Chapter 227 Can You Go Back to Your Mother's Home?
Zhang Shuiniang and Li Jiaojiao listened to Li Zhiyuan's words with expressions of disbelief.
Li Zhiyuan actually spoke to them in this tone?
And is what he said human language?
Zhang Shuiniang's eyes widened: "Li Zhiyuan, do you know what you are talking about?"
Li Zhiyuan looked at her blaming eyes and was very annoyed: "I am telling the truth!"
Zhang Shuiniang's face was even more shocked, as if she had been insulted:
"Li Zhiyuan, you were the one who knelt in front of me and begged me to marry you! You said you married me to give me happiness! But what are you doing now? You made me do all these dirty and tiring jobs! Are you still a human being? Are you still a human being?!!!"
Her sharp whistling made Li Zhiyuan's head buzz.
In the past, he would feel heartbroken and blame himself, but if she said this once, twice, or even three times, he would still coax her.
But after talking too much, Li Zhiyuan got bored and shouted coldly:
"Shut up! What's the point of you saying this now? Yes, I did promise you at the beginning. But didn't I do it? I have done well enough!"
"You've been here for more than half a year. I've always held you in my hands. Have I ever abused you? Have I ever really asked you to do any dirty or tiring work?"
"But now listen to what people are saying outside! They are saying that I am unfilial! Shui Niang, I have given so much for you, can't you do a little thing for me?"
"If you continue like this, not only will my reputation be damaged, but yours will be bad too! If you don't think about me, you should think about yourself!"
Zhang Shui Niang gritted her teeth and shook her head: "I don't want to listen! Isn't it your fault that my reputation is ruined? You can't even afford a servant, how can you marry me?"
"Li Zhiyuan, you promised me so solemnly at the beginning that you would never let me down! You would never let me down!!!"
"If I hadn't married you, I would have had maids and servants to serve me when I returned to my parents' home. Why would I have to endure the humiliation here with you?"
Zhang Shuiniang burst into tears as she spoke, as if she had suffered some great humiliation, and she kept repeating the following words:
"It was you who begged me to marry you! You knelt in front of me and said you would never let me suffer! You said you would never let me suffer! Liar! Liar! Liar! I want to go back to my parents' home!"
After saying that, he stomped his feet hard and pretended to leave.
But Li Zhiyuan just looked at her steadily without saying a word.
Zhang Shuiniang's face changed. If it were in the past, Li Zhiyuan would have come over to coax her!
What would she do if he didn't coax her?
She couldn't really go back to her parents' home, as her reputation for laziness had become known throughout the village recently.
If she goes back to her parents' home now, she doesn't know how angry her father will be. He might even cut off all ties with her.
By then, all her dignity would be gone. Li Zhiyuan and even the entire village would know that she, the daughter of the Zhang family, was not favored at all.
The so-called rich girls all praise themselves.
"Mother..." Li Jiaojiao was about to speak to give Zhang Shuiniang a way out, but unexpectedly, Li Zhiyuan's roar came:
"If you want to go back to your parents' home, then go back. I won't stop you!"
Zhang Shuiniang and Li Jiaojiao's faces changed.
Li Zhiyuan sneered again: "But I think it's not easy for you to go back to your mother's house. When you were suffering in the Sun family, I asked you to ask your mother's family for help. You said that if your parents knew that you had lived such a hard life all these years, they would be so angry that they would get sick."
"You are filial, and you can't bear to see your parents worry, so you never told your parents the truth."
“But now it seems that the real situation is not like that.”
As he spoke, he stared at her.
That look was just like he had always wanted to buy a bowl of shark fin, but because it was too expensive, he couldn't afford it and had been thinking about it all the time.
Later he found it in the trash can. Not only did he not despise it, he felt proud as if he was its hero.
He regarded it as a treasure, a delicacy, and could not put it down.
But in the end he found out that this bowl of shark fin was actually fake, it was just a bowl of vermicelli pretending to be shark fin!
Zhang Shuiniang now is like that bowl of vermicelli pretending to be shark fin! Like pearls stuck with dog shit!
Suddenly, she didn't seem so noble anymore!
Zhang Shuiniang was horrified by his gaze, and felt that her pride was trampled upon. She pointed at him and said, "Li Zhiyuan, what do you mean..."
"What do you mean? Don't I understand? If you still want to ask, why don't you go back to your parents' house and ask them how much your daughter is worth?"
Zhang Shuiniang choked and trembled at her heart. How did he know that? When did you find out?
This so-called rich girl is worthless and is just praising herself.
"Okay, okay, I...I..." Her pride made her say she was leaving! But if she stayed here, her face would be exposed by Li Zhiyuan. If she walked out of this door, she would be exposed by the whole village...
Zhang Shui Niang simply leaned over, sat down on the ground, and cried while covering her nose:
"Liar, liar...you are a big liar...you clearly said that you would let me live a good life...but now you are asking me to do housework..."
