vstars Chapter 157 Jealousy
Chapter 157 Jealousy
Wen Pandi was still lying in the courtyard of the Dessert Wonderland. She looked out the window at the night and occasionally heard the chirping of crickets. She felt that her life was extremely peaceful.
My cousin said that once her shop opens in the county town, she will arrange for her to stay there, so she won't have to worry about them coming to her door anymore.
This place is great. She doesn't have to worry about being hungry or starving, and she can even earn money on her own. She has already started learning to make pastries from Daya and Erya.
As long as she works hard, things will definitely get better and better in the future. She never wants to go back!
Everyone also told her to be careful, because Old Zhou was already bedridden and the family's land had been sold.
What if I run out of money? Don't rush to find her now; you'll definitely look for her once the money is gone!
After all, selling the old house and selling her are the only options! They must know they can't go far and will go to great lengths to find her.
Pandi sighed softly, sat up, and picked up the Three Character Classic that Wen Luozhi had prepared for her to read.
During this time, she learned to recognize and write many characters. Da Ya and Er Ya, who are much younger than her, can read and write much more than she can. She needs to learn more.
In the academy, Lu Bai lay on the bed, starving.
He hadn't eaten for two days, and Lin Huaizhi hadn't repaid him for the medicine he'd paid for that day. He even had the audacity to say that he'd given him the money but that he'd lost it because he hadn't been holding onto it properly.
That's when I finally saw his true colors. It's a shame that he blushed and argued with people when they said he was having an affair with the county magistrate's son.
As a result, he offended several classmates, and now they are unwilling to discuss academic issues with him.
They say he's the same kind of person as Lin Huaizhi, otherwise why would they protect him so much? They're afraid he'll tarnish the reputation of scholars.
Now he regrets it more and more. Lin Huaizhi hasn't been resting at the academy for the past few days, and people have started to say that he has changed to another young master.
That's enough, he won't say another word for this kind of person.
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Lin Huaizhi sneezed, and Guo Wencai, who was lying next to him, reached out a fat hand, as big as a pig's trotter.
He touched Lin Huaizhi's face and uttered a few vulgar words, making Lin Huaizhi so ashamed that he pulled the blanket over himself and covered himself completely.
He secretly touched the loose silver coins under his pillow, his eyes filled with disdain.
Guo Wencai has become increasingly stingy lately, while making more and more demands.
After he finished the two bottles of medicine, he went home to get the banknotes, but to his surprise, his mother said that the banknotes she had put under the bed had been eaten by rats.
He didn't believe it at first, but when a pile of silver fragments was placed in front of him, he almost fainted from shock.
He yelled a lot of anger at his mother, but what good did that do?
Finally, having no other choice, he secretly stole the silver he had buried in the outhouse for the imperial examination when he returned to the academy.
Once Ba's illness was cured, he came to find Guo Wencai, but for the first few times, he couldn't even see him.
Later, he finally managed to corner the lecher, only to find two prostitutes from Chunxiang Garden right next to him!
How can this be allowed? If people have already been robbed, how can he possibly lure them back and spend money on them?
He remembered the medicine he had mentioned before that he would use to deal with Wen Luozhi, so he went to Chunxiangyuan again and bought a packet of that sleeping potion from the old lady there.
Later, with just a little trick, Guo Wencai obediently came to him and gave him money to spend.
But it's far from enough compared to before. At the beginning, there were several taels of silver, but now there are only one or two taels. Maybe in the end, there will only be a few hundred copper coins.
He ignored the rumors circulating in the academy and insisted on going out at night; he certainly couldn't return empty-handed!
That lecherous bastard is definitely not short of money; he'll surely find a way to make him hand it over obediently!
He narrowed his eyes, threw back the covers and poked his head out, stretching his hands out to touch Guo Wencai's thick neck with a charming smile.
Guo Wencai swallowed hard and pounced on her, saying, "Serve me well tonight, and this hundred taels is yours!"
He reached out from beside the bed, took out a hundred-tael silver note, and placed it on his chest. Lin Huaizhi's eyes lit up, and he endured the nausea as he dealt with him.
After Guo Wencai fell asleep, Lin Huaizhi suddenly opened his eyes, dressed, and quietly left the room.
With over a hundred taels of silver in his pocket, he was so happy that he was no longer afraid of walking at night, even though he was usually afraid to do so.
He found an inn, booked a superior room, and asked the waiter to boil several buckets of hot water so he could take a thorough bath.
He breathed a long sigh of relief after smelling himself and finding no trace of Guo Wencai's body odor.
If it weren't for the money, why would he go to such lengths?
Fortunately, the provincial examination is approaching, and everything will be fine once he passes the examination and becomes a scholar!
Back then, everyone would fawn over him, so why would he need to humble himself like this?
Guo Wencai was utterly disgusting; his entire body was covered with marks left from the rashes that had healed.
On the other hand, if it weren't for him, he wouldn't have contracted that kind of venereal disease and spent so much money to cure it.
He needs to think of more ways to please him, and squeeze as much money out of him as he can! Consider it compensation for his losses.
From now on, he will deposit all his money in money shops, as it is too unsafe to leave it outside.
As he was thinking, he fell asleep and had a long, beautiful dream. In the dream, he passed the imperial examination at the county level, became the top scholar, and eventually became the emperor's son-in-law, living a life of wealth and honor.
He was having a sweet dream, but Zhang Chunhua tossed and turned, unable to sleep.
When her son came home last time, she kept noticing something was off. She asked him several times, but he always said nothing was wrong.
Sigh, she has to go to work in the fields tomorrow, and the more she thinks about it, the less she can sleep.
In the past few years, Wen Luozhi, that brat, called on her brothers to help with the farm work. In her old age, she got to experience what it's like to be a noble lady.
Ever since that brat took a liking to her son, she hasn't been to that land once. Today, she originally wanted to clear out a small patch of land to sow some vegetable seeds.
Who would have thought that this person, used to a life of ease, would find it incredibly tiring to pick up a hoe, and after working for ages, couldn't even clear a tiny patch of land.
She was so tired that she went home, ate something, and then slept in bed for the afternoon, hoping to feel better tomorrow.
The day of the provincial examination is fast approaching, and I wonder how my son is doing with his preparations?
But her good son has been resourceful and good at studying since he was a child. He'll definitely pass the imperial examination and become a scholar!
Then she will be a true scholar's mother and can finally redeem herself!
Hmph! I really don't know what Xie He is so smug about all day long. That Wen Zijin isn't even a student of the first level of the imperial examinations, what's with all the arrogance?
And that brat Wen Luozhi is so ungrateful!
They're supposed to have a house-raising banquet tomorrow? Forget about it! Let's just have a sudden earthquake and knock down their newly built house, it infuriates her!
All of this should have belonged to her and her son!