Spring comes to the desperate place

Chapter 222 File

Imagining that he would be able to achieve grape freedom openly in the future, Song Chunlin couldn't help wiping the saliva from the corner of his mouth.

Old Man Ding and Song Chunlin had discussed every aspect of the house, and the next thing was to talk about materials and prices. Song Chunlin had no experience in this area, so he left it all to Old Man Ding to make the decision. Old Man Ding was so touched, as it was the first time he had met such an easy-going owner. Old Man Ding immediately decided on the price of stone, wood, bricks and tiles for him, which was cheaper than the market price.

Song Chunlin had inquired about it in advance and calculated in his mind to confirm that Old Man Ding was not trying to cheat him, so he paid the deposit with a smile on his face. The two parties signed a contract document, similar to a modern contract, under the witness of Uncle Ding and the deputy general.

After the two men finalized the details, it was getting late. Song Chunlin walked to the wooden barrel and he discovered that these people ate less and less at noon. Soups and water were the first to be eaten because they were not easy to bring back. The only things left were easy-to-carry cakes and buns. Song Chunlin thought of this and chose this kind of food that could be eaten in the hands every day so that they could pack it up and take it back to share with their families.

There were more than enough rolls left today, two for each person, so Song Chunlin gave the remaining three to old man Ding. Old man Ding took the rolls with a smile. The rolls were full of meat. The big and solid rolls were enough to fill an adult man. He took them back to share with his grandchildren so that they could have a taste.

On the way back, the people from the government office just happened to bring the Luo family's files over. Song Chunlin took the rather heavy files and asked curiously, "Is the information on this family so thick?"

The bailiff was confused: "Information? No, no, this is the file of the lawsuit between Fang and her husband and her in-laws."

"His man? His man is still alive?" Song Chunlin shouted in surprise.

The yamen runner nodded, "He's still alive. He opened a shop in the east of the city, a small two-story shop that specializes in selling seeds. Last year, his family got a small portion of the potatoes and sweet potatoes from the capital. Tsk tsk, they were so unscrupulous that they sold them at a sky-high price. Those people were so angry that they sued the government. The county magistrate at the time was still alive, so he severely punished their family, and they finally calmed down."

Song Chunlin didn't know that this had happened, so he took the file and prepared to go back and study it carefully.

When Gu Fengyue came back, she saw him working hard on the files, his brows furrowed, as if he had encountered some difficult problem.

When Song Chunlin saw Gu Fengyue coming back, he hurriedly waved to him to sit down with him.

"Come here, come and tell me what this law is. What does it mean? Why can't I understand these words when they are put together?"

Gu Fengyue was speechless. Sometimes he didn't know whether to say Song Chunlin was smart or stupid, but he still patiently explained the Dajing laws to Song Chunlin.

"…According to the law, when a couple divorces, the first party who files the divorce petition must leave the house with nothing, not even the children, and must pay the other party an amount of gold and silver equal to the original betrothal gift and dowry combined as compensation."

"Hiss, what a cruel law! Doesn't it clearly prohibit people from getting divorced? Who made this decision?" Song Chunlin was so angry after listening to Gu Fengyue's explanation.

"Everyone knows that people want a divorce because they can't live together anymore. The person who proposes it must be the one who can't stand it anymore in this relationship. How can this be called a divorce? This is just jumping from one pit of fire to another, right?"

Gu Fengyue held down his furious hands: "Calm down, whose file is this in your hand?"

Song Chunlin then remembered that he seemed to have not told Gu Fengyue about the fact that he had accepted the younger brother, so he immediately told him with a proud face how he had won over the younger brother. This originally ordinary thing was exaggerated by him and he made it sound so excited. Gu Fengyue was naturally the most supportive one and kept praising him for being so great after listening. Song Chunlin held his slightly hot cheeks in his hands, feeling a little elated.

Gu Fengyue continued his conversation: "So these are the files from your two new brothers' homes? So many of them?"

Song Chunlin sat on the ground dejectedly: "Yes, yes, there are so many. Their father is really a scoundrel. Just because the husband can't give birth to a son, he tried every means to force the other party to file for divorce first, and even extorted a large sum of money from Fang Shumo. As a result, Fang Shumo's family can only live in a broken house now. Before I met them, the family of four couldn't even get enough food to eat."

