strictlysupreme Chapter 151 A Good Wife Has Less Trouble
Chapter 151 A Good Wife Has Less Trouble
Fu Qiuyang saw Magistrate Zou and his entourage from a distance. Their sightseeing party could be held smoothly thanks to this person, so naturally he had to entertain them warmly.
Coming closer, Fu Qiuyang took off his mask, bowed, and put it back on, chatting and laughing with Magistrate Zou.
In just a moment, Zou Chunya identified the person who came.
At this moment, she was extremely glad that she was wearing a mask, otherwise she would not have the opportunity to stare at that person so boldly. She had not known how many times she had engraved the other person's face in her mind, and it had long left a deep impression.
I was both upset about my misbehavior when we first met, and happy about this encounter.
Mrs. Liu was very displeased to see her daughter staring at the unknown man. Her daughter was going to be the mistress of a noble family in the future, so how could she be deceived by an unknown boy from a county town!
She immediately stepped forward, took her daughter's hand, and said:
"Chun Ya, your father has something important to do, so you can accompany your mother for a walk. The scenery here is barely acceptable."
Zou Chunya couldn't help muttering in her heart. She didn't know who was the person who was stunned on the spot just now. Her mother was always saying one thing and thinking another!
"Mom, I want to wait here. I've already made an appointment with Jiaojiao to go out and play together. You should go and accompany Dad. He is so busy on weekdays, and it's not easy for him to have time to relax."
Liu was even more displeased when she heard this. The Zhang family was just a small family. She had advised her daughter many times, but her daughter just wouldn't listen.
She couldn't help but mutter:
"Chun Ya, mother has told you so many times not to associate with that girl from the Zhang family. She is like a tomboy on weekdays, without any of the dignity and grace that a woman should have. If you stay with her for too long, you will be corrupted! You have to...
"If you want to marry into a noble family, you must pay attention to your status! Mother, how many times have you said this? Aren't you tired of it? Didn't Daddy tell you a long time ago that he only wanted me to live a peaceful and smooth life, not to be rich and powerful. The threshold of a noble family is so high, how could they be interested in a mere county magistrate's daughter?"
The mother and daughter deliberately lowered their voices, thinking that no one could hear them, but they didn't know that Fu Qiuyang was multitasking and heard everything.
Hearing the county magistrate's wife belittle the girl from the Zhang family, he became furious. The girl was a bit venomous, but she was still a very nice person.
How can this woman be so rude, talking about others behind their backs? ! Humph, gossipy woman!
But after hearing what her daughter said, her anger subsided a lot. It seems that this girl was not led astray by her mother and her mind is still very upright.
So I couldn't help but take a second look.
As a result, Zou Chunya happened to meet his gaze and her ears immediately turned red.
Liu had her back to Fu Qiuyang and didn't notice his gaze. Hearing her daughter's words, she felt really disappointed.
Regardless of his daughter's wishes, he grabbed her arm and walked in a random direction. As he walked, he said angrily:
"Your father is a fool, and now he has infected you too! I absolutely cannot watch you go down the wrong path, or you will regret it in the future!"
Zou Chunya couldn't confront her mother in public, so she could only stagger forward.
She said helplessly:
"Mom, please walk slower. We are here to see the scenery. If you walk so fast, your feet will hurt. And there won't be a carriage for you to ride in."
Fu Qiuyang, who glanced at the mother and daughter out of the corner of his eye, could not help but shook his head. Zou Shiye also saw his wife's actions and sighed softly.
His wife is too proud. People say that a virtuous wife brings less trouble to her husband, but this wife is a fool. I hope she won't do anything irreparable in the future!
"Is Magistrate Zou here? Take me to see him! Your appreciation party is too fancy. Everyone is wearing a mask. How can we greet people?"
A rough voice came from not far away, attracting everyone's attention.
From what he said, it seems like he is up to no good! Is he here to mess things up?
Magistrate Zou turned around and frowned immediately. Why did the magistrate from Fengshi County next door come to join in the fun? !
The man named Jia has a narrow mind, not even as big as a sesame seed. Just because he praised him a few words in the letter last year, he started to hold a grudge against him and wants to compete with him in everything.
Zou Shiye was annoyed when he saw him, but since they were all colleagues, it was not easy to show his emotions on the surface, so he just went up to say hello.
Fortunately, with the mask on, he didn't have to waste his time pretending to smile.
"Brother Jia, what brings you here? Nice to meet you!"
Jia Mingcheng refused the mask given by the servant, took a few quick steps and patted Zou Shiye's shoulder hard.
"Brother Zou, why are you still a child wearing this damn mask? I was originally curious about this tour fair held by your county, but why do I feel that it is a bit unpresentable? The higher-ups are forcing you to stay in office for three years, but they won't suppress your spirit, will they?"
He speaks with sarcasm and does things in a petty way. I wonder who is not worthy of being on the stage! Fu Qiuyang sneered and immediately retreated back to the crowd, disdaining to deal with such people.
Zou Shiye would not be angered by a few words. Even his family members did not know why he stayed in Shancang County, so how could he explain it to this person?
He just said lightly:
"Brother Jia is still as ambitious as ever. I wonder if Fengshi County can be rated as medium this year? Judging from your performance, you must be confident."
Humph, it's just a rocky county with not much good farmland. It's so poor and yet you have the nerve to come to his territory and show off!
Jia Mingcheng's face turned a little ugly.
Wouldn't it be nice for him to stay in the house, drink wine and listen to music with his beautiful concubine? He came all the way here just to see what Zou Shiye has done. He must not let him steal the limelight this year!
He forced a smile and said:
"Brother Zou, don't be so careless. Fengshi County doesn't have a geographical advantage, and it's not easy for us to have the current situation. For the sake of the people of the whole county, Jia will die for it, and I believe that Shangfeng has seen it."
Huh! Would you rather die than refuse? It is possible that you will die on the belly of your concubine!
I'm too lazy to pretend to be nice to this person anymore, but his face is thicker than a city wall, and he follows me wherever I go.
Zou Shiye is so annoyed!
However, Jia's purpose was so obvious that he had to be on guard. So he deliberately led his men to avoid some relatively new and unusual places and soon arrived at Shuying Village.
Yang Zian was in a harmonious mood. He was checking the medicinal fields in the village with a group of people. Several people nodded repeatedly, and suddenly someone asked:
"Young brother Yang, your golden hairpin grass is growing well indeed, but I am a little worried that these herbs are not growing naturally, which may affect the efficacy of the medicine!"
The speaker was a white-bearded old man who was very methodical and sticks to the rules. It was still a little hard for him to accept that medicinal herbs were planted and maintained in the field like crops.
Yang Zian said gently:
"Don't worry, Mr. Sun. We have already collected a batch of herbs. After preparing them, we invited doctors from more than a dozen counties to identify them. They all agreed that the effects are the same."
As he said this, he took out a folded paper from his sleeve and handed it to the other person.
"It has the signatures of all the doctors, and its persuasiveness speaks for itself."