The house leaked and it rained all night. At the beginning of the twelfth month, bad news came again from the private school in Chu Ren's town. The teacher of the private school refused to let Chu Ren study in the private school!
The matter started a few days ago. On his way home after failing the exam, Chu Ren went back to the private school where he studied in the town to pick up the things he had left there. At that time, his husband saw that he was very upset and specifically told him that he could do it. First, he would settle down at home and adjust his mentality. There would be no need to come to the private school again until the private school starts next year. Chu Ren didn't think much about it at that time.
But Uncle Chu's family has been in constant trouble since then, and the atmosphere at home has become extremely bad. Chu Ren really feels depressed and bored while staying at home, so he wants to go out to clean up a few places in the name of paying filial piety to his husband at a private school in the town. sky.
Daqian respected reading to rejuvenate the country, and the whole country attached great importance to the academic and liberal arts examinations. The identity and status of teachers naturally increased. Students would come to pay tribute to their teachers during various festivals and celebrations throughout the year. The most solemn New Year event of the year was There is no exception.
Generally, students will visit their homes a few days before their thirties. It is really rare for Chu Ren to come to pay filial piety in the early twelfth lunar month like this year, but it is not considered rude, so when Chu Ren proposed to call When Mrs. Wang was preparing to pay filial piety to her husband, Uncle Chu's family didn't ask too many questions.
In accordance with the practice of previous years, Mrs. Wang prepared all the filial piety gifts she was going to give to Mr. Wei. In the early morning, she personally sent Chu Ren on an oxcart to the town. She thought that the eldest son would do what he said, and he would first ask for the filial piety. I went to the residences of all the gentlemen to pay my respects, and then got together with my classmates from the 35th and 35th classes. I was afraid that I would not be able to return home until the 5th or 6th day, but who would have thought that before half an afternoon, Chu Ren would have already returned to the gate of his courtyard. Not only that, even the filial piety that had just been loaded onto the ox cart in the morning was brought back intact!
The sequelae of Wang's stroke left no significant impact on his hands or feet, except for his face. Every time he spoke, the corners of his mouth and half of his face would twitch uncontrollably. Seeing this scene, I felt anxious, and my face twitched endlessly. After a while, I asked: "Ah Ren, what's going on? Why did you bring back all the filial piety you gave to your husband?"
Chu Ren's already gloomy mood became even more irritable, and he said with a sullen face: "Bring the things in first!" Then he turned and entered the yard without looking back.
Mrs. Wang hurriedly unloaded all the things from the bullock cart. She didn't have time to put them one by one into the room, so she threw them randomly in the corner of the yard. She closed the yard door and ran forward to chase Chu Ren: "Aren, what is going on here?" Son? But what happened on the way there?"
"Sir, you won't take it! Let me take it all back. Not only the things, but I won't have to go to the private school in town anymore!"
"What? Why is this! Is it because our family has given us less filial piety this year? I'll go find them right now. Why don't you go to a private school? Isn't this going to ruin your future?"
Chu Ren thought of what the teacher said when he went to send his filial piety today, and his heart was full of resentment. He hated the private school and the teacher for not caring about their old relationship at all, and he also hated why he failed the exam again and again, making people laugh!
He has been studying in this private school since he passed the scholar examination at the age of 20. It has been almost ten years now. In the past ten years, whether it was a normal imperial examination or due to some incident, the imperial court temporarily added Enke, he didn’t know how many times he participated, but he just didn’t win!
Nowadays, even the private schools in the town have turned away him. Chu Ren still remembers every word that the private school teacher said: "You have been studying in our private school for ten years now. You should learn what you need." I’m afraid you have a better grasp of knowledge than I do. Now I have nothing more to teach you. All you need to do is go home and review your lessons on your own, so you don’t have to waste any more money at home!”
Chu Ren couldn't understand the meaning of the private school and his husband, saying that he had a good grasp, that there was nothing to teach him, and that it would save his family some money. They were all excuses!
The private school saw that he had always failed, so they didn't want to continue to accept him in the private school and affect their reputation in recruiting students. He was afraid that if he continued to study there, outsiders and colleagues would all say that the teaching in this private school was definitely not good. He was qualified as a scholar at the age of twenty, and after studying in this private school for ten years, he suddenly changed. He has become a waste who has repeatedly failed in the exams. This has spread around the town. Where can he recruit new students in the future? Jane
This is just nonsense.
There is another purpose for the private school teacher to do this, and that is because Li Xiucai passed away. You must know that when Li Xiucai was alive, Chu Ren, as the son-in-law of the private school teacher, always only charged half of the fees, even for Li Xiucai. After the scholar could no longer teach in the private school, in order to preserve the reputation of the private school, he did not adjust Chu Ren's fees. Now that Li Xiucai has passed away, there is no need to continue to take care of Chu Ren. To put it mildly, it is still Just worrying about the scholar’s face.
