When Bai Zhankui came to the academy, Yu Hezhang saw that he was recommended by the county magistrate, and in the initial test of Bai Zhankui, he found that Bai Zhankui was indeed a good seedling, so he waived all of Bai Zhankui's tuition and miscellaneous fees, and the county government subsidized his food expenses. Therefore, Bai Zhankui did not have to spend any money to study in Yu's Academy.
Most of the students in the academy were from the town, so after finishing school, they all went home. Only Bai Zhankui stayed in the academy. Yu Hezhang saw that the boy loved reading, so he taught him carefully at night. At that time, Bai Zhankui met Yu Pingting.
Yu Pingting also loved reading since she was a child. She was quiet by nature, so she didn't like the rich young men in the town because they had a dandy vibe. She was quiet and soon attracted to Bai Zhankui, who was also reading quietly. Bai Zhankui knew that she was the daughter of the dean of the academy, and he also took good care of Yu Pingting on weekdays.
At that time, Yu Pingting was only fourteen years old. Bai Zhankui treated her as his sister and Yu Pingting as his brother.
As the brother and sister grew up, they gradually fell in love.
Yu Pingting admired Bai Zhankui more and more for his hard work and diligence. She loved people who were diligent and studious.
Bai Zhankui also fell in love with Yu Pingting because she was becoming more and more graceful. As a boy from the countryside, he naturally yearned for this well-educated town girl.
At that age, love is pure. Yu Pingting loves Bai Zhankui like a moth to a flame, and Bai Zhankui loves her, perhaps just because of her ladylike appearance.
Of course, their love did not get Yu Hezhang's consent. Yu Pingting married Bai Zhankui out of anger. She was carried back to Baijia Village in a small sedan chair.
On the wedding night, Yu Pingting did not wait for the gentle treatment from her husband or the beautiful scene of whispering in each other's ears as described in the books.
Bai Zhankui was angry that Yu Hezhang was too fond of him and looked down on him. Because of his affair with Pingting, he was expelled from the academy by Yu Hezhang and could not continue studying in the academy in the town. Therefore, he was very angry and annoyed, and when he looked at Yu Pingting, he also felt a little more resentful.
Everything was just as Yu Hezhang guessed. Bai Zhankui was narrow-minded and guessed that he didn't agree to this marriage because he despised the poor and loved the rich. And Bai Zhankui didn't really love Yu Pingting. If he really loved her, why would he vent his resentment towards Yu Pingting's father on Yu Pingting
That night, Bai Zhankui just finished his work in a hurry and left Yu Pingting to go next door to continue studying.
Yu Pingting was lying on the bed alone, everything was swept away by the wind, and there was a sense of roughness. Bai Zhankui didn't even take off his clothes. However, she understood her husband, who wanted to study hard.
When she got up the next day, she wanted to go see her husband, but saw her mother-in-law Chen Jinhua sitting in the hall with a look of disgust. When she saw her come out, she said to her father-in-law Bai Youcai in a sarcastic tone: "What's the good of marrying a girl from town? You just get up now, and you don't even know how to make breakfast for your parents-in-law. Other people marry a daughter-in-law to enjoy themselves, but what about me, Chen Jinhua? I marry a daughter-in-law to serve you~~~" Her shout was particularly loud, as if it was for Bai Zhankui in the study to hear.
Bai Zhankui lifted the curtain and came out, just in time to see Yu Pingting, his face darkened: "Why don't you go and cook for me? Can't you see I'm hungry?! No one here will serve you!"
Yu Pingting stood in the courtyard for a moment. Her father's words were so quickly confirmed. She married into the Bai family and had to serve her parents-in-law. However, she had been mentally prepared for this. A woman should follow the Three Obediences and Four Virtues, and it was natural for her to take care of her parents-in-law.
However, she didn't expect that Bai Zhankui would be so harsh to her in front of his mother.
Yu Pingting bowed to Chen Jinhua and asked Chen Jinhua to teach her how to wash clothes and cook. At that moment, Bai Zhankui showed a satisfied smile, and Chen Jinhua's attitude towards Yu Pingting also changed slightly.
From then on, Yu Pingting got up at Yin hour in the morning, cooked, fed the pigs and cleaned the vegetable garden, went to the river to wash clothes and vegetables, cooked and washed dishes, and was busy until You hour in the evening before she could have some time to read and rest.
If there was any mistake, Chen Jinhua would certainly scold her. When Yu Pingting first came, Chen Jinhua was not sure about her personality, and at most she just said a few sarcastic words to her. But seeing that Yu Pingting was submissive, she gradually became bolder and stopped being sarcastic, and instead just yelled at her.
Yu Pingting still accepted everything and obeyed Chen Jinhua in everything.
She has been a lady in the boudoir since she was young, and she has never done housework. She also has a maid to serve her. How can she learn all these housework in a short time
It is common to get burned on your hands while cooking, to get manure from the manure tank for fertilizer, to have your shoulders rubbed raw while carrying manure, to encounter insects while gardening, and to have your clothes washed away by the river while washing clothes.
Just like that, a pair of bare hands began to become rough, calluses appeared on the palms, and the skin on the shoulders became thicker and thicker.
When I got burned, my mother-in-law told me to just blow it on it and not to be too picky.
My shoulders are rubbed raw, and my mother-in-law told me to just put a rag under them and not to be too picky.
Yu Pingting also kept telling herself that she should not be too precious or too delicate. Because women should follow the three obediences and four virtues, and should obey their husbands after marriage, and should observe women's virtues, women's words, women's appearance and women's work. Otherwise, she would not be a good woman, and she did not want her blind date to criticize her husband for marrying a resentful woman.
Bai Zhankui is her husband, and as his wife, she must protect his reputation. Therefore, she must be a good wife and mother to make the Bai family have reputation in Baijia Village.
After a few months, Yu Pingting became more and more skilled at housework. She no longer got burned when cooking. She had calluses on her palms that would not be rubbed by the hoe. The skin on her shoulders became thicker, so she no longer felt pain when carrying manure. When she saw insects in the vegetable garden, she would catch them and crush them. When she washed clothes by the river, she would occasionally catch fish to add to the family's dishes.
During this period, Bai Zhankui had been reading in the study, and never cared about the suffering and grievances of Yu Pingting after she married him. When she was hungry, she would come out to eat, and when she was thirsty, she would shout, and Yu Pingting would bring her water. Because a woman is married to serve her parents-in-law, take care of her husband and raise her children, not to be taken care of and served.
Now, the whole family prioritizes Bai Zhankui’s studies.
Yu Pingting had no complaints about all this. When you marry a chicken, you follow the chicken; when you marry a dog, you follow the dog. Bai Zhankui was her own choice. She loved him and doted on him. When she saw him studying hard and diligently, all the tiredness of the day would dissipate.
After a busy day, she would stand outside the window of Bai Zhankui's study, quietly gazing at his face as he read, and she would begin to look forward to the future when Bai Zhankui would become the top scholar and live a happy life with her, inseparable and in love, like a fairy.
Suddenly, she vomited, which made the whole family ecstatic.
From her wedding night with Bai Zhankui to now, this is the first time she has seen an excited smile on Bai Zhankui's face. He started to greet her a few times on a daily basis, and when she brought him tea and water, he also asked her not to work too hard.
The attitude of her mother-in-law, Chen Jinhua, also began to change. She no longer asked her to get up early during the day, and asked her to take good care of the baby. Chen Jinhua also did some heavy work for her, fearing that she would lose her grandson if something went wrong. (To be continued)