Fantasy: Starting out as a gigolo, born a Confucian sage

"Lord Chu, how come you have time to come to our party today? Don't you hate to attend these things?"

Jin Gu Garden.

Yesterday was a women's poetry party, but today some high-ranking officials from Zhongshan County are drinking and having fun here.

Chu Pingshan naturally received an invitation, but he never liked to attend these.

So everyone was used to his absence, and they didn't expect him to come today. Everyone was surprised and greeted him.

The news of yesterday's banquet has spread.

Chu Pingshan not only came out again and served as General Guangwu, but also won the appreciation of Shangshu Zuocheng Pei Mao.

Today is different from the past.

The gold content of Shoutinghou Mansion has risen sharply, and the enthusiasm of the people has also risen sharply.

"How do you know that my son-in-law has published an article in the imperial court newspaper?"

"What?" The person opposite looked puzzled, "I'm asking why you have time to come here today?"

Chu Pingshan nodded and said, "Yes, he has published four articles in total. Ninety percent of this issue of the newspaper was written by him."

"Ah?" A group of people blinked and looked at Chu Pingshan as if he was a madman, "We didn't ask you."

"You want to see it, here, here." Chu Pingshan took out the imperial court newspaper from his sleeve and put it on the table.

"Look, this is the name of my son-in-law, okay..."

Half a minute later, the high-ranking officials and dignitaries who attended the Jinguyuan cocktail party today all knew that Chu Pingshan's son-in-law had published an article in the imperial court newspaper.

And it occupied 90% of the content.

At the same time, they also understood why Chu Pingshan changed his previous style and came to the cocktail party.

"Haha, only your family has a son-in-law."

...

Zhongshan County Wei Mansion!

Chu Pingshan stood happily at the door, pulling Wang County Wei who was about to go out to patrol military affairs.

"What's wrong, Lord?" Wang Junwei looked at him in confusion.

"Ah, Old Wang, you also know that my brother-in-law has published an article in the court newspaper? And it accounts for 90%."

Half a quarter of an hour later, Wang Junwei walked on the street with a depressed face. He just asked unnecessary questions.

...

The county magistrate's office.

"Old Zhao..."

...

Shen Wuming naturally didn't know that his father-in-law, who was secretly killing people and appeared gentle and elegant, was a clown.

After dinner, he squatted in the study to prepare for the imperial examination.

As time passed quietly, there were only a few days left for the imperial examination.

Even in Zhongshan County City, there were more people visible to the naked eye.

Candidates from all over the country who were taking the exam, as well as their families, book boys and the like, had a lot of traffic jams on the road.

Shen Wuming also had to seize the time and read books for the whole morning.

However, in line with the principle of combining work and rest, he was going to go out for a walk in the afternoon.

Originally, he planned to ask Chu Youyi out, but seeing that there was no one in his room, he asked Xiaohua.

"Miss, she's in the kitchen, saying she's making some candied haws for us to eat."

Shen Wuming came to the kitchen and saw Chu Youyi busy, with two women beside her.

Or rather, a woman and a little girl.

The woman was naturally Song Nanzhu, who had a good relationship with Chu Youyi and often stayed together.

As for the little girl, Shen Wuming was stunned for a moment, as it turned out to be Pei Zi'an from the Pei family.

"Pei Zi'an, why did you come here?" Shen Wuming walked over and asked, pinching her chubby little face.

He had a lot of opinions about this girl.

If he hadn't made her cry at that time, he wouldn't have been morally kidnapped by Pei Mao.

"Let go, what's the point of bullying a little girl?" Song Nanzhu stood up for the injustice and slapped his hand away.

"That's right." Pei Zi'an hummed twice, but his eyes were always fixed on the syrup in the pot.

"Okay, Zi'an, try it."

Chu Youyi wrapped two strings of hawthorns in syrup, blew them, and gave one string to Shen Wuming and one string to Pei Zi'an.

"My husband should try it too."

She watched Shen Wuming make candied haws and tried it a few times, but the taste was always worse.

But she was very satisfied with today's work and looked at Shen Wuming expectantly.

Shen Wuming took a bite and praised: "It's delicious, sour and sweet, just like my wife."

"Yue!"

Song Nanzhu made a face. It was really unpleasant to be with these people who were in love. They were always showing off their love.

"Is there no share for me?" Song Nanzhu said dissatisfiedly.

