When Zhou came over, Shen Cui was just arguing with the system.
[The host's mood didn't seem to be affected when he saw Mu Yunchuan this time? 】
[Erpang has grown up, what should I be afraid of? 】Chen Cui couldn't help laughing when she thought of her young housekeeper,【and he would soon come to an end, and he would have fame and honor in the future. 】
[Is it really just because of training target No. 1? 】
There is nothing to hide from the system, Shen Cui continued: [Of course there are other things. 】
At first, she was wary of Mu Yunchuan. On the one hand, it was because of the inequality in strength between the two sides, and on the other hand, it was because she was in the wrong.
Although the evil deeds committed by the original body were not done by her, Chen Cui, she inherited the other party's identity, so naturally, the bad debt was also counted on her.
There is only a short time left. Isn't it a fantasy to expect Mu Yunchuan, who is suspicious by nature, to believe that she has changed for the better in a short period of time?
But now three years have passed, and she no longer plays any tricks. She just concentrates on educating her fat son, opening an academy, and also helping him train a presentable daughter-in-law.
Mu Yunchuan was a very observant person, so he could naturally notice the efforts she had made over such a long period of time.
Of course, this was Shen Cui's own idea. She didn't know what Mu Yunchuan would think - if three years ago Shen Cui could still see the sharpness hidden under his gentle appearance.
Mu Yunchuan today is like a piece of jade that has been polished through thousands of processes. No sharpness can be seen at all, as if this is his original appearance.
If this still couldn't change his mind, Shen Cui would give up - she really tried her best.
That's it.
If Mu Yunchuan had any bad ideas in the future, she would be able to deal with them. After all, she was not alone. She still had her fat son and so many students.
There is an old saying that three cobblers are better than one Zhuge Liang. When the smart people in an academy encounter any problem, they can always come up with a solution by getting together to discuss it.
It was completely different from the previous situation where one could only passively take the beating.
Shen Cui finally laughed and said: [And if it really comes to a last resort, can't you still borrow Mu Cheng's identity? I am just his stepmother, and he can use the method in the original book to get rid of this non-blood relationship. But if 'Mu Cheng' really appeared, the blood relationship between biological father and son could not be separated. 】
The system likes to hear this.
Especially after listening to it, the system no longer felt aggrieved because Shen Cui had not released him.
His voice was also a little more cheerful than usual: [It turns out that the host wants to use me as a trump card! 】
After Shen Cui finished painting a big picture for the system, Zhou came over and said that Mu Yunchuan agreed to let her go to the capital to accompany him for the exam!
Moreover, Zhou didn't want to disrupt his original plan, which meant that he would set off soon.
As she spoke, Zhou's eyes became red again. She was happy but also reluctant to leave Chen Cui and Mu Erpang.
It’s strange to say, when she was a teenager, the situation was so difficult that no matter how much suffering she had, she just swallowed it down. She knew that tears were the most useless thing.
But after being with Shen Cui for a long time, he got older, already in his twenties, and his eye sockets became shallower, and he would cry easily when he was excited.
"It's a good thing!" Shen Cui asked her to sit next to her and wiped her eyes with a handkerchief, "But I have to nag a few words too."
"I'm not nagging. I know you're doing this for my own good." Zhou stopped crying and held her hand tightly.
Chen Cui didn't want to say anything else to her. She just wanted her to remember to find something to do after arriving in the capital, such as reading books, practicing calligraphy, drawing, making clothes, etc. Even if she had no shortage of money and just treated it as a hobby, she couldn't just give up on it.
With her own things to do, she would not focus all her attention on Mu Yunchuan and become his vassal as in the original book.
Zhou nodded in agreement. "You taught me how to write, and the teacher taught me how to draw. You have put so much effort into it, and it will definitely not go to waste. I will write to you often and hand in all my homework."
In fact, Chen Cui was somewhat reluctant to let her go, but all good things must come to an end, and husband and wife are meant to be together.
She stopped thinking about the separation and asked, "Then you can ask Yunchuan what the rules are before he leaves. Will he have a party outside or have some fun at home?"
