Judgement

Chapter 88 Classmates and friends

Chapter 88 Classmates and friends

When Guan's illness was on his deathbed, he suddenly remembered the words of the Feng Shui Taoist, that within a hundred days there must be a new funeral, and the world is cold and warm. Guan never expected that the groundless rumors would make his three daughters speak ill of each other. After more than ten years of nurturing, Sun Xueli, who has been regarded as his son-in-law, has never shown his face...

After noon, Mrs. Guan lay on the bed and asked Liu Xiuxia to invite all her neighbors, but she didn't ask her to invite Sun Xueli and the three married sisters.The neighbors were fully aware of the fact that the mother and daughter of the Liu family had been raped a while ago, and it was inevitable that everyone felt guilty about the mother and daughter, so they were invited to the inner hall of the Liu family.

After Guan Shi and others arrived, he called Liu Xiuxia and Xu Ruoyi to come to him.Holding Liu Xiuxia's hand, she said, "Xiu Gu, mother knows that she won't be able to survive this test. The only thing she is worried about is you, and you are not young anymore. Mother is just worried that you will be hurt by others in the future. Bullying. Although Mr. Xu said that he has only been here for a short time, mother can see that he is a capable person and a gentleman. Mother just wants to entrust you to Mr. Xu in front of all the uncles and aunts in the house! "

Liu Xiuxia was startled by Guan's words, it was too sudden to entrust herself to Xu Ruoyi.He said anxiously: "Mother, you can just take care of yourself and recuperate, and don't worry about your daughter's affairs."

Guan said with a helpless wry smile: "Hehe, Mr. Xu, although the wrong and humiliation of our mother and daughter was caused by you, it made me understand a lot of things. In the past, when Aunt Xiu and his father were still there, our old two I hope to find a son-in-law for Xiugu to protect her from old age, but my own daughter will turn his back on her, let alone someone with a different surname. I want to marry Xiugu to you, and I only hope that you can take good care of her. Are you willing to agree? ?”

Xu Ruoyi looked at Liu Xiuxia and nodded, "If it wasn't for Guan Mama's rescue, she would have frozen to death in the snow. Ruoyi is willing to take care of Aunt Xiu for the rest of her life." The neighbors in the house also understood Guan's I came to them just to marry my daughter as a testimony.

Guan took Xu Ruoyi's hand and Liu Xiugu's hand together, and the girl blushed in embarrassment.When hearing the neighbors say that they are a match made in heaven, Guan smiled and closed his eyes...

After taking care of Guan's funeral, it's just because the daughter was married first.Liu Xiuxia and Xu Ruoyi neither entertained relatives and friends nor called three matchmakers and six rituals, they just invited a few neighbors to have a meal, and the couple still ran a soybean milk shop in Mudu.

Time flies and in the twinkling of an eye, it is the day when Gusu City starts a course to become an official. Xu Ruoyi and Sun Xueli went to Gusu City together for reference.Examinations for talents are held every year, first for children and then for talents.With this fame, you can go to Yangzhou Prefecture to take the triennial provincial examination.As a result, both of them passed the examination as a scholar, and two scholars suddenly appeared in the fishing village of Mudu.

It was always inconvenient for Sun Xueli to show up on Zhuangzi because he invited Huazi to make trouble, and he dared not come out until all those Huazi were kicked out by the people in Zhuangzi.Hearing that Liu Xiuxia was married to Xu Ruoyi because of this incident, what she hated was that her teeth were crushed. She could have ruined the Liu family's mother and daughter.Sun Xueli knew that Xu Ruoyi was a talented person and was admitted as a scholar, so if he wanted to get rid of this person, he really had to do something, it would not happen overnight.Sun Xueli came to Liu's Tofu Shop and congratulated Xu Ruoyi with a smile on her face. Liu Xiuxia just nodded slightly when she saw Sun Xueli and called out: "Sun Xiucai." Although the address was slightly changed, it was no longer as cordial as before.