Chu Ren told the Wang family all the sinister intentions of the private school, and then said even more viciously: "They are just people who are seeking fame! They look down on me, so I don't want to go! I haven't been there for so many years. I haven’t seen a single candidate from that private school, so it would be a waste of my time to go there!”
"That's right! Stop listening to their shameless farts. Ren, you are very capable. We were all able to pass the examination on our own back then! You are right. In that private school, not even a single scholar has passed the examination in all these years. What the hell? You don’t have any skills, you just cheat people out of money, and they are not even worth our Murakami school!”
Although Wang said this, she was still uneasy in her heart. Although she didn't understand the twists and turns in this matter, one thing she knew was that the scholars she had heard about over the years were even those who had passed the examination. There is no one who has not been to a school and only learned at home!
"It's just Aren, we don't have to study at home, we can also go to other private schools. By then we will pass the exam, and now this private school will make us regret it. By the way, I heard that Speaking of this imperial examination, the three in our town are all from another private school, so why don’t we just go there!"
How could Chu Ren not think about Wang's thoughts: "My mother-in-law said it lightly, but do you know that the annual tuition of that private school is twice that of this one? What's more, I only need to pay half of the money now!"
Mrs. Wang didn't expect that the prices of these private schools could be so different. She couldn't help but be speechless for a moment. Considering the current situation of Uncle Chu's family, if the cost of going to a private school were to increase several times, it would really be unaffordable. Chu Ren continued to study.
Wang's biggest dream and motivation for the rest of her life is to hope that Chu Ren will be able to go to high school one day. From then on, her family will live a good life with no worries about food and clothing and a crowd of slaves. But now she sees that it will be ruined because of insufficient money. It was something she could never tolerate if Chu Ren's future was ruined. She wanted to earn more money, so Wang couldn't help but think of her own coffin shop and the paper money sold in that shop.
Over at the Chu family's old house, the young couple was preparing to clean up the shop that had not been open for many days so as to reopen it cleanly. When they saw Lin Qiuyi, who had been resting in the west wing, walking towards the door.
At this time, Lin Qiuyi had been recuperating at Chu's house for nearly ten days. While her body was recovering, she also had a short-term preliminary plan for her future life.
"Lu Zhu, do you have some free time later? I have something I want to discuss with you."
She said she was cleaning, but Shen Luzhu was actually not doing anything. She just sat on the chair that Chu Yi had specially brought for her, watching Chu Yi work and chatting with him for a few words: "I just want to do that right now." It’s nothing, I wonder if Miss Lin has anything to tell me?”
"I have been recuperating at your place for a decade, and now my body has recovered as before. I can't keep disturbing you. It's time to leave!"
During this period of time, although Shen Luzhu had not had much contact with Lin Qiuyi, he could still sense what kind of person this girl Lin was. Naturally, he lost his initial defensiveness and became more caring like ordinary friends: "Miss Lin has always been very quiet. I don't want to disturb anyone. Now that I have made up my mind to leave, do I already have plans for the future?"
He fled on foot from Lingnan County to the northernmost Ningchuan Prefecture. On the way, he had to worry about the pursuit of the Lin family and Ren Yazi, and also had to guard against other people's malicious intentions. The whole person seemed exhausted. In addition to running away instinctively, there was nothing else There was no time to think about anything, but during the time that Lin Qiuyi lived in the Chu family, she finally gave her tired body and brain a good rest, and finally realized that she had long since got rid of the Lin family and Renyazi, and for the time being It's safe.
So she spent every day in a daze thinking about her future, thinking that she was about to arrive
During the coming Spring Festival, Lin Qiuyi made a bold decision: "I first want to rent a small courtyard to live near us. I will wait until after this Spring Festival to make other plans. I am unfamiliar with the place. This matter I have to ask you, Lu Zhu, to help me find out."
Lin Qiuyi chose to settle down temporarily in Kaoshan Village. In addition to realizing that she had escaped the threat of the Lin family, another reason was that the Chu family, the two families who controlled the two houses, made her feel that they were People who can be somewhat at ease with each other want to rent a yard nearby for selfish reasons, thinking that if something happens, at least there will be trustworthy people living nearby who can help them.
Shen Luzhu smiled and waved his hands: "What's the big deal? When I sell the paper money later, I'll ask you a question, that's all!"
This thing seems simple to think about, but it is a bit difficult to meet Lin Qiuyi's request. The reason is also very simple. There are quite a few people near Chu's house who have vacant houses, but the whole yard is rented out, but one person No!
In the end, Lin Qiuyi had no choice but to choose a house to the east of the Chu family's old house. That house had a separate small door in the backyard and a separate small room in the backyard. It had little contact with the front yard and was far away from the Chu family's old house. It's very close. It might be too small for others to rent, but it's just perfect for Lin Qiuyi.
