After the male supporting role stopped interfering, the female protagonist suffered

The door of Zhou's house was opened, and Tianshui and the maid were cleaning, laying out clean mats, and boiling hot water.

When the lady next to him passed by the door of Zhou's house, she saw someone in the house and asked in confusion: "Isn't this Mr. Zhou's house? Has it been sold?"

"No! The master and his wife are going back to their hometown to worship their ancestors, so they sent their subordinates home to clean up and prepare hot tea."

Because Zhou Hui was not short of money, both the maids in Tianshui and those who returned could wear good materials.

After hearing Tianshui's words, the lady became curious.

This man’s clothes look better than those of the owner of Hutchison Rice Shop.

Is this how the Zhou family gets rich?

That’s not right! Could it be that the house was sold?

Yes, yes, Mr. Zhou looks like a lazy person, so he must have sold his house.

"what happened?"

"Isn't this Madam Shen's house? Why is there someone at home?"

"They said that the master and his wife were going back to their hometown to worship their ancestors, so they sent someone home to clean up."

"Master and Madam? Could it be Mr. Zhou and Madam Shen?"

"Bah! Mr. Zhou and Ms. Shen, considering Zhou Hui's unproductive attitude, I'm afraid they have sold their house."

The lady who first came to Zhou's house said that she was the same age as Shen Tang and also liked Zhou Hui.

But Shen Tang got there first.

Later, Lin Yueran's appearance made her laugh for a long time.

Tianshui turned his head and looked at the woman who was speaking coldly. His voice gradually cooled and he said calmly, "My master won the first place in the imperial examination and was granted an official position by the emperor. Today I am returning home with my wife, first to pay tribute to our ancestors, and second to thank all the neighbors for their care in the past."

"He won the first place in the imperial examination? He was also granted an official position? Is Mr. Zhou now an official?"

"Mrs. Shen is so lucky to have chosen an official as her husband."

The woman who had originally accused Zhou Hui of being unproductive now blushed with anger.

At the beginning, she asked her parents to go to the Zhou family to mediate and marry herself into the Zhou family.

But his parents said that Zhou Hui was just a poor scholar and could not compare with Lin Jinyu's future, after all, she had skills.

Now, she has become the top scholar and also the wife of an official.

*

"What's going on? Why are there so many people around?"

Hua Chao jumped out of the carriage, and Tianshui moved a bench over and placed it on the left side of the carriage.

Hua Chao opened the curtain again and saw Zhou Hui, dressed in purple, coming out of the carriage.

He stepped on a stool and said with a smile: "What are you all doing standing at the door? Do you want some tea?"

"Yes! Yes! I heard that Mr. Zhou won the first place in the imperial examination and was granted an official position."

They all fawned on Zhou Hui, completely losing their previous attitude of looking down on him.

Zhou Hui had a faint smile on his face, and when he reached out his hand, he saw a pair of white and slender hands stretched out.

Shen Tang took his hand and carefully got off the carriage.

"Madam Shen!"

"Atang!"

Everyone couldn't help but exclaim in surprise. It is said that clothes make the man and saddles make the horse.

Anyone who sees Shen Tang now will praise her for being dignified and elegant.

Her temperament is enhanced, not only by her clothes, but also by her face and hands.

Her skin was as white as cream, and her whole body was like a sparkling gem, radiating light.

"Ah."

Shen Tang walked over slowly, Zhou Hui followed behind him, Hua Chao and Meng Chun hurried forward.

Tianjiu was busy asking people to move things and was having a lot of fun.

*

Shen Tang sat down at home, and Hua Chao and Meng Chun served him. They brought hot tea and pastries and invited everyone to eat.

On this side, Zhou Hui also wanted to meet the governor of Jiangcheng, so he left Tianjiu and many servants behind.

"Mr. Zhou, this is a young talent. I didn't expect that this year's top scholar would come from Jiangcheng."

When the prefect Zhang learned that he had returned, he held a banquet in his honor.

"Mr. Zhang, you are too polite! I just returned to my hometown to worship my ancestors and did not intend to make it public. I did not expect that..."

