When Guan was dying of illness, she suddenly remembered the words of the Feng Shui Taoist. In less than a hundred days, there would be new mourning, and the world was in a state of flux. Guan never expected that all three of her daughters would speak ill of each other because of unfounded rumors.
After more than ten years of severing the nurturing relationship, Sun Xueli, who has always been regarded as his half-son, has never shown his face...
After noon, Mrs. Guan lay on the bed and asked Liu Xiuxia to invite all the neighbors, but she was not asked to invite Sun Xueli and the three married sisters. The neighbors were worried that the Liu family's mother and daughter had been killed a while ago.
The scandal was fully known, and everyone inevitably felt guilty for the mother and daughter, so they were all invited to the Liu family's inner hall.
After Guan and others arrived, she called Liu Xiuxia and Xu Ruoyi to come to her. She took Liu Xiuxia's hand and said, "Xiu Gu, I know that I can't stand this test. The only person who is worried about me is you.
, you are not young anymore, mother is worried that you will be bullied in the future. Although Mr. Xu said he has only been here for a short time, mother can see that he is a capable person and he is also a humble gentleman. Mother
I just want to entrust you to Mr. Xu in front of all the uncles and aunts in the room!"
Liu Xiuxia was shocked by Guan's words. It was too sudden to entrust herself to Xu Ruoyi. She said anxiously: "Mom, just relax and recuperate. Don't worry about your daughter anymore."
Guan Shi smiled helplessly and said: "Haha, although Mr. Xu and our mother and daughter were wronged and humiliated because of you, it made me think about a lot of things. In the past, when Xiu Gu's father was still alive, we and I talked about each other.
I hope to find a son-in-law for my aunt to take care of her in old age, but my own daughter will fall out and break off the relationship, let alone someone with a foreign surname. I want to marry my aunt to you, but I just hope you can take good care of her. Are you willing to agree?
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Xu Ruoyi looked at Liu Xiuxia and nodded: "If Ruoyi hadn't been saved by Guan's mother, she would have froze to death in the snow. Ruoyi is willing to take care of Xiugu for the rest of her life." The neighbors in the house also understood Guan's family.
I came to them just to be a witness when marrying my daughter.
Guan took Xu Ruoyi's hand and put it together with Liu Xiugu's. The girl was so embarrassed that her face turned red. When she heard the neighbors saying that they were a perfect match between a man and a woman, Guan smiled and closed her eyes...
After taking care of the Guan family's funeral, Liu Xiuxia and Xu Ruoyi neither entertained relatives and friends nor called them matchmakers. They just invited several neighbors of the day to have a meal. The couple was still there.
Du runs a soymilk shop.
Time flies and in a blink of an eye, it’s the day when the exams for officials were opened in Gusu City. Xu Ruoyi and Sun Xueli went to Gusu City for reference. The scholar exams are held every year. The children are tested first and then the scholars are tested. After you have this honor, you can go
The Yangzhou Prefecture took the provincial examination every three years. The result was that two people passed the exam and passed the exam. Two scholars suddenly appeared in the fishing village of Mudu.
Sun Xueli had always been inconvenient to show up in Zhuangzi because he invited flowers to cause trouble. He waited until all the flowers were kicked out by the people in the village before he dared to come out. I heard that Liu Xiuxia was married to Xu Ruoyi by Guan because of this incident.
What he hates is that the roots of his teeth are broken. He could have ruined the reputation of the Liu family and his daughter. One wrong move and they lost everything. Sun Xueli knew that Xu Ruoyi was talented and had also been admitted as a scholar. He really had to get rid of this person.
Taking some measures is definitely not done in a moment. Sun Xueli came to Liu's Tofu Shop and congratulated Xu Ruoyi with a smile on his face. When Liu Xiuxia saw Sun Xueli, she just nodded briefly and called: "Sun Xiucai." Although the title was slightly changed, it was already the same.
Not as friendly as before.
