Zhang Huiniang is a bit annoyed recently, even though she seldom goes out, the neighbors around her are discussing loudly every day, and she is so angry that she wants to swear every day.But for the sake of her own image, Zhang Huiniang could only bear it by herself.

There is still more than a month before Si Hai will go to the imperial examination. According to the calculations made by the mother and son before, this time it will take at least ten taels of silver to prepare.Wang Xiucai's family has also given a promise that the bride price needs to be 50 taels.Not counting other odds and ends, there is a gap of 60 taels in these two items alone.The money she has saved over the years is more than 30 taels, plus the money in the Shi family's account, the money is almost enough.

Zhang Huiniang walked around the room angrily, and only in this situation when no one else was around could she express her anger so truly.The teeth bit the nail of the thumb, gnawing bit by bit, as if it was someone's flesh and blood, wishing to bite off all of it bit by bit.

Zhang Huiniang already felt very distressed after the calculation of the account. It took almost 30 years to save [-] or so taels of private house money. It was an unhappy thing in itself, but before I felt distressed, I had to post my own. When posting the money, Shi Zhuangyi actually said that he would spend ten taels of silver to marry that fool.

marry a wife? ?Is he worthy of that idiot? ?It doesn't count if you spend all the money you get from all over the world and you are hindered. Do you still want to marry another woman and continue to suck your own blood?

When hearing Shi Zhiyi's words, Zhang Huiniang exhausted all her strength to not get angry in front of Shi Zhiyi.You can't directly refute Shi Zhiyi, that stone-headed guy who doesn't know how to change his mind.The rotten stone and the dead donkey have no self-motivated mind, but they still have a lot of ideas in their hearts that they don't know.

Thinking of this, Zhang Huiniang recalled that she was "deceived into marriage" back then.The anger in my heart directly turned into resentment.

Zhang Huiniang's mother died when she was young, and her father married her stepmother when she was two years old.Zhang Huiniang herself has a good mind, and coupled with the constant reminders from her grandmother since she was a child, she naturally knew that she was not her own mother.The stepmother is weak-tempered, but my father just likes that.

So Zhang Huiniang intentionally imitated the appearance of her stepmother since she was a child, and lived a pretty good life at home.Although she is a daughter, Zhang Huiniang can't help being obedient and obedient in front of her father and stepmother.

When Zhang Huiniang was four years old, her stepmother gave birth to a younger sister.When Zhang Huiniang saw that girl, she wanted to strangle her to death.It's also a girl, but that one is the stepmother's biological daughter, so in the future, her father's love for her will naturally be taken away by more than half.

It's a pity that the stepmother watched closely, so Zhang Huiniang never had a chance.After a few years, the queen mother gave birth to three boys one after another, so Zhang Huiniang didn't pay attention to that 'sister' anymore.

However, Zhang Huiniang has been very proficient in fighting for favor since she was a child, as if the instinct was carved in her bones, allowing her to know how to treat those good people who can make her live well.

At the age of 16, the family told Zhang Huiniang about a marriage.He is the only child of a scholar family in Qinglong Village, and he can be regarded as a person who studied with his scholar grandfather since he was a child, and is preparing to take the imperial examination.

Zhang Huiniang was naturally satisfied with the marriage at the beginning. The Zheng family—that is, the scholar's grandpa opened a private school. Not to mention that the life seems noble, but it is definitely one of the best in Qinglong Village.

Zheng Lan's father was unable to take the imperial examination because of his poor health, but he was also a master of literate and hyphenated characters since he was a child, and his painting skills were outstanding.People from the town or Fucheng came to ask for paintings, and the retouching fee for a painting cost tens of taels of silver.

In addition, Zheng Lan's mother died early, and his father didn't marry Xuxian, so he was the head of the house after marrying, so how could Zhang Huiniang be unhappy.

After two years of rejoicing, the result was that something happened to the Zheng family when Zhang Huiniang was there.First, Zheng Lan's father fell to his death from a mountain while out on an outing, and the grandfather who turned back to open a private school died because of excessive grief.

At that time, Zheng Lan, who was only sixteen, only participated in the scientific examination once, and Tong Sheng hadn't passed the examination yet.The elders in the family passed away, and the scholars have a fart about keeping filial piety for three years.

