Koi adopted daughter jumps over the farm gate

Chapter 25 Fourth Brother
Xiao Fuyuan and Zhenshi looked at each other, feeling a little guilty.

She is very smart, and she is even more cute.

So, Xiao Fuyuan smiled innocently at Mrs. Zhen.

Zhen's heart was melted.

"My sister really loves to laugh." Bai Panmei liked her more and more the more she looked at her.

Xiao Fuyuan was lying in the arms of the fourth brother, with a pair of big eyes flickering.The cute little Fuyuan who is like a powder dumpling, Bai Panmei couldn't help but want to touch her sister's face with her hand, but before she touched her face, she suddenly retracted her hand.

Xiao Fuyuan saw clearly that the fourth brother's hand was cracked several times.

The fourth brother is afraid of scratching and hurting Xiao Fuyuan.

Mrs. Zhen also found out that her fourth child had chilblains on her hands, which swelled like carrots.There is a stove in the private school classroom, and I only read and write on weekdays. No matter how cold the weather is, it is impossible for my hands to freeze like this.

"Xiao Si, what happened to your hand?" Zhen asked distressedly.

"Mother, it's been snowing heavily and it's cold these days, and writing is freezing, so it's okay." Bai Panmei said lightly.

"By the way, this is the two taels of silver that the third brother entrusted me to give to the family. The third brother went to Huaicheng to deliver the goods, but he couldn't come to my sister's full moon banquet."

Bai Panmei handed Xiao Fuyuan into Zhen's arms, and took out the silver from her pocket.

Mrs. Zhen refused to answer, and looked at Bai Panmei with a sad face.

A few days ago, the third son had just returned home, and Mrs. Zhen knew the monthly salary of the third son clearly. He had just been promoted from an apprentice to a clerk, and the monthly salary would be several hundred dollars a month.

"Xiaosi, tell mother the truth, where did the money come from?"

Bai Panmei lowered her head, knowing that she couldn't hide anything from her mother, she confessed frankly: "I earned it myself?"

"You earn it? How do you earn it? You study in a private school, how can you make money?" Zhen felt that Bai Panmei was not telling the truth.

Bai Panmei was studying in the private school where Bai Erzhuang was his master. During the day, Bai Erzhuang watched over her, and the Zhen family was afraid that Bai Panmei would go out to do coolies at night.

The chilblains on his hands were cracked with blood, and it looked like he had done rough work.

"Xiao Si, did you go out to do coolies at night? You still haven't told the truth to your mother? Do you want your grandma to know?" Zhen raised her voice, her eyes were red.

"Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee..." Xiao Fuyuan waved her hands.

Come on, brother four.

Mother is usually such a gentle person, she is anxious and sad because of you, and you still don't tell the truth!
"Mother, I didn't go out to work as a coolie." Bai Panmei blamed herself very much when she saw her mother was sad. Today is her sister's full moon feast, and she shouldn't make her sad on a happy day.

"I earned money from my classmates in the private school... I made money by washing their clothes and brushing their shoes..." Bai Panmei stammered.

Zhen understood.

It was cold in winter, and some students from good families in the private school did not want to wash their own clothes. Bai Panmei took the job behind her master's back.

Two taels of silver, how many thick cotton clothes did Xiaosi have to wash?The heat level of the private school needs to be exchanged for food or money every day, so Xiao Si is willing to spend every day soaking in the bitterly icy water.

He didn't spend it for himself and hand over the money he earned to his family. He did it to reduce the burden on the family.

I can't blame Bai Erzhuang for not stopping this matter, it is estimated that Bai Erzhuang didn't know about it at all.

Zhen's tears fell.

"Xiao Si, the family sent you to study and didn't expect you to be famous, but they didn't ask you to wash clothes for classmates." Zhen said slowly.

"Mother, I thought it was so difficult at home and sent me to study. The third brother became an apprentice for me..."

Zhen's heart hurts like a needle prick.

Originally, the family did not plan to let their sons study, but the old lady Bai said that being able to become a scholar was the long-awaited expectation of the ancestors of the Bai family.Bai Muban studied for several years when he was seven or eight years old, but he was really not suitable for studying, and because of a major family incident, he stopped studying.

When it came to Zhen's sons, Er Zhuang was the first to show his talent for reading, and the old lady Bai decided to send them to study.