Thinking of the skinny family of four, and the malnourished little girl who can't walk when she sees food, you can see how hungry the children are on weekdays. Even in this case, the little girl doesn't make any noise, but just hugs her brother's thigh and stares at you with her big eyes.

You know what, this little girl is quite cute, and she has top-grade wood spiritual roots!

What does this mean? It means that whatever she wants to grow, she can grow it.

Gu Fengyue was also very excited to hear that the three children all had spiritual roots. The young general looked at Song Chunlin expectantly:

"Chunlin, can you let Dabao take a look at me to see if I also have spiritual roots?"

Spiritual roots. Gu Fengyue often read online novels with Song Chunlin, so he knew what the so-called spiritual roots were. He thought it was just speculation in novels, but he didn't expect to hear with his own ears today that someone had spiritual roots. How could he not be excited?

Song Chunlin also perked up. The two called Dabao out. Dabao glanced at Gu Fengyue impatiently and said in a light voice, "Earth Spiritual Root, top grade."

"Soil? How could it be soil? No, I actually do have spiritual roots! Hahahaha, hahahahahahaha!"

Song Chunlin was even more excited than him: "Why didn't you tell me earlier that he had spiritual roots?"

Dabao asked in confusion, "I hadn't woken up yet, and didn't you take him in as a servant a long time ago? I thought you knew."

God took him as his servant, but that doesn’t matter.

"How can I tell? I don't know anything like you in the cultivation world."

Dabao suddenly realized: "I see, why did you ask about this today? It turns out you didn't know."

Song Chunlin now has the urge to strangle Dabao to death. Why did he only tell him such an important thing now?

Dabao suddenly felt a chill on his neck. He shivered and fled back into the space before Song Chunlin could vent his anger.

Looking at Dabao's embarrassed escape, Song Chunlin smiled sinisterly: "You run fast."

As soon as he finished speaking, Song Chunlin was hugged by Gu Fengyue, who was so excited that he spoke incoherently, repeating that he had spiritual roots.

Song Chunlin struggled for a while but failed to break free, so he just gave in. When Gu Fengyue's excitement died down, he looked down and saw Song Chunlin just staying obediently in his arms, with his head tilted back and looking at him with wide eyes.

Song Chunlin said softly: "Are you done being happy?"

Gu Fengyue then realized that his behavior was inappropriate and quickly let the person go.

"Ahem, well, I was just a little too excited."

"Yeah, I understand."

Song Chunlin smiled and threw himself into Gu Fengyue's arms, as if giving him a response.

"Congratulations."

Gu Fengyue was stunned for a moment, then reacted and hugged the person tightly again.

Dabao, who had sneaked out, saw this scene, rolled his eyes in disgust, and sneaked back into the space again.

If he had known there was such a big bowl of dog food outside, he would not have come out!

The two of them spent some time together, and after they calmed down, they sat side by side on the ground and discussed Fang's case.

Gu Fengyue didn't know much about this aspect, but after reading the whole article, the man named Luo Shaokun did nothing wrong in the whole case. The divorce was proposed by Fang Siyi herself, but the Luo family didn't want the three children he gave birth to, so according to reason, he should give Fang Siyi alimony in return.

However, the two brothers of the Luo family were both over 16 years old at the time, which was already the age for marriage, so there was no support for the two brothers. The Luo family gave them a pitifully small dowry and sent them away.

The daughter's child support was paid, but it was only the minimum amount required by the law. With that little money, not even enough to feed a child, not even enough to drink porridge. When the child was sick, Fang Siyi went to ask for money and was beaten out by the family.

The more Song Chunlin read on, the angrier he became. The Luo family was really going too far. This crappy law was also very problematic and clearly favored the party at fault.

"Who on earth came up with this kind of idiotic law? Oh, if you first come up with it, you have to leave the house and pay compensation. Isn't this giving scum like the Luo family an opportunity to take advantage of it?"

Gu Fengyue looked at the file for a long time without saying a word. He had never discovered before that there was such a big loophole in Dajing's laws. If it was exploited by someone, and the strong party bullied the weak party, the bullied party would either have to endure it or burn their boats and pay a huge price to get away from the scum. This was problematic no matter how you looked at it.

