"Yes, yes!"

Whether they understood it or not, all the villagers nodded their heads.

The two Zhou Xiande brothers thought that they had guessed their father's good intentions, and tears of excitement filled their eyes: No wonder their father wanted to let them go to the ground, this is their father's deep hope for them, hoping that they can successfully pass the scientific expedition.

"Dad, it turns out that you really haven't given up studying. ”

Zhou Xiande was overjoyed, his father had always been his target, and yesterday his father suddenly said that he would not go to the academy to study, and he was very worried.

There is also an inexplicable fear that my father will give up the path of the imperial examination.

If there is no example from his father, how can he continue to catch up?

"I certainly didn't give up. ”

On the way back, Anne smiled and said to Zhou Xiande and Zhou Xiancheng, "I have studied in the academy for more than ten years, and I have learned everything I should learn, but I have never failed the exam." I thought about a different approach. Besides, I also want to see if I can support my family without studying. ”

"Raising a family?"

Zhou Xiande was stunned, he has always been held by the Zhou family, he has never worried about his livelihood, and he has never suffered from hunger and cold.

"Yes, show virtue and sincerity, we are men, and we must have the ability to support our families. ”

Anne said seriously, "Even a woman should have a skill, so that if she gets married, she can straighten her waist." ”

Speaking of this, Anne couldn't help but think of Zhou Yaozu's daughter Zhou Yufen.

Zhou Yufen and Zhou Xiancheng are dragon and phoenix fetuses, twins are rare, and a man and a woman are auspicious.

Therefore, although Zhou Yufen is a girl, because of this, she is still very favored in Zhoujiaao, which is generally patriarchal.

In addition, the Liu family is rich and very pampered with Zhou Yufen.

is obviously a rural girl, but she has been raised to be a delicate daughter.

Ten fingers don't touch the spring water, don't do any work on weekdays, and look down on a few cousins.

Zhou Yaozu was hypocritical and wanted fame, so he went out to school, so he left his wife and children in Zhou's family to fulfill his filial piety.

Zhou Yufen was very dissatisfied with this, and shouted at every turn that she didn't live in the dirty and messy countryside, and she wanted to go back to her grandmother's house in the city.

Zhou Yufen has been raised a little crooked by the Liu family, and Anne thought that she would quickly break the child's temperament.

In addition, several girls of the Zhou family should also be cultivated well.

Although there was no one else in Zhou Yaozu's wish, since Anne was dressed as Zhou Yaozu, she wanted to fulfill the duties of Zhou Yaozu, the eldest son.

There is another one, in the original plot, those girls of the Zhou family were killed too badly by Zhou Yaozu, and Anne spurned Zhou Yaozu's scumbag behavior, and now that she has become Zhou Yaozu, she wants to atone for him!

"Dad, I miss my mother, you can send me back to the county seat. ”

When she got home, before Anne put down her hoe, Zhou Yufen walked over with her skirt and tiptoe, avoiding the on the ground.

Her slightly open delicate little face was full of disgust, and she made a squeamish request to Anne.

"What do you mean by 'going back to the county'?"

Anne put down the hoe, calmed her face, and said coldly, "Have you forgotten your surname? Let me tell you, your surname is Zhou, and this is your home." ”

"Dad~~"

It was the first time that Zhou Yufen was reprimanded so harshly by her father, and her eyes turned red all of a sudden.

"Also, I'm a farmer, you are my daughter, and naturally you are also a farmer's daughter, don't dress up like this in the future. Nondescript, in vain to make people laugh. ”

Anne glanced at the silk skirt on Zhou Yufen's body, without saving Zhou Yufen face at all.

Zhou Yufang was boiling water in the kitchen, and when she heard the voice, she hurriedly came out with a bowl of water, "Uncle, you're back, drink saliva." ”

When Anne saw Zhou Yufen, the coldness on her face instantly faded, and she was replaced with a warm smile, "Yufang is so good." Uncle has been working for a long time, and he is thirsty. ”

"Hmph, nothing to do!"

Zhou Yufen looked down on several cousins, thinking that they were all dirt buns that couldn't be put on the table, they were childish, and they were jealous of her good clothes and jewelry all day long, which was really embarrassing!

Especially her father, who had just scolded her, turned his head and praised Zhou Yufang again, which made Zhou Yufen embarrassed and sad!

"What did you say?"

Anne heard Zhou Yufen muttering, took a big sip of water, handed the bowl to Zhou Yufang, and said to Zhou Yufen sternly: "You are not young anymore, why don't you understand anything at all? I worked with your eldest brother and second brother for a long time, and when I came back, you didn't say that you helped pour the bowl of water, but you said bad things about your cousin in a weird way, who taught you this?"

"Wow~~"

Zhou Yufen was frightened by Annie's sternness, and cried out with a wow, "Dad, how can you say that about me?

Zhou Yufang was also taken aback, she didn't expect that her uncle, who loved her cousin very much on weekdays, would scold her cousin in front of her.

Seeing her most envious cousin crying so miserably, she subconsciously wanted to help her speak, "Uncle, sister, she didn't mean it, she should have forgotten." ”

"Who made you fake your kindness? Hmph, it's all your fault, if it weren't for your dedication, how could my father scold me?"

Zhou Yufen didn't accept Zhou Yufang's favor, she still had tears on her face, and scolded Zhou Yufang angrily.

