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Chapter 1393 1393: Father and Daughter [Happy New Year]

"Pfft-"

Miao Ne couldn't help but burst out laughing.

Judging from the degree of distortion of her facial features, she was really trying very hard to hold back her laughter. While doing so, she patted Li Wan's shoulder lovingly.

Li Wan said expressionlessly: "Laugh if you want to. Don't smoke like you're possessed. I know you're laughing at me in your heart."

After getting permission, Miao Ne burst into laughter.

"You've worked so hard, but I didn't know you were suffering so much."

I can apply for work injury for this incident.

Lian Ningyan felt a little sympathetic towards Li Wan.

It's really not the child's fault. If it were me, I wouldn't have tolerated it either - scholars study hard not to endure humiliation. If he doesn't react after suffering such a great humiliation, he might develop a demon in his heart and make no progress in his life!

It’s time to draw the sword!

Li Wan's tongue pressed against her burning cheek, and she was still upset. Although she slapped the man's mother once, the man's father twice, and even picked up a stick to hit the man's head in the chaos - she said it was a fracture, and he was almost dead, and if the doctor didn't help, he might be completely crippled - she still couldn't get rid of her anger. Seeing her crazy, her mother thought her daughter was tortured and crazy in the enemy camp, and she hugged her and cried out of heartache. Li Wan's father felt that Li Wan had brought shame to his ancestors, so he shouted in anger and slapped Li Wan with his hand.

Even though he is old, his hands are still very strong.

The slap was so loud and heavy that it lingered in the air for several breaths.

Li Wan was caught off guard and stood there in a daze for a moment.

The man's mother took the opportunity to leave several scratches on her face and neck. The man was also pampered, with his long nails painted with red nail polish - the juice of crushed nail grass made her nails shiny and beautiful, and also allowed her to perform magical attacks when she scratched people.

This also caused the several scratches to turn red and inflamed.

This is the Li Wan that Miao Ne and his companions saw.

Like a delicate, beautiful yet pitiful cat.

"...I can't beat my parents, I can only ask for more interest from that family." Li Wan shrugged in frustration, she admitted defeat. The enclave itself was not easy to manage, and losing it would not affect her career, but beating her parents was a serious matter.

Kangguo ruled the country with "loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness" instead of "ruling the country with filial piety". The promotion of "filial piety" was not so extreme, but children beating their parents was still a major challenge to social morality. If Li Wan, an official, could beat his parents without being punished, would the common people follow suit?

It was just a slap in the face, and she could only stare blankly after being hit.

She gave double the money back to the man's family of three.

Oh, she didn’t even let go of the relative who intended to bring them together.

[You, you unfilial and rebellious daughter!] It would have been fine if Li Wan had beaten the man's family, but beating her relatives completely ignited her father's anger. He was furious and reported to the police to have Li Wan arrested. Li Wan and the man's family were detained and had to eat prison food.

After hearing this, Miao Ne felt even more sympathetic towards Li Wanwan.

The Kangguo Ministry of Personnel conducted very careful background checks on officials.

Not only will they check the person's ability, but they will also check the backgrounds of their parents and four ancestors. Criminal records before the founding of the People's Republic of China can be ignored, but criminal records after the founding of the People's Republic of China will be included in the assessment. If these six people accuse Li Wan, her career may really be over. She will not be promoted for ten years, and she will not have the opportunity to make meritorious contributions, unless she can do something extraordinary.

Miao Ne was quite upset when he first learned about this.

【Teacher, I have a question.】

【Where is the doubt? 】

[This rule of the Ministry of Personnel is too unfair to some people.]

【For example?】

【For example, some children who come from ordinary families. How can their parents have the broad knowledge of their successful children? However, very few parents have this understanding, they only know that fathers are fathers and sons are sons. According to folk customs, as long as the children do not separate, the head of the family will always be the head of the family, how can they allow their children to disobey? What if these parents are instigated by villains and sue their children, wouldn't it be easy to ruin their children's careers? To put it more seriously, this trick can easily depose officials who come from ordinary families, bribe their relatives, and let the jealous relatives come forward to instigate their parents, this can be done! 】

The good atmosphere in the King Kang’s court does not mean that there is no political struggle.

