There was such an ugly thing in the school, and a maid died inexplicably, which made the old lady Gui very angry. At present, he discussed with Meng Fuzi to close the women's school, but it was related to the multi-layered relationship between the Shangshu Mansion of the Ministry of War, the Guozi Priest's Restaurant, and the Zhan Shifu. In the end, the old lady decided to only expel Gui Mingyue, and strictly forbade Gui Peilan to appear in the school again.

The news that Gui Mingyue was expelled from the school spread to Yucun's homecoming.

"What kind of sin did our sister Yue'er do, why was she splashed with such dirty water in vain." Yu Shi cried and said angrily, "Hasn't the young lady of the Su family always been good friends with Yue'er?" How can you treat Yue'er like this, and the son of the Ji family in the capital, our Yue'er recruited him to provoke him? Such a bad reputation for Yue'er. ”

At present, it is rumored throughout Nanyang County that the small proprietor of Angelica Pavilion had an inexplicable involvement with two sons of the family in one day, and I heard that he also had a skin-to-skin relationship with a son...... Rumors are like beasts, constantly impacting Gui Hongyuan's family.

Gui Hongyuan didn't go to the village school to teach the children for a few days, and his hair turned a little white. Yu's clothes are untied day and night, taking care of Gui Mingyue, who has been feverish. Gui Chengqi and Gui Jingxue went to the school every day as usual, but when they came back from school, Gui Jingxue's face was always blue, and Gui Chengqi's face also had bruises from fighting with others.

Gui Chengzhi instructed Hu Bugui and Angelica Pavilion to temporarily suspend business for a period of time, and accompany his father, mother and sister at home.

After three days of groggy burning, Gui Mingyue slowly opened her eyes, and saw the tired face of her mother Yu, Gui Mingyue suddenly had a feeling of being separated from the world, and the last time she first came to this world, she opened her eyes and saw her mother's worried face.

Gui Mingyue's heart warmed, she got up and hugged her, and gently called her mother.

Yu shed tears for two days, and this time the tears rained down again, crying and softly calling my bitter Yue'er.

The little maid Jin Qi'er also quietly wiped her tears on the side.

"Madam, Second Miss, someone from Su Mansion is here......" Grandma Liu came in to report.

Yu quickly wiped his tears and ordered: "Take them to the hall first, and call the master and Brother Zhi." He bowed his head to Gui Mingyue again: "You lie down first, and my mother will also go to the front to take a look, rest assured, my mother will not let you suffer." ”

Su Zixi came from Su Mansion, followed by the housekeeper, and a grandmother.

Su Zixie greeted the second elder of the family with his nephew, his words and demeanor were generous and polite, especially his appearance, at first glance, he was not the kind of impetuous and frivolous young man, Gui Hongyuan nodded secretly in his heart, and the Yu family gradually calmed down.

Only Gui Chengzhi still stiffened his face and refused to show a smile.

After the greetings, Gui Hongyuan asked Su Zixie about some things at home, and Su Zixie also answered them one by one seriously.

Seeing that Gui Hongyuan was reluctant to ask the most important thing, Yu was so anxious that he had to speak himself: "I don't know if you want Yue'er to be a wife or a concubine?" ”

She would never agree to let Yue'er be a concubine, but a wealthy family like Su Fu could accept Yue'er who had no family background and showed up to do business?

Su Zixie said: "Zixie is naturally a wife. ”

The big stone in Yu's heart was put down because of this sentence of marrying a wife, and he was about to say a few words to Yan, when the housekeeper next to Su Zixi suddenly spoke.

This person is the chief housekeeper of the Su Mansion, and he is quite prestigious, and he is considered a close confidant of the Su Mansion, and the people of the Su Mansion are also very complimentary.

