AWB Chapter 133 I really have a cheap dad!
Chapter 133 I really have a cheap dad!
A blush appeared on Fang Yun's cheeks and she lowered her head in panic.
Seeing this, Fang Qingqing hurriedly sent everyone away, leaving only her and her daughter Fang Yun in the room.
It's time to know the truth.
She came and sat down next to Fang Yun, resting her little head on her mother's shoulder and rubbing it affectionately for a few times, while her hands tightly held Fang Yun's hands.
As the saying goes, small hands grab grass and big hands grab treasures. My mother's hands are slender and delicate, with soft and warm palms and slender fingers. Judging from her palms alone, she is either rich or noble. Logically speaking, as a rich second-generation, my mother should have both money and good looks, so why did she marry a scoundrel like Nangong Xun?
The Fang family had been engaged in business for generations, and by the time of my grandfather, their wealth had amassed a considerable amount, making them the wealthiest merchant family in the Great Yan Kingdom. My mother, Fang Yun, was my grandfather's only daughter. She had an innate talent for business, and having been influenced by my grandfather since childhood, she became his right-hand man at a young age.
Wouldn't it be better for him to be alone? Why did he bother to find Nangong Xun, a sheep in wolf's clothing, to make trouble for himself and almost ruin his life.
There must be something interesting going on here.
Fang Yun was silent for a long time, and finally looked up bravely.
Qing'er and Xin'er have grown up, and it's time to let the children know the truth.
Furthermore, Qing'er was now determined to divorce Prince Yu. This must have been due to the negative impact she had on her unhappy marriage with Nangong Xun, leaving a certain shadow in her heart. Even if it was to eliminate the shadow in her daughter's heart and allow her to live a good life with Prince Yu, she should tell her the truth.
She finally spoke slowly.
"Qing'er, I married Nangong Xun so that I could legitimately give birth to you and Xin'er..."
Although the Fang family is rich enough to rival a country, it is ultimately a merchant family with a low status. Therefore, Fang Yun's parents discussed that in order to raise the family reputation and for the sake of their future, they must find her a man in the officialdom.
But this is easier said than done. Officials always pay attention to marrying people of equal status, so how could they be willing to lower their status and marry the daughter of a merchant?
After much deliberation, the master and mistress of the Fang family adopted a roundabout way to save the country. They paid a large sum of money to find a matchmaker and begged her to help choose a son-in-law.
"The only condition your grandparents set for choosing a son-in-law was that he had to be academically proficient and have a promising future. They didn't set any other requirements. The day after they spread the word, Nangong Xun came to us on his own initiative."
Fang Yun couldn't help but shook her head.
Nangong Xun came from a poor family, his parents having passed away long ago. He had no roof over his head or a place to live, and he made a living writing letters and drawing for people at the market. Due to years of lack of food and drink, he grew up to be short, thin, and hunchbacked.
Logically speaking, a person like him is not worthy of Fang Yun at all. But the master and mistress of the Fang family were attracted by his intelligence and diligence.
"Nangong Xun's greatest strength is his quick mind. Even though he's never been to school, he's learned so much on his own that he's even better than the students at the Imperial Academy. He's a well-known poor scholar in the area. Plus, your grandfather is determined to elevate the Fang family, so he lets him live there. He takes care of his food, clothing, shelter, and transportation, and all he needs to do is focus on his studies. The condition is that he must marry me after he passes the high school entrance exam."
In a blink of an eye, Nangong Xun had lived in the Fang family for seven or eight years. During this period, he successfully passed the examinations for the title of scholar and the top scholar. According to the contract they had signed before, the Fang family began to arrange his wedding after he passed the examination for the title of top scholar.
Although Fang Yun dislikes Nangong Xun, she has to put the future of the Fang family first. However, she never expected that with Nangong Xun becoming the top scorer in the imperial examination, the Fang family would be in great trouble.
Just after Nangong Xun passed the imperial examination and became the top scholar, her parents died suddenly. Devastated, she cried all day and had no time to think about anything else.
Qiufang, her personal maid, was worried that she might hurt herself, and since her wedding was coming up soon, she was worried that Nangong Xun would dislike her if she wasn't in good shape. After all, things were different now. Nangong Xun, who once relied on the Fang family to survive, had now become a high-ranking top scholar.
Qiufang advised her to go to the mountain to burn incense and pray, and to go out for a walk to relax.
If the top scholar changed his mind, it would be a waste of his parents' hard work. She had no choice but to nod and agree.
"Ever since my parents passed away, I haven't left the Fang family's house for over two months. I remember very clearly that the peach blossoms were in full bloom at that time. From afar, they looked so pink and tender, it was truly beautiful..."
The blush on Fang Yun's face became more and more obvious, and she didn't dare to look up at Fang Qingqing's eyes.
Thinking of what happened many years ago, I couldn't help but blush and my heart was beating rapidly.
"Mother, was it in the peach blossom forest that you met my father?"
Fang Qingqing looked at her mother's expression and immediately understood what was going on. She asked anxiously.
Fang Yun nodded and shook her head. She had no idea who that person was. She could only say that it was just a ridiculous night. How could she say that she had met him?
Fortunately, because of him, she had a pair of children, Qing'er and Xin'er. In the final analysis, it was he who helped her.
"Qiufang and I got separated in the peach forest. I was anxious to find her, so I wandered around aimlessly and got lost in the mountains again. I was so sleepy and tired that I fell asleep on a hillside. When I woke up..."
Fang Yun took out a jade pendant and a bamboo slip from her body.
"This is what I found next to me when I woke up. It's the only thing he left behind. I don't even know his name..."
Fang Qingqing's eyes widened when she heard this. This was too outrageous, wasn't it? His cheap dad's shooting skills were quite accurate. He hit the target right away, and it was a double yolk!
She took the jade pendant and bamboo slips and looked at them.
The handwriting on the bamboo slips was a bit sloppy, and it seemed that it was left in a hurry. The red handwriting on it was the language of the Desert Kingdom, and there was a paragraph written on it.
[There are reasons for this, which I cannot explain at the moment. If you are interested, please wait here in a month. I will definitely marry you in a formal way.]
“This man, this man!”
After reading the contents on the bamboo slips, Fang Qingqing was so angry that her back teeth were grinding!
What the hell was going on? Even if it was urgent, couldn't he wait until his mother woke up? Or just take her away? He left a nonsensical letter without even a signature. Even if he tried to find her, there would be no way to find her!
"Hasn't Mother any other clues?"
Fang Qingqing asked anxiously.
The possibility of finding him in such a vast crowd simply by relying on a jade pendant and a bamboo slip is very slim. But one thing is certain, this person can write the language of the Desert Kingdom proficiently, he must be a native of the Desert Kingdom!
"It happened suddenly. I was devastated and fell ill. When Qiufang found me, I was exhausted and tired. I went back to see a doctor, who said I had a severe toxin in my body, and that the toxin stayed in my body for a long time. By chance, because of what happened that day, the toxin in my body was relieved by more than half..."
what?
This time it was Fang Qingqing's turn to be stunned. In other words, that cheap father had used the fish and water technique by chance to detoxify her mother's body and also gave her a pair of twins?
Fang Yun blushed and nodded, which was considered an admission.
"A month later, I became pregnant. In order to give Qing'er and Xin'er legal status, I had no choice but to marry Nangong Xun as planned. Cao Ben has also been secretly searching for the person who poisoned me..."
When Fang Yun mentioned the incident of being poisoned for no apparent reason, her expression suddenly became serious.