"Mr. Xu, are you waiting for my aunt?" Da Lang looked at Xu Yue, who was distracted from time to time, and said.

"Uh, that...... Actually, no, I'm just thinking about something. Xu Yue was speechless, after all, it was better not to let children know about this kind of thing.

"That's good, I just want to tell you that when I came out, Uncle Chu Ming went, and he seemed to have taken my aunt to the county seat, and he couldn't come back until the evening."

Xu Yue was not calm after hearing this, "Why did you go to the county seat?" Today she also promised......"

"Promise what?" Da Lang asked suspiciously.

"Nothing. Alright, Dalang, let's go eat. ”

"Well, goodbye, Mr. Xu."

"Goodbye."

Seeing Da Lang gone, Xu Yue's mood suddenly fell to the bottom, especially his hatred for Chu Ming, which deepened day by day, this villain, who saw the stitches, as soon as he and Zhenzhen were estranged, he immediately took Zhenzhen out to play, which was too much.

He couldn't let this happen, and after school, he went to Zhenzhen to confess his feelings and asked his stepfather to come forward to solve the matter.

On the other hand, Zhang Zezhen and Chu Ming also walked around the county for a long time, not only buying their favorite clothes, but also buying beautiful gifts for their families.

Chu Ming looked at this happy girl from the sidelines, and he was also very satisfied.

"It's not early, let's go back." Zhang Zezhen suggested.

"Don't play anymore?"

"No, it's already afternoon, I don't know what's going on in the store, I'm a little worried, I have to go back and have a look."

"You're just worried about your life, no matter what, you can't let go of your affairs."

"Where? I had a lot of fun today, and when I have time one day, I'm going to take my mom and dad out and buy them nice clothes and delicious food. ”

"Isn't that easy? The county seat is not very far from your home, and it is not easy to get around. ”

Zhang Zezhen smiled, and the two led the horse back.

On the way back, the two saw an old woman leading a child begging on the side of the road.

"Official, lady, have mercy on us! The child hasn't eaten in days! ”

"Auntie, where are you coming from?"

Zhang Zezhen saw that the two of them were wearing shabby clothes, and their bodies were so thin that only skin and bones remained, so she stepped forward and asked.

"We came from Xijing, and we met robbers on the way and robbed all our money."

"Brother, sister, give us something to eat, my grandmother and I haven't eaten for three days."

"Where's your daddy?"

"I don't know, they didn't want me when I was very young."

"It's so pitiful," Zhang Zezhen looked at the two poor people, and flipped through the food she bought, originally wanted to bring it back to Dalang's children to eat, since someone needed help, then she could only buy it for the children next time.

"I've got some food here, so I'll give it to you."

After Zhang Zezhen finished eating, he asked Chu Ming again: "Do you have any money with you?" That's all I have left. ”

Chu Ming took out a silver ticket from his body and gave it all to Zhang Zezhen.

"This is all the belongings on the two of us, aunt, you take this money to find a better place to live, eat and write, don't beg here, it's not safe."

"Thank you, lady."

"Thank you, brother, sister."

The grandfather and grandson kowtowed to Zhang Zezhen and Chu Ming continuously, and kept saying thank you.

"No need, just raise your hands, please get up."

"Girl, we thought I would report, you take this, I hope it can help you." The old woman took out a piece of paper from her body and stuffed it into Zhang Zezhen's hand.

"Auntie, what is this?"

"This is our family's ancestral secret recipe, I hope it will be useful to you."

"It's too valuable, I can't take it."

"You must take it, girl, it's useless for me and my grandson to keep this now, I hope you can pass on this secret recipe."

After saying that, the old woman led her grandson and left slowly.

Zhang Zezhen watched the two gradually walk away, she silently opened the piece of paper, on which were written a bunch of dish names, as well as a bunch of Chinese medicine names, and most of them she didn't know.

She handed it to Chu Ming and asked him if he understood.

Chu Ming didn't know anything about medical skills and cooking.

"It seems to be the recipe for a dish, but to be honest, this is the first time I've seen that making a dish requires so many auxiliary ingredients to make it."

"You're so smart, how can these be you, let's go, go back and study slowly, what if you can make ingredients that go against the sky?"

"Lend you good words."

The two talked and laughed along the way, and before they knew it, they returned to the store, at this time, the sky was gradually darkening, and there were not as many people staying to eat at noon.

"Dad, mother, we're back."

"Coming back so early? Have fun? Zhang Yang came over to ask.

"Very happy, look, this is a gift I brought to you. Mother, you don't know, the county is prosperous, when we are free, I will take you to the county town to make a few sets of beautiful clothes. ”

"Okay, okay, my daughter is the most filial."

"Chu Zhutou, thank you so much, you are so busy, and you take Zhenzhen out, come in and have a meal."

