Chapter 277: 277 Qingyue started fighting with her exhusband.

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The autumn imperial examinations every three years left him with a nine-year long failure to become a scholar, a constant pain in his heart. He didn’t have to be the subject of conversation; hearing others discuss failures to become scholars was enough to make him feel targeted. He stared at Su Qingyue’s pus-filled face and turned away in disgust, “You ugly freak, no wonder you’re a servant in my family, and even sold by my mother.”

Su Qingyue had asked Xiao Yuchuan about her situation in the Zhu Family, and she was bought in from an outsider by the Zhu family’s old lady six months ago for fifteen taels of silver.

The Zhu Family had two sons, the eldest son named Zhu Daqi, and the second son named Zhu Nengwen. The Zhu Family was considered well-off, and such a family would normally not buy a wife. The Zhu family’s second son had failed the scholars’ exam for nine years, and the cost of education was too high. Apart from the food, the Zhu family couldn’t even sell enough of their surplus food to pay for their education.

The old lady of the Zhu Family thought that marrying a wife was too expensive. She decided to buy a woman first, and see if either her eldest or second son would accept her as a wife.

Whoever liked her would consummate the marriage in their room, and they wouldn’t have to spend money on a wedding.

Who would have thought that both sons, neither willing to accept her, ignoring her for half a year. In the eyes of the Zhu family, Su Qingyue was just an ugly and useless mute. The old lady of the Zhu family also felt she had lost money by buying Su Qingyue. After half a year, she sold her to the Xiao Family for sixteen taels.

Su Qingyue found this out from Chuan. The Zhu Family intended for one of the two brothers to marry her. Therefore, she thought that when the Xiao Family bought her, it was for her to become Xiao Yuchuan’s wife alone.

In fact, what Xiao Yuchuan did not say was that Old Lady Zhang had initially intended for Su Qingyue to be a shared wife for both the Zhu family brothers, but marrying one wife was considered disgraceful for families who were not severely impoverished. Concerned about losing face, Old Lady Zhu called off the shared arrangement and separately urged each son to marry her.

Since Su Qingyue asked Xiao Yuchuan indirectly about the matter, and Xiao Yuchuan thought she knew about it, and when they were chatting casually, they didn’t go into detail about the seemingly unimportant issue, which led to misunderstandings.

Su Qingyue looked down on Zhu Nengwen for calling her ugly. To her, this Zhu was nothing more than a worthless man and not even her ex-husband, since they never got married or consummated the marriage. “With your family’s poor state, can you even afford servants?”

Zhu Nengwen’s face changed instantly, “How dare you talk to me like that! My family can’t afford servants? We have eight acres of farmland. Your new buyer, the Xiao family, doesn’t even have any land, and on top of owing so many people money even before buying you, they owe six taels of silver and caused the Xiao Family’s second and third brothers to collapse. You’re such a jinx!”

“Don’t just call me a servant; who do you think you are? Even if I’m a jinx, it’s none of your business.” Su Qingyue coldly snorted, “I’m not just saying I dare to talk to you like this, I would even dare to beat you up.”

“You!” Zhu Nengwen was so angry that his face turned green, and he threw a punch at her.

With one hand carrying a basket and the other holding the edge of a jar, Su Qingyue slapped him with her other hand before he could hit her.

Zhu Nengwen was slapped in the face.

With a smack, his head went fuzzy.

For a scholar like him who came from a family with above-average conditions in the village and few illiterate people, he was highly respected in the village. There were few people who dared to offend him..