The door of "Pinxian Academy" opened, and Shang Xiaojun appeared at the door in a wheelchair. Everyone outside the door was silent, even the scolding shrew stopped abruptly, and all looked at Shang Xiaojun.
...and the young man pushing the wheelchair behind.
The neighbors began to whisper to each other, some looked at Shang Xiaojun, and some looked at the young man behind her. Most people did not know this young man. Although they all knew the famous Xiang Xiaoqiang, these people rarely looked at him.
Naturally, they have never seen Xiang Xiaoqiang's photo. If Xiu Xiu wasn't from their town, they wouldn't even know about Xiu Xiu.
Xiuxiu was hyped twice by the press. One was at the fortress banquet and after the rumors of "Ryukyu Princess" spread. But the scope was very small, mainly local newspapers in Nanjing, and they were all tabloids. The second time was a nationwide uproar.
After the "Xiang Family Fraud Case", news of Xiang Xiaoqiang's marriage came out. As his fiancée, Xiuxiu, naturally became "popular" all over the country. But this was just the past few days. There was no TV at this time.
Internet, rural towns like this are always very closed-off. That is, the day before yesterday, someone in the town came back from doing business in Wujiang County and said that there was a "Ryukyu Princess" that was rumored to the outside world. The one who wanted to marry Xiang Xiaoqiang might be in our town.
It was only then that word spread about the little Xiu'er from Master Shang Shang's family. In this way, some people still heard about it, while some people didn't.
If people see Xiuxiu, they may think that this is Xiang Xiaoqiang. But now Xiuxiu is hiding in the door with her younger brother, and people are guessing who this young man is. They look at Xiaoqiang, who is wearing a woolen coat and wearing a
Wearing a top hat, he obviously came from the city. Some people guessed that he was Shang Xiaojun's nephew or nephew, others guessed that he was his son's classmate, and some speculated that he was Shang Xiaojun's newly recruited teacher. Shang Xiaojun said some time ago
The academy was short of manpower, and she couldn't handle teaching the primary school students by herself, so she wanted to hire another teacher.
Shang Xiaojun stared at the scolding woman and said calmly:
"Sister-in-law Xu, you have been scolding me for three to five days. The past few days, you were scolding me randomly, and I couldn't muster the energy to come out to deal with you. Today, I finally came out to talk to you after you finally scolded me with some content.
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She said these words in the local dialect, but Xiang Xiaoqiang didn't understand any of them.
The second sister-in-law Xu was also in her thirties. She pinched her waist and had raised eyebrows and eyes. She looked like a powerful character at first glance. When she heard Shang Xiaojun say this in an understatement, she raised her eyebrows and glanced at Xiang Xiaoqiang behind her.
He turned around, opened his mouth with a sneer and cursed again:
"Shang Xiaojun, you shameless fox, why did you come out? It turned out that you hooked up with a young man and brought him out to show off to us? Ah? Hahaha..."
Naturally, Xiang Xiaoqiang didn't understand and didn't react at all. The neighbors who were watching laughed loudly, and they didn't know whether they were laughing at Sister-in-law Xu or Shang Xiaojun. Then they started chattering excitedly. This kind of thing in the countryside
Things spread the fastest. As long as someone takes the lead, others will spread the news happily regardless of whether they have knowledge or not.
Shang Xiaojun leaned in the wheelchair, said slowly and calmly:
"Sister-in-law Xu, we have been old neighbors for more than ten years. You said you were a matchmaker and I taught you my book, so how come we are at odds with each other? To be honest, I have never poured such dirty water on you.
Well...what's the matter, do you want everyone to watch you cursing alone, and then go home to eat when you are tired? Or do you just shut up and let everyone listen to what I have to say?"
Just as Sister-in-law Xu was about to glare and scold again, someone in the crowd shouted:
"Sister-in-law Xu, please stop scolding and let us listen to Teacher Shang!"
Then more people shouted:
"That's right, Sister-in-law Xu, please shut up and take a rest!"