Sun Xueli saw that because Liu Xiuxia's famous flower had an owner, there were not many young men coming to buy bean curd, and the business was a little slow. He found a table and sat down and chatted with Xu Ruoyi about their daily life. There was some inquiring about Xu Ruoyi's past life in the conversation.
Shi. Xu Ruoyi couldn't ignore him for the sake of his fellow countrymen, so he had to tell him perfunctorily that his parents were deceased and he was living alone in a foreign country. Fortunately, Guan family rescued him. Even where he lived and what he did, he laughed it off. Sun Xueli couldn't force Xu Ruoyi.
After chatting for a cup of tea, we left and went home...
Xu Ruoyi always felt displeased when Sun Xueli inquired about her probingly. Liu Xiuxia always said that Xu Ruoyi was too thoughtful because of her kindness to the Liu family. Xu Ruoyi didn't argue, she just smiled and went on to go about her own work...
Sun Xueli came to Liujia Tofu Shop and dated Xu Ruoyi several times, and he found out more and more that Xu Ruoyi was unpredictable, brave and resourceful. To deal with such a person, you can only get close to him first and make him unguarded, and then you can find opportunities to kill him with a fatal blow.
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A few days later, the school in Suzhou City opened, and Sun Xueli volunteered to help Xu Ruoyi get admission. From then on, the two became classmates. After Xu Ruoyi entered the school, Liu Xiuxia was left to take care of the tofu shop. She was unfamiliar with the place and could only manage it.
They chatted and discussed books with Sun Xueli, and gradually they became friends. Sun Xueli would take out the half pair of scissors every day when no one was around, eager to plunge them into Xu Ruoyi's heart, but he knew that it would only be an egg striking a stone, and he could only wait for the opportunity...
After spring has begun, the grass grows and orioles fly, and hundreds of flowers bloom. Jiangnan is the March day in spring where flowers do not fly. Yangzhou Prefecture has started the provincial examination. Xu Ruoyi bid farewell to his beloved wife Liu Xiu, carrying a book basket on his back and Sun Xueli preparing to take a boat together to go north.
Yangzhou Mansion. Liu Xiuxia sent you to the ferry at Mudu. It was cold in spring. Liu Xiuxia looked at Xu Ruoyi with her arms folded in the river wind. Xu Ruoyi turned around and took off the light fur coat from her body and put it on Liu Xiuxia's body and said: "This is
It takes half a month to go to Yangzhou Prefecture. Madam, don’t work too hard in running the tofu shop. It’s important to take good care of yourself.”
Liu Xiuxia smiled and said: "My husband, please go in peace. I have left two hundred taels of silver for my wife in the bottom of the book basket. My husband must not wrong himself when he is away from home. There is no need to be frugal in food and accommodation. Xiu Gu is waiting eagerly at home every day.
I hope your husband will come back soon." Liu Xiuxia wore the mink fur and watched Xu Ruoyi get on the boat, waving goodbye to Xu Ruoyi...
There were six or seven people who were going to Yangzhou Prefecture together on the small awning boat. Xu Ruoyi stood on the bow of the boat until she lost sight of Liu Xiuxia waving on the shore, and then was dragged into the cabin by Sun Xueli. He said with a smile: "Brother Xu's couple
The depth of love is truly enviable to others, what more could a husband ask for with such a loving wife." As he spoke, he helped Xu Ruoyi unload the book basket behind him, which was quite heavy and placed on the string of the boat.
Xu Ruoyi also smiled and said: "Brother Sun puts his studies first, and Yan Ruyu will definitely accompany him in the future." The two looked at each other and laughed, Xu Ruoyi picked up the book basket on the side of the ship and walked to the stern of the ship with Sun Xueli.
Everyone who was traveling with them on the boat knew that these two scholars had gone to Yangzhou Prefecture to take the provincial examination. If they won the exam in the future, they would benefit their parents by becoming officials. When they saw the two coming, they all gave way to each other and let them sit in the spacious stern of the boat.
