Yang Changyu didn't have time to give his mother any more instructions, so he just said: "If you don't move, how can they throw you out?"
Playing rogue is indeed a way. Mother Yang hesitated: "Your brother is a scholar. What should I do if this matter gets serious and affects his reputation?"
Yang Changyu knew that her mother's concerns were right, but other than that, she couldn't think of any other way. In her heart, she felt helpless and angry: "You know my brother. The whole family is like this, and you still miss him!"
The Chen family's mother and son had already left. Yang Changyu did not dare to stay any longer and stamped his feet: "Anyway, don't bother me. I can't help you."
After saying that, he ran away quickly.
Although Yang's mother knew that it would be useless to find her man, she still went to look for him herself. Finally, she found him before dark and invited him back with a straight face.
They were worried about Yang Changhua's reputation and did not dare to make any more trouble. Early the next morning, Yang's mother went out to look for the yard.
The expenses in the city are quite high, and the Chen family does not dare to stay in the city at all. When the time comes, they need to eat. Even if it is just to eat steamed buns, they have to spend money on it. Also, no matter what kind of food, Chen's mother and
Compared with the ones made at home, they all felt very expensive. As she gnawed, she muttered: "Let's go home quickly."
Chen Shilin was used to living in the city and did not want to live in the countryside. He said loudly: "After the county examination, I haven't had time to review the answer sheet with anyone. You go back first. I'll talk about it later when I'm done."
From Chen's mother's point of view, her son was busy with business, and she didn't dare to delay at all. She nodded immediately: "Then you will come back when you are done, and save some money. When eating, look for cheap and large portions.
, don’t be too vegetarian, you fainted earlier, you have to take good care of yourself..."
The more she talked, the more worried she became. She really wanted to leave more money for her son. If she had more money, she wished she could stay here and take care of him personally.
However, she didn't have much money on hand. She thought she would be able to get some money when she went to the city this time, but it turned out that her trip was in vain.
Yang Changyu didn't want to go back to the village and face everyone's criticism. Besides, someone would definitely come to ask for debts in the next two days. The Chen family couldn't pay it, so it would be embarrassing just thinking about it. She said tentatively: "I grew up in the city.
I know you well in the city, how about I stay and take care of your husband?"
"One more person means more expenses." Mother Chen stretched out her hand to pull her: "Come back with me, there is so much work at home."
Yang Changyu didn't want to work, and she didn't want to go back, so she struggled subconsciously: "I don't even know what those at home..."
"No, learn it as soon as possible!" Chen's mother worked all year round, holding her hand like an iron plier, and Yang Changyu couldn't get away no matter what.
Mother Chen guessed what her daughter-in-law was thinking, and since she failed to get any benefits from her parents' family, she looked particularly ugly when she faced her daughter-in-law on the way home.
Yang Changyu was too lazy to please her, and the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were like strangers along the way.
When they returned to the village, it was getting late, and both of them were hungry. They didn't bring any dry food with them before, and there were occasional people selling food along the way, but Chen's mother didn't buy any.
When they got home, the Chen family had all had dinner. Chen's mother asked her daughter-in-law to light the fire, and she grabbed a handful of whole grains and cooked a bowl of paste.
Even if it was a paste of whole grains, it wasn't much. We only had one bowl. Yang Changyu saw it in her eyes and felt a sore throat when she smelled the bowl. She felt very uncomfortable.
Really, even though she had been living under someone else's roof for many years, she had never eaten anything like this. Even though there wasn't much of it, she couldn't get enough.
She blinked and shed tears.
In order to save money for her son's studies for many years, Chen's mother drank this most of the time. She didn't think it was bad. Seeing her daughter-in-law like this, she glanced sideways and sneered: "If you can't eat it, then...
Don't eat. Anyway, I won't starve to death after one meal, and it will save me food."
Yang Changyu opened his mouth, why didn't she eat?
