The daily routine of wearing a book and abusing literature to cultivate a scholar and Xiaoxianggong

Chapter 26 Asked the reason, it's nice to have a lady

Pei Zhiqi stood quietly outside the door, waiting patiently.

After a long time, the door creaked open.

It was Mother Pei who opened the door, and she greeted her son, "Qi'er, come in."

Pei Zhiqi nodded and entered the door.

The door was shut tightly again.

Only the mother was left in the hall, but the father could not be seen, but there was a small sound from the back room, and the father should have entered the back room.

After Mother Pei asked her son to sit down, she sat down too. The two faced each other, and two cups of hot tea were placed on the table.

After the two were silent for a while, Mother Pei spoke first.

"Qi'er, don't worry too much. Even if there is a family feud in our family, the identity of the person following you is unknown, and we can't be sure that it is the enemy's family. Maybe it's someone who is obsessed with money or has ulterior motives."

"..." Pei Zhiqi was silent for a while, and asked: "So, is there really a feud in our family? Is it related to the feud that my parents refused to let me go to the provincial capital for the rural exam?"

Mother Pei sighed and said, "That's right, our family had a feud 20 years ago, but the enemy is far away in the capital, thousands of miles away, and Fucheng is a remote place, so it is unlikely that they will chase you there. We I have come here in Baima Village for 20 years in peace and security, so there should be no serious problems."

After hearing this, Pei Zhiqi fell into deep thought.Mother Pei looked at her son quietly, waiting for him to calm down for a while.

Pei Zhiqi felt heavy in his chest, so he stood up and walked around the room a few steps, but he still had something to ask, so he went back to the table and sat down again.

"Mother, can't this world feud be resolved? Since my parents came to this small seaside village from the capital to escape, it must be that the other party hated us so much that they would not hesitate to chase and kill us. What did my parents do 20 years ago? What made the other party hate it so much?"

Hearing Pei Zhiqi's doubts, Mother Pei smiled. She shook her head and said helplessly, "Silly boy, your father and I didn't do anything. There is some hatred in this world, even if you didn't do anything, the other party still hates you." You go to the bone. And this hatred will probably never be resolved, it will never be resolved."

"Mother, can you tell me in detail? What is it?"

Mother Pei shook her head: "I plan to bring this matter into the coffin. I don't want these messy things to affect your life. Just pretend that you don't have these troubles, don't think about what to do for this hatred, live a good life Your life is safe, healthy, and happy every day, this is the greatest wish of being a mother."

Pei Zhiqi really wanted to know what happened 20 years ago to lead to such a result, he was silent for a while and then said: "But if a knot is not untied, it will always be a knot."

Mother Pei still shook her head and said: "It can't be untied, my son, it is impossible to untie it. If there were other ways, your father and I would not have brought you to this remote village thousands of miles away 20 years ago .”

Pei Zhiqi wondered: "Then why am I not able to go to the provincial capital to take the provincial exam because of my enmity with the people in the capital? Could it be..."

Mother Pei nodded: "That's right, the other party is a senior official in the capital. If you pass the Juren examination, you will want to be a Jinshi. If you want to be a Jinshi, you will go to the capital. We will meet you then."

"This……"

Then give up?A man has aspirations that are hard to reach, who can be reconciled.

However, it would not be wise to involve the family members in this way.

Isn't this a dilemma.

Pei Zhiqi sighed softly, what should I do.

"Now you understand, it's not that your father and I don't want you to take the Juren exam, but that you are afraid that if you pass the exam, you will enter the capital and be harmed by others."

"That's why I can only pass Juren at most." After saying this, Pei Zhiqi suddenly felt his eyes dim and dizzy. Even when he was sitting, he felt a little unsteady, so he hurriedly raised his hands to support his head.

Mother Pei said slowly: "If you really want to go to the provincial capital to take the Juren exam, go ahead, but if you pass the exam..." She couldn't bear to say the rest.

This is too painful for a child who is naturally excellent and has passed the examination at the age of 12 and became the first child born in the county.

"It's me and your father who got you in trouble. If you want to blame, you can blame us, but the matter has come to this point, it's a done deal, and it's irreversible..."

Pei Zhiqi shook his head: "It's not my mother and father's fault. Although I don't know exactly what happened, since my father and mother have never done anything wrong, then maybe it can only be said that the world is helpless."

Pei Zhiqi picked up the hot tea on the table and drank it. After adjusting his mood a little, he said calmly: "The kindness of parenting is as great as a mountain. No matter what you blame, you and your father can't be blamed. This matter It's important, and I need to think about it carefully. I need to discuss with my wife before I can decide what to do next, after all, now my wife and we are a family, we are both prosperous and we are hurt, and she has the right to know."

After that, he smiled wryly again: "It's too early to worry about not being able to enter Beijing for the National Examination and Palace Examination, and the rural examination is not so easy to get in."

Mother Pei felt sorry for the child, but she was able to endure such a big grievance calmly and patiently. She took Pei Zhiqi's hand and gently stroked it: "My son is excellent. If you take the exam next year, you will definitely pass the exam."

Suddenly Pei Zhiqi remembered the teacher's recommendation, and said to his mother: "There is another important thing to do when I go to Fucheng this time. The teacher wrote a letter of recommendation for me, recommending me to go to Jingde Academy in the provincial capital. Jingde Academy has taught many There are more candidates for the number one scholar, and it is an academy that all students in the province look forward to entering, so it is very difficult to enter. The teacher said that with his recommendation letter, there may not be any husband in the academy who is willing to accept me, but if the lady agrees, I will go. If it’s a provincial capital, I still want to go and try it.”

Mother Pei replied kindly: "You know the situation now. If you want to take the test, you can take the test. The provincial capitals of the left and right are also at the ends of the world in the Great Yu Dynasty. The mountains are high and the emperor is far away. If you want to go, then go. If you can take the test Zhongjuren, our daughter-in-law and future children can live a good life with you."

After talking with his mother, Pei Zhiqi saluted his farewell and left his parents' room. He walked through the small bamboo gate between the two courtyards and returned to the small courtyard where he and his wife lived.

As soon as he stepped into the yard, he saw the woman who had woken up wearing lotus-colored clothes, opened the door and poked her head out. Her hair, which was just combed in the morning, was a little messy after sleeping, and a few hairs were raised mischievously.

"Sister-in-law? Why did you go?"

She tilted her head a little cutely, her dark and bright eyes were intelligent and clear, she was smiling, the corners of her mouth were raised, and there were two shallow dimples on both sides of her slightly moist face.

Seeing his wife at this time, Pei Zhiqi felt as if he saw sunshine in the dark clouds. This ray of sunshine penetrated through layers of dark clouds and shone into his restless heart at the moment.

He smiled at his wife: "I went to talk to my father and mother."

Li Xiaodao was thoughtful: "Oh...then go into the room and talk about it!" After speaking, he quickly raised his hand to greet his husband.

"Don't worry, it's already mid-morning. I'm going to process the ribs. It tastes better when marinated early. I'll make a pot of stewed pork ribs with red dates and yams for my wife at noon today. It's just winter, so I'll give my wife a good fill."

Li Xiaodao ran out from behind the door, "Then I'll help my husband! I'll also learn from the side."

Pei Zhiqi smiled and said, "Okay, let's come together, my lady."

(End of this chapter)