Hou Yao's words can be described as murderous and heartbreaking.

Watching the two people leaving, Hou Fu's old face turned red.

Zhou Yu made the meal and came out, just in time to see the two people's retreating figures, and hurriedly shouted:

"Yao'er, you don't want to eat anymore?"

Hou Yao waved his hands and shouted:

“We’ll eat it when we come back later.”

Zhou Yu held back his mouth, turned to look at Hou Fu, and said angrily:

"Have a meal."

Hou Fu happened to be angry and had nowhere to vent his anger, so he said angrily:

"Eat, eat, eat. I know how to eat all day long. It's because I married you, a foodie, that I haven't passed the imperial examination so far.

Eat it yourself, don't disturb me from studying the sages' books."

After saying that, he picked up the book, shook his head and walked out the door.

When Zhou Yu heard this, he immediately exploded. He was a loser. He had been taking exams for decades and even a child student failed. How dare you blame me?

He immediately slammed the door shut and cursed:

"If you have the guts, don't eat it, or you'll starve to death, you nerd."

…

The Hou family has lost contact with the clan, so the Chinese New Year is actually the same as usual, just having a meal as a family.

But after the Chinese New Year, I still have to visit relatives.

On the morning of the second day of the lunar new year, Hou Yao first sent Yu Xiuer on the boat back to the island, and then went with his parents to Zhou Yu’s natal home to pay New Year greetings.

This is also the only relative of the Hou family who is still walking around.

The Zhou family is a businessman, and their ancestors have made a living by doing small businesses for generations. They have a shop in a not-so-good location in the city.

He was able to make a living by putting the shop in Hou Yao's grandfather's name.

A few years ago, the county conducted a household registration census. Hou Yao's grandfather was declared dead and his household registration was cancelled.

The Zhou family had to look for other scholars to be affiliated with, but no one liked the three melons and two dates given by their family.

In the end, I couldn't find anyone to affiliate with, so I had to bite the bullet and pay high taxes.

In the past few years, the Zhou family's little wealth has been almost wiped out by high taxes, and life has become worse every year.

After Hou Yao was selected as a scholar, the Zhou family was overjoyed. They had long wanted to talk to this nephew about joining him.

But because Hou Fu was unable to communicate,

Hou Yao never came back. He finally came back, but within two days, he was captured by pirates again.

Until now, the Zhou family has never had a chance to talk about the affiliation.

The older generation of the Zhou family has passed away, and the current generation is headed by two brothers and sisters, Zhou Ming and Zhou Yu.

Zhou Ming actually gave birth to two sons. The eldest, Zhou Sheng, is two years older than Hou Yao. Now he is mainly in charge of the Zhou family's shop.

My wife is the daughter of tailor Zhao's family in the city. They have been married for many years and now have only one four-year-old daughter, Zhou Ping.

The second eldest child, Zhou De, is unmarried, three years younger than Hou Yao, and is a child student in the county. He is only one step away from being admitted as a scholar.

But this step is a bit difficult. He has already failed the exam three times, and the other half of the Zhou family's wealth has been swallowed up by him.

Poor scholars are not just screaming. Scholars who have not passed the examination are real gold-eating beasts.

Paper, pens, ink, inkstones, and books all cost a lot of money.

Especially when you are rushing to take exams, you have to spend a lot of money every time. Ordinary families really can't afford to study.

Zhou Ming got up early, cleaned up the house, and arranged for the family to start a fire and cook meals.

I prepared a large table of dishes and waited for my nephew and his family to come to visit me for New Year greetings.

I just didn’t expect that their family would arrive relatively late.

It wasn't until Mao that the family's appearance appeared, and Zhou Ming hurriedly greeted them:
Chapter completed!