Chapter 32: The Ancient Paparazzi

Rao has watched so many bloody giants competing for favor dramas and vulgar youth idol dramas, Ye Feng also has to admit that this is really a bizarre story. It's just that he is more curious about one more thing now than the story itself.

"Well, don't be careful, I'm just curious...... How did Aunt Liu successfully form this relationship with the Wu family back then? ”

Hearing this, Fifth Sister Chen immediately understood what Ye Feng meant.

That's true. Strictly speaking, the Chen and Wu families are very different from each other in terms of economic status and everything else, how could they come together and become in-laws.

It's no wonder that Ye Feng would ask like this.

You must know that in this time and space, in-laws pay the most attention to a "good match".

In general, this era is the world of readers. Scholars, farmers, industrialists, and merchants, the class boundaries are obvious, like enchantments, which cannot be easily broken. This is why scholars are generally reluctant to marry merchants.

Even if they are the lowest-level talents, their children will be crowned with the titles of "Xiucai son" and "Xiucai girl". Compared with ordinary peasant men and women, it is another noble in the eyes of the world.

Therefore, except for the down-and-out Xiucai, it is possible to marry his daughter as a merchant woman, or marry a merchant woman as his wife, and the rest are almost difficult to marry. After all, in this case, both sides have a name and a profit, and they have benefited, which can be regarded as a "strong alliance" in a sense.

Similarly, with the Chen family's background and background, it is almost impossible to climb to the Wu family. With the Wu family's background, when Wu Xuanhua grows up to a certain age, there is no problem in donating his background.

In other words, rich families don't need to squeeze their heads together with a group of poor students just to grab the few places in the imperial examination and cross the thrilling single-plank bridge. They have their own abilities and paths.

No matter how bad it is, even if the Wu family is not uncommon, the daughter of a big merchant family will be married, and the two families will join forces economically to expand their business territory.

With a background like Chen Wumei, the only way to marry is to be a concubine.

But the problem is that she is now not only successfully married, but also a wife.

Ye Feng actually had some "bad" expectations in his heart, that is, this family affair was set by the elders of the previous generation of the Chen family when the Wu family was not yet developed.

In this way, the Wu family is bound to be a little disgusted.

If this is the case, it will naturally be easier to withdraw from relatives. As soon as the Chen family speaks, maybe the Wu family will immediately agree, and even the least politeness will be saved.

Anyway, there are pros and cons, it depends on how the person concerned feels.

On the one hand, Chen Wumei was worried that she had revealed the privacy of her future in-laws, and on the other hand, she was also worried that Ye Feng would not agree to help.

But when she heard Ye Feng ask like this, she was no longer afraid, anyway, she had just said that she was so private, and she was not afraid to talk about her marriage, and this matter was also "well-known" in Chenjia Village and Wujia Village.

After thinking about it for a while, he was about to answer, but he didn't expect Ye to make a move.

Ye Shi glanced at Ye Feng, and said with some emotion: "I know this." In the past, my mother-in-law often said that the fifth sister was born rich and noble, and she was born to be a young grandmother. ”

If it was helpless to expose the Wu family's privacy before, after all, Chen Wumei knew much more about these things than the Ye family. However, now that he wants to reveal his own affairs, Ye feels that it is better to talk about it himself.

Seeing that Ye Feng was interested, and thinking that this might be able to make Ye Feng think of a good way, the Ye family no longer concealed the events of the year. Anyway, many people know about it, and it's not a secret.

"About ten years ago, Wu Xuanhua, who was regarded as a treasure by the Wu family at that time, suddenly fell seriously ill when he was two years old. At first, the Wu family didn't care much, after all, children are going to get sick. As a result, within three days, Wu Xuanhua began to vomit and diarrhea, and he lost his weight when he saw it. This really cost the life of the Wu family, and the whole family sent people to search for dozens of famous doctors within a radius of hundreds of kilometers, but the medicine stone was always ineffective. ”

Ye was afraid that Ye Feng would not understand, so he wanted to explain, so he said it in more detail.

