Sick Man Turns Out to be a General

0In the morning of the second day, a group of people departed for Mu Family Village.    

    

Shen Jingli calculated. With so many families in Mu Family Village, even if they could not do everything in their line of work, they had to do their best to not let anyone find any problems with it. They bought quite a few things from the Jinling City, Mu Jing watched, and secretly teased Mu Chen, saying that he really had married a good wife.    

    

Mu Chen smiled but did not speak. He felt lucky, if not for him, with Shen Jingli's lazy personality, he would not have done all these.    

    

With a satisfied smile on his face, Mu Chen helped Shen Jingli organize the items before sitting on the horse carriage and leaving.    

    

Along the way, Mu Jing kept praising Shen Jingli on how virtuous and virtuous he was. How could Mu Chen be lucky?    

    

"Aren't you just talking nonsense? "Of course my sister-in-law is the best." Mu Jin interrupted Mu Jing's continuous praises, rolling his eyes at him in disdain. Everyone had seen what happened to his sister-in-law, so why did he have to praise her like she was his treasure?    

    

Mu Jing heroically wrapped his arms around Mu Jin's shoulders and carelessly ignored Mu Jin's disdain. Instead, he sincerely said, "Brother Jin, I'm praising my sister-in-law, are you not happy?"    

    

hurriedly shook his head when he felt Mu Chen's gaze on him. Then, he tilted his head and glared at Mu Jing.    

    

"Of course I'm happy. She's my sister-in-law." Mu Jin stuck out his chest in pride. He knew more than anyone else how good his sister-in-law was than anyone else.    

    

Seeing Mu Jin's pleased look, Mu Jing gritted his teeth in hatred and pounced on him, making a ruckus.    

    

Mu Yu sat at the side, watching them play and having a rare smile on his face, "He's almost going to get married, and yet he's still acting like a child."    

    

"Thirteenth Brother, are you my mother?" Why do you say the same thing as my mother? " Mu Jing took the opportunity to reply to Mu Yu.    

    

Was this brat calling him a woman? Mu Yu was so angry that his face turned red, he actually threw his student's face aside, and punched Mu Jing. In a short while, he was already involved in the battle.    

    

Mu Chen looked at the three who were messing around, and turned his head around expressionlessly, he did not recognize these three idiots.    

    

Amidst the ruckus, the group of people finally arrived at the Mu Family Village. Third Old Master Mu had long since written to inform the patriarch, so the patriarch had long since led the people to the entrance of the village and waited there.    

    

The carriage stopped at the entrance of the village. Third Old Master Mu, supported by a servant, walked down the carriage, and the group of people standing at the entrance immediately came over. The leader respectfully called out, "Fifth Uncle."    

    

Amongst his own clan's brothers, Third Old Master Mu was ranked third, and Mu Chen and the others all called him Third Grandpa. But in the clan, he was ranked fifth, so the Patriarch called him Fifth Uncle.    

    

The patriarch had a smile on his face, as if he very much welcomed their arrival. The patriarch was Mu Chen's father's generation, and was around forty years old.    

    

His son, Mu Yiming, was a straightforward young man who had been standing behind the Patriarch with a smile on his face the entire time.    

    

"Yiming, this is Fifth Uncle. Hurry and call for someone." Mu Tinghui turned to his son. "Child, why are you so numb?"    

    

"Fifth Granduncle." Mu Yiming shouted from ear to ear.    

    

"Good, good, good. What a good child." The Third Old Master Mu revealed a gratified smile, "I have not seen you for decades, perhaps you are even treating me as your great-grandfather?"    

    

"Of course. That child Stone is only thirteen years old. He will have to wait a few more years before he can get married." Mentioning his eldest grandson, Mu Ting's face was filled with pride.    

    

Shen Jingli listened and was slightly astonished. He did not expect that the patriarch's son would look to be around Mu Chen's age, his son was actually already thirteen years old, and the ancients had gotten married early, just like the young men of Mu Family who only got married at the age of twenty.    

    

"That will be soon." After saying that, Third Old Master Mu turned around to look at Mu Jing. Mu Jing immediately turned his head around, pretending not to understand what he was saying.    

    

"He's quite healthy. Yesterday, he went to work on the ground." Mu Ting.    

    

Seeing that Mu TIngzhi was smiling, Shen Jingli felt that this person was rather friendly, not like some person who couldn't decide right or wrong. How could he take the opportunity when Mu Chen was down and add insult to injury, expelling Mu Chen from the clan.    

    

His gaze was too direct, making it impossible for people to not pay attention to him. Mu TIngzhi turned his head to look at him and curiously asked, "Who is this?"    

    

"This is Zi An's wife." Third Old Master Mu introduced.    

    

He had a good impression of Shen Jingli, this new wife knew how to act, and the amount of gifts she had, their value was not the key, the key was their intentions, and returning to their clan to think of their new wife was something that was rarely seen.    

