Peasant Woman's Decreed Life as a Wife

Chapter 1348: Chapter 1345: Homecoming

“How could I affect his state of mind for the exams? I naturally agreed right away, thinking that this child has always been sensible and never asked for anything extravagant. If I didn’t agree, wouldn’t I have been too indifferent?”

“So you really agreed?” A few relatives were still a bit surprised, but not foolish. Although they wanted to introduce their own children to Chu Sheng, they wouldn’t offend Madam Zhang.

After all, Madam Zhang’s status was now extraordinary, as she was the mother of a scholar.

Madam Zhang, of course, used these words to fend off the relatives who wanted to introduce potential matches to Chu Sheng. In her heart, she had no plans to pair her son with a girl from the village, even though there were many girls who could read and write there now. Nevertheless, their family background was still a consideration.

She wanted to find Chu Sheng a girl from another scholar’s family, or perhaps the daughter of a county official.

In the past, she would not have dared to think such thoughts, but with her Third Brother’s official status, other families were willing to marry into the Chu family. Besides, Chu Sheng had truly passed the examinations to become a scholar, which raised their standing even more.

“I see.”

The elders had no good way to continue the subject.

The same situation occurred in the Chu Family’s Second House.

Early that day.

The village had become lively.

The banquet to celebrate Chu Sheng and Chu Zhang becoming scholars was being held that day.

The Chu family invited many guests and prepared a three-day feast. The two families hosted together, and guests usually needed to bring gifts for both households.

Suddenly, the old residence of the Chu family was so crowded that it could not accommodate everyone, so they had to make space in the backyard for all the gifts.

Fortunately, the backyard of the old residence had been paved with stone slabs already. Anticipating this situation when they invited guests, they had the servants set up tents in advance, to avoid any concerns about the gifts being damaged.

Early in the morning, the sounds of firecrackers started popping in front of the entrance to the old residence of the Chu family.

It was extremely lively.

Meanwhile, on the official road near the village, a line of carriages moved forward with a clip-clopping sound.

Chu Jin lifted the curtain of the carriage, his voice brimming with unstoppable joy, “Grandparents, we’re almost at the village.”

Madam Liu couldn’t help but look at the scenery outside, sighing, “It’s been several years since I last came here, and I always feel like something has changed.”

“Of course it’s changed. There used to be a forest over there, I guess it was cut down to build houses,” said Chu Zhiwen, who was familiar with both the village and the area around it, pointing out the many changes to her.

With those words, Madam Liu immediately felt a sense of familiarity and her eyes filled with nostalgia.

As the two carriages entered the village, they were spotted by villagers still working in the fields.

The fields in the village were dry at the moment, with bound straw scattered around, making them appear somewhat barren.

The main road through the village had been well repaired, and as the carriages reached the middle of the village, many children who were there to see the excitement followed along.

Although many children now had the chance to study in the family school, most families still preferred to wait until they were older before sending them. Additionally, today the family school was closed for the holiday, and even the Master had been invited as a guest to the Chu family’s event, so naturally there were more children around.

“There are guests coming.” A child shouted loudly.

The boys looked at the horse with envious eyes, running after the carriage, “Look, that horse is so handsome!”

“Yeah, so big and tall. I’ve never seen such a spirited horse.”

The horses of the Chu family were of a fine breed and well-cared for, naturally more spirited than those of the average household.

Chu Jin, hearing the voices, felt they were somewhat familiar and lifted the curtain to look outside.

The child who had just spoken was ten-year-old Chu Bo. After looking twice, Chu Jin was startled to realize he hadn’t recognized him at first.

Chu Jin was naturally an outgoing person.

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