"Even though we were in that poor, remote village, she didn't seem like a country girl at all. Otherwise, your father wouldn't have arranged such a marriage for you back then.
He was thinking, if you could become a Scholar, having such a Scholar's wife wouldn't bring you any shame."
Madam Ning sank into her memories. "It's just a pity your father died so early. I didn't have the ability to support this family, so I had to find another backer.
But we didn't treat her unfairly back then. We compensated them with Silver, and her parents happily accepted it.
I know her family looked down on you for being poor back then. Without your father's support, they probably figured that was as far as you'd go.
Why bring this up all of a sudden?"
Ning Yuchen said in a low voice, "Mother, you know I have no brothers or clan relatives to support me. It's hard to earn respect when I'm fighting all on my own.