Second Sister-in-law Xu looked around and knew that her insults had been seen too many times and were no longer new, but Shang Xiaojun was an educated person, and everyone liked to hear what she said occasionally. She knew that public anger is hard to offend, so she put her hands on her hips and tilted her head.
Looked at her with eyes closed.
Xiang Xiaoqiang couldn't understand a word he said, and became more and more depressed, so he turned around and waved his hand quietly. Hu Jiong stepped out of the door, stood behind him, and translated for him quietly. People saw another city man, but everyone
All the attention was focused on Shang Xiaojun, while Hu Jiong seemed very inconspicuous.
Shang Xiaojun smiled and bowed to his neighbors, thanking everyone for the face. Then he looked at Sister-in-law Xu and said with a smile:
"Sister-in-law Xu, you can't go too far when you're joking. You always say that I am an old fox, Xiu'er is a little fox, and our whole family is a fox... Haha, are we foxes? Our neighbors all have eyes and brains.
Yes. Now the neighbors in our town are sending their children to study with me. Are you saying that the children in our town’s neighbors are all at Fox’s house and studying with Fox?”
The crowd burst into laughter, and Sister-in-law Xu's face turned red and she was speechless. She originally meant "Fox Meizi", but Shang Xiaojun misinterpreted it as "Fox", and all the neighbors in the town were brought in.
Second Sister-in-law Xu stared helplessly.
Shang Xiaojun continued:
"I am willing to come out to see you today just because of these words you scolded me. Listen, I will only say it once, and I will not say more. First, what you call "climbing the dragon and attaching the phoenix" is nothing more than saying that my family's Xiuxiu is rumored by the outside world.
I have also heard about that, and maybe many neighbors have heard about it too. Haha, I would like my daughter to be a princess, but unfortunately Xiuxiu doesn't like it, and she cried several times about it. Sister-in-law Xu Er, you
Listen, I, my daughter, and my son have never admitted to having anything to do with Prince Shang's Mansion. The newspapers made a lot of money writing about this, but it's a pity that my 'princess' mother has never seen a cent of it.
"Second, your so-called hooking up with powerful people is nothing more than saying that Xiuxiu is going to marry Mr. Xiang, the commander of the People's Guard. Then we have to do the math on our fingers. How did my Xiuxiu meet Mr. Xiang? Everyone knows that it is Grasshopper.
He was rammed and sunk by a Qinglu warship on the river, and was captured along with the others, and was rescued twice by Mr. Xiang, so that the two fell in love. Sister-in-law Xu, remember, at that time, Mr. Xiang was not a powerful person...
...If you want to say this is to hook up with the powerful, then the girls in the Yangtze River Submarine Corps, those girls like my Xiu Xiu, who risk their lives driving submarines up the Yangtze River every night, are just hooking up with the powerful.
"Third, you said that we and I changed our surnames. Yes, we changed our surnames. That's because my original surname was Shang. After I got married here, I changed my surname to Wu. As for why I changed it, it's my own business. I don't care.
I plan to tell you. Later, when my Xiuxiu was going to high school in Wujiang, I changed her last name to mine. If you come up with many stories because of this, that’s up to you.
"But your second sister-in-law, Xu, really came here like a dragon and a phoenix. The first time was 'Little Shen Wansan'. Boss Shen fell in love with our Xiuxiu and promised you a large thank you gift and asked you to come to my house to talk matchmaking. We are a small family.
Boss Shen is willing to give in. This is a good thing. If Xiuxiu is willing, my mother will not stop her. But Xiuxiu is not willing. I have no choice but to return your favor. From now on, you will not like me.
It’s as if I snatched away the large thank you gift. There’s no way, after all, we are people of the new era, we can’t force our children, right?
"This time, my family Xiuxiu met Mr. Xiang. After the news spread, hehe, Boss Shen asked you to match-match with their daughter and tell it to our family Ziyu. Unfortunately, our family Ziyu doesn't like it either, so you have lost again.
A large thank you gift... There is no way, people in the new era can't force their children, right? Boss Shen is still rich and powerful, so he paid you to scold me in front of my house every day. You want to ruin my family's reputation.
