Chapter 20: Poor Old Wife VS Scholarly Husband (3)

Chen Yushi, who had gained his wife's understanding, became more relaxed in his studies.

Whenever he went up the mountain to chop wood, the woodcutters could hear him reading books from across the mountain.

They still mocked him at first, but when they saw that Chen Yushi not only didn't care about their teasing, but even started to laugh at himself, they found it boring.

After a long time, they got used to Chen Yushi's nagging and stopped teasing him.

Counting the days, the Cold Food Festival arrived.

Chen Yushi and his old wife prepared the sacrificial items and went to the mountain to worship their ancestors. On the way, they met a wealthy couple who were riding a carriage to enjoy the scenery.

The wealthy businessman was old, but his wife was only in her early twenties, in her prime.

The wealthy businessman's wife snuggled up to her wealthy husband, looking at the couple who were about the same age as her parents but extremely poor, and laughed non-stop.

"What are you laughing at?" The rich businessman hugged his wife, looked at her and laughed.

"Sir, let's give them some food. They look so pitiful." The wife's words were full of pity, but her smile was malicious.

She remembered her mother's curse on her when she left home, and she just wanted to vent all the grievances she had suffered on the couple in front of her.

"Okay, as long as my little sweetheart is happy, I'm willing to do anything." The rich businessman certainly knew that his sweetheart wanted to treat these two people as fun, but he was rich and free and didn't intend to stop him. Instead, he called Chen Yushi who was walking forward.

"Sir, what's the matter with you asking us to stop?" Chen Yushi grabbed his wife's skirt and stood at the edge of the post road.

"Nothing special." The rich businessman's wife snuggled in the rich businessman's arms, still laughing, "It's just that my husband has always been kind and used to doing good deeds. He can't bear to see you pitiful, so he is going to reward you with some food."

Didn't her mother curse her to be a prostitute and have a bad end? But now she lives a comfortable life, and she has entourages when she travels, which is a thousand times and ten thousand times better than she imagined.

"We brought food." Chen Yushi has never been a person who accepts charity, and

he can't stand this kind of insult. "Sir, look, he doesn't want to eat even if we give him food." The wife snuggled in the rich businessman's arms and acted coquettishly, but her eyes turned cold.

The more she didn't want to accept, the more she had to force herself. A pair of ordinary peasant women dared to reject her, what was the point of her trying so hard to get close to him for so many years!

"If you don't want to, forget it, my dear, let's continue on our way." The rich businessman glared at Chen Yushi, who didn't know how to appreciate his kindness. He had to make his wife angry.

"I don't want it. Look at him, he's dressed so tattered, and his old wife has so many patches on her skirt, and he still cares about dignity. I don't want to see a poor man like him talk about dignity." The wife shook the rich businessman's hand and continued to act coquettishly.

In her heart, the poor don't deserve dignity. If she really listened to her mother and talked about dignity, she would definitely be like the old wife in front of her now, with a pale face, numb expression, rough and ugly appearance. That's why she wanted to trample on them even more to satisfy her young and injured heart.

"I know that my family is kind-hearted, so let's leave some food and clothes for them." The rich businessman coaxed his wife and winked at his followers.

"Why don't you thank my master and his wife quickly?" The followers understood the master's meaning and threw a few steamed buns and clothes on the ground like giving alms to beggars.

Chen Yushi clenched his hands tightly, his eyes full of anger.

He is a scholar, not a dog that will wag its tail if someone gives him a little alms. Shi

Yi gently held his fist and calmly comforted him, "Don't act on impulse."

Feng Shui turns around, and one day, these two people will also get retribution.

"Baby, look, are these enough?" The rich businessman stroked the back of his wife and became distracted.

"Not enough, I want to see them pick it up with my own eyes. Otherwise, I will be unhappy all day." The wife twisted her body in the rich businessman's arms, expressing her dissatisfaction.

If it weren't for her current status, she would have wanted to get off the carriage and step on the food herself.

"Okay, okay, my little darling, don't be angry, I'll ask them to pick it up now." After the rich businessman coaxed his little sweetheart, he turned to Chen Yushi and said angrily: "Why don't you two accept our charity quickly."

"Since the official said it was charity, then I, Chen Yushi, have never accepted charity." Chen Yushi straightened his back and looked forward.

"Don't be ungrateful. If you don't pick up these things on the ground today, I won't let you go. Let's see who can survive." Seeing him so arrogant, the rich businessman was also a little angry.

"Sacrifice is important." Shi Yi reached out and patted the hem of his skirt, "I'll pick it up."

"No." Chen Yushi knew that the two people in the carriage were just making fun of them and had no good intentions at all, so he hurriedly stopped his wife.

He didn't want his wife to be so undignified.

"You are a scholar, you should be proud of your character, but I am just a peasant woman in the mountains, it doesn't matter." Shi Yi looked up and smiled at him, and Chen Yushi vaguely saw the green time when she just married him.

At that time, she was also as delicate as the woman sitting in the carriage. Over the years, he made her suffer and endure the wind and frost.

"I'll go with you." Chen Yushi bent his waist.

"Stand up for me." Shi Yi shouted at him loudly, staring at his eyes and said word by word: "Chen Yushi, if you dare to bend your waist today, I will go home with you and divorce."

She picked up the charity on the ground with a quick movement. She understood that scholars have their own integrity and integrity, and once they no longer have them, they will lose their bearing. Besides, she didn't want Chen Yushi to be insulted like this.

"That's enough, I'm happy. Let's continue on our way." The rich businessman was in a good mood as he watched the old woman pick up the things on the ground.

"That's enough, let's go." The wife who had successfully amused herself was also in a very good mood.

"Gee~" The carriage started moving and slowly drove to the other end of the post station.

"My old wife, why are you doing this?" Chen Yushi hugged his wife, his eyes red with anger.

Can rich people trample on the dignity of others at will? ! Can officials trample on the lives of ordinary people at will? ! He hated for the first time, hating himself for having no money, power, or authority.

"Husband, go to Chang'an. There is an emperor in Chang'an, and there must be great people who can recognize your true talent and knowledge." Shi Yi threw the things in his hand fiercely into the bushes, and then hugged him, "Can you bear to watch the dignity of others being trampled like this? ! You have read so many books, I believe in you, I believe you will definitely achieve something."

(End of this chapter)