Something like this happened shortly after I entered the house this morning. I didn't even eat at my parents' house. When I came out, I only ate one steamed bun. I haven't eaten all day!
"I'm hungry...is there any food?"
There's a bit of pickles mixed in, which gives it a bit of flavor, so it's not that hard to swallow.
Mother Chen glanced at her again and said indifferently: "The He family over there used to live a worse life than ours. They had to add a lot of vegetable leaves to make such a paste. Anyway, just make the belly full and that's it. But it's different now.
People no longer eat this kind of food, and every meal has meat and vegetables. Our family is the same as theirs, the only difference is that we have different wives. In other words, Liu Feiyao is also a girl from the city, and she carries so many things with her.
Married into the house, what about you? You still have the nerve to be picky here, it’s a good thing I didn’t kick you out.”
Yang Changyu: "..."
She didn't dare to say any more. She just returned to the city yesterday and returned to the village today. After two days of jolting on the carriage, her whole body ached and she felt like her bones were falling apart. She wished she could lie down on the bed and sleep immediately. She said
He drank his half of the bowl in one gulp, turned around and left.
As soon as I took a step, I was stopped by someone behind me: "Where are you going?"
Yang Changyu didn't look back: "It's getting dark. I'll go back to sleep. I have to work tomorrow morning."
Mother Chen scolded: "The dishes haven't been washed, why are you panicking?"
Yang Changyu's eyes widened and he pointed at his nose: "I'm so tired, you still want me to wash the dishes?"
"If you don't want to do it, why don't you let me wash it?" Mother Chen put her hands on her hips and noticed the pain in her stomach, and said plausibly: "I am so old and I was injured today. Do you know how to respect the elderly? Wash it quickly.
Don't make me curse."
The women in the village had loud voices, and Yang Changyu guessed that half of the village probably heard her mother-in-law scolding her.
She has a different face. When she was at her parents' home, she didn't work much, but no one ever said she was lazy. But here, if her mother-in-law continues to scold her, her reputation for being lazy will spread quickly.
"Can't you do it if I wash it? You, old man, go and have a rest. Don't get tired."
Yang Changyu was lying in bed at night, feeling really regretful. She shouldn't have chosen someone from the village to get angry with her mother.
The key is that Chen Shilin didn't want to take care of her or defend her at all. If he insisted on keeping her in the city today, how could she suffer these crimes?
She was really tired. She fell into a deep sleep not long after lying on the bed. She felt that as soon as she closed her eyes, she heard her mother-in-law shouting outside: "Get up and work quickly?"
There are a lot of jobs in the village. When the weather is good, you have to go to the fields. When the weather is bad, you have to sew and mend at home. Yang Changyu didn't know how to do it first, and he can't bear such hardships. But Chen's mother didn't care about her at all.
She is polite because she is a city girl. She does all the dirty work no matter what.
He even made her carry feces on her back!
Yang Changyu almost vomited, she didn't want to do it, but Chen's mother said: If you don't do it, get out.
Chu Yunli heard about Yang Changyu's suffering in the village soon, and she was not surprised at all. Because after Liu Feiyao got married, even if the Liu family was in the city, she could not follow him to the city every day.
The Chen family is all busy.
Those jobs were dirty, hard, heavy, and tiring. Liu Feiyao had been doing it for a while, and she didn't get used to it. Instead, she lost weight.
As the release of the results approaches, the city becomes lively again.
On the day when the results were released, the Liu family's grandparents took a carriage there early in the morning, and they also took He Huaian with them.
Chu Yunli didn't go, she didn't want to get up early.
Although Liu's mother stayed at home, her heart had already wandered away. She looked outside the door from time to time, thinking about the time when the results would be released and the time it would take for the news to come back.
No matter how hard the time passed, news finally came back. He Huaian and Liu Feijun were both on the list, and they also became scholars. In addition, one person from the school was also successful.
Even if there are only three people, it is already considered the best among all the schools in this city.