It's hard to guard against dirty wrists.

Those people just couldn't bear the wrath of their master, and never dared to cross the bottom line. Once the master's attitude loosened, I'm afraid they would fight until the sky was dark and the sun and moon were dim. The fact that the problem of the gentry and commoners in Kangguo was not serious did not mean that it did not exist.

There is always a conflict of interest between the new rich and the old rich.

Blocking someone's financial path is like killing their parents!

If this is the case with wealth, what about power?

Miao Ne was worried that someone would take advantage of this loophole to harm others.

Luan Xin looked at the young student with complicated eyes.

Isn't that a bit too clever?

It is estimated that those old foxes who have experienced ups and downs in the officialdom are not as quick as her in reaction. If Miao Ne uses this method to get rid of political enemies, it will be a sure disaster - dragging down the honest officials and sinking together. Starting from the people around the officials is the least noticeable and has the highest success rate.

but--

[Cultivate yourself, manage your family, govern the country and bring peace to the world. If you can't even manage a small family with one acre of land, how can you manage a region?] Luan Xin's tone was flat, even a little ruthless, [To enter the officialdom of Kangguo, the first thing to manage is the people of the small family. This is also the invisible threshold in the officialdom. If you can't manage your small family, but are controlled by family ties and human relationships, bad things will happen sooner or later, and one day you will be dragged into committing a huge mistake. Whether you are a small clerk or a high-ranking official, you are a disaster.]

When you are qualified to allocate resources, you will be surrounded by endless temptations. Those evil spirits that come here to smell the smell will search for cracks in the eggshell inch by inch like flies! Once they find it, the egg will stink and rot! It is not easy to be a good egg.

These unspoken rules are not stated openly. Either teachers teach, or you figure it out yourself, or let your political opponents teach you a lesson. Some truths cannot be taught by people, but it is enough to teach people once.

Luan Xin taught Miao Ne everything he knew.

From cultivation, human relations to officialdom.

He didn't want Miao Ne to repeat Miao Shu's mistakes.

[So, being orphaned is an advantage? ]

[Such a person? The Ministry of Personnel should pay more attention to the examination and approval in private. ] Luan Xin was certainly not targeting Gu Chi. A person without any relatives or friends in the officialdom is a barefoot person. A barefoot person is not afraid of a person wearing shoes. Such a person is either not abnormal or abnormal in a shocking way. One of the reasons why Luan Xin was wary of Gu Chi was that this guy had been involved with the general for many years but still could not get the upper hand. It can be seen that he was a heartless scumbag.

Miao Ne: [……]

If your parents are alive, you have to prevent them from being used by political enemies. If your parents are not around, the Ministry of Personnel has to be on guard against possible perversion. The officialdom is really chaotic.

Miao Ne murmured: "Fortunately, I only have one mother."

Is this some kind of compromise?

Li Wan was so angry that he almost fell over.

Can this kind of thing be considered “fortunate”? ? ?

Li Wan was half her disciple, and as a teacher, Ning Yan had the obligation to give him some advice. However, if she said it too clearly, it would be suspected of interfering in other people's family affairs. She could only hint that Li Wan should rest at home in the near future, resolve the troubles at home first, and then report for duty.

If Li Wan couldn't understand this, there was nothing we could do.

Obviously, Li Wan is no fool.

Minister Ning personally asked someone to take her out of the prison, of course it was not because she, Li Wan, was so important, nor was it possible that he came to comfort her because of her experience in the enemy camp for more than a month. She was not that important. It was possible that he wanted to use her for something.

It’s still an important thing.

It was so important that Minister Ning had to come in person.

Since it is so important, it is better to do it sooner rather than later and cannot be delayed.