But of course Ye Feng knows, severe diarrhea is fatal even in modern times. And Wu Xuanhua is obviously dehydrated. It's a pity that there is no infusion in this time and space, and it is not easy to replenish body fluids.

"You think, this kid eats less and pulls more, and gradually, it's strange that he doesn't lose weight. I tried many home remedies, and even did the work of exorcizing ghosts and removing filth, but it still didn't get better. The clever one has already begun to prepare for the future, because anyone with a discerning eye knows that this child has only one breath left, and Mrs. Wu and Mr. Wu are still holding hope. ”

Hearing this, Ye Feng became even more curious, and he didn't know how Wu Xuanhua died all his life.

Speaking of which, it can indeed be called a blessing and a great life.

Ye continued: "One day, the Li family, who had almost decided to give up, went to the Big Buddha Temple to pray for blessings, and by the way, Wu Xuanhua's birthday was pressed in front of the Buddha to pray. It happened that the mother-in-law went to ask the good luck for the fifth sister, because the fifth sister always couldn't sleep well at night during that time. As a result, the monk took the fifth sister's eight characters and looked at it, and he was a little surprised at the moment. After he pinched his fingers, he told Li that her son was saved. ”

Hearing this, Ye Feng immediately asked, "So you can be saved?" What a way, it won't be ......"

Ye Feng originally wanted to say whether he wanted Chen Wumei to marry immediately and be a child daughter-in-law. But after thinking about it, hasn't Chen Wumei been at home all the time, so Chongxi is impossible.

Of course, Ye Shi knew Ye Feng's thoughts, after all, she had just said words like eight characters, so it was no wonder that Ye Feng thought like that.

Li was overjoyed and hurriedly asked why. As a result, the monk only said that the secret of heaven should not be revealed, but said that the two children, Fifth Sister and Wu Xuanhua, are rare mandarin ducks in this world, which is a match made in heaven. If you get married, the man's illness will naturally be cured. And the woman will naturally sleep peacefully. ”

Chen Wumei knew these things, because Mrs. Liu had to tell her every once in a while, so as to show that she would give birth herself, and it was also used to show that Chen Wumei's life was unspeakably expensive, and it was not comparable to ordinary peasant firewood girls.

Therefore, Chen Wumei knew since she was a child that she was going to be entangled with Wu Xuanhua in her life.

Hearing this, Ye Feng was a little speechless, and he couldn't believe the words of those monks. However, thinking of his two lives, Ye Feng no longer expressed any opinions.

These things, how to put it, are sometimes really evil.

Ye continued: "At first, Li didn't believe it, but when he went home, he still talked to Mrs. Wu. The Li family didn't believe it very much, but this old lady Wu believed in these things the most, and she was the highest decision-maker of the Wu family, so she didn't care about the hesitation of her son and daughter-in-law, and immediately made a decision to settle this family business. ”

"Yes, my mother said that the Wu family came to the house the next day to explain the reason, and took out a rich gift, full of sincerity. Mother is naturally ...... Agreed. The Wu family couldn't wait, and in the afternoon of the same day, they followed the instructions of the monk and brought me and the ...... The young master of the Wu family held a marriage ceremony together. ”

Chen Wumei naturally took Ye's words, especially the part of getting married, Mrs. Liu remembered it very clearly, so she said the most.

After listening to it a lot, Chen Wumei also remembered it.

"And what about later? Then Wu Xuanhua's illness suddenly recovered? ”

Ye Feng still felt a little incredible. If this was the case, he wanted to go to the monk afterwards and ask how he could travel back. If not, ask where you can find your home.

