Otoharu

Chapter 181
The township examination usually takes nine days. During these nine days, Mrs. Li did not have a day of relaxation. She prayed to the Bodhisattva in the Buddhist hall every day to let Li Yan go to high school, and she did not take off her red clothes even for a single day.

Li Meier couldn't bear to wear the same clothes for nine days, so she pretended to be obedient and disobedient, wearing red clothes in front of Mrs. Li, and hurriedly changed clothes behind her back.

Jiang Shanqing only wore the red dress outside, and took off the outer one as soon as he went out, revealing the normal color clothes inside.

During this period, they also celebrated the Mid-Autumn Festival, but this year's Mid-Autumn Festival did not have Jiang Shi and Li Yan at home, so the atmosphere of the festival was inevitably much cooler.

Mrs. Li was even more reluctant to set up a sumptuous banquet like in previous years, but added a few meat dishes, and it was considered a holiday.

Because Li Mei'er cared about her parents in her heart, she didn't complain about Mrs. Li's stingy behavior.

On August [-]th, the rural examination was finally over, and Mrs. Li began to stretch her neck longing for her son and daughter-in-law to return home.After waiting and waiting, they waited until Chongyang Festival, and there were several blisters on the mouths of those who waited, obviously they were in a hurry.

"You said why your father and mother haven't come back yet, the Double Ninth Festival is almost over now." Mrs. Li waited anxiously, so she could only complain to her granddaughter.

Although Li Meier missed her parents very much, she was not as impatient as old lady Li, so she replied very calmly: "Maybe I want to wait until the rankings are released before coming back."

"We're not far from the state capital here. Isn't it the same when we go home and wait for the results to be announced? You can't eat well or sleep well outside. There's no comfort at home." Mrs. Li frowned and said, always feeling that her son was outside These days must have been hard.

"Isn't the list going to be released right away? Parents should be back soon. Grandma, don't worry. Didn't they all write letters to the family to keep them safe?" Li Meier felt that her grandmother was too nervous. Then he said comforting words.

"Alas... my son travels thousands of miles and my mother is worried, you girl won't understand." Mrs. Li sighed again, as if you wouldn't understand my mood.The sour Li Meier almost knocked out her teeth.

On September [-]th, Mrs. Jiang and Li Yan finally came back from the state capital. At this moment, Qiuwei's list of honorees has also come out, and Li Yan unfortunately failed the list.The feudal superstitions made by Mrs. Li obviously didn't work.

Li Meier was not too disappointed because she had already been mentally prepared, but the old lady Li, who was full of expectations, did not show the slightest loss. Seeing her son and daughter-in-law coming home, she greeted her son and daughter-in-law very happily, and even asked for their relatives. After a while, let the two go back to the house to rest.

Li Meier was very surprised, and was not in a hurry to reunite with her parents, but stayed with Mrs. Li and asked, "Grandmother, father failed the exam, are you not sad at all?"

Mrs. Li just sighed and replied: "Even if I'm sad, I can't show it in front of your father. Showing a lost look in front of you, let's just pretend nothing happened and just live as before."

Li Mei'er finally admired the old lady a little at the moment, it was this transparency that she hadn't learned yet.

After making a promise in front of the old lady, she happily went back to her room to reunite with her parents.

Mrs. Jiang and Li Yan had a good night's rest, and on the second day they distributed the gifts they bought in the state capital to everyone in the family. Not only did Li Meier get snacks, but she also got a small silver bracelet. Although it was not very expensive, the workmanship was extremely Delicate, she put it on her hand happily, but was pushed by Mrs. Li, who taught her impolitely, "You are so young, what kind of silver bracelet do you wear, if you accidentally slip off your wrist, That would be a big loss, I will keep it for you first, and I will return it to you when you are older."

Li Meier looked at her chubby wrist, and said flatly, "I have a lot of flesh on my hand, so it won't slip off."

"Kids have to listen to the adults. I will take care of it for you, so that nothing will go wrong." Mrs. Li has no intention of returning it at all. It is so easy to take back something that has been in her old man's hands.

Li Meier was furious, but she had nothing to do with Mrs. Li, so she could only complain to her mother.

Mrs. Jiang just smiled and comforted her daughter softly, "Your grandmother wants to keep it for you, so you just let her take care of it. Your grandmother won't be greedy for a bracelet from you. Mother has another one here. You carefully put it away. Don't let your grandmother see it again." Li Mei'er became happy again.

The gift Jiang Shanqing got was a set of pens, inks, paper and inkstones. It could be seen that they were all high-quality items. When Jiang Shanqing received these, she was a little touched, and put them away very carefully, not letting Li Meier touch them, for fear that she would mess with them. Break things.The gift Mrs. Li received was the most expensive, a pure gold hairpin.

Mrs. Li was taken aback by herself, and blamed her son and daughter-in-law, "You guys have too much money and nowhere to spend it. Why do you buy me this expensive jewelry? I am so old, why do I need to wear this gold?" of."

"Grandmother, if you don't like it, just give me this hairpin. I like gold ones." Li Meier couldn't help but sneered when she saw Mrs. Li's duplicity.

Mrs. Li glared at her, "My lord is talking, what are the children talking about, I go back to my room to embroider when I have time, it's almost winter, where are my shoes?"

Li Mei'er was so speechless by Mrs. Li, she rolled her eyes, and went to her mother's side for comfort.

"Mother, my husband and I have not honored you with any good things for so many years. You have worked hard to take care of the big and small things in the family, and you have helped me take care of Mei Meier and Kang Geer on weekdays. Even if it is as precious as a golden hairpin, it is also worth it." Can't express our feelings."

"That's right, mother, just keep it. You have lived frugally all your life, now it's time to enjoy your children and grandchildren." Li Yan also echoed.His expression was very sincere.

Mrs. Li was very touched by her son and daughter-in-law, she held the golden hairpin and stroked it for a while, then she was happy again and asked with distress: "Is this hairpin worth a lot of silver?"

"Mother, it's not expensive. This is an old gold hairpin. I saw a woman who was in urgent need of money. She wanted to take this hairpin to a pawn shop for silver. I bought it from her, and it cost me all of it." Five taels of silver." Jiang replied with a smile.

"It's so cheap!" Mrs. Li couldn't believe it. The gold hairpin was almost half a tael. According to the market price, it cost ten taels of silver, but it was bought for five taels of silver.

"Isn't that woman in need of money? Besides, her hairpin is not new. If she pawns it in a pawnshop, she may not be able to get it for four taels of silver." Jiang said with a smile.

(End of this chapter)