Professor Li’s Married Life Chapter 1:

Located in Yique, west of the city, there is an inconspicuous courtyard house.

This house has been around for more than 30 years.

The Li family is the most ordinary family, and they are all from the imperial city for three generations, living in this courtyard.

The old house is boxy and not very big, with two entrances and two exits in a regular pattern, with blue tiles and white walls.

The outer courtyard is also the front yard, which is not as big as the inner courtyard. Except for the gate, there are four inverted rooms, with the main hall in the middle. They are all places for men to come and go to meet friends and entertain guests. Prosperous families are usually full.

But right now the Li family has few heirs, the population is sparse, and there are no servants in his family, so the residence is naturally more than enough.

Passing through the Chuihua Gate is the inner house, the place where the female relatives live. There are five large rooms in the main room, one in the middle is used as the main room, or a place to do some needlework when you have nothing to do, or a place to treat female guests, and the remaining four rooms It is a bedroom for rest, and there is a small ear room on the left and right.

From the connecting corridor, there are east and west wings, each with three rooms, the east wing is occupied by people, and the west wing is still empty.

Three generations of the Li family lived in the same place from top to bottom. The population is not large, and it may even be a bit withered in the eyes of others.

Mr. Li went there a few years ago, and now Mrs. Li is the oldest in the Sun family.

Ms. Sun had four children in her life, but there was only one male, and the remaining three were daughters.

Fortunately, Mrs. Sun's luck was very good, she entered the door and was pregnant, and the first child was a son after ten months of pregnancy. Because she was happy to have a unicorn child, she was not tortured by her mother-in-law. Although she gave birth to three daughters in succession in the next few years, she only suffered verbal complaints a few times.

After the father-in-law and mother-in-law passed away, the Sun family will be the master of the family.

The only son was named Li Baode, and when he was seventeen years old, he married his wife Bai Shi.

The next three daughters were also married every other year.

It is also said that when Bai married into the Li family, the first child was also a son, which was naturally a great joy. Bai originally thought that it would be good to have another son. Years passed, and only two daughters were born later.

Although it is somewhat disappointing, the Li family has several generations of single-handed precedents, and it will be easier to think about it after a long time.

It's just for outsiders to watch, but the Li family's incense is not strong, and the number of offspring is thin, so it is somewhat lacking in blessings.

Nowadays, many families like to choose a family with a prosperous population when they get married.

Ms. Sun is in her early fifties, and there are a few silver threads on her temples. At this age, the old lady is most satisfied with two things. One is that she is from the capital, and the other is that her grandchildren There is a boy who can read.

The only grandson of the Li family, named Li Chengze, is now twenty years old and has reached the age of marriage. The Sun family has been paying attention to each other since he was sixteen years old, coming and going secretly I have looked at dozens of them, but I have not decided until now.

But it turned out that Li Chengze was sent to study since he was a child. I don't know when he gradually thought of himself very high. Now he looks a little arrogant. He looks up to the sky and looks down on ordinary people.

He has his own thoughts in his heart, but he is extremely impatient with the women whom Mrs. Sun and Mrs. Bai showed him, and he said that they are all vulgar and unworthy wives.

Because he is the only child in the family, he was spoiled since he was a child, but Li Cheng is always self-centered and a person with great ideas. The second is the only scholar in the family, so the one at home has a lot of status.

When he grows up, everyone in the family discusses with him on major and minor matters. After years, the right to speak is not insignificant.

He looked down on girls from ordinary families and didn't want to get married. Sun and Bai didn't dare to decide the marriage of their grandson and son even though they were so anxious.

So the procrastination lasted until the age of twenty.

Last winter, Mrs. Bai once again tentatively mentioned about Li Chengze's marriage. She said that Mrs. Sun took a fancy to a girl. She was a very good girl. Her family opened a restaurant in Dongque. People, the population is prosperous, and the girl looks like a blessed and good child.

The Li family has only one seedling, so they are particularly fond of offspring. They love those families with many brothers, and think that the girls of such families are not bad, so they don't worry about not having sons.

As usual, Li Chengze frowned when he heard this, his expression was not very good.

I feel contemptuous in my heart, thinking that my grandmother is really short-sighted, he is a scholar, how can those craftsmen and small businessmen be worthy of him.

Although I feel dissatisfied, but because I have always maintained my identity and dignity as a scholar, I don't want to speak harshly to my family.

Just pretending to explain: "Grandmother, my grandson will have a test in the spring of next year. Wouldn't it be better if he passed the examination of a scholar and raised his status, and then we can talk about marriage?"

Li Cheng doesn't care about his internal knowledge, how much he has, as long as he shows it on the outside, his homework knowledge is very good.

