Chapter 147 Extra Story: Returning to Beijing 1

Mrs. Pei has been highly valued by the Pei family since she got married. She has never seen such a cold face of her father-in-law. Her heart froze, and she forgot her tears for a while, so she hurriedly knelt down on the ground, honestly. The thing about the certificate will be said.

When Pei Ge heard the whole thing, he only felt a throbbing pain in his head, and he deeply hated that he was now no stronger than when he was young. Otherwise, he could really go directly to Zhen's house to bring Pei's daughter back and beat her hard - Mrs. Pei is a daughter-in-law after all, it's not good to be a father-in-law, she still has to give her a son Discipline; Pei's daughter, doing such a stupid thing, is naturally no problem with being a father.

When Mrs. Pei saw her husband's posture, she immediately guessed that Pei Ge was really angry, and her daughter-in-law and daughter would suffer. She quickly got up and persuaded with a smile: "Jun Yuan fell ill yesterday, I didn't know what was going on, but now that I think about it, I'm afraid that I feel remorse and feel uncomfortable. Don't make yourself angry about this. Body, they all say 'don't be deaf, don't be a family man', we are all this age, why bother with these idleness. Just let their children handle it by themselves..."

Pei Ge sneered: "She still has a face problem?! If I were her, I would be ashamed to death!"

As soon as this statement came out, everyone bowed their heads, not knowing how to respond.

Even Mrs. Pei choked, and after a while, she whispered: "What kind of anger are you doing? It's just a small matter. Now that the women's school exam has been completed, Tingyun is also on the list, although Mingzhu this time If I didn’t pass the exam, I won’t be able to work hard again next year, so why do I have to make a fuss? My daughter is also a mother, how can she be like a child, scolding and beating whenever she says she wants?”

Pei Ge always thought about the Prince Regent's words, but his heart was tight - the Prince Regent even knew such secret things as his own, so it was obvious that he paid attention to it. terribly stupid...

Thinking of the Prince Regent's handsome and sharp face, and of the stupid things his daughter and daughter-in-law did, Pei Ge closed his eyes and let out a long sigh: The situation in the DPRK is changing rapidly, and this kind of thing cannot be tolerated any longer. .

He quickly made up his mind and said categorically: "The embankment of a thousand miles was destroyed in the ant's nest, you only think about small things and don't need to worry about it, but you don't know that people's guts are all bit by bit. If something big is going to happen, our whole family will have to suffer!"

After a pause, Pei Ge didn't talk nonsense, turned his head and said to Mrs. Pei: "I don't care if she is really sick or fake, anyway, you send someone to call her for me. If she doesn't come, she doesn't have to come again in the future. already."

Seeing that Mrs. Pei had made up her mind, she had to delay for a while: "It's going to be dark today, and Jun Yuan is sick again. What if something happens in a hurry? Let's go tomorrow, take a break tomorrow. , happens to be at home. When I send someone to pick her up tomorrow, you, as a father, will teach you a lesson if you want, and I don't care anymore."

Pei Ge choked in his chest, but as soon as he lowered his head, he met the old wife's almost pleading gaze, and had to nod: "Then tomorrow!"

After saying that, he left behind a sentence, "A loving mother is more defeated," and left with a flick of his sleeves.

Mrs. Pei watched Ge Lao Pei leave, and breathed a sigh of relief. While reaching out to help her daughter-in-law who was kneeling on the ground, she sent someone to Zhen's house to talk to Mrs. Pei-a husband and wife for many years, she knew that Mr. Pei was like this. Hui was really angry, and only hoped that if he dragged him for one night, Mr. Pei Ge's anger would go down, or else his daughter would come to be beaten tomorrow. As for the eldest daughter-in-law...

Mrs. Pei looked at her eldest daughter-in-law, who was crying uncontrollably, and shook her head and sighed. She felt that she was also suffering: she exchanged a certificate for a shop, but her daughter did not pass the exam, and she was afraid that she would be taught a lesson when she looked back! Really lost the lady and lost the army.

Alas, that's why said: Why bother to be so crooked in the first place? Now that you have lost your certificate, you are ready to take the exam next year, right? Judging from Pei Mingzhu's performance in falling off the list this time, it is impossible to say whether this certificate is lost or a warning from God, indicating that she will not pass the exam this year, so she will try again next year...