"Ah, if you want to say that the monk is also powerful. Then the young master of the Wu family is naturally good, otherwise why do you think the Wu family did not withdraw from the family. Strange to say, since the two were engaged, the young master of the Wu family immediately stopped vomiting and diarrhea, and gradually began to eat. Within half a month, it was completely recovered. And the fifth sister no longer got up in the middle of the night to cry, and slept peacefully. ”

Of course, there are some things that neither Ye nor Chen Wumei said.

For example, because his son is getting healthier and healthier, the Li family even has a better impression of Chen Wumei, so the gift money for the marriage did not disappoint Mrs. Liu, and it was twice as much as promised before.

Mrs. Liu, who took the money, hired someone to push the old house, and soon built a large tiled house that was very popular in the village at that time.

Naturally, the Huang family and the Zhu family also entered the door one after another.

People in the village said that although Uncle Chen passed away early, Mrs. Liu, a widow with three sons and a daughter, worked hard and became rich, and finally lived a good life. And her daughter was given to a rich and noble family at a young age, and a happy life was just around the corner.

However, the more Ye and Chen Wumei talked, the more Ye Feng's heart sank.

Because all of this shows that it is almost impossible to withdraw from relatives.

The first is that the Wu family will not agree.

The Wu family has seen Wu Xuanhua's half-dead appearance, and that nightmare is simply terrifying. Master Wu is now half a hundred years old, and because of the Li family's meritorious work in giving birth to a son, black-eyed chickens are guarding all day long, and they are jealous, I think that there will be no more sons born in the Wu family's generation.

In other words, Wu Xuanhua is the only heir of the Wu family.

Therefore, for them, Chen Wumei is not so much a future daughter-in-law as a talisman for Wu Xuanhua.

Not to mention Mrs. Wu's tough attitude, Li's own future is tied to this only son. Although she felt in her heart that Chen Wumei, a firewood girl in the countryside, was not worthy of her golden and noble son, she couldn't stand her eight characters and could keep her son's safety.

At this point, they will never agree to withdraw from the marriage.

Secondly, the Chen family, headed by Mrs. Liu, was unwilling to withdraw from the marriage.

The economic strength of the Wu family is there, and it can be said that only a fool is unwilling to marry Chen Wumei.

Take the Huang family and the Zhu family as examples, they are actually very envious and jealous of Chen Wumei in their hearts. Speaking of which, it was just a simple marriage ceremony back then, and the Wu family showed enough "sincerity", and every year on Chen Wumei's birthday, the Wu family will definitely express it.

Moreover, the amount of this "representation" is the income of the whole family for several years. Not to mention that Mrs. Liu is unwilling to withdraw from her family, and the Huang family and the Zhu family will not agree. Chen Wumei married well, although they couldn't get direct benefits, they couldn't bear that Chen Wumei would stick to her mother.

Mrs. Liu is too good, and their burden is naturally smaller. And a hundred years after the old lady, the furniture is not theirs.

Finally, there is one more thing that both families dare not offend, and that is the so-called providence, marriage.

People in this time and space generally believe in Buddhism. For them, that's really a faith. This belief is deeply rooted in their bones, in their blood, and cannot be ignored.

Since this marriage was brought about under the nose of the Bodhisattva, it was "the will of the heavens", and whoever wants to refute it is to be unable to live with the heavens.

And the consequences of not being able to get along with the sky, needless to say, we also know.

Seeing that Ye Feng was silent, Ye knew that this matter was not easy to handle, so he had to hold Chen Wumei's hand tightly and comforted him softly: "You go home first, otherwise my mother will look for you." But no matter what you do, I'm behind you. There is only one thing, you must remember, this matter must be hidden from your brother-in-law. ”

Ye is still sober in the end.

His own man knows that Chen Jixing is the most filial, and he can't hide things in his heart at all.

Chen Jixing, as Chen Wumei's own brother, is also an insider, and he can't get rid of the relationship at all. If he knew about this, he might have told it all in front of Mrs. Liu because of "filial piety" or "coercion and temptation".

