The Female Assistant of Wei Yuyan Shuangfei

On the ninth day of September, the originally gloomy weather suddenly became bright and sunny after the sun rose, and the county government also welcomed the first ray of dawn.

The Double Ninth Festival is here. According to past customs, the county government office would have been very lively. However, since only Xie Tingwen and Xie Shuting were staying there, the county government office was not very lively.

On the streets of Laigu County, chrysanthemums of various colors are placed in front of every shop, as if they are the most important commemoration of the Double Ninth Festival.

According to custom, Lian Xi went to the street early to buy a few pots of chrysanthemums and placed them in the courtyard of the county government office, adding a touch of atmosphere to the festival.

"Shu Ting! I want to accompany your mother today, so I won't go with you. Otherwise, they will feel uncomfortable seeing me."

"Yes!" Xie Shuting responded.

She just bowed and watched Xie Tingwen turn around and walk into the study. She felt sorry for the mother whom she had only met once.

"Mother! If you were still alive, I think father would love you more!" While speaking, Xie Shuting gently stroked her eyebrows, fixed her makeup and walked towards the front yard.

In her previous life, she had never seen her previous master's biological mother. But in this life, she had the memory of her previous life since she was born, and saw the long-lost face.

The woman had willow-leaf thin eyebrows and a face as white as jade. There was an elusive nobleness hidden between her eyebrows, and her eyes were bright and lively, without a trace of dust, like a fairy from heaven.

This is her biological mother in this life, Jiang Yao, the concubine of the Tianshui Jiang family.

When Xie Shuting walked out of the county government office, she saw a clerk in government uniform hiding in a corner burning yellow paper. Seeing this scene, a trace of loss once again emerged in her sad heart.

"Maybe you are also a filial son." Xie Shuting murmured to herself.

Lian Xi and Uncle Qin looked at each other, then looked at the clerk but didn't dare to say anything. They could only follow their young lady carefully.

Xie Shuting was walking aimlessly when she came to a flower shop. The chrysanthemums in full bloom in the shop instantly attracted her attention.

"Excuse me, how much is this chrysanthemum?"

Upon hearing this, a woman hurried out and took a look at Xie Shuting and said, "This lady has good eyesight. It's not an exaggeration to say that this chrysanthemum is a tribute. It's the best in my store."

"It can be seen that this flower is precious but not delicate, gorgeous but not vulgar. It is indeed a rare and fine product. I wonder how much it costs?" Xie Shuting asked softly.

The woman could tell that Xie Shuting was someone who understood flowers, and she couldn't hide her slightly weathered face as she said with a smile, "Miss, to be honest, it's not that I don't want to sell these flowers, but..."

Xie Shuting heard the hidden meaning behind the words and instantly became interested and asked, "What's the store owner's secret? Feel free to tell me."

"Hey! It seems that the young lady is also a person who doesn't stick to small details."

The woman praised repeatedly, and said hesitantly: "This flower was cultivated by my wife. I don't know what she thought, but she said that if someone likes this flower, they can take it away by writing a poem. How can a woman like me understand this?"

Xie Shuting took a look at the woman. Seeing her weathered face, she was no more than twenty-five or twenty-six years old. She immediately understood what the woman's husband meant.

Xie Shuting pondered for a moment and asked softly, "I wonder if your husband is taking the imperial examination?"

"Hey!"

The woman sighed again, complaining a little: "I have been taking the exam for seven or eight years, but I failed in the final exam this year. I didn't even get the title of scholar. I asked him to run the shop with me, but he didn't listen. He said he wanted to take more exams. Girl, you said it's not easy for us women, why... Hey!"

The woman sighed as if she was complaining. Although Xie Shuting didn't know the reason, she understood that the class divisions between scholars, farmers, merchants and artisans had been very clear since ancient times. She naturally understood the man's thoughts.

Thinking of this, Xie Shuting, in the spirit of demolishing another temple rather than destroying a marriage, said, "Even so, didn't I still obey your husband?"

"This!~"

The woman was unable to refute for a moment, and a trace of shyness instantly appeared on her face. Xie Shuting smiled without saying a word, slowly walked to the counter, picked up a pen and wrote a poem about chrysanthemums.

Xie Shuting finished writing the poem, handed it to the woman respectfully with both hands and said, "Aunt, I will take the flowers away. As for this poem, you can give it to your husband. If he can understand it, it will be worth knowing you."

The woman looked at the poem in her hand and nodded repeatedly. She had a feeling that although this woman met her for the first time, she could feel that she was standing in her shoes.

Xie Shuting bought a pot of gorgeous chrysanthemums. Lian Xi behind her quickly put the flowers on the carriage. Uncle Qin stood aside and waited respectfully.

Lian Xi put the flower pot away, turned around and asked with a smile: "Miss! Are you feeling better?"

Xie Shuting smiled and said, "You clever girl, when has your young lady been in a bad mood?"

"Oh! My lady is always in a good mood." Lian Xi pouted and agreed.

Immediately! She turned her eyes and looked at the sun in the sky, and said with some worry: "Miss! It will take another two hours to get to Caojiazhuang. If we don't go now, it will be too late."

"We are going there as guests. If we arrive too early, they won't get married yet. It would be better if we arrive before the banquet starts." Xie Shuting got on the carriage while speaking.

Lian Xi followed him with her big, sparkling eyes. When she entered the carriage, she turned around slowly, looked at Uncle Qin with a smile and said, "Uncle Qin! Thank you for your help."

"Miss! Sit down."

Uncle Qin shook his head helplessly, raised the whip and drove the carriage towards Caojiazhuang.

Just as the carriage left, dozens of strong men followed from a distance. These people were the bodyguards of the Fuwei Escort Agency.

Watching the carriage leave, Song Zhen couldn't help but frown and said, "Follow them all the way and protect them. There are people being held in the yard and I can't leave."

"Don't worry, leader. We will get it done." One man leaned over and replied.

As Xie Shuting left, a man in the flower shop lifted the door curtain and walked out slowly. The moment the woman saw the man, a look of resentment appeared on her face again.

"Zhou Lang! Can't we just not take the imperial examination?" the woman said with a hint of pleading in her words.

The man remained silent, took the letter from the woman, glanced at it and said aloud: "Hundreds of flowers fell overnight in the autumn rain, and the fragrance of the lotus leaves is revealed. Don't say that the fragrance of plum blossoms penetrates your bones, only you like the color of the frost buds."

The man looked at the slightly blurred back of the carriage and muttered to himself, "You want me to give up and cherish the person in front of me."

"Zhou Lang!" the woman called out affectionately, with a thin layer of mist in her eyes.

It was not that she did not approve of her husband taking the imperial examinations, but as a woman, she could not tolerate the fact that he had not even won the title of a scholar for seven or eight years.

As if he also noticed the woman's emotional fluctuations, the man gently took the woman into his arms and said softly: "No need to take the exam. I will do business with you in the future, cultivate these chrysanthemums well, and give you a stable life."

The woman shyly pushed the man away and began to tidy up the flower shop with a smile on her face. In her heart, she was so grateful to Xie Shuting that she couldn't express it in words.