Man Bao on the side couldn't help but said: "Sister-in-law, why did you become Da Ya to provide for Guan Yong? Shouldn't Guan Yong take care of the family?"
Xiao Qian smiled and said: "What a silly boy. Guan Yong is still studying. Where can he make money?"
"Why can't it work? I am also studying now and can still make money."
"That's different," Xiao Qian said confidently: "You are so much smarter than him, and you are the reincarnation of a fairy. How can he, a mortal, compare with you?"
Man Bao: "..."
She was choked for a while and then said: "Then you see, Bai Shan and Bai Er also make their own money."
"That's because their family has money. Mr. Bai gave you such a large piece of land to play with, and Mrs. Liu gave you so much money and people to take care of it. It's equivalent to more than a hundred acres of land behind you.
The earth is providing for you.”
Xiao Qian said: "Guan Yong doesn't have his own village. The land he was allocated as an adult has to be cultivated by his family. If he manages the land himself, let alone whether the income can enable him to study by himself, he will have no time."
"
When Mrs. Qian agreed to the marriage, she and Zhou Dalang discussed the pros and cons of the marriage beforehand, so Xiao Qian had a special understanding of how scholars study.
So now she took her daughter's hand and whispered: "Your grandma is right, Guan Yong reads not only for himself and the Guan family, but also for you. As for you, you also read with Mr.
It’s been a year since I’ve read a book, and I’ve read several books myself, so I should know more about etiquette than my mother.”
"Don't they say that when a man becomes an official, the first person to benefit is his wife and children? What's that called?"
Daya whispered: "Female my wife as my yinzi."
"That's right, that's the truth anyway, so you have to know it yourself. Don't listen to your sister-in-law and think about letting Guan Yong make money to support the family. It's not time yet," Xiao Qian said: "You
Earn money to support him first, and when he graduates from school and passes the official examination, you won't have to run the shop yourself. By then, you won't even need a shop, and let him support you."
Man Bao on the side asked in a low voice, "What if he fails to pass the official examination?"
"I'm not afraid," Xiao Qian said: "You can provide for him until he is thirty or forty years old. If he still doesn't succeed, you can provide for your son. Anyway, you have a shop in hand and you don't have to worry about food and clothing. What are you afraid of?"
Da Ya blushed and nodded.
Man Bao shuddered, "Why do you still need to support your son? What's the point of getting married? All the money you earn is spent on others."
Xiao Qian felt that it was a wrong decision for her to drag Man Bao over to listen to her experience. She couldn't help but nodded her forehead and said, "It sounds like the money we earn is not for you to spend."
She said: "My parents have cultivated the land and earned money all their lives, but how much of it has been spent on themselves? Most of it has been spent on you?"
Man Bao was startled, thought about it carefully, and found that it was true.
"Your brothers marry wives, have children, eat and drink soup on weekdays, and take medicines for medical treatment. All the money does not come from the public funds? Doesn't it mean that your parents are getting married?"
Xiao Qian said: "After I got married to your elder brother, all the money I earned was spent on you. Isn't it interesting for us to get married? This life is not calculated according to your calculation. Whether this life is good or not depends on you."
You know best in your heart."
Man Bao blinked and asked, "Sister-in-law, how are you doing?"
Xiao Qian couldn't help but smile, "Of course, mother is good to me, and your eldest brother also knows how to love me. Of the three children, except Santou, they are more naughty. Datou and Daya are both sensible and know how to be filial. You
It’s getting better and better, I’m very happy, even if all the money I earn is spent on you, what does it matter?”
Manbao seemed to understand it, but she felt that she didn't quite understand it because it was very different from what she saw in some storybooks in the encyclopedia.
She started to think about it, but before she could figure it out, Daya on the side had already nodded and said: "I know, if you live like your parents, you can use the money to spend on everyone. Anyway, I will be happy; but
If you're like Uncle Mangy, if you spend the money on him, you might as well just throw it in the water and listen to it, isn't that true?"
Man Bao understood it immediately.
Xiao Qian: "...That's the truth, but you have to remember that you can't spend money lavishly. When I say flowers for your family, I only give them to your little family. Don't spend them for the entire husband's family."
Otherwise, no matter how much you earn, you won’t be able to spend enough.”
In front of Man Bao, Xiao Qian didn't have anything bad to say, but lowered his voice slightly and said: "Look at the money your mother and father earned, did they only give you three flowers to your brother and sister? What if your second aunt and the others asked me
If you want, you have to borrow it, so when you get to Guan's house, you have to know the inside and outside, you know?"
Daya and Manbao nodded slowly, gradually figuring out the taste of everyone and Xiaojia.
The two listened to the experience for a long time, and at night the aunt, mother and daughter simply slept together.
When Man Bao woke up the next day, Xiao Qian and Daya had already woken up and gone out, and the courtyard was very lively.
Manbao got up, got dressed, opened the door and went out. Sanya ran over from there. When he saw it, he said: "Sister-in-law, my father bought a pig from the village. The family is killing pigs. My fourth uncle said he would kill another one."
Sheep, grandma asked you to invite Bai Shan and the others to come over to eat pig meat. Guan’s family will be here soon and they want to go and receive red envelopes.”
Man Bao said: "I received the red envelope, do you want to receive it too?"
Sanya said regretfully: "We don't have it, only you, sister-in-law, have it, but I heard from grandpa that if Bai Shan and the others come over, they should be able to get one."
Manbao is senior and the eldest daughter is getting married. According to the rules here, the in-laws have to give her a red envelope when they come to make the decision. However, Manbao was not at home when the two families made the decision, so they have to make up for it today.
Man Bao received such a red envelope for the first time in his life, and he was a little excited when he thought about it.
So she immediately went to wash up, and Sanya helped her get a basin of hot water. She sat aside and waited, "Sister-in-law, my mother said last night that if I don't give her the money I earn from the tea leaves that I exchanged for the silk, she will
I won’t be allowed to study anymore.”
Man Bao almost fell into the basin. She turned around and asked, "What did your father say?"
"My father told me not to spend money randomly and save the money so that it can be used later. Then he didn't say anything else. My second brother quietly told me that my mother's words don't count and I have to listen to my grandma about studying."
Sanya said: "My mother said that I had better learn a skill, either be a good cook like my eldest aunt, or be good at abacus and accounting like my second sister, so that I don't have to work in the fields when I get married. But I
After trying it, I feel that my cooking skills are exactly the same as my mother’s, not even my second sister’s.”
"I was helping in the kitchen just now, but even the fifth aunt disliked me."
The fifth sister-in-law is known to have a good temper in the family. She is soft on the outside but strong on the inside. Even though she has great ideas in her heart, she has a soft temper. If even she dislikes her...
Man Bao looked at her sympathetically and said, "It's okay, it's not your fault, it's all my fault, my second sister-in-law. It's hereditary and there's nothing you can do about it."