After many years, everyone in the Li family naturally thinks that his son and grandson are excellent people, and he will definitely pass the entrance exam next year.

Now that the grandson is growing up, seeing that most of his peers marry wives and have children, but his own family is still struggling to find a place to settle, Mrs. Li, who has long wanted to hold a grandson, can't get angry.

Li Cheng didn't cooperate, and used many excuses to prevaricate his family. In fact, he didn't need to coax him too much. He just put on an unhappy face, and said that he had to take the Zhongxiu exam first, and then draw a big pie in the end, talking about the future With fame, what kind of official lady can't be hired. At that time, his Li family will really change the family, and it will no longer be a small family of common people.

Li Chengze has no other skills, and he is just a set of nonsense when he exaggerates these free words. Grandson is a rare Wenqu star in a hundred years.

Ms. Sun patted her chest straight, thinking yes, she is confused, how could she casually match her grandson with a daughter from a small family, wouldn't this ruin her grandson's future!

Old lady Li was persuaded by her grandson, and now she thinks about the girls she looked at before, and she is not satisfied anywhere.

Looking up at the grandson again, a smile appeared on his face, and he completely changed his mouth, "Grandma's heart and soul, it's because grandma didn't think carefully, and almost delayed you! Don't worry, I'll let you go after this matter Your mother pushed it, you can just study at ease, and wait until you win the show!"

Li Cheng was satisfied, and said something to make the old lady happy, and then left under the pretext of warming up the book.

The old lady was very loving in front of her grandson, but once Li Cheng left, her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Bai, was left in the house, and she vented her anger on Mrs. Bai.

"Stupid woman with shallow eyesight! Cheng Rijie'er talked nonsense in my ear, which made me almost delay Ze'er, you ignorant, fortunately my good grandson has a scale in his heart, otherwise he would be called You're dead, you're still a mother!"

He muttered a few words, put on a black face, and completely forgot that he was the one who wanted to marry Li Chengze the most.

Bai's temperament is weak, so she dared to contradict her mother-in-law, she obediently listened to the training, admitted her mistake again, and the matter was over.

The only grandson of the Li family is naturally not at home during the day, and he is going to a private school.

Mr. Lin is well-known in the west of the city, he is a lord who raises people, at the age of knowing his destiny, his children and grandchildren have grown up, so he stopped thinking about taking the exam again, and only opened a school at home to accept some students.

Nowadays there are quite a few scholars who open private schools at home, there are several in the west of the single city, but most of them are elderly scholars who have failed many times in scientific examinations, knowing that they cannot go further in the field of fame, So he simply gave up and found another way out.

Let's talk about the Master Juren, the Shu Xiu is not cheap, ten taels a year, which does not include the three festivals and two rites of filial piety.

Don't mention the money that will be used for the future exams, but only the pen, ink, paper and inkstone used, and the expenses for eating, clothing, making friends, etc. For ordinary people, for a student It's not that easy either.

Take the Li family as an example. His family is a local, and they live in a house that is not bad in the eyes of ordinary people. It is the family property saved by several generations of the Li family, and now they mainly rely on this to live. The land is rented out every year, and some rent is collected, which is enough for the family to eat.

Compared to ordinary poor families, the Li family is quite rich, but because the family raised a scholar and lived in the middle of the capital, human contacts throughout the year are indispensable, and they have to spend everywhere, so it is barely enough. .

Just look at the fact that the Li family doesn't even invite a maid who does laundry and sweeping.

The Li family is not a farming and studying family, and their life is considered affluent. They never expected to have a scholar in the family, let alone an official.

Leaving aside, let’s just say that the old man who passed away a few years ago and the man who is now the head of the family, Li Baode, only went to school for two years when they were young. Didn't show any difference.

When we arrived at Li Chengze's place, he entered the school at the age of eight, and he was not Lin Juren, but a scholar, and Shu Xiu was worth two taels of silver.

After studying for three years, the Li family felt that it was enough, and Li Baode also planned to take his son back and take him with him to teach him how to manage the fields.

However, Li Chengze didn't follow him anymore. He had a lot of thoughts. Although he was not very old at that time, he had already been spoiled by that thoughtful scholar scholar. Waiting for others, gradually developed a pair of snobbish eyes.

The Li family has never produced anyone who can read, and they didn't even think about it. They sent them to study only so that their children and grandchildren would not be blinded, and they could take good care of the little family property left by their ancestors.

Li Chengze's behavior of crying and asking to continue going to school surprised everyone, and then the child said that he wanted to study and get a job, which shocked his grandparents.

There is only this single seedling in the family, and it is a good thing that he asked to study on his own initiative. At that time, Grandpa Li agreed to let his grandson continue to study without much hesitation. A year later, he returned it to Li Chengze. A better gentleman is the current Lin Juren.

