Chapter 235 Watching the Fun
Shi Zelan brought a stool and asked Xiao Yingzi to sit down, then she quickly went to the kitchen and brought a glass of water to Xiao Yingzi.
"Xiao Yingzi, don't worry, just speak slowly."
Xiao Yingzi took the cup, drank a sip of water, and said to Shi Zelan: "Did you add sugar to the water?"
Shi Zelan nodded: "Yes, sugar was added. Was it too much?"
"Not much, just a little sweeter than the water you usually bring me."
Shi Zelan looked at her: "It's so sweet. I'll add some more water to your cup."
Xiao Yingzi held the cup with both hands: "No need."
Shi Zelan looked up at the sky, then asked Xiao Yingzi: "The young widow was caught by the official, right?"
"Yes."
"Has the young widow never left the capital?"
"She left before. When the official came to question her, she ran away out of fear."
"Didn't they say later that she eloped with the official?"
"She didn't know the official was gone. She went back to the capital every six months, and after hearing the news, she didn't dare to contact her former acquaintances."
"Where are her father and mother?"
"She was a child bride. Her parents gave her to her husband's family and cut off all contact with her."
Shi Zelan sighed: "Her husband has no descendants, and her parents-in-law don't care about her?"
"I can't control it. I heard that when her man was around, she could still behave herself.
After her husband passed away, she became restless and her parents-in-law wanted to arrange for her to remarry, but she was unwilling. ”
Shi Zelan looked back at Shi Xiaoliu and Xia Yu, and whispered to them: "Do you want to go outside and inquire about this matter?"
Shi Xiaoliu and Xia Yu stood up and said to Shi Zelan and Xiao Yingzi, "Let's go out for a while."
When the two of them left the courtyard, Shi Zelan noticed Xiao Yingzi's clenched fingers and heard her say excitedly, "Brother Xiaoliu, Brother Xiaoxia, they are doing well."
Shi Zelan glanced at her and smiled, "Am I not good enough?"
"Xiao Lanzi, this is different.
My brothers never tell me when they go out. ”
"You are relatives."
"They are your relatives too, they will tell you the same thing."
Shi Zelan looked at her: "Come on, continue talking about the young widow."
“No, that’s all I know.
How about we go sit by the well? ”
The two of them walked out of the yard and headed towards the well, but when they got there, they saw that the place was empty, so they walked back again.
In the courtyard, the wind was blowing. Xiao Yingzi asked in a low voice: "Xiao Lanzi, after watching the parade of the top scholar, when will you leave the capital?"
"We will leave the capital at a later date."
"Xiao Lanzi, you must go, right?"
"We are not from the capital."
When Xiao Yingzi left, she said to Shi Zelan: "I don't want to be your friend anymore. I don't want to miss you in the capital after you leave one day."
Shi Zelan looked at her and said, "Xiao Yingzi, I just won't leave.
One day, when you get married, we will still separate. ”
Xiao Yingzi listened to Shi Zelan's words and said with a red face: "I can also not get married."
"Phew, Aunt Liu is out."
Xiao Yingzi looked back hastily, but she didn't see her mother leaving. She stamped her feet and said to Shi Zelan, "Xiao Lanzi, you are not a good person either."
Shi Zelan laughed: "It's just that it's hard for us to meet, but we can still be friends."
"Hmph, I don't want to be friends with you now."
Xiao Yingzi turned around and went home. Aunt Liu happened to hear what Xiao Yingzi said in the yard and she just smiled.
After sitting in the yard for a while, Shi Zelan went to draw talismans under the eaves.
She could now do two things at once, drawing talismans while listening attentively to the movements around her.
Shi Xiaoliu and Xia Yu originally went to a teahouse. After sitting for a while, they found that they could not get much information in the teahouse.
The two of them immediately got up and went to sit in the restaurant. Sure enough, after drinking two glasses of wine, someone started bragging.
"Do you know anything about the little widow?"
“What about the little widow?
Don't talk nonsense outside. Your sister-in-law doesn't have such a good temper. ”
"What am I bragging about? She knows about the little widow."
"Brother Wu Liang, when has my sister-in-law ever been so virtuous?"
“She has always been virtuous.
That young widow was one of the people involved in the incident where the official’s body was found floating in the lake last time. ”
Shi Xiaoliu and Xia Yu exchanged glances and finally heard some news.
“Oh, isn’t the little widow missing?
Everyone said she was in great danger."
"But she's living a good life now. She remarried, and now lives three lanes away from her ex-husband's home."
"Really? Brother, come on, have another glass of wine and let's talk about what happened here."
"Brother, I also heard some things. Would you like to buy me a drink?"
"You are obviously not a sincere person. I'd better listen to what this brother has to say."
“Ha, ha, ha, brother, you have good vision.
In fact, my cousin's classmate's cousin's wife lived in that alley. It was said that after the young woman got married, she was very virtuous and took care of the family's daily life.
Everyone thought that this young woman was very capable, but she was a little too shy.
She was usually quiet and her neighbors almost mistook her for a mute.
Therefore, when everyone mentioned the widow before, no one thought of her. ”
"Don't say too much unnecessary words. I want to hear why she was exposed."
"Yes, tell me now."
"Why rush? We have to talk about the previous things first before we can talk about the following things."
Someone brought a glass of wine over. The man took it and drank half of it before continuing his talk.
“After the official’s incident, the neighbors didn’t think of the young woman.
After all, she married into this family half a year after the official disappeared, and she has been behaving herself to the best of her ability since marriage. ”
During the imperial examination, everyone talked about the candidates. Everyone curiously asked the young widow whether her brothers from her natal family were studying.
She said that her brothers from her mother's side were not educated.
Someone smiled and praised her voice, saying that she didn't sound like a foreigner, but rather like a local in the capital.
Originally, no one took this matter seriously, but when an official came to their alley to inquire about the news, he heard about this matter by accident. ”
The officers did not take this matter seriously. They had been to this alley several times and had never seen the young widow. They thought that the woman was shy and did not think much about it.
On the day when the imperial examination results were announced, a candidate from their alley was on the list. An official came to announce the good news and inadvertently saw the young widow watching the excitement in the crowd.
He just felt that the woman looked unfamiliar. After asking the people around him and finding out that it was the shy woman, he immediately felt that something was wrong.
He believed that a truly shy woman would not stand outside and watch the fun at a time like this.
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