Minister Ning told her to rest and recover from her injuries, and not to rush to the government office to report for duty. Li Wan was not stupid enough to think that this was Ning Yan's care and concern. If she really thought so, she would not be the best in that class. She was in a state of turbidity, trying to find the real reason from the clues. After some thought, Li Wan secretly let out a breath of foul air. Minister Ning's hint was very obvious. If she didn't know what was going on, she would really disappoint him.

Thinking of this, a harmless smile appeared on her face.

"Don't worry, Prime Minister Ning. I will handle it as soon as possible."

"Well, take good care of your injuries."

Ning Yan's words really meant that she should rest and recuperate.

Li Wan raised his hand to touch the remaining warmth of Ning Yan on her shoulder, and his eyes suddenly turned cold. Miao Ne casually said, "Nine out of ten common people don't know which direction the government office door faces, and the remaining one only knows the surname of the local official, and knows nothing about the royal decree. Although we don't care about those romantic reputations, it's not good to spread it too much in the market."

Going down layer by layer, with each additional layer, there is one more person who likes to guess the intentions of the superiors, and will add his own personal opinions on a whim.

How many government orders have been ruined by miscommunication?

This is how government orders are destroyed and this is how rumors arise.

Compared to those boring government orders that were incomprehensible, the common people were very interested in simple rumors, especially those about the lower body. Miao Ne was worried that Li Wan would not be able to handle this matter well and allow her parents, relatives and the man to spread her rumors. By then, the common people would only know about her "romantic experience" in the enemy camp in her early years and would not care about how many good things she had done for the people.

Li Wan felt a little warm in his heart: "I know."

She has much more experience in officialdom than Miao Ne.

Sooner rather than later, Li Wan used her spiritual energy to quickly reduce the swelling and heal the wound, and returned home that afternoon. Her parents were angry and refused to see her, but she didn't waste any words and asked someone to pack up their things, and they immediately became restless.

"Rebellious girl, what are you doing?"

Seeing the servants and maids carrying out their belongings one by one, Li Wan's father was so angry that his face turned blue and he was about to get angry again.

"Oh, Wangdu is not a good place to retire. Please ask your parents to return to their ancestral home. There are beautiful mountains and clear waters, and the people are simple and honest."

The two elders changed their expressions at the same time.

The father was angry: "It's not your turn to make the decision in this family."

Li Wan snapped his fingers, and the doors and windows were closed by the servants.

It was dusk, and with the doors and windows closed and no candles lit, the light inside the courtyard suddenly dimmed. Li Wan's voice reached their ears clearly: "The head of the family is the one who can support the whole family, so - father, I am the head of the family. If it weren't for me, you would still be an old landlord guarding the ancestral home and land in the countryside, smearing lard on your mouth every ten days or half a month to eat meat, and your mother would lie on the ground to tend to the crops even though her back hurt..." "Unfilial daughter, what nonsense are you talking about!"

His saliva was flying, his neck was thick and red, and veins were bulging.

Like an old cat in an old house with its tail stepped on.

Li Wan used his spiritual power to block his voice from coming out of the courtyard wall. His voice was cold and ruthless: "Father, you can speak louder. No one outside the courtyard wall will hear you. After today, you should realize that you got everything from me because of blood, not because of the title of 'father'! You are young and strong, and I am young and immature, so I listen to you; you are old and weak, and I am young and strong, so it is reasonable for you to listen to me."

"Rebellious girl!"

Another raised slap.

But this time, Li Wan grabbed his wrist casually.

No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't shake it at all.

This almost savage pure force suppression made Li Wan's father's face flushed, he was panting like a cow, and his eyes were bloodshot. The two seemed to be competing with each other until Li Wan's father ran out of strength and was completely defeated, his face covered with a layer of gray. Li Wan's mother was too scared to come forward, and only rushed over crying after the two wrestled.

"You rebellious girl..."

Li Wan's father's voice was low, his eyes were red, he felt ashamed and humiliated. He couldn't understand why his daughter's temperament had changed so much, but he began to be truly afraid from the bottom of his heart. The old wolf lowered its tail to the young wolf, secretly showing humility.

