Chapter 16: Zhang Xiucai's Past
Xiang Zixi's words to Jin Fengting suddenly threw a stone that splashed in the crowd.
For Xiang Zixi, the matter between Jin Fengting and that Zhang Xiucai was once circulated among those ladies before Xiang Zixi committed suicide.
Legend has it that one day, Xiang Zixi took his two fat girls to collect rent for his father. This is not a great thing in Yaoguo, and women inherit their father's business everywhere, and a woman's status is determined according to her own and her family's ability. As long as she has a certain ability, then she can be completely transcendent.
Therefore, it is not a big deal for Xiang Zixi to go down to collect rent for his father.
However, in the process of collecting rent from Zixi, a small and small thing happened, and because of this incident, the eldest lady of the Xiang family, who was one of the best in Xiangjia Town, fell in love with the wronged Zhang Xiucai at a glance.
This is a long story, if you start with the grievances of the two people, you have to mention that rainy night.
That night, Xiang Zixi received the rent very late, and seeing that he couldn't go home, he had to live in a tenant's house. This tenant is an old tenant farmer of the Xiang family, who has been planting land in the Xiang family for decades, so the Xiang family is also kind to him, and the rent charged is only sixty percent of other people's.
Therefore, under the care of Xiang Jia, the old couple was able to spend a fairly good old age. Therefore, the old tenant farmer has great respect for the eldest lady of the Xiang family, and when he heard that Xiang Zixi was coming to collect rent, he prepared some of the eldest lady's favorite food early and waited for her arrival.
So, Xiang Zixi lived in the old tenant farmer's house. In the evening of the same day, it began to rain lightly, and it was getting heavier and heavier. Dense raindrops crackled and smashed on the dirt, splashing circles of dirt, and then disappeared into a bay of muddy water.
Xiang Zixi sat in the main room with a teacup, chatting with the old tenant farmer while drinking tea to pass the time.
At this time, the old tenant farmer's door was knocked on, and the old tenant farmer ran out to see that it was his nephew. The old tenant farmer was overjoyed, and immediately let his nephew into the house.
Xiang Zixi raised his head slightly, and at a glance saw the slightly weak and thin young scholar in the rain, the teacup in his hand was suddenly placed on the table, and he asked the old tenant farmer's wife in an excited tone: "Grandma, he is ββββββ"
Grandma replied with a smile: "This is the old man's nephew, surnamed Zhang." We don't have any children, and this child is like our own son, coming and going from time to time to see the two of us who are old and immortal. This child is sensible, and willing to study hard, and now he has been admitted to the township show, and in a few years he will go to the province to go to the priesthood, if he can get a reputation again, then we will enjoy happiness! β
That Zhang Xiucai patted the rain on his body, picked up the hat, entered the house, and laughed as soon as he stepped into the house: "I really didn't expect it to rain when I said it would rain this day!" Hey? It's ββββββ"
Xiang Zixi raised his eyes, and saw the face of Xiucai at a glance, Xiang Zixi only felt that his heart was hit by something, so stupid, standing there in a daze, unable to say anything.
The two maids who were serving Xiang Zixi, Xiao Fei Fei and Xiao Pang Pang, suddenly noticed that something was wrong with their young lady, but before the two of them could make a move, Xiang Zixi had already asked abruptly: "You, have you ever married a wife?" β
As for Zhang Xiucai's answer, the parties present all chose to deliberately avoid this topic. However, since then, Xiang Zixi has been running to this village more and more frequently. Every time Zhang Xiucai is there, Xiang Zixi will be happy as if she is something, and bring all the snacks that she is reluctant to eat, and everyone can see her thoughts.
At this time, Xiang Zixi's close friend, Miss Jin Fengting Jin didn't know where to get the news, on this day, she followed Xiang Zixi to this village, wanting to see what kind of man the boy who made Xiang Zixi fall in love at first sight.
Who knows, when Jin Fengting saw Zhang Xiucai, she was also stunned for a while, and asked the same question as Xiang Zixi.
Since then, Jin Fengting has also begun to run to this village when she has nothing to do, but she is much more sleek than Xiang Zixi, and she will not bring anything good to eat and drink, but will bring Zhang Xiucai a limited collection of books.
Sure enough, after Zhang Xiucai saw those books, his attitude towards Jin Fengting was obviously much better than that of Xiang Zixi.
Finally, Xiang Zixi noticed Zhang Xiucai's closeness to Jin Fengting, and immediately panicked. immediately went home to beg his mother, found a matchmaker, and prepared to go to Zhang Xiucai's house to propose. The matchmaker promised to go to Zhang Xiucai's house to propose marriage with a meeting gift, where did she know, Jin Fengting had already given Zhang Xiucai a preventive shot, Jin Fengting said that if Zhang Xiucai married a wife before the provincial exam, then she would stop lending books and recover all the money.
Zhang Xiucai refused to propose to Zixi for the sake of those books.
