PFC Chapter 197 Xia Lan's Fate
Chapter 197 Xia Lan's Fate
Yang Wenwen's eyes were filled with tears: "I know that my father, great-grandmother, aunt, maternal grandmother, aunt, and maternal aunt all said that I am a jinx."
She also said, "If it weren't for me, my mother wouldn't have died, but I did nothing, I never even saw my mother."
Jun Wenhui felt extremely distressed. She got up, walked over, and picked her up. The six-year-old child was not even as tall as four-year-old Gu Caiwei.
"You're not a jinx. Your mother risked her life to give birth to you, but she was unlucky enough to have a postpartum hemorrhage."
This is not your fault, really, you are the continuation of your mother's life.
Therefore, you must live well for your mother and enjoy every day happily.
Yang Wenwen was like a fallen leaf with no one to catch it, her eyes filled with confusion and helplessness.
Ruoruo said, "But Father said that if he had known that Mother would die from giving birth to me, he would have given her an abortion pill before I was fully formed, so that she wouldn't have lost her life."
My grandmother called me a jinx, because of me, she had to outlive her son.
Ever since my aunt married my father and had no way to take care of my younger brother, they have never seen me again, saying that I am a jinx and their enemy.
They wouldn't let me leave the yard. My brother always saw me at night, and they couldn't let anyone see me.
My brother told me to be patient and that he would take me away once he passed the imperial examination with top honors.
……
This meal was...
Jun Wenhui and Gu Yumei were heartbroken upon hearing this, tears streaming down their faces; their sorrow was beyond words.
Yang Wenwen's six-year-old child, at this moment, felt her beautiful dreams shattered. She nestled in Jun Wenhui's arms, silently shedding tears, her face filled with indescribable pain.
No wonder the ancients adhered to the principle of not speaking while eating or sleeping.
This is truly a complicated situation...
An abandoned infant is like a lone boat adrift on a vast ocean with no shore.
Tears fall like stars in the night, my heart breaks into sand and scatters in the autumn wind.
After meal
Jun Qirui left with Gu Jingye and Shen Qijun, leaving only the few of them behind.
Dongfang Jin looked at them and sighed, "Tell us about your backgrounds one by one. After you've told us, this will be the only time. Don't mention it again."
She didn't want to hear such a heartbreaking story every day; she didn't want to endure this suffocating feeling every day.
It's so uncomfortable.
The younger children also knew that because of Yang Wenwen's matter, none of them had eaten well.
Xia Lan (Yang Hui) raised her hand: "I'll go first. My family is from Cheng'an County, Laiyang Prefecture, Qingzhou."
My father's original name was Yang Sangui. You can tell the origin of his name just by hearing it. He was the third child in his family, and later changed his name to Yang Guisheng after attending a private school.
Looking at her adorable face, Dongfang Jin was utterly amused, thinking she looked like a storyteller.
"He is a farmer's son from Yangjiagou, Beidou Town, Cheng'an County. He has an older sister, Yang Dachun, two older brothers, Yang Dagui and Yang Ergui, and a younger brother, Yang Xiaofu, and a younger sister, Yang Xiaochun..."
Later, in order to support his continued education, the village chief of Yangjiagou married his daughter to him, who became my father's first wife.
His first wife bore him two sons and a daughter.
Unfortunately, his first wife went to the mountains to dig for medicinal herbs to raise money for him to take the imperial examination in the prefectural city. She accidentally fell off a cliff and died. At that time, his youngest son, Yang Kui, was only one year old.
However, his application for the imperial examination had already been submitted, and he couldn't wait another three years because of his wife's death. So he discussed with his wife's family about concealing her death, and that's how he went to participate in the imperial examination..."
Dongfang Jin...
That's quite a convoluted story.
Jun Wenhui nodded. In previous years, the examination for the title of Xiucai was indeed held every three years, while her son Ruige happened to be in the examination every two years.
Although the system has changed, no students are taking the risk; they are all making sure their studies are solid before taking the exam.
Her father's wife had died, but she wasn't his parents, so it generally didn't interfere with his scientific research.
