillingness to accept it is just a confusing debt, otherwise why are there any ritual constraints?"

Mrs. Mu said, "I remember that the turtle of the turtle is the most funny. The turtle scripture describes the bottom of the three turtles, which are as small as children's things. When put in, they are like not put in them. There is also the turtle of the turtle, which looks good, but is soft and useless. Marrying such a man is considered a sin in his previous life."

Without mentioning the two ladies talking about the world, Xu Hao was talking about the war on paper. On the way back to West Lake, he passed by the streets where Lehu was crowded with many men wrapped in green headscarves, red cloth straps on their waists, and pigskin boots on their feet, and shook their heads slightly.

This is the imperial decree of the Hongwu Dynasty. The standard dress of the musical men is also one of the origins of the green hat. Although Zhu Gaochi has issued an order to pardon the musical families who have been prostitutes for generations, over time, many men who have been accustomed to letting their wives and daughters come and see them off still do not change their customs.

Xu Hao believed that it was impossible to completely eliminate such feudal customs in the peaceful era, and the cost of revolution was too high. Either the entire society was facing drastic changes or it came naturally after the rise of capitalism, so he was too lazy to waste his efforts.

Take the Lihu in front of you as an example. He is unwilling to farm and do business, and he is reluctant to do a lot of effort. He has become accustomed to parasitizing on women and forcibly ordering them to change their careers and keeping everyone behind their backs to death and cursing you. Don’t think that you have done good things yourself. In fact, some Lihu have cut off their life path in their hearts. Besides, those who are promising will naturally choose other livelihoods.

Speaking of which, there are often many doctors in the martial arts world who live in places where the family gathers, selling medicines for fungi or abortion, and looking at gynecology. Xu Hao also knows the doctors of the Ming Dynasty very well through Xiangyu.

Doctors have been a very respected profession since ancient times. Although their status is not as high as scholars, putting aside famous doctors with real talents and knowledge, most quack doctors are divided into two types, one is a poor doctor and the other is a rich doctor.

Most poor doctors are based on the noble style of scholars. They put a medicine box at home and sat upright at home. They are very clear that they are not capable, so they rarely go to see others and make a living by selling medicines. If it happens, some people buy moldy ginseng at high prices. They will not worry about making a living for three years, otherwise they will continue to be poor.

The rich doctor must be a more diligent person. He usually hires four sedan chairmen every day and carries a red-topped sedan chair. No matter the weather, wind and rain, he runs around the streets and alleys every day. He deliberately buys some roast goose ducks or ham and smoked chicken. The book boy followed behind the sedan chair with a medicine box. When the people saw him visiting the hospital all day long and eating so much, they thought he was a famous doctor.

Only familiar people know that it is a few hundred cents at their own expense, and they carry it on the street to show off. If someone seeks medical treatment in an emergency, it depends on his own luck. Anyway, the quack doctor uses his life to try it out. If his luck is good, he will be cured. If the doctor gets money to support his wife and children, he will say that he is terminally ill and has no cure.

In fact, the Ming Dynasty law has clauses for convicting quack doctors of murder, but it seems that they have never been used. It is difficult to convict unless it is intentional homicide. The reason why traditional Chinese medicine gradually declined is that it is not only that it is too difficult to learn. The entire industry has not been regulated.

The ancients said that they should not be good ministers, but should be good doctors, saying that they can save people. In short, medical ethics are free to people's hearts.

Xu Hao really made a lot of effort to encourage Xiangyu and the others to study medicine for the whole family. It was not that he did not trust traditional Chinese medicine, but that a prescription could cause death by simply adding some pounds to a prescription, which was too unsafe. At least, if someone who could trust Xiangyu and other trustworthy people would not be able to save their lives in a mess due to the doctor's temporary negligence.

After thinking about it for a long time, the carriage slowly entered the house. Xu Hao walked along the window and saw Xia Wu standing in the distance with a stubborn head and a stubborn head.

Xia Wu's family was originally more wealthier than Xia Wu, but when he was young, he fell in love with gambling. He took advantage of his father's absence from home and stole any clothes and utensils that could be sold for money. His mother spoiled her son, and her husband didn't tell her when she came back. She disappeared when she was about to use it, and then she said that she was taken away by her son.

Later, his father locked all the valuable items in the house and carried the keys on him. Xia Wu lost money and owed debts to come back to find things to sell. The family had nothing. Xia Wu was so angry that he took out a blue cloth skirt of his mother, and left with the quilt on his father's bed.

This move made him angry. In order to prevent his son from selling the entire family, he did not dare to go out easily.

Xia Wu was scolded after returning home. He heard his father scolding him for not learning how to go down in a bad way, and he glared and said, "You said I am a bad person? I am a bad person to show you. You said I bet, I used to be a small gamble, it would be better if you didn't say it. Since you said that, I will go to a big gamble for you to see."

As a result, the creditor came to ask for money when he lost money. If he didn't give it, he stood outside the door and played and insulted him all day long. He couldn't beat Xia Wuyi up and paid back the money for him.

Xia Wu gambling all year round and spent a lot of savings at home. His relatives and friends asked Mr. Xia to go to the yamen to sue, but he was reluctant to leave because Xia Wu was the only son. Sometimes he felt sorry for the money to sue. After that, he felt sorry for his son and stopped himself, which made Xia Wu more unscrupulous.

Once, Xia Wutong and several bachelors were playing money, and they were very lucky. From morning to noon, they won three or four hundred taels of chips. After betting, they asked for money with others.

Unexpectedly, the loser said together: "Is it easy to win for men's money? Wait until you lose one day, and pay it back slowly."

Xia Wu was anxious and shouted, "How much money did I win usually? If I lose, I would be urged to do it forever. I finally won once, and I want to rely on me? I have no way."

A bachelor laughed and said, "Tell me the truth, you are our money-giving boy. My brothers and I missed today, it is your fate. Don't talk about three or four hundred taels of silver. Even if you want three or four hundred coins, it won't work."

At that time, Xia Wu was angry and anxious, and cursed for a few words, but was beaten to death by three people. His mouth and nose were covered in blood, his face was red and purple, and his clothes were torn to pieces.

It was just a quarrel, but Mrs. Xia's husband, Mr. Xia, passed by. When he saw that it was his distant relative, he rushed forward and stopped him.

Mr. Xia asked the reason, and Mr. Xia Wu told the whole story. Mr. Xia said to the bachelors: "My distant nephew loses 2,000 taels a year, and only wins one today. You all say no, is there any other kingly law? Why are there no one in the Xia family bullying me?"

When everyone saw that he was dressed in decent clothes, they didn't dare to say anything, and they were in a disadvantage, they immediately scattered.

Mr. Xia sent Xia Wu home and said angrily to his father: "Since you have the ability to raise your son, why don't you have the ability to discipline him? If you ask him to make trouble outside, what if you do? Since you don't dare to care about him, then send him to the government and deal with him with the gambling people, so as to quit gambling addiction."

After a while, Mr. Xia spoke up the truth: "Don't I want to? But when I send it to the official, I'm afraid that my relatives will make fun of it and have no shame."

Mr. Xia said furiously: "Okay, okay, your son won't grow up like this, but he is very proud. You have lived so old."

He came out angrily, and Mr. Xia cursed: "Bah! I don't know how to appear in the future, it will embarrass the Xia family."
Chapter completed!