Chen Mei went out before dawn, but now it's dark and she hasn't come back yet.
Jiang Maocai sat in the chair with his legs shaking constantly and a look of anxiety on his face.
Even Jiang Caiyun was no longer sitting quietly as usual, but walking around the room.
Although Chen Mei was anxious, Jiang Caiyun was also very anxious and had not slept well in the past few days.
Jiang Caiyun kept twisting the handkerchief in her hand, and finally she couldn't bear it anymore and went out to find Chen Mei.
As soon as Jiang Caiyun went out, she ran into the distraught Chen Mei. Jiang Caiyun hurriedly helped Chen Mei up and took her inside.
"Dad, Mom is back!" Jiang Caiyun was unable to support Chen Mei, and hurriedly called Jiang Maocai to come out for help.
After hearing the noise, Jiang Maocai came out and helped the person in, then poured a glass of water for Chen Mei to soothe.
After Chen Mei finished drinking the water, Jiang Caiyun was about to ask her something when she saw Chen Mei's body fall down like noodles.
"mother!!"
For a moment, the entire Jiang family was in chaos. Jiang Maocai hurried to call a doctor to see Chen Mei.
The next day, Chen Mei opened her eyes dazedly and looked around, and saw Jiang Caiyun with a worried look on her face.
"Caiyun, Yun'er!" As soon as Chen Mei saw Jiang Caiyun, she thought of the scene she saw yesterday. She cried and pulled Jiang Caiyun's hand and howled.
"Mom, I'm here! What's wrong?" Jiang Caiyun was also worried when she saw Chen Mei like this, but she still asked unwillingly.
"We...we were cheated by that scoundrel Liu Fan! He...he..." Chen Mei hugged Jiang Caiyun tightly and cried breathlessly.
"What's wrong with him?" Jiang Caiyun looked at Chen Mei anxiously after hearing what she said.
"He became the county magistrate's son-in-law...!" Chen Mei took a deep breath and said viciously.
"What?"
“Snap—”
Jiang Caiyun's exclamation and the sound of Jiang Maocai accidentally dropping a bowl overlapped.
"It's absolutely true! I personally went to the county government gate and waited there for a long time before I saw that scoundrel Liu Fan and the county magistrate's youngest daughter come out together! They say they got married two days ago!!"
"They came out holding hands, and Liu Fan was still hugging that little bitch's waist..."
After howling, Chen Mei finally felt better and told him everything she had seen yesterday.
"How ridiculous! He doesn't even take our family seriously! What's wrong with the County Magistrate... The County Magistrate can't steal the son-in-law of one of us common people!!"
Jiang Maocai couldn't sit still anymore and started cursing.
"You sound nice, go ahead! Go and ask the county magistrate for justice! Do you dare?!" Chen Mei was furious when she saw Jiang Maocai like this. "I don't know who told me that Liu Fan would definitely come to propose marriage!"
"I...I'm not..." Jiang Maocai's anger subsided after Chen Mei said that, and he spoke intermittently.
"Come on! I really regret marrying you. What's the point of a grown man like you being unable to handle things?!"
"Now the whole village knows that our Caiyun is going to marry a scholar! Now that that scoundrel Liu Fan has married the county magistrate's daughter, what should our Caiyun do? What should we do?!"
Chen Mei took out all her anger on Jiang Maocai, slapping the quilt as if to vent her anger.
"Enough!" Chen Mei didn't know what she said that ignited Jiang Caiyun. She threw the cup to the ground and turned back to her room.
"Look at Caiyun..." Chen Mei looked at Jiang Caiyun and said distressedly, "Alas! Why is our family so unlucky!"
After Jiang Caiyun returned to the house, she sat for a while, then dressed up and planned to go to the town to take a look in person.
There happened to be a family near Jiang Cheng that had a successful candidate in the imperial examination, and they were delivering eggs door to door!
No more than two per family, just for the sake of celebration!
Some people congratulated the recipients politely, hoping to feed them to their children and bring them good luck! They also hoped that they would pass the imperial examination and become successful candidates!
Jiang Cheng also received two eggs. He smiled and handed one to Song Tingzhi.
"Let's each have one and cook it tonight!" Jiang Cheng said.
"Okay, why does Chengcheng also want to take the imperial examination?" Song Tingzhi joked.
"Come on! I'm a brother, how can I take the imperial examination? Why don't you take it?" Jiang Cheng retorted.
"I, your husband, am just a rough man. I'm really not good at studying, but I'm an expert at hunting!" Song Tingzhi heard the teasing in Jiang Cheng's words and boasted.
"You're really not shy!" Jiang Cheng was amused by Song Tingzhi.
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Jiang Caiyun was wearing a cap and sitting on a bullock cart heading to the town. Coincidentally, someone recognized her through her cap.
"Hey! Isn't this Caiyun? What are you doing in town? Why isn't your mother with you?"
Jiang Caiyun was about to answer when the man said to himself, "You must be going to town to find your future husband, a juren, right?"
"You're really lucky. The Song family you were originally engaged to was a hunter, which was pretty good. But now this man is a successful candidate. Your mother must have good taste!"
The man said enviously, "A juren! These villagers may not even see him in their lifetime!"
"Hmm..." Jiang Caiyun felt sour in her heart when she heard the envious tone, and she held the handkerchief in her hand even tighter.
Along the way, Jiang Caiyun kept listening to what the man said, and felt even more uncomfortable. After finally arriving in the town, Jiang Caiyun quickly got off the car and went straight to the gate of the county government office.
"Excuse me, is there any happy event in the county magistrate's family recently?" Jiang Caiyun asked someone at random.
"Yes, the county magistrate's youngest daughter got married a few days ago. It's said that she married a man who had passed the imperial examination! What a grand occasion! Although this man was a son-in-law..."
Before she could finish her words, Jiang Caiyun left.
Jiang Caiyun arrived at the gate of the county government office and strolled around the nearby stalls, wanting to see if Liu Fan would come out.
Jiang Caiyun waited for a long time but no one showed up, so she thought of going to eat a bowl of wontons to fill her stomach. But just as she was about to leave, she heard some noise coming from the county government office.
Jiang Caiyun turned around and saw through her hat that Liu Fan was supporting a girl as she walked out of the county government office.
Jiang Caiyun listened to the people around her talking about how the county magistrate's son-in-law would take his wife to the theater to watch opera every day, and his wife liked it.
Jiang Caiyun watched them get on the carriage and drive away before she looked away.
It turns out to be true!
Jiang Caiyun stumbled back in despair!
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