59, Daily Life of Farmers in Imperial Examination (4)

Duan Qingen woke up to the chirping of birds in the trees outside. When he raised his eyes, he saw that the other small bed in the room was empty.

Even though Grandma Duan gradually came to love Li Baojun as her own granddaughter, Li Baojun was still as diligent as ever. She was probably feeding chickens and pigs outside right now.

He stretched out, put on his coat first, then moved the quilt on the bed to one side, and then got out of bed.

As soon as I went out, I happened to see Grandma Duan sweeping the yard.

Seeing her sweet grandson getting up, Grandma Duan immediately showed a loving smile on her face, "Qing'en is awake, why don't you sleep a little more. You read and write every day, so you need to sleep more to replenish your energy, you know?"

"It's okay, I've had enough sleep."

"Just sleep enough. I heard that your wife is back and will go out with Nai in a while. Let's make up all the money we should have made up before, and then ask if we can let your brother go to school too."

"By the way." Just as she was talking about today's arrangements, Grandma Duan suddenly thought of something, "Your grandfather is also stupid. He doesn't say that he can't read any book, and he knows every word in the book. But He didn't know these words and fell asleep directly, wasting the candle I lit. "

The old man babbled and returned the book that was kept in his arms to Duan Qingen: "He is so old, I guess your master will not accept him, and you are the most promising in our family. Didn't I say that you should let him go before?" What are you going to take the exam for this year?”

Duan Qingen: "Tong Sheng."

"Yes, I am a Tong Sheng. Aren't you going to take this exam? I probably don't have time to help your father read."

"Nai, it doesn't matter. I just need to set aside some time every day. I don't have to go to the fields. I just teach reading. It doesn't take much time."

"Why doesn't it take much time? You don't know that your master's brain just doesn't work well. What if you teach him but don't teach him well, which makes you tired of studying on your own."

Grandma Duan said she had come up with a particularly great idea.

"Look, if you go and tell the master, let your three brothers go to school. If they don't know how to read, wouldn't they be just like your father? What words do they learn in school every day? Just teach it to your grandpa, since he doesn’t know how to read anyway, even if your grandpa can’t learn it, it won’t hinder anything.”

Thinking of the three free boys in his family, Duan Qing'en couldn't help but shed tears of sympathy for them in his heart.

Looking up again, he saw the sad-faced Grandpa Duan opening the door curtain and coming out, and he added silently in his heart.

Yes, I have to give Grandpa a bow as well.

As soon as Grandpa Duan came out, he heard Grandma Duan's words and immediately felt sleepy. He didn't know the words and said yesterday that he couldn't read them. Grandma Duan insisted that it was because he didn't know the words. Wouldn't it be familiar if he read more? I forced him to look at it for a while.

Grandpa Duan was so sleepy that he had to lie down on the table and fall asleep before he was let go.

He went to bed late last night, and naturally got up late today. It was rare that he didn't catch loaches last night. He was energetic during the day, and even said he would go to the fields for a walk to see his son, daughter-in-law, who hadn't gone to the fields with him these days. How was the farming going? As a result, I heard Grandma Duan’s plan as soon as I left the house.

He doesn't want to know how to read. How can he know how to read at such an old age?

But Duan Qing'en, the most obedient and sensible grandson, is here, and Grandpa Duan doesn't want to show that he doesn't like studying.

After all, these days, scholars seem to be better than farmers.

If he says he doesn't want to study in front of his grandson, then where can he put his grandson's face in front of his grandson?

With this idea in mind, although Grandpa Duan looked sad, he did not directly say that he was not willing to learn. He just put his hands behind his back and said that he wanted to go to the fields to take a look.

"Where are you going? My uncle is here today."

Grandma Duan grabbed him and said, "It's not like you haven't seen Xinghua suffer all these years. Our family had a hard time before, and we didn't do anything to help her. Now we finally have the opportunity. You, the father, You must support her."

"I know."

Grandpa Duan was tortured by the unrecognizable word all night last night. He even heard it in his sleep. He was a little confused this morning. Now when Grandma Duan said it, he also remembered why he didn't catch loaches yesterday. , isn’t it necessary to keep up your spirits and support your daughter?

"Qing'en, come here. Your uncle will be here soon. You and your grandfather will take him into the house. Your grandfather is stupid. If there is something that can't be explained, you can help."

