“My lord, is something wrong?”
The Zhang family’s carriage.
Madam Zhang looked at Master Zhang in disbelief, they had only been here for a quarter of an hour and hadn’t even spoken a few words, when Master Zhang suddenly sent someone to call her home.
When Song Si had gone to the capital to catch his exams, he had spent a lot of money on hiring people to kill him, but after so many days, the people there had never given a reply, but Song Si had returned safely.
At first he thought that those people were not trustworthy and did not do anything with the silver, but now it seems otherwise, if that girl Song Wan Yue was really engaged to the young master of the Gu family, it is possible that all those killers were killed.
But Mrs. Zhang didn’t know about this.
“I suddenly thought of something important, let’s go back to the house first.
The lady of Zhang naturally did not believe it, and opened her mouth to ask something more, but seeing that Master Zhang did not look well, she swallowed the words that came to her lips.
When the carriage came to a halt at the door, the housekeeper hurriedly came forward, “Master, the young master has something urgent to ask you.”
Master Zhang went to Zhang Huai’s house.
When he saw him, Zhang Huai stood up nervously and uncomfortably, “Father, something big has happened, Song Si Si has gone to Yuan.”
Master Zhang was horrified, “Is the news reliable?”
“It’s true, the person who reported the news has already been there.”
Master Zhang slowly sat down and closed his eyes, “Huai’er, there is something even more terrible.”
“What is it?”
“That girl from the Song family is possibly betrothed to the Gu family’s foolish son.”
Zhang Huai’s eyes snapped wide in shock, “How is that possible?”
“I’m just guessing, but it should be eight or nine times out of ten, otherwise how can we explain that those people we hired haven’t heard back by now?”
Zhang Huai fell back into his chair, his face turned white in an instant, his lips wriggled for a long time before he made a sound, “If, if that’s really, really true, then, then, then, then ……”
Master Zhang reeled back and calmed down, “Water will come, soldiers will come.”
……
The next day, Song Si and Song Wan Yue went to the academy first in Gu Yi’s carriage, gave the dean the good news, and went to the magistrate’s office and re-registered.
He was now a scholar and did not have to kneel when he met the county magistrate, and he was treated with respect by the others at the magistrate’s office.
After leaving the magistrate’s office and getting into the carriage, Song Si had not yet recovered from this treatment.
On the rare occasion that he looked lost in thought, Song Wan Yue lifted her hand and shook it in front of his eyes, “Brother, you’ve returned to your soul.”
Song Si pushed her hand down and said with emotion, “This is the first time that big brother has been treated like this since he grew up.”
He had come to the magistrate’s office to register when he was a successful candidate, but at that time, he was not treated like this.
“What’s wrong with that? When you win the spring exams next year, you’ll be more respectful when the county magistrate sees you.”
“You ah ……”
Song Si fondly flicked her forehead, “It’s enough to say this in front of me, never say it in front of anyone.”
Gu Yi, who was sitting next to him, saw his action and his eyes instantly lit up, a light leaping in his eyes.
In the next few days, the Song family’s doors were full of people visiting them, and the Song family village was bustling with activity.
The heads of several neighbouring villages even swarmed to the Song headman’s house, asking him to intercede so that his village’s fields could also be put under Song Si’s name.
“How many times have I told you that the Song family will soon tie the knot with the Gu family and want to put the Gu family’s fields under their name?”
Several village chiefs were undeterred, it had taken many years for such an opportunity to arise, “The Gu family is so big, where is the need to put the fields in the name of the Song lifers. It’s not the same for us, with less taxes, the village people will have a better life.”
The village headman was so pestered that he gave them a perfunctory reply, “You can go back first, and I will see what happens after the Song family has set the table in the next two days.”
The third day of September.
In the morning, the whole village was in motion, with all the tables, chairs and benches that each family could carry to the Song family’s door, lined up in a row.
The village headman also arrived early, and had a few people clean the Song family’s door with water, and sent six other people to greet them at the entrance of the village.
The kitchen was already full of women who had come to help, and even the two stoves in the courtyard, which had been set up specifically for making cold skins, were also full of people.
Those picking vegetables and those steaming steamed buns.
The Song family’s mother-in-law and daughter-in-law had nothing to do but stand to one side and tell people what dishes to prepare.
Even Song San Xiao, who is wearing new clothes today, has moved a stool and is sitting out of the way, crossing his legs and asking the helpers to bring him this and that at a later time.
When she saw his behaviour, she was furious, so she went over to him and gave him a slap without mercy, “Are you crippled or disabled? Are you handicapped or disabled?
“Mother ……”
Song San Xiao looked at Grandma Song with sorrow. He had always been unprofessional and despised by the village people, and now he had such a delectable opportunity.
“Mother what mother? Either sit here honestly, or go back to your house.”
Song San Xiao was honest.
Song Si wore a single blue robe that Xu had made for him overnight, still made of fine cotton, originally Xu had made him a brocade one a few days earlier.
He sat in the house, not because he didn’t want to go out, but because he was uncomfortable standing outside, with everyone calling him Master Lifter.
“Coming, someone is coming!”
At the beginning of the hour, the man who had stood guard at the entrance to the village to greet them came running back panting to report the news.
The village chief and Elder Song immediately stood up, and Song Lin and Song Shu went to the door to greet the people.
The crowd stretched their necks to look out of the main gate.
Two riders a carriage came by.
Song Shu immediately recognised the people on the horse as Qi Wu and Qi Ying, and hurriedly asked someone to call for Song Wan Yue, and the two of them went to meet them.
Qi Wu stopped his horse and got down from it, saying cheerfully, “We came here uninvited, didn’t we scare you?”
“What are you talking about, we couldn’t have asked for more.”
Qi Wu laughed brightly and lifted the curtain of the carriage himself to help his wife down.
“Uncle Qi, Aunt Qi, Sister Qi.”
Song Wan Yue ran out from the courtyard, “What brings you all here?”
“You’re still talking?”
Qi Ying handed the horse’s reins to the coachman and grumbled as she walked towards her, “You didn’t even tell us about such a big event, were you afraid we’d come to your door to get glory?”
“What are you saying, sister Qi? It’s not because I was afraid that you and Uncle Qi and Auntie Qi would be busy that I didn’t tell you.”
