Quick Wear: BE cannon fodder does not follow the routine

Chapter 721 Marrying the Wrong Man or the Right One? (42)

The horses neighed in shock and dust flew everywhere. Seeing that Shi An was still kneeling in the middle of the road, Gu Cixin leaped over and immediately helped the man on the ground to move to the side.

"Shut up!"

The leading man was dressed in a tight suit. He clasped his fists to Gu Cixin, dismounted, and said, "Sir, the Grand Scholar of Dongxing and Miss Dong are almost in Menghua City. The one from the Su family on West Street also wants to see you. He urged me to ask if your things are ready."

"So soon?" Gu Cixin muttered softly. Didn't the note delivered by the servant last night say that Master and Ziyi would arrive tomorrow?

"Sir, this is what the county magistrate told me personally when we were at the county office. He is heading to the river bank right now."

Gu Cixin's eyes suddenly became panicked, and he thought that his third senior brother was such a bad person that he didn't even explain such an important matter to him clearly.

“How despicable!”

The attendant asked, "Sir, this is the thief who stole the property in my house. What's this pile of stuff?"

Gu Cixin looked at the load of things in front of the courtyard gate, then glanced at his cheap brother-in-law who was standing quietly aside.

He thought to himself: He must go to the shore immediately to receive his master and meet Ziyi, but he can take his time with Princess Yunrong.

If he left this man at the doorstep of his house, even if the gate was remote, people passing by would definitely point fingers at their family, and his sister would also be caught by this man in the future.

Forget it, no matter how much he quarreled, his sister hadn't said anything yet, so as a brother-in-law, he naturally couldn't embarrass her too much. Let him go in today, there is still his mother in the courtyard, and there is still a long way to go.

After thinking it through, Gu Cixin ordered: "This is our son-in-law, the eldest lady's husband, Captain Shi Anshi. A few years ago, there were many military affairs. He just returned to Menghua City yesterday and came to visit early this morning. Don't neglect your own son-in-law."

The attendant said cheerfully, "I have met you, sir. I have heard that you are a brave and heroic man. Today I see that you are indeed a brave and heroic man."

"Young man, you are too kind. I should have found my relatives earlier. I am ashamed to come here today."

Seeing the attendant's flattery coming, Gu Cixin hurriedly said: "Sir, my sister is in the courtyard. Now I have something important to do. This attendant will lead the way for you."

"Thank you, uncle, for your patience."

Seeing Gu Cixin tidying up his clothes and then walking quickly towards the river bank, Shi Anxin said: "It's hard for a hero to resist the temptation of beauty! My dear brother-in-law, I'll give in. Sooner or later you will have to call me brother-in-law!"

"Sir, let us choose."

The attendants picked up the load, which seemed very heavy, and finally two of them carried one box.

Led by the followers in front, Shi An patted the dirt off his knees and nodded slightly to the heads sticking out from the corner before entering the door.

"Boss, the son-in-law is here."

"Go back."

As soon as Shi An entered the house, everyone on both sides retreated, and the woman sitting on the stone bench with her back to him said, "We don't allow outsiders in our house. If you want to do business, go to the front door."

"My son-in-law greets my mother-in-law. I apologize for the inconvenience."

"Since you know you are bothering me, then be tactful."

Yang had just finished speaking when she heard a thud on the ground. She turned around and saw the man kowtow again. She quickly helped him up.

"I won't fall for the self-torture trick, and I won't fall for the beauty trick even though I'm old and ugly!"

Shi An was shocked, and looking at his mother-in-law's eyes that were full of insight into the world, he became even more afraid to neglect her.

"It is my son-in-law who is confused and my mother-in-law blames me."

"What do you mean by confused? You are asking me to guess a riddle."

"Of course, it's Xi'er who is confused. Xi'er and I have been married for two years, but I have never visited you, old man, nor have I sent you three letters and six ceremonies, or married you in a formal way with a sedan chair carried by eight people. This is confused."

"Oh, you also know that without the three letters and six ceremonies, without a matchmaker and without an engagement, my lord, I cannot bear the honor of being called mother-in-law."

"Since you know your mistake, then deal with it in time. I beg you, mother-in-law, to allow me to send a matchmaker to marry Xi'er according to the proper etiquette and take her home?"

"I can't afford to lose this man, and Xi'er can't afford to lose this man either. We made a lot of jokes at the beginning. Now you want her to marry you with the child. Aren't you afraid that people will laugh at her for getting pregnant before marriage and forcing her to marry you with the child?"

"This... is my own fault for not thinking things through. But Xi'er and I treat each other with respect. She is the only one I have in this life. There is no other woman in the mansion."

"What a respectful and cold relationship."

Seeing his mother-in-law being so aggressive, Shi An felt that the old ones were the wisest, and he also understood where his wife learned her eloquence.

If the younger ones can’t be convinced, what about the older ones?

"You misunderstood."

"Are you saying that I'm old and confused and don't understand this?"

"Of course not. No matter how I explain it now, it's wrong. You definitely don't want Xi'er to be embarrassed, so you can embarrass me. Don't embarrass Xi'er. She was not willing to marry me in the first place."

"You are a smart person. Okay! I won't embarrass Xier, nor you. Go back."

"Now that I have come to your place, how can I go back without taking my wife and children with me?"

"That's your business. I still have to take care of business. Do you want an old man like me to entertain you?"

"I dare not. It's my first visit. How can I come empty-handed?"

As Shi An spoke, he took out a blue gift box from the pile, opened it, and inside was agate of various colors.

Yang felt her eyes blurred, and she sat upright and asked, "What do you mean? I can't do anything you ask me to do."

"This is a gift from my son-in-law to my mother-in-law. It is a stone from Mingzhou. I'll give it to you to play with."

Shi An continued to open several boxes, which contained pearls, jade, corals, and jewels that had not yet been made into jewelry.

“This pearl is beautiful.”

"Knowing that you love pearls, I found some from the garrison. They are all top-quality pearls, intact. I have already had the holes drilled, but I would like you to string them yourself."

This is exactly what Shi An wanted. If he put them on, his mother-in-law might not like the colorful clothes, and if they were made into several boxes, it would look dazzling and disturbing.

Seeing his mother-in-law's eyes shining, Shi An relaxed temporarily and continued to take out a few boxes.

"What are you doing?"

"This is to honor grandpa. This is a hundred-year-old sea treasure, a thousand-year-old ginseng, a hundred-year-old ganoderma lucidum, and these are also top-grade herbs. I know he is a doctor, but this is my first time here and I don't know where grandpa lives, so I can only trouble you, mother-in-law, to send someone to deliver them."

Yang wanted to refuse, but Shi An opened the two big wooden boxes again and said, "Xi'er is your daughter, but in my heart she is worth ten thousand or a hundred thousand gold. I didn't give you the betrothal gift back then, so I can only make up for it like this today."

The box was shining with gold. Yang saw Shi An taking out plates one by one, all of which were gold. Then another box was opened, which was also gold.

Yang, who had never seen so much gold, couldn't help swallowing her saliva, then shook her head, but she didn't expect Shi An to open another one, which was also full of gold.