Wen Family Has a Wife

  Chapter 94 Reading is too expensive

During the heavy snow season, Wen Youshan finally typed out all the furniture he needed at home, and set up two study rooms for his two sons who were studying. There were bookshelves and everything, but the top was empty and looked a bit desolate. The thick quilts that Chen Ningya wanted were delivered to the door. Those pots and pans that were missing had already been added, so they could live in directly.

  Wen Youshan checked the weather and moved in without waiting for his two sons to come over. Now the whole family lives in the front yard, and the rooms in the back yard are very empty.

After the room, Wen Youshan had nothing to do. After thinking about going to the county town again, he said to Chen Ningya, "The boss and the second should come back, I'll go and pick them up by the way, what else is there for me at home? Bought it together."

Chen Ningya pondered: "It's not lacking, since in the past you simply went to the cloth village to ask what color silk is more in demand, I will write a list, you will let the two boys look at it, different colors require different materials, don't Buy the wrong."

  Wen Youshan frowned when he got the list, and muttered, "This illiterate is really blind."

"You can learn if you don't know how to read. Look at how serious the three little ones are!" Chen Ningya was just joking, but Wen Youshan took it to heart, and said with bright eyes, "What the lady said is very true, why didn't I think of it, Anyway, I didn't pick up the job this year, when the eldest and the second come back, let them teach me, and I can watch it myself in the future!"

   Seeing his arrogant appearance, Chen Ningya didn't say a word, and after some encouragement, she went back to weaving.

   At dawn the next day, Wen Youshan drove the donkey cart to go out and found that it was really cold and the snow was so fierce that he couldn't even see the road clearly. I was afraid that the mountain road would be closed in less than two days. Thinking like this, he hurriedly tightened his hat and coat, flicked the whip, and the donkey cart ran quickly. It was noon when he arrived at the county town despite the wind and frost. He went to the school first, and the children were still in class. , but there are fewer people, and it is estimated that they have gone back.

When Hu Wenzhi saw the figure outside the window, he was relieved. He calmly finished the class and called the Wen brothers over, exhorting: "You have worked hard this year, Yuan Liang's homework has improved a lot, and Yuan Hong's words are also great. It is beneficial, go back and study hard, and you can start to contact "University" next year."

The    brothers were overjoyed, looked at each other, thanked them repeatedly, and then left the school.

Wen Youshan was already waiting at the school, Wen Yuanhong trotted into the door, shivering from the cold, rubbing his hands, his feet resting on the ground, his face couldn't hide his joy, "Father, why are you here? Pick us up? "

  Wen Yuanliang took a step slower and closed the door immediately after entering, "I still wonder why Mr. Jin'er said those strange things. It seems that he knew that Dad was here."

   "What did your husband say?" Wen Youshan asked happily, helping his son pack his luggage by the way.

"Father, Mr. said that he will teach us "University" after the new year, let us go back and review it carefully, and don't delay our homework." Wen Yuanliang said excitedly, watching his father collect their clothes, he went to the desk to cherish a few books. into the bookcase.

Wen Youshan glanced at it, handed the paper in his arms to his younger son, and said, "Put the things away, go to the cloth village later to ask what color silk is better to sell, and then go buy the materials, your pen, ink and paper. I also buy some inkstones, Dad wants to read with you, and I can buy a few books if I need them, and I can read them when I go back."

The eyes of the two boys lit up and looked at each other. Since the old man was rich, he naturally bought a little more. One volume each of "The Great Learning", "The Doctrine of the Mean", "The Analects of Confucius", "Mencius", "The Book of Changes" and "Book of History" , "Poetry", "Ritual", "Spring and Autumn", prepare first, go back and say that their mother can explain a thing or two to them, besides these, there are "Nv's Virtue", "Nv's Instruction", "Nv's Ring", these It is for the sisters in the family. It is another matter if you learn or not. You can also understand some taboos by looking at it occasionally. If you want to come, their mother is satisfied.

When Wen Youshan heard it, hehe, there are quite a few good guys. I counted it with my fingers, and there were more than a dozen copies. It was estimated that it would cost forty or fifty taels of silver. Half a year's savings were all spent, but fortunately he brought some more when he went out this time, otherwise it would really be too much trouble.

Afraid that his father would not buy it, Wen Yuanliang hurriedly said, "Father, we still save it now. You must know that people who read books have more than a few books, and there are many miscellaneous books, such as "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic" and so on. , but those books are too esoteric for us, and we can't understand them now, so we bought these first."

The corner of Wen Youshan's mouth twitched, this was going to cost him his life, what else could he do, in order not to suffocate himself, he decisively yelled at his two sons to leave quickly, and first went to Buzhuang to chat with the shopkeeper, Get the letter and immediately take the children to buy raw materials.

It was already late at night when the father and son returned to Fushan Village. The snow was still falling and did not decrease at all. Wen Youshan stomped his feet on the donkey cart and stiffly pulled the rope on the door. The courtyard door opened soon. Youshan hurriedly said: "Hurry up and let the girl boil the water, we are all freezing."

  Chen Ningya turned her face aside, and hurriedly stepped forward to pull her two sons in. The two of them were so cold that their blood was about to coagulate. If it wasn't for Chen Ningya pushing them, they would not be able to move their legs.

Chen Ningya took them directly to the stove, and placed the two of them on the stove, and then called Wen Yuanzhen to help. One mother and daughter cut ginger, the other made a fire and boiled water, and soon boiled a pot of hot **** tea. .

  Wen Yuanhong, who was holding the bowl, shivered and said, "Mother, why is it so cold today, I feel like my body is not mine anymore."

  Chen Ningya saw his tears and snot running down, she fed **** tea to the brothers distressedly, and said in a reproachful tone, "Why don't you stay in the county town for one night when it's so cold, and it's not too late to come back tomorrow."

Wen Yuanliang slowed down, shook his head and said, "I can't wait. Dad said that the snow was not thick when we went out. We just stepped on it when we came back, and our shoes are gone. If the snow continues to fall, it will be difficult to walk on the mountain road tomorrow. , I might not be able to make it through the middle of the road."

  If that's the case, they won't be able to go home.

  Chen Ningya didn't expect it to be this serious. She has been working in the weaving house. Both daughters are diligent. She sweeps the snow twice a day, and the house is clean. She has no awareness of this.

Wen Youshan set up the donkey cart, carried a bunch of things into the door, poured a bowl of **** tea in three or two, and then heaved a sigh of relief, full of enjoyment, glanced at his two sons, and shook his head: "They These two are too weak, if you don't study, you can't do anything with this kind of body, and if you go on like this, it will be useless."

   In Wen Youshan's subconscious, he still thinks that men need to be strong and strong, and those who are weak are women.

  The Wen Yuanliang brothers were severely humiliated by their father, their faces were ugly, but they couldn't refute them.

   (end of this chapter)