Grandpa Duan disliked his wife for saying that he was too incompetent: "Why are you talking to Qing En like this? I am his elder after all."

Grandma Duan just said this casually. Although women's status is not as good as men these days, they have been together as husband and wife for so many years and have experienced ups and downs. She also gave birth to four sons and a daughter, so naturally she is not afraid of Duan. grandfather.

It's just that although she is a country woman, she doesn't know everything. She knows that men want face, and she always pays attention to this in daily life.

Now that she saw Grandpa Duan complaining, she just admitted her mistake and said, "I was the one who said it smoothly. Master, you are the eldest in our family after all. Don't show your timidity towards my uncle later. We told him everything we discussed yesterday and told him that our family gave him this method not because we value him, but because we value our daughter. "

"Know that you know."

Grandpa Duan waved his hand: "If it weren't for Xinghua, who would give away their wealth for free? If their family is still not satisfied, then I think we can take the opportunity to call Xinghua and Li De. Anyway, our country people can't She is not as fussy as a wealthy family, and her family is rich now. With a little dowry, she will definitely be able to find a good family for Xinghua. "

"It's so serious."

Grandma Duan disagreed with Heli, "Let's not say that Xinghua and her husband-in-law have a pretty good relationship. Just because her baby is still there, how can Heli let go."

She was afraid that Grandpa Duan would actually talk about reconciliation with her uncle later, so she warned her uneasily: "His father, please don't talk about reconciliation. My uncle is a bit of a fool, and he is not that kind of heartless person." Yes, just tell him carefully and he should listen."

Grandpa Duan nodded and went to rinse his mouth again.

Duan Qingen followed him. Grandma Duan asked him what he was doing, and he said that he was also rinsing his mouth.

The old man, the young man and the grandson squatted at the door of the house together, each holding a branch and slowly brushing the inside of his teeth.

"Master, my aunt and her mother-in-law don't seem to be getting along well with each other. If my uncle listens to her words, but if her mother-in-law doesn't listen, won't she still suffer the same hardship?"

Grandpa Duan also felt the same way, "That old godly woman, of all the sons in the family, she loves your uncle the most and bullies your aunt the most. It's true."

"In my opinion, my uncle still didn't protect my aunt. She loves her uncle so much. If her uncle said it, how could she not listen?"

"rational."

Grandpa Duan spat out the mouthwash in his pig-feeding barrel, "I guess your uncle doesn't know about this, so I'll go talk to him when he comes over."

"The family lives together, my aunt is being bullied, and my uncle is not blind, how could he not notice it?"

Duan Qingen also imitated his grandfather and spit the water into the bucket, "In my opinion, my uncle loves me the most, and my mother loves him, so he loves her too, just like my mother loves me, and I love my mother too. If my mother doesn't I like Junjun. I can coax Junjun on weekdays, but I won’t go against my mother because of Junjun. The same must be true for my uncle. He doesn’t like to make his mother angry, and seeing that my aunt can tolerate making things difficult, it’s no big deal. Just pretend you can’t see anything.”

"You have a point."

Grandpa Duan finished rinsing his mouth and frowned tightly, "Then we can't separate the families. His parents are both here."

This is not the future, where everyone doesn't live together.

In today's village, unless there are special circumstances, if someone's family is divided while the parents are still alive, someone will definitely get a stab in the back.

You can travel far away or live outside, but you can't separate your home anyway.

"We don't need to separate the families, just ask my uncle to help my aunt a little bit."

Duan Qingen came up to Grandpa Duan again and talked a lot, making him nod frequently.

At the end, when he finished speaking, Grandpa Duan looked at his grandson with admiration;

"What your grandma said is true. Reading is to make people smarter. Even I couldn't think of what you just said."

“It’s true that reading can broaden one’s horizons, but many things also require time to think about. Grandpa is worried about family affairs all day long, and is busy raising his father and uncle, and marrying them wives, so naturally he doesn’t have time to do it. Think about some things that are not there. If grandpa hadn’t supported this family, how would his grandson have time to think about it? "

Duan Qingen's rainbow fart came right out of his mouth, making Grandpa Duan laugh so hard that his teeth couldn't even see his eyesight.

