Patriarch, he doesn't want to take the imperial examinations

Chen Qiushi is 17 years old this year, and his family was in a difficult situation since he was a child.When he was very young, he knew that if a child from a poor family wanted to get ahead, the only way to go was to study and take the imperial examination.

He really works hard too.His father and mother are living in tight clothes and living in a wrinkled life, but they have never treated him badly in school.He went to a private school at the age of five. Since he was a child, he was very intelligent and was often praised by his master. He gradually developed a conceited character of being arrogant and arrogant.

When I was young, because I didn't like a person or a thing, I didn't take it seriously, and even hated and slandered it.But I feel more distressed about the hard work of my parents, and I am often frustrated because I can't do anything to help reduce the burden on the family.

When he was 14 years old, his parents sold his older sister to an old man who was nearly fifty years old in order to let him continue to study in order to make life easier at home.

For this reason, he quarreled with his parents, but to no avail.The parents are determined to sell and marry the elder sister, with black and white letters and red handprints, and the man's family is rich and successful, even if he makes trouble with the government, the county magistrate will not turn to him.

Once again he felt a deep sense of powerlessness.His parents worked so hard to give birth to him and raise him, no matter what he did, he can't blame him because of the kindness of giving birth to him, and he has nothing to do with it, so naturally he can't blame him either.

If you want to blame, you can only blame Meng Zhen, the chief culprit of forced marriage and forced purchase.And this blame became even stronger after his sister's tragic death in the Meng Mansion.

What's annoying is that the culprit not only didn't shed a tear for his dead sister, but also transformed into a scholar and came to the academy to study.

Chen Qiushi hated this so-called brother-in-law very much, tried every means to slander him and wanted to drive him out of the academy, but things backfired, and he was the one who left the academy in the end.

Later, he was admitted as a scholar, and went to the county school to study, where he met Meng Zhen unexpectedly.However, because of the school's rules, students should not be provocative and rude. There is no conflict between him and Meng Zhen.

But I still don't like Meng Zhen in my heart.He originally planned to study hard in school and try to get a candidate back from the township examination next year, so as to bring honor to his parents and make their family feel proud.

But he didn't want his dream to be shattered by the torrential rain in the past few days.His family lived in the west of the city, and the rows of low-rise residential buildings could not withstand the overnight rainstorm. The house was flooded, and his books and other things should have been soaked.

What was even more unfortunate was that his mother, who was already in poor health, suddenly developed a fever. It was raining heavily outside, and he could not go out to see a doctor. Been in a coma and can't wake up.

Both he and his father were in a hurry.It wasn't until the day before the rainstorm stopped that his mother opened her eyes in a daze, but she was a little abnormal and kept talking nonsense. When he and his father asked her what, she just talked nonsense about herself and turned a deaf ear to their words. ignore.

Just at this time, the rescue officers and soldiers came to them, rescued the besieged people in their area, and then placed them in the shelter.

But his mother's illness was still untreated, and any patient found in the shelter would be immediately taken away by officers and soldiers.As for where they were taken, Chen Qiushi heard from the people here that because of the flood and the hot weather, the government was afraid of an epidemic. As long as someone got sick, no matter what the disease was, they would be treated as unknown, and a big pit would be dug to gather them. One place is burned to clean.

No, Chen Qiushi resisted, his mother could not be burned to death, the three of them huddled up in the most secluded place in the shelter, he went out to get food during the day, brought it back to feed his old mother, and at night he stayed by his mother's side, not daring to He slept so hard that he was afraid that the officers and soldiers would break in suddenly and drag his mother away and set her on fire.

But you can hide from the first day of the junior high school, but you can't hide from the fifteenth day.His mother had a fever again last night and was unconscious again.

This morning, the officers and soldiers routinely came to check whether there was any sickness in the shelter. I don’t know who the hell suddenly yelled: "Sir, there is a sick person here."

Then Chen Qiushi watched several officers and soldiers walking towards them. He had a bad heart and stood in front of his mother, preventing them from taking his mother away.

As a result, the officers and soldiers were angered and they were slapped.He hadn't eaten enough for several days, and this slap was so heavy that he was stunned.

Just when the officers and soldiers were about to forcibly take his mother away, a man suddenly came up between them and the officers and soldiers. However, before the man could say a word, his father knelt down at the man's feet and begged in tears. It's the natal family of the fifth wife of your mansion. I beg the man to help them with his noble hands, and don't let the officers and soldiers take his wife away.

From his father's words, Chen Qiushi could tell that the man in front of him belonged to Mengzhen's family, he should be Mengzhen's son.However, at this time, he was already numb from the slap by the officers and soldiers. He watched his father kneeling in front of the man begging bitterly, but he was indifferent. There was only one thought in his mind, his mother could not be taken away by the officers and soldiers, Burned to death.

Later, their family was taken out of the asylum by the man, and he was still numb all the way to the Meng Mansion.

