Start with the humble bridegroom

Chapter 39
A small boat stopped on the shore, and Mother Chen twisted a package and jumped off the boat.

The weather was hot, so she put a handkerchief on her head and hurriedly walked towards Zhang's small courtyard.

After eating a large bowl of mung bean soup, Mother Chen wiped off her sweat with a handkerchief, and then let out a long breath.Facing Mother Chen, Meng Xiaowan was looking at a piece of paper she had brought back from the county town, very seriously.

"But it's an excellent article?" Mother Chen asked her daughter uncertainly, "People in the county say it's a good article, but I've also heard people say that it's also scolded."

Meng Xiaowan gently put down the "Ma Shuo" and shook her head.

"not good?"

"It's not bad," Meng Xiaowan felt a little regretful, "It's a pity to use such a good article to attack just for such a trivial matter."

"That's good!" Chen's mother immediately beamed with joy, but she felt a little confused in an instant.

"Then why do some people say it's good, while others say my uncle is a traitor?" Mother Chen asked with a tight face, "My uncle's article is related to rebels?"

Meng Xiaowan chuckled lightly: "Where is it related to some rebel? It's just that this article is so good that it has touched the hearts of some people. They admit it in their hearts, but they don't want to admit it in their mouths. If you say that Mr. Lang is treacherous, I'm afraid they are all ulterior motives who specialize in blocking people's progress."

She lowered her head and looked at the text a few more times, then frowned slightly.

Bailu happened to be embroidering handkerchiefs on one side, and was puzzled when he saw this: "Why is the girl frowning, and make wrinkles carefully."

"It's just a pity that this article is excellent, but this word is not suitable for this article."

Mother Chen said with a smile: "This is just my cousin's handwriting. How can it be as good as my uncle's calligraphy? I heard that Master Fan and Master Luo, who have been friends for decades, almost turned their heads because of my uncle's original manuscript. "

"Mom, what happened to the imposter?" Bai Lu couldn't help but wonder about the gossip.

"I inquired about it in the city. That day Master Fan exposed that man on the spot. In a hurry, the man overturned the table and took advantage of the chaos to escape to the second floor. Because the students from the academy chased him, he jumped directly from the second floor. They got down and ran away with a limp. They chased away for a while, but they couldn’t see the road clearly at night, so they were still escaped by that man.”

"Bah, a bunch of trash snacks!" Bailu gave a mouthful of displeasure, "So many people can't catch a liar."

Speaking of this, Mother Chen suddenly lowered her voice: "There are also people who say that the two top names in the county are Xu Niangzi from Yinghua Pavilion and Yuezhao girl from Qixianlou, and they are dying because of this matter." Everyone said that Miss Xu was going to hang the beam that night, but was held back by someone. Then what Yuezhao can say is heart-wrenching. Ouch, who are you bluffing! How dare you pretend to be a chaste woman in the fireworks field?"

Mother Chen observed Meng Xiaowan's expression while talking.

Seeing that the girl didn't seem to be moved, she whispered the last news.

"There is another piece of news, I don't know if it is true. Someone said that the Luo family sent the second girl of the Luo family to Liuquan Nunnery outside the city to recuperate early the next morning."

Hearing this, Meng Xiaowan's gaze finally wavered a bit.

But she gritted her teeth lightly, fixed her gaze firmly on the paper, and let herself pretend that she hadn't heard the last news.

Mother Chen waited for a while and couldn't help asking.

"Girl, is this article really so good?"

Meng Xiaowan nodded unconsciously: "That's really good!"

As soon as the words were out of her mouth, she felt that she looked down on the article again, so she added another sentence: "It's an excellent article. It can't be better."

Mother Chen was a little worried: "Miss, do you think my uncle treats the masters and students in the academy like that, will he offend those scholars and affect my uncle's reference? I heard that those scholars are all the same. Connected."

Unexpectedly, Meng Xiaowan laughed lightly.

"This person's actions may seem reckless, but they are the most shrewd."

"Girl, even I think what my uncle did was too arrogant, and I'm afraid he really offended people. Why do you still say that my uncle is shrewd?" Bailu stopped sewing, with a puzzled expression on his face.

"According to his temperament, even if that person turned upside down in the county, he would watch with cold eyes until he saw the clues. If I hadn't provoked him on purpose, and at the same time he wanted to refer to matters involving our family , he will definitely not expose that person so quickly."

"He is too shrewd. He knows that the county has probably secretly approved his first name. For the sake of this matter, he is going to make a name or two as a foreshadowing. Instead of arguing with that person who is really Zhang Believe it or not, it is better to invite a respected person like Mr. Fan, and use his hands to break the situation of that person lightly. With this good article as an introduction, everyone should praise his solution."

"Even the masters who were made chess pieces by him, with such good articles, would never argue with him. Others helped him, but he didn't need to accept others' favors, because this matter puts them at the mercy of others." Ming was designed by himself, do you think he is shrewd or not?"

Mother Chen said in a low voice: "Masters are so easy to fool, but what about those young and energetic students? I heard people say that Mr. Zhou, the most talented and learned man in the county, wants to compete with my uncle." !"

"Stupid," Meng Xiaowan shook her head, "the ones who had the most entanglement with him were Zhou Ziying and Li's elder brother. He probably knew that these two people were there, and half of this article is dedicated to them. , for the purpose of disturbing their will and momentum. Zhou Ziying took the initiative to invite the battle, which is to put himself at the disadvantage of Lang Jun, and fell into Lang Jun's strategy of weakening the enemy."

Bailu asked softly, "What about Li Langjun?"

Mother Chen was displeased, and gave Bailu a jujube: "Ask that person why!? I have told you several times, and it is absolutely forbidden to mention that person's name in the Zhang family. It looked good at first." How could a person like me become so fast, he got in touch with the superiors, and didn't care about the life and death of my Meng family. Those money and goods of Mr. Dalang seem to be thrown into the lake?"

When Meng Xiaowan heard the man's name, she unconsciously looked at the branch of the tree outside the window, feeling silent for a moment.

Mother Chen hurriedly found a topic to divert Meng Xiaowan's attention.

"Why don't you see my uncle at home?"

Bai Lu was rubbing his head, and replied with some grievances: "Today is the last day for Tongkao registration. Just now Huo Langjun came home and asked Mr. Lang to go to the county to register."

"The same is true of our husband," Chen's mother looked at Meng Xiaowan's face, and deliberately said to Zhang Zhe, "He is not in a hurry to apply for the exam. He has to wait until the last day, and the exam will start on the first day of July in four days." Days. At home these few days, I didn’t see him studying, and he took Sanqi to plant the land for a few days.”

"Mom, don't blame him," Meng Xiaowan looked away from the window. "The day he signed up, the two of them will know about it. Zhou Ziying is a gentleman, so it doesn't matter if he knows about it sooner or later. It's just that the Li Family Yulou is a There are people in the city. If you register on the last day, even if someone has a plan, but there are only a few days left before the exam, you can avoid some troubles."

However, Bailu pointed to the ten-acre paddy field behind the house with some worry: "I don't know where I got a lot of rice seeds, and I forced Uncle Wuliu and Sanqi to plant them. He also said that he would plant all the surrounding mountainous lands. What kind of sweet potato did you get here? Maybe, we should be starving when winter comes.”

"Nonsense!" Mother Chen slapped Bailu again, "The five or six old brothers said that my uncle's rice seedlings are really not like ordinary things, they are so big and scary. How can there be no grain harvest at that time?"

(End of this chapter)