    

"Third uncle, I've already arranged for people to prepare a house for you to stay in. All of you are worn out from travel. I'm afraid you're tired, so go rest first." Mu Ting Er said.    

    

The Third Old Master Mu nodded and they followed him to the resting area.    

    

Shen Jingli followed behind while carrying Xun Er. It was the first time Xun Er left the capital, so he curiously looked at the scenery around his.    

    

Although they were in the countryside, the environment was very good. The surrounding mountains were near the water, the farmlands were fertile, and along the way, one could see fields for the spring ploughing. There were a few fruit forests, a few tea trees at the waist of the mountain.    

    

Along the way, Shen Jingli and the others also saw a few ox-fodder kids. They sat on the ox-backs of the oxen and read "Analects", and the smell of the books was very strong.    

    

There was a stream by the side of the road, and the water was as deep as an adult's knees. It was very clear, and you could see stone snails, field snails, aquatic plants, and even fish swimming back and forth with their tails wagging. There were a few big naughty kids holding deep hoes and fishing in the stream for fish and stone cones.    

    

Xun Er saw that they were playing and his face showed excitement. He waved his hands and pointed at the children, then shouted towards Shen Jingli, "Mama, Mama …"    

    

It was early spring and the weather was a little cold, so it shouldn't be a problem for the children here to get used to playing. However, since Xun Er was young and not used to the environment, Shen Jingli didn't dare to rashly bring him over to play.    

    

"As they walked, Mu Yiming explained," Those children were the great-grandchildren of Fourth Uncle's Gong family, they were very mischievous, they formed groups all day long, and would either climb trees to dig for eggs or fish. Everyone was already used to it, after being lectured a few times by their parents, they did not change anything, and after that, as long as they don't go overboard and do not put their lives in danger, we can ignore them. "    

    

Mu Yiming shook his head with a helpless look on his face, "My family's Shitou and Hu Zi also play with them often.    

    

A little further on, he saw rows of blue brick houses. On the other side of the road, behind the houses, was a dry land. On the other side of the dry land, there was also a small river.    

    

There were many women and young girls washing things by the side of the stream. When they saw the leader of the Mu Ting family come over, they greeted him warmly, "Patriarch, when did you have such wealthy relatives? How come I've never heard my sister-in-law mention it before? "    

    

The one who spoke was a woman in her thirties. She was short and fat, had a long face, two cheeks, and a slightly pointed chin. It was obvious that she was of a good type and from her way of addressing her, one could tell that her husband was of a higher rank.    

    

The others also raised their heads, curiously looking at Mu Chen and the others.    

    

"Aiyo, quite a few young ones have come." Another slightly older woman of lower status spoke up, "Village Head Uncle, I wonder if these youngsters have a marriage ceremony? "My daughter just turned sixteen this year, and she's preparing to get married to a matchmaker …"    

    

Hearing the woman's words, everyone laughed, and then there was another round of joking. The woman was not annoyed, and continued to ask the Patriarch happily, "Are Mu Chen and the others married yet?    

    

Hearing their words, Shen Jingli felt that people from Mu Family Village were truly passionate and straightforward.    

    

"Cut the crap, these are the great-grandchildren of second uncle. Is that something you can think of?" With a stern face, Mu Ting Er reprimanded him.    

    

Third Old Master Mu's father was ranked second in the clan. In terms of seniority, Mu Ting called him second uncle.    

    

The Old Master Mu became a great general and was conferred the title of Marquis of Zhenyuan. The Third Old Master Mu entered the Han Lin Courtyard and later became a first rank official.    

    

"He's the grandson of those two uncles from Beijing. He really is a handsome young man …" A tall and thin woman shouted, "You must have come all the way back to offer sacrifices to the ancestors. It must have been hard on you all to come all this way."    

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Listening to their conversation, Shen Jingli felt that the education level of this village was extremely high.    

    

Shen Jingli was even more shocked, could it be that this village had a private school?    

    

Without waiting for him to ask, Mu Yiming confirmed his guess, and explained: "That's our village's academy, and Sixth Uncle left to go back to the village before he set off, and it's been decades. At the beginning, there was only the Sixth Uncle and a teacher, and a few students, and then there were many people who managed to become an Elementary Scholar, and the number of people increased, and now, the village's children above the age of six are all going to school there."    

    

Shen Jingli peeked his head in that direction and felt that the atmosphere of the village was pretty good. The environment was beautiful and the culture was beautiful, no wonder it could become a famous clan like the Great Yan Dynasty.    

    

The house that the clan head arranged for them was not far from the academy. It was a two-way courtyard, and it was very clean. The bedding and other things were completely new, and they were even suntanned.    

    

After settling them down, the Patriarch said that he still had matters to attend to and left Mu Yiming to receive them.    

    

The villagers of Mu Family Village were all enthusiastic. When they found out that they were staying here, they all brought things with them to visit.