Ye wanted to explain, but her words were leaky and her mouth hurt. She couldn't say a few words, and outsiders couldn't understand what she said now.
Can't beat again and again.
Ye's tears were shed.
Chu Yunli was surprised: "I didn't accuse you wrongly, why are you crying? This cry seems like I bullied you. I can't afford to offend you, I can't afford to offend you..."
As he spoke, he led Liu Zian out of the crowd.
It was getting late and I had to go back to make dinner. Along the way, both mother and son were in a good mood.
Returning to Liu's courtyard, he saw a circle of people gathered inside before he even got close. Chu Yunli was surprised and quickly stepped forward, only to see someone pulling at the mourning cloth.
Generally, filial piety cloth is used only for funerals.
Chu Yunli raised his eyes and looked under the eaves. There was a person sleeping on the door panel, with a white paper covering his face. Xiao Ye and his two children were crying loudly.
Liu Laosan is dead?
It seemed like this had never happened to Li Nianqiu in his life.
While Mrs. Fang was taking the women from the village to help, Chu Yunli stepped forward and asked in confusion: "What's going on?"
Fang sighed: "The sun is not shining brightly today. The third child went to open up wasteland in the woods to the west and encountered a five-step snake. Before he got home, he ran out of energy."
Every family in the village is busy with the autumn harvest, but the Liu family is different. The Liu family does not have much land, but they have many brothers, so the land allocated to each family is very small. Even people like Fang have tacitly agreed not to allocate land to the second house.
, it’s not that she is mean, there is really nothing she can do.
The land they were allotted was just enough for their family to eat, and they would go hungry in bad times.
Liu Laosan's land was harvested in a few days because of the help of the Ye family. As for land reclamation, the Yamen has regulations. There is a fixed amount of wasteland to be opened every year, and it cannot be opened randomly. In autumn, there will be government officials arriving.
Measure the wasteland next to each village and draw a line.
As long as everything is drawn, people in the village can open up wasteland, and there will be no tax for the first three years.
People in the village are hard-working, and land is their lifeblood. Therefore, after the autumn harvest, every household will open up wasteland if they can.
There is a problem here. There is a difference between wasteland and wasteland. Some places are grass and other places are wasteland. The former is naturally much easier to drive, and fools know how to choose. There were many fights over this in the past few years.
, so the village has also set a rule, whoever opens it first gets it.
This eliminates competition for land and is a kind of balance. Originally, people with more land will have more work on the land, and they will definitely be the last to open up wasteland. On the contrary, people with less land will open up more wasteland, and the land will be cleared.
There is the least amount of work there, so he must be the earliest to go.
In this way, over time, everyone's land will definitely be similar.
Xiaoye is diligent, but Liu Laosan is a lazy man and doesn't work when the sun is bright. In previous years, the third bedroom was the last to collect all the food. Why is it so fast this year?
Chu Yunli thought so, so she asked.
The two sisters-in-law were talking, and the women who were helping them all avoided it. Fang heard her question, pulled her to a remote place, and whispered: "I'm surprised too. But I think this is
Influenced by you."
Chu Yunli looked surprised: "What does this have to do with me?"
Fang scolded: "Keep your voice down." Then she replied: "You are either eating meat or eggs every day, let alone children, adults are greedy for it. The two children in the third room were beaten a lot for this. The third brother and sister are probably
I want to have more money, so I won’t let my third brother sleep at home this year. I asked my brothers from my mother’s family to help collect the grain, and I urged my third brother to choose a good piece of land to open up wasteland. Who knew that this would happen.”
Her voice dropped even lower: "If this is really the case, the third brother and sister will definitely hate you to death."
Chu Yunli: "..." A disaster from heaven!
What does it have to do with her?
It’s not like she asked Liu Laosan to work in the fields!
Nowadays, it is important to stay on the same page. No matter how much discord there is in everyone's hearts, Liu Laosan will always be a brother, so all the Liu family members have to help.
Chu Yunli also went to help. Everyone was busy with the autumn harvest, so the funeral was simple. And because the weather was too hot, Liu Laosan was laid to rest in just two days.
It is worth mentioning that many people came to attend the funeral ceremony from the Ye family, and some of the married daughters of the Ye family also came to visit, including the Ye family.
Mrs. Ye lost two front teeth and spoke in secret. I don't know whether she was worried about her niece or was afraid of Chu Yunli. Anyway, she only stared at her from a distance and didn't come up to make trouble.
Xiaoye was widowed, but she still had a good time. She lay down for two days, and when she got up, everything was as usual, except that she didn't laugh as much as before, and she didn't like to trouble Chu Yunli anymore.
In the past, he used to criticize mulberry trees and locust trees with sour words, saying that eating meat every day would cause diarrhea. But now he remained silent and the whole yard was so quiet that Chu Yunli was not used to it.
Gradually, everyone accepted the fact that Liu Laosan passed away.
Chu Yunli didn't like to make trouble. Generally, she wouldn't do anything if others didn't provoke her. Therefore, the Liu family yard has become more harmonious than ever since she came back.
After the autumn harvest, the joy of harvest filled the whole village. Many people sold their rice and exchanged it for coarse grains. Some people worked hard for a year and went to the streets to buy things for themselves and their children, and they even prepared for many happy events.
These joys have little to do with Chu Yunli and her son. She bought pens and ink and asked Liu Zian to come back and practice calligraphy.
There was only one small window in the house and the light was not good. Therefore, Chu Yunli bought a set of tables and chairs and placed them under the eaves. Liu Zian usually found a suitable place to practice calligraphy.
