The pavilion chief took another sip of tea and said, "Your last name is Fu, and the county magistrate's is also Fu. Maybe they are from the same family. In my opinion, you can go to the county and make friends with them and ask for favors."
Fu Ciyi bowed and said, "I will not bother you any more. Goodbye."
The pavilion chief nodded and continued drinking tea.
After leaving the teahouse, Yan Funing murmured, remembering what Lu Wenfeng had said outside the village school, "Fu Ciyi, do you think Fu Zhengqing did this on purpose? He doesn't want you to participate in the Autumn Examination."
Fu Ciyi said calmly, "That's exactly it."
He had guessed this result long ago.
When I heard what the head of the village said, I still had a glimmer of hope, wondering if the town had missed him.
The result was just as he had initially expected.
"Without the county's permission, you cannot participate in the provincial capital's autumn examination. Fu Ciyi, we have to go to the county seat."
"Go." Fu Ciyi said coldly, "I'll go tomorrow."
Go directly to the Fu Mansion and ask Fu Zhengqing for an explanation.
"It's really too late today." Yan Funing remembered something, "I need to go get something. Will you come with me?"
Fu Ciyi nodded.
The two men left the market and walked a mile east to Tong Cheng's blacksmith shop.
Tong Cheng was concentrating on forging iron.
Tong Ya saw Yan Funing first and shouted happily, "Sister Benefactor!"
Yan Funing took a few quick steps and touched the top of Tong Ya's head: "Xiao Ya is getting better and better."
Tong Cheng turned around when he heard the voice and asked, "Is the girl here?"
He stopped what he was doing and dipped the tool into the water.
When the red-hot iron came into contact with water, it instantly made a hissing sound and emitted a puff of white smoke.
"Well, Brother Tong, is my dagger ready?" Yan Funing asked.
Tong Cheng glanced at Fu Ciyi behind her, then turned his gaze to Yan Funing and said with a smile, "Okay, it will be ready in a few days."
This was the first time the two men met.
Fu Ciyi heard Yan Funing mention Tong Cheng and his daughter, but Tong Cheng didn't know who the handsome man in front of him was.
Tong Ya tilted her head to look at Fu Ciyi and asked in a baby voice, "Sister, who is he?"
"He's my husband." Yan Funing smiled and raised her hand to introduce him. "Husband, this is Brother Tong. He was the one who introduced me to the mysterious mansion to sell Ganoderma lucidum." She pinched Tong Ya's face gently. "This is Xiaoya, so well-behaved."
Fu Ciyi nodded slightly, his stern face expressionless.
Tong Ya ran back to Tong Cheng and said, "Daddy, I originally wanted my sister to be my mother. How come my sister has a husband?"
"Ah, this..." Yan Funing felt embarrassed.
Tong Cheng blushed slightly and said awkwardly, "Excuse me, Xiaoya was just talking nonsense."
Having said that, he turned and went into the shop and took out an exquisite dagger.
Yan Funing took the dagger, unsheathed the blade, and said with a smile, "This is what I wanted. Thank you, Brother Tong. How much is it?"
Tong Cheng's face was still red, and he lowered his eyes and said, "No money, young lady, help Xiaoya. Compared with the two, the dagger is nothing."
"Didn't we agree on this last time? I'll pay when I come to get the dagger." Yan Funing took out a tael of silver from her purse and handed it over. "Is one tael of silver enough?"
"No, this is too much." Tong Cheng stretched out his hand to refuse.
Just as his hand was about to touch Yan Funing's hand, Fu Ciyi grabbed Yan Funing's wrist and pulled her to his side.
"Name your price." Fu Ciyi's voice was cold.
Tong Cheng lowered his eyebrows and said, "Miss, since you helped Xiaoya with her arm treatment, I will charge you a small fee for the materials, one hundred coins."
Fu Ciyi took out a handful of copper coins and said, "Two hundred coins in total, one hundred coins for materials, and one hundred coins for labor."
After saying that, he grabbed Yan Funing's wrist and left.
"Hey, I haven't said goodbye to anyone yet." Yan Funing turned around and waved to the Tong father and daughter.
Tong Ya pursed her lips and waved her hand.
After a moment, she said sadly, "Daddy, I don't like my husband. He's so cruel."
Tong Cheng looked down at his own appearance, then at the handsome man walking away, and sighed. How could he compare with others?
After walking a long way, Yan Funing still couldn't break free from someone's iron-like grip.
"Fu Ciyi, you pinched me and hurt me."
Upon hearing this, Fu Ciyi finally let go of her hand: "You want to be someone's stepmother?"
Yan Funing rubbed her wrists. "I don't want to have a child. If I want to have a child, I will give birth to one myself." She looked up at him. "Xiao Ya is just talking childishly. I don't care about it, so you don't have to care about it either."
Hearing her say that she could give birth on her own, Fu Ciyi raised his eyebrows.
Yan Funing suddenly laughed out loud: "Fu Ciyi, you're reacting so strongly, are you jealous? Could it be that you've fallen in love with me?"
She just asked casually to tease the stern man.
But he heard Fu Ciyi sneer and asked back: "I like you? Ridiculous."
He looked away, avoiding meeting her clear, serene eyes, and said coldly, "Yan Funing, during the two years we're still husband and wife, you're not allowed to have any involvement with other men. This is the bottom line."
Yan Funing said in a sweet voice, "So, I can also ask you not to have any affairs with other women in the next two years?"
"Of course you can."
"I won't! Once the quota is confirmed, you can take part in the Autumn Examination in August this year, and then go to Beijing to take part in the Spring Examination next spring. If you pass the examination, you will definitely be chosen as a husband. I was thinking of waiting for you to pass so that we can get a divorce early."
"There is no possibility of early divorce."
He became angrier and angrier as he spoke, and he strode away.
Yan Funing trotted after him and said, "Fu Ciyi, I've been so good to you these days, why couldn't you just let me go earlier?"
Fu Ciyi stopped and asked: "Let you go? So that Fu Minghe can capture you and make you his mistress?"
Yan Funing took out a dagger and said angrily, "If he dares, I will castrate him!"
It sounds loud, but there is no confidence behind it.
With her current abilities, she really couldn't do anything to Fu Minghe.
In fact, her relationship with Fu Ciyi was, to a certain extent, because he protected her.
Fu Ciyi pointed at the dagger in her hand with his chin: "Your dagger is not just for dealing with Fu Minghe, right?"
Yan Funing pulled out the dagger and pinched the blade: "You see, I specifically asked Tong Cheng to hit it thinner so that the dagger could pass through the crack in the door and stab the wolf."
Fu Ciyi twitched his back teeth and changed the subject: "You came to town with an empty backpack. What are you going to buy?"
"No need to buy meat, just buy some seasonings and vegetables."
Soon, the two returned to the market.
Yan Funing bought ten pounds of flour and one pound of salt from the grain and oil store, bought ten candles from the incense and candle shop, and bought celery and taro from a stall on the street.
Zhu Rou Yu saw her from afar at the market, but she didn't come over no matter how long he waited.
He took the meat axe and trotted up to her.
Seeing this, Fu Ciyi took a step towards Yan Funing.
Zhu Rouyu leaned over and said to Yan Funing, "I said, pretty girl, why don't you come to my meat stall?"
As he spoke, he realized that he was holding an axe in each hand, so he smiled at Fu Ciyi and said, "Sorry."
He immediately put the axe behind him.
Yan Funing smiled and said, "My husband received a lot of money, and there is more meat at home than we can eat, so we won't buy meat today."
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