Farmhouse with a little field

Chapter 54 Buying Books
When he arrived in the town, Song Ning found a place to settle the carriage, and went to the street with Han Qingmei's three mothers. His reason was: "Since I'm here, I have to go shopping. I can help you with something."

For Song Ning's actions, Han Duyue's idea is very simple, free labor, no need for nothing.

But Han Qingmei was not so calm: "Why is this so embarrassing? I blame Mr. Song for bothering him, so how can he bother Mr. Song to help us carry things?"

"Auntie is too far-fetched, it's just a matter of little effort." This is indeed a veritable little effort.

Seeing this, Han Qingmei was too embarrassed to say anything more, but thanked her twice more, and the four of them started shopping.

Because it is mainly for the preparation of the lunch at noon, the main thing to buy is of course the ingredients. Han Duyue has already counted them before. This time Song Ning brought a total of seven craftsmen over, including Song Ning, there are eight people.

Adhering to the principle of proximity, Han Duyue intends to borrow the stove of Da Zhuang's family to cook. Of course, she is doing this to get closer to Da Zhuang's family. In this case, several members of Da Zhuang's family must be counted superior.

"Mother, how many people are there in Brother Da Zhuang's family?" Han Duyue asked.

"Why are you asking this? Your big brother's family separated early, and now he lives with his parents and sister, and there are only four of them." Han Qingmei looked at Han Duyue with some puzzlement.

Han Duyue blinked: "I was thinking that we still have a lot of things to trouble Brother Da Zhuang and the others in the future, why don't we go directly to his house to cook at noon now, and we will have a meal together."

"It's a success, so let's buy more things." Han Qingmei nodded.

Han Duyue nodded and thought again in her mind. Counting her own family, there would be fifteen people. This is really a big deal.

The family first bought five catties of pork belly, five catties of lean meat, and three large bones, for a total of 190 seven Wen.Seeing that a few people bought a lot of things, the butcher wiped off the change, charged 190 Wen, and sent a large bag of pig offal. Of course, this pig offal was naturally proposed by Han Duyue.

In addition to pork, Han Qingmei spent 25 Wen to buy a live chicken, which she planned to kill and eat when she returned home.

Afterwards, Han Qingmei bought a lot of vegetables, including celery, Chinese cabbage, chrysanthemum heart, small green vegetables, cauliflower, etc. Although the quantity seemed large, it only cost [-] Wen in total.

With such a comparison, Han Duyue couldn't help but click his tongue. Sure enough, in this world, meat is much more expensive than vegetables.

"These dishes should be enough, right?" Han Qingmei glanced at the large and small bags in Song Ning's hand, then turned to ask Han Duyue.

Han Duyue nodded, and after thinking for a while, she said, "Mother, how much money do you have?"

"Mother still has a lot of money, do you want to buy anything else?" Han Qingmei brought all the cash at home with her.

"I want to buy some pens, inks, papers and inkstones. It doesn't matter how good the quality is, just the most common ones. There are also enlightenment books like "San Zi Jing", "Hundred Surnames", and "Thousand Characters". I also want to buy a few copies. .” Han Duyue spoke out his thoughts.

Han Qingmei looked at Han Duyue in surprise: "Xiaoyue, why did you think of buying these?"

"Mother, Xiaonian is already five years old this year, and I think it's time to be enlightened, what do you think?" Although Han Duyue doesn't know much about the imperial examination system in this world, if he wants to have a great future, he still needs to be educated. Take the road of reading.

Of course, if you are the rich second generation or the second generation official, that is another matter.

After hearing this, Han Qingmei couldn't help being silent. She hadn't thought about this question before, so she couldn't react for a while.When she was in the Jiang family, the only one who could read was the fourth son of the Jiang family, so Han Qingmei never thought that Xiaonian would have the opportunity to study.

Now that they have finally left the Jiang family, there are some things that should be carefully considered.

Thinking of this, Han Qingmei turned her head to look at Xiaonian: "Xiaonian, do you want to read and study?"

"I... I don't know, is it comfortable to read?" After all, he has never been in contact with it, so Xiaonian doesn't have much feeling for reading. No need to work and still use the best stuff.

Han Duyue patted Xiaonian's head, and said very seriously: "It depends on what you think. If you like reading, you will feel very comfortable, even if it is very hard; but if you don't like it, probably Even if it’s just for you to sit there, it’s hard. But if you read the book well, it should be of great use in the future, and you can do a lot of things you didn’t even dare to think about before.”

"Is reading really that good?" A light gradually appeared in Xiaonian's eyes.

Han Duyue was about to nod, but Song Ning said from the side: "Reading is good, but not everyone wants to go on this path. If Xiaonian likes to read, it's good, but if you don't If you like it, there is no need to force yourself to do it.”

Han Duyue glanced at Song Ning in surprise, and met his eyes with a faint smile, but that smile seemed to contain other emotions.

For a moment, Han Duyue couldn't help being a little dazed, what did Song Ning mean by saying this?
After hearing Song Ning's words, Xiaonian immediately hesitated: "Then should I study or not?"