Zhou asked about it quickly. Mu Yunchuan meant that it would be fine for the former classmates of the prefectural school to have a small gathering outside, but on the Cui family side, Cui Fei took a lot of care of him. If Chen Cui was convenient, he wanted to invite Cui Fei to a banquet at home.
Shen Cui originally wanted to see Cui Fei in person, so naturally there was no inconvenience.
So in the next few days, Mu Yunchuan went out early and came back late. He first visited the professors and instructors of the prefectural school who had taught him, and then reunited with his former classmates. Then he took some time to return to Yongning County, of course, to visit Ling Qingming.
When he came back to have dinner together, Wei Shu, Wei Xi, Mei Ruochu had all returned from the provincial school.
Earlier, Mu Erpang was able to think of himself as a middleman to ease the awkward relationship between Shen Cui and Mu Yunchuan.
Of course, others can think of it too.
So during meals, Wei Shu, his old friend, would also reminisce with Mu Yunchuan.
Occasionally when no one was talking, Mei Ruochu would ask Mu Yunchuan for advice.
Both of them were famous geniuses, but although their personalities were slightly different, it was impossible for them to hit it off at first sight.
But if two people with similar talents and knowledge want to talk, they will naturally have no shortage of topics.
Not to mention that they all attended the provincial school, and Wei Xi could occasionally chat with him about things happening in the provincial school.
In addition, Mu Yunchuan did not show any abnormality, so Chen Cui continued her life as usual. Later, she wrote a letter to Cui Wuniang, inviting her and Cui Fei to come and visit.
Finally, the family banquet was scheduled for early October, by which time Mu Yunchuan would have been almost done with his work.
On the day of the banquet, Cui Wuniang and Cui Fei came to the house early in the morning.
Shen Cui took Mu Yunchuan and Mu Erpang to the gate to greet people.
When she saw Cui Fei, Shen Cui couldn't help but think that it was no wonder that Mei Ruochu said that the classmates in the prefectural school had such a strange reaction when they mentioned Cui Fei.
Because Cui Fei is really... too fat!
He was so fat that he was four or five times as wide as his own sister Cui Wuniang. The Cui family servants hurriedly but skillfully lifted him off the carriage. By the time they reached the gate, Cui Fei was already panting heavily.
Mu Erpang was already very fat in the past, and even if Chen Cui now recalled his appearance through the eyes of a mother, she would have to admit that he was indeed a solid little fat boy.
But Mu Erpang had a good foundation and he was young at that time, so although he was fat, he did not look ugly. Zheng said that he had a blessed face.
Cui Fei was so fat that others could not tell his base at all. They only remembered his ridiculously large body. It is indeed a bit unsightly.
So they found out earlier that Cui Fei was not very willing to go to the provincial school in the past and often took leave and missed classes. Maybe it was not because he was tired of studying and had no motivation, but because of physical reasons?
Shen Cui thought so, but she didn't show anything on her face. Seeing Cui Fei bowing and greeting her while panting, she smiled and told him not to be polite. "We are family, so we don't care about these things. Please come in and sit down and talk."
In fact, when Shen Cui was thinking about something, Cui Wuniang was also observing her expression.
After all, she knew her own brother clearly. Although others would not say anything when they saw him, they would unconsciously look down on him and despise him.
It's not even just other people, all the members of the Cui family, even the servants, are like this.
But Chen Cui didn't. When she first saw Cui Fei, she naturally showed a hint of surprise, but after the surprise she did not show any disgust or aversion.
Not only her, even Mu Erpang who was following Shen Cui was not like that.
Cui Wuniang knew that her previous thoughts were correct, and Chen Cui was indeed a friend worthy of her making friends.
She took Shen Cui's arm more affectionately and said with a smile: "This brat usually refuses to go out. It's only because of the banquet at your house today that he is willing to move."
Sensing the change in Cui Wuniang's attitude, Shen Cui also smiled and said, "You don't know my youngest son's nickname yet, do you? I'll tell you in secret, his name is 'Er Pang', and he has been lazy and unwilling to move on the kang since he was a child."