Sun Xueli saw that because of Liu Xiuxia's famous flowers in the tofu shop, many young men were missing to buy tofu, and the business was a little slow.I found a table and sat down and chatted with Xu Ruoyi about homework, and there was some inquiring about Xu Ruoyi's past life between the words.Xu Ruoyi couldn't ignore him because of the reference from his fellow countrymen, so he could only perfunctorily tell him that his parents were dead and he was living alone in a foreign country thanks to Guan's rescue.Even the people who lived where and what they did originally laughed it off, and Sun Xueli couldn't force Xu Ruoyi to talk about a cup of tea, so he left and went home...

Xu Ruoyi always felt displeased with Sun Xueli's inquisitive questions about her. Liu Xiuxia always said that Xu Ruoyi was careless when she thought of her kindness to the Liu family.Xu Ruoyi didn't argue, just laughed and went about her own work...

Sun Xueli came to Liu's Tofu Shop to meet Xu Ruoyi several times, and found Xu Ruoyi more and more unpredictable, courageous and resourceful.To deal with this kind of person, only after getting close to him so that he has no defense against himself, can he look for an opportunity to kill him with one blow.

A few days later, the school in Suzhou City started, and Sun Xueli recommended himself to enroll Xu Ruoyi, and the two became classmates from then on.After Xu Ruoyi entered the school, Liu Xiuxia was left alone to manage the tofu shop. She was unfamiliar with the place and could only chat with Sun Xueli, and gradually became friends.Sun Xueli would take out the half pair of scissors every day when no one was around, wishing to plunge into Xu Ruoyi's heart, but he knew that he was hitting a stone with an egg and could only wait for the right time...

After the spring, the grass grows and the warblers fly and a hundred flowers compete for beauty.The south of the Yangtze River is the spring and March day where there are no flowers.Yangzhou prefectural examination starts, Xu Ruoyi bids farewell to his beautiful wife Liu Xiu, carries the book basket on his back, and Sun Xueli prepares to take the same boat to go north to Yangzhou prefecture.Liu Xiuxia sent Jun to the ferry at Mudu, and Liu Xiuxia stared at Xu Ruoyi with her arms folded in the wind of the river.Xu Ruoyi turned around and took off the light fur from her body, put it on Liu Xiuxia and said, "It will take half a month to go to Yangzhou Mansion, my lady, don't work too hard to manage the tofu shop, take care of your health."

Liu Xiuxia smiled and said: "My husband, please go away with peace of mind. I put 200 taels of silver for my wife at the bottom of the book basket. Don't wrong yourself when you are away, and you don't need to be frugal about food and lodging. Xiu Gu waits at home every day, looking forward to seeing you." Husband will come back soon." Liu Xiuxia was wearing that sable fur and watched Xu Ruoyi get on the boat, waved goodbye to Xu Ruoyi...

There were six or seven people who were going to Yangzhou Mansion together on the small wupeng boat. Xu Ruoyi stood at the bow of the boat until Liu Xiuxia, who was waving from the shore, was out of sight, before being dragged into the cabin by Sun Xueli.She teased and said: "Brother Xu's deep love between husband and wife is really enviable to others, what more can you ask for with such a lovely wife." While talking, she helped Xu Ruoyi unload the book basket behind her, which was quite heavy on the boat above the strings.

Xu Ruoyi also smiled and said: "Brother Sun puts his studies first, and Yan Ruyu will definitely be with him in the future." The two looked at each other and laughed, Xu Ruoyi picked up the book basket on the side of the boat and Sun Xueli walked to the stern.

Everyone on the boat knew that these two scholars had both gone to the Yangzhou government to take the provincial examination, and if they won the exam in the future, they would benefit their parents and officials by becoming an official.Seeing the two people coming over, they gave way one after another, and let them sit in the spacious place at the stern.

