Qi Wu’s face was really unpleasant. Anyone who had been spoken to like that twice would not be able to maintain his face.
Song Lin took a bad look and hurriedly got up, “Young Master Gu, let me take you to the courtyard to see if there are any dishes you like.”
Gu Yi was very respectful and stood up to follow him out.
Master Gu held up the teapot and apologetically poured tea for Qi Wu, “My youngest son is a bit foolish, he doesn’t speak out of his head, Qi Da Dangjia’s must not be blamed.”
“Huh?”
Qi Wu was surprised.
Master Gu put the teapot down and sighed, “My wife was too old when she gave birth to him, it was a difficult delivery, she almost didn’t give birth, and then it was discovered …… later, but the good thing is that it’s not too obvious, you can’t see it without fine contact.”
Qi Wu listened to the panic and apologized, “It’s my fault, if I had known that young master Gu ……”
Master Gu waved his hand, “I’m not going to hide it from you, I wouldn’t normally bring him to such an occasion, only because our two families will soon be engaged, so I brought him here today.”
“Betrothal?”
“Yes, my younger son and the Song family’s Yue’er girl.”
……
In the house over there, Song Wan Yue told Qi Ying about her “accidental” rescue of Gu Yi and the events that followed.
After hearing this, Qi Ying was furious, “This is revenge! Little girl, you can’t agree to this.”
“I think Young Master Gu is a good guy, so if he’s engaged, he’s engaged.”
“No!”
After saying this, he seemed to notice that his reaction was a bit too intense. He said, “Little girl, you don’t know, in a girl’s life, marrying someone is very important, if you don’t marry well, you won’t be able to live comfortably for the rest of your life. You are still young, you really don’t need to get married so early.”
“It’s just a betrothal, not a marriage!”
“A betrothal won’t work either, in case they turn against you one day, your reputation will be ruined.”
“My reputation would have been finished long ago.”
When Qi Ying was about to say something else, Song Wan Yue took her arm with a smile, “Let’s go, go to my mother’s house and listen to what Aunt Qi and my mother are saying.”
……
In the courtyard, Song Lin really took Gu Yi around, saw that he was not interested in this, and saw that he kept looking towards Song Wan Yue’s house, lest he might target Qi Wu again when he returned to the hall house later, and was about to take someone over to look for Song Wan Yue, when he saw them come out, he hastily called out to them, “Yue’er.”
Song Wan Yue looked over and saw that Song Lin and Gu Yi were both in the courtyard and understood what was going on, “Father, wait a moment, I’ll send sister Qi to mother’s house.”
Hearing these words, Gu Yi was happy and his face opened up, his mouth stopped pouting and he didn’t let Song Lin accompany him, he went upside down and waited at Song Wan Yue’s door.
The people who were helping in the courtyard saw this scene and saw what they did not understand.
……
Then one after another, many gentry came over, the county taiji came almost noon, the village head led a group of villagers kneeling, the county taiji personally helped old man Song up, “Song Juejin is our only Juejin in Qingping County this year, for our Qingping County has increased the light, you old man can not be credited.”
Old Master Song could not even say the words he was so excited about, but it was Song Si who stepped forward and invited the County Magistrate into the house.
The County Magistrate waved his hand, “Today is a happy day, and with this official here, you will certainly not be able to enjoy yourselves. I hope that after today, Mr. Song can go back to the academy as soon as possible and work hard again, so that he can return to the spring exams next year.
“The student will definitely keep in mind the teachings of your Excellency.”
The County Magistrate said “good” several times and turned around to get on the carriage.
As they watched his carriage go away, they were about to return to the courtyard when a carriage came from afar.
There was no sign on the carriage, and it was not very ornately decorated. The village headman thought it was another country squire from somewhere, so he led the crowd into the courtyard.
Master Song was also dragged in by him, leaving only Song Lin and Song Shu at the door.
The carriage stopped a short distance away and Master Zhang got down from the carriage.
Song Lin and Song Shu did not know him and went forward to greet him, “You are ……”
“My surname is Zhang, my dog’s son was a fellow student with the Song Scholar.”
The two did not think of Zhang Huai and warmly invited him in.
The courtyard was bustling with people coming and going, and as soon as Master Zhang stepped inside, his brow frowned slightly, then unfurled again, and he was about to speak when he caught a glimpse of Song Wangyue and Gu Yi coming out.
His footsteps jerked to a halt and his eyes fell firmly on the two.
Song Wangyue noticed the strange gaze and looked over, seeing that it was Master Zhang, her eyebrows raised, Gu Yi also saw it and quickly stepped over, asking nonchalantly, “What are you doing here?”
“Young Master Gu ……”
Master Zhang arched his hand politely.
“You are not welcome here.”
Song Lin thought Gu Yi was looking at Master Zhang again and deliberately looking for trouble, and was just about to speak up when Song Wan Yue walked over without slowing down, “He’s right, you’re not welcome in our home.”
Master Zhang’s posture was low, “I’m here today to make amends for Huai’er, and apologise, please ……”
“No need, go out and turn left, take your time.”
Master Zhang’s expression changed a few times before he finally sighed, “In that case, I am the one who has disturbed you.”
After saying that, he turned around and walked out.
Song Lin saw Song Wan Yue was so nonchalant and vaguely guessed the identity of Master Zhang, Song Shu did not expect it for a moment, “Yue’er, this ……”
“He is Zhang Huai’s father.”
Zhang Huai!
Song Shu instantly reacted, his violent temper instantly came up, “He still has the face to come over, I ……”
“Lao Er!”
Song Lin scolded, Song Shu then resisted the urge to find something to punch someone.
……
Having witnessed his suspicions with his own eyes, Master Zhang returned to the carriage, his eyes narrowed dangerously.
He could be sure that the men hired to kill were dead!
But, after Song Si returned, the Song family did not make any move, did they not ask the mastermind behind it? Or did they have some sort of plan? If they didn’t find out who was behind it, it’s fine, but if there was some kind of plan, then what will happen to the Zhang family ……
The first thing you need to do is to get a good idea of what you are doing.
……
The meal lasted for a full hour, and Qi Wu and Master Gu “had a good talk”, and after they had eaten their fill, they could not leave, and sat and drank tea for another half hour before leaving with their wives and daughters.
The banquet outside had long since broken up, and the gentry and most of the village people had also left, except for some women who stayed behind to help with the washing up.
Master Gu also wanted to leave, but was left behind by Song Si, who told him that he wanted to put the Gu family’s fields under his name.
After hearing this, Master Gu smilingly refused, “Taxes are not a problem for me, it’s better to put the fields of the surrounding villages under your name, it might help you in your career in the future.”
When he was sent away, Song Si said this to the village chief.
The village headman exhaled a smoke ring, “We have to plan for this.”
It was reasonable for people from the village to hang their fields for free, but it was not necessary to give it to people from other villages.
“This way, we will pay 30% of the annual tax, and let them pay 10% of the fields from other villages that are put under your name.”
