"That's not true!" Wang Liuniang said, "Not only did I not borrow the money, but I actually paid it back today."
After thinking about it, Mrs. Xia smiled nonchalantly and said, "Wei Ziqiang is now serving dishes in the city. He has a job, and his family can have some money to pay back to others."
Didn't Wei Ziqiang just go into the county owner's shop and work as a waiter? People in the village were very envious of him, saying that he was promising. They also said that the wages offered by the county owner were high, and he could earn one or two taels of silver a month.
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No matter how high the salary is, even if you get two taels of silver a month, it doesn't matter. You are still not just a waiter, so how can you study and take the imperial examination? The elder men in her family are all boys.
"It's not because of self-improvement, but because of self-reliance. I won first place in the college in the self-reliance reading test, and I got a reward of two taels of silver, a live pig of more than 100 kilograms, five kilograms of meat, and fifty kilograms of rice."
Xiao Xia's face showed surprise that this little cousin of her second wife was so promising. She had just started studying for less than a month, but she got the first place in the exam and received so many rewards.
She heard that the academy was run by the county and admitted students free of charge. She never expected that such a good reward would be given to the students.
The flesh on Xia's cheeks twitched, and she said uncomfortably: "Everyone in that academy doesn't know anything. It's normal for a child who hasn't studied on his own to get first place in the exam after studying for a month."
The implication is that this is not because Wei Zili is so smart.
"But that's still number one. Speaking of which, your eldest son, second son, and third son have been studying for so many years. I've seen your family's money go out like water, but I haven't seen them take anything from home by studying.
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"Look at people who are self-reliant. They have only been studying for a month, and yet they come back with money, pigs, and meat. Many people can't even earn two taels of silver after working hard for two or three months! So, people are self-reliant.
You are still promising, if you can stand out among hundreds of students, maybe you can become the number one scholar in the future!"
Mrs. Xia was irritated by Wang Liu Niang's words about stepping on her son and promoting Wei Zili. She sneered and raised her voice and said: "Aunt Wang, don't be ridiculous. Those kinds of academies that don't even accept monks are all people who don't know me."
If you are not good enough to send your child to an academy where you need to be educated, then I have no future. How can your son be good? How can he be good enough to study?"
"Furthermore, if the academy doesn't restrain cultivation, can you still teach with all your heart? It would be difficult for an academy like that to produce a top student. You still say that Wei Zili can be the number one scholar. It's really laughable. Hahaha...
..." As he said this, Xia laughed exaggeratedly a few times.
Xiao Xia smelled a sour smell and looked at her mother-in-law with some embarrassment. She felt that her mother-in-law's words were not only too sour, but also too unpleasant to listen to.
Wei Anzhi's grandmother happened to pass by the alley in front of the two families. When she heard Xia's words, she immediately became unhappy.
The old lady walked up to Mr. Xia angrily with a sullen face, pointed at Mr. Xia's nose and cursed: "Smelly bitch, who do you think is worthless?"
Her grandson Anzhi was studying in the county master's academy. Originally, her family wanted to send Anzhi to a private school in the city for enlightenment, but as the village chief's son, she said that the county master's academy not only taught the six arts of a gentleman, but also recruited gentlemen.
The academic background was much better than that of the scholars in private schools, so he sent Anzhi, who was old enough to study, to an academy sponsored by the county.
Her son is the village chief, how can he be a person who has no future? This Xia family just took advantage of the fact that her family has a lot of money and started spouting shit. Not only did she say that her son had no future, she also said that her precious grandson also had no future.