Li Cheng was able to coax the adults in his family when he was young. Not willing to compromise.

After persuading his grandmother and meeting with friends a few times, Li Cheng calmed down and read the books a few times. A person like him is the most face-saving, and he is used to bragging outside, but it is not true in his heart. I don't have any ink, after all, I have studied for many years, and I am arrogant and pretentious, pointing to the imperial examination to be an official!

After studying for several months, a year has passed, and the beginning of spring is ushered in.

Li Cheng is about to end, so he doesn't need to worry about the preparations before the exam. The Sun family, the Bai family, and the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law should make proper arrangements, lest he will be disturbed by these trivial matters.

He sent Li Chengze into the examination room steadily.

After a few days of exams, when all the dust settles, naturally some families will be happy and some will be sad.

But I didn't expect that Li Chengze was really lucky. Once the results were released on the red list, his name was also included!

Successfully passed the county examination, the government examination, and the hospital examination, and really became a scholar!

Although the ranking is low, this is already a great joy for the Li family!

Bless the ancestors!

For a while, the Li family was bustling with people, and the neighbors came to congratulate them. After a few days, the three married ladies of the Li family returned to their natal homes one after another.

There is a big happy event in the natal family, and their faces are also bright, and they are more confident in front of the husband's family.

There is only one thing, the aunt of the Li family saw her nephew looking for a scholar, and at the same time she was overjoyed, but at the same time, she couldn't help but feel a little bit cautious. For nothing else, she has two daughters who didn't leave the court. The girl was fifteen, and she was just like a flower, the age of a flower. Originally, the aunt was already discussing marriage with her daughter, and she had a candidate in her heart, so she just had to make a decision.

After receiving the news that her nephew had been selected as a scholar, she had another idea.

My aunt had heard from my old lady that her nephew was a man who could read, but she didn't listen to it very much at that time, and she even didn't care. The chief role of the child is still white when he is an octogenarian, not to mention wasting a lot of money for nothing, and it has caused his parents, wife and children to suffer for a lifetime.

Furthermore, Li's family has never had a scholar in several lifetimes, so there is no such thing as saying at all. She may be bragging by the old lady, or being coaxed by that kid. The cost of going to school is a bottomless pit, so don't use up the Li family's wealth in the end.

There are many thoughts in my heart, but the eldest aunt is not a fool, so she will not really say these words to offend my wife and Bai's for nothing.

But now the situation has changed drastically, her nephew really won the scholar! As a result, the aunt's mind suddenly became alive. The nephew has never promised to marry her, and her two daughters are not married. Wouldn't it be great if she could persuade her mother to make a kiss?

If the nephew can make further progress in the future, even if he is a master, then his family is lucky!

The more I thought about it, the more excited I became, the eldest aunt immediately cleaned up, took her two daughters, hired a bullock cart and returned to her mother's house.

The Li family had a big celebration, chose a good day, set up two tables of wine, and invited relatives, friends and neighbors to have a drink. After the excitement, they gradually calmed down.

On this day, during the free time at noon, the eldest aunt accompanied Mrs. Li to talk in the room, and took the opportunity to bring up the matter.

After hearing this, Mrs. Li was silent, her eyelids were half drooped, she opened her mouth after a while, and said, "This is not going to happen, it's not that mother didn't agree on purpose, it's just that your nephew has a plan in mind, he is Scholars, you may be a classmate or a matchmaker with your husband outside, but we can’t make the decision indiscriminately, so as not to spoil our own plans.”

Old lady Li spoke fiercely, and to put it bluntly, she was naturally not afraid of losing face to her daughter.

And what kind of family is the eldest daughter's family? It just runs an oil paper shop. How can it be worthy of a grandson?

The eldest aunt's face was ugly for a moment, but she quickly adjusted it back, but she was unhappy in her heart, feeling that her mother's family looked down on her, and her nephew had only just been admitted as a scholar, and her eyes grew to the top of her head.

The second aunt pretended not to know what the eldest aunt had said to the old lady Li, but in fact she had already guessed the general idea in her heart, and she was very mocking, thinking that his eldest sister was still as ignorant as ever.

Not only the aunts and wives, after Li Chengze was selected as a scholar, the matchmakers came to the door several times, and in the end, Mrs. Sun declined them one by one.

Bai Shi stood aside and did not speak, but felt a little pity in his heart.

Half a month later, Mrs. Sun couldn't sit still any longer. She was about to call her grandson over and ask him if he had any plans in mind. .

However, before he could ask, Li Chengze went home first and told a news that shocked the whole family.

"Grandmother, father, mother, our family is going to marry the Mingdehou Mansion!"