The journey of the only child of a peasant family to take the imperial examination

Chapter 411 The Prodigal Daughter-in-Law

Because of the new marriage, the state school has made an exception and given three days off.

Zhang Pingan definitely cannot take leave today and must go to the state school to attend classes.

Now that the imperial examination is approaching, the learning atmosphere in the class is quite tense. The teacher is very strict with everyone's homework and even wants to save lunch time for everyone.

Especially students like Zhang Pingan who have the hope of passing the exam in one go are of great concern.

"Mom, Youyi, I'm going to class. When I'm not around, remember to explain to the relatives later, so that others won't think we're neglecting them," Zhang Pingan instructed with some concern.

As a man, the biggest challenges in life are developing a career and dealing with conflicts between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.

If you don't handle it properly, you can easily become a sandwich.

It is said that even an honest judge would find it difficult to judge family affairs!

I hope that when I come home from school today, my family will be harmonious.

"Well, we are all family, no need to be so polite with them, just go to class with peace of mind," Xu waved her hand nonchalantly.

She is very good at entertaining guests!

"Husband, don't worry. I have hosted guests with my sisters-in-law many times before. It's no problem," Qian Youyi said with a gentle smile.

"Well, thank you for your hard work. It's windy outside, you can go in," Zhang Pingan said, waved his hand, got on the carriage and left.

It was not until the carriage was about to turn out of the alley that the two women, one old and one young, surrounded by maids and servants, prepared to turn around and go in.

Zhang Ping'an lowered the curtains only after seeing the two people come in. He sat up straight, and the corners of his mouth curled up unconsciously. This feeling of being cared for by loved ones all the time is really warm!

When we arrived at the classroom, it was still early for class, but many classmates had already arrived. When they saw Zhang Pingan, they all smiled and nodded and greeted him.

On Zhang Ping'an's wedding day, everyone went to the wedding banquet together during lunch time and presented generous gifts.

Therefore, our relationship is now closer than before.

They all implicitly excluded classmate Zhao and tried to isolate him.

There is occasional sarcasm and exclusion in the conversation.

I wouldn't go so far as to pick a fight or bully you head-on. I don't have the time for that right now. The most important thing is to prepare for the imperial examination!

Zhang Ping'an once heard Jiang Fengping hint that the Du family, where Zhao was to be a son-in-law, was already very old and had only one daughter, so it was difficult for him to support the family alone.

If classmate Zhao fails to pass the imperial examination, his situation will be a hundred times more difficult than it is now after Mr. Du passes away.

Zhang Pingan was shocked when he heard this.

At the same time, it also strengthened his determination to pass the imperial examination as soon as possible.

Compared to this classmate Zhao, he is already much luckier!

On this side of the family, the two families of Zhang Lao Da and Zhang Lao San, as well as Daya, Erya, Wuya, Liuya, and Xu Xiaojiu's family were all invited.

Although this was not the first time for everyone to come to this house, except for Zhang and Wuya and Liuya, everyone else still felt like country people coming to the city every time they came.

Especially Uncle Xu, that’s the leap from the south to the east of the city, the gap is like a chasm!

Seeing everyone coming, Qian Youyi first respectfully bowed to Zhang and Old Man Zhang as a junior, and said in a gentle voice: "Granddaughter-in-law Qian greets Grandfather and Grandmother!"

"Hurry up!" Zhang held onto her granddaughter-in-law's arm and pulled her up, saying helplessly, "I heard you weren't feeling well. Didn't I ask you to wait until the Little New Year for everyone to have a New Year's dinner and then get together again? I also wanted you to get to know everyone. I'm not saying this to blame you. In fact, I don't really care about these empty formalities. I'm mainly afraid of disturbing your peace. Restoring your health is the most important thing!"

"Thank you grandparents for your consideration. I've been feeling better these past two days, so I thought I should get to know my relatives in advance. That's why I invited everyone to our house to have some fun and chat with my mother. I hope you can forgive me for any impoliteness," Qian Youyi said with a smile, her voice neither hurried nor slow, which was very comfortable to listen to.

It’s very different from the rural women who speak at the top of their voices!

When Ma saw this, she couldn't help but secretly criticize the young lady for being pretentious.

Zhang was quite used to it and was very satisfied with her granddaughter-in-law. She rarely showed a kind smile and said, "I've always said that our family doesn't care about these empty formalities. When it comes to life, as long as we don't go too far, we can live our lives however we want. When your father-in-law and his brothers got married, I divided the family property for them. I was the only one in our village to do this. I don't know how many people talked about me behind my back, but didn't they live well in the end?"

"Mother is so wise," Li praised quickly after hearing this. As the eldest wife, she benefited the most when they divided the family property.

"Mother is awesome," Xu also complimented with a smile. Although there had been some minor frictions between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, as a woman, she still admired her mother-in-law in her heart. Influenced by Zhang, she was picky about her daughter-in-law, but she would not make trouble in front of her son.

"Our family is well-off thanks to mother," Ma also came over to flatter.

Zhang glanced at her daughters-in-law calmly and said speechlessly, "Speak nicely to me."

The Li family members immediately became serious and sat up straight.

Qian Youyi smiled and said, "Then I must learn more about how to behave from my grandmother."

This grandmother is quite interesting.

With this incident, the atmosphere suddenly became much more lively.

The others also joined in the conversation.

Xu was dressed luxuriously today. Her maid combed her hair into a fashionable style, put on makeup, and smeared osmanthus hair oil. She also wore a full set of jewelry given by Qian's family. As long as she didn't speak, she hardly looked like a country woman.

As the saying goes, people need clothes and Buddhas need gold ornaments. After Xu dressed up like this, she immediately crushed her peers such as Li, Ma and Shen.

There was a hint of jealousy in Ma and Shen's words.

But there is nothing you can do!

It’s obvious that it was given by my daughter-in-law. What a lucky person!

There were a lot of fruits, teas and snacks on the small table next to them, and everyone was eating and chatting.

Mrs. Xu also introduced various relatives to her daughter-in-law.

Today, the older children all went to school, and the only ones brought here were the younger ones from the first and third families, and Pig from Daya's family.

Qian Youyi treated all children equally, regardless of gender, and gave each of them a small gold chain inlaid with rubies as a gift.

It’s the same style as the one given at the Qian family, but it’s a little smaller.

Mei Zi held her son in one hand and the small golden lock in the other. She felt a little flattered and subconsciously looked at her mother-in-law, Mrs. Li.

Of course, Li wanted to keep it for herself, but the thing was not even warm yet, and it would be too embarrassing to take it in front of her niece-in-law, so she signaled to her daughter-in-law Mei Zi to keep it for herself first.

The first and third wives each have two children, which Ma thinks is fair. Judging from the weight of this gold lock, it must be worth at least ten taels. It is really a profit today. Thinking of this, she couldn't help but smile with joy!

Daya felt that she was a daughter who married out, so she didn't fight for it. She was already very satisfied with just having one.

Wu Ya and Liu Ya don’t have children yet, so they don’t care.

Only Uncle Xu and Mrs. Shen were upset. There were no children at home, and their two daughters-in-law were still pregnant with their grandchildren. They missed out on two golden locks in vain!

It's such a heart-wrenching pain!

Not to mention Shen and Uncle Xu, Xu was also heartbroken. She didn't know that her daughter-in-law would give such expensive gifts to the children, dozens of taels of silver. It was such a waste!

But when she saw the envious, jealous and hateful looks from her two sisters-in-law and her brother's wife, she felt secretly happy.

Forget it, I’ll educate him after the guests leave!

Xu comforted herself in this way.