"Da Lang, that Liu clan, are you dissatisfied with your decision not to go to the academy? ”

When Mrs. Tan heard that her eldest daughter-in-law went back to her parents' house without saying a word, she thought about it for a long time, and finally waited for her eldest son to come back, and hurriedly caught him and asked.

"Mother, it's not like that. ”

Anne smiled and said to Mrs. Tan, "It was my mother-in-law who was sick, so my mother went back." By the way, mother, I just want to tell you that the lady wants to live in her mother's house for a few days, and you still need to worry about the affairs of the family. ”

"Oh, my in-laws are sick?"

Mrs. Tan didn't believe it at all, yesterday she heard her eldest daughter-in-law say that her mother went to Lingshan Temple to burn incense, and she also asked for a talisman that was personally blessed by the presiding master.

Yesterday I could go climbing and burning incense, but today I am sick?!

It's clear that the eldest daughter-in-law is playing a temper.

Poor man, what a good child, how did you meet such a philistine lady?

However, in order not to embarrass her son, she still pretended to be persuaded and nodded, "Cheng, you let her live in her mother's house with peace of mind, I have everything in the family." ”

"Then thank you. ”

Anne thanked Mrs. Tan affectionately, and then quietly stuffed Mrs. Tan with a pair of gold studs, "Mother, when I rushed to take the exam this time, in order to make money for me, you sold the earrings I bought for you before, I went to the academy today to withdraw from school, and the gentleman of the academy knew the situation of our family, so he decided to refund the tuition fees for the remaining half of the year, and I bought you another pair of earrings, you can wear it and take a look." ”

"Oh, you kid, why are you spending money indiscriminately?"

Mrs. Tan was dissatisfied, but she was very happy in her heart.

They all said that she was partial to the eldest, but of the three sons, the eldest was the most filial, and never forgot her as a mother-in-law.

Either buy her snacks or fabrics, or add jewelry to her. The same is true when a daughter-in-law is married.

Although the money was not earned by the boss himself, and the jewelry bought by the boss would soon be used for him again, Mrs. Tan was still happy.

She doesn't care about those things, what she cares about is her son's heart.

"Why do you spend money indiscriminately? I am filial to my mother, and I should not share it. ”

Anne stuffed the small earrings into Mrs. Tan's hand, deliberately lowered her voice and said, "This bundle is still the silver given by the Liu family, and it didn't cost our family's money." ”

Mrs. Tan was a little sad, she knew that her eldest man was so smart, where could she not see the little tricks of the Liu family and the Liu family.

Alas, why is God so short-sighted, always embarrassing her eldest man!

"Okay, then the mother will accept it, and she will not be so lavish in the future. ”

Mrs. Tan took the earrings and gently patted the back of her son's hand, "Son, although we don't go to the academy anymore, we can't just give up studying." ”

"Mother, don't worry, I won't give up, I still want to glorify my ancestors, and let my father and you be old ladies and old ladies. ”

Anne adhered to the habit of the original owner, and only coaxed Mrs. Tan into a smile with sweet words.

The next day, before dawn, Anne got up.

She tried not to look at the body, put on her clothes haphazardly, and went out of the room.

The courtyard of the Zhou family was built by Zhou Laoxiu with half a lifetime of savings, and it is an extremely magnificent courtyard, with a very large courtyard, sitting in the north and facing south.

Behind the gate is a shadow wall, behind which a kitchen and firewood room are added.

There are three main rooms, two ear rooms on the left and right, and two side rooms on the east and west sides.

Zhou Jingxian and Mrs. Tan lived in the inner room of the main house, and the couple had three sons and a daughter, and the eldest son, Zhou Yaozu, lived in the east wing.

The second son, Zhou Yaozong, and the third son, Zhou Yaoting, both lived in the West Wing, two rooms, one for each family.

Mrs. Tan also has a little daughter, named Zhou Xiaomei, who is only 14 years old this year and lives in the left ear room connected to the main house.

