Chapter 124 The Second Daughter-in-law Who Was Ugly in the Farming Literature 8
"So you think your mother's wish is unrealistic?"
Zhang Rui shook his head. "My mother said this for my own good. Even if it seems unrealistic now, I will work hard to make it come true."
The thin child with bright eyes makes people believe that he can really do what he says.
The teacher looked at him without saying any words of encouragement. He just raised his hand to touch his head and continued walking inside.
Luo An was right. Zhang Rui was a very smart child. Those obscure ancient Chinese texts seemed extremely simple to him. It didn't take long for him to stand out in the school and become the teacher's most proud student.
There were children in the school ranging from six or seven years old to around ten years old, but Zhang Rui was always the first to finish the homework assigned by the teacher, especially in memorizing.
Whenever this happened, the teacher would always praise him highly, which earned him many envious glances.
What is even more rare is that no matter what others said, Zhang Rui didn't notice anything and continued to sit there absorbing the knowledge from the book.
The more he acted like this, the more the Master valued him and paid more attention to him. For a moment, the Master felt that Zhang Rui might really have the potential to be the top scholar.
Luo An sent Zhang Rui to school and stopped caring about him. He began to scold his daughter Zhang Hua.
How should I describe Zhang Hua? To put it nicely, she's gentle and kind; to put it bluntly, she's weak.
But Luo An could also understand that the ancient times were different from the open-minded modern times, and there were many women like this who did not dare to resist, but understanding does not mean liking.
Since he had to complete the task anyway, Luo An wanted to reform both children to avoid making himself unhappy.
On the way back, Luo An began to ask, "Xiaohua, do you think what Mom has done these days is right?"
Zhang Hua hadn't expected her mother to ask such a question, and for a moment she didn't know how to answer. She was indeed a little uncomfortable with her mother's change, but she didn't dare to say it, fearing that her mother would be angry. She could only shake her head and say, "I think what Mom did was right..."
"to be honest."
The girl's voice became softer and softer as she spoke. Who would believe her if she said there was nothing fishy?
Zhang Hua shuddered slightly, knowing that her little tricks wouldn't fool her mother at all. She could only honestly say, "It's true that I'm a little uncomfortable. Didn't Mom always say that we should get along well with others and not make it difficult for Dad?"
Luo An's mouth twitched unconsciously. The original owner was really a good wife who abided by the three obediences and four virtues.
"But your father is dead now, so I don't have to worry about him being embarrassed."
Zhang Hua: ...This reason is so simple and crude.
The little girl lowered her head and thought for a moment before asking, "Then isn't mom afraid that grandpa and grandma will cause trouble for us when they get better?"
"Of course we're not afraid. What did we get in return for enduring all that? Did they treat us any better?"
Zhang Hua shook her head. "Daya and the others only bully us, and grandpa and grandma don't like us either."
"Why should we continue to endure this? Now that your father is gone, Mom must stand up for herself, otherwise she will be eaten by those people until not even a bone is left."
Still far from home, Luo An had nothing better to do so she continued, "From what happened to your father, we can see that the Zhang family is heartless. No matter how nice we are to them, it's useless. In this case, mother will only have you two siblings alive from now on. As long as they treat you badly and plot against you, mother will protect you even if it costs her her life."
001 followed beside, making "tsk tsk" sounds from time to time. Who can stand these words?
Looking up, Zhang Hua cried out with a face full of emotion, "Mom! You can't leave Hua'er."
It was so emotional that Luo An got goose bumps. "Okay, okay, isn't mom here? Don't be afraid!"
Zhang Hua continued to walk forward with Luo An's arm around her shoulders. She didn't say anything, but her eyes were moist and her gaze became more and more determined.
She couldn't be weak anymore and couldn't let her mother leave them.
When the two arrived home, Zhang Daya and her sister had been waiting for them all morning. When they saw them enter the yard, Zhang Erya immediately rushed forward and asked, "Where have you been? You didn't cook the meal, and you didn't feed the chickens and pigs. If they get hungry, they'll scold you."
After looking around but not finding Zhang Rui, she continued to shout at the top of her voice, "Where is Zhang Rui? Did you sell him out? He is your biological son after all, how could you do such a thing..."
Zhang Erya's voice was quite loud. A few people happened to pass by and when they heard this, they looked at Luo An in disbelief and stopped in their tracks.
Seeing this scene, Zhang Erya showed a smug smile on her face. It seemed that her mother was really capable and gave her such a good idea.
But before her smile could fully unfold, she was slapped back by Luo An twice, "Second Aunt, why did you hit me?"
"Am I hitting you? I'm clearly teaching you what to say and what not to say, so as to avoid being beaten. Besides, in a few years, you should be promised to someone else. If you get divorced for talking nonsense, don't blame Second Aunt for not telling you in advance."
These words were a bit poisonous. Zhang Erya, a little girl, was almost angry to death, but it was difficult to respond. "Of course I have my mother to teach me, so I don't need to worry about it, Second Aunt. But if Zhang Rui hadn't been sold by you, then where did he go?"
Luo An sneered, "If someone didn't know you, they would think you were the elder. You act so arrogant in front of me, your second aunt. But if you want to know where Ruirui went, I can kindly tell you that he went to school!"
As expected, upon hearing that Zhang Rui had gone to school, the Zhang sisters were first surprised, then angry. "Zhang Rui went to school? Why did he go to school? Did you spend your eldest cousin's tuition?"
Before Luo An could say anything, Zhang Hua rushed forward and slapped Zhang Erya in the face, imitating her mother's behavior. "Why can't my brother go to school? He's so smart and was born to study. He's so much better than my eldest cousin!"
Zhang Erya didn't expect Zhang Hua, who didn't even dare to say a word, to do this. After she realized what was happening, she wanted to fight back, but Luo An grabbed her and said, "What are you doing? Did Xiaohua say something wrong?"
"Everything is wrong! Grandpa said that our family has no money and can only support my eldest cousin's education. Now that Zhang Rui is studying, my eldest cousin can't go to school anymore."
"Isn't it just as well that I can't continue? I've studied for seven or eight years and haven't made any progress. It's just right for me to go home and feed the pigs and farm."
Zhang Daya's eyes rolled and she immediately asked, "From what Second Aunt said, do you think my cousin can pass the exam and become a Tongsheng next year?"
A ten-year-old girl asked a new student if he could pass the exam to become a student next year. No one would believe her if she said she had no ill intentions. However, Luo An was so confident in her adopted son that she rolled her eyes and said, "Do you think I'm going to give that loser some charity like your grandparents did?"
Zhang Daya didn’t understand what charity was, but she knew that the waste referred to her eldest cousin.
To be honest, the two sisters didn't like their eldest cousin because he never treated them as human beings.
But they also understood that if they wanted to live a better life in this family, they had to please their eldest cousin. As for Zhang Hua and Zhang Rui, they were just entertainment in their tragic lives.
At this moment, she didn't know whether to be angry at the Zhang Hua siblings for turning things around, or to laugh at her cousin for losing the opportunity to study.
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