Yu Zhou's self-blaming words made Yu Ruhai feel distressed for a moment. He thought about how much his wife had devoted to this family over the years. Although she was occasionally biased, it was also human nature. After all, she was not too harsh on the descendants of the first and second wives.
"Unfilial son! Look how mad you made your mother!" Yu Ruhai said angrily, "It was my idea to send Jinshu to the county school. Do you want to make me so mad that I'll die!"
Zhang and Yu Qiaoshan were scolded until their faces turned pale. Zhang said in panic, "Dad, we didn't mean to make you and mom angry, but Zhizhou is also your grandson. You can wholeheartedly consider Jinshu and Jinyan, so why can't you send Zhizhou to the county school as well?"
Yu Ruhai's head hurt from the commotion. Yu Zhoushi beside him was still wiping her tears. He said coldly, "You long-haired, short-sighted woman, didn't I tell you that Jinshu is older than Zhizhou, and the Liu family has rejected his marriage proposal. Without a good reputation, how can he get a better marriage? When the family has extra money in the future, it won't be too late to send Zhizhou to the county school. Why are you making such a fuss?"
Zhang didn't believe what Mr. Yu said, that he would send Zhizhou to the county school if he had extra money in the future. She had never fought for her children in all these years. Now that she had already made trouble and offended the third house, she had to fight for something.
"You said Jinshu is older, but Jinyan is one year younger than Zhizhou. When you sent Jinyan to the county school, why didn't you think of sending Jinshu to the county school first?" Zhang argued, "Dad, I'm not trying to be unreasonable with you, but people's hearts are crooked. If Zhizhou was a few years older today, what would you do?"
"I... I will of course send Zhizhou to the county school!" Yu Ruhai said this with no confidence, but he was no longer willing to argue with Zhang. After all, women always have a lot of twisted ideas in their mouths.
He said in a serious tone, "It's settled that Jinshu will be sent to the county school. You guys in the eldest house shouldn't feel resentful. I'm telling you that when we have more money in the future, we will send Zhizhou to the county school! I'm hoping that these grandchildren can be successful and bring honor to the family! No matter how hard life has been in our family these years, and I've squeezed money out of my teeth, I've collected all the tuition fees for them to go to the academy. As long as Zhizhou is willing to study and take the imperial examination, how can I favor one over the other?"
At this moment, there was a knock on the door, and the loud voices of several women from the village came through the gate, "Doctor Yu, why are you closing the door in broad daylight?"
Yu Ruhai heard the voice outside, restrained his expression, glanced at the Yu family in the room, and said, "Do what you need to do, so as not to make a fool of yourself!"
It had become such a mess, but Zhang didn't expect the old man to still favor the third wife. She felt a little disappointed, but she also knew that the old man valued his face the most. If the mess continued and the villagers laughed at the joke, the first wife would definitely not end up well.
When the people in the room were about to leave, Zhao had already climbed up from the ground and glared at Zhang and his wife fiercely.
Yu Ruhai remembered the medical fee given by Mu Yan. If Zhang hadn't suddenly made a fuss, Yu Ruhai would have asked Yu Jiao for the medical fee.
"Meng girl, where is the medical fee given by the Mu family?" Seeing Yu Jiao was about to leave, Yu Ruhai hurriedly called her.
Yu Jiao paused slightly. Despite the noise in the room just now, she had quietly counted the medical fee given by the Mu family, which was a total of twenty taels.
She took out the purse from her bosom and placed it on the table.
Yu Ruhai hurriedly opened it, and the white silver fell into the eyes of everyone in the room. Everyone's eyes were shining. It was the first time that the Yu family saw so much medical fees.
Yu Ruhai counted it and found it was twelve taels in total, but he felt something was wrong. When the Mu family's servant handed the purse to Yu Jiao, he looked at it carefully and found that it was much bulgier than it is now.
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