Chapter 271 Chapter 271 Such a handsome man is his
The village head's husband said with a smile, "My husband and Uncle Qin and the others yesterday agreed that whoever has chickens will get chickens, and whoever has ducks will get ducks. In short, this matter must be handled beautifully. I'm going to ask your husband to come over and help. I'll also call Qingsong. You and your families are good friends with the Qin family. If you don't come over to help, Brother Yunfanrun will be disappointed."
Li Hui hurriedly said, "Uncle, I understand. I'll go call Brother Qingsong right away."
Not to mention that Xu Yunfan got the first place in the exam and will become a high-ranking official in the future, just say that Xu Yunfan saved her and her child, and also saved the child of Sun Qingsong's family. For this favor, both families would work like slaves for him. Not to mention, Runger wrote to the Xiaoqin family and asked her family to follow the instructions of the steward to cultivate the land. Even Sun Qingsong's family was assigned work. In this way, the two families have no way to repay the Xiaoqin family's kindness to them.
When Sun Mu's mother heard what his wife said, she immediately ran to the chicken coop, grabbed a big rooster that she had raised for a year but was reluctant to eat, and brought it to Sun Mu.
Sun Mu brought chickens, and Sun Qingsong's mother asked Sun Qingsong to bring ducks. The two cousins rushed to Qin's house as if in a dream.
Because the village head's husband was talking to Li Hui's side, both the Sun and Li families were stunned.
What the hell?
Xu Yunfan got first place?
Will Xu Yunfan become an official in the future?
And he went into that Hanlin Academy?
The village chief's husband said that the officials in the Hanlin Academy are very powerful, and Xu Yunfan will be very powerful in the future.
Aunt Li, Aunt Dou and others were in a trance. They had a lot to say, but they opened their mouths, but for some reason, they couldn't say anything.
Look at the current development of the Qin family. The Qin family is going further and further. Then look at your own family?
The son, whom she used to be so proud of, was not only banned from taking the imperial examination, but now even his status as a student has been stripped away for spreading false rumors about the dean of Qingfeng Academy and Master Xu. Several daughters-in-law make trouble and curse all day long, and her youngest daughter has a harder time at her husband's house. Her son, son-in-law, and the blue brick and tile house of the Li family are no longer her capital for boasting.
When the sound of gongs and drums came from the village entrance, Xu Yunfan, wearing a red flower and riding a tall horse, appeared, escorted by a group of yamen runners. Aunt Li and others looked at Xu Yunfan, who now had to look up to them, and couldn't help but think of Xu Yunfan during the autumn harvest, who was wearing an ill-fitting coarse linen shirt, pushing a cart of corn and rushing past their fields, and was ridiculed by them. Looking at the man in front of them who was full of vigor and energy, they suddenly felt regretful.
Behind the team were several horse-drawn carriages, and behind the carriages were villagers from several other villages who had come to watch out of curiosity.
County Magistrate Zhou was afraid that others didn't know why they were making such a fuss, so he ordered people to stop and then dismounted.
As soon as County Magistrate Zhou dismounted, all the people knelt down immediately, and even the Qin clan members who had rushed over after hearing the sound of the gong followed suit.
After County Magistrate Zhou finished speaking, no one could stand up for a long time.
Xu Yunfan saw Old Qin and the village chief kneeling in front of the Qin family. He took a few steps forward, intending to help them up. "Grandpa Qin, what are you doing? Hurry up and get up. Village chief, you should get up too. You are the elders, and this won't look good."
"Yun... Master Xu..." Old Qin found that his brain was not enough. This was the "number one scholar". How could they dare to stand up before the county magistrate gave the order?
"Old man, please get up quickly. Our Master Xu has spoken." County Magistrate Zhou said with a smile and reached out to help the village chief up.
Old Qin was supported by Xu Yunfan. He almost cried when he saw the smiling young man in front of him. Xu Yunfan still recognized him as an elder with no blood relationship. "Hey, Grandpa will get up soon. Where are Run'er and the others? I knew you were coming back today, and your uncle Sun and everyone else..."
Qin Run also got off the carriage with a few children. Looking at the villagers kneeling outside, he felt mixed emotions.