Xia Lan continued, "After that, he went to Laiyang Prefecture to participate in the first round of the imperial examination, and the second round was in Qingzhou City."
Laiyang is only half a day's journey from Qingzhou, and it is the closest prefecture to Qingzhou. In order to save money, he stayed at my maternal grandfather's inn.
I heard that every year, those who come to the prefectural city to take the imperial examinations get either a 50% discount or free admission to the inns...
At that time, my father didn't have much money and dressed rather shabbily. He was often bullied by others, and it was my mother who always stood up for him and helped him out.
It was during that time that they got together...
Later, my maternal grandfather's family found out about this. My aunt was a shrew; she didn't want the Fu family to give my mother too much of a dowry...
My father didn't hide anything from my maternal grandfather and told him the truth about his wife's recent death. He said that as long as they didn't mind, they could marry my mother right now.
My maternal grandfather initially disagreed, but my mother and aunt agreed...
Later, my maternal grandfather used his connections to arrange a job for him in Cheng'an County by spending money.
But the people in the county government said that he would have to wait until the results of the announcement were released before he could take office.
Just as I found a way to get things done here, my father released the results of the imperial examination. He passed and became a Xiucai (a scholar who passed the lowest level of the imperial examinations), although he was the last one to be ranked. But he was still very happy.
My father said it was all thanks to my mother, so instead of going home, the two of them got married at my father's inn outside the prefectural city.
"They had only been married a few days when my father said he had to go home because the messenger had already gone back, and it wouldn't be good if the villagers didn't see him."
My maternal grandfather's family agreed with this, so they let him take the travel money and leave, but my grandfather didn't let my mother go with him.
To my surprise, after my father returned to the village, the village held a celebration banquet for him to commemorate his high school graduation. He drank a few too many drinks, and that very night, he slept with his first wife's cousin.
Gu Yumei was surprised: "Is that so? Could it be that they planned this all along?"
Jun Wenhui nodded: "I think there's something fishy about this."
Dongfang Jin just smiled. In her previous life, she had seen plenty of this kind of drama in novels and TV series.
Yang Sangui returned even slower than the messenger, so it was certain that he would be tricked by the villagers.
Although he had been married before, he had still passed the imperial examination and become a scholar, which was better than marrying a farmer's son.
No matter what world you're in, people always have lofty ambitions.
Several children sat side by side there, all resting their chins on their hands in unison, as if listening to a story.
Dongfang Jin...
This is truly an attitude of indifference and detachment.
Xia Lan doesn't think anything of it now, just like talking about someone else's business.
Jun Qixian poured her a glass of water and handed it to her.
Dongfang Jin...
Can you do this?
Xia Lan drank the water: "The next morning, they were all cornered in the house by the woman's family."
The Yang family knew there was something fishy about the matter, but they didn't make a fuss. They simply told the woman's family to go home and wait for news, promising a satisfactory answer.
At this point, my father told his parents that he had already married my mother in the prefectural city.
However, the villagers of Yangjiagou, especially the village chief's family, contributed the most money to support his education.
But the job in the county was found by my maternal grandfather, and his family was also wealthy.
This matter must not be told to my maternal family, so the Yang family got together and came up with an idea to keep him from revealing my mother's existence.
So my grandfather went to the village chief's house to tell him what had happened that day. The village chief knew that he had passed the imperial examination and found a job in the county.
Thinking that his daughter was gone, but his niece had slept with him, he decided to keep the good stuff in the family and asked my father to let him marry that woman.
He was made to claim that his youngest son was still small and that it was better for his own family to take care of him than for outsiders.
My dad just agreed to it.
However, my father told the village chief and the others that he was going to work at the government office and that his family shouldn't go looking for him there, since he didn't have any family connections. He said that once his job was stable, he would bring his mother and the rest of the family to live in the county...
And so, he and that woman got married in the village, on the third day after their wedding at home.
He left all the money my grandfather gave him at home and let his parents build a house and buy land.
Now he has the title of Xiucai (a scholar who has passed the lowest level of the imperial examinations), and as a famous family, he owns fifty acres of land and is exempt from paying taxes.
After giving instructions to his family, he left Yangjiagou and returned to Laiyang Prefecture City…