This kid knows how to tell the truth.

****

Not long after they finished rinsing their mouths, Duan Xinghua came with her husband.

The man she married was named Huang, and he was the youngest son in the family. The head of the Huang family was doing some carpentry in the city. Because he was older, the money was cheaper, and he could receive orders from some big families from time to time, so he made more money than anyone else in the village. For others, much more.

The Huang family used to be relatively wealthy. Since the head of the Huang family got sick and could no longer do strenuous work, including carpentry, the family had no income, and life gradually began to become harder. Of course, the camel was so skinny. Bigger than Ma, he must have some wealth.

Grandma Duan had taken a fancy to the Huang family's good family background. Among the five sons, Huang Wu was the most loved. As the saying goes, the youngest son, the eldest grandson, is the lifeblood of the old man. Huang Wu was so favored that her granddaughter was not married. Can feel better.

Unexpectedly, Huang Wu was favored as always, but Duan Xinghua, the daughter-in-law, was not loved by her mother-in-law at all. Instead, she disliked her in various ways.

Grandma Duan would definitely not be able to figure out the reason, but Duan Qingen could roughly guess something.

Huang Wu was the son of Huang Mu. She always pampered him carefully and gave him all the good things. After finally raising him, he married a wife and his good son became the property of another woman.

Especially when they first got married, I heard from Grandma Duan that Duan Xinghua and Huang Wu had a very sweet life. Although Huang Wu was unremarkable, he looked good, and Duan Xinghua was born well. Many people in the village said that they were a perfect match. .

As a biological mother, Huang's mother naturally felt sour in her heart when she saw her son, whom she had finally raised, following other women around.

If he didn't want to vent his anger on his son, he would naturally vent his anger on his daughter-in-law.

If it were left to future generations, girls would be their own treasures. Even if the mother-in-law was dissatisfied, she would not dare to vent her anger on her. But in this era, it is only natural for a daughter-in-law to be filial to her mother-in-law, and it is also okay for a mother-in-law to scold her daughter-in-law. Very normal.

As a result, Duan Xinghua became a punching bag.

She went back yesterday. When her mother-in-law saw her coming back, she didn't pretend not to see her like before. She pulled her over very excitedly, poured her a glass of water, and asked her what the Duan family said.

Even the two sisters-in-law who were busy at work looked over.

Duan Xinghua had never been treated like this in her husband's family, and it was precisely because of the completely different tone of voice between her mother-in-law and her sisters-in-law that she was even more certain in her heart that she was being pulled by her mother.

She drank the water and saw her mother-in-law waiting anxiously, so she told her parents that they had made money themselves and did not want to watch her daughter live in a bad life, so she asked her to go there with her husband tomorrow and discuss it carefully. one time.

Mother Huang immediately smiled when she heard this.

It's said to be a discussion, but actually it's equivalent to a decision.

Early the next morning, she got up and got busy, fetching eggs and vegetables. She even cut a piece of bacon that she had planned to save for the Chinese New Year with great pain.

She didn't have much contact with the Duan family before, because she felt that the Duan family was poor and there was no need to interact with them.

But now that the Duan family has risen and expressed that they want to take care of their family, she naturally has to show this attitude of asking for help.

Duan Xinghua felt very complicated when she saw her mother-in-law handing her a basket of good things with a smile on her face and asking her to take it to her parents' family.

She has been married for so long that her mother-in-law doesn't even give her any eggs when she returns to her parents' home every year.

Now he is more attentive.

More and more convinced of what her parents told her, Duan Xinghua followed her husband out.

When I walked into the Duan family yard, I happened to see my grandfather and grandson getting up, each holding a bamboo tube in his hand.

"father."

Duan Xinghua called out first, and Huang Wu on the side also called out with a smile on his face: "Dad, Xinghua and I are here."

As he spoke, he carried the basket in his hand until he reached Grandpa Duan and handed the basket over: "This is a gift from my mother."

"Come here, don't bring any gifts."

Grandpa Duan said this, glanced at the meat and eggs in the basket, and his expression softened a lot.

Although their family wants to give the Huang family a chance to make money because of their daughter, it is still very satisfying for the Huang family to have such a begging attitude.

