Hai Rui's father died when he was four years old, and he was raised by his mother, Xie.

Mrs. Xie was a strong, upright and kind woman. Hai Rui inherited her character and became the Hai Rui of today.

However, due to his personality, he divorced two wives in succession...

Qiongzhou is far away from the end of the world. There, Han and Li people live together. The character of Han women is somewhat influenced by the fierce Li women. Unlike the women in the Central Plains who are submissive and submissive, they cannot bear humiliation.

The Hai family has been studying for generations and are a well-behaved family.

Even though her husband died early, Xie refused to compromise and continued to follow the suffocatingly old-fashioned family rules.

Hai Rui's first wife, Xu, couldn't stand the Hai family's rules and was at odds with her mother-in-law, Xie, so she was divorced.

Later, he married Pan, but after one month, a fight broke out between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, and he was divorced again...

It was not until the gentle and virtuous Wang came into the family, and Xie also did some self-reflection, that the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law got along harmoniously.

Wang also gave birth to two sons and three daughters for Hai Rui. The family followed Hai Rui on his travels around the world, and although they lived a poor but happy life, they were quite harmonious.

It was not until the 44th year of the Jiajing reign that Hai Rui was promoted to the head of the Ministry of Revenue and was about to go to the capital to take up the post.

Xie was old and could not stand the cold weather in the north. Hai Rui had no choice but to let his family stay in Xingguo temporarily while he took Hai An to the north to take up his post.

Then in the 45th year of Jiajing, Hai Rui wrote a memorial on public security that shocked the world, and was thrown into prison. His two sons also died mysteriously one after another...

The unbearable blow almost destroyed the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.

Wang, in particular, suffered severe mental trauma and her health was deteriorating, making her completely unable to manage the household chores.

Fortunately, Hai Rui is now a fourth-rank official, and his salary is more than three or four times what he received as a county magistrate... Although for other fourth-rank officials, it may not be enough to hold a banquet, it is enough to greatly improve the lives of the Hai family.

Wang decided to give Hai Rui a concubine named Han and asked Han to take care of the whole family.

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At this time, the concubine Han took over Hai'an's backpack, lifted the oilcloth that protected her from the rain, took out Hai Rui's official robe and black gauze, and prepared to hang them on the robe rack.

"Hey, meat!"

"And the balls!"

When the two little girls saw what was under the basket, they were immediately excited.

"There are delicious things to eat!" The daughters jumped around the basket, just like it was New Year's Day.

"Be quiet. You are never short of food." Hai's wife, Wang, smiled palely and stood up to help clean up in the kitchen.

"Don't move." Xie turned the spinning wheel twice faster, and the cotton thread flew out of her left hand. After spinning a handful of cotton, she broke the cotton thread and stopped spinning. "How many days have you recovered?"

Han took the meat and eggs to the kitchen to light a fire and cook.

After Xie and Wang had neatly put the cotton thread and cotton into the winnowing basket, Hai Rui and Hai An carried the three spinning wheels into the west room.

In fact, with the current income of Hainan University, the family no longer needs to weave cloth. But on the one hand, they are used to being frugal, and on the other hand, this is the traditional craft of Hainanese people and cannot be lost.

Thirdly, Xie always felt that with her son's temper, he might be dismissed from office or even exiled. It is said that it is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but difficult to go from luxury to frugality. It is better to keep your true nature so as to avoid the gap later.

"Ruxian, how come the sun is shining so brightly today? How come you have guests?" Xie found it very strange. Apart from the occasional visit from relatives, she couldn't remember ever having guests at home.

"Mom, it's someone I met in Beijing..." Hai Rui wiped his hands with a sackcloth and was about to say 'friend', but the image of the boy with 'I'm rich' written all over his body appeared in front of him. He couldn't help but frown slightly, and changed the subject: "Someone who helped my son."

