Pei Shaorong would never give his son a name like Pei Jinzi or Pei Yinzi, which are very personal to Old Man Mo. The thought of it makes him feel sick.
What's the meaning of getting rich from gold and silver? His last name is Pei, what do these two words look like together? Even if his surname is not Pei, he cannot let his son be called Jinzi!
After a heated discussion, the Pei family's baby was named Pei Xiujing.
As for why he chose this name, it was because Pei Shaorong felt that his son's appearance deserved a gentle name.
When it was just born, it was too wrinkled to be seen, but after its appearance has grown in the past few days, the baby's appearance has also emerged.
He is not as sunny and cute as Mo Xiaobao, nor as handsome and resolute as Pei Shaorong, but he has combined the genes of both. His facial features are very gentle. It is not difficult to imagine that he will be a gentleman when he grows up.
Also, from the time he was born until now, this child has been extremely well-behaved except for crying when eating or wetting the bed. He is very quiet and does not cry or make a fuss. It would be a waste not to give him a more literary and elegant name, Pei Shaorong!
The Pei and Mo families had not had any children for nearly twenty years, so they were of course very excited to have a child like Pei Xiujing.
Especially Old Man Mo, who stayed with the child all day and was reluctant to leave. It was the first time that Abao gave birth to a child and he didn't know how to take care of it, so he always spilled the precious milk and rice soup before feeding it, but he didn't feel sorry for wasting it.
Life in the village is not easy now, and when Pei Xiujing's full moon came, Pei Shaorong didn't do anything like holding a full moon banquet just because he had money. The whole family just gathered around the table and had a small celebration which was quite warm.
Although there was no full-month banquet, many people from the village came to congratulate Abao after she gave birth, and Aunt Qin and Brother Lin also came with some gifts.
Pei Shaorong had previously had conflicts with Liu and Aunt Xue and Xue Huaer, but his relationship with Aunt Qin and Brother Lin's couples was not strained, and everyone tacitly agreed not to mention those things.
In the end, Xue Huaer did not marry Sun Yaocai. Fortunately, she had a reliable elder brother, Xue Tieshi, who firmly refused when the Sun family came to propose marriage and was determined not to let Xue Huaer become the Sun family's co-wife.
After that, no matter how Aunt Xue and Xue Huaer quarreled, Xue Tieshi became tough and no longer agreed to Aunt Xue. He immediately found a family to marry Xue Huaer off.
The other party is not a wealthy family, but just an ordinary country family. The man is an honest and strong man, and his parents-in-law are also kind. From now on, Xue Huaer should accept her fate and live with him well, and her life will definitely not be bad.
Pei Shaorong just heard about these things and didn't ask much. It was none of his business how Xue Huaer would live after marrying someone, so there was no need for him to worry about it.
Every day he plays with his newborn son, talks about relationship with his wife, and occasionally gossips with Old Man Mo about Mo Lanzhu's silly things to have fun. When he goes outside in the still cold weather, his life is very comfortable.
By the way, there was a happy event in Linjiang Village. Cen Ziwen was getting married, and his partner was a refugee girl who had wandered from the mountain stream!
To be honest, Cen Ziwen is indeed a talented person regardless of his emotional mess.
Although he is also a scholar, he is much more talented than Sun Yaocai, who is only good at talking and pedantic, otherwise he would not have gotten the position of county magistrate.
Cen Ziwen was dismissed from his official position that day, labeled a scumbag, and had one leg broken by Qin Laoshuan. His life was indeed miserable when he returned to the village.
He no longer had the glory and vigor he once had. No one in the village wanted to say a word to him, and even the Cen family was looked down upon.
The Cen family's property had been almost completely confiscated when they were dismissed from office, leaving only the old house and a few acres of land passed down from their ancestors. With two elderly people in the family and a lame scholar who could not work, their lives suddenly fell into a difficult situation.
Not long after that, the government even sent the daughter that Su Yuexia gave birth to before she was beheaded, making the already impoverished Cen family even worse off.
The adults in the family were almost starving, and they had to raise a child. The Cen family was living an increasingly difficult life...
It was not until the disaster occurred that the Cen family moved to Linjiang Village and Cen Ziwen ran to the imperial army to offer various good strategies for dealing with the disaster, and only then was the situation reversed.
After all, he was a man full of knowledge and had served as a county magistrate for several years. It was absolutely impossible for him not to have some knowledge.
The good strategy he proposed won the favor of the general. Although he did not restore his official status, he was rewarded with a lot of silver and food. With the support of the army, he immediately regained his former glory.
Cen Ziwen was originally a person with extremely low self-esteem and arrogance. That is why after he became rich, he thought that the Qin family's previous help to him was a shame rather than a favor.
