"I was engaged to Wang Yongan from the neighboring village, but when I was fourteen, my second brother accidentally fell into the water. When I was rescuing him to shore, my clothes were accidentally torn off, and then..." Zhao Ye was a little unable to continue.

After choking up for a while, she continued, "There were a lot of people watching at the time. When the Wang family heard about it, they came to cancel the engagement. My parents didn't want to, so in the end, my second brother got married."

In Li Shao's opinion, it was nothing to say that the clothes were torn off and the naked body was exposed. Every man had been shirtless. In his time, it was nothing to say that women were shirtless.

But in the feudal ancient times, this matter was serious. Zhao Ye's body was seen naked, and his engagement was broken off. The broken-off fiancé married his second brother Zhao Qi, and Zhao Ye suddenly became a joke in Zhaojia Village.

No one in the surrounding area was willing to marry him, and in order to support Zhao Xiuwen's studies, his family would not give Zhao Ye much dowry. So Zhao Ye was dragged to 18 years old, while most boys in the village got married at the age of 16 or 17.

After saying this, Zhao Ye didn't dare to breathe, waiting for Li Shao's judgment on him.

Seeing Zhao Ye's cautious look, Li Shao said distressedly: "Brother Ye, you are not wrong. You are very good and brave. It was you who saved your second brother's life. As for that Wang Yongan not marrying you, it is his loss. If he hadn't broken off the engagement, how could the two of us be together?"

Whenever Li Shao thought about Zhao Ye marrying another man, he couldn't suppress his anger.

She was glad that this man named Wang Yongan was short-sighted enough to break off the engagement, but she also hated him for stabbing Zhao Ye in the back when he needed support the most.

There is also Zhao Qi who married Wang Yongan. Ye Ge'er was exposed naked because she saved him, but he turned around and married his ex-brother-in-law.

This made Li Shao suspect that the whole thing was premeditated, and even that the two of them had been colluding with each other to plot against Ye Ge'er.

But with him around, no one can bully Ye Ge'er or that idiot anymore.

Li Shao's words made Zhao Ye feel sweet and at ease.

Then he took the oil paper bag beside him, opened it, revealed the snack inside and handed it to Zhao Ye, saying, "Brother Ye, I don't know what your taste is, so I asked the waiter to bring you some of the best ones sold in the store. Come and try them."

Zhao Ye said in surprise: "Brother Li, the snacks here are very expensive. Don't buy them next time. It's such a waste." Although he was very happy with Brother Li's kindness to him, but thinking about living with Brother Li in the future, it's better to save the money.

Li Shao knew what Zhao Ye was thinking and felt sorry for him. He said in a gentle voice, "Brother Ye, Brother Li said that he would let you live a good life in the future. This little money is nothing. If you like it, you can eat it every day in the future."

Although the house he bought had been renovated and furnished, he was alone at the time, and now that he had Ye Ge'er, he couldn't live in that house anymore.

Li Shao planned to stay in the mountains for a few days and go deep into the forest to find some valuable things. Or after a few days of recuperation, his mental strength would be almost restored to open the space and take out the gold. Then he would build a big house again and marry Ye Ge'er.

"Brother Ye, in the next few days I will go to the mountains to find some valuable things, then build a big house and marry you."

When Zhao Ye heard that Li Shao was going to the mountains, he was very anxious. "Brother Li, don't go. The mountains are too dangerous. I don't want a big house, and I don't need to live a good life. I will be happy as long as I am with you. After we get married, we can open up a few acres of wasteland, and I will raise more chickens and ducks, and our life will be good."

Compared with Qi Lishao's safety, he didn't want a big house at all.

Seeing Zhao Ye's worried look, Li Shao smiled gently and said, "Okay, listen to Brother Ye. I won't go into the mountains. Don't worry. Be good at home and wait for me to come and propose marriage these few days."

Zhao Ye finally felt relieved after hearing Li Shao's promise, and the two of them were affectionate with each other for a while.

Zhao Ye returned home happily and found that his third brother Zhao Xiuwen, who was studying in the town, had returned. The dinner was naturally much richer, but Ye Ge'er's chopsticks were still moving around the vegetarian dishes around him.

Zhao Xiuwen is nineteen years old this year. He has studied for so many years but is still a poor man. However, Zhao's father and mother believe that their son is a natural scholar. The family has lived a tight life over the years and spent all their money on his studies.

Zhao Xiuwen usually lives in the academy in the town and rarely goes home during holidays.

When seeing him come back, Zhao Ye knew that his third brother had gone home to get the money again.

At the dinner table, Zhao's father said, "Xiu Wen, the writing materials and money for the exam are ready. Ask your mother to give them to you after dinner."

After hearing this, Sun Jiao looked at Zhao Tian who just lowered his head to eat, curled her lips, and didn't dare to say anything.

"Father and mother, my son has recently made an acquaintance with a classmate whose family is in business. He has connections with senior officials in the province. He has a draft of the examination paper. If you can get the paper and memorize it, you will definitely pass the examination. But this copy of the paper costs twenty taels."

When Zhao's father heard that he wanted twenty taels, he thought it was like asking for his life. He asked, "Xiu Wen, how come your classmate is so talented but he hasn't passed the exam yet? And will such a good thing ever happen to us?"

Zhao Xiuwen put the bowl heavily on the table and said, "Dad, he didn't pass the exam before because he got connections this year, and it cost too much money. Such good things will not be told to outsiders. I only told it to me because I have a good relationship with him."

Seeing that his father was unwilling to pay the money, Zhao Xiuwen hurriedly said, "Others who want to spend this money don't have this opportunity. Dad, think about it, with only 20 taels, I can pass the exam to become a scholar. After passing the exam, my family doesn't have to do corvée labor, pay land taxes, and go to the county to study without spending money. Not to mention that after passing the exam, those wealthy businessmen will rush to give money to make friends with our family. Such a good opportunity cannot be missed."

Mother Zhao couldn't hold it in any longer. "Xiu Wen, where can we get these twenty taels of silver? We don't even know who to borrow from."

In order to support his studies, his family has borrowed money from relatives many times over the years. This time, even an ordinary farmer cannot afford twenty taels at once, and even if someone has it, it is impossible for them to lend it all to others.

At this time, Zhao Xing (Zhao Tiansun Jiao's eldest son) was clamoring for eggs, and the eggs were placed in front of Zhao Xiuwen.

Sun Jiao pulled Zhao Xing over and scolded him, "What are you eating? You're almost out of food, and you're still thinking about eating eggs."

When Zhao's mother heard this, she scolded, "Shut your mouth. Who are you talking to? She then picked up her crying grandson and fed him eggs.

Father Zhao said in a deep voice: "What are you all arguing about? You think it's not chaotic enough. Let's eat first, Xiuwen, and I'll think of a solution later."

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