Zhang Huiniang couldn't figure it out, a dead father and mother could still get married within a hundred days in other people's family, how come you have to observe mourning for three years in Zheng's house.

At that time, Zhang Huiniang was eighteen years old, and she was an old girl who was 21 years old when she came out of Shouxiao for three years.Scholars praised Zheng Lan's integrity, but the stupid women in the village laughed at the fact that Zhang Huiniang was going to become an old girl.

How could Zhang Huiniang, who was so angry, bear it.

But thinking about the Zheng family's property, Zhang Huiniang endured it for a year.When she was nineteen, another moth appeared in the Zheng family.Zheng Lan first sold the big house that used to be a private school, not knowing what the hell he was going to do, and then the house caught fire not long after, and it is said that all the calligraphy and paintings left by his father were burned.

Zhang Huiniang's heart was bleeding, just watching those hundreds of taels of silver being burned.

Blessings and misfortunes never come singly, and the Zheng family's unlucky things have not stopped since the beginning of unlucky.Before Zhang Huiniang could recover from her distress for Yinzi, Zheng Lan was robbed when she went out.

It's okay to beat him half to death, and his right arm was broken.As a scholar, his right arm was broken?After that, how to take the imperial examination and how to make progress?

When things got to that point, how could Zhang Huiniang not start thinking about her way out.I am a beautiful and beautiful big girl, a big girl who is outstanding in ten miles and eight villages, if I want to be dragged into an old girl, it will be fine, but if I marry, I will start to suffer?

The village where Zhang Huiniang's natal family lives is not without scholars.But the way several members of a family support a scholar can drag down a big family, it is shocking to watch.

The Zheng family used to be supported by their grandfather and father, and they were not afraid of spending money on Zheng Lan's studies.But now everyone who can make money is dead, seeing that if Zheng Lan wants to study again, she needs to work hard to support herself, a married man.

I thought that if I married, I would be able to wear gold and silver, but now I have to wash dishes and cook soup after I marry.I thought that I would be able to wear silk and satin when I married, but now I only have coarse linen and linen clothes after I marry.

I thought... now...

After such a long series of comparisons, Zhang Huiniang began to resent Zheng Lan.Why should her life's happiness be destroyed in the hands of that incapable person?

However, the virtuousness she pretended to be in her mother's house in the past has benefited her a lot, so she didn't directly speak evil words to do that evil thing.

The opportunity was on August [-]th of that year. Zhang Huiniang's father was really worried about Zheng Lan alone, so he went to Qinglong Village next door to take care of Zheng Lan.In the end, I didn't know what was going on, but I ran into bandits halfway.

Along with Zhang Huiniang's father, there was also a businessman from the capital.The two almost died under the bandit's knife, but were saved by Shi Zhiyi who was passing by.

At night, Zheng Lan and Shi Zhiyi, who felt guilty, sent Zhang Huiniang's father and the injured businessman back to Zhang's house. When they were in Zhang's house, the businessman even gave Shi Zhiyi a silver note of 1000 taels as a thank you.

1000 taels!

Looking at the half-dead Zheng Lan, and at the tall and mighty Shi Zhiyi with 1000 taels of silver in his arms, Zhang Huiniang knew that his chance had come.

Zhang Huiniang took care of everyone as "virtuous and virtuous", and after busy work, she saw Shi Zhiyi's admiring eyes as expected.After all, Zhang Huiniang back then was also a flower in eight villages. She could not lose to anyone just by her looks.

When Shi Zhiyi took the bait, the next thing to solve was the marriage with Zheng Lan.Turning around, I saw Zhang Cailian—the daughter of the stepmother serving tea and water to Zheng Lan.

Since your husband has love and concubines, as a magnanimous woman, Zhang Huiniang naturally wants to fulfill them, isn't she?

After the bandit incident happened, it was impossible for the Zhang family to let Zheng Lan go back directly.After the merchant and Shi Zhiyi left, Zheng Lan stayed at Zhang's house for a few days.

Zhang Huiniang seized the opportunity to send the two people to the same bed, and let everyone 'discover'.

