Chapter 159 Ancient Farmer (16)

The eldest wife observed unwillingly for a few days, but the third wife was still calm, and Lin Shiheng and Li Lanlan never concealed their love.

She refused to believe it and went to find the second brother's wife to seek recognition, but the second wife thought that she was having a hard time and was not clear-headed. She wanted to talk to Lin Lao Da, but Lin Lao Da was very impatient with his wife because he thought, "If it weren't for her instigating the division of the family, the eldest wife would have taken advantage of the third wife."

Days passed like this, and the third wife's life became better and better. Lin's father's health gradually improved, and Lin's mother was also in high spirits. She looked younger than before. She didn't go to the fields anymore. She was the mother of a juren, so why would she go to the fields? She did embroidery at home all day and took care of Lin's father. She didn't know how relaxed she was.

Li Lanlan is learning to read with her husband again. Before, Lin Shiheng had to take the exam, and she had to work, so she could only learn a few words in her spare time. Now that the family has money, Lin Shiheng is free again, and the young couple get together all day long. You look at my handwriting, and I look at your books. They live a very leisurely life.

The Lin family lives a peaceful life, but the Li family is just the opposite, with a lot of chaos.

The cause is still Li's father's saintly father disease. He is a kind person if you put it nicely, and a brainless saintly father if you put it bluntly. Obviously, his family can't even afford to eat, but when strangers come to the door to cry and beg, he can't help but hand over his own food rations.

As for causing the whole family to starve, so what? They are so pitiful, so what if his family members starve a little?

Before she got married, Widow Zhang didn't think it was a big deal. Instead, she thought that Father Li was just right. After all, she used to be the one who could get labor or money and food from Father Li just by crying and begging.

It was precisely because of Father Li's diligence and enthusiasm that Widow Zhang was sure that she could hold him in her hands, so she married with full confidence.

Facts have proved that Father Li was really good to her. He would do the dirty and tiring work as long as she asked him to. He didn't force her if she didn't want to go to the fields. He seemed to really treat Zhou Yuan, who was not his biological child, as his own.

In addition to his son-in-law who was a juren, Widow Zhang really thought that she had not married the wrong person at first.

As a result, within two days, Father Li's true colors were exposed.

First, he asked him to ask Lin Shiheng for money. Not only did he not get the money, but he also put his own money in. The second time he went, it was even better. When he came back, he said that because Zhou Yuan disturbed the wedding, the son-in-law was angry with Li Lanlan and told them not to hang around the Lin family in the future.

Widow Zhang was very angry because she wanted to take advantage of others but was taken advantage of by others. However, Father Li was a serious person. No matter how much she coaxed him, he was not willing to go to the Lin family again.

That was fine. They were all relatives. There was plenty of time to slowly fix the relationship in the future. Widow Zhang could tolerate it.

But soon, she found that she could not tolerate it.

Father Li actually took the tuition that she left for her son to go to school and gave it to an old man passing by for medical treatment.

They were strangers!! No relationship!!

She even couldn't even get the money back because the old man took the medicine and left.

Widow Zhang almost went crazy.

That was the money for her son's schooling. How could Father Li do this!!

She questioned angrily, but the man who always gave her everything when she cried had a confused look on his face, saying "Why are you so angry? Isn't this a good deed?"

"That old woman is really pitiful. Her husband died early, and her children are not filial. They kicked her out of the house when she was sick. She can only live by begging. Now she is sick again. Zhou Yuan is young, so why does he need to go to school so early? We should help him if we can..."

Widow Zhang almost laughed out of anger. She put her hands on her waist and was no longer as gentle as when she first got married. She cursed at her new husband: "It's easy for you to say that. Where does the family get the money for you to help them? That's Yuan'er's money!! If you want to be cheap, go by yourself. If you make my Yuan'er unable to go to school, I will never forgive you!!"

Her husband left early. If a widow is not a bit fierce, she can't live a peaceful life before. She just pretended to be weak to win over Li's father. Now she suddenly turned her face like this. Li's father was stunned and almost thought he was dreaming.

His daughter who married a scholar was obviously not close to him, and she was just a farmer who worked in the fields and had no ability. Widow Zhang was furious at this moment and felt that there was no need to praise him anymore. She glared at him fiercely and slammed the door and went into the house.

Father Li stood there, not knowing what to do, but found that Zhou Yuan, who was playing in the yard, was looking at him coldly. He was a small man, but his eyes were very vicious. From the look of it, he hated him as much as his mother did.

He was kind and didn't mind that his stepson was not his own, so he stepped forward and called out: "Zhou Yuan."

But Zhou Yuan glared at him fiercely and ran out of the door.

From that day on, Father Li's life became difficult. Mother Li and Li Lanlan had feelings for him. Before, even if he used the family's money to do good deeds and give alms, they would get angry, but they would eat together as a family when there was food.

Widow Zhang was a difficult person to deal with. If Father Li dared to give the family's money to others, she would starve her husband. She and her son would hide in the kitchen and eat until they were full, and she would not cook for Father Li. If he asked her for food when he was hungry, she would sneer and tell him to ask those who were given alms by Father Li.

