"This is the fifth carriage, right?" The man working in the field wiped the sweat from his forehead and watched another carriage turn around and drive towards Qi Changlin's home with envy.
In the countryside, even ox carts are rare, let alone horse carts. The Qi family is the poorest family in the village, so it is definitely poor in the downtown area.
Qi's father fell to death when he went up the mountain to hunt. After that, he was an orphan and widowed mother who could not even have enough food for three meals a day. But even if he was hungry, he would eat wild vegetables to fill his hunger. However, Qi's mother gritted her teeth and sent Qi Changlin to a private school to study.
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At that time, the village was talking sarcastic, and muttered behind his back that Qi's mother was crazy, and the village master's family didn't have the money to send his son to study.
Watching Qi's mother, who was working in the fields during the day and making embroidery under the oil lamp at night, was originally a young woman in her thirties, but after a few years, she was as old as an old woman in her fifties and sixties in the village.
Qi's mother's body was completely broken. She was sick all day long, but she still shrank and fed to study. Later, she finally pulled her to marry Qi Changlin. As a result, Qi's mother was exhausted and completely paralyzed in bed and could not move.
, the daughter-in-law had to send her three meals a day to the bed and feed her.
The man on the other side was bent down to dig sweet potatoes in the ground. He looked up now, "It's Changlin's birthday today. He bought a lot of meat the day before yesterday and said he wanted to host a banquet for classmates and friends."
The man who spoke and Qi Changlin were neighbors, so he knew it clearly. He looked at the jealous villager in the geography and smiled honestly: "Changlin has been able to study in recent years and has passed the exam thanks to the support of his classmates. This is indeed
It should be done.”
Just in response to the saying that it is not that the whole family doesn’t enter the family, but Madam Qi is also stubborn and continues to support Qi Changlin in studying just like Qi’s mother.
Mrs. Qi gave birth to two children every two years after entering the door, but her body immediately collapsed. After all, her belly was still working in the field for nine months, and she went to the field after three days of confinement. Her younger daughter was born directly later.
On the ground.
Life is poor, and Madam Qi is so hungry that she drinks water to fill her hunger. She pawns all the people at home, and Qi Changlin also studies while copying books to earn money.
But later, Daqing Dynasty released a movable type printing plate, and the number of books printed suddenly increased. Bookstores no longer needed these poor children to copy books, and Qi Changlin also lost the only way to make money to supplement the family income.
"You still have to study. Changlin can get a few taels of silver after being admitted to the scholar in a year. If he was not dragged down by his family, the whole family would have no worries about food and drink. If he was admitted to the juren in the future, he would be able to become an official.
"The elders of the Qi family said something pertinent.
When the messenger who reported the good news came to the village, there were eight more children sent to private schools in the village to study next year. They all saw the benefits of studying.
Others nodded in agreement, not to mention whether they can become officials in the future, but to say that Changlin is now walking in the village and calls him "Scholar" with disrespect. Last month, the Zhang family got into trouble and went to the yamen, but Changlin went there.
After saying something, the Zhang family was spared from the disaster.
The scholar-in-law doesn't have to kneel down when he sees the county master. I heard that Changlin and the magistrate's son are good friends, and the villagers dare not even think about it. That's the magistrate's son, and a little bit of it leaks from the cracks in his nails is better than them.
These men of the masters earn a lot after suffering and suffering in a year.
Compared to the men's rational chat, the women who were pulling out the sweet potatoes from the soil and putting them in the frame were more jealous and envious.
Putting the scattered hair behind my ears, the Zhao family, who was living a headscarf, curled his lips and said sour words, "No wonder Mrs. Qi was willing to kill two old hens that laid eggs, and bought a lot of eggs from the village and
Dried mushrooms, the big bluefish that the old family caught from the river yesterday was also bought by Qi Niang's family."
Yesterday, Aunt Zhao was just jealous of the Qi family's chicken, duck, fish and meat, and she could have a good meal. After all, the Zhao family is poor and has never had such a sumptuous meal during the Chinese New Year.
But one morning I saw five carriages going to Qi's house. Aunt Zhao was already red from jealousy. Not to mention the nobles in the city, even in their village, no matter who goes to eat noodles, they will give you something.
1. Those who have money have to pay money, while those who don’t have money have to carry some eggs or a bag of pastries.
