Chapter 9
After hearing what Nanny Zhang said, Father Zhang's face turned pale, and the remaining aura of scolding Zhang Gou disappeared. He murmured: "Does this, mother, really look like it?"
"I, I don't remember."
He had only met Wang Yuanwai once or twice when he was young. When he met again later, he was as chubby as a steamed bun, so he really didn't realize that Zhang Gou Sheng and Wang Yuanwai looked alike.
But he didn't remember it, but Nanny Zhang did.
"Let him go quickly!" she said to her son fiercely.
Father Zhang replied nervously: "Yes, yes, I will take him back later. This time it was because I got up to my waist while working yesterday, so I asked him to follow me with the basket."
"By the way, basket basket!"
Zhang's father's eyes lit up and he said to Nanny Zhang: "Mom, I brought some pickles that Fugui likes to eat, and they are in the basket. I don't know if Fugui still likes them now. I remember you said that he liked them when he was a child. Love our pickles.”
As soon as she mentioned her good grandson, a smile appeared on Grandma Zhang's face.
"He loves to eat," she said, "I make some for him every year. By the way, the one you brought was made by Cuiniang, right? Cuiniang is the mother-in-law of wealth, and the pickles she makes should be tasted by wealth. taste."
She thought for a moment and said, "Well, you come in with me."
Nanny Zhang whispered: "You haven't seen Fugui for several years, right? I will take you to meet him later. Fugui is now studying with the Master and can already recite poems and write well. He is the eldest. !”
"As for Gou Sheng, just let him go back first."
Naturally, Zhang's father had no objection to seeing his biological son. He sent Zhang Gou Sheng away, then ignored his still aching waist, picked up the heavy basket and entered the back door of Wang's house.
However, under the leadership of Grandma Zhang, Zhang's father met his biological son Wang Fugui as he wished, but instead of being welcomed by his biological son as he imagined, he was despised.
Wang Fugui felt that Nanny Zhang was an old fool and would attract all kinds of cats and dogs to him, so he didn't give any of them out of the corner of his eye. He just gave a purse to the beautiful maid next to him for Nanny Zhang's sake.
The maid thought Father Zhang was here to beat the autumn wind. Not only was she disrespectful, but she also asked him to kowtow to Wang Fugui to express gratitude.
But how could Father Zhang be willing to kowtow to his own son? He was stunned, panicked, and embarrassed...
But Grandma Zhang, who knew the truth of the matter, didn't stop him. Not only did she not stop him, but she also looked at Wang Fugui who looked unhappy after noticing Zhang's father's expression, and turned to ask Zhang's father to kowtow.
In addition, she flattered Wang Fugui and said: "Master Fugui, my son has never seen much of the world, so don't be angry." Then she said sternly to Zhang's father: "Why don't you kowtow to Master Fugui?"
"Young Master Fugui is the only grandson of the Wang family, and he is rich in gold!"
So Zhang's father kowtowed in confusion and walked out of Wang's house in confusion.
As for Zhang's father's attempt to get Nanny Zhang to marry his eldest daughter to a servant of the Wang family, of course it didn't work out. Mammy Zhang felt that Wang Fugui would one day recognize his ancestors and return to the clan, and then her family would enjoy endless blessings. An extra servant brother-in-law would not be a big deal. It would be better to choose an honest family for her eldest granddaughter.
When Wang Fugui becomes Zhang Fugui, just let him support him.
After writing this, Fu Wenyu stopped writing.
He found this scene extremely ironic, and readers will surely be overcome with emotion when reading this.
Regardless of whether they were Zhang Gou Sheng who was driven away because they couldn't enter the house because they were distressed, Zhang's father who was so angry that he wanted to kowtow to his son instead, or Aunt Zhang who was the culprit of all this, Fu Wenyu's goal was achieved. .
He learned a truth from the creation process of the book "Sacrifice to Heaven", that is, there is no way out for mediocre writing!
It's going to be bloody, it's going to be conflict!
So the next second, he changed his pen and wrote about Zhang Gou Sheng walking from the door of Wang's house to the street. He was so lost in looking at the novelty things on the roadside that he was almost hit by a carriage.
And in this carriage sat Wang Yuanwai, who had finished handling business and returned from overseas in advance!
This father and son also met!
Zhang Goucheng, who was hit by a carriage, was not seriously injured, just a little flesh wound, which could be cured in three to five days.
But the chubby Wang Yuan was a kind person, and he felt that the young man in front of him made him feel friendly, so he not only got out of the carriage and apologized to Zhang Gou Sheng, but also personally sent him to the hospital and asked the doctor to give Zhang Gou Sheng The wound should be properly bandaged. In addition, he looked at the patches on Zhang Gou Sheng's clothes and his thin appearance, and gave him five taels of silver out of distress.
But Zhang Gouchen doesn’t want it.
He said seriously: "Mr. Wang, I bumped into your carriage because I didn't see the road clearly. It's a great kindness from heaven that you don't blame me and sent me to the hospital for bandage."
"I can't take your money anymore!"
"Although my family is not rich, they are still well-educated. The Master once taught me that 'a gentleman has things to do and things not to do.' Accepting your money would be considered 'not doing anything,' so I can't accept it."
Wang Yuanwai's eyes lit up and he praised, "Okay, good boy!"
The more he looked at Zhang Gou Sheng, the more satisfied he became. Not only did he feel that he was kind-hearted, but he also felt that his temperament was very to his liking. He wished that Zhang Gou Sheng could be his son.
But unfortunately not.
So he regretfully said goodbye to Zhang Gou Sheng, and left his address so that if he had anything to do, he could come to Wang's house for help, and then returned home with emotion.
Unexpectedly, after arriving home, he happened to see his son Wang Fugui not going to school, but chasing and playing around in the yard with a few beautiful maids, looking like a playboy.