Everyone secretly looked up at the boy and his mute brother whom they used to look down upon and even spoke of with disgust. At this moment, they knew that this boy was no longer someone they could talk about recklessly.
At this time, Qi Xiu Ze also came over. When he saw County Magistrate Zhou, he looked at him and decided that kneeling was impossible for him, so he quickly invited the gentlemen behind him to go to the threshing ground.
The people from other villages who were not invited looked at Qin Run and the children of Qin's family who were surrounded by people, and they could not hide the envy in their eyes.
"Xing'er, look, Xu Yunfan isn't even the real 'number one scholar' yet there's all this fanfare. If he were the real number one scholar, what would happen? Look at those masters. Which one of them is usually visible to us? They're all high and mighty. But did you see today? They all nodded and bowed to Xu Yunfan, trying to curry favor with him. Xiaofeng isn't bad either. Mother remembers the little Taoist priest who ate a bowl of rice at the Xu family back then said that Xiaofeng would be extremely wealthy in the future. What do you think?"
Xu Xing, the village beauty of Xiaoli Village and also the daughter of the village chief, is fair and clean, several shades whiter than other girls in the village. She has rarely worked in the fields since she was a child. She is a lively and pretty girl who once had her eyes on Xu Yunfan and Lu Jin. Unfortunately, Lu Jin is now useless and took Sun Tiantian back to the town and never came back.
As for Xu Yunfan, I heard that this guy is a stubborn person. Sun Tiantian had loved him before, but ended up marrying the wrong person.
Xu Xing didn't dare to express her love for Xu Yunfan, but how could a girl let go of her lover so easily?
Now that they heard that Xu Yunfan was going to be a high-ranking official in the future, they were even more envious. Which girl doesn't want to be an official's wife? They dream about it. It's a pity that Xu Yunfan doesn't look down on them!
"Mom, do you think Xu Yanba can really become an official in the future?" Xu Xing thought, after all, she is the eldest daughter in the family, and she will be an official's wife in the future. Since she can't marry Xu Yunfan, she must not settle.
Mother Xu groaned and patted her daughter, who was still staring blankly at Xu Yunfan as he left. "How could I possibly lie to you? The results haven't been announced yet, so we can take action first. If Xiaofeng really passes the exam, believe it or not, you won't even be the concubine. Look at the masters who are here today. Which family doesn't have several daughters?"
"If they knew that Xiaofeng was good friends with Xu Yunfan and was also a scholar, many people would want to marry their daughters to him. I'm an experienced person and have walked more roads than you have eaten salt. How could I harm you? You can't go wrong by listening to me. If you miss this child Xiaofeng, you won't know where to cry in the future."
Xu's mother had thought it through thoroughly. She and her daughter dared not think about Xu Yunfan, but they could still think about Xu Zhifeng.
It is a matter of great honor for a mother-in-law who cannot become the top scholar to have a son-in-law who is a scholar.
Xu Xing pursed her lips, not really taking it seriously. "He's just lucky enough to pass the exam to become a student. Mother, you think too highly of him. If he could pass the exam to become a scholar after studying for only half a year, would the title of scholar still be so valuable?"
Xu Xing didn't think much of Xu Zhifeng, but in fact, if there was no Xu Yunfan, no matter how poor the Xu family was, just because Xu Zhifeng was a scholar, entered Qingfeng Academy, and passed the examination to become a student, Xu Zhifeng would indeed be the best son-in-law or brother-in-law in the eyes of the aunts, uncles and uncles in the surrounding villages.
What a pity, if we have Yu, why do we have Liang?
"You little girl, do you think it's that easy to pass the exam? If Xiaofeng doesn't have some real skills, how can the dean look at him? You little girl, stop calling people dumb all the time. When you were a child, you were ignorant and bullied others, but now that you've grown up, do you think you're going to bully your own husband in the future?"
Before anything was decided, Xu's mother said this, as if Xu Zhifeng and Xu Xing were already together and her role as mother-in-law was a done deal.
The reason why Xu's mother was so confident was that she believed her family had a high status in the village, they lived in a house made of blue bricks and tiles, and her daughter was pampered like a young lady in town. As long as Xu Zhifeng was not blind, how could he look down on her daughter?
