An old lady's life

At the end of the lunch break in the restaurant, the group left.The carriage passed by Yueyang Tower, and the lobby on the first floor was crowded again. Mrs. Zhang stopped the carriage and let his servants and guards go in for a circle. It took only half an hour. people who see.

Among the three people Mr. Zhang mentioned to focus on observation, Yu Qiu was not there, Cao Jin and Peng Hao were among them, and many other people were also there. In addition to those sons in the morning, there were also many sons of officials in the building talking with the students. .

No, the importance of these people in the afternoon is not light. They are no longer dudes, but rather a lot of juren students who are preparing to participate in this spring.

Mrs. Zhang squinted her eyes and thought, the carriage was silent, as if the noise outside the carriage could not affect its silence.

After a while, Jia Amnesty asked, "Father-in-law, do you want to enter Yueyang Tower?"

Mrs. Zhang shook his head, and then said: "Let's go, the most important thing is to do business." Anyway, he is not the one who is most anxious about the affairs of the students in the world, and it is not his son who is fighting with black eyes anyway. There are certain people who should be anxious. The emperor should be angry.

Yu Qiu's three students are all from the suburbs. Jia Amnesty has already checked out where they live and who is in the family.

Among the three students' family backgrounds, Yu Qiu was the worst. He only had one sick mother. He had to study and take care of his mother. It was quite difficult to carry the burden of the family.

Cao Jin's family has a lot of money, his parents, brothers and sisters all provide for him, and he never worries about money.

There are only parents in Peng Hao's family, and his elder sister is married. The family population is simple, but he is rigorous by nature, relatively calm and introverted. Of course, he is still young now, and his skills in concealing his emotions are not enough.

Among the three, Mrs. Zhang had the best opinion of Yu Qiu, followed by Cao Jin, and Peng Hao last.

The carriage swayed to a street near the east gate of the city gate. The Yu family was on this street, but this place was almost considered a slum, and it wasn't dirty. The houses and buildings were quite depressed.

There are very few pedestrians on this street, and the original residents are doing things in front of their respective doors.

The carriage stopped at the intersection of this street, and Jia She and his party walked on foot. Grandpa Zhang led his grandson, and the guards and servants walked in front of the left, always on the alert for unknown dangers. Jia She and Jia Zheng followed the old grandpa for three steps. Far.

It's been a long time since I've seen a big man in this street, and the neighbors all craned their necks timidly to have a look.

Jia Amnesty's servant reminded that the woman choosing vegetables about a hundred feet ahead was Yu Qiu's mother.Perhaps because of the illness, the woman's complexion was sallow, her figure was thin, and there was a layer of lingering sorrow between her brows.

Jia Amnesty also thought that the father-in-law would go directly to the woman to find an excuse, such as borrowing a bowl of water, to directly strike up a friendship with the woman.Unexpectedly, Mrs. Zhang came to the neighbor, in front of the old man who smoked dry tobacco. This old man's house is considered to be a relatively wealthy family in this street. There are wing rooms and yards.

When Mrs. Zhang started talking to the old man, Jia She was annoyed. In fact, he should have been running around about these things.

The old man Zhang spoke very plainly, and the old man was wary of him, so the old man Zhang didn't care. He glanced at Jia She and Jia Zheng, with his grandson by his side, and said, "The old man doesn't know something. My son doesn't work hard. It doesn't matter, at such an age, I can't accomplish anything. I am anxious as a father, so I have to take time to take him around and meet Minsheng, so as to get rid of his stinky problems. My grandson is already this old, so I can't Like his father again, hey, after all, it is the heart of parents all over the world."

Talking to the elderly, the best entrance is the children, and the elderly immediately felt the same way. The two of you talked to each other, saying which family is filial and which family is not filial. The old man looked a little sad, and said: "I have three sons in my life, but it's a pity that the eldest is filial. The second and third are eager to scrape off the last layer of flesh and blood from my body. Speaking of which, they are also sins committed when I was young. I spoil the second and third too much. There will be no retribution for this."

But the old man can figure it out, "It's okay, they have already married and established a business, and I don't need to worry about it in the future. Whether they live well or not is not related to the person who stepped into the coffin like me. Hehe, I put that The two unfilial sons have been kicked out of the house, and if they come to make trouble again, I will go to the Yamen to ask the official to help me set up a letter of renunciation, they are afraid, and now they dare not come."

