The next day, Chunxiao and Shuwen successfully enrolled Yanqi and Wuzhong in school. They told them to study hard and to return home if they were bullied. They said this in private; if Tian and Wang heard, they would probably be worried again.
When leaving, the director found Chunxiao and said that if there was a chance in the future, he would like to invite her to teach painting classes to the students of the academy.
Chunxiao naturally agreed politely, but it was just a verbal agreement. In her heart, she was thinking that she was only half-baked and could teach some literature, but it was not her place to teach those future scholars.
The trip to the county town had concluded successfully. They agreed to return home tomorrow, and today they would each go their separate ways to buy whatever they wanted. Chunxiao had already bought most of what she wanted. Duo'er and the others liked to follow her, so she spent the entire afternoon strolling around the county town, finally heading to the riverbank. The setting sun and weeping willows created a delightful scene.
But despite such beautiful scenery, she met an unlucky person. It is said that enemies often meet on a narrow road, and this is indeed true.
"Chunxiao, is it really you?" Zhou Hongzhi saw a figure that looked somewhat like Chunxiao from afar. He followed her and saw that it was indeed her. However, her current attire was very different from before. He felt that she had a sense of nobility. When he looked at his own coarse linen clothes, he felt that she was a little pale in comparison.
When Xiaohua saw a man approaching, she became alert, but since this man called out the lady's name, he must know her.
Shuduo and Pan'er protected Chunxiao like a calf. They knew this former brother-in-law. Although they hadn't seen him for many years, it was he who drove their aunt back home, and they still remembered this grudge.
Although Chunxiao was surprised to run into Zhou Hongzhi in the county town, she was not very nervous. "Mr. Zhou, how are you?"
Zhou Hongzhi was unwilling to believe that Chunxiao's life had actually gotten better and better since she left him. "Why did you come to the county town?"
"It's not unusual to come to the county town for a stroll when you're bored at home," Chun Xiao said casually. "Mr. Zhou, why are you in the county town too?"
"I, I..." He muttered for a long time but couldn't tell the reason for the county town. He just looked at Chunxiao with a look of unwillingness, "Why do you have to call me so distant? After all, our relationship before was incomparable to others."
Chunxiao was also amused. After so many years, he was still trying to establish a relationship with her. "Mr. Zhou said something really strange. What kind of relationship are we in? We've been divorced for six years. I'm afraid even others can't compare to us."
Xiaohua had just begun to suspect something, but now, after hearing her mistress's account, she was certain the man before her was her mistress's former husband, the blind man. She looked at him with resentment, unsure of his intentions.
Zhou Hongzhi noticed Chunxiao's harsh words and quickly looked at Shuduo and the others, "This is Duo'er and Pan'er, they've grown up so much."
Duo'er and Pan'er just looked at him without saying anything.
"It's rare that Mr. Zhou has such a good memory and still remembers their names. It's getting late and we should go back." She didn't want to talk much with irrelevant people.
Zhou Hongzhi felt disappointed when he saw her leaving. "Chunxiao, if you have time, can you go back to see my parents? They miss you so much."
This lie was rather clumsy. Not to mention that she had already divorced and had nothing to do with their family anymore, even if she had good intentions, the way Xu had treated her before didn't show a harmonious relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. She smiled and said, "Mr. Zhou, your family's affairs have nothing to do with me. Your parents will naturally be taken care of by your new bride."
"I don't have a new wife!" Zhou Hongzhi hurriedly explained, as if afraid she would misunderstand. He took a step forward and said, "I haven't looked for a new wife since my divorce from Xu. Chunxiao, I was confused at the time. After thinking it over, you are still the best to me."
"What does this have to do with me!" Chun Xiao interrupted him before she could finish her words, "If I had known this would happen, why did I do it in the first place?" After saying that, she left with her men without looking back.
Xiaohua felt that their young lady had done a really great job. She secretly looked back at the man who was looking at them. This man looked unworthy of their young lady in any way, yet he dared to change his mind. It was really retribution.
"Don't mention this again when you get back. It's bad luck."
"I understand, auntie." They also felt it was unlucky and would keep their mouths shut when they got back.
They were originally strolling around without any purpose, but they ran into someone they didn't want to see. They lost interest in strolling more and more, and returned to the horse racing site early in the afternoon.
Tian and Wang's main purpose for this trip was to look after the child, and now that the child's affairs had been taken care of, they settled down quietly at the carriage and horse shop, waiting to go home tomorrow. Shuwen, however, was in high spirits and took Wangfu out for a walk until dusk.
The next morning, they packed their belongings, got on the carriage, and Shuwen drove the carriage on their way home.
"We've been out for several days. Fortunately, things went smoothly and we didn't waste any time. If not, I'm afraid we'd have to stay for quite a while."
"Luckily we are here, otherwise the child would have to endure so much more suffering. When I get back I will tell his father not to worry. They have no idea of the child's suffering."
"This time, we are all thanks to your Chunxiao. We owe you a favor again."
"Sister Wang, you are too polite. What's the point of being so considerate? We are all from the same village, so we should help each other when we are out there."
"I used to think Dad was too blindly obedient, but now it seems that he wasn't blindly obedient at all. We must trust the opinions of the older generation. Our village now has the best houses in the surrounding villages, and now we have a road. This is all thanks to your family."
"Don't say that again. We're living a good life, so naturally we hope everyone else does. If you keep saying that, I'll take it as a compliment." Tian pointed out the window. "Look, the scenery here is like this. It's not like that over in Pengdong. Where there are mountains, they're higher than here, and where there are no mountains, it's completely flat. It's completely different from here."
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