After hearing what Tian Maimiao said, Mrs. Bai and Mrs. Zhen both gritted their teeth.
Li Jin is entirely to blame.
Bai Sanzhuang should help shopkeeper Xu.
Old Mrs. Bai had seen Xu Jiaojiao scolding Bai Sanzhuang at the door of the shop, but that was another matter.
It would be fatal for a woman to have her reputation and innocence tarnished for no reason.
"I wonder why I heard someone talking about shopkeeper Xu's daughter just before we boarded the ship. It turned out that it was Li Jin who did it." Old Mrs. Bai said.
Seeing Xiao Fuyuan standing next to her with a confused expression, Mrs. Zhen took her hand.
The news that Li Jin, who was studying in the Tan Family School, fell into the water and was rescued by Widow Liu spread throughout the river instantly.
Let the entire Lotus Festival be filled with the flavor of gossip.
More boats crowded in to eat melons, and A Zhen saw that the matter between Li Jin and Widow Liu was led by Bai Sanzhuang. He was worried about a collision, so he suggested to Bai Sanzhuang that the ship should dock first and send Li Jin and Widow Liu ashore to let them go.
This is exactly what Bai Sanzhuang wanted. Only by making a big fuss can the scandal of Xu Jiaojiao and Li Jin be covered up.
He Shun got the order and ordered Wu Xiaoying to turn the boat around and slide it to the shore.
When they approached the shore, they saw another large boat with low-key decoration slowly approaching. A little boy in royal blue brocade clothes lay on the side of the boat and shouted to little Fuyuan: "Sister Yuanbao, you are here too."
Xiao Fuyuan turned around and saw that it was Liu Shu, the county magistrate's son.
During the annual Lotus Festival, County Magistrate Liu Hong could not resist the request of his wife and mother and rented a boat to enjoy the festival with the people.
"Hello, brother Liu." Xiao Fuyuan waved to Liu Shu.
"I guessed that you would come here. I was looking for you on the shore for a while, and it turned out that you were on the boat. Was this boat rented by your family?" Liu Shu asked when he saw that the Bai family were on the boat.
Didn't his mother and grandma say that Lao Bai's family was very poor? How can one be so poor to rent such a magnificent and magnificent boat?
"It's Brother Azhen's boat." Xiao Fuyuan said to him.
The two boats faced each other, with only one foot between them.
A Zhen stood next to Xiao Fuyuan, looking at Liu Shu's baby-fat face. When he thought that Wu Xiaoying had mentioned to him that Liu Shu wanted Xiao Fuyuan to be a maid, his face turned ugly and he looked at Liu Shu angrily. Say, "Don't get in the way."
Liu Shu looked at A Zhen and thought to himself, is this the kid in Shenshu Village who said he was more handsome than him and dressed more luxuriously?
Last time he only saw a pair of eyes through the crack of the door.
I didn't expect it to be gay here.
"This river doesn't belong to you. If you can, fly across it." Liu Shu choked back.
This kid is a bit handsome, so why should he give way to him?
Does he know that he is the number one son in Yangfeng County?
As soon as Liu Shu finished speaking, Xiao Fuyuan defended A Zhen and said: "It must be first come, first served. A Zhen's ship came here first, and your ship forced its way in."
Liu Shu had a hurt look on his face, "Xiao Fuyuan, you ate so much of my delicious food in vain, and you openly sided with me. What a Zhen."
A Zhen's face softened slightly and he moved closer to Xiao Fuyuan.
County Magistrate Liu Hong heard the voices and walked out of the cabin. He looked up and saw A Zhen standing beside the boat. However, his son was still quarreling with A Zhen.
"How are you talking? Where are all the etiquette you learned in school?" Liu Hong scolded his son with a straight face.
Then he cupped his hands towards A Zhen and said, "Master, please Haihan. This is my dog Liu Shu. Didn't he hit you?"
Liu Shu stared at his father as if he had seen a ghost.
Dad, you have changed. This is your territory. Why are you bending over to a rich young man?
But his father also said: "Quickly apologize to the young master."
Liu Shu turned to one side with a straight face. This young master would not apologize.
A Zhen said to Liu Hong: "Master Liu, don't be careful, I'm afraid there is a lawsuit for you to settle now."
