The Lucky Farmgirl
Chapter 1189 - 1168 Fu Wenhua

Chapter 1189: Chapter 1168 Fu Wenhua

Fu Wenhua, the only son of County Magistrate Fu and the younger brother of Fu Wenyun, happens to be of the same age as Bai Shan.

Truthfully speaking, Bai Shan and Manbao had only seen him three times, one of which was a distant glimpse when their family was leaving Luojiang County. The other two occasions were during visits to see Second Miss Fu, and the few words they exchanged could be counted on one hand.

If they were to bump into each other on the street, they certainly wouldn’t be able to recognize each other.

However, once names were introduced, they would definitely leave a lasting impression on each other.

Including Bai Erlang, he too would have a profound impression of him.

Because, despite the rare encounters, their names have always been a part of each other’s lives.

Especially for young Master Fu Wenhua. From an early age, his father liked to inspect his homework and beat him, saying, "Bai Shan from Qili Village, who is about your age, can already write essays to inform me of some drawbacks in the construction of water conservancy. You, on the other hand, act as if reciting a piece from The Analects is as hard as taking your life..."

"Look at this, this is a new essay by Bai Shan of Qili Village..."

"Look at this, Bai Shan from Qili Village is already studying The Great Learning..."

"Look at this, this is Zhou Man’s handwriting from Qili Village, now look at your own scribbles..."

"Look at this, this is a letter Zhou Man wrote to your second sister. Even a girl has memorized half of The Spring and Autumn, yet you can’t even recite The Great Learning..."

What Bai Shan heard was Manbao saying, "Second Sister Fu says her brother is particularly slow in his studies. The teacher is now devoting all his energy to her brother, and she has to self-study. Only when she doesn’t understand something does she ask the teacher for help, but the teacher is somewhat old-fashioned and insists on putting up a screen when teaching her. He doesn’t like to provide answers and it’s even better to ask her father instead."

"Second Sister Fu says she really wants to beat up her brother."

"Second Sister Fu says she secretly writes essays for her brother and then lets him submit them to the teacher for correction..."

Or what he heard from Bai Erlang, "My Dad says if I keep messing around in the village with them, I’ll end up just like another Fu Wenhua. Am I really that bad at studying?"

Therefore, when the two young men encountered each other in the hall, they stared at each other for a moment. Fu Wenhua forced a smile and, with an unhappy gesture of cupped fists, said, "So it’s Young Master Bai, I’ve long admired your renowned name."

Bai Shan returned the gesture, "Master Fu, I have also long admired your renowned name."

Fu Wenhua felt the comment was an insult, but since he had no proof, he snorted in his heart and then immediately approached warmly, taking Yue Dalang’s hand, and affectionately exclaimed, "Brother-in-law, where is my second sister?"

Yue Dalang clearly didn’t expect his brother-in-law to appear in the capital city, let alone suddenly in his home, so he was stunned for quite a while before saying: "Your second sister is in the backyard. How did you come to the capital?"

Fu Wenhua, looking travel-weary and fatigued yet filled with joy, didn’t pay attention to Bai Shan standing aside and eagerly spoke to Yue Dalang, "My father has been promoted to the role of Chief Historian of Jianzhou and is due to report to the capital. Mother is worried about Second Sister being pregnant and couldn’t settle her mind, so our whole family followed my father to the capital, taking the opportunity to check in on Second Sister as well. By the way, where is Second Sister? Why hasn’t she come out yet?"

Yue Dalang, recalling his father’s thunderous rage last night and the whispers of neighbors, felt a cold sweat breaking out, "Your father and mother have also come?"

"Yes, they’ve also come, but they’re still on the road and will likely arrive a couple of days later," Fu Wenhua cheerfully said, "My mother fell ill on the way, so we had to travel more slowly. My father thought that since we are coming to the capital, we would need to rent a house, so he sent Steward Xu ahead. Heh-heh, I was impatient to travel slowly behind, so I came to the capital with Steward Xu first."

Seeing that Fu Wenyun had yet to appear, Fu Wenhua couldn’t help but express surprise, "Second Sister hasn’t come yet? What’s taking Spring Grass so long? I’ll go see her myself. Brother-in-law, you entertain the guests."

Having said that, he made to head to the back courtyard, when Yue Dalang quickly apologized to Bai Shan with a smile and then hastened to catch up, saying, "Wen Hua, Wen Hua, your sister has just given birth, it’s not the time to enter the birthing room yet."

Fu Wenhua abruptly stopped in her tracks and spun around, her eyes widened, "What? My sister gave birth?"

Yue Dalang couldn’t help but reveal a smile and nodded, "Yes, she’s had a boy."

Fu Wenhua dashed towards the back courtyard, with Yue Dalang chasing after her. Bai Shan stood at the entrance of the hall, smiling as he watched the two figures run off into the distance.

Fu Wenhua didn’t care at all about the notion of bad luck and directly ran in to find her second sister.

Fu Wenyun was also surprised, asking, "How did you come to the capital?"

Seeing that although her face was pale, she looked alright, Fu Wenhua breathed a sigh of relief, "I came with father and mother. Father has been promoted to the position of Chief Historian of Jianzhou and needs to report to the capital, mother and I wanted to see you, so we came together."

Fu Wenyun blinked, "Chief Historian? Wasn’t it marshal?"

"It was marshal, but after father took office just a little over a month, the Chief Historian suffered a stroke and fell ill," Fu Wenhua chuckled and said, "The Governor went through a thorough selection and found that father was the most suitable replacement, so he recommended him to the Ministry of Personnel. Once the Ministry approved it, father had to come to the capital to report for duty."

In fact, approval wasn’t fully granted yet; it was just that the Ministry of Personnel was very likely to agree with the Governor of Jianzhou’s recommendation. The reason County Magistrate Fu was called to the capital to report for duty was for a final review, and if there were no issues, the official document would be issued, and he would then be ready to assume office.

Normally, such a matter would only require the County Magistrate to come to the capital on his own, but wasn’t Fu Wenyun in the capital?

Although Mrs. Fu always complained that her daughter was disobedient, she still doted on her daughter who was raised in the palm of her hands. Initially, she did not consent to her daughter going to the capital with such a big belly.

Seeing that her brother-in-law wasn’t coming out of the outer room, Fu Wenhua frowned and complained in a low voice while sitting on a stool by the bed, "On the way here, mother kept complaining, saying you should have waited until the child was born to come to the capital, traveling with such a big belly is not convenient at all..."

Then Fu Wenhua laughed, "Once the child was born, they would have said that the child is too young to be suitable for traveling."

"That’s exactly what I said. But after you came to the capital, she couldn’t keep fretting over you and would nag father and me every day. By the way, where is my nephew? Quickly bring him here for me to see."

Nanny Fu, who had been holding the child the whole time, was almost grinning stiffly, and upon hearing the words, she immediately brought the child forward for him to see.

Fu Wenhua took one look at the ugly and small child, wanting to hold him but not daring to, and could only say, "So ugly."

Manbao said, "You looked the same when you were just born, it’ll get better as you grow."

Fu Wenhua then looked at her, feeling a bit of familiarity but couldn’t recognize her, and asked, "Who are you?"

Manbao said, "Zhou Man."

Fu Wenhua immediately remembered, "Oh, you came with Bai Shan, right?"

He became somewhat sullen and asked unfriendly, "What are you doing here?"