It was a double happiness for the Liu family. There was an endless stream of people coming to express their congratulations. Grandpa Liu was also very generous and asked the restaurant to send a meal to express his gratitude to everyone.
He Huaian was on the list and had to go back to the village.
Chu Yunli naturally wanted to accompany him. Now, the two of them have no shortage of money and have already bought their own carriage, so they don't have to squeeze in with others when they go home. And they are driving the carriage by themselves, and they don't have to worry about the time. That's what they want Just go.
Therefore, the two of them did not go out early and went out after they were full.
When they arrived at the city gate, it was already noon. They brought a lot of things on the carriage. In addition, sitting with the driver was a disciple who lived in the suburbs.
When they arrived at the city gate, the disciple from the suburbs got off the carriage and thanked the two of them.
After only a short delay, someone came over and asked where the carriage was going. The disciple casually said: "Dayang Temple."
The visitor was very happy and turned around and shouted: "Brother Chen, come quickly, there is a carriage passing by."
Chu Yunli and the other two looked along his line of sight and saw Chen Shilin on the side of the road at a glance.
Chen Shilin has been staying in the city these days because he knows that his family is currently busy with the autumn harvest, and he has to work when he goes back... He doesn't have the energy, and working is like suffering. The key is that after hard work, he can't do much. But if he doesn't do it, Well, he would be accused by the villagers of being too ambitious and short-handed, so he simply stayed in the city. The money on hand was not enough, so he went to Lu Sanya to borrow some.
He is a scholar and knows many classmates. If he asks them, he can borrow some, but he does not want to lose face. Anyway, Lu Sanya has money, and no one will know if he borrows it.
After the results were released, many disciples returned home and thought they would have to wait another three years. Those from poor families wanted to go home and study on their own for a while, and then wait until next year or the year after that to come to the city to find the master to answer their questions. Chen Shilin couldn't live there either. He originally wanted to go back tomorrow, but the person who lived in the same room with him insisted on leaving today, and even took him with him. He promised that he would be able to find a carriage for him at the city gate.
It was a little late when the two arrived at the city gate and they couldn't find the carriage. The people who lived with him felt a little apologetic and were busy asking around. When Chen Shilin heard that a carriage was passing by, he felt happy and looked up, and saw it at a glance. The two people in the carriage suddenly stopped as he stepped forward.
"It's inconvenient."
He Huaian nodded: "It's really inconvenient." He turned his eyes and had another idea: "We are fellow villagers, and we should take care of each other. But my wife is in the carriage... If you don't mind, you can sit with the driver."
"That's okay." Before Chen Shilin answered, the person who helped him find the carriage had already agreed: "It would be better if we are acquaintances, and we can take care of each other along the way."
He turned his head, pulled the hesitant Chen Shilin, and whispered: "If you go back at this time, it will be dark when you get home. The road is so far, if you meet someone with ulterior motives, I'm afraid something will happen to you. This is a scholar,
Since I live in the same hometown as you, I only have one female dependent with me today, which is really appropriate."
Chen Shilin didn't want to go through the trouble of going back to the city, so he finally sat on the other side of the coachman.
Sitting in a carriage on such a long journey is a pain, let alone sitting outside.
The coachman has been driving carriages all year round and is used to bumpy rides, but Chen Shilin, a scholar, how could he endure such bumps?
He had to hold on to the carriage tightly for fear of being thrown off.
After most of the day, I felt that my two arms were so sore that all the bones in my body were falling apart.
When it got dark, the carriage finally arrived at the entrance of the village. He Huaian asked the driver to stop and said: "My mother doesn't like your family. She will be angry if she knows that I took you for a ride. You can get off here."
Chen Shilin knew that he disliked him, so all the way here, he dreamed of getting home as soon as possible. Now that he had reached the entrance of the village, he stopped forcing him, and jumped down after saying thank you.
He almost jumped, then he remembered that his legs were so sore. As soon as his feet landed, he felt his knees gave out and he fell flat on his back.
