Chapter 981: Imperial Examination Essay: The Evil Mother-in-law (4)
"It's all my fault that I can't let you live a good life. If only I could afford a maid, we wouldn't have to cook by ourselves." Han Ji held Zhang Luoyi's hand with a look of shame and heartache.
"How can I blame you? I'm just too squeamish." Zhang Luoyi was touched by her husband's thoughtfulness and care, and the unhappiness in her heart disappeared at once. Love is enough, so what's the big deal about eating a bad meal? As long as she can love her husband, it's worth it to eat coarse food... Zhang Luoyi thought so.
However, when she saw the porridge that was neither rice nor porridge... her tender feelings for Han Ji disappeared a little bit.
Fortunately, although the porridge was not cooked well, it did not delay eating. The couple ate the soft porridge in silence.
Han Jisheng brought a bowl of porridge to the door of Wu Shichu's room: "Mom, the porridge is ready, you can get up and eat." After he said that, he stretched out his hand and the door opened.
Wu Shichu wiped the corner of his mouth and swallowed the last bite of snowflake crisps. When he saw Han Ji coming in, he "weakly" got up from the bed and took the bowl of porridge with trembling hands.
"Mom, don't move. I'll put the bowl directly on the counter." Han Ji saw her shaking hands and was afraid that she would drop the bowl.
"Have you eaten?" Wu Shichu asked weakly.
"I've eaten, Mom. How do you feel now? Are you feeling better?" Han Ji asked worriedly when he saw the sallow skin on his mother's face.
"It's better than this morning, but I still feel a little dizzy. I may not be able to take care of you during this period. Can you take care of yourselves?" Wu Shichu asked Han Ji with a loving face.
Han Ji's face froze. Thinking of how he and his wife had been busy and messy with housework all day, he felt very embarrassed. He wanted his mother to get better immediately and return to her previous state so that he could concentrate on his work. But now his mother looked sick and was obviously not well. How could he still want to tire her out?
Thinking of this, Han Ji agreed with shame: "Of course we can take care of ourselves, mother, you should take good care of yourself. You have worked hard these years. Now that your son has started a family, it is time for him to be filial to his mother."
When Wu Shichu heard his words, he was immediately relieved: "My son can say this, then I feel relieved. I was worried that I would not be able to do anything, and you and your daughter-in-law would dislike me. I didn't expect my son to be so filial. I am not afraid anymore... You and your daughter-in-law should support each other, so that our family can prosper..."
"Yes, yes, we will definitely support each other." Han Ji said quickly.
Wu Shichu interacted with his son for a while, drank his porridge, and then let him go.
When Zhang Luoyi saw her husband coming back, she asked him hopefully, "How is it? Is mother feeling better?"
"It's a little better, but I'm still sick and I might not be able to get out of bed for a while." Han Ji said worriedly, shaking his head.
"What? Should we invite a doctor to come back and see mother? It's not good for her to stay in bed all the time." Zhang Luoyi suggested, but she was thinking in her heart, if her mother-in-law is not well, then won't she be responsible for all the housework in the future? So she was more anxious for Wu Shichu to get better than her own son Han Ji.
"I advised my mother to hire a doctor, but she said that our family had just arranged our wedding and didn't have much money. If we used the money to hire a doctor, I wouldn't have enough money to go to college, so she refused no matter what..." Han Ji sighed helplessly, "It's all because of me, a useless son, that my mother couldn't even afford a doctor when she was sick."
Zhang Luoyi shut up immediately. Before she married into the Han family, she knew that the family was very poor. The money for Han Ji's studies was earned by his mother's hard work doing embroidery. But she didn't expect that they would be so poor that they couldn't even afford to hire a doctor.
For the first time, Zhang Luoyi realized what she would have to face after marrying down. Even if Han Ji was smart and studious, and would most likely become successful through his studies, it would definitely take several years for him to become successful. In other words, she would have to live a hard life like this for several years...
Zhang Luoyi's eyes went dark, but she soon realized that her husband was feeling depressed and she should comfort him. Therefore, she barely suppressed her uneasiness, smiled and comforted him: "Husband, you are already better than many people. How many people can pass the examination to become a student at the age of fifteen, and take the examination to become a scholar at the age of eighteen? You have not let your mother down. Your mother has worked so hard, isn't it because she hopes that you can make a name for yourself? Now that the family's money is spent on you, your mother is willing to do so. I believe that even if she would rather be sick and endure it, she would not want you to suffer too much..."
When Han Ji heard her words, he felt better. He remembered that his mother had always said that no matter how hard or difficult it was, as long as he could have a bright future, she could endure anything. So the heaviness in Han Ji's heart disappeared all of a sudden.
Wu Shichu had no idea that her son and daughter-in-law were so "filial". She slept soundly, and only walked out slowly the next day when the sun was already high in the sky, "weakly" holding on to the wall.
"Mom, you're up? Are you feeling better today?" Zhang Luoyi's eyes lit up when he saw Wu Shichu, as if he saw an all-round nanny.
"I'm better now. I can walk slowly, but I still feel a little dizzy. I have to rest after walking a few steps." Wu Shichu said weakly.
Zhang Luoyi was immediately very disappointed. Doesn't that mean she still has to do the work on her own?
"Where is Han Ji?" Wu Shichu asked, sitting on the bench in the living room.
"My husband is studying in the room. He will go to college tomorrow. He has fallen behind in a lot of lessons in the past few days and needs to catch up quickly." Zhang Luoyi explained hurriedly.
"That's good. You have to study hard. Our family's hope lies on him. You can't slack off." Wu Shichu nodded.
"Have you fed the chickens, ducks and pigs at home?" Wu Shichu heard the chickens, ducks and pigs crying out of hunger from the chicken coop and pigsty, and he already knew the answer.
"No, no... I was so busy that I didn't even remember... But I've never fed them before and I don't know how to do it..." Zhang Luoyi answered in a panic, thinking to herself, how could she feed these poultry and livestock? !
"It's okay if you don't know how to feed them. I'll teach you. Now that you and Han Ji are married, you're part of our family. I'm not in good health, so it's time for you to take care of the household affairs." Wu Shichu said to Zhang Luoyi lovingly, "We don't have much money at home. We raise chickens and ducks to lay eggs for money. We occasionally kill one for your husband to nourish his body. We also have to raise a pig. Otherwise, we'll have nothing at home by the New Year, and we'll be laughed at..."
Zhang Luoyi listened to Wu Shichu talking about chickens, ducks and pigs in fear, and her eyes went dark. She wanted to faint. She didn't want to listen to these words. She was a delicate young lady who had only eaten chickens, ducks and pork served on the table. She never thought that one day she would have to cook chicken, duck and pig food, feed them, and clean up their feces herself? This was too horrible. Was this the life she would live after getting married?
(End of this chapter)
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