Peasant Woman's Decreed Life as a Wife

Chapter 495 - 495: The Reason

“Ziluo, keep an eye on Lil’ Jin. Don’t go into the water. Just play by the shore, understand?” Ye Muyu reminded worriedly.

Chu Ziluo smiled and nodded. “Mother, don’t worry. I’ll take good care of my brother.”

“Mother, I promised you not to go into the water, so I definitely won’t go into the water.” Chu Jin also straightened his chest and said confidently.

“Mother, I’ll go back to my room to pick out my clothes for tomorrow.” Chu Ziluo could not bear to wear her good clothes. She was worried that the soil would ruin her clothes, so she had to choose from the old clothes. However, she had been eating well recently and had finally put on some weight. Her thin face had turned into a chubby oval face.

In the past, she had to carefully choose between the butter ones of those old clothes before she could find a suitable one.

Chu Jin wanted to have fun tomorrow, so he mustered up his courage and looked at Chu Heng. “Father, I want to finish my homework for tomorrow. Is that okay?”

“Of course you can, but it’s your turn to take the test tomorrow night.” Chu Heng had already made a rule that he would set a test for Chu Jin during the school holidays.

Chu Jin was not panicking anymore. He thought about the homework he had done recently. He had finished all of it, so his father would only create a test with those in mind. If it was three months ago, he would have been panicking.

“Yes, Father.” Chu Jin nodded confidently.

Chu Heng nodded in agreement and ignored him.

Chu Jin carried the bowls and chopsticks into the kitchen before turning to the study to do his homework.

After Ye Muyu finished her meal, she quietly waited for Chu Heng to finish.

Chu Heng did not go to the study room to read again. Instead, he washed up and tidied up with Ye Muyu.

“Don’t you need to study today?” Ye Muyu asked curiously.

“No need.” In the past few days, he was not studying. He mainly asked for information and developed his business. He had enough time to interact with his classmates in school.

Oh,” Ye Muyu replied and did not ask further.

15 minutes later…

The two of them had already washed up and were sitting on the bed.

Ye Muyu saw that he did not plan to sleep. She leaned back and thought for a while. “Is there anything I don’t know about the Song family?” she asked. “Do you know why the Wang family suddenly took a liking to Song Lu?” “Why?” Ye Muyu pondered.

“A few days ago, Song Lu represented the school in Lin County and came to our place for an exchange. He made a policy theory and caused a lot of discussion.

Many teachers said that Song Lu had extraordinary talent and would definitely be nominated.”

“Like most businessmen, landlords like to play the game of ‘catching a son-in-law’.”

“This kind of thing is very common in the prefecture and even the capital,” Chu Heng explained to her carefully.

Ye Muyu nodded to show that she understood. After all, no matter how much land, grain, and money the Wang family had, they were just merchants. If they wanted to continue their legacy, they had to have scholars in their family.

The most convenient way was to get a son-in-law who was a talented scholar.

The bigger the business, the higher the status of the people above.

This place was far from Jing City, and in addition to the prosperous Jiangnan, there were many landlords like the Wang family. The further north they went, especially on the way to Jing City, the more they could not offend those who came to Jing City to do business.

“Because of this matter, the Wang family had the idea of arranging a marriage with the Song family. Coincidentally, Song Lu is still young, and the Wang family had a Third Miss who had left home. In the end, the Third Miss went to see Song Lu, and the Wang family’s Third Miss personally agreed to the marriage..”