Wang Yuanwai was furious and picked up a stick and walked over.
Then Fu Wenyu referred to some of the plots in "Dream of Red Mansions" where Baoyu was beaten, and vividly described the reaction of the whole family when a baby was beaten.
The maids and servants were in a panic.
Mrs. Wang cried and wanted to take her place.
Mrs. Wang shouted: "If you beat me, why don't you beat me to death?" Then she scolded Wang Yuanwai for "staying away from home all day, and shouting for fighting and killing as soon as he came back", asking if he didn't take her seriously.
Later, the matter was left unresolved.
In the next two years, Wang Yuanwai often went out to do business, and his discipline on Wang Fugui became more and more lax. With the help of Aunt Zhang, Wang Fugui successfully played the role of a good boy in front of Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Wang, but he acted recklessly in private, often skipping classes and beating servants.
When he was fifteen years old, he went out and met an old man who blocked his way, so he accidentally beat him to death.
Wang Fugui beat someone to death and fled back home in fear.
In order to express his bad behavior, Fu Wenyu described the plot after he returned home in great detail.
The young master of the Wang family was scared at first, but slowly became righteous again under the comfort of the people around him, especially Aunt Zhang. When he woke up from a nap, he even thought that it was just a person. His mother bought a person for ten taels of silver, so he only needed to compensate ten taels of silver as if he bought the person, right?
He beat his servants however he wanted.
But before he could take action, the victim reported to the government office and asked the county magistrate to make the decision. So the county magistrate was furious and ordered the yamen runners to rush into the Wang family and arrest Wang Fugui.
Only then did the Wang family know that Wang Fugui had beaten someone to death!
Old lady Wang was frightened and fell ill, while Mrs. Wang's eyes went dark and she fainted. Mr. Wang didn't faint, but he couldn't believe it and stumbled out to ask. He learned that Wang Fugui had someone hold down an old man because he didn't give way to him in time that morning, and rushed up to punch and kick him.
One of the kicks happened to hit the old man's temple, so he was beaten to death.
Mr. Wang, who claimed to be upright in both business and life, stood stupidly on the empty street, his eyes unfocused, and the fallen leaves blown by the wind swirled around him...
Fu Wenyu put down his pen and stretched.
After dealing with Fu Dashi yesterday, he sat at the table and wrote until the sun went down and affected his vision. He ate while thinking about the plot, and was still thinking about it before going to bed.
Fu Wenyu felt that these paragraphs in front of him should be accompanied by illustrations. In this way, when readers read them, they will be more involved in Mr. Wang's emotions such as disbelief, despair, and pain.
But that's for the future, now he continues to write.
But just as he moved the ink-stained pen to the paper again, he suddenly realized a problem, that is, in this story of "True and False Young Master", there are too few highlights for women.
The several female characters in the text are either Zhang Mama, who is vicious and can't distinguish right from wrong, or Wang Lao Madam and Wang Taima, who dote on their children and grandchildren and follow the three obediences and four virtues, or Zhang's eldest sister, who is jealous by nature, or the maids and old women of the Wang family, who help the tyrants to do evil. There are very few positive characters.
The male characters are different. Let's not talk about the protagonist Zhang Gousheng, who is the embodiment of kindness, determination and hard work. And Wang Yuanwai is also remarkable in the setting. In addition to these two people, the county magistrate of Ping'an County who will appear in the story is also a resourceful and powerful person.
These are all positive characters.
In contrast, there are too few positive descriptions of women.
This was not intentional by Fu Wenyu, but when the protagonist is a man, there are naturally more men than women around him, and the author's attention is more focused on the creation of male characters.
But he thought of Zhou, thought of Fu Rong...
He remembered their happy smiles when he taught them to make velvet flowers, and the bright colors they showed when he went to the city to sell embroidery that day, and Fu Wenyu felt that he should do something.
So after thinking about it, he decided to add a new character.
This character is not the heroine. The heroine has been decided. She is the daughter of the master who Zhang Gousheng married after he passed the imperial examination. There are less than 100 words in the story. After all, the core of this story is "real and fake young master", not love, so the heroine does not need too much description.
The new character is the daughter of the old man who was beaten to death, surnamed Liu and named Hui.
In addition, Fu Wenyu also added a plot, which wrote that Zhang Gousheng was also at the scene on the day of the beating. He came to the city again because he had to send a letter to his friend on behalf of the village school teacher. As a result, he encountered Wang Fugui beating someone while delivering the letter. He rushed to stop him, but was stopped by the servants of the Wang family and beat him back.
When the bruised and swollen Zhang Gousheng and the enthusiastic people sent the old man's body back, Liu Hui cried loudly, and then pushed the body to report to the police with their help.
And in the subsequent plot, when Wang Yuanwai came to apologize with a heavy gift and shamelessly asked her to forgive Wang Fugui so that Wang Fugui could be sentenced lightly, she directly spat in Wang Yuanwai's face.
She cursed with red eyes: "Bah! Put away your stinky money!"
"That's my father!"
"What did my father do wrong? He was just walking on the road, and he was beaten because he was a little slow to avoid. Has the conscience of your Wang family been eaten by dogs?"
She glared at Wang Yuanwai fiercely, "If you had a father, if you were a good father, you wouldn't come and say such things to me. I wish I could eat Wang Fugui's flesh and drink Wang Fugui's blood."
"You want me to forgive him?"
"Dream on!"
Wang Yuanwai was so ashamed after being scolded by her that he had to leave with his people.
After writing this plot, Fu Wenyu read the previous part again and modified a few details. He felt that the new character's portrayal was enough here, and the focus should be moved to the Wang family next to reveal Zhang Gousheng's life experience.