"Hehe." Chu Youyi did not answer her, but smiled at Shen Wuming, "I was trained by my husband himself."

Song Nanzhu was even more unhappy. She forgot her bestie because she had a husband. What kind of talented woman is she? She is just a money-losing person who forgets her friends for the sake of beauty.

"It's delicious."

Pei Zian took a bite and squinted his eyes, "It just feels like it's a little bit different from what I ate at my house last time?"

"You also have candied haws at home?" Chu Youyi was a little surprised.

"No, my elder brother gave it to me." Pei Zian bit two hawthorns in his mouth while speaking.

"Oh~" Chu Youyi was a little disappointed, "My skills are still not as good as my husband's."

"But I prefer to eat what you make." Shen Wuming looked into her eyes and said seriously.

"Really?" Chu Youyi pursed her lips, her cheeks slightly red, a little shy.

"Guaranteed!" Shen Wuming grabbed his slender little hand and covered it on his chest.

"Touch my heart and feel whether what I said is true or not?"

"I can't stand it, I can't stand it." Song Nanzhu really couldn't stand it, it was too sweet and too greasy.

Goose bumps were almost coming up.

"I still want to eat what my husband makes." Chu Youyi said coquettishly.

"Okay, then I'll do it."

Since his wife wanted to eat, Shen Wuming naturally spoiled her. He washed his hands and came to the stove.

"Okay, okay." Pei Zian hurried to the stove and squatted, "Then I'll help my big brother add firewood."

Shen Wuming worked for a long time, making the candied haws and some other snacks.

Especially the spicy strips, Pei Zian ate very much, and there was a circle of chili oil around his mouth, red.

Even when it was time for dinner, Pei Zian didn't leave, and simply stayed in Shoutinghou Mansion to eat.

It didn't matter if there was a pair of chopsticks, Shen Wuming naturally had no objection, and Song Nanzhu saw this and simply stayed for dinner.

She often ate at Shoutinghou Mansion, and Chu Pingshan and Su Yue'e also treated her as a half-daughter, and they were used to it.

But the new girl still made the two elders a little strange.

Su Yue'e saw that she was cute, so she took her hand and sat beside her, and asked Chu Youyi, "Who is this little girl?"

Chu Youyi looked at Song Nanzhu. It was Song Nanzhu who brought Pei Zian here today.

It was obvious that Song Nanzhu didn't learn anything at the Mo family gathering that day, but he got along well with this little girl.

Song Nanzhu smiled, "This is the young lady of the Pei family. She said she came to play with me!"

"Pei family? Which Pei family?" Chu Pingshan was picking up food and asked by the way.

"Which other Pei family is there in Zhongshan County?" Shen Wuming replied, "It's Pei Mao's family!"

"What?" Chu Pingshan's hand trembled, and the chopsticks almost fell to the ground, "Pei Mao?"

He suspected that he had heard it wrong.

But Shen Wuming explained a few more sentences, and Chu Pingshan still accepted this fact, "Are you familiar with the Pei family?"

Because of Pei Mao's previous performance, Chu Pingshan now tacitly accepted that he was related to the Zhongshan Pei family, and it must be because of his own son-in-law.

"Very familiar!"

Shen Wuming did not answer. Pei Zian put a lion head in his mouth and muttered, "My grandfather said that big brother is his close friend regardless of age."

"That day at my house, my grandfather talked to big brother for a long time. The two of them are very familiar."

Shen Wuming's face darkened when the old things were mentioned again. Is that familiar? Is that forced?

Just because he made this little girl cry, Pei Mao started to blackmail him morally.

"Your grandfather?" Chu Pingshan asked. Just now he only said that she was from the Zhongshan Pei family.

But the Pei family is big and powerful, with many clansmen, and he doesn't know which branch this girl is from.

"My grandfather is Pei Mao."

Pei Zian answered heartlessly. He started to poke another piece of the lion head before he finished swallowing it.

"Pei... Pei Mao..." Chu Pingshan had a complicated expression, "Are you familiar with Lord Pei Mao?"

"General." Shen Wuming replied.

He and Pei Mao were indeed not familiar with each other. He was the one who was exploited.

Chu Pingshan's expression became complicated, and he felt that all of his recent success was due to Wuming.

Although they were a family,

but the father acted like a gigolo, which always made him feel weird and embarrassed.