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When the spring flowers bloomed, it was the peach blossom season on the canal, and the rapid water flow doubled the river bed. Xu Ruoyi sat on the stern of the boat and looked at the river water rolling away under her feet and sighed, thinking that she was once the son of a third-rank official. But now she is
I dare not show my true name to others. Even if I am lucky enough to get an official position in the future, I will still wait for the opportunity to see the emperor. If I am a good official, I may be able to receive grace and pardon...
After traveling for three days and two nights, the boat finally arrived at Yangzhou Prefecture. People on the boat all got up and went to the bow to stretch their muscles.
The book basket was dropped into the river. Everyone on the boat was shocked and everyone grabbed the beam of the boat to stabilize themselves. Xu Ruoyi grabbed the side of the boat and leaned out of the boat to fish out the book basket in the river. Sun Xueli saw all this.
, stood up and blocked everyone's sight with his body.
"Brother Xu, be careful." Xu Ruoyi was pushed hard on the back. Xu Ruoyi was paying attention to the book basket that was sinking and floating in the river. He was caught off guard and pushed into the river by Sun Xueli. After Xu Ruoyi entered the water, he was immediately swept into the bottom of the river.
Never showed up again.
A sound of "porphyry" made everyone on the boat look towards the stern. Sun Xueli leaned over the stern of the boat and danced his hands in the air in the river. He kept shouting: "Brother Xu..., Brother Xu..."
Only the book basket was slowly sinking to the bottom of the river, and Xu Ruoyi was nowhere to be seen in the river. Only then did the people on the boat realize that someone had fallen into the water, and shouted: "Someone has fallen into the water, someone has fallen into the water..."
The boss of the boat rubbed his hands and sighed while looking at the river water, with a look of anxiety on his face. Sun Xueli shouted: "Xu Xiucai fell into the water in the waves. Saving people is like putting out fire." Sun Xueli ran to the sampan at the stern of the boat and grabbed the rope tied to the stern.
The boat rope was tied around his waist. He jumped into the river. The fast-flowing river water was ice-cold to the bone. In a moment, Sun Xueli was rushed far away...
The people on the boat pulled Sun Xueli onto the boat by the rope. Sun Xueli's face was livid with cold but he kept wanting to jump into the river. Everyone on the boat gave Sun Xueli a thumbs up. Everyone admired Sun Xueli for risking his life for his friends.
The friendship between classmates. It was said for a time that Sun Xueli was as good as Meng Changjun in righteousness and more affectionate than Yu Boya. He really was a man who valued love and righteousness, and prevented Sun Xueli from jumping into the river again...
The boss of the ship took out a dry thick coat from the cabin and put it on Sun Xueli and said: "Sun Xiucai, you are so righteous, but the river is ruthless, you should think about your own life. Mr. Xu's fall into the water can only be determined by fate.
Maybe auspicious people will have their destiny." After being persuaded by his companions, Sun Xueli had no choice but to slowly disembark in Yangzhou Mansion with the boat. In Yangzhou Mansion, Sun Xueli was very happy, and he used a little trick to get rid of Xu Ruoyi.
, and earned a good reputation among the people of Mudu Village, killing two birds with one stone, and now only Liu Xiuxia is left. What should I fear from a mere weak woman? She will definitely die in an ugly way...
Ten days later, Sun Xueli returned from Yangzhou Fuxiang to take the title test at Luosun Mountain. As soon as he got off the ferry at Mudu, Liu Xiuxia caught up with him and asked hurriedly: "Brother Sun, does he have any news about my husband-in-law?" Apparently Liu Xiuxia had heard it from the man in the village.
After learning that Xu Ruoyi fell into the water, he wanted to go to Yangzhou Mansion to find Xu Ruoyi several times, but was persuaded by the boat boss to go back. The boat boss said that if Xu Xiucai came back without any incident and Liu Xiuxia was missing, it would be another trouble, so it would be better to wait a few more days.
Liu Xiuxia waited at the ferry every day for people from the village who came back from Yangzhou Prefecture. She asked everyone about Xu Ruoyi's whereabouts, but there was no news at all. Today she saw Sun Xueli and asked hurriedly, but when she saw Sun Xueli's sad face, she suddenly felt heartbroken.