Chapter 103 Newspaper (Part Two) Heading to Jinzhou
"What? You want to move to Jinzhou?"
In a dilapidated farmhouse, a middle-aged woman looked at her husband in surprise, unable to understand why he would suddenly make such a strange suggestion.
An elderly couple, a couple in their thirties, and a young man in his mid-twenties, all sitting in the main room, looked at the middle-aged man with great confusion.
“Brother, Jinzhou is a hundred and eight thousand miles away from us, with high mountains and long rivers!” the young man said. “If our whole family moves to Jinzhou, who knows if we can even get there? We might die halfway there…”
“Yes,” the second son’s wife also looked worried. “Our parents are getting old, and the children are still young. How can they withstand a long journey? Brother, why did you suddenly have this idea?”
Having lived together as a family for so many years, she believed that her eldest brother would not harm the family.
The middle-aged man didn't say much. He carefully took a newspaper from his pocket and showed it to his family.
The family members... were not very literate, and all looked at the third child, the only one who had received an education.
The young man took the newspaper and quickly glanced at it.
He stared at it for a moment, then suddenly froze.
"This...this..." The young man looked up in disbelief at his family and exclaimed, "Jinzhou has a new governor, and it's a woman!"
"A woman?" The family members looked at each other in bewilderment.
The old woman spoke first, her aged voice full of doubt, "What does this have to do with us?"
Whether the governor of Jinzhou is a man or a woman, a cat or a dog, what business is it of yours? Why are you so agitated?
Obviously, everyone thinks so.
The two sisters-in-law looked uninterested; they were more concerned about the lack of surplus grain at home. The weather had been bad in recent years, and the amount of grain grown in the fields was decreasing, with most of it going to be handed over to the government. How were they going to get through this winter?
There's also my sister-in-law. Her husband passed away last year, and she's raising two children alone, which is also very difficult for them. They can't just abandon her family.
well.
The middle-aged man glanced helplessly at his third brother and said urgently, "That woman is a fairy! She provides three meals a day for the people under her rule!"
"What?" The second brother was startled.
The old man also thought his eldest son was talking nonsense, "What fairy?"
"It's true!" The middle-aged man pointed to the newspaper. "It's written here that the fairy even gave us land!"
His wife raised an eyebrow. "You actually bought paper? Paper is so expensive! How much did you spend?"
The young man spoke up to rescue his older brother, and his face lit up with joy. "What my brother said is true! The new governor of Jinzhou wants to cultivate her own power, so she needs to recruit new people, distribute land to the people, and send all the children to school!"
He looked at his two sisters-in-law, "Both Yulan and Mulan are capable of studying!"
Two middle-aged women were shocked: "Even a little girl can do that?"
The young man exclaimed happily, "Yes! When they turn fifteen, they can even take the state examination and become officials!"
The whole family couldn't believe such a good thing had happened.
The middle-aged man was very happy and said, "I heard someone reading the newspaper in the city. Jinzhou is really a great place! I was thinking, why don't we invite my sister's family and move to Jinzhou together!"
The young man agreed, saying, "Jinzhou is short of people right now. If we move there sooner, maybe I can work hard and get a minor official position."
The second son was somewhat tempted, but hesitated, glancing at his wife and then at his parents.
The old man was also somewhat tempted, but considering the long journey, he said, "No rush, let me think about it carefully."
Seeing his eldest son's anxiety, he said, "You should also think it over carefully. Moving is no small matter."
The three sons and two daughters-in-law all nodded: This is indeed a major matter that needs careful consideration.
Their family wasn't in a real emergency, but in another distant county, a family surnamed Wu was deeply worried and didn't know what to do.
The tyrannical eldest son of the prefect has taken a fancy to their youngest daughter and insists on forcing her to marry him as a concubine.
The youngest daughter originally had a fiancé, but his leg was broken, forcing him to break off the engagement.
Seeing that the other party was limping, the Wu family had no choice but to agree; they couldn't really cause the other party to lose their life.
The youngest daughter of the Wu family covered her face in anguish, crying out, "Father, Mother, I don't want to marry him! If I enter his house, you'll only be able to collect my corpse!"
The head of the Wu family sighed deeply, "But given the current situation, it's clear he's not going to let you go. What can we do?"
The youngest daughter gritted her teeth, "If you insist on making me marry him, I'll hang myself right now! I'm going to die anyway, so I might as well hang myself than be tortured to death by that bastard!"
Upon hearing this, Madam Wu burst into tears. She hugged her daughter and wept bitterly, "My poor, wretched daughter!"
Looking at his wife and daughters who were crying uncontrollably, the head of the Wu family felt a deep sense of despair.
He knew perfectly well that the prefect's eldest son was worse than a pig or a dog, and that marrying his daughter into that family would be like jumping into a fire pit, but he was powerless to do anything about it.
That bastard is enjoying the pleasure of being forced into marriage now, but what if he pushes them too far and attacks their family, taking his daughter into his own home?
The three of them were helpless here.
The eldest daughter of the Wu family, who was already married, entered the house led by her second son.
The eldest daughter didn't waste any words. She entered the room and showed a newspaper from Jinzhou, saying in a deep voice, "Let's pretend to agree to marry him first, and then we'll secretly move to Jinzhou!"
The head of the Wu family stared wide-eyed.
Mrs. Wu had tears in her eyes.
The youngest daughter opened her mouth wide.
Going to Jinzhou?!