Finally passed the exam!
Bai Sanzhuang is the earliest literate among his sons. Er Zhuang reads in the room, and the three or four-year-olds can learn to read a few times.The old lady Bai felt that such a good seed should not be wasted, so she tightened her belt and sent San Zhuang to a private school. After several years of study, San Zhuang didn't even pass the exam as a child student and went to work as an apprentice in a lacquerware shop without telling his family. The old lady Bai almost kicked him out of the house.

Bai Panmei is inferior to Bai Erzhuang in terms of talent, and inferior to Bai Sanzhuang in terms of literacy.But he likes to read. When he was seven or eight years old, he read Bai Sanzhuang's books and secretly practiced calligraphy on the ground with tree branches.The family never thought of sending him to study, because they couldn't afford it, and Mrs. Zhen couldn't stand Xiao Si's eyes eager to study, so she decided to send him to a private school last year.

Bai Panmei is very competitive. In the whole private school, he is the latest to be enlightened, but the hardest.

"Little four, it is the responsibility of parents to satisfy their children's desire to study. Whether the family is in trouble or not is not something you should consider. Since you have gone to a private school, you should study hard. And your third brother, he will be an apprentice for you to study It's not to make you feel guilty. In a family, everyone has their own responsibilities, and your responsibility is to study hard so that you can live up to your parents, grandma, and your third brother." Zhen said seriously.

Xiao Fuyuan sighed inwardly.

What my old lady said is quite level, not at all like a country woman's knowledge!
Mom, are you a treasure girl?

"Think about it, you make money to subsidize your family because of guilt, you wash clothes in a private school, you get frostbite, you can't hold a pen, and you delay your studies. Did you pick up sesame seeds and lose watermelons? If you want to take the imperial examination, you have to take out your studies If you are so half-hearted, if you miss the exam, wouldn’t it be a waste of the money at home for your studies?”

Bai Panmei bowed her head and remained silent.

Zhen Shi sighed, knowing that her son listened to her words.Mrs. Zhen put Xiao Fuyuan on the bed and covered it with a quilt, and then pulled Bai Panmei to the stove. There was a pot of hot water sitting on the stove. Mrs. Zhen tested the temperature of the water and put Bai Panmei's hands in it to scrub.

"Ouch." Bai Panmei couldn't help crying out in pain.

"Be patient." Zhen's heart felt sour, and she rubbed Bai Panmei's hands carefully.

Bai Panmei choked up for a while, mother is so kind.

"Mother, I was wrong." Bai Panmei said softly, "I will never dare again in the future, I must study hard."

Zhen took Bai Panmei's hands out of the hot water, wiped them carefully with a dry towel, and applied clam oil.

Although I have always wanted a daughter, the sensible sons of my family are also very distressing.

"It's good to know. You just said that you will take care of your younger sister after becoming the number one scholar. You can't hold your hands so how can you become the number one scholar." Zhen Shi said, she must lead the fourth child to the "right path".

Bai Panmei secretly made up her mind that she must study hard in the future, become a marquis and a prime minister, and be the most solid support of the whole family.

"Come on, try it, mother made you a new cotton coat." Mrs. Zhen took the cotton coat from the bed and put it on Bai Panmei.

For the cotton that Bai Dazhuang bought last time, Mrs. Zhen made a cotton padded jacket for each of the children.

"It's really warm." Bai Panmei said.

The cotton coat on the fourth child was too thin, and the inner garment was also torn, and Zhen's nose started to feel sore again.

"Mother, I'll give you the money." Bai Panmei promises that she won't dare again next time, but the money she earns this time will also be given to her family.

"Today my sister is full moon, I will buy this money for my sister to wear colorful clothes." Bai Panmei handed the silver to Zhen Shi, turned her head and smiled at Xiao Fuyuan, "You think so, sister."

"Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee..."

Xiao Fuyuan said, there are flowered mulberry clothes in the nest, so the fourth brother should keep them for use.

Mrs. Zhen didn't take the money, and said with relief: "You can take my sister to heart, so mother can rest assured, but this money is not needed by your sister for the time being. You can save it to buy paper and pens for repairing."

When Mrs. Zhen was educating Bai Laosi, the Bai family compound was bustling with the banquet.

"Big strong lady, come out to eat too." The old lady Bai called through the window.

Today is the full moon banquet for the only female doll in the Bai family, so it's natural for Zhen's mother to go through the motions during the banquet.

"Here we come..." Mrs. Zhen responded.

Xiao Fuyuan was lying on the bed, she was babbling and enjoying herself, go, mother, I will behave myself.

Mrs. Zhen kissed little Fuyuan on the forehead, and said, "Yuanbao, be good, mother will come whenever she goes."

(End of this chapter)