My Xiuxiu can't marry an adult, or let the neighbors stop sending their children to study...am I right?"
Shang Xiaojun said calmly and calmly, which made the neighbors around him cheer loudly. The second sister-in-law Xu's face turned red and she couldn't hold it in anymore. She jumped on her feet and started to curse. Shang Xiaojun ignored her at all and patted the armrest of the wheelchair:
"Xiaoqiang, push me back."
She called out "Xiao Qiang", and many people in the crowd immediately reacted and exclaimed:
"Xiang Xiaoqiang!"
"Ah, it's Mr. Xiang!"
"It's General Xiang!"
"Commander of the People's Guard..."
Xiang Xiaoqiang had an interpreter at the moment and understood everything. He took off his hat in front of everyone, nodded with a smile, stared at Sister-in-law Xu with a ferocious smile, pushed his mother-in-law back to the door, and closed the door.
The crowd "coaxed" Guo and talked excitedly. Sister-in-law Xu's face turned pale and she was as frightened as chaff. Although she knew how powerful Xiang Xiaoqiang and the People's Guard were, the "Little Shen Wansan" boss Shen who supported her,
The backstage was also extremely scary. Ordinarily, there was no need to be afraid of Xiang Xiaoqiang. But that was before Xiang Xiaoqiang came back, and she was just a matchmaker, and it was nothing serious. Even if Xiang Xiaoqiang came later, he would not lower his status to be like her.
.Besides, Boss Shen is still protecting me.
But I didn't expect that Xiang Xiaoqiang was the young man behind Shang Xiaojun. The scolding just now was directly directed at Xiang Xiaoqiang's face. Especially when he said that his mother-in-law "hooked up with a young man", he was talking about himself.
, this kind of words cannot be tolerated by anyone. The ferocious glance at Xiang Xiaoqiang as he walked through the door was imprinted in her mind. Even the rural people here have heard of how powerful the People's Guard is. Before the Nanjing Defense War, they
Hundreds of people were arrested and shot, and they didn’t even need a judge’s warrant to arrest them! Besides, they were still Imperial Masters, and they had the direct support of Her Majesty the Queen!
No wonder Shang Xiaojun opened the door today and was so confident!... Sister-in-law Xu really regretted taking over Boss Shen's "business". She held on to the railing on the riverbank and walked home unsteadily.
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"Mom," Xiuxiu's brother said excitedly beside her, "what you just said was so good that it almost choked that shrew to death! Mom, why didn't you go out two days ago and argue with her like this!"
Shang Xiaojun smiled slightly, ignored him, turned to Xiaoqiang and smiled:
"Haha, good son-in-law, my mother-in-law just borrowed your prestige."
Xiang Xiaoqiang said respectfully:
"It's really my son-in-law's fault. He sits in this position and allows his mother-in-law to be bullied like this. I'm really ashamed..."
Shang Xiaojun chuckled and introduced Xiuxiu's younger brother: Ye Ziyu to Xiang Xiaoqiang. Xiang Xiaoqiang also let several guards meet his mother-in-law. Shang Xiaojun smiled and invited them all to come into the house and let Ye Ziyu serve everyone.
Tea.
Ye Ziyu is eighteen years old and has just finished high school. He is helping his mother teach primary school students in the academy and taking care of his disabled mother. Ye Ziyu is a crazy fan of Xiang Xiaoqiang. Now that he has met his idol, who is also his brother-in-law, he is so happy that he
As if something, he kept asking questions. He asked Xiu Xiu, who had a wink, to do the tea making.
"Haha, everyone has come a long way, are you all hungry?" Shang Xiaojun turned to his son and said, "Ziyu, there are many people today, go to Feng Dechang's old store to buy a hoof and pick a bigger one.
I'll buy some vegetables and make some more Shao Huang."
Ye Ziyu was chatting animatedly with his brother-in-law. When he heard his mother's instructions, he didn't dare not go. He said "Oh" and stood up. Xiuxiu looked at her brother lovingly, stood up and said with a smile:
"Let my brother chat with Mr. Xiang for a while. It's rare for them to be so opportunistic..."
