inspire-indiana Chapter 622: Passed the Imperial Examination
Chapter 622: Passed the Imperial Examination
The next day, the village chief took Tian Fugui to the county government office with his men.
Tian Fugui was sentenced to exile.
The villagers said that he and Xu Si went to keep each other company.
If you can't make it, I'll accompany you on the road to the underworld.
Tian Fugui's mother, Luo Pozi, watched her grandson disappear and her son being exiled, and she couldn't bear it and fell ill.
In the past, she would have asked Tong Huaqiong for an explanation, but after suffering a series of defeats at the hands of Tong Huaqiong, she had given up the desire to fight.
He brought his daughter-in-law Cao to find Tong Huaqiong to plead for mercy with County Magistrate Liu.
Chunni stopped Cao.
Chunni was very satisfied with everything that happened at home. Tian Fugui had been planning to sell her to an old widower in the town as a concubine for two hundred taels of silver. Before she could do anything, Tian Fugui was sentenced to exile for arson.
Mrs. Luo fell ill in bed like a toothless tiger, and from now on she would have to live her life according to Chunni's mood.
God was on her side, but Cao always stabbed her in the back.
He attempted to morally blackmail Tong Huaqiong.
Cao was stared at by Chunni's cold eyes and had no way to hide. She said hesitantly, "He is your father after all."
Chunni sneered and said, "So the boss's weaving workshop deserved to be burned down by him?"
"Why didn't he think of my father when he wanted me to be a child bride to pave the way for Chunwang? Why didn't he think of my father when he wanted to give me to an old widower as a concubine? Why didn't he think of my father when he beat me and scolded me and wanted to drown me?"
Chunni's patience was exhausted by Cao's weakness.
These days, she was distracted while mixing pig food for Chunwang. If she continued like this, she would use up all the kindness the boss had shown to her and her daughter. Chunni made up her mind and said, "You don't have to go to the pig farm. I have asked Aunt Pan Di to help you quit your job at the pig farm. From now on, you can just wash clothes and cook at home, and cry for your son."
It was several days later that Tong Huaqiong learned from Tong Pandyi that Cao had quit her job at the pig farm.
But she didn't care.
After all, Cao was asked to work in the pig farm to give her and Chunni a way to survive. Now her husband and son are both dead, and only a mother-in-law who poses no threat is left.
Moreover, the pig farm is no longer short of people, so Cao’s departure will not have any impact on the pig farm.
However, when Chunni said to Tong Huaqiong, "I am the one who makes the decision in Luo family now," it still touched Tong Huaqiong.
Her casual support helped Chunni grow into a strong head of the family.
After dealing with Tian Fugui, he began to deal with Xu Xinghua.
Tong Huaqiong brought a message to Aunt Tang overnight.
On the second day after the arson, someone from the Lian family suddenly came to discuss with the Xu family about advancing the marriage between Xu Xinghua and the young master of the Lian family.
It was said to be a discussion, but in fact it was just a notification to the family property.
Of course, this is a good thing for the Xu family. They are eager for Xu Xinghua to go to the Lian family as soon as possible to confirm their in-law relationship with the Lian family.
On the third day after the failed arson attempt, Xu Xinghua rushed to get married, and the Xu family didn't even prepare a dowry.
The Lian family said that they were wealthy and did not need a dowry from the woman.
After the Xu family's bridegroom came back, they said that the matchmaker had made a mistake and Xu Xinghua's husband was not the third son of Lian, but the second son of Lian.
The Second Young Master Lian was engaged to Mr. Huang's daughter, Huang Jingshan. People in Yanguan Town were familiar with the Second Young Master Lian's deeds, and many people in Qinghe Bay had also heard of him.
Someone whispered to the Xu family that the second young master had become insane and had no roots. This was originally well-intentioned, but Xu Yong exposed it, saying that the other party had bad intentions and was jealous of Xu Xinghua marrying into Pingchuan and becoming a young lady.
Xu Xinghua did not return home for three days, and only returned to her parents' home in Qinghe Bay with her husband before the August Festival.
That’s why the Lian family has so many strict rules, with a group of servants following them. The villagers didn’t even have time to get a good look at the second son of the Lian family before they swarmed into the Xu family.