What's worse, the Luo family not only ganged up on Fang Siyi, but also bullied his three children. If it weren't for his youngest daughter, Fang Siyi would never have thought of divorcing them.

And now, the scumbag has made a fortune and married a beautiful wife and concubines. Now the new wife's son is one year older than Fang Siyi's youngest daughter. Isn't it obvious that Luo Shaokun has had an affair with someone else for a long time and is just waiting to drive Fang Siyi out to make room for the newcomer.

"The law is the law, and the county magistrate is right in his judgment."

Song Chunlin paced back and forth in annoyance: "I didn't say the county magistrate was wrong. I just think that since the law is wrong, it should be corrected as soon as possible, otherwise more people like Fang Shumo will be persecuted."

Speaking of persecution, Song Chunlin became even angrier: "If it weren't for me, such a young girl would have died long ago because of the ruthlessness and disloyalty of the Luo family. Even a tiger won't eat its own cubs. The Luo family is too cruel. Why do they discriminate against me and my daughter? Without them, you men wouldn't even have the chance to be born."

How does this involve men?

Gu Fengyue reluctantly pulled him to sit down, sorted out the scattered files one by one, and at the same time did not forget to comfort him: "Don't be angry, I will talk to my brother about this matter later. He has a good relationship with the emperor, so can I ask him to ask the emperor to change these laws?"

Song Chunlin was a little skeptical: "Really? Is the relationship between the Marquis and the Emperor so good?"

"When he was young, my brother almost became the third prince's study partner. Later, he didn't go because of health reasons. However, the third prince came to see my brother every now and then, and they had a pretty good relationship."

Song Chunlin was even more confused: "Study companion? Then wouldn't the Marquis be the same age as the emperor?"

"Of course, my brother is one month older than the emperor."

Song Chunlin counted with his fingers and said, "Wow, why is your brother still single? Can't he find a wife that suits his taste in the whole capital?"

Gu Fengyun, who was walking towards the door, paused and the expression on his face turned from sunny to gloomy.

"What bad things did you say about me, little brat?"

Song Chunlin, who had just said something bad, was startled and almost jumped up. He hid behind Gu Fengyue and looked at Gu Fengyun guiltily.

Gu Fengyun snorted coldly at him, and saw his good brother immediately took a step to the side, just enough to cover Song Chunlin tightly.

Gu Fengyun: “…” Love-brained, too much to bear watching!

"Well, Xiao Chunlin, I'm leaving for the capital the day after tomorrow. Do you have anything to bring back?"

"The day after tomorrow?" Song Chunlin stood on tiptoe, revealing the top of his head from Gu Fengyue's shoulder. He spoke in a muffled voice, "Is it convenient for you, my Lord? If it is convenient, please bring some local specialties back for me. It's not much. A carriage can be filled."

Not much? A carriage would be enough?

Listen to this, isn't this definitely treating him as a hauler?

However, Song Chunlin did not really want to treat the person as a cargo, so he still had to give him the benefits he deserved. He filled a whole box of self-heating rice, self-heating hot pot, hot and sour instant noodles, and even a box of snail noodles, which was Gu Fengyun's new hobby. Of course, Lingquan water was indispensable, and compressed kelp was also a must. He also got a sack of seaweed soup. The supplies for Gu Fengyun alone filled a whole car.

In the end, they even pulled a whole truckload of watermelons and cantaloupes, weighing several hundred kilograms, and the horses pulling the goods could hardly move.

Most of these were saved for them to eat on the road, so the outer packaging had been removed, saving a lot of space. By the time they reached the capital, these supplies would probably have been almost finished.

After everything was packed, on the day of departure, Gu Fengyun got up before dawn, and after packing up, he stood at the city gate and tirelessly gave his younger brother instructions. Song Chunlin leaned over to listen. He was told to take care of himself, pay attention to safety, eat on time, and also to finish things here as soon as possible and try to return to Beijing before the winter solstice.

"You are still waiting for the New Year at home. You have been out here all year, so you should take a break at the end of the year and stay at home so that we can prepare for your wedding with Chunlin."