Chapter 1 The embarrassing prodigal
The water flow was very fast, and Xie Yi was in a very embarrassing state.
After choking the water for the Nth time, Xie Yi no longer cared about his image and changed his perfect freestyle to a dog paddle.
The pink backpack was not far away. Just as it was about to catch it, a wave suddenly slapped over, and the river water poured into his mouth and nose again, making people breathless.
Forget it, life is more important than picking up girls.
In desperation, Xie Yi had no choice but to retreat and struggled to swim back to the shore. It was easy to come and it was difficult to go back. At the critical moment, his legs cramped inexplicably. Seeing another wave hitting him suddenly, he didn't have time to react, and he was a little confused.
It wouldn't be so tragic, right? As the ups and downs, Xie Yi felt an ominous premonition in his heart.
The thought flashed by, and Xie Yi felt dizzy, and there seemed to be a flash of light in front of him, and his consciousness gradually became a little blurred.
In a trance, the water seemed to be much smoother, and a wooden boat was coming in a hurry; the shore in the distance was crowded with people, as if a woman was shouting loudly.
After being saved, Xie Yi opened his mouth and smiled. The river water poured into his mouth and nose again, making people breathless...
It was vague, and Xie Yi seemed to see many people pointing and sighing, and there was a woman's crying in his ears.
...
Xie Yi woke up, and what caught his eye was the roof with wooden rafters and blue tiles. There was a small wooden window on the mottled earth wall, which was faintly light. In front of the low bed, a young woman with red and swollen eyes was crying silently, and she was holding a young girl in her arms.
What's going on?
Xie Yi felt inexplicably confused, especially after accidentally seeing the reflection in the rusty bronze mirror, he was completely in a bad mood.
The reflected face is young and handsome, but extremely strange, so strange that he doesn't know him at all.
What exactly happened? Where was he? Who were the two women in front of him? A series of question marks came to my mind, and Xie Yi was completely confused.
He clearly remembered that the river was turbulent and a wave hit him, and he almost drowned. Fortunately, a boat came to rescue him. But... he was rescued from ashore, why did he change his face and his side skin?
Traveled through time!
When many memories that did not belong to him crawled into his mind, Xie Yi finally realized this absurd but true fact later.
I don’t know what kind of opportunity or mysterious scientific principles it was. I drowned and died. My soul traveled through time and space for no reason, and then resurrected the soul from an ancient boy with a corpse.
Alas! This time I’m too show off, the price of picking up girls is a bit high!
He used to be a young doctor who participated in a volunteer clinic in the mountainous areas of the hospital and had a good chat with a beautiful doctor who was traveling with him, and he had a chance to go further.
One day when I returned from the inspection tour, I passed a river on the way and crossed the small wooden bridge. The beautiful doctor's backpack accidentally fell into the water. Xie Yi relied on the good water quality and refused to go into the water to catch it.
As a result, the tragedy was made. The backpack was not obtained, and the beauty did not get it, but successfully joined the army of time travelers.
Alas, it's too late to regret it!
Time travel seems to be like going back and forth without going back. Few people in my impressions go back and it doesn’t make much sense to be lucky.
To put it nicely, since you come, you can rest assured; to put it badly, even if you are reluctant, you have to accept your fate. Good fortune is the basis of misfortune, and it may not necessarily be a bad thing.
As a time traveler, what he cares most about is undoubtedly the time and time. Xie Yi soon had the answer in his mind - the tenth year of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty.
How to say it?
Traveling through time is very tragic, but when you walk through the Tang Dynasty, you don’t walk through the chaotic world where wars and people live in miserable lives is considered a blessing in disguise!
The Tang Dynasty was the most prosperous dynasty in Chinese history, and the prosperity of the Han and Tang dynasties was not a fan of; the reign title of "Zhenguan" is also very familiar, because Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty Li Shimin!
As we all know, the Zhenguan rule was a rare rule in history, and the name of Emperor Taizong of Tang was well-known. Living in this era, it should be no problem to have peace and stability, and to have enough food and clothing, right?
As for what the tenth year of Zhenguan meant, Xie Yi was not deeply impressed. It was probably because the country was so grand that everyone knew about it. The original memory in his mind quickly brought a signal - Empress Changsun's death and the whole country mourned.
Five months ago, in June of the tenth year of Zhenguan, the wise empress Changsun, who had a deep affection with Li Shimin, died in Lizheng Hall. Half a month ago, she was just buried in Zhaoling.
Does this have anything to do with yourself? At least not now.
Xie Yi is more concerned about his situation. It is a coincidence that he is now also called Xie Yi. He is seventeen years old this year. He lives in Huaiyang City, Chenzhou. He ranks third in his family and is known as Xie Sanlang.
The Xie family was originally rich and prosperous, but the family business was prosperous, but they had many misfortunes in recent years. First, the eldest son Xie Jin died early, and the second son Xie Qian was unable to afford the disease. Two years later, he passed away; the third son Xie Yi became the only seedling, and became the entire hope of the Xie family, and naturally he was highly valued and loved.
Love and spoiling are only one word different. Once you pass the boundary, you will be out of control and the consequences will be serious.
Due to excessive pampering, Xie Yi became arrogant and extravagant at such a young age and became a prodigal playboy. The old and her husband were heartbroken when they saw this, but they failed to discipline them. In order to make the Xie family's incense and inheritance plan, they worked hard and gave birth to another child.
I originally hoped to have a child when I was old, but unfortunately I was a daughter. Xie's mother died of dysfunction because she was an elderly mother. Many of her family members died and her children were not good. Lao Xie was deeply hit and fell ill and died of regret after several months.