Although Huang Wu is a fool, it is precisely because he does not do any serious work every day and hangs around here and there that he is particularly good at reading people's faces. When he saw the expression on Grandpa Duan's face softening, he also breathed a sigh of relief.

When he lowered his head and saw Duan Qingen looking at him, he smiled and took out a cooked egg from his arms and handed it to Duan Qingen, "Qingen, here, eat the egg."

Last night, he specifically asked his wife which child her father-in-law and mother-in-law loved the most.

It's not that he wants to do something, but mainly, he doesn't think that if he pleases the child that his father-in-law and mother-in-law like, then if the child likes him, can he help him say something nice?

Since this business has to rely on the Duan family, it is natural to maintain a good relationship from the beginning.

"Thank you, uncle."

Duan Qingen took the egg and put it into the small pocket that Grandma Duan had sealed for him. There was no expression of greed or joy that Huang Wu had expected on his face.

Huang Wu was a little surprised.

Children at such a young age usually have absolute control over themselves, and whatever they are thinking in their minds will show on their faces. Logically speaking, what he gave them were eggs, and most of the children in the village might not be able to eat them even once a year. You have to be ecstatic no matter what.

While thinking that my father-in-law and mother-in-law's family seemed to be really prosperous, I also thought that this child Qing En looked really different from other children. As expected, he was educated, so he was brought into the house.

After discovering that Duan Qingen had actually followed him in and found a stool to climb up and sit on, Huang Wu had a new understanding of how much his father-in-law doted on his little grandson.

Talking about such a big money-making thing and willing to let a seven-year-old child participate in it is simply painful to hold in the palm of your hand.

He completely didn't notice that when he was observing Duan Qingen, Duan Qingen was also observing him.

His eyes are clear, his actions are measured, he can keep his face down, and he is even willing to please a kid like him. This uncle of the Huang family has a bright future.

Grandpa Duan didn't see his son-in-law and grandson paying attention to each other at all. When he saw that his daughter had gone to find her mother after sitting down, he coughed dryly and said what Grandma Duan had told him several times yesterday.

Huang Wu listened to his wife's general talk last night. Although he only knew a rough idea and it looked like he wouldn't make much money, he also knew that the Duan family was giving him a profit.

When Grandpa Duan finished speaking and asked if he was willing, he stood up and kowtowed to Grandpa Duan.

"This is originally a recipe passed down from the Duan family, but you are actually willing to let our family use it to make money. Really, you treat your son-in-law as your own son. In the future, your son-in-law will definitely treat your parents as your biological parents." !”

Grandpa Duan was stunned by his son-in-law kneeling down like this. This was a good talk. Even if they gave Huang Wu the business, he wouldn't be so excited.

Duan Qingen understood, Huang Wu was confessing himself.

Since he knew that if he wanted to do this business, he would completely rely on the Duan family, of course he had to have a good relationship with the Duan family and Grandpa Duan.

He simply jumped off the stool and went to help Huang Wu up in person: "Uncle, you get up first. Our family is naturally not without conditions."

Huang Wu was stunned. He didn't expect that it was Duan Qing'en who came to talk to him. However, when he saw that the child had a serious expression like a young adult, and his father-in-law didn't scold him, he immediately said, "Naturally, this is natural."

Duan Qingen continued: "My uncle also knows that my grandparents only have one daughter, my aunt, and she is the youngest child. She has always held her in the palm of her hand and loved her. Now that the family has finally made some money, it stands to reason that it is her own daughter. It’s only right that you don’t give any money to others, but my grandma loves my aunt so much that she is willing to give it to you from her own income.”

Huang Wu probably understood.

"Yes, I know that I will treat Xinghua well in the future. Whatever I eat, she will eat."

"It doesn't matter if you eat or drink. No matter whether my uncle makes money or not, to my aunt, you are her husband-in-law. She doesn't care about this."

Huang Wu felt a little evil.

His daughter-in-law's little nephew looks small, well-behaved and sensible, but he talks like an adult, no, he even talks better than most adults.

Originally, he didn't interfere in the affairs between his mother and his daughter-in-law. After all, his mother gave birth to him. Every time he helped his daughter-in-law to talk, his mother would hold her heart in her hands and express her sadness.

After all, Huang Wu had been hurt by his mother since he was a child. Huang Wu really couldn't stand this. In addition, Duan Xinghua had a docile temperament and hardly complained to him, so he simply pretended not to see it.

