Chapter 979: Imperial Examination Essay: The Evil Mother-in-law (2)
The relationship between the mother-in-law and the daughter-in-law deteriorated sharply. The original owner became a vicious mother-in-law who exploited and tortured her daughter-in-law in the eyes of her son and daughter-in-law. Zhang Luoyi and Han Ji began to intentionally or unintentionally exclude the original owner. The original owner had a lot of grievances in her heart and was very heartbroken, but because she loved her son and wanted her son to succeed, she endured all these grievances.
Han Ji successfully passed the examination for a scholar, and then passed the examination for a juren. When it was time for him to take the examination for a jinshi, his family had no money, so he had to go to Beijing to take the exam alone. Without Han Ji as a buffer, the relationship between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law became even worse, and Zhang Luoyi simply returned to her parents' home.
The original owner was worried that if her son failed the exam, he would need more money to prepare for the exam in the future; if he passed the exam, he would need to buy a house in Beijing to become an official and would need even more money, so she worked desperately at embroidery to save money for her son.
But Han Ji was lucky. He passed the imperial examination and became a Jinshi in one try. The original owner was ecstatic, thinking that the tormenting days were finally over and she could go to Beijing to enjoy life with her son. Wasn't it for this day that she worked day and night to support her son?
However, because of her bad relationship with her son and daughter-in-law, even though she followed him to Beijing, she was still like an outsider at home and lived an awkward life. So the original owner, who was so angry, simply persuaded Han Ji to divorce Zhang Luoyi and marry a lady from a wealthy family who would help him in his future. However, the young couple loved each other deeply and had a deep affection for each other. How could Han Ji agree to this? He refuted without hesitation.
After Zhang Luoyi found out, she felt that the original owner had a vicious mind and cried to Han Ji. So Han Ji sent the original owner back to her hometown, saying that the capital was not suitable for the original owner to live in. She was sent back to her hometown so that she could have a good environment to recuperate. After all, her health had been poor in recent years, wasn't it?
The original owner was sent back to his hometown without any chance to resist. For the sake of his own reputation, Han Ji did not do anything too drastic and still hired two or three people to take care of the original owner.
However, the original owner was abandoned by the son she had raised with great effort. She was heartbroken and depressed. Not long after returning to her hometown, she cried her eyes blind and soon died of depression.
Han Ji was only sad for a few days before he could not help but complain that the original owner died at the wrong time. He had just entered the officialdom and had not had time to consolidate his position when he was forced to suspend his post and observe mourning. He was three years behind his colleagues who entered the court at the same time.
Zhang Luoyi felt happy when she learned of the original owner's death. After all, in her eyes, the original owner was a vicious mother-in-law who disliked her everywhere, tried her best to torture her, and separated her and her husband. Now that this vicious mother-in-law was gone, she felt refreshed and didn't care even if her husband's career stagnated.
From Zhang Luoyi's perspective, the original owner was indeed a vicious mother-in-law, forcing her, the eldest daughter, to do tedious and tiring housework. When she saw her son pass the imperial examination, she persuaded her son to divorce her and marry another noblewoman. She couldn't stand her having a good relationship with her husband...
But what about the original owner? She worked so hard to do housework and embroidery to earn money to support her son's education. When her daughter-in-law came home, was it wrong to ask her to help share the housework?
Because of her, the original owner was rejected, blamed and abandoned by her son, so she wanted to replace her daughter-in-law to save her relationship with her son. Even if this idea was wrong, wasn't it forced out of her by the two of them over a long period of time? If they hadn't disappointed the original owner so much and could occasionally understand her suffering, would she have done so ruthlessly?
Of course, the most unforgivable person is not Zhang Luoyi, but Han Ji. Han Ji enjoyed the future provided by the original owner with his hard-earned money, but he was not grateful at all. He was ungrateful and extremely hypocritical.
It is undeniable that the original owner was not good to Zhang Luoyi, but she had never done anything wrong to her son Han Ji. However, Han Ji heartlessly sent his mother, who was in poor health and alone, back to her hometown just because she suggested that he divorce his wife and remarry, because his wife had a bad relationship with his mother, without caring whether she would be sad or not. It is really better to raise a dog than to raise him. At least a dog will always be with its owner and will not abandon its owner.
But who makes Han Ji the male protagonist of this world? His deep affection only appears to his wife who has been together since the time of Wei Han. He only loves his wife. Anyone who treats his beloved badly is his enemy. Even the mother who gave birth to him and raised him can be abandoned without hesitation.
If anyone dares to let down his beloved, he will eliminate the source of his beloved's pain even if it means risking the world's condemnation.
Wu Shichu recalled the plot of the original world and was simply disgusted. He had even less good feelings towards the ungrateful couple. She could never in this life allow him to risk going blind by doing embroidery work to earn money to support that ungrateful and heartless son.
After eating and drinking, Wu Shichu simply lay down on the bed and took a nap. Her body was very thin. She was overly tired due to overwork, malnutrition, and weak internal organs. Although she was only in her thirties, which was considered young, her body was like that of a woman in her fifties or sixties. She needed to rest well, otherwise her lifespan would be shortened.
Wu Shichu fell asleep quickly, and after spending the whole morning together sweetly, Han Ji and Zhang Luoyi finally felt hungry, but there was no sign of Wu Shichu calling them to eat.
Han Ji walked out of the room in confusion and went to the kitchen, only to find that Wu Shichu was not there, and the pots and stove were still cold. He opened the pots and stoves and found that there was no hot rice or dishes.
Han Ji paused for a moment and quickly started shouting: "Mom? Mom? Are you back? Why haven't you cooked yet?" He took it for granted that cooking was Wu Shichu's responsibility.
Wu Shichu was woken up by him and was so angry that she wanted to get up and yell at him, but she didn't want to face this ungrateful person, so she pretended to be weak and said, "My waist hurts so much that I can't get out of bed and can't cook. You guys figure out a way."
Han Ji was already outside Wu Shichu's door at this time. When he heard her words, he wanted to push the door open to take a look. However, Wu Shichu had locked the door and he couldn't get in at all.
At present, he had not yet developed any grudge against Wu Shichu because of Zhang Luoyi, and he was still very concerned about his own mother, so he asked anxiously: "Mom, you are in so much pain, do you want to see a doctor?"
"No need. This is an old illness of mine. I'll be fine after lying in bed. Don't bother me. Let me have a good rest." Wu Shichu frowned and answered patiently.
After hearing her say this, Han Ji had no choice but to give up.
Zhang Luoyi heard what the mother and son said, and whispered to Han Ji: "Husband, what should we do now? I don't know how to cook?"
Han Ji sighed and said, "Let's slowly figure it out by ourselves. It wasn't that difficult when I saw my mother doing it in the past."
"Okay then." Zhang Luoyi forced herself not to show her displeasure and followed Han Ji into the kitchen.
However, these two people had never done any housework since they were young, and now they had no idea where to start in the unfamiliar kitchen.
(End of this chapter)
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