Actually, Zhang Xiucai really didn't mean anything to Xiang Zixi. The former Xiang Zixi is definitely not comparable to the current Xiang Zixi. Although I have read a lot of books, my head is still elm head, my mouth is stupid as if it contains lead, and I am not beautiful enough, my face is full of pockmarks and my body is fat, compared with Jin Fengting, it is indeed more than one grade worse.
Therefore, Zhang Xiucai naturally has a better impression of Jin Fengting, who also reads books and looks passing.
Therefore, Zhang Xiucai rejected Xiang Zixi like this.
As soon as he heard that Zhang Xiucai rejected him, Xiang Zixi ran to Zhang Xiucai's house in the rain at the expense of the rain, questioned him where he was not good enough, and asked Zhang Xiucai why he refused to marry. Zhang Xiucai pointed to the book on the bedside and replied lightly: "I only want to read now, and I don't want anything else." β
When Xiang Zixi heard this, his heart ached, and he ran back home in the rain, and he couldn't afford to get sick with a high fever.
Just when his condition was a little better, he took three feet of white silk and hanged himself at the head of the village while the maid was not paying attention.
After Jin Fengting heard that Xiang Zixi had attempted suicide because of Zhang Xiucai's matter, she was indeed quiet for a few days and did not go to Zhang Xiucai again. Later, it was discovered that Xiang Zixi seemed to have forgotten about Zhang Xiucai, and suddenly became curious.
And the reunion incident of Yuelao Temple made Jin Fengting suddenly feel a crisis. The clumsy and ugly Xiang Zixi turned into a slender princess, sharp words, arrogant and indifferent, which really made Jin Fengting unable to figure it out.
Coupled with the Jin Haoxuan beside Xiang Zixi, Jin Fengting was even more jealous. So stunning, what is Zhang Xiucai? It's not worth lifting his shoes!
So, Jin Fengting completely left Zhang Xiucai behind, and wanted to get acquainted with that Jin Haoxuan.
And this time, because everyone's parents are full of energy, they are ready to hook up with the prime minister and gather everyone together again for intensive training and study, but an unruly man of Ji Yan has emerged, and this Ji Yan is only favored by Xiang Zixi!
How can this make Jin Fengting embarrassed?!
Zhang Xiucai, Jin Haoxuan, Ji Yan! Why did she meet all three of them to Zixi first? Why did I know either crooked melons and cracked dates or defective products first?
And just now, Xiang Zixi's sharp words seriously hurt Jin Fengting's self-esteem.
After a long, long time, Jin Fengting said softly: "Zixi, have you forgotten Zhang Xiucai because of that Jin Gongzi?" β
Jin Gongzi? All the women's ears are pricked up at the same time! There is breaking news, there is breaking news! Is there still news that I don't know?
Xiang Zixi slowly put down her chopsticks, turned her face to Jin Fengting and said, "It's your business!" β
Poofβthe others almost squirted all the rice out of their mouths! When have you ever seen and heard Xiang Zixi talk to Jin Fengting like this? Didn't you? Never! Sure enough, this Xiang Zixi is a big change from the inside out!
Jin Fengting was choked by Xiang Zixi one after another, and finally couldn't hold back any longer, the chopsticks in her hand slapped on the table with a bang, stood up, and pointed to Zixi with one hand: "You-you ββββ to Zixi, don't be embarrassed!" β
"Oh? Are you talking about me? What is shameless to give face, do you still have face to give? Xiang Zixi sharply stimulated Jin Fengting again, and pulled Jin Fengting's hand aside with one hand: "I let you before, it doesn't mean that I won't clean you up now!" Miss Jin, there is an old saying that it depends on the owner to beat a dog! β
Jin Fengting's face suddenly became extremely ugly, and Shen Zhuangmeng, as the host, quickly stood up, pulled the two people apart, and kept saying: "Look at you, you all grew up together, why are you still so childlike?" Feng Ting, don't talk about it, you're not here to quarrel. Also, Zi Xi, you don't have to say a word, everyone looks down and doesn't look up, they are all the eldest lady of the county, how bad it is to spread it! β
"Humph! Okay, I'll give Miss Shen face today, and I won't worry about you! Jin Fengting sat down angrily, Xiang Zixi didn't bother to look at her, and after eating the rice in her bowl, she stood up with a smile and said to Shen Zhuangmeng: "Thank you for your hospitality, but I want to walk around, is it okay?" β
Shen Zhuangmeng hurriedly said, "Of course you can." Someone's comingββββββ"
"Miss Shen doesn't have to be polite, I'll just take the maid with me." Xiang Zixi smiled and waved his hand, and walked out of the door without looking back. For those so-called ladies, there is no need to welcome them!
Xiang Zixi took Xiao Feifei and Xiao Chubby to the gate and walked towards the street outside. Xiang Zixi, who hasn't gone out shopping for a long time, suddenly came to a sense of freshness, look here and feel there. Just when the three of them were enjoying their shopping time, an inopportune voice sounded from behind them: "Oh my God, isn't this the little lady I met in the old temple of the moon that day?" Haha, where do I see you running away this time? β