Just looking at today's situation, if he doesn't change, I'm afraid this profitable business will fly away.

Thinking that his daughter-in-law did treat her well and that his mother was getting more and more excessive, he gritted his teeth and said, "What Qing En said is, Xinghua is so good, and my whole family loves her so much, especially my mother. Xinghua is treated like her own daughter."

The conditions were negotiated, and Duan Qingen was satisfied. He turned around and continued to climb onto the stool that was too big for him, and sat down firmly.

Seeing this, Huang Wu breathed a sigh of relief, muttering to himself that this little nephew was probably going to become a spirit, and he also sat back down in his seat.

Although Grandpa Duan is illiterate, he has lived for so many years. He didn't react just now, but now he has reacted. When he saw his grandson helping him, he coughed again and continued:

"We don't have much medicine at home, and what I can give you is limited. Besides, you are the in-laws of my Duan family, and the natal families of several daughters-in-law are also in-laws. If I only give it to you and not to their families, I'm afraid there will be trouble in the family. Restless.”

Huang Wu was probably aware of this yesterday. He was able to benefit from his status as an in-law of the Duan family, and he was not the only in-law of the Duan family.

"My family gave you this medicine for 18 Wen. It can be turned into a bowl. You can only sell it for less than 30 Wen a bowl at this price. Otherwise, my family will no longer provide it to you in the future. Don't worry, others will too. in this way."

This idea was naturally Duan Qingen's.

Their loach soup is unique. The price was whatever it was before. Even if the price increases, it cannot go up too fast.

Otherwise, if someone in these relatives gets greedy, the Duan family only sells a bowl for twenty cents, and they sell it for twenty taels. This is a health food, not some fairy soup. If you don't get sick after drinking it, it will improve your health at most. It's a little better, but you have to drink it regularly to be effective even if you are sick.

If someone spends a lot of money, only to find that the effect is just a little bit worse than expected, is it easy to get along with someone who can afford twenty taels for a bowl of soup?

So they sell it at this price. Even if someone drinks it and thinks it's useless, they can still say, "How do you expect to compare with that person for a bowl of soup worth twenty cents?"

And the cheaper the price, the less likely you are to deal with powerful people.

Duan Qing'en hasn't started the exam yet. Their family is just an ordinary farmer. If there is a powerful person who is interested in loach soup, they will have no power to resist now.

He talked about everything to Grandma Duan who was making chicken soup. The old man who listened felt that he couldn't understand it in a fog, but at the same time couldn't help but sigh that it was indeed different after studying.

Huang Wu was a little smart, but he didn't want to go that far away. Now he wanted to get the goods. Although he couldn't figure it out, Grandpa Duan said it, and he happily responded.

The three of them stayed in the room for almost half an hour before Huang Wu saw the tiger bone powder.

Of course, Grandpa Duan told him clearly that this was either tiger bone powder or just a name. The main reason was that this was the prescription given by the old Taoist priest, and they made it like this.

The portion was only enough for a bowl, so Huang Wu bought it for a tael of silver in one go.

This makes Grandpa Duan a little surprised by the courage of this son-in-law. You know, one tael of silver is a lot for a farm family. In the previous famine, prices were low. Many families have been busy for a year. After excluding daily expenses, Excluding paying taxes and making some clothes, by the end of the year, I would only have a savings of three to four taels of silver at most.

This is why Duan Jiaxi went crazy. After all, in this short period of time, they earned more than three or four taels.

Therefore, studying is a very expensive thing for farmers. Pens, ink, paper, inkstones, and books are the most expensive things.

After all, prices are low because people have no money, and most families who buy these things for their children to study are well-off.

Huang Wu spent so much money, Grandpa Duan still had to ask.

"Have you discussed this with your family?"

"No."

Huang Wu chuckled: "This money is my savings over the years."

His mother has always been a stickler, and she would definitely not be happy if she knew that she had to pay money first if she wanted to do business, so he just skipped this process and took his own private money.

The way Grandpa Duan looked at Huang Wu suddenly changed.

It's amazing for him to be able to save a tael of silver by himself.

After buying the loach powder, Huang Wu took Duan Xinghua and left.

