Chapter 210 Someone New in Your Family
Lingyi walked out behind Xiyuan and curtsied slightly to the two of them, "Xiyuan, I will leave first. Let's talk about it next time."
Only then did Zhuang see her appearance clearly. What a dignified-looking, slender girl of a humble family.
He raised his eyebrows and said in his heart, "This guy does have a lot of good fortune in love affairs."
However, the next second, he heard Xiyuan say,
"Miss Guo, there is no need to be like this. I have nothing to say to you." Xiyuan refused her crisply without a hint of tenderness for women.
Lingyi's face changed. She smiled embarrassingly and finally turned around to walk away without looking back.
Yuchun looked back and forth at the two of them before stomping his foot and saying, "Xiyuan, I will leave first. See you later!"
After saying that, he chased Lingyi in the direction she left. While chasing after her, he shouted, "Miss Guo, wait for me!"
Seeing that the two of them were far away, Xiyuan turned to Zhuang and asked, "Sir, we should talk inside the house."
He took a step back and let Zhuang go in first before following.
Zhuang sat in front of the students' table and felt very strange.
He had never been to any school in his life and was taught by his father to read.
His father said, the men of the Su family to keep courage and uprightness to go to the battlefield and win the war. It was not very useful to read with those poor scholars all day long.
Therefore, this was his first time at the Academy.
He looked around. Finally, his eyes fell on Xiyuan, "It's not a big deal. I just came to pay you back the money as Prince Mu instructed."
Of course, Xiyuan still remembered that Zongyuan owed himself eighty taels, but he didn't expect Zongyuan to pay him back so quickly.
He had a hard time these days. Originally, the money that his wife gave him was for food, but he lent out eighty taels, which were worth almost half of his food.
He always increased the burden on his family these years. After this matter, he was embarrassed to send a letter to his family for money. Finally, he could only spare time to transcribe books for the bookstore to earn some pocket money.
Zhuang took out the stack of silver notes from his pocket and put it in front of Xiyuan, "A total of eight hundred taels of silver notes. Check them."
Xiyuan was stunned, "Why did Prince Mu pay me back so much money? I only lent eighty taels to him."
Zhuang smiled, "All this was Prince Mu's will. The extra money is a reward from him. Just take it."
For an elder's reward, a junior should accept it respectfully.
Only then did Xiyuan accept the stack of silver notes. He said to Zhuang, "Great General, please express my gratitude to Prince Mu."
With a bright smile, Chuang agreed.
"Well? Kid? Would you like to have a meal with me?"
He had eaten, but Xiyuan surely didn't eat as he just left school.
But unexpectedly, Xiyuan actually refused him.
"Thank you for your kindness, General. It's just that I made a deal with the owner of the bookstore today to go to his store to transcribe books."
Transcribing books to earn money was one of the main sources of income for many poor students, and even Zhuang had heard about it.
Zhuang did not force him. So he stood up readily and said with a wave of his hand, "Then let's talk about it next time. I'll go back first."
Xiyuan also stood up after him and walked him out of the door of the study hall.
When Zhuang walked two steps, he suddenly stopped and looked back at him, "By the way, kid, I have one more thing to tell you."
Xiyuan respectfully stood there with his hands down, "I would like to hear it in detail."
Zhuang snorted, "You have a very good attitude. This matter is not my business. I just thought that since your wife has suffered with you, you should not betray her in the future."
Speaking of which, he seemed to remember something sad, "It's too late to regret it once you lose her. "
Xiyuan understood that he probably had this feeling because he saw Lingyi just now.
Lingyi was his teacher's daughter. He didn't know which part of him attracted her, but these days she always came to the study hall to ask him for guidance.
In his last life, when he was alone, there were many people who came to harass him.
At first, he wanted to save face for the girls, but then he realized that some things are better to be done in a straightforward manner.
Therefore, these days he clearly refused her and told her that he already had a wife.
But who knew that Miss Guo said she was willing to serve a husband with Jiuyue?
Xiyuan immediately looked down on her a little. Knowing that he already had a wife and their relationship was great, she still chased after him. She was just stooping herself.
That was why he said the words in such a decisive way today.
It was so hard for him to have this life to make up for Jiuyue well. How could he possibly hurt her?
He looked very serious, "Great General, don't worry. Jiuyue is my wife. I will definitely protect her well and will not do anything wrong to her."
Only then did Zhuang nod in satisfaction, "Alright, I have said everything that needs to be said. I am gonna leave."
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Although Zhuang didn't say anything after he went back, walls had ears.
The scholars would sometimes joke with each other. These jokes blew back to Xia Yang Village like they had wings.
Jiuyue has been shutting Hei in the house these days. She did not dare to let it out to run around.
Fortunately, her elderly sister-in-law and second sister-in-law had no other adverse reactions, so she could breathe a sigh of relief. When she went out in the morning, she took Hei to the fields for fun.
In the past few days, Hei had been locked up in the house and was really bored.
Once Hei went out, it had fun with Hong. Jiuyue let them go crazy and watched them both to keep them from stepping on the crops.
While they were playing, she was smiling beside them. With the blue sky and white clouds, it was peaceful and comfortable. Everything was so harmonious. 
But someone just didn't want her to feel good. A granny surnamed Wang passed by the field path with her basket. She saw Jiuyue from afar and called out to her.
"Xiyuan's wife!"
Jiuyue immediately stopped the work and looked over, "What's wrong? Auntie?"
Granny Wang smiled and told her the news she had heard, "Xiyuan's wife, why did I hear that there would be someone new in your family?"
After hearing that, Jiuyue thought she was talking about her second sister-in-law's pregnancy. Her second sister-in-law was only three months pregnant. She didn't expect them to know about it so soon.
So she smiled and said, "Exactly! My second sister-in-law is also pregnant. I'm afraid that by the end of the year, there would be another baby in my family."
Seeing that she misunderstood, Granny Wang corrected her anxiously, "Not this! Not this!"
[Author noted: Xiyuan thought, "I only want Jiuyue!"]