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When the messenger from the Pei family arrived, Father Zhen was talking to Mrs. Pei, patiently persuading his wife.

Father Zhen is not an unreasonable person.

Although the palms and backs of the hands are full of meat, the meat is also thin and thick. Parents are also human beings, and it is not incomprehensible that they are biased. It was Father Zhen himself, although he felt very guilty about the young girl, and loved the young girl's temperament that looked like Pei's when she was young, but he asked himself, and his heart was slightly biased towards the eldest daughter and the youngest son who grew up.

However, the reason why people are people is because people have brains. They do things not only on the basis of emotional impulses in their hearts, but also if they have partiality, they can’t go too far, and they can’t lose their reason and go crazy, at least on the face. Always have a bowl of water level.

Judging from Father Zhen's eyes, Mr. Pei's partiality has reached an unimaginable level. It is clear that he has gone to the top of the bull's horn and gone into trouble. How can there be a mother in this world who treats her own flesh and blood as an enemy?

It's just that Father Zhen failed to reconcile Mrs. Pei and Mrs. Zhen's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law in the past. This time, even if he tried to persuade Mrs. Pei, it would have no effect - Mrs. Pei did not admit that she was biased, so I couldn't say it from the beginning.

It was at this time that the Pei family sent someone, saying that it was Mrs. Pei who asked Pei's to come over tomorrow.

Father Zhen couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief: Well, since Mrs Pei didn't listen to her advice, she asked Mrs. Pei, her own father, to persuade her.

Thinking of this, Father Zhen comforted his wife a few words, then turned his head to give psychological counseling to the eldest daughter whose right palm was injured - Kong Rong's story of Rangli has also been told, and being a sister should be more open-minded, It's no big deal to let sister be a Zhuangzi, and will find an opportunity to make it up for her in the future.

After being busy like this, Zhen's father still remembered Zhen Tingyun's affairs, and he did not forget to ask someone to prepare a carriage and an apology ceremony for Zhen Tingyun, so that his daughter could send it to her husband who lived in Xishan.

I have to say that Zhen's father was born in a poor family, and he was in his current position at a young age. Apart from the help of the Yue family, he was at least a clear and capable person.

So, in the early morning of the second day, Zhen Tingyun took a carriage to go out to Xishan, and Father Zhen and Mrs. Pei also ordered someone to prepare a car to drive to Pei's house.

Of course, Zhen Tingyun didn't care about these things. She didn't fall asleep after tossing and turning over Yuan Hui's affairs last night. She was really worried that the other party would be angry with her because of Mrs. Chu's affairs. After thinking about it, he left Pei's and Zhen's father behind.

I was so anxious all the way, when arrived at the Xishan Courtyard, asked the guards at the gate, and when heard that Yuan Hui was in the courtyard, Zhen Tingyun was relieved when he mentioned it all the way—Yuan Hui was angry this time, he should have didn't get too angry, otherwise wouldn't stay here and wait for her to come and apologize.

Thinking of this, Zhen Tingyun also had a smile on his face, and asked the guard to help him remove all the apology gifts from the car. , quietly raised his eyes and looked at Fu Changxi's face, who was sitting in the middle of the book and flipping through the books.

Because he was in a different courtyard, Fu Changxi dressed very casually. He wore a robe with lake blue embroidery and dark cloud patterns. Only the neckline and sleeves were embroidered with fine and intricate patterns with very fine silver thread. Although there was no excess on his body. The accessories, without the golden crown and jade belt, still reveal a little grace and extravagance.

He was holding a volume of books in his hand, leaning on the couch and looking at it. He didn't seem to notice Zhen Tingyun's unexpected visitor. He still kept his head down, holding the book in his right hand, pressing his left hand on the page, and sometimes raising his hand. Turn pages.

From Zhen Tingyun's point of view, he could just see his small half-shaped face and the hand pressing on the page.

His palms are broad and powerful, his fingers are slender, with well-defined knuckles, even the top nails are trimmed properly, and he has a jade wrench on his thumb. Such a hand, even if it is just quietly pressed on the page, is still surprisingly stable, revealing an indescribable control.