The eldest daughter of the Wu family was always decisive and efficient. She briefly introduced the situation in Jinzhou and explained the benefits of going there.
Then she sent her second brother to the prefect's office to tell that bastard who was worse than a pig or a dog that his younger sister, after much persuasion from her family, was willing to become his concubine, and asked him to send someone to discuss the marriage.
Without saying a word, Wu's son went out the door.
Patriarch Wu: "..."
The eldest daughter glared at her, "Next, we'll put on a good show, fool them first, and then find a chance to escape to Jinzhou!"
With a resolute leader by her side, the younger daughter calmed down. She wiped away her tears and asked, "Big sister, do you think we can escape? Can't he stop sending people to watch us?"
The eldest daughter calmly said, "Don't worry, I'll ask the people in Jinzhou for help."
"People from Jinzhou?" Madam Wu asked, puzzled.
The eldest daughter said, "How did this newspaper end up in my hands? Because there are people from Jinzhou in the city. At worst, I'll give them my younger sister's dowry as payment for saving her life."
Seeing that his wife and youngest daughter had relaxed, the head of the Wu family didn't say anything.
He and his eldest daughter left the room and went to the study.
"Do you really think Jinzhou is a good place to go?" The head of the Wu family looked at his eldest daughter with concern.
The eldest daughter shrugged and said, "What else can we do, Father? That bastard's father is the prefect. Who do you think would refuse to give the prefect face and help us?"
The head of the Wu family sighed. It was his own fault for being useless and unable to become an official. Now he couldn't even protect his youngest daughter, forcing his eldest daughter to come up with solutions for him.
“Father, this is not your fault!” the eldest daughter comforted. “If we can’t win, we’ll run away. It’s better for the whole family to live than anything else.”
In this world, some parents love their children, while others do not.
In a small county town, a group of teenagers were discussing how to save their poor friend.
"Xiaoqin's lousy father beats her all the time. If Xiaoqin keeps being beaten like this..." The girl with braids closed her eyes in despair.
The boy with dry, yellow hair was filled with righteous indignation. "He not only hit Xiaoqin, but also Xiaoqin's two younger sisters! He wouldn't be trying to kill them, would he?"
The boy with small eyes said sarcastically, "No way, he still wants to sell his daughter for money in the future. If he beats Xiaoqin and the others to death, where will he get the money to marry off his precious son?"
"My precious son?" The girl with the braid spat. "A father like that can't have a son!"
She said that, but she knew that once Xiaoqin really had a younger brother, her and her sisters' situation would only become more difficult.
But she couldn't think of any other way and stomped her feet in frustration.
The girl with her hair in double buns said, "And then there's Feifei. His parents are really inexplicable. They treat him like trash, but treat his younger brother like a treasure."
If we're talking about Xiaoqin's father favoring sons over daughters, then Feifei's parents treat their two sons completely differently, which is really incomprehensible.
It's not that other parents aren't biased, but Feifei's parents are like this: they beat and scold their eldest son, make him work, and feed him scraps, while spoiling their youngest son rotten, as if the eldest son was adopted.
...Could it really be that it was found?
The girl with the double-looped buns suddenly stood up and said, "This can't go on!"
The girl with the double buns nodded repeatedly, "Yes, yes, my grandma said that a girl in the next village was tortured to death by her parents!"
Her words startled her friends.
The boy with small eyes asked anxiously, "Then what should we do?"
The boy with dry, yellow hair gritted his teeth in resentment, "But how can we save them? We're just kids too!"
"Let them run!" the girl with the double-looped bun said firmly.
Run? Her friends looked at her.
The girl with the double-looped bun said, "My father went into the city yesterday, and when he came back he was cursing and swearing, saying that the governor of Xinzhou in Jinzhou was a hen crowing at dawn!"
The girl with braids blinked her big eyes and asked, "What chicken? What company?"
The boy with small eyes asked, "What do you mean?"
The girl with the double-looped bun: "..."
She quickly said, "That's not important. What's important is that Jinzhou has a new master who provides food and education for the people."
"Jinzhou?"
"You mean you want them to run to Jinzhou?"
"But……"
The girl with her hair in double buns argued confidently, "They are still children and cannot support themselves, but now the governor of Jinzhou is willing to raise the children and can also give them new household registrations!"
The boy with dry, yellow hair asked a key question: "But they're so small, can they even make it to Jinzhou?"
The girl with braids said worriedly, "Yes, we're not far from Jinzhou, but we're not close either."
The girl with the double-looped bun: "..."
She pouted, "Oh yeah, that's a problem too."
The boy with small eyes thought for a moment and asked, "What did your father hear from whom in the city?"
The girl with her hair in double buns shook her head. "I don't know."
The boy with small eyes said, "Then let's find an opportunity to go to the city and ask around, see if there's any way."
Several friends nodded in agreement.
They decided to look for a chance for their friend to survive.
...
The newspapers sent out from Jinzhou were useful.
Countless people in distress, some who want to change their future, and some who simply yearn for the library in Jinzhou all want to go to Jinzhou.
Some packed their things and set off immediately, some tried their best to persuade their families, and some tried to connect with people in Jinzhou to seek help.
He Qinglan became the hope of many people.
Of course, she also received countless criticisms.
She was a woman who became the governor of Jinzhou, distributed land to the people, and even started the imperial examinations herself. It was truly amazing.
He Qinglan didn't care whether others were praising or criticizing her.
She was keeping a close eye on the construction projects in Jinzhou.
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