"So your husband is a teacher!" Zhu Rouyu said respectfully, "The teacher is good and knowledgeable."
After a pause, he lowered his voice and said, "I've kept the pig tongue and heart from the newly slaughtered pig today. Last time, the girl told us how to cook them, and now we all know how to make them delicious. I've raised the price, and there are still quite a lot of people buying them, but I'm only keeping the fresh ones for the girl."
Yan Funing nodded: "Okay, pig tongue and pig heart, I want them."
The three of them went to the meat stall.
Two pig hearts and two pig tongues. As usual, Yu took twenty cents from Yan Funing for the pork and gave her a small piece of fat.
After leaving the meat stall, the couple returned to Li Xinheng's ox cart.
More than half an hour later, the couple arrived home.
Wan Niang had been waiting for her son and daughter-in-law. When she heard they had returned, she immediately asked about the places for the autumn examination.
Yan Funing said, "Mother, it was Fu Zhengqing who did this. He didn't want my husband to take part in the Autumn Examination."
Upon hearing this, Wan Niang angrily cursed, "Fu Zhengqing, you idiot!"
Fu Ciyi said slowly, "Mother, I will go to the county town tomorrow and ask for an explanation from him. This matter will definitely be handled properly, so you don't have to worry."
"Okay, let's wait until tomorrow."
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On the tenth day, before dawn, Fu Ciyi woke up and got out of bed.
Yan Funing heard the noise and got out of bed: "I'll accompany you to the county town."
"What are you going to do?"
"If Yan Haitang has feelings for you, I'll probably scold him!" She said as she got dressed. "Who said yesterday that while we're married, I can ask you not to get involved with other women?"
Fu Ciyi curled his lips: "Okay, you go with me."
She climbed onto the bed and folded the sheets: "So, I have to go watch you."
Fu Ciyi chuckled and said, "Okay."
The two of them left the house, and Li Xinheng came over just in time to start his morning exercises.
"Brother Li, we won't be practicing kung fu today. My husband has something important to do." Yan Funing said, "We have to go into the city and leave early."
Li Xinheng asked: "Going into the city, do you mean going into the county town?"
"Yes." Yan Funing didn't hide it from him and said frankly, "The county magistrate withheld my husband's place in the autumn imperial examination. We have to go and ask for an explanation."
"Are you planning to walk?"
"Brother Li, if it's convenient for you, please take us to town now and we'll find a carriage."
"It's still early, the carriages haven't even left town yet." Li Xinheng said, "My ox cart can also go to the county town. I'll take you there."
An oxcart is always faster than a person walking.
Yan Funing and Fu Ciyi looked at each other and decided to go by ox cart.
At this moment in the kitchen, Wan Niang had already prepared noodles with Fu Nan Yao's company.
Not only did she make her own hand-rolled noodles to help her fight hunger, she also made steamed buns for her son and daughter-in-law to eat on the road.
"Ci Yi Funing, hurry up and eat."
Wanniang's voice came from the kitchen.
Li Xinheng turned around and said, "Master, I'll go back and have breakfast too. You guys can come to the village entrance after you finish eating."
Fu Ciyi raised his hand: "Eat at my house."
Li Xinheng thought about it and nodded, thinking that his mother probably hadn't cooked yet.
The three of them ate quickly.
Wanniang put the steamed buns into a cloth bag and placed it on the table: "Eat them if you're hungry on the way."
Fu Ciyi nodded: "I understand, mother."
Wan Niang couldn't help but remind him, "Remember, Fu Zhengqing has lackeys and thugs, so take it easy."
Li Xinheng said, "Don't worry, auntie, we'll take it easy."
At this moment, Ali came over, and Fu Beimo also came to the main room with sleepy eyes.
When they heard that Fu Ciyi was going to the county, the two teenagers clamored to go together.
"You guys stay at home." Fu Ciyi said, and then set off with Yan Funing and Li Xinheng.
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It took quite a while for the ox cart to enter the city, and when they arrived at Fu's house, it was already past noon.
The gate of the Fu Mansion was open, as grand as ever.
Fu Ciyi and Yan Funing walked in front, followed by Li Xinheng.
The three of them stepped forward, but before they reached the door, they were stopped by the doorman.
"This is the county magistrate's residence. Not just anyone can enter."
Li Xinheng became furious when he heard this: "We came to see the county magistrate for something, why can't we come in?"
"Who do you think you are?" The doorman looked at Li Xinheng with contempt and refused to let him go.
When the housekeeper saw Fu Ciyi, he quickly came over and bowed, "Second Young Master, Second Young Madam, why are you two here?"
The doorman sneered: "So it's the second young master and the second young mistress who were kicked out of the mansion."
The housekeeper originally followed the old couple from the Fu family's eldest branch, so he had some respect for Fu Ciyi.
He said politely, "Second Young Master, the County Magistrate said that if you come back, you must report to him and you are not allowed to enter the mansion without his permission."
The doorman said, "Why are you being so nice, steward? If you're not allowed in, then you're not allowed in. If anyone can enter, do you think the county magistrate's mansion is a market?"
Being called "Agou" by him again, Li Xinheng could no longer suppress his anger. He grabbed the doorman's collar with his big hand and dragged him up.
The doorman's feet left the ground, and he was panicked: "You rustic wretch, why don't you let me go?"
Li Xinheng clenched his other hand into a fist and hit him directly in the face.
The man outside the door was hit so hard that his head tilted and he shouted, "You, aren't you afraid of the Fu family guards?"
The guards in the mansion immediately came out with sticks.
There were more than ten guards in front of him, all dressed in uniform shorts. They all had frail faces and were difficult to deal with.
Li Xinheng threw the doorman to the ground, clenched his fist, and said to Fu Ciyi: "Master, I will never embarrass you."
The housekeeper asked anxiously, "What's going on? If this gets out, will the county magistrate still have any dignity?"
The head guard said, "The eldest young master said that if we see the second young master from now on, he will order us to beat him to death."
It’s Fu Minghe again!
Fu Ciyi turned his head and said to Yan Funing, "Fists and feet have no eyes, stay away from them."
Yan Funing drew a dagger from her waist and said to the guards, "I know where to pierce the heart with the dagger. I also know where to pierce the artery, which will kill instantly. Do you want to try it?"
"You sound like it's true. Haha, I don't believe it!" The head of the security guards spat, "What can a little girl do?" Then he raised his voice, "Brothers, beat her to death!"
The guards came forward.
Fu Ciyi hurriedly pulled Yan Funing to the side behind him.
Suddenly, a crisp female voice rushed out from the mansion: "Ah... No one can bully my young lady!"
Yan Funing shouted, "Caiyu, Caiyu, is that you?"
"It's me, miss, it's Caiyu!" Caiyu took the broom and swept it over the guard's head.
Just then, Fu Zhengqing came over with Fu Minghe and Yan Haitang.
"How can we tolerate such a commotion in the Fu family mansion? If this gets out, will my prestige as the county magistrate still be affected?"
Fu Zhengqing said this in a pretentious manner and waved his hand to tell the guards to put away their sticks.
Then, he raised his eyebrows and said, "Fu Ciyi, I know why you are here. It's about the quota for the Autumn Examination."
Fu Ciyi was about to speak when he was interrupted by him raising his hand.
"As the county magistrate, I naturally have the right to decide who can participate and who cannot." He smiled and lowered his voice, "I will not give you the opportunity to participate, what can you do to me?
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