Wang Fulin, Yu Chengzhi and Hu Kun soon came to the Yongjiahou Mansion with Wu Shaoying. Qin Bai and their teachers and students have not seen each other for several years, and now they are reunited, and everyone is very happy.

Wang Fulin and the other three are no longer the teenagers they looked like when they were separated from Mizhi, all of them are mature young people in their twenties, with mustaches, wearing the straight jackets that people love to wear, and wearing satin cotton cloaks inlaid with wool, even Hu Kun, who was the poorest in his family earlier, is now full of spirit. Hu Kun's personality is more introverted, but Wang Fulin and Yu Chengzhi love to talk and laugh, and they complimented their teacher Qin Bai for a while, saying that he was in good spirits, and then turned to flatter the teacher Niu Shi, saying that she was younger than back then, which made Niu Shi so happy that he couldn't close his mouth. The two students, whom she had always favored in her husband, were now as likable as ever, and she felt more affectionate.

Qin Hanzhen also came out to greet several uncles. Wang Fulin exclaimed: "Sister Sang has grown so big?!It's really the eighteenth change of a female university, and the skin girl can also become a fairy!" Qin Han was really embarrassed to say it, and said angrily: "Who is the skin girl?!" Wang Fulin laughed and said: "Yes, yes, yes, now it's not a skin girl, but if Sister Sang wants to say that you weren't skinny when you were a child, then I can't open my eyes and say nonsense!"

Isn't Sister Sang exactly the well-known wild girl when she was a child? Obviously she was a child of a scholar family, and the daughter of a big landlord in the village, but she messed around with boys and children in the village all day long, and even Qin Bai had a headache, until she fell down the hillside, she became much more well-behaved, as if she had changed into a different person.

Qin Hanzhen secretly said in his heart, isn't he just a different person? But of course she couldn't say this, so she had to pretend to be embarrassed to listen to the black history of her childhood, and ran to arrange refreshments.

After a pleasant greeting, everyone was finally able to sit down and drink tea and talk. Qin Bai asked him about his experiences when he went to Shu and passed by Yulin when he passed by Yulin. Several people's lives are going well, and they concentrate on reading every day. After they have fame, they can concentrate on studying, and even Hu Kun is married to the Wang family, and he has a field under his name, so he no longer worries about the poor family situation, and the elders in the family are also taken care of, so he can concentrate on studying. The three of them support each other, the Wang family is a big family, and Wang Fuzhong in the capital provides all kinds of books and materials, and everyone has made progress in their studies. In the autumn of this year, the three of them successfully obtained the fame of the people, so they made an appointment to go to Beijing to take the examination together, and came to visit the teacher Qin Bai by the way. They know that their knowledge is limited, and they may not be able to pass the exam in the spring of next year, but once they go to Beijing, they also open their eyes, know what the examination is like, and see the world's talents, so that they can clearly understand what level they are, and they will have to study hard in the future, and they will have the direction of struggle.

Then there are some things in each family. The three of them have all married families, married wives and had children, and Yu Chengzhi already has a son and a daughter. Niu listened with envy and regretted that he couldn't go back to Mizhi to meet a few children. Yu Chengzhi said with a smile: "If you don't pass this subject, when you take the next subject again, a few children will be older, so I will simply take them to Beijing to visit my wife, so that a few children can see the world." Niu Shi was immediately overjoyed: "Okay, well, you will live in our house when the time comes, and you don't have to worry about anything!"

Wu Shaoying listened to these topics with a smile, and couldn't help but shrink back when she got here. It's a pity that it's useless for him to shrink, and then Niu Shi turned his head to look at him: "Look, your junior brothers are younger than you, and they all have more than one child, but you don't even have a daughter-in-law!

Wang Fulin was a little surprised: "Senior Brother Wu hasn't married a wife yet?" Wu Shaoying replied vaguely: "I'm too busy with business, so I haven't taken care of it." Wang Fulin sighed: "I knew this was the case, so I told my parents at home, don't be busy saying kiss to my sister first." I have a younger sister, who is now eighteen years old and has not yet married, and always says that she must marry a talented man, and she is not happy to tell her several family affairs. When I set off, I only heard that my aunt told her about a family in Xi'an, and I heard that she was also young and talented, but her family background was more ordinary. My parents were afraid that my sister would be an old girl, so they promised to take her to Xi'an to see each other after the year. I knew that my brother hadn't married a wife yet, so I should have been the matchmaker!"

Wu Shaoying didn't know what to say. Niu Shi had already asked Wang Fulin with concern: "Eighteen this year, that is the sixth girl in your family?" I have seen it several times when I was a child, she was born so neatly, and she has been studying with your brothers since she was a child, which is not comparable to ordinary girls. We told your mother at that time that your sixth sister must be a beauty when she grows up, and look at her speech and demeanor is extraordinary, and I don't know who will be cheaper. It turns out that the marriage has not been decided at this time?!" Wang Fulin paused: "Originally, it was undecided, but when I returned to Mizhi, I am afraid that even the marriage date will be set!"

However, the sixth girl of the Wang family and Wu Shaoying have never even met, and the family affairs can be said to be repaid, if they can't be said, the special labor division will send a letter back in public, blocking the marriage of others, it will be a little inappropriate. Therefore, the Niu family hesitated, and Wang Fulin couldn't make up his mind.

