Thinking that she might become an ordinary peasant woman, Liu was full of anxiety and despair.

is different from Liu's funeral, Ma and Chang are overjoyed.

If Zhou Yaozu didn't go to the academy to study, he would immediately save a lot of money, which was twenty or thirty taels of silver a year.

It was the whole family tightening their belts and eating chaff vegetables, which were finally squeezed out of their teeth.

If this money is saved, the life of the family can be improved, even if the mother-in-law will save some of it, but some of it can be used for the family.

At the very least, we can feed the whole family!

And the most important point, if Zhou Yaozu doesn't go to school, he should find an errand to do, so that he can earn some money.

The Ma family and the Chang family have been married to the Zhou family for several years, and they are not without opinions in their hearts about the Zhou family's special treatment of Zhou Yaozu and even the entire big house.

Zhou Yaozu spent most of the family's money, after all, he is a talented man.

Whose Xiucai Guild will work in the field with his trouser legs in his hands?

Ma and Chang both have awe for scholars in their bones, but seeing that Zhou Yaozu can still eat and dress well without working, and there are people to serve them, and then look at their own men, not only have to work in the fields, but also go to the city to work part-time when the farm is not working.

I can't leave a single piece of money behind.

They don't feel good about it.

Especially when I saw my sister-in-law, who is also a daughter-in-law, wearing beautiful clothes every day, she doesn't do any work, and her mother-in-law doesn't even have a heavy word, let alone scolding and scolding.

Eccentricity, unfair, Ma muttered to Chang behind his back.

When Chang didn't give birth to a son, he didn't have enough confidence and didn't dare to say anything, and even helped Liu's defense: "My sister-in-law's family has money, and when she passes the door, the dowry is also very rich." ”

People are wearing their own dowries, and if the concubines are red-eyed, they can only blame themselves for not being able to have a good baby.

These words are also the words that Mrs. Tan used to block the two daughters-in-law of Ma and Chang!

However, after giving birth to a son, Chang felt confident, and when Ma complained, he would echo two sentences: "Yes, my sister-in-law is rich, so people can dress and eat well." But she is also the daughter-in-law of the Zhou family, and she still has to do the work she should do. ”

How can you feel that you are a talented lady and are superior to others?

Not only do they not work, but they also look down on their brothers and sisters who work to support the big house?!

These are nothing, what makes Ma and Chang feel unbearable the most are the children.

There are two people in the big house, one is a talented man and the other is a wealthy businessman's daughter, so they can enjoy all kinds of preferential treatment.

But what about the three children in the big house, why can they not work and go to school.

They are all grandsons of the Zhou family, why are they divided into three, six, nine and so on?

On their own side, the children can't even eat, and they have to go to work before dawn every day;

And on the other side of the big house, all of them are like young masters and young ladies from rich families, and it doesn't matter if they don't work, the two brothers Xiande and Xiancheng were sent to private schools to study as soon as they reached the age of five or six.

The cost of a private school is not high, but it costs two taels of silver a year.

Two children are four taels, not counting the cost of pen, ink, paper, inkstone, etc.

This is also the most resentful place of the Ma family, obviously her eldest son Xianren is about the same age as Xiande and Xiancheng, how can they go to school, and their son has to go to work in the field?

His own man is already like this, and Ma doesn't want his son to be as unproductive as his old man.

Therefore, in the past few years, Ma has not asked Zhou Yaozong to mention to his family that his two sons should also go to study.

At that time, Chang's son had just been born, and she hadn't thought about it that long-term.

In the past two years, Zhou Xianyi, who was born in Chang's family, has performed better and better, quietly followed his cousin to the door of the private school to eavesdrop, and actually learned a lot of articles.

Listening to her son reciting esoteric articles in a childish voice that she couldn't understand at all, and looking at her son's desire to read in his dark eyes, not only Chang couldn't help it, but even the honest Zhou Yaoting began to use his brain.

Zhou Yaozu's spending time in the county is no secret.

After all, it has been more than ten years, and he has not deliberately carried people behind his back, and there is always a little rumor coming out.

When Zhou Yaoting heard this, he began to think of a way. His method is also simple, that is, to follow Zhou Yaozu.

Unexpectedly, the first time he acted, he was arrested.

Zhou Yaoting was both happy and happy, fortunately he found out in advance, if he let the eldest brother go to the gambling house, in case he became addicted to drugs in the future, their old Zhou family would be finished.

When the time comes, let alone let Yi'er go to study, it would be good if the family's fields and houses could be kept.

But now, the eldest brother told them that he had known that those people had bad intentions and deliberately ate the bait.

No, as soon as the eldest brother made a move, he earned twenty taels of silver and came back!

Zhou Yaoting felt that he had misunderstood his eldest brother, and felt a little guilty.

Then, Zhou Yaozu said in public that when he no longer went to the academy, Zhou Yaoting felt that he forced his eldest brother to give up the academy for more than ten years, and he was a bastard who couldn't live with his own brother.

"Big brother, you, how can you not continue to study? I, I just want the juniors in the family to be able to study, don't I really not let you-"

Zhou Yaoting has a pure nature, although he has been a little dissatisfied with his eldest brother for the sake of his son in the past two years, he still cares about this eldest brother very much in his bones.