Mrs. Zhang patted the old man on the shoulder, "Brother is courageous. My child is fine. If he is not a talent, he is still somewhat filial. I am also very old, and I always have to think about them before I die. To close your eyes completely."

Jia She was ashamed, although his father-in-law was making up things, almost three parts were true and seven parts were false, but Jia She still felt ashamed, both father-in-law and mother were getting old, but because of his repeated worries, he Really incompetent.

As he talked, Mrs. Zhang said with emotion: "Actually, having money does not necessarily mean happiness. Money cannot buy sincere feelings, whether it is the relationship between father and son or between husband and wife."

The old man also sighed, "Yes, my family has two unfilial sons. I wish I had never raised them, but it's all because I don't know how to raise them. The Yu family's nephew and daughter-in-law are lucky, but they are not. The old man looked at the woman who picked the vegetables, "It's lucky that her man treats her well, and her son is filial to her. The bad thing is that the man died in an accident. She is a woman who has worked hard to raise her son and is exhausted." She is suffering from illness, but fortunately, the Yu family boy is filial and talented, and when her son becomes famous, she will be able to bear all the hardships."

The old man's tone was full of envy, and Mrs. Zhang followed suit. Everyone drank water here for a short rest, and were about to leave and go to the next place.

Yu Qiu's figure appeared at the entrance of the street, and soon returned home.Because he came from the other end of the street, Yu Qiu went home first, helped his mother choose vegetables, let her sit at the door to rest, and he brought out a bowl of water, "Mother, the doctor said you can't If you are tired, don’t do one movement for a long time, if you bend over for too long, your body will get tired easily.”

The woman beat her waist and legs, took a sip of water from her son, and said with a smile, "I'm fine, Qiu'er, don't worry all the time. Didn't you say you were going to have a reunion with your classmates today? Why did you come back so early?" ?”

Yu Qiu said with a gentle smile: "I met you in the morning, so I didn't go in the afternoon. There are too many people and it doesn't make any sense. I just copied books in the bookstore for a while, and I was worried about my mother. Come back and have a look. Did mother have lunch?"

The conversations between the mother and the son were short-lived by the parents, when Yu Qiu came out of the house and went to the old man's house again, he didn't feel restrained when seeing guests, and just responded with a smile.

"Grandpa Han, good afternoon, I'm going to trouble you again. I'm at the bookstore this afternoon. If my mother has anything to do at home, please ask Grandpa Han to send someone to notify me."

The old man smiled and said: "Go, go, don't be so polite every day. Grandpa Han also watched you grow up, and I hope you will have a future."

Yu Qiu bowed his hands again, smiled at the guests, and left along the way back just now.

The old man was full of praise, "What a wonderful child, it would be great if this was my grandson."

Old Master Zhang laughed, but this Yu Qiu is indeed a rare person with pure character.

After another quarter of an hour, Mrs. Zhang took the initiative to say goodbye and thanked him sincerely. A group of people walked and stopped in this street. Mrs. Zhang pointed to many dilapidated yards and said a thing or two, mainly the Although the courtyard is dilapidated, it is worth studying the materials used or the architectural structure of the house when it was built.

The old man saw that Mrs. Zhang was indeed teaching his children and grandchildren, but he didn't think much about it. He squinted his eyes and sighed, he was still someone else's child!

The next step is to go to the street where the Cao family is located. Although the Cao family is not a big family, the whole family has enough money to support the youngest son to study. Of course, the family has a large population, and there are many conflicts.

Cao Jin is married, Youdao is a drama with three women, Cao Jin has three sister-in-laws, and an eccentric mother, five women, one can imagine how lively the Cao family is.

When Jia Amnesty and his party arrived, the Cao family was busy.Although the door was closed, the sound was quite loud. No one knew who was in the streets and alleys, and the neighbors on the left and right. It was not easy for many neighbors to gather together to wait for the drama of the Cao family to end.

"Boom-"

A wooden barrel flew out of the yard and landed in front of Cao's house.

The neighbors pointed to the wooden barrel and covered their mouths to discuss, "The eldest daughter-in-law of the Cao family has lost her temper again, which is also caused by the unfairness of Cao's father and Cao mother."