Hu Kun clearly saw that Wu Shaoying was not willing to talk about this topic, so he interjected with a smile: "How can my wife and Fu Lin talk and talk, as if this family business is really decided? Now in the middle of winter, how can we send a letter? Besides, there is still the favor of my uncle and aunt here, maybe my uncle and aunt will not be able to take a fancy to each other when they go to Xi'an in the future? The sixth sister has a high vision and is bent on marrying a real talent. But if the young people in Xi'an Mansion are really outstanding, why haven't you and I seen them?"

Wang Fulin suddenly smiled: "That's right." We have studied in Xi'an for several years, and if we were really talented, we would have seen it a long time ago. That kid is not well-known, his family background is mediocre, and he has no intention of going to Beijing to take the entrance examination, and I heard that the results of the township examination are also very low. My sixth sister may not really be able to take a fancy to him. ”

The Wang family is not only the big landlord of Mizhi County now, but also Wang Fuzhong, an important minister in front of the emperor, who does not think highly of the Wang family? The six girls of the Wang family are talented, good-looking, and have a family background, and it is nothing to be picky when choosing a mate. Wang Fulin settled down, and then laughed and talked with Wu Shaoying: "Maybe my sister and senior brother still have a fate!" Wu Shaoying smiled bitterly and waved his hand: "Senior brother, don't make fun of me anymore." Then quickly changed the subject.

Obviously, he himself was not very happy to talk about the Guan family, but now he couldn't take care of it much, so he asked Wang Fulin about the recent situation of the Guan family's mother and son.

Wang Fulin originally intended to tell his teacher and wife about the Guan family, but he just planned to mention it in private later. Now when I saw Wu Shaoying asking, I also said it.

Everything is fine with the Guan family. His family has no serious scholars, the family business is mediocre, he opens a private school to accept some Mengtong, the family does not have to worry about food and clothing, and he is respected in the county. Outsiders may not know how estranged the relationship between the Guan family and the Qin family is, only that they are in-laws. With the support of such a family as Yongjiahou Mansion, idlers dare not provoke his family. And the property that Wu Shaoying entrusted to the Guan family before is enough to ensure that the Guan family lives a prosperous life. Therefore, Mrs. Guan and Uncle Guan's family really have nothing to worry about. In addition to his son Yaozu, who has not even been admitted to the child's birth, the youngest daughter Yunniang has not been in harmony with her husband and wife after she got married, and she has been making trouble with her in-laws' family for three days, and she has also made trouble when she goes back to her parents' house, which can be regarded as a smooth life.

Wang Fulin said to Qin Bai: "The teacher stayed in the Liu account room in Mizhi, and he is a kind person. He was in charge of the teacher's family's acres of property, and he never did anything to covet the money of the master's family. On the Guan family's side, every New Year's Day, he gave gifts according to the rules. Brother Guan had had a little official affair with someone before, and Liu Ledger went to find the master book in private to intercede, and he also turned a big matter into a small one, lost money, and never suffered any grievances. There is Liu's account room, and our family also takes care of one or two, and the Guan family is very stable in Mizhi, and the teacher does not have to worry about them. ”

Qin Bai nodded. Niu asked: "That little daughter of his family didn't make any trouble, right? That girl used to be tricky, if she was a relative of our family who bullied people, you should not help her." We're not used to her stinky temper!"

Wang Fulin didn't want to say it, but when he saw Niu's say this, he had to tell her honestly: "There have been a few times before, Guan Xiaomei's man has also read books, and he barely took the exam to show his fame, but then he always failed to make the list, so they quarreled with the husband and wife many times." Before the autumn of today's Keqiu, Guan Xiaomei also came to my house to find me, and specially prepared a gift, asking me about the examination questions of the township examination, saying that I am a child of a big family, and my brother is a big official in front of the emperor, so there must be news. I don't think I'm going to know that, I can't say I'm going to get in, she wants to go through the back door. I even gave her a gift, and she scolded me for disrespecting my teacher, and I retorted to her, saying that she was just the daughter of my teacher's in-laws, and that she had the face to use the teacher's name to suppress me? Besides, my teacher disdained the kind of thing she said, and would never blame me for her. If she doesn't leave, I really won't save face for her, and I will find Brother Guan to teach her a lesson, and then sue her as a man to the school official. She was scared, and obediently left with her things, not daring to disturb me again. ”

Niu Shi spat and said: "Yes! For people like her, she should do this! How can she have a face? She used to be shameless, but now she is becoming more and more unreasonable!"

Qin Bai patted the back of his old wife's hand, signaling that she didn't have to say much, and then turned to Wang Fulin: "You have done a good job, you don't have to worry about the in-laws of the Guan family and our Qin family, just connive at her messing around." She is a small woman, she has no knowledge of this kind of thing, and she doesn't know that favoritism is a taboo for scholars, and once she gets involved in such bad rumors, her lifelong reputation will be ruined. I don't know if her husband knows what she has done, and if he does, then this person's character will not be good. ”

Hu Kun said: "Guan Xiaomei's husband's character is just fine, and he shouldn't be able to do this kind of thing." Their husband and wife disagree on many things, so they quarrel all year round. If it weren't for the fact that she had a child, her husband would probably want to reconcile and leave. Now Guan Xiaomei's mother-in-law occasionally complains among relatives and friends, saying that she knew this was the case, and she shouldn't have coveted the Guan family to have good relatives in the first place. ”

Niu Shi said: "Since you have taken a fancy to our relatives, why don't you inquire more in advance?" said that he went to see Wu Shaoying again, glad that he withstood the pressure of Mrs. Guan and did not really marry Guan Yunniang as his wife, otherwise there would be no peace.

Wu Shaoying smiled faintly, poured a cup of tea for Wang Fulin and Hu Kun, and didn't say anything.