It can only be said that Xu's mother's vision is still narrow after all. She doesn't see that they are both pampered daughters. Others can play the piano, chess, calligraphy, and painting, etc., but what can Xu Xing do? Does she really think that just because her daughter does not do any farm work and is plump and has slender fingers, Liu Ruofufeng is the eldest daughter?
After hearing what her mother said, Xu Xing felt that it made sense, and reluctantly lowered her demands. "Okay, I'll listen to you."
Xu Zhifeng, who was reluctantly favored by Xu Xing, was still picking eggs in his own chicken coop. When he went to the academy to deliver eggs yesterday, Shen Ruxi told him that Xu Yunfan would be back today, and after picking the eggs, he would have to go to Dali Village later.
Xu Zhifeng happily carried a hen and headed towards Dali Village. On the way, he happened to meet villagers who were returning from joining in the fun.
In the past, when these people saw him, they would either look at him with disgust, saying that he smelled like chicken shit, and waved him away, or they would look at him with pity. But no matter what, because he was mute, few people took the initiative to talk to him.
Since he became a Tongsheng, he was treated differently. Whenever people saw him, no matter if it was out of sincerity or compliment, they would always greet him with a smile.
Xu's mother walked forward with a familiar look, her eyes landing on Xu Zhifeng's backpack. "Xiaofeng, are you going to Dali Village? You better hurry. Master Xu has already returned. County Magistrate Zhou personally sent him back. What a grand occasion!"
"Yeah." Xu Zhifeng replied indifferently. Seeing Xu Xing standing beside Aunt Xu and looking at him, he said indifferently, "If Aunt Xu has nothing else to do, I'll leave first."
"Well, then, hurry up and when you get to Xiao Qin's house, remember to greet the county magistrate. Also, greet the other masters who came today. Get to know more people. Later... child, your aunt has watched you grow up and treats you like a half-son."
Xu Zhifeng was confused by the elder's instructions to the younger, and he didn't care. However, the other party's last sentence made Xu Zhifeng think too much.
When the other people in Xiaoli Village heard what Xu's mother said, they couldn't help but think to themselves, this woman is really quick to choose a son-in-law for her daughter.
There were more than twenty tables of food on the Qin family's threshing ground, with eight dishes on each table. There was nothing missing, including things flying in the sky, running on the ground, and swimming in the water. Xu Yunfan accompanied County Magistrate Zhou to sit down, and also called the village chief, Old Qin, and Xie Baizhou to join them. Qin Run didn't even have time to rest when he came back, and got busy with the other aunts and grandmas.
It is impossible not to be busy. Not to mention those wealthy people who come to make friends, the students in the academy alone are enough to keep everyone busy.
Fortunately, Lin Xiaoran came over to check in the morning and discovered the problem immediately.
not enough!
Thirty chickens and more than thirty ducks are not enough at all!
Excluding those who had returned to their registered places to take the entrance exams and were waiting for the results to be announced, there were at least several hundred students in the academy. There were eight people at a table, and each table had a chicken, a duck, a fish, and pork. It was not enough.
Lin Xiaoran ran to the town's slaughterhouse early in the morning and brought back a batch of meat. At this moment, everyone was busy chopping meat and serving the dishes.
As soon as Xu Zhifeng arrived, Lin Xiaoran took him to entertain the other people who arrived one after another. Qin Run had ten more tables brought over. Seeing this, He Gusheng spontaneously went to help. As for his son, he had not been seen since he got off the carriage, and no one knew where Dabao and the others took him.
Qin must have been the last one to eat. The adults hadn't even had time to eat, let alone the children.
However, for the Qin family's children who could eat meat every few days, eating meat was not as tempting as playing with their friends.
As soon as Qin An, Qin Mu and the others came back, a group of little brats including Sandan, Xiaoshan, Niu Niu and others rushed up and surrounded Qin Mu and the other little guys.
Until they discovered He Weichen hiding timidly behind Qin Mu, a group of little ones exclaimed and pointed at He Weichen, "Angel, where did you get such a cute little brother? His eyes are so big! Round and black, like..." like what? Xiaoshan was stuck and couldn't think of what it looked like, but he just thought it looked good.