"That is, the whole family supports Cao Si to study, even if Cao Si passes the imperial examination in the end, how much glory will the elder brother get?"

"In this situation, it is actually best to separate the family, lest the sons complain about the unfairness of being a father. Cao Si can study, but can't he earn money and take the exam?"

"Cao Si is the most slippery. I just saw that there was another quarrel at home, and he ran away long ago."

"Even if this kind of person passes the imperial examination, he is actually unreliable. He is a scholar, can't he solve family disputes? I'm afraid he wants to scrape off the flesh and blood of his brothers before he is willing."

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Everyone was scattered among the crowd. Some people disdained Cao Jin, some praised Cao Jin. The public said that the public was right and the wife said that the woman was reasonable. Jia Amnesty and Jia Zheng were a little confused. What should we do in this situation?

Jia Hu pouted: "When Mr. Cao was in Yueyang Tower, didn't he have a good time among friends? Why is his house so messy? Does he not care?"

Mrs. Zhang stroked his beard and shook his head, "Parents are all for his own good, so what can he care about? Besides, studying costs a lot. If you let him earn money by himself, it will be a drop in the bucket."

Jia Hu was not annoyed: "Mr. Yu can do it."

Mrs. Zhang still smiled and shook his head: "Habits become natural. As a young child, he is used to the love of his parents and elder brothers, which caused him to forget that parents have the obligation to raise their children, but when their parents are still alive, elder brothers have no responsibility to raise younger brothers." Obligation, he takes his elder brother's contribution for granted. And the parents of this family are also confused, and they only think about the younger son, but the son who is taught in this way is actually very likely to be a white-eyed wolf. For a while, it’s okay to be partial to the youngest son, but you can’t pamper the youngest son, otherwise the youngest son will accomplish nothing and become a burden to the parents, and the parents’ love for their son will be far-reaching, this is the most advisable.”

Jia She and Jia Hu were thinking about each other, Jia Zheng couldn't help thinking of himself, in a trance, he felt that he had become such a person, and his heart felt chills.

In this situation, there is no need to investigate Cao Jin, he was directly eliminated, walked out of this street, got into a carriage and went directly to the next place.

Peng's house was further away, and the carriage stopped after driving two streets.The situation on this street is similar to that of the Yu family, but because the parents of the Peng family are still alive and the house is inherited from their ancestors, the Peng family is not short of surplus money.

During this period of time, the sun was warm, and people on the street gathered together in twos and threes, but the door of the Peng’s house was closed. After careful observation, it was found that many people would avoid the Peng’s house when they passed by. Yes, move closer to the opposite side.

The neighbors in the neighborhood are wary because they are strangers, but Mrs. Zhang is very easy-going. After a few words, the guard will be reduced to the minimum.Under the careful guidance of Mrs. Zhang, the topic revolved around the promising people in this street. I chatted with many people. For example, they watched a certain official grow up a few years ago... and finally talked about the recent quite promising people. Talented people.

For example, the so-and-so student who passed the examination in the fall of the previous year... Finally, he talked about Peng Hao.

"Peng Hao is not bad at studying. He was selected as a scholar a year ago. After studying for three years, he will be selected for the exam."

"Peng Hao is a bit indifferent. Although he respects us neighbors and greets us when he sees him, I feel shabby when I meet his eyes."

"His parents are not easy-going lamps. In the future, any daughter who marries into his family will suffer."

"Yeah, there is only one son and one daughter in the family, and the patriarchy is so serious. Even though the family does not lack that little money, they still want their married daughter to subsidize their mother's family. I didn't see what his daughter was forced to do. Fortunately, Peng Hao still takes care of his sister, and often makes amends in private."

"What's patriarchal? I haven't seen his parents treat Peng Hao very well. They don't have to worry about food and clothing. Peng Hao has to report to his parents wherever he goes. Any family that Peng Hao gets close to will be punished by his parents." Seeking trouble, always treating Peng Hao as his own, that's what's wrong."

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Don't think that these low-level people are ignorant. Although they haven't read much, they have a wealth of life experience, and some words are worth pondering.

The author has something to say: the second update today, and the third update will be at night.