Zhen Tingyun knew that he was good-looking from the first day he saw him, but it was the first time that he faced such good-looking seriously and directly.

It's like facing a sharp blade, sharp, clear and direct, daunting and unstoppable at the same time.

Zhen Tingyun subconsciously bit his lip.

But Fu Changxi said at this moment: "How long are you going to stand at the door and watch?"

Originally, Fu Changxi didn't plan to make a sound - he still wanted to put on the air of being a gentleman. But he was a stupid student who just stood at the door and looked at him without blinking. If her eyes were real, they fell on Fu Changxi's body like insects and ants, which made him feel a little uncomfortable. He felt that the skin that was swept by his gaze was also slightly itchy inch by inch, and he subconsciously tightened his body. , had to take the initiative to speak.

Only then did Zhen Tingyun react, and subconsciously called out, "Sir."

Fu Changxi didn't lift his head, only made a light "uh" sound.

Zhen Tingyun listened to this voice, but he breathed a sigh of relief. He quickly stepped up and walked in through the door, and then sat on the edge of the couch next to Fu Changxi.

Then, she quietly raised her eyes to look at Fu Changxi, who was still leaning on the couch and reading. Seeing that he didn't speak, she knew that she was waiting for her to speak to coax others, oh no, she opened her mouth to explain.

So, she didn't hide it, and asked straightforwardly, "Sir, do you already know about my worship of Madam Chu as my teacher?"

Fu Changxi raised his eyes to look at her, but still said "No".

Zhen Tingyun looked at his face, tentatively grabbed Fu Changxi's sleeve, and explained: "Actually, I didn't want to take Madam Chu as my teacher..."

Fu Changxi lowered his eyes and glanced at the fingers that Zhen Tingyun was holding on the corner of his sleeve.

Because his sleeves were lake blue, and his delicate fingertips rested on them, which were dazzlingly white.

Fu Changxi stared at it for a moment, then quickly looked away, saying a few more words: "Let go and talk well."

Zhen Tingyun was used to being presumptuous in front of Fu Changxi, and she also knew about Fu Changxi's temper - if she really didn't like being grabbed, she would have raised her hand and pulled it away, or just threw it away. Just talking about it.

Therefore, Zhen Tingyun not only held on to the man's sleeve and didn't let go, but also winked at him in a fit of anger, and hummed, "No!"

Fu Changxi really felt that this student was here to annoy him, so annoying! He simply pretended that the half of his sleeve didn't exist, and brought the topic back, and asked coldly, "Don't you want to explain it to me?"

Zhen Tingyun nodded quickly when he heard the words, thought for a while, and asked him, "Sir, do you still remember: the night we returned to Beijing, after we separated at the inn, I played a song with a bamboo flute?"

"Well." Fu Changxi nodded to indicate that he remembered - he heard the sadness and farewell from the song that day, and his heart was quite moved, and it was also from this that he realized Zhen Tingyun's talent in this area, and naturally had a deep memory.

Zhen Tingyun raised his head, his snow cheeks were slightly bulging, his face was righteous, and he said earnestly: "I met Mrs. Chu that night, when she heard my Xiao sound and wanted to accept me as a disciple, I thought at the time. I didn't want to, so I just refused."

This was really beyond Fu Changxi's expectations, he glanced at Zhen Yiyun.

Zhen Yiyun hurriedly expressed his loyalty: "I already have you, sir. Besides, you treat me so well, teach me to read and write, and give me things. If I am ungrateful and fail you, is that still a human being?!"

I have to say that when Zhen Tingyun wanted to coax people, his words were as sweet as honey, and he could coax people into confusion.

Fu Changxi was a little soft-hearted by her words. After a moment of silence, he said, "Since you rejected her, why did you come to the door by yourself before the exam?"

It stands to reason that such a thing as Mr. Pei's exchange of certificates for a shop is a family scandal. At that time, people paid attention to the fact that a family shame should not be publicized, and generally did not talk about it.

But Zhen Tingyun trusted Mr. Fu Changxi quite a bit, and after hesitating for a while, he told the matter from the beginning to the end, and then expressed his loyalty to Fu Changxi again: "If it wasn't for this, I would definitely not be behind your back, Mr. apprentice."