After seeing Meng Zhen in the Meng mansion, he was even more ashamed and couldn't lift his head up.They were penniless and homeless now, and if they were left outside, his mother would surely be caught and burned alive again.

What dignity, self-respect, and perseverance are all farts in front of his mother's life at this moment.

In this way, they lived in Meng's house.In the afternoon, Meng's family invited a doctor. After seeing his mother's condition, the doctor shook his head, meaning that it was impossible. If they were to be prepared, the patient would only last for two days.

However, before two days had passed, his mother passed away that night.

Meng Zhen had just fallen asleep at this moment, when suddenly there was the sound of crying from the next room, he knew that Chen Qiushi's mother was gone.

Mengzhen put on his clothes and came to the next room by the moonlight, and saw Chen Qiushi kneeling in front of his mother's body, weeping sobbingly, heartbroken.

Father Chen was sitting beside him, sobbing as well.

Meng Zhen hurriedly sent someone to call Meng Qing over, but Meng Qing complained secretly, it was really unlucky to bring someone here this afternoon, and they would die in the evening.

But who can blame this, he brought the person back, and since he was dead, he had to bury him quickly, the dead body couldn't be buried in their house on a hot day.

Meng Qing hurriedly asked someone to buy a shroud, and then handed it over to Chen Qiushi, asking him to put it on for his mother.Now that the government is strictly investigating, whoever's family can only do everything in a simple manner, like the Chen family, they are penniless, so it is impossible to buy a coffin for blowing and blowing, just wrap it in a straw mat and bury it.

Chen Qiushi understood the meaning of Meng Qing's words, and had no objection to it. It's better to wrap it in a straw mat than to burn it.

After putting on the shroud for his mother, Chen Qiushi knelt by the bedside and kowtowed several times, kowtowed and cried, and when the crying was almost over, he moved his knees to Meng Qing, kowtowed solemnly: "The kindness of helping others is unforgettable, I will definitely repay you in the future.”

Meng Qing hurriedly said that it was a small effort, so there is no need to worry about it. Speaking of which, this kid is still his father's brother-in-law, a generation older than him, how could he receive this kind of worship.

Meng Zhen who was at the side felt strange, this Chen Qiushi was so stubborn, he couldn't do it in front of him, but now he kowtows to Meng Qing to thank him, it's really rare.

In the early morning of the next day, Meng Qing found another straw mat, Chen Qiushi wrapped his mother's body, pulled the carriage to the ancestral grave of their Chen family in the suburbs, and buried his mother hastily.

In the evening, the afterglow of the setting sun.In Mengzhen's yard, old man Chen was leaning against the door pier, his face full of grief, his wife left, he felt sad, empty as if he had lost his soul.

Suddenly a little boy ran past him, and Father Chen's eyes lit up, and he asked Meng Zhen who was not far away from him, "Is this child born to my daughter?"

Meng Zhen was talking with Wang Xiucai at this moment, when he heard this, he looked around and said, "Yes."

Father Chen beckoned to the little boy. Meng Yuan, who was playing, didn't know why, seeing someone holding a candy, he rushed over to ask him for it.

Father Chen held the child in his arms, and suddenly burst into tears: "My poor little grandson, give grandpa a good look at it."

However, Meng Yuan only thought about the candy in his heart, and ignored his words, so Father Chen peeled off the candy wrapper, stuffed the candy into Meng Yuan's mouth, and asked, "Is it delicious?"

Meng Yuan got the candy, now he is much more well-behaved, sitting on Father Chen's lap, and said childishly: "It's delicious, I want more."

Father Chen smiled, tears welling up again: "Okay, call me Grandpa, I'll listen, and I'll feed you again."

Meng Yuan called "Grandpa" according to the words, and Old Chen laughed from ear to ear, but his heart was still sore, the poor child, his mother died after he was born, it is really distressing and loving.

Standing not far away, Meng Zhen looked at the warm side of the grandparents and grandchildren, and couldn't tell what it was like. Old Chen was obviously younger than him, but Meng Yuan called him a grandfather, and he was overwhelmed. .

At this moment, Chen Qiushi came back covered in mud.As soon as he entered the door, he saw his father holding a child talking and laughing. If he guessed correctly, the child held in his father's arms should be born to his sister.

Then he thought of Meng Zhenlai, the husband of his sister, the father of the child, the person he hated back then.

Now, because of his mother's life, the Meng family took them in, so that he couldn't hate them any more.

Chen Qiushi walked step by step from the door, and when he passed by Mengzhen, Mengzhen suddenly called out to him: "Look at your muddy body, go take a bath and change your clothes first."

Chen Qiushi: "I..." tilted his head to the other side, for a moment he didn't know how to reply to Meng Zhen, his face, which had been exposed to the scorching sun for a day, now looked black and red in the afterglow of the setting sun, hesitated for a long time, turned and ran away up.