The story of Princess Lenggong's farming

Chapter 32 The Book Has Its Own Golden House

Sanbao squinted and licked, with a satisfied expression on his face.

Dabao muttered happily: "...I sold 190 Wen today, and I have 180 Wen left after buying the candied haws. Adding yesterday's ones, we have 190 Wen. If we work hard tomorrow, we will soon be able to save it. A lot of money..."

Shen Sisi smiled and said: "...Well, when I have saved enough money, I will buy you some books."

Pens, inks, papers and inkstones are temporarily unaffordable. These things are luxury items in this era. Shen Sisi also wants to buy them to practice calligraphy when the conditions are better, at least until they go to private school. After all, she writes with a brush. I don’t dare to teach them indiscriminately, because I am afraid that they will practice crookedly at the beginning, and it will be difficult to correct it after going to a private school. It is better to let them use a tree branch to scratch at random, so as to deepen their impression... …

But she casually said that she wanted to buy books, and the three of them were stunned, because for people in this era, books are also luxury goods. I heard that Wang Xiucai from the next village would spend more than one tael for just buying a book. , This is still common. I heard that more expensive books cost more than ten taels, and you can buy an acre of good land. Now that Shen Sisi said this, the three brothers looked at her in astonishment. Very strange.

Shen Sisi had some black lines, and said: "...What? Don't want to study?!"

She squinted her eyes and snorted: "Did you forget what I said?! If anyone dares to be serious, I will beat him to death, understand?!"

"Tu Niu, books are very expensive..." Dabao muttered.

"Idiot, do you want to farm for the rest of your life?!" Shen Sisi stared at him, Dabao shrank his neck, and took a step back, afraid that she would come forward to correct his ears. He is a big man. Close your ears, how ugly is it on the big road that comes and goes? !
Dabao hurriedly said: "...But we peasants, what can we do if we don't farm?!"

Shen Sisi was so angry that he couldn't speak, her hands were itchy, and she didn't know how to explain it, so she stepped forward and tangled his ears, Dabao couldn't avoid it, and when she was caught, she blushed When he got up, he didn't dare to struggle, not because it didn't hurt, but mainly because he was shy, but for this younger sister, he was afraid and helpless, so he could only accept his fate. , I will definitely look like Tian Guihua when I grow up...

"There is also a difference in farming. Landlords and tenants are both farmers. Can they live the same life?! In short, you should study hard. If you dare to be naughty, I will beat you to death..." Shen Sisi couldn't explain clearly, so he simply Threatened and forced, and the words were vicious and eerie, Dabao was so frightened that he trembled for a while, and did not dare to resist.

During the entanglement, the young man who was beaten yesterday jumped out with a bruised nose and a swollen face. He shaved his face and said, "Don't be ashamed, it's useless to be bullied by a small man..."

As soon as he appeared, Second Treasure and Three Treasures became nervous and hurriedly protected the candied haws. Thinking of the two that were robbed yesterday, they were so angry that they yelled angrily, "You give us back the candied haws?!"

It seems that the young man lost his scars and forgot about the pain. Shen Sisi was worried that he was in a bad mood and had nowhere to vent. Seeing him at this time, he also smiled and said, "What? It seems that you are very useless, didn't you yesterday I, the little guy, beat you up..."

The young man was so angry that his face was flushed, and he almost jumped to his feet and said: "That's because you are despicable, you are too sluggish, you have the ability, today we will fight openly, do you dare?!"

"Cut," Shen Sisi said with a smile: "So many of you were beaten away yesterday, why are you alone today, did you all abandon you? Beating like this, if I were you, I would be very shameless, embarrassing..."

"You..." The young man choked, agitated, and angry, and said: "If we have the ability, let's fight one-on-one today to see who is better. If we have the ability, don't play tricks?!"

Conspiracy means, children still use the word "conspiracy means" in a fight? !Shen Sisi rolled his eyes, and said: "Why should I fight with you, the defeated general? I'm sick. Cut it. If I have the ability, come and pick the four of us. I don't need four of them. Why should I want one?" Someone hit you?! Hmph, if you don't have the ability to beat the four of us, just get lost, don't block the way..."

"You, you coward..." The young man was out of breath, and his face was even more red and swollen.

Shen Sisi squinted her eyes and said dangerously: "I am indeed a coward, but what are you who intercepted and robbed yesterday?! A gangster?! A robber?!"

The young man was so choked that he couldn't speak, but he left unwillingly, and was afraid that these four people would really attack him. It would be difficult for him to deal with one, let alone four. Nervously, staring at Shen Sisi unwillingly.

Shen Sisi didn't bother to pay attention to him, ignored him and continued to walk towards the city gate, the young man followed behind them.

Dabao frequently turned his head to see him and frowned, saying: "Tu Niu, he's following us, isn't he trying to steal money again?!"

"What are we afraid of if he is alone? Leave him alone and go home, otherwise Dad will be worried..." Shen Sisi left the city gate and paid the gate fee, whistling, while rushing home in a good mood .

Dabao turned his head and saw that the boy had also left the city, his brows were furrowed deeply, he was nervous and guarded, but he was not nervous at all when he thought about it.

The boy didn't follow closely, but fell far behind them, neither falling behind nor following closely.Seeing the three brothers is really annoying.But there is no good way to drive him away and prevent him from following.

