Ugly girl only wants to farm

Seeing the group arguing, Meng Jiuhe felt very annoyed and frowned repeatedly. The uncle, seeing the young people chattering incessantly, said, "Don't take what Jiuhe and the others say to heart. The road isn't as crowded as it was before. I'll speed things up and take you to the school so you can have some peace and quiet."

Meng Jiuhe said calmly, "Thank you, Uncle."

The oxcart suddenly sped up and swayed forward. As Qi Tianci watched the oxcart disappear into the distance, he spat twice at the ground.

"What's so great about Meng Jiu and that poor scholar? Don't put on this aloof act. If you're so capable, why did you marry Trumpet Flower in the first place? Stop acting like a victim, pretending to be something you're not."

When this morning glory was pestering Meng Jiuhe, everyone in their school knew about it. Originally, his father intended for him to get to know Xu Chaoyan better. His father had his eye on the Xu family's shop in town and wanted to arrange a marriage between his child and Xu Chaoyan. After all, her younger siblings were still young, and given how much Xu's father doted on the morning glory, the dowry wouldn't be too small.

His father originally wanted to expand the restaurant, but recently they were having some cash flow problems. Fortunately, the Tong family and the Xu family were getting married, so they could use the woman's dowry to expand the restaurant. In addition, there was the silk clothing business in the future. It was a good plan.

Unfortunately, Xu Chaoyan looked down on Qi Tianci's appearance and avoided him whenever she saw him. As a result, Qi Tianci was very angry. He didn't even mind the ugly woman's face full of pus. He originally wanted to marry her to give her the respect due to a proper wife. When he had money, he could take a few young beauties from the brothel and enjoy the pleasures of life. Who knew that this ugly woman would stare at Meng Xiucai and not let go.

He was furious that the ugly woman was shameless, so she turned around and relentlessly pursued the pedantic scholar. In the end, the two even got married. He was so jealous of the dowry being carried away in the carriage that he smashed several wine jars on his wedding day to vent his anger. Now that he saw Meng Jiuhe, he was sure he would make sarcastic remarks.

He deliberately spoke so loudly so that everyone could hear him. Seeing Meng Jiuhe leave, Zhang Xuyang didn't want to talk to Qi Tianci any longer. This guy always deliberately made things difficult for him because his father had some money. Whenever there was an article he couldn't write or other homework assigned by the teacher, he would be coerced and bribed to do it. He had resisted several times, but it was no use.

Thinking of his parents' hard work, grinding soybeans and making tofu early in the morning, he held back. The town's consumption level was just so-so, and Qi Tianci's family restaurant was the one with the greatest demand.

He could only endure it. He worked several times harder than Meng Jiuhe, studying day and night, but he always fell behind in the assessments. He felt disdain for his former friend and gradually distanced himself from Meng Jiuhe. Before, he had discussed his studies with Meng Jiuhe, copied books together, and earned a meager income. Later, under Qi Tianci's instigation, he slowly developed a rift with him and became estranged from him.

The uncle escorted Meng Jiuhe to the school gate, helped him carry his bundle, and gave him a few words of advice: "Study hard. You are the only one in the village who can read. In the future, the villagers will also benefit from your education."

Meng Jiu nodded and reminded him to be careful on the road. Before leaving, the uncle joked, "Don't forget the villagers if you become the top scholar in the imperial examination. Remember to write a few more Spring Festival couplets for everyone during the New Year."

Meng Jiuhe helped write the Spring Festival couplets for the villagers every year, which saved them a few coins over the course of the year.

Meng Jiuhe smiled and agreed, "Okay."

Before the gentleman arrived, everyone was making a lot of noise.

Meng Jiuhe was unaffected by any of this and picked up a book to read earnestly. When Qi Tianci and his group arrived, seeing Meng Jiuhe's studious appearance, they snorted a few times: "Always putting on airs to please the teacher. Xuyang, you weren't fooled by his hypocritical appearance back then, were you? I think his writing isn't even as good as yours. Why don't I go find the teacher to judge for you?"

Zhang Xuyang slammed his bag down on his seat with a "thud," and the books fell to the ground as well. He said with an annoyed look, "I don't need you to interfere in my own affairs. You should use this time to finish your article. The teacher said there will be a surprise inspection today."

The men who usually followed Qi Tianci changed their expressions and quickly put on fawning smiles: "Brother Zhang, Brother Xuyang, you are my own brother, you must help your little brother. You are my second parents, please don't abandon us."

After saying that, someone started massaging his legs and shoulders, and another person quickly handed him a set of writing implements: "Brother Xuyang, I bought an extra set when I went to the bookstore to buy books this time. This is for you. Only a learned person like you deserves such a fine inkstone."

After saying that, he chuckled and pushed away the things he was offered. His tone was distant: "Where were you all when I asked you to study hard? Now you only know to cram at the last minute. I'm not an octopus, how can I handle everything? Let me make it clear first, I'm only going to give you some pointers, the rest is up to you."

The man immediately nodded vigorously: "Yes, my adoptive parents, my dear brother, I can rest assured with your words. This is nothing special, you can keep it to raise fish."

Meng Jiuhe, who was standing nearby, twitched at the corner of his mouth. That inkstone could raise fish? It seems that fish can be raised inside that kid's head.

Zhang Xuyang initially didn't want to pay attention to these people, but then he thought that since they were hanging out with Qi Tianci, it would be a good opportunity to provoke him a little and make him feel threatened at any time.

Xu Chaoyan has been living a relaxed life these past few days. After breakfast each day, she goes back to the rooftop for a nap. Sometimes when she's really bored, she helps Li Sanniang feed the chickens.

Grandmother wanted her to go up the mountain with Meng Jiuxia to gather pig feed and firewood several times, but Li Sanniang dissuaded her, saying that she was new to the place and not familiar with the environment, and that they should wait a few more days.

Grandmother stood at the door of her house, hands on her hips, and started cursing: "She's so precious, but she does nothing all day. What's the difference between her and a pig? She hides in her house all day like a hen brooding over a hen, and I've never seen her lay an egg."

"Grandma, Grandma, how could my sister-in-law lay eggs? She's not a cluck!" Meng Jiudong asked innocently, blinking her round eyes.

Grandmother slapped Meng Jiudong on the forehead: "You little brat, what do you know? Get out of here and chase those chickens away. They're pooping everywhere."