Xiao Guo ignored his words and used a little bit of strength to pull Mrs. Kong up.

"Old Kong!"

Mrs. Kong screamed in surprise, and Xiaoguo became more certain of the identities of the two people after hearing it. As expected, he was right in his guess.

"Don't be afraid!" Confucius excitedly prepared to stand up, but soon he was forced to sit down again.

Xiao Guo retracted his gaze and casually arranged Mrs. Kong to sit on the seat on the other side. It seemed that he was doing it with great effort, but in fact his movements were very gentle.

Mrs. Kong could personally feel the change in her hand strength and gave her a strange look.

Xiao Guo first secretly winked at her mischievously, then turned his back to Mrs. Kong and whispered something in her ear. Mrs. Kong, who had been panicking just now, calmed down instantly, and kept blinking at her, as if she couldn't believe it.

Xiaoguo chuckled and apologized secretly in her heart, "I'm sorry."

"I didn't lie to you. We just arrived in the county today and didn't take any money with us in a hurry. We really have money at home." Confucius, who had been observing them, saw the lady's dazed face and subconsciously thought that she was frightened, so he couldn't wait to speak.

Xiao Guo interrupted him impatiently, "Actually, I can also treat you guys to a meal for free, but..."

"But what?" Mr. Kong looked alert, and did not forget to use his eyes to comfort Mrs. Kong behind him.

Mrs. Kong was not afraid at all at this moment, but for Xiaoguo's sake, she still pretended to be frightened.

"But..."

Confucius' heart was slowly lifted by her voice.

Xiao Guo chuckled and said sarcastically, "Do you think you are Confucius? If you were Confucius, I would treat you to a meal for free!"

"I am Confucius, Kong Bang!"

Confucius felt as if he had taken a tranquilizer. Since he was Confucius, he probably wouldn't make things difficult for them.

"What?!"

The few people who were still watching the show could no longer sit still after hearing this. Even Ruyi and Zhuangzhuang, who were cooking in the kitchen, poked their heads out and looked at him in surprise.

When Xiaoguo heard him admit it, her temper suddenly softened and she said with a smile, "You finally admitted it."

"!?"

The anger on Kong Fuzi's face disappeared instantly. He looked at her changes in confusion. Then he thought about it and combined it with the reactions of the people around him. He realized that he might have been fooled.

“This…hahahahaha~”

Confucius laughed heartily, stroking his beard. He never thought that after making people laugh all his life, he would now be the one being laughed at.

"Old man, you have stumbled." Mrs. Kong stood up, walked to his side with a smile, patted him on the shoulder and said teasingly.

Ruyi and Zhuangzhuang came out of the kitchen. Qin Anming pulled Xiaoguo over to one side and asked in a low voice, "Is it really Confucius?"

Xiao Guo nodded and then said, "That's when I found out too."

"How did you know that?"

Confucius believed that he had not committed any crime and could not understand how she knew and was able to kill them.

"If you had looked at me less, I wouldn't have noticed." Confucius' acting skills were indeed good, except for the flaws.

As soon as these words came out, Confucius burst into laughter. It turned out that it was because of this.

Ruyi and the others looked as if they had seen their idol, staring at Confucius with stars in their eyes. They hid behind Xiaoguo, wanting to come forward but feeling reserved.

"Hello, Master Kong and Madam Kong. I am Qin Xiaoguo, the wife of Jiang Shanhe. This is my son. His full name is Jiang Qingwen, his nickname is Zhuangzhuang, and he is four years old this year."

Xiao Guo immediately introduced the people hiding behind him, "This is my brother, Qin Anming, this is the noodle shop owner Xu Ruyi, this is Uncle Xu, Linglong Fuer, and Xiao Cui."

After the introduction, he once again sincerely apologized to Confucius, "I'm so sorry, I just played a joke on you."

"It's okay, Xiaoguo. If you don't make fun of him, he will make fun of you." Mrs. Kong took Xiaoguo's hand and sat down, saying lovingly, "This is the first time I see him being embarrassed. Usually he is the one who teases others, but it's your turn to let me see it when others tease him. Thank goodness you've let me see it."

Confucius didn't say anything, but just laughed heartily.

Gu Xue Xiaoguo secretly rejoiced in her heart that this was the right decision. She had been a little hesitant just now, wondering if it was too risky, but the result was surprisingly good.

At that time, I guess Confucius just wanted to test me to see if I would pay for his meal. However, I recognized his identity and caught him off guard, which had a good effect.

"Strong?"

"Hello, Confucius."

Zhuangzhuang heard him calling his name, so he stood in front of him obediently, still a little nervous in his heart.

“Okay, okay!”

Confucius was so happy that he could hardly stop grinning. The happiest thing was that he met Zhuangzhuang. At that time, he guessed that Jiang Shanhe was a stable person and his child would definitely be good, so he agreed to take a look. He didn't expect that this child would be so good, but a treasure.

However, no one expected that the steady Jiang Shanhe would marry a quirky woman.

Confucius had already decided to accept Zhuangzhuang, but there were still many things that had not been made clear, and this was not the place to talk, so he decided to go back to their residence and talk in detail.

Xiaoguo nodded repeatedly at this decision.

But before we go back, there is one more thing.

"I really didn't bring any silver this time. I'm going home right now and I'll have someone send you some silver when I get back. Is that okay with you?"

When Ruyi heard him say this, she quickly waved her hand to indicate that it was not necessary.

"You don't have to make a special trip. You can just eat it next time when you eat noodles."

Xiaoguo smiled and took over the conversation for Ruyi.

Confucius thought about it carefully, then nodded, "Okay!"

He is not the kind of person who would use his reputation to take advantage of others, and he would not do such a thing as eating someone's meal for free. So he decided to settle the bill together next time when he comes to eat noodles.

He decided to come and eat noodles again tomorrow at noon, and he wanted to try a different flavor.

Xiaoguo gestured to Qin Anming and the others, and then used a donkey cart to pull Zhuangzhuang and the two elders Kong towards their home.

"That's great! I thought we had to walk back." Mrs. Kong said happily as she sat in the donkey cart. "Thanks to Xiaoguo, otherwise our old arms and legs would have suffered."

"Haha, what a blessing."

Xiaoguo smiled and said, if it wasn’t fate, how could they have met by chance.

"Yes, it's fate."

Confucius took over the conversation, stroked Zhuangzhuang's little head, and looked at him lovingly, "If Zhuangzhuang hadn't pulled us in, we would have really gone to another restaurant."

Xiao Guo didn't know what happened, and asked in confusion, "Zhuangzhuang?"

“Yes.”

Confucius told them again what had just happened when Zhuangzhuang had pulled them into the store.

Zhuangzhuang quickly followed up with a little more information, explaining how he figured it out, which made everyone laugh.

After returning to the residence, Mr. Kong took Zhuangzhuang to the room to talk, while Xiaoguo chatted with Mrs. Kong in the room.

At first, Xiao Guo saw the couple moving boxes. It turned out that they were the people who had served the two elders Kong thirty years ago. Now they followed them back to Yonghai County to retire.

Xiaoguo also knew that Confucius and his wife had been from Yonghai County since childhood. The house here was the house they had lived in before, but later they went to the capital and the house was left vacant. Now that they have returned, they will not leave.

Xiaoguo and Mrs. Kong got along better and better as they chatted. Before long, Zhuangzhuang and Mr. Kong appeared, both of them with happy looks on their faces.

"Zhuangzhuang, I'll take it."

As soon as the words came out, Xiaoguo clapped his hands happily, "This is great!"

"The day after tomorrow is a good day, so let's hold the apprenticeship banquet on that day."