Zhang Huiniang only needs to show disbelief and heartbreak, without saying anything, just hide in her room and cry for a few days, and the matter will be done.

The marriage between her and Zheng Lan became that of Zhang Cailian and Zheng Lan, and the Zheng family gave her ten taels of silver to make up for her.In front of everyone, Zhang Huiniang threw the ten taels of silver at Zheng Lan.

Although Zhang Huiniang loves money, she also knows what money she can get and what money she can't get.

Sure enough, when Shi Zhiyi came to propose marriage half a year later, the Zhang family not only gave all the dowry money of ten taels of silver that Shi Zhiyi gave to Zhang Huiniang, but also prepared more than 20 taels of silver for the dowry before leaving the house.

A full ten taels of silver was also put in the bottom of the box for Zhang Huiniang.With so much money, not to mention ten miles and eight villages, even girls in towns may not be able to get so much dowry when they get married.

Originally, things were going according to Zhang Huiniang's plan, and there was nothing that could not please her.But after marrying into the Shi family, Zhang Huiniang knew that Shi Zhiyi, that rock-headed idiot, actually returned the original 1000 taels of silver to the merchant.

Although the merchant felt sorry and finally sent back 100 taels, can 100 taels compare with 1000 taels? ?

Seeing Shi Zhiyi proudly holding his head up in the village, Zhang Huiniang's initial hatred was about to be lifted.

If that was the case, Zhang Huiniang wouldn't be so resentful now.Shi Zhiyi has no elders, nor any biological brothers and sisters. When he married, the Shi family had a little savings, and Zhang Huiniang was directly in charge of the family.

In addition, Shi Zhiyi liked her style very much, and his life was finally comfortable.But this kind of comfort, when the eldest son and the second son were born one after another, before returning to her mother's house to show off, Zheng Lan was admitted to Tongsheng.

When she was pregnant with her third child, Zheng Lan was admitted as a scholar.When she was pregnant with her fourth child, Zheng Lan was admitted to Juren.

That step by step made Zhang Huiniang feel like a sow.Others, especially Zhang Cailian, who was not seen by me since she was a child, should have ended up being shameless, being spurned by others and robbing her brother-in-law, but with Zheng Lan's promotion step by step, it turned out that everyone wanted to curry favor with her. Mrs. Juren.

And I, like a sow, kept giving birth non-stop.When returning to the empress in those years, all Zhang Huiniang heard was voices of 'regret'.

Tsk tsk tsk, if there hadn't been that incident back then, wouldn't the present Mrs. Juren be Zhang Huiniang?It can only be said that some people just don't have that fate.

Zhang Huiniang was going crazy.

Later, Zheng Lan did not continue the imperial examination, but went directly to the county government to seek the position of county magistrate and began to be an official, Zhang Huiniang didn't go back to her mother's house very often.What are you doing back home, are you being laughed at?

But after a few years, Zhang Huiniang knew that she was the only one who would be unhappy if she didn't go back to her mother's house.So slowly, Zhang Huiniang began to return to her mother's house again.

What are you doing when you go back, even if you don't do anything, it's enough to make Zhang Huiniang relieved that everyone in the village can't forget how Zhang Cailian got the status of Mrs. Juren.

What's more, after going back, she pretended to be pitiful and magnanimous. Everyone from her father to stepmother felt sorry for her. She could get a lot of benefits, so why didn't she go back?

By the way, Zhang Cailian, who is in love with her, has to part ways with her every year and festival before daring to go back to her mother's house, isn't it even more relieved!

Isn't it just reading? Whose children will not be the same.Zhang Huiniang felt that she had given birth to four sons, and Zhang Cailian only had one son and one daughter.If he confessed his son himself, he would be worse than their family if he disappeared in the future.

But the reality slapped Zhang Huiniang again, and the four sons were still young children studying in the world.But after so many years, Si Hai is just a child.Zhang Cailian's son is already a child.

Therefore, Zhang Huiniang attaches great importance to the fact that Sihai is going to be a scholar this year.If anyone dares to hinder her son's progress, Zhang Huiniang will be the first to agree.

Tap the screen to use advanced tools Tip: You can use left and right keyboard keys to browse between chapters.

You'll Also Like