Chapter 313: Going back to her parents' house to ask for a book
The dishes Su Yuewei originally prepared for Zhang Chengwang were boiled edamame and mixed pork head. Now that she saw Zhang Chengwang like this, her heart dropped, and she was not willing to serve it to him again.
She directly put these two snacks into the food box. These two are her specialties. When the time comes, she can cut a pound of Lao Jin's braised beef.
Su Yuewei took out all the handkerchiefs and purses she had embroidered during this period, and selected the best two handkerchiefs and two purses - these gifts were prepared for her mother. Since she was going back to her parents' home, she naturally had to prepare them for her family.
Bring gifts.
As for the gift for Tianbao, she had some difficulties. The most suitable ones were pens, inks, paper and inkstones, but these things cost a lot of money. If she wanted to prepare something decent, it would cost at least several hundred yuan. Su Yuewei
Nowadays, she takes money very seriously, and even if her farm yields more than ten taels a year, she is reluctant to spend it.
She quickly came up with an idea and decided to buy candies for Tianbao and draw them. She remembered that Tianbao liked eating candies and drawings when she was a child.
Su Yuewei packed her things, and after buying braised beef and sugar paintings, she walked towards her parents' house. The sugar paintings themselves were not expensive, a sugar painting cost only two cents, so Su Yuewei simply bought five sugar paintings.
Put in food box.
Speaking of which, she has not returned to her natal family for almost a year. When she faced her natal family before, Su Yuewei always felt arrogant and felt that her natal family would bow to her sooner or later. However, seeing her natal family's life getting better and better, she hoped that in the past few years, her family would bow to her.
With no hope of winning the exam, her pride dissipated a lot.
As she embarked on the road back to her parents' home again, she actually felt a little strange.
The door of Su's house was open, and loud laughter and voices floated out of the house.
"Tianbao must have ranked first in the school quiz this time. He has been ranked first for several months in a row. He is worthy of being a disciple of the Number One Scholar."
Su Yuewei was stunned for a moment. Is Tianbao so good at reading? In her impression, the younger brother's talent in reading is only average. Chengwang can memorize a paragraph after reading it ten times, but Tianbao may be able to memorize it more than twenty times. Lian Chengwang saw it
Now they are all just scholars, so Su Yewei never had any hope for his younger brother, thinking that he could become a bookkeeper in the future as long as he knew how to read. Continuing to read was just a waste of time and energy.
"Tianbao is not considered Suijun's disciple, but Suijun, as his brother-in-law, is willing to spare time to teach him. We Tianbao still have a lot to learn."
Su Yuewei recognized that the voice belonged to her mother, Su Liao. In her impression, her mother always looked mean and spoke as if she was on fire. But now her smiling voice sounded much calmer.
"With the guidance of Duke Zhuangyuan and Tianbao's hard work, there will definitely be no problem in taking the exam as a scholar. You will be rewarded after all your hard work, and you will be able to enjoy happiness in the future."
"That's not necessarily true. My Tianbao is just a little more diligent. In terms of reading talent, he is not as good as your son."
Su Yuewei felt more and more that her mother's voice sounded strange. Her feet stepped into the yard involuntarily.
Compared with before, the house is much cleaner and tidier, and there are even some flowers planted in the yard, adding a bit of vitality and beauty to the house.
There were not many people in the yard, and it was obvious that the neighbors had come to say good-bye. She even saw the table full of preserved fruits, pastries and other food for guests. Even when she saw children grabbing candies to eat, she
The biological mother, who always likes to take advantage, actually grabbed a handful into her child's hands with a smile on her face, not feeling distressed at all.
Both this family and her mother seem to have changed. Is it just because Tianbao is studying?
"From the Dashan family, I heard that your niece-in-law left all the Four Books and Five Classics that he had annotated to Tianbao. Can you lend us those books to read?" the mother of one of Su Tianbao's classmates asked with an eager look on her face.
This is the annotation of Zhuangyuan Gong! If you can copy it down and learn a thing or two, I guarantee you will be able to better understand the words of these saints.
Ms. Su Liao was actually not very willing. Her son hadn't finished reading the annotations yet. At first, when Yueling asked someone to send these books, she wasn't really at ease with them, thinking that Yueling was just for them. Let Tianbao feel happy.
As a result, after the news spread, many people came to her home and expressed their willingness to pay for these books. What's more, they were willing to pay two hundred taels.
What someone is grabbing is a good thing.
Su Liao immediately realized this, and she carefully put away the box of books. No amount of money could compare to Tianbao's future. So it was impossible for her to give these books away for money. Five hundred taels were given. Same.
However, given that this was the mother of Tianbao's classmate, her refusal was rather reserved. From this, it can be seen that Su Liao has learned a lot in recent years.
"When my Tianbao is finished, I will definitely borrow it." Su Liao said so, but of course it was up to them to decide when to finish it.
After listening to their conversation, Su Yuewei couldn't help but feel moved. Being able to become the third Yuan Jie, Yuan Suijun left the vast majority of scholars behind in terms of talent and understanding of the Four Books and Five Classics. His annotations can be said to be It's worth a lot of money.
If you can get these books and let Cheng Wang read them, maybe Cheng Wang will benefit a lot.
Tianbao has only been studying for less than two years and is not even a child. Yuan Suijun put these books in his hands. It can be said that it is a waste of money and resources. Chengwang needs these books more than Tianbao.
Her mother was so serious that she was actually planning to borrow it from someone else.
She couldn't help shouting: "Mom, I'm back."
She looked docile and concerned, "Mom, your handkerchief is old. I just happened to bring back a few new handkerchiefs this time."
"I also made a few side dishes that dad likes to eat."
Su Liao was about to continue bragging about how filial Su Yueling and Yuan Suijun were to her, when she suddenly heard a long-awaited voice. She turned her head, and Su Yuewei's figure appeared in her field of vision.
Su Liao's face immediately dropped, "Who are you? Why did you come to my house for nothing?"
She had long since thought that Su Yuewei was no longer a daughter.
Su Yuewei showed a hurt expression, "Mom, are you still angry with me?"
Su Liao snorted coldly: "Don't admit relatives randomly, I only gave birth to a son, but never a daughter." After breaking off the relationship for so long, she didn't come to visit. As a result, when Suijun won the first prize, Su Yuewei immediately came He came over and brought gifts, most likely because he wanted to restore old friendship between the couple and the Yuan family.
Su Liao felt that she had already seen through Yue Wei's face.
The other guests in the yard looked at Su Yuewei with interest - this was the daughter who was kicked out of the house by Su Dashan and the others.
Su Yuewei put the gift on the table and said softly: "Mom, if you don't want to see me, I won't stand in your way."
"As long as you are happy, mother."
Su Liao's anger boiled out, and she said this as if she was making trouble unreasonably.
Seeing that her mother was about to explode, Su Yuewei felt blessed and turned around quickly to leave. Rather than stay in front of others and be insulted by her mother, or even be kicked out by her mother, it would be better to find Tianbao first.
Tianbao is much easier to talk to than her mother. If she says a few more nice words and sheds a few tears, Tianbao will definitely give those books to her.