Uncle Gong Jian turned over several times on the bed. He finally couldn't help but sigh. After thinking about it, he always felt that when the responsibility for these things finally came to be investigated, the nephew named Gong Jian and him should be held responsible.
The brother who was paralyzed in bed.
If it hadn't been for that family, how could your eldest son have lived such a miserable life in a private school. If your eldest son hadn't had such a hard time in a private school, how could your younger son be tempted to go to a private school in the town?
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If the younger son hadn't gone to a private school in the town, how could he have neglected his discipline and allowed his younger son to develop such a lie-filled and irresponsible character?
I think the cost of going to a private school in the town should be quite a lot, and it is easy for scholars to compare with each other. I still remember the excuses my younger son often used to ask for money from his family. He had to attend cultural gatherings, buy some books or stationery, change clothes, go out for social activities, etc.
All this shows how complicated the world of scholars is.
The family's situation is getting worse and worse, and Uncle Gong Jian also knows this. He doesn't know why, for someone as smart as himself, he can't take care of the family business well, causing the family's situation to become more and more dilapidated.
.He clearly still remembers that he received most of the family property.
With such a large yard, several large tile-roofed houses, and ten acres of fertile farmland, just these things on the surface are enough to make him a wealthy family in the village. Not to mention the parents he revealed in private.
His private money and his mother’s jewelry.
Where was so much money spent? Uncle Gong Jian couldn't help scratching his head again. He only remembered that he had racked his brains and rented the fields to people in the same village, but the money, grain, and other bits and pieces collected every year
There are a lot of things. This is no problem, but where have all my huge family properties gone?
Gradually, he remembered that since he decided to send his two sons to study, the family had spent a lot of money on their two sons.
The things used by my son to study should not be too bad or make people laugh. The clothes should also be decent. Even at that time, my younger son would often ask for dozens of taels of silver, saying he wanted to buy an ancient fan or a jade pendant.
Come to dub clothes. At that time, I didn’t think there was any problem.
But later, as the younger son reached out more and more often, the family gradually could no longer meet his requests. Gradually, only when the younger son said he needed to buy some books, pens, inks, paper and inkstones, Gong Jian
Only the uncle would bring him a few taels of silver for him to use.
Is it because the money he brought later was so small that the younger son really needed the money but knew he couldn't get it from him, so he took a desperate risk and made up a big set of lies to get it from his mother?
, and finally defrauded those three acres of land.
Uncle Gong Jian sighed deeply and couldn't help but clench his palms. He knew that all these things must be blamed on his brother and Gong Jian's family.
Uncle Gong Jian certainly has a general direction in mind as to how his family's money has been spent in recent years.
But what he was even more resentful about was that in the past two years, his brother's family had gradually become richer, and the food his family used to eat had long surpassed that of his own family, and even surpassed that of any other family in the village.
But that family was like an iron rooster, never plucking a dime. My husband and I came to the house several times, but never got any benefit from that family.
Thinking of this, Uncle Gong Jian couldn't help but curse one after another. He knew that his brother was a cunning one.
Look, now it's finally revealed. How well you pretended to be before. You can take that shabby house by yourself and act like you're submissive, as if your own family is bullying theirs.
It's just a matter of letting everyone in the village know that his family went to their house to search, but in fact, what did their family take away at that time? In fact, he didn't like the things he took away.
Their family is much better. If you give them something, it will give them face and make them look good.
However, when their family became truly wealthy and he could really appreciate their things, he revealed his true colors. As the eldest brother, he was kicked out by their children again and again.
Ridiculous, but as for him, he hid in the house and pretended to be a good guy.
At this time, why don't you know how to hand over your family's things? You don't know how to use your family's money to honor your elder brother.
He has known hypocrisy and cunning since he was a child, and he has clearly seen the true nature of this brother. When his parents were alive, they were all deceived by his cunning brother, and the people in the village were all pretended by his younger brother.
Looks like, got past it.
Now that I have gone out, no one in the village will say that Gong Jian's family is kind and has helped everyone a lot. This is the illusion that this family has worked hard to create. If their family is really kind, how can they tolerate it? His uncle's family is very poor.
In this situation, I don't even spend a penny to give flowers to his uncle's family.
The more Uncle Gong Jian thought about it, the angrier he became. He wished he could sit up now, run to Gong Jian's house, curse, and take all their money to his own house. In this case, his youngest son would not be worried about money.
Worried, he stole things from his home and sold them.
But then, Uncle Gong Jian also sighed. He didn't know where the family had hidden. They hadn't returned home in the past few months. The courtyard door of their home had been locked by General Tie. Now he just came to the door.
There was no one to let him vent his anger. Who could he settle the score with in an empty yard?
Soon Uncle Gong Jian remembered the five acres of land that he had longed for. Three acres of land were taken away by his son. Wasn't this a stab in his heart? Uncle Gong Jian felt that his whole body was being taken away.
It was throbbing with pain.
Now the family relies on these five acres of land, and the income of ten taels a year has suddenly gone to six taels. Now the family only earns four taels a year. How can this family live?
Yaozu's child has to continue studying. He has missed the Tongsheng Examination this year. He can only take the Tongsheng Examination next year. He can only take the Scholarship Examination the year after that.
It would take two years for Yaozu to achieve his fame. Uncle Gong Jian couldn't help but feel a headache. How could he afford to be a scholar with just the income of four taels of silver every year? (To be continued)