Magistrate Chiang took advantage of the darkness and walked into the inner courtyard, while the candles in the inner courtyard were still lit. Ever since Mrs. Yu fell ill, he had come to visit her every day.
The girl guarding the door saw Magistrate Chiang and announced inside, "Master is here!" Then she raised the curtain and waited for Magistrate Chiang to enter.
"Is your wife feeling better today?" Magistrate Jiang looked at Mrs. Yu on the bed, not knowing what to say.
"Much better, master!" Mother Xi felt that there was something unusual about the master today, and she felt a little uneasy.
"You guys go out first, I have something to tell my wife!"
Mother Xi looked at Mrs. Yu and felt a little at a loss. She looked at Mrs. Yu and said, "Mrs.?"
Mrs. Yu raised her eyes and glanced at Magistrate Jiang, "You go down first!"
Mother Xi and a few girls retreated, but after a while, a quarrel broke out in the room, and Mother Xi even heard Mrs. Yu's sharp voice.
"What? You still think about that little bitch, right? I know that after so many years, you still can't let her go."
"I said, the past is in the past. Now I just want an answer from you. You want to hide this from me?" Magistrate Jiang's suppressed angry voice sounded.
"Jiang Mingyuan, who do you think I am? I am the legitimate daughter of a dignified minister, and I married you, but you treat me so badly? She is the moonlight in your heart, the cinnabar mole in your heart, so who am I?
My father is really blind to choose you."
Magistrate Chiang only felt that the words were not congenial. Hasn't he tolerated her enough for so many years? The Yu family has caused him to have no heirs, and he has not even complained once. Which man does not have three wives and four concubines? She is the one who prefers her to Yu.
You don't have the magnanimity to tolerate others.
He had said back then that he only wanted Mujin and would never accept other women, but Yu still refused. Being so jealous of women would have already made seven mistakes. He thought of his mother's proposal. Originally, he didn't want to do it, but
Now Mr. Yu is getting more and more crazy, and he doesn't look like an ordinary person at all. It doesn't matter! He might as well go to the Buddhist hall to calm down!
Mother Xi told the girls waiting outside to disperse. The master and his wife were quarreling so fiercely that even she was scared when she heard them.
Magistrate Chiang came out of the main room, threw down his sleeves, and ran out of the door.
Gu Chengyu and Sun Xian had already arrived at the inn. He told what happened at the Chiang Prefecture and said that he might come to Fucheng to study.
"Ah? Chengyu! Then aren't we going to separate?" Ye Zhiqiu rarely called two friends. Gu Chengyu was coming to Fucheng, so he was a little reluctant to leave.
"It's a good thing that Chengyu comes to Fucheng. This kind of thing is something that others can't even think of. Chengyu, you have to cherish it!" Sun Xian was a little envious, but this thing is something that can only happen but cannot be asked for. My brother-in-law can get it.
This opportunity is really not easy, and it is also because of the imperial edict.
"I know!" Gu Chengyu responded, but what he was thinking in his heart was that if he approached Wang Tongzhi, he didn't know if he could reserve two more places. Of course, he couldn't force this matter, he still had to do what he could. Wait for him
Go back, fix a letter, and give it to the shopkeeper Niu of the restaurant to see if there is anything you can do.
"Sir! Let's leave now! If we go back early, we can catch up with the good news!" Ming Yan said to Gu Chengyu while packing up and saluting.
"Yes! The old man and the old lady were very happy when they found out that the young master got the Xiao San Yuan. Besides, Master Sun also passed the exam, so everyone is really happy." Ming Mo stepped into the room. He was coming back from Shangling Village.
"Master!"
"I'm not telling you not to come back. Let's rent a carriage and go back!" In fact, the job of driving a carriage is very tiring, especially when the distance is long.
Ming Mo felt warm in her heart. The young master was still considerate of servants like them. "The old man and the old lady are worried. I thought it would be fine if I stayed in the village. I might as well come to pick you up!" How can I be afraid of servants?
Afraid of being tired? You feel comfortable today, maybe someone will squeeze you away one day.
"Then let's call Senior Brother Sun and Senior Brother Ye and get ready to go!" A carriage is not spacious, so we will definitely have to rent one.
Gu Chengyu looked at the village in front of him with smoke rising from the cooking pots, feeling particularly peaceful.
"Sir, we are almost home." Ming Yan and Ming Mo sat in front of each other and exchanged views on the carriage. Gu Chengyu sat in the carriage, lifting the curtains and looking at the scenery in the distance. No matter how many times he walked this road, the scenery along the way was still there.
, he never tires of it.
The carriage rattled towards the village, and when it was about to reach the big banyan tree at the entrance of the village, Gu Chengyu heard a commotion under the tree.
"So, our village really has a scholar?" A woman under the tree was talking enthusiastically.
"Isn't that right? He is still an eight-year-old scholar!" Gu Chengyu recognized this voice, it was Aunt Wang.
"Hey? Look, isn't that the Gu family's carriage?"
"Oh! It's true! Isn't the scholar master back?"
Gu Chengyu was a little speechless when he heard that he was a master. He was of a higher seniority and it was not his place to be called master. However, the fifth master he had been calling for a few months was now directly promoted to master.
He lifted the curtain, looked at the women with a smile, and then called everyone he knew over one by one.
"Oh! Master Xiu Cai is really back! Master Xiu Cai, I am the aunt of your third aunt, do you still know me? I hugged you when you were a child!" A strong woman squeezed Aunt Wang in front of her.
, shouted while running towards Gu Chengyu's carriage.
Gu Chengyu was a little confused. Although Tang San's aunt was from the Gu clan, she had never had any contact with the Gu family. The next generation was about to leave the fifth service. How could he know her aunt? Besides, he remembered that Tang San's aunt did not marry into this village.
!So where did this aunt come from? And he didn’t remember that this woman had hugged him when he was young.
Aunt Wang stepped forward and squeezed past the woman again, "Xiaobao, don't listen to her nonsense, go back quickly! Your father and your mother are waiting at home!"
Gu Chengyu smiled gratefully at Aunt Wang. Aunt Wang always appeared in such a timely manner. He thanked Aunt Wang and asked Ming Mo to drive the carriage and continue forward.
When he passed the big banyan tree on the way, he actually saw Wang Yueniang.
Seeing Wang Yueniang, he thought of her head, Yang Laosan. This Yang Laosan was really unlucky. When he served as a corvee two years ago, Yang Laosan's family didn't have enough money, so they had to follow the official mission and leave the village.
After the corvee ended, everyone in the village came back, but Yang Laosan was the only one missing.
It turned out that Yang Laosan was killed by a big rock falling from above, and two villagers were also injured, but the injuries were not very serious and they recovered after resting at home for two months.
But something happened to Yang Laosan in the village. Wang Yueniang was scolded by her mother-in-law as a broom star and kicked out of the house.
The village had no choice but to build a thatched house for Wang Yueniang and live with her son. She was rarely seen in the village in the past two years. After all, she was a widow, and everyone thought it was unlucky. Besides, there were many disputes around the widow, so in order to avoid suspicion, Wang Yueniang also
They can't move around the village often, so life is difficult for the two of them.
But when Gu Chengyu just passed by her, he found that Wang Yueniang's face was still a little rosy, and the material on her body was not bad, at least there were no patches. When he thought of the grove behind the village, he felt a little clearer.