The husband I snatched halfway through his life is strange.

Chapter 167 My husband's most stubborn trait is his mouth.
Wei family courtyard.

Yu Tingwan and Huiniang packed up the baskets brought by the Zhao family.

Fresh bamboo shoots, dried mushrooms, black fungus, peach gum, dried small fish, cured pork, and more than fifty farm eggs that the family had saved up.

Wei Shouzhong then accompanied Zhao Yong to the street to buy cattle.

Thanks to Shunzi, the Zhao family is now wealthy. With oxen, traveling is much easier, and plowing the fields won't be so arduous in the future.

I originally planned to buy it in town. But the cows at the market there weren't very lively.

Seeing how full the basket was, Hui Niang couldn't help but say, "I told you the county has everything, why did you bring this along, sister-in-law?"

"Nothing bought outside can compare to the quality of homemade food."

Madam Yu: "These aren't for you. I'm giving these eggs to my son to help him recover. I only feel at ease as his aunt when I see him doing well."

She turned her head and looked at Yu Tingwan with a smile.

"When I saw you at the wedding banquet last time, I thought you were good-looking and had a good personality. It's because God couldn't bear to see your in-laws suffer too much, and the Wei family has accumulated some good fortune over the years, which is why Alang was able to come back and marry you."

Previously, when Hui Niang returned to the village and said that she had bought a courtyard in the county, Yu Shi did not believe it.

People are sitting in the yard right now, feeling a little dizzy.

She's good at cursing, but even better at saying nice things.

"Who would have thought that you, my child, are truly blessed? Look, the Wei family is thriving now, and it's all thanks to you, our new bride."

Yu was not just saying it offhand.

She felt from the bottom of her heart that Yu Tingwan was a good person.

Yu even felt that the Hu family's smooth sailing for so many years was due to Yu Tingwan's presence.

The Hu family has been so successful all these years, but with Yu Tingwan gone, won't they become a laughing stock?
Hui Niang agreed with all the good points Yu Tingwan made.

She nodded repeatedly.

It seems that all of this was thanks to Yu Tingwan.

If it were anyone else, they would have been embarrassed long ago.

Yu Tingwan also knew that the credit actually belonged to Wei Zhao.

But girls love to hear nice things!
Is it wrong?
Yu Tingwan felt no psychological burden whatsoever.

She nodded: "That's right."

Yu Tingwan said seriously, "I admit it!"

Wei Zhao sat listlessly in the wheelchair beside him. Upon hearing this, he lifted his eyelids slightly and curled the corners of his mouth.

Yu then said to Hui Niang, "To be honest, I originally intended to take the cured meat to another teacher at the town's academy."

"His surname is Chi, and he's in poor health. Yet his reputation is much better than that of Master Chu."

"I also visited his home."

"He agreed to let A-Yu go back after he learned that we had a reason. But then, that guy surnamed Chu went to him right after and just happened to run into him."

Thinking of this, Madam Yu was furious: "Good heavens, you didn't see it. That guy surnamed Chu is incredibly arrogant. He gave us a thorough dressing down."

Saying you can come and go as you please, as if the college is your home?

They also say that without rules, nothing can be accomplished.

She further criticized A-Yu for being inadequate in this way and that way, urging Master Chi to abandon his womanly compassion.

"I originally thought that with Master Chi's qualifications, if A-Yu studied under him, it wouldn't be Chu's place to criticize him. But who would have thought that Master Chi wouldn't dare to utter a single word in front of him."

In fact, Mr. Yu could understand.

Master Chi's health has deteriorated, and in recent years, he has entrusted all matters, large and small, of the academy to Master Chu. The number of students under his tutelage is pitifully small compared to Master Chu's.

Therefore, he was unwilling to make too much trouble, nor did he want to create a rift between himself and Master Chu for the sake of an ordinary student.

But Yu was just not feeling well.

Just like how bad her husband, Ayu, is.

Although... it seems a bit bad.

But Ayu was more willing to put in the effort than anyone else.

"Since he's unwilling to do the work, why would I want to give him cured meat?"

Ms. Yu: "It would be better if we ate it ourselves."

She and Huiniang still had some private things to say, and they would go inside to talk once everything was settled here.

There were only four people left in the courtyard.

The little girl was playing with the crow in the corner.

Yu Tingwan then began to sized up Zhao Yu.

Yu Tingwan frowned.

At this moment! She finally realized it belatedly!

