Bai Shan and Man Bao went to the Yue family, and of course they brought Xiaoshao, the medicine boy, with them because they wanted to ask for money from the Yue family.
Xiao Shao said: "Yesterday the drug store sent the bill to the Yue family, but the Yue family did not settle the bill at that time, and Mrs. Yue did not even see the clerk we sent to settle the bill."
Man Bao said: "It's okay. Just wait for a while. When I see the patient, I can prescribe better medicine for her."
Xiao Shao nodded happily.
When she heard that Man Bao was coming, Grandma Fu came out with Cao in person, ignored the servants' gazes all the way back to the second courtyard, and sent her directly to Fu Wenyun's room.
Naturally, Bai Shan and Xiao Shao couldn't go in, so they stood in the yard looking at the sky with their hands behind their backs.
Just as Cao was about to invite them to rest in the hall and serve them tea, he saw the door of the study room opened and Yue Dalang walked out.
He was slightly startled when he met Bai Shan's eyes. Seeing that he had a good temperament, he hesitated and asked: "Are there guests at home?"
Cao bowed and said, "Back to the uncle, this is Master Bai, here with Miss Man."
Afraid of being neglected by Yue Dalang, she said: "The Bai family is a noble family in Luojiang County. My wife had contacts with the Bai family when she and the master were in Luojiang County. Now I am accompanying Miss Man to visit my wife."
Hearing that he was from a noble family, Yue Dalang's face softened slightly, he bowed his hands to Bai Shan and said, "It turns out he is the younger brother of the world. Please take a seat in the hall."
Bai Shan returned the greeting and called Fu Second Brother-in-law with a slight smile, obviously following Fu Wenyun's call.
Cao Cao breathed a sigh of relief and helped the two of them go to the hall to have tea.
Yue Dalang walked all the way and asked, "Why did Brother Bai come to the capital?"
Bai Shan said calmly: "Come to the capital to study."
"Oh? I wonder which academy you study in?"
"Guozi Xue."
Yue Dalang:......
He stopped in shock, his mouth was beating a little violently, and his throat was a little dry, "The first person in the Imperial College to study the Imperial Academy?"
Bai Shan tilted his head in confusion, "Why, are there any other Guoxue schools in the capital?"
Yue Dalang twitched his lips and said: "No, no more, I'm just a little surprised. Brother Bai is so young, I didn't expect to do something like this. Come on, please take a seat, please go to the study to get some tea..."
Bai Shan was slightly embarrassed, but his mind flashed back to Miss Fu Er, whom he saw at the side door of the county government office when he followed Man Bao and the others to sell candy.
At that time, Miss Fu Er was the same age as Man Bao now. She and Man Bao were sitting on a stone under a tree. They shared two candies and swayed their legs while talking about the books they had read recently...
Bai Shan raised his eyes and looked at Yue Dalang again, feeling that Magistrate Fu's vision was really bad.
Man Bao was also talking about this matter with Fu Wenyun.
There was nothing she could do, so she curiously asked Yue Dalang when she was getting the acupuncture, and Qiuyue on the side told her everything like she was pouring beans out of a bamboo tube.
Anyway, there are only three of them in this room now. Qiuyue knows that Man Bao and the lady have a good relationship. Over the years, the lady has only one or two friends that she can talk to, and Man Bao is definitely at the top.
So seeing Fu Wenyun lying on the pillow without any objection, Qiu Yue had no worries.
"... When it came to the marriage proposal, the young lady was not very fond of him, but the families who came to ask for marriage were not very good. After all, the Yue family is considered to have a good family background, and both the master and the wife were satisfied. If the young lady was not happy, she would not be able to make the decision.
, just got married."
Qiuyue lowered her voice and said, "I didn't expect to find out after I got married that their family is just as good on the outside as ours on the inside. My wife doesn't know how to run a business. The Yue family's foundation is a little better than our Fu family's, but their assets are not."
How about it, for many years, I have been living a tight life relying on my little salary and some small filial piety that I can’t refuse..."
"When the young lady got married, she wanted to take care of her husband. The wife was as unhappy as if it cost her her life. If she didn't like it, then she wouldn't be happy. The young lady didn't want to take care of it yet. She was comfortable reading and writing every time, but she also disliked the young lady.
He brought many servants and spent a lot of money. Every month he found excuses to deduct money and tried every means to get money from the lady."
Man Bao was speechless for a while, and couldn't help but look down at Fu Wenyun, who was enjoying her acupuncture with her eyes closed, and asked: "Sister Fu, can you bear it?"
Fu Wenyun closed her eyes and chuckled: "Fool, don't listen to her. The people I brought here are supposed to be taken care of by me. The money I gave out eventually went back to my people. It's not a loss."
Qiuyue: "Why is it not a loss? They still use our people. Your work is in vain. Isn't it a loss?"
Fu Wenyun then opened her eyes and looked at Man Bao, and asked with a smile, "Do you think I am at a loss?"
Man Bao thought for a while and shook his head, "If it's a business, it's not a loss. But Sister Fu, you are married and you are a family. If you calculate these things, won't it be a loss? My mother wouldn't settle with my father.
All this, the family fortune my father earned is in the hands of my mother, and there has never been such intrigue."
"So a common people's home also has the benefits of a common people's home," Fu Wenyun said with emotion: "I looked at you before and thought that there would be nothing wrong with marrying a common people. As long as he can also read and write, he can talk to me.
Just talk."
"But I'm in Taining. I've seen official families like the Yue family, and I've seen the gentry's children, and even the squire's children who only have a hundred acres of manor have seen it quietly." Fu Wenyun felt a little regretful, "But Jianzhou
, the customs in Taizhou are not as good as those in Mianzhou and Yizhou, where women have to wear curtains and hats when going out. When they knew that my brother and I were studying and literacy together, there were a lot of criticisms, and even my mother tried her best to oppose it."
She sighed: "And I have to get married, so after weighing it, Yue Dalang is a good choice."
Fu Wenyun made no secret of the reason why she chose Yue's family. She whispered: "There were rumors at that time that my father-in-law would probably be promoted, and if he didn't go to Beijing, he would be transferred to the Central Plains area. The atmosphere here is better than that in Jianzhou area.
There are many prescriptions."
"Furthermore, Yue Dalang's knowledge is considered to be the best among several people. I don't like Jianzhou and Taizhou, and my father also needs the support of the Yue family, so I chose his family." Fu Wenyun said with a wry smile: "It's just that I didn't have it at the time.
Why should you pay attention to my mother-in-law? She always behaves kindly on the outside. It’s my fault that I don’t understand people well, and I don’t blame my father.”
She knew that Man Bao had not liked her father since she was a child, and she had whispered bad things about her father when she entered the house just now, so Fu Wenyun explained so much.
Man Bao then asked, "What are Sister Fu's next plans?"
Fu Wenyun said softly: "This kind of thing cannot be rushed. The most important thing for me now is to take good care of my body. I have to rely on you for this. Other things will come in a long time."
Man Bao nodded, "Yes, it's only a long time coming."
Qiuyue was still a little unwilling, feeling that the young lady was too wronged.
After Man Bao finished injecting Fu Wenyun, he glanced outside and asked, "What about Yue Dalang? Isn't he coming to see Sister Fu?".
Fu Wenyun leaned on the pillow. Because of the acupuncture, she felt a little sleepy at this time. She said without thinking: "I came here last night, but I was too lazy to deal with him, so I sent him away."