novel-bin Chapter 141 Dragon Travels the World (Part 1)
Chapter 141 Dragon Travels the World (Part 1)
The crisp, melodious birdsong weaves together a particularly beautiful morning song, and the warm sunlight shines through the thick clouds onto the earth.
You can faintly hear the noisy sounds of people bustling about in the distance.
The nights in the countryside are so quiet, and the mornings are so busy and full of vitality.
This was the first time Yang Linxin had slept so late. Yesterday's sleep was probably the most restful one he had ever had in a long time.
Perhaps it's related to that strange and somewhat unreal dream I had last night?
Yang Linxin chuckled and shook his head to clear the strange feeling from his mind.
Life goes on, what's the point of thinking about all this nonsense?
Confucius did not speak of strange phenomena, physical prowess, disorder, or spirits. Only by studying diligently and passing the imperial examinations can the Yang family be revitalized.
Yes, revitalizing the Yang family is indeed Yang Linxin's wish.
In the dream, he was indeed not lying.
However, Yang Linxin did not mention why he wanted to revitalize the Yang family or why he wanted to make the Lin family regret their decision.
The woman in the dream had clear, innocent eyes and a bewildered expression. She was a very pure and innocent person. Yang Linxin didn't want to tell her why he wanted to revitalize the Yang family or how to do so.
Perhaps that woman was a fairy, untouched by the mortal world, pure and immaculate.
Yang Linxin was unwilling to drag her into this mortal world.
and……
Even if she truly had the ability to fulfill her wishes and easily revitalize the Yang family, but...
What's the point of this?
Getting something for nothing might be many people's dream, but Yang Linxin was unwilling to do so.
He felt that his parents were also unwilling.
If it is only because of the help of the gods that the Yang family can be revitalized, and that those who look down on the Yang family and their parents can be made to look at the Yang family and their parents with new respect.
What's the point then?
None of it was earned through their own abilities.
If my parents were still alive, they wouldn't be happy either.
Father wanted to tell everyone that his choice was right. So what if Mother came from a merchant family? Her status wasn't much lower than others. But he relied on his own abilities and hard work, not on some divine magic.
The Yang family had been merchants for generations, making them a family of merchants.
This dynasty, like those in ancient China, emphasized agriculture and suppressed commerce. Merchants held a status even lower than that of farmers.
What good is it if a businessman is rich?
Even if someone is incredibly wealthy, the status of a merchant will remain unchanged.
The social hierarchy in this world, from top to bottom, is: emperor, civil official, military general, scholar, warrior, farmer, craftsman, and merchant.
The Lin family is a family of scholars for generations.
Yang Linxin's father, Lin Weiyu, was the eldest son of a concubine in the Lin family.
Although he was not the eldest son of the legitimate wife, as the eldest son of a scholarly family, he could still have a marriage of equal social standing. However, he fell in love with Yang Lingxin's mother, Yang Jinjing.
However, although Lin Weiyu was only an illegitimate son of the Lin family, the Lin family, as a scholarly family, would never allow their son, even if he was only an illegitimate son, to marry a woman from a merchant family.
As a result, their relationship was met with fierce opposition from the Lin family.
In order to be with Yang Jinjing, Lin Weiyu even secretly married her without telling his family.
When Lin Shuhao, the head of the Lin family, learned of this, he fainted from anger.
After Lin Shuhao woke up, he angrily cursed Lin Weiyu for being a degenerate person who insisted on marrying the daughter of a low-class merchant, bringing shame to the Lin family.
He even said, "Even marrying a maid from the Lin family would be better than marrying a merchant's daughter."
Lin Weiyu was also a rather proud man. He didn't think there was anything wrong with marrying a merchant's daughter. So what if she was a merchant's daughter? Their children could study and take the imperial examinations just like the other young masters in the Lin family.
Merchants did have a low social status in this era, but the imperial court did not look down on the sons of merchants.
If one has the ability and talent, the son of a merchant can still take the imperial examination; there are no restrictions on this.
Because Lin Weiyu refused to admit his mistake and refused to divorce his wife.
Lin Shuhao directly removed him from the Lin family genealogy, as the Lin family did not have a son who had disgraced the Lin family.
After leaving the Lin family, Lin Weiyu and Yang Jinjing naturally moved into the Yang family's residence.
Master Yang was furious at the Lin family's heartlessness. Since Yang Jinjing was the only daughter in the Yang family, he readily accepted the idea of his daughter and son-in-law moving into the Yang family home and treated them with utmost kindness.
Out of gratitude and pity for his father-in-law's childlessness, Lin Weiyu discussed with his wife Yang Jinjing that their first child would take the mother's surname, Yang, and their second child would take the father's surname, Lin.
Unfortunately... life is unpredictable.
As the saying goes, "The weather is unpredictable, and fortune can change in an instant."
Who would have thought that Yang Linxin's parents would once again drown while out on an outing?
Who would have thought that Mr. Yang would fall ill and pass away due to the grief of losing his beloved daughter and son-in-law?
In the once-large Yang family, only Yang Linxin, a young child, remained.
It is said that human nature is inherently good, but who doesn't have a few awful relatives?
With such a large family as the Yang family, how could those collateral branches not be envious?
When the elders of the Yang family were still alive, they probably wouldn't have dared to spy on it.
But now, the once vast Yang family is reduced to a single child, a young and ignorant seven-year-old.
How can human greed be suppressed?
The Yang family declined from then on; no, it should be said that the Yang family belonging to Yang Linxin declined from then on.
From that moment on, young Yang Linxin had a wish in his heart: that he could revitalize the Yang family with his own abilities when he grew up.
Let those despicable relatives who have seized the Yang family's wealth see their own abilities, and let those Lin family members who look down on Father see their own abilities.
So what if he's the son of a merchant? So what if he's been bullied and fallen on hard times?
With ability and talent, he will surely be able to stand up again and stand at the top, laughing at everyone else.
In the original storyline, Yang Linxin did indeed rise above others and revitalize the Yang family.
He went to live in the countryside with his loyal old steward.
Although he was not poor, he could not attend a private school.
But even though he couldn't pursue a literary career, he didn't give up and instead embarked on a martial arts path.
Although military officers held a slightly lower status than civil officials, they were still court officials after all.
Their status was higher than that of ordinary people.
After becoming a general, he resolutely abandoned his military career and embarked on the path of civil service examinations, eventually rising to the position of Grand Secretary.
Although Yang Linxin's life was legendary in the original story, Dong Xiaoli really couldn't bear to let him suffer so much after going through so many twists and turns.
From the very beginning, it all boiled down to poverty.
For Dong Xiaoli, problems that can be solved with money are really not big problems.