When the time comes, the Huang family, the Zhu family and the old lady Liu, in the Chen family, it will be a combination of the empress dowager and the vicious stepmother, and the destruction value is immeasurable.

Chen Wumei thanked Ye and Ye Feng again and again, straightened her clothes, and then hurried home. She also knew that she had been out for half a day, and maybe Mrs. Liu should look for her.

It's just that she has also made up her mind in her heart, and she will definitely not tell her mother and two sisters-in-law any more information about the cause and effect of this matter.

After Chen Wumei left, Ye and Ye Feng sighed at the same time.

Ye Feng didn't want the Ye family to be embarrassed, so he comforted: "Sister, this matter is indeed very difficult to do, and the Wu family should take the initiative to withdraw from their relatives, unless we can seize their handle and use it as a threat." If we succeed, the Wu family will lose some silver, and only say that the young master of the Wu family has taken a fancy to other people, and it has nothing to do with our Chen family. ”

It's just that if you want to catch the handle of the Wu family, where is it so easy?

It is said that businessmen are the most proficient and good at calculation, and Master Wu is good at business, so naturally he will not be an honest man.

Ye Shi was not carried away by sympathy in the end, and sighed and said, "It seems that this is the only way to do it." Hey, do you think the Wu family's handle is so easy to take? Hey, if I had known, I wouldn't have decided this family business. ”

She felt a little uncomfortable, but she didn't know what to say. is obviously a good marriage that everyone envies, but God destined it, but in the end, it became like this.

"In the final analysis, it's all to blame on the young master of the Wu family, who didn't study well at a young age, but had a bad stomach. It's not a thing! Ye said hatefully.

I can't blame Chen Wumei, I can't blame anyone, and I don't dare to blame the sky, Ye had no choice but to vent his dissatisfaction on Wu Xuanhua.

Seeing Ye like this, Ye Feng explained his countermeasures to divert Ye's attention: "In the next few days, Qianyan and I will pretend to ask Huazi to go to Wujia Village to inquire about the situation." ”

Although he didn't have a camera, in order to help Chen Wumei and make the Ye family happy, Ye Feng had no choice but to be a paparazzi.

Hearing this, Ye Shi thought about it, and there was only that. So the two simply discussed countermeasures and found shabby clothes. These clothes were all worn by Qianyan when he was a child, and nothing else was touched except for the patches to suit the occasion.

Because Ye washed these clothes cleanly and folded them neatly. I don't know if it's to make a thought for Qianyan when he grows up, or if he uses it to make a cloth shell to cut the soles.

But the clothes aren't dirty enough, which is very easy to do. I saw Ye Feng pick up the dirty clothes and wipe them on the ground, and stepped on them a few more times, and it was almost there.

Qianyan didn't know the use of doing this, and he only thought it was fun, and he also stepped on these clothes with Ye Feng. Finally, I put some water and mud on it.

Seeing this, Ye couldn't cry or laugh, to say that this girl is really skin. In a blink of an eye, I thought that I could stay at her home for a few years at most, and that conniving mentality became more and more dominant, and she went.

Speaking of women, all of them have a hard life, and the Communist Party has only lived happily for a few years. When you get to your in-law's house, how can you not be tribulated?

In the next few days, Ye Feng only said that he would take Qianyan to help find saplings in the forest, successfully avoiding Chen Jixing's attention. Anyway, Ye Feng has always been like this recently, so it's not surprising.

And Chen Jixing has been immersed in his crops almost all the time during this time, and he has no time to take care of the two. He was fascinated by Ye Feng's theory of "how to use soil cultivation, top dressing and other technologies to make grain yields", and he thought about it all day long.

Ye Feng and Qianyan ran to Wujia Village when they were fine, and they were even forced by the Ye family to bring dry food.

In fact, the two villages are not far apart, so there was no need to do this, and both of them went early in the morning and came back for dinner at noon. But Ye insisted that it was better to bring dry food than not at all, and that there was something to eat even if he was hungry.