"Our master originally had high hopes for the second young master, and he was originally going to marry someone who was right and helpful to the second young master," the housekeeper continued with a proud face: "Let's not say how unworthy your situation when you return home is to Su Mansion, and now there is that embarrassing thing, and later your family's daughter is involved with the young master of Naji Mansion...... The second young master of my family is a loyal person, so he asked the master to agree to this family business. The lord and the lady know in their hearts. ”

In fact, Master Su didn't agree at first, he couldn't bear Su Zixie's best to insist, and later promised to only be a concubine. But Su Tingwei did not agree to let her best friend be a concubine, and went on a hunger strike for three days for this matter, seeing that she was about to make a fuss, Mrs. Su cried and begged Master Su, so he had to loosen his mouth and agree to the request of these two rebels, let Gui Mingyue be the wife of the second young master, but there is a condition that if there is any misconduct in the future, Su Zixi will let Su Zixi leave her at any time.

"Also, Miss Gui Er should be careful about her words and deeds in the future, so don't open any more shops in Angelica Pavilion. The woman's family shows up to do business, which is nothing in a family like you, but in the Su family, it will inevitably be embarrassing. The housekeeper of Sufu pointed to the grandmother beside him and said: "This is the teacher Xi Mama invited by our Sufu, and I brought it today, and I will let her follow Miss Gui in the future, so that she can point out Miss's inappropriate words and deeds at any time." ”

"You!" Gui Chengzhi was so angry with Mingyue's slander and contempt in his words that he wanted to vomit blood, and he was just about to speak back, but was held down by Gui Hongyuan. Now that something like this has happened in Yue'er, a family like Su Fu can still ask for a marriage, and still be a wife. What is it to be angry in words, Yu knew that Gui Hongyuan was also thinking about Yue'er's future, so he had to blush and not say a word.

Although Su Zixie was dissatisfied with the housekeeper's attitude towards the Gui family, what he said later was that he would not let Gui Mingyue go out to open a shop again, which was exactly what he wanted.

"Who said I was going to marry your Su family?" I saw Jin Qi'er helping Gui Mingyue to slowly walk into the house step by step, Gui Mingyue's serious illness had not healed, and her steps were still a little vain, but her eyes were clear and cold: "The threshold of your Su family is too high, I can't climb Gui Mingyue, and I don't want to climb high." And what happened that day, you and I both know in our hearts that Su Gongzi and I are not what everyone says, and there is really no need to take Su Gongzi's lifelong event. ”

"Yue'er!" Seeing that his sister was sick, and listening to the vicious words of the bullying housekeeper, Gui Chengzhi suddenly felt sad and angry.

"Woo, Yue'er, why do you want to say these angry words......" Yu stepped forward and hugged Gui Mingyue and cried. I only hate myself for being incompetent, I can't make decisions for Yue'er, and I can't share the pain for Yue'er.

"Second Miss Gui, Zi Xie is really asking to marry this time." Su Zixi looked at Gui Mingyue, who was so stubborn and couldn't see the facts clearly, and said patiently.

Gui Mingyue sneered: "I don't care if you are sincere or false, I Gui Mingyue will never marry you Su Mansion in this life, hurry up and take your people out!" ”

"Get out! Do you hear that? Gui Chengzhi couldn't stand the indesirability of this housekeeper for a long time, so he stepped forward and drove him away.

Su Zixi quietly looked at Gui Mingyue with an indifferent face and Gui Chengzhi with an angry face, knowing that it was difficult to continue today's affairs, so he had to sigh and say goodbye to the second elder who returned home.

Jin Qi'er helped Gui Mingyue sit down, and took a soft mattress for her to cover her waist.

"Yue'er, you told your mother, you really don't want to marry?" Yu asked worriedly.

Gui Hongyuan frowned, and said in a deep voice: "No, if she doesn't marry the Su family, how will she marry in the future?" Turning his head to Gui Mingyue, he softened his tone, "Yue'er, don't be willful, Daddy is also for your good." ”

Gui Mingyue nodded, and said meekly: "Yue'er understands the truth, but now that her daughter is marrying the Su family in such an unbearable situation, even if she is a wife, she will not be respected by the Su family in the future, and the stigma of our family will not be cleared away because I am married, but will be criticized by the world, our family deliberately framed Su Gongzi in order to climb high branches......"

