Horse-head Wall Reflects the Qing Dynasty

Chapter 18: Every House is Beautiful Where Brassicas Grow

The rain was filled with the fragrance of green grass, flowing down the patio, and it didn't seem to stop for the time being. Since the big man had invited Guan Yin to his home, he didn't plan to leave him alone.

"Mr. Guan is not young now, is he?"

"Hmm..." Guan Yin didn't know how old the original body was now. But as the saying goes, one should start a family and build a career. In the eyes of others, the original body was already a family man.

Now it was I who burned down the kitchen, and I didn't know that I was the one who protected my wife, but it was my original body's reputation that was ruined - even though my original body, who came from the music school, was looked down upon by many people.

"It's time to have a child, and raise him early. In the future, he will take the imperial examinations. Even if he ranks first in the provincial examination, it will bring honor to the family, right?"

Urging marriage, childbirth, school entrance exams, and civil service exams seem to be topics that cannot be avoided in every era, especially when the younger generation meets the elders, they cannot avoid it...

"There's no rush for these." Guan Yin felt extremely guilty whenever he heard these things. Even if he had thousands of dissatisfactions and excuses in his heart, he really couldn't stand the other person staring at him sincerely.

"No hurry? When I was your age..."

"Husband." A call came from the hall, and the big man's voice was interrupted.

Picking up the teapot beside him and pouring himself a cup of water, the big man was about to open his mouth with half a sip of water when he coughed again, which finally made the former only able to mumble: "It's not good to lend you an umbrella, why don't you stay and eat something and go back when the rain stops?"

Before Guan Yin could say anything to refuse, a series of footsteps went farther and farther away. Guan Yin stood up awkwardly and wanted to leave immediately, but was forced to sit back in his seat because of the big man's gesture.

"Since you are here, you are a guest. If you leave like this, it will seem like my family has treated the guests poorly. If it gets out... You don't want a reputation, but I do!"

The big man spoke awkwardly as always. In order to cover up his true state, he drank one cup of water after another. The action of holding the teacup and pouring tea was not vulgar, nor was it the least bit unrefined. But coupled with these several rooms that were considered to be neat and tidy, Guan Yin felt an indescribable sense of disharmony.

"After all, we have to make plans early, otherwise when the child has a successful career, he will still have to worry about being filial to you two."

The big man spoke the following words in a low voice. It seemed that he had something to say but wanted to avoid his wife hearing it.

"Yeah." It was indeed unlikely for two girls to have a child. Guan Yin agreed with a smile, but he was thinking about the relationship between Liu Jiaoan and the original body.

Guan Yin has never been in love, but in the novel, when a pair of lovers exchange glances, their eyes should be "silky", or in other words, there should always be a special atmosphere between the two people - Liu Jiaoan was able to leave the pampered Liu family for her original body, and it was definitely not really for love.

"Ah... benefactor, my wife is waiting for me at home." Guan Yin didn't know what he should call the big man in front of him. In this era, if the big man had a child early, the age of the child would probably not be younger than his. "It's getting late, Guan, take your leave, and we'll meet again another day."

"Hey, you, you...it's still raining outside."

"Since Mr. Guan wants to leave, he must have something else to do at home. Don't force him to stay."

The woman's words solved Guan Yin's urgent problem. However, Guan Yin, who had rushed out rashly, felt a little regretful. The rain did not break the rape flowers in the distance, but it did make him feel cold all over.

But if he continued to stay in Dahan's house, Guan Yin was afraid that he would not be able to continue pretending.

Since it was not the first time that the Liu family came to find Liu Jiaoan, and the big man could easily ask Sanheng to handle it, it meant that the original body was unwilling to expose herself to more people. Disguised as a man, from voice to posture, it requires special training. You can deceive for a while, but not forever. "You, stop being so quick-witted."

"I am really disappointed with you. When you and my child were younger than him, you knew to retire. You didn't think about simple love in your heart."

"So? Because you spoke too quickly and misunderstood Mian'er, Mian'er has been unable to return to his homeland until now, right?"

The big man was left speechless by his wife's words. He frowned and looked towards the direction of the gate. It seemed that through the rain, there was a person standing there, a familiar and vivid figure.

But that figure belonged to Guan Yin, not their Mian'er.

"She is not Mian'er, and she does not have the identity and position to pursue a career in politics."

A thunderclap drowned out the woman's voice. The big man suddenly turned his head to look at his wife. The disbelief in his eyes was still filled with grief that he had not yet wiped away. "What did you say? What do you mean by that?"

"How do you expect a girl to pursue a career in government?"

"Do you really think that these so-called obscene lyrics and songs can be written just by letting your imagination run wild?"

"She is from a family of doctors and scholars who are officials. If she were a boy, wouldn't she know that she could pass the imperial examinations and become a teacher at worst?"

The series of sentences clearly exceeded the big man's expectations. The woman continued to talk on her own. The big man was obviously a little overwhelmed and asked faster questions, "You mean... how did you find out?"

"When she got married to Jiao'an, you saw her slightly drooping eyebrows and her breasts unconsciously raised. I felt at that time that there was something unusual about her." Perhaps changing the topic could help to resolve the past events that the two people had just talked about without seeming to be shy about, but which brought up all the bitterness in their hearts. The woman explained patiently.

"From now on, don't invite this 'Mr. Guan' to your house, otherwise it will be ruined..."

"Then what does she want?"

There are always some things that are more important than whether one has a future. A couple has not experienced it themselves, but their children have made the same choice. So some things can only become a tacit understanding between the two.

"My husband, you and your wife really have a tacit understanding." Guan Yin, who was walking back along the way he came, saw San Heng coming from a distance. The latter smiled and asked Guan Yin to go back earlier. "My wife is like a genius. She prepared ginger soup in advance to drive away the cold for my husband."

The rain had not stopped yet, Guan Yin looked at everything in the distance, and suddenly understood the students' foggy view of knowledge. It was obviously very close, but it seemed thousands of miles away - just because the knowledge had not yet entered the students' minds, as if the scenery and Guan Yin were on different levels.

"Husband, drink some ginger soup."

The red lips parted slightly, the white hands were tender and affectionate. Guan Yin suddenly wanted to know what could have forced such a girl to commit herself to such a hastily built house?

Guan Yin knew that it must not be love.

Holding the ginger soup in both hands, Guan Yin looked at the shadow reflected in the ginger soup, trying to see himself clearly: "Thank you, ma'am."

(End of this chapter)