Good Fortune Arrives at the Door of a Rural Doctor's Daughter

  The "sister" that Li and her mother were referring to was the third daughter of Li's older brother, making her Li's own niece. The two families were related by blood, and so Li's older brother had set his sights on Lian Qing. Unfortunately, at the time Old Master Lian was still alive, and there was also the prior engagement with the Fu family, which meant that Li was unable to make this arrangement happen. As a result, Li's sister-in-law did not hesitate to scold her over this matter.

  She thinks her younger sister-in-law is not helping her.

  Ke Li was also wronged, the three in front were all born to Lian's father's previous wives, and since Lian's father valued Lian Qing the most, he had high hopes for this son to become an official so that he could become a respected elder, his mind was made up, no one else dared to slander Lian Qing.

  Divorcing one's wife and remarrying, no matter how you put it, doesn't sound good, does it? So, no matter how much Li tried to persuade him in private, Lao Lai refused to budge, which was also the main reason why Li looked down on Fu Qiu Lian.

  If it weren't for Fu Shi, his own niece would have married Lian Qing.

  In the future, isn't Lian Qing under his own control?

  Fu Qiulian returned to the house, staring at Lian Qing, "I'm telling you, if you dare to help her say one word, I'll immediately return to my mother's home!" As soon as she spoke, Fu Qiulian straightened up and something in her heart seemed to melt instantly, even the sparkle in her eyes brightened a few degrees.

  What is she afraid of?

  No big deal, I can just go back to my parents' home, I have a father and brother there anyway.

  "You, you——" Lian Qing pointed at her and couldn't say anything else. He wasn't good at scolding people, nor was he used to saying harsh words. Moreover, he was really worried that if he said one more sentence, Fu Qiu Lian might get angry and run back to her parents' house with a swollen belly. Thinking of his father-in-law, who doted on his daughter like she was his life, and his elder brother-in-law, Lian Qing felt not just a headache, but pain all over his body. He held it in and sighed, "Wife, I'm just trying to advise you, getting angry isn't good for the child in your womb."

  "Will this make the child unhappy? Where did you go early in the morning?" Fu Qiulian rolled her eyes and sat down on the edge of the bed behind her, staring at Lian Qing. "Just now when your sister scolded me and our family, why didn't you say that it's not good for the child to hear?"

  "I, I didn't even have time yet. You picked up the brick so fast, I didn't react at all ——"

  Fu Qiu Lian didn't bother to explain, she just nodded, "Alright, I'll give you time to react in the future." After a pause, she sighed, "Bookworm, let's be husband and wife, shall we?"

  Yes.

  "You say, are you closer to me or your stepmother?" She wouldn't dare compare her own father with mine, she knew she couldn't win that comparison, but bringing up her stepmother was a different story.

  As expected, Lian Qing hesitated for a moment, opened his mouth, but the words were quickly interrupted by Fu Qiulian. "You are a gentleman, having read so many classics of sages, gentlemen must tell the truth. If you tell lies, I may not know, but your own conscience knows it. Be careful that when spring arrives, heaven will punish you and you won't pass the imperial examination."

  "Come closer to me."

  Lian Qing's voice was very low, and when it reached Fu Qiu Lian's ears, it seemed to carry a hint of gritted teeth. Fu Qiu Lian saw the look in his eyes and smiled slightly, knowing that her previous words "Heaven will punish you" had taken effect. She didn't press the issue further, but simply nodded and said, "If you think so too, then you should trust me. As husband and wife, we are one entity. A wife's status is tied to her husband's, and I, as your wife, would never harm you, right?"

  "Is..." Lian Qing's voice was laced with a few hints of hesitation, his heart filled with confusion. They were just talking about the argument between Fu Qiu Lian and Lian Tian Er, so how did they suddenly switch to discussing which one had a closer relationship with their stepmother?

  By her ear, Fu Qiu-lian's voice sounded neither hurried nor slow, "You are my husband, no one is more eager than me for you to pass the imperial examination and become a jinshi, or even a zhuangyuan. At that time, I will be the wife of a zhuangyuan, you will be praised by officials and tour the streets, enter the imperial court as an official, and I will be the wife of an official. Who in this world wouldn't envy me for having such a good husband? You say, isn't that so?"

  "Yes." Lian Qing almost nodded involuntarily, looking at Fu Qiulian's eyes with a hint of surprise. She was actually able to think of so many reasons? Could it be that she had misunderstood her before?

  "Then you can see the plays performed in our village before the New Year. How were those high-ranking officials beheaded by the emperor and scolded by the common people for eight generations? Are you saying that Master also wants to learn from them, and end up with a family of several mouths being beheaded, their corpses scattered, and even the ancestors in the underworld can't recognize them?"

  "My daughter, how can you say such a thing? I have always been upright and honest, with a clear conscience, whether in the past or in my future as an official. How can you compare me to those corrupt officials?" Lian Qing's face turned dark, he swept his sleeve, "It is they who are corrupt, it is they who are selfish, how can you compare your husband to such despicable people?"

  "Yes, I also think that the husband is not that kind of person. However," Fu Qiulian raised an eyebrow and smiled meaningfully, "but Husband, you are not that kind of person, what about others? The people around you? Haven't you heard the saying 'a small ant can destroy a dike in just one morning'?"

  "What do you mean by this?"

  What's the meaning? Fuyang Lian smiled inwardly, hooked her lips, and looked at Lian Qingyang with a bad face, tightly pursing his lips to show that he was in a bad mood. "A rat poop can spoil a pot of soup, that's what it means!" She didn't believe Lian Qing couldn't hear the meaning behind her words! Even if Lian Qing thought she was being deliberate.

  What's the use anyway.

  Every word she said is true!

  With people like Lian'er around, if Lian Qing doesn't take sufficient precautions and can't keep them under control, how can he have a good future? Not to mention that he won't be able to pass the imperial examination, even if he does pass it and becomes an official, he'll still end up being stripped of his title and position! It's only a matter of time.

  "I don't know what you're talking about." Lian Qing turned and left, even the worry that Li Shi would not let go of the matter with Lian Tian'er was thrown to the back of her mind.

  The door creaked open with a loud noise, and in the room, Fu Qiu Lian smiled with a furrowed brow. Lian Qing was not stupid, perhaps he had thought about these things before, but he had always been hesitant. Now that he had directly broken through this layer of window paper, he would probably reevaluate this matter in his heart. Given Lian Qing's position in Lian Lao Ye's heart, it was impossible to get rid of Lian Tian Er, but it was possible to make her restrain herself a bit more.

  Two days passed, Fu Qiulian and Qing had been waiting for Li to make a move, but gradually, the couple couldn't help but feel some surprise. Letting their daughter suffer such a loss, would Li just retreat and concede like this?

  Could it be that even Lao Tzu is secretly taking action?

  On the fifth day, when the Lian family gathered together for lunch, Fu Qiulian walked into the house and saw a girl with thick eyebrows and big eyes, fair skin, and a deliberate dress, sitting next to Lian Tian'er. As soon as she saw the couple enter, her dazed eyes stared intently at Lian Qing's body, and even she felt the heat in that gaze.

  Fu Qiu Lian suddenly realized she was wrong ——

  It's not that she thought wrong, but someone else from the Li family has come up with a better plan.

  Look, isn't it here?

  Love rival, hehe, Fu Qiulian glanced at Lian Qing who was eating with his head down and smiled foolishly with a bowl in her hand - of course, this is Li Shi's feeling!

  Digression

  More than 500 collections before 12 o'clock, two updates tomorrow... Hugging my doll and rolling around to sell Meng and ask for collection. Hehe. Flash...