Xiao Chu and Xiao Cheng came to the living room together, but they did not participate in the discussion.
"It's all my fault. If I hadn't checked carefully, this would not have happened." Xiao Changfu was a little guilty and his face was full of regret.
Others were also constantly comforting him. Although the sinking of the fishing boat would lead to the loss of the family's livelihood, Xiao Changfu returned safely.
Mr. Xiao’s eyes were a little red. This scene reminded him of a scene more than ten years ago. It was also a fishing boat, but his son did not return safely at that time.
That person is Mr. Xiao's second son. Since he left, no one in the family has mentioned this matter again. He was afraid that the old man would think of sad things. Even Xiao Lin and his daughter rarely mention this in front of the old man.
The lost person.
"Boss, it's good that you can come safely. We can do something about the fishing boat in the future. At worst, I will give up this old face and borrow some silver from the villagers in the village. We will build another fishing boat." Mr. Xiao
His expression was moved, and even the muscles on his face were slightly twitching, but they were concealed very well by him. In addition, the light in the living room was dim, and almost no one noticed the excitement in Mr. Xiao's expression.
Xiao Changfu lowered his head and then said, "Dad, it's all bad!"
After speaking, Xiao Changfu kept tears along the corners of his mouth, but he forced himself to make no sound, for fear of infecting the emotions on everyone.
The aunt pulled Xiao Changfu into her arms and just hugged him. After all, Xiao Changfu could return safely today, which was the greatest luck. How could she dare to look forward to more?
"Don't worry, I will do more needlework in the future to help you share the pressure at home." The aunt stared at Xiao Changfu with tenderness. After all, Xiao Changfu has been alone in the family's livelihood issues for so many years.
She saw it, how could she not be moved?
Xiao Changan, who was sitting behind, had not spoken, silent, with a solemn expression, as if he was thinking about something.
At this time, Xiao Changan looked a little embarrassed. As the son of the family, he threw the burden of the family on his elder brother alone. Xiao Changan felt a little guilty no matter what.
Xiao Changan has been reading the books of sages over the years. It is not that Xiao Changan has thought of helping his family share some pressure. However, what he thought was to study hard and wait for the scholar who passed the exam in the future to return to Dingyuan County to open a private school.
God often fails to meet people's wishes. If I fail many exams, it not only consumes a lot of money from my family, but also puts greater pressure on my elder brother.
"Why!"
Xiao Changan sighed and imagined that over the years, although his father had not said anything, but had high hopes for him, after experiencing this, Xiao Changan's already guilty heart completely became gloomy.
Then Xiao Changan's eyes widened, and he slowly turned to Old Master Xiao, sighing, as if he had made a decision.
"Dad, I won't study anymore. I will work with my elder brother to take care of the family's affairs." Xiao Changan's tone was not high and his tone was a little dull, but everyone could find that Xiao Changan's words were obvious
It was carefully considered.
Xiao Chu sat at the end, and when he heard Xiao Changan's words, he couldn't help but feel surprised. You know, with Xiao Changan's usual hard work in studying, it was obviously a kind of stance that would not stop if he didn't win a scholar. However, today he
Can you give up studying in order to help your family?
Hearing Xiao Chang'an's words, Mr. Xiao's eyes were slightly condensed, he curled his lips, and then said, "Third brother, although you have not made any money for your family over the years, you must know that you are the hope of your family. Once you take the exam,
Only when you become a scholar can the situation of my Xiao family be completely changed. If you give up studying, wouldn’t my Xiao family always fall to the bottom of society?”
Mr. Xiao’s eyes were a little excited. It seemed that he had indeed put all his hopes on Xiao Changan.
After listening to Xiao Chang'an's voice, Xiao Changfu shook his head and said, "Third brother, you don't have to worry about the affairs of the family. Just study hard. When you get into the scholar, our family's situation will be
It will be much better.”
Obviously, Xiao Changfu has been working hard to carry the burden of his family on himself for so many years, and he has great hope for his third brother. In the country of Daxia, "study and become an official" is well known.
Things, if you want to change the situation of the Xiao family, you can only let your third brother be admitted to the scholar.
Xiao Changfu's transformation was obviously not to let Xiao Chang'an give up studying, and the burden of the family continued to be fought by himself. After all, my third brother had hope for studying. If he got into the scholar one day, the entire Xiao family would be "
Once one person is enlightened, the chicken and dog are ascended to heaven, and the life situation of the people in the Xiao family will change.
However, the most important thing at the moment is that the fishing boat that Xiao Changfu usually fished has sunk. Now he needs to build another fishing boat to continue fishing.
However, the huge fishing boat is not so easy to build, and the cost alone costs a lot of money. Moreover, the Xiao family experienced a baptism of bandits not long ago, and now they want to take out extra money.
Money is probably already very difficult.
After listening to the words of the two brothers, the three sisters-in-law's eyes became even redder. Don't they know the current situation of the Xiao family?
There was a little mist in the aunt's eyes, and it accidentally dripped across her cheeks and dripped towards the lapels.
After a moment, the aunt seemed to suddenly remember something, and then ran towards the room under the gaze of everyone, and then ran back soon.
I saw that the aunt was holding a slightly ancient box in her hand. Perhaps because of the long time, the box had suffered a certain amount of wear.
When I opened the box, I saw two exquisite jewelry placed in it, a pair of green jade bracelets and an inconspicuous hairpin.
This is?
Everyone in the living room was stunned. They all knew that this was the dowry brought by the eldest sister-in-law when she got married.
"You sold these jewelry, which should be exchanged for some money. I think you can help the family get some money." The aunt hugged the two jewelry, touched them lovingly, and then pushed the box to Xiao Changfu.
In his hands, he no longer looked at them.
"How can this work?" Xiao Changfu looked ugly. His wife had been following him for many years. Although he had nothing to do and was a little sarcastic and mean, he was really sensible when he was maintaining this family and knew how to advance and retreat.
However, I have not bought her decent jewelry for so many years. Is it necessary to sell her only dowry again?
Xiao Changfu twitched his mouth, how could he bear it?