The contempt and cold treatment he suffered after being dismissed from office dealt a heavy blow to Cen Ziwen's fragile and arrogant self-esteem.
Therefore, when getting married at this time, Cen Ziwen decided to make it a grand occasion, so that the villagers who had looked down on and scorned him before would regret it and vent their bad luck.
Especially the Qin family. Just because of that vulgar and ignorant woman Qin Xiangrong, Qin Laoshuan not only broke his legs, but also ridiculed him severely and trampled on his dignity when moving to Linjiang Village. He wanted the Qin family to know that he, Cen Ziwen, did not need anyone's charity!
So for this wedding, Cen Ziwen prepared a grand celebration by distributing porridge in the village.
At a time when food is as valuable as gold, his move was like a bomb, making Linjiang Village lively again.
While this was happening, the villagers looked at Qin Xiangrong with some sympathy in their eyes, thinking that God was a little blind.
Even a heartless scum like Cen Ziwen could turn things around, while the despised wife Qin Xiangrong had to live a hard life with her son at her mother's home...
There was such a buzz about Cen Ziwen's marriage that his ex-wife Qin Xiangrong naturally heard about it.
Especially when she met Cen Ziwen in the village these few days, the arrogance on that man's face and the contempt for her made her unable to ignore it.
Qin Xiangrong felt a slight pain in her heart. The beautiful memories of their childhood sweethearts seemed so ironic in the look of this man whose face was full of arrogance and contempt.
Since this man is unkind, why should she be righteous!
With a cold smile, Qin Xiangrong dressed herself up, put on coarse cloth clothes, and put on the wedding coat she wore when she got married, then ran towards the place where the porridge was being distributed at the Cen family's wedding.
The once docile little white flower Qin Xiangrong has now turned into a sinister and fierce woman. If she doesn't give Cen Ziwen an unforgettable gift, how can she be worthy of the "kindness" this man has shown her...
The place where Cen Ziwen distributed porridge was right at the doorstep of the Cen family's house. When Qin Xiangrong arrived, he was standing at the doorstep distributing porridge. Although he was limping now, he couldn't hide the look of high spirits on his face.
He was originally both inferior and arrogant. The kindness shown to him by the Qin family before they became rich not only failed to warm his heart, but instead created his extremely inflated self-esteem.
Seeing Qin Xiangrong appear at this moment and remembering the humiliation he suffered after being dismissed from office, he actually felt a twisted sense of pleasure, as if his head, which had been bowed in front of this woman, was finally raised.
Faced with Cen Ziwen's expression, Qin Xiangrong's heart gradually cooled. After some thought, a look of heartbreak appeared on her face.
"Ziwen, you can't marry her. You and I have been married for so many years, don't you have any affection for each other? My Qin family supported your education, don't you remember it at all? Look, this wedding dress is made of the same red cloth you bought back then..."
Qin Xiangrong endured the nausea in her heart while crying and pretending to be pitiful. Su Yuexia had used this method to snatch Cen Ziwen away. It's just pretending, who can't do it?
But today she wasn't here to make this man change his mind. This man who had always considered her an enemy wouldn't change his nature just because of this...
Sure enough, when Cen Ziwen heard Qin Xiangrong's words, a trace of disgust immediately appeared on his face, but when he looked at Qin Xiangrong's sad expression, he felt inexplicably happy.
He had only wanted to take a concubine home, but this woman had tried to stop him in every way possible, crying and making a fuss, and kept talking about old favors she had received and demanding repayment. Her rude and ignorant behavior made him, a county magistrate, lose face.
When he was down and out, this woman not only refused to share his hardships, she also asked her family to break his legs and took his son away, ruining his life!
"Qin Xiangrong, don't say these anymore. It's too late to say anything now. When you left me, your father broke one of my legs and ruined my life. It's too late to undo what has happened between you and me..."
"Also, I, Cen Ziwen, have already repaid your family's kindness. Don't use the old things to ask for repayment all the time. I, Cen Ziwen, don't owe your Qin family anything!"
Every word Cen Ziwen said was like a knife stabbing Qin Xiangrong's heart.
What a good person who uses old things to repay a favor. It turns out that the Qin family's desperate help and her days of taking care of the housework and raising children for the Cen family are just insignificant old things!
The Qin family ruined your life, Cen Ziwen? Then how do you, Cen Ziwen, settle the account of favoring your concubine over your relatives and ruining Qin Xiangrong's life? How can you, Cen Ziwen, repay all the grievances just by saying so?