"We should invite them to our home and repay their kindness." Mrs. Xie started to talk. She no longer had the sharpness of her youth and was just an ordinary old lady.

As the mother and son were talking, they heard a knock on the door.

Hai'an quickly opened the door with an umbrella, and saw Zhao Hao and his son standing there with an umbrella in one hand and a gift in the other, smiling.

"Grandpa, do you still recognize me?" Zhao Hao specially changed into a simple Songjiang snow-blue cloth robe today and took off his jade pendants and hairpins.

"Hahaha, I used to be a doorman, how could I forget Master Zhao and Young Master Zhao?" Hai'an was also very happy. He hurriedly took the gift and let the father and son into the yard.

Mr. Zhao, who had just attended the class yesterday, was in awe when he heard that Hai'an had been a doorman. He thought, why not try to dig it?

Hai Rui also walked out of the hall and stood in the corridor, bowing to Zhao Shouzheng and saying, "Congratulations, Zhao Xiaolian, for winning the first place in the imperial examination!"

"I'm ashamed." Zhao Shouzheng also hurriedly saluted Hai Rui.

Hai Rui nodded, then looked at Zhao Hao and said, "I told you to stay away from me, why are you coming closer again?"

"Do you think I am willing?" Zhao Hao said with a wry smile, "Didn't my father get exiled?"

"You brought this upon yourself." Hai Rui sneered. He was in the Nanjing Tongzheng Department and had the best information. "I've warned you long ago that it's best not to tell outsiders about those twisted theories. But you actually brought them up at Lingji Palace and made a big fuss about them!"

"Ruxian, how can you talk to your benefactor like that?" But behind him, Xie's low voice was heard from the main room.

Zhao Hao couldn't help but laugh, and looked at Hai Rui and asked, "How did I become your benefactor?"

"Please meet my mother." Hai Rui gave a helpless smile, but he did not explain. It was pointless to argue with an old lady in her eighties.

If I had known this would happen, I would have called it a "friendship regardless of age"...

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The father and son went into the main room and kowtowed to the old lady together.

Zhao Hao was born with red lips and white teeth, his face was as white as powder, but his mouth was so sweet that it could kill people. He called Xie "Grandma" all the time, making her so confused that she held his hand and wouldn't let go.

Seeing this scene, Wang's eyes suddenly turned red and she turned her head away.

Hai Rui knew that she missed her son again. If Zhong Di was still alive, he would be exactly Zhao Hao's age...

He gently held his wife's hand to give her some comfort.

Wang also hurriedly wiped away her tears, fearing that she would embarrass the guests.

Zhao Hao greeted Wang again, and seeing that she looked very sick, he suddenly remembered something. His heart sank, and he silently thought about how he could help.

At this time, Hai Rui's two daughters poked their heads out from behind their mother and looked at Zhao Hao and his father with a smile. The younger one was even drooling...

Seeing this, Zhao Shouzheng took out a handful of candies from the gifts he brought and handed them to the two children with a smile.

Zhao Hao's heart tightened again. He suddenly thought of the legend that Hai Rui had about his daughter starving to death. It was said that because his five-year-old daughter was too hungry, she took a piece of a man's pancake. As a result, Hai Rui scolded his daughter. After realizing her mistake, she starved herself to death...

He couldn't help but wanted to persuade his father to stop, but when he saw the look in Hai Rui's two daughters' eyes when they saw the candy, they were just like greedy little kids.

He couldn't help but feel absurd - what the hell, a child this young doesn't know anything, and she's on a hunger strike! It's true that she would cry to death if she wasn't allowed to eat candy...

Looking at Hai Rui again, he nodded with a wry smile, like an ordinary father, with a hint of doting and a little helplessness.

"Thank your uncle and don't eat it all at once!"

The two children cheered when they heard this, put the candy in their arms first, and then thanked Master Zhao sweetly.

Damn, didn’t you say it was a severe reprimand?

Who the hell spread this rumor? What's his intention?

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