At this time, Li Jin on the big ship saw the county magistrate Liu Hong, and he shouted as if he saw a life-saving straw: "County Magistrate Liu, please make the decision for the student Li Jin."
The county magistrate Liu Hong also serves as the academic administrator of the county. He came to the private school this spring to give lectures, so Li Jin naturally recognized the county magistrate.
Magistrate Liu's vision went dark. He didn't recognize this person at all. Then he looked at a crying woman sitting on the boat. His heart turned and he realized that he shouldn't come to the Lotus Festival today.
Widow Liu didn't know Magistrate Liu, but she was not afraid of the magistrate. She was really hoping that with the magistrate's intervention, she could really accomplish something with Li Jin.
"Lord County Magistrate, are you an old acquaintance of my Mr. Li? I believe that you will not favor Mr. Li. Please make the decision for the women of the country. Mr. Li will always be chaotic and abandon the women of the country."
This style of painting shocked Liu Hong. He thought this woman was the young student's mother. Does this mean they were having an affair?
This student's taste is really... really unique.
Li Jin was furious after hearing this. What does it mean to start chaos and end up giving up? He was fished out of the water without any problems, and he didn't ask her to fish him out, but the other party asked her to repay the favor.
Magistrate Liu would definitely not believe this rhetoric for a person who could be his own mother.
The ship docked, and Widow Liu forced Li Jin onto the shore.
Li Jin struggled, but couldn't bear the strength of Widow Liu.
When she came to the crowd, Widow Liu immediately showed off her acting skills and cried: "I risked my life to save Mr. Li. He promised to marry me as long as he lived. Now he has turned his back on me and refuses to recognize me. Please give me your judgment..." "
Widow Liu pushed aside her wet hair, revealing a sad face.
The crowd of onlookers gasped. Isn't this Widow Liu who often sells fish by the Huai River?
Why did she get involved with Li Jin?
There are already a lot of people at the Lotus Festival, and coupled with people's instinct for gossip and gossip, it instantly attracted a lot of people to watch.
The combination of an old lady and a young man made people think about it, and it suddenly set off the whole town. Everyone didn't even appreciate the lotus flowers, but crowded in to watch the fun.
Li Jin wished he could die suddenly on the spot.
"Hey, isn't that the boy from the Li family? Didn't he say that he saved the girl from the Xu family, and Shopkeeper Xu wants to give him a thousand gold coins?"
"Don't he know how to swim? How come he fell into the water and couldn't swim up?"
"This thing is totally weird. The shopkeeper of the Xu family is not happy for his daughter to marry him at all, and his mother even came to propose marriage this morning."
"Perhaps this thing was arranged deliberately by Li Jin. Who knows what kind of person his mother is, she's as good as a knife."
"It's okay now. Let's see who can restrain who between her mother and Widow Liu?"
People around were talking about it.
Compared with the story of Shopkeeper Xu’s daughter falling into the water and being rescued by Li Jin, the story of Li Jin falling into the water and being rescued by Widow Liu is obviously more topical.
Once this incident was covered up, everyone completely forgot about Xu Jiaojiao's rumors.
"What nonsense are you talking about? Who wants you to save, you pounce on me when you see me, and you blame me." Li Jin said angrily.
Unexpectedly, Widow Liu took out a wet sweat towel from her pocket, gave Li Jin a wink, and said: "Master Li, this is the sweat towel you gave to the slave. The slave sells fish by the Huai River, you You even bought fish from the slave. Last time you had no money and used this sweat towel as a mortgage. The slave thought, thought..."
Widow Liu lowered her head and said nothing.
Li Jin was absolutely disgusted.
He didn't even remember buying the widow's fish, but the sweat towel was indeed his.
"Mr. Liu, do you think you are bullying me because I am a widow?"
"You may not think that the slave is old and a widow, but the slave is the most caring person. From now on, you only need to study and leave the work at home to the slave. If you are short of money, the slave will sell fish to feed you."
Li Jin was surrounded by people, and he was speechless. He wanted to be the bridegroom of a widow as big as his own mother. He would not obey even if he died.
Widow Liu continued: "The slave's son will also treat you as his own father and be filial to you. The grandpa in the cradle and the grandson of a child on crutches are not that exaggerated in our family. Our son is only three years older than you."
(End of chapter)
