Can't blame Mrs. Cheng for being too pessimistic, she is not the pedantic person who has to detain her daughter in the back house, in terms of talent, maybe Cheng Chan is not inferior to a man, but she suffers from not being trained by a famous teacher, now she is sixteen, even if she intensifies her study, it is limited in the end, if she wastes her youth on the imperial examination, I am afraid that in the end she will not pass the exam, but also delay her lifelong event.

"A-Niang, I know I'm too old to delay, but the child only has such a wish when he grows so big, please let A-Niang fulfill me." Cheng Chan burst into tears and said, "Even if I fail the exam in the end, I can't marry an adult, and I am willing to be an old girl at home for a lifetime." ”

Now that he has said it, there is no reason to give up halfway, at this moment, Cheng Chan has abandoned all the responsibilities and steady sensibility of his eldest daughter, and is desperate to fight for this one.

Mrs. Cheng was silent for a few breaths, "When I was your age, I used to think like you, and I also had the idea of going to school, and when your grandfather and grandmother proposed marriage to me, I was a hundred unwilling. ”

"Then why did A-Niang marry her father?" Cheng Jinqi said, it can be seen that her parents have never been all the way, and Mrs. Cheng has almost no affection for Cheng Ping.

"I saw your father a few times before the marriage, and saw him talk elegantly and open-mindedly, I thought he was a good person, who knew that after the marriage, he came around, making a lot of trouble in the city, and I also went on a hunger strike in order to withdraw from the family, but then your grandfather beat me hard, and my grandmother forced me to die, so I had to get on the sedan chair and marry into the Cheng family." Mrs. Cheng recalled the past, and there was no expression on her face, "Since I married into the Cheng family, I have never been satisfied, but what can I do?" As a child, you can't disobey your parents, you don't have to marry obediently and have children, no matter how difficult your life is, you have to survive day by day. ”

At this moment, Mrs. Cheng is not so much convincing Cheng Chan as feeling nostalgic for her marriage in this life, when the girl is pregnant with spring, how can she not have expired promises and illusions about her future husband, but it is a pity that the small sprout has just emerged, and it was fiercely pinched and crushed.

"A-Niang—"

Cheng Chan and Cheng Jin both felt sad in their hearts, their parents' feelings were not harmonious, this was something they had already seen clearly, their father was traveling all day long, and their mother was not only worried, but also wished that he would not come back and be clean, but when these words came out of their mother's mouth, they still felt uncomfortable.

Although the Cheng family has risen step by step over the years because of the Empress Dowager Cheng, the Cheng family has not grown at all, and the huge Cheng family has to rely on Mrs. Cheng's hard work to support them.

Mrs. Cheng treats her four children very fondly and indulgently, especially her two daughters, as if she wants to make up for her own shortcomings, and she has almost no requirements for them, but in this matter, she is very stubborn.

"A-Niang herself had such thoughts back then, but now why don't you allow you to take the imperial examination?" Mrs. Cheng's eyes turned red, "When I was in Ruyang, I had a handkerchief handkerchief, and her talent was not inferior to that of a man, even a straightforward and upright person like your grandfather said that if she went to take the imperial examination, maybe she would be able to take the female champion exam and come back." Her family background is not bad, but after all, she is a woman, and her parents are also quite worried, she is arrogant, and she even took the exam without telling her parents, who would have expected that she would not pass the exam. This matter caused a lot of uproar, and the family who was originally married to her also withdrew, and her parents locked her up at home, and they wanted to set a good family for her again, but she ran away from home. Later, I heard that she was a weak woman alone, with no assets, and actually became a secret prostitute to support herself, once she embarked on this road, where can she concentrate on studying, she can't get the exam, her mother thinks she is ashamed, as if she doesn't have this daughter, now I don't know if she is dead or alive, but even if she is still alive, what is the difference between being dead and dead? ”

Mrs. Cheng's lips trembled, and she looked at Cheng Chan almost pleadingly, "Ah Chan, Ah Chan, I beg you!" Your reputation has been hindered, you can no longer be a female student, you are different from Ah Jin, with your talent and appearance, you will definitely be able to marry a wishful man, do you believe Ah Niang...... A-Niang won't urge you to force you anymore, and you don't have to take the test, okay? ”

"Auntie, the reason why your handkerchief handed over ended up was not because she went to take the exam to become a female student, but because her parents forced her to give up the scientific examination and had to lock her up at home." Cheng Jin looked disagreeing, "If she is like an ordinary student, she can't pass the exam once, and she studies behind closed doors for several years and then takes the exam, maybe she will be my female official long ago." ”

"You say it lightly, if a man is going to study for marriage, but if a woman wants to study behind closed doors, where will she go to find a husband? What parent can not be in a hurry? ”

"Auntie, the child doesn't want to live the life of a husband and a child, if he can't take the exam, the child wants to live a quiet life alone." Cheng Chan said resolutely.

"How old are you to think about being quiet? Do you know what kind of hard life those women in the family temple lived? I know that you have seen too much of your father's discord with me, but I have never regretted it, because I have four good children, and children are a woman's greatest reliance in life. Mrs. Cheng was a little hysterical when she said that.

"What if you can't have children? Just like my cousin, she took decoction every day and killed herself? Giving birth to children is also a ghost gate, what if I die in childbirth? Live a lifetime of muddled nightmares, and you can't be happy! Cheng Chan couldn't help but retort.

"You!" Mrs. Cheng was so angry that she slapped her hard, "You curse yourself like this, you want to be angry and die to your aunt!" ”

"A-Niang, I just want to do what I like, and ask A-Niang to do it!" Cheng Chan stiffened his neck and still refused to give in.

"You know that the reputation of female students is not good, have you thought about the Chengenhou Mansion and your younger brothers and sisters? Both of you sisters are going to take the exam, and the reputation of the girls in the house will be burdened, as well as Ah Zhi Ayuan, how do you want them to deal with themselves? ”

"Although people's words are terrible, as long as they do it right and sit up straight, those gossips will be self-defeating sooner or later, if it really doesn't work, our sisters will live in Beppu separately, so as to save everyone," Cheng Jin looked childish, but he spoke very hard, "I don't want to get married to the eldest sister, and we sisters will depend on each other in the future." ”

"Nonsense! What Beppu another place to live! Are you dead when your aunt dies? You two usually look well-behaved, but now you're so angry with me! Mrs. Cheng wiped her tears and said, "I can't beat you left and right, just go to the exam if you want to study, anyway, you don't have me in your eyes!" ”