Chu Younan will never forget the tingling feeling on his scalp as a spider crawled across his palm.
However, he took the spider with gritted teeth, which made the little boy look at him differently. He even pulled his arm and shouted "Daddy is great!" Chu Younan's self-esteem was extremely inflated, and he felt that his status in his son's heart had finally risen...
He raised his eyebrows at Su Bei smugly.
In this round, Su Bei lost convincingly.
Chu Younan and Su Bei happily embarked on the journey to Ping'an County with their three children.
Gu Rui is really a talent. Before he came, all the "senior officials" here wanted to take charge, and they were fighting every day. But he not only made a good living in Ping'an County by fortune-telling, but also became the richest man in the area by relying on the tourism industry.
High-ranking officials all work for him. Some play corrupt officials, some play corrupt officials, and some play upright officials. They all rely on acting to earn a living and respect Gu Rui like a shopkeeper.
As soon as Chu Younan and Su Bei arrived, they ran into trouble.
A group of horse bandits blocked their way, led by Wei San, who had just been brought to Ping'an County by Chu Younan.
"This road was built by me, and these trees were planted by me. If you want to pass this road, you have to leave some money for passage!" Wei San shouted in a very realistic way.
Inside the carriage, Su Bei curiously lifted the curtain, then said to Chu Younan with a look of joy: "Look, look! It really looks like the real thing!"
The three children couldn't help but go over and lift the curtain, peeking out excitedly, each smiling brighter than the other.
"Be serious! This is a robbery!" Wei San said with a stern face.
But the little boy laughed even more happily, "Mother...Mother, look! She is acting just like him!"
Su Bei poked his head out, and Wei San was dumbfounded, "Then, then, then... that... the emperor..."
"Shh!" Su Bei made a silent gesture, then said seriously, "Go on, don't mess around!"
Wei San was stunned for a moment, then he got into the role in a second. He was familiar with this job.
Su Bei was very interested in playing the role of a good girl who was kidnapped. Chu Younan remained silent. After a while, a fat man came over on a skinny horse, holding a wooden sword and shouted, "Stop! How dare you kidnap a girl in broad daylight? I will kill you!"
As he spoke, the fat man spurred his horse forward, but the horse was thin and weak, and had just carried him for a long distance, so it could not run any further.
"What kind of horse is this?! Why is it so slow!" the fat man shouted angrily.
A servant came over and said, "Master, they said that a fine horse is worth a fine horse. The price you gave can only hire such a skinny horse..."
The fat man got off his horse awkwardly and walked towards Wei San and his men, waving his wooden sword.
Wei San and the others quickly fell to the ground and pretended to be dead according to the script. The fat man came to the carriage happily and said, "The girl in the carriage, the horse thieves have all been killed by me, the girl can rest in peace now!"
As he spoke, he lifted the curtain.
The servant came running over again, "Master, Master! We only bought the chivalrous act, not the hero saving the beauty. This is the end!"
The fat man was still not satisfied, but he had already lifted the curtain a little, and he saw a little bit of Su Bei's profile, so he said to the servant impatiently: "Buy, buy, buy! You go and pay the money. I'll buy everything, including the hero saving the beauty, the pledge of love, and the wedding night!"
The servant nodded in agreement, turned around and ran, but the fat man was hit in the eye by something thrown out from the curtain of the carriage.
He looked down and saw that it was a fruit core that had just been eaten.
The fruit cores that the beauty had chewed were all fragrant. The fat man was about to pick them up when the curtain of the carriage suddenly opened. Little Tangyuan poked his head out and said with sympathy, "Uncle, if you are hungry, you can eat this. You can't pick up the ones that fall on the ground!"
She was holding a fruit in her hand, and the young man in the car reached out and said, "Mother... Mother..."
The little bun snatched the fruit and said, "This is for mother, you can't let him eat it!"
When the fat man heard the word "mother", he felt as if his heart had suffered a critical blow.
"Okay, okay, it's time to go!" Chu Younan came over and carried the children in one by one.
The fat man's heart was hit hard again. The fairy in the car was not only married, but also had a child. Moreover, her husband looked like the person in the painting...
A nonsensical comedy ended with the fat man's disappointment, and the carriage arrived at the door of the most luxurious house in Ping'an County.
Gu Rui and Qin Meizhi were both greeting them at the door. What surprised Su Bei was that Qin Meizhi's belly was obviously bulging and looked like she was five or six months pregnant.
"Mei Niang, you are pregnant!" Su Bei said as he was about to jump off the carriage.
Chu Younan grabbed her and carried her down from the carriage, "Be careful not to sprain your ankle!"
After putting her on the ground, Chu Younan went back and picked up the children one by one.
Qin Meizhi was a little shy, but her eyes were full of happiness. "It's been more than five months."
Gu Rui, who was standing by, said in a gloomy tone, "It's nothing compared to you Chu family members. One of you gave birth to twins, and the other gave birth to quadruplets. We only have one..."
Su Bei rolled his eyes at him and said, "Are you tired of staying in Ping'an County? Why don't you go back to the capital?"
Return to Beijing? That's impossible!
Everyone in Beijing had seen Gu Rui's parade, and some people knew Qin Meizhi. How could he dare to go back to Beijing? He immediately backed off, "No, no, no, just tell me what project you want, and I'll help you arrange it all."
"Let's start with a corrupt official!" Su Bei chuckled and held Qin Meizhi's arm.
Gu Rui arranged for them the best courtyard in his home, which was said to be second only to the one he lived in himself.
Su Bei said with a bit of envy and jealousy: "Your courtyard is more luxurious than Kunning Palace, aren't you afraid that I will punish you for disrespect?"
“No, Madam!” Gu Rui laughed. “How can it be more luxurious than Kunning Palace? Mine are all fake, yours is the real thing! Please stop embarrassing me, I have to go back and design a project for you to be a corrupt official!”
Su Bei chuckled. She was just teasing him. The other person had the ability to be so luxurious and he didn't steal or rob but earned it through business. What could she say?
What's more, Gu Rui has boosted the economy of Ping'an County. It was originally just a village, but now even the poorest families in the village have built new tiled houses.
Back in his yard, Gu Rui was planning to give her a deluxe customized package for a corrupt official, but his assistant ran in and said that the fat man during the day insisted on having a wedding night package.
"Is he willing to spend the money?" Gu Rui's eyes gleamed.
"Of course! But they said that the bride must be beautiful!"
Gu Rui curled his lips. Women in ancient times were very conservative, and no one wanted to play the wedding night scene. He wanted a beautiful one, which was really wishful thinking! "You have to pay more money!" he said.
The assistant's eyes lit up, "They said they could get one thousand taels!"
"It's just the wedding night, not a single night of love!" said Gu Rui.
"That's right! I told him so!"