The lady escaped marriage and became addicted

Chapter 9 Zhao Family (1)
Zhao Shihua listened calmly with a smile on his face, without interrupting her, just to see what else she could say.Last night, the two children taught him what Mrs. Wang said before he went home.Mrs. Gu had heard it once yesterday evening. At that time, she was so angry that she wanted to swear at others. Now that she knew that her husband had passed the county case chief examination, she was not so angry. She just waited for her mother-in-law to hear these words and give her a good scolding.

Sure enough, Mrs. Wang kept on talking, and Zhao Shirong, the boss of the Zhao family, had already come out, so he gave her a big ear and scolded: "What are you talking about, bitch? Why don't you go in and cook?" go!"

At this time, the mother-in-law Rong rushed out and scolded: "Brother Nan, what are you talking about? Do you curse people like that? He is still Brother Nan's uncle even after the family is separated!" Who said that the second child can't pass the exam? Even if he didn't pass the exam this time, my family can't curse him like this..."

Zhao Shihua couldn't help showing a wry smile on his face when he heard his old lady's words.Sure enough, it's no wonder that his sister-in-law looked down on him, even his own mother thought that he would not pass the exam.It's just that he was not allowed to take the test once, always worrying that he would not be able to settle down to farm the land.

"Mother, didn't you say that if you don't pass the exam, you have to farm the land in peace? Am I not comforting the second uncle?" Seeing her mother's dark face, Wang said with a shy face, and turned back to cook. went.

An Ran looked at Wang's expression of schadenfreude, which was barely hidden, and suddenly said loudly: "Grandma, my dad passed the examination for the chief of the county case! Grandma, is the chief of the case No. 1?"

Rong was stunned for a moment, then suddenly his eyes widened and his voice raised, "What are you talking about? You said your father passed the exam?"

Only then did Zhao Shihua step forward and kneel in front of Rong, held her hand and said, "Mother, my son didn't embarrass you and father. My son passed the county case examination!"

"I got it! I got it! My son really got it?" Rong was so excited that tears filled her eyes, she couldn't believe it.In fact, she is not very optimistic about Zhao Shihua in her heart. After all, the family conditions are not good. The three Zhao Shihua brothers were taught by their grandfather when they were young. Later, after their grandfather passed away, they went to school to study for a few years, and returned home to farm two years before they got married. up.Over the years, he only turned out the book to read during the slack in the fields. Even this time when he went to take the county examination, he prepared a generous gift and entrusted him with a recommendation from a talented old master from a former private school.The old master reluctantly agreed in view of the former teacher-student friendship, which he couldn't trust.Speaking of which, in fact, no one is optimistic about Zhao Shihua, so it is so surprising that he passed the examination of the county chief case.

At this time, An Ran's grandfather, Zhao Maosheng, also came out after hearing the good news, and happily dragged his son into the main room. The father and son sat down and listened to Zhao Shihua speak slowly. Listen to the excitement behind the adults.

The Zhao family was originally a scholarly family, and their ancestors also became officials, but after several generations, they gradually declined.Zhao Maosheng's father was selected as a scholar, and he was a well-known talent at the time. Unfortunately, his good luck came to an end. After that, he took part in the provincial examination every time, but he failed every time.Because An Ran's great-grandfather didn't care about farming, he would study hard in his room every day, ignoring all the housework, and her great-grandmother had a weak personality, which made the Zhao family decline even faster. Like a thing, it was only then that he tried his best to leave the current dozen or so acres of land.For this reason, Rong did not let her husband continue to study, but let him learn to farm. When he was young, he was often scolded by his parents-in-law.This also affected her education of her three sons, and she did not allow the Zhao family to produce another person who was obsessed with studying like her father-in-law and ruined the family business.In Rong's view, nothing is as important as filling his stomach, and it is not impossible to study, but the premise is that the family has this condition.In short, survival first!

The two elders of the Zhao family were very happy, and pulled Zhao Shihua to inquire about the situation of the county examination. Obviously, it was a little unbelievable that his son could pass the exam and still be the first in the exam.Zhao Shirong, the eldest son of the Zhao family, and Zhao Shifu, the third son, were also happy for their brothers. Even the younger sister Zhao Yunxing, who was cooking in the kitchen, listened to the voices in the hall while lighting the fire.

Zhao Maosheng has been planting the land for decades, and he has abandoned his books for many years, but he still has a kind of arrogance from a scholarly family in his bones, but it is a pity that he was delayed because of his father.Therefore, he has always been very supportive of his son and grandson taking the scientific examination, and he also harbors some hope in his heart, hoping that one day his grandson can pass the examination and restore the glory of his ancestors.

"When is the government test? You won't be staying at home for long and you will be leaving for the state capital?" Zhao Maosheng asked, and then said to the other two sons, "Boss and brother, bring all the money you saved at home. I will pay for my second child first. Myolie’s marriage will also wait for a year, and when my second child is selected as a scholar, you will also be honored, and Myolie can find a good marriage.”

"Okay!" The third child, Zhao Shifu, nodded without saying a word, and immediately asked his wife to go home to get the money.

The eldest brother, Zhao Shirong, also said: "My third child and I don't have this talent. If the second child can win, grandpa will be happy to see it." Zhao Shirong remembers his grandfather's obsession with imperial examinations very deeply.As he said that, he said to Wang who was busy in his kitchen, "Brother Nan, you go back to the house and bring all the money our family saved!"

Mrs. Wang was originally unhappy that her second child had passed the county examination, but now when she heard that the child's father was going to give the second child all the family money as money, she couldn't help feeling annoyed inwardly, and immediately wished she could rush out and give him a slap in the face.But in front of the second elder, she still didn't dare to be presumptuous. When she walked out of the kitchen, she had already pretended to be gentle and virtuous, but there was a bit of guilt and panic on her face.

"What are you waiting for? Go back to the house and get the two coins we saved!" Zhao Shirong urged.

Zhao Shihua didn't intend to ask his brother to sponsor him for money. He was the chief case of this county test, and the county lord had already agreed with him that he would send someone to send them (the top three in this county test) to the state capital. Don't worry about him.However, he just doesn't speak now, just to see how his sister-in-law will respond.

I saw Mrs. Wang said to Zhao Shihua with a face full of shame: "Oh, I'm really sorry for his second uncle. The second uncle also knows that your elder brother and I are incompetent people. During the year after we separated, we had to arrange everything. I didn't save much money. No, I went back to my mother's house the day before yesterday. My brothers separated and wanted to build a new house. They asked me to borrow some money. As the eldest sister, I really couldn't save face, so I lent all the family money to Brother Nan His uncle..."

(End of this chapter)