Dadan laughed and said, "It looks like ripe wild grapes on the mountain, but wild grapes are much smaller than my brother's eyes. Ang'er, who is he?"
Qin An leaned close to He Weichen's ear and whispered something. The frightened He Weichen looked from Qin An to Dadan and the others with his big, dark eyes. He seemed to have made up his mind and stood up. He clasped his hands together, lowered his head, and whispered cautiously, "My name is He Weichen, and I'm Brother An's friend."
"You are An Ge'er's friend? Then you are our friend from now on. An Ge'er, why did you go for so long? We all missed you."
A group of children gathered together and expressed their longing for each other. After Xiaobao, the little man from the Qin family, moved the three toy cars off the carriage and found a way to pull them over, the appearance of the three toy cars immediately made the three eggs shout.
He Gusheng at least remembered to take some time to check on his child, and found that his son was being taken by a group of children to play together on a slope.
"Brother, don't be afraid. Come, sit behind me and I will take you flying." Xiaoshan sat in the car and patted the seat behind him, asking He Weichen to sit on it.
This little brother is thin and small, but his face is so cute. It makes people happy just looking at him and want to play with him.
He Weichen was just a child, and curiosity overcame his fear. He wanted to ride in the toy car, and his brothers and sisters were so nice to him, so he didn't even remember being afraid. He stepped directly and sat behind Xiaoshan.
"Wow~"
"Wow~~"
"Hahaha……"
The children's screams and laughter were heard. He Gusheng looked at He Weichen from afar. He was shy like a little girl who couldn't show her teeth and had to cover her lips with her hands when she laughed. His eyes were red and he felt a little heartbroken.
He Gusheng was relieved that the child was not isolated or bullied, and turned around to get back to work.
The banquet lasted until noon. Halfway through, because Qin Run was worried that the children would be hungry, he asked someone to put several large basins of meat and vegetables on a table by the roadside and let the children eat while standing on the road.
Xu Yunfan was bragging with everyone else, and he glanced over casually and found it funny.
On the way to the threshing ground, there was a group of children, some standing with bowls in their arms, some squatting and gnawing on bones. Without exception, each of them had a bowl and chopsticks in their hands, and they were all working hard, eating with relish and satisfaction.
A group of human cubs ate with greasy mouths and smiles on their faces. After a pot of chicken was finished, a lady smiled and poured another half pot into it.
No matter how Xu Yunfan looked at it, he felt that the way the old lady poured the food looked like she was feeding a group of piglets.
At noon, Xu Zhifeng, who had been busy for half a day, could finally sit down and have a good meal. Qi Xiu Ze and his friends had been hungry since morning, so they didn't care about anything else and just picked up their bowls and started eating.
Xu Yunfan, who was toasting each table to express his gratitude, brought a bowl of wine and said, "Brothers, thank you for your hard work. I will remember your kindness. I will drink this glass of wine. You can enjoy it as you please."
Qi Xiu Ze wiped his mouth roughly and stared at Xu Yunfan, who looked puzzled. "Why are you looking at me like that? Drink!"
"There's something mysterious about this bowl of wine of yours. You've toasted more than a dozen tables of people, and there's still half a bowl left."
Xu Yunfan, whose trick was exposed, said calmly, "Well, you know I can't drink much. I'm a married woman, unlike you bachelors. If I get drunk, I'll be scolded by my husband. How can you bachelors compare to me? You've grown up and should know better."
Xu Yunfan was driven away. Xie Baizhou picked up a piece of meat and looked at He Gusheng, who had barely touched his chopsticks. "He Xiucai, why aren't you eating?"
As soon as He Gusheng got off the carriage, he started busying around. Seeing that he was a stranger, everyone naturally asked about him. Qin Run introduced He Gusheng to everyone and then went about his business.
Upon learning that the skinny He Gusheng was actually a scholar, the Qin family was very polite to him. Qi Xiu Ze and others chatted with him for a few minutes and became familiar with him.
The banquet lasted until the afternoon. Fortunately, Qin Run had someone from the Qin family to help him, so he didn't have to stay to clean up. When he helped Xu Yunfan back to Xiao Qin's house, he breathed a sigh of relief. "Sit here first. I'll get you a glass of water."
