Chapter 139: A shocking truth (3)

Mrs. Huang didn’t believe it!

How could this damned girl be so lucky?

She has such a handsome and scholarly son-in-law?!

No, it was not right. Being literate didn’t mean that he was a scholar. Some people just knew a few words taught in their childhood, but in the end, they still ended up making a living by farming.

She had heard from the Old Su family that Su Cheng and his newly son-in-law often went to Mrs. Qian’s place to farm.

If he really had the ability to write couplets, wouldn’t copying books for others be more profitable than farming?

Mrs. Huang immediately concluded that the words on the couplets were fabricated.

Even if it was real, he would just like those peasants in the countryside who had only studied for a few years. The words were assembled randomly, who knew what he actually wrote!

As for Su Pangya, it definitely was not because she could recognize the words on the spot, it must be because she had memorized them in advance!

May be Mrs. Huang was too doubtful, or because she didn’t want Su Xiaoxiao to live better than her. In short, she felt that there must be some mystery here!

She said to Tiedan, “Go, call Brother Hao here! Let him see what’s written on those couplets!”

Tiedan obediently went away.

Su Xiaoxiao immediately laughed when she heard the words.

Mrs. Huang pointed at Su Xiaoxiao and said, “You damned girl, what are you laughing at!”

Su Xiaoxiao raised her eyebrows and said, “I’m laughing at your stupidity.”

Mrs. Huang asked someone to expose her fake couplets, but when Chen Haoyuan came over and saw Wei Ting's handwriting, wouldn't he become embarrassed because of the comparison?

“Do you want to call Lizheng* to come here too? Su Xiaoxiao said in a provocative manner.

*Lizheng (里正) : An official position in ancient china, mainly in charge of household registrations and tax payment.

The villagers were illiterate, so they would just believe based on what Chen Haoyuan said.

She remembered that Lizheng was literate, and he was fairly fair in his conduct.

Mrs. Huang snorted, “Just call him if you want to! I’m not afraid of you! Do you really expect Lizheng to take your side?! It's impossible!”

Oh, Mrs. Huang had such a logic ah. Mrs. Huang thought that when she called Lizheng here, was to let Lizheng take sides with the villagers?

The villagers were also steered by Mrs. Huang’s words. At first, they thought Su Pangya had such a fearless appearance because she did not lie. So, the words on the couplets were probably not written blindly.

But when they saw how Mrs. Huang yelled, they felt unsure. Since Su Pangya might use Lizheng’s favor to back her up.

Would Lizheng agree to help?

This drama was really getting more and more interesting.

Lizheng was living next door to Old Li Tou's house, and the two of them came together again.

Unlike the time when Mrs. Wan and Wang Laizi's wife came to make trouble, Old Li Tou was illiterate, and he didn't have a chance to interrupt today.

He was just worried about Daya.

He had seen the changes in the Su family with his eyes. He really didn’t want them to be maliciously slandered again.

“Guo Lizheng.”

Chen Haoyuan also came over and greeted him.

Lizheng nodded politely and said, “Chen Xiucai*.”

*Xiucai (秀才) : is a scholar who has passed the imperial examinations in China and obtained the qualification for admission to academic institution in ancient China.

“Mom, what's the matter?” Chen Haoyuan asked Mrs. Huang.

At the door, Su Ergou had already posted the couplets with black characters on a red paper on the wall of their house. The horizontal couplet was also properly posted!

Mrs. Huang shook her hand and pointed, “You take a look at that, and see what’s written on those couplets!”

Chen Haoyuan followed the direction and looked at it.

It didn’t matter if he didn’t look at it. But when he looked at it, he was astonished.

When Mrs. Huang saw her son’s reaction, she couldn’t help but urge him, “Hao ge’er*, what’s wrong? Please speak ah. Is it because they are written randomly? They are all nonsense?”

*(Name) + ge’er (哥儿) / jie’er (姐儿) : In the past, the elders using this to call the younger generation affectionately.

The attention of the villagers all fell on Chen Haoyuan in unison.

To be honest, they were indeed illiterate. But for some reason, the Su family’s couplets were more pleasing to the eye than those of Chen Xiucai’s couplets.

Chen Haoyuan kept staring at the couplets, he clenched his fingers a little bit tighter, and showed an expression of disbelief.

“Who wrote this?” He asked.