allonlinenovel Chapter 174 The Maid Who Married in Place 8
Chapter 174 The Maid Who Married in Place 8
At this time, Muchen looked a little disheveled, with a bundle hanging around his neck and Cheng's mother on his back.
Walking on the muddy path in the field, one step deep and one step shallow.
After being pretended to be stabbed by Sirong and pushed into the river, he held his breath and waited at the bottom of the river for a while, then dived downstream for a long way before he dared to quietly climb onto the shore.
Then she rushed home without stopping. Her home was in a village not far from the city gate.
It's not quite right to call it a village, because there's no land and the people living here don't make a living from farming. It's more appropriate to call this place a slum.
Because this place is close to the city gate, many street vendors gather here and live there.
At the beginning, it was because there were many merchants coming from other places, and they often arrived in the capital when the city gates were closed in the evening.
They had no way to enter the city, so they built a shack on the wasteland nearby and stayed there for the night. They would wait until the city gates opened the next day before going into the city to do business.
Of course, there were also officials who were imprisoned outside the city, but they were allowed to stay in post stations.
Unlike ordinary people like them, they could only build a shack or spend the night in a carriage if they had one.
These shacks will not be demolished when they leave, and new people can move in as they want, since there is nothing valuable left behind anyway.
Gradually, more and more shacks appeared here. Some people saw that the government officials did not come to care about this place, so they boldly built a thatched house to try. Gradually, more and more houses appeared here.
Some people who are on the road and cannot enter the city can spend a few copper coins to rent a room here for one night, which is equivalent to the B&B in later generations.
There were also some scholars who came to Beijing to take the imperial examinations. Because their families were not wealthy, they chose to rent a room here and review until the start of the examination.
Cheng Yuanzhi's father was a porter before he died. He made a living by taking jobs at the city gate and moving things for people.
Relying on his youth and strength, he earned a few houses here. Later, he got married and lived a good life with Cheng Zhiyuan.
When Cheng Zhiyuan was very young, his father was determined to send his son to school.
In his words, he has worked hard all his life and cannot let his son end up like him.
If things had continued like this, if Cheng's father hadn't died, Cheng Yuanzhi would have lived a pretty happy life.
However, when Mr. Cheng was carrying a heavy bag for someone, he accidentally bumped into a nobleman, and the teapot in the nobleman's hand accidentally fell to the ground.
This made the nobleman very distressed, and he immediately ordered his men to beat Mr. Cheng severely. By the time they had vented their anger and left, Mr. Cheng was only breathing his last.
He was carried home by kind neighbors, but died within half a month.
When he was dying, Father Cheng grabbed Mother Cheng's hand, his eyes wide open, wanting to say something, but no words came out of his mouth.
He just refused to let go of Cheng's mother's hand and stared at her with his eyes wide open.
In the end, Cheng's mother understood what he was thinking and swore to him that she would never remarry no matter what, and would support her son's studies and imperial examinations and would not let him do hard labor.
Only then did Father Cheng take his last breath and close his eyes.
When Cheng's father died, Cheng Yuanzhi was only 6 years old. Although he could remember things, he could not help his family at all.
After that, Cheng's mother gradually changed from a gentle and kind young wife to a sharp-tongued old woman. In recent years, Cheng's mother has been nitpicking about everything and arguing with others.
The only thing he didn't care about was Cheng Yuanzhi's tuition.
He never broke his oath to his father and lived with Cheng Yuanzhi wholeheartedly. There was no opposite sex within five miles of him.
How can I put it? Human nature is complex. Cheng Yuanzhi is not a good person. He can tell all kinds of greasy lies to Shen Jingshu. Not only did he flirt with Shen Jingshu, he also had his eye on her maid.
But if you say he is unfilial, that is impossible.
After receiving the deposit from the prince, he gave it to Cheng's mother immediately. Not only did he give Cheng's mother the money, he also told her everything that the prince had asked him to do.
This is a rare thing. Many children choose to act first and report to their parents later, no matter what they do, and only let their parents know after the thing is done.
They said this to avoid worrying their parents, but in reality they were afraid that their parents would stop them and cause more trouble.
But they have never thought that if what they want to do is right, why would their parents stop them?
Shouldn't we support it?
They may feel that their parents are old and cannot keep up with the times.
But they forget one thing: some experiences have little to do with the changes of the times.
But Cheng Yuanzhi never had to think about these things. He trusted his mother 100%, and his mother did not hold him back.
Although Cheng's mother didn't have much knowledge, after Cheng Yuanzhi told her these things, she was able to roughly analyze the benefits they could get, not only if this matter was successful.
Cheng's mother also analyzed the risks involved in this matter in detail.
So when Muchen rushed home, Cheng's mother knew that things had not worked out when she saw that he was soaked.
He turned around, picked up his bag, and left home with Muchen.
Inside the bundle were all the valuable belongings in their home. These days, Cheng Yuanzhi went to the city to have an affair with the young lady of the Marquis's Mansion, so the old lady was not idle either.
I exchanged for money all the things in the house that could not be moved away.
Regardless of whether his son's plan succeeds or not, if he succeeds, they will have to live a good life and these junk will have to be replaced.
If she and her son were to run away, they couldn't take these things with them, and they couldn't keep them either. It would be better to exchange them for money and carry them with them for peace of mind.
You said the old lady was so worried and thought about the risks involved, why didn't she stop Cheng Yuanzhi.
Of course she knew she couldn't stop her son, let alone Cheng Yuanzhi. Even she, the old lady, was upset when she heard about this.
What a great temptation this is, the daughter of a marquis's family, is that something that poor people like them dare to dream of?
Normally, if they saw a noble lady going out to burn incense on the street, they would not even dare to raise their heads.
Not to mention marrying her home as your wife.
There is a modern saying: If you try hard, your bicycle can turn into a motorcycle!
This is the old lady’s mentality now.
She knew that this kind of thing could be fatal if it went wrong, but if it succeeded, her son would have made a huge leap across social classes. How could she not be tempted?
Since she is so moved, is there any need to tell me what her son thinks?
The old lady naturally knew that she couldn't persuade her son.
Besides, Prince Duan was interested in her son to do this thing. Could a family like theirs refuse this?
For ordinary people, life is worthless. All the old lady can do is to accompany her son and give it a try. What if it succeeds?
What awaited her son was a life of high official position, generous salary, glory and wealth.
If it doesn't work, the worst that can happen is that she will die with her son!