"It wasn't until the third day of the first lunar month that cousin Shuhua returned to where she lived. I grew up in a house of a wealthy family, so I have feelings for this area. Cousin Shuhua, the Gu family's arrangements for her must still be good.

There will be changes.”

Yang Ruoqing was silent for a while and said: "If your widowed cousin doesn't get married, you will feel uneasy every day. I can understand that."

Last time, the two of them bumped into Gu Zhihua and his cousin Shuhua in the bamboo forest of the temple on the outskirts of the county town.

Even though that woman had given birth to a child, her amorous feelings were far beyond those of Huahua.

Moreover, the affection between her and Gu Zhihua is not comparable to that of Huahua.

"Before, the Gu family was anxious to marry into the family, saying it was to accompany Gu Zhihua to study in Qing'an County as soon as possible, but now? Have they gone?" Yang Ruoqing asked this again.

Ping'er nodded: "I'll go right after the Lantern Festival. I've been staying in Qing'an County for more than half a month."

"Qing'er, I came here to see you because I have something to ask you for help."

Yang Ruoqing smiled and said, "You tell me."

Ping'er's face turned red and she said with embarrassment: "I'm really embarrassed to speak. Every time I come to see you, in the end I have to tire myself out of helping you. But without your help, Zhou Sheng and I would

It’s not like that…”

Yang Ruoqing raised her hand to cover Ping'er's hand, "There is no need to talk about the differences between us. You are willing to tell me your difficulties. This is your trust in me and it also shows that we are really close to each other. As far as our abilities are concerned,

I'm happy to be able to help you solve your problems, so just say so."

Yang Ruoqing's words were like a ray of warm sunshine shining directly into the depths of Ping'er's heart.

Ping'er's eyes were so moved that she almost shed tears.

Fortunately, she controlled it, took a deep breath and said to Yang Ruoqing: "The eighth day of February is Huahua's birthday. I want to take advantage of her birthday to go to Qing'an County to give her some new clothes and shoes. By the way... By the way...

Let’s see how she and her uncle are doing.”

"I don't want to go with Zhou Sheng on this matter. It's spring and the work in the fields at home is inseparable from manpower. Naturally, Bingbing won't accompany me."

"Bingbing's aunts are eager to go, but I don't want them to know that I'm going to Qing'an County. I don't even want to alarm the Gu family. I just want to take a look at Huahua and my uncle when they are unprepared..."

Ping'er has always been an upright woman. Ever since Huahua and Gu Zhihua started talking about marriage, Ping'er has pulled Yang Ruoqing and done a lot of 'sneaky' things.

So now the more she talked about it, the redder her face became, and she even felt embarrassed.

"Ping'er, I understand what you mean. You want to launch a surprise attack to see what their real situation is like." Yang Ruoqing directly summarized Ping'er's words.

"What a pitiful parent in the world. Don't be embarrassed. If it were me, I might have done more than you. I will accompany you to Qing'an County, and we will make a surprise attack!"

…

Yang Ruoqing told Sun and Guihua in private about going to Qing'an County.

The purpose was to see if they had anything to bring to Xiao An and Xiao Yu.

There's nothing wrong with Mrs. Sun. Xiao An just left a few days ago and took everything he could with him.

The Guihua family is different. This year, because Xiaoyu is pregnant again, she cannot come back to pay New Year greetings in person, so neither Guihua nor Changgen and his wife see Xiaoyu.

At this moment, when Yang Ruoqing came to the door and said that she was going to Qing'an County the next day, the couple quickly got busy.

Osmanthus pushed a basket to Yang Ruoqing: "This contains bacon pickled during the Chinese New Year. Xiaoyu loves this one the most. She is so happy right now that she might want to eat it. Qing'er, please bring it for me."

In addition, there were also shoes and clothes that Osmanthus usually brought to her two grandsons, which were also wrapped tightly in bundles and brought with them.

Finally, I tied up an old hen and scooped out a few kilograms of sweet potato flour, wild mushrooms from the mountains, dried cowpeas, eggplants, etc., and brought some of everything.

Chang Gen said: "You asked Qing'er to bring so much at once, the carriage can't even pull it, so you might as well take it down. The Ning family has a big business, what can't they buy?"

Osmanthus was reluctant to part with it, "We grind this sweet potato flour by ourselves, the old hens grew up eating the corns at home, and the cowpeas and eggplants are all clean. How can we feel at ease with the food we buy outside?"

Changgen still felt something was wrong and was worried that the Ning family would have ideas, but Guihua insisted on not taking it off, and the couple fell into a stalemate.

It was Yang Ruoqing who smiled and smoothed things over: "Uncle Changgen, please don't make things difficult for Aunt Guihua. Even if the Ning family lacks everything, these things come from the heart of the mother's family and are incomparable with those bought from outside. The Ning family

It's also reasonable, just let me take you with you, it's very good."

Osmanthus hurriedly said: "Did you hear Changgen? Qing'er said you can take it, but you still want me to take it down, really!"

Chang Gen scratched his head and smiled naively: "Okay, okay, then take it with you!"

Just like that, early the next morning, Luo Fengtang drove Yang Ruoqing and Ping'er to Qing'an County.

Set off at dawn without stopping, and arrive at Qing'an County when the sun sets.

Since Yang Ruoqing and Luo Fengtang did not plan to leave the village for the time being after the New Year, they naturally did not need to take Baby Luo with them during the short two or three days they went to Qing'an County, and Baby Luo was very sensible and did not ask to follow them.

Arriving at Qing'an County at sunset, Yang Ruoqing said to Ping'er: "Let's go to Tianxiang Tower to settle down first. I will accompany you to find Huahua tomorrow morning? Because the place you showed me earlier is still half an hour away from us.

road."

Ping'er looked at the sky outside the car window and thought for a moment. If she insists on looking for Huahua now, it will be delayed for a long time, right? Qing'er and Tangyaozi are also tired...

"Okay, then let's go tomorrow."

Qing'an County, Cuiwei Academy.

Daqi attaches great importance to scientific examinations and has many famous academies throughout the country, including four in Changhuaizhou alone.

Cuiwei Academy in Qing'an County is one of them.

Students who are able to study in Cuiwei Academy have obtained the status of Juren and are preparing for the next examination.

All students who can achieve the title of Juren are basically well-off in their families. Of course, there are also some students who come from poor families.

But when a student from a poor family obtains the status of a scholar, he will naturally get rid of the poor family. Therefore, the long and short alleys and alleys near Cuiwei Academy are populated by these students who come to study.

Some bring their servants and bookboys, and some bring their wives and children. What's more, they leave their wives and children at home to serve their parents, while they bring their beautiful concubines to add fragrance to their red sleeves.

At this moment, in a small courtyard in an alley behind Cuiwei Academy, Gu Zhihua and Huahua were sitting face to face at the table.

There was clearly a sumptuous five dishes and one soup on the table, but neither the couple was in the mood to lift their chopsticks.

Gu Zhihua glanced at Huahua, whose face was ashen in front of him, and then at his cousin Shuhua who was kneeling in front of the table. He frowned: "Huahua, cousin, you have been kneeling for so long. What is your attitude? You should say something!"
Chapter completed!