The arrogant little husband is desperately flirting with the hunter

It can be said that Wang Wu and Zhang Yiju had no grudge against each other, but they just disliked him very much. After hearing such a big news, he wished he could spread the news to every household.

He really wanted to see how the most promising scholar in the Zhang family could be so arrogant and look down on others.

I'm afraid I won't be able to show off in the future. People say a phoenix that falls into the water is no better than a chicken, but this Zhang Yiyu is obviously a chicken. Wouldn't it be even more miserable if it fell into the water?

"Hahaha, he can't even take the imperial examination, and his reputation is so bad, so wouldn't he be cheating on the girl if he got married?"

"Not really, after all, he is a scholar." Zhengfu didn't know much about Anning Village, but he knew about Zhang Yiju, a scholar.

"He hired Wang, the matchmaker from Wangjia Village. Wang is a matchmaker who exaggerates all the good things and keeps silent about all the bad things. She will definitely exaggerate how good a scholar is and say that the girl will be an official's wife after she marries him. She will also say that his family has a lot of land, a grand house, and that he is the only son in the family, so the girl will be the head of the family after she marries him. Tsk tsk tsk, I don't want to be too familiar with her routine."

Wang Wu described it vividly. Chu Xiao and Yan Zhenshen looked at each other. The words sounded familiar.

Oh, I remember now. The last time Matchmaker Wang came to Yan's house to propose marriage to the third sister, Zhao Guizhi later learned to say almost exactly the same thing as Wang Wu.

There really is nothing new here, no wonder Wang Wu was able to guess them all.

"The Zhang family is so proud that they will definitely not tell anyone about Zhang Yiju's ban on taking the exam. If that girl finds out about this, I'm afraid there will be another scene to watch."

If the village was nearby, given Wang Wu's personality, he might even go there to promote Zhang Yiju.

Perhaps Zhang's mother was afraid that something might go wrong with this marriage, so she refused to tell anyone which village the girl came from. The entire Zhang family only knew that Zhang Yiyu was going to get married, and no one knew anything else.

Chu Xiao shrugged his shoulders and could only mourn for the girl for three seconds in his heart.

They thought to themselves that they had to be careful when their third sister got married in the future. Even if they chose to recruit a live-in son-in-law, he had to be of good character. After all, there were many live-in sons-in-law in the storybooks who killed their wives and took away the family property.

After dinner, the woman and her brother went to the kitchen to warm themselves by the fire. Luoger grabbed some melon seeds, peeled them and fed them to Yueyue, and then talked to Chu Xiao about what had happened in the village recently.

In fact, there is not much to say, except that Zhang Yiju is going to get married, and Gu Pan has also gone to see someone recently. However, Zhang Erni still seems to be holding on to Gu Pan and won't let go. As soon as Gu Pan went to see her, she would make a scene, so neither of them worked out.

"And I think Gu Pan doesn't want to get married. His family doesn't have much land, and Gu Wang is almost old. If he gets married, Gu Wang will have to wait a few more years."

Luo Ge'er sighed as he spoke: "Alas, this is how it is for farmers. The eldest son always takes care of the family. They would rather let the younger ones suffer than let the eldest son suffer."

Chu Xiao knew a little about this. He said that the order of seniority is important, and that families with many children have to wait in line one by one to get married. There are families that pay special attention to this, and if the eldest son cannot find a wife, all the children in the family will remain single.

It is said that Grandpa Sun in the village was like this before. As the third child in the family, his second brother could never find a wife due to some physical disabilities. He waited until he was almost thirty to marry a widower, but the family had no money to marry into. It happened that there was a conscription for soldiers, so he joined the army.

It was more than ten years later when he came back after being discharged from the army due to injury. His parents were no longer around, and his brothers had already separated. He was quite old at the time, and his vitals were injured, so he remained without a wife or children for the rest of his life.

Yan Zhengdao once said that Grandpa Sun was also a very spirited man when he was young. He had a crush on a young man from Lijia Village, but the young man waited until he was 19 to get married in order to wait for him.

Not only did he not wait, but the boy died of complications during childbirth three years later...

Yan Zhengdao was just a half-grown boy at that time. After knowing this, he thought that he was the fourth child in the family, so he was scared and went back to find his mother to ask if there was enough money at home and whether the family would not marry him after their eldest and second brothers got married.

At that time, the fifth brother, Yan Zhengxing, knew nothing and could only shout that he also wanted a wife, he also wanted a wife.

The men in the main room were still drinking, and Wang Wu was the only one who kept talking, which made the other three seem even more taciturn.

It was not until Wang Wu drank too much and was helped out by his father to relieve himself that Zhengfu clinked glasses with Yan Zhenshen and said, "A few days ago, I heard that the old man of Fufeng Grain Store in Xiahe Town was celebrating his birthday, and his grandson was set up on his way back from Kyoto."

"The village where we are staying?" Yan Zhenshen finished the wine in his glass and chuckled, "It shouldn't have worked out, right?"

"Of course not." Zhengfu filled his glass again, but did not drink any more. He continued, "It is said that the young master and the servants switched rooms. At night, the village chief's daughter sneaked into the house and was held down by four men. When the villagers came to make trouble the next morning, the servants directly threw the girl out of the yard."

Zhengfu finished the wine in his glass and lowered his voice a bit. "It is said that when the girl was thrown out, there was not a single piece of good meat left. It is obvious that she was tortured very badly. Otherwise, this rich family is different from us peasants. It is really cruel."

"Is it a big fuss?"

I think since Zhengfu could hear the letter, this must have been a big deal.

"Yes, the girl developed a high fever after being taken back, and died within two days. As soon as the road was opened, the villagers reported it to the authorities. We just didn't stop when we passed by Xiahe Town, otherwise we could have seen the excitement."

Yan Zhenshen didn't respond and waited for Zhengfu to continue.

Zhengfu was also a slow eater, still taking his time to eat the somewhat cold mutton. "The reason why this matter caused such a big stir is not because the young master's grandfather is the owner of the Fufeng Grain Store, but because his father is a high-ranking official in charge of punishment in Kyoto."

"If the case is not clear, the big shots will come down to investigate personally, so the county magistrate was furious. I heard from a fellow merchant that the county magistrate almost arrested everyone in the village. Without saying a word, he beat them with 20 sticks. Those who could stand it were thrown into jail and the doctors gave them medicine. But there were always those who couldn't stand it and confessed everything before they were beaten."

"Anyway, the evidence of guilt has been established, but I don't know how the sentence will be later."

Yan Zhenshen nodded, without any sympathy for the people in that village: "It can only be said that they shot themselves in the foot."

"That's right. I heard that the village chief's daughter is almost thirty years old. She doesn't look that good. The servants can't see her clearly in the dark. I think she will regret it if she sees her in the morning."

Zhengfu couldn't hold back his laughter as he spoke. He didn't want to tell these things to his family for fear of worrying them, so he drank some wine and talked with Yan Zhenshen, and they started talking again.

"I heard that her husband was forced to marry her by a trick, but he ran away a few days after the wedding."

Both Yan Zhenshen and Zhengfu knew that there was some water in the news that could reach Anning Town. It was a pity that evil would be punished. It was still a relief to think about it.

After all, if my husband hadn't heard the village chief's conversation and the young master hadn't appeared, they would have been in great trouble now and it wouldn't have been easy to get away.