Chu Yunli opened the curtain and took a look, saying, "Why are you so careless?"
Chen Shilin: "..."
He reluctantly climbed up, holding on to a tree to stand firm. His arms were sore, and his whole body was in severe pain before he even took a step. It took him a while to recover, and when he raised his head again, where was the carriage in front of him?
He Huaian passed the examination as a scholar.
There is also a scholar in the village!
As soon as the news came out, the whole village became excited, and even members of the family came to discuss rebuilding the ancestral hall.
People in the village came to congratulate her one after another, and some asked when Mother He would entertain guests, so that they could come and help.
This is a more important event than weddings and funerals.
Let's put it this way, there are many people who get married, and almost most of them have to go through this. Not to mention the simple things, no one can escape. And those who pass the exam to be a scholar... How many people in the world can pass the exam to be a scholar?
How many people are there?
He's mother couldn't help being happy. Her son had brought back a lot of money, and she became generous. She set a good day for three days and immediately started making preparations, asking people to help her go to the town to buy.
The He family is very lively. There are still guests in the middle of the night. In contrast, the Chen family is much deserted... Most of the people from other families have gone to the He family to join in the fun, and there is almost no one at home. But the Chen family is embarrassed.
Go, we can only stay at home.
After Chen Shilin came back, he locked himself in the room.
He failed the exam.
The moment the results were released, he felt extremely disappointed. Later, he asked someone to find out that the books he had obtained from the Liu family were all useful, but he didn't read two of them, and he misunderstood a question...
In fact, his answer was already very good, and if he was lucky, he could win. But this year there were so many people who answered well, so he had no choice but to fail.
He had already told his mother about these things in detail after returning home, saying that it was not because he was not knowledgeable enough, but because he was unlucky.
"Shi Lin, it's time to have dinner."
Chen Shilin came to his senses when he heard the sound outside the door. He was holding a book in his hand, which he had not turned for more than half an hour.
Although he was not very hungry, he still cheered up. If he failed this time, he would definitely be on the list next time. He could not let this sink him.
Chen's mother was worried about her son, but the rest of the Chen family was different.
The family's life was very poor, and everyone knew that it was to provide for his education. But all the hard work came to nothing, and everyone felt bad.
Mrs. Chen liked her eldest grandson the most. She also knew that the other grandsons had thoughts about this, so she smiled and said: "Shilin, it doesn't matter if you don't win this time. It's good luck to be a scholar in many decades. You are still like this
Young people, we are not in a hurry."
"Aren't you in a hurry?" Chen Shihai, Chen Shilin's second brother, said politely: "There are so many people outside waiting for our family to pay off the debt. If my eldest brother doesn't win, he will definitely not be able to borrow the money. What will he do then? Let's pay it off next time. He wants to continue reading.
Where does the money come from? I am seventeen this year, and someone else is going to be a father. My wife is still somewhere, and there must be a limit to favoritism. We can’t have a hard time as a family just because he’s studying!”
The third eldest daughter, Chen Yingying, is named Chen Yingying. Although she grew up delicately, her life was rough. Recently, there have been waves of debt collectors in the family. She was really afraid that her marriage would be exchanged for money.
He said: "I think we have to make two preparations. If the eldest brother fails the exam, the family will still be able to survive..."
Chen's mother was reluctant to scold her second son, so she was not so polite to her daughter: "What nonsense are you talking about?"
Chen Yingying is more than thirteen years old this year and is already a big girl. She knows how to save face and was scolded by her mother in front of everyone. She felt a little embarrassed for a while and said with sadness and anger: "Then He Huaian fell into the water before and almost died.
It’s gone. I haven’t read for two or three years, and I picked it up again and passed the exam on the first try. My brother has not been idle in the past two years, and he has even been studying in the city. What’s the result?”
What Chen Shilin hates most is that others compare him to He Huaian: "He is so powerful, you should be his sister!"