Seeing him like this, Li Wan felt soft-hearted, but she knew better that if the two elders were not taught a profound lesson at once, similar things would only happen again and again. The two elders arranged for her to marry off with the relatives, wasn't that a test for her?

Through testing, he confirmed that his authority as the head of the family still existed.

This kind of temptation is not a one-time thing, but a habitual temptation every time when feeling uneasy, until the alpha wolf is so old that he has to step down, and only then will this mental torture end.

The mother wiped her tears and said, "If you don't like us old people, just say it. Are you going to make trouble by humiliating your father like this?"

“My career is almost over.”

Mother: “Isn’t it finished a long time ago?”

Li Wan: “…”

She really couldn't blame the two elders for not understanding, but she could tell them: "Your daughter and I have a lover outside. If you are really anxious to get married, can't you just find someone you like? Not to mention that I have nothing in the enemy camp. Even if I have something, it's such a long time now. What impact can that thing under the skirt have on my career? What really affects my career is rebellion, disobedience, and corruption..."

Of course, those who have an immoral private life will also be caught by the Censorate.

Li Wan asked herself and decided that she was not immoral.

It's not like she has several lovers at the same time; she only has one.

Even if she was caught and exposed by the censor, it would be considered a normal love affair. Could the censor still lie under her bed and listen to her footsteps?

"But reputation..."

"This kind of reputation is used to control and govern the people."

The mother said in tears: "But this is so embarrassing..."

Li Wan's mouth was as poisonous as if he had eaten a bottle of arsenic: "It's even more shameful to be so poor that you have to ask for help everywhere. How can the gossip about your ancestral home reach your ears far away in the capital? Or do you want to return to your ancestral home and continue to live the life of an old landlord?"

The mother was choked by her words.

Looking at the objects in the yard, I was in a dilemma.

Li Wan continued, "If you listen to others' instigation and really marry me off, can you still live your current life? One of you will go back to grease your mouth with lard and enjoy a good meal, while the other will continue to tend to the crops while lying on the ground?"

Her family also has some tenants.

However, not all landlords can enjoy a good life. In fact, landlords will starve to death in bad years. Li Wan's father was lucky. In good years, his family lived a much better life than ordinary people and was considered a small landlord in the area.

They would take advantage of the low prices to buy a few young and cheap girls to work at home, raise them until they were teenagers, and then sell them to other people to make back their investment.

Afterwards, the land was confiscated and the family was divided into land and houses according to the number of people. Li Wan received a salary to support her family, so she immediately rented out the land and houses to others at a low price, and the family lived on the rent and salary. Her parents initially refused to obey, but as her salary increased, the family lived a much better life than before, and the family hired several maids and servants to take care of their daily lives, and then they stopped making trouble.

Li Wan had to spend a lot of effort to correct their bad habits as old landlords, such as their tendency to beat, scold and sell their maids at any time.

[This is a hired one, the government has passed the clear path. ]

[You hit someone, and they report you to the police and send you to jail.]

Under the emperor's feet, the two elders did restrain themselves a lot, but as several relatives came to seek refuge, they helped them out of a desire to show off, and they became close. Li Wan was either in the enclave or running around elsewhere, which gave people an opportunity to take advantage of him.

This time I came back, good guy——

The old father acted like the head of the family to her.

The mother's eyes were filled with shock.

"Can you ignore us after you get married?"

Li Wan: “…”

Even if she is a beast of burden, she cannot be used like this.

The mother didn't understand and just kept crying, feeling very aggrieved.

There is a reason for this grievance.

Li Wan was not the only daughter in the family. She had sisters. However, in this world where a family would be extinct if a man was not born, the two elders did not desperately chase after a man. Instead, after Li Wan was found to have a talent for cultivation, they devoted all their energy to her, worked hard for her studies all night, and borrowed books from local scholars to copy with a humble attitude, helping her within the scope of understanding. This was really rare. Li Wan bent down to help the two elders stand up, knelt down respectfully and kowtowed. The two elders did not say a word but just shed tears.

