Whether it was Pei Zhiheng or Ruan Jiao, the expressions on their faces stopped.

Mrs. Pei never entered their two rooms, so after being married for so long, she hadn't noticed that the two of them slept in separate beds. Logically, she shouldn't have known.

Mother Pei's pale face became even more ugly because of her illness, "Speak! Are you thinking that I won't enter your room and coaxing me to wonder?"

She looked like she could pick up a stick and hit him whenever he dared to show any sign of "yes".

Pei Zhiheng's eyelids twitched, "Mother, it's not what you think, the son and Jiao Niang are now separated, purely because the son has not contracted the cold recently, Jiao Niang is injured and weak, and the son is worried that he is sick. give her."

Mother Pei didn't believe what he said at all. She looked at Ruan Jiao, "Jiao Niang, tell the truth to my mother! Did Saburo dislike you? Tell my mother, and my mother will help you clean him up!"

Ruan Jiao looked at Pei Zhiheng's dark face as if it was the bottom of a pot, and almost didn't laugh out loud.

Pei Zhiheng suddenly turned his head as if he had eyes on the back of his head.

Ruan Jiao hurriedly lowered her head to hide her smile, and imitated the original owner's words in a gentle and gentle manner: "Mother, no, you misunderstood your husband."

"Really? Even if you tell the truth, he wouldn't dare to bully you if your mother is here."

Mother Pei's eyes were full of pity. She was also a woman, so she naturally knew how harsh the world was on women. She couldn't control what others thought and said, but she could control her own son.

Ruan Jiao lowered her eyebrows and lowered her eyes.

Mother Pei's heart was even more uncomfortable. When she thought that she was the one who was almost killed, but still had to endure the rumors and rumors of those people outside, her heart ached.

"This is an innocent disaster, and it has nothing to do with you. Don't be afraid! No matter who dares to bully you, tell your mother that you won't tear their mouths!"

Ruan Jiao raised her eyes sharply, she could feel that Mother Pei really loved her, but she didn't expect that as an ancient woman, she would stand in the position of such a daughter-in-law without any doubt at all.

Her eyes were slightly hot, and she held Pei's mother's hand instead, "How can I have a good mother-in-law like you?"

Mother Pei looked at her sad look and sighed, "Your father is just a girl like you, raised like a jewel, and married into our family alone, shouldn't I treat you well?"

"Mother, don't worry, hello, my husband is also very good, no one bullies me, I married, and I live more freely than in my mother's house. I originally thought that my reputation was bad and I was not worthy of my husband..."

Before Ruan Jiao could finish her words, she was interrupted by Mother Pei, "Our family is like this, you can get married, but their old Pei family's ancestral grave is smoked? It's not worthy of anything? He climbed you high. If he dares to dislike you, see how I deal with him!"

Pei Zhiheng: "..."

Seeing Ruan Jiao and Pei's mother being so intimate, he couldn't help frowning.

I don't know why, but always feel uneasy.

But can't think of why, so can only hold it down for the time being.

Ruan Jiao had such a big incident, and it would definitely spread to other villages. Mother Pei was a little worried, so she urged Pei Zhiheng to pack up that night, and went to Ruan Xiucai's house in Taohua Village next door the next day.

Explain it well, so that Ruan Xiucai will not hear the random thoughts outside and think that something has happened to the girl.

Since you are visiting relatives, you cannot go empty-handed.

However, the poor at home are unable to open the pot, and there is nothing to come up with.

The catty of meat that Ruan Jiao bought was targeted by Pei's mother and ordered neither of them to move.

Ruan Jiao regretted it for a while, she knew she would have to wait until she was done before telling her!

The animals in the last days have all mutated. She hadn't eaten such fresh pork for a long time. When she bought it, she had already thought about what to do.

She felt that a catty was not enough to eat, but now she couldn't get a single bite.

