The father, who weighed only five pounds, was able to work when he was still alive. With only one ox cart, he saved a lot of money for the family, built a brick house, and got a wife for his son. Since he only had a son, he could not live in poverty.
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By the time Wu Jin was living his own life, he was also a hard-working and hard-working person. Except for strong winds, rain and snow, he would go to town every day and never take a day off.
Money is saved little by little, and a family of four has four mouths to eat, so there will be no shortage of food all year round.
At least if you want to eat meat, you can buy a pound or two, and you can make two new clothes for your two children a year.
Therefore, the Zhou family's life in Songshan Village is considered to be at the forefront.
Therefore, Manju never thought that her son would not be able to have a good marriage.
But it happened that her son liked pear blossoms. For the sake of her son, she was willing to do it. Regardless of the troubles the Zhang family was in, she went to beg pear blossoms for her son, and even gave her twelve betrothal gifts without saying a word. As long as her son was not afraid of trouble and lived with pear blossoms.
That's fine.
But I didn't expect that if the marriage was certain, there would be a lot of things happening in the Zhang family.
First, Uncle Dou got paralyzed for some reason (I heard he was trying to force Brother Donggua to get money back to supplement the boss, but Brother Donggua was unwilling to compromise this time and was paralyzed).
Then Aunt Deng made the main decision to separate the families. Then, before the family was clearly divided, an official came suddenly, saying that someone had complained that Uncle Dou had killed Uncle Dachui.
Like her, many people in the village knew that Brother Donggua was not the biological son of Uncle Lao Dou, but the son of Aunt Deng and Uncle Dachui, but they had never met Uncle Dachui. They only heard that Uncle Dachui returned to his ancestral homeland in the south in his early years.
Never came back.
So when this happened, everyone was quite shocked, especially since the evidence was conclusive and Uncle Dachui's body was dug up from Songshan Mountain.
Then Uncle Dou was taken away, sentenced and convicted.
The Zhang family was also completely divided. The Donggua brothers returned to the Li family, inherited the Li family's household registration, and became Li Donggua.
If you don't work as a long-term worker in the Cheng family, you can come back and live your own life.
At that time, she was quite happy for her future in-laws.
I never thought that just how long ago, Li Yang was such a capable boy. Not only did he buy a house for his family and even set up a shop, but Lihua’s mother was also a real person without showing her face. She could also embroider and make clothes. Even the eldest grandma of the Cheng family liked her.
Man Ju could imagine that if their clothing store is open and Grandma Cheng is taking care of the business, it will definitely prosper.
At that time, the Li family often opened a shop in the town, and Lihua was the shopkeeper's daughter. It seemed that their family was really unworthy of it.
As the saying goes, lower your head to marry your wife, and raise your head to marry your daughter.
If their family was much worse than the Li family, it would be difficult to raise the head even if the stone was placed in front of the pear flower.
In Manju's heart, she really couldn't help but think about it.
When I got back, I rummaged through the boxes and cabinets and dug out all my belongings.
She and Wujin have been married for so many years. At that time, she had some money left by her father-in-law. Wujin had never stopped selling goods to make money in these years. After giving birth to two children, she spent a lot of money, but she also saved money.
Somewhat.
Last year I paid ten taels as a bride price, and bought another oxcart for five taels. I also bought a lot of things for the New Year.
I don't have much money on hand now.
Manju counted the silver coins in the box twice, and found that there were only three silver ingots and a few strings of copper plates, and nothing more.
This little money is not enough.
She sighed, and when Friday Jin and his son came back in the evening, she called them to discuss it.
"Brother Donggua's family opened a shop in the town, and his family also bought a house in the town. I heard that Ayang also bought a house for Lihua as a dowry. No matter how much our family can't afford it, we won't be called a stone in the future.
The house depends on Pear Blossom’s dowry, right?”
"I just thought it would be nice if we could buy a small house in the town. When the weather changes, you guys who are driving and hauling goods will have a place to live in the town, so you don't have to spend money to stay in an inn in a hurry, right?
?And when the time comes, Shitou and Lihua will be able to live together when they get married."
"Pear Blossom Girl told me that day that she was going to take Lihua to learn embroidery and make clothes. I heard what she meant was that she wanted Lihua to help in the clothing shop, but then she wouldn't be able to stay in the town all the time? Shitou, you two have become
There is no reason for the married couple to live separately. We don’t have to ask you to live in your parents’ home or live in Lihua’s dowry house, right? We won’t listen to you if you tell us.”
Zhou Shitou didn't say anything as he listened. He already knew that Uncle Donggua and the others had mentioned that they wanted to marry Lihua next year. He could wait, but he was afraid that something would happen by then.
The Lihua family has opened a shop in the town, so he has to work hard.
Their family also bought a small house?
How can there be so much money?
He didn't know how much money his family had.
Wu Wuqiu had roughly a few jins, so he shook his head and said: "Even the cheapest house in Huangkou Lane in the town costs at least 20 taels per entry. The ones like Huangkou Lane and Daokou Lane are basically the same.
Those born and raised in the town generally don't sell their houses, so if outsiders want to buy a house in the town, they have to start from Yunshan Lane, and the starting price of the house is at least thirty taels.
Yes, even if we spend all our money, we can’t afford it now.”
Manju nodded, it was not enough to take out all the money, only eighteen or ninety taels.
The family still has to make a living, and the money for Lan Hua's dowry needs to be kept, so it can't be all taken out at once.
She had thought about this.
"The two winter melon brothers wanted to keep Lihua for one more year. We understand the situation in their family. Lihua spent a lot of time with her parents when she was young, and it will be different when she gets married, so they want to stay.
, we can’t be unwilling, we want to be in-laws for life, so we have to understand each other and discuss things carefully.”
"So if the wedding date is moved to after next autumn, we still have a year and a half! I think you two, father and son, will be able to earn enough to buy a house by then.
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When I heard that I didn’t want to buy it now, it would be a year and a half away, I nodded my head.
He can earn more than ten taels of silver a year after playing a lot, so he will be more frugal this year.
My son is also earning. Together, the two of them will definitely earn thirty taels by next autumn.
He reached out and patted his son on the shoulder, and said earnestly: "Shitou, are you listening? Your mother is worried about you and plans to buy you a house in the town. You have to work hard to make money."
Zhou Shitou nodded honestly, "Father, mother, don't worry! I will definitely work harder to make money!"
Manju said angrily: "I don't expect you to double the money, just get back the car money you get every day. Mom doesn't mean there is anything wrong with you buying things for your future wife, but you think about it, you secretly do this every day
Keep a few copper coins with you, that's enough for a month, but our family will save money to buy a house next, so you have to keep it, and when you get married, I won't tell you what you want to buy."
Zhou Shitou scratched his head in embarrassment. He just couldn't help it. He just wanted to save some for himself every day. When he had enough, he would buy something small for Lihua. He thought that his mother wouldn't know if his father didn't tell him.
I never thought that my mother knew all along, but she just didn't tell him first.
He was a little moved and felt quite embarrassed, so he nodded and agreed honestly, not daring to reply.