"Xiao Nian, it doesn't really matter whether you study or not. Just like Mr. Song said, there are thousands of roads in this world. It doesn't necessarily mean that the one with the most people is the one that suits you best, but there must be one that suits you. That's it." Han Duyue thought for a while, and made a suggestion, "Why don't we let Xiaonian learn to read and read first, if Xiaonian likes to read, then continue reading; if Xiaonian doesn't like it, At that time, I will make other plans, anyway, it is not a bad thing to know a few more words."

After saying this, Han Duyue subconsciously looked at Song Ning, but found that the other party quickly moved away after colliding with her eyes, which made Han Duyue feel more and more confused. Did you say something wrong?

In fact, Song Ning's state of mind is a little delicate. When he heard Han Duyue mentioning reading before, he thought that the other party hoped that Xiaonian could change his family's situation and status through reading.

This can't help but remind him of his own situation. He doesn't like the path his family wants him to take, but his family doesn't want him to go the path he wants to take.

At that moment, he mistakenly thought that Han Duyue was the same as those of his family members, thinking about the so-called glorious lintel and family dignity, but it turned out that it was because of his narrow-mindedness that he misunderstood the other party.

So when Han Duyue looked over again, he suddenly didn't dare to look at Han Duyue's clear and bright eyes. He felt ashamed that he would think of her like that.

Before, he clearly saw all the uniqueness of Han Duyue with his own eyes, her boldness, her wisdom, her courage, everything about her was so unique, but he...would think that she and those high-sounding people Same, he really shouldn't!
Han Duyue didn't know that this person had so many thoughts in a short while, so she naturally didn't think about it, but turned to look at Xiaonian: "Xiaonian, do you think this is good?"

"I listen to my sister!" Xiaonian nodded vigorously.

Han Qingmei smiled gratifiedly, and bought all the things Han Duyue said before without hesitation.

Looking at the packed reading supplies, Han Duyue couldn't help but sigh again, as expected, knowledge is money, and these things are much more expensive than meat!

After loading everything into the car, the family set off on the return trip. Looking at Song Ning who was sitting in front of the car and driving silently, Han Duyue always felt that something was wrong.

It seemed that Song Ning hadn't spoken much since she just bought the book. Although there was a light smile on her face, Han Duyue still noticed something strange. This person seemed unhappy.

So when I got home and got off the carriage, Han Duyue pretended to ask unintentionally: "Mr. Song, are you okay?"

Song Ning was tethering her horse, she was taken aback when she heard this, and stared blankly at Han Duyue for a moment, she was a little overwhelmed by seeing Han Duyue, then she grinned: "I'm fine, thank you Miss Han for caring .”

"It's good that I'm fine, then I'll be busy." Han Duyue stroked her hair uncomfortably, and almost ran away.

Looking at Han Duyue's back, the corners of Song Ning's mouth curved deeper, it was a kind of heartfelt smile.

Han Duyue followed Han Qingmei into Da Zhuang's house, and saw Liu Fang was drying the quilt in the yard.

"Sister-in-law Liu, you are busy." Han Qingmei greeted Liu Fang with her things.

Liu Fangshi just saw the two of them, and hurried over: "What are you talking about? Why did you buy so much meat? It's still these vegetables. Oh, you probably bought them in the town, right?" ?”

"That's right, didn't you invite craftsmen to help build the house, you have to let them have a decent meal," Han Qingmei nodded, and asked again, "Sister-in-law Liu, I would like to borrow your stove for use." Use, when the time comes, let the artisans come over for a meal, do you think so?"

"There's nothing wrong with that, it's just that your food is really a waste of money. Your family has no vegetable land, but mine has one. You still bought so much. It's really..." Liu Fang said, helping Han Qingmei carried the things into the kitchen.

Han Qingmei was helping at the side, preparing to cook, while Han Duyue stood up and recommended himself: "Mother, Aunt Liu, let me cook at noon today, I can fry a lot of dishes!"

"Yo, Xiaoyue is really capable, but there are a lot of dishes to cook today, let your mother and me do it, and you can help." Liu Fangshi smiled at Han Duyue.

Han Duyue refused, wrinkled his nose and insisted: "No, I really know how to cook, why don't you let me try cooking a dish, if you think it's not delicious, then I won't cook."

Han Qingmei had eaten the food made by Han Duyue before, and she knew the taste was really good. Seeing that Han Duyue's enthusiasm was so high, she helped Han Duyue to speak: "I'm not boasting, my family's Xiaoyue's cooking is really good, Why don't you let her try?"

Liu Fangshi patted Han Duyue's head with a smile, nodded and stepped aside: "Okay then, this auntie should have a good taste of our Xiaoyue's handicraft."

Han Duyue puffed out her chest proudly on purpose, and commanded like a little adult: "Then mother and Aunt Liu, go and help me wash the vegetables, and those pigs in the water must be handled carefully first, mother, you know what to do deal with it?"

"Mother, let's do it now, please help me with my sister-in-law Liu." Han Qingmei nodded.

Liu Fang didn't know that pigs could be eaten in the water, so she couldn't help being a little surprised when she heard this, but she saw that Han Qingmei's mother and daughter looked familiar, so she didn't say anything, and she didn't think it was smelly, so she just started Help went.

Seeing this situation, Han Duyue has a better impression of Liu Fang's. With such neighbors, their lives will definitely be much more comfortable in the future.

(End of this chapter)