When the spring is warm and the flowers are blooming, it coincides with the peach blossom season on the canal, and the rapid water flow doubles the river bed.Xu Ruoyi sat at the stern of the boat and looked at the rolling river below and sighed, thinking that she was once the son of a third-rank official.Now he is too afraid to reveal his real name and surname, even if he is lucky enough to get an official position in the future, he still has to wait for the opportunity to seek an opportunity to have an audience with the king. If he is a good official, he may be able to receive grace and pardon...

After sailing for three days and two nights, the boat finally arrived at Yangzhou Prefecture. All the people in the cabin got up and went to the bow to exercise their muscles and bones.There was a moment of confusion in the cabin, Xu Ruoyi turned sideways to avoid the book basket that was accidentally dumped on the ship's side and fell into the river.Everyone on the boat was shocked, each of them grasped the beam of the boat to stabilize their bodies.Xu Ruoyi grabbed the side of the boat and leaned overboard to get the book basket in the river. Sun Xueli noticed all this, and got up to block everyone's sight with his body.

"Brother Xu, be careful." She pushed Xu Ruoyi's back hard.Xu Ruoyi was paying attention to the book basket that was sinking and floating in the river, when 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 by the river, and never showed his face again.

A sound of "Pu Tong" made everyone on the boat turn their heads to look at the stern. Sun Xueli leaned on the stern and danced his hands in the air in the river, shouting incessantly: "Brother Xu..., Brother Xu..."

In the rapids of the river, only the book basket was gradually sinking to the bottom of the river, and there was no trace of Xu Ruoyi in the river.Only then did the people on the boat realize that someone had fallen into the water, and shouted: "Someone fell into the water, someone fell into the water..."

The boat boss rubbed his hands and sighed while looking at the river, his face full of anxiety.Sun Xueli shouted: "Xu Xiucai fell into the water when he fell into the waves. Saving people is like putting out a fire." Sun Xueli ran to the sampan at the stern, grabbed the mooring rope tied to the stern and tied it around his waist.Jumping into the river, the turbulent river was icy cold, and after a while, Sun Xueli was rushed away...

The people on the boat dragged Sun Xueli onto the boat with the rope, but Sun Xueli's face was frozen and livid, but he kept wanting to jump into the river.Everyone on the boat gave Sun Xueli a thumbs up, and everyone admired Sun Xueli's classmate friendship who risked his life for a friend.For a while, it was said that Sun Xueli was more righteous than Meng Changjun, and his love was better than Yu Boya.He was really a man who valued love and righteousness, and prevented Sun Xueli from jumping into the river again...

The boss of the boat took out a dry thick coat from the cabin and put it on for Sun Xueli, saying: "Sun Xiucai, you are so righteous, but the river is ruthless, you should also think about your own life. The fate of Mr. Xu's falling into the water can only be determined by fate. Maybe the auspicious people will have their own destiny." After being persuaded by his companions, Sun Xueli had to slowly disembark at Yangzhou Mansion with the boat.In Yangzhou Mansion, Sun Xueli was very happy, he did a little trick to get rid of Xu Ruoyi, and earned a good reputation among Mudu Zhuangzi people, killing two birds with one stone, now only Liu Xiuxia is left.What's the fear of a mere weak woman, she will definitely make her die ugly...

Ten days later, Sun Xueli came back from Yangzhou Fu Township Examination Luosunshan, and just got off the ferry at Mudu.Liu Xiuxia chased after her and asked anxiously, "Brother Sun, do you have any news about my husband?" Apparently, Liu Xiuxia had already learned about Xu Ruoyi's drowning from Zhuangshang's population, and several times she wanted to go to the Yangzhou mansion to find Xu Ruoyi, but was rejected by the boat boss. Persuade back.The boss of the boat said that if Xu Xiucai came back without incident and did not see Liu Xiuxia, it would be another trouble, why not wait a few more days.

Liu Xiuxia was waiting at the ferry every day for the Zhuang people who came back from Yangzhou Mansion, and whenever they met, they would ask Xu Ruoyi's whereabouts, but there was no news at all.I saw Sun Xueli today and asked in a hurry, but when I saw Sun Xueli's sad face, my heart sank to the bottom...