Farmhouse Green Plum

Chapter 520 Determination

Qian said happily: "As long as your baby's belly can hold it and there is no waste, it's fine."

This is of course just a polite remark. There are not many fruit trees in the village, and every family keeps a close eye on them. People usually don't want to buy snacks, so they rely on the one or two fruit trees to satisfy their cravings. Some families even select the good fruits to sell.

When Song Yuanzhen was about to pick the Zhou family's pears, he was branded a thief.

After thanking Qian, they left the Zhou family's area. Song Ying handed the pear in his hand to Song Yuan.

Song Yuan said, "Sister, you eat. I was just teasing Grandma Qian."

"Sister Yanxing and I will share one." Song Ying shook her head. She remembered that when she passed by Zhou's house during the Chinese New Year, Qian gave Song Tian and Song Yuan candies, but only gave her a handful of melon seeds.

Now that she has grown up, she can eat candy whenever she wants and is no longer greedy. She can understand Qian's behavior.

Candy is not cheap. When children from the same village came to pay her New Year's greetings, she, as an elder, only gave them melon seeds, and other people would say she was stingy.

There are many children in the village. If you buy a small bag of candies, most of them can be shared out, one for each person. If relatives' children come, there will be basically nothing left.

In this case, every penny saved counts.

But even though she understood these things when she was a child, she couldn't let it go. She was just a child at that time, and she would be sad if she was treated differently, and she would feel that she was not lovable.

This time, Qian originally only wanted to give them a pear, but it happened to be a pear, and today happened to be Mid-Autumn Festival. She only remembered it after she said it, and there was nothing she could do but grit her teeth and give them a few more.

She was a famous doctor, Yan Xing ran a shop in the city, and Song Tian worked in the government office. In contrast, Qian chose not to give the marriage to Song Yuan, who was still studying in the village.

Song Yuan looked at the pear and said, "But pears can't be divided."

"It's okay. Your sister Yanxing and I have a deep bond. A pear can't separate us."

Luo Yanxing also said: "Your sister and I have shared many pears. In the past, there were three of us, including Xiaoxiang. Now we are sharing it between the two of us, so this one is not a big deal.

Little Caiyuanzi, you should study hard. Jiahu Academy will be accepting new disciples at the beginning of next month. If you can pass the exam, you will be closer to us in the future.

There is an old man selling buns at the entrance of Jiahu Academy. He lives next door to us. If you are studying there and want to eat something, just ask him to tell us and we will deliver it to you, or you can just come to his house to eat. It is very convenient.

Otherwise, if we go to Qingshui Academy, it’s very far away, and we are usually busy, so we can’t always take care of you.”

She wanted to use this to motivate Song Yuan to study hard, but Song Yuan said firmly, "I've made up my mind. I will only take the entrance exam to Jiahu Academy. If I fail this year, I'll try next year. If I fail next year, I'll try the year after. Anyway, I must pass!"

After passing the entrance exam to Jiahu Academy, I can take the exams for the scholar, juren, and jinshi degrees!"

Luo Yanxing was stunned. Before the Song and Yuan dynasties, his ambition was limited to the examination for the title of scholar. He never dared to dream of taking the examination for the title of juren. Was he really excited today? He even mentioned the examination for the title of jinshi!

Song Ying was also a little surprised, but she didn't let it dampen his confidence. "Study hard, I believe you will pass the exam."

Song Yuanzheng nodded. He also wanted to become a capable person so that his family would not ignore his words.

Back in the city, Song Tianxian drove the carriage to take them home. After jumping off the carriage, Song Ying asked, "Do you want to have dinner before leaving?"

"No, it's still early. I'll go return the carriage first and then go back to the government office."

He hired a carriage to go back today. He had been thinking of trying to persuade his family to buy him a horse, but now there is no hope. He should return the carriage as soon as possible to avoid the annoyance of looking at it.

"That's fine. Come to my house for dinner when you're free on your day off." After thinking for a moment, Song Ying decided to explain, "I'm not targeting you about what happened today. Grandma and the others broke the agreement. If I just let it go, you won't take my words seriously in the future.

If you want to blame someone for this, you can only blame Grandma and the others for not keeping their promise. Of course, if you insist on blaming me for being unkind, that's fine too."

"I know, don't worry, sister. I can tell right from wrong. You were also forced."

Song Ying didn't care whether he really thought so or was just saying it, she asked herself if she had a clear conscience.

She turned and walked inside, and Luo Yanxing hurriedly followed. "What's going on? I felt something was wrong with you today. If it were the case in the past, you would have choked Grandma Qian to the point of being speechless."

"I think what Song Tian said this morning is correct. Smiling people does work, especially when coupled with sufficient strength."

"What do you mean?"

Song Tian was stunned. His smiling face matched his strength...

In the courtyard behind Yingnuoxuan, Luo Yanxing chased after him and asked, "What happened to your family today? Did your grandmother and the others break any promises?"

"Didn't I give it to Song Tian before..." At that moment, Song Ying told him in detail what happened at noon.

"Yuan Qing is really quick. Didn't Mei Yue say that he hasn't been back since he left on the 9th? When did he convince his family?

Could it be that he took action the day the results were announced? That was too fast! I really want to learn from him how to persuade people so I can go back and deal with my parents.

"Don't even think about it. He is the treasure of the Yuan family, and his words carry a lot of weight in the Yuan family." Although Song Ying didn't know exactly how Yuan Qing convinced his family, he could probably guess something.

"You should learn from me. Children who are loved can get away with just a little bit of spoiling and playing around. But those of us who aren't loved can only hit the snake in the weakest part and pinch its vital point!"

"Like what you did this afternoon?" Luo Yanxing raised his eyebrows, "Actually, I don't think you need to do that today. The marriage they agreed to this time is what you wanted.

Besides, once you get married, you won't have to deal with them anymore, so why bother talking to them anymore? Aren't you afraid they won't give you the money, so why not just reject the Yuan family's marriage proposal?"

"No, it's absolutely necessary. This is the first time. If I don't establish the rules, they'll ignore my wishes the next time something like this happens. They'll get bolder and bolder, and I don't know what kind of trouble they'll cause me.

As for marriage, they are even more reluctant than I am."

Night, Xinghua Village.

The hunter couple arrived at the Song family's house and asked, "Aunt Li, I saw Song Ying came back today. Did you tell her about my tiger boy?"

Li, who had been suffering from a heart attack for the whole afternoon, felt even more depressed. "This won't work. Tianwa's job happened to coincide with Mr. Zhang's request to Yingwa. Jobs in the government office are not that easy to get.

Forget it, take the money back."

Hunter Tian was very disappointed, but after thinking about it, he pushed the money back and said, "We are not in a hurry. When there is a chance next time, you can ask Song Ying to help you."

After what happened this afternoon, how could Li dare to confront Song Yingzhang? She could ruin her cousin's job without any mercy.

If she accepted the money, even if she agreed to help out in a moment of pleasure, if she got into trouble one day and the matter was ruined, how would she have any face in the village?