Chapter 289 290. The Matchmaker
Time always flies by unknowingly, and today is already the eighth day of Enke.
The weather seemed clear in the morning, but suddenly it started to rain heavily.
"I don't know how Wenheng is doing?" Jin Qianqian paced back and forth in the corridor anxiously, looking at the heavy rain that refused to stop.
I don’t know whether Gu Wenheng will be assigned to one of those temporary thatched houses.
They had gone that way before when they were building it, and no matter how well it was treated, it would still leak when it encountered this kind of rain.
“…”
In the dormitory, as soon as Gu Wenheng felt the crackling sound on the roof, he quickly began to collect the completed test papers and wrapped them with several layers of oil paper.
Fortunately, he had already finished writing the test paper handed out this morning, and the ink had even dried, so it didn't matter if he just put the paper away.
He glanced at the white-robed scholar opposite him and found that he was doing the same thing. He smiled knowingly and simply found the clay pot to make himself a cup of tea.
In contrast to the comfort he was feeling, he soon heard some crying sounds. After listening carefully, he realized that the papers were soaked in water because of incomplete preparation and the serious leak in the roof.
At this time, I could also hear the invigilator's scolding, which meant that if I made any more noise, he would drag me out.
Gu Wenheng sighed, looked up at his roof which had already started to leak, and had no choice but to stand up, turn his desk into a bed, and stuff all his things underneath.
The scholar opposite also imitated him, and waited until he had finished cleaning up before grinning at him.
Gu Wenheng nodded at him, changed direction without dripping water, held the teacup, and drove away the coolness around him.
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"It's raining so hard, and you and your son didn't even come back early." Wang Caiyue muttered to herself when she saw the two of them running into the house.
"The roof is leaking. How can we live here?"
Hearing his wife's constant complaints, Gu Yuanmu silently turned around, carried the ladder in the corner, and wanted to repair the roof.
"I don't know when the Xu family will give me the money. I don't want to stay in this house any longer. It's small and dirty. It can't stop the rain."
"Alright, stop nagging." Gu Yuanmu said impatiently, "At least the three of us, father and son, didn't let you starve. You stayed at home all day and didn't even come up to fix it."
"How could I do that? If I can't fix it and the roof gets broken, then I really can't live here anymore." Wang Caiyue pouted, wondering in her heart why the matchmaker was so unreliable? So many days have passed, why hasn't she given an explanation yet?
Gu Lehuan held the ladder, and Gu Lexi helped pass the grass up and moved a few places, so that the water droplets in the house did not look so serious.
Seeing the mess in the house, Gu Yuanmu suppressed his anger and said, "You can't do anything about the roof, but you don't even know how to clean up the house?"
"What's the point of cleaning it up? It's still leaking everywhere, and with so little belongings of ours, what difference does it make whether we clean it up or not?"
Seeing that Wang Caifeng was still standing there with a righteous attitude, Gu Yuanmu clenched his fist and stopped himself from hitting her.
I don’t know when this woman changed. Now she doesn’t want to help with anything and can’t even take care of the house all day.
"Le Huan, go and light the fire. We've been busy all day and we're all hungry." Looking at the cold stove, Gu Yuanmu didn't say anything to Wang Caiyue and took his two sons to cook.
"I won't feel hungry if I'm home alone." Unfortunately, her complaint received no response at all. The father and his two sons were all silent and worked there.
When the rain finally stopped, the matchmaker, who had not appeared for several days, walked in with red eyes.
"Oh, elder sister, you are finally here," Wang Caiyue hurried over, helped her and was about to lead her inside.
"Stop busying yourself, I'll just come over to say a few words." As soon as the matchmaker opened her mouth, Wang Caiyue had a bad premonition in her heart.
"Your boy's marriage is probably going to fail," As expected, what the matchmaker said made Wang Caiyue almost fall down.
"But what's wrong?"
The matchmaker looked at the father and his two sons standing by and sighed, "My elder sister has not been able to hold on these past two days, and now our family is holding a funeral.
I wanted to persuade Xu Nuo to arrange the marriage while the mourning period was in full swing, but this girl was stubborn and insisted on mourning for her mother. "
If other things are delaying it, they can be sorted out, but this is mourning period and outsiders cannot interfere.
"How could this happen?" Wang Caiyue covered her chest with her hands. She had already found out that there were two yards for sale nearby and she was comparing them. Now everything was over.
"There really is nothing we can do about this. Fortunately, Miss Xu knows that she is in the wrong, so she deliberately asked me to come here to tell you that this matter is over. This is a small token of her appreciation, and let's forget about the previous matter."
After the matchmaker finished speaking, she stuffed two silver ingots into her hands, nodded at the stunned father and his two sons, and turned away.
"Why is my life so miserable?" Wang Caiyue suddenly sat on the ground and burst into tears, leaving the three of them, father and son, feeling bewildered.
Isn’t this a good thing? You don’t have to do anything and you can get ten taels of silver. Where can you find such a good thing?
Moreover, with these two ingots of silver, their lives would be a little easier. If they really found their fellow villagers, they would have food for the trip back home.
Gu Yuanmu walked over, took the silver from her hand and put it in his arms.
Wang Caifeng was anxious, "What are you doing? Give me back the money."
Gu Yuanmu, “I gave you the money before, but look at what you think of this family?
I will keep this silver for now, it is our family's last hope."
Then he called his two sons, "Now that the rain has stopped, go out and see if there is any work you can do."
Looking at the father and his two sons leaving together, Wang Caifeng stared into the distance blankly.
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Finally the last day arrived. Gu Wenheng placed all the papers one by one and waited for the invigilator to come and collect the papers before he began to pack his bag.
I packed up all my things carefully and sat quietly on the bed, waiting for the news of leaving.
The same scholar in a white robe also followed his example and restored the entire cell to its original state.
"Leave," waiting for the long-awaited voice to come, Gu Wenheng carried all the things on his back, nodded to the scholar opposite, and strode out.
Because he had made preparations in advance, it can be said that he was the first one to appear in front of everyone before the door opened.
"It's out!" The people waiting outside started to get excited and tried to squeeze forward, but were frightened by the guards drawing their swords and retreated back to their original positions.
Gu Wenheng looked around and saw the unique mark on the roof at a glance, so he pushed through the crowd and squeezed out.
(End of this chapter)
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