Thinking that she might become an ordinary peasant woman, Liu was filled with anxiety and despair.

Unlike Liu's family, both Ma and Chang were very happy.

If Zhou Yaozu didn't go to the academy to study, he would immediately save a lot of money, and he would have twenty or thirty taels of silver a year.

That was how the whole family tightened their belts and ate the vegetables and finally squeezed out of their teeth.

If this money is saved, the family's life will be improved. Even if the mother-in-law saves a part of it, some of it can be used at home.

At least, it can make the whole family have a full meal!

Another important point is that if Zhou Yaozu doesn’t study, he should find a job to do so that he can earn some money.

Ma and Chang have been married to the Zhou family for several years. They are particularly favorable to Zhou Yaozu and even the entire big house.

It would be fine if Zhou Yaozu spent most of his family’s money, after all, he was a scholar.

Whose scholar guild goes to the floor to work with his trousers rolled up?

Both Ma and Chang have awe of scholars in their bones, but when they see Zhou Yaozu can still eat well, dress well, and be able to serve them, look at their own men. They not only have to go to work in the fields, but also go to the city to do short-term work during the slack farm.

The money you earn can't even lose a single son.

They felt very uncomfortable.

Especially when I saw my sister-in-law, who was also a daughter-in-law, wearing beautiful clothes every day and doing nothing, the mother-in-law didn't even say a harsh word, let alone beat, scold and scold.

It’s so partial, it’s unfair. Ma’s family has been muttering to Chang behind their backs.

When Chang had not given birth to a son, he was not confident enough and dared not say anything. He even helped Liu defend himself: "My sister-in-law has money at home, and when she was with her family, her dowry was very generous."

People are wearing their own dowry, and if sisters-in-law are jealous, they can only blame themselves for not being able to commit suicide.

These words are also what Mrs. Tan used to block the two daughters-in-laws of Ma and Chang!

However, after giving birth to a son, Chang felt confident and would also echo when Ma complained: "Yes, my sister-in-law is rich, so she can dress well and eat well. But she is also the daughter-in-law of the Zhou family, and she still has to do what she should do."

How can you think that you are a scholar and superior?

Not only do they not work, but they also look down on their brothers and sisters-in-law who work to support the big house?!

These are nothing, and the children who can't stand the most are the children.

The couple in the big house are one of the scholars and the other are rich businessmen, so they can enjoy various preferential treatments.

But why can the three children in the big house not work and go to school?

They are all grandsons of the Zhou family, why are they divided into different levels?

Here at home, the child can’t even eat enough and has to work before dawn every day;

In the big house, they were all educated like young masters and ladies from rich families. It would be fine if they didn't work. Xiande and Xiancheng were sent to private schools when they were five or six years old.

The cost of a private school is not high, but it costs two taels of silver every year.

Two children only have four taels, which doesn’t add the cost of pen, ink, paper and inkstone.

This is also the most resentful thing about Ma. Her eldest son Xianren and Xiande and Xiancheng are about the same age, so why can they go to school and their son go to work in the fields?

His own man is already like this, and Ma Shi doesn't want his son to be as unreliable as his.

Therefore, in recent years, Ma family has repeatedly instigated Zhou Yaozong to ask his family to study with their two sons.

At that time, Chang's son was just born, and she didn't think so long.

In the past two years, Zhou Xianyi, who was born in Chang, performed better and better. He quietly followed his cousin to the door of a private school to eavesdrop, and even learned a lot of articles.

Listening to her son recite profound articles that she could not understand at all in her tender voice, and looking at her son's desire for reading in his dark eyes, not only Chang could not help but also the honest Zhou Yaoting began to start his mind.

Zhou Yaozu's fun and devotion in the county town is no secret.

After all, for more than ten years, he has not deliberately carried people on his back, and there is always a slight rumor coming out.

After hearing this, Zhou Yaoting began to think of a solution. His solution was simple, which was to follow Zhou Yaozu.

Unexpectedly, he caught a man in the first time he took action.

Zhou Yaoting was both happy and glad, but fortunately he showed up early. If he let his elder brother go to the gambling house, if he gets addicted to drugs in the future, their Zhou family will be finished.

At that time, let alone let Yi'er go to school, it would be great that the land and house at home could be kept.

But now, the elder brother told them that he had known that those people were malicious and deliberately went to eat the bait.

Look, the elder brother made twenty taels of silver as soon as he took action!

Zhou Yaoting felt a little guilty when he had misunderstood his elder brother.

Then, Zhou Yaozu said in public that when he stopped going to the academy, Zhou Yaoting felt that he had forced his elder brother to give up the academy for more than ten years, and he was a bastard who was sorry for his brother.

"Brother, how could you not continue to study? I just want the juniors at home to study, not that I really don't let you-"

Zhou Yaoting is pure by nature. Although he has become a little dissatisfied with his elder brother for the past two years, he still cares about this elder brother very much in his bones.

