Chapter 9: Visiting Lord Ponder

  Huang Chengyan furrowed his brow, thought for a moment, and then shook his head saying,

  "Although it's possible, it doesn't make sense. Moon Ying can be playful, but why did Feng Xiao have to follow along? Besides, at the time, both of them were unconscious and carried back, what kind of big deal could they have used the bitter trick to such an extent?"

  Huang's mother was just casual, after listening to Huang Chengyan's words, she didn't say much. However, her face still looked a bit desolate, did Yueying really not recognize this mother of hers?

  Perhaps Xiaoyue felt that her parents were too strict, but in the eyes of a mother, only strict discipline is truly good for Xiaoyue.

  Seeing this, Huang Chengyan couldn't help but open his mouth to comfort him.

  "It's okay, maybe it'll get better someday. Even if it doesn't, thinking about it in a different way isn't bad either. That Moon Ying was too mischievous before, but now we can raise her again from scratch and make her into a knowledgeable and reasonable young lady."

  Huang Chengyan was indeed a man of great reputation, at least in terms of his eloquence, which was absolutely top-notch. As expected, after hearing Huang Chengyan's words, Madam Huang's expression improved somewhat. Huang Chengyan continued to say,

  "And besides, I see Moon-young and Pong-ho getting along so well, why don't..."

  Huang Chengyan had not finished speaking when Huang's mother directly interrupted him.

  "I disagree! The filial piety of the past was fine, but now he's gone mad, who knows what will happen in the future? I'm not willing to let my daughter marry someone and suffer!"

  "Ke Feng Xiao he after all is..." Huang Chengyan hastily said, but unfortunately was interrupted again by Huang's mother. Speaking of this woman, she can be considered a strong and powerful figure, which has something to do with her family background. The Cai family is one of the top families in Xiangyang, and Huang's mother has a brother named Cai Mao, and in the future, she will have a sister who will marry Liu Biao. So even though she has married into the Huang family, Mrs. Cai does not lack the right to speak like ordinary ancient women.

  "Emotions are emotions, righteousness is righteousness! You've already been good enough to your filial and virtuous nephew, there's no need to drag my daughter into this as well." Without outsiders present, Huang's mother spoke without any courtesy.

  In this case, Huang Chengyan also couldn't insist too much and could only change his way of speaking.

  "If Filial Piety really makes a name for himself after this."

  It's clear that this Uncle Huang still has quite a bit of confidence in his nephew Guo Jiaxian.

  "Then let's set a limit of ten years and see if that filial nephew of yours is worthy of marrying my daughter after ten years." Madam Huang said, after all, a woman's youth is limited, Madam Huang couldn't keep her daughter waiting for Guo Jia forever.

  In the eyes of Huang Bo, ten years is a relatively short period of time. Guo Jia is now starting from scratch. Ten years later, becoming a small official may be easy, but it's harder to make a name for himself.

  "Twenty years."

  "No way! After twenty years, all the girls will be worn out and become yellow-faced old ladies!" Huang's mother opposed.

  Finally, after some haggling, the couple compromised and agreed on a 15-year contract.

  Guo Jia and Huang Yueying had no idea at that time that Huang Chengyan couple would so "casually" decide such a big matter for them.

  This is the characteristic of this era, and it's not necessary to ask for the opinions of the two parties involved. Marriage has always been decided by parents since ancient times. Guo Jia's parents passed away early, so Huang Bo was his elder, and he could naturally make decisions to a certain extent.

  Besides, in this era, men are not limited to marrying only one wife. Even if you, Guo Jia, think that Huang Bo is overstepping his authority by making decisions for you, you don't have a reason to refuse, do you? You still like other women, so what's the big deal about taking another wife? These aristocratic families often have intermarriage relationships anyway.

  In times of peace, it is a way of maintaining; in times of turmoil, it is a way of survival!

  (Memories ended)

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  These days, Guo Jia always felt that Huang Yueying was a bit strange, and didn't know if it was because he had told her the "love story" of "The Legend of the Condor Hero", so little Yueying finally knew that men and women were different, so she suddenly stopped sleeping with Guo Jia a few days ago and ran back to sleep with her mother.

  This matter made Guo Jia feel embarrassed, he was not reluctant to give up that so-called warmth and fragrance, but Xiao Yueying's actions would lead people to misunderstand.

  Especially in recent days, Huang's mother has been looking at Guo Jia with a gaze that makes him feel like she is saying: "Did you do something to my daughter? So much so that she doesn't even dare sleep with you at night?"

  Poor Guo Jia was really speechless about this matter. If he took the initiative to explain, it would be self-inflicted, and even if not, it would still be a guilty conscience.

  Of course, Guo Jia also has his own concerns. Huang's mother was taken away by Xiao Yueying, so won't Huang's father be left to guard an empty room every night?!

  Good guy! Ginger is still spicy after all these years!

  In just two days, it was said that Huang Bo had found a little maid outside and brought her back to be Huang Yueying's "three companions": reading companion, playmate, sleeping companion.

  Thus, Huang's father and mother resumed their harmonious married life.

  However, for Guo Jia's affairs, Huang Bo was still as attentive as ever, especially after he and his wife privately made a 15-year agreement, Huang Bo was even more focused on thinking about how to give Guo Jia some chips.

  So on this day, Huang Chengyan found Guo Jia.

  "Good nephew, you should still remember Yuan Zhen's evaluation."

  "Remember what? Are you saying Uncle wants me to go ask for a review as well?" Guo Jia said.

  "That's right." Huang Chengyan nodded, "If you can get a good comment from a famous family, sometimes it's more useful than being a filial and incorruptible official!"

  "Is that young nephew going to make a trip to Runan?" Guo Jia asked.

  "Ah." Huang Chengyan stretched out a hand to stop him, "You Nan Xu Shi and Xu Jing brothers' monthly evaluation is indeed the most famous. But now that the Yellow Turbans are still rampant in various places, how can Uncle let his nephew take risks? In recent years, the wind of monthly evaluation has spread throughout the country, and local celebrities will occasionally come out to comment on a few sentences."

  Huang Chengyan's words are not wrong at all. For example, when evaluating Cao Cao, apart from Xu Shao's "A treacherous hero in a chaotic world", didn't people like Qiao Xuan and He Mian also evaluate Cao Cao?! It's just that their words aren't as famous as Xu Shao's.

  "Oh?" Guo Jia's eyes rolled around, "Isn't the famous scholar of the Jin Dynasty, Lord Jingzhao, none other than your uncle?!"

  "Haha, my good nephew is overpraising me. Although I do appreciate you, my nephew, but the words that come out of my mouth can't help but be suspected of being biased towards relatives." Old Man Huang said with a smile, stroking his beard.

  "So?" asked Guo Jia.

  "So, the noble nephew is going to visit this time is, West City, Duke Pang De!"

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  In Xiangyang city, on one street,

  "I'm telling you, Mei, what's with following me? I'm not here to have fun this time," Guo Jia said with a headache.

  "I want to know as soon as possible what kind of evaluation Guo will get." Xiaoyue said, pointing to the side, "Moreover, this big guy can follow, why can't I?"