Thinking about everything that happened over the years, Qin Xiangrong's fingernails were digging into her flesh. Looking at the bride next to her who was wearing a veil and clutching the corner of her clothes with both hands, she smiled coldly in her heart.
Although she didn't know the bride, she had seen her twice. She was beautiful, spoke softly, and seemed to be educated. She was very much like Su Yuexia, who looked weak and lovely.
But it is not easy for a woman like this to escape alone and come here to survive until now.
The few refugee women who were in the same situation as her and stayed in the village instead of running away to the mountains had already become tacit fans of the single men in the village in order to make a living. How could this woman be any better?
The reason for marrying Cen Ziwen was simply for the food and money that the Cen family had earned in exchange for their advice. Otherwise, who would be willing to marry a useless person who had no future, could not work and had a lame leg?
After all, it is difficult to change one's nature. This man's fragile self-esteem was simply because he couldn't stand being helped by his father-in-law's family, and he felt inferior and resentful because he was inferior to his wife.
No matter whether it is Su Yuexia or the current refugee bride, the beauty, gentleness and talent that Qin Xiangrong does not have in them are just comparisons used by this man to satisfy his twisted and fragile self-esteem!
Thinking of this, Qin Xiangrong suddenly pounced towards Cen Ziwen, took the opportunity to tear off the veil of the bride next to her, and then grabbed Cen Ziwen and cried.
"Ziwen, you can't do this to me. Have you forgotten how much we loved each other and how we got married? Don't you miss Jia Nian? He is your son. Don't marry this woman. I will bring Jia Nian back and we can start over, okay..."
Life is like a play, it all depends on your acting skills. The best way to take revenge is not to fight on the battlefield yourself, but to buy a seed and let the other party kill himself!
Qin Xiangrong cried while holding onto Cen Ziwen's sleeves tightly and refused to let go. The other party's violent struggle stopped when he heard his son's name, and hesitancy appeared on his face. The Cen family now only had Cen Jianian, the eldest son and grandson, so he was reluctant to let go...
As for the bride whose veil had been taken off, her face had turned as pale as liver and she began to clench her fists. She stared at their intimate posture and the hesitation on Cen Ziwen's face, who was very angry but did not dare to speak. Qin Xiangrong smiled even more happily.
It is clear without any further guessing that the bride is not a pushover. The reason she doesn't dare to speak out at this moment is just because she is worried that she has just arrived at the Cen family and has not yet established herself.
If this woman can stand firm, she is probably not a kitten. It is nonsense for Cen Ziwen to find confidence and satisfy his inflated self-esteem from such a woman!
With the corners of her lips curled up, Qin Xiangrong leaned close to Cen Ziwen's ear and whispered hatefully.
"Mr. Cen, let me tell you, you will never be able to repay the Qin family and Qin Xiangrong for the rest of your life. For the sake of our former relationship, I advise you not to marry this woman!"
"If you insist on marrying me, I won't stop you. But I tell you, you can never bring Jia Nian back to the Cen family in this lifetime... And since you are rich now, then return all the money my father used to support your studies and exams. It's a total of 150 taels. If you don't give it to me, you will never have a good life in this lifetime! I, Qin Xiangrong, am just a vulgar village woman who can do anything!"
The Qin family definitely helped the Cen family with more than 150 taels of silver, but the general only rewarded the Cen family with 150 taels of silver, which was just enough for Cen Ziwen.
The family had no shortage of food, but they had lost all their money. When the disaster was over, the Qin family would have a hard time without a labor force. In addition, they would need money to study and get married in the future. She had to consider the future.
Silver is not as valuable as food, and it can even be said that silver is completely useless. Scholars like Cen Ziwen are more or less noble and regard money as dirt, so he will definitely give in!
Sure enough, Cen Ziwen nodded after a brief hesitation, and looked at Qin Xiangrong with even more disgust. With just a hundred taels of silver, he settled all the grudges and bought out the evil fate between the Cen and Qin families. However, he didn't know how much he would regret what he did today in the future.
Without the Qin family who held him in debt of gratitude, and without the vulgar Qin Xiangrong, he no longer had to live under the shadow of his wife all the time. He could stand up straight and rely on his talent, and sooner or later he would regain his former glory and honor!
After receiving the money from Cen Ziwen, Qin Xiangrong suddenly had an indescribable feeling, as if the first half of her life was just a dream, and now she had finally returned to reality.
She no longer needs to carefully maintain the family that she thought was so beautiful, because a love will never last forever.
Taking a deep breath, Qin Xiangrong put the silver in her arms, glanced at Cen Ziwen who seemed to have regained his confidence, took off her wedding coat, and left without looking back in her coarse linen clothes. She felt that she had never been so relaxed in her life...
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