However, Fu Changxi knew this long ago—he didn't just accept the apprentice and didn't care, he naturally sent someone to watch it secretly. After finally waiting for Zhen Tingyun to speak himself, he frowned slightly, and finally asked the question that had been stuck in his mind for a long time: "Since this happened, why didn't you come to me?"

Zhen Tingyun responded naturally: "I can't always rely on you, sir."

Fu Changxi lowered his eyes and pursed his lips, but he didn't say much.

In his heart, he hoped that the other party could rely on himself a little. Tonggong also accepted such a female student. Although she had some amnesia at the time, she also taught her to practice calligraphy and flute, and taught her the tea ceremony... He took so much effort to teach her with great difficulty. Not to be bullied - even if the people who bullied her were her parents.

Of course, Fu Changxi also knew that his idea was not right, so he pursed his lips but didn't say anything, so he asked her, "Since you have been admitted to women's school, what are your plans?"

Speaking of this, Zhen Tingyun became more energetic. He clenched his right fist and hit his left palm, and said, "I've thought about it, women's schools can live in, and I'll just live in the women's schools. Anyway, I I already have a Zhuangzi in my hand, and I still have some income every year. If my family gives me money, I will use it. If my family doesn’t give me money, I will use Zhuangzi’s income first. Anyway, I can always live on… "

Fu Changxi sounded rather uncomfortable, so he couldn't help but say to her: "It's all like this. You have to return the things I gave you last time! Now you're going to have a hard life." Live to suffer!

When Zhen Tingyun heard the words, he raised his chin and answered him confidently: "Even if I take the things that you sent, sir, it's useless - I can't sell the things you sent or sell them. Don't you think so? So, those who can't eat or drink can't be eaten, so they just look good, rather than occupying a place, it's better to return them directly to you."

Although Zhen Tingyun said it very hard, when he thought of the small box of gold and jade jewelry at the time, his heart was dripping blood: Oh, if you accept it, even if you can't eat or drink, it still occupies a place, but you can't look at it. Eye-catching style!

However, the book is also "a gentleman loves money in a proper way", this aspect still has to be restrained!

Zhen Tingyun restrained himself from thinking about the box of gold and jade jewelry, and continued: "Also, if you live in a women's school, you can get to know more girls of the same age, and you can go to school with peace of mind. I have a weak foundation, after all, I am not as good as others. I must work harder and work hard. Well, at least I have to practice the calligraphy well, and the qin—sir, you said it before, when I enter the women's school, I can start from scratch..."

As he talked, Zhen Tingyun realized that he still had a lot of things to do, and he was really busy in the future.

Fu Changxi also looked sideways, looking at Zhen Tingyun who was sitting beside him.

She raised her head slightly, and excitedly talked about her hopes for the future. Her eyes were sparkling, like a star submerged in the lake, shining twinklingly.

Fu Changxi suddenly felt the feeling of being scratched on the palm of his hand by the big furry tail of a fox, and his fingertips were slightly itchy, so he stretched out his hand involuntarily.

Zhen Tingyun was halfway through, noticing his outstretched hand, widened his eyes subconsciously, and called out dumbly, "...Sir?"

Fu Changxi reacted very quickly, he took advantage of the situation and reached out to the top of Zhen Tingyun's hair and rubbed it, then flicked his fingers on her forehead, making up for it by joking with her: "Although you have to work hard, you must also pay attention to the combination of work and rest. , don't be so busy, you end up getting tired."

Zhen Tingyun covered Fu Changxi's forehead with his fingernails, and whispered, "I'm not a fool."

Only fools will tire themselves!

Having said that, Zhen Tingyun could already sense from Fu Changxi's tone that he didn't seem to be angry anymore, so he dared to tug at other people's sleeves, and asked him like a spoiled child, "Sir, have you had breakfast yet? I'm hungry."

Because she was worried that the other party would be angry, she didn't sleep well all night last night. When she woke up this morning, she didn't even eat any food, so she came directly in the carriage. Until now, seeing that the other party didn't seem to be angry anymore, Zhen Tingyun breathed a sigh of relief, and then felt the hunger in his stomach.

