Chapter 83 Seeing Through
"What a pity! Young Master Su was such a good-looking man, he looked like a fairy, but his leg was broken."
"It just feels strange. How could he have broken his leg just before the exam two years ago?"
"Who knows? Maybe someone really framed him. I've heard of such things before. Maybe someone is jealous of Master Su's knowledge."
Although most people in the village are simple-minded, they like gossip. After hearing a lot of things, they will also make some guesses.
"I used to think Su Daya was a bit arrogant and looked down on the guys from our nearby town. Now that I think about it, isn't it just that she looked down on us? She turned around and hooked up with a scholar."
In ancient times, scholars were very valuable.
Not every village can produce a scholar, let alone a scholar. Many villages don’t even have a single educated person.
Education is really too expensive and ordinary families cannot afford it.
Not to mention the annual tuition fee, even the gift for becoming a teacher and other things like pens, ink, paper and inkstone all cost money every year.
Many people are still struggling to make ends meet, so how can they have the time and energy to support their children's education?
Moreover, even if you study hard, you may not be able to pass the exam to become an official. You also need talent.
Therefore, in the eyes of many people, scholars are precious. In addition, in this era, scholars have a high status among the scholars, farmers, merchants and artisans.
When people hear the word "scholar", they can't help but look at it with more respect.
So when everyone learned that Su Daya had found a scholar, they couldn't help but start discussing it.
As soon as Shen Yueyao reached the door of the old house, she heard a noise coming from inside.
Perhaps because of the spiritual energy of the space, she has good hearing and can hear clearly.
"Grandma, Lin Tingshu is a scholar. If I follow him, I can become an official's wife. Why don't you agree?"
Madam Meng said, "Since ancient times, marriages have been decided by parents and by matchmakers. If you were to be secretly with that Young Master Lin, it would only ruin your reputation if anyone knew."
“Grandma, you also saw that Madam Zhu came to propose marriage, and she doesn’t have a bad reputation.”
"Then do you know that Madam Zhu looks down on us? Did you see her sit down or drink any water?" Madam Meng's voice was filled with anxiety and heartache.
She didn't understand why her granddaughter became like this.
It was obvious that she had taught both her and Erya since they were young.
Erya is so sensible, but Daya is a bit serious. It’s okay as long as nothing serious happens.
But Daya suddenly caused such a big thing.
"Grandma, Tingshu and I really like each other. He will treat me well. Grandma, just agree. Didn't you take one or two taels of silver?"
"I have made a contribution to my family."
Madam Meng was very angry and said, "Grandma won't accept this tael of silver. If you are determined to marry him, this tael of silver will be given to you as private money. You can keep it for yourself."
"Nanlin Village is so far away. If you have any problems, we can't help you."
Old Madam Meng knew that Su Daya had this kind of temper, and scolding her was useless, so she could only speak to her calmly.
I hope she can listen.
Su Daya didn't say anything.
Nor did he say to leave the 100 taels of silver to Old Madam Meng.
"Your father is still alive, so we have to ask him about this matter first. Madam Zhu had you carried over in a sedan chair, which is not a legitimate marriage at all. Do you understand?"
In this way, no matter where she went, Su Daya would be looked down upon.
Su Daya said unconcernedly, "What's the big deal? When Tingshu becomes an official, no one will dare to say anything to me. They will all be trying to curry favor with me."
Shen Yueyao shook her head when she heard this.
I feel that Su Daya is arrogant, but has little experience. She thinks many things are simple and take them for granted.
Shen Yueyao felt that Madam Meng should be fine, and thought about turning around and leaving.
In fact, she didn't want to care about Su Daya's affairs at all.
But thinking of Mrs. Meng, Su Xueyi, Dabao, Erbao, and Su Erya, she still knocked on the door.
No matter what, she couldn't let Su Daya ruin the Su family's reputation.
In the future, the eldest and second children will also need to go to school.
Mrs. Meng could see clearly now and came to open the door herself.
Generally speaking, when there are people at home in the village during the day, the street doors are not closed.
