Is the title important?

What a scam!

A wife is a wife, and a concubine is a concubine. If you miss a title, identity and status are a world of difference.

"Mom, Sister Xue is still young-"

Zhou's first one refused to agree. How could her baby daughter follow a rat spirit in her thirties and still be an unnamed concubine?

She has been raising An Xueting as a daughter since she was a child. Although she lives in the countryside, her discipline on her daughter is no less than that of a rich girl in the city.

Her Xue Jie'er is proficient in reading and literacy, a female craftsman, and a cooking and family manager. She is so outstanding that she can marry a family of officials. How can she be a concubine for a merchant?

However, Zhou herself didn't notice it. When she said this, she was not confident enough.

At least not as firm as a few months ago.

It’s not that she doesn’t love her daughter enough, but that she sees the reality clearly.

The reality is that without An Niting's money, the An family instantly changed from having no worries about food and clothing to being stretched.

Every meal was gone, and not only could the clothes and jewelry be purchased, but they also had to secretly use some subsidies for household expenses. An Haoting's study was like a bottomless pit... All kinds of difficulties were placed in front of Zhou.

Yan is a selfish and careless person.

Zhou dared to bet that Yan must have a private house in his hands, but the dead old woman just didn't let go.

Every day, she knew that she wanted this and that while lying on the bed, she would pretend to be confused when she talked about money.

If the pressure was tighter, she would start crying and slapped her tears and hang herself to death.

Forced Zhou to have no choice but to take out his jewelry and sell it.

After selling it a few times, Zhou was a little unwilling to accept it - why? She had to fill the food, clothing and expenses of the family alone?

She began to settle accounts with An Haoting, so that he could save some money. He would not buy paper that costs hundreds of dollars for a knife at a time. The straw paper that costs more than ten dollars can also be used.

She began to cry to Yan, asking her to endure it and not open her bird's nest or keep her mouth shut. Eating an egg can nourish her body.

Even An Xueting, Zhou also started to find some embroidery for her and did errands with purses. She didn't earn much, but at least she had an investment.

In the past ten years, Zhou thought he was still objective and calm, but she didn't realize it herself, and she had long been used to the days of being raised by others.

A lot of money is received regularly every month. She doesn't have to worry about money. She just needs to serve her mother-in-law and step-son, and raise her daughter. She can live a leisurely life like a rich young grandmother.

"An Niting"'s reluctance not only made Yan's wife, but also made Zhou wake up.

After waking up, Zhou found sadly that she had long been used to being rich and frugal, and could not go back to the past.

At first, Zhou could talk about backbone and so on.

But as time went by, Zhou gradually threw these aside.

Zhou even thought that if An Haoting had not been in high school, the An family would only be worse.

With such a family background, Xue Jie'er can't marry any good family. Do you still want her to marry a down-and-out scholar or a vulgar farmer like herself?

Her Xue Jie'er was raised and raised. She had never even touched a hoe. Should she go to the fields to work every day like the surrounding village women?!

Thinking of this, Zhou felt that perhaps being a concubine for Ge Jintang would be a good choice.

"What little girl? Sister Xue is thirteen, and the Chinese New Year is just fourteen. When I was fourteen, I married your father-in-law."

Yan glared at Zhou and said very domineeringly, "Besides, it's not for her to pass the door immediately. Even if we think about it, it's not convenient for Mr. Ge to come."

Ge Jintang is a businessman who travels around the world and cannot stay in one place for too long.

This time, it is very rare to stay in Qizhou for a few months.

It is already late autumn now, and Ge Jintang is preparing to go to the south to sell some goods before the New Year.

In addition, he also wanted to force himself to settle down.

Sometimes, only when people see reality clearly can they put down their posture and do what they should do.

Ge Jintang is gone.

Without a pair of mouse eyes peeking in the dark, An Xueting quietly breathed a sigh of relief.

But soon, An Xueting discovered that her good days had not come.

Because as soon as Ge Jintang left, no one gave An family anything or money.

Zhou had already sold his jewelry completely, and Yan could no longer hold the corpse and pretend to be dead when facing the empty rice jar and dough jar, but took out some coffin books like cutting his flesh.

An Haoting's side has also been seriously affected.

The academy is normal, but the pen, ink, paper and inkstone used are all reduced to the minimum standard.

In the past, he would attend classmates' dinners and poetry parties, but now, he can only hide aside and never dare to get involved again.

As the cold winter comes, An Haoting is unable to buy a new cotton robe, but wears the old clothes from last year.

This is not the most desperate thing.

The most desperate thing is that we will have to have a break from the beginning of spring next year.

The An family can’t take out more than twenty taels of silver!

If you don’t have money to pay Shu Xiu, would you let An Haoting leave the academy?!

Not to mention that Yan's family refused, even Zhou's family didn't agree.

The cruel reality made them realize the importance of An Haoting's passing.

An Haoting is already very close, just one last step away from turning into a dragon. They have to hold on anyway!

But going to school requires money.

Faced with such a situation, there was no need for Yan to persuade him. Zhou started to think about it. If it really didn't work, let Sister Xue follow Ge Jintang.

As I said earlier, she did this not entirely to settle down. She was not so great.

She also considers Xue Jie'er.

If Sister Xue followed Ge Jintang at this time, she would be the hero of the An family.

In the future, An Haoting won the imperial examination, and he cannot treat Xue Jie'er badly.

And once An Haoting becomes a juren, Xue Jie'er's identity will rise. As long as Ge Jintang has no brain problems, he will leave the brink of his hometown and straighten Xue Jie'er.

If An Haoting failed the exam repeatedly, Xue Jie'er had a wealthy businessman and would not suffer with the An family!

Zhou passed these things over and over again in his mind, but in the end, he made up his mind.

An Xueting listened to her mother's analysis with her.

She suffocated, her whole body was cold, and her heart was full of sadness!

It was not until this moment that she fully understood what her sister had felt.

My sister must have been so helpless and desperate.

Oh no, my sister should be sadder than her, because just like what my grandmother said accidentally - being a concubine is better than being a prostitute, right?!

Listen, this is what my own grandmother said.

I guess in the eyes of my grandmother, she and her sister are not her blood, but something that can be bought and sold and sacrificed!

It’s ridiculous that she once blamed her sister for being “indulgent” and still regretted that she was not strong enough.

Haha, it’s really a cycle of cause and effect, and now she has become the second An Niting!
Chapter completed!