Chen Yingying said loudly: "If I could choose, I really want to be his sister. At least, his wife is generous and sensible!"
After saying this, she clapped her chopsticks, turned around and ran away.
There is a reason for this. Yang Changyu is a girl from the city. Even if she has no money, she has bought some beautiful jewelry in the past few years. The things are not very expensive, but they are exquisite enough. They are rare in this village. Chen Yingying
There was a little girl who, when she was feeling pretty, couldn't help but want to ask her for it. But she was rejected on the spot and even sent to her mother.
Mother Chen didn't like her daughter-in-law to be picky, but she also didn't want her daughter to care too much about these external possessions, so she taught her a lesson on the spot for a long time. Chen Yingying started to hold a grudge.
The meal was very unpleasant. After more than a month, Yang Changyu became much darker, and her hair was not as black and shiny as before. Her hands became rough... Really, she had seen too many women in the village.
People really don't want to become like that.
She thought about it and still had to follow Chen Shilin back to the city.
Now that she's back in the city, she doesn't have to do so much dirty work. But if she wants to go back, she has to coax her... If not, she might as well give birth to a baby. As long as she's pregnant, no matter how mean Chen's mother is
She will also be nice to her for the sake of her grandson. Now that the man has finally come back, she will certainly not miss it.
The couple was lying on the bed. Yang Changyu actually wanted to complain, but she couldn't care less at the moment. She reached out to touch the people around her.
Chen Shilin felt irritable and took a photo casually: "What are you touching?"
Yang Changyu: "..."
They are husband and wife!
We haven’t seen each other for more than a month. Chen Shilin is young and there is something clearly wrong with his appearance. Could it be that he has another woman in the city?
Thinking of this, Yang Changyu suddenly panicked.
"Husband, I want to go back to the city with you."
Chen Shilin closed his eyes: "I can't support myself anymore. How will my family survive if I take you with me?"
Yang Changyu felt sour in his heart: "Feiyao is already pregnant, and she and He Huaian have never been separated..."
Chen Shilin said bluntly: "She has so much dowry, do you have it? If we do this, our children will suffer when they are born."
Excuse!
Yang Changyu once again confirmed that there must be something going on outside Chen Shilin.
She tossed and turned all night and couldn't sleep, so she went to He's house at dawn.
Chu Yunli had a bumpy day and was newly pregnant. She was exhausted. She slept until dawn. When she got up, she heard He's mother coming over and whispering: "That daughter-in-law of Chen Shilin was wandering around outside. I asked her if she wanted to
Tell me what's going on, I suspect she's looking for you."
Such a big happy event for the He family was about to happen, and people would come to the door at any time, so Mother He simply didn't bother to close the door.
At this moment, Yang Changyu had already poked her head in from the outside. When she saw Chu Yunli getting up, she smiled and said, "Feiyao, I have something to ask you. I won't delay you for long."
While talking, he had already walked in.
Don't reach out to hit the smiling person. Furthermore, Chu Yunli also wants to know what she wants to say.
Yang Changyu walked up to her, and his mother brought a bowl of soup to Chu Yunli: "You drink the pad first, I'll have the pancakes over there soon."
Gentle attitude and kind tone.
Yang Changyu felt sour in his heart when he saw her. She was also a woman in the village. How could the He family be so reasonable?
"Feiyao, I just want to ask Shi Lin, has he been with other women in the city?"
Chu Yunli shook his head: "I don't know, I don't see him very often, and I don't bother to ask about him."
Yang Changyu was a little disappointed, but he heard the woman in front of him say: "But..."
She raised her eyes suddenly.
Chu Yunli tilted his head and looked at her: "That time when I came back from the city, Lu Sanya from the village also came with me. I felt something was not right between the two of them. Lu Sanya was sitting as a maid delivering tea in a big teahouse in the city.
, I only come back during the holidays..."
Yang Changyu's expression changed drastically when he saw her meaningful expression.