Chapter 24: Poor Old Wife VS Scholarly Husband (7)
As soon as the prefecture-level carriage stopped outside the fence, the neighbors immediately gathered around, bustling around, and from a distance they looked like neatly lined ants.
They had received orders from the government office long ago, and had been waiting on the roadside to welcome the new prefect.
"Greetings, Master Prefect." Shi Yi followed the others and knelt on the ground.
"Stand up." The attendant opened the curtain of the carriage, and Chen Yushi, wearing the prefect's official uniform, walked out leisurely.
He saw his old wife kneeling in the crowd at a glance.
It was a familiar voice.
Everyone wanted to look up and take a peek, but they didn't dare to move because of the official's authority.
Shi Yi raised his head, somewhat incredulously, "Husband."
She called out.
The moment the others stood up, they mustered up the courage to peek at the prefect's face, and when they found that it was Chen Yushi himself, their faces changed.
Chen Yushi, the Chen Yushi who always sang in the mountains while chopping wood, really became a high-ranking official. He is really invaluable now...
"My wife," Chen Yushi smiled and helped her up, "Do you believe that I am the prefect now?"
All he did was just to make his old wife believe it with peace of mind.
"I believe it." Shi Yi stretched out his hand and patted his face, "Is this true?"
She didn't expect that because of her arrival, the male protagonist became a high-ranking official one step faster.
"It's true." Chen Yushi held her hand and walked towards the main hall.
He was going to pray to his ancestors formally. He, Chen Yushi, is now the prefect and has brought honor to the family.
As for those villagers who had mocked and teased him, there was no need to care about them now.
"Other idle people, please leave." The prefect's entourage drove away the neighbors with a tactful look.
When the neighbors dispersed, they all talked about it.
"It's hard to imagine that Chen Yushi has really become a high-ranking official now."
"Chen Li has finally made it."
"It is said that men become bad when they become officials. I wonder if Chen Yushi will abandon his wife."
"Don't talk nonsense. Sister-in-law Chen has made a lot of sacrifices for this family and for him."
"Women, their best time is only the first few years of marriage. Sister-in-law Chen is so old now, what attraction can she have. Even if Chen Yushi doesn't divorce her, it's just out of consideration for his kindness
." "You guys are just worrying too much. Chen Yushi has now become an unattainable prefect, with power, fame and wealth. We ordinary people should go home and think carefully about the things we did to offend him in the past, apologize quickly, and let him stop bothering us."
"Chen Yushi is not such a petty person, right?"
"People are different when they have power. He is now a prefect, he must hate people like us very much."
"You, don't judge others by your own mean heart."
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"Look, I said Chen Yu Shihui would be a nobleman." Huang Ersao followed the crowd and moved forward, showing off her foresight to her husband.
She was actually surprised that Chen Yu Shihui, who had always been looked down upon, actually became a high-ranking official.
"Come on," Huang Erge rolled his eyes and said without any courtesy, "You were the one who cursed the most fiercely at the beginning."
If he hadn't tried to smooth things over, he might have been at odds with the Chen family long ago.
"You are not allowed to call the governor by his name casually." The attendants stopped Huang Ersao and his wife.
"Sir, we, the common people, didn't mean it." Huang Erge took the initiative to beg for mercy.
He didn't want to go to jail and be beaten for his talkativeness.
"Yes, Sir, please forgive us this time." Huang Ersao echoed her husband.
Although the two tried their best to remain calm, they were trembling with fear in the face of the fierce governor's attendants, as if they were walking on thin ice, and they were obviously afraid.
"Be careful next time. You common people can't call the governor by his name." The attendant had done some work on the new governor before, and had seen the portraits of the two. He knew that the two were the closest neighbors to the new governor, so he didn't make things difficult for him. He just threatened them and left.
"Sigh~" Huang Er's wife wiped the cold sweat on her forehead, "I was really scared."
"It's all because of you. You had to talk about it in broad daylight." Huang Er's wife pinched his arm.
"It hurts~" Huang Er covered the pinched part and begged for mercy.
"It's all because of your lack of ambition." Huang Er's wife stepped hard on his face and ran back home as fast as she could.
In the main hall.
Shi Yi followed Chen Yu Shi and knelt on the ground. Chen Yu Shi was praying to his ancestors, muttering:
"Ancestors, the tenth-generation grandson Chen Yu Shi was appointed by the emperor as the governor of the government office, which brought honor to the family." Shi
Yi looked at the man in front of him, with real heartache in his eyes.
He was able to have what he has today, and it was obvious that he had worked hard during his days in Chang'an.
"Xiao Sun has studied for more than 30 years. He can achieve today's glory without the help of his virtuous wife. Without his virtuous wife Chen Li, Xiao Sun would not be where he is today. Xiao Sun, today I swear in front of all the ancestors that if I do anything to let my virtuous wife down in this life, I will be struck by lightning, die a miserable death, and be transformed into a pig or dog forever, and never have a good end..." Shi Yi
covered his mouth and whispered, "What are you talking about! What if the ancestors take
it seriously?!" "I'm afraid that the ancestors don't take it seriously," Chen Yushi held her hand, stared at her face, and deeply engraved her appearance into his heart.
He suddenly remembered his wedding with her.
At that time, he was so poor that he could hardly make ends meet, but the girl still married him without hesitation.
In order to prevent her from being wronged, he borrowed five taels of money from each of the woodcutters around him, and went to the government office to make a silver hairpin for her.
On the wedding night, he was drunk, took out the hairpin from his bosom, lifted her veil, and inserted it crookedly into her temples.
"My wife, you are so beautiful."
"Thank you, husband."
The girl's eyebrows and eyes were picturesque, and her lips were as red as blood.
"My wife, you are still as beautiful as when you got married." He woke up from his memories and looked at the person in front of him.
More than 30 years of living together have long made their affection surpass love and become inseparable family affection.
"Don't look at me." Shi Yi lowered his head slightly, "I have wrinkles now, and I am no longer young."
Aging has always been a murder weapon that kills a woman's beauty. But if used properly, it will also make men pity her.
Chen Yushi reached out and hugged her, sighing: "Your appearance when you were young has always been engraved in my heart. In my heart, you are the most beautiful. How can I, Chen Yushi, marry a fairy like you?"
He remembered that on the wedding day, the girl walked down the sedan chair, the breeze gently blew the girl's red veil, the girl lowered her eyebrows and smiled, shy as a flower.
"But I'm not beautiful now." Shi Yi showed a frustrated look on his face.
"How could that be? Compared to your beautiful face when you were young, I also like your wrinkles with the traces of time now." He gently kissed her between the eyebrows.
(End of this chapter)
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