Ye actually wanted to follow, after all, it was somewhat unsafe to let two children do this kind of thing.

However, it was clear that she could not follow.

Ye Feng and Qianyan are still young, and after being disguised and dressed, no one knows them at all. She is such a big person, so she is naturally very easy to recognize. For so many years, after the careful publicity of the Huang family and Mrs. Liu, there are not a few people in Wujiacun who know Chen Wumei's family.

When he went, Ye Feng felt a little funny.

This is simply a modern low-profile version of a private detective. It's a pity that this hard work is not paid. If it were someone else, Ye Feng would definitely make fun of it.

Considering Chen Wumei's mood, she had no choice but to give up.

As a result, the two went for several days in a row, but they didn't get anything. The adults are busy farming, and the children are also playing separately, so they don't care about what is called Hanako.

As for those children who were about the same age as Ye Feng, they felt that the two of them were dirty, and they disdained to be with them. There are those who are willing to talk a few words, but they are just a few words, all of them are talking about how the Wu family is rich and the like, and there is no effective information.

There is no way to go on like this, and after a while, we will start to work in the fields, and there will be no time at that time.

Thinking of this, the Ye family finally found an opportunity, met with Chen Wumei, and briefly talked about Ye Feng's countermeasures. She was afraid that Chen Wumei would always worry about this matter and show her feet.

Of course, she also felt that it was still necessary to talk to Chen Wumei about their progress. Perhaps, maybe what she will do is unknown.

That day, Chen Wumei had been restless since she went home, and she knew better than anyone else that this matter was difficult, especially after Ye Feng carefully analyzed it for her.

At the same time, she was afraid that Ye Feng would do bad things with good intentions, in case Young Master Wu didn't have these dirty things, it was just misinformation, and Ye Feng made everyone know about it, then it would be really a shame and a big shame, and Mrs. Liu would definitely not spare her at that time.

Therefore, I suffer every day, hoping that nothing will happen.

As soon as Ye said this, Chen Wumei breathed a sigh of relief, and felt that this method was good. If the Wu family really has something, they naturally can't hide it from the villagers of Wujia Village who look up and don't look down. Moreover, Ye Feng and Qianyan had never been to Wujia Village, so the villagers naturally did not know them.

After the Ye family left, Chen Wumei finally felt a little better.

The initial exploration failed, and Ye Feng was not discouraged. After returning home, I analyzed what I had seen and heard in the past few days, and adjusted my countermeasures in time.

On this day, Ye Feng and Qianyan set off again. It's just that this time the two of them set off together, as well as Chen Wumei.

After Ye left, after thinking about it, she felt that this method was feasible, so she proposed to Ye Feng to go with her. Today, she also dressed up briefly, but instead of a beggar, she was a passer-by who took Qianyan, a younger sister, to pretend to be a relative and pass by Wujia Village.

Ye Feng saw that she was still wearing a straw hat on her head, and he was very cautious.

Ye Feng was originally a little worried that she would be recognized, and didn't want her to follow. But after thinking about it, Chen Wumei was only two or three years old when the Wu and Chen families got married, and she hadn't been to Wujia Village all these years, so no one should know her.

The most important thing is that no matter what the results are, what she hears and sees with her own ears is always more credible than what she relays to Qianyan.

So, the three of them set off early, and the simple soldiers were divided into two ways. Ye Feng went to the aunts and aunts to get information, and Chen Wumei pretended to be a passerby with a thousand words, asking for water and drinking from girls of the same age.

I have to say that these two types of people are indeed the most gossipy kind. Regarding the rumors of the Wu family, they naturally have much more mastery than the men.

This time, Ye Feng still played the role of a little beggar. In addition to wearing shabby clothes on his body, he also deliberately smeared a layer of black pot bottom ash on his face. At first glance, it's quite pitiful.

Only this time, he no longer went to the village to find half-grown boys, but chose the place where aunts and aunts in Wujia Village were most concentrated, by the stream in Wujia Village.