The huge family business fell into the hands of Xie Yi, who was a teenager. Without control, Xie Yi became more and more ignorant and became an absolute prodigal son.
He led an eagle and rode his horse, and had a lot of food, drink and entertainment. If he were not young and had a filial piety, he would probably be indispensable in the brothel Chuguan.
He avoided prostitution, but could not escape gambling. Under the deliberate induced by some people, Xie Yi gradually became addicted to gambling. He had literary fights such as chess and horse racing, and he also went to and from gambling shops to use gambling tools to make a fuss.
The old saying goes that nine out of ten bets will be lost, and it is true. In more than one or two years, Xie Yi lost all his wealth in the Xie family, and dozens of acres of land were handed over to others, leaving only an old house.
Logically speaking, if Xie Yi reforms in time, he can barely survive and even revitalize his family business. However, the attributes of prodigal sons have penetrated into the bones, and the gambler's psychology is still itchy.
The morning before yesterday, Xie Yi realized that his dream at night was a good omen. He took the remaining money from his family and went to the gambling house again. It happened that he happened to meet a group of local dandy playboys in Huaiyang, who were also his old rivals. After a few words, Xie Yi couldn't bear the stimulation. In addition, he quickly recovered his money, so he started to make a big move.
It is difficult to win if you are impatient and impatient. In addition, a group of people on the other side have the intention of calculating him together, and there are some shameful means behind their backs.
In a short while, Xie Yi lost all his money. Under the deception and excitement of others, the impulsive prodigal son was left with only one old house left. When it was noon, he changed hands completely.
After leaving the gambling house, the penniless prodigal son was extremely disappointed. I don’t know if he felt guilty about his parents and ancestors, or was worried that he could not continue his life in the future, so he couldn’t think about it for a while and actually jumped into the lake. Fortunately, a boatman discovered it in time, and a time traveler resurrected the soul by borrowing a corpse, so he was "lucky but not dead."
Faced with this situation, Xie Yi was amused and crying. He came to the Tang Dynasty for no reason, but became a prodigal son. He had just lost all his family business and was extremely down.
What an embarrassing dilemma, alas!
...
After sighing, Xie Yi realized that he was not the only one in this family.
His eyes fell on two women, one big and one small, and Xie Yi, who had not figured it out for a while, was it his wife and children?
Xie Yi turned around and looked at the young woman sobbing by the couch. She was only eighteen or nineteen years old, with outstanding appearance, beautiful eyebrows, fair skin, and black hair like clouds.
Although she does not apply makeup and only wears a thorn hairpin and cloth skirt, she cannot hide her gentleness and graceful figure, and she looks like a beautiful woman.
Perhaps because of too much effort, my body is a little thin and looks a little tired and haggard. If I need to rest and warm up, and apply powder thinly, I will definitely be a delicate, bright and charming beauty.
As for the little girl in her arms, she looks three or four years old, with big watery eyes, a red face, and looks very cute. She just looks a little thin and has a bit of malnutrition.
The two looked like a mother and daughter. Although they were only seventeen years old in this life, it was not strange that they got married and became fathers at this age.
After calming down and searching carefully in the memory, Xie Yi breathed a sigh of relief. He almost forgot that the Xie family also had a young sister, Xiaoman, who was less than four years old. As for the young woman, she was not a wife, but her sister-in-law.
The girl's surname is Du. She fled to Huaiyang, Chenzhou with her mother a few years ago. After her mother died of illness, she staged a bitter drama of betraying her body to bury her mother.
Seeing that Du's appearance was beautiful and well-educated, Xie's mother spent money to bury her mother and took Du home. At first, she was a maid, but later she believed the words of a Taoist priest and asked her to marry the seriously ill Xie Erlang to be happy.
Those days, the prodigal son Xie Sanlang and his friends went out, but were not at home, so the specific situation was not clear. When he returned home, his second brother Xie Qian had already passed away. When he saw Du, who was wearing mourning clothes in front of the spirit, Xie Yi called him "sister-in-law", until now.
I have to say that Xie Erlang is not lucky. His wife, who is as beautiful as a flower, cannot be kept and died early.
Xie’s parents were also a bit inhumane. They asked a delicate girl to marry a sick girl, which was called "joy joy". What was the result? It hurts people!
It’s a pity that the beautiful Du family is so widowed! Xie Yi saw it and felt that it was a waste of resources!
My parents are really good. Since I have taken a fancy to this daughter-in-law, I know my second child is in poor health, so I should consider the healthy Xie Sanlang. It's true!
However, it seems not too late.
The widowed sister-in-law who is as beautiful as a flower and her young and handsome brother-in-law are inevitably imaginative!
There should be nothing in the past. Even if the prodigal son has a thief heart, he has no courage. It has to be said that in terms of filial piety, the prodigal son Xie Sanlang is still very abide by the rules. People who dare not enter the brothels and Chuguan are not afraid to do anything at home.
In the vague impression, the prodigal son has a minimum respect for his sister-in-law, but he is not considered kind to be a favor. He eats, drinks and has fun every day and does not care about the situation at home.
Fortunately, Du is thrifty and never leaves him. In addition to taking care of his prodigal son Xie Yi, he also silently raises his young sister-in-law. His life is hard and he has suffered a lot of grievances. The neighbors see it and praise it.
However, at this moment, this virtuous and virtuous sister-in-law looked at Xie Yi in a daze, crying with the pear blossoms...
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Chapter completed!