Chapter 69: Inexplicable Thirst
As expected, Li Zheng came to the door.
Fu Ciyi led Li Zheng to the main room.
After being reminded by Yan Funing, Wan Niang reacted and let Fu Nanyao support her and also went to the main room.
Yan Funing's abdominal pain eased and she went together.
Li Zheng said embarrassedly: "Master, some people don't want their children to study, saying that they will lose a lot of labor."
Fu Ciyi said softly: "Children aged nine or ten were only taught to read and write last year. They are not good at school." It’s very late. If you don’t go to the village school, you will have to completely abandon your studies.”
Yan Funing asked: “How many people are willing to go to school now?”
Li Zheng sighed: “Only last year. Half of them are mainly the Hu family who are making trouble. They want to believe the Hu family, but they don’t want to believe you. After all, you moved back soon.”
When the Hu family said it, almost every household was talking about Fu Wanniang’s family. .
The same is true for several nearby villages.
Li Zheng explained the situation in detail again.
Yan Funing slandered that the Hu family was so quick to talk. Yesterday, Li Zheng just came to ask Fu Ciyi to be his wife, and today some people are avoiding Bei Mo.
No wonder they didn’t know.
The main thing is that they hardly go out.
If Bei Mo didn't go out to play, he probably wouldn't know until Li Zheng came.
Although the time before and after is not much different.
After explaining the situation, Li Zheng asked what he had been thinking about for several times: "Master, are you still willing to teach in this situation?"
Fu Ciyi said: " Go."
When Li Zheng came, he had been afraid that the change of circumstances would make him reluctant to go. Now that he said he was willing, he said happily: "That's great!"
"It's just..." Soon, the conversation changed, "It's just that there are fewer students now, so the tuition fee has to be reduced. The number of students is half the original, and the tuition fee can only be reduced by half."
This is more An embarrassing place.
Fu Nanyao interrupted: "What should we do?"
Yan Funing said to Fu Ciyi: "Why don't we go?"
It's the same job, less half salary.
He could earn two and a half taels of silver by copying five books.
Nowadays, people don’t want to go to school, so it’s better not to teach.
Save your time to prepare for the imperial examination, better!
Fu Ciyi was indifferent for a moment. The average money-saving family in the village only spent two or three taels of silver throughout the year.
But for him, it was not worth his time to become a wife with two and a half silver.
But he agreed first, so he asked Li Zheng: "Is there any way to get all the schoolchildren to return to the village school smoothly?"
Li Zheng was also in a dilemma: "Let the Hu family explain, they will definitely not want to."
“They wish my brother would lose the opportunity to become a wife.” Fu Nan said angrily, “How can such a scoundrel, who has committed evil before, slap himself in the face?”
Yan Funing thought for a moment, Ask Li Zheng: "Is there anyone in the village who has a happy event?"
The New Year is over, so there is no need to write the Chinese New Year couplet with the character "Fu" in it.
But people who want to hold a happy event need a bright red word "happy".
Li Zheng nodded hurriedly: "Yes, there really is, the nearest one is at the end of the first year. In the next few months, there will be several families holding weddings."
Wan Niang Asked: "Funing, what do you mean?"
Pressing her lower abdomen, which started to hurt again, Yan Funing said with a smile: "My husband's calligraphy is very beautiful. Go to the village to set up a stall and write double happiness. It's okay." It costs a lot of money to hire someone to write wedding couplets. Now I can write them for free. This way, I can benefit the villagers and let everyone know my husband's handwriting. She is beautiful and capable of being a wife."
Fu Ciyi saw her subtle movements and guessed that she was probably having abdominal pain again.
His big hands were placed under the table, opened and then clenched, but he didn't dare to help her rub them.
Will he be regarded as a traitor?
At this time, Li Zheng patted the table happily: "After all, you are my wife, you are really smart! You need to use a big brush to write double happiness. Do you have one here?"
Fu Ciyi shakes head.
Li Zheng stood up: "Then I will go to the village school to get ink and brushes. I will set up the stall in half an hour. Master, please move by then!"
"Okay, thank you."
Fu Ciyi raised his hand and sent Li Zheng out the door.
Yan Funing returned to the room immediately, and Tang Pozi was already cold to the touch. When he was about to take off the cotton cover so that he could refill it with water, Fu Ciyi snatched it away.
"Just stay here, I'll do it."
The water in the kitchen needs to be heated up again, and when poured into the soup potion, it will be even hotter.
Yan Funing did not refuse and thanked her softly: "Thank you very much!"
It was not that she spoke in a soft voice on purpose, it was actually because of her abdominal pain at the moment.
Fu Ciyi squeezed Mrs. Tang's hand tightly.
Sometimes, he really couldn't listen to her.
It made him feel inexplicably depressed for no reason.
Yan Funing sat on the edge of the bed, leaning against the head of the bed, covering her stomach with the corners of the quilt, closing her eyes and resting.
After a cup of tea, Fu Ciyi came back.
Looking at her eyes closed and her breathing shallow, I thought she was asleep. Then he leaned over and gently lifted the corner of the quilt on her belly, trying to put Yu Pozi on it.
Unexpectedly, she suddenly opened her eyes and patted the back of his hand with her little hand.
The two hands were folded together, and her hand was covering the back of his hand, soft and lingering.
In comparison, it became clear that her hands were small and his hands were big.
It is so big that it can easily hold her hand in the palm of your hand.
Both of them were startled.
The four eyes are facing each other, and the distance between the faces is only half a foot.
Each other's breaths seemed to be intertwined, and Yan Funing immediately retracted her hand in shock.
His hands are so hot.
Fu Ciyi's Adam's apple rolled slightly, and he calmly looked away, placing Tang Pozi on her belly, trying not to touch her dress with his fingertips.
"You take a break."
Without a word, he strode out of the house and went to the main room.
He grabbed the water he just poured and drank it in one gulp.
However, my throat is still dry.
So he poured several glasses in succession to quench his thirst.
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When Li Zheng agreed, Fu Ciyi spoke to Yan Funing.
Yan Funing offered to follow.
"You..." He looked at her and meant something.
Yan Funing pursed her lips and said: "It's much better now, I want to watch you write big characters."
Seeing that she was so eager to learn, Fu Ciyi nodded and agreed: "If you feel unwell, come back as soon as possible. ”
“Yeah, I know.”
When the couple arrived at the big tree in the village, they had already ordered someone to set up the stall.
Seeing Fu Ciyi coming over, Li Zheng shouted at the top of his voice: "Please allow me to introduce you, this person next to me is my new wife. The only scholar in our village, I will participate in Qiu Wei this year."
Someone asked: "Li Zheng, what is Qiu Wei?"
"Qiu Wei..." Li Zheng paused and said, "Through Qiu Wei. He is the one who can go to Beijing to take the exam and have the opportunity to meet the emperor."
After hearing this, many villagers gathered around.
Someone else asked: "Why set up a stall here?"
Li Zhengdao: "Master is kind-hearted. I heard that many families in our village are going to hold weddings recently, and he can help write double happiness."
Someone whispered: "I heard that Fu Wanniang's two sons are a bit stupid. Is this human-like person in front of me really a scholar?"
"Maybe so, but I don't know how to write. Well, it would be very distressing if our red paper gets damaged."
For a while, no one came forward to ask Fu Ciyi to write.
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