Make a lot of money!I got rich in the year of famine

Qian's mother straightened her posture, raised her hand to smooth her gray hair, and sighed: "I understand the situation of your Shen family. My son will be an official in the future. If there are some inappropriate gossips in the in-laws, it will be necessary." Affect official career."

The corners of Shen Qing's mouth trembled violently.I really want to say that your son is still just a child. He is still far away from getting the top prize and has just reached the threshold of entering school.

However, for a farming family like the Shen family, childbirth is also out of reach.

Qian's mother ignored Shen Qing's sarcasm. After all, she was a country girl who couldn't read a word and didn't understand anything, so why bother with her.

She continued: "Why don't I come up with a compromise and call your sister and my son my concubines? They are noble concubines. Do you know what noble concubines mean? They also have to be hired and carried in sedan chairs to salute them. They have only a slightly lower status than the head wives." Lower it, this is also for the Shen family’s consideration, so as not to attract people’s attention in the future if the tree becomes too big, what do you think?”

Shen Yan's heart felt as if someone had picked it up and threw it to the ground. She burst into tears of grievance, "Is this what Mr. Qian meant?"

Qian's mother scolded her with a straight face, "My son will of course listen to me. Even if I get married and start a business in the future, I will still be in charge of the interior and exterior of the family. Is it possible that you are still trying to force me to die early?"

"No, no, I didn't mean that."

Qian's mother said solemnly: "It's fine if you don't have it. It's a pity that you can't read. Otherwise, you should really read Women's Virtues and learn what the three obediences and four virtues are. Forget it, you are from the countryside. You can only do menial jobs and can't go to the hall." , my words, bring it to your parents when you go back, so that they know what to do. As for the dowry, I will make a list later. Your family will prepare according to the list. When my son is selected as a scholar, we will not get married. I feel wronged to you."

If Qian Shuheng was selected as a scholar, then the concubine of the scholar's wife would indeed be Shen Yan.

After all, the Shen family is just an ordinary farm family, not even a small landowner.

Even if the entire Shen family is used to refute it, no outsider will say anything bad about the Qian family.

Shen Yan didn't know whether she should agree or not, so she looked at Shen Qing for help and waited for her reminder.

Unexpectedly, Shen Qing didn't look at her at all and was chewing on the duck leg!
It's a nice table of food. Now that it's served, it would be a shame not to eat it.

Qian's mother also looked at her and suddenly smiled, "You girl has a good appetite and a good figure. She will be able to have children in the future. Since your mother is gone, there must be no one to arrange your marriage. Auntie has A proposal."

"Auntie, please tell me."

"Why don't you two join my Qian family together and give my son as a concubine? Of course, concubines are also divided into big and small. You two are sisters. Big or small, everything is easy to decide. What do you think?" Although Shen Qing has a bit of a temper. She is fierce, a little arrogant, and wild and untamable, but as long as she is well-disciplined, she is still good. If not, she will be a maid in the future. Anyway, after her son becomes an official, there will be many servants at home.

Shen Qing almost choked on the duck meat, and she stared at Qian's mother in disbelief.

"What's wrong? Is there something wrong with what I said?" Of course she wasn't joking, she said it was something she took for granted, and she didn't understand what the girl's ghostly expression meant.

Shen Qing couldn't swallow it, so she spit out the duck meat. Luo Qin was very responsible, bringing her a handkerchief and water. Isn't that what a maid does?

After finally being able to speak normally, Shen Qing decided to resolve the matter as soon as possible. If she listened to the old woman's words, she was not sure whether she could hold back from beating her up.

"Mrs. Qian! You may have misunderstood. Even if he is a coward like your son, I can't look down on him now, let alone he is just a child!"

Qian's mother looked sharp, "What's wrong with my son? You are a country girl, you have never even seen a scholar, and you dare to say some dirty words that don't know the height of the world. You are carrying a stigma. Our Qian family can ignore the past grudges. If I want you to be my concubine, you should kowtow and thank me, hum!" Shen Qing almost laughed, "Really? Even if I never get married, what will happen to me? Am I short of food or drink? Different ways, We don’t want to conspire with each other. We have different ideas. No one can convince the other. Don’t put your ideas on me. As for her, I will give you an answer after I go back and ask my second uncle."

Seeing that Qian's mother was still getting angry, she added, "Auntie, it's better not to talk too much. I know what's going on in your family, and you know it too. If we can't form this marriage, I'm afraid it won't be long before you two Do you have to run out of food? Haha! If you have only one mouth to eat, how can you talk about the future if you can’t even get a bite to eat? Just wait to starve to death!"

Qian's mother was exposed, and she couldn't keep it off her face. She said forcefully: "What do you know? After ten years of hard work, you can become a master only if you endure hardships."

Shen Qing said impatiently: "Then you can continue to suffer, I am not interested in serving you, Fuzi, come in and pay!"

"Here you go!" Fuzi flashed in from the outside, nodded and knelt beside her, "Our shopkeeper said that even if he invited us for this meal, it's rare for you to come here for a meal, so how can we ask you to pay for it."

Shen Qing waved his hands quickly, "No, one code is the same. Your shopkeeper's favor is not easy to owe. I brought the money, just give me a discount. In addition, the remaining wine and food will be packed."

"Okay!" Fuzi took the silver and went to the counter downstairs.

Qian's mother was puzzled, "Are you familiar with the shopkeeper of this restaurant?" When she came in, she noticed that shopkeeper Feng seemed to attach great importance to this girl. She just thought it was the shopkeeper's way of attracting customers and didn't take it seriously. .

Now that she heard that they actually wanted to skip the banquet, she felt something was wrong.

Mother Qian looked at the food and wine on the table and calculated how much money the meal would cost.

Isn’t it true that the entire Shen family is dead, and only two daughters are left?

There are floods happening again these days. I heard that many rural people’s farmland has been destroyed and they have no harvest. How can their families still make money?

"I'm not too familiar with them. I did some small business with them. It's not worth mentioning." It was indeed a small business, and it was indeed not worth mentioning. She was right.

Qian's mother was right when she thought about it. What kind of livelihood could a teenage girl have just waiting to marry into a good family?

So she said: "Our family has indeed spent a lot of money to support my son's education. You are right about this. I have nothing to hide, but as long as my son can go to high school, no matter how much money we pay, it will not matter." .”

Shen Qing nodded, she quite agreed with this point.

As long as Qian Shuheng is in high school and has achieved fame, he will receive a monthly salary from the court, which is equivalent to a scholarship.

According to the conditions of the Qian family, unless Qian Shuheng climbs into power and becomes a corrupt official in the future, it will be difficult for him to gain a foothold in the officialdom.

Those who have smooth sailing in their official careers all have family backgrounds to rely on.

As mentioned above, no matter whether Qian Shuheng is successful or not, whoever marries him will not have a good life if he cannot control his mother.

But Qian's mother obviously didn't mean that. When Shen Qing didn't answer, she asked again: "How much income can your family make every month now?"