Chapter 9 A Bad Hand

That year, the original owner was only thirteen years old, not yet of marriageable age.

After the parents passed away, the children observed mourning for three years.

During this period, Bai Yunhui took over the private school.

Three years later, he started the road of imperial examination again, but failed repeatedly. As the children were born one by one, Bai Yunhui simply gave up the road of imperial examination, concentrated on teaching, and put his mind on his son.

Over the years, the couple gave birth to four sons and one daughter. In addition to the income from the private school and the land, the old scholar could also receive three stones of rice every year, which was a subsidy from the court to the scholars.

Moreover, the old scholar loved his wife, and the original owner was almost the only one who had the final say in the family.

As the wife of a scholar, the original owner's life had been worry-free until the old scholar saw that his eldest son had stopped moving forward after passing the examination for a student, and then he began to worry.

He didn't want his sons to be like him, staying in the countryside for a lifetime.

After thinking it over, the old scholar decided to enter the officialdom and pave a smooth road for his son.

Song State valued civil service over military service, and treated students especially well. After passing the imperial examination, if one did not want to continue taking the imperial examination, one could wait for the court to assign one an official position, but when one could be assigned one position depended on one's ability.

The old scholar told his former classmate about his idea, hoping that he could give him some advice.

The man readily agreed, saying that if he spent some money, he could ask someone to help him, and maybe his wish would come true.

The old scholar wanted to enter the officialdom earlier, and after a little thought, he agreed to his classmate's proposal.

It takes a lot of money to smooth relations. Over the years, the original owner and his wife raised four sons and one daughter, and the cost was not small. Although they had some family assets, they still lacked some relations.

The original owner and the old scholar discussed and decided to use the old house as collateral to borrow some money from the Ma family bank, which was a selfish loan shark lent by the landlord.

As long as the official career went smoothly, these debts could be repaid soon.

Mr. Ma knew what the old scholar was doing, so he did him a favor by using his house as collateral without interest. Who would have thought that the classmate took the money to smooth the relationship, and finally got himself a position as a county magistrate, and then he took up the position.

The old scholar came to nothing, and in disbelief, he went to find his former classmate to confirm the truth, but he was driven away without even seeing him.

The old scholar was very proud and vomited blood at that time. After returning, he fell ill. The original owner sold his land to save his life, barely held on for a month, but still passed away.

Today is the day when the money house comes to collect debts. The original owner has no money and is unwilling to hand over the deed of the old house. During the shoving, the original owner knocked on the bluestone bricks and reunited with the old scholar.

Bai Yunxi exhaled a foul breath, and the couple stretched their legs and left, leaving her a mess.

Holding a bad hand, how can she play?

It's hard to say whether she can lead a group of cheap sons with their own ulterior motives.

Alas~, she is so unlucky, who did she offend?

When Mrs. Du came to bring her food, Bai Yunxi was still unwilling to accept the reality.

"Mom, you have lost so much blood, you have to eat more to make up for it."

Bai Yunxi looked at the white porridge in front of her, half a bowl of stewed cabbage, eating this little food can only fill her stomach and not be hungry, forget about replenishing blood.

After being served by Mrs. Du to drink the porridge, Bai Yunxi waved her hand,

"I will sleep for a while, you go and do your work."

She has reached her limit of not sleeping until now, and there are stars in front of her eyes.

"Hey, call me if you have anything,"

Mrs. Du cleaned up the dishes, glanced at her mother-in-law's head, turned around and went out. As soon as she got to the door, Mrs. Li came to greet her.

"Sister-in-law, how is mother?"