It's not that he doesn't want to stay and exchange feelings, it's actually that first of all, he can't wait to go back and think about where to sell so that he can sell it well. Secondly, even his son-in-law can't eat at his in-law's house.

He wanted to exchange feelings, not to take advantage of the Yue family to have an opinion on him.

When I was going out, I happened to bump into a man from the Duan family who was coming back from the fields and his wife who was following behind.

The two sides said hello and separated.

Father Duan looked back at Huang Wu's back strangely, and muttered to his wife, "Why is my brother-in-law here?"

"Yes, didn't Xinghua just come back yesterday?"

Duan's mother was also surprised that nowadays, women rarely go back to their parents' home all year round. Xinghua came back yesterday and said she missed her parents. Today, she came again, bringing her son-in-law with her. She couldn't believe it even if she said everything was fine.

Not only were they muttering, the other two households were also muttering, especially Uncle Duan, who immediately became wary and asked her husband in a low voice: "Do you think the Huang family is watching our family make money and wants to follow?" To make money together?”

Uncle Duan also thought about this problem, but no wife was so repulsive: "It's possible that Xinghua's husband's family is gradually having a hard time. There are so many children to raise, so it's normal to want to make money with her."

Where is normal? ! !

How is this normal? ! !

I have never heard of a married girl bringing her husband’s family with her to earn money from her mother’s family!

Uncle Duan's face was filled with aggrievedness, but Uncle Duan didn't feel wary at all after listening to her words. He still said naively: "Didn't our family already make a lot of money? And this money is what my parents want." There is a way to earn money. Xinghua is also their daughter, so why can’t she make money with her? I think it’s good. Xinghua’s life is difficult in her husband’s family. If she makes money from her parents’ family, her husband’s family will not treat her lightly. "

"Ms. sir, why don't you understand?"

Uncle Duan was extremely angry: "Then how to make money can be revealed casually? You didn't realize that my parents didn't even tell us. If it were given to Xinghua, a married woman, Xinghua would have five men from her husband's family. Ding, there are four sisters-in-law, don’t they all know about it, can her sister-in-law not tell her parents-in-law? Then how can the parents-in-law not have a daughter-in-law? Everyone in the village knows, how can our family make any money?"

Grandma Duan happened to hear these words when she came back from going to the latrine outside, and immediately looked at Uncle Duan with some curiosity.

Uncle Duan was finishing her words and wanted to say something else. In the blink of an eye, she saw her mother-in-law standing behind her. She was so frightened that her mind went blank and she couldn't say anything.

"Your mind works very fast."

Grandma Duan really didn't mean to blame her daughter-in-law. She was now in the stage where "knowledge makes a fortune, and knowledge can help people reach the top of life." She originally thought that Duan Qing'en was the only one in the family who was extremely smart at a young age. Unexpectedly, the eldest daughter-in-law also saw it quite clearly.

She just praised her like this, but in the eyes of Uncle Duan, it was her mother-in-law who resented her for talking about her daughter behind her back, and threatened her with a sinister dissatisfaction: "Your mind... is spinning very fast..."

Originally, the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law is that the daughter-in-law is lower than the mother-in-law.

Now that the whole family is counting on her parents-in-law to make money, how dare Uncle Duan offend her mother-in-law.

She was immediately frightened by her own brain supplement.

"Mother, mother..."

After waiting for a second, Uncle Duan, who had a strong desire to survive, shouted tremblingly, "I wasn't just talking, I was just chatting..."

"It's okay, it's okay."

Grandma Duan was quite happy.

Can you not be happy that you have unearthed another smart person in your family?

"Boss, wife, why didn't I realize that you have a lot of thoughts on your mind before? Okay, that's great. Our family finally has a thoughtful mind."

He doesn't look like his father at all. Really, I couldn't understand the book after reading it all night last night.

Aunt Duan, who was almost frightened to death, sounded like there was something in her words: "..."

Grandma Duan confidently blamed Grandpa Duan for not studying, not thinking that she herself couldn't understand.

The more she looked at Uncle Duan, the more satisfied she became, looking up and down.

The eldest daughter-in-law usually likes to be top-notch, but she thought this was just her temperament. She didn't expect that she had a deep heart and could say such transparent words.

"Okay, it's great to have a daughter-in-law like you in our family."

