Ancient Imperial Examination Daily

Chapter 44
He reached out and patted Du Yunchang's shoulder: "The reason why I want to adopt Brother Ning is to find you a helper. I think Brother Ning is young, but he is flexible and has his own ideas. The key is that he is very righteous, and he is a person who knows how to repay kindness. Let's help him when he is in the most difficult time. If the second room really has a wrong idea in the future, she will definitely not stand by. It's a pity..."

There is one more thing he didn't say.Du Yunchang's health is very poor, even he, an old man in his fifties, can't compare with him, and he doesn't think he has a long life.Once he and Du Yunchang's father and son passed away one after another, and Du Jinfu was still young, it would be a matter of time before this family business was taken over by the second bedroom.If Du Jinning was there and he could gain fame, then Du Fangzhi and Du Jinfu could grow up smoothly; but without his help, it's hard to say what the future of this family will be like.

Du Yunchang was shocked by what his father said, and remained silent for a long time.

Because of his poor health, he was well protected by his parents since he was a child.Usually, he concentrates on studying and seldom pays attention to world affairs, so his personality is a little naive, he doesn't care about gains and losses, and attaches great importance to family affection.He really couldn't figure out why the second uncle would do such a thing.

Seeing that his son was silent, Du Yinsheng also knew that it was difficult for him to digest this, so he waved his hand: "Go and rest."

"Yes, Dad." Du Yunchang stood up obediently, and walked slowly back to his room.

Du Yinsheng looked at his thin back and heaved a long sigh.

In the west wing of Du's house, Du Fangling grabbed Du Jinning's arm as soon as he entered the door, and asked expectantly: "Brother Ning, since grandfather has changed his attitude, will my mother and sister and I not have to do so many things in the future?" gone?"

Du Jinning looked at Mrs. Chen: "Grandpa didn't say that, he just asked me if I would like to study. I said yes, and he let me go back."

Mrs. Chen slapped Du Fangling away: "Go wash your face and burn your feet, don't pester your younger brother here. We don't do anything, drink the northwest wind? Don't dream of your spring and autumn dreams."

Du Fangling pouted: "Second Uncle and Second Aunt have no hands and feet? Especially Second Uncle, a big man, does nothing, making us half-grown girls exhausted."

Frightened, Mrs. Chen went to cover her mouth, and shouted in a low voice: "You are going to die, say these words. If your second uncle and aunt hear it, will there be good fruit for you?"

"What are you afraid of? Now we are the same as them, why can't we say it?"

Du Fangling saw that Yao Shi was punished, Du Chensheng and Niu Shi were obviously on their side, and Niu Shi was reprimanded by Du Chensheng at the dinner table, he suddenly became more courageous, and vented all the resentment in his heart , "You are also a daughter-in-law, and the second aunt is also a daughter-in-law. Why do you work hard in the fields, and she falls at home to enjoy the blessings? It's not fair."

However, her voice was obviously much lower.

Chen looked at her quietly, let go of her hand, and said calmly, "Who told you that your father died early and couldn't protect you?"

Du Fangling glanced at Du Jinning, but did not dare to speak.

She knew Chen's heart knot.If she dared to say that all of this was caused by Du Jinning, if she hadn't suppressed her father, her father would not have died, and their sisters would not have had such a difficult life. Chen must drive her out of the house.This is Chen's reverse scale, and no one can touch it.

But she didn't speak, but that look did not escape Chen's eyes.

Mrs. Chen immediately became angry, pointed at Du Fangling and said, "Don't think that all of this is caused by your brother. You also believe your second aunt's instigation? If it weren't for your brother, your mother and I would have been killed by your grandfather, Grandma has gone back to her natal family, and you have been sold to be servant girls, and you are still here to be the girls of the Du family? Although life is difficult, life and death are up to you, not others!"

Although Du Fangling always respected his mother, he disagreed with her mother's words.

She retorted: "Mother, are you saying the opposite? If you hadn't tried your best to protect him, grandpa and grandma would have drowned Brother Ning long ago."

"Hmph!" Chen sneered, "You believe what other people say. Do you really think that your grandfather and grandmother kept Brother Ning because of my pleading and their soft-heartedness? That's because they want to leave an incense for your father. ! If it wasn’t like this, he would care about the life and death of us?”

Du Fangling stopped talking.

Du Jinning stood at the door, watching the scene quietly without moving.

She knew that Chen Shi was scolding Du Fangling on the surface, but in fact, these words were all for her.Chen was worried that she was young and simple-minded, and was bewitched by Du Chensheng, so that Du Chensheng treated her a little better, and she would be grateful to Du Chensheng, treating Du Chensheng as a kind old man, getting close to him, respecting him, and being used by him.

While her heart is warm, she is also relieved.

Self-reliance, family separation, revitalization of the family business, and living a good life, it is not enough for her to fight alone, and everyone has to work together.And with a mother like Chen who has a strong personality and a clear mind, the burden on her is also much lighter.

She walked over, shook Chen's arm, and said softly: "Mother, don't worry, I understand." After saying this, she let go of her hand and walked over to help Du Fangfei knock the stake.

Seeing that Du Jinning is so smart and able to understand everything, Chen's nose sores and he almost shed tears.

It would be great if Du Jinning was really a man.

Although the status of the junior third bedroom has improved, Chen still dare not go too far.If you make any noise after the break time, you will be scolded by Mr. Niu.The mother and daughter only set up the outer wall, and then rested separately.

On the second day, the mother and daughter got up early in the morning and went to the field. Du Jinning continued to write her script after breakfast.

Because she had a certain idea in her heart, she didn't write much, she stopped after writing only about a thousand words, and then spent half an hour transcribing the three thousand words she wrote yesterday and morning, and arrived at Chen's I found a needle and thread over there, stacked all the written papers together, and bound them into a book.

Seeing that it was already noon and there was no one outside, she climbed out of the window, found the silver and copper coins hidden there yesterday from the grass, put the booklet in her arms, opened the door and went out.

When Du Chensheng heard the noise and saw her go out, he wanted to ask her to come to the upper room and recite and explain the "Book of Filial Piety" that he gave yesterday, but Du Jinning ran as fast as a rabbit, When he opened his mouth, he was gone.He had to give up.

When Du Jinning came back from the county that day, he heard from Mrs. Chen that Zheng Zhongchun and Zheng Taoer's father, Zheng Lin, was a professional driver, commuting between the county town and the village every day.

Taohua Village is very close to another village called Dalin, separated by a small river.The combined population of the two villages is quite large. Some people, like Zhang Hongwen, go to the county to go to school; There are quite a few people here.

(End of this chapter)