Li Zhiyuan also exploded: "Can you die if you do some housework? When you were in the Sun family, you lived worse than pigs and dogs, and it is said that you even licked the feet of Mrs. Sun! You can do housework in the Sun family, but not in my family? What, am I, Li Zhiyuan, inferior to Sun Dongbao? I am not worthy, right?"
At the end, he was so angry that he laughed.
Zhang Shuiniang's face turned pale, as if her ugly appearance, which she most hated to be seen, was exposed in broad daylight and was open to ridicule by everyone.
Li Zhiyuan said angrily, "Mother Shui, I, Li Zhiyuan, think I have done my best for you. If you continue to make trouble, you can go wherever you want! And Li Jiaojiao, you dead girl, you do stupid things every day! If you don't work harder, I will marry you off!"
Then he looked at Mrs. Li and said, "Mother, you cook for us only, don't worry about them!"
After saying that, he flicked his sleeves fiercely, turned back to his room, and slammed the door.
Although Mrs. Li didn't want to work, she was very happy because she won this round.
She was unwilling to serve Zhang Shuiniang and her son, but she was very willing to serve her own son!
"Hey, mom will make it for you right away." Mrs. Li glanced at Zhang Shuiniang and her daughter proudly, turned her hips, and went into the kitchen.
Zhang Shuiniang's head was rumbling and she felt dizzy. It was all over... Her pride and self-esteem were thrown to the ground and trampled to pieces.
"Wuwuwu..." Zhang Shuiniang cried breathlessly.
Li Jiaojiao sat on the ground in a daze, and her expression of disbelief had not disappeared until now.
Why?
Why is this happening? Why did Uncle Li, who lost his life trying to save her in his previous life, become like this?
"Mom!" Li Zimo cursed with a dark face, "Can't you just be quiet? Women should do housework. You are willing to die for such a small matter. You really lose your face and virtue as a woman!"
"From today on, you should change your ways! Be a virtuous and hardworking woman."
Zhang Shuiniang couldn't believe her son would say such a thing, and her eyes went dark.
The mother and daughter returned to their room and locked themselves up.
Mrs. Li cooked rice, fried eggs and vegetables, brought them to the main room, and pulled Li Zimo to sit down.
"Zimo, don't worry about them, just enjoy your meal!" Grandma Li said lovingly.
Zimo is her eldest grandson, so he is certainly not comparable to those two bitches.
"Thank you, grandma." Li Zimo glanced at Li Zhiyuan cautiously. Seeing that Li Zhiyuan didn't say anything, he breathed a sigh of relief.
In Li Zhiyuan's heart, Li Zimo and Li Jiaojiao are the same. But Li Zimo is a man, so it is natural for him not to do housework.
So he did not vent his anger on Li Zimo.
Mrs. Li picked up an egg with chopsticks and handed it to Li Zimo. "The results will be out the day after tomorrow. By then, Zimo will definitely be a student. After autumn, he will be a scholar. Then we will have two scholars in our family."
Li Zimo passed the county exam, but the results of the prefectural exam were not out yet.
Li Zhiyuan rolled his eyes at Mrs. Li and said, "Mother, you have forgotten your son because you have a grandson. I still have to take part in the provincial examination in the fall."
Mrs. Li smiled widely: "Yes, yes, yes, I was so happy that I forgot. By then, we will have a juren and a xiucai in the family."
After dinner, the father and son threw down their chopsticks and went back to their room to study.
Mrs. Li cleaned up the dishes diligently, and took all the clothes that had been piled up over the past few days to the river to wash. Of course, Zhang Shuiniang and Li Jiaojiao’s clothes were not among them.
Zhang Shuiniang and Li Jiaojiao were sad in the room, and Zhang Shuiniang was still waiting for Li Zhiyuan to apologize to her.
But after waiting for a whole day, it was already dark and Li Zhiyuan still didn't come.
Zhang Shuiniang's heart sank, and she suddenly remembered the time when she was at the Sun family.
Sun Dongbao also supported her in the past, but later he lost all the family property. When she didn't want to work, Sun Dongbao slapped her in the face and beat her if she refused to work. And being abused every day.
Zhang Shuiniang couldn't help but shudder. This kind of life...
She didn't want to live anymore.
Li Jiaojiao also sat on the bed with a dazed look on her face. After Gu Han left, she suddenly lost her balance and felt that the road ahead was dark.
......
The next day, when Li Zhiyuan got up, he saw Zhang Shuiniang sweeping the floor outside. He couldn't help but feel surprised.
Shui Niang finally figured it out.
Even though he was a little angry that she was worthless, she was the woman he had loved for so many years, so how could he just say he didn't care about her?
But this kind of caring is different after all.
Looking at her busy back, he realized that she was actually just like that.
