Chapter 306: Bringing 1,000 Taels of Gold Into the Palace

Before Mrs. Gu finished her words, she saw Old Man Gu turned around and stared at her.

"What's wrong? Why are you looking at me? Can't I say a few words to you?" Mrs. Gu was not polite to her husband.

Old Man Gu suddenly took out a wooden comb from his arms.

I don't know what wood this wooden comb is made of, but it has a distant fragrance. The style is also very finely polished, and several cloud patterns are carved on it. It is not worse than the ones sold in the shop.

"Old woman... you need to... comb your hair more..." Old Man Gu handed the wooden comb over with a slight tremor.

Mrs. Gu, who was originally cursing, stopped talking instantly, and the corners of her mouth couldn't help but rise, saying: "You know you have done something wrong, and you come to coax people again."

Old Man Gu's eyes were still dull, but the words he said were very heartbreaking.

"Comb your hair more... more... so that you can... not lose your temper..."

Mrs. Gu couldn't help but get angry again.

Niu Niu threw herself on the old lady and said, "Grandpa is so good to grandma. He still remembers that grandma can't get angry!"

Niu Niu can always resolve grandma's anger in time. Grandma Gu changed her mind at this time. Although the old man said that she was angry, he still remembered this matter in his heart, so he knew to make a comb for her.

Others watched the face-changing drama on the side. Seeing that Grandma Gu was finally not angry at this time, Li said, "Aunt, the old man is confused, but he still cares about you. You are so lucky."

Liu Xiaoru also cooperated and said, "Yes, that wooden comb is really exquisite. The old man must have made it for a long time to polish it so smoothly."

Grandma Gu likes to seek evidence of her good life in other people's words. At this time, she was praised by Li and Liu Xiaoru, and she couldn't stop smiling.

Sun Jiaxing said casually: "Aunt, you all say that the old man is confused, but I think there is no one smarter than the old man. He is never confused about important things."

Sun Jiaxing's words reminded Mrs. Gu. She turned around and stared at her husband with a scrutinizing look: "Are you pretending to be confused?"

Mrs. Gu suspected that Father Gu was afraid that she would settle accounts with him, so he kept pretending to be confused. After all, in recent years, whenever Mrs. Gu was in high spirits, Father Gu would always say one or two big truths to pour cold water on her.

The two have been husband and wife for decades and know each other's temperament very well. Mrs. Gu has no bad intentions and is not mean to others, but she can't be too proud.

Once you are too proud, it is easy to get cocky, and most of the time, bad things will happen.

At this time, Father Gu still looked confused, chanting: "My son is... the top scholar... my son... the top scholar..."

He didn't even look at Mrs. Gu.

Old Lady Gu didn't get any results, so even if she was still suspicious, she had to give up.

Coincidentally, at this moment, cheers came from the street.

"Oh, hurry up, people are coming!" Manager Luo reminded.

After he opened the two windows of the private room, he gave the good seats to the women and children in the private room. He and Sun Jiaxing stood in the backstage and couldn't see very clearly.

"It's Daddy! Daddy is in the front!" Niuniu shouted excitedly.

The whole family was immediately excited.

Old Lady Gu saw a touch of red from afar. Her son, who had been ridiculed by the villagers for many years and thought that he would only be like this for his whole life, now rode a tall horse and walked in front of everyone.

Old Lady Gu looked at it and couldn't help but her eyes were red, and her vision gradually blurred. She wanted to see more clearly, so she couldn't help but stretch her neck and lean out, with half of her body leaning out of the window.

Mrs. Gu suddenly felt dizzy, as if her head was falling, but the feeling stopped quickly. She turned around and saw that it was Father Gu and Niuniu who were holding her on the left and right.

The little girl's face was wrinkled at this time, and she said, "Grandma, don't stretch your neck out, you're about to fall."

Father Gu also nodded continuously: "Danger... Danger..."

Mrs. Gu opened her mouth to say something, but her eyes widened instantly, because she watched a young man fall from the window on the second floor across the street.

The street was noisy, and the young man's screams didn't even cause much ripples, only the area that was hit by him was surprised.

Mrs. Gu turned her head and looked at Father Gu again. Father Gu was still holding her arm tightly, as if he was afraid that she would fall like the young man across the street.

Mrs. Gu suddenly figured it out. Whether the old man was confused or sober, he was her old man anyway.

"Grandma, Daddy is so handsome." Niuniu's words pulled Mrs. Gu back to her senses.

Mrs. Gu looked at her son who was so glorious and nodded vigorously.

Gu Mingda, who was riding a horse and walking slowly on the street, looked up as if he had telepathy, and waved to his family members on the second floor with a smile.

"Ahhh! The top scholar is also very handsome, and he seems to be no worse than the third scholar!"

An excited voice of a woman came from the building across the street.

"The top scholar is elegant and handsome, and the third scholar is handsome and romantic. How can people choose?"

Not long after she said this, someone told her how to choose.

"The third scholar has been engaged, and he has several children. Only the second scholar has lost his wife not long ago. You can try."

The unmarried girls looked at the second scholar walking in the middle and sighed in disappointment.

It's not that the runner-up is ugly, but his appearance, in contrast to the first and third place, looks particularly ordinary. There are big meals before and after, and only he looks like dry coarse grains.

"Forget it, forget it, I'm still looking for good-looking ones in the second place." A girl said so.

Although the second place candidate could not hear these irritating words, he could feel that not many people were looking at him, and these people were not as enthusiastic as those who were in front and behind him.

Gu Mingda and Qin Jing were all hit by handkerchiefs, sachets, and flowers, but the second place candidate received very few gifts.

The second place candidate could not help but sigh in his heart at this moment, he was really born at the wrong time. If he had passed the high school entrance examination earlier, he would not have to suffer such injustice on his big day!

Seeing that the street was coming to an end, someone suddenly jumped out.

"First place candidate, my daughter is only sixteen years old and has a beautiful appearance. I admire your style and am willing to bring a thousand taels of gold to the mansion." The person who spoke was in his forties and dressed like a merchant.

There were also several servants behind him, carrying several dowries, as if they were eager to marry their daughter to Gu Mingda today.

"Oh, Brother Gu, this is a scammer, using his own daughter to scam!" Sun Jiaxing sighed.

For scholars, passing the imperial examination is like jumping over the dragon gate. Merchants have always loved to curry favor with officials, so it is not surprising that they would do this.

Li said, "How can such a family force marriage on the spot when they know that the other person already has a wife?"

Sun Jiaxing replied casually, "They are just trying their luck. If Brother Gu agrees, that would be great. If he doesn't, he will immediately change his mind and say that he doesn't want to be the main wife."

While they were talking, Gu Mingda on the long street had already said, "Friends in poverty should not be forgotten, and a wife who has shared the hardships of life should not be divorced."

The merchant really did as Sun Jiaxing expected, and said with a smile, "Top scholar, what my daughter wants is only the position of a concubine."