Mugui

Chapter 53
Mrs. Bao came back to the village two years ago. She said that she left home when she was young and went to a wealthy family in the capital to be a servant. When she was old, she came back to take care of her.

So Mrs. Bao is not very familiar with the people in the village.

But their old Zhou family and Mrs. Bao have eaten roasted whole lamb at least twice, so why doesn't this old lady help her fight?

Mrs. Bao glanced at Aunt Wang in disgust, and said, "Is it useful to quarrel? What did the academy say?"

Aunt Wang was stunned for a while, and said: "The master of the academy said that we need to investigate and understand this matter. If Yang Ershan really misbehaved, he will be expelled!"

Mrs. Bao sighed and said, "That's right, he must have really misbehaved."

Aunt Wang didn't understand, she and her son and daughter-in-law looked at each other in blank dismay.

Yang Mu instantly understood what Mrs. Bao meant, and said with a smile: "So, let the academy think that Yang Ershan has really misbehaved. Otherwise, the academy won't expel him."

Aunt Wang didn't quite understand. She had already told the gentleman. Could it be that the gentleman didn't believe her?
Yang Mu explained: "The college must have evidence. A scholar who just pissed someone else on the street will not be expelled."

Only then did Aunt Wang understand that the serious matter in her heart was actually nothing more than a scholar's self-importance in other academies.

She sat down on the rock decadently, what should she do?
Sister-in-law Zhu's eyes turned red when she saw that her mother-in-law was getting out in this way for her sake, and persuaded, "Mother, I'm not angry anymore, so don't worry about it."

Villagers with no power like them can hardly shake a scholar's position in the academy.

She has already figured it out, no matter what outsiders say, she will sell cakes.

Firstly, it was to help Mu Meizi, and secondly, it was also for this poor family.

The father-in-law is blind and his legs are injured, so he cannot work.

All the burdens of the family are on the husband alone. He was exhausted before, earning only one or two taels of silver a month.

Now there is an opportunity for her to help her husband share the burden, she will never give up.

Aunt Wang looked at her daughter-in-law's red eyes and gritted her teeth angrily, "No way! I have to get him fired!"

Yang Mu sighed. In fact, Yang Ershan had a complaint against her, and that's why he played the role of humiliation on the street yesterday.

Sister-in-law Zhu just suffered an unreasonable disaster.

She can't just sit on the sidelines.

"Aunt Wang, you don't need to worry about this matter, just leave it to me."

Aunt Wang raised her head in surprise, thought of something, stood up suddenly, grabbed Yang Mu's wrist, and persuaded: "Mu girl, don't hit anyone!"

Yang Mu raised his eyebrows, do I have such an image of impulsive beating in your hearts?
"Don't worry, Auntie, I won't hit anyone."

Aunt Wang was still worried, and she wanted to persuade her, Aunt Bao said in disgust, "You still persuade her?"

Aunt Wang choked, pulled up her daughter-in-law, and walked away pouted.

Zhou Dazhuang scratched his head, smiled foolishly, and chased him home.

Yang Mu looked at Mrs. Bao curiously, is this old lady a fake villager?
Mrs. Bao looked at her angrily, and said, "Don't look at me, I have no idea."

Yang Mu looked at Granny Bao seriously, and said seductively, "How about a bowl of stewed vegetables?"

Old lady Bao looked up at Yang Mu, and immediately bowed down for a bowl of stewed vegetables.

She slowly said: "Scholars who want to earn fame through scientific examinations, in addition to their own reputation and conduct, the virtues of their relatives are also very important."

Yang Mu's eyes lit up, she didn't know this.

Originally, she was going to make a game to trick Yang Ershan. Since there was a better way, she naturally had to use a simple method.

After Mrs. Bao finished speaking, she stood up and walked towards her yard.

A word floated in the air.

"I eat at the end of the day."

Yang Mu tilted his head, secretly guessing in his heart, who is this old lady Bao.

Why are Li Zheng and the patriarch afraid of her, and why does she know how to study and become an official?

Back home, Yang Mu was pleasantly surprised to find that the Chen family and his son had finished the house in the front and back yards, and had already started digging a well in the backyard.

There is a river in the village, but it is far away from the ancestral home. Yang Mu has to go back and forth many times to get enough water for the day.

If there is a well, it will be much more convenient in the future.

Father Chen said that by tomorrow night, the well will be almost finished.

In other words, the Chen family and his son left early in the morning the day after tomorrow.

Yang Mu was in a daze. During this period of time, she was used to the excitement of the family, and she did not expect that the Chen family and his son would leave so soon.

In fact, the Chen family and his son worked overtime, shortening the original half-month construction period to ten days.

Yang Mu was naturally aware of these things, so the food for the last two days was even better.

In the evening, Yang Mu made braised vegetables and braised pork.

The aroma of stewed vegetables and stewed meat wafted out, and Yang Xiaohua next door grinned and cried.

But after what happened last time, the members of the old Yang family couldn't bear to ask Yang Mu for food.

Yang Xiaohua cried so heartbrokenly that she didn't ask her parents to come forward to ask for delicious food for her, so she went to the next door with the bowl by herself.

It was Mu Dalang who opened the door.

Yang Xiaohua was unhappy seeing Mu Dalang, she held up the bowl and said nothing, hoping that Mu Dalang would take the initiative to feed herself delicious food.

However, Mu Dalang glanced at Yang Xiaohua in disgust, then stretched out his head to look at Lai who was peeking next door, sneered, and closed the courtyard door with a "bang".

After that, no matter how Yang Xiaohua kicked the door, he would not open it.

Yang Xiaohua took the empty bowl again and went home crying.

When Mrs. Zhao heard about this, she was so angry that she dropped her chopsticks and cursed loudly: "The one who killed a thousand knives has eaten my food for ten years, and he is reluctant to give a piece of meat to my granddaughter! It really is a loser." , an unfamiliar white-eyed wolf."

On New Year's Eve, Yang covered his head and cooked dinner, ignoring his old wife.

How could Mrs. Zhao make him eat in peace?Kicking his waist, he said angrily: "You can't even control your adopted granddaughter! Your own granddaughter won't come if she wants to eat meat!"

She snatched Yang New Year's job and ordered: "Go! Ask for more meat! Ershan has to make up for it too!"

Yang New Year's Eve looked troubled.

Yang Mu, the granddaughter, has never spoken to her since she was a child.

Before he came home from the county seat, his granddaughter greeted him and cooked delicious food for him.

But for a month, that granddaughter ignored her.

Mrs. Zhao pushed her useless husband out the door, closed the courtyard door with a "bang", and said loudly, "If you don't want to come back, you don't have to come back!"

Yang New Year's Eve held an empty bowl, listened to his old wife's words, sighed, and silently squatted at the door of the house smoking a pipe.

A quarter of an hour later, Mrs. Zhao wondered why her husband hadn't come back, opened the courtyard door and found her husband sitting on the threshold with an empty bowl and fell asleep.

She was so angry that she cursed: "Old man! Useless thing! Look at your talent!" As she spoke, she came to pull Yang New Year's ear.

Yang New Year's Eve woke up from fright, and sat down on the ground in a clever way.

Yang Xiaohua in the yard saw that her grandfather didn't ask for meat, and continued to cry.

Lai was startled by her daughter's cries, and dropped a bowl by mistake.

Yang Nan was upset, so he happened to vent his anger on Lai, saying that she was a prodigal old woman and a good-for-nothing snack.

Lao Yang's family was in dire straits for a while.

But the ancestral house is full of fun and bustling.

(End of this chapter)