How could he have the nerve to ask for it after he had given it away, so Father Li could only starve.

But it was him who made money in the family, not Widow Zhang who was unwilling to work. Even if Widow Zhang took all the money in the family and Father Li made money, he would still give it to others without waiting for her to ask for it.

As the object of alms, it was naturally very pleasant, but when Widow Zhang and Father Li became a family, she really realized how painful it was to have such a saintly father as a family member.

Father Li has always been a good man in the village. Some families in the village who had a hard time had long been accustomed to him giving them money and food as soon as he had money. From gratitude at the beginning to taking it for granted, and then going to Father Li for money and food on the day.

Because Li Lanlan refused to give and stopped her father from giving, these people said a lot of bad things about her. Li Lanlan had never been wanted by anyone before, and these people played an indispensable role.

Now, the one who stopped her became Widow Zhang.

She was much stronger than Li Lanlan. Li Lanlan was reluctant to let her father suffer, but Widow Zhang was willing to do so. Later, it became a guerrilla war between her and the group of people waiting for money.

At the beginning, the money in Li's father's hands was really blocked by her. Those families who were used to getting money out of thin air were not happy. So, the rumor that Widow Zhang was arrogant and vicious and starved her husband for money began to spread in the village.

Later, those people learned their lesson. Widow Zhang could not get the money and had a bad reputation. Although she remarried, her life was even more miserable than when she was a widow.

But she didn't care much about Li's father, so she couldn't eat enough, and Li's father couldn't think of eating enough either. Less than a month after they got married, Li's father had become so thin that his cheeks were sunken and he was staggering when he walked.

Li Lanlan certainly knew about her father's appearance. She got her husband's advice, and every time the Li family couldn't eat, she took some old grains and sent them to the Li family.

The grains were not much, but they were enough for the family of three to eat for a few days. Li's father worked to earn money, and he wouldn't starve to death with the wages.

Because of Li Lanlan's behavior, the Lin family didn't express dissatisfaction, and the village began to spread that she, a married woman, had a conscience. She was married and still gave food to her parents' family.

Widow Zhang almost lost her temper.

What does it mean to have a conscience! She, Li Lanlan, eats delicious food and drinks spicy drinks, silver earrings and golden hairpins, and wears fine cotton clothes. She is so rich, and she only brings some old grains to her parents' family. Is it a conscience?

But her words were not binding. Now everyone knew that widow Zhang was vicious. She didn't feed her husband, and ate with her son every day. She was also unwilling to work. Only Li's father had a good temper. If it were someone else, he would have divorced her long ago.

Anyway, the union of these two people was not a good thing for them.

Li's father was scolded by widow Zhang all day long, and he was hungry and full. Widow Zhang went from enjoying Li's father's help with peace of mind to having to do embroidery to make money in order to prevent her son from starving. She had to hide the money she earned. If she was not careful, Li's father would take it to "do good things".

As for Li Lanlan, the married woman, as long as she gave some food, she would be praised by everyone for having a conscience. There was no longer the scene when she stopped Li's father from giving food to others at home and was scolded for being cold-blooded.

Widow Zhang's reputation was ruined now, and she was a stepmother, so it was not easy for her to visit the Lin family. Father Li was determined that the Lin family was not doing well and would not visit them. She hated it so much that she could not bear it anymore. She decided to go to the Lin family to ask for money from Li Lanlan.

A stepmother is also a mother. As long as she and Li Lanlan meet, she can suppress her with filial piety.

After suppressing her this time, it will not be difficult to ask for money in the future.

As for Li Lanlan being rejected by her husband's family because her family was difficult to deal with?

She was not her own daughter, so what did she have to do with it?

Meanwhile, Lin Shiheng wanted to take the imperial examination. It was supposed to take three years to prepare, but it happened that when he was leisurely studying and teaching his young wife to read, the death knell sounded in the capital.

The emperor passed away.

Before his death, the dying emperor ordered the crown prince to succeed to the throne, the new emperor ascended the throne, and the imperial examination was held.

In other words, Lin Shiheng, who was supposed to go to Beijing to take the imperial examination three years later, can leave early.

So when Widow Zhang went to the Lin family with the mood of "I have no shame, so don't you want it either", intending to suppress Li Lanlan by relying on her status as a stepmother, she was confused and helpless to find that the Lin family was empty.

According to the Lin family members who helped the Lin family look for houses, Lin Shiheng took his whole family to Beijing to take the imperial examination. If he was lucky enough to pass the exam, he would probably follow the court's arrangement and settle down in the area where he took office. He would not come back in the next few years.

I haven't even seen the person, what can I use to pressure him.

The son-in-law of the Juren has run away, so what's the point of her marrying Li's father.

After all the tricks, she finally got herself involved.

When Widow Zhang was stunned, Zhou Yuan ran over.

"Mom, he took your money and gave it to the cripple in the next village!"

Zhou Yuan hated Father Li for taking his money to go to school, and refused to call him father.

Widow Zhang hugged her son and couldn't help crying while sitting on the ground.

From now on, she could only suffer with Father Li like this.