Ninety percent of the children in the village could not read, so they were quite surprised to see someone practicing calligraphy. Many people came to watch the fun, including a few children who already lived in Liu's yard.
Xiaoye's two children, the eldest son is six years old, and the youngest daughter is four years old, they usually come around to watch.
Chu Yunli was tolerant to children, and there was no point in worrying about the grievances between adults with such a small number of children. They could watch it as they liked. She had never reprimanded her.
It was late autumn in the blink of an eye, and the weather was getting colder. Chu Yunli began to prepare charcoal fires for the winter. Because Liu Zian wanted to practice calligraphy, she thought she should prepare more.
Although it was possible to buy it, Liu Zian would get cold when she was practicing calligraphy outside, so she simply chopped extra firewood and piled it in the yard to burn it to accumulate charcoal.
In the afternoon of this day, Liu Zian was practicing calligraphy again. Chu Yunli lit a fire, sat next to the fire and worked with needles, making winter cotton clothes for Liu Zian. From the corner of his eye, he suddenly saw Mr. Xiaoye staring blankly under the eaves.
This way.
Specifically, looking at the children.
Children all know how to burrow into warm places. Chu Yunli lit a fire, and they could watch Liu Zian practicing calligraphy. They all gathered around the table and muttered.
Not to mention, because Chu Yunli didn't say anything because a few children came together to warm themselves over the fire, the other sisters-in-law's attitude towards her was much better. This did not include Xiao Ye, who seemed to owe her money to everyone recently.
, he has a bad face towards everyone.
Chu Yunli glanced at it and didn't bother to pay attention.
"Can you let me write for a while?"
Over there, several children were chattering.
Liu Zian cherishes his pen and ink very much, but occasionally he will let other children try it. Before trying it, he will repeatedly ask him. Whenever he gets it, other children think it is a sacred thing and never do it.
Recklessly.
Chu Yunli saw it in his eyes and didn't stop him. The two in the first room gave it a try, and Liu Zilian in the third room couldn't help but take over the pen. He was very serious, wrote a word, and reluctantly put the pen away.
To Liu Zibin, who is only five years old in the fourth room.
Then, Liu Zian commented: "Zilian wrote the best."
From the corner of her eye, Chu Yunli saw that Xiaoye's eyes under the eaves moved, and there was a bit more life in them.
This...could she want to send her child to study?
No wonder Chu Yunli was surprised. It was true that the children in the village wanted to study, but they didn't dare to give it away without some financial resources. The main reason was that the money could be used to buy other things. The money could definitely be used to read things, but studying was different, and it was very possible.
You can't get anything out of spending money.
Firstly, the villagers don’t have the financial resources, and secondly, they don’t think it’s worthwhile.
But Xiaoye hesitated for a moment and actually walked to Chu Yunli: "Second sister-in-law."
Chu Yunli raised her head and signaled her to speak if she had anything to say.
Xiao Ye asked tentatively: "How much silver does Zian's repair cost for one year?"
Chu Yunli had already guessed in his heart, but he was not surprised. He just said: "Shu Xiu pays one penny a month. This is to honor the master. During the holidays or when the master's family is happy, he must give some gifts. The child must prepare pen, ink and paper.
Practice calligraphy with an inkstone."
Xiaoye was surprised: "Is it so expensive?"
Isn’t it expensive?
One denarius is enough to feed five or six people for a month. Who doesn't know that sending children to school is a good thing. There are so many children who are illiterate and there is nothing they can do about it.
Xiaoye didn't stay long and left quickly, returning to her parents' home the next day.
Chu Yunli didn't take it to heart. A widow dragged two children with her, and it was difficult to ensure food and clothing. Unless she made a fortune, sending her children to study was a delusion.
Or maybe people came up with this method. In the afternoon of the third day, Chu Yunli was picking up her children and passing by Chenjia Village. She heard people sunbathing at the entrance of the village talking about it.
"Marry again?"
"This Changfu listens too much to his fourth uncle's family. If he is asked to adopt the child, he will adopt the child. If he is asked to send the child to study, he will do so. If he is asked to marry, he will marry again. His own son is not so sensible."
"In the past, Li Nianqiu said that being Changfu's daughter-in-law would make things difficult for his fourth aunt. But now it's better. His wife is the fourth aunt's niece, so they should be able to get along well..."
The woman who spoke turned around and saw the person mentioned in her words, and she felt a little embarrassed.
Chu Yunli didn't care and asked curiously: "Did you just say you would marry again?"
Chen Changfu's former wife came to inquire about Chen Changfu's remarriage, and everyone felt a little embarrassed when talking about it.
But there were also those who were careless and said directly: "That's right. Chen Changfu has remarried to the matchmaker that his fourth aunt told him. After all, he is still your third brother and sister."
Chu Yunli: "..."
There was a lot of information contained in just a few sentences. Even though she was well-informed, she was stunned for a moment before she realized what she was saying.
She didn't ask any more questions. What so many people were talking about couldn't be false.
The mother and son returned to the Liu family yard and happened to see Mrs. Fang trying to persuade Mrs. Ye: "If you want to get married again, no one will stop you. But the third brother has not passed Qiqi yet, and you are not afraid of being poked in the back. You don't do it for yourself."
I think, I have to think about my two children."
Xiaoye didn't say a word and let her talk. He got tired of hearing it and said impatiently: "If you stay in the Liu family, can you take care of us, mother and son, for the rest of our lives?"
Fang was speechless.
"Since you can't, please stop meddling in my business." Xiao Ye said unceremoniously: "As for the two children, they were born by me, and I will never harm them. Stop worrying and mind your own business."