Xiang Xiaoqiang also stood up quickly and went to buy it. Shang Xiaojun smiled and asked him to sit down:
"In that case, let's ask Xiuxiu to buy it. Xiuxiu is more familiar with it."
Xiang Xiaoqiang looked at Xiuxiu lovingly, called Hu Jiong, and asked him to take two people to follow Xiuxiu. They said they were helping her get food, but in fact they were protecting her. Xiuxiu was her own treasure now, so nothing could happen to her.
After a while, Xiuxiu and three guards came back with food and drinks. Looking at the awkward expressions of the four of them, especially Xiu Xiu's, Xiang Xiaoqiang understood that Xiu Xiu must have been "watched". Now the town has
The discussion was in full swing, so it was really ill-advised to let Xiu Xiu go out.
The dinner was very sumptuous, and everything was exquisite, especially the big hooves in the middle. The sauce was soft, creamy, and extremely fragrant. Xiang Xiaoqiang knew that Zhouzhuang has the famous "Wansan Hoof", which is also braised hooves.
.It seems that this kind of roasted hoof is very popular in the areas south of the Yangtze River. Xiu Xiu told him that the one in Tongli is called "Zhuang Yuan Ho".
As attractive as Zhuangyuan's Hoof, there are grass chicken pots, fermented rice cakes, small smoked fish, and of course the famous "Taihu Three Whites", namely Taihu whitebait, Taihu white fish, and Taihu white shrimp, all of which are local specialties.
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What I drank was Shaoxing rice wine. Rice wine is not popular in the north, but in Jiangnan, Jiangsu, Shanghai and Hangzhou, people like to drink it. During the dinner, Xiuxiu warmed the wine for everyone, poured the rice wine into a small tin pot, and then put it in hot water to warm.
When it's hot, pour it for everyone. Not to mention, for rice wine, the taste is very different between the stable and uncooked rice wine.
Xiang Xiaoqiang and several of his men were full of praise for the not-so-luxurious meal. Shang Xiaojun, Shang Xiu, and Ye Ziyu were all smiling happily.
Xiang Xiaoqiang was very happy and was drunk. Suddenly he saw something running past the door. It was small and yellow, definitely not a cat. He said "Ah", pointed at the door and said:
"What is that? It just ran past, yellow!"
As soon as he said that, several guards stared at the door. But there was nothing there.
Shang Xiaojun and his son and daughter looked at each other and smiled, looking a little embarrassed. Just when Xiang Xiaoqiang also felt embarrassed, Shang Xiaojun laughed and said:
"You read that right, that is...our Wong Tai Sin."
Xiang Xiaoqiang was startled: Huang...Daxian? From your family?
Xiuxiu also smiled and explained:
"Well... it's a weasel. It made a nest in our backyard, and we let it live here... Well, we used to have mice in our house, but since it moved in, there have been no more mice."
As Xiuxiu said, her mother and brother also laughed and looked at him with smiles.
The guards looked at each other and laughed at the scene. Xiang Xiaoqiang was startled for a moment, and then he also laughed.
He seemed to see the family in front of him: Shang Xiaojun, Shang Xiu, and Ye Ziyu all had a pair of yellow ears growing on their heads, and a big fluffy tail grew from behind them.
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After dinner, Shang Xiaojun asked his daughter to clean up, and asked his son to invite everyone to sit in the front hall. The guards wanted to help clean up, but Shang Xiaojun refused to let them go no matter what, and asked his son to take everyone to the front hall to serve tea.
Then she sat in the wheelchair, lowering her head and thinking about it.
The empty dining room was very quiet. Xiang Xiaoqiang guessed that she had something to say to him and stood aside with her hands hanging down.
"Xiaoqiang," Shang Xiaojun finally said, "push me to the front yard and let's talk. I'm going to tell you something about Xiuxiu."
Xiang Xiaoqiang felt a shiver in his heart and started beating the drums.
The mother-in-law is probably telling him about Xiuxiu's life experience. In his eyes, whether Xiuxiu is a "fake" is about to be revealed.