Ever since Jing Mingze came to Dali Village once, Li Liu returned to live at Xiao Qin's house. Even though they hadn't been back for a long time, the house was kept clean with Li Liu around.
Xu Yunfan didn't drink much when he toasted, but he took a sip each time, and ended up drinking a whole bowl. Now he was feeling dizzy, with his hands on his knees, sitting obediently in the main room, but his eyes were fixed on Qin Run.
The wealthy families who came today did not come alone. Most of them brought their sons or daughters with them. When they got to know each other, these gentlemen would always talk about their own children intentionally or unintentionally, and ask Xu Yunfan if he had any idea of taking in a child.
Although Xu Yunfan refused at the time on the grounds that his academic future was more important and he had no interest in personal relationships, some people always felt that he was pretending to be noble, or was just embarrassed.
As a man, who doesn’t want to have three wives and four concubines, and be surrounded by girls?
For other men, such a life is undoubtedly the pinnacle of life, but for Xu Yunfan, the pinnacle of life he wants does not include this.
It was noisy at that time. Even if he didn't hear anything, seeing so many boys and girls, Qin Run was not a fool. He had lived in the capital for a long time, and things he didn't know before, he understood after the popularization of the two masters of the Qin family.
Xu Yunfan was a little worried. On the way back, Qin Run didn't say a word to him. Was he angry?
Qin Run, who was pouring water in the kitchen, didn't think much about it. He trusted Xu Yunfan's character, so how could he be angry with him for such an inexplicable thing?
What's more, he also knew that although Xu Yunfan's eyes looked beautiful, they were actually "blind".
He just knew, and firmly believed, that Xu Yunfan liked ugly guys like him.
Qin Run knows what he is like better than anyone else.
In Qin Run's opinion, compared with other brothers, he had no shining points. He could do business, but other brothers couldn't do it? As for his cooking skills that could satisfy Xu Yunfan, it was nothing to him, but Xu Yunfan just liked him.
Xu Yunfan is extremely "blind".
But Qin Run didn't know that in Xu Yunfan's view, apart from his parents and relatives, no one could love him more and pamper him more than Qin Run.
It doesn't matter whether Qin Run is good at music, chess, calligraphy, painting, or having a beautiful woman by his side. Xu Yunfan doesn't need him to have any shining points. He just wants Qin Run to like him, love him, and pamper him forever.
Xu Yunfan had made a fool of himself before because of his birthday. On his birthday, Qin Run was busy early. He not only prepared a sumptuous dinner for him, but also prepared another gift for him.
Qin Run prepared twenty gifts for him. Although they were not expensive items, they were just some purses, clothes, shoes, belts, coats that he had sewn by himself... But these ordinary, worthless things seemed to Xu Yunfan like the gifts given by Xu's father and others, all of which were priceless treasures.
Xu Yunfan remembered that during that period, Qin Run had a layer of cloth wrapped around her index finger. He asked her about it, but Qin Run said that she had accidentally cut it. Although she was not good at needlework, she was reluctant to give up even though her index finger was swollen. She prepared twenty gifts for him stitch by stitch.
Although the gifts were delivered late, Qin Run still delivered them to Xu Yunfan.
In the past, Xu Yunfan didn’t understand what those brothers who were in love were thinking. They knew they didn’t know how to knit a scarf, but they still took the trouble to learn how to knit a scarf. There were plenty of such things on the Internet. Instead of spending time on this kind of thing, why not use this time to do something else meaningful?
Now that he received Qin Run’s gift, Xu Yunfan finally understood.
A good person like Qin Run, even if he doesn't have any shining points in the eyes of others, his love for himself is unmatched.
Xu Yunfan thought confusedly, Qin Run is good, very good, very good.
He likes Qin Run so much!
Such a handsome man is his, and belongs to him alone.
When he thought of this, Xu Yunfan's heart was filled with joy.
Qin Run came over with a bowl of water. Seeing the dazed man, he asked softly, "What are you thinking about? Are you sleepy? Can I get some water to wipe you off?"
Xu Yunfan looked at Qin Run with drunken eyes, tilted his head, and answered irrelevantly, "Are you angry?"
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