The gifts the Qi family received today are probably enough for their family to eat and drink for a year. Aunt Zhao became more and more unwilling to do so. "I heard from my eldest girl that the gifts in the city cost at least five taels of silver. If someone is particular, he will still be worthy of it.
There are at least four gifts for serving pastries, fabrics, etc., and the more are six or eight. It costs more than ten or twenty taels of silver.”
"So many?" Several women stared at each other in shock.
The whole family will save ten taels of silver for a year. This will have to be smooth and smooth. Otherwise, if you get sick, you will get medicine and get nothing, but there will be so many customers who go to Qichanglin's house.
Silver, can’t we lose thirty or fifty taels of silver after this match?
After all, chicken, duck, fish and meat only cost. An old hen can only sell it for three or four hundred cents at the market, and a table of mats costs only one or two taels of silver. Qi Changlin made a lot of money.
Aunt Zhao rolled her eyes and pointed to the carriage away, "In the morning, Xiaoniu led the nobleman to a long way and got a bunch of money, which was a full twenty cents."
The coachman can give twenty cents to a child when he gives a reward, but the man of their family can only get thirty or fifty cents to a day after going out for a short-term worker.
Even the women who were busy on the ground knew that the calf had received a reward of twenty cents, not to mention the children in the village, their eyes were red with envy. Whether they were older children or walking, they swayed like duck-like breasts.
The dolls, now they all gathered outside the Qi family's courtyard gate. Everyone wants to be the second calf. It is better to have two entries without twenty or two.
As soon as Qiu Huaixin lifted the curtain of the carriage, he was frightened by a group of children of all sizes. His straightforward eyes were like a wild dog seeing a flesh bone, and he wished he could pounce on him and take a few bites.
"Young master, they are all children from the village, probably they smell the fragrance." The coachman guessed. After all, he could indeed smell the smell of meat floating out of the Qi family at this time. It would be nice for children from the countryside to eat coarse grains to fill their stomachs.
, Who doesn’t want to be greedy for such a domineering meat smell?
Shi Song got off the carriage first, and probably had a murderous aura all over him, causing a group of children to subconsciously take several steps back.
Qiu Huaixin also got off the carriage, looked around, and then his eyes fell on the group of children not far away. The clothes made of coarse cloth were all covered with patches. Even though two older children were wearing better clothes, they had never been repaired.
, but when you look closely, you can see that the clothes are a bit bad. I guess they have been wearing them for two or three years.
I looked at a girl with a young and small girl shyly rubbing the corner of her mouth, her slightly dark face, her hair was tied with a headband, and there was no ornament on her body, and she only used tea stems as earrings.
Qiu Huaixin noticed that the little girl's hand was wiping saliva, and it seemed as if it had not been washed clean. The black mud in the cracks of her nails could be seen from a distance.
Zhan Feiyu's lips and teeth suddenly appeared in his mind, and his little face was as white as a good jade. He had servants following him when he traveled. Not to mention the jewelry pendants she wore, just talking about the clothes on her body, probably the fabric
There is nothing less than ten taels of silver per piece.
"Zhan Feiyu was also born in the countryside, and it has only been two years since he was accepted as a disciple by Mr. Gu. Why is the difference so big?" Qiu Huaixin couldn't help but sigh, "I am very proud of my poetry and literature, but Zhan Feiyu is studying."
It's only two years, and at a young age, he is more calm than the children of aristocratic families.
Shi Song looked around with a wary look. Except for the people from the Qiu family and the people who came out to stay in the dark, they found no abnormalities. Shi Song relaxed a little and accompanied Qiu Huaixin to the Qi family and replied: "Miss Zhan is talented, it is said that
I could recite the "Three Character Classic" by listening to my cousin at home. It is said that Miss Zhan is the Wenquxing from the sky."
"So compared to Zhan Feiyu, Guizhang is ashamed of himself." Qiu Huaixin couldn't help but smile and joke when he saw the person coming over, without even realizing Jiao Lianyu's gloomy eyes in an instant.
Not to mention that literati are inferior to each other, Jiao Lianyu was also a family of officials. He started to study at the age of four or five. Now, he has only been a scholar for more than ten years.
Zhan Feiyu is almost half younger than Jiao Lianyu, but he is a little Sanyuan from Nanxuan Mansion. Jiao Lianyu is already hypocritical and good-natured, so it would be strange if he is not jealous.