It’s just that Madam Meng and Su Daya were talking about some important things, so they closed the door to prevent the villagers from gathering at the door and listening.
Seeing Shen Yueyao and Su Erya coming, Madam Meng said softly: "Yao Niang, why are you here?"
Shen Yueyao said, "I'm worried about my mother, so I came to see her."
Mrs. Meng's eyes suddenly felt sore.
Ever since the Su family got into trouble, no one had ever said such a thing to her.
The granddaughter that I raised with my own hands still has no care from my daughter-in-law.
Madam Meng took Shen Yueyao's hand and said, "It's okay, mother is fine, just don't delay your work."
In the room, Su Daya saw Shen Yueyao, curled her lips and said nothing.
Madam Meng didn't want to spoil Su Daya this time and said, "Your Third Aunt is here, and you didn't even say a word. Are you so rude?"
"You still want to be an official's wife? If you act like this, others will say nothing to your face, but they will talk about you behind your back."
Mrs. Meng was very stern at this moment.
Moreover, Madam Meng's eyesight has improved, and her aura suddenly increased when she looked at people.
Unlike before, she couldn't see clearly and was unable to do things despite having the will to do so.
Being looked at like that by Old Lady Meng, Su Daya could only mutter, "Third Aunt."
Shen Yueyao looked at Su Daya and said, "Mom, I want to talk to Daya alone."
Madam Meng was worried, but Shen Yueyao smiled at her and said, "It's okay."
Su Erya was also afraid that Su Daya would talk nonsense, so she said from the side: "Sister Daya, our family can have enough food to eat now, and grandma's eyesight is good, all thanks to Third Aunt. I have also learned a lot from her, and we are all grateful to her."
"You are also a member of the Su family. We are all one family."
Su Erya knew that she was the younger sister and shouldn't be called the older sister.
But she was anxious, fearing that Dayajie's words would offend Third Aunt.
Su Daya didn't say anything, and Su Erya went out.
The two of them were silent in the room for a while.
It was Su Daya who spoke first: "Are you here to persuade me or to scold me?"
Shen Yueyao shook her head and said, “No, your affairs have nothing to do with me. If your last name wasn’t Su, to be honest, I really wouldn’t bother to say a word to you.”
Su Daya was a little angry, and her face stiffened when she heard that.
She looked at Shen Yueyao and said, "I know you did something for the Su family, but you also harmed my third uncle. If it weren't for you, my third uncle wouldn't have to marry you. Many wealthy families in town want to marry their daughters to my third uncle."
Shen Yueyao sneered and said, "No matter what, your third uncle still married me. You want your third uncle to marry the daughter of a wealthy family so that it can bring you benefits, right?"
"Do you think that will make others look up to you?"
"Besides, you despise what I did in the past, but you still learned from me, didn't you?"
Su Daya felt as if Shen Yueyao saw through her, and she was so angry that she couldn't say a word.
Shen Yueyao was too lazy to argue with Su Daya. If she really wanted to argue with her, she would definitely make Su Daya unable to raise her head.
But for the sake of the other members of the Su family, she was too lazy to argue with her.
She simply said, "Su Daya, if you want to live a good life, it's useless to just be scheming. You have to have the mentality to live a good life. You have to rely on yourself and not blindly rely on others. You have to think more about what you have paid for. If you want others to look up to you, you have to show some real ability instead of being scheming."
"If nothing else, I actually really dislike you, but I was too lazy to tell you before."
"Think more of your grandmother. She worked so hard to raise you. I heard that when you were in the labor camp, she lived frugally and saved her food for you. Now that you've grown up and become independent, you think your grandmother is useless. You don't care about her mood or what she thinks, and you speak harshly to her. Do you think that's right?"
"In her own home, because she loves you, she can't bear to say anything bad about you. If you go to the Lin family like this, will Lin Tingshu and his mother treat you like this?"
"You're not a child anymore. You know some things clearly in your heart, but you're just selfish and don't want to think too much about it."
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