Fu Changxi glanced at her, and then nodded humbly.

However, what Fu Changxi didn't tell her was that he had been reading books here this morning, waiting for Zhen Tingyun to come over, and he didn't have breakfast until now.

Of course, before getting up, Fu Changxi shook his sleeves, motioning for Zhen Tingyun, who was still holding on to his sleeves, to let go quickly, and said, "If you're like this, people think I'm going to break my sleeves."

This joke is really cold, it's cold enough to drop ice scum.

Zhen Tingyun let go of his hands embarrassedly, and he couldn't help but secretly slandered in his heart: You are so old and lonely, even if I don't pull your sleeves, there may be people who suspect that you have broken sleeves.

She was smirking, noticing Fu Changxi's gaze, she raised her snow-white little face, blinked her eyes, and looked innocent and well-behaved.

Fu Changxi didn't know what his female student was thinking. Seeing her rare and well-behaved appearance, Fu Changxi's face softened a little, and he opened his mouth and ordered his servants to prepare breakfast.

So, with their own thoughts, the two masters and apprentices, who didn't have time to have breakfast, sat down at the table again, sitting opposite each other, waiting to use this late breakfast.

Because Fu Changxi was resting in the other courtyard yesterday, breakfast was prepared in the other courtyard. Now he heard the order of the master inside and brought it up in a short time.

There happened to be bird's nest porridge, so Zhen Tingyun brought a bowl to Fu Changxi first, took a bowl himself, looked at it, and said, "I heard people say bird's nest before, but this is the first time I eat it."

Compared with the green rice that she had never heard of, it was naturally a well-known nourishing product like bird's nest ginseng that had more presence. Zhen Tingyun had heard of bird's nest before in the countryside. It's just that Mrs. Zhen is stingy, she always feels that children need to be raised extensively, and she is reluctant to eat expensive nourishing items like bird's nest and ginseng, and naturally she doesn't want her granddaughter to touch it.

Hearing this, Fu Changxi couldn't drink bird's nest porridge, and felt his throat blocked. After a while, he said, "If you like it, I'll ask someone to prepare it for you. It's the same when you take it home and cook it yourself." It's quite like when Zhen Tingyun liked Bi-Gong rice earlier, so he asked someone to prepare a small bag of rice for her to take back.

Zhen Tingyun didn't respond immediately, first scooped a mouthful of bird's nest porridge with a spoon to taste the taste, and then rejected Fu Changxi's kindness: "You can eat this fresh, I think it tastes similar to white fungus. "

Fu Changxi choked and was silent for a moment, before saying to her: "Let's take some back - it's good to take it back to nourish your grandmother."

Zhen Tingyun heard the words, held his chin and thought for a while, then nodded in response: "Then a little bit."

After a pause, Zhen Tingyun was a little worried that Fu Changxi didn't understand what he meant by "a little bit", Tete added: "Just give me a little bit, go back and let my grandmother taste it. My grandmother has always been a bit stingy, If there is too much, she will think about saving it and not eat it, and find an opportunity to sell the bird's nest to save money; It's broken... I might as well just bring a little bit. I go back and cook it for her, and she can taste it too - anyway, this thing tastes similar to white fungus. If grandma likes it, I'll buy her more next time. Tremella is just fine, so she can eat as much as she wants."

Fu Changxi didn't know how to respond, so he replied as usual, "Just be happy if you are happy."

Thinking about the old lady Zhen he had seen before, Fu Changxi suddenly felt that Zhen Tingyun really thought it through.

While talking, Zhen Tingyun had already finished the small bowl of bird's nest porridge in front of him, and then started to eat the flower rolls, and urged Fu Changxi on the way, "Sir, your porridge will be cold if you don't drink it."

Fu Changxi didn't have any appetite either, so he just took a few mouthfuls of hot porridge and drank it slowly, then raised his eyes to look at Zhen Tingyun.

Zhen Tingyun was eating the flower roll with chopsticks, tilted his head slightly, opened his mouth and took a bite, eating with relish, his pink cheeks also bulging.

Fu Changxi looked at it, and without realizing it, he was appetizing, and he also took a flower roll and tasted it.