There are two ear rooms, one occupied by Zhou Xiaomei, and the other room is lived by several granddaughters of the Zhou family.

The right ear room is the study room, which stores some of the books left by Zhou Laoxiu.

Since Zhou Yaozu began to study, these two study rooms have become exclusive to him and the entire big room.

The big house already occupies two east wings, but the rich lady of the Liu family really can't tolerate the family crammed into a narrow room.

She and Zhou Yaozu lived in the outer room of the East Wing, and the inner room was for her daughter to live.

The Zhou family has a total of eleven rooms, and Zhou Yaozu's family occupies four, so it is no wonder that the other two daughters-in-law are unbalanced.

"Uncle, why did you get up so early?"

Zhou Yufang, who was in the third room, rubbed her eyes and went out, ready to take her sister to fetch water.

Don't look at the sisters one is nine years old and the other is only eight years old, they started working early.

Fetching water, mowing grass, chopping wood, and working from dawn.

After doing this, they also have to help their aunts or mothers to make fires and cook, although they don't work in the fields, but they also have a lot of work every day.

The sisters have grown so big, and it is the first time they have seen their uncle so early.

The two little girls rubbed their eyes vigorously, lest they hadn't woken up yet.

"Oh, get up and get to work. ”

Anne said very casually, she walked to the door of the study and knocked hard: "Xiande, Xiancheng, it's time to get up!"

“...... Daddy?"

Zhou Xiande's two brothers were sleeping soundly, and they were suddenly woken up and a little unhappy.

But when I heard the voice, it was my own father, who crawled out of bed.

It was Zhou Xiancheng who opened the door, he was eleven years old this year, he usually eats well, and he jumped very tall, and he was almost on Zhou Yaozu's shoulders.

"What about your brother, let him stop lying on the bed, isn't it just a bad thing. ”

Anne did not enter the house, but stood at the door, and said in a voice that the whole family could hear, "What is the matter with a thirteen-year-old half-year-old man who has been confined to his study all day? ”

"What?

Zhou Xiancheng's mouth could be stuffed with an egg, and he looked at his father with horror in his eyes.

"That's right, I used to study in the academy, so I can't come back to work, and now I don't have to go to the academy, of course, I have to go to the field. ”

Anne said as she should, "Xiande has failed the school since he failed the school test, and he hasn't been to a private school for a few days." Since you don't go to school, go to the ground. ”

"Dad, I, I'm going to school!"

Zhou Xiande is thirteen years old this year, and his reading is not bad, and he is quite a father.

He also wanted to be like his father, so he participated in the imperial examination this year and wanted to become the second thirteen-year-old Xiucai.

As a result, it fell off the list.

The little boy was hit, hanging his head every day, listless, neither going to school nor going to the ground, and nesting in the study every day.

Someone had to bring him food.

The Zhou family treats the big house preferentially everywhere, and also holds Zhou Xianren, which makes this child a little floating.

suffered a blow, and Zhou Xiande made an awkward appearance of being born without love.

In Anne's words, it's hypocrisy!

Let him do the work, or starve him for two meals, and he will be honest.

In order not to let Zhou Xiande become the second Zhou Yaozu, and in order to set an example for the other third generations of the Zhou family, Anne decided to take two biological sons.

"I'll go tomorrow, and you will follow me to the ground today. ”

Anne said non-negotiable, she didn't forget Zhou Xiancheng, and pointed a finger over, "And you, go together." ”

"Dad, I've always been in school. ”

Zhou Xiancheng is anxious, he has grown so big, he hasn't worked yet.

But haven't you ever eaten pork, haven't you ever seen a pig run?

Playing in the fields all day, he knows how hard it is to go to the field.

I just recently planted winter wheat, and it's time to water. Although you don't have to carry buckets of water, the work in the field is not light.

"What's wrong with going to school? You don't have to go to school anymore?"