It was said that Xu Xinghua smashed things after arriving at her parents' home, and was finally held back by the nanny who followed her from the Lian family.
The Xu family did not ask for any comment regarding the fact that Xu Xinghua changed from the Third Young Lady of Lian to the Second Young Lady of Lian. They happily accepted it, as if they had expected it.
As long as Xu Xinghua can become a young lady in the Lian family, it doesn't matter whether she marries the second or third son of the Lian family.
Xu Yong was very open-minded about this. If the Second Young Master had not suffered from dementia, Xu Xinghua would not have been able to marry him.
Anyway, the Lian family promised to adopt a son from the first or third wife and let Xu Xinghua raise him. Xu Xinghua's position is stable, and as long as she doesn't do anything naughty, her position is more stable than Xu Zaohua's original position as Madam Zheng.
After Xu Xinghua married into the Lian family, Xu Yong started to tremble.
People in the village always say that my daughter is the second sister-in-law of Governor Yao.
Since Tong Huaqiong's cotton cloth became popular, this year Governor Yao promoted cotton planting throughout Ningcheng. When he came to the village with his wife to inspect the cotton fields, Xu Yong rushed up to seek revenge, but was stopped by his entourage.
Prefect Yao and Lian Hengruo didn't even glance at the Xu family.
The villagers found out that Prefect Yao did not want to acknowledge this marriage and that Liu Tielian was doing a stable job as the village chief, so their worries about Xu Yong's resurgence disappeared completely, and those who originally wanted to curry favor with the Xu family gave up the idea of trying to please them.
Aunt Tang has been to Qinghe Bay several times.
Tong Huaqiong learned from Aunt Tang that Xu Xinghua had been restless since she married into the Lian family, and she always disliked the second young master Lian. Once, she was found beating the second young master Lian secretly by her mother-in-law Hua, and was punished by her mother-in-law to kneel in the ancestral hall. Xu Xinghua was naturally unwilling to accept this, and not only beat the nanny beside Hua, but also scolded Hua.
Hua was so angry that she regretted marrying Xu Xinghua. Xu Xinghua said that it was good enough for her son who had no roots to marry her, so she beat chickens and scolded dogs all day long, and beat Lian Er Shaoye from time to time to vent her anger. Hua was involved in the noise of her daughter-in-law and could no longer spare a hand to deal with Aunt Tang.
After hearing this, Tong Huaqiong didn't know whether this was a blessing for Hua or Xu Xinghua.
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In the blink of an eye, it was late autumn.
After half a year of development, the cotton cloth produced by the weaving workshop has opened up the market in the entire Ningcheng.
Due to the demand for cotton from Tong Huaqiong's weaving workshop, the scale of cotton cultivation in the entire Qinghe Bay increased.
Looking up, the cotton flowers are as dazzling as white clouds.
Tong Huaqiong could see the white silver among the snow-white cotton flowers.
Around the Mid-Autumn Festival, villagers begin picking cotton in the cotton fields.
The bumper cotton harvest made the villagers of Qinghewan feel that their year's work was not in vain. All the cotton in Qinghewan was monopolized by Tong Huaqiong's weaving workshop. It can be said that the villagers followed the weaving workshop and embarked on a road to prosperity.
The bumper cotton harvest not only provided an additional source of income for the villagers of Qinghewan, but also reduced the costs of Tong Huaqiong's weaving workshop.
It can be said to be a win-win situation!
That autumn, good news happened in Tong Huaqiong's family that shocked the entire Yanguan Town.
Gu Jingzhe passed the imperial examination and won the first place in the provincial examination.
This is much cooler than the first case.
Yanguan Town has not produced a juren in nearly sixty years, and Gu Jingzhe is the first one.
When the good news came, Qinghe Bay was crowded with people watching the fun, all wanting to witness history while enjoying the show.
For the people in Yanguan Town, the only top scholar in the past two years was Huang Yuanwai's son-in-law Lu Zhaoyang, who was the result of Huang Yuanwai's daily publicity.
Gu Jingzhe is different. He was born and raised in Qinghewan, which belongs to Yanguan Town. So, Gu Jingzhe's first place in the championship is the glory of the entire Yanguan Town.