"This ...... This...... We don't mean that, do we? Gui Hongyuan listened to Gui Mingyue's words, and was a little at a loss. He has been honest all his life, and he is a person who cares about reputation the most. In his heart, there is only one way to marry Yue'er to the Su family, but it seems to make some sense to hear Yue'er say this.

Seeing that her father seemed to be relieved, Gui Mingyue's eyes were clear, and she continued to add fire and said: "Things are still like this, even if you marry the Su family for now, you can't save your reputation, but it will make others think that my family is a mercenary person, if you just give up, after a long time, people will gradually forget about it." ”

"But, Yue'er, what can you do?" Yu's other worries, she is only worried about Gui Mingyue, even if people forget about it, but the stain on Gui Mingyue's body can't be washed away, and when she grows up and wants to say goodbye, people will turn this matter out again.

"Mother doesn't have to worry about Yue'er, Yue'er is still young, and everything in the future is still unknown. I believe that I will not be defeated because of this kind of thing. Gui Mingyue said weakly but firmly.

"That's right, mother, have you forgotten that when Yue'er was born, auspicious clouds fell from the sky?" Gui Chengzhi was shocked when he heard Gui Mingyue's words, and suddenly remembered the scene when they were born, and was even more convinced that his sister should not be defeated by rumors so easily.

"Yes, yes, yes!" Gui Hongyuan also stood up.

Seeing that she could convince her father and mother, Gui Mingyue secretly breathed a sigh of relief and curled the corners of her mouth slightly.

"By the way, mother, I heard Grandma Liu say that Cousin Hong Bo has sent a letter, what did he say?" Gui Mingyue changed the topic and asked.

Yu wiped away his tears, sorted out his thoughts, and said: "Bo Ge'er said that he returned to his hometown in Jiangling from Beidi at the end of the year for the New Year, and during the period, he would pass by Nanyang County, and said that he brought you some fine pearls, brought a few batches of rare silk to Sister Jing, and also got a few old ginseng for your father......" Speaking of his nephew, Yu couldn't help but feel a little better.

That's right...... Gui Mingyue thought for a moment, raised her head to meet Gui Chengzhi's gaze, the tacit understanding between the brother and sister let Gui Chengzhi know that she might have made some kind of decision, nodded slightly, no matter what decision her sister makes, he Gui Chengzhi has always stood by her side to support her.

Gui Mingyue slowly opened her mouth and said to the Yu family and Gui Hongyuan: "Mother, father, I want my cousin to come to Nanyang County this time, and then go out with him and him for a ......."

"What? Yue'er, are you sure you want to go out with Hong Bo on a trip? Yu was shocked: "It's too dangerous for a girl to be outside." ”

"Mother, listen to me, with my cousin here, I won't be in danger, and I will be very careful myself." Gui Mingyue looked insistent and serious: "And now Angelica Shop is also on the right track, if you want to make the business bigger, the level of our craftsmen is far from enough, and I don't want my mother to work so hard." Before I went out with my cousin this time, I had to go to my grandfather's house to get in touch with some new hairpin-making methods, which I had always wanted to do. ”

Speaking of business, Gui Mingyue has returned to the glorious and confident appearance of the past, Gui Hong is far-sighted and a little speechless, this daughter is too assertive, and she is destined to be different from other female dolls.

When Yu heard Gui Mingyue say that she was going to her grandfather's house, she also had some expectations in her heart, she hadn't seen her father, mother and brothers for many years, and she didn't know how they were doing now.

"Mother, I'm going to arrange some gifts for you to go to my grandfather's house," Yu immediately said, his family's life is getting better and better, and what is the situation of his mother's family now? Yu couldn't help but feel nostalgic, the year he got married, the Yu family was not as good as before, and several shops were gone. In this case, the mother and sister-in-law did not shorten her dowry, and later in those years, I heard that the Yu family was not as good as a day, but she failed to help one or two, and the Yu family complained in her heart about her unfilial piety.

He instructed Gui Mingyue to stay at her grandfather's house for some time and do her filial piety for herself.