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Chapter 79 Luo Baiqiu's Sadness
The disaster on Luo Baisu's side disappeared without a trace, and the haze over the family's head seemed to be blown away by the wind. Although I spent a little money to find out the news in the first few days, it has nothing to do with Luo Baisu's safety. than, it is insignificant.

Seeing that the provincial examination was coming soon, Luo Baisu devoted all his attention to his studies. He closed the door and read over and over again the various articles left to him by County Magistrate Tang. Literary talents and insight are by no means comparable to those of them who have studied in the countryside for several years.

On the contrary, the Yao family in the main room is in dire straits.

As soon as he came back from the yamen, he was called by the old patriarch to the ancestral hall, where he gave him a hard lesson and was fined to kneel in the ancestral hall all night.Yao Shi was already quite old, the weather was too hot, and the heat was severe, so he knelt in the ancestral hall all night, and fell ill after being carried home the next day.Luo Baihan complained that she was troublesome, ruined his reputation, and missed his future. He expressed his dissatisfaction with her in both words and expressions; He wants to take care of her, but he doesn't know where to start; old man Luo is too busy to care about the work in the field, let alone take care of her.In the end, Yao shi was forced to cook, wash, clean up the house, and take care of the old family with snacks and drinks.

After two days, it finally got better, and the officials came to collect debts again.

Mrs. Yao sued Luo Baisu, but in the end, he was charged with unfilial piety and was fined ten hanging coins.

If it was five or six years ago, even though ten slings of money was considered a lot, Yao shi could still take it out, but now, the cash in Yao s hand is nothing more than the one sling of money he collected for the favor of the wine party on Luo Baihan's birthday last time. Besides, the family has no other income. If it weren't for lack of money, she wouldn't have hit Luo Baisu's family with her idea. She thought that Luo Baisu would be sued this time. It would be great if Bai Su, a bastard, could die in prison like that Lin Xiucai, so that she could justifiably occupy his family property, and she wouldn't have to worry about Luo Baihan's rushing for the exam this time, but she never thought about it, but in the end it was The bamboo basket fetched water in vain, and did not get a penny, but had to be fined ten pennies instead.

When the government fines you money, it doesn’t care whether your family is poor or rich, it will give you a time limit, and when the time limit expires, officials will come to your door to demand money.

Luo Baihan is Yao's greatest hope. Of course Yao will not joke about his son's future, but Luo is her life's reliance. He is very dissatisfied with her about the matter, and the old patriarch still allows her to stay in Luo's house, and it is for the sake of old man Luo and Luo Baihan. No matter how many talented sons you raise, it's useless. The old patriarch will drive her out of the Luo family immediately.

Knowing the pros and cons of it, Yao shi did not dare to be negligent, he would have to struggle with his sick body, gather up the valuables at home, and prepare to sell them all, first collect the fine and then talk about it.

There are not many valuable things in the house. The few valuable belongings left by Mrs. Luo back then were sold off long ago, and those who gave away favors paved the way for Luo Baihan to be a scholar. The jacket and nobile she was wearing.Yao shi was not reconciled, and continued to rummage through the box, and finally found a jade pendant from under the box.

Speaking of which, she redeemed this jade pendant from Li Langzhong with a penny. According to Li Langzhong, it is worth dozens of pendants.

When the grandfather was alive, the Luo family was relatively well-off, which was also compared to ordinary families, but even in the years when the grandfather was in charge of the family, there was nothing in the family that was worth tens of dollars.Yao has been the daughter-in-law of the Luo family for decades, and she is still aware of the Luo family's old son.At first, when she heard that Mrs. Fang was holding such a valuable item, she subconsciously thought that Mrs. Luo was hiding it for private purposes and secretly left it to Luo Baisu. Huisheng had doubts, and felt that this did not belong to the Luo family.

But now Yao shi is in a hurry to find money, and he is so red-eyed, he doesn't care where the things come from, as long as it can be changed into money.She packed up these valuable things, held them in her arms, and headed to the town.

When Yao arrived in the town, he didn't go straight to the pawn shop. Instead, he went to the school to look for Luo Baihan, but in vain, Luo Baihan wasn't there at all. After asking again, he found out that Luo Baihan came to the school every day just to answer, and then he went to the school. There was no one to be seen.

Yao shi was angry and furious, the family saved money from food and expenses, saved some money from their teeth, and paid Luo Baihan Shuxiu, hoping that he could study well, but Luo Baisu didn't go to school at all. .

Immediately, Yao Shi felt that he had been cheated, and made a big noise in the school, saying that the school accepted Shu Xiu but did not teach the students seriously, wasting her family's money, and must ask the school to return the Shu Xiu that was handed over in the past.

The teachers in the school also felt that he was extremely wronged. He was just a scholar who was a dropout, and he was about the same as Luo Baihan in terms of knowledge. Whoever is poor in knowledge, just discuss knowledge with each other. If it is said that the courtesy of teachers and students is commensurate, it is really inappropriate.

