Chapter 438 Are you going to play Liang Shanbo and Zhu Zhishan with me?
In the Fu Mansion, Meng Shu's imagination of being stopped or beaten and thrown out did not happen.
Instead, he was welcomed into Fu's house very politely and was treated well. From the beginning to the end, he was polite and there was no slightest sign of indifference.
This made Meng Shu extremely uncomfortable. His horizons were actually very broad, but they were only limited to his own level.
Soon, a middle-aged man walked over. Although the clothes he wore were not gorgeous, they were extremely extraordinary in terms of workmanship and materials.
"Hahaha, I heard this girl Qing'er mention you. You are indeed a talented person. I would like to ask you to call you nephew, okay?" The middle-aged man said cheerfully as soon as he came.
Meng Shu recognized the other party. It was Fu Qing's father and now the helmsman of the Fu family, Fu Wang.
"This is my nephew's honor." Meng Shu said quickly.
Fu Wang waved to the other party to sit down: "Don't be formal, just treat it as your own home."
"I've also heard about what happened between you and Qing'er."
When these words were spoken, Meng Shu's heart was in his throat. The other party was being polite, but this was exactly what he was afraid of. If he was angry or disdainful, it was within his expectation and he would have to deal with it. Now he really doesn't have it. Method.
"It's really not good for old antiques like us to get involved in the affairs of young people. It's just plain annoying."
"But this is a major matter of marriage. As the saying goes, parents' orders for a matchmaker cannot be ambiguous."
"I know that you and Qing'er are in love with each other, but Qing'er is the only daughter of my Fu family, and my husband and I love her very much, and we can't do such evil things."
Hearing this, Meng Shu felt happy. Just when he was about to say thank you to his uncle for helping him, Fu Wang had a twist.
"However, I need you to marry me, the Fu family."
"Don't worry, nephew. Although you are called the son-in-law, in fact I will not let you be as inferior to a pig or a dog. It is just a name."
"If my nephew nods, I don't need to worry about the rest. I, Mrs. Fu, will take care of it. I guarantee that my nephew will be in a good position."
"If there are many children and grandchildren in the future, it would not be a problem to adopt a son to the nephew's family to support the ancestral temple."
The conditions offered by Fu Wang were very generous. In addition to the unpleasant name for Meng Shu to marry into his wife, if the two of them had many children in the future, they could also give up an heir named Meng.
However, Meng Shu's heart felt cold, especially when the word "son-in-law" came out.
In ancient feudal society, the status of a son-in-law was really low, even lower than that of a warm man. A warm man was ranked below a dog, and a son-in-law was fully qualified to be ranked at the bottom of a warm man.
For example, when it comes to military service or forced labor, a son-in-law doesn't even have a chance to resist. However, if a normal person is in a prosperous age, he still has a nominal chance to resist, but a son-in-law has no chance at all.
Of course, that also depends on where the adopted son-in-law is. In a wealthy family like the Fu family, there is no need to worry about this.
However, there are also many problems, such as not being able to take the imperial examination, and even being despised by others, and the reputation is basically ruined.
Between the two dilemmas, he didn't know how to choose.
What he wants is to get married, not to have a son-in-law.
After calming down, he analyzed the pros and cons.
Fu Wang saw Meng Shu's confusion and did not interrupt the other person's thinking. Instead, he looked at the other person with a smile.
If the other party really agrees, then Fu Wang will have to think twice. On the contrary, he is thinking, which means that the other party cares about his identity and reputation, has his own plans and ambitions, and is not a person who clings to power.
"Uncle, does Qing'er know about the marriage?" Meng Shu asked this question.
"Of course Qing'er doesn't know, but I, Mrs. Fu, am such an only daughter, so I can't marry a daughter." Fu Wang stopped his smile and told the truth.
"If I have a son or a daughter, Qing'er is willing to endure hardships with you, so I will fulfill her wish."
"It's a pity that I only have an only daughter, so I can only recruit a son-in-law to continue my family's legacy."
This problem is very acute. Fu Wang can satisfy the love of two young people. For him, it doesn't matter who gets married. It can be Meng Shu, Li Shu, or Wang Shu, but he cannot marry a girl.
His grandchildren were very important to him.
"I wonder if my uncle knows that I am the only one in the Meng family now." Meng Shu said hoarsely. If he really becomes a wife, how will he meet his ancestors after his death.
"You and Qing'er are in love, so what's the harm in sacrificing something for her? Besides, it's not like you and Qing'er are going to end their relationship. You and Qing'er can have more children, and one of them can be adopted." Fu Wang had already said this before. Yes, it’s natural to think carefully.
"If you don't want to, if I raise one or two outside rooms for you to give birth to, Qing'er will turn a blind eye and won't care about these things of yours."
"Wait for me someday. The huge Fu family belongs to you and your wife, and cannot fall into the hands of others."
Fu Wang continued to increase the temptation.
Meng Shu became more and more confused. "I wonder if uncle can let me go back and think about it for a day or two before giving an answer?" Meng Shu never expected this situation. He thought about being beaten out with a stick, about being insulted, and even about the other party Cheng Quan. The only thing I didn't expect was that I would be the bride-in-law.