The father sighed and felt heartbroken.

"Why are you being so hypocritical now?"

"My daughter will earn you an imperial decree, but she must also be able to gain a foothold in the officialdom. Apart from my family, no one will sincerely wish for our well-being. They laugh at those who have nothing, hate those who have money, despise those who are poor, fear those who are rich, and wish to give them good things..."

Father: "You are so snobbish and mean!"

The only thing my mother could hear was the word "edict".

"... It was so close. I almost got tricked by your aunt and uncle." She clenched her handkerchief nervously and looked at Li Wan nervously, "Wan'er, what did your superiors say? Are they dissatisfied with you?"

"The higher-ups are fine, they understand."

The mother finally felt relieved, knowing that the imperial edict was still there.

The father understood his wife's plan. He snorted and mocked her for being short-sighted and short-sighted and only thinking about that.

"What about that family?"

After calming down, Li Wan's father also found it difficult.

"My daughter has a way of shutting them up."

The mother exclaimed: "You want to kill someone?"

Father: "No ruthlessness, no heroism. What's wrong with silencing someone?"

Li Wan did not correct his father's words, lest he recall his anger, and explained: "Of course it is not to silence him. The Lord's secret guards and the Censorate have spies everywhere. Who dares to kill people to silence them in the foot of the capital? I just want to make them listen to me."

No matter what dirty rumors she heard in the future, she would regard them as spread by this family! Even if she didn't shut up, she had to learn to shut up.

Li Wan doesn't like to bully others, but he doesn't mind achieving his goals within the legal scope. The process is not important, the result is the most important.

My mother always felt that this was not right.

When she tried to open her mouth, her husband stabbed her in the face.

"Don't meddle in other people's affairs, women."

The mother was indignant: "Isn't Wan'er a woman?"

The father sneered, "How can you two compare? Listen to what she said just now. She is the head of the family now. Anyone who doesn't listen to her can't even eat a mouthful of meat. The two of us old men can only eat a full meal by looking at other people's faces--"

Li Wan listened to his sarcasm in silence.

After the father had finished choking her mother, he first sighed, then looked down at the tip of his shoe, and after a long while he wiped his face and said submissively, "You will be a high-ranking official in the future. Your father has been digging in the mud all his life. He doesn't understand these things, and he can't teach you anything... You can enjoy the good life with me in this life, and you will be rich and noble in the second half of your life. The blind fortune teller in the village was right. Your father is lucky to have a noble man. If you have any problems in the future, just tell me directly, and we will try not to hold you back."

After getting the guarantee, Li Wan finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The atmosphere at home became harmonious, but it was different from before.

Father: "What do you mean you have a lover?"

The mother also woke up and exclaimed: "Wan'er just said, 'Why not just find anyone you like?' How many lovers do you have?"

How could their daughter be so indecent?

Oh no, so romantic?

Li Wan: “…”

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Do you think this chapter is a bit long?

Hehe, I originally thought I could finish it at 2 o'clock, but ended up writing until 2:30. But I felt uncomfortable with this plot being stuck, so I just went through it in one go and ended up writing a little longer.

Li Wan is a typical example (in addition to the female label, she also bears the role of a "male child" in the old order). Is the dispute and suppression between her and her parents the process of establishing the hierarchy between the young and old alpha wolves? Her parents want her to bear the role of carrying on the family line, but they have not forgotten her daughter's attributes. When they were instigated, they subconsciously ignored the fact that Li Wan's wings were already very strong (Li Wan was also tied by her parents emotionally. Her parents loved her but not wholeheartedly. Their love was conditional)

She and her parents, Wu Xian and her daughter, Zhao Feng and Zhao Wei, Yang Gong and Yang Ying, Xie Qi and his three daughters, even Qi Shan and Qi Miao, Chu Yao and Lin Feng (also half father and daughter?)...the patterns between them are all different.