Chapter 117 Show off
When the Liang family heard about this, Mrs. Liang said with regret and hatred: "Qianhua is such a slut. She has so many ways to make money, but she chose to break off the relationship with us just for a prescription."
Zhu also nodded, "Yes, mother, you see, their family actually had the money to buy the mountain so quickly. It would cost at least a hundred taels of silver to buy a whole mountain. They only gave you and dad 20 taels of silver as a break-up fee, which was too little."
Old Lady Liang began to wail again, "The second son is such an unfilial son. He got married but forgot his mother. I really gave birth to him in vain. After his family left us alone, they started buying land and mountains. They are deliberately trying to piss us off to death."
Old man Liang was sitting aside smoking a pipe. He suddenly remembered that the head of the village said Qianhuan might be a person with great abilities. He just hoped that he would not regret breaking off the engagement. At that time, he firmly believed that he would not regret it.
But now, he really doubted whether he had done something wrong?
The Jiang family naturally also heard about what happened to Liang Laoer's family. When they knew that his family had bought the mountain, Jiang Lin's mother felt very uncomfortable.
She asked unhappily, "Lin'er, what happened between you and Miss Liu? Did Master Liu agree to let you get engaged? Look at the Liang family, they have bought a property now. I heard that Qianhuan went to study in order to win your heart back. How about you try to coax her? If Master Liu doesn't agree, you can just be with her again."
"Mother, Master Liu said that as long as I pass the exam, he will agree to my marriage with Miss Yingying. Please don't mention that idiot Qianhuan. Even if she goes to school, she can't compare to Miss Liu. Last time I saw her hanging out with a man. I wouldn't want such an unfaithful woman even if she was given to me."
"What? She's actually hanging out with a man? We in the Jiang family must not want a woman like that. Mother will never ask you to reconcile again."
Qianhuan now goes to Mr. Fan with Wenjie every morning to practice calligraphy for half an hour, and then goes to Mr. Cai to practice swordsmanship.
When they came back in the afternoon, they picked and peeled bitter chestnuts. After November, there were basically no bitter chestnuts on the mountain, so Qianhuan and Liu took the time to pick all the bitter chestnuts. After peeling them, they dried the kernels and stored them. Whenever they needed to make tofu, they only had to go to the mill to grind the pulp and make tofu.
Later, she went to Zuixianju several times to sell crystal tofu and earned 500 taels of silver. She now had 760 taels of silver saved in her small wooden box.
Of the 210 taels of silver that were sold for the first time, in addition to the money used to buy the mountain and give to Mrs. Liu, the remaining 110 taels were used to build a house and a workshop.
Qianhuan also took the time to design the blueprints for the house and workshop, found a contractor and negotiated the price, and construction of her house has now begun.
Her father, who had been lying in bed for two months, was finally able to walk again, although he walked slowly, but at least he didn't need a cane. It is estimated that by the Chinese New Year, her father's legs will be able to walk like a normal person.
At the same time, the imperial examination held by the court began as scheduled.
After the results were announced, Jiang Lin actually passed the exam, and now Jiang Tongsheng is called Jiang Xiucai.
Jiang Lin's mother was very proud now. She felt that her son had really brought her honor. Now wherever she went, she was greeted with compliments and even her walk was like the wind. Jiang Lin's mother was really in the limelight for a while.
In the past, Mr. Liu was not very supportive of the Liu family girl's relationship with his son. But now that his son has passed the imperial examination and become a scholar, Mr. Liu has really changed his attitude and agreed to their marriage.
Mr. Liu also said that she would not have to worry about the expenses of her son's studies and going to Beijing for the imperial examination, as Mr. Liu would give money to help her son. This made Mr. Jiang's mother very happy.
Those people in the village who were used to changing their attitudes according to the situation also began to curry favor with Jiang Xiucai's mother. Everyone knew that she didn't like Qianhuan, so they began to think of all kinds of bad things about Qianhuan in order to please Jiang Xiucai's mother.
After Jiang Lin became Jiang Xiucai, he became even busier. What was he busy with? He was busy having a love affair with Liu Yingying.
It was not easy for him to cling to the big tree of the Liu family. Although he has passed the imperial examination and become a scholar, his family is still poor. He has to please the beauty and say a few good words for him in front of his father-in-law, so that he can take out more money from his pocket to give to his family.