Anne snorted coldly, "Our family is not an ordinary farmer, but a scholarly family that cultivates and reads heirlooms. What is the meaning of ploughing and reading heirlooms? That is, neither 'ploughing' nor 'reading' can be left behind!"

The sky gradually brightened, and the Zhou family got up.

Anne's voice is not small, even if the family does not wake up, she will be woken up.

Zhou Xianren, who was still in high spirits yesterday, heard this, and immediately jumped out of the door, and asked Annie anxiously: "Uncle, do you have to go to school to the ground?"

"Of course!"

"But, why don't you go to the ground?" Zhou Xianren said, you can't lie to me because I'm a child.

Anne bared her teeth, "I wasn't in good health before, so I couldn't work. But you guys, I see that all of them are very strong. ”

"Body, health is not good?" Zhou Xianren looked unbelieving, the uncle in front of him was fatter than his father.

And in these days, fat is synonymous with health.

At least the slightly chubby Zhou Yaozu and the black and thin Zhou Yaozong and Zhou Yaoting stood together, and people's first feeling was that the former was healthier than the latter two.

"Yes, the eldest brother only cared about studying at that time, and he was tired of himself. ”

Zhou Yaozong is three years younger than Zhou Yaozu, and when he remembers, Zhou Yaozu has already gone to study.

At that time, Zhou Yaozu was not fat, because he studied all the year round, his skin was white, and he was also gentle, and he looked much quieter than children of the same age.

And if the boy is too quiet, it will give people the illusion of being sick and weak.

In addition, Zhou Yaozu is smart, he knows how to pretend at a young age, Zhou Jingxian has high hopes for him, and he is not too strict, so he lets him go to school to avoid work.

After a long time, the lie has been repeated a lot, and Zhou Yaozu himself feels that he is not in good health, so he can only study and can't do heavy work!

Zhou Yaozong and Zhou Yaoting have had this understanding since they were children, so they have long been accustomed to the fact that the eldest brother doesn't work or anything.

When Zhou Yaozu got married, people began to get rich, and he no longer looked thin, and he justifiably avoided the work at home again on the grounds that he was studying in the academy and could not delay the time.

"Ah, that's right!"

Zhou Xianren was a little frustrated, thinking that he didn't have to work when he went to school.

It's good now, I have to go to school and work.

If he had known, he would not have gone to school noisily.

What's so good about going to school, I can't move when I sit down, and if I don't study well, I will be slapped by my husband.

"That's it, usually you go to school, and after school, you do what you can housework, such as carrying water and collecting firewood. When the farm is busy, they go to work in the fields together. ”

When Anne saw that the family had come out, she simply stood in the courtyard and said solemnly.

After speaking, she smiled at Zhou Jingxian and said, "Dad, did you say that I was right?"

"Yes, yes, our family is a scholarly family that cultivates and reads heirlooms. Not only do you have to go to school, but you can't delay farming. ”

Zhou Jingxian was reluctant to let his grandchildren go to school, because he was afraid of raising a few more wastes with indiligent limbs and grains.

Of course, his own son is definitely not a waste, Da Lang already has a reputation for showing talent, and he will take the test in the future.

But not everyone is as smart as Da Lang, just like the youngest son of the patriarch's family, who reads and reads all day and can't do anything.

Now in his twenties, his fame has not been examined, his wife and children cannot afford to support him, and the family depends on his father and brother to support him.

That is, the patriarch has a strong family background, and he has prestige, so his daughter-in-law did not dare to make trouble.

If the patriarch goes one day, his sons will definitely divide the younger son's family and let the family fend for themselves.

The patriarch's family is like this, let alone theirs.

Their family is not as rich as it used to be, and they really don't have the capital to raise a few more wastes!

"Okay, it's not early, hurry up and eat, and go to the ground after eating!"

In the stunned gaze of her little nephew Zhou Xianyi, Anne waved her hand vigorously and happily announced!