The scumbag ran away from marriage, I remarried on the spot

Gu Jingxi acquiesced and changed the subject: "Ayao, didn't you say you wanted a portrait of pregnancy before? We happen to be free today, why don't we paint it for you today as my husband?"

After hearing this, Meng Jinyao's eyes lit up and she nodded repeatedly: "Okay."

Gu Jingxi immediately asked the maid to prepare painting tools, and then took his young daughter-in-law to a beautiful place in the house to paint.

However, he didn't expect that his niece who had just dumped him saw them, ran over to him again, stood next to him and watched him paint, and made comments from time to time, which made him depressed, because the niece didn't praise him. His painting skills.

For example, at this time, the niece suddenly said: "Third uncle, it is obviously you who is looking at the third aunt affectionately. Why is it that when you are painting, the third aunt in the painting is looking forward affectionately? What you painted None of it is true. The third aunt's eyes are clearly gentle and loving at the moment. She must be thinking about my unborn brother, not you in front of her."

Gu Jingxi: "..."

Suddenly I don’t like children.

The next moment, Gu Xuanyi said again: "Oh, I understand, there is still a blank space in front of me. Third uncle wants to draw himself in. Do you want to look at each other affectionately?"

Gu Jingxi: "..."

This child was indeed unpleasant, and she had to finish everything she had to say.

Meng Jinyao heard Gu Xuanyi's words and saw her husband's depressed expression. She couldn't help but laugh out loud and said with a smile: "Xuanyi is right, I am indeed thinking about the child, but if my husband wants to paint like this, it's actually not right." fine."

Gu Jingxi said "hmm" softly and continued to immerse himself in painting. Finally, as Xuan Yi said, he also included himself in the painting. The couple looked at each other affectionately.

Gu Xuanyi looked at the portrait, first praised it, and then said: "I used to think that the third aunt would be very clingy, but I didn't expect that the clingy one would be the third uncle. He even painted a portrait with himself attached to it. aunt."

Gu Jingxi put down his paintbrush and began to settle accounts: "Xuan Yi, didn't you say you were going to apologize to my sister-in-law earlier? Not long ago, you came to us again, and you apologized so quickly?"

As soon as these words came out, Gu Xuanyi's face tightened and she said hurriedly: "My mother was busy and didn't have time to see me, so I went out for a walk. Unexpectedly, I met my third uncle and my third aunt, and then they came over."

Gu Jingxi said: "In that case, let's continue with the previous question and let me test your knowledge first."

Gu Xuanyi was confused: "?"

Isn’t this matter overturned?

In the end, Gu Xuanyi still couldn't escape. Her third uncle caught her and asked her several questions, but she couldn't answer any of them. The only question she could answer was because she wasn't confident enough to determine the answer, so Unspoken.

Gu Jingxi said earnestly: "Xuan Yi, although you are a woman and do not need to take the imperial examination, your studies must not be too bad. You must set a good example for your unborn brother or sister."

Gu Xuanyi looked frustrated and nodded repeatedly: "Uncle Third, I will definitely read and study hard in my free time from now on."

Gu Jingxi refused to comment and said, "I tested you on the Book of Songs and you couldn't answer it. I will punish you by going back and copying the Book of Songs."

When Gu Xuanyi heard this, her eyes widened suddenly and she looked at her third uncle in disbelief. She did not expect that such a thing as being punished by copying books would happen when she was seventeen years old.

Seeing this, Gu Jingxi's tone dropped: "What? You don't want to?"

How dare Gu Xuanyi not want to?

She nodded hurriedly: "Yes, it's because my niece didn't study seriously before. It's just right to consolidate her memory by copying and memorizing. This way, when my third uncle takes the test next time, my niece will be able to answer the questions well."

After saying this, she immediately regretted it and wished she could turn back time. She had never said such words. How confident was she that she dared to say that she would ask her third uncle to test her again next time? If you can’t answer the question and have to copy it again, what’s the point?

Gu Jingxi was satisfied and said: "Now go back and copy. The handwriting must be fair and you can't do it perfunctorily. If I find that you did it perfunctorily during the inspection, then copy it again."

Gu Xuanyi didn't dare to delay and left immediately. Otherwise, if she couldn't answer another test, wouldn't she be punished again?

Meng Jinyao looked at her fleeing back and said helplessly: "Husband, why are you bullying your child?"

Gu Jingxi disagreed: "I don't think I'm bullying her. As a daughter of the Gu family, how can she behave like this without any ink? Anyway, she is idle now, so she might as well study, practice calligraphy and memorize, otherwise What does it look like to do nothing all day?"

Meng Jinyao was slightly stunned, and suddenly realized that his sophistry was quite reasonable.

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The second day of the first lunar month is the day when the married daughter and her husband return to their natal home. The daughters-in-law of the Gu family all go back to their natal home to visit relatives, accompanied by their husbands.

No matter how dissatisfied Meng Jinyao was with the Meng family, she still had to live up to her reputation. Besides, the Meng family also had her second brother. In the morning, she and Gu Jingxi returned to her parents' home with gifts.

Meng Jinyu was married far away and returned to Yangzhou with her husband. She did not return to her parents' home that day. In fact, daughters who were married far away did not have many opportunities to return to their parents' homes in their lives. Some women were unable to return to their parents' homes for more than ten years after marrying far away.

Mrs. Dong gave the kitchen menu early in the morning. The dishes on it were all prepared according to the tastes of Meng Jinyao and his wife. She had had a banquet with her stepdaughter before and paid attention to what her stepdaughter liked to eat. Her son-in-law asked her husband. Had dinner with my son-in-law at the same table.

Back at the Yongchang Mansion, when Meng Jinyao greeted Mrs. Meng, she didn't see Meng Chengzhang. She felt strange and asked Mrs. Dong, "Mom, where is my second brother? Why didn't I see my second brother?"

Mrs. Dong said truthfully: "Chengzhang's child is sick. He was afraid that he would get sick of you, so he didn't come here."

Hearing this, Meng Jinyao's heart tightened and she asked nervously: "My second brother is fine, why are he sick?"

Mrs. Meng was about to speak, but Mrs. Dong replied before her, and said honestly: "On New Year's Eve, that kid Chengzhang knelt in the ancestral hall all night. There was not even a charcoal fire in the ancestral hall. He developed a high fever when he caught a cold. , but the fever has subsided now.”

Mrs. Dong's words made Mrs. Meng very angry. You could say that Mrs. Dong was smart, but sometimes she seemed to be brainless and too honest. She always answered whatever was asked. It always felt like she was doing it on purpose.

Meng Jinyao's face darkened. She thought that the Meng family would gradually pay more attention to the second brother if he was chosen as a scholar and was the top criminal. Unexpectedly, she did not expect that the second brother would be asked to kneel in the ancestral hall on New Year's Eve. She asked in a deep voice: "New Year's Eve" On a day like this, everyone is supposed to be watching the New Year together. What did my second brother do wrong? You actually let him kneel in the ancestral hall?"

Mrs. Meng was very dissatisfied with her tone of provocation, but because Gu Jingxi was present, it was difficult for her to get angry.

Meng Chengxing helped his grandmother out very considerately, and replied in an evasive manner: "Sister, it was actually because my second brother was disrespectful and contradicted my grandmother at that time. My grandmother was also angry, so she asked my second brother to kneel in the ancestral hall and reflect. I didn’t expect that my second brother would catch a cold. After learning that my second brother had caught a cold, my grandmother immediately asked the government doctor to diagnose and treat him.”