Although Mu Erpang still has some baby fat on his face, his figure is not fat at all. Cui Wuniang was surprised and asked, "Then why has he lost so much weight?"
Cui Wuniang was 26 years old and Cui Fei had just turned 18. The two siblings were eight years apart in age. When Cui Fei was born, the precocious Cui Wuniang was already a little adult.
In fact, she also raised Cui Fei as half her son.
When it comes to parenting, the two have more to talk about.
After just a few words, the group arrived at the main room.
When she got here, Chen Cui was a little confused. The furniture here was all left by the previous owner, and the reception area was equipped with chairs with armrests.
Such a chair cannot accommodate Cui Fei at all.
However, the Cui family had already made preparations, so they quickly brought in a specially made chair with a backrest, without armrests, only a backrest, which was three times wider than an ordinary chair.
"I'm sorry for the poor hospitality." Shen Cui apologized.
Cui Wuniang waved her hands and said, "It's my fault that I didn't tell you about my brother's situation before."
And even if she said it, Shen Cui couldn't find anything suitable for Cui Fei at the moment.
Cui Fei also said that he didn't care, and then sat quietly aside and listened to them talk.
The current rule is that when the elders are talking, they should not mention the younger ones, and the younger ones should not interrupt. Otherwise it would seem rude.
Chen Cui chatted with Cui Wuniang for a while, and then said, "There's no point in letting the children stay in front of us. Why don't we let them go out and play? It'll be a while before we leave the table anyway."
But after she finished speaking, she turned around and saw Cui Fei struggling to stand up, and Shen Cui felt as if she had said something wrong.
Mu Erpang and Mu Yunchuan had already helped him up, and said with a smile, "That's great. It's a rare day of free time. I'll take Brother Cui to our classroom. There's an archery target in the yard. Let's play for a while."
Cui Fei looked at Cui Wuniang, and Cui Wuniang smiled and said, "Go and play. It's good to move around more."
After the younger generations left the main room one after another, Cui Wuniang said in distress: "You really need to teach me how to keep your little son thin. My son A Fei really can't get any fatter. Even the doctor said..."
Because she really wanted to seek advice from Shen Cui, she didn't hide anything anymore and told her about Cui Fei's situation.
Cui Fei has been abnormally fat since he was a child. In the past, when Cui Wu Niang was not the head of the Cui family, the elders in the family asked him to lose weight, but because Cui Fei had a heart disease, he could not do strenuous exercise.
So they thought of ways to take care of his food and drink, providing him with half the normal amount of food, and not giving him any greasy or meaty food.
After being fed that kind of food for a whole year, Cui Fei naturally became a lot thinner than before, but he was still too fat.
They questioned the servants around Cui Fei, thinking that Cui Fei had eaten something else without anyone's knowledge.
But the fact is that Cui Fei really didn't eat or drink secretly. He knew that his family was doing this for his own good. Even when he was so hungry that he hid in his quilt and cried in the middle of the night, he didn't ask the servants to bring him food.
Later, he developed stomach problems due to hunger and failed to lose weight. Cui Wuniang gradually gained control of the family and stopped the elders from being so radical with him. She also invited a very famous doctor to treat him with medicated food and regulate his body.
Everyone knows that medicinal food is light and cannot contain a lot of meat or oil, but it is always richer than porridge and side dishes. Then he got fatter and fatter like a balloon.
The doctor's words were subtle, but his implication was that being this fat was extremely harmful to the human body, especially since he also had heart disease, which put an even greater burden on him.
Cui Fei did fail the previous provincial examination. Cui Wuniang was not with Shen Cui. It was not that she pretended not to care, but she really did not care. After all, compared with the examination results, she cared more about her brother's health.
Even if Cui Fei hadn't insisted on leaving, she wouldn't have let him go to such a faraway Linnan Prefecture to take part in the provincial examination.
After hearing what she said, Shen Cui was really stumped.
After all, we all know that obesity is caused by calorie intake exceeding expenditure.
But Cui Fei's obesity seems to be beyond common sense explanation.
So this is the so-called 'setting'?
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