Chapter 1177 Thinking
Bai Shan and Man Bao went to Yue's house, and of course they brought the medicine boy Xiao Shao with them. The reason they brought him was to ask Yue's family for money.
Xiao Shao said, "The pharmacy sent the bill to the Yue family yesterday, but they didn't pay at the time. Old Madam Yue didn't even see the clerk we sent to settle the bill."
Manbao said, "It's okay. Wait a moment. I'll see the patient and prescribe better medicine for her."
Xiao Shao nodded happily.
Upon hearing that Manbao had come to visit, Nanny Fu brought Chuncao out to greet him personally. They ignored the servants' gazes all the way back to the Second Hospital and sent him directly to Fu Wenyun's room.
Bai Shan and Xiao Shao naturally couldn't go in, so they stood in the yard with their hands behind their backs, looking at the sky.
Chuncao was just about to invite them to rest in the hall and serve them tea when she saw the study door open and Yue Dalang walked out.
He was slightly startled when he met Bai Shan's gaze. Seeing that he had an elegant demeanor, he hesitantly asked, "Are there guests at home?"
Chuncao bowed and said, "Sir, this is Mr. Bai, he came with Miss Man."
Fearing that Yue Dalang might neglect her, she said, "The Bai family is a noble family in Luojiang County. Madam had contacts with the Bai family when she and the master were in Luojiang County. Today, I am here with Miss Man to visit Madam."
Hearing that it was from a noble family, Yue Dalang's expression eased slightly. After bowing to Bai Shan, he said, "So it's you, my brother. Please take a seat in the hall."
Bai Shan returned the greeting, smiled faintly and called Fu Er brother-in-law, obviously following Fu Wenyun's way of addressing him.
Chuncao breathed a sigh of relief and served the two of them to the hall for tea.
As Yue Dalang walked along, he asked, "Brother Bai, why did you come to the capital?"
Bai Shan said calmly: "Come to the capital to study."
"Oh? I wonder which academy you attend?"
"Guozixue."
Yue Dalang: ...
He stopped in shock, his chest beating violently and his throat dry, "The Imperial College is the first school in the Imperial College?"
Bai Shan tilted his head in confusion, "Why, are there other imperial academies in the capital?"
Yue Dalang twitched his lips and said, "No, nothing more. I'm just a little surprised. Brother Bai is so young, I didn't expect him to be so capable. Please take a seat. Chuncao, go to the study and get some good tea..."
Bai Shan felt a little embarrassed, but his mind flashed back to the time when he followed Manbao and others to sell candy and saw Miss Fu Er at the side door of the county government office.
At that time, Miss Fu Er was the same age as Manbao is now. She and Manbao sat on a rock under a tree, sharing two candies, swinging their legs and talking about the book they had recently read...
Bai Shan looked up at Yue Dalang again and felt that County Magistrate Fu had really bad taste.
Manbao was also talking about this with Fu Wenyun.
There was no other way, so she asked Yue Dalang curiously while she was getting acupuncture, and Qiuyue beside her told him everything like a bamboo tube pouring beans.
Anyway, there are only three of them in the room now. Qiuyue knows that Manbao has a good relationship with the young lady. Over the years, the young lady only has one or two friends she can talk to, and Manbao is definitely at the top of the list.
So when she saw Fu Wenyun lying on the pillow without objection, Qiuyue had nothing to worry about.
"...When the marriage proposal came, the young lady didn't quite like him. However, the other families that came to propose marriage weren't very good either. The Yue family was considered a good family, and the master and mistress were both satisfied. The young lady had no say in the matter, so she just married him."
Qiuyue lowered her voice and said, "But I didn't expect to find out after marrying in. Their family is just a facade, but inside they are worse than ours. My wife doesn't know how to manage things. The Yue family is a little more well-off than our Fu family, but their assets are not that great. For many years, they have relied on the little salary from the master, and the small gifts they can't refuse, and they have been living a tight life..."
"When the young lady married, she was supposed to take care of the household expenses, but the mistress was completely unwilling to do so. It's fine if she doesn't want to, but the young lady doesn't want to be in charge. She's quite content reading and writing every day. But she also dislikes the large number of servants the young lady brought with her, and the high expenses. Every month, she finds excuses to deduct money, trying every way to get money from the young lady."
Manbao was speechless for a while. He couldn't help but look down at Fu Wenyun, who was enjoying her acupuncture with her eyes closed, and asked, "Second Sister Fu, can you bear it?"
Fu Wenyun closed her eyes and chuckled, "Silly boy, don't listen to her. The people I brought here were supposed to be mine to support. The money I gave out eventually returned to my people, so it wasn't a loss."
Qiuyue: "How can it not be a loss? They are still using our people, using your work for free, isn't it a loss?"
Fu Wenyun opened her eyes and looked at Manbao, smiling and asking, "Do you think I'm at a disadvantage?"
Manbao thought about it and shook his head. "If it's business, it's not a loss, but Sister Fu, you're married, and you're a family now. Wouldn't it be unfair to calculate these things? My mother would never calculate these things with my father. The family business my father earned is in my mother's hands. There has never been such intrigue."
"So, a commoner's family has its advantages," Fu Wenyun said with emotion. "When I looked at you before, I thought there was nothing wrong with marrying a commoner. As long as he was literate and could talk to me, that would be fine."
"But in Taining, I've seen official families like the Yue family, as well as children of the gentry. I've even secretly seen the sons of gentry with only a hundred acres of estate," Fu Wenyun said with some regret. "But the customs in Jianzhou and Taizhou are different from those in Mianzhou and Yizhou. There, women have to wear veils when they go out. When they learned that my brother and I were studying and learning to read, there were many criticisms. Even my mother strongly opposed it."
She sighed and said, "But I have to get married, so after weighing the pros and cons, Yue Dalang is a good choice."
Fu Wenyun made no secret of the reason she chose the Yue family. She whispered, "There were rumors at the time that my father-in-law would most likely be promoted. Even if he didn't go to Beijing, he would be transferred to the Central Plains. The atmosphere here is much more open than in Jianzhou."
"Besides, Yue Dalang's knowledge is considered superior among the few of them. I don't like Jianzhou and Taizhou, and my father also needs the support of the Yue family, so I chose his family." Fu Wenyun smiled bitterly and said, "It's just that I didn't pay much attention to my mother-in-law at the time. She always acted kindly in public. It's my fault for not judging people well, not my father."
She knew that Manbao had disliked her father since childhood, and had whispered bad things about her father when he came in just now, so Fu Wenyun explained so much.
Manbao then asked, "So what are Second Sister Fu's plans next?"
Fu Wenyun said softly, "There's no rush for this kind of thing. The most important thing for me now is to take care of my health. I still have to rely on you for that. The rest will come later."
Manbao nodded, "Yes, there is still a long way to go."
Qiuyue was still somewhat unwilling, feeling that the young lady was being too wronged.
After Manbao finished giving Fu Wenyun acupuncture, he glanced outside and asked, "Where's Yue Dalang? Isn't he coming to see Second Sister Fu?"
Fu Wenyun leaned back against the pillow. She felt a little sleepy from the acupuncture treatment and said without thinking, "He came yesterday evening, but I was too lazy to deal with him, so I sent him away."
See you tomorrow
(End of this chapter)
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