When it came to household matters, it was naturally Feng's turn. She smiled and answered: "Dad, my husband and Song'er study hard. They stay up late every night to study. My husband just wants to pass the exam next year." Scholar, I want to make you look good to your father-in-law! My daughter-in-law can’t help with anything else, so I still serve them carefully.
Even if my father-in-law doesn’t know, living in this town requires money for everything. Just pens, ink, paper and inkstones and buying books every month are a huge expense. It’s really not easy. How can you always have a big fish and a big meal? It’s just a matter of buying a meal of meat every few days.”
Zhang Laodou also valued this good eldest daughter-in-law of her mother's family. When she heard what she said, he immediately nodded and said: "This is also true. Studying is expensive. Why don't your family spend money? Well, I and your mother He said, starting from next month, my family will give you one more tael of silver every month."
The rent for a small house rented by a big house in the town starts from one year. The rent is cheaper, but it is still one tael of silver per year.
In addition, Zhang Guanggu and Zhang Song's total annual training is six taels of silver. This is still an ordinary school in the town.
In addition to the pen, ink, paper, inkstone and the family's expenses in the town, the family has to subsidize them two taels of silver a month in these years.
Now add one more tael, and that’s three taels a month.
Old Mrs. Deng happened to come out and heard this, and sighed in her heart, thirty taels a month, which is thirty-six taels a year, where can I get it at home?
Even if Lao San's grocery store pays him two taels of silver every month, it's not enough.
Moreover, sometimes when business is not good, the two taels of silver are not paid back every month.
Old Mrs. Deng couldn't help but murmur to herself that this book was really a waste of money to read. If the old man hadn't had money and had to send her eldest son to school, she would have been unwilling.
After studying for more than 20 years, I have to go back to being a child. How much subsidy does my family need every year?
For this reason, many people in the third child's family muttered behind his back.
But the father-in-law is right, the mother-in-law is right, and the old man is more concerned about his family, so she has nothing to say.
I wanted to tell my boss to stop studying and find a job as a bookkeeper to earn some money so that my grandson can continue studying.
But thinking about the old man's hope that his son would become a successful scholar, Mr. Deng silently kept his mouth shut.
Take it, take it, she is just a money bag anyway.
When she heard that she could get one more tael per month, Ms. Feng was very happy. In fact, their family of four spent two taels of silver a month in the town, which was really enough. My husband knew that he was not good at studying, so now he has saved money. I kept a lot of pens, inks, papers and inkstones for my son.
But if you can get more than one or two, you won't get anything in vain.
She couldn't control the second child's house, but the shop in the third room was actually bought by her father-in-law with the money, unlike them, who rented it.
That shop has a two-room facade, an upper floor, a large backyard, and a good location. Now, twenty years have passed, and the price has doubled.
She had inquired about it, but now it is for sale. These two shops with a backyard can be sold for at least eighty taels of silver!
Why?
Just giving the family two taels of silver every month is nothing. It takes such a big advantage. What's more, Liu's sister-in-law, who knows her very well, is really so honest and pays it every month?
Crying about poverty is common. Otherwise, why would I have come back last month to get fifty taels of silver? I obviously don’t have enough money, but I have to come back to dig holes in my family. My hands are itchy if I don’t take advantage.
They are the big ones. Even if the family is divided, they will account for 70% of the family property. The shop belongs to them, so these people get a free advantage.
Mrs. Feng sneered in her heart, but she didn't show it on her face. She quickly pretended to be grateful and said hello to her father-in-law. She would definitely serve her husband's son even more so that they could succeed in their studies.
Zhang Laodou already liked the big house and was satisfied with it no matter how he looked at it. When he heard this, he was even more happy.
He also called Zhang Song to come forward to ask questions. Zhang Song was also a talkative person with a sweet mouth. In addition, Zhang Gugua added a few words from time to time. For a while, the whole room was in a happy mood, and the laughter broke through the tiles.
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After the fat chicken they bought was stewed, Zhang Gugua and Zhang Lao Dou had a drink together after the meal. Even Zhang Song also thanked Zhang Lao Dou and Lao Deng for their hard work with tea instead of wine.
Zhang Laodou was even more happy than he knew why.
He is truly lucky to have such a filial eldest son and grandson in his life!
The neatly arranged three rooms in the east wing are reserved for regular use. When the big room comes back to live during the New Year, no one can take it, except Zhang Yang, who does not follow common sense.
After the drunken people were helped down, Miao took Zhang Zaohua and Zhang Lihua to clear the table, clean the dishes, and so on. She just felt very angry.
When I finally finished my work and went back to my room, I was even more angry when I saw the drunk man lying on the bed like a fool.
I couldn't help but go up and pinch him hard.
Zhang Hugua was in pain and screamed loudly. Miao quickly covered his mouth and scolded him, "You idiot! Why are you shouting so loudly?"
After all, he was not drunk to death and was somewhat sober. When he saw that the person in front of him was his wife, he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It's okay. Why are you pinching me? You don't want me to be in pain?"
Mrs. Miao saw that he was angry and said angrily: "We have all suffered such a loss. Why don't you drink to death if you still want to drink? I just said that my father was kind and my son was filial. You had to lean in and put on a shy smile to see.
It makes me so ashamed."
Zhang Hugua was confused when he heard this, "What nonsense are you talking about? I drank two glasses of wine with my biological father and my biological eldest brother and why is it wrong? You are the one talking crazy things when you are drunk."
"Bah!" Ms. Miao spat, full of dissatisfaction, but looking at such a mindless man who only thought his elder brother was good, he was so angry that he didn't know how to express his anger.
This is a brainless person who thinks he has taken advantage after suffering a loss.
When the eldest brother said that he will never treat you badly in the future, he was overwhelmed with joy. When the third brother said that his niece will be successful, he will never forget his uncle, and he became very happy.
They have chewed up all the money in the hands of the two old men. How long and what month will it take for them to buy a shop? Are they going to go to the ground?
What a fool!
You still have the nerve to laugh at other people's stupidity, but you don't know that you will suffer the consequences just by doing things.
They're not any smarter than the two from the second child's family.
After all, they are close!
It is said that old people love children, but they are good. This child is the most miserable. Why do they have to stay in the countryside when everyone else lives in the town?
Is it because her mother-in-law's family is so poor that she rarely does the things her parents-in-law promised?
Mrs. Miao was so angry that she was too lazy to tell anyone, so she had to push the person and lie down inside, with her back to the person.
Zhang Hugua muttered a few words and fell asleep in a daze, not caring that his wife was so stuffy that she couldn't fall asleep.
In the room where the couple lived, Zhang Gugua, who was drunk and unconscious before, was being held by Feng's shoulders this time, so he didn't look even a little drunk.
The couple were also talking quietly, thinking that they would get it done in one fell swoop tomorrow so they could go back to town.
There are so many mosquitoes in this countryside that it is really not a place for people to live!