Chapter 306 307. Returning Home in Glory
Shi Dayong felt that things were not that simple. His mother-in-law's temper would not allow her to teach Gu Yuanfeng a lesson for no reason.
"Get to the point."
Gu Yuanfeng could only blame everything on the He family. "They are the ones who came to our house to cause trouble. My mother took her anger out on me. Hurry up and drive the car back. I will come over tomorrow and say a few nice words to you."
Shi Dayong really wanted to knock this woman's head off. After all, those two girls were his own daughters. Even if she said to bring the children to the Shi family, for the sake of Yue family's face, would he, Shi Dayong, bravely refute her?
What's more, they are just two girls, and the dowry has been given away. Why do they have to make the relationship so strained?
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Gu Wenheng sat in the carriage and looked at the honor guard outside. He smiled and said to Jin Qianqian, "This is really full of ritual sense. No wonder the ancients yearned so much to pass the imperial examination and return home in glory."
Jin Qianqian, "But because of this, the journey that was supposed to take two or three days was dragged out to four or five days. Fortunately, our home is not far from Shangjing, otherwise the little vacation time we were given would not be enough."
Gu Wenheng, "There are too many people running along the road to watch. Even if they want to walk faster, they can't. But if they walk faster, they will enter Fu County."
Jin Qianqian opened the curtain and saw that the outside was crowded with people again. She knew that Gu Wenheng's mascot had to go out for a ride again. "It won't be easy next time. There are a lot of people waiting at home. Thank you for your hard work, husband."
"You've been tired of running around with me," Gu Wenheng saw the dark circles in her eyes. These days of stopping and starting were much more tiring than traveling all the way, not to mention that she had to bring two children with her.
Gu Wenheng stood up, straightened his clothes, and was about to lift the curtain to go out, but Gu Benluo hugged his thigh directly, "Dad, I want to go too."
Gu Wenheng held the man in his arms. He had gotten used to it in the past few days. This kid loved to show off, and he looked even more impressive when riding a horse than him.
Jin Qianqian, "You're pampering him again. He's about to steal all your limelight."
Gu Wenheng pinched Luo Luo's little cheek and said, "Let him get used to it first. When he passes the exam and becomes the top scorer, he will have experience."
"Number one, number one." Gu Benluo's face was full of excitement. He had heard so many people cheering these days, and he became excited too.
Jin Qianqian helped him put on the black gauze hat with golden flowers, and the carriage stopped at this time.
Jin Qianqian lifted the curtain and saw that they had arrived at the gate of the county town.
There was a large crowd of people standing there, including many familiar faces.
Gu Wenheng led his wife and children down from the carriage. Magistrate Xia had already come with the yamen runners and local officials to pay their respects. Gu Wenheng hurried over to support Magistrate Xia and said, "Master Xia, there is no need to be polite. Please wait here for a while."
"These are what a humble official should do," Xia Chenglin felt mixed emotions. Years ago, this young scholar had to be very respectful in front of him.
But in the blink of an eye, he became a sixth-rank minister close to the emperor.
Gu Wenheng looked at Li Yong, He Xiaodong and others standing behind him, nodded at them, and didn't say much, but this was enough to make them excited.
After a brief greeting, Gu Wenheng rode his tall horse as usual, circled around Fu County, and then rode straight to Gaoling Village.
As the convoy reached Fu County, the servants sent by Gu Yuanjin rushed all the way back to the village. Li Sanbu led all the villagers, young and old, to wait at the village entrance early.
When they arrived at the village entrance, they found that people from several nearby villages had already been waiting there. After all, it was a rare event, and everyone wanted to come and share in the joy.
Looking at everyone's envious eyes, Gu Sanbu straightened his back. All the glory of his life was concentrated in this moment.
Li Cuicui, surrounded by several sons and daughters-in-law, was full of excitement. Even Gu Dashi raised his head and tried his best to straighten his slightly hunched back.
No matter how much he disagreed with his sons, at this moment, he was proud.
Song Xiuniang has been living in fear these days. She has not had any children for several years, and the Le family is not as concerned about her as before.
As life got better and better, she became increasingly worried that one day she would have a new sister in the family.
Now that her seventh uncle has passed the imperial examination and become the top scholar, the status threshold of the entire family has been raised. If the Gu Le family really wants to marry another wife, she, who is alone here, has no right or ability to object.
She tried hard to suppress the tears in her eyes. If she dared to show any sadness at this moment, the whole village would probably glare at her.
"Here they come," Liu Heizi, who was exploring the way ahead, shouted loudly as they ran over.
In fact, even if they didn't report the news, everyone could hear the sound of gongs and drums coming from afar.
"Seventh Brother is back," Gu Yuantu was so excited that he stood on tiptoe to look. He was an honest man and a little clumsy in doing business. If he didn't have a younger brother who was a scholar supporting him behind his back, who knows how many schemes he would have fallen into.
Things are even better now. There is an official in his family, and he is the top scholar in the imperial examination. Whenever he goes out these days, he can feel that others no longer look down on him.
"It's a pity that our ancestral tablets have not been brought back yet," Gu Sanbu felt a little uncomfortable when he thought about the step of ancestor worship. If the ancestral hall could be built earlier and the ancestral tablets could be brought back, everything today would be perfect.
Gu Shulin looked into the distance with some envy. When he was studying in a private school, getting a name on the list of successful candidates was his dream.
Although it is a bit regrettable, this honor still belongs to the Gu family.
The children in the village are somewhat ignorant, but also full of yearning, because the adults in their families said that as long as they study hard now, they may become the second glory of the entire clan in the future.
As they were about to enter the village, Gu Wenheng and Jin Qianqian packed up their family.
When they arrived at the entrance of the village, Gu Wenheng hurriedly stopped the carriage and walked quickly towards the crowd in front with his family.
Looking at Gu Wenheng wearing a black hat with a golden flower, a bright red robe, and walking quickly with his wife and children, followed by a group of guards and servants. Even Lord Xia, who had been to the village before, was following far behind.
Everyone couldn't help swallowing their saliva. The seventh son of the Gu family was really different from them.
"Dad, Mom, my son is back." Gu Wenheng would naturally not leave any handle for himself at this last moment, and he knelt down to Gu Dashi and Li Cuicui.
Li Cuicui came back to her senses instantly, took a step forward, and held him tightly, "Glad that you're back. We can talk about it when we get home."
In her heart, Lao Qi looks really good in this red robe, so he should not get it dirty here.
Gu Wenheng did not look back at the guards who were sending him back home, but he knew that his every move was in the eyes of these people.
He lifted up his robe and knelt heavily on the ground, kowtowed three times to Li Cuicui and the others. Although he didn't say anything, everyone could see the gratitude in his eyes.
(End of this chapter)
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