If the eldest brother really stopped studying and taking the imperial examination because of him, then he would never forgive himself for the rest of his life!

Anne has traveled through several worlds, and she is no longer the sensitive girl who was cowardly and inferior at the beginning.

In the mission world, she has lived several lifetimes, her experience and knowledge are not ordinarily rich, and her eyes are extremely accurate.

She only glanced at Zhou Yaoting and knew what this person was thinking.

She went to see Zhou Yaozong again, and found that although he didn't blame himself as much as Zhou Yaoting, he didn't rejoice because Zhou Yaozu didn't go to the academy, and Zhou Yaozong looked at Zhou Yaozu with some guilt.

Anne sighed in her heart: Alas, Zhou Yaozu, how can you be such a good brother.

has been a vampire in the family for more than ten years, enslaving his brothers and nephews like slaves, but he can still let the other party treat him like this.

In modern terms, Zhou Yaozu must have saved the galaxy in his last life.

"Big, big brother, why don't you go to the academy first and study at home by yourself?"

Zhou Yaozong hesitated for a long time and said this sentence in a whisper.

In the end, he is his own eldest brother, and he is really talented, and Zhou Yaozong doesn't want his eldest brother to really stop at Xiucai.

But the cost of going to the academy is too high, and they can't afford it.

"Second brother, third brother, I understand what you mean. ”

Anne looked at the two brothers opposite, "I made this decision not on the spur of the moment, but after thinking about it for a long time. Of course, I can learn more at the academy, but I have been there for more than ten years, and I have learned almost everything I need to learn, and it would be a waste of money to stay anywhere. ”

Speaking of money, Anne choked up a little again, "Over the years, for me, half of the family's land has been sold, and you haven't even eaten a decent stew." I—I'm ashamed. ”

"Boss!" Zhou Jingxian and Mrs. Tan both had red eyes.

They know that the family is miserable, but the boss is really smart, and it would be a pity if it was abandoned. Their old Zhou family has no chance to turn over.

"Big brother!" Seeing the eldest brother blaming himself like this, Zhou Yaozong was also uncomfortable

"Big brother, I was wrong, I shouldn't-" Zhou Yaoting could barely bear the self-blame in his heart, and he opened his mouth to tell about his deliberate stalking of Zhou Yaozu.

Anne knew what he was going to say, so she interrupted directly: "Don't say it, everyone." The second child is right, even if he is studying at home, he can still read it. Don't worry, I won't give up. I failed this year, and in three years, I will take the test again. ”

When the second elder of the Zhou family, Zhou Yaozong and Zhou Yaoting heard this, they all immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

Ma and Chang lowered their heads, hiding the resentment and unwillingness in their eyes: Still taking the exam?!

Every time I take the exam, I have to go to the provincial capital, and the cost of room and board and back and forth costs are thirty or forty taels of silver.

With so much money, how much food and meat can be bought, and how many more years can the children in their two rooms study?

In addition, the third child is also reasonable, the juniors in the family have grown up, and it is time to study. ”

Anne pointed to the four silver ingots and said, "Dad, I know that my family has borrowed a lot of foreign debts for me to take the exam this time. You use the money to pay off the debt. If there is anything left, send Xianren, Xianxin, and Xianyi to private school. ”

"Enough, enough, I borrowed twelve taels of silver. After paying off the debt, there are still eight taels left. ”

Zhou Jing said hurriedly, and then hesitated a little, "Really send the children to study?"

He has provided for a scholar and knows how much it costs to be a scholar.

In these days, ordinary peasant families, with all their efforts, may not be able to support a single scholar.

Their Zhou family has a strong foundation, a lot of labor, and the people in the family are also capable, so they can barely support it for so many years.

Rao is like this, and only 40 acres of more than 60 acres of land remain.

The family has no money, and the grain is almost sold.

In the second half of the year, the family had to tighten their belts again.

"Read, read all!"

Anne waved her hand and said proudly, "It's not that they have to read any fame, at least a few words, and they can go to the city to find a job in the future." ”

"Okay, I'll listen to you. ”

Zhou Jingxian saw that his eldest son was clearly organized, and it was obvious that he had planned for a long time, so he put his mind at ease.

Zhou Jingxian knew that the juniors in the family had opinions about the big house that was treated preferentially everywhere, but he held the big house everywhere, also for the good of the family.

He thought that when the eldest really came out, thinking of the love of the whole family to support him, he could also take care of his brothers and nephews.

Now that Zhou Yaozu offered to let his nephews study, Zhou Jingxian wanted the children to know: Look, you take a look, your eldest uncle would rather not go to the academy himself, but let you study, is it not good enough for you?

Zhou Jing first called several grandchildren and happily told them that your uncle said that he would let you all go to study.

Zhou Xianren and Zhou Xianxin shouted excitedly.

Zhou Xianyi had already set off a storm in his heart: the selfish and hypocritical uncle actually took the initiative to let them study?

In the eyes of the uncle, their nephews and nieces in the next room are simply free labor, and they are objects that can be exchanged for money when they are short of money.

How could he be kind to them? and take the initiative to think about them?

However, the things that made Zhou Xianyi's jaw drop were still to come, and his uncle had even more amazing moves......