"Zhou Yufen! You did something wrong yourself, how can you blame others? Oh, you blame Yufang for not pouring water for me?"

Anne looked at Zhou Yufen with a cold look in her eyes.

"Dad, don't you hurt me?"

Zhou Yufen really couldn't understand that overnight, the family had changed.

My father didn't go to the academy anymore, my mother suddenly returned to my parents' house, and my brothers were forced to work in the fields.

On weekdays, his father, who is obedient to him, scolded her in front of Zhou Yufang, a rural girl whose father is not close and her mother is not painful.

Whew, what's wrong with this? Can't you live like you used to?

"Zhou Yufen, you still don't know what you are wrong about?"

Since Anne has made up her mind to correct Zhou Yufen's temperament, she will naturally not be soft-hearted.

Moreover, she did this for Zhou Yufen's good.

If the parents are not strictly disciplined, are they waiting for her to leave the house and be disciplined by others or even by the government?

Habitual children are like killing children, and Anne can be regarded as a parent several times, so she naturally understands this truth.

"Now you go back to my room for me, and don't eat without reflecting on your mistakes!"

Anne pointed to the east wing and motioned for Zhou Yufen to return to the room.

"Woo, you scolded me, and didn't let me eat, you're not my father!"

Zhou Yufen covered her face with a handkerchief and ran back to her room crying.

Anne looked up and saw Mrs. Tan's disapproving eyes, "Da Lang, what are you doing here?" Yufen is a girl, she is young, what do you have to say, how can you scold her like this." ”

Anne glanced at Zhou Yufang, who was only nine years old, "Mother, Yufen is not young, she is eleven this year, and she should talk about family affairs in a few years." ”

Anne washed her hands in the yard, then helped Mrs. Tan into the hall, and said softly: "Mother, you also saw that the Liu family raised Yufen like a farmer's daughter. ”

"Isn't this good? Yufen is good-looking, and she is raised like a daughter, and if she looks for her mother-in-law in the future, she can find someone in the county. ”

Mrs. Tan is a rare dragon and phoenix fetus, and naturally likes Zhou Yufen's granddaughter.

In addition, she is partial to her eldest son, loves Wu and Wu, and is better to Zhou Yufen than to other granddaughters.

The Liu family pampered Zhou Yufen, and Mrs. Tan couldn't get used to it, but she thought that pampering also had the benefits of pampering.

When Zhou Yufen grows up, relying on her appearance, maybe she can really marry a good mother-in-law.

"Mother, the problem is, our family is not a rich family. ”

Anne smiled bitterly and said seriously, "I'm just a farmer, if I don't make progress in the imperial examination, then I'm just a poor talent in this life." I'm not angry as a father, and my daughter is raised like a daughter, so it's not an anti-dog. Really good people don't marry us. ”

Mrs. Tan: ......

Anne continued, "And as you can see, Yufen is spoiled and can't do any work, and she is not good at being a celebrity or cooking, but she will only be indulgent and ambitious. With such a temperament, even if she reluctantly marries a good family, she will not have a good life. ”

"Yufen's temperament is indeed a little impatient. "No matter how much Mrs. Tan likes this granddaughter, she can't have a conscience.

"What kind of people live what kind of life. So, I thought about teaching her well. ”

Anne said, "Laundry, cooking, feeding the chickens and ducks, these jobs should also be studied by Yufen." In addition, I would like to touch another embroidery master and teach her some craft. My sister and several nieces at home also studied together. ”

"Embroidery?"

Mrs. Tan paused for a moment, the current girls and ordinary female workers are all good.

is as squeamish as Zhou Yufen, and will also make a few simple purses, sewing and mending clothes.

But embroidery is a more advanced and professional skill.

Anne pretended to be reminiscing, and said in a low voice: "When I went to the provincial capital to participate in the township examination, I met a Xiucai from Linxian County, he was raised by a widowed mother, relying on his mother's good embroidery work, he and his younger brother both studied, and also helped them buy real estate in the provincial capital." ”

In this era, the only thing a woman can make money by virtue of her ability is embroidery.

Anne thinks that if the girls of the Zhou family can learn such a skill, they will not have to do rough work in the field in the future, and if they get married, they will be looked down upon in their in-laws' family.

In the future, even if the in-laws are unreliable, they can rely on their own craftsmanship to support themselves.

"Embroidery is so profitable?"

Mrs. Tan was moved, she was just an ordinary old lady from a peasant family, she had never been to the county seat in her life, and naturally she didn't know the outside world.

Usually there are skillful daughters-in-law in the village, who make purses, yarns or something, and at most buy a few pennies to make up for the family a little.

She really couldn't imagine that there were still people who could support her two sons with needlework and buy a house in the provincial capital.

"That's right, I heard that Xiucai said that his mother's embroidery can be sold for a hundred taels of silver. What Anne didn't say was that such an embroidery would take months.

"A hundred taels?"

Mrs. Tan almost jumped up, and grabbed Annie's hand urgently, "Da Lang, you didn't coax your mother?"

Anne smiled, "Mother, when have I ever coaxed you?"

"Yes, yes, my eldest man is the most sincere, and he never cheats on his mother. ”

Mrs. Tan thought for a while and nodded, "Learn, our girls also learn embroidery." Da Lang, you hurry up and find a good master for them, even if you spend some money, you are not afraid. ”