Chapter 2 Wu Family's Past
Xu sat in the room with a sigh and sighed, but he couldn't think of a good way. Seeing that it was already past noon, he didn't feel hungry!
But I was worried that Wu Qiao would be hungry, so I rolled up my sleeves and went out of the house to make some noodles in the kitchen!
While kneading the white flour, he thought about the mixed grains and buns he had eaten when he went out yesterday! Xu sighed in his heart, twenty years ago, never thought that he would live like this now!
You don’t have to go down the fields or cultivate the land. You just need to take care of everything at home, and you will have a comfortable life and you won’t have to endure hunger!
Xu was originally the eldest daughter of the family. Because her younger brothers and sisters were young and the family was burdened, she wasted her time until she was eighteen years old before she got married! At that time, Wu Zhen was still an old boy and did not get into the scholar at the age of twenty-two!
At that time, the Wu family did not live here, and lived in Wujiaao, Baitou Town! Wu Town was not the only son, but in fact there was an older sister, Wu Xiang!
Wu Xiang is the eldest daughter in the family, with a tough personality, and she is five years old in the year of Wu Zhen! When Wu Zhen was ten years old, Wu Xiang ran away because she did not agree to the given marriage at home!
This incident made Mr. Wu very embarrassed, so he wanted Wu Zhen to help him get a sigh of relief. He sent the ten-year-old Wu Zhen to the school, but Wu Zhen was old and was not very smart, so he passed twelve years after this exam!
He is old, his family is average, and his academic performance is not successful. He cannot stand on his shoulders and cannot resist. Naturally, he cannot be called a wife! He is so anxious that he can't give Mrs. Wu, he is so anxious!
Mr. Wu was also anxious, so he asked someone everywhere to talk about Xu's head! The Xu family originally thought it was unreliable, but Xu went to see Wu Zhen by himself!
Although they are all farmers, Wu Zhen has a kind of tranquility that only scholars can have. He looks white and clean, which is even more vague than Xu, who is tired of housework every day!
Xu's misfortune was so stupid that he responded!
The Xu family's parents were already feeling ashamed of this eldest daughter, and they delayed her youth due to family affairs. Now that they have to follow Xu's consent!
In this way, Xu married Wu Zhen. In the first year after marriage, the subject exam that took three years and the annual exam that took one year! Wu Zhen performed very well, passed the scholar, and was among the top ten! He had the opportunity to participate in the provincial examination that year, and he could take the Juren exam!
Mr. Wu laughed so hard that he couldn't stop and took out his savings from his family to let Wu Zhen take the provincial examination! When he thought that if Wu Zhen had the opportunity to pass the imperial examination, he would be the juren, and he could become an official! If Wu Zhen became an official, the Wu family would truly glorify his ancestors!
But things didn't go as expected. Not only did Wu Zhen not win the imperial examination that time, Dad Wu was disappointed after being overjoyed, and was furious and couldn't afford to get sick. He went there in just a few days!
Mrs. Wu was in bad health. Seeing that the old man had left, his health was getting worse and worse! Xu was pregnant again, so Mrs. Wu waited for the eldest grandson to be born! Sure enough, Mrs. Xu gave birth to a son, and Mrs. Wu could feel at ease, so she went there with confidence!
But Xu was overworked and had to deal with Mr. Wu’s funeral with her body in her arms. She kept taking care of Mr. Wu! She had to deal with Mr. Wu’s funeral without even having any confinement period!
Wu Zhen is devoted to studying, and he can't help Xu's family with these trivial matters! After many times, Wu Zhen's eldest son, who was born only a hundred days ago, died before he even took one of his names!
At that time, there were many children who were not raised, but after all, they were the first child of the two, so they felt a little sad!
Fortunately, although Wu Zhen couldn't help with anything else, he was kind-hearted! He also felt sorry for Xu! He was more strict in filial piety. He was not like other families, but was filial piety after three months, but was serious in filial piety for three years!
Although Wu Zhen is not a child, after passing the exam, the imperial court can still get a few taels of silver a year and rice subsidies every month. The two have no parents and no young sons. Life is more difficult and can pass!
Three years later, Wu Zhen sold his family's ancestral property and left only his ancestral house for his tribe to help him take care of it. He then took Xu to the town to prepare for the exam!
The two had a good relationship at that time. Although they had been married for several years, they had been living in separate rooms during their mourning periods! Therefore, after becoming filial, Xu quickly became pregnant again!
Wu Qiao was born at this time!
Because when Wu Qiao was in Xu's belly, the two had a good relationship and a rich life. Wu Qiao raised her very well! When she was born, her skin was better than snow and she was shining brightly!
Wu Zhen was overjoyed and named Wu Qiao, nicknamed Qiao Niang! Because Wu Zhen claimed that his daughter could be comparable to Er Qiao's beauty, but Er Qiao's life was poor, so he added a wooden character to Er Qiao's character Qiao's character Qiao!
Mu represents peace! I hope Wu Qiao will have both the beauty and intelligence of Erqiao in the future, and can also be safe for a lifetime!
But since then, Wu Zhen took the exam every three years and failed this time. It was not until Wu Zhen was 38 years old that he completely stopped thinking and took the family of three back to his ancestral home!
Unexpectedly, I have been away from home for more than ten years. The ancestral home has been occupied by my clan members, and I am confident! If I want to go back to my ancestral home, I will give you a lot of care first!
The clan members saw that Wu Zhen had accomplished nothing for so many years, so they just bullied others! When the lion spoke loudly, Wu Zhen took his wife and daughter away from Wujiaao and went to Daping Village in anger! Someone happened to sell the yard he entered, so Wu Zhen bought it! The family of three lived there!
Although Wu Zhen has made no achievements in the imperial examination, he has been a scholar for many years. When he lived in Baitou Town, he also helped others learn lessons and earn some money!
Daping Village is not like Wujiaao, it is a large village with a large population! Seeing such a scholar coming, the villagers just raised funds to build a private school, and they were worried that no one would teach! So they invited Wu Town to go!
Wu Zhen was worried about living a life of nothing, and how to avoid making a living without a single life! So he immediately took office and became a serious teacher!
I go out early and come back late every day, and I don’t come back at noon!
Because Wu Zhen is a taciturn person, he is very successful and teaches. The villagers are kind to the Wu family and daughter, and often give gifts to apprenticeships, so the family is well-off!
Therefore, the days in recent years have been much better than those in the town! Although I had the money I sold my ancestral property at that time, I rented a house to buy rice, vegetables and oil, and the daily expenses of Wu Town, so I made a big splash! I only had the money I had paid for Wu Town’s time class and the rice money I earned from the Xu family to help people wash their pulp! As for the regulations issued by the court, when living in the town, it was just a drop in the bucket!
Xu was thinking about the past and was grateful for the good life now, but after thinking about it, he thought about Wu Qiao’s current situation!
I couldn't help but feel sour again in my heart, but I had to let Xu think more because the noodles had been kneaded!
Just as he was about to boil the water, Xu heard someone shouting outside the yard, "Hui Niang..."
It seemed to be Wu Zhen’s voice. Xu was a little surprised. Wu Zhen would not come back at noon, why did he come back at this time? Could it be that he heard it wrong?
Then he stuffed a piece of firewood and came out of the kitchen. Sure enough, he saw Wu Zhen smiling and revealing a mouthful of white teeth. "Hui Niang, our Qiao Qiao's affairs are settled!"
Xu was overjoyed, “Really?”
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Writing two thousand words is slower than writing four thousand words usually... I really wrote it with great care
Chapter completed!