Chapter 19 Poor Old Wife VS Educated Husband (2)
"Crazy, crazy, really crazy." The neighbor next door was annoyed by Chen Yushi's incomprehensible singing and started to curse at the door of his house, "Is it going to stop?"
Usually at this time, before the neighbor came home to curse, his old wife would have already quarreled with him. But today, his old wife didn't make any noise.
Chen Yushi continued to read aloud while watching his old wife's reaction.
After cursing for a few minutes, there was no movement from the Chen family. Huang Ersao couldn't help but get a little anxious. She whispered to her husband and muttered, "What's wrong with this Chen family's sister-in-law? Why is she so quiet and doesn't care about Chen Yushi?"
"I'm wondering too. At this time, wouldn't the two of them have been quarreling?" The man from Huang Ersao's family scratched his dark neck and was also confused.
"Mrs. Huang, Brother Huang, have some soybean and pork bone soup to relieve your throat." Shi Yi came over with half a bowl of soup.
These days, pork and soybeans are rare. Being able to get some bones is already an improvement in life. It's just right to use it to bribe people.
"How can I be embarrassed." Mrs. Huang refused, but her eyes couldn't help but glance at the broken bones in the soup bowl.
She hadn't tasted meat for a long time and almost forgot what it tasted like.
"Yes, how can I be embarrassed." The man in Mrs. Huang's family also agreed, but he swallowed hard in his throat.
In this remote mountain area, eating some meat and game can make people happy for a few days, not to mention chewing pork bones with meat.
"This old man in our family doesn't have any hobbies on weekdays, but he loves reading. Recently, he has become even more obsessed, and he can only be happy if he sings. In the past, I quarreled with him because I didn't want him to affect you. But you see, we are all this age now, how many years can we live? How can we live happily? In the future, I will inevitably disturb your rest." Shi Yi put the soup bowl directly on the ground and bowed deeply, "If Chen Yushi has anything to let you down in the future, please bear with me."
Chen Yushi, who was hiding secretly beside the thatched window, heard what his old wife said, and his heart was moved and ashamed.
Of course, he knew that his voice disturbed the people, but no one appreciated him for many years. He was already depressed, and only singing could relieve his inner emotions.
In the past, he always thought that his old wife had changed, but he didn't expect that his old wife had always considered the long-term. It was his narrow vision.
"I understand, I understand. Chen Yushi has no other problems, but the problem of nagging is troublesome." The man in Huang Ersao's family couldn't wait to pick up the soup bowl, sniffed it fiercely, and immediately responded.
"Don't worry, Mrs. Chen, we won't criticize Brother Chen anymore." The one who gets the favor will be soft-hearted, and the one who eats the favor will be grateful. Mrs. Huang, who got the benefit, naturally rushed to say good things, "Brother Chen, if he becomes rich one day, he should not forget us neighbors."
"Yes." Brother Huang also agreed.
"You will have to bear more in the future." Shi Yi didn't want to care whether they were sincere or not, and bowed again and left.
Seeing Mrs. Chen walk into her kitchen, the two hurriedly carried the soup bowl into the house.
As soon as he entered the house, Huang Erge spat on the ground, "Chen Yushi, what else can he do except reading some messy things? He still dreams of being rich and famous. I'm afraid he won't even get into the coffin."
"That's not the case." Huang Ersao took out the bowls at home and prepared to share the food. "After all, Brother Chen is the only one in our village who can read. Maybe one day he will really get lucky and become successful."
After saying this, she couldn't believe it herself. There are many scholars in the world, and there are many more talented than Chen Yushi, but not all of them have become successful. She couldn't help laughing.
"Look at you, woman, you don't believe it yourself." Huang Erge took the bowl with a smile, scooped a big spoonful for himself, and started to eat.
"Why are you so anxious? It's just stewed bones with soybeans. I ate it every meal when I was at my mother's house." Huang Ersao poured the rest of the soup bowl into her own bowl.
"Leave some for me." Huang Erge was only concerned with eating, and had no mood to listen to her bragging about the old stories of the past.
"Hurry up and drink a bowl of it to warm yourself up." Seeing the soybean and pork ribs soup that his old wife brought to him, Chen Yushi's tears were about to fall.
"Don't just focus on reading, drink the soup quickly, I'll go get you some meat now." Shi Yi turned around and left the study again.
Seeing the tears in Chen Yushi's eyes, she felt very sorry. Over the years, Chen Yushi had indeed been treated harshly by his wife.
"With such a wife, what else can a husband ask for!" Chen Yushi smelled the broth on the desk that exuded a tempting aroma, and his tears rolled around in his eyes for a few times, and finally fell.
"You are useless, crying over a bowl of broth." Shi Yi put the broken porcelain bowl of meat next to him, "We both have a long way to go in the future."
"I'm not crying for the broth." Chen Yushi wiped the tears from his cheeks with his sleeves, a little embarrassed to look at his old wife.
Since his wife married him, he has never given her a good life. The two of them have been eating coarse food for more than 30 years.
"I have lived with you in poverty for most of my life, and I am used to it. I don't ask for wealth and honor. I just want to spend this life with you in peace." Shi Yi reached out and took down the kudzu hemp on the wall and began to tear the silk and rub it.
"You haven't eaten it yet." Chen Yushi brought the half bowl of meat in front of his old wife, "You should eat a piece too. You and I have suffered."
"I tasted a piece in the kitchen. After all, you are a scholar, different from me. Eating more is good for your health." Shi Yi continued to rub the kudzu hemp and said, "The weather is getting colder, and you only have one single coat. It must be very cold when you chop wood in the mountains. I will rub these kudzu hemp to make you a new coat. Although it is not cold-resistant, it is better than being cold."
"Are you really my wife?" Chen Yushi, who had not felt the tenderness of his wife for many years, couldn't help but ask his doubts out loud.
"If I'm not your wife, who else would be willing to live this hard life with you? You can't have enough food to eat." Shi Yi raised his head and glared at him. "Eat quickly, or the meat will be cold and hard to chew."
She was not at all panicked by Chen Yushi's suspicion of her, because she was confident that no one in this dynasty could see through her.
"My wife, how can I, Chen Yushi, repay your kindness?" Chen Yushi hugged his old wife tightly.
"Go back to my room tonight. This study is cold. If you are sick, who will go up the mountain to chop firewood and sell it for money to buy rice?" Although the words were scolding, Chen Yushi heard them full of concern.
His wife, who has been sharp-tongued but kind-hearted for decades.
How could Chen Yushi marry such a loyal wife?
(End of this chapter)
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