My aesthetic sense differs from others'!
Because Zhao Yu was tall and thin, and somewhat frail.

Zhao Yu, dressed in a faded cotton coat, sat obediently next to Wei Zhao.

His facial features are well-proportioned.

Clean and tidy.

It gives people a very comfortable feeling.

Not at all robust.

But he was almost forcibly taken from him.

According to Hui Niang, if Zhao Yu hadn't failed in his studies, countless people would have coveted him.

No, why!

Perhaps because the environment was unfamiliar, Zhao Yu didn't say much, but he kept working. For example, he peeled oranges for Wei Zhao.

Peel the sunflower seeds for him.

You also need to pour him water.

I've been busy the whole time.

Finally, Zhao Yu couldn't help but whisper it out.

"Cousin, do you still remember me?"

Yu Tingwan, whose voice was soft, almost couldn't hear it.

Zhao Yu's eyes, however, shone brightly. The dejection he felt because of Master Chu dissipated, replaced by undisguised joy.

"When I was bullied, it was you, cousin, who stood up for me. You punched him and left him with a black eye and a swollen face."

As he expected.

Wei Zhao: "I don't remember."

Zhao Yu was somewhat saddened.

"Does my cousin remember that you almost got into a fight with someone over a single copper coin?"

No wonder he was able to join Wei's army.

It's a pity that the real Wei Shen is no longer here.

Wei Zhao did not respond.

He looked up, his expression indifferent.

"What books have you read?"

Zhao Yu felt somewhat embarrassed upon hearing this.

The students in the town all flocked to the county academy.

Therefore, most of the students in the town's academies were from the countryside.

Very few families in rural areas are willing to send their children to school.

The academy only recruits students once every three years.

He started learning late.

Hu Yaozu and his fellow students had been studying for three years before he was finally able to enroll.

But that year the harvest was poor, and every household tightened their belts to make ends meet. Only three people went to the town academy.

If there are many people, Master Chu will certainly teach them well.

Of the three who studied for a while, only Zhao Yu remained.

Master Chu's daily teaching time was already limited. He was unwilling to leave it all to Zhao Yu alone. Therefore, each teaching session was very short and perfunctory. After only half a year, he made Zhao Yu classmates with Hu Yaozu and others again.

Zhao Yu entered the academy too late and didn't even know many characters. How could he keep up?
These past few years have been full of ups and downs...

He said embarrassedly, "I have read the four books required for the preliminary examinations: 'The Hundred Family Surnames,' 'The Three Character Classic,' 'Standards for Being a Good Student and Child,' and 'Li Weng's Rhyming Dictionary.'"

"I haven't read 'Prodigy Poems' or 'Young Forest Jade Studies' yet."

Wei Zhao: "Do you understand the meaning of the book?"

His family supported his education, paying such a large tuition fee every year. Zhao Yu lowered his head in shame.

Zhao Yu: "However, I can memorize it."

Wei Zhao was also interested in seeing how capable he was.

At this age, you're not young anymore.

To judge whether a student is good or not, besides aptitude, one should not look at whether he has read hundreds or thousands of books.

Rather, it was under circumstances where the teacher disliked them and their classmates looked down on them. They relied on themselves to see if their basic skills were solid.

“Write it down from memory.”

Wei Zhao replied coldly, "Can you do it without missing a single word?"

Zhao Yu was taken aback.

He didn't understand why Wei Zhao was testing him.
But my cousin said to just do as he said.

Zhao Yu wasn't flustered at all, after all, he really knew it by heart: "I'll give it a try."

After Yu Tingwan prepared the paper and pen, she saw Zhao Yu obediently going to the stone table to write. She then leaned over to Wei Zhao and muttered, "This is a bit difficult."

Wei Zhao: "Is it difficult?"

Yu Tingwan was about to nod.

Wei Zhao rarely looked at her so seriously.

If he can pull through, he'll be fine...

“In the future, with my personal guidance, our son will be able to do it at the age of five.”

Yu Tingwan: ? ? What the heck?
Are you Beijingers really that shrewd?

She was still playing in the mud when she was five years old.

However... Yu Tingwan was more concerned about something else.

To remain chaste as if it were jade.

You can have a son?
It's already good enough that my wife didn't run away.

Not only is it not good, but it also makes you sound so arrogant.

The girl said with a straight face, "I think I've figured it out."

"My husband's most stubborn thing is his mouth!"