Uncle Duan: ...Are you going to divorce her? ? ?

Seeing that her mother-in-law was about to enter the house after saying these words with a hidden knife in her smile, Uncle Duan was so frightened that she was so frightened that she fell to the ground. She reached out to hug her mother-in-law's legs and cried: "Mother, I know I was wrong, mother, please don't stop." If you kill me, I won’t dare to do it next time…”

Grandma Duan sincerely praised her daughter-in-law: "???"

Uncle Duan, who also sincerely thought that his mother was praising his wife, listened happily: "???"

This misunderstanding came to the dinner table, and Grandma Duan explained several times that she solved it because she thought Aunt Duan, her daughter-in-law, was smart.

The frightened Uncle Duan was trembling. Although she knew it was a misunderstanding, she secretly decided not to say harsh words again.

When Grandpa Duan announced that the Duan family was willing to give the in-laws the cost price to sell the tiger bone powder to make money, Aunt Duan was very happy.

Her mother's family was counting on her husband's family to help make money, so naturally she didn't dare to act like a monster.

Zheng Zheng once again decided in her heart that she would be the daughter-in-law of the Duan family. She would never go as far as her parents-in-law told her. Grandma Duan also spoke up and announced that she and Grandpa Duan had decided to let the other three children in the family go to school together.

"Our family is just an ordinary farmer's family. Even if we make some money, we are still a farmer's family. Anyone with some genius will definitely not be able to escape in the future. The only way is to study and find a good future in the future."

Grandma Duan directly copied what Duan Qingen said, "Master is back. Today I will take the four children to the school and hand in all the necessary lessons. From now on, they will study hard together in the school."

The boy sitting next to Uncle Duan immediately wailed.

He has a naughty temper and is the eldest of the twins. The Duan family has always been lenient with children and does not restrain them, letting them run around and play at will, so he has developed a casual and fun-loving temperament.

Now when I heard that I would have to sit and study in the school every day, I immediately begged Grandma Duan with a sad face: "Mistress, can I not go? Is that book so easy to read? It's not like Brother Eng didn't teach me before. But I really can’t learn it. I feel sleepy after reading it. I know that character, but I don’t know it, so how can I continue to read it.”

Grandpa Duan, who was sitting next to Grandma Duan, always felt that these words sounded familiar, but as the head of the family, he naturally darkened his face and said seriously: "This is what we have discussed, there is no place for you to speak."

"Yeah yeah."

After what happened just now, Uncle Duan wished she could cheer her in-laws no matter what they said. Seeing that her son dared to disobey her parents-in-law, she immediately slapped him on the back of the head.

"It's your blessing to be able to read and write. Do you know how much it costs to practice for a year? If you are asked to read, then study hard!"

Grandma Duan watched with satisfaction as her grandson held his head and buried himself in his meal unwillingly, "The eldest daughter-in-law is right, being able to study is a blessing. Look at the whole village, there is no one who can study even with two hands. This still counts. Come to our Qing En."

"Yeah yeah."

Uncle Duan also knew that Grandma Duan loved Duan Qing'en, and immediately started to praise her: "Look at the whole village, our Qing'en is the only one who is very promising. He speaks and acts like a little adult. This is what I study for." I would miss this opportunity."

Grandma Duan was happy. She didn't expect the eldest daughter-in-law to be so motivated.

She opened her mouth and smiled happily: "Don't tell me, you have a chance now."

Aunt Duan who was talking mindlessly said: "...Huh?"

"I discussed it with your father yesterday. From now on, these three little ones will start going to school. They will learn a word in school and teach your father a word when they come back. Today I see that you, the eldest daughter-in-law, are smart and like you so much. Why don't you study and follow suit? In the future, our Duan family will have many scholars, and we will definitely live a prosperous life. "

Aunt Duan: "I, this..."

She doesn't want to study. She knows the word, but she doesn't know the word!

When Grandma Duan saw her embarrassed face, she thought she was embarrassed that her mother was learning calligraphy from her son, so she slapped the table and agreed for her:

"This matter is settled!"

"Okay, let's eat!"

The author has something to say: This little world is written so happily. I think sooner or later I will have to write a chronological essay or an ancient imperial examination essay, hehehe

Some random little angels send out red envelopes, good night everyone~(^_^)~