"It's too polite, auntie, I eat every day, shouldn't I take Zhenzhen out for a walk? I won't eat here today, there is something going on in the Yamen, and I will send Zhenzhen back, so I will be relieved. ”

"Something wrong with you? Why didn't you hear you on the road? ”

"Am I not afraid that you are in a hurry? I didn't say it. ”

"I still owe you money."

"Owe me money?"

"yes, the money I gave to that old woman just now."

"Oh, no need, no need, I'm the one who does good deeds, you don't have to be so polite to me. Okay, I'm leaving, I'll make something to eat another day, even if I pay for the meal. ”

With that, Chu Ming left in a hurry.

Basically at the same time, Xu Yue came over with Da Lang.

"Chastity ......"

Xu Yue stopped Zhang Zezhen.

Zhang Yangshi saw that the expressions of the two were slightly embarrassed, so he said to everyone: "Let's go take care of the guests first, let's go, Da Lang." ”

"Here we are, Grandma."

"I'm sorry"

The two are basically in unison.

"Why do you say you're sorry?" Xu Yue asked puzzled.

"I promised to deliver you food at noon, but I forgot about it. Then why do you say you're sorry? ”

"Of course I'm talking about the marriage contract, are you angry?"

"It's not okay to be angry, and a marriage contract is nothing to me."

"What do you mean nothing? Don't you care at all? Xu Yue heard Zhang Zezhen say that she didn't care, and her emotions immediately became excited.

"It's okay, we are still young now, and we are both busy with our respective careers, we are not in a hurry about marriage, since the marriage contract has been canceled, we can give each other a time to get to know each other, and there is no constraint."

What Zhang Zezhen said was reasonable, but Xu Yue couldn't find a good reason to justify.

"Did my aunt embarrass you?"

"Don't worry, no, except for the contact with the marriage contract, everything is normal, you are still my nephew's teacher, we are still friends, and we are not in the way."

"How can this be the same? My mother has always wanted me to take the imperial examination, and when I am successful, I can glorify her ancestors. ”

"Since ancient times, parents have thought like this, not to mention that you are so powerful, it makes sense that Mrs. Xu has expectations for you."

"But I didn't think so."

"Huh? How so? Don't men all want to get ahead? ”

"Who said that, I just want to live a leisurely field life, just like Mr. Tao Yuanming, picking chrysanthemums under the east fence and seeing Nanshan leisurely."

"Hahahahaha." Zhang Zezhen's ridicule caused Xu Yue's dissatisfaction.

"What's so funny?"

"Have you ever wondered? Mr. Tao Yuanming may also be poor and can only pick chrysanthemums? ”

Xu Yue: ......

"Alright, alright, just kidding. By the way, did you eat lunch? ”

"Of course not, I waited for you for several hours, but I didn't wait for the meal, and I waited for the marriage letter."

"Don't blame Mrs. Xu, she is also for your good."

"But she obviously agreed to this marriage at the beginning, why is she desperately repenting now?"

Zhang Zezhen was obviously a little shocked when he heard Xu Yue's complaints, didn't he know the real reason for the marriage between the two?

"Isn't it because my dad saved your adoptive father?"

"But it's been a long time since this happened, and I heard that my mother was very supportive of our marriage contract at that time, but since I became a teacher and often come to your place for dinner, my mother has completely changed her mind."

Zhang Zezhen can't figure it out, although women are fickle, but for her son's marriage, how can she say that she will change? Forget it, it's all canceled anyway, what do you want it for?

"Let's go, let's eat." Zhang Zezhen pulled Xu Yue to the lobby.

"Mother, is there any leftovers? We're all hungry. ”

"Here, here, there are still some fruits left in the store, you eat first, and I'll ask Li to cook some food for the two of you."

"Okay."

"There's Aunt Lao."

"By the way, when are you going to take the imperial examination?"

"The time of the township test is really in August of the lunar calendar."

"That's also very fast, how are you preparing?"

"I don't know, it's said that this time the master is like a cloud, and I'm not sure."

"By the way, I have a question for you, I don't know if it's appropriate?"

"What?"

"What did your biological father do?"

"He's a jinshi."

"That's the official, right?"

"No, when he was preparing to be sealed, he encountered a traitor on the way and finally died on the way. My mother took me to remarry. ”

"Well, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to."

"It doesn't matter, when my father died, I was still very young, and I can't remember many things clearly, at that time, he only knew how to study and study, and he was only dedicated to the high school imperial examination, and then entered the court as an official, and he didn't care about me and my mother at all."

"That's why you don't want to participate in the imperial examination and just want to live an ordinary life?"

"What's so good about being an official? Like my father, I thought I was going to raise my eyebrows, but I didn't expect it to become a halfway burial, and I didn't want to follow in his footsteps. ”

"You are you, he is him, you are different."