No, as soon as he arrived at the stream, Ye Feng really saw a group of aunts and aunts washing clothes, chatting about the sky, Zhang's family, Li's family, and chatting a lot.

After checking his image again, Ye Feng walked over without hesitation, washed his face with water, and revealed a pleasing little face. I took a few more sips of water, and greeted them one by one, "Hello Auntie" and "You look so good".

When the aunts and aunts saw Ye Feng dressed like this, they listened to the story that Ye Feng had made up a long time ago, and saw him talk clearly, and they felt a little sympathy.

There is a flood of compassion that has begun to wipe away tears. At the same time, I sighed in my heart that there have been a lot of families who have suffered disasters in recent years.

When he heard that Ye Feng wanted to enter the Wu family to do things, he completely relaxed. People didn't stretch out their hands to ask for silver and food, but just inquired about the situation of the Wu family.

My relatives haven't asked like this, they just want to go to Wu's house to be a subordinate to eat. Therefore, whatever Ye Feng asked, they answered enthusiastically. Of course, Ye Feng would not be stupid enough to ask directly, but divided the answers he wanted into several questions.

After going back and forth, Ye Feng had already established a deep relationship with this group of aunts when he left, and he really had a lot of words.

But to Ye Feng's surprise, without exception, the aunts did not hear rumors of him abusing his subordinates, except for saying that Wu Xuanhua was arrogant and a little unseemly used to being used by the Wu family.

On the other side, Qianyan and Chen Wumei used the excuse of begging for water to drink, and they also successfully approached several girls in the village and took the opportunity to talk. It's all the girl's house, and the other party is just passing by, so he doesn't hide it.

The two were busy for a long time, and they chatted dryly.

As a result, when the three of them met, they found that the news they had found was the same as what Ye Feng had heard. The point is that no one said that Wu Xuanhua likes to beat and abuse people.

The three of them synthesized the information and came to the conclusion that this Wu family's young master, Wu Xuanhua, was good on the whole. If there is any shortcoming in him, it is that he does not have a degree of money.

But whatever you like, you have to buy it at any cost.

Strictly speaking, in fact, this is not a disadvantage at all, and it is not a big deal to buy something you like, after all, it is difficult to buy a favorite.

Especially for a rich person like the Wu family, spending some silver is nothing.

Most importantly, this is not a reason to quit at all.

And now, Chen Wumei probably doesn't want to quit her family, right?

Based on the news from the two channels, it is clear that it is good news. That said, the previous rumors were unreliable.

After coming to this conclusion, the three of them obviously relaxed a little. Especially Chen Wumei, there is a feeling that the heart that has been hanging all this time has suddenly let go, and she even feels brisk when she walks.

After everyone discussed, they prepared to go back to Chenjia Village.

Along the way, Ye Feng didn't know what to say, so he was a little silent.

It was Qianyan and Chen Wumei who excitedly exchanged the experience of just pretending to be a passerby and chatting with others.

Obviously, a thousand words are fine, after all, it is an outsider, and it is normal to be excited.

Chen Wumei, who let go of her worries, also regarded the experience that was originally a task as a stimulus and was excited.

Speaking of which, this is the most outrageous and exciting experience she has ever had when she grew so big.

When she was a child, she knew that she was a "different", and she was engaged early when she was two or three years old, and the other party was still a wealthy family. Therefore, she was locked in the house by Mrs. Liu all day long, either learning from female workers or paying attention to her words and deeds.

There was even a period of time when Mrs. Liu moved the idea of asking the female gentleman to come back and teach her to read. It's a pity that the Zhu and Huang families are strongly opposed, and Mrs. Liu herself happened to have a serious illness, so the matter was over.

And today, she has successfully dressed up in disguise, worked hard for her future happiness, and experienced a different way of life.

The author has something to say: What about you, what do you think about the right people in marriage?