husband and wife

Chapter 127

The good news for Su Wan was like thunder to Zhang's and Li's ears. Zhang, who has always been prudent, was also dazed by the news at this moment: "The third sibling is going to the county with the third uncle?"

Song's mother nodded and said: "Your father and I have considered this matter a lot. In a few months, Ziheng will go to the province to take part in the township examination. Don't be careless. In the spring, our family will open up wasteland and plant trees, and there are busy farming. I am If you can't leave, Ziheng's wife is the most suitable, so I asked her to go to the county to take care of him."

Mrs. Li said sharply: "Mother, don't say that I deliberately buried the third younger brother and sister. She doesn't know anything. What can she do in the county to take care of her? Maybe the third brother should take care of her. That's really adding to the chaos. It's better to go to the county to take care of her." The tutor taught the eldest brother how to read and write, anyway, our family has nothing else to order her around."

Father Song's face darkened: "I can't do it now, but I can't never do it for the rest of my life. Naturally, I have to learn it when I go outside."

Father Song's words were not aimed at Su Wan, but he lowered his face, and the Li family and the others did not dare to talk about it anymore. After Zhang's hesitation for a long time, he finally gained the upper hand by worrying about his son. Gathering up his courage, he said, "It's okay for younger siblings to go to the county, it's just that parents, the eldest son and the others have finally started to learn to read and write. It's not good to be interrupted halfway, right?"

Song's father and Song's mother were taken aback, this year's family is busy, and the eldest and second children used to be half of the labor force during the busy farming season. I thought it would be the same this year, but what the eldest daughter-in-law said made some sense. Intermittently, when Ziheng came in, he said that the children were doing well and that the grandson was promising, so they were naturally happy, but in this way, wouldn't it be disruptive to ask Ziheng's daughter-in-law to go to the county?

Before the second elder could speak, Su Wan said with a smile: "Sister-in-law's words are true. Originally, I wanted to discuss with my parents. The older children are all talented in reading and writing. However, I am a girl with limited knowledge. They can write a few words, but at most, they can write most of the words now, and it will be a waste of time to learn from me. It is better to send them to school. They already have some foundation, and they are not afraid that they will not be able to listen. Understand those masters' lectures."

Hearing the words, Mrs. Zhang looked at Su Wan gratefully as if she had caught driftwood in the water, and then looked at her parents-in-law earnestly. Father Song asked deeply, "Is it suitable for these children to go to school now?"

Naturally, it was Song Ziheng who asked this question, and Song Ziheng also nodded, with a bit of self-blame: "Actually, I should have sent them to school a long time ago. It was just for me to study, and my family didn't make a generous contract, so I delayed them."

"I can't blame you. Our family's conditions make it difficult for you to provide for one of them. How can we care about them? It's understandable if you think about it. After all, older children are not as smart as Ni. Just look at the past few years, but if they are big kids, they don't know when they will be big." Father Song sighed, "Everyone says studying is good, but studying is a bottomless pit!"

Song Yougen also said: "What Dad said is that the third younger brother is about to be successful, and the eldest children are not very big now, so why not wait another two years? If they really have this talent, it's not too late to start studying. When I accompanied my third younger brother to take the county test, I even saw a few uncles who were about the same age as my father also refer to it, so it can be seen that it doesn’t hurt for the eldest child to wait any longer.”

"It's not bad for you to have such insight, but what your wife said is that there is no reason for reading intermittently. Now that you have started, you should keep reading. Now that the family is making money, there is no need to wrong them. Go to school this year." , I happened to go to the town with the village chief to apply for a land deed, so I went to find out when Mrs. Liu will start school this year, and whether he will be able to recruit students."

Song's mother said: "Back then, Ziheng was enlightened next to Master Liu, and he was very fond of Master Liu. If you can ask Ziheng to go, I'm afraid it will not be a problem to accept the eldest child."

Song Ziheng was a little hesitant, hesitatingly said: "Master's place is very good, but my wife discussed with me last night. This year, my father and mother are very busy, so I'm afraid they won't be free. If I have to find time to take the eldest child to and from the town every day, it will be very unreasonable." It's inconvenient, if you don't send them to the county, it happens that the wife is fine and can take care of one or two. Another thing is that the eldest child is stubborn, and no one forces him to not like to study. With the lady by his side, if they don't study hard, they will go to school every day. After the exam, I can't hide it."

"Although the county is good, Fuzi Shuxiu is much more expensive than the town. You have to spend money to buy food and food in the street. The household expenses are too high." Song's mother wanted to refuse.

At this time, Su Wan said: "I got 120 taels of dividends myself. My daughter-in-law originally wanted to leave it to my parents for safekeeping, but my parents refused to accept it. Now that the family is using money, although the little money I have on hand helps It’s not much of a favor, but it can help lighten some of the burden, and the eldest son and the others will contribute to the master’s repairs and expenses in the county, so parents don’t have to worry about it.”

Mrs. Zhang was pleasantly surprised when she heard the words, but she felt bad after thinking about it. She was still hesitating whether to thank or refuse. Song's mother was also hesitating. The daughter-in-law did have money, and she brought it up by herself. There are hundreds of taels of silver, but it will not be theirs soon. I am afraid that the money is far from enough. The daughter-in-law's actions have undoubtedly lightened their burden too much, but it has been agreed that all the bonuses will be used as the daughter-in-law's dowry, so How could she ask her to subsidize her nephews with a dowry?

Father Song refused without even thinking about it. He even waved his hands along with Song Yougen and Song Youfu, and asked Song Ziheng to persuade his wife well.

(End of this chapter)