Mr. opened the school just to make a living, even to teach students, and he only seriously taught those who are well-qualified and hard-working. Naturally, he turned a blind eye to Luo Baihan's behavior of peddling dog meat. In any case, Shu Xiu is worth a lot of money. Mr. is happy to have one less student, and he can save a lot of worry.

I didn't want to be smashed by Yao Shi today, and made a big fuss in the school. The gentleman was so irritated, he cursed bad luck, and immediately returned the three-month Shu Xiu that Luo Baihan had handed in in advance to Yao Shi, and shook his hand and said: "Your son has already learned a lot, and I have nothing left to teach him. Why don't you let him study at home and prepare for the provincial examination." The implication is that he no longer intends to accept Luo Baihan into the school.

Yao Shi was dumbfounded immediately, her original intention was just to let out a sigh of relief, and she probably didn't want her husband to strictly supervise Luo Baihan in the future, but she didn't want her husband to take the opportunity to drive Luo Baihan out of the school.

Although Yao Shi is usually shrewd, she is only dealing with women in the village who are as ignorant as she is. She really doesn't know anything about the world of scholars. , It was not until he was invited out of the school that he came back to his senses.

She lost her mind for a while, and she also had a lawsuit recently, which took away a lot of courage in her heart, and she didn't dare to really quarrel with scholars, so she had to go to Luo Baiqiu's shop with a sullen face and gritted her teeth step by step.

Luo Baiqiu was cleaning the table when he saw his old lady coming with a small bundle, he was very surprised.

Yao Shi didn't need to hide his true nature in front of his children, he put the burden in his hands on the table, and asked Luo Baiqiu sternly: "Tell me honestly, do you know where your brother is?"

Luo Baiqiu lowered his eyes and replied casually: "Isn't he studying in the school?"

Yao immediately became angry, slapped the table and scolded: "He just clicks in the school every day, and he doesn't study there at all! Your shop is only two streets away from the school, don't you go to see it often? see your brother?"

Luo Baiqiu said: "I have to take care of the shop every day, so I can't get away. Besides, even if I don't go, my second brother will come over for lunch every day. I didn't leave a penny. My mother-in-law has already complained about it several times. Got angry."

When Yao Shi heard this, he became even more angry, pointing at Luo Baiqiu's nose and cursing: "What do you mean? He is your own brother, who studied hard. He came to eat your lunch, and you still have to ask him for money?" Isn't it? In your eyes, money is so important? You can even give up your relatives?"

Luo Baiqiu was also very uncomfortable being scolded. Of course she would not say anything when her brothers came to have a meal, but now the family is still headed by Widow Xu. Every day I come to eat for free, how can I not care about it with Widow Xu's temperament?Luo Baihan is a scholar, and Widow Xu will not offend him too much, but she has nothing to worry about as a daughter-in-law. Widow Xu's pinched marks hurt when touched.

"Mom, you know what kind of temperament my mother-in-law is, but now you still want to make a fuss with me. I eat too much on weekdays, and she even scolds me. The second brother comes to eat every day like this, so she loves money naturally. Take it out on me." Luo Baiqiu was also full of grievances, and couldn't help but burst into tears.

"Why are you crying? You are ashamed to cry when you are being bullied by an old widow!" Seeing her crying, Yao became even angrier, "Now you have a scholar brother in your family. If the widow dares to bully you, you can bully him back. You still have your natal family, why are you so useless?!"

Yao Shi kept blaming Luo Baiqiu, but Luo Baiqiu didn't say a word, half closed the door, hid behind the door, flicked up her sleeves, and let Yao Shi see the big and small red marks on her body, some of which were torn and swollen.

When Yao saw it, he couldn't help it anymore, rolled up his sleeves angrily, and said, "Where is that old widow? I'll go and settle the score with her."

Luo Baiqiu grabbed her and begged, "Mother, don't worry, she's coming back soon. If you argue with her, I'm not the one who's unlucky in the end! She was angry with you, and she turned around and lost her temper." If it's on me, leave me a way out!" Luo Baiqiu couldn't help crying out loud at the end of his speech.

Yao Shi also felt sad, touched the scar on her hand and said: "She beat you at home, so Changping won't help you?" Back then she married Luo Baiqiu, although it was mainly for the money, but It was also because of Su Changping's kindness and honesty that he should treat Luo Baiqiu well.

"How can he help me? That old widow is his mother, can he still fight with his mother because of me?" Luo Baiqiu cried and choked up, "If mother really loves me, let the second brother stop coming a few times, Let him study hard and come back from the exam, so that I can rely on him in the future."

Why doesn't Yao Shi think so?But thinking about the riot in the school today, no matter how stupid Yao is, he still knows what Luo Baihan has been doing these days.

(End of this chapter)