Women Wearing Men: The Growth Path of the Bastards of the Aristocratic Family

After introducing Xu Zhen, Xu Shuhua pulled Gu Yunji in front of him again, and said with a smile: "Third cousin, this is my husband Gu Yunji, you haven't seen him before. He has been staying in the Imperial Academy in the capital since he won the first place, that is, He only went to the Syrian prefecture last year to serve as a general judge, and I haven't had a chance to take him back to Shaoxing mansion to have a look."

Xu Zhenzhi's personality seemed a bit shy, and when he smiled, he showed two rows of white teeth, but before Gu Yunji could salute him, he first bowed his hands and said respectfully: "Xu Zhenzhi has met Mr. Gu."

Gu Yunji was taken aback, and quickly turned sideways to avoid his salute: "The third cousin must not do this! You are Shuhua's cousin, and naturally you are also my cousin, how can you salute to my cousin-in-law?"

Xu Zhenzhi said embarrassingly: "Cousin, that's because Shuhua purposely said that he was close. According to blood relationship, our grandfather's generation is the most serious cousin. I am the third in the family. It's just Hua's clan brother."

"What's more, I don't have any fame, and I'm white. Although Mr. Gu is a few years younger than me, he is a real first-class Jinshi. Now he is a judge in the whole family, and he is a sixth-rank official. Naturally, I should salute you."

Gu Yunji resolutely refused to accept: "Whether it's a clan brother or a cousin, they are relatives who are connected by blood. An elder brother is an elder brother. It doesn't matter how close or distant. I have been married to Shuhua for nearly four years, and I haven't seen Xu's family in Shaoxing yet. Brothers elders, it is my fault, how dare you use your official status to call Joe big in front of your cousin?"

Xu Zhenzhi rubbed his head awkwardly, not knowing how to react for a while, Xu Shuhua stood up and said helplessly: "Third cousin, as I said before, Yun Ji is not a person who cares about etiquette, but you will make it difficult for him, you should sit down quickly .”

Xu Zhenzhi didn't insist anymore after hearing the words, so he had to sit back on the chair.

Since Xu Zhenzhi has no fame, it is definitely not a business trip this time. However, he did not send a letter in advance, so he must not have made a special trip to visit relatives, so Gu Yunji asked: "Why is the third cousin coming to the Xuzhou government this trip? But I have important things to do." ? If there is anyone I can help, third cousin just ask."

Xu Zhenzhi said: "It's nothing important. I heard from Shujing before that Shuhua followed his cousin-in-law to the Xuzhou Mansion to take office last year. He happened to travel to the central Sichuan area a while ago, so he wanted to stop by to see you."

Xu Shuhua smiled and said: "The third cousin has a great ambition since he was a child. Although he has read a lot of poetry and books, he has no interest in fame and official career. He has loved mountains, rivers, lakes and seas all his life, and he is determined to travel all over the world. He left home at the age of 21 and is 32 years old this year. , In 11 years, with a pair of legs, he has walked through dozens of state capitals in Daxia."

"He also insisted on writing travel notes and mountain chronicles during his travels, recording what he saw and heard, and now the book has hundreds of thousands of words."

No wonder Xu Zhenzhi's clothes are plain and his face is weather-beaten. In this era where fame is regarded as a hero, it is really not easy for him to have such a distinctive ambition and put it into action, and persist for so many years.

Gu Yunji listened in awe and respect, and admired from the bottom of his heart: "The third cousin's ambition is in the mountains and rivers, and his mind can carry the world. He has traveled on foot for 11 years. This kind of perseverance is far beyond ordinary people, and he is quite like an ancient hermit."

Xu Zhenzhi was embarrassed by the two people's compliments, and his cheeks were slightly red: "It's not that exaggerated, how dare I compare it with the ancient hermit... To put it bluntly, I am just a mediocre talent who has not made any achievements in the imperial examination. Fortunately, my parents are enlightened and I have an elder brother Hold up the door, and only then will I be allowed to mess around outside."

Xu Shuhua said with a smile: "When I was a child, I had a wild temper. Every time I was taken back to my home in Shaoxing by my father, my sisters of the same generation didn't want to go wild like me, and my cousins ​​all kept themselves in the room to study. Only the third cousin Willing to play with me."

"He has a good temper. I didn't get angry no matter how I teased him in the past. Thinking about it now, I really bullied my third cousin at that time."

Recalling anecdotes from his childhood, Xu Zhenzhi couldn't help laughing: "The brothers in the clan are all focused on the imperial examination, but I didn't put my mind on the right way. I was reprimanded by my elders for not doing a proper job since I was a child, so playing with Shuhua's cousin is barely a thing. Serious business, at least I won't be scolded by my uncles for doing nothing all day long."

"Now that more than ten years have passed, Shuhua's cousin has long been dignified and elegant, but I am becoming more and more deviant and not doing my job properly!"

Gu Yunji teased: "You don't have to say that, third cousin. In life, there is no way to become an official through the imperial examination. It's not that only being an official is called the right way. In our scholarly family, there are many Jinshi officials like me. , but you are the only one who loves mountains and rivers like the third cousin, it may not be that the third cousin is not doing his job properly, it is more like we are drowning in the secular world, being blinded by power and money."

Xu Zhenzhi only spoke humility, but in fact he didn't mean to feel sorry for himself. Gu Yunji's words made him feel ironic.For a moment, I couldn't help but be amazed by Gu Yunji's open-mindedness, and said with emotion: "I heard Shuhua say that my cousin's husband is transparent and bright, and he is not a rigid person. Now I can see it. No wonder I was able to fall into Shuhua's eyes. .”

From the moment Gu Yunji entered the door until now, he was sizing up Xu Zhenzhi, and Xu Zhenzhi was also observing him.Xu Zhenzhi has traveled all over the world, has rich experience, and has met all kinds of people. Sometimes he only needs to meet each other, and he can guess the character of the other party.Regardless of the fact that he has only been in Gu's house for a short one or two hours, he has already figured out a lot of inside information.

There are not many servants in this house, but there are rules for walking, sitting and lying down, and the order is in good order.Although he is Xu Shuhua's natal family, he is a foreigner after all. Xu Shuhua was able to welcome him into the hall without Gu Yunji, and serve him tea independently. It can be seen that he is indeed the mistress who has the right to run the house, not the one who was confined by her husband in the back house. flinching woman.

The furniture in the room is simple and there is no extravagance. Except for Xu Shuhua's personal maid, there are no other young maids serving in the front yard, let alone any messy Yingying Yanyan, which shows that the cousin respects his wife and is not a womanizer. .

As for the cousin-in-law, Gu Yunji himself, he is very eloquent and imposing, and he has been able to judge a family at a young age, and he has never looked down upon or contemptuous of him, a white body with no fame, and he is very humble.And from the communication between Gu Yunji and Xu Shuhua, it can be seen that the relationship between the two is very good, as Xu Shujing said in the letter, the husband and wife are harmonious.

Before Xu Shuhua got married, she didn't spend many days in the Xu family in Shaoxing, but she had a very good relationship with Xu Zhenzhi, and she was one of the closest people among her peers in the family.Correspondingly, Xu Zhenzhi also cherished his cousin Xu Shuhua very much. He had heard that his cousin was married to Yijia Tanhualang, but he never had the opportunity to see his cousin in person.

Now after some quiet observation and testing, Xu Zhenzhi finally confirmed that his cousin-in-law Gu Yunji is indeed a good man, and Xu Shuhua had a good life after marrying him, so he let go of his heart.