If the elder brother really stops studying and takes the imperial examination because of him, he will never forgive himself for his whole life!

Annie has traveled through several worlds and is no longer the cowardly and inferior sensitive girl she used to be.

In the mission world, she has lived for several lifetimes, with her experience and insights that are extremely rich, and her vision of looking at people is extremely accurate.

She only glanced at Zhou Yaoting and knew what the person was thinking.

She went to see Zhou Yaozong again, and found that although he was not as guilty as Zhou Yaoting, he was not excited because Zhou Yaozu did not go to the academy. Zhou Yaozong felt a little guilty when he saw Zhou Yaozu's eyes.

Annie sighed in her heart: Oh, Zhou Yaozu, what can you do to have such a good brother?

He has been a vampire in his family for more than ten years, and he enslaved his brothers and nephews as slaves, but he can still treat the other party like this.

In modern terms, Zhou Yaozu must have saved the Milky Way in his previous life.

"Big, brother, why don't you go to the academy and study at home?"

Zhou Yaozong hesitated for a while and said this.

After all, he is his own elder brother and is really talented. Zhou Yaozong doesn't want his elder brother to stop at the scholar.

But the cost of going to the academy is too high, and they can't afford it.

"Second brother, third brother, I understand what you mean."

Anne looked at the two brothers opposite, "I made this decision not just for impulse, but for a long time. Although I could learn more in the academy, I have been there for more than ten years and learned almost everything I should learn. If I stay there, it would be a waste of money."

Speaking of money, Annie choked up again, "For the past years, for me, half of the fields at home have been sold, and you have never even eaten decent rice. I feel guilty."

"Boss!" Zhou Jingxian and Mrs. Tan's eyes were red.

They knew that their family was hard, but the boss was really smart. If it was abandoned, it would be a pity. The Zhou family would never have a chance to turn things around.

"Brother!" Zhou Yaozong was also uncomfortable when he saw his elder brother blame himself so much.

"Brother, I was wrong, I shouldn't--" Zhou Yaoting could hardly bear the self-blame in his heart, and he was about to tell him about his intentional stalking Zhou Yaozu.

Annie knew what he was going to say and interrupted directly: "Don't say it. The second brother is right. Even if he is studying at home, he can still read it. Don't worry, I won't give up. I fell out of the list this year, and I will take the exam again in three years."

The two elders of the Zhou family, Zhou Yaozong and Zhou Yaoting, heard this, immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

But Ma and Chang lowered their heads, covering up the resentment and unwillingness in their eyes: Still taking the exam?!

Every time I take the exam, I have to go to the provincial capital. The food and accommodation fees and round trip fees cost at least thirty or forty taels of silver.

With so much money, how much food and meat can you buy? How many years can the children in their two rooms read?

"In addition, the third brother said it makes sense. The younger generations at home have grown up and it's time to study."

Annie pointed to the four silver ingots and said, "Dad, I know that my family has borrowed a lot of foreign debts for my exam this time. You can pay the debt to pay it back. If there is still some left, I will send Xianren, Xianxin, and Xianyi to a private school."

"Enough, enough, I borrowed twelve taels of silver. After paying off the debt, I can still have eight taels left."

Zhou Jing said quickly, then hesitated, "I'm really sending all the children to study?"

He has offered support to scholars and knows how much it cost to a scholar.

In these days, ordinary farmers may not be able to support a scholar if they do their best.

Their Zhou family has a strong foundation and a lot of labor. Their family is considered capable, so they have barely supported them for so many years.

Even so, only forty acres of land were left for more than 60 acres.

The family had no money and the food was sold almost the same.

In the second half of the year, the family had to tighten their belts again.

"Read, read it all!"

Annie waved her hand and said proudly, "It's not that they have to read any fame and fortune. At least they can find a job in the city in the future."

"Okay, listen to you."

Zhou Jingxian saw that his eldest son was well organized and seemed to have already planned it, so he felt relieved.

Zhou Jingxian knew that the younger generations at home had opinions on the large houses that were treated preferentially everywhere, but he held the large houses everywhere for the sake of the family.

He thought that when the boss really made a fortune, he could take care of his brothers and nephews as his whole family devoted his efforts to support him.

Now Zhou Yaozu took the initiative to ask his nephews to study, and Zhou Jingxian wanted the children to know: Look, look, your uncle would rather not go to the academy than let you study. Isn’t it good enough for you?

Zhou Jing first called all his grandsons and told them happily that your uncle said that he wanted you all to study.

Zhou Xianren and Zhou Xianxin shouted excitedly.

However, Zhou Xianyi had already stirred up a storm in his heart: the selfish and hypocritical uncle actually asked them to study?

In the eyes of my uncle, their nephews and nieces in the neighborhood are free labor and are items that can be exchanged for money when they are short of money.

How could he be nice to them? He still took the initiative to think about them?
Chapter completed!