The fool has become a spirit, and she can speak

Xu Shixun burst into laughter at Cheng Youning's amusement, "How old are you?"

Cheng Youning said: "Five years old."

Xu Shixun said: "You are not only a smart kid, but also very courageous. Who are you from?"

Cheng Youning said: "I am from the Cheng family."

"What do your parents do?"

Cheng Youning said: "My father is a hunter."

Xu Shixun looked at Cheng Youning's attire and the servants around him, and said with a smile: "You don't have to lie to me. If your family were a hunter, I'm afraid they wouldn't be able to raise a child like you, and Chen Gongxiang wouldn't choose you to be his son-in-law."

Cheng Youning did not reveal his identity. His eyes lit up and he said, "It's that tavern. Your people should still be inside."

Xu Shixun sent someone in, and sure enough, the two yamen runners followed him out. When they saw Xu Shixun and Cheng Youning together, they knew something was wrong, so they hurried forward to make amends, "Sir, we have already done what you asked us to do. The boss of the bun shop said that it was this kid who brought a group of kids to cause trouble, and he wanted to eat a free meal."

Xu Shixun said: "Are the eight buns the bun shop owner gave you delicious? Is the money he gave you easy to spend?"

When the two yamen runners heard this, they knew the whole thing was exposed, and they immediately knelt down and begged for mercy, "Sir, please spare my life, sir, please spare my life, I was also confused for a moment."

Xu Shixun said, "You are such a disgrace. Wait until we get back and see how I deal with you two. Take them to the steamed bun shop first."

A group of people surrounded the bun shop. When the owner of the bun shop saw the two yamen runners he bribed being escorted and the child he bullied was also there, he knew that something bad was going to happen. He immediately knelt on the ground and confessed his guilt, and obediently returned the silver to Cheng Youning.

Xu Shixun asked Cheng Youning, "You can't call me a corrupt official this time, can you?"

Cheng Youning said: "You are a good person and have some ability, but you have to discipline your people strictly."

Xu Shixun said: "Listen carefully to Master Cheng's teachings. I will discipline him strictly when I return."

Only after Xu Shixun escorted the men back to the county government office did the group of children in the village come running over.

Cheng Youning said, "The money is coming back, let's go eat something delicious."

A group of children happily surrounded the sugar cake shop again. At this time, no one dared to cheat Cheng Youning of a penny, and the stall owners calculated the bills clearly.

Cheng Youning and Qiao Rong were both hungry. This cake was crispy on the outside, soft and sweet on the inside. Cheng Youning loved it the most.

The other children also liked to eat it. No one ate too much. They were satisfied after just a taste. Only Qiao Rong's younger brother refused to eat. He relied on his brother being here and wanted to eat more after he had finished. "Brother, I want to eat more sugar cakes."

Qiao Rong said, "Don't think you're never full after eating anything. You have a big belly. The young master will take us to eat duck food later."

The turmoil here for Cheng Youning has come to an end, but his uncle's prefectural mansion is in chaos. This story started this morning.

Wan Lianxing opened his eyes and when he was putting on his clothes, the servants found that they could not find Wan Lianxing's socks.

Several servants were mobilized to look for it, but they couldn't find it. This matter alarmed the old housekeeper in the mansion.

Wan Lianxing sat there barefoot waiting for everyone to find socks for him to wear. The old housekeeper said, "Why are you servants so careless? Why didn't you take care of the Marquis's clothes in advance? If this is the case, I will take care of him personally in the future."

Wan Lianxing said: "You can do it now. You are too old to need personal service all the time."

The old housekeeper said, "It's because these servants are useless."

A servant said, "The ironed socks were neatly placed in the cupboard. How come they all disappeared?"

The old housekeeper said, "Don't look for it yet. Go to the laundry room and get a pair of ironed socks."

Suiying looked at the barefoot Wan Lianxing and said, "This is strange. This is the first time in all these years that I heard that the Marquis's socks were stolen."

Wan Lianxing smiled and said, "Who would steal my socks? What use can socks have? It must be the maid who made a mistake. I have worn all the clean socks."

It took Wan Lianxing a cup of tea to put on his socks and shoes.

He asked the old housekeeper, "Dong Qing has already gone to apologize to Lu Siniang with some snacks, right?"

The old housekeeper said, "My Lord, please rest assured. The snacks have been handed over to Mr. Ge, and he has gone to Lu Si Niang in the west courtyard."

At this time, Ge Dongqing was holding two boxes of snacks in his hands, his heart trembling with fear. He wandered around Lu Siniang's door, not daring to knock on the door and go in.

At this time, Lu Siniang and a group of girls packed up and prepared to go to the weaving workshop to work. When they pushed the door open, they saw Ge Dongqing standing there like a thief, carrying something.

When a group of women saw Ge Dongqing's face being bruised by Lu Siniang, they all covered their mouths and laughed. Ge Dongqing felt embarrassed and ashamed.

Not knowing what to say, he said:

"When I first met Si Niang, there was a black horse between us.

He was so inspired to write poetry that he couldn't suppress it, which angered the womanizing woman so much that she whipped her horse.

The man is too dumb to defend himself, and suffers all kinds of injustice without anyone to pity him.

They all say that Si Niang is magnanimous and has a broad mind.

There are no frivolous words in the poem; every word is about horses.

I have come here today to make amends and to resolve our past grudges with Si Niang.

Yesterday was just a warning to the people ahead. From now on, I won’t speak nonsense.

I am just a gentleman, I hope you will be happy."

As soon as Ge Dongqing finished speaking, a group of girls laughed, "Fourth Lady, this guy is really brave. He recited poems to you again. But what did he say? Those scholars are really interesting. They apologized when they were about to apologize. Why recite poems in such a sour tone?"

Ge Dongqing broke into a sweat when he heard this, and thought, I won’t be beaten today.

Lu Siniang said, "Go back, and stay away from me next time."

Ge Dongqing held two dim sum in his hands and bent over and said, "It was indeed a misunderstanding. I hope Lu Si Niang will forgive me."

Lu Siniang said, "Go back and take the things with you."

Ge Dongqing said: "If Lu Si Niang doesn't forgive me, I won't leave."

A girl next to Lu Si Niang said, "Si Niang, he is really shameless. He won't leave even if you chase him away."

Lu Siniang turned around, walked around Ge Dongqing and headed outside, thinking that it was up to this man to leave or not.

Ge Dongqing stood up and quickly caught up, "Lu Si Niang, it was really a misunderstanding that day. I didn't mean to be disrespectful."

Si Niang said, "Don't follow me."

Ge Dongqing said: "If the misunderstanding between us is not resolved, the conflict will become deeper and deeper."

Lu Siniang walked in front, Ge Dongqing chased after her, and a group of women laughed behind them.

There was really no other way, so Lu Siniang had to snatch the two packages of snacks from Ge Dongqing's hands and threw them away after leaving the prefect's mansion.

A girl picked it up, patted the dirt off the box and said, "Why throw it away? Let's see what gift this sophisticated Mr. Ge gave to Si Niang."

Everyone hurriedly opened the box and saw that the inside was snow-white.