Jiang Lin's mother also held a banquet for Jiang Lin to celebrate. Of course, the money was all paid by Liu Yuanwai's family. Liu Yuanwai now looked at Jiang Lin with the eyes of a father-in-law looking at his son-in-law. He liked him in every way and had no idea that he had looked down on his family for being poor before.
Jiang Xiucai's mother invited everyone in the village to the banquet. She even wanted to call people from other villages to come too, so that they could see what an outstanding son she had.
Liang Laoer's family was also invited, and it was Jiang Xiucai's mother who came to invite them personally.
You haven’t seen the expression on Jiang Xiucai’s mother’s face when she came to visit. She was so arrogant and complacent, as if her son had passed the imperial examination and become the top scorer, and she herself had become a lady of honor.
Liang Laoer and Liu didn't expect that Jiang Linniang would come to invite them to a banquet. Seeing her smug look, the couple said they didn't want to attend the banquet.
"Asking our family to go out for dinner is probably not a good idea. We won't go." Liu politely refused.
"What's wrong with that? We are all from the same village. Even if we are not relatives, are we not allowed to visit each other? Come to my son's celebration party and have fun together with everyone." Jiang Xiucai's mother was afraid that their family would not come.
"Aunt Jiang, it's not that we don't want to attend the banquet, it's that our family is too poor and we can't afford the money for the banquet. It wouldn't be a good idea if we went empty-handed." Qianhuan interrupted.
Jiang Xiucai's mother thought, your family has bought a mountain and is still building a house, how could you be so poor that you can't afford the share of the money?
But in order to get them to agree to attend the banquet, Jiang Linniang didn't care about the money. If the second son of the Liang family didn't have his family at the celebration banquet, who would she show off to?
"It's okay, you just come and eat, you don't need to pay for the meal."
"Okay, since Aunt Jiang came to invite us personally and doesn't even require us to pay for the gift, then our family of three must come tomorrow." Qianhuan was waiting for her to say this.
"What is Jiang Xiucai's mother thinking? Why would she invite us to attend her son's celebration party? Is it really appropriate for our family to go?" Liang Laoer really couldn't understand what Jiang Lin's mother was thinking. After Jiang Xiucai's mother left, he expressed his doubts.
"Since they have invited us, it is natural for us to go. What else could they think of? They just want to show off in front of us. If we don't go, they will have no audience, which will be very boring. I am afraid that Aunt Jiang will lose a lot of energy when she shows off."
"Qianhuan, are we really going to the banquet tomorrow? Mother doesn't feel well." Mrs. Liu expressed her concern.
As a mother, she saw how much Qianhuan liked Jiang Xiucai in the past. She was really afraid that her daughter would not be able to bear it when she saw her ex-boyfriend who had now become a famous scholar.
"Why not go to a free banquet? We haven't done anything wrong, so why should we hide from them all day? Since Aunt Jiang wants us to witness her son's glory days so much, let's give them some face. If we don't go, people will think we're afraid of him."
Qianhuan of course knew what Jiang Lin's mother was planning. She just wanted to show off that her son had passed the imperial examination and become a scholar. She wanted to show off and see herself regretting and crying.
However, she is not the original owner. Not only does she not like Jiang Lin, she also hates him extremely.
This kind of man is a scumbag no matter in modern times or ancient times, and is also the kind of gigolo she hates the most. Even if he is good at studying, even if he becomes a high-ranking official in the future, she will not look down on him, and will not regret it.
On the day of the banquet, Qianhuan indeed came with her parents.
Because she watched martial arts dramas in modern times, she especially liked to see the knights in white robes practicing swordsmanship. It happened that she was learning swordsmanship from Master Cai, so she bought a piece of white cloth and asked Liu to make her a set of white trousers. The top was a blouse with narrow sleeves and a lapel, and the bottom was long trousers.
There was still a piece of cloth left, so her mother made her a long white coat and skirt. Today, she chose to wear this white coat and skirt to attend the banquet.
When Jiang Xiucai's mother saw her coming in a white dress, her face became very long. It was such a festive day for their family, but she actually came dressed as if she was attending a funeral.
But Jiang Xiucai's mother couldn't get angry, after all, she was the one who invited the person herself.