Ruan Jiao was a little unhappy in her heart, and looked at Pei's mother eagerly with her big clear eyes.

Mother Pei flicked her forehead amusedly, "That's your father, take some good things back home, your heart will be very distressed!"

Ruan Jiao lowered her eyes calmly, hugged Pei's mother's arm, and coquettishly coquettishly softly on purpose: "But isn't the three of us sick? I originally bought it to give us three health benefits." of."

Ruan Jiao's words made Mother Pei's heart ache, but she still didn't agree to cook the meat.

Just looking at Ruan Jiao's helpless eyes, she softened her heart, gritted her teeth, and agreed: "After a while, mother will make more embroidered handkerchiefs, and then I will cut meat for you."

Seeing the pain in their crooked eyes, Pei Zhiheng coughed lightly to increase his sense of existence.

However, after coughing twice, Mother Pei finally set her sights on him.

"Why do you have such a bad cough with your body? You didn't grab any medicine when you went to the medical center today. When you go to the government school tomorrow, you can grab some by yourself on the way, so as not to be sick all the time and affect your studies."

Although he has lived a new life, facing Pei's mother at this moment, thinking about what he will say later, Pei Zhiheng's throat is still a little tight, "Mother, I dropped out of the government school."

The smile on Mother Pei's face was still on, and she didn't speak for a long time.

Pei Zhiheng said again: "I fell into the ice cave some time ago and hurt my body. I won't be able to take care of it for a while. The doctor said that if I don't take good care of my current body, my lifespan may be shortened. And I don’t have anything to learn in the official school, and the teacher told me that, instead of paying money for nothing, it’s better to save the money and stay at home to study.”

Mother Pei still didn't speak, but tears flowed down the corners of her eyes slowly.

Mother Pei held Ruan Jiao's hand subconsciously, her knuckles turned bluish white, and she even trembled in despair. After a while, she couldn't help but choked up, "Why is our life so hard! What did we do in the previous life? Evil?"

Died at a young age, her husband was a widow, and she tried her best to bring up her son. He was about to rise to the top, but in the end, he was injured and died.

Originally thinking about her son's future, Pei's mother has always been motivated.

However, just now, the energy in her body suddenly disappeared, as if she suddenly lost her energy.

Ruan Jiao looked a little startled, "Mother, didn't your husband say it's possible? That's not sure. He won't go to the government school to study, and we can take care of him when he comes home! Give him good health, maybe next year He will be fine before Qiu Wei!"

Mother Pei burst into tears, and her hands were trembling all the time, "That's what you said, but how can our family... have the conditions to make up for him? Besides, let's not go to school..."

"Mother, there will always be a way. Let's find a way together. People walk the way. Besides, my husband is very knowledgeable. Since he can't learn anything, of course he has to go home. Even his teacher agrees that he can go home and read books by himself. Don't be so pessimistic, trust him!

Husband is a person with great ability, the momentary difficulties are only to sharpen his character, and will not trap him! Didn’t Mencius say that if a man is assigned a great mission from heaven, he must first suffer from his will, exhaust his muscles and bones, starve his body, deplete his body, and disturb his actions, so he must be motivated to endure and gain what he cannot [1] 】. "

Ruan Jiao blinked her eyes and let out a slow breath.

—— "Thank you to the Chinese teacher who punished the whole class for copying 5,000 times! As expected, she used three pens tied together to write something for a day and a night, and now she still remembers it so firmly!"

Pei Zhiheng instantly raised his eyes and looked at her.

Ruan Jiao's heart skipped a beat.

——"Oops! Isn't the original owner the daughter of a scholar? Didn't he even read Mencius?!"

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Note [1]: "Heaven sends a great mission to a man, he must first suffer his will, exhaust his muscles and bones, starve his body and skin, empty his body, and disturb his actions, so he must be motivated to endure and gain what he can't do." From Mencius' "Gao Zi Xia" written by Mencius in the Warring States Period.