"I think it's difficult. If I follow your example, how will you be able to study?"
Liu Shunzi's heart shattered. He had hoped that by presenting the certificate of success in the imperial examination, he could make his grandparents and parents happy when they visited the graves, and that they could show off their success and feel proud.
When he's gone, everyone will surely surround him and praise him.
"These two good-for-nothings."
Zheng punched someone, yelling, "My son is useless? You think you're so great? Why don't you take the exam yourself?"
"Honey, can you give me some face? I'm too old for studying. Why don't we go to school together?"
"Get out!"
Zhao Dashu shook his head. They only learn bad things and don't learn good ones. These old women have all been corrupted by his wife in the past few years.
One or two of them are hoarding the family's money and don't respect their husbands.
It's time for them to stand up for themselves. If they don't show these women what they're made of, they won't know who they are or how powerful their men really are!
Zhao Dashu clenched his fists...
Song pulled him aside, "Let everyone stay for dinner tonight. Didn't you bring back a lot of meat and vegetables? Let's have a hot pot dinner tonight, so you can eat and drink at your own pace."
I've been going from house to house to eat recently, but they haven't treated everyone yet.
"Sure!"
His wife is so thoughtful; she knew he hadn't been drinking with his buddies in a long time, so she made sure he had his way as soon as he got back.
His wife is not like that shrew Zheng.
Hearing that they were invited to stay for dinner, Zheng pulled Zhao Xiaoyu and Song into the house to continue gossiping. The village had been quite lively lately, even in the dead of winter.
"Xiaoyu, the Xiao family has been quite lively lately."
What happened to their family?
"The eldest son is getting married, but the second son isn't yet. They're getting impatient. Hasn't the candy business been doing exceptionally well lately? It seems they're unwilling to hand over the money they've earned."
The second son refused to teach, and the eldest son was even less willing to mentor him, saying that he was married with children and should think about his own future. Regardless, the second son's marriage was none of his concern; he only cared about his own family.
The second son of the Xiao family was furious, saying that the family paid for their wedding expenses, and he also had a share in the profits.
Zhao Xiaoyu shook her head. With so many children and a poor family, all sorts of problems would arise when they grew up; the Zhao family had experienced the same thing before.
The reason why Dad and Second Uncle were able to endure for so many years was simply because they hoped that Eldest Uncle would become successful and repay them. At that time, they were both fooled by Eldest Uncle and had something to look forward to.
What does the Xiao family have?
What are Xiao Yong and Xiao Qiang anyway? It's normal for them to dislike each other.
"How are they doing now?"
"What else can we do? We'll just live like this. We won't starve, but we won't starve either. Madam Yang has been working very hard these past two years to arrange marriages for her two sons."
I heard that because of their bad reputation, the eldest daughter-in-law demanded an extremely high dowry, a full three taels of silver, and she didn't bring any dowry with her.
The second son's wife will definitely follow suit in the future; she'll get three taels of silver without a doubt. Just think, how much candy do they need to sell for three taels of silver?
"So expensive?" Madam Song was also shocked. Back then, she only had twenty coins, and she brought them all back with her.
"Yes, everyone knows about his relationship with Xiao Lei. His reputation is ruined. Even if you don't know, you can find out by asking around."
Their son had a very hard time finding a wife, but fortunately, the couple worked incredibly hard, day and night for the past two years, and finally saved up some money to marry him.
She estimates that the other one will be able to get married by next year or at the latest the year after.
What's their daughter-in-law like?
"It's alright. You can imagine how expensive it is, so it can't be bad. I think it's alright, but it seems that she doesn't get along very well with Yang Shi and Xiao Ping. She's always trying to get them to split up the family."
But it's understandable, considering she has a younger brother-in-law who's not married yet and isn't exactly easy to deal with. Her in-laws aren't exactly easy to handle either; she can't handle them.
"I never thought I'd actually marry such a capable wife."
"I don't know the specifics, but I've met her twice. She's very sweet-talking; she greets me from afar even though I don't know her."
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