Niu Xiaohua was wronged, she had already received countless stares from her mother and three sister-in-laws, especially Tian Guihua beat her up, she felt very uncomfortable, seeing that the chestnuts could not be sold, she couldn't help but said: "It's not me!" I don’t believe in Tu Niu, but I told my mother to add more salt and sugar. My mother is reluctant. The taste is not as good as others. How can they spend five cents to buy it? And the chestnuts that my sister-in-law hastily fried are not cooked enough. It’s just that it’s overcooked, so of course it’s not easy to sell, mother..."

Seeing Tian Guihua staring at her, she still resisted the pressure and said: "You see, the local girl sells chestnuts and gives them away after weighing them. You are too fussy..."

Tian Guihua was very disapproving when she heard this, and said coldly: "How many can you grab with her little hand?!"

"These people are also comfortable..." Niu Xiaohua said helplessly: "Mother, if we want to sell these chestnuts, we will definitely not be able to sell them for five cents. Let's sell them cheaper, so as not to waste them. How tiring is it to carry it back?!"

Tian Guihua suddenly felt distressed, "Then how much money do you want to sell?!"

"At most three pennies..." Xiaohua said, "Nobody would buy it..."

Tian Guihua's face froze, and she paid two yuan of profit for nothing, her face turned pale with distress.Her daughters-in-law were also not very reconciled, saying: "Don't you lose money by selling Sanwen?! Mom, are you really selling Sanwen?!"

Tian Guihua said bitterly: "If you don't sell it, you can eat it yourself, can you afford it?!"

The three of them choked, and honestly fell silent.

Niu Xiaohua saw that Tian Guihua agreed, but her expression was very bad, so she comforted her and said: "...Mom, when these are sold out, let's add more salt and sugar when we get home, and we can sell five cents next time..."

Tian Guihua's complexion improved a little after hearing the words, and said coldly: "There are not many chestnuts on the mountain, and I don't know how many times I can sell them..."

He said harshly again: "Next time if you can't sell five coins, you will eat them all..."

Seeing Tian Guihua staring at her, Niu Xiaohua was wronged and felt very uncomfortable.But I can only sell chestnuts silently, even with an empty stomach for lunch, Tian Guihua is reluctant to buy something to pad her stomach, chestnuts are sold for money, let alone eat, the three sisters-in-law have With money from her own house, she bought a pancake mat. Only Niu Xiaohua had no money, so she could only starve. She dared not speak out, but she was used to it anyway...

Niu Xiaohua lowered her eyes and thought sadly, other girls don't want to marry early and are reluctant to leave home, but she really wants to get married as soon as possible, maybe her life will be better than now, maybe she is lucky enough to meet a good Men come to love her, but at home, she is not favored, especially her mother, who is even worse than her stepmother, she is not pleasing to the eyes everywhere, she sometimes wonders if she picked it up, if it is not for the five senses She is really like Niu Laogen, and Niu Laogen really loves her, she really thinks so.

But in this family, Niu Laogen can't be in charge. Even if he can make decisions about big things, he is basically busy with outside affairs and family affairs, and he is not so careful. Even if he finds out, he can't always manage it. That was really uncomfortable. I did all the rough and heavy work at home by myself, and I had to do needlework when I was free. Tian Guihua couldn't even watch her idle. She couldn't be idle for a moment. , her eyes were swollen with tears, she was afraid that Tian Guihua would scold her for being unlucky, and she didn't even dare to shed tears...

She thought uncomfortably, when she can marry far away, it will be fine, but if she gets married close, with such a natal family, what will her life be like in the future.

Thinking of the future, Niu Xiaohua was at a loss.

After reaching the head of the village, the three brothers turned their heads and saw the young man with a bruised nose and a swollen face. The three of them breathed a sigh of relief, then put aside and went home happily.

When they got home, Zhong Gensheng and He Axiu had already arrived home. They rushed to work for a long time in the morning, and finally removed all the grass in the field. Now the rest of the work is to boil some water in the afternoon. The children went to the city, Zhong Gensheng decided to accompany them tomorrow, and He Axiu stayed at home to help the children cut chestnuts.

"Father, mother, I sold 190 Wen today..." Sanbao Chongjia said excitedly.

Zhong Gensheng and He Axiu were taken aback, "So many?!"

In fact, looking at the things bought yesterday and the day before yesterday, they knew that they sold for a lot of money, but they were very happy when they heard so much money.

"Yes, we can sell it for five cents a catty, but we can't bring much, otherwise we can sell it for more money..." Sanbao said with a smile.

"Father will go with you tomorrow..." Zhong Gensheng said with a smile: "You guys fry more this afternoon, I will carry it on my back tomorrow..."

"That's great, father..." Sanbao said with bright eyes: "Tu Niu said that she saved money to buy books for us. She said that there is a golden house in the book. After reading the book, does our family have meat every day?" have eaten?!"

Thinking about the black line, why did this kid say it all, she suddenly smiled awkwardly, and was about to explain, but Zhong Gensheng looked at her in surprise, and said: "Okay, be ambitious, you three brothers should study hard in the future , all go to the scholar examination, and our family will be better off..."

He Axiu's eyes were burning, and she was used to many years of hard life, and now she seemed to have seen hope, she stroked Tu Niu's hair, and said with a smile: "...my precious daughter is really insightful. "

(End of this chapter)