"Of course you can. If my nephew has figured it out and comes to the Fu Mansion again, I will be very happy if he can become our son-in-law." Fu Wang did not refuse. Anyway, his daughter is not in a hurry to recruit a son-in-law, let alone a day or two. , even if you can afford to wait for one or two years.
After all, they are all son-in-laws, so finding a like-minded son-in-law can save a lot of trouble, and he is actually very satisfied with Meng Shu. He has an orderly advance and retreat, and considers gains and losses. It is not a big problem to support the Fu family in the future, let alone taking it further. It's more than enough to maintain success.
When one reaches Fu's level of power, it is no longer about making progress, but thinking about how to ensure one's own continuation. If one is really too ambitious, it will lead to disaster.
"Thank you, uncle." Meng Shu breathed a sigh of relief, and Fu Wang's reasonableness made him feel a little guilty.
Accompanied by the house stewards, he was quickly sent out of the Fu Mansion. During this period, he encountered no difficulties or looked down upon. Everyone was a discerning person. There was a good chance that this person would be the future uncle of the Fu Mansion. Why would you offend him if you had nothing to do?
No matter how bad the son-in-law is, he is still his master. How can he be bullied by servants like them? The son-in-law was barely considered a human being. These servants had all signed a contract of sale, and their status could only be regarded as items, not people.
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"No, where are Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai as promised?" Lu Xingshi was a little confused. He planned to watch the tragedy and then intervene.
"You have become Liang Shanbo and Zhu Zhishan."
Lu Xingshi didn't know what to say for a moment. If Zhu Yingtai in Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai had such a pair of parents, he might not have agreed to marry into his wife on the spot...right?
Well, he's not sure. After all, his thinking is that of modern people. You two like each other so much, and getting married is a happy ending. After all, the man's family is poor and there is no throne to inherit, so it's not like the woman is powerful. Go in and save fifty years of detours.
Moreover, the woman is not an eighty-year-old lady, but a beauty in her twenties and eighties. In this modern era, she is not comfortable eating a soft meal. She is not allowed to kowtow to the woman's ancestors a hundred times to make up for the difference. .
However, this was not necessarily the case in ancient times. There were a series of issues such as incense, ancestral temples, reputation, etc. Meng Shu was naturally unable to agree immediately because of these external factors.
"So now the only thing left is that the man is still screwing. As long as he doesn't screw, the rest will be easy to handle."
When Lu Xingshi saw it now, he just felt like he had watched a family ethics drama with twists and turns. He had no other thoughts except for being bloody.
"What a rubbish plot, I'm leaving." Lu Xingshi thought he would find something.
He couldn't help but curse a little, turned around and called Xiangyun directly to the sky to fly away from Luyang Mansion.
I just turned around and took another look, and discovered a very serious problem.
"Won't you let me go?"
After flying around, Lu Xingshi found that he was still in Luyang City and could not get out at all.
"I was ready to let you go, but you have to let me beat you to death?" When Lu Xingshi landed, he returned to Luyang Academy.
"No, it's the evil god who has recovered his strength to a certain extent and is ready to eat me like food."
Lu Xingshi quickly understood that just now, the opponent's power had further expanded.
"It grew rapidly in a short period of time, rather than slowly returning to this level."
"So... it is indeed Meng Shu who has a problem." Lu Xingshi didn't think this was a coincidence. As soon as Meng Shu completed the Q&A in the Earth Temple from Fu Mansion, the evil god's power quickly expanded.
Lu Xingshi rushed to Meng Shu's house immediately, preparing to smash the earth temple.
Regardless of whether the evil god in Luyang Mansion is the earthly and virtuous god, it is better to strike first anyway.
He picked up a big stone and threw it towards the Earth Temple.
Suddenly there was a flash of red and black light in the yellow, and the stone Lu Xingshi threw turned into powder in an instant.
"That's it, it's you. The rest is easy to handle, just beat you to death." Lu Xingshi was not worried about this situation. What he was really worried about was that he had smashed the earth temple to pieces and nothing happened.
As soon as the words fell, the earth suddenly shook.
A violent earthquake struck, causing the entire Luyang Mansion to sway from side to side.
The terrifying malice centered on this earth temple and surged towards Lu Xingshi.
It was obviously mature and no longer intended to be hidden.
"I must be Lu Xingshi who killed the Great Immortal Huanxi." An old voice emerged, and the Earth Temple began to squirm and rise from the ground.
It was a stooped old man, his clothes were dark yellow and covered with a lot of mud. He looked like a huge little old man bent over, carrying the Earth Temple on his back, and holding a dragon head crutch in his hand, but there was something similar on the crutch. Cracks in the land after drought.
Lu Xingshi recognized the origin of this old man through the novice gift package of Grand Master Gongjing. He was the Earthly God of Houde who he guessed.
It's just that there are many differences between his appearance and the one in Gongjing's Imperial Master. This is caused by the evil caused by the evil world of Five Turbidities.
(End of chapter)