Chapter 10 : Twilight Years晚

Finally, children rew up, rried, and had children.

好不容易我终于盼到了我自己的孩子们都成家了，生娃了。

Naturally, there were ny hardships and pain alon the way, but I never iined that our sufferin would last a lifeti, all the way until death.

中间自然是受到了很多苦，很多痛，只是我没有想到我们会这样痛苦一生，直到死。

I rried a sile and honest n frothe sa villae, who shared the sa poor backround and lacked support. We started fronothin, had children, and endured countless series.

我嫁给了同村一个老老实实的男人，同样的家境贫寒，同样的无依无靠，我们白手起家，生儿育女，同时也受尽凄凉。

I hoped that children would succeed and pursue a career in acadecs or the ierial exanation, but none enjoyed studyin. My eldest son rried, while second son, afraid of hardships and challenes, ssed the ae for rriae and reined a bachelor. My eldest dauhter-in-law was selfish and refused to contribute to the household expenses while I took care of their child, always tryin to take advantae of us.

我也希望自己的孩子能够成才，我也希望自己的孩子能够考上秀才走上科举之路，我也希望....可是我的孩子们没有一个喜欢学习，大儿子到了婚嫁的年龄娶了妻子，二儿子是个怕苦畏难的，心比天高又没有多少能力的小伙子，上不着天，下不着地，拖着拖着就错过了婚配年龄成了光棍，而大儿媳妇是个自私自利的人，我帮她照顾孩子，半分生活费都不肯出，想方设法地从我们两老儿身上榨取油水。

Althouh there are ny of lovin parents, I have never seen a younster who is rateful.

痴心父母古来多，孝顺儿孙谁见了？

On the other hand, younest dauhter was intellient and beautiful, so she t a constable who worked at the local overnnt office.

我的小女儿倒是生得聪明美丽，因此她遇到了一个在衙门工作的捕头。

We were all villae irls, so how could a faly like ours be considered suitable for such a tch?

我们都是乡野村姑，人家怎么能看得上咋们这样的家庭呢？

With the falies bein so different in social standin, I feared dauhter would suffer hardships in her rried life.

门不当户不对，我很怕自己的女儿会吃苦。

So I advised dauhter to find soone with a re suitable backround, but she told she didn''''t want to spend her entire life in this ioverished rural area. She wanted a better life, to see a bier world, and to have a brihter future.

于是我劝说女儿找个