Zhou Hui shook his head. In fact, he should have thought of it a long time ago.

Those who work hard in the officialdom are all shrewd people.

"Hahaha! Lord Zhou is low-key. I understand."

"It's just that I've heard of the reputation of winning six prizes in a row for a long time, and I can't help but want to invite Mr. Zhou to come to the gathering."

Lord Zhang looked at Zhou Hui with satisfaction. This top scholar was not as simple as he saw.

Lord Zhang talked to him about calligraphy and painting again, and Zhou Hui could always add a few words to the conversation.

This made Lord Zhang unable to help but look at him sideways, so he invited him to go to the study to appreciate the paintings.

When night fell, he stayed for dinner before leaving.

At night, Mr. Zhang couldn't help but say to his wife, "This number one scholar is incredible, with extraordinary knowledge and noble bearing. If we had known about such talents earlier, we should have won over one or two of them. What a pity! What a pity!"

The speaker has no intention, but the listener has intention.

Mrs. Zhang happened to have a daughter who was still unmarried, so she became interested.

Zhou Hui and Shen Tang did not live in their previous home, but instead rented a house in Jiangcheng.

"Ah Tang, we will have to return to Jiangcheng to worship our ancestors and visit their graves in the future. Why don't we buy a house here?"

There will definitely be more people coming back in the future, and we can’t rent a house every time, so it’s better to buy a yard ourselves.

"it is good."

Shen Tang agreed. She obviously also thought that it would be ridiculous for the whole family to have no place to live after returning.

*

The next day, the two went to pay tribute to the Shen couple and spent money to build a tomb for them.

Shen Tang knelt on the ground, looking at the words on the tombstone, tears falling uncontrollably.

"Dad, Mom, I am living a very good life now. I am surrounded by servants and my husband loves me. But I still miss you."

Zhou Hui knelt beside him and burned paper money in the brazier.

After the sacrifice, Shen Tang and Zhou Hui returned to the rented house.

The prefect's family sent an invitation, inviting Zhou Hui and Shen Tang to a banquet.

Zhou Hui read the post carefully, handed it to Shen Tang, and asked, "Are you willing to go?"

Shen Tang took the invitation, smiled, and said, "Go, why not? There will definitely be many banquets like this in the future, I can't just turn them down."

"Yes. There are many accidents at this kind of banquet. You should take Hua Chao and Meng Chun with you. Don't leave them alone."

Zhou Hui instructed that he must be with the men's guests and it would not be convenient for him to go to the women's guests, so Hua Chao and Meng Chun had to take care of him.

"Okay! I know!"

Shen Tang nodded, and couldn't help but think of his parents.

Today's worship made her think of the time when her parents were alive.

At that time, she was still a child with a father and a mother.

Life is like this. Everyone can only accompany you for a part of the journey, but only you can accompany yourself forever.

*

The banquet at the prefect's house was divided into men's and women's sides.

After Shen Tang entered, he was warmly received by the prefect's wife.

Everyone was chatting about daily life and the scene was very harmonious.

The prefect's wife thought that Shen Tang was a butcher's daughter and must be rude and ignorant.

However, she didn't expect that she was also elegant and graceful, and her every move was no less than that of her carefully educated daughter.

The prefect's wife saw that the maids around her were all of extraordinary bearing, and thought that they had been carefully trained.

But, isn't Master Zhou an orphan? How could he have such a maid?

Also, the materials that Mrs. Zhou was wearing were all fashionable and in short supply, but she had them.

It seems that this Mr. Zhou has some unknown secrets.

It’s better to stay away from such people, so that they don’t get involved in any future problems.

After the banquet, Mrs. Zhang talked about this matter with Mr. Zhang.

"Do you think he might have embezzled money? Or boarded a big ship?"

In Mrs. Zhang's eyes, Zhou Hui was just an orphan, how could he have such power and wealth?

"In the future, this Lord Zhou will surely be a high-ranking official, someone you and I will look up to."

How could he not see what the lady could see?

Judging from his knowledge, experience, temperament and so on, Zhou Hui doesn't look like an orphan at all.

But this has nothing to do with them.