What rich lady, fairy goddess, I have always been overthinking.
Mrs. Li was very proud. She was sitting in the yard. When she saw Zhang Shuiniang and Li Jiaojiao sweeping the floor, she deliberately threw melon seed shells on the ground.
"Remember to wash all the clothes later! Also, the pigs at home are all skinny from hunger. Li Jiaojiao, go up the mountain to cut grass for the pigs. Zhang Shuiniang, clean the chicken coop and pig sty for me. They are so dirty!"
"Also, the cassava trees in the field are dying of thirst. Li Gou Wa can't take care of them all by himself. You guys go to the fields and weed them this afternoon!"
Zhang Shuiniang's face turned pale and her body was shaking with anger.
Li Jiaojiao, however, had a blank expression on her face, as if she was disheartened.
......
April 24th was the day when the results of the provincial examination were announced.
Early in the morning, Ye Daquan drove a horse-drawn carriage and took Ye Xuan and several other students to the provincial capital to check the list.
Everyone in the family was waiting at Ye Daquan's house.
Tie Niu’s wife is here too.
At this time, Yinhua ran in: "I saw uncle coming back in the carriage!"
"Let's go out and take a look!" Mrs. Du looked excited.
Old Mrs. Ye, Ye Caiping and others followed Mrs. Du and walked out the door together.
Ye Daquan's carriage had already stopped at the door.
He jumped off the carriage and laughed loudly: "Xuan'er passed the exam! He is a Tongsheng! Hahaha, there is a Tongsheng in our family!"
Old Man Ye and the others were full of surprise. Old Lady Ye clasped her hands together and said, "Thank you, ancestors for your blessings!"
Both Mrs. Du and Ye Yongjinhua's eyes turned red with excitement.
At this time, Ye Xuan, Zhao Jinshan and Ye Lu got off the car together.
Mrs. Du's eyes were moist, and she held Ye Xuan's hand tightly: "I knew that you were a good student, and you didn't let me down... woo woo..."
Ye Yong looked at him with joy.
Ye Xuan turned around, came to Ye Caiping, and bowed: "I was able to pass the exam because of my aunt."
Ye Caiping smiled and said, "You have talent to begin with, and I was the one who delayed you in the past."
Ye Xuan shook his head: "No. Even if my family had paid for my studies before, I would not have been able to pass the imperial examination at this age. Fortunately, my aunt found a good teacher for me."
From Master Qian to Shen Zhiyan, Ye Xuan deeply felt the importance of the teacher's ability.
Even if Mr. Qian explained the same question ten or a hundred times, he still couldn't understand it. Perhaps, even Master Qian himself could not understand it.
But Mr. Shen’s perception of the article and the topic is different, and a few simple sentences can make him understand everything.
If he had not met Mr. Shen, even if he had good talent, he would have to be in his early twenties to pass the examination.
But now, he is only seventeen years old.
Ye Caiping nodded: "When he comes back, you must thank him."
"Um."
Ye Peng also stepped forward to congratulate: "Hahaha, the task of bringing honor to our Ye family is now handed over to you."
Wei stood at the side and tried hard to smile. She really wanted to congratulate, but she felt a little uncomfortable in her heart.
Zhao Jinshan walked up to Tieniu's wife and said listlessly, "I'm sorry, Mom. I didn't pass the exam again."
"It's okay, keep working hard next year. You are still young and there are plenty of opportunities." Tie Niu's wife is open-minded.
Zhao Jinshan, however, looked depressed.
Ye Lian's face darkened. He couldn’t pass, so why should Ye Xuan pass?
And Ye Xuan is only seventeen years old, and he is already twenty-two!
Ye Lu was unhappy and turned around and left.
Seeing that he didn't even say a word of blessing, everyone in the Ye family ignored him.
Tie Niu's wife smiled and stepped forward: "Congratulations. When I went into the mountains before, I praised Xuan'er for his ability, and it really lived up to his reputation. There have been so many happy events in your family recently. You just moved into a new house the other day, and now he has passed the imperial examination, so we have to hold a banquet again."
Mrs. Du laughed and said, "That's right. I'll ask a fortune teller to pick a good day. It won't be a big event, just three or five tables, and invite relatives and friends who are familiar with us to come and have a feast."
"Yes, yes. We won't hold a big banquet this time. When I pass the imperial examination in the fall, we'll have a buffet."
Tie Niu's wife's words made everyone present laugh.
"Oh, so many yamen runners are coming into the village!" At this time, Mrs. Zhao came running from the direction of the village entrance, "Cai Ping, has your house been robbed again?"
Ye Caiping laughed angrily: "Nonsense, your house was robbed."
But when I turned around, I saw two rows of yamen runners coming towards me.
Walking in front was Magistrate Lu, who was riding a horse and wearing an official robe, walking towards them in a majestic manner.
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